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Get Cookin’ at the Castle!

On May 21, Gretchen offers Kale and Pasta: Making it Your Own. Learn the tricks of the trade for using the popular green in your daily life, as well as ways you can spice up the recipe to make it a signature dish. Kale may not be on your cooking list, simply because you don’t know much about it or how to cook it; Gretchen’s class will change your outlook on marvelous Kale!

If you are a bit intimidated when it comes to cooking with chicken, the May 28 class will put you at ease. Gretchen will share some great methods for cooking chicken, as well as handling the bird in your own kitchen. She adds that chicken is very

versatile and there are many ways to cook it…and to personalize the recipes your own.

The classes run on Thursdays at 10:30 am at the Castle’s Carriage House. Pre-registration is a must.

Please arrive at least 15 minutes prior to the start of each class for check-in.

The cost is $60.00 per class or $50.00 per class for Friends of the Castle (membership cards should be on hand when purchasing tickets).

To pre-register or for more information, call 476-5414.

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This season will be Gretchen’s fourth year at the Castle. “I’ve been cooking off and on since I was a child,” Gretchen says. She has much to share with cooking class participants, such as how to make any dish your own.

“For example, you might want to make a pasta dish with Kale and pine nuts in a ricotta sauce. I would add more greens and root vegetables and make the sauce my own. A recipe is just a guideline, and I encourage people to add things they like to make the dish their own,” she says.

She encourages cooking class participants to take notes and practice what is learned in the class on family and friends at home.

The classes are scheduled for May 14, 21 and 28. The May 14 class will show participants some of Gretchen’s must-have tools for the kitchen. These are things Gretchen just cannot live without when whipping up delicious dishes. Also featured will be Art of the Artichoke, and tips for making your own salad dressings. These are valuable skills to have with the summer salad and vegetable season soon upon us.

Gretchen explains that many people do not cook with artichokes because they think the vegetable is difficult to cut; she will demonstrate some techniques for easy cutting and cooking.

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By Kathi Caldwell-Hopper If you live in a castle, your food has to match your lifestyle. Most likely Castle in the Clouds (Lucknow) owner Thomas Plant conferred with his personal chef when planning his daily meals.

While Plant, the millionaire who built the beautiful Lucknow estate, passed away many years ago, the famed Castle lives on offering programs and exhibits to the public high atop a mountain in Moultonboro. Further, while most of us do not have the luxury of a personal chef, we can increase our cooking skills as well as learning to tweak recipes to make them our own.

This spring, a series of cooking classes offers something new and educational – and quite fun – at the Castle. Cooking with Gretchen provides a chance for the public to take part in a series of three cooking classes in May. Castle Executive Chef Gretchen Shortway will teach the classes.

Anyone who knows Gretchen is aware they are in for a treat when taking these classes. (Last year, the Castle presented one cooking class by Gretchen and it was so popular three classes are being offered this year.)

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Celebrities In Our Midst: Author Calder Willingham

By Thomas P. Caldwell The Lakes Region of New Hampshire attracts visitors looking to get away from the big city, but also famous people seeking a little anonymity and a bit of peace and quiet. Whether spending a summer beside the lake or seeking a permanent country retreat, New Hampshire has provided the ideal setting for many celebrities, both past and present.

Among them is the late Calder Willingham, a novelist and screenwriter who preferred working from his New Hampton home, even when employed

by Hollywood where the producers liked to keep their writers on a short tether.

Readers may be familiar with Will-

ingham for his novels Eternal Fire and Rambling Rose, while movie-goers may be more familiar with The Graduate and Little Big Man, for which he did the screenplays.

Born in 1922 in Atlanta and growing up in Rome GA, Willingham attended Rome’s Darlington School, a private boarding school, before going on to The Citadel, South Carolina’s military college. He left The Citadel and went on to the University of Virginia, dropping out after his junior year when he thought he was going to be drafted, according to his widow, Jane Willingham Smith.

“After that, he wandered the country, taking courses at the University of Chicago and working as a bellboy

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at a Beverly Hills hotel, among other things,” she said.

Having been recognized for his talent at writing while at UVa., Calder came to know “Studs Lonigan” author James Farrell, who encouraged him to continue writing, and Calder settled in New York City. There he wrote his first novel, End As a Man, a blistering vision of life as a freshman cadet at The Citadel. End As a Man was controversial for more than its depiction of The Citadel: bad language, sex, and hints of homosexuality led to obscenity charges (eventually dropped) against the publisher. The trial gave the novel a publicity boost and had other writers rallying to Calder’s defense.

He later turned the novel into a stage play for the Actors Studio and then into a screenplay for a film that retitled the story, The Strange One. Calder’s next novel was Geraldine Bradshaw, in which an aspiring writer, Dick Davenport, was working as a bellboy and lusting after a new elevator girl. It was the first of three novels featuring Dick Davenport and making

reference to some of his own early experiences.

Next came Reach to the Stars, a book of short stories, and Natural Child, which Jane said was about a couple in New York who are faced with the decision of what to do when the woman finds she is pregnant.

In Calder’s own life, he had married Helene Rothenberg and they had a child, Tom, but later divorced.

Jane met Calder through her friend, Tina Bourjaily. Then Jane Bennett, from Brooklyn, she had graduated from Wellesley College in 1951 and was working at Woman’s Day magazine.

Tina invited her to a party at her apartment, and Tina’s husband, author Vance Bourjaily, invited Calder.

They hit it off and were married in 1953, living on Perry Street in Greenwich Village.

“It was very Bohemian, but not a good place for a family,” Jane recalled,

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• Celebrities Continued from page 4 “Our first child was on the way.”

Jane’s parents owned a home in New Hampton and the Willinghams asked if they could come and live there, she recalled.

“It was very cold, with a coal furnace which neither of us knew anything about,” Jane said. “It was an old house, with no insulation. It was so cold that, when I dropped an egg on the floor, it froze.

“But we liked it,” she continued.

“Even Calder, coming from Rome GA, which had a rural atmosphere. He loved it.”

Rome is located in the foothills of the Appalachian and Blue Ridge mountains, and it lies in a valley surrounded by hills, with three rivers. In that sense, it is not unlike New Hampton.

“He was cosmopolitan,” Jane said of Calder, “but he got on fine with the folks around here.”

Calder had written another novel, To Eat a Peach, but, money was still an issue. While he preferred novels to writing for television or film, their financial situation dictated that he take on some screenwriting, and he wrote The Strange One for TV, another story based on End As a Man. Paths of Glory was the first of several films collaborations with Stanley Kubrick. Calder also wrote One-Eyed Jacks which starred Marlon Brando.

When he worked for a while on the script of Mutiny on the Bounty, Jane said, the Willinghams became friends with Marlon Brando, visiting him at

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“We would go to California to work on a movie, but we always came back here,” Jane said, explaining that Calder liked to work in New Hampton, away from the craziness of Hollywood, which he would refer to as Cuckoo Land.

On one trip, they drove across the country with the five children — Fred, Sara, Mark, Pam, and Chris — and they brought along a neighbor, Florence Gallagher, as a babysitter.

They spent more and more time in New Hampton, and Jane’s parents turned the property over to them. Calder enjoyed working on the house, building additions and fixing it up, turning an old, drafty house into an appealing home.

Jane said that, when he wrote, Calder was an obsessive writer. He did not work on a regular schedule; instead, he would get into something of a trance and write all day and all night.

“Then he would wake me up to go get breakfast at the Bristol Diner,” she said. “He lived on cigarettes and coffee.”

He wrote his most ambitious novel, Eternal Fire, in New Hampton. It was set in the fictional town of Glenville GA, based on his hometown of Rome GA. Although it sold well, it did not get the publicity he would have liked because it came out during a newspaper strike.

Meanwhile, Calder adapted the Charles Webb novel, The Graduate, into a film for Mike Nichols, starring Dustin Hoffman and Anne Bancroft.

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shared screenwriting credit.

Calder also worked on the film Patton, which starred George C. Scott.

His adaptation of Thomas Bergers’ Little Big Man was nominated for the Writers Guild of America Award as Best Drama Adapted from Another Medium, and in 2014, the film was deemed “culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant” by the Library of

Congress and selected for preservation in the National Film Registry.

The books during that period included Providence Island, Rambling Rose, and The Big Nickel. Jane said Rambling Rose was a “love letter to his family” based on his time in Rome GA, tell-

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Civil Defense in the early days, and he later taught creative writing to students at New Hampton School, having them ing the story of his family and a maid come over to the house for lessons. they had whom men found attractive.

(Jane taught in the English Department He later would do a screenplay from at New Hampton School for 17 years, the novel that would star Laura Dern as becoming the department head.)

Rose, with her real-life mother, Diane Calder also taught at Dartmouth ColLadd, and Robert Duvall also starring. lege in the late 1970s, but gave it up A dark period arrived in February because of the long drive.

1975 when a fire destroyed most of An avid golfer, Calder would play their New Hampton home. Jane said a at the Laconia Country Club, and he woodstove in one of the front parlors spoke of wanting to develop a better overheated to start the fire. The family golf club. was in the back driveway when one of Through the years, he had been the children saw flames coming out of friends with many writers and actors, the house. but his closest friend had been Herman They lost all their belongings except Wouk. Although they had very differthose in an addition that was not totally ent writing styles, they supported one destroyed by the blaze. another and got along well. Jane said “It was a tough time, and it was hard Calder found it interesting that Wouk on him,” Jane said. was an Orthodox Jew in the middle The family rebuilt, and Calder evenof the New York culture. They played tually would return to film work and chess together when both lived in New was collaborating on a screenplay with York and they continued with distance Stephen Spielberg when he died of chess, and they corresponded through lung cancer in 1995. the years. Jane said Calder’s last letter Where the Lakes Region Clicks!

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Swing Into Spring Concerts Get ready to swing into spring with the music of the Lakes Region Singers.

The group will present a new program with two show times – one on Friday evening, May 15 at 7:30 pm and another on Sunday afternoon, May 17, at 3 pm. The community choral group performs at the First United Methodist Church on Route 11-A in Gilford. The concerts are open to the public and will include performances by both the Youth Chorus and the Adult Chorus. A suggested donation of $8 per person or $15 per family of four will be taken at the door to help cover expenses.

The Adult Chorus will treat listeners to some rousing swing tunes such as It Don’t Mean a Thing If It Ain’t Got That Swing, Blue Skies, All the Things You Are and Choo Choo Ch’Boogie. They will also offer medleys from familiar Broadway musicals like West Side Story and Ragtime. The Youth Chorus will feature Let It Go from the movie Frozen, Bein’ Green from The Muppet Show, and a dance-choreographed version of Surfin’ USA. The program

will close with both choruses performing an inspiring arrangement of the Rodgers & Hammerstein favorites You’ll Never Walk Alone and Climb Every Mountain.

Instrumental soloists Rich Landry on drums and Cody Reynolds on bass will add to the vitality of several swing pieces, and Alison Witham will lend her talents once again on the flute. The chorale will be accompanied by the piano expertise of Kelly Cleveland of Belmont.

Directed by Karen Jordan of Laconia, the Lakes Region Singers have been entertaining the area with concerts since 1992. The chorale consists of nearly 40 dedicated singers from Laconia, Gilford, Gilmanton and Belmont. According to Jordan, “I’m so excited about our program this season.

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Water Dowsing: Myth or Reality?

By Sarah Wright Think you can locate water under the ground, without the aid of professional tools? John McGee claims he can. John is a water dowser, who truly believes in his abilities, and after chatting with him I have to admit that he’s pretty convincing. He’s been on the hunt for water for 35 years.

Most dowsers use a “divining rod,” usually a Y- or L-shaped twig or metal rod, although some don’t use any equipment at all. John prefers a Y-shaped stick, but says that some people also have success using a pendulum method.

Dowsing was believed to have started in Germany in the 15th century.

Renaissance magicians used divining rods to find metals. Many churches at the time spoke against the practice, calling it a superstition. But even today, farmers all across the country still try dowsing to locate water sources on their land. Of course, when your livelihood depends on irrigation, wouldn’t you try every method you could to find a water source?

How did John become interested in the art of water dowsing? Back in the 1970s, John lived next door to a dowser. “I thought he was a nut,” said John, “but eventually he ended up turning me into a dowser.”

John had taken geology courses in college, so anything involving the layers of the earth interested him. He believes that dowsing is related to the science of hydrology: the study of the movement, distribution, and quality of water on Earth and other planets.

So, what happens when “the stick” senses water? It’ll vibrate, possibly to the point that it is hard to hold onto.

“I’ve seen big, burly men who can barely hold onto it,” says John.

But there is more to dowsing than just finding water. John has learned a lot about groundwater over the years, and can actually “map” the land. He can tell where the largest vein of water is, how deep it is, and even how many gallons a minute it flows. Most veins are about six-inches wide, and if you need drinking water, you’ll need water that’s moving under pressure.

One of the main uses for dowsing is to locate the perfect spot to drill a well.

John has helped many friends who

wanted to know where they should drill their wells. “Most people drill down about 800 feet, and that’s too deep,” says John. “Drilling within 200 feet is fine.” Of course, well drillers charge by the foot, so it would benefit them to drill down as far as possible.

Years ago, John got a call from a man in Windham, NH. John says, “There was a huge hill there, and new developments were being built on the land. Contractors were drilling an average of 1,500 feet for wells and getting just a gallon a minute of water pressure. I told this man where I thought the water was, and when I called him a week later, I found out that he got 25 gallons a minute by drilling down just 100 feet.”

However, not everyone is pleased when John shows up. Some contractors aren’t happy with his dowsing, because it means less money made from extra drilling. But John has other success stories.

When The Nicholas J. Pernokas Park was being built, there was a lot of grass that would need to be watered. John helped “The Nick” by dowsing for water on the land, and they ended up finding a flow of 125 gallons a minute when they drilled 800 feet next to where he said the water would be.

How does it work? John has no idea.

It’s a mystery even to him. I asked him what he would say to people who thought water dowsing was fake. “I can’t bother with them,” says John, “I already went through all those feelings and doubts myself, years ago.”

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Now, here’s where my skepticism comes in. Not only can John find water underground, he believes he can use a dowsing rod to change the direction that the water flows. A woman he met in Wakefield had six inches of water in her basement that wouldn’t drain, and was at a loss at what to do. John conducted a dowsing investigation on her property, and found that there were a few veins of water that headed in the direction of her basement. He walked around her property, thinking about reversing the flow, and took a pencil to paper to “sweep the flow” the other direction. A couple of weeks later, the water had drained and hasn’t returned since. She was convinced. Are you?

I asked John if anyone can become a water dowser, and he thinks that about 85 percent of people can do it. A few years ago, Crescent Lake School in Wolfeboro held a Field Day for students.

John did a dowsing demonstration and then a few students tried it. “Each person has a different sensitivity to it,” says John. “Only a few kids that day couldn’t do it. However, one kid didn’t even need a stick, and he knew where

the water was.” John has also done a demonstration at Canterbury Shaker Village, to educate the staff there.

John will tell anyone, “If you want to save money when drilling a well, hire a good dowser.” Unfortunately, it’s not something you can just look up online. More likely you’ll have to meet someone who knows one.

John knew a local dowser years ago, named Royal Prindhall. (That’s a name you don’t soon forget.) Royal used to be in the newspaper from time to time but he has since passed away.

John often had Royal over for dinner.

“Unfortunately, dowsing has since fallen out of favor,” says John. “People think you’re crazy.”

Well, it can’t hurt, right? The worst that could happen is that it won’t work, but after talking to John, I’m thinking there just might be something to it. Or maybe John, himself, has some kind of magical powers. I suggested this to him, and he just laughed. I guess we’ll never know the answer.

(Author’s note: I wanted to try it for myself, so I arranged a time when I could stop by to see John demonstrate his abilities. He first asked his question out loud: “Where is the water running?”

And then, “What direction is it coming from?” The stick did, in fact, seem to move and then point down at a specific spot in his yard. Unfortunately, when I tried it, I couldn’t feel much movement.

John was surprised. Maybe I need to focus more and clear my head. I’m tempted to practice his technique at home in my own backyard, but John jokingly said to practice at night, so my neighbors don’t think I’m crazy.

I’m wondering if water dowsing is like hypnotism, where a certain percentage of people can be hypnotized versus those who can’t. I have to say that I was a little disappointed in myself!)

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Each camp week has a different theme and some of this year’s camp themes include Garden to Table, Life on the Farm, Let’s Go Camping, Survivor, Eco-Artists and more.

Prescott Farm is a non-profit organization that offers environmental education for all ages throughout the year including WildQuest camps, public programs, field trips, and longterm partnerships with local elementary schools. The 160-acre historic family farm features woodland and field trails, a “green” building with geothermal and solar energy systems, historic barns, an old-fashioned maple sugaring operation (during the month of March), heritage gardens and forested pond.

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Rugs in the Garden

By Kathi Caldwell-Hopper

hobby as rug hookers to give back to the community.

A few years ago their multitude of hooked rugs formed an exhibit at the Gilmanton Year Round Library and served as a fundraiser. The June 27 event is also a fundraiser with ticket sales benefiting the library and the Gilmanton Food Pantry.

Those that attend are in for a definite treat. The tour will start in the garage area of the Barr home, where a few rug-hooking vendors will be on hand along with a display of plants for sale and organic gardening information.

The tour, which is self guided, will continue upon entering the house where hooked rugs are everywhere and a part of Dick and Sue’s daily lives.

Hooked rugs in a charming primitive style adorn the walls, the tables, the floors and just about any available surface.

The couple shrugs off how truly incredible their hooked rugs are and say it is just something fun they like to do together. But their passion for rug hooking is clear when one walks from room to room – first the beautiful kitchen/dining room where a hooked rug is even placed by the hearth of the fireplace and on each stair heading to the second floor.

The home fits the hooked rug style quite well with a nod to Early American/

Dick and Sue Barr of Gilmanton are prolific and talented rug hookers.

And skilled gardeners. And residents that believe in giving back to their community.

The Barrs are also among that rare breed – gifted people that are modest about their talents and truly see no reason to make a big deal out of all they do.

It is their spirit of giving and wishing to share their creations with others that led to the idea of a fundraiser combining their beautiful handmade hooked rugs with their equally beautiful gardens at their Gilmanton home, Bittersweet Farm.

The event, called Hooked Rugs in the Gardens, will take place on Sat., June 27 from 4 to 8 pm and it will be a not-to-be-forgotten afternoon/evening of sensory delights.

“We will display about 150 of the rugs we have hooked over the years,” says Dick. “There will be about 75 rugs indoors and 75 outside around the gardens.”

The couple spends winter and colder-weather evenings working on the rugs they design and hook in the traditional manner with strips of wool on a linen backing. They are known in rug hooking circles as a uniquely talented couple that draw their own patterns, hook superbly and use their

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Page 13 The gorgeous gardens are a testament to the worth of recycling and salvaging.

Other garden areas will display blooming and colorful Lilly of the Valley flowers, rhododendrons and azaleas, among others. The Barrs also have vegetable gardens and they will be on hand during the garden tour to talk with visitors about their planting methods.

The rugs – many with flowers worked into the designs – will be displayed throughout the garden during the tour.

Dick has an idea for a special owl hooked rug that will present a bit of a visual surprise in the garden, as well as rugs that will be displayed on fences and elsewhere throughout the garden.

One special area is a child’s garden spot where Dick and Sue’s two-yearold granddaughter likes to play when visiting. It is among the little nook-andcranny areas that make the property so unique.

As true gardeners, trees are as important to the Barrs as flowers. They point out a tree here and there that they salvaged when it was about to be discarded by someone.

• Rugs Continued from page 9 primitive décor. The rugs seem to blend in with the house, and although there are rugs everywhere, they complement rather than overpower the home.

In the living room, Dick and Sue stop to chat about the many rugs on the walls. One of the rugs is quite large and it is the first rug Dick ever hooked.

Other rugs are clearly Sue’s work and her style is as unique and charming as the rugs Dick creates.

After touring the first floor of the home, guests will exit into the incredible gardens where one of the first treats is a fern garden area. Sue says she loves ferns and their verdant green color. Nearby, sunken gardens create a special space.

A small pool with the gentle and relaxing sound of splashing water is a wonderful little world unto itself.

“We have a lot of places to sit in our gardens. We always seek tranquility,” says Sue. She adds that they feel it is important to sit and relax and use your visual and auditory senses when outside.

Charming rock steps and walls meander through the garden spaces.

“We do all our own rock work,” Dick explains, “as well as our own yard clean up.”

He adds with a smile that Sue came up with a good rule that they must maintain the garden they have before they can add to it. It is a good rule, although one can see why it would be quite tempting to add more flowers and trees.

“We buy plants at end-of-the-year sales,” Dick says. “And we rehabilitate plants that others are throwing out.”

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May 12, Saving the Fortymile, Gilmanton Year Round Library. Program on saving Alaska’s Fortymile caribou herd. Led by former Alaska Dept. of Fish and Game biologist Craig Gardner. 6 pm, free, open to the public. Call 364-3400.

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May 14, Fire By Friction: Bow Drill Creation with Tom Belluscio, 5:30-8:30 pm, The Barn at Moody Mountain Farm, 100 Pork Hill Road, Wolfeboro. Call 539-6460. www. galacommunity.org.

May 15, Music in the Pub with Tim Hazelton & David Young, 6:30 pm, Corner House Inn, junction of Routes 109 and 113, Center Sandwich. Info: www.cornerhouseinn.com.

May 15, Natural Adventure Series: Spring Birding, weekly bird ID program, explore various habitats. Squam Lakes Natural Science Center, Holderness. 7-10 am, $15 p/p, 968-7194, www.nhnature.org.

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May 15 & 29, Plants of Field & Forest Series: Outdoor Walks, Remick Country Doctor Museum, Tamworth, 10-11 am. Led by Carol Felice, Herbalist/Museum Educator at Remick Museum. Learn to recognize useful, interesting, edible or medicinal plants on the Remick properties. Join in one or multiple walks. Each walk will teach participants to recognize plants as they change through their lifecycle and add new plants to their repertoire. Dress for the day’s weather and varied terrain; bring a small notebook or camera to help your memory. Walks included with $5 Museum admission and will run through October. 323-7591.

May 15-17, 33rd Annual Winni Derby, registration info: www.winniderby.com.

May 16, Annual Great Smith River Canoe and Kayak Race, sponsored by Wolfeboro Lions Club, 1:15 pm, race begins at Albee Beach on Lake Wentworth, registration 10 am-12:45 pm on race day at Albee Beach, Wolfeboro. Info: 569-5454.

May 16, Vernal Pool Exploration, for families with kids age 7 and up, explore and observe vernal pools. 10-11:30 am, Squam Lakes Natural Science Center, Holderness. $9 p/p, 968-7194, www.nhnature.org.

May 16, Thomas Pandolfi, piano concert, 7:30 pm, Wolfeboro Friends of Music, Anderson Hall, Brewster Academy, Wolfeboro. Tickets: 569-2152. www.wfriendsofmusic.org.

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May 16, Lakes Region Symphony Orchestra, Music of Movies and Disney, Spring Pops Concert, Inter-Lakes High School Auditorium, 7:30 pm, info: www.lrso.org.

May 16, Mt. Washington Cog Railway Climbing to the Clouds, 1 pm: take ride on the Railway with special tour of Mt. Washington Observatory available; dinner and premier of The Mt. Washington Railway: Climbing to the Clouds at Mt. Washington Hotel; dinner: 5:30 pm; screening: 7 pm. Tickets: www.nhptv.org/cog; 868-4328.

May 16, 20th Annual Meredith Community Yard Sale, over 50 sales all over Meredith, info: 279-6121, www.meredithareachamber.com.

May 16, Volunteer Work Day, 9:30 am-noon, NH Farm Museum, Rt. 125 White Mountain Highway, Milton, 652-7840, www.farmmuseum.org.

May 16, Carol Ramsay Trio concert, Wakefield Opera House, Wakefield, 7:30 pm, tickets: $12 in advance; $15 at the door or visit www.wakefieldoperahouse.org.

May 16-17, Laconia Harley Davidson Demo Days, DW Highway, Meredith, 11 am-3 pm, 279-6121, www.laconiaharley.com.

May 16-17, Native American Pow Wow Honoring Elders, 10 am-5 pm, Tamworth Camping Area, 194 Depot Road, Tamworth, info: honoringoftheelders.wix.com/ powwow, 617-5852.

May 17, Legends of the Lakes Region 2nd Annual Music Jam, Paradise Beach Club, 322 Lakeside Ave., Weirs Beach, benefits Children’s Auction. Doors open 2 pm, music at 3 pm, door prizes, raffles, etc. tickets: $15.00 p/p, 998-1418, www.theparadisebc.com.

May 18, My Art – Hints for Marketing and Selling Your Art, moderated by Sigrid Gaydos, small business consultant and vice president of Signilar Art Video of Sanbornton. Woodside Building Conference Center at Taylor Community, 435 Union Ave., Laconia, 7 pm, open to the public. Call Gisela Langsten at 293-2702 or visit www. lakesregionartassociation.com.

May 19, Bald Eagle Adventure Cruise, 3-4:30 pm, view bald eagles in their natural habitat from canopied pontoon boat. Squam Lakes Natural Science Center, Holderness.

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Remick Country Doctor Museum & Farm, Monday-Friday 10 am-4 pm., yearround, 58 Cleveland Hill Rd., Tamworth Village. With displays, Capt. Enoch Remick House, workshops, education programs, special events and hearthside dinners. Call 323-7591 or 800-686-6117.

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• Rugs Continued from page 13 And they are proud of their unique cactus garden, which will be one of the highlights of the tour. One would assume cactus – a desert flower – would not grow in our northern climate, but the Barrs have proven otherwise just because they thought it would be fun to try something new in their garden.

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A swimming pool in the garden seems

to fit the space rather than overpowering it. The pool’s gently curving shape is as tranquil as everything else on the property.

Although the gardens have not bloomed as of yet, Sue assures that by June everything will be lush, green and flowering. She should know because she spends almost every day working in the gardens. It is truly a labor of love, but a big job. Dick works alongside Sue and they say all that gardening keeps them in good physical shape.

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Plus, we mow the lawns at the library and that has to be done weekly.”

The couple says that friends ask why they do so much for the library.

Sue smiles as she reflects that she got interested in the library when she saw what a haven it is for people of all ages, but particularly for children. “We are long-time Gilmanton residents,” she explains. “We are fortunate to live here and we have a commitment to give back to the area.”

That is not said in a boastful way; the couple is very modest about all they do and truly do not see it as a big deal but rather something they quietly want to do. They plan to do the garden tour as a library fundraiser and they feel the Food Pantry is equally as important to the area as well.

“You know,” Sue says, “you don’t live in this world all by yourself.” It is her way of saying that giving to others and sharing what we have is important.

Visitors will also see herb gardens and a charming area Sue calls the

Gentle Reader Fountain. It is another unexpected little spot where the sound of water splashing over a fountain provides tranquility. The water fountain is a big attraction for birds; Dick says they have a lot of birds, which they love.

The gardens circle the house and the couple explains that it was planned that way. They started their gardens near the house and over the years the beds and trees and special areas grew out from there.

The tour will also include music from a local duo, Peaked Hill, as well as a raffle of a hooked rug. Should it rain on the day of the event, the tour will be the following day, June 28, rain or shine.

“The gardens, we have been told, are even beautiful in the rain,” Dick adds.

Indeed, everything at the home of Dick and Sue Barr is beautiful, tranquil and always, always creative.

(To reserve or for information about Hooked Rugs in the Garden on Sat., June 27, call the Barrs at 267-1905 or email susan.barr75@gmail.com.)

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The Enduring Belknap Mill

By Kathi Caldwell-Hopper To say the historic Belknap Mill in downtown Laconia has been around a very long time would be an understatement. Businesses and people (from mill workers to executives to artists) have passed through the old brick building, but still the Mill stands on, silent and enduring.

Anyone who lives locally or follows Lakes Region happenings will know the Belknap Mill went through a bit of a shaky time this past year. Funding for historic buildings – even one such as the Belknap Mill, which has the distinction of being the oldest unaltered brick textile mill building in the country – are not as easy to secure as in the past.

The recent recession took its toll on grant money that once bolstered mills, museums and other historic structures.

The Belknap Mill, however, has recently received sizeable donations, which have allowed some projects to be completed. Restructuring functions and paring back have also helped the financial condition of the Belknap Mill.

Says Mill managing director Beth San Soucie, “We are looking to continue to do programs. We have scaled back and we always have the operational and building costs in mind.

For example, we will be presenting the outdoor summer concerts as we have done in the past, but most likely they will be once a month versus weekly in the summer.”

Those who travel through downtown Laconia may have noticed work being done on the finial and flagpole atop the Belknap Mill. Work was in process to repair the finial/flagpole a few years ago. Now, with a grant from the Land and Community Heritage Investment Program (LCHIP) and the Daughters of the American Revolution, the work is being finished.

The beautiful and iconic weathervane that completes the look of the Mill will beback up and things are moving forward.

Beth is very encouraged by the large number of bookings in the function spaces at the Belknap Mill. “We are using the spaces for meetings and functions and looking to see if we can collaborate with others for specific events.”

The Belknap Mill has always been a great place for a wedding or party or program. Those looking for a rustic and beautiful location for a wedding at an affordable price have chosen the Mill over the years. That has not changed - the mellow brick, the wood floors and riverside location all make the third floor function space a great spot for a wedding with a large or small guest list.

“We are booking up fast and already booking into 2016. Weddings are popular at the Mill because of its history and rustic charm. People also like that the Mill has a great story. The fact that it is a museum is an added

benefit,” says Beth.

On the first floor, the Riverside Art Gallery was the space for changing art exhibits in the past. In order to make the space financially feasible, it is being used these days for such events as the Annalee Thorndike Art Competition and the popular fourth grade program.

The school program is indeed unique: Students go back in history to a time when manufacturing was a big part of life and work in the Lakes Region.

The program is called “My First Day of Work at the Mill” and divides fourth grade school students into groups.

Students take on the roles of actual workers in the Mill. They are asked to wear an apron, shirt or jacket as a real former Mill worker might have worn, with a nametag. They “punch in” a time card at a Time Clock, then they watch a sock being knit as well as seeing the giant wheels turn in the Power House.

The program runs from late April through the start of June; teachers have given the program very positive reviews over the years because it really takes students back in time and teaches them a number of subjects.

The non-profit Belknap Mill is overseen by a board of directors; Beth explains that the board has worked hard and diligently to bring the Mill forward. “I am confident in the board decisions,” she says. “We have some great things in the works, including programs that we will publicize soon.”

Beth cites the Belknap Economic

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Development Council, the Lakes Region Chamber of Commerce, Belknap Independent Business Alliance and City of Laconia members for the upswing in interest and activity at the Belknap Mill, as well as valued volunteers and members.

Two examples of generous donations are Grace Capital Church, which recently made a $10,000 donation and Avid Engineering donating $5,000.

“We have formed specific task forces,” Beth continues. “We have a membership task force and a building task force. Our volunteers are great and their efforts are highly appreciated.”

Those that have helped the Mill will likely be on hand to support such programs as the monthly outdoor concerts in Rotary Park, which is adjacent to the Belknap Mill. Beth hopes to present the concert series monthly on Thursday evenings from 6-8 pm after the downtown Laconia farmer’s market.

Membership support has been and continues to be important to the Belknap Mill and Beth says the board is working on the idea of offering sustainability memberships, which will allow interested people to do monthly support contributions versus one flat donation. This will make it affordable for those who want to help but are on a fixed income or budget.

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Learn About Quilts of World War II Quilts made in America during World War II served a number of purposes. They brought warmth, they provided a creative outlet at a stressful time in our country and they were a vital link with home for soldiers fighting far away.

An exhibit titled Quilts of World War II is on display at the Wright Museum at 77 Center Street in Wolfeboro and features quilts made by women during World War II. The exhibit runs until June 24.

The women at home were just as committed to winning the war as the men fighting overseas, and the themes the women chose for their quilts reflected that commitment. The quilts on display fall into four broad catego-

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A graduate of the Rhode Island School of Design, Scherer has exhibited and lectured throughout the United States, as well as in Japan, England, and elsewhere globally. Her works can be found in private collections and museums across the country. She is well known for her famous cover of the book When I am an Old Woman I Shall Wear Purple.

A recipient of numerous awards and honors, she received the annual alumni award for artistic achievement from her alma mater in 2010, “for the innovative medium of textile art she has developed, and for her thoughtprovoking investigations of our society’s views of aging, reflections on life, death, family relationships and the welfare of future generations.” Scherer will offer her own reflections, including

conversation with the audience, in a culminating talk on June 16 at 7 pm.

The exhibit of Scherer’s work will be open daily, and will include docents who can help participants reflect on the fabric images and engage them, if they wish, in more personal c o nve r s a t i o n s about “last things.”

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The exhibit and all events, which are free and open to the public, takes place at First Congregational Church, UCC, 115 South Main St., Wolfeboro.

Donations are welcome. For more information, including schedule for the exhibit and events, call the church at 569-1555, or visit www.fccwolfeboro. org.

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• Belknap Mill Continued from page 17 Mill, the Capitol Campaign will be kicking off in the future as well.

One large event is being planned for July (date to be announced), which will be “community/family friendly,” according to Beth. It will be called a Summer Soiree with a performance in Rotary Park, food outdoors as well as a silent auction, 50/50 raffle and of course, tours of the historic building.

In case of rain, the event will be held completely within the Mill.

The many aspects of the Belknap Mill that visitors have enjoyed in the past have not changed. The popular Knitting Room on the first floor houses a number of historic machines once used in the production of socks. Old photos of mill workers fill the walls, showing visitors what life was like in the heyday of the mills.

Every Thursday from 10 am to 3 pm, long-time volunteer Stewart Ramsey is on hand in the Knitting Room. He is a former local mill employee and knows the knitting machines inside and out.

Visitors enjoy asking questions and watching Ramsey at the machines.

The Power House, also on the first floor, offers a self-guided walking tour and is a one-of-a-kind museum interpreting the knitting industry in the area. There is no missing the giant

wooden wheels that are the showpiece of the large Power House; the wheels once moved the giant pulleys, powered by water.

The hydroelectric power exhibit contains live demonstrations of the history of hydroelectric power, which played a vital role in the American Industrial Revolution.

Visitors can see working models for a hands-on experience of how the water wheels and turbines work; an electrical panel with switches shows how excess power generated at the mill supplied the city with electricity.

The Power House has the actual gears used at the Mill, with their wooden cogs, and with belts connecting the generators and flywheels.

Storyboards explain how waterpower to hydroelectric power evolved, and visitors can walk among the machinery to see it all up close.

The first-floor gift shop features the products of local artisans, offering everything from jewelry to maple products, candles and much more.

Hands knitted socks are also for sale as well as photography and cards.

For more information on the programs and museum of the Belknap Mill, and hours of operation, visit www.belknapmill.org or call 5248813. The Mill is located on 25 Beacon Street East, Laconia.

Cool Cruising The Gilford Community Church will present its annual Spring Dust-Off Family Cruise Night on Thurs., May 21 at the parking lot of the church at 19 Potter Hill Road in Gilford at 5 pm.

The event brings together the best of all car hobby vehicles. Over the past several years, featured vehicles have included high dollar hot rods, dragsters, funny cars, sports cars, Indianapolis racecars, fire engines, tractors, rare and not-so-rare antique cars, trucks, muscle cars, exotics and more to entertain participants and spectators. Admission to the event is free for both participants and spectators.

A pulled-pork barbeque is available at 6 pm for $12 per person in advance.

Tickets are available at the Gilford Community Church office until May 19. A limited number of tickets may be available for $15 at the gate.

This year’s featured car was built by event co-host Dennis Franciosi. Dennis starts with an idea and transforms it into an amazing reality. The frame, including the running gear and body of the vehicle, were designed and handbuilt by Dennis in his local garage.

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