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It’s Not Just About Boats at NHBM’s Boat Building Course

By Barbara Neville Wilson Photo courtesy of New Hampshire Boat Museum I ran into my friend Rosemary at the bank the other day.

I know what you’re thinking: “You ‘went’ to the bank? That’s so old-fashioned. Who goes to the bank anymore?”

Well, I do. I love going to the bank and the post office and the grocery store. I love running into people and seeing where the conversation leads.

On this day, I had the perfect opening. “I saw that paddleboard video Scott posted on Facebook.

What a great idea. It’s like a treadmill, but on a stand-up paddleboard. You guys getting one?”

She was emphatic, “Oh no. We have a problem with boats at our house. We’ve had kayaks and windsurfers and paddleboards, and most of them just sit. The one exception is the boat Scott built last year. It was…” she searched for the name, “it was some kind of skiff.”

“A Bevin’s Skiff?” I offered.

“Yes. A Bevin’s Skiff. He built it at the Boat Museum. He spent two weeks and at the end he did this really clever play on words with my name and there it is on the stern.

That boat’s a keeper,” she finished.

I knew exactly what she meant.

We have more than enough boats at our house, too, but the Optimist sailboat hanging in the barn will always be special. Daughter Taylor built it with her dad and grandfather at the New Hampshire Boat Museum years ago.

For more than a decade, the New Hampshire Boat Museum (NHBM) has hosted summer boat building courses for youth and adults. Early in summer, giant tents sprout on the museum grounds, and intent builders can be spotted assembling, painting and launching sturdy craft in a short 10 days.

Tom Mechachonis has watched over the program as Boat Building

Supervisor since 2014. He oversees a volunteer crew that works throughout the year to make sure the summer weeks run smoothly.

When students register for the Boat Building program, they also choose the type of craft they will build: a canoe, a kayak, a Bevin’s Skiff, Optimist sailboat or paddleboard. Their course fee provides the materials, instruction, support and “a good time,” Tom says.

In both courses, at least one NHBM volunteer is assigned to give assistance to each boat, but they don’t do the actual building.

The first few days of class are most important, Tom says. Students are given pre-cut materials to assemble. For some it’s the first time they’ve used hand tools and marine glue, and they find they must follow directions. Attention to detail is crucial. This is a new lesson for some.

Builders can work alone or in groups. Rosemary’s husband Scott enjoyed working solo, but some builders choose to work with family or friends.

Wolfeboro’s Sheri Thomas and her three adult sisters all took the course together about six years ago. Sheri, Cindy, Nora and Bobbi (nee Goodwin) all worked from the same plans, but each made kayaks

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reflecting her own taste. It’s been years since they built their boats, but they still try to get out together at least a few times every year, she says. And every time, they receive compliments on their beautiful craft.

Children in the Family Boat Building class are required to bring at least one adult with them.

Sometimes that is the same person all session long; other times it may be a different adult different days.

Tom chuckles, “One family brought two boys, eight and 10. By the end of the session, we’d seen their aunt, their mother, their grandmother, their father, their grandfather… it was great to see them all so involved.”

No matter how many builders, the Boat Museum volunteers are there to support them, but not to do the project for them. It’s important, Tom says, that the builders take ownership of all aspects of the

project, from selecting the type of craft, putting it together, choosing the paint color, naming the boat and taking it on its maiden voyage.

For some builders, it is their first opportunity to guide a hands-on project from start to finish.

Whether the Adult and Family Boat Building or the Youth Boat Building course, the 10 days allotted are busy. In the first days, participants put together the prefabricated pieces cut out by Boat Museum volunteers in the winter.

The sound of hand tools and painstaking focus of precise gluing predominate the builders’ focus.

After the first rushed days of assembly, however, the pace of building slows. The structure of the boat is intact and the first glow of accomplishment dulls as meticulous finish work begins. It’s especially important that volunteers kick into high gear at that time to keep builders motivated, Tom says.

Builders dream of the finished product as they fiberglass and sand, then epoxy and sand, finally finishing with two coats of epoxy paint in their preferred color.

On the final day, boats are transported from the Boat Building tents to Albee Beach behind the museum, where they are christened and launched. Boats are named for desired traits, popular characters, nicknames, or, in the case of a boy and grandfather who built together, a military ship on which a family member served.

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• Boat Building Continued from page 3 volunteers celebrate the successful completion of their project.

Exciting as it is, though, the final day is a little bittersweet. Boat builders who have worked side-byside for 10 days, getting to know one another, learning their stories and helping one other, are unlikely to see each other so regularly ever again.

Some, however, make a point of

staying in touch. Says Sheri, “I still go out a few times each year with some of the new, now old, friends I met while building my kayak.”

And I bet she happily goes to the bank and the post office and the grocery store, hoping she can run into those friends and see where the conversation takes them.

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This year, the Adult & Family Boat Building Class takes place July 9-17 (weekends included), and the Youth Boat-Building runs weekdays, August 1-12, at the New Hampshire Boat Museum on Route 28 in Wolfeboro. Learn more at www.nhbm.org or call 569-4554.

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Boat building courses at the New Hampshire Boat Museum are made possible by generous donations of time and skill by volunteers.

Volunteers sign up for jobs that best suit them and at times to fit their schedule. It’s “just in time volunteering,” says Boat Building Supervisor Tom Mechachonis.

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For the first week of each Boat Building course, volunteers familiar with hand tools, epoxy and glue, and who can read plans, help students assemble boats.

The same or other volunteers motivate builders through the fine work of finishing, sanding and painting in the second phase of building.

Launch Day volunteers organize boat transportation, help christen and launch boats and organize the informal picnic parties July 17 and August 12.

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Join the Squam Lakes Association (SLA) on Wednesday, May 18 at 7 pm for the Squam Speaker Series: Spirit of the Loon! Loons live with great passion and spirit. They are amazing bird parents and very gentle and loving with their chicks. Over the summer months, those adorable loon chicks change a great deal. Come and experience the spirit of the loon as we watch the little loons grow up.

Kittie Wilson, a volunteer for The Loon Preservation Committee, has been documenting the lives of loons

for many years. She will enchant the audience with stories, songs and amazing photographs. Kittie is the proud recipient of the 2009 Spirit of the Loon Award.

The free program will take place at the SLA Resource Center, 534 Route 3, Holderness. All are welcome to attend.

The Squam Lakes Association invites you to kick off Memorial Day Weekend at their Annual Pancake Breakfast by the lake on May 28.

Your Spring Pancake Breakfast ticket gets you more than just flapjacks; this

year thebreakfast menu is expanded to include bacon, fruit salad, oatmeal, coffee, juice and a fixins’ bar. The cost is $10 per person and kids under 5 eat free.

Breakfast starts at 9 am at the SLA Resource Center, 534 Route 3, Holderness and runs until 11 am.

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Frank Fotusky’s Old School Blues at White Church Frank Fotusky learned his music the old-fashioned way, at the feet of accomplished masters.

Frank will be bringing his singular style to the Old White Church in Tuftonboro on Saturday, May 21at 7 pm. He plays Piedmont style blues, a challenging style marked by snappy syncopation and harmonic complexity. Frank plays covers and his own originals in this style with a rare blend of concision and fire.

Frank has two CDs to his name on the Snappy Turtle label. Last year’s “Meet Me at the Bottom”, says Gary Davis biographer Ian Zack, “confirms what many have known for years: that Frank Fotusky is one of the premier acoustic blues stylists in the nation.”

A hand-me-down Epiphone guitar from his bother and the discovery of the blues set Frank on his current path. “The blues just got to me,” says Frank, “and never let go.” He soon developed an interest in the acoustic blues of the rural South and also was influenced by his grandmother, a vaudeville pianist, as well as a brief stint picking on the banjo.

As Frank got deeper into this oldschool picking, he was fortunate

enough to meet some of the masters.

John Jackson, an old-style Piedmont picker who was discovered during the folk revival, befriended Frank at the Philadelphia Folk Festival and encouraged him to carry on in that style.

Another important influence was New England’s Paul Geremia. Paul learned the blues from 30’s artists like Skip James, Pink Anderson and Son House, and urban blues legend Howlin’ Wolf. Paul likewise encouraged Frank, shared musical ideas and got him interested in the 12-string guitar, which is now featured in his sets. Another important personal influence on Frank was the late Steve Mann, a gifted West Coast guitarist that Frank jammed with and befriended.

Frank is also a patient teacher and has been known to give finger style workshops when he can.

The Old White Church is on Route 109A in Tuftonboro, across from the general store. Music begins at 7 pm. Admission to the show is $15.

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Dichroic Pendant Class The League of NH Craftsmen – Meredith Fine Craft Gallery is offering a two-day Dichroic Pendant class. The first class will be held on May 28 from 10:30 am to 12:30 pm and the second class will be June 4 from 10:30 am to 1:30 pm. The instructor will be Lynn Haust.

Melting glass, also known as the ancient art of kiln forming, is fun and addictive. This fast-paced class will give participants a chance to explore dichroic kiln fired glass and many of the techniques that make melting glass so exciting.

Students will be using Bullseye COE 90 glass to create many kilnfired dichroic pendants, working

with both clear and black dichroic glass. Get ready to work hard and have fun!

Participants will create approximately 12 pendants, depending on size. Due to firing and annealing times, finished pieces can be picked up at the Meredith League Gallery. No glass experience is necessary. For more information on this class, visit http://meredith.nhcrafts.org/classes.

Students will receive several sterling silver 18-inch chains. Tuition is $115 per student and there is no materials fee. Space is limited. Preregistration is required. Call 2797920

Business After Hours at Wine’ing Butcher The Meredith Area Chamber of Commerce invites all in the Lakes Region business community to a “Business After Hours event to be held on Thursday, May 19 at The Wine’ing Butcher Gourmet Market located off Route 25, behind the Circle K/Irving gas station from 4:30-6:30 pm.

The Wine’ing Butcher Gourmet Market is a full-service butcher shop and gourmet market offering premium meats, specialty wines and beers and artisan breads and cheeses.

Those attending the Business After Hours event will have the opportunity to network with area business leaders and also sample some of the more popular items available at the market.

The Chef/Butcher will be available to answer questions about the many offerings available at the market and there will be a tasting of some of the craft beers and specialty wines.

For more information or to make reservations contact the Chamber office at 279-6121.

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May 17, Lakes Region Job Expo, Contigiani’s Conference & Event Center, Pheasant Ridge Golf Club, Laconia, 3:30-6:30 pm, Lakes Region Chamber of Commerce, 524-5531.

May 17, 27, June 3, 10, Spring Birding, Squam Lakes Natural Science Center, Holderness, 7-10 am, explore Lakes Region habitats to ID birds. Pre-register: 968-7194, www.nhnature.org.

May 18, Bird Walk, Tamworth, meet at 7 am at Tamworth Town House parking lot, then walk to birding spots, rain or shine, info: 387-7869.

May 18, Etched in Granite, book talk, 7 pm, public welcome, Grange Hall, Maple St., Sandwich, info: www.sandwichhistorical.org.

May 19, Dinner & Storytelling at Corner House Inn, Jct. Rts. 109 & 113, Center Sandwich, 6:30 pm, Mark Chamberlain performs, reservations: 284-6219, www. cornerhouseinn.com.

May 19, Family Cruise Night, Gilford Community Church, Potter Hill Rd., Gilford, vintage autos on display, catered dinner (meal price/tickets required), 5 pm, info: 524-6057.

May 19, Journey of Discovery: A Botanist on the Trail of Lewis & Clark, 6:30 pm, Minot Sleeper Library, Bristol, info: 744-3352.

May 19, Paint Night, 6-9 pm, Wolfeboro Inn, 90 N. Main St., Wolfeboro, 5693016, www.wolfeboroinn.com.

May 20, The Garcia Project, Jerry Garcia Band Experience concert, 8 pm, Rochester Opera House, Rochester, info: www.rochesteroperahouse.com, tickets/info: 335-1992.

May 20-23, Pow Wow Honoring of the Elders, 10 am-5 pm, Tamworth Camping Area, 323-8322.

May 21, Barn Sale, NH Humane Society, 1305 Meredith Center Rd., Meredith, info: 524-3252 ext. 309, molly@nhhumane.org.

May 21, Cultivating Edible Mushrooms Workshop, Prescott Farm Environmental Education Center, Laconia, info/register: 366-5695, www. prescottfarm.org.

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May 21, Plant & Bake Sale, Samuel Wentworth Library, downtown Sandwich, 9 am-1 pm, 284-6665.

May 21, Rummage Sale, 9 am-2 pm, Hiker’s Club, Willing Workers Hall, Melvin Village, 460 Gov. Wentworth Highway.

May 21, 21st Annual Meredith Town Wide Yard Sale, locations all over town with yard sales, info/maps: 279-6121.

May 22, Fashion Show, details TBA, historic Belknap Mill, 25 Beacon St. East, Laconia, 524-8813, www.belknapmill.org.

May 23, Theatreworks USApresents Skippyjon Jones Snow What, 9:30 & 11:30 am, fairytale play, Winnipesaukee Playhouse, www.winnipesaukeeplayhouse. org., 279-0003.

May 24, America’s Pistol, The Model of 1911, 105 Years Young, 7-8 pm, presentation by Wright Museum volunteer George R. Gurick, Wright Museum, 77 Center St., Wolfeboro, 569-1212, www.wrightmuseum.org.

May 25, Hidden World of Plant Disease: Fungus Among Us, gardening talk

by Cheryl Smith plant biologist, 10:30 am, public welcome, Moultonboro Public Library, Rt. 25, Moultonboro.

May 25, Learn about Ham Radio, 7 pm, public welcome, White Mt. Amateur Radio Club, Cook Memorial Library, Tamworth, 323-8510.

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May 25, Old Highways: North Sandwich to the Notch, opening of exhibit, Marston House, Sandwich Historical Society, details/info: www. sandwichhistorical.org.

May 26, Dinner & Season Ending Storytelling Gala at Corner House Inn, Jct. Rts. 109 & 113, Center Sandwich, 6:30 pm, a variety of storytellers perform, reservations: 284-6219, www.cornerhouseinn.com.

May 26, Islands of Lake Winnipesaukee, 7 pm, Centre Harbor Historical Society Schoolhouse Museum, 92 Dane Rd/Route 25B, Center Harbor, free program, open to the public. Speaker and award-winning author Ron Guilmette enchants audiences with tales and slides of his kayaking adventures to all 260 Lake Winnipesaukee islands. www.chhistory.com.

May 26-27, Anne of Green Gables, play about the beloved orphan girl, Rochester Opera House, Rochester, info: www.rochesteroperahouse.com, tickets/show times: 335-1992.

May 28, Ken Sheldon’s Frost Heaves Yankee humor, 7:30 pm, Barnstormer’s Theatre, Tamworth, tickets/info: 323-8500, www.barnstormerstheatre.org.

May 28, Opening Day, NH Boat Museum, 99 Center St., Wolfeboro, 5694554.

May 28 & June 4, Dichroic Pendant with Lynn Haust, 5/28: 10:30 am-12:30 pm; 6/4: 10:30 am-1:30 pm, League of NH Craftsmen, DW Highway, Meredith, pre-register/info: 279-7920.

May 28-30, 25th Annual Memorial Day Weekend Craft Festival, Mill Falls Marketplace, Rt. 3, Meredith, outdoor event, free admission, variety of crafts, Sat.: 10 am-7 pm; Sun.: 10 am-5 pm; Mon.: 10 am-4 pm, .ww.castleberryfairs. com, 332-2616.

May 29, Learn to Row Clinic, 9 am-noon, Squam Lakes Association Ongoing Arts Walk, last Friday of each month, 5-8 pm, self guided tour of galleries and arts locations in Wolfeboro, 569-2762, hosted by Governor Wentworth Arts Council, www.wolfeboroarts.org.

Belknap Mill, programs and self-guided tours of the Power House, 1823 historic former textile mill. Hours/information: 524-8813. The Mill Plaza, 25 Beacon Street East, Laconia.

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Fiber Gatherings, first Thursday of the month and third Wednesday of the month, 7-9 pm, Benz Center, Sandwich village. Knitting, crocheting, spinning, weaving, needle felting, embroidery, crewel, rug hooking, quilting, sewing - no formal lessons. Monthly suggested donation of $5 per person. lupineblossoms@ gmail.com.

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Forgotten Arts: Fiber Arts Group. Meets every other Tuesday, 9:30 amnoon. Fiber artists and/or onlookers welcome to join Happy Weavers & Friends group to learn the historic art of weaving, spinning, sewing, quilting, and more.

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Farm Anniversary Celebrations, (Sundays July 17, Aug. 21, Sept. 18 & Oct. 16) farm memorabilia exhibits, farm info, farm breakfast served, exhibit free, fee charged for breakfast, info: Huntoon Farm, 46 Huntoon Rd., Danbury, info: 768-5579.

Lake Winnipesaukee Museum, Rte. 3, Weirs Beach. Preserving and promoting history of Lake Winnipesaukee and vicinity with memorabilia, photos, maps, models of famous steamboats 1833-1939, posters and photos of grand hotels plus artifacts ranging from Indian arrowheads to Big Band posters. Also lectures and children’s corner. Call for hours: 366-5950, www.lwhs.us.

Libby Museum, summer programs/camps for children, pre-register early for July and Aug. Lil Sprouts and Kamp Kindness and Kidventures: 569-5709, www.thelibbymuseum.org.

Live Blues every Friday night at 8 pm, Pitman’s Freight Room, 94 New Salem St., Laconia. Call 494-3334, pitmansfreightroom.com.

Live Jazz every Thursday at 8 pm, Pitman’s Freight Room, 94 New Salem St., Laconia. Call 494-3334, pitmansfreightroom.com.

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Masonic Breakfast, First Sunday of each month, 7-11:30 am, 35 Trotting Track Road, Wolfeboro. Fresh fruit, omelets made to order, scrambled eggs, hash browns, cereal etc.

New Hampshire Boat Museum, “We’ve Got You Covered: Art From MotorBoating Magazine Covers 1914-1935, an exhibit of boating magazine covers, runs from May 28-Oct. 10, 399 Center St., Wolfeboro, info: 569-4554, www.nhbm.org.

New Horizons Band of the Lakes Region, meets Tuesdays at 7 pm at Music Clinic, Rt. 3, Belmont, all musicians welcome, info: 528-6672.

Open Mic/Jam Night, Thursdays, 7-11 pm, Hawg’s Pen Cafe, Farmington.

All levels, styles, and genres welcome. Info: shadowsoundmusic@yahoo.com.

Open Mic every Friday at 7:30 pm, The Back Room at the Mill Fudge Factory, 2 Central St., Bristol, 744-0405, themillfudgefactory.com.

Ossipee Knit/Crochet meets at the Ossipee Public Library on the second and fourth Friday of each month, 1:30-3 pm.

Prescott Farm Environmental Education Center, dawn-dusk, 928 White Oaks Rd., Laconia. Historic farm with 160 acres offers three miles of hiking trails, gardens, bird and wildlife viewing plus barn. Special events and programs throughout the year. Call 366-5695. www.prescottfarm.org.

Radio-Controlled Sailing on Back Bay, Bridge-Falls Path, Wolfeboro. Onemeter Solings compete 1 pm Tuesdays, US12’s compete 1 pm Thursdays, both sessions weather permitting. Free-sailing Footy’s available for youngsters to try on Tuesday. More information at nhbm.org.

Remick Country Doctor Museum & Farm, 58 Cleveland Hill Rd., Tamworth Village. Activities and tours, exhibits, workshops, Capt. Enoch Remick House and farm stand. Call for hours 323-7591 or 800-686-6117, www.remickmuseum.org.

Sculpture Walk, sponsored by Greater Meredith Program, free, open to public, tour outdoor, juried Meredith sculpture walk year round, info: www. greatermeredithprogram.com.

Tamworth Summer Farmer’s Market, (May 14-Oct. 22), parking lot of Unitarian Universalist Fellowship, 30 Tamworth Rd., Tamworth, 9 am-1 pm, info: www.tamworthfarmersmarket.org.

Wolfeboro Farmer’s Market, June 2-Oct. 6, takes Thursdays from 12:30-4:30 pm. Cate Park, Wolfeboro, info: www.wolfeboroareafarmersmarket.com.

Wolfeboro Inn Special Events, Sushi Night, every Tues., 4-9 pm; every other Thur. Date Night with free babysitting, 5-9pm; Sun. Brunch, every Sun. 10 am-2 pm; Wolfe’s Tavern, Wolfeboro Inn, 90 N. Main St., Wolfeboro, 5693016, www.wolfeboroinn.com.

Winnipesaukee Triathlon Club, free group, members training for various triathlons, info: www.meetup.com.

Woodside Carvers, informal group of Lakes Region men and women who enjoy carving, meet Thursday mornings, 9-11 am in the dry craft room, Woodside Building Conference Center, Taylor Community, 435 Union Ave., Laconia. Info: email gary@garybrockdesign.com.

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Lakes Region Singers Spring Concerts Laconia, the Lakes Region Singers have been entertaining this area with spring and winter concerts since 1992. The chorale consists of nearly 40 dedicated singers from Laconia, Gilford, Gilmanton and Belmont.

Spring is in the air, and so is the music of the Lakes Region Singers as they rehearse a fresh and exciting program for their annual Spring Concerts. There will again be two performances, one on Friday, May 20, at 7:30 pm and the other on Sunday afternoon, May 22 at 3 pm.

The well-known community choral group will perform 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.

“This is the first year all of our numbers will come from well-known modern musicals,” says Director Karen Jordan, “and yet each piece will explore a very different musical style. Some are traditional favorites, while others have the flavor of jazz, or soft pop, or even rock music.”

The Adult Chorus will treat

listeners to memorable tunes from Broadway shows such as Dancing Queen, Into the Woods, Godspell, Chicago, Guys and Dolls, and Man of LaMancha.

The Youth Chorus will show off their talents in toe-tapping numbers like Greased Lightnin’, a selection of Disney songs, and a piece from Amistad by John Williams. The evening will close with both choruses joining together in an uplifting version of God Bless America from the Irving Berlin medley, A Century of Song.

The program will feature several soloists from within the chorus, as well as the youth bell choir. Some key numbers will be enriched with additional instruments, including percussion, cello and flute. The piano talents of Phil Breton of Laconia will accompany the Adult Chorus, and the Youth Chorus will feature the keyboard expertise of Kelly Cleveland of Belmont.

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Says Jordan, “This is your chance to re-live the songs of some favorite musicals, or maybe hear something special for the very first time. So please join us on May 20 or 22 for this celebration of spring!”

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May 16, 2016

It’s Town Wide Yard Sale Time!

Lakes Regioners like a good bargain, and the annual season of town-wide yard sales now upon us offers some great deals.

Whether your taste is for sports equipment, furniture, antiques, clothing or books, a good yard sale will

have what you are looking for. Part of the fun of yard saling is the thrill of the hunt!

The Lakes Region is full of hamlets and larger towns with plenty of yard sales come June, July and August. For many, the start of yard sale season is

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marked by the multitude of town wide yard sales in the area.

Antique and yard sale enthusiasts should plan to be in Meredith on Saturday, May 21 for bargains and unique finds when the Meredith Area Chamber of Commerce sponsors the 21st Annual Community Yard Sale.

According to Chamber Executive Director Susan Cerutti, the sales will be held from 9 am to 3 pm at over 50 locations in the Meredith Area.

In addition to the many sales taking place at individual homes, several businesses and organizations also will hold sales.

In Meredith, the Trinity Episcopal Church, located on Route 25, will hold a group sale and on Highland Street the First Congregational Church will be offering a wide assortment of items.

The Friends of the Library will have an annual book sale at the Meredith Public Library. As in the past, The Meredith Altrusa Club will be offering a wide array of items and will be set up on the lawn of the Meredith Area Chamber of Commerce building, On Route 3 north of the lights, the Inter-Lakes Alumni Association will hold a sale.

Sales will be held at individual homes in the downtown area, and all over the greater Meredith area.

The Community Yard Sale will be held rain or shine and maps identifying the locations of the various sales will be available beginning at 8 am the day of the sale at the Chamber of Commerce Information Center located

at 272 Daniel Webster Highway.

Signs will be posted at the individual locations so those attending will know where the sales are held. The community-spirited event is sponsored by the Meredith Area Chamber of Commerce as a service to both residents and businesses and provides those attending with the opportunity to shop for treasures at the various sales and to frequent the local stores and restaurants.

To receive more information about the event, call the Meredith Area Chamber of Commerce at 279-6121.

Wakefield will be holding a town wide yard sale on Saturday, May 28 with a rain date of May 29. This charming town will be busy with many yard sale locations offering everything from household items to antiques. Call 5229977 for details.

Elsewhere, town wide yard sales are springing up in many area towns. Alton will be hosting an Annual Town Wide Yard Sale on Saturday, June 4. The sale starts at 9 am, and there will be many, many yard sale sites around the town, including many in-town locations as well as sales at homes in more rural areas of Alton. Thus, it is important to pick up a map featuring all yard sale locations to make sure you “hit” all the sales. The maps are free and available at the Alton Town Hall and the Gilman Library and local banks after May 27.

Call 875-0109 for details.

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May 16, 2016 from outside of Plymouth may register for space at the site next to the National Guard Armory (by the community garden), across the street from the Common Man Inn & Spa (which is at 231

Main Street in Plymouth). For information, to set up a group site, or to volunteer, contact sheila@coppertoppe.com or call 744-5036 from noon to 6 pm.

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A busy yard sale at Meredith’s annual Town Wide Yard Sale; photo courtesy Meredith Area Chamber of Commerce.

•Yard Sale Continued from page 14 Sale will be held June 3, 4 and 5 in the towns of Gilmanton, Barnstead, Chichester, Epsom, Loudon, Northfield and Pittsfield. New this year is a community yard sale location at Dustin Park on Saturday, June 4 from 8 am-2 pm. With many individuals and organizations registered to participate, the Pittsfield Chamber of Commerce has information on the event and you can learn more by emailing events@pittsfieldchamber.org.

Tuftonboro is also having a town wide yard sale on June 4, from 9 am - 1 pm.

A map will be available at individual sites as well as at the community site at

the Town Office, 240 Middle Road. For more information visit tuftonboro.org.

The Plymouth Town Wide Yard Sale has become a major event for the college town at the entrance to the north country of NH. The date for this year’s sale is Saturday, Sept. 10. The town wide yard sale will start at 9 am and features many sale sites, as it has done for a number of years. Individual families, as well as service organizations will take part, making this end-of-summer sale one not to be missed. Maps will be sold the day of the event.

Ashland will hold its annual town wide sale on Saturday, Sept. 10 starting at 9 am. The event will feature sales all over town and in the downtown area; it will be held rain or shine. Vendors

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May 16, 2016

Abenaki & Yankee: Living Together in Harmony?

By Barbara Neville Wilson Abenaki Ski Area. Abenaukee Estates. Abenaki Tower. Abenaki Trace. Abenaki Trail…

The name “Abenaki” is all around us. But do you know who the Abenaki people were? And are?

I didn’t, so I spent time talking with historian Bob Cottrell, curator of the pre-historic collection of Helen Leadbetter, and of the Henney History Room at Conway Public Library, which stores the papers of respected Abenaki elder Stephen Laurent.

First things first; I ask Bob for the proper pronunciation of “Abenaki,” and he pauses a moment to laugh.

“That’s a really good question,” he says, and one that’s rather unanswerable, he goes on. For most people, it’s ‘A-buh-nak-ee,’ but some prefer ‘Abnak-ee.’

The Abenaki are a family group with a long history around Lake Winnipesaukee and into Conway. They live life in rhythm with the seasons and are nomadic in nature, following crops and animals seasonally. Bob is most familiar with members of the St. Francis/Sekoki band of Abenakis that travels seasonally between St. Francis in Quebec, Canada and Intervale.

“The extent of the range in 1650 differed from what it was in 1750 and 1750 differed from 1850,” Bob says.

Interestingly, Bob doesn’t draw any

Native Abenaki made a variety of accommodations to other cultures in their deeded land in Intervale. Photos from Elder Abenaki Stephen Laurent’s collection held at the Henney History Room at Conway Public Library. positive or negative conclusions about this information. He simply states that it occurred. He shares that his role within the Abenaki is as historian and curator. He is not a Native American and does not present himself as a representative of the Abenaki people.

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Perhaps because we have been conditioned by Hollywood, many people are surprised to learn Laurent was an accomplished academic who spent 30 years translating an Abenaki/French dictionary into English and then, in hopes of preserving the spoken language, recorded it for posterity.

The explanation is that through “accommodation,” Laurent lived a full life where he played leading roles in both U.S. and Abenaki cultures. He was a United States postmaster from 19451975 and an elder in the St. Francis/ Sokoki band that travelled yearly from the historical Intervale grounds in New Hampshire, to the Odanack settlement in St. Francis, Quebec.

Laurent was simultaneously a Native American elder, a Catholic, a teacher and a United States civil servant. Taking on an additional role of interpreter of native ways to other cultures, he could be seen wearing a Plains Indian headdress when sharing insight into native culture with tourists in Intervale.

To some this seems confusing, a muddling of cultures, but Bob explains that this is where “accommodation” comes into play. While we as observers often only see it in native culture, accommodation goes on among us all the time. Cultures continuously inter-

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Stephen Laurent; courtesy Conway Public Library, Henney History Room.

• Abenaki Continued from page 16 act and become interwoven, and no one culture remains static. He gives the example of the Alsace Lorraine region in Europe where French and German cultures meet and in some ways have created a new and distinct blended culture of language, cuisine and tradition.

Laurent and the Abenaki families adopted and continue to adopt aspects of other cultures into their traditions, while also preserving and sharing aspects of their native customs with others. By inviting others to observe and take part in their traditions in Intervale and other grounds throughout New England and Canada, they attempt to bridge the gap between cultures.

There is irony in the fact that, in part, it is this accommodation that makes it hard for the casual observer to see signs of Abenaki presence in our region today. In an effort to assimilate, native peoples often wove their lives so well into the surrounding culture that any differences became indistinct.

This was not necessarily simply from a desire to fit in with the immigrant cultures. For many years it was also a con-

scious safety decision, for European descended settlers often harbored a deep prejudice and suspicion of native culture.

Instead of accommodation, prevailing European cultures carried out a policy of forced assimilation. Eugenics, or prescribed selective sterilization to prevent continuation of native lines, was enforced in parts of the United States through the 1930s, and intermarriage between Native Americans and others was illegal into the mid-20th century.

As late as 1978, Indian schools were used to force young people to drop their native customs and language.

Acting out of self-preservation, families often kept their Native American heritage private.

From another tack, knowledge about Abenaki heritage sites is often kept within small circles of local historians and culturalists who recognize the fragile nature of the sites. Too many visitors would endanger the sustaining balance that has preserved them over the years and centuries.

If you know what to look for, though, you may stumble across a site when walking through the woods. For in-

stance, the Abenaki employed innovative methods for catching and preserving fish along water shores. Unusually sharp knives made with rock from Sandwich have been found as far away as the Amoskeag Falls in Manchester.

“If you know what to look for…” what does that mean? When meeting with groups, Bob tries to help members to think outside their own cultural expectations. When entering the Intervale, he’ll ask participants to look at a grove of trees, and choose the trees they would use if they were going to build a home if they were a European, and what trees they would choose if they were an Abenaki.

The selections are based on the culture’s prevailing assumptions: Abenakis chose hemlock, basswood and birch trees because they were flexible and easy to work into low-profile seasonal homes. Europeans generally chose tall hardwoods because of their durability. The Abenaki didn’t understand the European willingness to struggle with taking down and hewing their trees, while the Europeans couldn’t get their heads around the Abenaki lack of desire for a house of more substance.

Another exercise Bob uses is the “What would it be like if…?” game.

What would it be like if you had no

refrigeration? What foods would be central to your diet? How would you ensure there was food all through the winter? How would preservatives like salt be valued on the common market?

To learn more about Abenaki lives in your local area, Bob suggests the best place to start is the local historical society. He pauses a moment, “I can’t think of a museum around here that doesn’t have a Native American presence.”

He also suggests a visit to the state archeological website, www.nhas.org.

The Kearsarge Indian Museum does some impressive introductory language programs disguised as basket making: participants weave a basket getting direction strictly in Abenaki.

Farther afield, one can visit the Native American Exhibit at Fruitlands Museum in Harvard, MA. For armchair travel, he points to the comedy drama Powwow Highway as a good resource to get a sense of the complicated relationship between Native Americans and Euro-Americans.

On May 20, Bob will present “Cultures: Crafts, Architecture & Covered Bridges” at Conway’s Salyards Center for the Arts with an optional field trip to the Abenaki site in Intervale. To learn more or reserve a spot, go to http://olli.granite.edu/conway.html or call 513-1377.

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Lakes Region Museum Tour

By Kathi Caldwell-Hopper The word “museum” is bound to scare some people away. MerriamWebster’s Dictionary defines a museum as a “building in which interesting and valuable things (such as paintings and sculptures or scientific or historical objects) are collected and shown to the public.”

The idea of browsing through rooms of someone else’s collections might seem a bit tedious, but the unique museums in the Lakes Region are anything but dull.

From boats to history to art to World War II to wooden boats, there is something for everyone at the area’s many museums. This season, exhibits are planned and programs relating to the displays are sure to please.

In Laconia, the Belknap Mill is an 1823 textile mill building that serves as an area cultural center. Located at 25 Beacon Street East in downtown Laconia, the Mill holds gallery exhibits, special events and offers a permanent Power House gallery display.

People who love gadgets and history will love the Power House that traces the history of hydroelectric power with live demonstrations of the role the Mill played in the Industrial Revolution.

The Belknap Mill has working models to show visitors how water wheels and turbines once worked; the Mill’s power helped supply electricity to the city of Laconia at one time. Equally as fascinating, the Power House also has

Libby Museum huge gears and wooden wheels that aided in the power system. Visitors can get an up-close look at all this during the Mill’s open hours. Call ahead at 524-8813 for hours (the museum and gift shop are typically open Tuesday and Thursday from noon to 6 pm).

Visit www.belknapmill.org.

The Laconia Historical and Museum Society maintains an exhibit space on the upper level of the Laconia Public Library, located on Main Street (in Laconia), with changing exhibits focusing on the past of the city. Previous exhibits have featured textiles, local medical facilities, the police department, historic theatre curtains and more. Exhibits reflect life in the Lakes Region, from sports to education, among other topics. Currently, the exhibit on display is titled, Aquedoctan Indian Nation on Laconia’s Shores.

Call for information at 527-1278; the

exhibits are free to the public. Visit www.laconiahistorical.org.

Many visitors return again and again to the Lakes Region because they have fond memories of summering in the area as children. If you recall the boats on the lake, the summer camps, the music at Irwin’s Winnipesaukee Gardens and much more, plan to stop at the Lake Winnipesaukee Museum this summer. The museum offers much for visitors with topics such as summer camps, steam boating, powerboats, waterskiing to name but a few things on display. Lectures are offered as well.

The museum is located at 503 Endicott Street North in the Weirs Beach area.

Call 366-5950 or visit www.lwhs.us.

If you love motorcycles and memorabilia, plan to put a tour of the American Police Motorcycle Museum on Rt. 3/194 DW Highway in Meredith on your museum list for the summer.

The museum is truly unique, focusing on the history of police motorcycles.

You will see everything motorcycle-related, from hill climbers to race bikes and many old bikes that you will likely never see elsewhere. Fans of the museum love the selection, the old bikes and special displays. Call 279-6387 or visit www.americanpolicemotorcyclemuseum.com for more information.

Head north up I-93 (take Rt. 104 from Meredith to New Hampton), Plymouth for a wonderful museum that interprets the mountains, the forests and history of NH. The Museum of the White Mountains is a gem, with an enthusiastic staff always ready to show visitors around and answer questions.

This summer, the museum is featuring a great exhibit titled Taking the Lead: Women and the White Mountains.

Women have long been leaders to protect and explore the White Mountains.

From farm wives to climbers, from early hikers to modern businesswomen, from early conservationists to today’s environmentalists, women have “taken the lead” and brought their talents to the mountains. This exhibit traces that history from early mountain trail hiking by female tourists to 20th-century women connecting the mountains to the outside world. Visitors will get a glimpse at how early female hikers dressed (think long skirts and perky hats!) and information about nota-

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• Museum Tour Continued from page 18 bles such as Dolly Copp, who blazed trails and worked the land to create a successful farm that later became a popular campground, this exhibit is educational, but first and foremost a lot of fun. The museum, located at 34 Highland Street in Plymouth, is open Monday through Saturday and closed on Sundays; admission is free. Call 535-3214.

If you continue “up north” on I-93 to the White Mountain region, you will find the New England Ski Museum at Exit 34B, 135 Tramway Drive in Franconia. If you are a skier or have memories of family ski trips to NH, this is a must-see place! The permanent exhibit is called From the First Tracks to the Fall Line: eight thousand years of skiing. It presents a timeline of skiing from its prehistoric roots up until the advent of the shaped ski in the 1990s, and includes local aspects of ski history with national implications such as several important ‘firsts’ at Cannon Mountain, and the career of area native Bode Miller.

The collections of the Ski Museum include correspondence, scrapbooks on skiing in the area, old films and much more. Changing exhibits offer a look at all aspects of skiing in New England. Call 823-7177 or visit www. newenglandskimuseum.org.

Back in the Lakes Region, the Wolfeboro area boasts museums that focus on an array of topics. Starting with the Libby Museum on Rt. 109 in Wolfeboro, plan to spend a day (or more) taking in all the museums have to offer.

The Libby Museum is fascinating for all sorts of reasons and we can thank Dr. Libby, the founder, for bringing it to us. Dr. Libby lived in the area and in around 1912, decided to share his vast collection of scientific and travel memorabilia with the public. He built a beautiful museum on the shores of the

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lake and for over 90 years, the wonders of the natural world have been offered to children and adults. The collection has to be seen to be believed, but just a sampling includes dental equipment from days gone by, hairballs from cows, a huge Indian dugout canoe… and so many more unusual items.

Added to this, the museum offers children’s camp programs.

The Libby Museum is open from June through Labor Day; call 5691035 or visit www.wolfeboronh.us/ Pages/WolfeboroNH_Museum.

The Wolfeboro Historical Society is located at 233 South Main Street in Wolfeboro and is a wonderful step back in time. The complex offers a lot to visitors: the old-fashioned Pleasant Valley Schoolhouse set up as an 1800s classroom would have been; the historic (circa 1778) Clark House, once the home of an early Wolfeboro family; and the Firehouse, with early fire fighting equipment. The museum complex is open for tours during the summer; call 569-4997 or visit www.wolfeborohistoricalsociety.org.

The Wright Museum of World War II is a must-see place, located at 77

Center Street in Wolfeboro. With a unique slant on the history of our country, the museum focuses on life on the home front (as well as the battlefield) of the World War II years.

Visitors of all ages love this museum, with room after room of collections and displays that show everything from the toys children played with during the late 1930s to mid 1940s to vignettes of life on the home front with a fully equipped kitchen, gas station, dental office, a collection of Time Tunnel rooms tracing life in each of the war years and special exhibits and period posters. Old motorcycles and wartime vehicles are also part of the huge collection. Add to this the special lecture series and a great gift shop, and this is the place to take the family on a rainy day or any day of a vacation or week-

end. Through June 10, a wonderful exhibit titled Private Charles J.Miller: New Paintings From the South Pacific will be featured. From June 18 to August 21, the special exhibit will be Norman Rockwell in the 1940s: A View From the American Home Front.

Many lectures and more exhibits are scheduled; call 569-1212 or visit www. wrightmuseum.org.

Boating is a big part of the Lakes Region and the NH Boat Museum at 397 Center Street in Wolfeboro is a great place to trace the history of boating and to see some great old boats.

This season’s special exhibit is titled “We’ve Got You Covered: Art From MotorBoating Magazine Covers 19141935,” and it looks back at a time when magazine covers were true works of art.

The exhibit is on loan from the Antique Boat Museum in Clayton, New York.

Other exhibits include beautiful wooden boats from the early years of Lakes Region boating to old boat motors to displays on area camps and much more. There is something for every age at the Boat Museum, as well as special events and off-site races and vintage boat shows, an on-site Vintage Boat Auction (on July 16) and boat building workshops and lectures. Call 569-4554 or visit www.nhbm.org.

Don’t let the word “museum” intimidate you – plan to visit one or more of these great museums this year. From vintage motorcycles to vintage boats and a look at life during World War II or the beginnings of skiing in New England, there is something for everyone at Lakes Region/NH museums.

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Flying High Now~The Lakes Region from a Bird’s Eye View

By Barbara Neville Wilson Bill Hemmel is semi-retired. It’s true. Just go to his Aerial Photo NH website. Right there it says, “After over 40 years of aerial photography experience, I have been fortunate enough to (semi)retire.”

A few days after reading this news, I interview Bill Hemmel. I hear the pride and excitement in his voice. I see the new “Ice Out 2016” tab on his website. In the course of our conversation he mentions he’s “always looking for a challenge” not once, but twice…maybe even three times.

Frankly, I don’t hear much “retired” in Bill Hemmel’s “semi-retired.” Perhaps that’s because, as he says, “When you love what you’re doing, you never work a day in your life.”

And in aerial photography, Bill has joined together three loves: flying, photography, and taking on challenges.

Bill has been a pilot for more than 50 years. He first became licensed

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Unlike studio photography where conditions can be controlled, Bill’s flying studio, “doesn’t stand still” and he “can’t control the lighting or the temperature.” The importance of this last point becomes better understood when you realize Bill often catches shots through a helicopter’s wide open door.

That strategic planning and the thrill of the chase is why Bill only “semi”-retired. He is at a stage in life where he can choose to photograph only the scenes that fascinate him, the scenes that require him to meticulously measure and plan and stretch his skill to new applications.

For this, he’s grateful to be able to pick and choose, and he’s also grateful that new technologies permit some workaday jobs to be done by others.

He points to the introduction of drones as a real complement to aerial photography. Where Bill’s special skills are necessary for intricate shots from obtuse angles, drones are perfectly capable of doing straightforward construction inspections efficiently, and they are able to fly much lower and at closer range than Bill and his planes could ever do safely. Drones “fill a niche,” he says.

Yet that “niche” is still developing, says Bean Group real estate agent Michael Travis, one of the Lakes Region’s earliest and most prolific drone photographers. His videos receive hundreds of hits when posted on social media. Perhaps you’ve seen his “Morning in America” or his coverage of Wolfeboro’s July 4th parade in 2015.

It was a real estate conference that prompted his interest. There, he was informed that drones were the future in real estate marketing. It all made sense, he said. Photography taken from above can show detail impossible to see from the ground.

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After the conference, he investigated drones and their application to real estate and was tapped by a similarly minded investor to start filming from aloft. They formed a company called Media Wing.

The price of drones used in real estate and hobby applications has come down drastically in the last few years. They are much less expensive than the aircraft Bill Hemmel uses in his aerial photography work and hardly a fraction of top shelf million dollar drones used by the U.S. military. Still, drones cost $3,000-$4,000 each, and being light, can be easily blown off course or even into the ground. It was important that Mike be well trained and experienced before offering drone services to the public.

Mike began his education in spring 2015. A firm believer in hiring people more capable than himself, he enlisted the training services of Jeremy Copenhaver, a Brewster student who had amassed hours of drone flying time in the five years since acquiring his first drone at age 12.

Together Mike and Jeremy practiced throughout the Lakes Region.

At first, Mike found it difficult to adjust to the need to use both his left and right brains simultaneously. He has to control the path of the drone while also watching scenery from its birds’ eye view on an iPad screen. The Nick Recreation Park provided plenty of unobstructed space and a grand sky view of Lake Wentworth. Mike was constantly impressed by the drone’s ability to show him things he would never imagine were on the ground.

By early July, he felt confident enough to take his drone to Wolfeboro’s town docks and film scenes of Wolfeboro at dusk. He started with a view of the Winni Belle at the dock, progressed to vessels on the Lake (and was approached by law enforcement who requested he not film a “bust” by the marine police—drones give common citizens unprecedent-

ed access to scenes never before thought accessible; privacy issues are the focus of much discussion about drones), crossed Back Bay and spent a few frames observing Jo Green’s balconies and its happy guests.

Afterwards, Mike went home and incorporating music by his cousin Snuffy Walden, edited a three-minute video that he posted to YouTube by dawn the next day. It has received thousands of views. Not bad for four to five total hours of work!

Mike is quick to say, though, that his drone videos aren’t just a matter of slapping together some music with jaw-dropping aerial images.

He knits together video and music to create an emotional response in his audience. Whether he creates a narrative to impact prospective buyers of real estate, or to introduce people to New Hampshire’s lakes, he knows that if he can make his product look seamless and edit images together well, so that they tug at people’s hearts, “I don’t have to use words.” The images speak clearly on their own and viewers “do not necessarily know why.”

In the year since Mike held his first drone, the technology and its regulation has changed drastically.

What was largely unregulated is now receiving more restrictions and so, it becomes more expensive for those using drones for commercial applications. For instance, if he had flown for commercial purposes last year, he was permitted to fly solo, but law now requires that pilots be certified and accompanied by an observer during any commercial flights. Privacy and safety concerns have also made the activity less free form. While he may have once considered becoming a commercial pilot, he has chosen to remain a hobbyist.

Mike is no longer actively involved in the drone department of Media Wing, but he still enjoys making videos from drone footage he has directed. He finds no better way to introduce the Lakes Region and New Hampshire to friends and family.

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Nongame Program Working to Protect Pollinators and other Threatened Wildlife Give by June 30 to help Fish and Game get a matching grant. Learn more – and donate online or by mail – at www.wildnh.com/nongame The NH Fish and Game Department’s Nongame and Endangered Wildlife Program supports habitat protection and the monitoring and restoration of species such as the Karner blue butterfly, New England cottontail, Blanding’s turtle and the bald eagle.

“Habitats matter – to you, to wildlife, and to what New Hampshire means as a state. One of the best tools we have to protect habitats that matter most to wildlife is the newly revised Wildlife Action Plan,” says Nongame Program Supervisor John Kanter.

Three dozen insects joined a range of mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians and fish (169 in all) as Species of Greatest Conservation Need in the state’s just-published plan, according to Kanter. These birds and other wildlife represent the quality and diversity of New Hampshire’s landscape.

Pollinators are on the minds of many today; they are essential to our food supply, yet many are threatened.

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NH Heritage Trail Welcomes Lake Winnipesaukee Museum Promoting the history and heritage of Lake Winnipesaukee and its surrounding area, the Lake Winnipesaukee Museum recently joined the NH Heritage Trail, which extends from Portsmouth to Plymouth and several points north and west.

NH Heritage Trail president and Executive Director of the Wright Museum of WWII in Wolfeboro, Michael Culver referred to the new addition as “an exciting opportunity.”

“All the museums on the Trail feature certain characteristics—unique collections, knowledgeable staff and committed boards,” he said. “We are always open to welcoming a new member whose story helps to enhance the overall narrative of The Trail itself.”

Melanie Benton, museum director of the Lake Winnipesaukee Museum, said she is excited to join The Trail.

She cited its emphasis on creating “memorable experiences” for visitors as an important determining factor in electing to become a member.

“We felt that joining The Trail would enhance our capacity as an organization,” she said. “From more exposure across the state to sharing best museum practices, there is real value to being a member.”

Open from June through late October, the Lake Winnipesaukee Museum is located in the Weirs section of Laconia next to Funspot. The museum features a collection of historical photographs, maps and lake charts, and memorabilia on lake history, including water skiing, boating, summer camps for boys

and girls, Native Americans and the steamboat era and more.

Charles Clark, executive director of Castle in the Clouds in Moultonborough, said he believes that the addition of the Lake Winnipesaukee Museum helps to not only highlight the diversity of the Lakes Region, but The Trail itself.

“There is a lot to see in this beautiful Lakes Region and throughout The Trail,” he said. “We cover more than 300 years of history and feature all kinds of activities and programs for families and die-hard history buffs.

I’m excited to see The Trail continue to expand.”

Culver agrees and noted that many museums on The Trail this year have implemented new programs and/or exhibits. As an example, he cited a new permanent display for their Military Gallery at the Wright Museum of World War II. “The display is a “life-size” 1940s-era wooden Army barracks, complete with pot belly stove, foot lockers, uniforms and gear, wall pinups, and all the military and personal accessories that would have been found in such a WW II barracks,” he said. “The display will give Museum visitors a realistic view of how soldiers of the period lived and worked.”

As a new Trail member, Benton expressed optimism that their membership will help increase foot traffic into the Lake Winnipesaukee Museum.

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Gilford A stunning home under construction designed & built by Skiffington Homes. Enjoy amazing sunsets from this prime waterfront home with southwest exposure. Floor plan is perfect with an amazing Great Room that opens to waterside decks & a fabulous Post & Beam porch with fireplace. Bonus area over the garage is finished with a private guest suite which includes sitting room, bedroom and bath. $2,995,000

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A remarkable home on a sensational lot with sandy beach and an enormous, covered dock for three boats. Enjoy picturesque sunsets and added outdoor living space from the sweeping, enclosed, stone patio with fireplace. This home was architecturally designed and custom built with unmatched detail and quality. With a carriage home and nine garages, this is the Ultimate Lake Home! $10,000,000

Enter a winding driveway to a private courtyard with commanding views, sweeping lawn, sandy beach & a W-shaped dock with canopy. The kitchen is amazing! Appointed with the finest appliances & custom Birdseye Maple counters complemented by spacious eating & cozy sitting areas with fireplace.

Patio doors lead to a covered, sweeping veranda with multiple sitting & outdoor dining areas. $4,495,000

An impressive, architecturally-designed, custom 4-bedroom Governor’s Island home sited to take advantage of picturesque mountain views and beautiful sunsets. There is a sandy beach, large dock and a beautifully landscaped lot. Club amenities include beach, clubhouse, tennis courts, cross country trails and woodlands for hiking. $2,195,000

Sanbornton - Located on a fabulous, level lot with 265 feet of private Lake Winnisquam waterfront and picturesque mountain views this wonderful 5-bedroom home is welcoming and charming. On public sewer the possibilities are unlimited. This special and rare waterfront home is unmatched in location, style, convenience, privacy and space. $1,345,000

Gilford - Step inside, and wow, what a view! It’s open, spacious, beautifully and tastefully updated with walls of windows opening to beautiful lake and mountain views. On a lovely 8.4 acre, level lot with a large expanse of lawn and fields, this property is truly appealing. It is a stunning home in a wonderful and convenient Gilford neighborhood. $699,000

Laconia - A spacious 4-bedroom waterfront home on a level lot. With a U-shaped dock and sandy beach you will enjoy the best of lake living.

The waterside family room has walls of glass and a fireplace with wood stove. The oversized deck overlooks a private, fenced in yard and water views.

This is a great home for year round enjoyment. $499,900

Gilford - This tasteful home is located in a desirable and convenient Gilford neighborhood. It is open in design with a Great Room with a soaring ceiling, wall of glass and a gas fireplace. The gleaming hardwood floors are throughout the main level. Convenience of a first floor Master bedroom.

This is a terrific home perfect for executive living. $499,900

Gilford - This beautifully updated and tastefully decorated Broadview Condominium is private and convenient. It overlooks beautiful lake and mountain views. It has three second level bedrooms and two second level baths. Economical monitor heat, a private garage. Community beach, tennis and docks complete this desirable home. $465,000

Meredith - Enjoy stunning views of Lake Winnisquam and mountains beyond from this private 8 acre lot. Driveway and electricity have been brought to the site. Enjoy Waldron Bay Association rights which include clubhouse, beach, tennis and possible moorings.

Location is prime, private and convenient. $179,000

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