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Rope Skippers from Bristol Made Big Impressions

By Thomas P. Caldwell Spring is well underway, bringing people outdoors to do yard work or gardening, ride bikes, or participate in other warm-weather pursuits. One spring activity that has mostly disappeared, though — gone the way of playing games of marbles — is jumping rope.

Rope-jumping still takes place, but the focus has shifted from being a fun children’s game to a component of fitness training. It has become part of an exercise regimen for many who prefer to skip a workout at the gym. Indeed, jumping rope provides a great workout, as members of the BCC Rope Skippers can attest.

Lorna Bergh Patten and her twin sister, Leona Bergh Dickerson, recall how, as young girls, they became part of a team that started out performing for local talent shows and school assemblies but eventually toured the Eastern United States, playing for audiences that included General Douglas MacArthur and President Dwight D. Eisenhower.

“Now nobody knows who the Rope Skippers were,” said Lorna.

Nobody knew about recreation departments, either, in the early 1940s when Richard “Wink” Tapply and Reverend A.B. Thompson got together to create a community center that would provide activities for children and families in Bristol, NH. After the Methodists and Congregationalists merged and built the Bristol Federated Church,

In this newspaper clipping, Richard “Wink” Tapply passes a ball between Leona Bergh’s legs to her sister, Lorna, while she tosses a second ball overhead to Tapply.

A.B. conceived of the idea of using the old Methodist Church on North Main Street as a community center, and Wink was hired as its first director.

There wasn’t much of a budget to work with, so two projects came to define the new Bristol Community Center (now Tapply-Thompson Community Center): the Bucket Brigade and the BCC Rope Skippers.

To create more room for activities, Wink and A.B. began excavating the basement of the church by hand, enlisting the help of area teens to haul out

buckets of sand and mud. Everyone worked tirelessly to create what would become Tapply Hall, where activities such as indoor archery could take place.

The other initiative was to teach skipping rope.

“Wink saw kids skipping rope outside, and that gave him the idea of creating the Rope Skippers,” said Lorna.

“We found that sash cord number 7 was perfect as a jump rope,” said Leona. “It was good, and it was cheap.”

There were 30 children involved in

1948, and Wink divided them into three groups, based on their abilities. The top talents included the Bergh sisters, Judy Turnbull, Becky Guyotte, Sandra and Gail Brett, Nancy White, Mary Greenwood, Kay Riley, Janet Rice, and Phyllis Avery.

Wink taught the young fourth-graders the 10 fundamental steps of jumping rope: using both feet, alternate feet, the slow step, the side-by-side, crossed arms, side-by-side and crossed arms, continual cross, crossed feet, deep knee bend, and doubles.

As with all events at the BCC, Wink and his wife, Ruth, were active participants. Ruth made the costumes — gingham outfits initially, but then adding other costumes, including a luminous glow worm and a purple cow.

Wink made a series of props, from high and low platforms to buckets and a seesaw. He also participated in some of the numbers by tossing a ball across the stage while a girl was jumping.

“At the beginning, while the cellar was being dug out and ground was muddy, we’d have to walk across planks to get to the stairs for the stage,” Lorna recalled.

The Rope Skippers practiced five days a week and developed their own routines, using different music for each act and incorporating skates, hoops, long ropes, and acrobatics. It didn’t hurt that Lorna played basketball and Leona was a cheerleader.

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• Rope Ski[ppers Continued from page 3 Lorna recalled that, with her long legs, she was able to leap from the low platform to the high one, and back down, while jumping rope. As twins, the Bergh sisters also did a mirror act, with perfectly synchronized steps to provide the illusion that it was a reflection.

From the early days, the senior members — the Bergh sisters, Nancy White, and Mary Greenwood — traveled to schools, grange halls, and women’s clubs to perform. Later they brought their act to the NH Master Plumbers Association, Oktoberfest at Mount Sunapee, and a Lions Club convention at the Mount Washington Hotel — anywhere Wink could book them.

Gen. MacArthur was in the audience when they performed at the Manchester National Guard Armory, and they performed before President Eisenhower during his visit to the Gunstock Recreation Area in Gilford. They also performed at Niagara Falls and Philadelphia PA, and even had a chance to see the Rockettes.

Wink was a relentless promoter,

Having performed around the eastern United States and on television, the BCC Rope Skippers had become famous by the time this photo was taken, featuring Mary Greenwood and Kay Riley in front and Lorna Bergh, Nancy Morrison, and Leona Bergh behind. and the Rope Skippers helped him to demonstrate how important a recreational program could be. After leaving the Bristol Community Center in 1957, Wink promoted recreational programs at the state level, and gained international attention. Last year, he was

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posthumously inducted into the Robert W. Crawford National Recreation and Park Association Hall of Fame Speaking after the Rope Skippers disbanded in 1957, Wink said, “In the past eight years, we have traveled over 15,000 miles, entertained in the smallest of halls, poorly lighted, little heat, no stage, for a handful of appreciative people, and in the most lavish of hotels, where a union man works the lights, a hotel orchestra furnishes the music, the master of ceremonies is in formal attire, and an audience of thousands expresses the same enthusiastic acclaim as the handful in the small hall.

By invitation, they have appeared on WBZ-TV and WMUR-TV. They were the featured entertainment for the New Hampshire Week at Jordan Marsh in Boston.”

He continued, “Perhaps the high spot of our career has been the trip

taken in October 1953 to Philadelphia to perform for the 35th congress of the National Recreation Association.

Gathered in the beautiful ballroom of the Bellevue Stratford Hotel were 1,700 people from 44 states and seven foreign countries. On the program for the evening was the best entertainment the area could obtain, including the championship Mummers band in their highly colored and very expensive uniforms. The highly skilled master of ceremonies even hesitated in giving me the microphone to take the time to tell about the girls. … Those five girls from a tiny town in New Hampshire with the poise and freshness and sparkle of country youth turned that audience into a cheering, clamorous group for a solid 35 minutes, and when they took their final bow and I looked out over the throng and saw the sea of clapping hands and realized that we had ‘stolen the show’, I knew we were reaping the reward of hard, boring, discouraging hours of work.”

The Rope Skippers would provide an encore performance for the same group 25 years later in Boston, after initially getting together to help celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Bristol Community Center in 1975. They learned then that people still appreciated their act, so the five members reprised the act on a few occasions, including performing at Wink’s state retirement party, also in 1975.

Performing for a recreation group in Hartford CT in 1976, Lorna recalled that the carpet at the Sheraton was so thick, they had to climb onto the tabletops to do their jumping.

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Squam Community Rowing is offering two Learn to Row clinics this coming season. The first clinic will be on Sunday, May 29 from 9 am to 12 noon. The second clinic will be on Saturday, June 25 from 9 am to 12 noon. Rain dates will be Monday, May 30 and Sunday, June 26 for each respective clinic.

The clinics will be held at the Squam Lakes Association headquarters in Holderness; Kay MacDonald, former head of the US Olympic Development Team for

scullers, will be coaching.

The fee is $75 and includes three hours of instruction, as well as the use of all equipment. To register, please e-mail squamcommunityrowing@ gmail.com. The clinic fee can be used toward a yearly membership in Squam Community Rowing. It also entitles you to three free sessions of rowing in the club’s equipment for the 2016 season.

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Lorna said that, when they returned from Niagara Falls and heard that a piece of the falls had collapsed, Wink told them it was because of the vibration from their rapid rope skipping.

“Wink was a little man,” said Leona, “but he was a giant, and he couldn’t do it without Ruth.”

She recalled that, during the trips, Wink would stop to take photographs, and he once stopped to take a picture of a tree. The girls weren’t interested at the time, but she said she never forgot that tree. “He enriched us in a lot of ways,” she said.

curtains, the Rope Skippers got together for a performance that raised $605, giving the center money that could be applied to other improvements, as well.

Lorna and Leona have not jumped rope for 20 years, but they have fond memories of their experiences.

“We learned a lot on the trips,” Leona recalled. “We met the chief of the Indian nation at Niagara Falls. Nine thousand people attended, with the American Falls behind us. We crossed on the Maid of the Mist to Canada.”

Medicine Through Time at the Remick Museum, Tamworth. (Courtesy photo)

Country Doctor Museum to Honor Nurses The Remick Country Doctor Museum & Farm, located in the village of Tamworth, is celebrating National Nurses Week from Monday, May 9 through Friday, May 13. As part of the celebration, a ribbon cutting at 11 am on Monday, May 9 will open an interactive medical exhibit. “Our Medicine Through Time” will guide visitors through various time periods to learn how medicine was produced and provided in the United States. The exhibit includes an 1800’s Still Room, a late 1800’s Herbal Apothecary, an early 1900’s Drug Store with Soda Fountain and a 1940’s Doctor’s Office.

“A Visit to the Doctors Remick,” a new, guided medical tour, will be given daily, 11 am to 3 pm, on the hour. It includes the original Doctor’s Office and Medicine Room where both

Doctors Remick practiced medicine.

A highlight of the week will be a free reception to honor all nurses, past and present, 6 to 9 pm on Thursday, May 12, which also is Florence Nightingale’s birthday. The evening will feature photos of local nurses and the history of the nurse’s cap. “A Visit to the Doctors Remick” tours will be given and birthday cake will be served.

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Dog Exhibit…and Dog Portraits at the League The League of NH Craftsmen Meredith Fine Craft Gallery is pleased to host Woof! A Collection of All Things Dog – a collection of work by various artists inspired by man’s best friend.

This exhibit is on view from May 1 to 31 and will be something any dog lover will not want to miss.

Pieces displayed will range from wall art, jewelry, wood, glass, paper maché, pottery and much more. Enjoy each artist’s interpretation of styles and caricatures from different moments, breeds, personalities and the playful nature of your favorite canine.

Juried photographer Judi Lombardi will be at the Meredith Fine Craft Gallery on May 14 from 9 am to 5 pm taking dog portraits. The sessions are 30 minutes from start to finish; location will be on Lake Winnipesaukee and owners may bring props. You will get two portraits for $20 and $10 for each additional portrait. Proceeds will go to the NH Humane Society.

Please note that dogs must be on a leash at all times and the owner is

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Anyone that participates in the portrait event will receive a raffle ticket for the Good Dog raffle basket. Those who are interested must pre-register and pay at the Meredith Fine Craft Gallery in order to secure a spot.

Photography has always been a part of Judi’s life. Growing up with a camera in her hand allowed her the freedom and creative license to capture the beauty around her. Judi’s personal favorites gravitated towards nature and “wildlife” (generally dogs and cats) over posed family photos.

“I so enjoy the conversations that my work stimulates, often as a result of how the photograph has touched the observer. The connection that people make with my photography is always the best part of this new adventure.”

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Raymond who? - The films of forgotten silent comedy genius at the Flying Monkey on May 12 A double feature movie with live music resurrects Raymond Griffith, forgotten star of early cinema, with a Granite State connection.

Griffith was a silent film actor who really couldn’t talk, thanks to a childhood vocal injury. He was Raymond Griffith, the “Silk Hat” comedian, whose film star popularity in the 1920s rivaled that of Charlie Chaplin and Buster Keaton.

But Griffith’s lack of a speaking voice prompted an abrupt end to his on-screen career when talkies arrived in 1929. Most of his starring feature films have since disappeared, causing Griffith to be virtual unknown today.

But the elegantly dressed comic, who as a youngster attended St. Anselm Prep School in Goffstown, NH, will return to the cinematic spotlight once again with a double feature of two of his surviving works.

Paths to Paradise (1925) and Hands Up! (1926), a pair of comedies regarded as Griffith’s best films, will be screened with live music on Thursday, May 12 at 6:30 pm at the Flying Monkey Moviehouse and Performance Center in Plymouth, NH. Admission is $10 per person.

“Griffith’s character was that of a worldly, shrewd, and quick-thinking gentleman, usually dressed in a top hat and a cape, who enjoyed outwitting con artists and crooks at their own game,” says Jeff Rapsis, a New Hampshirebased silent film musician who will improvise scores for both films.

“It turns out he was very different from Chaplin or Keaton, and so were his films—they seem a bit more cynical and so perhaps more modern.

But we’ve shown them before and they hold up well with a live audience today.”

Paths to Paradise (1925) stars Griffith as a polished con man who competes with a feisty female jewel thief to steal a heavily guarded diamond necklace. The film finishes with a wild car chase through the California desert.

Unfortunately, all existing prints of Paths to Paradise are missing the final 10 minutes, but the film ends at a point that completes the plot and provides a satisfying finish.

Hands Up! (1926) features Griffith as a Confederate spy during the Civil War, whose mission is to prevent a shipment of gold from reaching

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Northern forces. The film survives complete, and is considered by most critics to be Griffith’s masterpiece.

Both films were produced and released by Paramount Pictures, where Griffith was under contract in the 1920s as one of the studio’s leading stars.

“These films were designed to be seen in theaters by large audiences, not on a small television screen by people sitting at home,” says Rapsis, who provides music for the Flying Monkey’s monthly silent film series, which aims to honor the recently renovated venue’s historic roots as a local movie house.

Born in Boston in 1895, Griffith injured his vocal cords at an early age, rendering him unable to speak above the level of a hoarse whisper.

After appearing in circuses and attending at least one year (1905-06) at St. Anselm Preparatory School in Goffstown, NH, he went on to serve in the U.S. Navy prior to World War I and in 1915 wound up in Hollywood, where the movie business was already booming.

Early on, Griffith worked at Mack Sennett’s Keystone studio, where he developed a reputation as an excellent actor and a superb comedy writer and director. He eventually gravitated to behind-the-camera duties, serving as Sennett’s right-hand man for a time.

He eventually moved to the thennew Paramount studios in the early 1920s, where he began to appear again in on-camera roles.

Griffith’s mastery of character parts made him immediately popular, prompting Paramount to star him in

his own movies starting in 1924. In the next few years, he completed a dozen feature films, most of which today are lost due to neglect or improper storage.

Following the arrival of sound pictures in 1929, Griffith’s lack of a speaking voice forced a return to behind-the-camera work, with one notable exception: he played a nontalking role as a dying French soldier in

Lewis Milestone’s World War I classic All Quiet on the Western Front, (1930), which won that year’s Academy Award for Best Picture.

As a producer, Griffith’s work included the classic family film Heidi (1937) and The Mark of Zorro (1940).

He retired in 1940, and died in 1957 at age 62 after choking at a Los Angeles restaurant.

Upcoming programs in the Flying Monkey’s silent film series include: • Thursday, June 9, 6:30 pm: The Winning of Barbara Worth (1926). • Thursday, July 15, 6:30 pm: • Thursday, Aug. 18, 6:30 pm: Rudolph Valentino Double Feature! All movies in the Flying Monkey’s silent film series are rarely screened in a way that allows them to be seen at their best. To revive them, organizers aim to show the films as they were intended—in top[quality restored prints, on a large screen, with live music and with an audience.

For more information, call 5362551 or visit www.flyingmonkeynh. com. For more information on the music, visit www.jeffrapsis.com.

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Mildred Beach Knows

By Barbara Neville Wilson “No,” said the voice on the other end of the phone. “I’m afraid they are mistaken. My office was across the street, where the beauty parlor is now.

That information booth was run by the Wolfeboro Chamber of Commerce.”

I was talking with Mildred Beach, longtime director of the Lakes Region Association. I called after reading a post on www.pickeringhousewolfeboro.com. It recounted a discovery by Patty and Peter Cooke, new owners of Wolfeboro’s beloved Pickering House.

They had found a little cottage of colonial style with warm welcoming windows and a friendly front door.

Some folks commenting on

Facebook had suggested the little cottage was where Mildred had done business for 46 years.

Millie begs to differ. She tells me the little cottage served an important purpose for the town of Wolfeboro. Patty Cooke’s research was right. It was an Information Booth and for decades it sat at the edge of Brewster Field. It beckoned tourists to discover the wonders of the town.

But the Information Booth was just one community’s gesture of hospitality run by one town’s Chamber of Commerce, and Mildred was not in charge. Millie Beach led the Lakes Region Association for four decades from an office across Main Street

Mildred Beach. Courtesy Photo where the little Information Booth had stood.

The Lakes Region Association encouraged visitors to consider the en-

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Learn proper tea etiquette. Dance with a princess and learn the Royal Dance.

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May 9, 2016 • Mildred Beach Continued from page 10 tire area for its business, agriculture, transportation and travel opportunities.

State-sanctioned, it was one of six associations meant to encourage economic development throughout New Hampshire. The Association still exists, but its thrust has become strictly tourism, Millie says. Its office was in the Federal style building across the street from Brewster Field.

As Millie tells it, people always seem to mix up her Lakes Association duties with her Wolfeboro Chamber of Commerce activities. Perhaps that’s because she was the face of Lakes Region Association (LRA) activities for 46 years AND she was a member of the Wolfeboro Chamber of Commerce for some years, too. Oh, did I mention she also served as a New Hampshire State Rep for several terms after retiring from the LRA? Born at Huggins Hospital when it was located just north of where Kingswood Regional High School is now, Millie Beach has lived her whole life in Wolfeboro, and she has a prodigious memory. She mentions a car dealer and the conversation quickly becomes a tour of spots in town where cars were once sold. In their place now stand drugstores or booksellers.

She gives a quick encyclopedic tour of the development tourist rest stops, from boarding houses to cottage colonies to motels, hotels and seasonal homes.

It’s clear in the conversation that Millie loves her hometown.

Her younger brother went to UNH

and on to grad work at Cornell, and her sister has lived in Manhattan for 50 years, but Millie is quick to point out she remained in Wolfeboro in the house her mother and father built in the 1930s “by choice.”

“Many times I was offered jobs in different places, but I preferred to live here. It’s a wonderful community and a great location,” she says.

Somehow if this were anyone else, one might think living one’s whole life in one location in one home is quaint.

But there’s nothing “quaint” about Mildred A. Beach. She started breaking glass ceilings when she was 16.

Initially, her progressive activities were dictated by fate, but it wasn’t long before she was forging new paths by choice.

“My father died when I was 16,” she says, and she and her mother went to work to support the family. Still attending high school at Brewster Academy, she was offered work as secretary to Harold Hart, the Executive Secretary of the Lakes Region Association. It was housed in an office in the Britton Building where Beyond the Basics salon is located now. “I was fortunate,” she notes.

She worked beside Hart, raising the profile of the 39 towns assigned to the Lakes Region and raising the office’s operating funds through advertising. The state may have created the Association by act of legislature, but it didn’t provide funds to support its activities.

After graduating with Brewster’s Class of 1942, and four years into her work, Harold Hart died suddenly, and another Executive Secretary came on

board. Four years later, the new executive died. By that time Millie was quite experienced, and she was offered the position of Interim Executive Secretary, but it took some doing for her finally to be given full reign as Executive Director. In mid-century America, women just didn’t hold such positions.

Millie proved any hesitation null, though. For 38 years she successfully led the Lakes Region Association, sharing the area’s virtues, selling its charm. “The luxury of the job,” she says, “was driving around the state.

Every turn was beautiful.”

She frequently attended out-of-state Tourism Conventions, “I did shows in Pittsburgh, Harrisburg, Cleveland… but Lake Wentworth? You just can’t beat it.”

She recalls being at a travel conference in the Midwest, talking about the clarity of Lake Winnipesaukee. A man who had been to Wolfeboro spoke up, “I was in water over my head and I could count my toes.” The statement reflects just part of Wolfeboro’s hold on Millie. “The water is clean, the air is clean, you like your neighbors. That’s why I choose to live here.”

The Lakes Region is glad Wolfeboro was her choice, so glad that the Wolfeboro Lions Club named her Person of the Year in 1981. Her impact is still felt, whether by an individual like Peg Janik, who got her first job because of a Millie-inspired employment fair at the local high school; by the annual recipient of the Mildred Beach Travel Person of the Year Award given by the NH Tourism Council; or by the person awarded the year’s Lakes Region

Community College Mildred Beach Hospitality Scholarship. Management of the M/S Mount Washington is so pleased that it awarded her a permanent pass to ride, an honor usually only reserved for past captains.

Have you noticed the New Hampshire Boat Museum’s “Millie B” at the Wolfeboro Town Docks? It was named for Millie by the boat’s first owners, Dick and Kathy Eaton, themselves legendary community supporters who founded The Laker (newspaper) and Molly the Trolley.”

Kathy Eaton explains their choice of names, “ ‘Beachie’ was a mentor of mine ever since I came to Wolfeboro in 1971 as a cub reporter at the Granite State News. We’ve been friends ever since. She spent years—decades—dedicated to promoting tourism and served Wolfeboro as a state representative.

She really is Miss Wolfeboro, but we wanted to name it directly after her.”

And so the boat became the “Millie B.” While Millie easily recounts history, and can take you step by step through developments made in town and throughout the state, she is not a person bound by the past. She notes changes and accepts the new present, always pointing back to the pleasure she feels at having chosen to live her life in Wolfeboro.

In the spring 2012 edition of Brewster Academy’s Connections, Millie commented, “The one reflection that stays with me is that while there have been many changes… over the years, the beautiful view of Lake Winnipesaukee and the Belknap Mountain Range…remains the same.”

The view is sweeter because Mildred Beach is in it.

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An Evening of Barbershop On Friday, May 13, Great Waters Music Festival will present An Evening of Barbershop at the First Congregational Church on South Main Street in Wolfeboro. The performance will feature two talented groups from Boston: Downtown Crossing and Timepiece Quartet. The show will start at 7:30 pm and admission is $20.

While the modern era of barbershop music is accepted to have begun with a 1940s revival, opinions as to the genre’s origins vary with respect to race, gender, region and context.

Barbershops have a long history of serving as community centers, where men gather for a variety of activities.

English “barber’s music”, for example, was described in the 17th century by Samuel Pepys as amateur instrumental music.

In the United States, the role of the barbershop continued, particularly for

African American men, who passed time in the shops singing spirituals, folk songs and popular songs. This generated a new style, consisting of unaccompanied, four-part, closeharmony singing.

Later, white minstrel singers adopted the style, and in the early days of the recording industry their performances were recorded and sold. Early standards included songs such as Shine On, Harvest Moon, Hello, Ma Baby, and Sweet Adeline.

According to the Barbershop Harmony Society (BHS), “Barbershop music features songs with understandable lyrics and easily singable melodies, whose tones clearly define a tonal center and imply major and minor chords and barbershop (dominant and secondary dominant) seventh chords that resolve primarily around the circle of fifths, while making frequent use of

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They have most recently been honored as the 2013 Northeastern District Quartet Champions, but you’re just as likely to hear them singing on the T (subway) as on stage. They say that all their friends call them DTX, so you should too! Downtown Crossing is an officially registered quartet of the Barbershop Harmony Society.

Timepiece Quartet members include Rodrigo Alvarez, Kadin-Seth Binkley, Travis Roy, Francesco Logozzo. Four young guys with a common love of good old barbershop harmony formed timepiece on December of 2013.

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Searching for the Real Hannah Duston

By Kathi Caldwell-Hopper Denise Ortakales has the perfect personality to play literary and historical detective. She has lived in New Hampshire for years (she is a native of the state); as a successful children’s book author/illustrator she is no stranger to writing; she is detail-oriented in her work as an illustrator; research might as well be her middle name because she has to learn as much as she can about the subjects she illustrates, and finally, she loves a good story.

Put all this together and you have the makings of a historical writer, as well as a fine fiction writer.

Denise, who lives in Laconia with her family, has always been a creative person and she has made a successful career of illustrating children’s books. Readers will likely recognize her cut-paper style of artwork that is used to illustrate delightful children’s books, as well as other books. It is a rather unique style, and one she has honed over the years.

Patience also is a virtue for an artist and writer, and it is fortunate Denise has that quality as well, because it often takes a lot of time and effort – about five years in this case – to ferret out all the information about a particular subject matter. In Denise’s search for the real Hannah Duston, a woman who has gained semi-mythical status in the Granite State, the path led to libraries and other sources in an effort to piece together the real story of Hannah, who lived in the late 1600s in New England.

For those who don’t know the Duston story, it goes like this: Hannah lived in Haverhill, MA

Denise Ortakales with Historical New Hampshire, the publication that featured Denise’s well-researched article on historical figure Hannah Duston.

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with her husband and children. She was age 40 and had just given birth about a month earlier to another child when Native Americans attacked her town in March of 1697. Hannah and her newborn were taken captive, along with her neighbor/nursemaid, and some other villagers. Her baby, historical information says, was killed soon after captivity, but Hannah was led north to New Hampshire. On a March night, the group was camped on an island near what is today the town of Penacook. Hannah is said to have killed and scalped all her sleeping captors (with the help of a captive boy and her nursemaid/ neighbor). She arrived victorious back in her hometown and her story became a well-told tale, although its accuracy, not to mention its negative depiction of Native people, has been questioned.

How did Denise, a busy illustrator, decide to write a book about Hannah? “When writing children’s books, I go to local libraries and ask the children’s librarian what they feel is missing for kids’ books.

I was told that there isn’t a lot written about Hannah Duston,” she explains.

Denise’s interest was piqued and she began to read all she could about Hannah. Certainly she had heard the tales, but she knew there might be more to the standard story.

She has spent a number of years researching Hannah’s life and story and the quest has led her to libraries all over New England. “I love to do research,” she says with a laugh. It

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get the word out about the daring escape.

Denise says one fact is fairly solid: Hannah was taken captive on March 15 and returned around April 12 of the same year (1697).

Because we live in a much different time with a different view of the role settlers and Native people played in those early days, Denise sees the story in a more objective light. The Native people were losing their homes, their families and way of life as more European settlers moved in. Of course they would have fought back. It was also a time when record keeping was erratic at best. How much of the story is true?

By piecing things together, Denise was able to see the entire story in a much more realistic manner.

In the summer of 2015, Denise’s well-researched article was published in Historical New Hampshire magazine called Following in Hannah Duston’s Footsteps: Reexamining the Evidence. According to press material sent out at the time, the article “takes a new look at previously unquestioned dates and presumed ‘facts.’ ” Because Denise is comfortable writing for a young audience, she decided to tell Hannah’s story geared for that age group. “I am rewriting some things to add details and then I will see about getting the

is the detective part of writing that fascinates authors when piecing together true history.

One thing Denise finds fascinating is why Hannah was considered a hero. “I think she was a survivor rather than a hero,” she says, emphasizing that Hannah killed 10 human beings in her bid to escape captivity. She surmises on why Hannah might have made the bold, yet gruesome move to kill (and supposedly scalp) 10 Indians.

Was it fear of running the gauntlet when the party arrived at their final destination (supposedly her captors had warned her running the gauntlet was a real possibility); or was it postpartum mood swings or fury at the death of her infant that pushed Hannah to take ultimate revenge and find a way to freedom?

Over months and years of research, Denise has questioned a number of “facts” about Hannah’s story. Most of the story was told and retold by Boston minister Cotton Mather, who was preaching in the city when Hannah and her little band of escapees made their way to the area. It is thought Hannah told the story to Mather, who wrote of it; at the time, says Denise, “women weren’t allowed to have a voice,” so retelling her tale to the preacher would have been a natural way to

book published,” she says.

In her own way, Denise has also led an interesting and at times courageous life. She grew up in Laconia, New Hampshire and attended college and then married. After she had children, she began to buy children’s books for her kids. “I said the books were ‘for the kids’, but my friends teased that I wasn’t fooling anyone and that I was really buying the books for myself!”

Denise laughs.

After having children, Denise decided to go back to school and got a degree in illustration from the Art Institute of Boston. It was a busy time and she attended school in Boston three days a week while raising very young children. She had a lot of family support, she says.

Soon she got a book deal and illustrated the books Planets. She did more after that, as well as magazine illustrating. Eventually, she saw cut paper artwork and fell in love with the style. It was a “light bulb” moment for Denise, and then she saw a how-to book in a store on paper sculpture. With her husband’s encouragement, she bought the

book and learned paper sculpture, a

method she uses to create many of her book illustrations.

With illustrations for six books under her belt, the Duston book certainly takes Denise in a different direction, but it is clear there is room for all this and more in her life.

Through the eyes of an artist, a writer and a historical fact finder and detective, Denise has researched the story of Hannah Duston and retold it as accurately as possible.

Perhaps the librarians who bemoaned the lack of books on Duston will be satisfied the story is finally well told by Denise Ortakales.

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May 9-July 18, French Speaking Culture in the Granite State, gallery exhibit, Castle in the Clouds, exhibit is free, Rt. 171/455 Old Mt. Road, Moultonboro, 476-5900, www.castleintheclouds. org.

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May 9 - June 10, Private Charles J. Miller, New Paintings From the South Pacific, exhibit at Wright Museum, 77 Center St., Wolfeboro, info: www.wrightmuseum.org, 569-1212.

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May 10, Etched in Granite, author Mj Pettengill of NH speaks about her book, meeting location is The Little Red Schoolhouse, 2851 Wakefield Rd., Wakefield Corner, Wakefield/Brookfield Historical Society, public welcome, 7 pm, info: 340-2295.

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May 10, Secret Life of Garden Herbs, talk by Maria Noel Groves, clinical herbalist and author of Body into Balance: An Herbal Guide to Holistic Self Care, public welcome, Gilford Public Library, Potter Hill Rd., Gilford, 6:30 pm, 524-6042.

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May 13, An Evening of Barbershop, Wolfeboro Congregational Church, Wolfeboro, 7:30 pm, Great Waters Music Festival, www.greatwaters.org.

May 13, Hiking Cogswell Mt., Gilmanton Year Round Library, Rt. 140, Gilmanton, 4 pm, info: 364-2400.

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May 14, Belmont Community Wide Yard Sale, sales all over town and at Tioga Pavilion; maps with yard sale locations on sale at the park at 8:30 am., info: email events@belmontnh.org.

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May 14, POPS concert, Lakes Region Symphony Orchestra, 7:30 pm, Inter-Lakes Auditorium, Meredith, tickets/info: www.LRSO.org.

May 14, Prince and Princess Tea, 10-11:30 am, Cornerstone Christian Academy, Rt. 28, Ossipee, come dressed in royal finery and have tea with costumed princess ballerinas from Northeastern Ballet Theatre, have photo take with Snow White, Elsa, Belle and Cinderella. Tickets: 539-8636, www.cornerstoneabc.org.

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May 14-15, The Grey Zone, Winnipesaukee Playhouse, www.winnipesaukeeplayhouse.org., 2790003.

May 14-15, Swing Into Spring Craft Fair, Tanger Outlets, 120 Laconia Rd., Tilton, Sat.: 10 am-5 pm; Sun.: 10 am-4 pm; 75 exhibitors with crafts, foods and more, takes place rain or shine, free admission, Joyce’s Craft Shows, 528-4014, www.joycescraftshows.com.

May 15, Double Helix Bracelet with Deb Fairchild, 9 am-1 pm, League of NH Craftsmen, DW Highway, Meredith, pre-register/info: 279-7920.

May 15, Spring Benefit Concert, Union Congregational Church, 80 Main St., Union/Wakefield, 4-6 pm, refreshments after concert, info: 473-2727.

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May 16, A Day in the Life of a Civil War Soldier, historical presentation by Warren Sommer, 7 pm, Laconia Public Library, hosted by Laconia Historical & Museum Society, public welcome, free, info: 527-1278.

May 16, Lakes Region Art Assoc. Meeting, speaker Mary Byrom, plein air painter, 7 pm, free, public welcome, Taylor Community, 435 Union Ave., Laconia, info: 293-2702.

May 17, Behinds the Scenes Look at Great Waters Music Festival, presentation at Wolfeboro Women’s Network Luncheon, Sugar Hill Retirement Community, Wolfeboro, info: 569-8999.

May 17, Genealogy Talk, Gilmanton Year Round Library, Rt. 140, Gilmanton, 6 pm, info: 3642400.

May 17, Etched in Granite discussion with author Mj Pettingill, 6:30 pm, public welcome, Gilford Public Library, Potter Hill Rd., Gilford, 524-6042.

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, Worsted Church, Corner Meetinghouse, Belmont Historical Society program, 7 pm, free, public welcome, info: 998-3525.

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, free, catered dinner (meal price/tickets required), 5 pm, info: 524-6057.

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.

Benz Center Senior Meals, Sandwich, each Wednesday at noon. Well-balanced and delicious meal.

Ages 60 and older are targeted, small donation requested, 284-7211, www.benzcommuitycenter. webs.com.

Billiards Club, Monday nights at 6:30 pm, Tapply Thompson Community Center, Bristol, pick-up pool games, chance to socialize, info: 744-8159.

Book Sale, first Sat. of each month, Cook Memorial Library, Tamworth, 10 am-noon, 323-8510.

Concerts at 12 Main, Arts Center at 12 Main, Sandwich village, 7:30 pm, select concerts. Info: 284-7115, contact@advicetotheplayers.org.

Country, Bluegrass, and Gospel Music Jam, Tuesdays, 6:30-9:30 pm, Old White Church, Route 109A, Tuftonboro, across from Tuftonboro General Store and Post Office. Musicians and listeners welcome. Free. Call 569-3861.

Country Acoustic Picking Party, Wednesdays, 7-9 pm, Tilton Senior Center, Tilton.

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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Fiber Group, Fridays, 1:30-3:30 pm, Shepherd’s Hut Market, 637 Morrill Street, Gilford. Call 393-4696 or email jekeyser@shepherdshutmarket.com.

Forgotten Arts: Fiber Arts Group. Meets every other Tuesday, 9:30 am-noon. Fiber artists and/ or onlookers welcome to join Happy Weavers & Friends group to learn the historic art of weaving, spinning, sewing, quilting, and more. Bring a project to work on. Remick Museum & Farm, Tamworth Village. Free. (Does not include access to the Museum.) 323-7591.

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.

Thursday Laconia Outdoor Marketplace, municipal parking lot, downtown Laconia, weekly market from 3-6 pm, veggies, breads, crafts, farm produce and more, (Thursdays June 4-Sept.

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Lake Winnipesaukee Museum, Rte. 3, Weirs Beach. Preserving and promoting history of Lake Winnipesaukee and vicinity with memorabilia, photos, maps, models of famous steamboats 18331939, 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.

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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 4943334, pitmansfreightroom.com.

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, wwwnhbm.org.

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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.

Open Studio Drawing and Painting Group, Friday mornings 10 am-noon, Lakes Region Art Assoc., Tanger Outlet, Suite 132, Tilton, free drop in group for ages 18 and up, info: 998-0029.

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.

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Radio-Controlled Sailing on Back Bay, Bridge-Falls Path, Wolfeboro. One-meter 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 3237591 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.

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Trails Open for the Season, Squam Lakes Natural Science Center, Holderness, 9:30 am-5 pm am, 968-7194, www.nhnature.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, 569-3016, www.wolfeboroinn.com.

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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.

Writer’s Group, Tuftonboro Public Library, meets Saturdays from 10 am to noon, info: 5694256.

Through May 31, Woof! A Collection of All Things Dog, art/craft exhibit, League of NH Craftsmen Meredith Fine Craft Gallery, Meredith, info: 279-7920.

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Come and Play at Prescott Farm’s Natural Playscape Grand Opening on May 14 All are welcome to come PLAY at the Grand Opening of Prescott Farm’s Natural Playscape on Saturday, May 14 from 10 am to 1 pm. The Natural Playscape is next to the Education Center located at 928 White Oaks Road in Laconia. Bring family and friends to enjoy the wonderful addition to Prescott Farm and the Lakes Region community.

Thanks to a grant from NH Charitable Foundation in the spring of 2014, Prescott Farm brought in designer Rusty Keeler (author of the book Natural Playscapes) to work with staff to design a master plan for the space.

Keeler has worked with organizations and communities around the world to design spaces that bring nature to children in fun ways, with hills to climb, dirt to dig, plants to explore and water to splash, among many other things. The goal is for Prescott Farm to be a place that families come to explore and play in the natural world together.

In November 2014, Prescott Farm received a second grant from NH Charitable Foundation that gave funding to implement the design. The staff worked with volunteers throughout 2015 and into the spring of this year to complete the Playscape.

Volunteers from Lakes Region Rotary, Lakes Region Rotary Youth Leadership, Gilford Youth Center, Laconia Fire Department, Fusion, BJ’s Wholesale Club of Tilton, Easter Seals of New Hampshire, Appalachian Teen Mountain Project, Bob Harrington and Ed Darling, helped make this project a reality.

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Also, outdoor free play isn’t just fun—it is vital to children’s health and wellbeing. Kids that spend more time outside tend to have less stress, less anxiety and depression, lower rates of obesity, fewer symptoms of ADHD and better immune system functioning, as well as better social behaviors, increased ability to learn and concentrate, a better sense of self and independence, more creativity, better self-discipline, better problem solving skills, more capacity for emotional and intel-

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In the Natural Playscape, you will find a Forest Kitchen, Tree House, Music and Loose Parts areas, Teepee, Hill Slide, Tree Swing, Fairy House building area and more. Benches are located throughout the Playscape, so families and friends can relax and watch their children play. The outskirts of the Playscape will include native plants and herbs, as well as Bear and Owl chainsaw-sculpted critters.

Prescott Farm is a non-profit organization that offers environmental education for all ages throughout the year. It is open year round, seven days a week from 9 am to 4 pm and is free come and go for a hike, explore the “green” building or play in the Natural Playscape.

Please join Prescott Farm staff for the Grand Opening on Saturday, May 14 from 10 am to 1 pm. For more information on the Natural Playscape, visit www.prescottfarm.org. The Playscape will be open to the public seasonally, at no cost, from dawn till dusk daily.

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Plein Air Painting A Presentation by Mary Byrom Maine plein air painter, Mary Byrom, will be the featured speaker at the May 16 meeting of the Lakes Region Art Association (LRAA). The meeting starts at 7 pm at the Taylor Community, 435 Union Avenue, Laconia.

Mary Byrom is an award-winning, internationally exhibited artist well known for her sensitive, elegant interpretations of wild, beautiful places.

She paints outdoors all year, creating plein air paintings of the landscape that are brought back to the studio, where they become the inspiration for large landscape paintings.

Using her paintings and sketch books as references, Byrom will discuss how painting and sketching outdoors (plein air) has helped her growth as an artist and her ability to adapt and to deal with difficult artistic challenges.

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public. For additional information about the event, contact Gisela Langsten, 1st Vice President, LRAA, at 293-2702.

The Lakes Region Art Association, founded in 1940, is a non-profit group providing education and support to local artists, both amateur and professional, in the Lakes Region.

To see more works by Lakes Region artists, please visit The Lakes Region Art Association Art Gallery, located in the Tanger Outlets, 120 Laconia Road, Suite 132 in Tilton. The Gallery represents over 25 artists and photographers from the Lakes Region.

On display and for sale are original works in oils, watercolors, pastels, acrylics, photography and more; the gallery is open Friday, Saturday and Sunday from 10 am to 6 pm. For more information call 998-0029 or visit www.lakesregionartassociation.com.

The Great Smith River Canoe and Kayak Race The Wolfeboro Lions Club is celebrating the 42nd annual running of The Great Smith River Canoe and Kayak Race on Saturday, May 21. The race will be held rain or shine starting at 1:15 pm and is organized into 19 classes to accommodate paddlers of all abilities. Prizes will be awarded to the first three finishers in each class. The event includes one- and two-person categories for canoes and kayaks and is further dived by gender and age.

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Fusion’s 5th Annual Bowl-a-thon will be held on Thursday, May 26 from 5:30 to 7:30 pm at Funspot in Weirs Beach. This year’s event will benefit The Greater Lakes Region Children’s Auction and future Fusion programs.

The Children’s Auction began as a radio program in 1982. Since then it has grown to be a community event where members of the Lakes Region participate by donating auction items, bidding and over-bidding on items, participating in special events at the auction and/or making monetary donations.

Since 2012 the community has been further involved through the creation of Pub Mania. Pub Mania teams hold events all year round to raise funds to benefit the Children’s Auction.

Although the organization has grown, the amount of need in the community is still tremendous. Fusion is proud to have volunteered at the auction the past three years, and happy to donate to the cause through the Bowl-a-thon.

Fusion President, Kara LaSalle, says, “I’m really excited to announce

that our Kingpin sponsor is Bank of New Hampshire. Bank of New Hampshire has always supported our organization, and this year they are stepping up in a big way. We are grateful to have a major employer recognizing Fusion’s efforts to create fun networking opportunities while giving back to the community.”

Immediately following bowling, all are invited to the after hours event at Cactus Jack’s in Laconia for additional opportunities to network. Team registration is currently open; reserve a space through Eventbrite. Links to register can be found through Fusion’s Facebook page or website (fusionnh. org). Fusion is also accepting donations for raffle prizes from local businesses.

Fusion is a Lakes Region based networking group focused on developing relationships and giving back to the community. For more information about what Fusion can do to support your business or organization, and how to get involved, please email at FusionNH603@gmail. com or visit www.FusionNH.org.

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Diverse programs, exhibits and events define NH Heritage Trail experience “This year, diversity is probably what best describes what we have to offer,” said Michael Culver, NH Heritage Trail president and executive director of the Wright Museum of WWII in Wolfeboro.

“We offer many opportunities for the whole family to enjoy, too, so we appeal to a wide audience.”

Coinciding with the 30th anniversary of the USS Albacore’s return to Portsmouth, Albacore Park has embarked upon an ambitious $1.2 million dollar renovation of the basin in which the Albacore resides.

The museum is also opening two exhibits with the first providing an overview of the Albacore’s 19-year career as the forerunner of modern submarines. It also provides candid in-depth explorations of daily life for the sailors that served aboard it and the many record-breaking firsts the Albacore achieved.

At the Libby Museum on Rt. 109 in Wolfeboro, visitors will be able to enjoy nature at the recently constructed Woodland Walk, which is located on property grounds and will highlight some of the tree species that museum founder Dr. Libby planted years ago.

“This outdoor extension of the museum has endless opportunities for people to be outside and enjoy nature with views of Mirror Lake, Lake Winnipesaukee, the Mount Shaw range and the Belknap range,” noted Lauren Hammond, Museum director. “Dr. Libby knew this and once planned to open up the view for all to see and enjoy.”

At the Aviation Museum of NH in

Londonderry, a grant from the Cogswell Benevolent Trust will provide visitors with a complete experience of flying an aircraft without leaving the ground.

“We plan to purchase in the very near future an Elite Pilot Deck and Monitor Mount Kit that will allow us to professionally display our state-of-the-art flight simulator,” said Wendell Berthelsen, director of operations. “It will provide comfortable, adjustable seating to go along with three 32-foot computer screens.”

In looking at the offerings on the Trail as a whole, Culver expressed enthusiasm for 2016, which he said should be its busiest year yet. “There is a lot to see and do on the Trail,” he noted. “We collectively look forward to welcoming tens of thousands of visitors to the state, as well as locals to some of the best museums in the region.

We no longer want to be the state’s best kept secret.”

Museums on the Trail include the Aviation Museum, Albacore Park, American Independence Museum, Castle in the Clouds, Lake Winnipesaukee Museum, Libby Museum, Millyard Museum, Museum of the White Mountains, New Hampshire Boat Museum, New Hampshire Farm Museum, Portsmouth Historical Society @ Discover Portsmouth, Remick Country Doctor Museum and Farm, the Belknap Mill, Woodman Museum, and Wright Museum of WWII. To learn more about any museum on The Trail, visit www.nhmuseumtrail.org.

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WOLFEBORO // Hopewell Point Estate with magnificent views, 4.7 level acres, 320’ of waterfront, sandy beach, 5,000+ sq. ft. home, oversized docks, 70’ breakwater and two slip boathouse.

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$3,750,000 (4469597)

WOLFEBORO // Exceptional & versatile Post & Beam contemporary on 77+/- acres, magnificent lake and mountain views. Beautiful natural light, open living areas, greenhouse, separate barn and workshop.

HOLDERNESS // Big Squam lake immaculate 3 bedroom waterfront home with sandy beach and permanent dock.

Newly remodeled – sparkling beauty. Open concept, skylights, screened porch, 2 fireplaces. Worth Seeing!!!

$1,200,000 (4429565)

$849,000 (4484900)

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Island REAL ESTATE MEREDITH // Sought after Spindle Point neighborhood on Lake Winnipesaukee.

Spacious 3 bedroom cottage offers expansive mountain and lake views, has deep water permanent boat dock and extra back lot.

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$715,000 (4485197)

ALTON // Fantastic Cedar Cove Contemporary, access to 300’ gorgeous sandy beach on Lake Winnipesaukee. Lovely open concept with fantastic sun porch, huge deck and large master suite. Finished lower level.

TUFTONBORO // Winnipesaukee Townhouse: Three level unit. Bedroom with bath on each floor. Cherry/Corian kitchen. Great Room. Family room walkout to lakeside. Dock, sandy beach, garage.

$525,000 (4441056)

$379,900 (4476339)

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TUFTONBORO Gorgeous Cow Island waterfront on Winnipesaukee, 165’ shoreline, dock, sandy swimming, long water views. Private 1.7 acre setting, master suite, living room with fireplace, screened porch, deck. $599,000 (4416721)

TUFTONBORO // A Sweet & Simple 1960’s Cabin tucked away on the quiet and private side of Mirror Lake. Big sandy beach, dock, cool fishing rocks and screened porch.

NEW DURHAM // Merrymeeting Lake: This year round home is nestled in the woods on 1 acre just across the street from your shared 60 foot waterfront lot.

GILMANTON // Cute get away with access to beautiful Crystal Lake; furnished and waiting for your personal touch. Priced right and can be enjoyed year round.

$325,000 (4432305)

$229,900 (4479520)

$89,500 (4419369)

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WOLFEBORO // Two beautiful Winnipesaukee waterfront lots in Winter Harbor, 150’ total shoreline & 1.36 acre, SW exposure. Wooded, with a slight slope. Build your dream lake home!

TUFTONBORO // Affordable 0.75 acre building lot with state approved 3 bedroom septic design and deeded water access where you can moor your boat and enjoy all that Mirror Lake has to offer.

NEW DURHAM // Nice wooded 1.5 acre building lot with beach rights to Crystal Clear Merrymeeting Lake. Build your dream home or camp here and enjoy the quiet.

MOULTONBOROUGH // This 16’ boat slip located in Quayside Yacht Club offers members the use of a Clubhouse, Pavilion and bathrooms. Close to a beautiful town beach on the Big Lake!

$1,395,000 (4483471)

$54,900 (4426256)

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$37,500 (4427948)

$30,000 (4483023)

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ALTON Pristine 2 lots of record, 275’ frontage!

2 bedroom / 2 bath furnished cedar shake cottage with upper level bonus room.

Open-concept, eat-at bar, covered porch for outside dining. L-shaped breakwater for 2 boats. Sandy swimming, sun, incredible views & sunsets. $575,000 (4483436) Call 569-3128

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Wolfeboro: 15 Railroad Avenue • 603-569-3128 Center Harbor: Junction Rtes. 25 & 25B • 603-253-9360 Alton: 108 Main Street • 603-875-3128

MEREDITH 1900’s cottage with 10x32 covered porch. Private 1.34 acre lot, 192’ frontage. 6’x30’ U-shape dock. Sun, sandy bottom, sunsets, views. Short ride to the Weirs for dining & entertainment. $375,000 (4482429)

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