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Primitive Art Exhibit at the Gafney in January Primitive artwork by Frederick Foley will be on exhibit at the Gafney Library in Sanbornville through January.

Practiced for millennia, primitive art is art in its simplest form. Originally seen as works performed by someone untrained or with little formal training, primitive art now is appreciated and fully recognized with formal instruction available.

Foley grew up in North Wakefield, NH and as a child was introduced to the arts by his mother. She took him to museums and art galleries, where he was exposed to everything the art world provides as inspiration to a young man with interests in that area.

Foley also became interested in historical preservation while visiting the Libby Museum in Wolfeboro, where he learned about the Wentworth House.

Since 1974, he has immersed himself in the study of the site of the foundation, both above and below ground, and in 1994 founded the Friends of the Governor Wentworth State Historic Site.

Foley has been painting intermittently since 1979, but unlike most artists painting in the primitive genre, his medium is acrylics, not oil, due to an allergic reaction to turpentine.

The Gafney invites you to enjoy a cup of tea or coffee at the library and explore this exhibit during open hours while listening to classical music on a January day.

Library hours are Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday from 1 to 7 pm and

Work by artist Frederick Foley, which is part of the Gafney Library’s January exhibit. (Courtesy photo)

Friday and Saturday from 9 am to 12:30 pm.

Foley will be at the library on Saturday January 14 from 10 am to noon for a reception. He will be happy to meet members of the public to talk about his exhibit. Refreshments will be available. In case of inclement weather, the reception will be held on Saturday, January 21.

For more information, call the Gafney at 603-522-3401 or visit the Gafney Facebook or www.gafneylibrary. org. The library is located at 14 High Street in Sanbornville.

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A block of four pieces of primitive artwork by Frederick Foley, which is on display at the Gafney Library during January. (Courtesy photo)

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Searching for your ancestors… with the Lakes Region Genealogy Interest Group

By Kathi Caldwell-Hopper “Fundamentally, I think we all want to know where we came from and have a sense of who we are,” says Jeffra Kill.

As an active member/coordinator of the Lakes Region Genealogy Interest Group, Jeffra has researched her family’s history and is happy to help others as they begin or pursue an ongoing search to learn about ancestors.

The group meets at the Wolfeboro Public Library on South Main Street in Wolfeboro; if you want to begin genealogy research, this is the place to get a good start and connect with others on the same mission. If you are getting a bit of cabin fever during the long, cold winter months, genealogy research is a fascinating pastime and the group is a great resource.

“We generally hold meetings the last week of each month (with a break during the month of January),” Jeffra explains. “We usually have two kinds of meetings each month - seminars/ lectures with speakers on special subjects at our evening gatherings.

And from May through November, we do workshops during the day at the library.”

The workshops are well attended and the group typically runs a series for six to eight weeks in duration on a number of topics pertinent to genealogy research.

“Attendees can bring their computers.

L-R: Dee Ide (co-founder of group), Krishyon Young (a presenter), Cindy Scott (director of Wolfeboro Public Library), Jeffra Kill (co-organizer of the group), Wes Burke and Joshua Burke (group members, presenters and tech support).

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There will be a topic of discussion for the day and people can ask questions.

We try to offer a lot of variety of subject matter,” says Jeffra. “For example, we have done such topics as the British Isles, exploring military records, using maps, DNA for research and writing personal and family histories.”

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A workshop on Researching German Ancestry given by Anita Springer. Courtesy photo.

• Genealogy Continued from page 4 are truly a group of people who love to research our family roots and do more and share with and help others. It is a group that has a lot of give and take.

We don’t keep a membership tally, but attendees can sign in at any meeting or class so they can be kept apprised of future happenings.”

Jeffra says the wintertime classes are smaller in attendance numbers, due to the fact that summer residents are not around and weather can sometimes be a factor. However, the group’s November class had about 40 people in attendance, which is a goodly number for the late fall season.

For the pure and utter beginner, utilizing the group is helpful in a search process for family history. Jeffra explains, “When someone comes to a workshop, generally, we can sit down with them and guide them step by step to get started. We usually recommend using www.familysearch.org because it has a free membership. And we have blank pedigree charts at the meetings, which are helpful.”

The Lakes Region Genealogy Interest Group can also put attendees in contact with someone from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, to use their resources for help. The church has an incredibly extensive base of names and histories for genealogy research and was very helpful when Jeffra’s mother was doing family history searching.

For those who are interested, but perhaps shy away from genealogy research because it sounds like a huge, time-consuming task, Jeffra says that it has become much easier. “Twenty years ago it was more difficult, but now anyone can sit down at a computer, and within five minutes find at least something on their family. As long as you know a family member’s name and an approximate location, you can find something.

“For example,” Jeffra explains, “last month I sat down with a woman who had gone to a cemetery and saw a gravestone with a name. She knew she was related to the deceased person. Within two minutes we found information on that person. Now you can pull up a computer or phone and find a lot of genealogical information.”

As the group has grown and become

more well known, the programs have increased. When Jeffra’s mother passed away, the family decided to ask that, in lieu of flowers, donations in Virginia’s memory be given to the Wolfeboro Public Library for use in genealogy.

“We just purchased a nice scanner so that we can scan old photos and family documents. The scanner was purchased with money from the Memorial Fund.”

Thus, a goal for the Genealogy Interest Group’s programs in 2017 will be to focus on dating family photos, and scanning and restoration of old photos and documents.

Jeffra is working on the schedule of programs and speakers for 2017, which will take place at the Wolfeboro Public Library. The Wednesday, February 22 program will be on scanning family documents and will introduce the new scanner. The event begins at 10 am.

“The schedule of programs and lectures will be on the Wolfeboro Public Library’s calendar and on the Lakes Region Genealogy Interest Group’s Facebook page as well,” Jeffra explains. She says, as a preview for 2017, she is working on programs that will focus on reading old documents and manuscripts, and using technology to help with foreign language genealogy searches, to name just two topics.

Reflecting on why human beings the world over have such curiosity and longing to know where we came from, Jeffra says, “It is part of our makeup.

We all want to know we belong. It is a connection with others in the world.

And it gives us an appreciation of the people who came before us, when we research and realize how our ancestors worked just to survive, and to provide for their families.”

Indeed, in years before our modernday world, our great grandparents and their parents and back in history, worked hard and faced hardships the likes of which we do not experience today. If not for their determination, we might not enjoy life and liberty today.

That alone is reason enough to search for our roots, and if you are ready to begin, or have interesting information or tips to share, the Lakes Region Genealogy Interest Group is waiting for you.

(For more information, email jeffra@ rocketmail.com or call the Wolfeboro Public Library at 603-569-2428.)

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Rochester Opera House: Where Every Day Magic Story and Photos by Barbara Neville Wilson It’s a snowy afternoon in downtown Rochester. As I carefully wend my way through the circuitous traffic pattern, I notice cheerful signs that feature little faces in trendy pinks and greens.

They say “Arts For All Since 1908”, “Rochester Opera House.” I know the Opera House is located within Rochester’s imposing Renaissance Revival-style City Hall. Between the name, “Opera House” and the dignified structure, I’m a little surprised by the cheerful, contemporary style of the signs. What else will I find when I walk through the building’s heavy doors?

The initial entry into City Hall is reminiscent of any city hall, or all city halls: utilitarian, well trod, rather non-descript in appearance, but then I take one more step. My eye is grabbed by the arched window and warm honey-colored wood under a sign that says, “Ticket Office.” I listen to the transaction between a middle-aged man in snow jacket and ball cap and the woman in the booth. “When is Kashmir coming?” the man asks. “I’m going to want four tickets.” “January 14th,” is the response. (Kashmir performs a Led Zeppelin tribute in authentic costumes, vintage stage gear and special effects.)

“Opera house” begins to take a much less stuffy definition in my mind.

A few flights of stairs later, I am in the presence of Matthew Wyatt, the theater’s co-producer and publicist.

Technician Michael Turner runs through sophisticated light cues with thoroughly modern technology as Matthew tells me about the busiest two weeks of the year recently completed, when the stage alternately hosts perennial favorites The Nutcracker and A Christmas Carol. He speaks with obvious love of and pride in the historic building, but is enamored more by the way the work on the stage shapes the community.

Matthew remembers appearing on the Opera House stage as a child in a production of A Christmas Carol. The theater had just recently undergone renovation after more than two decades of neglect and decay, reopening in 1997. Built as a focal attraction of the new City Hall in 1908, the Opera House had been “a magnificent theatre with stunning architectural details… horseshoe balcony, grand proscenium, intricate stenciling and near-perfect acoustics. But the most spectacular feature, invented by [native son] Mr.

Rochester Opera House co-producer, Matthew Wyatt, tells the story of the theater in front of original columns faithfully brought back to life through the efforts of hundreds of volunteers and thousands of donors. The Opera House will present more than 100 programs this season.

[George Gilman] Adams, remained hidden from view…an intricate system that raised and leveled the auditorium floor,” recounts Susan Page in her article, The Dramatic, Sometimes Miraculous, Hundred Year Journey of the Rochester Opera House.

By the 1970s, however, the magnificent theater had become home to pigeons; it was run down, unsafe and abandoned. The spectacular floor was stuck in the “up” position, and was not only immoveable, but the location of its mechanism was lost from memory. The Opera House had seen better days and was, in the eyes of many, ready to be written off, demolished or repurposed.

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Today the Opera House is a leader in the thriving arts community of Rochester with nearly 100 live performances scheduled this season: concerts, tributes, musicals, presentations, and dramas by both amateurs and professionals. It is a rare date when the footlights are dark in the 700-seat auditorium. In addition, the venue is available for events, private parties, and even weddings.

Some of the most exciting times, says Matthew, are when the kids from performance camps put on their shows.

Run during school vacations and throughout the summer, the kids put their hearts and souls into their work.

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them about lights, sound, costuming, music and acting, and the results are just “brilliant,” he says.

The Opera House has become so much a magnet for young artists, that it and generous sponsors have teamed together to create the 4000+ sq. ft.

Rochester Performance & Arts Center in the former Carney Medical Supply space at 32 North Main Street. The main floor and equally ample basement will feature a 100-seat performance space, classrooms, a gallery, and recording studios. It is slated to open in June 2017.

As my impromptu tour ends, Matthew and I stand on the balcony near a second floor dressing room, looking out over the stage. At first we had climbed the steep and narrow steps to get a glimpse of history, but now Matthew Wyatt’s eyes shine as he tells of theater magic his 6 year-old daughter experienced just the night before.

He allows that Ava is rather a fixture at the Opera House, helping him with chores like folding theater seats or checking that things run smoothly backstage. This time, though, Matthew wanted her to experience the wonder that live performance brings. Before things got too busy that night, he told her he had a job for her to do, one that everyone in the whole theater depended on, so it was very important.

He needed her to raise the curtain at the beginning of that night’s show.

Matthew smiles as he remembers how seriously she took her task. There she was before her cue, standing, waiting patiently—well, maybe just a little impatiently—but waiting nonetheless. Finally, it was time and she struggled mightily with the heavy job, but she did it.

“You should have seen her face,” at that moment, Matthew says. The curtain went up, the light shone onstage and she knew the show could start because of her.

“That’s what it’s all about” at the Rochester Opera House, he says.

“Theater gives…kids something to dream about. And sometimes we can help them make the dreams come true, too.”

The Rochester Opera House offers opportunities to see live performances and to be part of live performances, as well as offers facilities for private events. The new Rochester Performance & Arts Center will offer instruction and performance opportunity for children, teens and adults. Learn more at www. rochesteroperahouse.com.

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Through January, Frederick Foley Primitive Art Exhibit, Gafney Library, 14 High St., Sanbornville, 522-3401, www.gafneylibrary.org.

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Feb. 4, Carolyn Ramsey Band, 8:30 pm, Wolfeboro Inn, 90 N. Main St., Wolfeboro, 569-3016.

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Feb. 4, Draw the Line, Aerosmith tribute band concert, 8 pm, Rochester Opera House, 31 Wakefield St., Rochester, tickets: 335-1992.

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Feb. 4, Ice Harvest & Winter Carnival, 11 am-3 pm, Remick Country Doctor Museum & Farm, Tamworth, info: www.remickmuseum.org, 323-7591.

Feb. 4-5, Tamworth Sled Dog Race, 9 am-3 pm, Chocorua Lake, Chocorua, teams of 3, 4, 6 and 8 sled dogs compete and pull sleds on wooded trails and back to finish line on Chocorua Lake, snack shack with homemade chili, burgers and more. Info: 323-7001.

Feb. 6, Books Sandwiched In, book review/discussion, noon, Samuel Wentworth Library, downtown Sandwich, 2/6/17 book: “Alexander Hamilton”, bring brown bag lunch, info: 284-6328.

Feb. 10, Full Moon Campfire & Walk, 7-8:30 pm, join museum educators around a campfire and listen to stories and make S’mores! When the moon is bright take a moonlight stroll and listen for owls and other night wildlife. Weather dependent: cancelled if raining. Free; donations accepted. Remick Country Doctor Museum & Farm, Tamworth, 323-7591, www.remickmuseum.org.

Feb. 11, Memorial Hospital Winter Jubilee, 8 pm-midnight, live music, DJ, dancing, games and more, Grant Summit, N. Conway, info: 356-5461.

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Feb. 11, Sandwich Farmer’s Winter Market, 9 am-noon, Benz Center, Heard Rd., Center Sandwich.

Feb. 11, Winter Camping Expo, 1-3 pm, education/awareness of winter camping in heated tents, Cook Memorial Library, 93 Main St., Tamworth, www. tamworthoutingclub.org.

Feb. 12, Rockin’ Road to Dublin, Irish dance/music, 8 pm, Rochester Opera House, 31 Wakefield St., Rochester, tickets: 335-1992.

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Feb 17-24: Winter Carnival at Settlers Green: Enjoy special sales and fun entertainment for all during February vacation break. North Cowany, Info: www.

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Feb. 18, Candie Tremblay, 8:30 pm, Wolfeboro Inn, 90 N. Main St., Wolfeboro, 569-3016.

Feb. 18, Let Food Be Thy Medicine, 1 pm, learn to create healthy and nourishing food using Remick grown medicinal herbs. Sample foods during class and take home a recipe booklet to encourage home experimentation. Led by Museum Educator and Herbalist, Carol Felice. Cost is $25.00 per person; age 18 & over.

Advance registration is required. Registration closes when full. Remick Country Doctor Museum & Farm, Tamworth, 323-7591, www.remickmuseum.org.

J ANUARY 12 & 27 Howl at the Moon 4pm to 9pm J ANUARY 13 & 27 Music Bingo 8:30pm J ANUARY 14 Carolyn Ramsey Band 8:30pm

F EBRUARY 10 & 26 Howl at the Moon 4pm to 9pm

Feb. 18, Torchlight Parade, 5:30 pm, Wildcat Mt. Ski Area, Rt. 16, Jackson, 466-3326.

F EBRUARY 16 Paint Night, 6pm to 9pm

Feb. 19, Blackbird Duo, 2 pm, traditional Celtic music concert, Wolfeboro Friends of Music, Anderson Hall, Brewster Academy, Wolfeboro, tickets/info:

F EBRUARY 17 Fire & Ice Festival, 5pm to 10pm With DJ Shamar

J ANUARY 21 Small Plate and Paired Cocktail Dinner, 5pm to 8pm.

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F EBRUARY 18 Fire & Ice Festival, 5pm to 10pm With Candie Tremblay Band

F EBRUARY 4 Carolyn Ramsey Band, 8:30pm

Feb. 18, Skier/Boardercross, 11 am-1 pm, fun event, Attitash, Rt. 302, Bartlett, 1-800-223-7669, www.attitash.com.

F EBRUARY 10 & 24 Music Bingo 8:30pm

J ANUARY 19 Paint Night, 6pm to 9pm

J ANUARY 28 Al Hospers & Bruce Marshall, 8:30pm

Feb. 18, Memories of Patsy Cline, 8 pm, Rochester Opera House, 31 Wakefield St., Rochester, tickets: 335-1992.

F EBRUARY 23 Whiskey Dinner with Tamworth Distilling, 5:30pm F EBRUARY 25 Bruce Marshall, 8:30pm

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Ongoing 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.benzcommunitycenter.webs.com.

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

Coffeehouse Open Mic Night, 1st Sat. of the month during the winter (til June), 7 pm, sign up to perform 6-6:50 pm, Doris L. Benz Community Center, 18 Heard Rd., Center Sandwich. Free, open to public.

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

Crafty Kninjas, meets Friday afternoons, 3:30-5 pm, Milton Free Public Library, 13 Main St., Milton Mills, 473-8535. Knitters and crafty people gather.

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Forgotten Arts: Fiber Arts Group. Meets every other Tuesday, 9:30 amnoon. Fiber artists and/or interested 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, if desired. Group meets monthly on an every other Tuesday schedule at Remick Museum & Farm, Tamworth Village. Free.

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Mount Washington Observatory Weather Discovery Center, interactive science museum, open daily 10 am-5 pm, (closed Easter, Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Years Day). Explore the science of climate and weather through interactive exhibits. 2779 White Mt. Highway, N. Conway, 356-2137.

Movie Night, Rochester Public Library, Wednesdays at 6 pm, 65 S. Main St., Rochester, public welcome, www.rpl.lib.nh.us, 332-1428.

Remick Country Doctor Museum & Farm, 58 Cleveland Hill Rd., Tamworth Village. Activities and tours, exhibits, workshops, winter hours Mon.-Fri. 10 am-4 pm, 323-7591 or 800-686-6117, www.remickmuseum.org.

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Sandwich Historical Society, call for winter hours, Elisha Marston House Museum, Sandwich, for more information: www.sandwichhistorical.org or 2846269.

Sandwich Winter Farmer’s Market, 9 am-noon, baked goods, greens, crafts, vegetables and more, Benz Center, Heard Rd., Center Sandwich, tentative dates: Jan. 14, Feb. 11, March 11 and April 8.

Snowcat Trips, adventure trips to Mt. Washington’s summit, www. mountwashington.org, 356-2137.

Tamworth Winter Farmer’s Market, location/hours/info: 323-2368, www.tamworthfarmersmarket.org.

Tamworth Writers’ Group, meets second Tuesday of each month, 5 pm, Cook Memorial Library, downtown Tamworth. Led by Ed Martinez, aboutwritingtamworth@gmail.com, 730-4482.

Thurs. Night Book Group, meets fourth Thurs. of every month for discussions of books, 7 pm, Mystery Book Group meets second Thurs. of the month, White Birch Books, N. Conway, 356-3200, www.whitebirchbooks.com.

Wolfeboro Inn Special Events, Sushi Night, every Tues., 4-9 pm; Taco Night on Thursdays 4-9 pm; Sun. Brunch, every Sun. 10 am-2 pm; music on Sat. nights, Wolfe’s Tavern, Wolfeboro Inn, 90 N. Main St., Wolfeboro, 569-3016, www.wolfeboroinn.com.

Wolfeboro Rotary Club Meeting, Mondays, 5:30 pm, 1812 Room at Wolfeboro Inn, 90 N . Main St., Wolfeboro, light dinner, guest speaker on various topics of interest, for more info: www.wolfebororotary.org.

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Outdoor Progressive Dinner & Contra Dance Hardy, adventurous types will want to partake in an usual…and tasty…

Progressive Dinner at the Remick Country Doctor Museum and Farm in Tamworth on Saturday, February 25.

Dinner times are 5 pm, 5:30 pm and 6 pm, followed by a Contra Dance from 8 to 10:30 pm.

Enjoy an evening’s stroll, admire festively lighted barns and buildings, and indulge a delicious, hot meal prepared with locally grown/produced items atthe Remick Museums’ first ever outdoor progressive dinner. Each portion of the five-course meal will be served at a different outdoor location at the Museum: the diner moves from one location to the next during the

course of the evening. White lights and luminaries will help lead the way.

Gather behind the Museum Center, and then stroll with the group to the Ice House for an appetizer of Savory Sausage or Vegetable Skewers and Ginger-Pineapple Sparkling Punch.

Next, meander to the Milk House for Hearty Potato & Leek Soup, followed by your next stop, which is at The Sugar House for the main course of PulledPork Sandwiches, including several side dishes or Vegetarian Lasagna.

Adding to the fun, you can also enjoy a warming outdoor fire.

Dessert will be offered in the Cattle Barn, where traditional Indian pudding will be served with whipped cream.

Then, follow the lighted fence to the Museum Center Barn where you can enjoy warming hot chocolate and take home some popcorn.

The Outdoor Progressive Dinner will be followed by a contra dance held at the Tamworth Town House, located across the street from the Museum Center. Brier Hill Band will provide the dance music, with caller Eric Rollnick. Participants can choose to attend the dinner and the dance, or one or the other. Contra dance tickets are available at the door the evening of the event at the Tamworth Town House.

No advance reservations are required for the dance which is held from 8 to 10:30 pm. Adults and children are welcome; adults are $7 and children age 12 and under are just $3 per child.

The unique Remick Museum dinner will be for a limited number of guests, so get your tickets now! Dinner reservations must be paid in advance by calling 603-323-7591 or visit www. remickmuseum.org.

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The Sweetest Day on the Trails!

A sweet and fun event that has been gaining popularity for almost 30 years takes place on Sunday, February 26 in the Mount Washington Valley.

People come from great distances to cross-country ski, snowshoe or drive from inn-to-inn along the trails of a 45 KM network to enjoy the spectacular scenery, warm hospitality, and great chocolate treats at stops throughout the network, most located along the trails at the 28h Annual Chocolate Festival, coordinated by the Mount Washington Valley Ski Touring & Snowshoe Foundation.

Known by many as the Sweetest Day on the Trails, this may be the only day of the year when chocolate indulgence is totally guilt-free! Chocoholics cross country ski or snowshoe the trails to enjoy chocolate prepared every way imaginable. Many return year after year to enjoy the Chocolate Festival, often returning with a larger group of friends each time.

Chocolate dipped strawberries, chocolate fountains and fondue, brownie sundaes, and chocolate cookies of all kinds are just some of the treats you’ll enjoy at the trailside

stops between 11 am and 4 pm. Every participant will have a Festival map and brochure for each trailside business to validate to confirm your stop.

The 2017 Trailside Chocolate Stops will include the 1785 Inn; Adventure Suites; Eastern Inns; Stonehurst Manor; Old Field House; Riverside Inn B&B; the touring center at Ragged Mountain Equipment; the Whitaker Woods Meeting House with chocolate treats provided by Vintage Baking Company.

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established a network of cross-country ski trails linking points of scenic beauty, ski related services and lodging. An integrated use and management policy was established with other nonprofit ski foundations, schools, ski teams and clubs and other organizations in the Valley. The Board of Directors includes representatives from the Town of Conway, Conway School District, Eastern Slope Ski Club, and charitableminded prominent members of the Mount Washington Valley.

The Foundation has been very active in the community in providing thousands of hours of free daily trail grooming and free trail use. These free services are unlike any of those offered by any other ski touring organization in New Hampshire.

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