July 2, 2014--JOURNAL OPINION--Page 5
Talk of the Town
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The Bradford Elementary School
has two openings on its board. If you are
interested in more information, contact
Beth Cobb, OESU Superintendent at
bcobb@oesu.org.
The Bradford Public Library is
offering a "Recycle Art with Gwen
Lyons' program on July 10 beginning at
1 p.m. This is a free program for ages
eight and up.
The Old Church Theater's next play
is "Mornings at Seven' on July 11 and 12
at 7:30p.m. andon July 13 at4p.m. The
play is the quirky tale of small town life in
the 1930's. It is full of comedy and truths
that are as alive today as they were when
theplay was written. Admission is $10
withstudents paying $5.
On July 16 the Bradford Historical
Society is having a panel on "Bradford's
Artists and Artisans: Past and Present"
beginning at 7 p.m. at the Bradford
Academy.
Monday Night Bingo at the Bradford
Regional Community Center is open to
the public with the doors opening at 4:45
and regular games beginning at 6:30 p.m.
Food is for sale.
Happy July 4 'h to everyone, may the
weather be perfect for whatever event
you are attending.
SIGN ORDINANCE
BRADFORD-A sign ordinance hearing
will be held at 6:15 p.m. on July 10 before
the regular Bradford Selectboard meeting
starts at 6:30 p.m.
Cook00:ville
Louise Sandberg
(802) 439-5563
Sun and rain, with, unfortunately, veggies.
more wind than we like, and June simply
flew by, ending in 90 degrees weather.
The gardens are hard to keep up
with, and may be the reason not much
town news has made its way to this
correspondent.
There was this, though, on
Facebook: "Lightning bugs abound!"
Enough exciting forecasts about
the Fourth of July festivities at the
Fairgrounds have made their way into this
column, and at this point I can only say,
head for the specialParade, for the big
chicken barbecue, and for all the other
activities.
Stilts. On the fifth, the Cookeville
Mall will probably be open as usual, and
hopefully the Cookeville Mall Food
Court will be, too. Three vendors are
usually there, with exquisite baked goods,
and excellent locally-grown, totally fresh
A couple of weeks ago, almost like a
time warp, a couple of stilt walkers came
stepping along the dirt road be ,_een the
post office and the green-that s-not-a-
green. They were two of Margaret
LoRus's boys, the older one proudly on
his own, while Margaret's youngest was
being guided by Pearl Keene, one of the
vendors. What a sight!
Puppetry in East Corinth. On July
10 from 10-11 a.m. the children's weekly
Story Hour at the libary will host the
Traveling Storyteller for a puppetry
performance of the Three Pigs. I hope
every child still knows there's nothing like
the real stuff that real people perform in
real time.
Wherever, at the Fairgrounds, at
friends' in other towns, or quietly at home
celebrating history and race weather--
Happy Fourth of July to each.
Waits {iver
Lois Butler
(802) 439-5174
I wish everyone a happy and safe welcome.
July 4.
The annual tent revival will be held
July 14 - 18 at 7 p.m. each night at Paul's
field on Route 25. Rev. Randy Butler will
be leading the service with guest
speakers and lots of good music. This is
a non-denominational service with area
church members participating. All are
On July 20, there will be a joint
service with Groton Methodist Church
joining New Hope Methodist Church. It
will be outdoors under the tnet at the field
onRoute25. The service willbegin at 1 l
a.m. and a pot luck meal follows. All are
welcome.
Local Sports
Donnelly the big winner;
Colbeth gets first win of the season
BRADFORD--The annual Bond Auto Parts July 4 spectacular with Modified
Madness provided the packed house with over 200 laps of racing excitement June
28. The DIRTcar Bond Auto Parts raced over 100 laps for their biggest purse of
the season of over $9,000.00.
The drivers brought in over 200 sponsored lap.s for their doublepoints madness
night in the DIRTcar Bond Auto Sportsman Mo&fieds. Starting the first segment on
the pole with his most laps collected status was Jason Gray, with Chris Donnelly
alongside. When the checkers waved on segment one, Donnelly was the winner with
Gray in second. From the first segment, 21 of the 25 cars were inverted for the
second segment line up with the additional three completing the field. Tim Hedge
being the unlucky finisher in segment one was able to capitalize on his then pole
position in segment two and capture a huge chuck of the lap money for the segment
and came home the winner.
Segment three was Gary Siemens and Ryan Christian setting the pace on the
field. Siemens led a majority of segment three until late in the event when Christian
was able to capitalize on a bobble by Siemens and take over the lead. Christian, in
only his sixth outing in the mighty muds, was able to survive two restarts to claim the
final segment win. When the final results were tallied Chris Donnelly was declared
the overall winner with Derek Barker in second and Adam Pierson in third. Rounding
out the top five were Mike Gendron and Kevin Chaffee.
The DIRTcar Wells River Chevrolet Pro Stock Sportsman Coupes saw yet
another winner this week as Jason Colbeth was finally able to claim the gold.
Working from deep in the pack Colbeth made his way to the front to claim the lead
and go on for the win. Joining him in victory lane was Matt Ellsworth with his best
finish of the year in second and Jeff Robbins coming home in third. Points leader
Melvin Pierson claimed fourth with Brian Chaffee in another strong finish in fifth.
The USAC DMA Midgets continue to impress the crowd with their strong
showing of cars every other week. One name of note is the occasional visit of John
Heydenreich. Heydenreich is still struggling to figure out the ridge, but rest assured
when he does look out because you will see a whale of a show! Tonight it was once
again the Adam Pierson show as he claimed the lead on lap 11 overtaking Dean
Christensen. Christensen was able to hold on for second at the checkers with his
,teammate Scott Holcomb claiming third. Skip Matzcak's stable claimed the forth
'place finish with Joe Krawiec and Josh Sunn completed the top five.
The Laquerre's Sports Limited Late Models the Crazy Ed's Bear Ridge
Speedway half of the Bear Ridge/Legion Speedways Late Model Challenge were
looking for Rob Williams to make it three of the four events after his back to back
wins at the Ridge and Legion, but his moment ended late in the race when his drive
shaft let go, putting him in the pits and out of contention, and game on again for the
challenge. Jason Giguere was able to take advantage of the restart and take the lead
away from Brandon Gray going on for his second win of the season. Gray held on
for second with Derrick Stearns taking third. Mike Greene and Travis King
completed the top five.
In the Weglarz Property Service Fast Fours/KDD NAPA Ridge Runner
Hornets Charlie Lakin once again found himself on top at the checkers with two
other hornets joining him in victory lane. Sean Perron came home second with
Hunter Garduno taking third. Rob Gioia came home in fourth the first Fast Four
across the line with Chris LaForest rounding out the top five.
Bear Ridge Speedway's 47 th season of stock car racing continues on July 5 with
David's House Benefit Night sponsored by Wells River Chevrolet.The card will
include the weekly Bond Auto Parts DIRTcar Sportsman Modified, Wells River
Chevrolet DI RTcar Pro Stock Sportsman Coupe, Laquerre s Sports Limited Late
Model, Weglarz Property Service Fast Four, and KDD NAPA Auto Parts Hornet
divisions. Plus WYKR Sprint Cars of New England.
RECYCLING CENTER
BARRE-The new Central Vermont Sold Waste Management District's additional
recyclables collection center, which is located at 540 North Main Street in the old
Times-Argus building, will open from 12:30 to 5:30 p.m. on Tuesdays and Thursdays.
This center will also be open on Saturdays from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. For a list of accepted
items, visit the CVSWMD website or call (802)229-83838 ext. 106.
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The foot clinic will be held July 7,
between 1:30 and 4 p.m. at the West
Newbury Hall. Call me at (802)429-
2316 to make an appointment. The
appointments fill up quickly so don't
delay.
The West Newbury Women's
Fellowship's picnic at Halls Lake
Veteran's Park was very enjoyable. The
weather was absolutely the best and
there was an abundance of great food.
Everyone enjoyed each other's favorite
trip reminisces.
The four generations of Atwoods;
Robert, Arie, Carrie, and R.J. took their
West Newbury
Mitzi Queen
(802) 429-2316
mqueen@fairpoint.net
annual trip to Algonquin, Maine from
June 21-24. They were accompanied by
Carrie's friend Randy, and they reported
having a wonderful time.
West Newbury residents Aroline
Putnam, George Putnam, and Catherine
Brock attended the Newbury High
School Alumni Dinner and Dance held
on June 21 which by all accounts was
well-attended. This was Catherine
Brock's 77 th year having graduated in
1937.
Happy birthday wishes to Alyce
Ronzo, Les Batten, Louise Nickles, Kurt
Wakefield, Roland Burroughs, Erin
Fuller, Caroline Nininger, Richard Dube,
and Serena Spear.
Halls Lake news: Camp Farwell is in
full-swing with the arrival of the first
campers on June 22. Singing, cheering,
squealing, and the bell calling the
campers to their different schedules are
being heard from across the lake. These
are good summer sounds that I enjoy.
I am keeping my seed feeder out
(daytime only) and get to watch parents
feeding their young who are now as large
as they are. The water fowl on the lake
are very scarce, for what reason, I don t
know.
Pot luck picnic
The 250 th Anniversary Committee is
inviting everyone to a Community Pot
Luck Picnic on the grounds of the
Piermont Village School on July 12
starting a 5:30 p.m. Come and enjoy an
'al fresco' outdoor dinner (weather
permitting) of hamburgers, hot dogs,
potato salad, a tossed salad, desserts,
beverages and entertainment--all by
donation.
An historical note
The following ode was written by
James Latimer and dedicated to the
citizens of Piermont on their "200 th
anniversary" during the town's bi-
centennial festivities at Camp Walt
Whitman on July 4, 1964: "The cowards
never started, the weak died on the way,
Piermont
Helga Mueller
(603) 272-4359
and toward? our independence ,
maybe, Tyler s pail still hangs there ¢et!
The year was seventeen hundred sixty
four, men of vision, men of steel, blazed
new trails in New Hampshire hills. Their
toils we honor for evermore, all this from
sixty-four, seventeen hundred sixty-four.
Piermont! There's Eastman Brook and
Iron Ore Mount, Peaked Mountain of
"Eternal Hills." Piermont! Peaceful
Piermont, pier of faith and strength!"
Note: The line"and toward's our
independence," goes back to Revolu-
tionary War times and the exploits of
Piermonter Jonathan Tyler, one of the
early settlers, and is taken from the 1947
Piermont History, page 6. The line
"Tyler' s pail still hangs there yet," also
refers to the Revolutionary War when
Tyler was taken prisoner by the British,
managed to escape while instructed to
bring water for grinding axes, leaving his
pail hanging at the end of a spout, and
while it was filling, he and two fellow
prisoners took a"French leave."
According to the 1947 History, the
first wedding performed in town was that
of Jonathan Tyler and Sarah Wallace in
1772. Sarah at the time was 12 years and
six months old. Both Jonathan and his
wife are buried in the River Road
Cemetery.
Senior luncheon
The July 8 luncheon at the Orford
Congregational Church will be ham,
scalloped potatoes, green beans, salad,
and apple crisp.
Albee edged in late models
NORTH WOODSTOCK, NH--Vet-
eran racer Mike Martel rolled out to a
large lead and never looked back,
driving to his first 50-lap Napalate model
feature win at White Mountain
Motorsports Park in North Woodstock
on Saturday. Other feature winners
included Elwin Sidney III, Tyler Jones,
Richard Paradis, Jarred Ainsworth, and
Kaleb Rogers.
Martel and rookie Brandon Albee of
North Haverhill brought the late model
field to green for their 50-lap feature
event. Over the first 15 circuits there was
some great side-by-side battles through-
out the field. Martel appeared to be
locked in for the event with his racer
straight as an arrow lap after lap.
By the midpoint Martel and Albee
had created some separation from the
rest of the field The war for the next
seven spots raged on as drivers
attempted the outside groove. The
outside lane never €'ame in and it didn't
matter who tried the second groove, it
just wasn't there. Checkers flew for
Martel, with Albee, Bernie Lantagne,
Glen Martel, and Jeremy Harclerode
completing the top five. Mike Martel
made it a triple crown night winning his
qualifier and the semi-feature. Albee
won the other heat race.
The White Mountains Communtity
College tiger/sportsman rolled through
their feature and had some great battles
for the top four spots. At the front, rookie
drivers James Capps IIl and Elwin
Sidney III battled for the top spot, while
the third spot was contestedside by side
for over 20 laps by Matt LeBlanc in his
#7 and rookie sensation Lucas Wheeler
of Bradford in his #27. On lap 21, Sidney
was able to clear Capps for the top
spot.The battle raged on, howeverm
between LeBlanc and Wheeler. On lap
25, checkers flew for Sidney for the
second time in 2014 followed by Capps,
Wheeler, LeBlanc and point leader Scott
Coburn for fifth place. LeBlanc carried
the checkers in the heat race.
The Twisted Tea dwarf cars ran their
feature event caution free and clicked off
some impressive lap times. At the front of
the group, 2013 rookie of the year, Tyler
Jones got out to an early lead while there
was plenty o faction going on behind him.
The red hot Bobby Brown was on the
move working his way through traffic,
along with the #88 of Jason Wyman.
Brown caught up to the back bumper of
Jones with just two laps to go, and
lapped traffic directly in front of the
leaders. Lapped traffic went above and
beyond and got down out of the racing
groove and let the top spots race for the
victory. Checkers flew for Jones, Brown
rolled to the runner-up spot with
Wyman, Smithers, and Paul Marsan
completing the top five. For Jones it was
his first feature win and it came after a
night ending roll over from his last time at
the speedway. The qualifying wins went
to Brown and Jeremy Labrecque.
The Hill Heating Services strictly
stocks came out to race and were 17
strong. There was plenty of contact in the
early going between several different
racers and one such incident ended the
night for top point man Tom Keith of Pike
with a broken axle. That same incident
claimed a ride to the pits for the #22 of
Michael Lloyd on the wrecker. The
feature went green again and another big
incident did not allow a single lap to be
completed. That allowed Lloyd to get
repairs done to his car and back out to
race without falling a lap down. At the
front of the pack, Bethlehem's Richard
Paradis was watching all the action in his
rear view mirror. Paradis was getting
some tough competition from some of
the divisions' top point contenders.
Paradis held offall that tried and rode to
victory lane for the first time in 2014.
Matt Morrill, Judy Sicard, Shane Sicard,
and Gordon Day survived the war to
take home atop five finish. Heat victories
went to Tom Keith and his grandson
Michael Dennis of North Haverhill.
The Woodsville Savings Bank
strictly minis saw plenty of three wide and
sometimes four wide passing throughout
their 20 lap main event. On lap seven,
youngster, Jarred Ainsworth, cleared the
front pack and drove away for his first
feature win at the Park. Ainsworth was
followed to the stripe by Gorham's Cody
LeBlanc, the #82 of Colby Bourgeois,
point leader Jeremy Wyman of
Woodsville and the #61 of Larry
Holmes. LeBlanc captured the qualifying
race.
The Dad's 4 By Tool & Supply Kids
Truck division saw Glover, Vermont' s
Kaleb Rogers, take the lead on the first
lap to take the feature win for the second
time this season. Rogers was chased to
the stripe by the # 17 of Evan Amour, the
#54 of Colin Cornell, Gorham's
Anthony Tompkins in his #77 and the # 1
of Taylor Coburn. Rogers made it a
perfect night winning the heat race.
Racing returns on July 5.
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Mini Sprints visit Legion Speedway
WENTWORTH--Despite the hot sun and 90 degree temperatures on Sunday, the
Legion Speedway crew kept the dust down and gave the drivers a track with more
bite than usual.
With the green flying at 3 p.m. for the O'Reilly Auto Parts Twilight Racing
Challenge, track prep has been a struggle, but they had it under control this week.
The highlight of the day was the celebration of the Granite State Mini Sprints 30
anniversary, with cake, balloons, and a car show before racing. The club features
two divisions, the 500ccs and the faster 600ccs.
The 500cc division is unique to GSMSRC, which is one of, ifnotthe only, clubs
with this division in the country. Matt Hoyt brought home another win in the #07 car.
Chris Carbee finished second, and Josh Boissoneau, a long time member of
GSMSRC, was third in the #05.
The 600ccs had a higher than normal car count, which made for some very
exciting racing this week. Toby Tatro was the winner in the # 19 car. Rookie Kyle
Belliveau was the hard charger, coming from next to last all the way up to second
in his # 15 car. Belliveau is a former 500cc driver, and is competing for rookie of
the year honors in the 600s this season.
Tim Beard, who is trying for rookie of the year in the 360 SCONE series while
still competing in the GSM SRC, rounded out the top three. Jake Williams, another
driver pulling double duty and also racing with SCONE, had some hard luck in his
#73 car when the right front spindle broke, ending his night.
Last year's Enfield Garage outlaw mini stock champion, Chris Conroy, won the
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feature event. Crmg Smith was second, whde John Kmght, last week s winner, too
home the third place trophy. All three of these drivers consistently finish in the
winners' circle, with all three having multiple first place finishes this season. Jim
Durkee in the #9 machine had some tough luck a couple of weeks ago when he
tangled with the wall on the front stretch and totaled his car. He's back in action
though, with a solid fifth place finish this week.
The Bond Auto Parts pure stocks, a growing division at Legion Speedway, put
on a great show. This division is the result of the closing of Canaan Fair Speedway,
which left the formerly asphalt cars with nowhere to race. Legion Speedway gave
them a new home, and they've given everyone an affordable divismn to race in.
Ryan Ovitt is no stranger to victory lane and this week was no exception. He
always races to win, and this week he did just that, winning both his qualifier and
the feature. Ronnie Bryson qualified second and took second in the feature, while
Dennis Thorogood finished third and stood in the winners' circle for the first time
this year.
The Peanuts Automotive super streets saw some fierce competition on Sunday.
The feature winner was Derek O Hearn, second was J P Vaillancourt, andthird was
Wade Prentice. Even after spinning out, Prentice shot back up to third and had no
challengers for the spot. Derek O'H earn is the driver in position to win the Super
Four Challenge, if he can make it three more in a row between Bear Ridge
Speedway and Legion Speedway.
Gary Siemens in the #5 car had a spectacular night in the Mike's Automotive
sportsman modified division. He won his qualifier, then started on the pole and
finished on the pole, bringing him within 6 points of the lead. Allan Hammond fought
hard for his second place finish, holding off third place finisher Todd Buckwold,
current points leader and the night's hard charger Chad Turck, and JeffHuntington.
Legion Speedway s next race will be July 4 at 5 p.m. Gates will open at 2 p.m. After
racing is finished, there will be a fireworks display.
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