Weare

Incumbents Governor John Lynch and Paul Hodes won in all area towns, with U.S. President elect Barak Obama and U.S. Senator elect Jeanne Shaheen losing in both Weare and Washington, with Shaheen also losing by five votes in Windsor.

Obama won 1,506 to Republican contender John McCain’s 1,002 in Hillsborough, 1,506 to 1,002 in Henniker, 852 to 635 in Antrim, 2,394 to 1,447 in Hopkinton, 580 to 420 in Bradford, 748 to 451 in Hancock, 399 to 369 in Bennington, 538 to 498 in Deering, 595 to 490 in Webster and 67 to 59 in Windsor.

In Weare McCain won against Obama 2,520 to 2,109, and in Washington 316 to 309.

Shaheen won 1,510 votes to Republican incumbent John Sununu’s 1,172 in Hillsborough, 1,320 to 1,064 in Henniker, 803 to 614 in Antrim, 2,190 to 1,571 in Hopkinton, 540 to 414 in Bradford, 686 to 485 in Hancock, 370 to 353 in Bennington, 504 to 477 in Deering, and 556 to 467 in Webster.

Sununu won 2,384 to 2,520 in Weare, 312 to 278 in Washington and 62 to 53 in Windsor.

Incumbent state senators in State Senate Districts 7, 8 and 15 all kept their seats in Tuesday’s election.

In District 7, which includes Hillsborough, Windsor, Antrim, Hancock, Weare, Deering, Bennington, Bradford, Henniker and ten other towns in Cheshire, Hillsborough and Merrimack counties, Democratic incumbent Harold Janeway won over Andy Sanborn in a tight race. Janeway has had the state senate seat for two years.

Janeway totaled 12,897, 871 votes ahead of Sanborn’s 12,026. Janeway won in most area towns, except for Weare and Bennington where Sanborn did well.

Janeway pulled in 1,376 votes in Hillsborough, 1,364 in Henniker, 767 in Antrim, 677 in Hancock, 486 in Deering and 452 in Bradford. Sanborn won 1,260 in Hillsborough, 919 in Henniker, 618 in Antrim, 448 in Hancock, 479 in Deering and 406 in Bradford.

But Sanborn pulled way ahead of Janeway in Weare with 2,427 votes to Janeway’s 1,760. And in Bennington they were virtually tied with Sanborn winning by two votes, 351 to 349.

Weare K9 officer Mica and her handler Sgt. Joseph Kelley of Weare have once again been busy on the job. Several weeks ago they tracked down a four year old boy in a swampy area behind his house and brought him home to his very worried mother. This time they were called out in the middle of the night at 12:38 in the morning to look for a troubled man who was threatening suicide on Sept. 20.

Mica, Sgt. Kelley and Officer Kenneth Cox, assisted by Henniker Officer Ben Tokarz, arrived at a residence on Buzzell Hill Road in Weare after the man’s wife called the police for help.

“He bailed out of a vehicle and ran into the woods. His wife said that he had threatened to hang himself, and that he grabbed something in his hand and ran out into the woods. She wasn’t sure what it was and called us immediately,” said Sgt. Kelley.

In this case, the police at least knew which direction the man had taken off, but still it was dark and the area heavily wooded and hard to navigate.

A quick response by the Weare Police Department ensured the safety of a four-year old boy who ran off into the woods last Thursday. Sergeant Joseph Kelley and his K9 partner, German Shepard, Mica, found Cody Satkus in good health behind a tree 200 yards from his house in a swampy area.Home Sweet Home: Sgt. Joseph Kelley, K9 partner Mica and four-year old Cody moments after his rescue. (courtesy photo)

“My chest was hurting, my stomach was hurting. It thought it was the last time I was going to see him. I never want to go through that again,” said his mother, Shantelle.

Cody and his brother Dominik were outside playing when Cody threw a rock at him. Dominik went inside and told his mother, but when she went outside he was nowhere to be found.

Managers and owners of area garden centers agree, more people are planting vegetables this year, and those centers selling chicks have sold more than ever as well. They suspect more people are staying at home to tend their gardens and spruce up their homes in the slow economy.Achille Agway’s Shelly French admires one of their many day lilies: (Michael Pon photo)

“We sold more vegetable starts this year than we ever have,” said Chris Salamy of Tenney Farm in Antrim. “Usually we don’t run out until the second week of June, but we were out by Memorial Day.”

“I think it’s a really good year for gardening,” said Susan Lanphear of Stone Falls Garden Center in Henniker. “We sold a lot more vegetables than ever and herbs have been selling well.”

The Henniker Youth Theatre (HYT) Summer Camp Program is proud to announce their first theatre production of the summer season: “Charles Dickens Introduces Oliver Twist!” HYT actor makes her point: Emily Claire ponders in rehearsal (Beth Therriault photo) The production opens this weekend at the John Stark High School theatre.

Give me the spoils!: Joey Gillett (as Oliver) and Robert Dunn (as Bill Sykes) face off. (Beth Therriault photo) This original stage adaptation of the Dickens classic was written and directed by HYT Artistic Director Tom Dunn. It stars HYT camp participants, who have spent the past week auditioning, memorizing lines and learning choreography.

This is HYT’s eighth summer camp program, and it promises to be one of the group’s most exciting seasons. This year’s first musical production is an original stage adaptation of the Dickens classic about a young orphan boy who escapes Victorian-era London’s workhouses to join up with a feisty group of musical pickpockets.

Onstage tension builds as Joey Gillett and Rob McArdell face off: (Beth Therriault photo)As school ends, and the long summer looms ahead, parents often wonder how they can keep their children productive, happy and involved until September. If you have a child who loves to perform, consider the Henniker Youth Theatre (HYT) summer camp program. For their 8th year, HYT is offering weeklong theatre workshops and productions, providing a creative, productive and entertaining summer for your children.

Henniker Youth Theatre is a project of The Alchemists’ Workshop, a non-profit organization dedicated to bringing theatre opportunities to NH residents.

“I’ve been running theatres since I was 20 years old in Minnesota, NYC, D.C., Ohio and various other locales. My primary areas of expertise are new works, youth theatre and musicals,” explained Artistic Director Tom Dunn.

The first John Stark class to graduate on the high school’s campus in nearly a decade was treated to crystal clear skies rather than the concrete walls of a hockey arena on Saturday morning,Max Murray leaps into the arms of fellow graduate Ross Macklin. (Keith Testa photo) under which more than 200 departing seniors were regaled with encouragement to pursue what excites them and a warning to be alert for opening doors.
The members of the class of 2008 graduated under a large tent on the high school’s football field, marching past a dazzling arrangement of flowers to receive their diplomas. It was a much more colorful scene than in years recent past, when John Stark held its commencement exercises at Lee Clement Arena on the campus of New England College in Henniker.
The school originally moved the ceremony to the NEC campus due to construction at the high school several years ago, but found the arena could better handle the parking and audience needs that John Stark struggled with as the student body grew.

The Hitching Post Car Wash recently moved into the vacant lot adjacent to the Weare Mobile station. Since their opening in April, owner Steve McDonough says business has been steady.
McDonough, who owns six other car washes included the recently opened one in Hillsborough, recalls driving by the site for years, thinking to himself that it would be a good location for a car wash.
Finally, he got a call that the lot was back on the market, and he was excited to be able to get to work on the car wash. “I think it’s a great location for commuters, and the schools. Its kind of a nice central location,” he commented.
McDonough’s wife and daughters ride horses, and he thought ‘Hitching Post’ would be a nice name for a car wash in a country setting.
The Hitching Post offers touch free, soft touch, and a combination of the two automated car washes as well as self-spray bays on the outside. There are also vacuums, air machines, a shampoo and spot remover and vending machines full of cleaning accessories on site.

The John Stark junior class Executive Counsel approached the JSR school board at last Wednesday’s meeting with a proposal of senior privileges for the 2008-2009 school year.
Although there weren’t enough board members present to have a quorum where they could vote on the issue, the counsel still presented its requests. The board members present will relay the proposals to the rest of the board, and they can then vote on them at the next meeting in August.
Counsel member Sarah Walton introduced the proposal by saying the counsel understood that in previous years there hasn’t been a good representation of Juniors becoming Seniors. The counsel opted to address the board with their proposal before summer break so the board had ample time to discuss it.
“On their behalf, I will say we have never had an Executive Counsel as on the ball as this group,” said Principal Turmelle.
Turmelle pointed out that seniors don’t typically have privileges until November because they wait until the fall to present their proposal to the board.