The Pittsfield
Area Senior Center will be offering an AARP Safe Driving Program at the
center on Tuesday, February 15, and Wednesday, February 16th from 9 am to 1
pm. Also on February 15th, (Tuesday) you may come in between 10:00 am
and 1:00 pm for Free Volunteer Income Tax Preparation Assistance. Call
the center at 435-8482 for an appointment.
Gilmanton Ice Fishing Derby, including all Gilmanton Lakes,
will be held on Saturday, February 19th, from 7:00 am - 3:00pm,
at Derby Headquarters: Gilmanton Community Church, 503 Province
Road (Route 107) Gilmanton.
Registration begins at 6:30 am Adults $10, Youth $5 (7-12).
Adult and Youth Prizes. Proceeds to benefit mission trip to LaRomana,
Dominican Republic.
Thanks To Lakes Region Chamber
The Town of
Gilmanton would like to thank the Lakes Region Chamber of Commerce for
bestowing upon us the 2010 Golden Hammer Award. As fellow selectman
Don Guarino recently informed me, the Golden Hammer is the Academy Award of
Construction, and as such, I should rightly have given an acceptance speech
at the award ceremony at Church Landing on January 27!
Well,
without the risk of having the music come up, let me extend a few thanks to
those without whom we would not have been there last Thursday and without
whom we would not have delivered such a great Public Safety Building for our
small town.
First we
must point to Ricci Construction Company of Portsmouth, who brought us the
best and most complete design under our target of $900,000, and then
delivered the project on budget and 1 month ahead of schedule (the last in
no small part thanks to Mother Nature!!) In particular, John Ricci and
his site supervisor Guy Picard were a pleasure to work with throughout the
project.
Secondly,
we send a big shout-out to Laconia Savings who provided our funding at the
most favorable rate we could find.
Then we had
a long list of local contractors including Bayside Concrete, Belknap
Communications, Clairmont Asphalt Paving, Daniels Electric, Don’s Tree
Service, Wescott Garage Doors and Wolcott Construction.
I actually
do hear the music coming up, so let me finish by saying again, thank you for
this great honor. We will hang our Gold Hammer at our new Public
Safety Building with pride!
Betty Ann
Abbott
Chair, Gilmanton Board of Selectmen
