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com Monday, February 3, 2014

Tere is nothing
so powerful as truth
DANIEL WEBSTER
New Hampshire Union Leader
2014 Union Leader Corp.,
Manchester, N.H.
FROM COOS TO THE SEA
A Small Prayer
May we go out
of our way, Lord, to
trust in You. Amen
Todays Chuckle
Today is the
frst day of the
rest of your life,
and you have to
spend it with those
nincompoops at
the ofce.
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Vol. 151, No. 260 32 Pages
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Todays Letters:
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BACK PAGE
VDEAD AT 46: Academy
Award-winning actor Philip
Seymour Hofman died of an
apparent overdose. Page D8
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Scene in
Manchester
Katie McQuaid
Grain sweetened with molasses draws deer, but also can cause
more harm than good for the animals. NANCY BEAN FOSTER
Former Massachusets U.S. senator Scott Brown, a longtime summer resident of Rye, joined the Buckleys Frozen
Seamen team during Sundays 15th annual Penguin Plunge to benefit Special Olympics New Hampshire.
GRETYL MACALASTER
.
Snowmobilers: So far
this season, two women
have been killed in crashes.
Staff Report
For the second time in
fve days, a snowmobile ac-
cident has taken the life of a
New Hampshire resident in
the North Country.
A Berlin woman died Sat-
urday night after her snow-
mobile hit a tree as she rode
with her husband across
Success Pond in Success
township.
Lucie Gagnon, 58, was rid-
ing across the pond with her
husband when her machine
hit an embankment and
crashed into a tree. Te cou-
ple was returning to their
camp in Success from a day
in Maine.
State Fish and Game of-
cers said the woman's hus-
band and a nurse who was
staying at a camp near the
scene of the crash attempted
to revive the woman, but she
Deadly
toll on
states
trails
I guess I am a hockey
mom now, at least for 12
weeks. After months of him
begging to play, we decided
to start my frst-grader in
the Manchester Regional Youth
Hockey Associations Learn to
Skate Program. About $400
in fees and equipment later,
he was on his butt on the
ice begging me to take him
home. No way, buddy.
But that was just the frst
day. MRYHA, which will
celebrate its 50th anniversa-
ry next year, is a well-oiled
machine of mostly volun-
Lessons
learned
on the ice
.
Hard on the species: The weakest
often dont get food, become easy prey .
By NANCY BEAN FOSTER
UnionLeader Correspondent
Tough lots of folks buy feed to keep the
deer who wander their woods in winter fat
and happy, feeding wildlife may do more
harm than good in the long run.
At places that sell feed and grain, such as
Gofstown Ace Hardware, deer food fies of
the shelf at this time of year.
We used to just carry a few bags, but
Wildlife expert: Feeding deer carries a bite
I think it is awesome that there are a large number of people out there
that care about Special Olympics.
JOHN CONNORS
who coaches basketball for the Special Olympics
.
15th annual plunge: More than
$600,000 was raised over the weekend.
By GRETYL MACALASTER
UnionLeader Correspondent
HAMPTON BEACH Of the more than 600
participants in Sundays 15th annual Pen-
guin Plunge to beneft Special Olympics
New Hampshire, Olympian Jason Kimball
of Manchester might have been the most
grateful.
As recently as last week, Kimball was not
sure he would be able to participate in his
ffth plunge because he was having difcul-
ty raising the $350 minimum.
But once word got out about his chal-
lenge, donations started coming in. On
Sunday, Kimball got his chance to jump
into the frigid waters of the Atlantic. At the
events after-party in the Hampton Beach
March of the penguins
More than 600 people jumped into the icy waters of the Atlantic
at Hampton Beach on a balmy Sunday afternoon to benefit
Special Olympics New Hampshire during the 15th annual
Penguin Plunge fundraiser. GRETYL MACALASTER
VSee Scene, Page A8 VSee Deer, Page A8
VSee Fatals, Page A8
.
Court battle: Group says
most of the states private schools
have religious affiliation, so
money could not be given.
By BILL SMITH
NewHampshire UnionLeader
Half of the money donated by
New Hampshire businesses to a
scholarship fund for schoolchil-
dren last year went unused and
had to be returned because of a
state court decision barring schol-
arships for families who choose to
send children to church-related
schools.
Te money was granted as part
of a program that gives business-
es a credit against 85 percent of
their state business profts tax for
donations to a scholarship fund.
Te fund provides scholarships to
children who pay tuition to attend
private or out-of-district schools
or who are home-schooled.
A Straford County Superior
Court ruling last year barred the
use of money raised through the
tax credit program to provide
scholarships to schools afliated
with any sect or denomination.
Judge John Lewis ruled that the
state is expressly forbidden by
the state Constitution from fund-
ing what he termed religious ed-
ucation.
Tat decision has been ap-
pealed to the state Supreme Court.
Kate Baker, executive director of
Network for Educational Oppor-
tunity (NEO), one of the groups in
the state authorized to raise and
spend money under the program,
Half of scholarship cash returned
VSee Scholarship, Page A8
VSee Plunge, Page A8
Dartmouth death
VCOLLAPSED: Torin Tucker,
a Dartmouth junior and cross-
country ski team member, was
competing in a cross-country event
at the winter carnival in Craftsbury,
Vt., when he died Saturday.
Page A4
More than a game
VPOND HOCKEY: Those taking
part in the 5th annual New England
Pond Hockey Classic say it was all
they had hoped for. Page B1
Reason to celebrate
VSCENE SETTERS: This weeks
featured events include New
Hampshire Catholic CharitiesMardi
Gras and the Easter Seals Winter
Wine Spectacular. Page B2
Honoring Ray Burton
VOVERLOOK: On Wednesday, the
state Senates Public and Municipal
Afairs Committee is scheduled
to consider a bill to name a scenic
overlook and the visitor center
being built on Interstate 93 in
Hooksett for longtime Executive
Councilor Ray Burton. Page A3