Presentation to Give Taxpayers a Closer Look at Dover Budget

DOVER—
Residents are invited to a special presentation on how the City’s budget is prepared and proposed during the “Budget Revealed” event on Thursday, March 31, 2011.
City Manager J. Michael Joyal, Jr., will lead the presentation, which will detail how the City’s budget is created, funded and managed. “Budget Revealed” is intended to provide residents and taxpayers with a deeper knowledge of the City’s budget process and how City services and programs are funded, including general government, public safety, culture and recreation, human services, public works and education. City department heads will also be on hand during the presentation.
The presentation will conclude with a question-and-answer session.
“Budget Revealed” will begin on March 31 at 6:30 p.m., at the Media Access Center, Room 306, the McConnell Center. The public is invited to attend. Please RSVP to Colleen Bessette in the City Manager’s office by calling 516-6023 or e-mailing c.bessette@dover.nh.gov.
The presentation will air later on Channel 22 and be available on the City’s website.
“Budget Revealed” is an outreach effort to engage the community in the budget process. In addition to the presentation, residents and taxpayers are encouraged to participate in an online survey that seeks input on budget priorities. The survey can be accessed at http://www.dover.nh.gov/doverdollars.
Residents and taxpayers can also offer input by contributing to the popular Dover Dollars ballot boxes. Taxpayers receive tokens in the amount of $100, which they can place in any of 46 boxes that represent City services and programs. The Dover Dollars tokens are available in the City Manager’s office at City Hall.
The Dover Dollars online survey and ballot boxes conclude on April 8.
The City Manager will present a proposed budget to the City Council in April.
For more information, contact the City Manager’s office at 603-516-6023.

Annual Caribbean Nights Dance Party to Benefit Haitian School

PORTSMOUTH—
One of Boston’s top Latin bands, Combo Sabroso, will return to the Seacoast for its second annual Caribbean Nights Dance Party on Saturday, April 2 at the VFW Hall in Portsmouth.
All proceeds from this year’s dance will help pay for hot meals for the growing student population at the Eben Ezer School in Milot, Haiti. Last year, the dance helped pay to fill and ship a container of desperately needed supplies to Haiti.
The 2010 Caribbean Nights party, held two months after Haiti’s earthquake, sold out. Band members said the benefit – combining great dancing, food and giving to a worthy cause - was one of the liveliest engagements they have played.
“The Caribbean Night dance had the best energy I have ever seen at one of our events,” said keyboard player Matt Jenson. “The combination of people feeling good and dancing up a storm with the sense of doing a good thing and helping others was a fantastic recipe.”
A slide show will begin at 7 p.m. Music, dancing, free snacks and a cash bar will begin at 8 p.m.
The slide presentation and talk will include pictures taken by Seacoast area teenagers, a teacher, a doctor and a York Rotarian who have gone down to help at the school in the last year. It will also show the amazing effort undertaken in the Seacoast to get a relief container sent out from Pease.
Hundreds of schools, Rotarians and residents of the Seacoast area have supported the Eben Ezer School since 2007. After the earthquake, many more schools, Rotary clubs and individuals got involved.
“For $10,000 a year we could feed all 200 students at the Eben Ezer School a hot lunch every day,” noted Leanne Stella. “In our country we have school lunch programs but in Haiti, children just go hungry.” Many parents send their kids to the Eben Ezer School in hopes of getting them some nourishment.
Tickets are being sold at Black Bean in Rollinsford, Ceres Bakery in Portsmouth, River Run in Portsmouth, Nature’s Way in South Berwick, Full Circle Community Thrift Store in Eliot and Fair Tide Thrift Store in Kittery. Only 200 people will be able to fit in the hall, so be sure to purchase your tickets early. More information is available from newslifeandhope@yahoo.com. For more information about this organization, go to www.lifeandhopehaiti.org.
Photo caption: Combo Sabroso will perform their second Caribbean Nights Dance Party on April 2 to benefit a school in Haiti. (Courtesy photo)

‘Marine Teen Program’ Expands

PORTSMOUTH/RYE—
The Seacoast Science Center’s Marine Teen program is a series of adventure learning experiences designed by teens, for teens. Over the course of the year, participants explore coastal waters by kayak and visit a variety of environmentally and historically important sites throughout the greater seacoast. According to the Center’s School Program Coordinator Henry Burke, the program “offers teens the opportunity to socialize with like-minded teens in a healthy environment: an environment that cultivates a passion for science and the ocean. The team activities and problem-solving skills attained over the course of the series inform the decisions teens make along their path to adulthood.” Burke notes that the program started in 2004, and, with support from Bank of America, has evolved significantly each year. This year, thanks to continued funding from Bank of America, young residents of the Portsmouth Housing Authority (PHA) communities will be joining the program.
According to PHA Resident Services Coordinator Emmanouella Vendouri, “The Marine Teen program is extremely important for the young people of the Gosling and Wamesit Place communities because it will provide them academic, social and recreational opportunities in safe, structured and fun ways. In addition, close observations of the personal, emotional and social development of our young participants have indicated that when we expose them to the natural world around them, they develop a sense of appreciation, self assurance and curiosity which leads each of them to continue the desire to grow in all personal and social levels. This self discovery plays a vital role in their personal growth and understanding her/his individual existence; the connections, similarities and differences as co-existing species on our planet.” Vendouri adds that this important “introduction to the natural world is only possible through meaningful collaborations, such as this one of the Seacoast Science Center.”
Both Burke and Vendouri recognize the importance of creating communities of teens through shared experiences. This year, the existing Marine Teen community will be extended to include youths who would not otherwise recreate together. Both educators are excited about the opportunities that will emerge as the young people gain perspectives from each other while share in the program’s activities.
Burke adds that the Foundation’s support also keeps the program affordable for all. The 2011 Marine Teen series starts with a trip to the New England Aquarium Saturday May 7. Find out more at the Center’s website (www.seacoastsciencecenter.org/programs/day_camp) or contact Henry Burke directly at 603-436-8043 ext. 16; h.burke@seacentr.org.
Photo caption: Seacoast Science Center Marine Teens explore tide pools at night to observe nocturnal creatures’ activity. (Courtesy photo)

The Music Hall’s Capital Campaign Enters ‘Community Phase’: Recent Major Gifts Bring Campaign Total to $11.4 Million

PORTSMOUTH—
As The Music Hall begins its countdown to the launch of The Music Hall Loft, its new Center for Performing Arts, Literature, and Education, its Treasure the Future capital campaign is stepping out into the community to advance its fundraising efforts.
Said Treasure the Future Campaign Co-Chair Jameson French, “Through its infancy back in the mid 1980s up until this day, The Music Hall has been a community project, supported and advanced by the generosity of all sorts of individuals – from business leaders who set up challenge gifts to individual patrons throwing money in the hat at end of a show. As we look to the success of this major campaign it is, again, all about the community and individuals’ support for bringing arts to the community.”
The move to a community phase comes with the announcement of several major advancements in fundraising. Chief among them is a $1,000,000 pledge to the Treasure the Future campaign from the Thomas W. Haas Foundation of the New Hampshire Charitable Foundation. Additionally, the campaign has received several major six figure gifts and legacy pledges bringing the campaign total to $11.4 million in funds raised. In addition to the on-the-ground community effort, the Campaign Committee continues to pursue other major gifts with a number of key prospects.
“The Committee’s work on major gifts combined with our efforts in the community bring us within sight of our goal,” said Director of Institutional Advancement and Campaign lead, Laura Smith.
“To see the completion of the capital projects, we need to raise $1 million in new funds in the final phase of the campaign. On the way to the finish, we’ll see many intermediate steps. We’re on the road to meeting a mini-challenge set for our opera audience. Last week with the launch of our new website we now have the capacity to accept donations online at http://www.themusichall.org/support_us (click “Donate to the Campaign.”) We’re planning outreach to all Music Hall members and patrons. In the weeks ahead all our members and audiences will be invited to an open house in the new Music Hall Loft hosted by the Board of Trustees on Sunday, April 10. The open house will be a show-and-tell for the new space. It’s also where the campaign will truly be launched for the community,” added Smith.
“We’ve achieved this milestone of $11.4 million with major donors, board members, staff and a number of corporations and downtown businesses digging deep in support of The Music Hall. They have inspired and challenged us to step out further into the community and gather support from all our patrons and members. This is truly everyone’s Music Hall and every gift gets us closer to realizing our goal. We look forward to everyone joining in and to the fun of seeing donors recognized on our donor wall by generations to come,” said Campaign Co-Chair Gail VanHoy Carolan.
“Not since the historic theater was threatened by a wrecking ball in 1980s have we seen such a transformation in the scope of The Music Hall and its work in the community. With the Music Hall Loft space nearly complete, we are already seeing its powerful effect on the city and on the broader region. Shows are selling out before the paint is even dry! But, more importantly, more and more individuals are stepping forward to offer support. They know as we do this is a rare opportunity for any individuals who wants to make their mark and support the future of the arts and education as we experience and treasure them in this special community,” said Executive Director Patricia Lynch.
Photo caption: The Music Hall’s Loft design team pictured in June of last year, including Doug Nelson, Mary Jo Brown, Lee Frank, John Merkel, John DeStefano, Patricia Lynch, Jennifer Steffek, Diane Hart and John Lynch. Their efforts, along with the impressive and ongoing fundraising over the past year, will result in the opening of the new Loft performance space in April. (Courtesy photo)

Shipyard Continues to Affect NH Economy

By Larry Favinger
Staff Columnist
KITTERY—
The Portsmouth Naval Shipyard continued to be a major contributor to the economies of southern Maine and southeastern New Hampshire in 2010 with indications of even further increases this year.
The Seacoast Shipyard Association recently released the Economic Impact Study for the calendar year 2010, showing growing employment, the purchase of goods and services, and contracted facility services.
Civilian employment at the Kittery facility has risen from 3,648 in 1998 to 5,168 last year with a corresponding increase in payroll. In 1998, workers earned $192,008,527, while last year’s payroll was set at $395,166,516.
The total civilian payroll for the shipyard is set at over $395 million, and $227,335,288 of that is to workers in the state of Maine. A total of 2,911 Mainers are employed there. New Hampshire’s 2,015 workers have a payroll of $149,514,994.
The military payroll also showed an increase over 2009. The 2010 figures included $24,961,035 for Navy personnel and $14,978,396 for the Coast Guard.
The shipyard purchased over $44 million in goods and services, $6.4 million from Maine and $4.3 million from New Hampshire providers. Over $20 million worth of goods and services were purchased in the six New England states.
Good news on the horizon for the shipyard came in a joint press release from Republican U.S. Sen. Olympia J. Snowe and Susan Collins of Maine, New Hampshire Democratic U.S. Sen. Jeanne Shaheen and Republican U.S. Sen. Kelly Ayotte of New Hampshire, announcing that the Navy proposes to invest approximately $100 million during Fiscal Year 2012 in facility upgrades and modernization.
The funding, provided through the Sustainment, Restoration and Modernization (SRM) budget, would be used for energy conservation and repairs to submarine enclosures, building renovations, repair to the waterfront support facility and structural repair and consolidation of the yard’s workshops.
“This announcement represents an important commitment by the Navy to the future of the Kittery-Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, and I am pleased by this response to our efforts to encourage such investments in the long-term health of the Yard’s facilities,” Sen. Snowe said.
Sen. Susan Collins said, “This is wonderful news not only for the dedicated men and women who work at the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard in Kittery, and their families, but also for the economy of the greater York County region.”
“I am glad to see the Obama administration prioritize funding of these long overdue improvements at the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard,” Sen. Shaheen said. “Investments in this facility are critical to our country’s national security. (This) announcement is encouraging news to the hardworking men and women who keep the shipyard up and running.”
“The workers at Portsmouth have a long history of executing high quality work, and this funding is a reflection of that stellar record,” Sen. Ayotte said. “As a member of the Armed Services Committee, I will continue the fight to ensure that Portsmouth receives the strong support it has earned.”
The funding is contingent on Congressional authorization and appropriation of the funds in the 2012 budget.

The Wild and Crazy Guy Gets Serious

By Chip Schrader
Book Reviewer
“An Object of Beauty” is actor Steve Martin’s latest novel featuring the cutthroat business behind art collecting. A follow up to the novella “Shop Girl,” which was adapted to the screen, Martin positions himself as a Renaissance Man with screenplays, stage plays, novels, albums featuring his banjo playing, and comedic writing all credited to his name.
“An Object of Beauty” is told from the perspective of Daniel Franks. While the reader might expect the novel to be the lamenting of his own life, Daniel’s focus is on the life and times of his muse, Lacey Yeager. Lacey is a street-wise, unattached, and ruthless self-promoter. Starting in the basement of Sotheby’s restoring and cataloging “dogs,” or lesser paintings, she climbs her way up to work for a private collector.
Martin’s descriptions of the paintings mentioned in the story please even readers who do not have an understanding of art and its collectability. The story uncovers why certain paintings become valuable, and how successful people become successful through cunning. Lacey’s beauty and cunning embody the art and the business of the art trade. As Martin describes the beauty of a painting, and the teetering values of these pieces, the reader quickly realizes, he is also describing his main character.
The intermittent first person insertions in the narration give this book a shade of the old hard-boiled detective fiction. While narrator Daniel admits some of the details of his subject are made up, the account of her life seems plausible. Furthermore, this admission by the narrator is a clever device that Martin uses to enable for a more complete depiction of the elusive Lacey that even her greatest admirer could not follow her enough to witness.
The sensuality, wit, and strength of Lacey are almost enough to forgive her predilection to use the people around her. She is nearly tragic as value has only a material context, and the story, without judgment takes us on her rise to Power. Among the most interesting incidents during her ascent is her trip to Russia where she is asked to trade paintings. It is here that she meets Patrice, a European with the eyes and hands of an artist. For the first time, Lacey finds interest in somebody for more than a one-time rendezvous.
Another touch this novel provides is full color reproductions of many of the paintings Martin references in the story. Martin never falls into the trap of using art world jargon, and he keeps his audience interested in his subject while retaining the integrity and intelligence in his storytelling.
While readers might expect a fluffy romp from the actor who made “The Jerk” a household classic, Steve Martin veers away from comedy avoiding high drama, and weaves a tale with a great deal of class and tact. His descriptions are light and read quickly, yet vivid enough to paint a thorough picture in the reader’s mind. “An Object of Beauty” belongs in the same category as the work of Peter Mayle and even Truman Capote.
Grand Central Publishing, November 2010, 292 Pages, $26.99.
Photo caption: (Courtesy book cover of “An Object of Beauty” by Steve Martin)

Museum Celebrates Irish Heritage Day with Music, Dance and More

DOVER—
The Children’s Museum of New Hampshire will celebrate its second annual Irish Heritage Day on Sunday, March 20 from 12 – 5 pm. This family-friendly event comes on the heels of St. Patrick’s Day and highlights the vibrant Irish heritage of the Greater Dover community.
Irish Heritage Day will feature traditional live music and step-dancing performances throughout the afternoon, and children are invited to try their hand at traditional Irish crafts with free make-and-take activities. There will be other opportunities around the museum to learn about the culture of the Emerald Isles as well.
Regular museum admission applies for all Irish Heritage Day festivities: $8 for children and adults, $7 for adults age 65 and over, and there is no charge for museum members or children under 12 months old.
Photo caption: Irish step-dancing and live Gaelic music will be featured at the Children’s Museum of NH on Sunday, March 20 as part of the museum’s annual Irish Heritage Day. (Courtesy photo)

Chamber Kicks Off Grand Sports Raffle

SOMERSWORTH—
The Greater Somersworth Chamber of Commerce recently kicked off its annual Grand Sports Raffle, a fundraising raffle that offers the winner a number of tickets to major sports events. One lucky winner takes all tickets to three different sporting events.
Up for grabs this year are two box seat tickets to a 2011 Red Sox game with a value of $240 as well as four tickets valued at $800 to a Boston Celtics game next season with center court, club seats and a parking pass included. Two UNH Hockey tickets for the 2012 season will also go to the one winner. Price for the raffle tickets is one for $5, six for $25, and 12 for $40. The drawing takes place on May 20 at the Chamber’s Annual Dinner and Awards event, but the winner does not to need to be present to win.
Sponsors of this year’s raffle are Digital Ink Printing, Waste Management, and Seacoast Orthopedics and Sports Medicine. For information on purchasing raffle tickets, contact the Chamber at 603-692-7175 or info@somersworthchamber.com.
Photo caption: Ann French of Profile Bank and Chair of the Chamber’s Board of Directors, buys the first six tickets for the Grand Sports raffle from Peter Juneau of Waste Management, one of the raffle’s sponsors. (Courtesy photo)

Opening Scenes: ‘The Adjustment Bureau’

By Chip Schrader
Movie Reviewer
“The Adjustment Bureau” begins with Matt Damon standing alone in a cathedral like room with the light seeping through ornate windows. The key words are “Next Senator David Norris” as a montage showing dailies and GQ with his face on the cover, an appearance on “The Daily Show,” and New York mayor Michael Bloomberg endorsing him all accompanied by Norris’ speech at a rally. The last headline to drop across the screen regards a college prank that could cost his election.
Set in New York and inside some of the most palatial buildings, “The Adjustment Bureau” follows the handsome political hopeful through the early stages of his career. But, through a misstep of chance interfering with “The Plan,” his career is sidetracked by a woman with whom he is forbidden to fall in love. The Bureau is employed, like guardian angels of a sort, to ensure that “The Plan” is followed through and properly executed. When David Norris is in the wrong place at the wrong time, he finds himself having to choose between the greatness he is fated to become or the woman he loves.
Norris is genuinely and articulately played by Matt Damon. While this role provides little challenge to Damon, he comes off naturally as the Kennedy-like politician. Elise, played by Emily Blunt, is seductive but with an organic soul. Blunt’s performance is so intimate the viewers feel they are in the room with her whenever she speaks. Like Damon’s performance, Elise is not a difficult character to manage, but Blunt brings about very natural portrayal, as well.
The characters are likeable, charming, and interesting to watch, but there is little psychology in their development. Other than loving Elise, we really aren’t shown what makes David Norris tick. We see his public side and his yearning for this woman, but we don’t see much about who David Norris really is, other than a well groomed politician with a relatively squeaky clean image. Much of the same can be said about Elise. We learn she is a passionate dancer and has a wit that equals that of Norris, but there is little development beyond that.
The wide-angle shots, visual effects, and shots from various angles are dazzling. The pacing of the film is even, but it never gets dull. While one might expect more action from a film like this, the intrigue and interplay between chance and “The Plan” are more than enough to keep the audience invested in the story. The wide-angle shots that show Norris inside a palatial room or a giant warehouse nicely parallels the concept that one man is very small portion of a much larger architecture. The imagery, setting and design are stunning!
“The Adjustment Bureau” has the soul of a classic Hitchcock thriller coupled with a postmodern edge like “North by Northwest” meets “Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind.” The story that inspired the film came from the same author who inspired the science fiction cult classic “Blade Runner.” While this film sets its aim high, the movie falls just short of the mark needing a deeper back-story to make the need for the characters’ success more compelling. With that said, the combination of romance and intrigue make “The Adjustment Bureau” a date movie well worth the price of admission. 3.5 out of 5.
Photo caption: (Courtesy movie poster of “The Adjustment Bureau”)

Local Celebrities Step Up for Dancing with the Dover Stars

DOVER—
Some of Dover’s biggest names are lining up to strut their stuff and win the title of top dancer.
Dancing with the Dover Stars, a fundraiser for the Dover Community Senior Center, pits 13 celebrity dancers against one another on stage during an evening of entertainment. Dancing with the Dover Stars will be held Saturday, March 12 at 6 p.m. in the Dover High School auditorium.
Celebrity dancers have been rehearsing for weeks in anticipation of the competition. Ready to tango are Mayor Scott Myers, City Councilor Bob Carrier, City Councilor Gina Cruikshank, Fire Chief Perry Plummer, Dover Police Officer Jason Feliciano, Public Library Director Cathy Beaudoin, Community Services Director Doug Steele, Recreation Director Gary Bannon, Dover High School Dean of Students Kimberly Stephens, Recreation Advisory Board President and Dover Middle School tutor Joe Tenuta, Woodman Park Elementary School teacher Jill Sears, Dover Community Senior Center member Alice Clark, and Kirt Schuman.
Each celebrity dancer has been paired with a professional dancer from several area studios. During the competition at Dover High School, three guest judges, along with the audience, will vote to determine the winner.
In addition to an evening of dancing, the event includes a concession stand and a raffle featuring prizes donated by local merchants, including one round of golf and cart for four at the Cochecho Country Club; a family pack of passes to the Children’s Museum of New Hampshire; and gift certificates to Ross Furniture, Jewelry Creations, Nicole’s Hallmark and Dover Wine Company. More prizes are arriving each day.
Tickets to Dancing with the Dover Stars are $10 and available at the Dover Recreation Department and Dover Community Senior Center, both located at the McConnell Center, 61 Locust St., Dover. Proceeds from the event will benefit the Community Senior Center. For more information, call 603-516-6436.
Photo caption: Dover Recreation Director Gary Bannon rehearses at the McConnell Center for Dancing with the Dover Stars, along with his instructor, Sue Dunlavey of Seacoast Set Dancers. (Courtesy photo)

Slow Food Seacoast and Friends Present ‘Taste of Place’

PORTSMOUTH—
Come celebrate our shared roots with great local food and fun upstairs at The Press Room on Thursday, March 10 from 5-7:45 p.m. Learn more about Terra Madre, known as the “farmers’ United Nations,” from local delegates who represented the Seacoast region at the Terra Madre conference in October 2010: John Forti of Slow Food Seacoast, Jean Jennings of Meadow’s Mirth, and Evan Mallett of Black Trumpet Bistro. These Seacoast representatives joined more than 5,000 delegates from 150 countries at the Olympic Stadium in Turin, Italy, to discuss how to create new economies and artisanal products around local agriculture, horticulture, and fisheries.
During the “Taste of Place” social, the local delegates will share the hope that they saw at Terra Madre in models of sustainable local practices in Italy and around the world. Evan Mallett will talk about being cleaner and greener, balancing aquaculture and wild fish stocks, and encouraging children to eat local and fresh ingredients in their school lunches. Jean Jennings will discuss the cost of good food and accessibility issues. She also is organizing some local musicians to entertain us! John Forti will talk about inspired land use, the Salone del Gusto (the world’s largest artisanal food marketplace), the Renewing America’s Food Traditions (RAFT) Alliance (preserving at-risk heirloom produce and heritage-breed foods), and creating new traditions that will lead us to a better future.
In addition, Slow Food Seacoast will be distributing free seeds of native heirloom fruits and vegetables featured in the RAFT Alliance to anyone who is willing to grow, eat, and save seeds of these varieties to preserve them for the future, because the best way to restore at-risk varieties is to grow and eat them.
Admission to Terra Madre “Taste of Place” A Slow Food Seacoast Social is free. Black Trumpet Bistro will provide sumptuous internationally flavored appetizers made with local ingredients. Please patronize the cash bar to thank The Press Room for hosting this event. The Press Room is located at 77 Daniel Street, Portsmouth.
Photo caption: Beautiful produce in Eataly! (Photo by Jean Jennings)

National Weather Service Meteorologist to Speak on Storms

RYE—
The Seacoast Science Center’s Heritage Dinner Series brings John Cannon, Senior Meteorologist at the National Weather Service in Gray, Maine to speak on Thursday, March 24, at 6:00 p.m. In his presentation, “Tornados, Tsunamis and Nor’easters: the Challenges of Forecasting Coastal New England Weather,” Cannon will regale you with accounts of some of the region’s most dramatic storms. You’ll hear about and see rare images of the infamous storms including the longest track tornado to hit New England, the “meteo” tsunami in Boothbay Harbor, hurricane Bob and the famous Patriots’ Day storm.
Ever since Mark Twain’s famous quip about New England weather, “If you don’t like it, wait a minute,” we New Englanders have taken a certain amount of pride in our ability to withstand, and appreciate, a wide variety of weather. Along the coast, we are “lucky” enough to be impacted by ocean storms, which add drama, destruction and danger to our lives. Although we rely on our local weather forecasters, they rely on National Weather Service (NWS) meteorologists to provide data and information for their predictions. Cannon is our regional weather forecasters’ weatherman.
Join us to hear the inside story on when and how the NWS works, what affects the accuracy of forecasts and how technology is improving our ability to understand weather patterns from one of the best. John grew up in New England, enjoying every Nor’easter and the rapid changes in the weather that Mother Nature could muster. He later moved to upstate New York and learned to love the extreme conditions of Lake Effect Snowstorms while earning a degree in meteorology from the State University of New York at Oswego. John worked as a weather forecaster in Albany, New York and is currently a senior meteorologist at the National Weather Service in Gray, Maine. A resident of Gray, ME, John received NOAA’s prestigious national “Isaac Cline Award” for meteorology in 2009.
The cost is $45/person for Seacoast Science Center members; $55/person for non-members. The reception begins at 6:00 p.m., followed by dinner and presentation. Reservations must be made by March 18. Full payment is required to reserve your seat; please contact Nichole at 603-436-8043, ext. 26 or n.rutherford@seacentr.org to sign up. Sponsored by McLane, Graf, Raulerson & Middleton, PA, all proceeds support the Seacoast Science Center. Visit www.seacoastsciencecenter.org for details.