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Volume 27 Number 4 July 31, 2015 12 Pages
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Bob Turmel, Donna Craig, Rita Clark and Claire Stuart catching up
Identifying James
and Ellen Dorsey
by Doug Robinson
Is the problem that nobody cares?
I stopped by the Methadone clinic in
Hudson today to request a visit with their
administration which I am/was going to
include in next weeks edition of the HLN.
My request was simple. May I please
speak with the administrator so that I can
incorporate what this clinic is doing with
the story I am writing for next weeks paper
about Southern NH Regional Hospitals new
substance abuse center. Like always I was
told, I will talk with the director, and I will
call you back.
As I was leaving, two people were sitting in
chairs to my right. The one to the left asked,
Do you want to talk to me? I said sure.
I did not ask her name nor do I know it.
She told me that the problem was Nobody
cares. We are junkies. Nobody has ever
cared about junkies. Back in 1990, we had
lots of places we could go. But today, that
is not the way it is. All they do is talk. No
action.
I have to take a cab to get here. Why did
Nashua not want us in their town? I had to
take a cab, and sometimes I even walk here.
No one cares.
As I was talking, the boss came out and
asked if she could talk to me personally.
Sure I said. She asked me if I understood
patient confidentiality, and I said, Yes, I am
familiar with HIPAA (the Health Insurance
Portability and Accountability Act). I was
then escorted out of the building.
Just Junkies. Wow. No one cares.
Does New Hampshire care? Such is the
subject of this third in a series of four stories
about Heroin in Hudson. Who cares? Is
the rubber meeting the road on patient
care, patient involvement, community
Courtesy photos
by Tom Tollefson
The George H. and Ella M. Rodgers Memorial Library was filled
with friendly candy-coated competition on Tuesday, July 21. Seven
youth gathered into two groups for the Candy Tower event to meet the
challenge of building a candy tower with marshmallows and toothpicks
as their only resources. This event was held as part of the librarys
summer reading program, which exists to encourage children to read
over the summer.
The challengers had an hour to build a candy tower and would
receive one piece of candy for ever inch in height of their finished
sugary construction. There was no prize for the tallest tower. It turned
out to be a tie between the two teams with structures both standing at
10 inches.
The competition they had between each other was there, but there
was no prize for it. They just wanted to beat each other, said Danny
Lykansion, head of Teen Services at the library.
One of the teams used a strategy of building their creation in the
shape of a grid system, which began to collapse close to the end as the
team worked together to stand it up straight again as much as possible.
We didnt have enough support for it, so it started topping over until
it crashed, said Kyle Bouchard, 14.
The competing team flipped their candy creation over in the last
minute, which ended up giving it extra height.
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countries in jeopardy by entering into an agreement with Iran which
temporarily curbs its nuclear armaments program. They have either been
duped or they are nave or both. Both are more concerned about their
legacies than the security of the world.
Iran said it will place its nuclear development program on hold and allow
inspection of its facilities, but Iran has had time to disperse and hide its
50 nuclear facilities. Under the nuclear agreement Iran can deny access by
inspectors to undeclared sites and then the inspection process goes before a
number of committees for resolution, which can take close to a month. This
is enough time for Iran to move the equipment and materials.
The agreement will allow lifting of economic sanctions which will
immediately release $150 billion and cumulative trillions in subsequent
years. This money will allow Iran to purchase armaments, which will
be used to continue the destabilization of Middle East countries and the
ongoing sponsorship of Islamic terrorism in the world. And dont forget,
Iran hates the U.S.
The U.S. Congress should not approve this terrible agreement.
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Wednesday, August 12
Movie Night at the Aaron Cutler
Memorial Library in Litchfield. Every
second Wednesday of the month we
show a popular, newly released to DVD
films. We start the move at 7 p.m. and then stay
after hours. Feel free to call the circulation desk
to find out what the latest film will be at 4244044.
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Sunday, August 9
A Blessing of the Animals service will
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Community Church, 259 Charles Bancroft
Highway at 10 a.m. (Rain Date: Aug. 16).
Pets, farm animals, stuffed animals, and animals
from nature are invited, caged as appropriate.
A memorial will be held for pets that have died
recently. Each animal will receive a blessing, and
its picture will be taken with the animals owner.
Commitments of care for animals are included in
the ceremony. All are invited, whether or not you
have an animal to bring. There will be treats for
the animals, and animal crackers for the humans.
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Rocket Launch!, 6:30 to 8 p.m.,
Hudson Community Center, Lions
Avenue. Join the Hudson Cub Scouts
for an exploration of space! Bring a 2-liter
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Hudson American Legion Post 48
Annual Summer Outing, from 12 to 5
Thursday, August 27
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holding its first Community Resource
Fair from 1 to 3 p.m. outside the Library
Street School under a tent. The fair is being
put together to show families the many resources
that are available in and around our community.
There will be 15-20 agencies that will participate
in the event. A few of them are: the YMCA, Boys
& Girls Club, the Department of Public Health,
the United Way, the Adult Learning Center, Girls,
Inc., the Rodgers Memorial Library and more!
The agencies will bring resources and handout
that families can take with them and there will be
representatives from these agencies who will be
able to answer their questions.
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Raymond H. Doucette
Raymond H. Doucette was born
in Massachusetts on February 13,
1926, and died in his sleep in the
early hours of July 24, 2015. He
was predeceased by his wife, Pauline
(Gauthier) Doucette, and a grandson,
Brian Doucette.
Ray had a hard childhood as his
mother was chronically ill. As a
youngster, he delivered ice to pay for
his keep at the boys home. At 15,
he lied about his age to join the US
Air Force and fight for his country in
World War II. The Air Force took him
to tours in Italy and Africa, where he
eventually came down with malaria. He later studied to
be a Master Electrician at Lowell Tech in Massachusetts
and went on to become a member of the IBEW and was
twice President of the local chapter in the 1950s.
Ray met and courted Pauline Blanche Gauthier, a
secretary in the military and graduate of Juilliard in
Boston, Mass., while they were stationed in Colorado
Springs, Colo. They moved back to Paulines hometown
of Nashua and were married on July 3, 1947, in St. Patrick
Church on Spring Street.
Ray helped build their large Cape-style family home
on Highland Street in Hudson. They raised four children
there until 1961 when they moved to a new ranch style
home on Chatham Street. Ray and Pauline lived there
the majority of their lives until Pauline was stricken with
a rare dementia in 1997 and died after nearly 10 years of
Rays devoted personal care in December of 2006. They
had been married for nearly 60 years and after Pauline
passed, Ray volunteered his time to drive her wheelchair
van to transport people to appointments for the Area
Agency on Canal Street in Nashua.
Ray was a founding member and one of the last
surviving original members of the Hudson Fish & Game
Club. He helped build the current club house facility and
hand painted the beautiful road sign that stood for many
years to direct people from Lowell Road. Dad loved to
hunt and fish and be with his family but he also had to
keep busy. He did electrical work on many commercial
and residential properties in Southern New Hampshire on and off the clock. He was generous with his skills and
with his time and enjoyed being helpful and appreciated.
Anita Ratt
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