LACONIA — Prospect Mountain High School Social Studies Teacher, Kim Kelliher was awarded the 2013 LRCC Running Start Advocate of the Year at a statewide luncheon in Manchester honoring top high school instructors who teach in the Running Start Program with Community College System of New Hampshire (CCSNH) partners. Kelliher is teaching Intro to Sociology and Intro to Psychology for dual credit at Prospect Mountain High School and LRCC thereby giving her students a "Running Start" on their college work.
"I want to say thank you to Kalene Barney for nominating me for the 2013 Running Start Advocate of the Year Award," says Kelliher, who is an adjunct professor at LRCC's Main Campus on Prescott Hill as well. "It is a great honor to receive the Award and thank you to my LRCC faculty partner, Dave Pollak, for letting me be part of such a great program which provides opportunities for students. The more opportunities that can be provided for students, the more successful they will be after high school; I'm looking forward to many more years helping students get a 'Running Start' on their college careers."
LRCC Running Start Coordinator Kalene Barney says, "Kim is a perfect choice for LRCC's Running Start Advocate of the Year. She has been a strong advocate of Running Start since 2003, helping over 250 students earn college credit while in high school. Kim understands the many benefits to her students including the increase in success rates for first year students as well as savings of over 75% in college tuition. She has an amazing connection with students and I think LRCC and Prospect Mountain High School are very lucky to have her on our team."

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2013 LRCC Running Start Advocate of the Year award recepient, Kim Kelliher, reviews Lakes Region Community College’s (LRCC) Summer Semester schedule with LRCC Running Start Coordinator, Kalene Barney, in the Bennett Library. (Courtesy photo)

LACONIA —  Twelve students from Holy Trinity Catholic School competed at the statewide National History Day competition held at Plymouth State University on April 6. Of these twelve students, nine were selected to compete at the national competition held in College Park MD in June.
The students who participated in the event created websites, documentaries, exhibits, papers or performances as individuals or in groups based on this year's theme "Turning Points in History". The students were: Dominique Bolduc, Katie DeRoche, Adrianna Dinsmoor, Ronnie Hook, Nicholas Jope, Clara Jude, Josh LeClaire, James Marceau, Caitlin Mallahan, Sarah Morin, Johnny Skehan, and Madison Vickery.
At the national level, Sarah Morin will present her website about Alexander II and the Modernization of Russia. Clara Jude's paper highlighting Alice Paul and The National American Woman Suffrage Association will be judged for content, research sources and connection to the theme. Caitlin Mallahan and Madison Vickery will show their documentary about Patsy Mink and Title IX. Dominique Bolduc, Adrianna Dinsmoor, and James Marceau will perform their own play entitled: Edward Jenner and the Smallpox Vaccine. Ronnie Hook and Joshua LeClaire will share their exhibit about the effect of Pearl Harbor and WWII on the American economy.
Karen Sullivan, the social studies teacher who oversaw these projects, was awarded the prestigious "New Hampshire National History Day Middle School Teacher Award of Excellence." To attend this competition each student will need to raise about $500. Anyone who wishes to help support their efforts can make a donation by calling Holy Trinity School at 524-3156.

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Front row: Clara Jude, Madison Vickery, Dominique Bolduc. Back row: Ronnie Hook, Adrianna Dinsmoor, James Marceau, Caitlin Mallahan and Sarah Moran (Courtesy photo)

SANBORNTON — The team at Hermit Woods Winery has been working hard all year to bring new wines to their tasting room for the 2013 season. As of May 25 people can once again visit Hermit Woods tasting room and learn what they have been up to all winter.
Wine maker Ken Hardcastle is very excited about this year's releases. "We have discovered new wines and again improved upon many of last year's releases. I am very pleased with the outcome. We have had some outstanding fruit this year and have experimented with several new blends. Once again, we can say with confidence that this year's wines will again be among our best".
Some of the wines on the list this year will include a version of a French white burgundy, Lake House White. An engaging blend of local, organic, whole peaches, rhubarb, and rosehips, fermented and aged 'sur lie' with a White Burgundy strain of yeast. Also new this year will be a wine called 'Whiteface', a crisp, complex white wine with aromatic presence made entirely from local, organic, whole quince, rhubarb, peaches, and rosehips which their winemaker compares with a Gewürztraminer.
Many of the wines that have become popular at Hermit Woods will be returning, including Petite Blue, Heirloom Crabapple and Three Honey Mead.  This year will also see a much larger supply Kiwi wine, made from two local organic kiwi berry varieties, Anne and Passion Popper. These kiwi berries are rich in vitamin C and similar in flavor to common New Zealand/California kiwi. This is an off-dry wine that compares to a dry Riesling.
For more traditional wine lovers, Hermit Woods also offers several red wines made with grapes from California and Chile. They offer a Cabernet Sauvignon called Ermitano, a Carménère they call Karmin Ayre, as well as a California Merlot, all big bold red wines.
Hermit Woods Winery will be open weekends from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. from May 25 to late fall and Wednesday through Friday from 1-5 p.m. in July and August.
Hermit Woods is located at 56 Taylor Road, Sanbornton.