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Quality of Life 23/04/13

Sweet sign of spring

Dover Public Library has announced the winners of its annual “Peeps Show” contest held last month. According to a press release, participants built shoe box dioramas using Peeps marshmallow candies of any color or design to recreate scenes from literature. And the winners are: “A Day at Charm School” by Emmeline Jess-Johnson in the kids division; “3 Little Peeps and the Big Bad Chick” by Harper Stansfield in the youth division; “Midsummer Night’s Peep” by Lucy McCammon in the teen division; and “The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo” by Sarah Denham in the adult division.

QOL score: +1

Comment: On April 6 the New York Times published on its website a series of photographs of the Peeps-making process, from the dyeing of the sugar to a photo of a phalanx of Peeps headed to their boxes. An interesting debate in the comments section — what is tastier, fresh Peeps or Peeps that have been brought out of their packaging and left to “cure” for a few days? Discuss!

Keep smiling

Manchester Public Health’s Oral Health Program has received a donation of $6,101.26 from the Manchester Rotary Club. According to a press release, the funds will be used to offset the costs of much-needed electrical components for the program’s mobile dental van and of updating the outlets and breakers at the 21 area schools that the program serves, which has become necessary in order for the program to continue providing dental care to all qualifying children.

QOL score: +1

Comment: The city’s oral health program is the largest of its kind in New Hampshire, providing free preventive dental care to around 600 students each year.

Cheers!

The New Hampshire Liquor Commission, in partnership with Jack Daniel’s whiskey brand, kicked off a first-of-its-kind recycling program in Manchester this month, NHPR reported, collecting more than 6,300 pounds of glass. The program, called “Bring Back Jack,” incentivizes customers to recycle their empty wine and spirits bottles to reduce glass waste in landfills; customers who bring at least a dozen glass bottles to select outlet locations will receive $25 off a future purchase of $150 or more, and if any of those bottles are from Jack Daniel’s products, customers will receive an additional $5 off the purchase of a single Jack Daniel’s product. The recycled bottles are crushed into glass cullet and used to make new glass bottles for beverages. Visit liquorandwineoutlets.com/bringbackjack for a schedule of upcoming recycling events.

QOL score: +1

Comment: According to the article, data from the Environmental Protection Agency shows that the percentage of glass recycling in the U.S. is only 31 percent, and that more than 7 million tons of non-recycled glass waste ends up in U.S. landfills each year, equaling about 5 percent of all waste.

QOL score: 66

Net change: +3

QOL this week: 69

What’s affecting your Quality of Life here in New Hampshire? Let us know at news@hippopress.com.

Featured photo: “Midsummer Night’s Peep” by Lucy McCammon, teen division. Photo courtesy Dover Public Library.

Spring playoff season ahead

The Big Story – Celtics Start Playoffs: Stumbling coming out of the All-Star break, including truly awful non-effort losses like blowing a 28-point lead vs. the non-Durant Nets, had Celtic Nation grumbling at best and filled with trepidation at worst. But they righted the ship to finish 57-25 and grabbed the second end in the East. However, they coughed up home court advantage vs. Milwaukee if both get to the Eastern Conference Finals, something that was vital last year when they had home court in their Game 7 win over Milwaukee.

I looked at it differently, as a product of their infuriating way of playing down to opponents, characterized by a lack of focus and lackadaisical defense. When someone good was on the schedule the focus and effort returned to show they can dominate anyone at their best, like the recent demolition of the Bucks, which came on the road, to show they ain’t afraid to play in Milwaukee.

And while they’re capable of getting through the East, it will be no cakewalk. The Bucks are as deep as they are and Giannis is more consistently great than Jayson Tatum, Philly has the likely MVP in Joel Embiid (see below), they were 1-3 vs. Cleveland and Miami plays them better/tougher than anyone except Golden State.

The key for them will be consistency behind the line and ability to deal with it by scoring inside and getting to the line when the 3-ball isn’t falling, as inevitably will happen some nights. Didn’t mention their D, because that’s an effort thing and the urgency of a playoff series usually puts a charge into everyone in green.

So, even with some concerns, buckle up because it could be a fun and hopefully long ride.

Sports 101: David Pastrnak became the eighth player in Bruins history to score at least 300 career goals when he became the 23rd NHL player to score 60 or more in a season on Sunday.

Name the seven other Bruins with 300 career goals.

The Numbers:

2 – pitch clock violations by Shohei Ohtani in being the first to do it once as a pitcher and once as a batter in the same game (a 4-3 Angels win over Seattle).

26 – years ago that Tiger Woods won the first of his six green jackets with a 12-stroke win in the 1997 Masters.

50 – recent per year increase in Major League homers attributed to climate change by a Dartmouth College study published last week.

News Item – Bruins Break All-Time Record: One down and one to go for your Boston Bruins after setting the all-time record for wins in a single season with No. 63 on Sunday vs. the Flyers. Next up is the 76-77 Canadiens record for most-ever 132 points, which they may get on Tuesday vs. Washington. Or, if not, against Montreal in Montreal on Thursday, which, given the way the Canadiens tormented them for most of their history, would be a more fitting way to do it.

News Item – Women’s Basketball Landmark Moment: Time will tell if this is the kind of watershed moment for women’s basketball that 1979’s legendary most watched Magic Johnson–Larry Bird clash was for the men. Drawing 12.6 million viewers, last Sunday’s Iowa-LSU NCAAchampionship game was the most-viewed women’s game ever in their sport, dwarfing last year’s 3.4 million viewers. An indicator may be the demographic breakdown between the more traditional male audience and the potentially growing female audience.

News Item – Watch Out For That Dude In The Playoffs: The 76ers may not have the greatest bench in the world but they will be a tough out in the playoffs thanks to having the most unstoppable force in Joel Embiid. Embiid showed that last week with a spectacular 52-point, 13-rebound, 6-assist night in Philly’s 103-101 win over the Celtics. And by going 20-25 from the field and 12-13 from the line he got those 52 the old-fashioned way since he didn’t make a 3-ball all night.

I Told You So Award – Me: With people inexplicably still calling Kyrie Irving a “game-changing superstar,” here’s what I said when he joined the then 28-26, 6-seed Mavericks after being traded/dumped by the Nets:“I’m betting they finish below .500 and land in the play-in round by year’s end….” I was wrong — kind of. They went 10-16 after he arrived, including 5-11 playing with Luka Doncic and 8-12 in the 20 games he played. In doing so they fell from the 6 seed to the 11 seed and entirely out of the playoffs. Superstar indeed.

Random Red Sox Thoughts:

Based on Masataka Yoshida’s decent start and stellar play in the WBC (three homers and a tournament-leading 13 RBI) the early indications are he’s not headed to be a Japanese version of Rusney Castillo.

I know he’s an emergency replacement who deserves some slack, but the five errors Kiké Hernandez already has in nine games projects to 90 over a full season.

How in the name of Calvin Schiraldi is Ryan Brasier still in their bullpen? He’s followed his 0-3, 5.36 ERA 2022 season with an early 9.00 ERA in five appearances. And the ERAs in two of the last three years were 3.96 and 4.85.

The 24,477 at Wednesday’s game vs. Pittsburgh was the smallest crowd since John Henry bought the Sox in 2002.

Sports 101 Answer: Johnny Bucyk (545), Phil Esposito (459), Patrice Bergeron (427), Rick Middleton (402), Ray Bourque (395), Brad Marchand (371), Cam Neely (344).

Email Dave Long at dlong@hippopress.com.

Outreach on four legs

Policing and building community with horses and a pony

Officer Kelly McKenney of the Manchester Police Mounted Patrol, honored last month as the 2023 New Hampshire Horseperson of the Year by the New Hampshire Horse Council, shared her thoughts and experiences on serving as a mounted police officer.

How did you become a mounted patrol officer?

I’ve been riding since I was 6 years old. … I was on the UNH equestrian team and lived at the UNH horse barns for my last two years there. After college … I became a police officer in Manchester, knowing that Manchester had a mounted patrol, with the intention and the hope of being put on that division. It took 13 years; I did my time, then finally got put on.

Tell us about the horses.

We have two big horses named General Stark and Bruno. General Stark is a Clydesdale cross and has been with the patrol for a while, while Bruno is a Percheron cross and relatively new. Right now we keep them at the Youth Detention Center in Manchester, because that used to be a county farm. … For almost two years I was alone — there are usually two riders, but we didn’t have the manpower to spare — but I finally got a partner this past summer. That helps a lot, so we can ride together and share the chores, and horses are herd animals, so they prefer to have a partner. … I’ve ridden General Stark for a long time, and we have a great partnership, but I’ve been letting my new partner ride him because he’s such a steady horse; he’s been doing [patrol riding] for a long time and has been exposed to everything. Bruno, however, is still new and can be a bit anxious about things. … Then, there’s Eddy, the pony …

OK, so what’s the story with the pony?

Our horses are huge. Kids go to pet them and it’s like, ‘OK, well, that’s a leg.’ So, I had this idea. … I asked the chief, ‘Can we get a pony? I want to bring a pony to the schools,’ and he was like, ‘… a pony? Uh, alright,’ so I found this little pony, and it just exploded. I did over 120 events with the pony just last year. We brought him to schools, day cares, senior centers, nursing homes, mental health facilities — who doesn’t love a pony, right? … And the comfort dogs are great, too, but every kid on the planet has seen a dog; it’s not every day you get to see a pony in Manchester.

What kind of police work do you do on mounted patrol?

Mostly we ride downtown, on Elm Street or throughout the parks. When we were having homelessness issues, I would monitor the parks and make sure people were behaving. I actually formed quite a few bonds with the homeless [individuals] out there. A lot of them would talk to me when they wouldn’t talk to [other officers], because they see that I’m a human, too. The horse kind of brings that out. I’ve also stopped cars and made arrests from horseback.

Do tell how you pull someone over while on horseback.

I use the traffic lights to my advantage. I stand at the corner, and when the cars are stopped at the light, if I see [a driver] on their phone or an expired inspection sticker or registration, I ride up to the car while they’re waiting for the light, and I say, ‘Hey, when the light turns green, I want you to pull over up there.’

Who picks up the horse poop?

I do! It’s so funny —I bring trash bags, and it’s basically like, the biggest dog-doo pickup in the world. … And Eddie, when we bring him places, wears a little diaper that catches his poo. Seriously. There are pictures on our Facebook page.

Why is the Mounted Patrol an important part of the police department?

At the end of the day I’m still a police officer doing police work, but working with horses is so much more community-oriented than just being in a cruiser … and allows for a better face-to-face interaction with the public. When I’m riding, people walk up to me and flag me down to talk, which opens up a dialogue, and that is just awesome. Nobody ever flagged me down to talk about my cruiser or bicycle when I rode them; most people tried to go the other way. But having the horses, it’s so nice to be able to actually talk with people instead of being something that people want to avoid. … It helps to show people that police officers are human beings and give people a positive experience with law enforcement.

Featured photo: Officer Kelly McKenney of the Manchester Police Mounted Patrol and Eddy the comfort pony visit Manchester Head Start. Courtesy photo.

News & Notes 23/04/13

City cleanups

The Manchester Urban Ponds Restoration Program hosts its 24th year of pond and park cleanups, with cleanups scheduled for Saturday, April 22, at Nutts Pond and Precourt Park; Saturday, April 29, at Stevens Pond and Stevens Park; and Saturday, May 6, at Black Brook and Blodget Park. All cleanups run from 9 to 11 a.m., and trash bags, latex gloves and trash pickers will be provided, according to a press release. Visit manchesternh.gov/urbanponds to learn more.

Get outside

Gov. Chris Sununu has proclaimed April 17 through April 23 “Outside For 5 Week” to recognize a new pledge campaign launched by the New Hampshire Environmental Educators, in partnership with the North American Association for Environmental Education Affiliate Network. According to a press release, the “Outside for 5” campaign encourages teachers and educators in New Hampshire to incorporate outdoor learning into their students’ routine for at least five minutes a day, five days a week, or any meaningful amount of time as a way to address the decline in youth mental health exacerbated by the pandemic and the resulting impact on classroom educators who have faced increased levels of burnout. “Our goal with this campaign is to inspire educators to think outside the box when it comes to enhancing the social-emotional wellness of their students, each other, and their entire school community,” Sarah Bodor, NAAEE’s Director of Policy and Affiliate Relations, said in the release. “We want kids to get outside and experience the benefits of nature’s classroom.” To sign the pledge and learn more about the “Outside for 5” campaign, visit outsidefor5.com.

Scholarship

The Merrimack County Conservation District is now accepting applications for its “Stanley Grimes Conservation Scholarship.” According to a press release, the $1,000 scholarship will be awarded in June to a Merrimack County resident who has been accepted to a two- or four-year college or university and will be attending full-time in the fall of 2023 with the intent to pursue studies in the field of agriculture, forestry, environmental science, soil science or a related natural resources program. The application deadline is May 5. Visit merrimackccd.org, email info@merrimackccd.org or call 223-6020 to learn more about the scholarship and to access an application form.

Help for homelessness

Harbor Care, a nonprofit organization that provides housing, health care and human services in New Hampshire, was awarded a $2,000 donation by the Rotary Club of Hollis-Brookline on April 5. According to a press release, Harbor Care has been a leading provider of supportive and permanent housing for veterans and individuals experiencing chronic homelessness in Greater Nashua and beyond, successfully moving 246 individuals and families experiencing chronic homelessness into permanent housing since 2020, and helping 343 veterans experiencing or at-risk of homelessness to access stable housing in the past year. The donated funds will be used to support Harbor Care’s Dignity of Home initiative, which aims to provide safe and stable housing to individuals experiencing homelessness and help them overcome the co-occurring challenges they often face, such as mental illness and addiction.

Beech leaf disease

A research team at the University of New Hampshire, led by Jeff Garnas, a UNH scientist researcher with the New Hampshire Agricultural Experiment Station, has received a grant to study the potential impacts of beech leaf disease (BLD), a relatively new disease caused by invasive felted beech scale insects that has been spreading rapidly throughout New England forests. According to a press release, the researchers will collect tree core samples from BLD monitoring sites across nine states in the Northeast to analyze annual beech growth patterns and assess the combined effects of BLD and beech bark disease (BBD), another threat to beech trees in the region. The team will also investigate climate records to determine the role of climate conditions in the spread of the diseases and its impact on tree growth and mortality. “As a new disease in our forests, the long-term impacts of BLD are currently difficult to predict with any certainty … and there is definitely cause for concern.” Garnas said in the release. “Ultimately, this work will provide forest managers and forest health specialists much-needed tools for understanding, assessing and predicting the long-term impacts of BLD.”

Emergency help

The New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services, in collaboration with the State’s substance misuse prevention partners, has announced a new initiative to distribute more than 700 “NaloxBoxes” in various public locations across all 10 counties in the state. According to a press release, this statewide coordinated effort — the first of its kind in the U.S. — aims to provide 24/7 access to naloxone, a medication that can reverse opioid overdoses and save lives. “During a medical emergency, every minute counts, and providing public access to life-saving medication that can reverse the impact of an overdose while it is occurring is a critical step in reducing the number of lives lost to substance use disorder,” DHHS Chief Medical Officer Jonathan Ballard said in the release. Any business or community entity in New Hampshire is eligible to request a NaloxBox unit for installation in an accessible and highly visible area by contacting State Opioid Response Director Jennifer Sabin at jennifer.a.sabin@dhhs.nh.gov. First responders, families, caregivers and other individuals who would like access to naloxone for individual purposes can reach out to their local Doorway, a resource for substance use disorder services in New Hampshire.

Registration is open for the Laconia Golf Classic, a fundraiser for Concord Hospital’s Laconia Dental Center and its programs set for Monday, May 22, at Laconia Country Club (607 Elm St., Laconia). According to a press release, the day will begin with a welcome barbecue at 11 a.m. and will feature raffles, giveaways and hole-in-one prizes, including a chance to win a car or Kubota tractor. Visit ch-trust.org or call 737-6752 to learn more and to register your team.

The Aviation Museum of New Hampshire in Londonderry (27 Navigator Road) will host an informational open house on Tuesday, April 18, from 7 to 8:30 p.m. for community members interested in volunteering for the museum’s education outreach program. According to a press release, attendees can meet current volunteers and learn about volunteering opportunities to help the museum in its mission to introduce young people to the world of aviation and aerospace. To RSVP, call 669-4877 and leave a message with your name, or send an email to ldearborn@nhahs.org. Visit aviationmuseumofnh.org to learn about other kinds of volunteering opportunities at the museum.

From April 17 through Oct. 28, United Way of Greater Nashua will move its Pop-Up Pantries to a dozen outdoor locations in the downtown Nashua area — two or three locations every weekday — to provide free fresh food to area residents facing food insecurity. Visit tinyurl.com/pop-uppantries for times and locations. Donations of nonperishable food are accepted at United Way of Greater Nashua’s office (20 Broad St., Nashua) weekdays between 10 a.m. and 3 p.m., according to a press release.

LIVE! In Nashua — 04/06/23

Decades in the making, the Nashua Center for the Arts finally opened its doors downtown on April 1. Katelyn Sahagian chronicles the more than 20-year-long journey among donors, board members and arts supporters to bring the long-awaited center to fruition and previews its first collection of shows, including an interview with American Idol alums Ruben Studdard and Clay Aiken, who will take the stage together on April 13.

Also on the cover “In Full Bloom,” an art exhibit at the New Hampshire Antique Co-op in Milford, offers spring flowers on canvas. (page 14). Find Easter egg hunts happening this weekend (page 18). Find live local music this weekend and beyond in our Music This Week listings, which start on page 32.

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Snarky Puppy arrives at Capitol Center

Jazz fusion collective Snarky Puppy is hot on the heels of winning its fifth Grammy, for the double album Empire Central. Bass player and primary composer Michael League spoke with the Hippo by phone from Minnesota, as a tour that stops in Concord on April 12 kicked off. League discussed moving to Catalonia, Spain, in 2020, the nature of his ever-changing band and its influences, and what all that Grammy love really means.

What led the decision to relocate to Spain?

I was looking to focus more on production rather than playing live, and I had gone through a lot of drama with recording studios in New York; there was always an issue in the spaces I was in… I was just like, I want to have my own studio in my own house, where I can bring artists to me, a place that I enjoy living that’s calm and tranquil … half of my family is Greek, so I always felt really at home in the Mediterranean … it’s one of the best decisions I ever made in my life.

Has the evolution of technology helped your creative process?

Everyone’s using technology, my bass plugs into an amp, that’s technology, but I wouldn’t say that we focus on being revolutionary or cutting edge with it. At the risk of sounding like an old kerfuffle, I think that we’re very analog. We’re very about getting in the room together and playing, and seeing what happens from the beginning … playing live is the essence of Snarky Puppy. Our thing is not making slick videos; we play music together, we’re like a family, and the chemistry between the members is what makes the music so special, I think.

What are your influences?

Oh my god, I listen to a lot of music, like everybody in the band does. I mean, I listen to a lot of music from different parts of the world, but I mean Snarky Puppy above all has been greatly influenced by Herbie Hancock’s Headhunters, Steely Dan, yeah sure, Tower of Power, you know and Parliament; Jaco Pastorius. I feel like a lot of the groups that sit in the cracks of genres, they are our biggest influences.

How does Grammy validation matter to you?

What the awards have done is vastly improve our quality of life on the road. We get paid better, treated better, and there’s more respect, which means our touring life is more sustainable. It used to be really rough, very intense and very hard on our bodies and bank accounts… people may not say [it] because we’ve been nominated five times and we’ve won five times, but the nature of Snarky Puppy is being underdogs. We started when we were too jazz for rock and too rock for jazz, and no one would book us. Festivals hated us because we were too electric, and rock clubs didn’t like us because we weren’t rock enough, and we somehow figured out a way to make it work.

What are your thoughts on working with David Crosby, on his passing, and his legacy?

He was one of my closest friends … he was like family. He changed so much about how I think about music, and I’m very grateful to have been able to spend time with him in the last part of his life. He had a reputation for being a difficult person, and I wouldn’t say that’s untrue, but … I will say that I experienced that very little in the years that I knew him. He was nothing but beautiful to me and all of my friends and everyone in my community. Just one the most generous people with his time and his resources…. When people talk about him, they talk about relationships that were destroyed [and] the more outlandish stuff that happened in his life, but if you’re going to talk about that, you have to talk about how he was so full of joy and generosity, and above all, so full of wonder about music. He was like a little kid with music, he always used to say it was the most fun you could have with your clothes on. It was just beautiful. The main thing that I learned from him is that it doesn’t matter how old you are, or famous or rich, just music brings joy. You get rid of all the superficial stuff, and you can reduce it down as much as you like and the core of it is just joy, and he had that at 81 years old. He was still so juiced and excited about playing, recording and creating.

You have many side projects — when you go on stage for this show, are you basically sticking to Snarky Puppy?

What I love about having so many projects is when you enter into one of them, you’re going into an entire world of music, with its own rules and natural laws and all this kind of stuff. It’s beautiful, because it exposes all kinds of parts of your personality. Actually, I don’t even like the thought of playing one of the songs from one band with another band, it doesn’t inspire me at all. I love going out with Snarky Puppy and just being in Snarky Puppy land, and then going out with Bokanté and being in that world. It’s fun, it’s like putting on a new pair of pants.

Snarky Puppy
When: Wednesday, April 12, 7:30 p.m.
Where: Capitol Center for the Arts, 44 S. Main St., Concord
Tickets: $35.25 and up at ccanh.com

Featured photo: Snarky Puppy. Michael League is in the foreground, left. Courtesy photo.

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