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THE WEIRS TIMES, Thursday, January 14, 2010
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Lo t s t o Do th i s Wi n t e r in a n D
ar o u n D t h e La k e s re g i o n
by roger Amsden
ber of new activities to
News Correspondent bring people to the track,’’
says Rick Newman, Gen-
For the outdoor-mind- eral Manager of the facility
ed there will be no lack which no longer has to run
of things to do get the live greyhound races in
most fun out of the winter order to continue to hold
months in and around the its license to run simulcast
Lakes Region. betting.
For starters the Squam Craig Harmon of HA Pow-
Lakes Association will be ersports of Deerfield, who
holding its annual Winter- last month signed an agree-
Fest at its Rte. 3 Resource ment with the track to hold
Center in Holderness from events there for the next
noon to 3pm on Saturday, three years, says he would
January 16. The free day of like to see multiple snowmo-
entertainment will feature bile events held each year at
a Chili Competition featur- the facility. He’s already lined
ing area restaurants as up motorcycle motocross
well as complimentary hot racing for Laconia Bike Week
chocolate and cookies. in June.
Visitors can roast marsh- The snocross event will
mallows around the bonfire be run by Rock Maple Rac-
near the waterfront, skate ing of Derry, which has
on a plowed oval and try been running a series of
out Nordic skiing and even snowmobile races across
play winter golf - weather the Northeast since 1992.
permitting.
Bob Myshrall holds a Rainbow Trout as he and Peter Muse sit in a hot tub next to Muse’s
“There’s a great indoor
On Sunday the 17th,
bobhouse on Meredith Bay, where thousands of ice fishermen gathered to take part in the
viewing area for specta-
also in Holderness, the
30th annual Great Rotary Fishing Derby last year.
tors,’’ says Harmon, who
end, Jan. 23-24, snowmo- says that visitors will be
bile racing will debut on able to enjoy a meal and
the now unused greyhound drinks while staying warm
race track at The Lodge in and cozy.
Belmont and could become The following weekend
a staple winter activity will see thousands of ice
there in the years ahead. fishermen arriving in the
“We’re looking at a num-
See winter on 22
Snowmobiles break from the starting line in last year’s Blizzard Festival in Ossipee.
Expires 04/31/10
RogeR amSdeN PhotoS
Squam Lakes Natural Sci-
ence Center will open its
trails to the public from 1
to 3pm. A staff naturalist
will guide a walk on the
Gephart Exhibit Trail and
discuss the many ways the
animals at the center, in-
cluding a pair of mountain
lions, are well-adapted for
life in New Hampshire. Be
ready to snowshoe (condi-
tions permitting) and see
how beautiful a wild ani-
mal’s winter coat can be.
On the following week-
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