To the Editor:

On behalf of the Goffstown Volleyball Servers, we want to thank the many supporters who helped us with our first golf tournament on Sunday, June 11, 2006, at Stonebridge Country Club. We were thrilled with the generous financial support and assistance that was given to our group.

Our golf coordinators Bob Leonard and Jeff Soterion helped to put on this successful event. We also appreciate all the help we received from our team sponsors, raffle donors, parents, friends, volunteers and golfers.

We would like to take this opportunity to encourage other parents and students to consider getting involved in the Goffstown Volleyball Servers and volleyball programs at Mountain View Middle School and Goffstown High School next school year.

Please e-mail Head Coach Matt Leonard at mleonard@goffstown.k12.nh.us for further information.

Goffstown Volleyball
Servers

To the Editor:

I have noted the letters to the editor resulting from my letters, and my presentation to the selectmen a couple of weeks ago.

One letter quoted me as saying only 27 percent of the residents recycle. This is an understandable mischaracterization of what I did, in fact, say. I stated that 27 percent of the waste stream, by weight, is diverted to recycling.

This is measured by the tonnage of trash and recycling coming into the transfer station. If I were to characterize the percentage of people participating, I would have to say “almost all are” but some are trying very hard and some aren’t trying very much at all.

The weight of what comes into the transfer station can be accurately measured. Anything else would be speculation. When I rode the trucks, I saw many people with overflowing blue totes and nearly empty green totes, and I saw the opposite as well.

People may not be putting totes out every week, so I wouldn’t, from one observation, reach any conclusion about any individual’s participation level. But when I see 27 percent by weight, when it could very easily be well over 60 percent, there is clearly room to improve.

I would like to thank people for their positive suggestions as to how to address the concern. We will be exploring several avenues for further publicity and education.

As chairman of the Goffstown Solid Waste Commission, I want to catch another resident “doing it right” with respect to recycling using “big blue,” the 65-gallon blue recycle totes.

Sandi McGorry and Lisa Glidden are an aunt and niece living upstairs and down in a split level at 49 Pinehill Ave.

Sandi and Lisa aren’t just filling a 65-gallon blue tote every week. Between them, they are filling a 95-gallon tote, readily available from the DPW for the asking.

Lisa told me that there is no magic as to what they do. They each have two cans side by side in their respective kitchen areas. One is for trash, the other for recyclables.

Since most of the waste stream is recyclable, they have no problem filling the 95-gallon blue tote. Number 1 through number 7 plastics are recyclable ­ the bottom of meat containers (rinsed), all plastic food and beverage containers as well as plastic/Styrofoam packing materials (excluding packing peanuts) and just about any plastic except the plastic enclosing appliances.

All clean paper and cardboard goods are recyclable. This includes cereal boxes, pizza boxes, and letter and junk mail. Cans and bottles are recyclable. One needn’t separate any of the recyclables. If dirty, it is necessary to rinse, but not to absolute perfection.

Fred Plett
Goffstown

To the Editor:

On behalf of the Weare Middle School Rocketry Team Challengers, we would like to thank more than 60 businesses, civic groups and individuals who sponsored our team at the Team America Rocketry Challenge in Virginia the week of May 20.

Without your kind and generous support, our team would not have been able to make the trip to Virginia. Every one of your donations helped our team significantly, and we will forever be grateful for your encouragement and support. We would also like to thank our teachers, school administrators and the school board for supporting our trip.

Our competition launch was very successful and we placed 24th in the nation. This qualifies us to submit a proposal to design and build a rocket for atmospheric research with NASA aerospace engineers in the coming year. Our team was also awarded the “Most Entrepreneurial Team” award, thanks to your generous support. We believe we represented our school, our community and the state of New Hampshire very well.

During our trip, we met many people, including astronaut Buzz Aldrin, one of the first men to walk on the moon. We also learned many new and exciting things about science and about ourselves.

Thank you again for your kind and generous support. We will treasure the memory of our trip to the Team America Rocketry Challenge in Virginia for a lifetime.

We invite you to visit our team Web site at www.team4100.com and the rocketry contest Web site at www.rocketcontest.org for pictures and details about the 2006 Team America Rocketry Challenge. Together, we are Team 4100. Thanks again.

Corissa Gecks, Tyler Becker, Ryan Erf
captains

L. Mark Kibler, M.Ed.
science teacher

To the Editor:

What a great community we have! On Friday, June 23, the Goffstown Rotary Auction was living proof of the generosity and creativity of our community (and New Boston, Weare and Dunbarton, too!).

Over 100 businesses, organizations and individuals donated items and services to the auction and over 100 guests from around our communities came and bid on the items. This year, we welcomed items from Goffstown Main Street’s Art Team and we were just in awe of the wonderfully imaginative work they produced.

We don’t have a final total to report as of print time, but we do want to thank everyone who donated to, attended, bid and worked on the auction. We say a special thanks to St. Lawrence Church for allowing us to borrow their wonderful hall.

Our auctioneer, Dan Reidy, kept the action lively throughout the evening. Thanks to our event chairman, Tony Marts, who makes the organization of the auction look so easy. To our guests, thank you for generously bidding on all of our items.

Rotarians are glad to be part of our community and we pledge to return the proceeds of the auction to the local area in the forms of scholarships, support for youth programs including literacy projects, charitable gifts and public improvement projects.

We’ll keep you posted on how much we raised, and how we spend it. Again, thank you to everyone involved!

Robbie Grady
Goffstown Rotary Club

To the Editor:

The Weare School Board would like to acknowledge John Neville for the work he has done as site work contractor on the new Weare Middle School project.

During the historic floods in May, Mr. Neville was on site throughout the weekend. He contained the water on the site and then continually checked to make sure that water and soil did not flow onto the neighbor’s property. He not only assisted on this project, but also helped neighboring communities with flooding.

Those who have first-hand knowledge regarding the work he has done on this project, including the site superintendent and the clerk of the works, have remarked positively on his professionalism and work ethic. They have commented on the pride he takes in his work, right down to the pride he takes in his equipment.

Mr. Neville is a local businessman who is not only committed to quality work on this project, but also has the reputation of someone who goes the extra mile on every project. He is deserving of recognition and thanks.

Weare School Board