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OT'f S v • if* §..1 J_ ': The sun sets on the Bow Bog Meeting House, built in 1835, located at the intersection ofBow Bog Road and Allen Road. (Photo Courtesy ofEric Anderson 1996 Annual Report of The Town Bow of New Hampshire Richard F. Upton 1914-1996 DEDICATION RICHARD UPTON F. Richard Upton, a long time Bow resident, as well as the town's attorney for many years, diedthisyearattheageof81. Heservedourcommunity inmany ways, butmost notably, as our attorney in the courts defending the town's assessment of property Public Service of New Hampshire owns in the Town of Bow. Mr. Upton took the town's defense of those cases all the way to the New Hampshire Supreme Court in 1994.ThankstoMr. Upton'sdefense, theNHSupremeCourtruledin favorofthetown thus saving our taxpayers millions ofdollars in property tax abatements to PSNH. '"Father of primary' dead at 81 - Upton's law made state first in nation" appearsonpage 1 oftheConcordMonitoronWednesday morning,August 14,1996. The ConcordMonitor's story on that morning reads in part as follows: "Richard Upton, honored by two generations ofstatepoliticians as the fatherofthe New Hampshire primary, died Monday night at Portsmouth Hospital. He was 81. "AConcord lawyer formore than 50 years, Upton also served as a state representa- tive and was speakerofthe New Hampshire House from 1949 to 1951. He was the author ofthe New Hampshire Presidential Primary Law, which mandated the New Hampshire's contest be the first in the nation. "Upton won distinction in his legal career as well as in the political arena. Senior partner at the firm of Upton, Sanders & Smith, he argued and won many cases before the state Supreme Court. "But it was his role in putting atiny, New England state squarely on the nationwide political map for which Upton is likely to be most remembered. "One political fight Upton did not win was his crusade for a statewide income tax. But Upton never let the unpopularity ofthe idea sway him from advocating it. "He once recounted a discussion he had about whether to run for governor. Acol- league told Upton he would have to pledge to veto an income tax if he wanted to have a chance. Upton said it was more important to him to be true to himselfthan to be governor. "Concord lawyer and GOP strategist Tom Rath said Upton represented the best of politics and the best ofthe legal profession, always conducting himselfwith civili- ty, grace, respect and tolerance forotherpeople's views." The Boards of Selectmen over the years have had the greatest respect and admira- tion for Mr. Richard Upton.As a true professional and a devoted member ofourcom- munity, he will be greatly missed. TABLE OF CONTENTS Dedication 3 Town Officers and Staff 6 Town Meeting Minutes, 1996 12 Selectmen's Message 22 Town Warrant 27 Town Budget 36 Financial Schedules Auditor's Report 44 Combined Balance Sheet 45 Combined Statement ofRevenues, Expenditures and Changes in Fund Balances 47 Detailed Statement ofExpenditures 49 Schedule ofTown Property 62 Statement ofAppropriations, Expenditures and Encumbrances 64 Statement ofAppropriations, TaxesAssessed and Tax Rate 68 Statement ofEstimated andActual Revenues 69 Summary Inventory - 1996 70 Tax Collector's Report 71 Town Clerk 74 Treasurer's Report 76 Trust Funds 77 Vital Statistics 81 Bow School District Report SI & Boards, Committees, Commissions Department Reports, Regional Agencies/Organizations BakerFree Library 90 Building Inspector 93 Capital Improvements Plan 95 Central NH Regional Planning Commission 102 Concord Regional Visiting NurseAssociation 104 Conservation Commission 106 Dispatch Center 107 Economic Development Committee 108 Fire Department 109 Forest Fire Warden and State Forest Ranger Ill Health Officer 112 Department ofPublic Works 113 Historical Commission 114 Joint Loss Management Committee 116 Parks and Recreation Commission 117 Planning Board 120 Police Department 122 Recycling Committee 126 Town Center Study Committee 29 1 UNH Cooperative Extension 30 1 Upper Merrimack River Local Advisory Committee 131 Welfare Department 133 Zoning Board ofAdjustment 135 Clubs and Organizations Athletic Club 137 Bow Rotary Club 138 Boy Scouts 140 Fire Department LadiesAuxiliary 141 Garden Club 142 Girl Scouts 143 Men's Club 144 Young at Heart Club 146 TOWN DIRECTORY TOWN OFFICERS AND STAFF Representatives to General Court Pat Krueger, Dist. 7 Stephen Destafano, Dist 7 Eric E. Anderson, Dist. 7 Michael Whalley, Dist. 5 Moderator John Lyford Supervisors ofChecklist CynthiaGow Term Expires 1998 Phyllis Benoit Term Expires 2000 Sara Swenson Term Expires 2002 Selectmen Richard F. Bean Term Expires 1997 Eric E. Anderson Term Expires 1998 Jonathan K. Hanson Term Expires 1999 Town Manager Albert R. St. Cyr Town Clerk/Tax Collector Jill Hadaway Deputy Town Clerk Marilyn Lull Building Inspector Bud Currier Police Chief PeterA. Cheney Director ofPublic Works Leighton Cleverly Fire Chief H. DanaAbbott Treasurer Mark Lavalle Deputy Treasurer John Sheridan Adm. Asst. to Town Manager Gail F. Loomis Building Inspector's Secretary Martha Cheney Recreation Director Charles Christy Bookkeeper PaulaA. Dwinal Health Officer Ethan V. Howard, M.D. Welfare Director Evelyn Bechtel Budget Committee Gary Gordon Term Expires 1997 Mark McGartland, Chairman Term Expires 1997 Ethan Howard Term Expires 997 1 John Burton Term Expires 1998 Sara Swenson Term Expires 1999 Daniel Lyford Term Expires 1999 Eric Anderson, Selectman Christopher Parkinson, School Board BakerFree Library Bill Cohen, Trustee Term Expires 1997 Karen Boyd, Trustee Term Expires 1998 Mary Slattery, Trustee Term Expires 1999 Virginia Shirk, Trustee Term Expires 2000 Janine Parkinson Term Expires 2001 Linda Kling Director DonnaTerrell Children's Librarian Charlotte Buxton LibraryAssistant Kelly Mailhoit LibraryAssistant Abe Anderson Bookkeeper Richard Luongo Custodian Donna Downs Sub and Page Jennifer Ericsson Sub and Page Judy King Sub Trustees ofTrust Funds Peter Winship Term Expires 1997 Edwin Bardwell Term Expires 1998 Richard Manburg Term Expires 1999 Planning Board Nancy Rheinhardt Term Expires 1997 Harold Davis Term Expires 1997 Andrew Young Term Expires 1998 Thomas Wallace Term Expires 1998 Fred Douglas, Chairman Term Expires 1999 Stephen Buckley Term Expires 1999 Richard Bean, Selectman Term Expires 1997 Nicholas Cricenti, Alternate Term Expires 1997 Robert Dawkins, Alternate Term Expires 1998 Kenneth Kidder, Alternate Term Expires 1998 Thomas Fahey,Alternate Term Expires 1999 Isabel Sinclair,Alternate Term Expires 1999 Ballot Clerks Rose Cross, Republican Virginia Urdi, Democrat MelbaTerrell, Republican Barbara Person, Republican Betty Lund, Republican — Kathy Lassey, Republican Alternate — Carlotta Robbins, Democrat Alternate Recreation Commission Robert Gosling Term Expires 1997 Roland Robinson Term Expires 1998 Charles Rheinhardt, Chairman Term Expires 1998 Elizabeth Lund Term Expires 1999 CynthiaGow Term Expires 1999 Business Development Commission Richard Manburg Term Expires 1997 Terrance Large Term Expires 1997 Marjo Hebert Term Expires 1998 PeterWinship Term Expires 1998 Michael Moyers Term Expires 1998 Paul Roy Term Expires 1999 Highway Safety Committee PeterA. Cheney Term Expires 1997 Leighton Cleverly Term Expires 1997 DanaAbbott Term Expires 1997 Michael Whalley Term Expires 1997 Halstead Colby Term Expires 1997 James Cailler Term Expires 1997 Jonathan Hanson, Selectman Term Expires 1997 Historical Commission Sara Swenson Term Expires 1997 Carol Gouin Term Expires 1998 Robert Morgan Term Expires 1998 Jane Lindquist Term Expires 1999 Betty Hanson Term Expires 1999 Eric Anderson, Selectman Zoning Board ofAdjustment Mark Normandin Term Expires 1997 Marvin Bihn Term Expires 1997 KevinApple Term Expires 1998 Clarence Bourassa Term Expires 999 1 Robert Zinser, Chairman Term Expires 1999 Anne Ross, Alternate Term Expires 1997 Vacant, Alternate Term Expires 1997 Vacant, Alternate Term Expires 1998 Richard Sheridan,Alternate Term Expires 1998 Robert Mack, Alternate Term Expires 1999