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L/t/ Town Sandown Of 304 New Hampshire Annual Report Fiscal Year Ending December 31, 2000 Home Old Days August 10,11,12, 2001 Celebrating 100 Years! Thefrontcoverdesignis to celebrateSandown's 100thOld Home Days Celebration August 10,11,12,2001. Manyyears ago. Old HomeDays wereestablished inorderto gettogethercurrentresidentsand thosewho havemoved awayfrom townto comebackeachyearfora celebration. Sandown's firstOld HomeDays celebrationbeganin 1901 and hasgrowneachyear. The celebrations havegrownin sizeand varietyovertheyears to includebake-offcontests, frog jumpingraces,road races, a chickenbarbeque, and fireworks, endingwiththetraditionalChurch ServiceattheHistoricOld MeetingHousefollowed byaroastbeefdinner. Socallup anold neighborand invitethembackhometoSandownforthe 100thOldHomeDayscelebration! ELEANORLOUISEBASSETT ELEANORBASSETTISAUFE-LONGRESIDENTOFSANDOllN, THEFIFTHOFSIXTEEN CHILDRENBORNTORAYMONDK.ANDPRISCILLABASSETTOFFREMONTRO.AD. ASA YOUNGGIRL,SHEBECAMEINVOLVEDINCOMMUNITYACTIVITIESAND VOLUNTEEREFFORTS; THISHASNOTCHANGEDTHROUGHOUTTHEYEARS. ELEANORWASACTIVEIN4HANDTHEMETHODISTYOUTHGROUPASACHILD. YEARS LATER,SHEIVASTHEDIRECTOROFTHEMETHODISTTEENCOFFEEHOUSE. ASANADULTELEANOREARNEDTHEPOSITIONOFSUPERINTENDENTOFTHESUNDAY SCHOOLANDUBRARIANFORTHETOIVNUBR^LRY, THENLOCATEDATTHETOfVNHILL. SHEIVASA TUTORINTHEADULTEDUCAHONPROGRAMTEACHINGAREARESIDENTS TOREAD. EVENTHOUGHELEANORWORKEDFORSEVERALLOCALRETAILSTORESASIVELLAS SANDOWNSFOXDENRETIREMENTHOMEANDTHECRAFTYCAFE,SHEFOUNDTIME TOOPERATETHECOMMUNITYFOODPANTRY, COORDINATEDISTRIBUTIONOFFOOD BASKETSTOSANDOJVNSNEEDYDURINGTHEHOUDAYS,SERl'EASTRKASURERFOR THEOLDMEETINGHOUSEHISTORICALASSOCL4HONFOR42 YEARSAND TREASURER FORTHEEASTHAMPSTEADUNIONCHURCH. SHEHASBEENAMEMBEROFTHE S.ANDOWNGRANGEFOR55YEARS,SHEISAMEMBEROFTHELIONSCLUB, THE60+ CLUB,DERRYUNITED WAY,STMATTHEW'SUNITEDMETHODISTWOMENANDSHEWAS A VOLUNTEERDRIVERFORCOMMUNITYCAREGIVERS. ELEANORWASHONOREDASS^INDOIVN'SCITIZENOFTHEYE.IRIN1989AND,SEVERAL YEARSLATER,ASROCKINGHAMCOUNTY'S VOLUNTEEROFTHEYEAR. THISYEAR, WEWISHTOHONORELEANORBASSETTAGAIN. SHEISA TRIHEEXAMPLEOF COMMLNITYSPIRIT;OFGIVINGWITHOUTEXPECTINGSOMETHINGINRETURN. THE TOWNOFSANDOWNISABETTERPLACEBECAUSEOFHERUNFAJUNGSPIRITANDHER LOVEFORHERHOhfETOWN. 9 . INDEX BOARD OF SELECTMEN 76-78 LIBRARY REPORTS 92&93 BUDGET COMMITTEE 82 PLANNING BOARD 79 2000 BUDGET (MS-7) 49-56 POLICE DEPT 96&97 BUDGET PROPOSAL 57-75 PROPERTY VALUATIONS .103-157 . BUILDING INSPECTOR 81 RECREATION COMM 90&91 CABLE TV ADVISORY BOARD. .83 SANITATION DEPT 87 . CEMETERY REPORT 84 TAX COLLECTOR 6-8 COMPARATIVE STATEMENT TAX RATE HISTORY 14 OF APPROPRIATIONS & EXPENDITURES 15-20 TOWN CLERK 5 CONSERVATION COMMISSION. .88 TOWN OFFICERS 1-4 . ENVIRONMENTAL CONSULTANT..8 TOWN WARRANT 21-47 FIRE/RESCUE 95 TREASURER 9-13 FIRE WARDEN/ TRUSTEES OF FOREST RANGER 94 TRUST FUNDS 85 HEALTH DEPARTMENT 86 VITAL STATISTICS 98-102 ZONING BOARD .80 . . . Thanks go to former Selectman, Dave Cheney, for his expertise in the design of the cover for this year's town report. Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2010 with funding from Boston Library Consortium Member Libraries http://www.archive.org/details/annualreportsfor2000sand TOWN OFFICERS BOARD OF SELECTMEN JAMES E. DEVINE FRANK J. LANDINO, JR. ARTHUR S. GENUALDO 2002 CHAIRMAN 2003 2001 TOWN CLERK/TAX COLLECTOR EDWARD C. GARVEY 2003 JOANN KILEY DEPUTY TOWN CLERK/TAX COLLECTOR SELECTMEN'S OFFICE TIM WARREN PAT GIAQUINTA CAROL CORVI ASSESSING CLERK ADMINISTRATIVE ASST. BOOKKEEPER CHERYL CRONIN DONNA FUGERE TREASURER ASST. TREASURER SUPERVISORS OF THE CHECKLIST JOANNE VEY ELAINE GARVEY ROSEMARY BRUNO 2002 2004 2003 MODERATOR PAUL BERTONCINI 2003 TRUSTEES OF THE TRUST FUNDS PAT GIAQUINTA DAVID DROWNE CAROL CORVI 2001 2003 2002 LIBRARY TRUSTEES BARBARA LACHANCE TINA OWENS KAREN BURDEN THOMAS DUFF LIBRARY EMPLOYEES CATHY HASSARD HEIDI TRAEGER JOANN PINARD-EVANS HAZEL MARLOW JULIE BALL DOROTHY DROWNE ANDREA ANGE RUDY TRUE TOWN CUSTODIAN RENEE COTTER CEMETERY TRUSTEES FRED STAFFORD CARROLL BASSETT DAVID DROWNE 2003 2004 2002 CONSERVATION COMMISSION BRIAN BUTLER HEIDI CHAPUT LAURA STUNDZE 2003 CHAIRPERSON 2003 2002 JANE NESKEY SALVATORE GENUALDO 2001 2003 CHERYL CRONIN FRANK LANDINO 2003 EX-OFFICIO PLANNING BOARD DONALD PICARD LEE WILMOT DONNA FUGERE 2001 CHAIRMAN 2002 2001 VICKI WILSON ED MENCIS 2002 2003 BOB TINE(ALT.) FRANK LANDINO 2001 EX-0FFIC?I0 ZONING BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT KEN SHERWOOD RUSS COLLINS DONALD STOCKMAN 2001 CHAIRMAN 2001 2002 JAMES DEVINE LORI AUBREY ARTHUR ARENA 2002 ZBA AIDE 2003 HEALTH OFFICER MARY ELLEN TUFTS 2003 HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT BOB JOHNSON HOWARD ROCKWELL ROAD AGENT ASSISTANT ROAD AGENT 2002 -2- ) . SANITATION DEPARTMENT HELEN LOPRESTI DAVID CHENEY LES NORWOOD, SR HEAD CUSTODIAN LES NORWOOD, JR. FOREST FIRE WARDEN FIRE CHIEF IRVING BASSETT VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT ENGINEERS JAMES BASSETT IRVING BASSETT CARROLL BASSETT 2003 2002 2001 ANDREW HIGHAM FRED STAFFORD DENNIS GIANGREGORIO 2003 2001 2002 MICHAEL RANNEY 2002 INSPECTORS BUILDING ELECTRICAL PLUMBING KEN SHERWOOD KEN SHERWOOD IRVING BASSETT ASST. BUILDING ASST. ELECTRICAL DRIVEWAY BILL CACHION DEAN SOTIRAKOPOULOS BOB JOHNSON OIL BURNER/CHIMNEY SEPTIC SYSTEMS IRVING BASSETT MARY ELLEN TUFTS KEN SHERWOOD(ASST . POLICE DEPARTMENT J. SCOTT CURRIER CHIEF, 2001 SGT. AURIE ROY ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER PTL. DONALD HARVEY PTL. KENNETH CONLON PTL. ROBERT KELLEY PTL. EMMANUEL FARDELLA PLT. KEVIN LOW PTL. DAVID SULLIVAN PTL. BRYAN BLISS PTL. JASON MORROW PTL. JOHN SABLE -3- ANIMAL CONTROL OFFICERS STEVEN MANNI CLAIRE KONTOS BUDGET COMMITTEE BRIAN BUTLER CHERYL CRONIN JOSEPH GORDON 2002 CHAIRPERSON 2001 2001 ARTHUR GENUALDO AISn?HONY PACE ROBERT QUINTAL EX-OFFICIO 2001 2002 CABLE TV ADVISORY BOARD LORINDA CRONYN TOM GAINAN MIKE HARNOIS CHAIRMAN FRANK LANDINO EX-OFFICIO RECREATION COMMISSION RON DULONG ED MENCIS DEBBIE BROWN 2001 CHAIRMAN 2002 2003 LINDA MEEHAN RALPH BRUNO STEPHEN BROWN 2001 2001 2002 RECREATION DIRECTOR KRISTA WARREN