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Making Benson Park Beautiful News
Volume 27 Number 20 November 20, 2015 16 Pages
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Hudson Recreation
Establishes
Scholarship Program
Nicholas Wright, Ralph Alio, and Jon Maltz take down an old tree to
make room for a new post-and-rail fence.
by Bob Gibbs
The rakes were going strong as the Friends
of Benson Park held its final monthly volunteer
cleanup for 2015. Volunteers from Alvirne High
School and Cub Scout Troop 48 from Nashua
helped clear some of the fallen fall foliage. Other
volunteers repaired fences, removed dead trees,
cleared overgrown brush and removed dead
branches. The Friends of Benson Park are currently
looking for volunteers to help refurbish the
elephant barn. Anyone who can volunteer time or
money should contact the Friends of Benson Park.
by Doug Robinson
The Town of Hudson Board of Selectmen authorized the
Hudson Recreation Department to establish the Hudson
Recreation Department Scholarship Fund.
The scholarship requirements read, The Hudson Recreation
Department will be awarding an annual scholarship to one or
two graduating seniors from Alvirne High School.
Recreation Director Dave Yates explained that he will be
speaking with the recreation committee, as well as the board
of selectmen, to change this requirement from Alvirne High
School to Hudson resident, as a child may participate in
the recreation programs and not attend Alvirne, for example
those who attend Bishop Guertin High School, another private
school or be home schooled.
The eligibility to receive the scholarship is based on the
Hudson Recreation Department Scholarship subcommittee
guidelines.
These guidelines include the following: the graduate
must be a resident of Hudson who has participated in one or
more of the Hudson Recreation Department organized youth
sport programs. The graduate must also have been accepted
(or have made application and is pending) to a recognized
institution of higher learning.
At this point in time, discussions are still being held as
to whom the scholarship funds will be addressed and how
the vetting process of each athlete will be accomplished. In
addition, the selection committee is still a work in progress as
to who will select the winner and what that process criteria
will look like.
Those applying for the scholarship will be required to write
a short essay on how the Hudson Recreation Department has
affected you and what it has meant to you.
Funding for the scholarship will come from 50/50 raffles
that will be held during comedy nights. These monies are
raised from the sale of numbered tickets. The selected number
ticket that is drawn will split one half of the amount of money
collected with the scholarship program.
Yates stated during the Nov. 12 recreation meeting that he
hoped to raise $500 for the scholarship, and two ($500
scholarships) would be nice.
by Doug Robinson
Forensic Laboratory include firearms/
Ever wonder just where does all that
tool marks, latent impression, DNA,
heroin goes that we have been hearing
serology, digital evidence, trace,
about? Or, is it true that the NH State Lab
controlled-substance examinations, and
is 250 police cases in arrears? And, how
blood and breath alcohol testing as well
do they perform all those law enforcement
as the analysis of controlled substances
tasks that are required by lawyers, courts,
in urine, blood and other biological
prosecutors, and police departments?
samples.
Recently, the HLN was invited to tag
The highly skilled chemists and
along with New Hampshires United States
trained personnel work meticulously as
Senator Jeanne Shaheen during a behindthey examine every piece of evidence
the-scenes visit to the NH State Police
with exactly rules and regulation
Forensic Lab in Concord.
regarding safety and chain of custody.
The purpose of Shaheens (D-NH) visit,
Specific steps have been established
as stated by her press secretary, was to
to authenticate their findings. And,
discuss the backlog of seized heroin and
at times, these same technicians are
fentanyl that require lab identification.
called upon by both the prosecution and
The visit was in preparation for legislation
defense teams to testify in court to their
to the U.S. Senate that would authorize
findings.
$10 million per year through the
Pifer explained that approximately
Community Oriented Policing Services
one third of the current requests involve
program to be used for police forensic lab
marijuana, another third heroin, while
staff, equipment and overtime to help labs
24 percent are fentanyl investigations.
deal with the backlog.
Hundreds of urine test kits, received
The New Hampshires forensic lab has
from court orders, paroled inmates,
the ability with their current staff and
inmates, drug court defendants,
equipment to process approximately 500
lined cart after cart, as they awaited
Technicians laboriously separate particles to determine the
cases per month. However, NH police
examination from the technicians.
substance they are examining. The color of this material
agencies have been requesting upwards of
Using pipettes, protective clothing,
could possibly indicate that it is heroin or fentanyl.
750 monthly requests.
eyewear, and gloves, all motions are
The State Police Forensic Laboratory
methodical and exact.
is the sole provider of traditional forensic
Reports, as high as several inches,
laboratory services in New Hampshire. The forensic laboratory
print continually, as they indicate the results of the investigative
routinely receives and analyzes evidence from over 220 city and
studies. While chemists work hands-on to weigh, view under a
town police departments, nine state law enforcement agencies
microscope, analyze using graphs and images, other technicians
including the State Police, 10 county sheriffs departments,
are evaluating those piles of paper to determine the exact contents
numerous city and town fire departments, and, on occasion,
of the material for which they are investigating.
federal law enforcement agencies conducting criminal
Sen. Shaheen commented, The work done in this facility is
investigations in the state states the NH State Police.
indispensable in our states battle with the heroin and opioid
Hudson Police Captain Willian Lavoie commented, In my 25
abuse epidemic. This testing backlog can delay law enforcement
years with the Hudson Police Department, the NH State Lab has
efforts to get dangerous criminals and drug traffickers off our
been nothing but professional and helpful to the Hudson Police.
streets. Its critical that the federal government respond to the
They have never missed a prosecution date, and they have always
needs of law enforcement on the frontlines of this crisis.
been cooperative and professional with us.
She continued, The recent surge in the use of heroin, fentanyl
Laboratory Director Timothy J. Pifer stated, Normally we have
and other designer drugs, has increased both the volume and
50 employees working here, but we are operating with 47 now.
complexity of identifying narcotics, which has dramatically
We need more help. With the possibility of receiving a grant, we
increased demand on police crime labs, including in New
will be able to hire more people, purchase equipment that costs
Hampshire. As a result, police crime labs have been inundated
around $125,000, and get caught up with our work overload.
with requests for testing, often exceeding lab capacity and
The services offered by the New Hampshire State Police
creating backlogs of untested samples.
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by Doug Robinson
As in all equipment, even bulletproof vests need to be replaced
after a five-year period.
For that purpose, Hudson voters have already approved a capital
reserve account so that money would be saved for this needed
replacement.
You just never know, said Captain Avery, Hudson Police
Department that it could happen at your next motor vehicle stop.
The manufacturers of the bulletproof vest state that the vests will
break down their efficiency over time due to cold and due to
sweat. The manufacturers recommended time for the replacement