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6NH THE BOSTON SUNDAY GLOBE OCTOBER 9, 1994 And now, the nonfiction "Bridges of book By Lois Shea SPECIAL TO THE GLOBE son County" rip-off. This is the real article. Rounds, a Mount Vernon photographer with studios in Manchester, has just had his collection of New Hampshire covered bridge photos published by the Department of Transportation. Call it The Bridges of Merrimack County and Sullivan, Coos, Grafton, Cheshire, Hillsboro, Rockingham, Belknap and Carroll counties. ran I 5 1 f.

The book (the actual title is "New Hampshire Covered Bridges: A Lank With Our was published after Granite a 1987 consressi- nal mandate that Chips each state com- plete an inventory of all covered bridges. Federal funds were used for the publication. Rounds and his wife, Mary, an amateur photographer, spent three years traveling to the 177 covered bridges in New England. They visited each of New Hampshire's bridges at least four times, trying to capture the structures in just the right light, season and angle. Rounds' involvement with the inventory project was happenstance: Dick Marshall, Department of Transportation chief of system planning, dropped some film off at Rounds' studio one day that contained some covered bridge shots.

The pair got to talking about the project, and Rounds offered to donate his images of New Hampshire's covered bridges for DOT to use, so long as he got credit and retained rights to the photos. "I said, That's not a deal That's a Marshall said later. The color photographs in the book are striking. In one, the County Bridge, which spans the Contoocook River between Hancock and Greenfield, rises out of an early-morning mist, offset by dense green foliage. The Albany Bridge, spanning the Swift River in Albany, is shown in a virgin dusting of snow.

The white Stark Bridge, over the Upper Am-monoosuc, is contrasted by the black skies of an impending storm. The Mount Orne Bridge that spans the Connecticut River in Lancaster was shot in a downpour which made the field of purple and pink wildflowers in front of it seem even more saturated with color. Fifty-four covered bridges are included in the book, of which 51 still stand. Bridges in Plymouth, Swan-zey and Newport burned before the book went to print The bridge in Newport is now being rebuilt. Each photograph is accompanied by historical data about the bridge, as well as type of construction and location.

A map in the back of the book shows the location of all New Hampshire's covered bridges. As a boy growing up in Andover, Rounds used to fish off the Keniston Bridge and swim in the pools beneath the Cilleyville Bridge. He figures his initials along with every other kid's who grew up in Andover are still carved in those bridges. Rounds and his wife went to great lengths to get perfect shots. From some bridges, they scrubbed graffiti They trimmed overgrown foliage.

They even planted new bushes to cover old graffiti "In fact, I threatened to send the state a bill for road maintenance," Rounds said with a laugh. To shoot the Cornish-Windsor Bridge, which spans the Connecticut between Cornish and Windsor, Vt, Rounds insisted on getting an angle that could be shot only from a nearby railroad bridge. The only problem was, the railroad tracks were still in use. "We had to run off it three times" when train whistles sounded, Rounds said. "We'd grab everything and run like the dickens." Rounds has also photographed some of the state's steel, concrete and stone bridges for a second DOT volume.

"New Hampshire Covered Bridges: A Link With Our Past," costs $15. It is available only at DOT in Concord and at the State House souvenir shop. Marshall said that because the state makes no profit on the book, it cannot be sold in bookstores unless they are willing to sell fmm rthur Rounds stood in the ill swiS water- It was cold (J in the waist-deep Perry Stream, and the clouds the day's light. Mary handed him his camera. No, not a bad "Bridges of Madi business management computer sciences accounting 'engineering Associate Bachelor Degree Certificate Day Evening Programs 8 Week Terms NEXT TERM STARTS OCT.

31 REGISTER EARLY! Call today for a 1603-577-6500 20 University Nashua, NH 03063 riff ft it vlM mrnmtm mimmmmm Arthur Rounds has photographed it for no profit. The book can also be ordered by mail, for $18.95 (which includes postage and handling), from DOT, Hazen Drive, Concord, NH 03301. Display honors victims of violence A Domestic Violence Awareness Month display is going up in the Hall of Flags in the State House tomorrow. The "Silent Witnesses," wooden cutouts of the six women killed in New Hampshire as a result of domestic violence in the last year, will be unveiled in a noontime press conference at the State House. Sally Casoni of Raymond has organized the effort.

She was spurred into action on the issue of domestic violence after her sister, Susan Fuller better known in New Hampshire as Susan Samo was the victim of a beating by her estranged husband. The silent witnesses are part of a national program to memorialize women who were killed by abusive partners, and to raise awareness of the issue of domestic violence. The "Silent Witnesses" bearing the names of Tina McLeod, Jackie Preston, Theresa Nagatori, Helen Ferguson, Antionette Langdon and Karen Hunt will be on display at other MARY ROUNDS PHOTO all of the state's covered bridges. locations throughout the state during October. 51 from 1A to 101 is now 101: Got it? Beginning Tuesday, Seacoast motorists will start to see some highway route numbers change.

State Route 51 from the Stra-tham interchange on Route 101 to the junction of Route 1A in Hampton Beach will become part of Route 101. The section of the existing Route 101 from Stratham Circle to US Route 1 in downtown Portsmouth will become state Route 33. Currently, 101 turns into 51 at the interchange in Stratham. Motorists who wish to stay on Route 101 must exit the highway there, go underneath the highway and head east to rejoin 101. Now motorists will not have to exit the highway to stay on Route 101.

The changes were mandated last year by Senate Bill 644. The route changes are designed to make Route 101 a more direct route to the coast. And, said Doug Graham, assistant traffic engineer for the state Department of Transportation, it should "alleviate some of the traffic that is going up through Stratham and Greenland on 101 and try to push it Continued on next page if (s 4 if OCTOBER IS NATIONAL BREAST HEALTH AWARENESS MONTH The American Cancer Society cites breast cancer as the second leading cause of cancer deaths among women in the United States. If caught early enough, however, breast cancer can be treated That's why regularly scheduled mammograms are so important Because October is National Breast Health Awareness Month, we're making this special offer: If you're 35 years of age or older and have never had a baseline mammogram, during October we'll give you a 50 discount. For those women getting an annual or follow-up mammogram during October, we'll give you a $10.00 gift certificate for lunch at a Seacoast area restaurant.

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