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This morning NHPR aired an audio postcard produced by Exchange Executive Producer Keith Shields.

Shields recorded a recent fundraiser for a Northwood Snowmobile club, the Crankpullers.

The fundraiser featured a contest called skimming, in which snowmobilers ride their machines over water.

(sound from Shields' piece)

Shields's piece caught the attention of the New Hampshire Fish and Game Department.

They wanted us to remind listeners that skimming is illegal.

And as Fish and Game's Major Timothy Ascerno told NHPR's Mark Bevis, skimming accidents can be deadly and listeners should not try it at home.

Major Timothy Ascerno is the Assistant Chief of Law Enforcement for the Department of Fish and Game.
(Editor's note: After this interview aired, we learned that the Northwood skimming event did not take place on Jennesse Pond as Major Ascerno suggests in the conversation. It was held at the Lake Shore Farm Resort. We regret the error.)

For many Americans, getting older means dealing with illnesses, losing ones independence, and losing friends and loved ones. And that has most of us scared of aging. But Dr. Bill Thomas, an expert in geriatric medicine and eldercare, says our senior years don't have to be a time of isolation and is trying to change the way Americans think about that stage of their lives. We'll talk with Dr. Thomas about his ideas and how he hopes to change the dialogue on aging. Dr. Thomas is the author of several books, including his most recent, "What Are Old People For? How Elders Will Save the World". He will be in New Hampshire later in the week as part of AARP's national "Medicines and You" campaign.