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Nicole is a Co-Founder of Throwback Brewery and is also the Marketing Guru, Chief Realist, and card-carrying M.B.A, handling marketing, social media, technology, and most of the business stuff. Before starting Throwback Brewery, Nicole homebrewed for over 10 years, but now mostly dreams up new recipes for Annette and team to expertly craft. Besides recipe development, Nicole’s favorite aspect of owning a brewery is getting to meet and interact with all of the amazing people in the community- from the farmers, to the chefs, to the fellow brewers, and, of course,Throwback’s amazing customers. Nicole also enjoys spreading the love of craft beer to more and more people – especially when she can get someone who didn’t think they liked dark beer to say ‘oh, I like it!’. Nicole has a B.A. from Dartmouth College in Economics and Math, and an M.B.A. from the Tuck School at Dartmouth.

 The Flowers of Spring

Winter's icy grip may cling overly long some years
But the seemly reluctant warmth eventually breaks through
The frozen soil is released once more to bear its' fruit
And in a few turns of the earth the first shoots break free

The chill that has haunted the air fades beneath a warming sun
Young shoots stretch skyward and their buds begin to swell
Soon the soft breeze sweetens as delicate petals unfurl
And so the flowers of Spring awaken the world from winter's cold slumber

The sweet breeze swells with promise and calls forth memories
It swells with the promise of a bright and free future
It calls forth the memories of those who bought that future for all of us
Memories of those who purchased our freedom with their blood and their lives

For generations, they answered the call to duty
They set aside their own lives to answer their county's need
They willingly left their own lives and loved ones behind
They put their country first and took up arms when they heard the call

 Their numbers grow with every threat to our great country
With each threat the call is answered by a wave of our new heroes
They shoulder the responsibility and march to her defense
One by one their names are added to the list of those who bought our freedom

As Spring is a time of renewal for all living things
So is it a time of renewal of our obligation to remember those heroes
For without their courage and sacrifice 
Where in the world would we be?

A poem by Barry Parks

Dr. Joe, D.C.  has been practicing since 1995.  He is a 1995 Cum Laude graduate of Palmer College of Chiropractic.  He is a second generation doctor following in the footsteps of his father Gerald J. Pearce, Sr., D.C. who started the practice in 1966.