Katie fondly remembers dining at The Vault, a popular Elm Street restaurant in the 80s, when she was a little girl. Owned by Bobby and Shirley Stephen, The Vault served up delicious Mediterranean fare like lamb and hummus. It was also an important stop for presidential candidates and local movers and shakers.

Katie apparently isn't the only one nostalgic for The Vault, because for the second year in a row, the space of now-closed Z Food & Drink will be transformed into The Vault for one night to raise money for NH Jobs for America's Graduates (NH-JAG).

The time-traveling event takes place Monday, June 18, from 6 to 8:30 p.m.

Bobby Stephen is now a board member of the statewide program that provides middle and high school students with the education, training and leadership skills to support productive and prosperous career pursuits. NH-JAG sounds like a great organization, having served more than 15,000 young people since its inception 23 years ago and maintaining a 93 percent graduation rate among its participating students.

In addition to some of the delicious Vault menu items, this event will feature a live auction, raffle and wine tasting. And it pays to bring your friends. Tickets are $100 each, $150 per couple or $300 for a table of four. They can be purchased at www.nh-jag.org.

Happy decade

We'd like to give a quick shout-out to WZID's Mike Morin, who is celebrating 10 years as the station's morning show host today. If you're reading this early enough, you can hear Gov. John Lynch offer his congratulations. The governor is expected to drop by the studios this morning at 7:30 for some on-air fun.

We're not saying 10 years isn't a big accomplishment, but we were surprised to hear it resulted in a visit from the governor. After all, the governor has been in his position almost as long, right?

Morin started his career in radio more than 40 years ago in Michigan and estimates he's hosted more than 10,000 shows and played well more than 300,000 songs. Boy, that's a lot of Chris Daughtry and Sarah McLachlan. All kidding aside, happy anniversary, Mike.

Garden Party for Nick

We were happy to learn The Moore Center has selected our friend Nick Vailas to honor at its 12th annual Garden Party. The event, which will raise money for the organization's autism programs, is scheduled for June 28 at 4 p.m. at the Brady Sullivan Tower site, under a tent.

We look forward to toasting Vailas for all of his hard work and dedication to his community, and are pleased that the New Hampshire Union Leader has signed on to support the event. For more information on the Garden Party, contact The Moore Center at 206-2722 or visit www.moorecenter.org.

Treadmills and Tikis

We recently met with Mike Benton of the Executive Health and Sports Center, where we got a sneak-peek at the changes being made to the facility. Benton, who happens to be co-chairing the Garden Party event we just mentioned, showed us work being done to add 10,000 square feet for a primary care practice, Apple Physical Therapy and Bedford Occupational and Ambulatory Care. (Nick Vailas owns Bedford Occupational and Ambulatory Care, and his brother, Alex, heads up Apple Physical Therapy.)

New additions at the Executive also will include a year-round hot-tub, an outdoor pool and even a tiki bar.

Construction seemed to be fast and furious, especially on the soon-to-be restaurant and bar, which will be operated by Neville Pereira, who owns Hanover Street's Ignite and Hooked.

It's up to you if you decide to eat before or after your workout. Hey, we won't tell if you skip the treadmill altogether.

NH365.ORG event of the week

You may have seen some film crews out and about in the Queen City over the weekend. It's likely they were part of the New Hampshire 48 Hour Film Project. We love this annual competition for a few reasons, including the fact that Katie produces the competition with husband Bill Cote and the New Hampshire Union Leader is a sponsor.

But we mostly love it because it brings together hundreds of creative people from across the state for a sleepless weekend of movie-making, with hilarious results.

This year's competition started last Friday night at 7 p.m. when 31 teams gathered at Double Midnight Comics & Games to receive a genre, character, prop and line of dialogue that had to be used in their short film. They had until last night at 7:30 to hand in their movie. Yes, that's technically 48 1/2. But, who's counting?

Participants from Manchester include Caitlin and Brendan Gillett. These siblings actually compete against each other on separate teams.

You can see the Gilletts' films and about 28 others this Wednesday at Cinemagic Theaters in Hooksett. Half the films will be shown at 6:30 p.m. followed by the remaining films at 9 p.m. Tickets are $10 per screening. Audience members get to vote for their favorite. To see the lineup and find a link to online ticket sales, visit www.nh365org.

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