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Councilor Ducharme has felony record in Miss. BY MELISSA GRIMA THE BERLIN DAILY SUN

BERLIN — City Councilor Dori Ducharme, who recently made headlines after being arrested in Gorham and charged with driving drunk, leaving the scene of an accident and disobeying an officer, is no stranger to legal issues. Ducharme — previously known as Dori Commander and later Dori Thompson — pleaded guilty to arson and conspiracy to commit arson in Bolivar County Mississippi in 1997, for a 1995 incident. She was later

sentenced to three years on each count to be served concurrently, all suspended for three years, on the conditions of good behavior and probation. Ducharme, 40, of Berlin, left Mississippi and remarried. In recent years she has thrown herself into public service both on a state and local level. In addition to serving as the Fiscal Director for Tri-County Community Action Programs, she is a 2010 graduate of Leadership New Hampshire and see RECORD page 15

U.S. Senator Kelly Ayotte presented Berlin teen Nick Griffin with a U.S. flag in recognition of his efforts sending care packages to U.S. troops serving overseas. (BARBARA TETREAULT PHOTO)

Ayotte honors Berlin teen

BERLIN - U.S. Senator Kelly Ayotte (R-NH), a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, last week met with Nick Griffin, a student at Berlin High School who is sending 200 care packages to U.S. troops serving overseas. In an exceptional act of kindness and generosity, Nick used $3,000 of his own funds to pay for items in the care packages and for shipping costs. During her visit to Berlin

last Tuesday, Senator Ayotte personally thanked Nick for his efforts and presented him with an American flag that had been flown over the U.S. Capitol. I am proud of you and I am proud of our state for being the home of people like you who demonstrate your patriotism and public spirit through action,” Ayotte told Nick. “The men and women see TEEN page 6

Leblanc offered reinstatement BY GAIL SCOTT THE BERLIN DAILY SUN

RANDOLPH—After impassioned pleading from some 15 parents of the Gorham Girls basketball team at the August meeting of the Gorham/Randolph/Shelburne Cooperative School District board Tuesday, a week ago, the board voted to offer reinstatement to Jean

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JACKSON, Miss. (NY Times) — No one disputes that James Craig Anderson, a middle-aged black family man with a quick wit and a demanding sense of style, was robbed, beaten and then run over by a group of white teenagers in a motel parking lot early one morning in June. But as the case builds — charges against the young man accused of driving the Ford pickup that hit Mr. Anderson were raised to capi-

tal murder on Friday, and the F.B.I. is now involved — significant questions remain. Was the killing of Mr. Anderson premeditated racial violence? An act indicative of a deep cultural divide? Or was the behavior of Daryl Dedmon, the slight, blond teenager who could be facing the death penalty, simply an anomaly born of anger, alcohol and teenage stupidity, as some close to the case suggest?

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Beyond those questions, many here are asking whether Mr. Anderson’s death will prompt a deeper discussion of race relations in a state that has struggled mightily to move beyond its past. “Racism has always been part of the lifestyle in Mississippi in one form or another,” said Dr. Timothy Summers, 68, a Jackson psychiatrist whose father started the first black-owned savings and loan in Mississippi in the 1950s.

WASHINGTON (NY Times) — Every year, more than 75,000 eyewitnesses identify suspects in criminal investigations. Those identifications are wrong about a third of the time, a pile of studies suggest. Mistaken identifications lead to wrongful convictions. Of the first 250 DNA exonerations, 190 involved eyewitnesses who were wrong, as documented in “Convicting the Innocent,” a recent book by Brandon L. Garrett, a law professor at the University of Virginia. Many of those witnesses were as certain as they were wrong. “There is absolutely no question in my mind,” said one. Another was “120 percent” sure. A third said, “That is one face I will never forget.” A fourth allowed for a glimmer of doubt: “This is the man, or it is his twin brother.” In November, the Supreme Court will return to the question of what the Constitution has to say about the use of eyewitness evidence. The last time the court took a hard look at the question was in 1977. Since then, the scientific understanding of human memory has been transformed.

More clashes after rebels sweep Tripoli TRIPOLI, Libya (NY Times) — Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi remained at large Monday, and loyalist forces still held pockets of the city, stubbornly resisting the rebels’ efforts to establish full control, but there was little doubt that the Libyan leader’s four-decade grip on power was ending. President Obama declared as much in a brief address, saying that the future of Libya “is in the hands of its people.” Emerging from his vacation home on the island of Martha’s Vineyard, Mr. Obama hailed the

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Man dies in Madison house fire BY ERIK EISELE THE CONWAY DAILY SUN

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How about building a trail for Mt. Jasper? To the editor: I had the pleasure of hiking up the new Mt. Jasper Trail a week ago. Those young people did a fantastic job! It sure beats scrambling up and down the steep trail with all those loose rocks! Now more folks young and old will be able to enjoy a very easy hike up that wonderful little mountain with a fantastic view! But why stop there? How

about constructing a trail up Mt. Forist? There was a good trail at the end of Haskell Street but it was destroyed due to extensive logging in that area in the past couple of years. We really need something like what was done on Mt. Jasper for all of us to enjoy that spectacular view from Mt. Forist. How about it guys? N. Gagne Berlin

I trust the waters still run clear at Libbys To the editor: Regarding Mr. Oscar Patry’s letter, “We are fortunate to have Libby Pool,” the pool certainly did attract good crowds years ago. On a hot day in the early 1960s, it was not unusual to find the lower field filled with cars sporting not only New Hampshire plates but Maine and Canada as well. Indeed, the off-duty lifeguards might well find themselves redeployed to direct traffic. The pool was larger in those days, some of its southern expanse now filled in to provide field space, and picnic tables, often filled with families, lined its east side. There were three guard

towers, staffed by the likes of Morris Thompson, Brian Mattson, and Sharon Hughes (daughter of Berlin’s own Bob Hughes), and the Recreation Department, then under the direction of my uncle, Ted Walker, conducted extensive swimming classes throughout the summer. One notable incident I recall from the 60s was a rumor that the water at the pool was tainted. Ted Walker responded by drinking a large glass of pool water before the cameras of the Berlin papers, and the rumor was put to rest. I trust the waters still run clear, and a bit chilly. Ken White Chappaqua, NY

Make a difference when it comes to gas To the editor: Well my friends, here we go again. Oil is $81 plus cents a barrel on average. Price of gas in Berlin is $3.67 to $3.74. Gas in Gorham is $3.69 to $3.76. What was the price of gas the last time oil

was $81 plus a barrel? What was fuel oil? Just think back two years for your answer. Do you ever really think that you will ever see either one of these fuels back in the $2 plus a gallon range again? see DIFFERENCE page 5

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Of Dystopias and Alphas

President Obama was on the way to Alpha when a plea came for him to be, well, more alpha. LuAnn Lavine, a real estate agent from Geneseo, a rural town just up the road from Alpha, Ill., the last stop on the president’s Midwestern bus tour, told The Times’s Jeff Zeleny: “Everyone was so hopeful with him, but Washington grabbed him and here we are. I just want him to stay strong and don’t take the guff. We want a president who is a leader, and I want him to be a little bit stronger.” Hers was a gentler message than the sign stuck on a post outside Alpha: “One Term President.” But her three words summed it up: Washington grabbed him. Why did this man whose contempt for Congress is clear, who ran on the idea that he could transform a broken Washington, surrender to its conventional timetable and bureaucratic language? The “supercommittee” that’s supposed to save us just sounds like more government bloat — supersizing something just as unhealthy as McDonald’s. Is Obama so isolated he can’t see that Americans are curled up in a ball, beaten down by a financial crisis, an identity crisis, a political crisis and a leadership crisis? He got the job by blaming Washington. But once you’re in the White House, you are Washington. It’s like the plumber who came to fix the sink waiting for the sink to fix itself. I covered the first President Bush when he took a slide from Iraq war hero to oneterm president. A turning point came in the fall of 1991, when Americans were getting jittery about the economy. Conservatives urged Bush to adopt an aggressive agenda and a muscular stance toward Congress. But relying on the disastrous advice of his budget adviser Richard Darman, Bush waited for more than a month until the State of the Union address and repackaged the same tepid agenda. President Obama bashed Congress on his bus tour. But after delegating to Congress time and again with disastrous results, he continues to play the satellite to Congress. He shouldn’t be driven by the Washington schedule. He should be setting it. At long last, he promised a clear economic plan. Unfortunately, he had the fierce urgency of next month, when Congress gets back to town. Americans are rattled and want action. They don’t know or care what Congress’s schedule is. They just see the president not doing anything. Cruising white Midwestern hamlets in

his black bus, Obama tried to justify not calling lawmakers back to D.C. by saying they’d just continue to bicker. But what does he think they’ll do in September? The truth is, he doesn’t want them back in the capital any more than they want to be back. It would have screwed up his vacation and upset Michelle, who already feels trapped in the Washington bubble. If Clinton wanted to be president 25 hours a day and W. wanted to be president four hours a day, Obama wants to be president for about 14 hours a day. And that’s fine, as long as you don’t look like you’re phoning it in when the country is dialing 911. White House officials must be worried about the 10-day Martha’s Vineyard idyll because, in a rare move, they put out a picture of the president with furrowed brow and Nike shirt getting a briefing from John Brennan, his top counterterrorism adviser. There were no pictures allowed of him at the Vineyard Golf Club, only shots of the president shopping for books with his daughters. He was seen in the Bunch of Grapes bookstore on Friday holding “Brave New World.” Maybe he was brushing up on dystopias and alphas. He might also want to pick up a volume of Robert Frost for some insight on why Democrats waste time trying to reconcile with ruthless foes. The president still believes he can use his enchanting powers to convert the other side, even though Republicans regard every Obama legislative achievement as the beginning of a campaign to recall it. Heck, they’re still trying to repeal the New Deal. Obama was truly stung by his budget experience with John Boehner. And now, Senator Tom Coburn, whom Obama called “not only a dear friend, but also a brother in Christ” at February’s National Prayer Breakfast, tells a town hall in Oklahoma that Obama’s views are “goofy and wrong,” and that the president wants to “create dependency” because “as an African-American male,” he had received “tremendous benefit” from government programs. There is no way to sell the idea that being a black man in America gives you tremendous benefit. How does Obama feel after his brother in Christ painted him as something akin to a welfare queen and an affirmativeaction president? Let us take today’s lesson from Frost, who deliciously wrote in “The Lesson for Today”: I’m liberal. You, you aristocrat, Won’t know exactly what I mean by that. I mean so altruistically moral I never take my own side in a quarrel.

Theatre North is a tremendous asset to the community To the editor: I wanted to write a formal and heartfelt thank you and acknowledge the hard work and effort of a new set of friends. I had the privilege to work with some incredible people this summer while working in Theatre North’s production of Little Shop of Horrors. I had been away from theatre for many years

and finally decided that I would go to an audition when I saw the production would be the Corman classic, “Little Shop of Horrors” (musical version). To my own astonishment I was cast in a role, yeah! Although the rehearsal schedule was long, it allowed me to get to know a group of people with whom I hope to work see ASSET page 5

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Friday – Sunday, The last few days Libby Recreation Complex will be open this season. The Complex is open from 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.. Admission fee is $1.50 for adults and $1 for children. The Recreation Department is seeking donations for our annual fishing derby. If interested please contact the Recreation Department or visit our web site www. gorhamnh.org/rec.html. Click on Summer Programs and then Fishing Derby – Donation Request. If you wish to donate money, please make your check payable to the Gorham Booster Club. Please note that your donation is tax deductible. Saturday, August 20 – The 7th Annual Roland Chabot Fishing Derby sponsored by Gorham Hardware. Registration starts at 8:30 am (no early arrivals) and the tour-

nament will end at 12:00 pm. This event is free (donations accepted) for children from 5 – 12 years of age. This event will be held rain or shine at the Libby Recreation Complex. Once again we are excited to offer a free cookout for those in attendance. The cookout is sponsored by Claude and Terry Raymond, proprietors of Paul’s Auto Body. Through the generous donations of many local businesses, we have hundreds of dollars worth of prizes including, bikes, fishing gear and games. Some of our grand prizes are; Fisher Cats tickets, Sea Dogs tickets, Monarchs tickets, an autograph book from the Red Claws and an autograph picture from the Boston Red Sox as well as many other items. Come enjoy a day of fishing, food and fun!

DIFFERENCE from page 4

Think about it and think hard on it. Run two cars, heating oil, gasoline to run two cars, pay your taxes, phone, cable, lights, clothes, food and the list goes on and on. The sad part of this, if you fight back you may not beat them 100 percent, but you can make a difference. On a nice day, take a ride around the North Country, get on the phone and check fuel and gas prices and you will find Berlin-Gorham higher than other areas. Example: I stopped in Chocorua to gas up at $3.54. Prebuy fuel oil down country is 40 to 60 cents a gallon cheaper. I’ll keep trying to get through to you, but as the tomato said to the rock, you have a hard head. Dan Marcou Gorham, NH

ASSET from page 4

Chown, Azriel Hernandez-Ortega, Sarah McGillicuddy, Kelly Stock, Tiffany Howick, Mario Molina, Cassandra Mendoza, and Hayley Bradford; and Alyssa MacDonald, John Berthiaume, Mark McGillicuddy, Alexander Therriault, and Jason Sederquist. There are also other people with whom I was only able to work with a small amount, but they helped make the experience great. Thanks to all of you for making me smile and laugh more than I knew I could. Also, to the community, I would like to say thank you for supporting such an amazing organization, and to those who haven’t yet consider making Theatre North part of your life, it is so worth it. June Desmond Aka “Mama Mushnik” Berlin

That’s up to the people in this country that care, not the ones that are in office now, the ones that don’t think we should tax the large oil companies or tax anyone that earns over $250,000 a year or our millionaires or billionaires or tax our industries that have moved off shore to China, Japan, etc., or wherever they can get cheap labor and then bring their product back into the country and sell it at a high profit. The rich get richer, make lots of money and don’t pay taxes on it. You keep paying taxes, fuel prices get higher, gas prices stay high, food prices are up and for just about anything we need to live on is sky high. How can the elderly, the young people with children survive? Even the middle class is having a hard time.

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investment by the three states. Morse said there was not enough time in the recent budget session to look in-depth at the state’s prison system. Senator Nancy Stiles said Corrections Commissioner William Wrenn is very focused. She said the state corrections system does a lot with what it has for resources. Stiles said she was looking forward to an ATV ride around the park. She said she had only been on an ATV once before. It was also her first time at Jericho state park. “This place is just wonderful,” she said. Chris Gamache, chief of the N.H. Trails Bureau, said the park currently has about 85 miles of ATV trails on 7,200 acres. He said the master plan calls for about 160 miles of trail. A connecting trail has been established with the trail system in Success and the bureau is working to establish a connecting trail that continues onto to Errol. He said the ATV park is growing in popularity and the bureau targets southern New England and New York as market areas for riders. Berlin Mayor Paul Grenier welcomed the senators to the city and joined them for their ATV tour of

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neighbors. When I visited troops in the war zone earlier this year, they told me how important care packages, like those you are sending, are to them.”

to garner their support for future expansion of the park. For many of the senators, the tour was their first visit to bothBerlin prisons and to the ATV park. Last year, the state closed the Laconia prison and one of the gymnasiums at the Berlin prison was converted in dorm space. In the just concluded budget session, there was some discussion of closing the state prison in Berlin and sending the inmates to an outof-state facility. Senate President Peter Bragdon said his visit to the prison gave him an opportunity to see the gym and he said it convinced him that housing inmates there was not a good situation. He said he is glad no inmates are housed in the gym at this time. As the state’s newest prison, Bragdon said the Berlin facility is the most efficient. He said if the state looks at privatizing some of its inmate population, he predicted it would focus on closing one of its older facilities. Senate Finance Committee Chair Chuck Morse said Gov. John Lynch is interested in exploring the concept of a regional prison with Vermont, New Hampshire, and Maine that would be located in Berlin. He said it would have to be a joint

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Jericho Park. “This is a diamond in the rough,” he said of the park. The city donated Jericho Lake to the park and the state purchased the rest of the land from Dillon Logging. Grenier lobbied the senators to support local efforts to name the visitors center at the park after former Berlin Mayor Robert Danderson. He told the group the park was Danderson’s brainchild he worked hard to get the project off the ground. Grenier said naming the visitors center after Danderson would be a fitting tribute to the former mayor’s efforts. Bragdon said he thinks the opening of the federal prison, the construction of the Berlin Station biomass plant, and the reopening and planned expansion of the Gorham paper mill will all help the region’s economy rebound. As the only ATV park in the state and one of the few in the country, He said Jericho Mountain should help tourism in the area. Morse, who said he played hockey against Berlin as a high school student, said Gallus keeps him abreast of issues in the North Country. Gallus serves on the finance committee with Morse.

“He’s always pushing to bring things up here,” Morse said. Bragdon said he thought the tour was a good idea and allowed the senators to see the prison and park first hand. “I think it was great of Senator Gallus to put this on,” he said. Max Makaitis, economic development director for Tri-County Community Action Program agreed. Makaitis, who spent the day with the group, said he thought getting the senators to tour the city and see some of the projects helps them to have a better understanding of the region. In addition to Grenier, state Rep. Mark Tremblay, City Manager Patrick MacQueen, City Councilor Roland Theberge, and members of the Androscoggin Valley ATV Club gathered at Jericho to meet with the senators. Senators on the tour included Peter Bragdon, (R-Milford), Jim Rausch, R-Derry), Lou D’Allesandro, (D-Manchester), Amanda Merrill, (D-Durham), Chuck Morse, (R-Salem), Raymond White, (R-Bedford), and Nancy Stiles, (R-Hampton). Gallus said several other senators who planned to attend were forced to cancel because of last minute scheduling conflicts.

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WANTED! Citizen Input Please Join Us for a Series of Community Forums to Discuss the Future of Public Education in the Androscoggin Valley Open to Milan, Berlin, Dummer, Errol, Gorham, Randolph & Shelburne Residents A series of community forums will be held on the following dates and locations: BERLIN

Wed., Sept. 14, 2011 7:00 - 9:00 p.m. Berlin High School Library

RANDOLPH

Wed., Sept. 21, 2011 7:00 - 9:00 p.m. Randolph Town Hall

MILAN/DUMMER

Thurs., Sept. 22, 2011 7:00 - 9:00 p.m. Milan School Library

GORHAM

Wed., Sept. 28, 2011 7:00 – 9:00 p.m. Gorham High School Cafeteria

SHELBURNE

Tues., Oct. 4, 2011 7:00 – 9:00 p.m. Shelburne Town Hall

ERROL

Wed., Oct. 5, 2011 7:00- 9:00 p.m. Errol School Cafeteria

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CITY OF BERLIN New Hampshire

Contract # 2011-09 DEMOLITION SERVICES GENERAL PROVISIONS Sealed Bids for Contract # 2011 -09 for the demolition and removal of debris for 249 East Mason Street will be received by the City of Berlin at the City Manager’s Office at Berlin City Hall, 168 Main Street, Berlin, NH 03570 until 2:00 pm prevailing time Tuesday August 30, 2011. Bids will be publicly opened and read aloud at 3:00 PM in any available office or conference room at the City Offices, City Hall, 168 Main Street, Berlin, NH. Bids when opened shall be irrevocable for a period of forty-five (45) calendar days following bid opening date. The City Manager reserves the right to waive defects in form and minor irregularities and to reject any or all bids as determined to be in the best interest of the City. Contract documents are available at no charge at the City Manager’s Office (603-752-7532), Berlin City Hall, 168 Main Street, Berlin, NH 03570, Monday thru Friday between the hours of 8:30 am and 4:30 pm or on the City website www.berlinnh.gov . Bidders may further acquaint themselves with the work to be done by attending an onsite pre-bid meeting at 249 East Mason Street on Tuesday August 23, 2011 at 10:00 am.

A series of community forums will be held throughout the fall to gather citizen input as to the future of Education in the Androscoggin Valley. The forums will support a facilitated discussion to address future educational needs of our children. New ideas will be generated that may help lead us to maximize collaboration among local school districts and ensure the best opportunities for our students, both now and in the future. We hope to capture a shared vision of education in the Androscoggin Valley. How do we share resources in delivering programs and nurture a new culture of collaboration? What about regionalization of our schools? Early childhood education? How do we address the shrinking student populations and dwindling financial resources in order to give our children the best education possible? In collaboration, SAU 20 and SAU 3 were awarded a grant from the Neil and Louise Tillotson Fund of the New Hampshire Charitable Foundation to conduct the community forums. Citizens are encouraged to attend any and all forums in order to speak, listen and shape the future of education in the Androscoggin Valley!

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Saul Rosenberg –––––––––––––––– OBITUARY ––––––––––––––––

BERLIN, NH -- Saul Rosenberg, 80, formerly of 269 High Street, Berlin, NH, passed away on Saturday evening August 20, 2011 at the St. Vincent de Paul Health & Rehab Center in Berlin, NH. He was born in Berlin on June 12, 1931, the son of Ira and Fannie (Forman) Rosenberg and was a lifelong resident. He was a graduate of Berlin High School and was a US Army v eteran of the Korean War. Saul was employed by the local paper mill for 42 years starting with Brown Co., then James River Corp. and retiring from Crown Vantage. He was a member of the Royalty Athletic Club for many years. Members of the family include three daughters, Judy Middleton and her husband Robert of Berlin, Sandra Rosenberg and her husband Robert Rodrigue of Berlin and Kathy Perry and her husband Mike of Gilford, NH; four grandchildren, Brian, Amy, Tanya and Michael; a brother ,David Rosenberg of Berlin; a sister, Sylvia Stiles of New York; nieces, nephews and cousins. He was predeceased by a grandson, Randy Rosenberg; three brothers, Carl Rosenberg, William Ross and Oscar Rosenberg and by a sister Betty Albert. Funeral services will be held on Thursday, August 25, at 11 a.m. in the Chapel of the Bryant Funeral Home, 180 Hillside Ave., Berlin, NH. Interment will be in the Beth Israel Cemetery in Berlin. Relatives and friends may call at the funeral home on Thursday from 9 to 11 a.m., prior to the service. Anyone who wishes may make a donation to the AVH Home Health & Hospice Services, 59 Page Hill Rd., Berlin, NH 03570 in his memory. Online guest book at www.bryantfuneralhome.net.

City looking for its oldest resident

BERLIN -- City Clerk Debra Patrick is looking for the oldest person in Berlin. The city awards its oldest citizen with the ‘Cane of Wisdom’. The most recent recipient, Ozina Lapointe, passed away earlier this month, at the age of 102, and the city is looking to pass the cane on. Patrick said people can call her office at 752-2340 to provide names of people who might qualify or e-mail her at cityclerk@berlinnh.gov. She is looking for names of residents 100 years old or older. Once the oldest person is determined, the mayor presents the cane in a brief ceremony.

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by Lynn Johnston by Scott Adams

DILBERT

By Holiday Mathis SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). As the great composers know, sometimes silence is more beautiful than sound. A well-timed silence can ring out loud. Use this principle to make sweet music in a relationship. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21). You’re so imaginative now, and you’ll conjure vivid mental pictures, both terrible and fabulous. To stay on the bright side, surround yourself with sunshiny people. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19). You benefit from encouraging people to tell you their dumb ideas. It never fails -- a brilliant solution always falls accidentally into the mix. The input you receive will invigorate a tired scene. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). Love isn’t a barter system. If you try to trade your attention and affection for favors or forgiveness, you’ll lose every time. You will give from the heart, and the reward is that giving feels good. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). You will be there for a special friend in his or her time of need. But there’s no reason to wait for that time to do something nice, like send a card. It’s the things you do unexpectedly and for no apparent reason that will have impact. TODAY’S BIRTHDAY (Aug. 23). You won’t let anything interfere with your industriousness. In September, you will rise to the challenge of a competitive situation. Good fortune comes to you through your relationship with an intellectual individual. There’s an exciting journey in November. New family additions come in March. Aries and Gemini people adore you. Your lucky numbers are: 39, 1, 24, 35 and 3.

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ARIES (March 21-April 19). Many people have a tendency to underestimate the actual time it takes to complete a task. You will give yourself ample time for everything on your list and finish the day feeling like a total success. TAURUS (April 20-May 20). You’ll have an errand to do. Think about it before you leave the house. With a little organization, you could handle three errands instead and save yourself a trip or two. GEMINI (May 21-June 21). You may suddenly recognize a pattern in your behavior as self-defeat in motion. Luckily, there is still ample time to interrupt the cycle and choose differently. CANCER (June 22-July 22). You need the support of your loved ones -- not because you are failing, but because you could do so much more with a little help. Tell them about your dreams and wishes. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). You will be defined by how you show up and what you do. Later, someone will describe you based on the impression you make today. Knowing this, you’ll put a little extra thought into it. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). You’ll embrace a new plan at work, a plan that cuts through your fear and passivity and concentrates your energy on taking the next step and the one after that. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). All it takes is one small, smart idea to set a major change in motion. Brainstorm freely. Allow your thoughts to burble to the surface and be expressed. Your creativity will shine in constructive company.

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––––––––––––––––– DAILY CALENDAR ––––––––––––––––– Wednesday August 24 Foot Clinic: Berlin Health Dept, City Hall, 8:30 a.m. to 12 noon and 1 to 3:30 p.m.. By appointment only. Call 752-1272. All area residents welcome, cost $15. Book Discussion Series: 7 p.m., White Mountains Community College Fortier Library, Craig Doherty will lead a discussion of Gabriel Garcia Marquez’s One Hundred Years of Solitude. Be Bear Aware: Living with Ursus americanus with Babette Edy. 8 p.m. at the AMC’s Pinkham Notch Visitor Center. FMI, call the Androscoggin Ranger Station at (603) 466-2713. Saturday August 27 Recreational Mineral Collecting on the White Mountain National Forest: 7 p.m. at the Dolly Copp Campground. FMI, call the Androscoggin Ranger Station at (603) 466-2713. Monday, August 29 The Tartan Terrors: Kieran Arts Center’s Celtic Mondays Series, 7 p.m. Tickets: $20/$18. 752-1028.

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Tuesday Senior Meals: Noon, Dummer Town Hall, second and fourth Tuesday of every month. Suggested donation $3, under 60, $6. Call 752-2545 to reserve, Senior Meals: 8 to 9:30 a.m., first and third Tuesday of the month, Shelburne Town Hall. Suggested donation $3, under 60, $6. Call 752-2545 to reserve, Cholesterol Clinic: Monday through Friday, Berlin Health Dept., city hall. By appointment only, Call 752-1272. All area residents welcome. Fee $15. AA Meeting: Women’s meeting, 10 to 11 a.m., St, Barnabas Church, 2 High St., Berlin. Weight Watcher’s Meeting: Salvation Army, 5 p.m. meeting, 4:30 p.m. weigh-in. Senior Meals: Guardian Angel School, MondayThursday Noon, Friday 8 a.m.-10 a.m. Suggested donations for 60 and over $3; under 60 $6. All are welcome. (FMI 752-2545) The White Mt. Apple User Group: will not be meeting until September, check the website www. wmaug.com for the date and further information. Developmental Play-group: For infant and toddlers offered by Family Centered Early Supports & Services (FCESS), 10: to 11 a.m., Berlin Recreation Center on the first and third Tuesdays each month. This group is free of charge. FMI Cassie Risch 603-447-4356 x3 or e-mail crisch@northernhs.org. Gorham. Chess Club: welcomes all levels of players, to meet Tuesday, Family Resource building (across from high school) from 6 to 9 p.m. Lessons free. All questions, call Al French @915-0134. Berlin Area Head Start Accepting Applications: For children between the ages of 3-5 years old. This is an income eligible program. Call 752-5464 to schedule an appointment to enroll your child. Gorham Public Library: Open M-F: 10 am - 6 pm, Saturdays: 10 am - Noon. Children’s Story Time: Fridays, 1:30 pm. View On-line Catalog at https:// gorham.biblionix.com/ . FMI call 466-2525 or email gorhampubliclibrary@ne.rr.com Artisan Gift Shop: 961 Main St., Berlin. Open Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Jefferson Historical Society: Meets first Tuesday of the month, 7 p.m. May through October meetings held at the museum on Route 2, and November through April meetings are held at the Jefferson Elementary School on Route 115A. Everyone welcome. Social Night At Dupont-Holmes Post 82 American Legion: Every Tuesday, Gorham, 6 to 8:30 p.m. Food buffet $7 per person while food lasts! Menu varies each week. Free pool, darts, etc. Members and bonafide guests welcome. Gorham-Sabatis Lodge 73, F&AM: meets second Tuesday except January, February, and March (first Tuesday). For more information, call 466-5739 or 466-5960. The Teen Center: St. Barnabas Episcopal Church, corner of Main and High streets, Berlin. Open Monday-Friday from 2:30-6 p.m. for teens who are of ages 14 to 19. Homework help, internet, pool, movies, music, games, snacks and more for free. Call 752-1240. Prayer Shawl Ministry meets every 2nd and 4th Tuesday of the month at St. Kieran House, 151 Emery St., from 2-4 p.m. All are welcome. For more information, please call Nicole Plourde, NH Catholic Charities,752-1325 Berlin Kiwanis Club: meets at Sinibaldi’s Restaurant at 6:30 p.m. every Tuesday. Milan Public Library: Monday, 1:30 to 7:30 p.m.; Tuesday and Wednesday’s 11:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Alcoholics Anonymous: Step Book/Discussion Meeting, .Tri-County (Step One), School St., Berlin 7:30 to 8:30 p.m. White Mountain Ridge Runners Meeting: First Tuesday of every month, clubhouse on Route 110. American Legion Post No. 36 Monthly Meeting: First Tuesday of every month. Salvation Army Social Services: Food pantry, 9 a.m. to noon, 15 Cole St., Berlin. Computer Lab Classes: Berlin Senior Center, 610 Sullivan Center, Berlin. 10 a.m. to noon and 1 to 3 p.m. Call to be scheduled (752-2545).

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Page 12 — THE BERLIN DAILY SUN, Tuesday, August 23, 2011

by Abigail Van Buren

WOMAN LIVING ON HER OWN LEANS TOO HEAVILY ON FRIEND

DEAR ABBY: “Tracy” and I have been best friends since junior high. (We’re both 31.) A couple of months ago she and her two sons (my “nephews,” ages 9 and 5) moved out of her parents’ home and into their own apartment. Tracy has never lived on her own before. As a result, she’s constantly asking me to come over, spend the night, keep her company, etc. I’m happy to visit for a couple of hours once a week or so, but feel uncomfortable and pressured doing it to the extent she’s asking. She didn’t act this way when she lived with her parents. I am single, childless, have my own place and a full-time job. My home is my sanctuary and I value my peace and quiet. The last thing I want at the end of a hectic workday is to go to her apartment and hang out for hours on end with her and her sweet (but loud and rambunctious) boys. Tracy is also single. She works full-time and is a devoted mom, but there’s an obvious deficiency in her life. I try to encourage her that she’ll grow accustomed to her new life, but it doesn’t stick. How can I make her understand that while I love her dearly, I can’t be her lifelong security blanket? -SMOTHERED IN THE EAST DEAR SMOTHERED: Do it by explaining to your friend what you CAN give her, rather than what you can’t. If it’s one afternoon or evening a week, arrange your get-together for when you’re available. Let her know you need time to yourself to unwind after a hectic day at work, that you also need to run errands and do housework. You can be her good friend without coming running every time she snaps her fingers. And remember, she can’t “smother” you any more than you allow.

DEAR ABBY: My niece is getting married in two months, and our invitations just arrived. My daughter, who was divorced last month, was invited with no “and guest” after her name. Who knows? In the next two months she might meet someone she’d like to take to the wedding. Would it be tacky to respond “two” and see what happens? Or should she take her wounded heart and not go at all? The family knows about her divorce but still addressed her that way. -- KEEPING OPTIONS OPEN DEAR KEEPING OPTIONS OPEN: While it would have been thoughtful to have invited your daughter and an escort, your relatives may have been more preoccupied with financial considerations than the fact that your daughter wouldn’t have a date sitting with her. And yes, it WOULD be tacky to write “two” on the RSVP and “see what happens.” Consider this: For your daughter to bring a date might invite suspicions that she was involved with the person before her divorce. And to ask a man you don’t know well and have been seeing only a very short time could be construed as rushing things, and might be a turn-off for the man she had her eye on. DEAR ABBY: The young lady I have fallen for (and am probably in love with) is half my age. Is it wrong to like someone who is almost young enough to be my daughter? -- YOUNGER THAN SPRINGTIME DEAR YOUNGER THAN SPRINGTIME: No, it’s not wrong -- it happens frequently. A more pertinent question is could SHE be seriously interested in someone who is almost old enough to be her father? Only she can answer that.

Dear Abby is written by Abigail Van Buren, also known as Jeanne Phillips, and was founded by her mother, Pauline Phillips. Write Dear Abby at: Dear Abby, c/o The Conway Daily Sun, PO Box 1940, North Conway, NH 03860

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LEBLANC from page one

Bousquet wrote, “Dan (Gorham, GMHS assistant principal and athletic director) and Keith (Parent, GMHS principal) will develop and review stipulations with Jean. I do not believe that we would share those with anyone as this is a personal issue. If Jean wishes to share them that would be his prerogative. Leblanc responded in a recent email communication that he will wait to see what these “stipulations” are before he accepts. If he does decide to return, it will because “That’s a good group of girls. That’s what would get me to go back—the kids. They are great— hardworking and a pleasure to be around.” Leblanc, who has been coaching one sport or another for years, has been stung by the whole episode: First his dismissal, despite an evaluation that featured high marks, including “a 4 in my ability to work with the administration,” he says, and then this “reinstatement with stipulations.” According to his dismissal letter

from Paul Bousquet, School Administration Unit 20 superintendent, quoted in a phone interview by Leblanc, Leblanc was dismissed for failing to go to a meeting, about which he says he had not been informed, and for dissing the administration, according to a quote from an unknown accuser. The meeting Leblanc missed was the New Hampshire All-State Selections on May 29, 2011, where the New Hampshire High School Baseball Coaches Association selects the all-state champions, the all-state teams (3), and player of the year, all in each of the four divisions in the state, Gorham being in Division IV, formerly known as Class S. In 2009 Gorham’s Eric Jensen was Class S Player of the Year. Although Leblanc was the Gorham Baseball Varsity Head Coach in 2010/11, he evidently was not listed as such and did not receive the emailed notice of the meeting, he says. He does not know where the notice was sent, but does know that he did not receive it.

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Therefore, GMHS was not represented at that meeting so none of Gorham’s outstanding players were selected for the state team or for player of the year. It happens, Leblanc says, that the previous year, the team was playing in Groveton shortly before the 2010 selection meeting. One of the Groveton coaches asked if they wanted to carpool to the meeting, which was the first time the then crop of Gorham coaches (including Leblanc) had heard when it was to be. Gorham then sent a representative and Gorham players Doug Willey was selected for the Class S All State first team, Brandon Sanschagrin and Cody Leblanc for the second team, and Patrick Pike for the third team. According to Leblanc, the letter of dismissal he received says that “All information regarding this meeting of the N.H. High School Baseball Coaches Association was sent directly to the varsity coaches, either their home address or through the high school address, and since you were associated with the Gorham

Boys Varsity Baseball Team for a second year and you did send a representative last year, your failure to do so this year was inexcusable.” “Well, says Leblanc, “the only reason we knew last year was pure s…t luck because we knew the Groveton coach. That was the only reason we sent someone last year.” Leblanc says that he has a letter from Tom Underwood, president of the NHHSBCA, saying that a notice letter for the May 29, 2011, meeting was sent to Gorham High School because no head coach for the varsity baseball team was listed for the school. As for the second reason for his dismissal—that Leblanc spoke in a derogatory manner about the Gorham High School Administration—Leblanc says that Bousquet does not say who accused him of such statements. In his own research into from where in the world such a comment could have come, Leblanc has come to his own conclusions about what Leblanc says is a false accusation. In any case, the GRS Cooperative District School Board voted to give Leblanc the opportunity for reinstatement as head coach of the girls basketball varsity “with stipulations as set forth by the Call for details. administration.” The vote, on the motion of Barney Valliere, was eight in 603-466-9468• avcc@ne.rr.com favor; Sharyl Graham 2 Main St., P.O. Box 280, Gorham, NH 03581 opposed, and Ron Ouellette abstained. Leblanc says he is WE DELIVER! not concerned about 466-5573 no mention of the boys varsity baseball. He ! says he has his hands eafood full with his business Fresh S Main St., Gorham at Riverside Speedway and had been considering resigning as head coach of the boys team. Meanwhile, the girls basketball team parents are hoping that Egg Salad Plate.............................$7.99 Leblanc and the school administration can iron Homemade Shepherd’s Pie...........$6.95 out their differences. At the GRS Coop BBQ Chicken Club.........................$8.95 Board meeting, attending parents made their BLT Double Crust Pizza Sandwich. .$7.99 desires known: Jeff Stewart read Come see a letter that said in part: “Our understandhere tonight 5:30 to 8:30pm! ing is that he or a member of his coaching staff missed a meeting where the all state selections were named. His name was not on the (GMHS) web site but the letter was sent to the high school and the letter never made it to Jean Leblanc. . . . . If Jean Leblanc was responsible, why wasn’t he reprimanded instead of fired. As a parent of a basketball team member, we are looking for consistency. He did a great

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LEBLANC from page 14

her smiling (about playing).” Jane Leblanc spoke up for her husband. “I’m the one who sees his personal side and I know when he got the call about the meeting, he was floored. He was crushed. He said, ‘My heart is broken’ and when this came out of it! He cares for the kids, he relates to them. He always has. He was devastated.” Another girls basketball parent said, “From the year that they had, we want him back.” Diane Gorham spoke up again to say: “When Jean coached a few years ago in Berlin, Berlin’s program had gone downhill but Jean took on the team and in two years he brought them to the quarter finals. Jean left and their program has since gone downhill. Jean left that job on his own. It just points up what he can do for programs.” Barney Valliere spoke up: “I have know Jean a long time. I can assure you that very few people in the coaching business would care anymore about their kids than he does. For him, it’s about the kids, making them better people, better athletes. In my opinion, what was done to him was wrong. You won’t find another person who has such respect for kids.” Vikki Tennis from Gorham said, “I have a daughter that doesn’t respond well to negativity in coaching. After watching my niece this year (on the girls basketball team), I would like my daughter to have a chance to play on a team he coaches.” Another parent said, “We live in a small community. To find someone to coach who knows what they’re doing is difficult and to find someone the kids will respect as well is almost impossible and we have that someone sitting right back here.” GRS Cooperative District Board Chairperson Jo Carpenter thanked the parents, after no more indicated they wanted to speak, and said, “We will talk about this and we will answer as many of your questions as we can without violating your privacy.”

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a scheme to report the car stolen and file an insurance claim, Gilman said. That motive theory was reiterated in the arson indictment. Ducharme was not convicted of insurance fraud. The Berlin City Charter has no rules prohibiting a convicted felon from serving on the City Council. “There’s no rule that prevents people from serving,” Councilor Mark Evans said. He added that he feels this is a personal issue and one best left to Ducharme to deal with. “It certainly doesn’t make the council look very good,” Evans said, but noted that he had recently learned that there had been previous councilors with criminal records that did not receive as much attention. He questioned why Ducharme was gaining so much notice on this and pointed out that he was hesitant to be “too hard” on anyone since “all of us are essentially volunteering to do this job.” It is unknown whether the felony conviction was disclosed to Tri-County CAP, a private non-profit, which receives substantial federal and local funding. Messages left for Joe Costello, TCCAP’s Executive Director and Ducharme were not immediately returned.

job of rotating the girls in to play. He pushed them to be their best, on and off the court … His players are our daughters. We have a great deal of respect for Jean. Sports is a valuable life lesson. We want the best for our children, for our daughters, and we want Jean Leblanc coaching our girls this coming basketball season.” The letter was signed by the players. Remarked another parent, “is there any written document that shows any prior disciplinary action (with regard to Leblanc). This year two great coaches are no longer coaching in the system. The exceptional coaches don’t seem to last long at GMHS.” Said another, “We urge you to reconsider the firing of Jean Leblanc from the girls varsity basketball team.” Lisa Bisson, of Gorham, said, “We had a meeting before coming here with Jean Leblanc. It sounds like a personal problem. There have been no written complaints from any of the parents. You never hear a bad word from the kids about him. He got a great review. This is very disturbing to us. When our daughter Jamie heard about it, her words were, ‘I’m not playing basketball this year.’ I moved here from central New Hampshire. We chose Gorham for its small classes and for the sports program. Since we’ve been here, there has been consistency for the kids. But what’s this teaching them? We need this (basketball) for our kids to stay off the streets, to stay fit, to stay out of trouble. We don’t want bullying.” Diane Gorham said “Our daughter played three years of basketball to hang out with her friends. This year I saw kids who grew to love the sport and they improved. They all had fun and improved every game throughout the year and I hadn’t seen that as a parent. I think we are making a big mistake with this.” Rhonda Holmes noted that her daughter, after being a complainer, “this year, with Jean Leblanc as coach, this is the first time I’ve seen

serves on that group’s board of directors. Ducharme was also named to the Union Leader’s Forty Under Forty list for 2010 and was appointed to fill an empty seat on the Berlin City Council, representing Ward 2, earlier this year. According to court documents from the Mississippi Circuit Court, Bolivar County Second Judicial District, Ducharme, along with three men, Auburn Medders III (aka Trey), Jimmy Nelson, and Michael Yates, set fire to a 1995 Chevy Lumina owned by Dori or Joe D. Commander Jr. Bolivar County Chief Sheriff’s Deputy Charles Gilman said that the foursome had been riding around, on October 4, 1995, with Medders behind the wheel of the vehicle. The Lumina belonged to Ducharme, who was 25 years old at the time, and her then husband — who was not involved in the crime — according to law enforcement. Medders and his passengers attempted to “jump” some railroad tracks in Renova, Mississippi, Gilman explained and the landing caused significant damage to the car. To his recollection, the fire was set as part of

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