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VOl. 14 NO. 24
THE LACONIA DAILY SUN
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Was that the end? Crew chief’s sudden illness led to premature firing of grande finale of Laconia’s 4th of July fireworks display By michAel Kitch
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LACONIA — For some the fireworks display at Opechee Park on the Fourth of July may have echoed the celebrated poet T.S. Eliot, who closed the “The Hollow Men” with the
lines “This is the way the world ends, Not with a bang but a whimper.” Kevin Dunleavy, director of the Parks and Recreation Department, which staged the fireworks, said that the problem began when one of the
technicians employed by RS Display Fireowrks of Hudson, was taken ill while preparing for the display. Fire Chief Ken Erickson said that EMTs responded by the Zodiac inflatable boat to what was reported as a cardiac arrest
on a barge in Lake Opechee, but found that the man, who had apparently worked long hours for four days in the heat, was dehydrated. He was treated at the scene and taken to Lakes Region General Hospital for see FIrEWOrKs page 12
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Co-feature Man Of Steel (PG-13) SCREEN 2 Monster University (G)
Co-feature The Lone Ranger (PG-13) SCREEN 3 The Heat (R)
Co-feature This Is The End (R) SCREEN 4 White House Down (PG-13)
Co-feature World War Z (PG-13) Box office opens at 7pm. Shows start at DUSK or approx. 8:45pm. Admission: Adults $10, Children 11 and under are FREE. Minimum $20 charge per car. Come early & enjoy our snack bar & see 2 movies in one of the Country’s Last Drive-In Theaters. www.weirsdrivein.com & Find us on Facebook
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A solar-powered houseboat was launched into Lake Winnipesaukee at Fay’s Boat Yard in Gilford Friday morning. It is owned by Claude von Roesgen of Carlisle, Mass., who will be living aboard it this summer of from Bear Island in Meredith. (Roger Amsden photo for the Laconia Daily Sun)
MIT grad’s new solar-powered houseboat will be anchored at Bear Island for the summer By RogeR Amsden THE LACONIA DAILY SUN
GILFORD — A solar-powered houseboat which has a dozen panels on its roof which provide enough electricity to power a refrigerator, microwave, toaster oven, fans and lights, as well as an electric outboard motor was launched at Fay’s Boat
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Yard Friday morning. Claude von Claude von Roesgen of Carlisle, Mass., owner of the boat, will be living in it all summer docked at a camp that he’s rented on the east side of Bear Island in Meredith, near the Carry. ‘’I will be using the camp’s sanitary facilities, but otherwise I will be living
on the houseboat,’’ says Roesgen, a 1979 graduate of MIT who runs his own computer consulting business. ‘’I love Lake Winnipesaukee and had been spending the last few summers renting on Bear Island. Since I work for myself doing software consulting I can work anysee HOusEBOat page 18
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