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Kestrel also looking at Wisconsin site for manufacturing plane BY BARBARA TETREAULT THE BERLIN DAILY SUN

BERLIN – Another suitor has surfaced in the bid to land Kestrel Aircraft’s manufacturing facility but both city and Cate Street Capital officials say Berlin is still in the running. The Duluth New Tribune newspaper in Duluth, Minn., Friday reported Kestrel is in discussions with the city of Superior, Wisconsin to build its turboprop plane there. The article said the city has scheduled a January 16 public hearing on a development agreement with Kestrel that includes grants and tax-increment financing. Wisconsin Housing and Economic Development officials were presenting Kestrel with a proposal as well. Minnesota television station WDIO said the draft agreement calls for Kestrel to build a 50,000 square foot aircraft manufacturing facility near the Richard I Bong Airport as well as a second 35,000 square foot facility in the city’s industrial park. Superior is a neighboring city to Duluth, where Kestrel has its engineering and design offices. The article noted Superior was one of many sites under consideration for the manufacturing facility. Krestrel spokeswoman Kate Dougherty did not respond to an e-mail seeking comment on the report. Krestrel initially planned to build the entire plane in

Brunswick, Maine, where it is headquartered. But after some expected financing did not materialize, Kestrel President Alan Klapmeier confirmed that he was looking at building the composite parts in Berlin at the former mill site where the Burgess BioPower biomass plant under construction could provide lower cost power and waste heat. The facility would also be eligible for New Market Tax Credits. Under that scenario, the plane would still be assembled in Maine. Both Cate Street Capital officials and Berlin Mayor Paul Grenier said they were aware Kestrel was looking at other sites, including the one in Wisconsin. But they said they believe Berlin has put forward a competitive proposal and are hopeful the city will ultimately be successful. “We continue to have discussions with Kestrel and respect that the company is exploring all potential options, as they should. We believe our site in Berlin offers the strongest co-location solution for Kestrel’s manufacturing needs, and that a decision to locate in Berlin would benefit New Hampshire and Maine over the long-term,” said Cate Street Capital spokesman Scott Tranchemontagne. Grenier said the city and Cate Street Capital continue to put their best foot forward in the effort to persuade Kestrel to locate in Berlin. see KESTREL page 5

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Father of five hospitalized after New Year’s attack BY MELISSA GRIMA THE BERLIN DAILY SUN

BERLIN – A single father of five children is fighting for his life after being savagely beaten walking home in the early morning hours on New Year’s Day, according to family members. According to his brother-in-law Matthew Quinn, Kevin Mulligan, 33, of Berlin, was beaten “almost to death,” at around 2 a.m. Sunday morning after leaving the Ming House on foot. Quinn said Mulligan was “jumped” and intensely assaulted. He sustained four skull fractures, as well as broken ribs, jaw, collarbone and arm. Late Sunday night he underwent surgery to stop his brain from bleeding, Quinn said. As of Monday afternoon Mulligan was listed in satisfactory condition at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center in Lebanon. Quinn said Mulligan remains in intensive care following the surgery and is in a coma. see ATTACK page 14

Police make arrest in New Year’s Eve home invasion BY BARBARA TETREAULT THE BERLIN DAILY SUN

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BERLIN – A home invasion on New Year’s Eve resulted in a Berlin man being arrested for attempted armed robbery and burglary. Through a joint investigation of Berlin Police and N.H. State Police, Jonathan Leite, 28, of Third Avenue, Berlin was arrested and charged on the two counts. A press release issued by Berlin police said the department responded to 653 Cheshire Street just before 1 p.m. to a home invasion with shots fired. Shortly after 1 p.m., police issued a bulletin for a 2010 blue Audi and a male suspect described as wearing a black hooded sweatshirt and jeans. Later in the afternoon, another bulletin reported the car and suspect had been apprehended. Bail was set at $50,000. Leite was unable to post bail and was transported by the Coos Sheriff’s Department to the Coos County Jail in West Stewartstown await a bail hearing.

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New Year’s revelry hurts many in Philippines MANILA — Officials in the Philippines mounted one of the most extensive campaigns in the country’s history to stem the annual tide of injuries caused by New Year’s Eve celebrations. Grisly posters of mangled hands were displayed. Doctors appeared on television news programs showing the bone saws they would use to amputate fingers blown apart by fireworks. Police officers were threatened with jail if they fired their guns in celebration. One senior health official even took to a stage in a flamboyant dance to show an alternative way to celebrate the new year. President Benigno S. Aquino III chimed in, pleading in his annual New Year’s message for people to observe the new year with “horns and loud music” instead of fireworks and guns. But when the smoke cleared on Sunday morning, few officials were celebrating. The Philippines Department of Health estimated that 476 people suffered injuries during the celebrations, including 454 related to fireworks, 18 to celebratory gunfire and 4 to the ingestion of firecrackers. The casualties included 177 children younger than 11 and 26 people who required amputations, Health Department officials said. The total represented a 13 percent decline from the total in the previous year and less than the average of 536 injuries.

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Cars are set on fire, and Los Angeles left on edge LOS ANGELES (NY Times) — For all its considerable delights, Southern California always seems faintly on the cusp of an apocalypse. There are palm trees, yearround gardens and splendid weather — it was 81 degrees and sunny on Sunday — but there are also mudslides, gang shootings, wildfires and earthquakes. On this holiday weekend, Los Angeles was dealing with a new plague, this time an arsonist (or arsonists) who in the course

of three days set fire to at least 55 cars in the Los Angeles area, many of them parked in carports, engulfing vehicles and apartments in gasoline-fueled towers of flame. For four unsettling nights, continuing through early Monday morning, police officers and firefighters have raced around the city, always one step behind the person, or persons, who has gotten people in Los Angeles to go to their windows repeatedly throughout the night in response to the

slightest sound or change in light. “It’s pretty scary,” said Rebecca Asch, 29, who lives in West Hollywood. “I have a gated garage and it’s underneath my building, and if someone were to come in and light one of our cars on fire, it would probably set the whole building on fire. After another night of fires, the Los Angeles Fire Department announced early Monday morning that a “person of interest” had been detained in connection with the case.

In tight race, G.O.P. in Iowa Austerity reigns over Euro zone as crisis deepens hears closing arguments

DES MOINES (NY Times) — The Republican presidential candidates made a frenetic final push Monday to woo Iowa’s fickle voters before time runs out, hoping to gain whatever edge they can in a race that defies easy predictions. The six Iowa contenders are fanning out across the state in 19 planned campaign rallies and meet-and-greets Monday, looking for anyone who might be willing to brave the newly frigid winter weather to caucus for them Tuesday night.

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(NY Times) — Europe’s leaders braced their nations for a turbulent year, with their beleaguered economies facing a threat on two fronts: widening deficits that force more borrowing but increasing austerity measures that put growth further out of reach. Most economists are forecasting a recession for 2012 in Europe, which will heighten the pressure governments and financial institutions across the Continent are seeing. Adding to the gloomy outlook is the prospect of a downgrade in France’s sterling credit rating, a move that analysts say could happen early in the new year and have wide-ranging consequences on efforts to stabilize Europe’s finances. Despite criticism from many economists, though, most European governments are sticking to austerity plans, rejecting the Keynesian approach of economic stimulus favored by Washington after the financial crisis in 2008, in a bid to show investors they are serious about fiscal discipline.

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First 2012 baby of N.H. born in Manchester BY TIM BUCKLAND THE UNION LEADER

MANCHESTER — As happy and healthy as can be, Leanna Rivera is the first baby born in New Hampshire in 2012, coming into the world at 12:09 a.m. New Year’s Day at Elliot Hospital. “I was thinking about it for a whole month and it really happened,” said the baby’s mother, Jenifer Goncalves of Manchester. “I’m very happy because of it.” Goncalves, 17, said her water broke at 10 p.m. on Dec. 31. A little more than two hours later, her daughter was born. “It was incredible. It went fast, thank God,” she said. “I thought it was going to be way worse. It was less than I thought it would be and I was happy with that.” The girl’s father, Edwin Rivera, 20, Manchester, and Goncalves’ mother, Rosana Lopez, were in the delivery

room when Leanna was born. “I’m very excited,” Lopez said. Other hospitals in the state came close. Wentworth-Douglass Hospital in Dover reported a baby was born there at 12:45 a.m., while DartmouthHitchcock Medical Center in Lebanon had a 1:30 a.m. birth. Just missing out at Elliot Hospital was Angela St. Germain, whose son, Taigan, was born at 2:13 a.m. “I was honestly shooting for him being the last baby of 2011. You know, the tax break?” she said with a laugh. “I wasn’t disappointed. Good for her. She can have her picture taken.” St. Germain said she wasn’t really thinking about her son being the first baby of the new year. “Eh, I don’t know. At that point, I just wanted to have the baby. I’m sure that’s what most mothers would say,” she said.

Powerball tickets will soon cost $2 DES MOINES, IOWA — It will soon cost more to play Powerball. The price of tickets is doubling to $2. Lottery organizers said the change is to set the game apart from Mega Millions.

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Sam Walton would be ashamed of you To the editor: After reading the recent letters from Maggie and Ted, which were both 100 percent true, I had to write this letter. I was hired at Walmart on April 28, 1998. I worked in jewelry until November 8, 2011, when I was terminated. Things have changed so much in the last two years since Terry Bunch left. I wonder if they ever think about how much better things could be at that store if they still had knowledgeable sales associates to wait on their customers? A true manager never asks an associate to do something that they won’t, or can’t do themselves. Many of the new management team aren’t trained for customer service. They should read Sam’s book. I did. I absolutely loved my job, and truly enjoyed waiting on customers every day. Customer service used to be the number one priority, that is now on the bottom of the to-do list. I will miss all my loyal customers that always came to me to help them. I loved having the knowledge to help someone change a battery or shorten their

watchband, or pick out a gift for someone special. I will also miss my Walmart family. Those of us who had the privilege to work for a management staff that ensured that we were trained, because they were trained first, know how it is supposed to be. Sam Walton would be ashamed. Recently the new management changed the rules to suit them. They do not respect the knowledge that the long term associates have, because they do not take the time to know them. I thank those who trusted me, and allowed me to do my job. They also underestimate the people of the North Country. We do not have to accept being treated this way. The associate’s that still work there as well as the customers deserve better than what they are getting. I can sleep at night with nothing on my conscience, can they say the same? How much longer are they going to be allowed to treat people with such disrespect? They do not deserve loyal associates or customers. Wendy Whitehouse Berlin

Walmart mamagers should read Sam’s book To the editor: First thing I want to do is thank Ted Miller for his opinion in the “Daily Sun”. It was said in a way that I could not put down on paper, thank you very much. I feel like the managers who are supposedly managing Walmart don’t have a clue as to what they are

doing, they are not proud of what they do on a day to day basis like Sam did but are doing it out of greed and bigger bonuses. When Walmart came to Gorham and Terry Bunch was the manager he made his associates proud of their accomplishments and their see WALMART page 5

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By David Brooks The New York Times

Going Home Again

Rod Dreher grew up in St. Francisville, La., a town of about 1,700 people 30 minutes northwest of Baton Rouge. He left for college and then lived in Washington, New York, Miami, Dallas and Philadelphia, working as a writer for various magazines, a newspaper and a foundation. His younger sister, Ruthie, went to L.S.U., returned to St. Francisville as a middleschool teacher and married an Iraq war veteran who worked as a fireman. On Feb. 22, 2010, Ruthie, who was 40 then, was diagnosed with a virulent form of cancer. She told her brother that she was afraid that her three young girls would be angry with God for taking her from them: “We can’t have anger,” she told him. “Make sure nobody is angry at the doctors, either. They couldn’t have caught it earlier.” The entire town rallied around her. There were cookouts to raise money for her medical care. Ruthie met a woman named Stephanie when they were both getting chemotherapy. Stephanie continued to accompany Ruthie to the hospital even after her own round of treatments was finished. April 10, 2010, was officially Ruthie Leming Day in St. Francisville. More than half the town went to a fund-raising concert. Somebody took a camper-trailer to the concert so Ruthie would have a place to rest and take oxygen. Dreher, one of the country’s most interesting bloggers, captured Ruthie’s illness in real time. “It’s so beautiful to see it’s almost painful,” he wrote the night of the concert, “and so unreal in its generosity that you think it must have been a movie.” As Ruthie’s illness worsened, Dreher’s grief would be mixed with something else. “The outpouring — an eruption, really — of goodness and charity from the people of our town has been quite simply stunning,” he blogged. “The acts of aid and comfort have been ceaseless, often reducing our parents to tears of shock and awe.” She died on Sept. 15 this year. More than 1,000 people signed the guest book at the funeral, Dreher reported. Mike, her husband who had wrenched his back trying to perform C.P.R. on her, stood for hours by the open coffin as people filed past. Since Ruthie liked to go barefoot, the pallbearers took off their shoes, rolled up their pants and carried the coffin to the grave in bare feet. During the wake, Dreher and his wife received an e-mail informing them that the deal for a farmhouse they had hoped to rent

in Bucks County, Pa., had fallen through. They were surprised as waves of relief swept over them. Then a thought occurred. Maybe they should leave the Philadelphia area and move back to Louisiana. “Standing in Ruthie’s kitchen the day after she died, laughing with all of Mike’s friends who had surrounded him to hold him up (‘We’re leaning, but we’re leaning on each other,’ Mike later said), I thought, ‘Even with all the sadness, there’s no place else in the world I’d rather be.’ ” They considered the practicalities. They wondered if they were experiencing a passing emotion from a traumatic event. To their great astonishment, they decided to make the move. They wanted to be enmeshed in a tight community. They wanted to be around Ruthie’s daughters, and they wanted their kids to be able to go deer hunting with Mike. They wanted to be where the family had been for five generations and participate in the rituals ranging from Mardi Gras to L.S.U. football. They decided to accept the limitations of small-town life in exchange for the privilege of being a part of a community. They moved in just before Christmas. For the past many years, Ruthie and her mother had a tradition of going to a nearby cemetery on Christmas Eve to put candles on all the graves. This year, with Ruthie in that cemetery, her mother was too sad to do it. But, as she was driving by the cemetery that night, she noticed little flames dotting the graveyard. She called Dreher, sobbing. “You’ve got to find out who did this for us. ... Whoever it is, they will never know what this meant to me. They will never, ever know.” It turns out that it was a neighbor named Susan Harvey Wymore, who had learned that Ruthie’s mother would be unable to light the cemetery and did it for her. Dreher is a writer for The American Conservative and is part of a communitarian conservative tradition that goes back to thinkers like Russell Kirk and Robert Nisbet. Forty years ago, Kirk led one of the two great poles of conservatism. It existed in creative tension with the other great pole, Milton Friedman’s free-market philosophy. In recent decades, the communitarian conservatism has become less popular while the market conservatism dominates. But that doesn’t make Kirk’s insights into small towns, traditions and community any less true, as Rod Dreher so powerfully rediscovered.

By Nicholas D. Kristof The New York Times

Angelina, George, Ben and Mia HERE’S a paradox: We’re finding authentic leadership these days not from our nominal leaders in Washington but from unelected (and mostly unelectable) figures whom we like to deride as self-indulgent narcissists. Congress is so paralyzed and immature, even sleazy, that we reporters sometimes leave a

politician’s press conference feeling the urgent need to shower. But look at university and high school students. Sure, plenty still live for a party, but a growing number have no time for beer because they’re so busy tutoring prisoners, battling sex trafficking or building wells in see MIA page 5

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Africa. Even more startling, we can now turn to moral leadership from — brace yourself — Hollywood’s “most beautiful people.” I know, I know. What we expect from celebrities is mostly scandalous sex lives and crackpot behavior, and some do oblige. But increasingly as our “leaders” debase the national conversation, sex symbols elevate it. Take Angelina Jolie, who is making her debut as a director and writer with the aching new movie “In the Land of Blood and Honey.” It’s a Bosnian love story set against genocide, and it illuminates the human capacity to both love and kill. Let me acknowledge that I regularly embarrass my kids with my ignorance of popular culture. The first time I met Jolie, four years ago, I was brought over to a couch where three women were seated — and realized, to my horror, that I had no idea which one she was. She rescued me by introducing herself. (Maybe I should warn of a conflict here. Jolie submitted a blurb for a book that my wife and I wrote about empowering women. Better yet, she held our book, the cover perfectly upright for the cameras, as a shield when paparazzi were hounding her.) Jolie’s new movie doesn’t pander to anyone. For starters, she isn’t in it. The cast is made up of unknowns from the Balkans, speaking foreign languages with subtitles. When Jolie wrote the screenplay and proposed filming it, she said, everyone thought she was nuts. The movie portrays the romance between a Bosnian Serbian man and a Bosnian Muslim woman. When the Bosnian war begins, he becomes an officer in a genocidal army and she becomes a survivor in one of the army’s rape camps. The couple reunites, but she is his prisoner as well as his lover. The army officer reminds me of war criminals I’ve interviewed: a good and decent guy when he’s not committing crimes against humanity. “How do people get to the point,” Jolie asks, “when they’re murdering the grandmother next door. How does that happen? If we can start to understand it, then maybe we can figure out how to address the signs

earlier.” Jolie also wants viewers to meditate on humanitarian intervention and what can be done to prevent mass atrocities. “I hoped people would watch the film and think, ‘Why didn’t we stop it?’ ” she said. I started off rather scornful of celebrities dabbling in humanitarian causes. When Mia Farrow inquired about going to Darfur with me, I archly declined on the presumption that she couldn’t hack it. Then she traveled to the region on her own, and I began to run into her anyway. Once Farrow consulted me about her plan to buy a donkey and hike off by herself across a desert occupied by murderous militias. She planned to travel without even a tent, just a rope to encircle her as she slept in the sand on the theory that snakes and scorpions would turn aside at the rope. Farrow has since become a friend, but I’m now afraid to travel with her. I might not be able to hack it. Likewise, the war in Congo is the most lethal since World War II, but it hasn’t been much covered by many news organizations. One person who has visited repeatedly is Ben Affleck. He has made himself an expert on Congo, and he plans to return this month. Or think of Sean Penn and Olivia Wilde, who have shown a more sustained commitment to Haiti than most news organizations. Look, as a journalist, I’m proud of my profession. Yet it’s also clear that commercial pressures are driving some news organizations, television in particular, to drop the ball. Instead of covering Congo, it’s cheaper and easier to put a Democrat and a Republican in a studio and have them yell at each other. Frankly, it’s just humiliating when news organizations cover George Clooney (my travel buddy on one Darfur trip) more attentively when he breaks up with a girlfriend than when he travels to Sudan and uses satellite photos to catch the Sudanese government committing mass atrocities. So here’s my hope for the new year. That our “leaders” in Washington will pause in their supercilious narcissism and show a hint of the seriousness and moral purpose of, yes, celebrities

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greet customers and smile and allotted the time needed to wait on them in a respectful manner the way that Terry wanted everyone to do and not fear any retaliation from anyone. We are made in the good old USA and we should be proud of it, all Walmart managers should first of all read Sam’s book and believe in their hearts what it says, before even being considered as someone that is worthy to work for Walmart. Maggie Young Berlin

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enthusiasm to build a super store. He was proud to live in our community and made generous contributions and time, he obviously read Sam’s book from cover to cover, I don’t believe that is part of future training program for Walmart anymore, because the word ethics or compassion doesn’t even exist in their world. It sure does not describe most of the people in the North Country, we need to be proud people again, to

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Big projects top the news in 2011

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BY MELISSA GRIMA THE BERLIN DAILY SUN

The economy. It was the biggest story in the Androscoggin Valley in 2011 and with good reason. Many positive developments came to fruition last year spelling good things for the denizens of the region who in recent years has seen their fair share of economic hardship. With the serious amounts of economic development going on this year, it should come as no surprise that business news makes up for four of the year’s top five stories. From large projects to natural disaster the biggest news of the year was made by big players. Gorham Mill reopens under Patriarch Partners After the mill closure last year saw hundreds put out of work, this June many were put back to work thanks to Lynn Tilton and Patriarch Partners. Tilton’s vision to utilize partnerships to revitalize American manufacturing directly benefited the Berlin-Gorham area when the mill in Gorham’s Cascades reopened as Gorham Pulp and Paper. Tilton positioned this mill and its three paper machines to work conjunctively with a sister mill – Old Town Fuel and Fiber of Maine. The mill reopened to much fanfare in June but that wasn’t the end of the story. The mill continued to make news as Tilton, along with the workers at the mill, local players and politicians and other stakeholders moved quickly to make good on the promises of getting the facility up and running at full speed. A $4.8 million project was put together that called for the Androscoggin Valley Regional Refuse Disposal District to cover the cost of bringing both natural and landfill gas to the mill with an assortment of public funding and loans. When Patriarch Partners purchased the Gorham mill this spring, the company decided

to fund the gas line into the mill itself in order to get the project completed as soon as possible. The solid waste district is still going ahead with building a gas line to transport methane gas from the Mount Carberry landfill to the mill. In November converted boiler from oil to natural gas as part of the multistep process. The switch was a move toward keeping manufacturing at the mill sustainable, and in the upcoming year, the mill expects to be able to save even more money by making use of the pipeline that will bring methane from the Mount Carberry landfill. By December, the promised new tissue machine had been purchased and the company announced plans to have it up and running by September 2012. Berlin Station BioPower After many ownership, investment and permitting hurdles, The Burgess BioPower Plant began construction in late 2011. The wood burning power plant project promises 40 new jobs at the plant, 200 jobs in timber harvesting and trucking, and up to 400 jobs during the construction phase. Action has been brisk at the site since construction began with a ground breaking in October on the $275 million project. The site development moved forward in fits and starts all year and had been announced dead in late July when a lawsuit by smaller wood burning plants objecting to the purchase power agreements with PSNH threatened to derail the development. A settlement was soon reached and Cate Street Capital of Portsmouth moved forward as the main investor on the project after buying the plan from Laidlaw. FCI Berlin gets funded by Congress A $40 million economic boost is

projected with the passage of funding for the vacant prison north of the city. After sitting mothballed for more than a year after construction was completed, the new federal prison in Berlin was finally funded by Congress in November. The funding will allow for staff to be hired and the prison to begin functioning as it was intended. The fight for funding was contentious at times through the year, with budget battles in Washington leading to criticism of Senator Kelly Ayotte by Mayor Paul Grenier, after she voted against the funding bill citing issues with the additional spending measures it also contained. Despite the funding not being in place for much of the year, the locals were encouraged to remain optimistic and the Talent Team continued to make strides in readying those interested in finding employment in the hard to navigate federal system. According to projections, the prison will create 300 jobs, with only 30 percent of its workforce expecting to transfer from within the system. Tropical Storm Irene In late August Tropical Storm Irene swept through the North Country causing damage that is still being repaired. Smaller streams and rivers bore the brunt of its force as inches of rain fell. The Moose Brook and Peabody River in Gorham saw their banks both overflowed and seriously eroded from the flood waters. Pinkham Notch, low lying areas in Randolph and Shelburne and south of the notches also saw significant damage. Roadways were washed out completely in some areas and FEMA was brought it to help fund municipal repairs. Work is currently underway in Gorham to repair the area hardest hit, White Birch Lane off of Glen Road. White Birch Lane lost a substantial portion of the road when the Peabody jumped its bank and carved a new route. Riverbank stabilization projects are under construction with funding provided by FEMA. Also receiving damage from the Peabody River were the riverbank along Libby Field, and

the Androscoggin Valley Country Club. Uncertainty at Isaacson Steel With so much positive economic news this year it was a blow to the area to hear that one of its cornerstone employers was facing hardship. Isaacson Steel filed Chapter 11 in June, and has since been courting new buyers. With orders still pending for projects under construction, Isaacson continues to operate and make headlines as their story develops. In December long-time Isaacson Chief Financial Officer Steve Griffin resigned without comment and Isaacson President Arnie Hanson said that two companies were looking at purchasing the warehouse and fabrication portions of the business. Hanson said both companies are looking to keep the business, one of the region’s largest employers, in Berlin. Those were the biggies, the headlines that had people talking in 2011. Other stories of note included the construction of the wind farm in the unincorporated places. That project streamed through our Main Street and filled local lodging establishments with workers. It was completed last month and the windmills are actively generating electricity. This past year saw Berlin become a stage for Republican presidential primary candidates. A steady stream of presidential hopefuls came through the city throughout the year, with campaign appearances ramping up in the last few months as the primary approaches in January. The city and state are moving forward with plans to redistrict the representative government according to census standards. At the state level the county will likely lose one of its representatives in the upcoming year, but at the city level things were more complicated. Berlin residents will be asked to eliminate their Ward system and elect its city representation at large in the coming year. Education wasn’t overlooked in 2011. Through grant funding a see PROJECTS page 15

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Rebecca B. Gerath

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LITTLETON/GORHAM -Rebecca B. (Willey) Gerath of Dodge Hill Road, Littleton, and formerly of Memory Lane in Gorham died Thursday, December 29, 2011 at Weeks Medical Center in Lancaster, NH, following a short illness. She was 72. Born on December 5, 1939 in Littleton, NH, she was the daughter of Arthur W. and Blanche (Page) Willey. Rebecca was a 1957 graduate of Littleton High School and a 1959 graduate of Concord Commercial College in Concord, NH, with a degree in executive secretarial studies. She married Jeffrey C. Gerath and they made their home in Gorham, NH, where they raised their family. In addition to being a homemaker, she was the manager at the Community Center in Gorham until its closing. Then she worked for a short period of time as a medical records clerk at Coos Family Health Center in Berlin. She was a 37 year member of the American Legion Ladies Auxiliary, Unit 82 where she served as President, Treasurer, and Chaplain. She also held offices at the district and state levels through the years. Her pastimes included crocheting, playing cribbage- especially with her cribbage partner Shirley Leeman, and watching sports on TV such as the Army-Navy Game, Kentucky Derby, Winter Olympics, and the Little League World Series. She was an avid Boston Red Sox Fan and enjoyed travelling around the area to “see what she could see”. She is pre-deceased by her husband Jeffrey Gerath (1987) and a nephew Charles Ryan. She leaves a daughter, Jennifer

Gerath and her fiancé Fred Corrigan of Gorham, and a son, Seth Gerath and his wife Debbie of Nashua, NH; grandchildren, Megan Gerath of Houlton, Maine, Jeffrey and Christopher Gerath of Gorham, NH, Will Thomson and Gavin McCormack both of Nashua, NH; a brother, Bruce Willey and his wife Cheerie of Pensacola, Fla.; a sister with whom she had resided for the past couple of years, Margaret Ryan and her husband Charles of Littleton, NH; nieces and nephews, Barbara Chilcutt (Kevin) of DeFuniak Springs, Fla., Craig Willey (Marina) of Germany, Kenneth Willey (Nicole) of Jacksonville, Fla., Cheryl Tuller (Dustin) of Allentown, Fla, Lowell Bragg (Felicia) of Birmingham, Alabama, and Timothy Bragg (Natalie) of Pensacola, Fla., David Ryan (Martha) of Waukesha, Wisconsin, Mary Murray (Noel) of Lisbon, NH, and Robert Ryan (Sarah) of Hampton, Virginia; many extended family including cousins, great-nieces and great-nephews. A Celebration of Rebecca’s Life Service will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday, January 7, 2012 at FleuryPatry Funeral Home, 33 Exchange St, Gorham, NH. There will be an open house at Margaret Ryan’s home in Littleton following the service. Calling hours will be held from 2-4 p.m. and 6-8 p.m. Friday, January 6, at the funeral home. Memorial donations may be made to either the March of Dimes NH Chapter, 10 Ferry Street, Suite 419, Concord, NH, 03301 or to the American Lung Association, 20 Warren St, Manchester, NH. Online guestbook at www.fleurypatry.com.

GORHAM, NH -- Patricia A. (Wade) Gullikson, 44, of 25 Main St., Gorham, NH, passed away on Thursday December 29, 2011 at her home. She was born in Norwood, Mass., on October 18, 1967, the daughter of James W. and Roberta B. (Dale) Wade and was educated in Maine schools. Patricia has resided in Gorham for several years. She loved animals, singing and karaoke and enjoyed the outdoors. Members of the family include her son, Ronald Wade of Portland, Me.; her parents James and Fran Wade of West

Tremont, Me., and Roberta Fronczek of Las Vegas, Nevada; a sister, Pamela June Douglass of Bridgton, Me.; a brother, James W. Wade, Jr., of Las Vegas, Nevada; her paternal grandmother June Wade of Middleton, NH, a niece Mekia Wade of Gorham, NH; aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews and cousins. Services will be held in Maine at a later date. The Bryant Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements. To sign the online guestbook, please visit www.bryantfuneralhome.net

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Lasagna dinner fund-raiser to be held Saturday, January 21, at AVH BERLIN -- A lasagna dinner fundraiser sponsored by the AVH Relay For Life Team will be held Saturday, January 21, from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. in the AVH cafeteria The sit-down meal served by AVH staff will include salad, lasagna, garlic bread, coffee/tea/punch and dessert.

The cost is adults, $9; children 12 and under, $5 Take out will be available. There will also be a 50/50 raffle. Proceeds will benefit the American Cancer Society. For more information, please call Linda Laperle, event chairperson, at 326-5608.

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Leopold Charest

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BERLIN, NH -- Mr. Leopold A. Charest, 83, of Cole St., Berlin, NH, passed away on Thursday December 29, 2011 at the Androscoggin Valley Hospital in Berlin. He was born in Berlin on April 13, 1928, the son of Arthur and Adele (Arsenault) Charest and was a lifelong resident. Mr. Charest had been employed by the NH Technical College, from which he retired. Members of the family include his daughter, Helene Piper and husband Michael of Berlin; his son, Paul Charest and wife Dolores of Berlin; his grandsons, Christopher, Ryan and Kendal; siblings, Donald Charest of Manchester, Claire Perreault of Flor-

ida and Lucille Doherty of Delaware; his former wife, Constance Charest of Berlin; nieces, nephews and cousins. He was predeceased by a son, Robert Charest, and siblings, Armand, Laurier “Pete”, Alda, Gertrude, Pauline and Dorothy. Funeral services will be held at the Bryant Funeral Home, 180 Hillside Ave., Berlin on Thursday, January 5, 2012 at 11 a.m. Relatives and friends may call at the funeral home on Thursday morning from 9 to 11 a.m., prior to the service. Interment will be in the Holy Family Cemetery in Gorham. To sign the online guestbook, please visit www.bryantfuneralhom

Gathering to be held in memory of Kenneth E. Wyche GORHAM -- A Mmmorial gathering for Kenneth E. Wyche will be held on

January 8th, 2012 at Saladino’s Restaurant in Gorham from 1 to 3 p.m.

Executive Council Report by Ray Burton As this year of 2011 comes to a close, I reflect on the some of the events and projects that I have been a part of. On December 27, 2010 I announced my public opposition to the proposed Northern Pass High power electric line being built across NH. My opposition continues as the roots of opposition grow even deeper to this massive project that does little if anything for NH other than to devalue the land it may be built over. The NH Intern program which I started in 1977, my first term, continues to be a valuable experience. Ben O’Leary, Plymouth State UH University Senior, is the 140th ntern to earn academic credit at my State House desk. The NH Operation Life Saver Committee is another one of those small committee level groups that meets several times per year to address safety concerns where highways and rail come into contact with each other. Thanks to the NH Highway Safety Agency and private rail company donations this committee addresses and promotes education, engineering and enforcement where rail and highways meet. The fatality rate in NH is zero because of this program. The commissioners and directors of NH State Government are part of my service to this large northern district of 98 towns and four cities across five of NH’s ten counties consisting of 263,000 people. I could not respond to the dozens of weekly requests for information, relief and assistance without their help. I thank them all! I must pay due commendation to the local and area Chambers of Commerce who continue to provide a forum for local small businesses to have a voice through their chambers. This is important especially when proposals in state government and the federal government may have a severe impact back at the local level and affect businesses

checkbooks! I was pleased to promote and vote for several District One folks to various state boards and commissions. A brief list includes; Joe Mollica, Sunapee; Carla Hornem Meredith; Georgia Murray, Conway; Wesley Colby, Laconia; Mike Adamkowski, Stewartstown; Phil Bonifide, Sanbornton; Guy Santagate, Claremont; Allan Clark, Sugar Hill; John McGonagle, Gilford; George Esptien, Madison; Bryan Gould, Woodsville and Warren Leary, Alton. If anyone is interested in serving please check http://www.sos.nh.gov/redbook/ index.htm to find out what is open and coming up or give me a call at 747-3662 or 271-3632. Some sad moments---the closing of six-state welcome/rest areas, closing of Camp Etaone, in Stewartstown, the loss of state funds to hospitals, and the passing of some New Hampshire greatsGovernor Walter Peterson, Phil Cross of Littleton, Parker Hicks of Colebrook, Paul Lamott of Haverhill, and Gretchen Taylor of Meriden, NH. And, some happy and great moments- Wally Berry Day in Lisbon, visiting 13 Maple Sugar Houses on NH Maple Weekend, accompanying singer Katie Rose at the Lancaster Methodist Church, plowing snow in I-93 Franconia Notch with NH DOT driver Mark Lavoie, honoring Esther Peters on her 95th Birthday in Laconia, voting for the first Brigadier General Star in Northern NH for Peter Corey of Whitefield, the annual snowmobile tour with George Bald, Chris Gamache and Gail Hanson of the NH Snowmobile Association, dedicating the new wood power plant at the Glencliff Home. These and many other high moments make it all worthwhile to continue to serve as one of your elected public servants both as a County Commissioner and Executive Councilor. The people of District One are whom I care for; speak up for, and in the end serve. And it is an honor to serve!

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Believe in Books delivers $3,000 worth of gifts to children in Head Start programs INTERVALE — The Believe in Books Literacy Foundation (BIBLF) delivered over $3,000 worth of holiday gifts to the children who participate in the North Country Head Start programs. “This is the third year in a row that we’ve been able to visit with these children during the holiday season,” stated Gina Colaluca, BIBLF Outreach Director. During the past two weeks, BIBLF was able to visit Head Start Programs in Carroll, Coos and Grafton Counties of NH and Oxford County in Maine distributing fleece scarves and brand-new books to over 250 children.

“Gina and I feel so privileged and lucky to travel throughout the North Country during this hectic season to reach this special group of kids,” quoted A.O. Lucy, executive director. The Believe in Books Literacy Foundation, known best for their Polar Express fundraising event, is a North Country charitable nonprofit 501 (c) (3) organization guided by its Board of Directors, and supported by hundreds of dedicated volunteers and contributors from the communities they serve. As a result of 16 years of fundraising efforts, the Literacy Foundation has given over a million

dollars through literacy programs, scholarship, grants and book distributions in Northern New Hampshire and Western Maine. Much needed sponsorships and donations allow the BIBLF to continue to fund literacy programs throughout the area and expose, encourage and excite children and their families with the joys of reading. For more information on the Literacy Foundation’s programs, theater events, membership, fundraising events and sponsorship opportunities please contact the BIBLF offices at 603-356-9980 or visit www.believeinbooks.org.

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DAILY CROSSWORD TRIBUNE MEDIA SERVICES

by Lynn Johnston by Scott Adams

DILBERT

By Holiday Mathis SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). You’ll likely find that you don’t have the time to indulge in media because real life will be more fascinating to you than any fictional entertainment out there. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21). In one moment you think that a problem can’t be solved. In the next moment you realize that it’s the sort of thing that gets solved every day. You’re very close to the answer. Keep digging. Ask everyone around. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19). You do things differently from the way your parents did, and they did things differently from the way their parents did. Today you’ll note these differences with a sense of pride. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). The things you can’t see or own or control are far more valuable than the material things that can occupy so much of your attention and time. You know this and will prioritize accordingly. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). Handling what is going on now will be a bit of a challenge -- not because it’s a difficult circumstance, but because it’s so easy that you may mentally drift to another place in time while you work. TODAY’S BIRTHDAY (Jan. 3). You’ll sense which options will be the most prosperous and choose accordingly. Your practical approach to love will bond you firmly as a cohesive team. While you may appear to aim for materialistic goals, what’s accomplished will go beyond the tangible into the sublime. Joint ventures excel in March and April. Libra and Pisces people adore you. Your lucky numbers are: 30, 25, 4, 10 and 19.

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ARIES (March 21-April 19). When was the last time you had endless stretches of hours and nothing to do to fill them? It’s been a long while. Rearrange things to give yourself more of that most opulent of luxuries: time. TAURUS (April 20-May 20). You’ll spend much of your day in maintenance mode. This sends a signal to the universe that you’re happy with what you have, and you’ll soon wind up with even more of it. GEMINI (May 21-June 21). A kind gesture you made long ago will be reciprocated. The warm feelings have been simmering this whole time, though it wasn’t clear to the other person until now exactly how to give back. CANCER (June 22-July 22). You don’t feel responsible for all the ills of the world, but you still want to make it better. What you do to help others will bring immediate comfort. It will give you hope to see the signs that healing is taking place. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). Someone who is very persistent may finally get your attention. There is a lesson for you in this, and you will be inspired to embody the spirit of persistence regarding another area of your life. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). The one you adore needs you, too. There’s great alchemy at work in this relationship. What you have together is greater than the sum of its parts. A magical element rises from the mix. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). Get organized. You have all the hard resources necessary to make a project work. All you need now is to line them up and point them in the same direction.

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Tuesday, January 3 AVH Diabetes Education Meeting: 6:30 p.m., AVH lecture room. Howard S. Mudd, III, CRNA, Nurse Anesthetist, North Woods Anesthesia Services, PA, AVH Surgical Associates, will speak on “Living with Diabetes: A Personal View” All are welcome to attend this free offering. Refreshments will be served. FMI, call 326-5631. Milan School Board Meeting: 6:30 p.m., Milan Village School Library.

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Thursday, January 5 Free Blood Pressure Clinic: Walmart, from 1-3 p.m. All welcome. Sponsored by the nursing services from city of Berlin Health Department.

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Monday, January 16 Ladies of St. Anne: Card party, 1 p.m. St. Anne's lower hall, School St., Berlin. Saturday, January 21 Lasagna Dinner Fundraiser: at AVH Cafeteria. Sponsored by the AVH Relay For Life Team, 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. Sit-down meal served by AVH staff includes Salad, Lasagna, Garlic Bread, Coffee/Tea/ Punch and Dessert. Adults: $9; Children 12 and under: $5. Take out available, 50/50 raffle. Proceeds to benefit the American Cancer Society. FMI call Linda Laperle, event chairperson, at 326-5608.

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by Abigail Van Buren

FATE OF FROZEN EMBRYOS PUTS COUPLE AT CROSSROADS

DEAR ABBY: My husband and I have been married 11 years. We went through eight years of fertility treatments before having our twins. When they were a year old, we discovered I was pregnant with our third child. The twins are now 2 1/2 and the baby is almost a year old. For the first time in our marriage, my husband and I are at an impasse. We have two embryos left and need to decide what to do. We either use them or destroy them. I think we need to give the embryos the chance they were meant to have. However, my husband is concerned only with the financial side of it as we have been living on one salary and things are tight. My heart aches over this. Do I do what I believe is right and stand by my religious and moral beliefs, and take the chance my husband will resent me for the rest of our marriage? I’m afraid I’ll resent him if I have to destroy them. I’d appreciate some words of wisdom. -- DEADLOCKED IN NEW JERSEY DEAR DEADLOCKED: This isn’t an either/or question. I discussed it with Diane Goodman, the past president of the Academy of California Family Formation Lawyers, who suggests a third option. Your embryos could be donated for embryo adoption by a couple who have been unable to conceive, and who would love to raise them. For more information, you should contact an attorney who specializes in family formation, or contact the Snowflakes Frozen Embryo Adoption and Donation Program. Its phone number is 714-693-5437 and its website is www.nightlight.org. DEAR ABBY: I am 29 and met my birth mother last month for the first time. She abandoned two other children besides me. “Angie” is an alcoholic and has cirrhosis of the liver. When I met her she was in rehab and had been sober for two weeks. The day after she was released she was rearrested for driving with a revoked license. The following day she was arrested for DUI.

It’s obvious that my birth mother has a major addiction, and my heart breaks for her because she has no support system. Should I reach out and help her or continue on with my life? My friends and family are afraid I’ll get hurt, but it’s hard to sit back and do nothing. Any words of wisdom will help. -- CONFUSED AND TORN IN ST. LOUIS DEAR CONFUSED AND TORN: Before involving yourself any further with Angie, take some time to visit Al-Anon (listed in your phone directory) and Adult Children of Alcoholics (adultchildren.org). That you want to help her is laudable, but it’s important that you fully understand what you’re letting yourself in for if you do. Much as you might wish to, you cannot “fix” other people -- only they can do that. The Serenity Prayer from AA says it clearly: “God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference.” It applies to you. DEAR ABBY: My ex-wife, from whom I was divorced for many years, died recently. Our middle-aged daughter, who grew up in her mother’s care, was unhappy that I chose not to attend the funeral. (Actually, I never considered going.) Not only would plane fare have been a financial burden, my ex and I hadn’t communicated with each other for more than 30 years. She remarried and I didn’t. Was I wrong for not being there? I don’t understand our daughter’s feelings in the matter. -- MEANT NO DISRESPECT, MESA, ARIZ. DEAR MEANT NO DISRESPECT: Funerals aren’t for the deceased as much as they are for the living. Because you didn’t mention whether you had maintained contact with your daughter since your divorce from her mother, I can only guess that she felt she needed your emotional support during that sad time, and that would explain her reaction to your absence.

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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Berlin rolls past Colebrook to capture Groveton Tournament, 80-46 Red Hot Drouin drops in 31 points on eight three pointers!

BY JEAN LEBLANC THE BERLIN DAILY SUN

GROVETON--Senior Jake Drouin scored a game high 31 points, helping the Berlin boys’ basketball team to a lopsided 80-46 victory over the Colebrook Mohawks, winning the Groveton Holiday Tournament Thursday evening. The Mohawks did their best to stay with the Mounties trailing 21-16 after one quarter of play. Berlin’s Drouin (2-3’s) and senior Curtis Arsenault had seven points each and team mate Sam Aldrich had four points. Colebrook’s Justin Siewierski and Dylan Leach had five points each. The Mounties clad in their home white colors, went on a 25-5 run in the second quarter to lead 46-21 at the half. Drouin had the Berlin fans roaring, scoring sixteen points and hitting on four hoops from behind the arc. “The story of the night was Jake Drouin on fire,” said a delighted Don Picard. “He does a great job getting his feet set and squared to the basket. Watching a player get hot like that and seeing his teammates recognize it and do their part to get him the ball was exciting to watch. It was a great

night for Jake and a great night for BHS basketball.” In the third quarter, the theme did not change for Colebrook. By the end of the third quarter, Berlin was in complete control leading 68-29. Drouin six points (2-3’s), Arsenault and Brad Frenette five points each, made the offensive contributions in the third quarter for Berlin. Colebrook out pointed Berlin 17-12 in the final quarter, to finish off the contest. Mohawk Bryan Griffin scored most of his points in the last session to lead the Colebrook offense. “Including this year, we have only won the tournament 4 times in the last 15 years,” said Picard. “Groveton puts on a great holiday tournament and it feels good to win that tournament. Dimitri Giannos continued his solid play at the point guard position with 8 assists. Dimitri has great floor vision and does a great job drawing the defense to set up easy shot opportunities for his teammates.” Colebrook shot 17-48 from the floor, netting 5-14 from behind the arc. The Mohawks were 7-10 from the foul line. Griffin 18 points and Leach 11 markers were the top point getters. Berlin

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was a sharp 31-52 from the floor. 18 of those attempts were from behind the arc, where Berlin sizzled hitting eleven times. Drouin’s 31 and Arsenault’s 16 were the hottest hands for the Mountaineers. Berlin will prepare for its toughest test of the 2011-12 season. On Tuesday, Berlin travels to Campbell High school to take on the undefeated Cougars at 6:30 pm.

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EPPING- Derryfield’s Bethaney Kalliel netted 21 points helping the undefeated Cougars to a convincing 46-16 victory over Gorham in the Epping High School holiday tournament Thursday. The Huskies played solid defense against the talented Cougars. Unfortunately, Gorham did not generate scoring offense, netting just four field goals during the game and shooting 8-20 from the foul line. Brook Nadeau and Jessica Stewart had four points

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each against Derryfield. The Cougars outscored Gorham in every quarter; 11-4, 12-4, 10-6, 13-2. Kalliel was the whole story for the Lady Cougars. Derryfield had 19 field goals from the floor and shot 8-18 from the foul line. Three other Cougars scored six points each. The Gorham girls will have over a week to prepare for the second half of their regular season. The Lady Huskies are currently 2-4 and host Groveton on Friday January 6th. GHS 04 04 06 02 16 see HUSKIES page 14

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Colebrook Mohawks hold off Berlin girls, 62-52 BY JEAN LEBLANC THE BERLIN DAILY SUN

GROVETON--Josee Brunault scored 23 points, helping the Colebrook Mohawks to a 62-52 victory over the Berlin girls’ basketball team in the consolation game of the 2011 Holiday Hoop Classic in Groveton Thursday. Both teams came out swinging in the opening quarter which saw plenty of offense. Two late hoops by Colebrook put the Mohawks on top 19-16. Mountie Megan Hood had seven markers for Berlin. Brunault had four hoops for the Mohawks. “We came out playing hard in the first but allowed two easy baskets at the end which gave them the small edge going into the second,” said Berlin coach Pete Peare. “The girls never got over the two easy baskets we let

HUSKIES from page 13

DHS 11 12 10 13 46 Huskies (16)- Cyr, Holmes 0-1-1, Bisson 1-1-3, Gorham 1-0-2, Stewart 0-4-4, Currier 1-0-2, Carlisle, Nadeau 1-2-4. Cougars (46)- Correau 3-0-6, Mullikan 1-1-3, Kalliel 8-5-21, Potter 2-2-6, Campbell-Diehl, Zinn 3-0-6, Menakaya 1-0-2, Trinh 1-0-2. ATTACK from page one

Although police are investigating the assault, Quinn said it seems to be a case of many witnesses, “but nobody saw anything.” Mulligan has sole care over his five children ranging in age from 7 to 14 years old, Quinn said, and explaining the situation to them has been difficult. “It’s tough,” he said, noting that an uncle – Mulligan’s brother -- in Berlin is currently caring for the children while their father is hospitalized.

up to end the first and Colebrook took advantage. We went 1-14 from the field in the second.” Colebrook had a 15-6 scoring edge in the second quarter to take a 34-22 lead into the locker room. Kailin Belanger had six points for Colebrook. Senior Erin Holt had the only bucket for Berlin, coming from behind the three point arc. The Mohawks pushed their lead to 49-34, utilizing a late third quarter run. Erica Cass scored eight points for Colebrook. The Mounties got five points from Holt and four from Hood. Berlin played a solid fourth quarter, shooting well from the foul line. Unfortunately, the deficit was too large to overcome and the Mounties lost by a 62-52 score. Monique Demers and Hannah Bunnel had four points each in the Berlin fourth quarter. The Mohawks got six markers from Brunault. “The girls went in to the locker room down 12, but they regrouped and started the half the way we played in the first,” said Peare. Colebrook stole the momentum to end the third the same way they did to end the first. However the girls didn’t let up this

time and finished the game out scoring them 18-13 in the fourth. Colebrook went 7-14 from the line in the fourth so it was hard for the girls to close the gap that way, but they never gave up.” Colebrook had 24 field goals and shot 13-28 from the foul line. Brunault 23, Cass 13, and Belanger 12, led the Mohawk scoring. Berlin connected on 17 shots from the floor and hit 15 of 23 from the charity stripe. Hood 14 and Holt 13 paced the Berlin offense. The Lady Mountaineers will hit a very tough part of their regular season schedule, taking on Campbell, Bow, and White Mountains in their next three contests. BHS 16 06 12 18 52 CHS 19 15 15 13 62 Mounties (52)- Hood 6-2-14, Demers 1-2-4, Couture, Bunnel 1-4-6, Goupil 0-1-1, Holt 4-3-13, O’Neil 2-0-4, Arsenault 1-3-6, Williams 2-0-4. Mohawks (62)- Brunault 10-2-23, Brouseau, Belanger 1-0-2, Hamel 0-1-1, Riendeau 2-0-4, Lawson 2-4-8, N Cross, K Belanger 4-4-12, E Cass 5-2-13.

Some northern New Hampshire snowmobile trails open CONCORD -- The Division of Parks and Recreation, Bureau of Trails announces that some snowmobile trails in Pittsburg opened over the weekend for riding. Thirty miles of trails will open for riding on ungroomed surfaces, in the East Inlet area north of Pittsburg village. Riders can sign up online to have trail conditions reports sent to them via email. The reports will begin as soon as the season officially begins. The reports are updated by the Bureau on Tuesdays and Fridays and are posted at www.nhtrails. org. Riders can also check local club websites for

information on conditions in their designed riding areas. The New Hampshire Division of Parks and Recreation is comprised of the Parks Bureau, Bureau of Historic Sites, Bureau of Trails, and Cannon Mountain. They manage a multitude of properties, including state parks, beaches, campgrounds, historic sites, trails, waysides, and natural areas. The Division of Parks and Recreation is one of four divisions of the Department of Resources and Economic Development. To learn more, visit www. nhstateparks.org or call 603/271-3556.

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BERLIN/GORHAM -- Week 10: Munce’s Superior 1 Nordic Valve 2 (Shootout) Scoring: Nordic- Eugene Leeman @ 5:24 of 2nd Pd assisted by Gary Peters and Brandon Marios, Nordic- Justin Jacques (Shootout), Munce’s Superior- Kyle Laflamme @ 6:21 of 3rd Pd assisted by Al Martin. Saves: Munce’s Marc Theberge 0-4-0-2=6, Nordic Greg O’Neil 6-1-7-3=17. P&L/Pub 1 Lamoureux’s Auto Body 2 (Shootout) Scoring: P&L/Pub Ray Eames @ 1:52 of 2nd Pd (unassisted), Lamoureu’s Randy Fortin @ 3:21 of 3rd Pd assisted by Ryan Poulin, Lamoureu’s Kevin StCyr (Shootout) Saves: P&L/Pub Randy Poulin 2-3-6-2=13, Lamoureux’s Randy Girard 3-5-2-3=13. AutoNorth 1 Isaacson’s Steel 0 Scoring: AutoNorth- Missy Nolin @ 6:37 of 3rd Pd assisted by Brenda Boucher and Kim Allain. Saves: AutoNorth Keenan Carrigan 0-4-4=8, Isaacson’s Melissa Provencher 0-4-1=5. Berlin City 0 Paul’s Auto Body 1 Scoring: Paul’s Auto Body- Stephanie Lilly @ 6:48 of 2nd Pd assisted by Kristen Croteau. Saves: Berlin City- Lori Henry 1-2-2=5, Paul’s AutoLaura Langevin 3-5-5=13. Standings: Men’s Munce’s Superior 9-0-0-1=19 Nordic Valve 5-5-0-0=10 Lamoureux’s Auto Body 3-5-2-0=8 P&L Auto Parts/The Pub 1-6-2-1=5 Standings: Women’s AutoNorth 6-1-2-1=15 Isaacson’s Steel 4-3-3-0=11 Berlin City Auto Dealerships 3-3-3-1=10 Paul’s Auto Body 2-5-2-1=7 Next Week 11 - 8th Jan. 12 5:00 - Nordic vs Lamoureux’s 6:00 - AutoNorth vs Berlin City 7:00 - Isaacson’s vs Paul’s Auto 8:00 - Munce’s vs P&L / Pub

This week in high school sports BERLIN/GORHAM -Tuesday, January 3rd: BHS Boys basketball @ Campbell 7PM BHS Girls Basketball @ Campbell 5:30 PM Wednesday, January 4th: BHS Boys Hockey @ Manchester Central 4 PM Friday, January 6th GHS Girls basketball vs Groveton 5:30 PM GHS Boys basketball vs Groveton 7 PM Saturday, January 7th BHS Girls Hockey vs Oyster River 3PM BHS Girls basketball vs Bow 4 PM BHS Boys basketball @ Bow 4 PM BHS Boys hockey vs Bishop Guertin @ 6PM PROJECTS from page 6

number of community forums were held in each town in the Valley to explore public feelings on educational regionalization. Those who turned out expressed their concerns and fears as well as offering their input on possible models for combining services. That conversation will continue in directed formats in the coming year. To round out the news, with economic improvement on the hyper local level, the Main Street merchants joined forces with the city and other interested parties to explore “Moving Downtown Forward.” Two listening sessions were held with consultant Jay Poulin and those involved offered suggestions as to what they believe the downtown can be, while others identified areas for future study.

BERLIN/GORHAM-- Saturday, December 3rd Kid’s League: Top teams- #1 Taylor Gang 20.5-9.5, #2 2 Tucks for Tucker 19.5-10.5, #3 Wild Hogs 16.513.5, high game- Jordan Parent 137, Parent 250, most over average- EJ Malone +39, most over average series- Aubree Poirier +45. Bumper League: Teams- Alley Gators, The Jets, Alley Cats, Team 6, Blue Dragonz, Tigers, high game- Wyatt Lutz 103, most over averageElizabeth Gilcris +45. Sunday, December 4th Couples League: Top teams#1 Spares 36-16, #2 Taz and Ballbusters both at 29-23, #4 Strykers 28-24, #5 The 4 C’s 27.5-24.5, high score menMitch Couture 205, Jay Williams 191, high series- Couture 564, Mike Chapman 501, high game women- Lisa Williams 224, Louise Tyler 202, high series- Williams 548, Tyler 527, most over average men- Mitch Couture +39, Ricky Wheelock +33, most over average series men- Couture +66, Jay Williams Jr, +53. Monday, December 15th Women’s League: Top teams#1 AWDY 32-20, #2 The 3 L’s 28-24, #3 Strikers 26.5-25.5, high game- Barb Dion 222, Helen Fauteux 214, Chris Lavigne 201, high series- Lisa Williams 553, Louise Tyler 533, Sur Small 499. Tuesday, December 6th Commercial League: Top teams- #1 IGA Foodliner 37-19, #2 Double K Trucking 32.5-23.5, #3 Kelley’s Auto Parts 30-26, #4 Sherwin Williams 29-27, #5 C&C Satellite 28.5-27.5, high game-Bill Mayer 222, Norm Small 213, Jon Daley 210, high series- Mayer 575, Small 569, Barb Anderson 560, most over

average- Mayer +83, Daley +57, most over average series- Mayer +158, Small +80. Wednesday, December 7 Olympians and Friends: Top teams (final Standings)- #1 Pittsburg Penguins 23-13, #2 Bruins 22.513.5, #3 USA 22-14, #4 Power House 21.5-14.5, #5 No Names 19.5-16.5, high game- Tom Sweeny 200, Travis Roy 189, high series- Sweeney 386, Roy 315, most over average- Mike Lessard +59, Sweeney +49, most over average seriesSweeny- +84, Lessard and Ben Gagnon +71. Thursday, December 8th Early Bird League: Top teams- #1 Flamingos 33-19, Doves 29-23, high game- Chris Lavigne 165, Anita Valliere 150, high series- Lavigne 483, Valliere- 427. North Country Men’s League: Top teams round 2Larin Taxidermy and M&D Music both at 15-1, high gameMike Chapman 226, Nick Fournier 211, hig series- Dave Osgood 567, Fournier 560. Friday, December 9th Couples League: Top teams#1 The New Crew 33-19, #2 In The Bar 30-22, #3 CRS 27.524.5, high game men- Gary Pinette and David Moore both at 189, high series- Pinette 522, Bill Dube 490, high game women- Tina Host 202, Ann Marie Choquette 178, high series- Host 548, Choquette 451. Wednesday, December 14th Senior League: Game 1 “No Tap Winners”- Don Springer and Roger Poulin 186, Game 2 “Predict Your Score”- Norm Bouchard (Within 1 pin), Game #3 “Splits, 9’s, X’s”- Chuck Dodge and Anne Marie Choquette, Game 4 “Poker Bowling”- Chuck Dodge (full house, queens over 9’s), Lucky Ticket winnerChuck Dodge.

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