The Berlin Daily Sun, Friday, December 23, 2011 by Daily Sun

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PUC approves power contracts for five small biomass plants BY BARBARA TETREAULT THE BERLIN DAILY SUN

NORTH COUNTRY – The Public Utilities Commission has approved short-term power purchase agreements between five small biomass plants and Public Service of N.H. The agreements will allow the small biomass plants to continue to operate as part of the North Country economy but will add 55 cents to the average PSNH residential customer’s monthly bill according to testimony filed in the case. The power purchase agreements (PPAs) were part of a settlement negotiated between PSNH and the woodfired independent power producers (IPPs). The settlement was negotiated this summer with the help of state and local officials in order to allow construction of the Berlin BioPower biomass plant in Berlin to go forward. The IPPs had appealed the 20-year power purchase agreement between PSNH and Berlin BioPower, the owner of the Berlin project. With the appeal pending,

Cate Street Capital was not able to complete financing for the biomass plant and at one point declared the project dead. Gov. Lynch stepped in to restart negotiations between the parties and successfully pushed for the settlement agreement. In exchange for the parties agreeing to support the contracts for the five IPPs, the biomass plants agreed to withdraw their appeal of the agreement between PSNH and Berlin Station. Construction of the Berlin biomass plant is now underway. “This agreement is good news for our state and our economy. It will not only continue to ensure more of our energy comes from renewable sources, but it will also directly save a number jobs across our state,” Gov. Lynch said. “I applaud and thank everyone involved for working to make this agreement possible.” Testimony presented to the PUC said the IPPs would probably shut down without the new power purchase agreements. The agreements, which are for less than

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The late afternoon sun shone on Norway Street as presidential candidate Mitt Romney walks with St. Paul’s Lutheran Church Pastor Gail Bauzenberger and former Governor John Sununu. (MELISSA GRIMA)

Romney and company visit Norwegian Village BY MELISSA GRIMA

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BERLIN — In between campaign stops in Lancaster and North Conway, Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney walked the streets of the Norwegian Village in Berlin on Thursday afternoon, shaking hands and meeting the people. Romney was joined by former Governor John Sununu, State Senator John Gallus, and Executive Councilor Ray Burton as he introduced himself to citizens along Norway Street and later Main Street. Dressed casually, Romney was at ease conversing with a variety of citizens on a number of topics. He touched briefly on religious topics with Pastor Gail Bauzenberger of St. Paul’s see ROMNEY page 15

State receives more fuel assistance money BY BARBARA TETREAULT THE BERLIN DAILY SUN

Randy Labnon was recognized for his eighteen years of continuous leadership as director of the North Country Community Chorus at the 20th Anniversary Christmas Concert on December 11 at St. Kieran Arts Center. Christian Labnon (l) congratulates and shakes his father’s hand as he proudly “accepts the passing of the baton” to become the new director of the chorus for 2012. The North Country Community Chorus represents over seventy five individuals from throughout the region who gather in fall to prepare for a series of Christmas concerts held at the Arts Center, to share their love of singing as a gift to the community. Membership is open to new members. Watch for upcoming notices or call the Arts Center at 752-1028.

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HONOLULU — Hawaii should be a happy outpost for the Democratic Party. It has a Democratic governor. Democrats overwhelmingly control the Legislature. It has Barack Obama in the White House and all the prestige that brings, most recently an Asia-Pacific economic summit meeting with the president as its host, packing this city’s streets, restaurants and hotels with international leaders. These are hardly happy days for Hawaii Democrats. Governor Neil Abercrombie, is ending his first year under a storm of criticism, referred to himself the other evening as “the most unpopular governor in America.” Obama’s struggles in Washington have cast a bit of a pall here. And the Republican Party suddenly has a shot of picking up a United States Senate seat that has been in Democratic hands for more than 30 years, with the announcement by Linda Lingle, a Republican former governor, that she will seek the seat held by Senator Daniel K. Akaka, the retiring Democrat. A Republican victory here would be a serious embarrassment to Obama and would make it that much more likely that Republicans take back the Senate. “Hawaiians want change, and if the Democrats don’t offer change, Hawaiians are going to vote for the Republican who offers change,” Ed Case, a former member of Congress who is seeking the Democratic nomination, said.

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ROME (NY Times) — Italy’s Senate voted overwhelmingly to give final approval Thursday to a $40 billion austerity and growth package aimed at eliminating Italy’s budget deficit by 2013 and stimulating the economy as part of a broader plan to stabilize the euro. Although it has a parliamentary majority, the month-old technocratic government of Prime Minister Mario Monti called a confi-

dence vote on the measures to avoid having to address scores of modifications proposed by the Northern League, once a pillar of former Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi’s center-right coalition and now the loudest opposition party. The measures — which have grown increasingly unpopular as the reality sets in for Italians — reinstate a property tax on first homes, among other tax increases; raise the retirement age to 66 for men and

62 for women by 2012; and raise the ceiling for cash transactions to $1,300, among other measures to crack down on tax evasion. The government has said that it tried to spread the pain among all segments of society and not just hit what many call “the usual suspects” — taxpaying salaried employees who often take the brunt of tax increases because tax evasion among nonsalaried workers is so high.

U.S. concedes error, but says House G.O.P. leaders agree to Pakistan fired first at border extension of payroll tax cut

WASHINGTON (NY Times) — Mistakes by both American and Pakistani troops led to airstrikes against Pakistani posts on the Afghanistan border that killed 26 Pakistani Army soldiers last month, according to a Pentagon investigation that for the first time acknowledged some American responsibility for the clash, which plunged the already frayed relationship between the United States and Pakistan to a new low. But two crucial findings — that the Pakistanis fired first and that the Americans fired back in self-

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defense after repeatedly warning that Pakistanis they were shooting at allied troops — were likely to further anger Pakistan. In an early-morning statement on Thursday and later at a Pentagon briefing, the Defense Department said three separate American airstrikes over more than an hour around midnight on Nov. 26 were justified because Pakistani soldiers opened fire on a joint team of Afghan and American Special Operations forces operating along the often poorly demarcated frontier between Afghanistan and Pakistan.

WASHINGTON (NY Times) — Bowing under pressure from members of their party to end the politically damaging impasse over a payroll tax holiday, House Republican leaders agreed Thursday to accept a temporary extension of the tax cut, beating a hasty retreat from a showdown that Republicans increasingly saw as a threat to their election opportunities next year. Under a deal reached between House and Senate leaders — which Speaker John A. Boehner was presenting to the rank and file in a conference call — House members would accept the twomonth extension of a payroll tax holiday and unemployment benefits approved by the Senate last Saturday, while the Senate would appoint members of a House-Senate conference committee to negotiate legislation to extend benefits through 2012. House Republicans — who rejected an almost identical deal on Tuesday on the House floor — caved under the political rubble that accumulated over the week.

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Gingrich challenges Romney to meet in face-to-face session BY BETH LAMONTAGNE HALL THE UNION LEADER

MANCHESTER — Newt Gingrich downplayed attacks from his primary race rivals during a town hall meeting on Wednesday, but the former Speaker of the House didn’t hesitate to fire back at Mitt Romney during a press conference about an hour later. When asked if he could “stand the heat” not only from Romney but from Democrats in the general election, Gingrich challenged Romney to meet face to face. “If he wants to test the kitchen, I’ll meet him anywhere in Iowa, one-onone, 90 minutes, no moderator, just a timekeeper,” said Gingrich. “We’ll bring his ads, and he can defend them.” “I don’t think he wants to do anything except hide over here and pretend it’s not his fault he’s flooding the people of Iowa with falsehoods,” Gingrich said, referring to the large number of negative ads Romney’s super PAC, Restore Our Future, has run against Gingrich. He said he can “take the heat plenty well,” Gingrich

added, noting that he did so in the 1990s as speaker. “I think I’ll be just fine with the heat from Barack Obama, because quite frankly it’ll be a fair exchange. He’ll get a fair amount of heat in the process,” Gingrich said. About 100 people came out to the Radisson Hotel on Elm Street to see Gingrich on Wednesday. He told the crowd that when serving as speaker he often turned to “the Reagan playbook,” which included cutting taxes and favoring policies for people who create jobs. But Gingrich soon transitioned into criticizing Romney, without mentioning the former Massachusetts governor specifically. “If (Iowans) see the same ad five times in an hour, they know who raised too much money,” Gingrich said. “We need to focus on the solutions that will get us out of trouble.” Later, when he fielded questions from the audience, a man asked if Gingrich could get his message out despite negative press from the “mainstream media.”

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It’s time to put forgiveness in our hearts To the editor: Too many of us forget the true meaning of Christmas. It’s the night our Savior was born... definition of Savior.. one who saves. Jesus came into this world to give us forgiveness. Where do you think we would all be if he didn’t come into this world. I don’t know about you, but I need forgiveness every day. So, let’s celebrate his birth with family. Usually at this time of the year families get together to celebrate this event, but not so much anymore. There is so much fighting among brothers, sisters, mothers, daugh-

ters and so on. So, families don’t get together to celebrate and families are falling apart and the worst part of all this is that we forget the real reason we should be celebrating this special day. The Savior who was born on this day to bring us mercy and forgiveness. As the word of God states “Let he who is without sin cast the first stone.” We all sin. It’s time to put forgiveness in our hearts and celebrate as a family should the joyous day, for without the day...where would we be. Patty Metayer Berlin

Read our petition and please sign it To the editor: The response to my petition concerning the Umbagog Wildlife Refuge has been 100 percent positive with the exception of the Fish and Wildlife Service. One of the things that has transpired is that last night at a meeting the Refuge manager offered to pay timber tax. The tax will be paid by the logger. When wood is cut on private land, the landowner pays the tax, so this is a wash. This is a freebee for the feds. It is a 12 acre cut, which is a one day job with a set of shears. With hardly any cutting going on, this timber tax will amount to nothing. The refuge manager said this is the first time a timber tax will be paid by any federal wildlife refuge, only they aren’t paying it, the logger is. Also, a Maine paper is printing a story this week about

our plight, and another paper is working on one. Ron Paul and Mitt Romney have been contacted along with Bill O’Reilly. I have been busy. As far as how much this refuge has affected the tax base of Errol, it is around $2,000,000 in land value, and close to half a million in buildings not yet destroyed. Imagine the value of the buildings destroyed in Wentworth Location. The local fire departments burned a house to the ground two weekends ago that the refuge bought. No in lieu of taxes for that loss. Errol has roughly an area of 37,000 acres. Out of that, the Refuge owns over 14,000 acres. Over one third of Errol is under the control of Paul Casey. I am contacting Coos County, but I believe he now controlover see PETITION page 5

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The parable of the Good Samaritan on the Jericho Road, as found in the New Testament of the Christian Bible, has long been my personal favorite of all the parables attributed to Jesus of Nazareth. One of the columns that I wrote during this now swiftly passing year was given entirely to that story. For me, that parable is the single most important one of all, indeed, it is the most important passage in the entire New Testament, for its message is unmistakable: Treat other people as you would want other people to treat you. In short, the Golden Rule whose origins go back to at least the time of the ancient Chinese sage Confucius. This most important of Life’s wise counsels came vividly to the fore just the other day as I was researching some ideas for today’s article. There in one of the references was the note that Clara Barton, the founder of the American Red Cross, was born on the 25th of December 1821, in North Oxford, Massachusetts. I remembered standing on the most bloody battlefield of the American Civil War some years ago listening to our highly knowledgeable guide tell us about Clara Barton’s remarkably courageous actions during some of the fiercest moments of that single most horrific day in American history. A bullet tore through the billowing sleeve of her dress as she tended to the wounded and the dying in Antietam’s Bloody Lane. Undeterred by the near miss that almost took her life, she continued on with her mission of mercy, earning her the honored sobriquet of “Angel of the Battlefield.” A monument to her stands on that battlefield today. She would never return to her former work as a government clerk again. Following the war, Abraham Lincoln would give her the task of trying to account for the wae’s many missing soldiers. She threw herself into the physically and emotionally exhausting work with the same drive as she did every task which she undertook. The strain soon led to a breakdown. On the advice of her doctor, she traveled to Europe. There she learned about the Treaty of Geneva, a protocol that called for the provision of relief for sick and wounded soldiers, a document the United States had never signed. She also learned about the work of the Red Cross.

Returning to the United States, she devoted the rest of her long life to the founding of the American Red Cross and the campaigning for other matters of civil and human rights. New Hampshire had its own battlefield “Angel of Mercy” in the person of Harriet Dame, who was born in North Barnstead. Throughout the war, she marched wherever “her boys,” as she liked to call them, of the Second New Hampshire marched. She camped where they camped and ate what they ate. The Second New Hampshire marched over 6,000 miles, took part in 20 battles, and lost over 2,000 men. For almost all of it, Harriet Dame was there. In the beat of battle, she could be found by the sides of the wounded and the dying, disdaining the shot and shell that flew all about her. And the color of a soldier’s uniform did not matter to her. Blue or grey, Harriet Dame did what she could to ease their pain and suffering. The commander of the Second Regiment, General Gilman Marston, called her “the bravest woman I ever knew.” Even after the war, Harriet Dame never forgot “her boys.” Awarded a stipend of $500 for her services by the New Hampshire State Legislature, she used the money to build a summer cottage for them at The Weirs, on Lake Winnipesaukee. A portrait of her hangs in the State House, a portrait paid for by the State Legislature a year after her death in 1900. She was the first woman in the state to be so honored. While travelling in Kenya early last month, we were taken to a jewelry-making workplace called Kazuri. Kazuri was founded in 1975 by Lady Susan Ward to help unwed mothers, and now others of low estate, out of lives of abject poverty and provide them with work, education, benefits, and a renewed sense of pride and accomplishment. Lady Susan Ward and Kazuri stand as shining examples of what can be done to address the needs of others who have been less fortunate. The lives of Clara Barton, Harriet Dame, and Lady Susan Ward are surely what the Spirit of this Season is truly all about. (Ithaca Bound is the pen name of Dick Conway. His e-mail address is: ithacabound35@gmail.com.)

CAC asks towns to support mission LANCASTER — The Child Advocacy Center (CAC) of Coos County is looking to the community to help fill funding gaps left by fewer grant opportunities. Though the center continues to pursue additional grant funding and holds fundraising events throughout the year, they are faced with the realities of prolonged funding for this valuable service. The agency’s board of directors decided that this year, they would ask the communities they serve to help maintain the center, which has served more than 50 children victims in 2011 alone. The CAC, located in Lancaster but serving all of Coos County, is a not-for-profit community resource that serves child victims of crime and their families. They do this by bringing together law enforcement, social services and other related parties in one child friendly, neutral location so that the child can be inter-

viewed just once rather than multiple times over the course of the investigation. In a traditional child abuse investigation, a child could be subject to eight or more interviews in a variety of locations with a wide-range of professionals. The use of the CAC eliminates that system, which has been widely criticized for recreating trauma and increasing stress on the child. Additionally, because the different law enforcement, social and health agencies are working together from day one of the investigation, allegations of physical and sexual abuse are more thoroughly investigated. Studies have shown that trauma to the child victim is reduced, parents are empowered to protect their children and children are connected with the support services they need. Additionally, prosecution rates are increased by 40 percent when the investigation is facilitated by the see CAC page 7

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Championship Day Extravaganza a hugh success To the editor: Hillside’s Intramural Basketball Program ended its season on December 19, and 20, with its annual Championship Day Extravaganza. The two days were filled with terrific basketball, school spirit and holiday cheer. Congratulations to all the intramural student athletes and thank you to the coaches who continue to strive to instill fair play and team spirit through athletic competition. Your influences extend well beyond the court. As part of this event any student who brought in three can goods gained an extra raffle ticket for our amazing gift give away. Our school collected sixteen boxes of food which was donated to the Christian Harvest Food Pantry. Way to go kids! We would like to take this opportunity to thank the following people and businesses for their support in making Championship Day such a spectacular event: The Spin Dr. Jean Bouchard, Steve Gagne-Bike Mechanic, the Craig Melanson-BHS Athletics, Floral Designs by Raegan, Coos County Family Health Services , Kris and Jeremy Roberge, Mr. Smith-Gorham Walmart, Sinibaldi’s Restaurant, Hall of Greeting, Maureen’s Unique Boutique, Berlin IGA Foodliner, Jackie and Jerry Gagnon, , Hair Improvement, Hairzone, Tina Demers, Souper Subs, Saladino’s , Betty Roy, Pam Couture, Toni’s Pizza & Sub Shop, Tea Birds Café, Libby’s Bistro, SAALT, Liza Aldrich, Berlin Bowling Center, Valley Creek Eatery, J’s Corner PETITION from page 4

half of Wentworth Location. That is slam for Berlin and the rest of the towns in Coos County. Any time there a reduction in valuation the money has to be made up by the valuation of property that is taxable. Errol gets hit with both higher taxes due to loss of tax base and the increase in the county tax. Our little school is hanging on by a thread. I have a five-year old granddaughter in kindergarten here. There are older people, not locals, who want to close our school. As the tax base shrinks, it will get harder and harder for our school to stay open. If it closes, my granddaughter and other children will be bused over 20 miles to either Milan, Berlin, or Colebrook. Either way, it is a dangerous drive down along the river or through Dixville Notch, leaving very early in the morning and getting home late in the dark afternoon of winter. With one patch of ice, the unthinkable could happen. Dealing with the Fish and Wildlife Service has convinced me of one thing, they don’t care about the people who live in the North Country. They have a vision for this county and it doesn’t include us and they will say anything to get what they want. I have not received a single response from the office in South Hadley, Mass. I am not going to give up. No partial victory. It is all or nothing. I will

Restaurant, Yokohama Restaurant, Northland Dairy Bar, Mr. Pizza, Bob’s Variety, Town & Country Motor Inn, Top Furniture, Marilyn Labbe, Robin Lambert, Aubuchon Hardware, Ann Nolin, Laura Ouellette. Joanne Murphy, Northway Bank, Fagin’s Pub, Terry Giroux, Meg Valliere, Jane Provencher, Julie Nicolletti, Lisa Lavigne, Top Furniture, Jon Edwards and Welsh’s Restaurant. A special thank you to Principal Dupont, the Hillside Parent’s Club, Hillside School Store, the Berlin Junior High School Invitational Committee, Dick Holland-Presidential Pest Control, Elaine and Barry Kelly, Leah & Mark Bouchard, Caron Building Center, Rod Legendre- Alpine Machine Shop, Rick Fournier- Cross Machine Shop, Sence for Kids, Jim Tees-Absolute Power Sports, Shawn & Don-Auto North and Steve and Cindy Griffin, Christine and Rich Landry, Bob Chapman Construction, and Chris Hansen-Nordic Construction. Thank you to any donors whose donation came after this publication was submitted. Your support helped to provide a couple fun days for Hillside’s students and staff. It is a pleasure to work with so many individuals dedicated to our school and community. The youth of Berlin are fortunate to live in such a caring and generous community. It is truly an honor to be the vehicle for your generosity. You have helped us bring a little joy in to the lives of so many, best wishes for the New Year to all! Christmas Day Extravaganza Coordinators, Lise Gagnon Denise Gagnon-Roy continue to push this until our State of N.H. and those Senators and Representatives we send to Washington hear us up here and starve the beast that is destroying our way of life. It is time for our governor and all our leaders in state government to take a stand for state rights and throw these Federal land grabbers out. I can guarantee that if we lose our school and the unthinkable happens, you will hear the rage in Concord and watch the beginning of the next American Revolution on the evening news. In closing, I am asking all of you to read our petition and please sign it. Copies are at various businesses in the area including the Hawg Trawth Restaurant in Errol, Errol General Store, The Great North Woods One Stop, The Errol Restaurant, and Welsh’s Restaurant. Hopefully others will follow and please give these people your business. All you hunters and snowmobilers, please support those who support you. If anyone wants a petition to circulate I can be reached at rlord46@yahoo.com We are hoping to conclude this petition drive by the end of February, and see where we go from there. Hopefully, this will begin a grass-roots movement to take our State back from the Washington bureaucrats. I will write every so often as things develop. Bob Lord Errol

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The Heather Pierson Trio (with Matt Bowman on drums and Shawn Nadeau on bass) performing the music from “A Charlie Brown Christmas” at Gorham Auditorium on Friday, December 16.

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Proponents argued the settlement allowed for the financing of the Berlin biomass plant, which is expected to employ over 300 people during the construction phase and 40 people once it is operating. Financing of the Berlin BioPower plant also made available $2.25 million in a low interest loan to help Isaacson Structural Steel stay in operation. But testimony makes it clear the contracts will come at a price for customers. The total cost of the five contracts will be approximately $71

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Carroll and Colebrook sending victims and NH State Police utilizing the center for cases in their coverage areas. Cases received in November and December pushed the center well over 50 victims served for the year. Petition warrant articles are circulating in Coos towns asking for either $500 or $1,000 from the voters to support the workings of the CAC of Coos County. Towns where this process was not required have been solicited as well, with the request going directly to the selectmen or city council. To find out how to sign the petition in your town, or for more information on the CAC of Coos County, call Andrea at (603) 788-4633.

two years, will go to Bridgewater Power Company, Pinetree Power Inc., Pinetree Power-Tamworth, Inc., Springfield Power, LLC., and Indeck Energy-Alexandria, LLC. The sixth company in the lawsuit, Whitefield Power And Light Company, had an existing power contract. The five plants directly employ 120 people, not including loggers, truckers, and other forest industry workers. They also pay a total of $1.6 million in state and local taxes.

CAC. The CAC of Coos County is overseen by a 12-member Board of Directors representing both the public and private sectors across Coos County. The center employs a single person, Executive Director Andrea Gagne, who administers the functions of the CAC on a day to day basis and coordinates community outreach efforts as well. Through October of 2011, the CAC of Coos County had served 49 children, with the majority coming from the towns of Berlin, Gorham and Whitefield. The rest of the towns in the county were also represented, however, with Lancaster, Groveton,

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Berlin City Auto Group donates to five local schools BY MELISSA GRIMA THE BERLIN DAILY SUN

BERLIN — In its latest round of grant awards, Berlin City Auto Group’s Drive for Education Foundation donated six $3,500 grants to five northern New Hampshire Schools. The checks were presented to representatives of the schools at Berlin City’s Gorham dealership on Tuesday afternoon. In all, through two grant rounds with awards to schools in Maine, Vermont and New Hampshire, Drive for Education has donated over $100,000 to schools in its business area in its first year. “We just could not be more pleased,” said Berlin City Vice President Yegor Malinovskii. “We believe in giving back to the community and helping our local schools succeed in education.” Drive for Education raises its money through a portion of the proceeds of each vehicle sold by Berlin City Auto. They gave out a series of grants in June and in December’s round Lancaster Elementary, Milan Village School, White Mountains Regional High School, Gorham Middle-High School and Kennett High School were all given money to fund special programs and projects. Each school receiving an award spoke briefly about what they planned to do with funding and purposes ranged to Gorham’s plans for new sign in front of the school, to interactive software to engage students in Chemistry, Biology and Physics at White Mountains Regional. Kennett High School plans to purchase iPads, netbooks and a color printer for its special education students and Lancaster elementary will use theirs to put help fund a thematic “CSI” unit. see BERLIN CITY page 9

Representatives from five local schools gathered at Berlin City Auto Group on Tuesday afternoon to receive $3,500 grants through the dealership’s Drive for Education Foundation. Berlin City sets aside a portion of the proceeds of each car sold at their locations in Maine, NH and Vermont, to fund these educational grants. Pictured are, from left, Dave Backler of Milan Village School, Lancaster Elementary School representatives Christine Smith, Lindsay Cote and Mandy Scott, Gorham Middle High School’s, Christine Lemoine, Jaylan Parent, and Cassandra Poulin, Berlin City “Brand Ambassadors” Wendy Lyons, Ron Lepage, and Katrina Fournier, Kennet High School’s Charlene Robert, Berlin City Vice President Yegor Malinovskii and White Mountains Regional High School’s Jamie Hight. (MELISSA GRIMA PHOTO)

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Northway Bank expands funding of Dave Ramsey program to state high schools BERLIN -- A personal finance curriculum developed by Dave Ramsey is once again being offered free of charge to high schools throughout New Hampshire as part of Northway Bank’s community outreach. This year’s program includes 35 high schools, double the number of schools that received the curriculum last year. The curriculum, Foundations in Personal Finance, is targeted at teens and helps satisfy state requirements that high school students be exposed to the basics of financial literacy. “We welcome Northway’s continued support of education and encourage high schools to take advantage of the bank’s generosity in making this curriculum available,” says Virginia Barry, New Hampshire’s commissioner of education. “If we can help students develop good financial habits in their formative years, it will benefit them the rest of their lives.” After a successful year last year, BERLIN CITY from page 8

Principal Dave Backler of Milan Village School, which received grant money in both June and December to help fund their preschool program, shared his thoughts on the value of this community partnership. Backler explained that Milan offers its preschool at no cost to the taxpayers and this money helps them do that. He added that employees of Berlin City, who had children in the school had called him initially to let him know of the availability of the grants. The kids see many cars in the parking lot purchased from Berlin City and then the dealership supports the school in ways like this. The connection was cir-

Northway Bank increased the number of schools for which they would underwrite the cost of the program and the response from participating schools has been tremendous. Jon Judge, an economics teacher at Kennett High School in North Conway said, “We began utilizing the Foundations in Personal Finance course last year as part of our economics curriculum. The results have been quite encouraging. Scores on our students’ exit examinations have increased 22% in the category of financial literacy.” A best-selling author and national radio personality, personal finance guru Dave Ramsey has become wildly popular espousing a sensible approach to money management. The Foundations in Personal Finance curriculum adapts Ramsey’s principles to high school students. It consists of video lessons, student workbooks, and teacher guides covering the ABC’s of personal finance, including budgeting, cular and, Backler said, beneficial to the kids to see. The Drive for Education funds are available to schools who submit a short essay to Berlin City Auto explaining how their school would use a donation of up to $3,500. Berlin City’s Brand Ambassadors, a group of employees that lead the dealerships’ community involvement campaigns, evaluate the needs of each school and select the winners. Berlin City Auto Group consists of six dealerships in Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont. Schools in each state are eligible. For more information about Berlin City’s Drive for Education Foundation visit www.berlincity.com.

investing, credit, insurance – even career planning. “The more grounded our young people are in the principles of personal finance, the smarter they’ll be with their money,” says Bill Woodward, president and CEO of Northway Bank. “As a local community bank, our responsibility is to help

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Guy Poulin expands into used car sales BY MELISSA GRIMA THE BERLIN DAILY SUN

BERLIN — Car buyers just gained a new option when on the hunt for a used vehicle in the Berlin-Gorham area. Guy Poulin proprietor of the Midas on Glen Road, opened Guy’s Auto Used Car Sales. This business is operating on the lot that houses his other business, both the Midas and Soup er Subs. “I figured this would be a perfect extension of what I’m doing,” said Poulin. Citing a high level of trust among his existing customers, Poulin said it wasn’t a stretch to step into the used car market on a larger scale. He was already selling the odd used car here and there. Now, he said, he plans to stock an average of 7-10 used cars priced at $5,000 or less. All the particulars are in place, he said, with dealer plates available for test drives and vehicle trade-ins accepted. Poulin said he’s even willing to buy cars outright, not just in trade, if they pass muster. He said he’ll even take requests if someone is looking for a specific car he can keep his eyes peeled at auctions and for private sales of the desired vehicle. Poulin said the vehicles he sells will

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be inspectable and affordable. He’s not currently set up to handle financing inhouse, he said, though that is an area he is looking at for future expansion. For now, those who need to borrow money will have to secure their own loans at local banks. A month into this new venture, Poulin says business is “not bad.” Guy’s Auto is open weekdays from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., and Saturday from 8 a.m. to noon. He can also be reached after by phone at 752-2223 or 723-9223.

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Northern Pass officials trying to block Balsams’ sale of land to the Society for the Protection of New Hampshire Forests By ANNMARIE TIMMINS Monitor staff Upset their own $2.2 million offer was rejected, Northern Pass officials are now trying to prevent owners of The Balsams Grand Resort Hotel from accepting a lower offer from the Society for the Protection of New Hampshire Forests. The forest society’s offer of $850,000 protects 5,800 acres in Dixville Notch. Northern Pass’s $2.2 million offer was for a right of way across just 24 acres of that parcel. Martin Murray, spokesman for Northern Pass, said project officials support the conservation effort. Their complaint is that the deal also blocks Northern Pass from building the transmission lines it needs for its proposed $1.2 billion hydropower line from Canada. In a letter Tuesday, Northern Pass attorney Dana Bisbee asked the state attorney general’s office, which must approve the sale because the land is owned by a trust, to block the conservation deal. Bisbee suggested Northern Pass officials will sue if the state doesn’t agree. In his letter, Bisbee said the trustees had a fiduciary duty to accept Northern Pass’s higher offer. Instead, Bisbee said, trustees abused their discretion and ignored their responsibilities by deciding to conserve the land and prohibit Northern Pass transmission lines for less money. And this conservation sale won’t spare the landscape transmission lines in the future, Bisbee said. As part of the deal, the trust would retain the right to build its own transmission lines for a wind farm it is considering developing. The attorney general’s office has not responded to Bisbee’s request. Anthony Blenkinsop, director of the office’s charitable trusts unit, said his office

is reviewing the proposed sale to the forest society now. Blenkinsop said financial gain can be a factor in ruling on a proposed sale but declined to say what weight his office will give it in this matter. “I don’t feel it’s appropriate to comment on that at this point,” he said. The forest society has not filed a response to Bisbee’s letter. Jane Difley, president of the forest society, responded to a Monitor inquiry yesterday by email. “We understand that corporations like Northern Pass are focused on the bottom line,” she wrote. “However, like many of our fellow landowners and our conservation partners, we also understand that money isn’t the only thing that matters in New Hampshire. Our forests, our land, scenic views and iconic places matter deeply to us. And they can’t always be bought.” The Neil Tillotson Trust, which owns the 5,800 acres being sold, is obligated by its mission to conserve natural resources and further economic development in the North Country, according to trust paperwork. The challenge before the attorney general’s office is deciding whether the proposed deal with the forest society accomplishes that. Boston attorney John Cornish, who represents the trust, could not be reached yesterday. But he offered Blenkinsop his answer in an email Tuesday. “(Bisbee) evidently does not understand that the trustees are not obligated to sell trust assets,” Cornish wrote. “They may fulfill their fiduciary duties, and the directions set forth in the trust, by donating those assets to charities selected by them, with or without any (payment) in return. Certainly, the Society for the Protection of New Hampshire For-

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ests is a charity eligible to receive a distribution of the property from the trust.” Bisbee’s letter makes clear that Northern Pass was surprised to be outbid by a lower bidder. Northern Pass officials spent seven weeks negotiating with the trustees to buy two transmission rights of way. One involved 24 acres on the northern tip of the 5,800 acres the trust is now selling to the forest society. The other spanned 75 acres on a separate parcel. In exchange for the right of way, Northern Pass offered $2.2 million, $200,000 of which would go to Colebrook Hospital for health care initiatives. Northern Pass officials wrapped up negotiations Dec. 6 with an understanding the trustees would accept their offer, according to Bisbee’s letter. In a phone call from a trustee the next morning, Northern Pass officials learned otherwise. “The trustees have offered no further explanation for their action,” other than they thought it was in the best interest of the North Country, Bisbee wrote. “What has become clear, however, is that during the entire seven weeks of negotiations, the trustees felt pressured by phone calls and email communications to reject any sale of transmission rights across the Balsams property.” Murray said yesterday the trust could have made more money by accepting both offers: Northern Pass’s $2.2 million for the transmission line right of way and the forest society’s $850,000 offer to conserve the land. But that wasn’t an option, according to Jack Savage, spokesman for the forest society. He said the forest society has been talking with the Balsams owners for more than a decade about conserving the land around the hotel. When the society learned this fall that Northern Pass was trying see NORTHERN PASS page 16

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Fill in the grid so that every row, every column, and every 3x3 box contains the digits 1 thru 9.

For Better or Worse

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DOWN __ vaulting; Olympics sport Very eager Pompously Ruby or scarlet Plant pests Spacious Lawn trees Scot’s denial St. Joan of __ Concrete Ice balls “This __ brain surgery, you know” Small dowels Unlocks Liza’s mom Zone Heavy book Popular 1970s carpet style Gaps Hint Unwillingness Came up Actor Sean __

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Yesterday’s Answer

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FRIDAY PRIME TIME

Friday, December 23 Home Made Pie and Bake Sale: 4 p.m. to 7 p.m., Milan Community Methodist Church, Milan road, just out side the village. To benefit “Send Dustin Down Under”. Offering a variety of home baked pies, breads, brownie, fudge, and cookies. There will be coffee and tea to warm you, A . Door prize at the end of the evening. Those attending will be entered into a drawing for a trip, sponsored by Down Under Sports.

8:00

8:30

DECEMBER 23, 2011

9:00

9:30

10:00 10:30 11:00 11:30

CBS 3 WCAX A Gifted Man Å

CSI: NY Å

Blue Bloods Å

FOX 4 WPFO Kitchen Nightmares

Fringe Å

News 13 on FOX (N)

The Office The Office

20/20 (In Stereo) Å

News

Nightline

Dateline NBC Å

News

Jay Leno

National

Stroumboulopoulos

ABC 5 WMUR Shrek

Christmas Prep &

NBC 6 WCSH Chuck (N) Å

Panda

Grimm “Pilot” Å

CBC 7 CBMT The Nativity (In Stereo) Å (DVS) CBC 9 CKSH La Petite Vie (SC)

Une Heure sur terre (N) TJ

PBS 10 WCBB Wash.

Need

Maine

PBS 11 WENH Antiques

NH Outl’k

Inside

Sport

Mormon

News

Letterman

“Si on dansait?” (2004) Charlie Rose (N) Å

Lidia Celebrates

Mormon

CBS 13 WGME A Gifted Man Å

CSI: NY Å

Blue Bloods Å

News

IND 14 WTBS Payne

Payne

Worse

›› “Call Me Claus”

Payne

IND 16 WPME Monk (In Stereo) Å

Browns

Independent Lens (N) Worse

Monk (In Stereo) Å

Law Order: CI

Holiday

Backstage Rosary

The Gift of Peace

Joyful Hour

Letterman Cops Å

EWTN

Life on the Rock

CNN

CNN On The Frontlines Piers Morgan Tonight

CNN On The Frontlines Erin Burnett OutFront

LIFE

Unsolved Mysteries

Amer. Most Wanted

ESPN

Countdown to Tip-Off

College Basketball Baylor vs. West Virginia. (N)

SportsCenter (N) Å

ESPN2

College Basketball

Countdown to Tip-Off

NFL Kickoff (N)

College Basketball

Wednesday, December 28 Cosmic Bowling: with pizza, soda and make-yourown sundae. 11 a.m. - 1 p.m. at the Berlin Bowling Center. Any age and ability can join the fun! $10 per person. Register at the Berlin Recreation Department. Maximum of 40 first come - first serve.

CSNE

Tailgate

Quick

Patriots

Sports

SportsNet Patriots

SportsNet

NESN

NHL Hockey: Panthers at Bruins

Bruins

Daily

Football

Outdoors

OXY

Movie: ››› “Erin Brockovich” (2000) Julia Roberts, Albert Finney.

TVLND

Home Imp. Home Imp. Raymond

NICK

Kung Fu

TOON

Star Wars Thundr.

FAM

Movie: ›› “Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas”

DISN

“The Search for Santa Paws” Å

USA

NCIS “Missing” Å

NCIS “See No Evil”

TNT

Law & Order

Movie: ›› “A Christmas Carol” (1999, Fantasy)

GAC

ACM Awards 2011 Country Music Awards.

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.

SYFY

WWE Friday Night SmackDown! (N) Å

Sanctuary (N) Å

TLC

Say Yes

Weddings of 2011

Say Yes

HIST

Invention

IRT Deadliest Roads

DISC

Gold Rush Å

Gold Rush (N) Å

Flying Wild Alaska (N)

Gold Rush Å

HGTV

Hunters

A-P

Kati Kim

Fatal Attractions

Infested! Å

Kati Kim

TRAV

Ghost Adventures

The Dead Files Å

Ghost Adventures

NGC

Prison Women

Drugs, Inc. “Marijuana”

Prison Women

SPIKE

Gangland “Evil Breed” Å

MTV

Ridiculous. Ridiculous. Ridiculous. Ridiculous. “Bam Margera: Where the ... Is Santa?”

VH1

Hard Rock Songs

COM

Jeff Dunham Christmas Jeff Dunham: Controlled Chaos

A&E

Beyond Scared

E! News

True Hollywood Story

The Soup

Chelsea

AMC

Movie: ››‡ “Young Guns” (1988) Emilio Estevez.

TCM

105 Movie: ›› “Backfire” (1950) Virginia Mayo.

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.

Patriots

Sponge.

Hunters

YOUTO 110 Diggnation Koldcast

Raymond

’70s Show ’70s Show George

Starving Secrets

Daily Movie

Raymond

King

George

Friends

King of Hill King of Hill Amer. Dad Amer. Dad Fam. Guy Phineas

Hunters

ANT Farm Good Luck Jessie NCIS (In Stereo) Å

“Deck the Halls” Å Top 50 Videos

Invention Hunters

Eureka Å

Movie: ›› “The Scorpion King 2: Rise of a Warrior” (2008) Hard Rock Songs

The X-Files Å

Hard Rock Songs

“It Might Get Loud”

Jeff Dunham Christmas Dunham Fashion

Movie: ›› “Lady in the Lake” (1946) Å Geek Beat Live

Kipkay TV

Life, Times Movie: ›› “Hall Pass” (2011) Owen Wilson.

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Yesterday’s

Life, Times

221 Movie: ›› “I Am Number Four” (2011) Å

Movie: ››‡ “Piranha” (2010) Å

Mechanic

TMC

231 Movie: ›‡ “Push” (2009) Chris Evans. Å

Movie: › “Twelve” (2010) Å

Flesh Wou

ENC

248 Movie: “True Lies”

Movie: ›› “Conspiracy Theory” (1997) Å

Find us on Facebook http://www.facebook.com/jumble

SEILIM

E! News

Movie: ››‡ “Young Guns II” Å

201 “Gulliver’s Travels”

by David L. Hoyt and Jeff Knurek

ATBERT

Hunters

SHOW

THAT SCRAMBLED WORD GAME

Say Yes

HBO

Unscramble these four Jumbles, one letter to each square, to form four ordinary words.

GWINR

Jessie

CSI: Crime Scene

The Take Å

TWC - 23, CNN2 - 30, C-SPAN - 99, PAY-PER-VIEW - 59, 60, 61, 62

GRVEE

Fam. Guy

“Dr. Seuss’ How-Grinch”

Now arrange the circled letters to form the surprise answer, as suggested by the above cartoon.

” (Answers tomorrow) Jumbles: JOIST DAFFY SCULPT PIMPLE Answer: The quarterback did this after being presented with the endorsement deal — PASSED IT UP

––––––––––––––– ONGOING CALENDAR –––––––––––––– Friday Cholesterol Clinic: Monday through Friday, Berlin Health Dept., city hall. By appointment only, Call 752-1272. All area residents welcome. Fee $15. AA Meeting: Discussion Meeting, St. Barnabas Church, 2 High St., Berlin. Discussion Meeting, 7 p.m. to 8 p.m. Weekly “Luck of the Draw” Cribbage Tournament. Gorham American Legion, 6 Androscoggin St., Gorham, $5pp: registration 5:15 to 5:45; play starts 6 p.m. Call Legion for more info 4662433. Bingo: St. Anne Hall, 5:30 p.m. Sponsored by Theatre North. Senior Meals: Guardian Angel School, noon. Suggested donations for 60 and over $3; under 60 $6. All are welcome. (FMI 752-2545) Berlin Area Head Start Accepting Applications: For children between the ages of 3-5 years old. This is an income eligible program. Call 7525464 to schedule an appointment to enroll your child. Gorham Public Library: Open M-F: 10am6pm, Saturdays: 10am-Noon. Story Time is 1:30 p.m. every Friday View On-line Catalog at https:// gorham.biblionix.com/ FMI call 466-2525 or email gorhampubliclibrary@ne.rr.com. Men’s Breakfast Meeting, Congregational/ UCC in Gorham on Main Street. Meeting held the second Friday of each month at 7 a.m. Artisan Gift Shop: 961 Main St., Berlin. Open Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Foot Care Clinics: 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. every Friday at the Androscoggin Valley Hospital Home Health and Hospice Department. For an appointment, call 326-5870. Serenity Steps Peer Support Center: 567 Main St. Berlin, Providing peer support services to local area residents challenged by emotional or mental difficulties. Open Monday through Wednesday 11-4; Thursday and Friday 11-7 p.m. FMI 7528111. Salvation Army: Music Arts — drama/singing company/sacred dance/timbrels (for all ages), 3 to 4:30 p.m. Dinner — 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. Jr. Soldiers/ Jr. Soldiers Prep/Corps Cadets — 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. Youth Horizons: (ages 13 and up), 7 to 9 p.m., 15 Cole St., Berlin. (FMI 752-1644) Coos County Adult Learner Services: Offers free, confidential, one-to-one instruction in basic reading, writing, math, English for speakers of other languages and preparation for high school equivalency exam (GED). Available Monday through Friday at 166 Main St., Berlin. To schedule an appointment, call 752-1927 or 1-800-268-5437. Berlin and Coos County Historic Society Moffett House Museum: Open five days, Tuesday through Saturday, noon to 4 p.m. Can also be opened by appointment. Call 752-4590. Available are historical documents, school yearbooks, Berlin/ Gorham directories, annual city reports, city and county reports, Brown Bulletins, old books, artifacts and more. Also accepting artifacts. Saturday NC Big Book Step Study: AA meeting, 7 to 8:30 p.m., Tea Birds Restaurant conference room, 151 Main St., Berlin. Shelburne Library Schedule: Thursday - 2:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.; Saturdays - 9:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. Dummer Library Story Hour: First Saturday of the month at 11 a.m. (FMI 449-0995; E-mail: dpl@ ncia.net) Salvation Army Bible Study: 10 a.m., 15 Cole St., Berlin. Genealogy Library: First Saturday of every month, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, Gorham Hill Road, Randolph. Milan Public Library: Monday, 1:30 to 7:30 p.m.; Tuesday and Wednesday’s 11:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Sunday AA Meeting: Big Book. Discussion Meeting, 7 to 8:30 p.m,. AVH. Compline: Every Sunday, 8 p.m. St. Barnabas Episcopal Church, a short evening prayer service, sung every Sunday, 2 High Street, Berlin. FMI 7523504.

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For Rent by Abigail Van Buren

FIRST WIFE HAS HEARD ENOUGH OF YOUNG REPLACEMENT’S CHATTER

DEAR ABBY: After 19 years of marriage, my husband left me for a younger woman. I found out later that they had been dating for several years. They moved in together immediately after our separation, and she was pregnant at the divorce hearing. They had a baby boy eight months later. At every event with my kids, they come together with their son and she steers the conversation to her life, what’s going on, etc. I have tried to be silent and civil, but she ruined my daughter’s high school graduation by gossiping and giggling behind me and the kids the entire event. I am trying not to be a bitter ex, but I have had to bite back some nasty words to both of them. Any suggestions on how to deal with a miserably blended family? -- BLENDED FAMILY IN BATON ROUGE, LA. DEAR “BLENDED” FAMILY: Yes, and please don’t think I am without sympathy. The surest way to deal with your miserably blended family is to make a conscious decision to get on with YOUR life. If you’re not interested in what the woman has to say, get up and move away. No one says you must listen to her prattle. Develop your own interests and activities, and meet some new friends. The stronger and more independent you become, the better off you’ll be. Trust me. DEAR ABBY: I have been in a relationship with “Anita” for four years. She moved in with me two years ago and our home life has been wonderful. We are a unique couple. We have discussed marriage, but neither of us believes in the tradition. I’d like to show Anita how much I love her, as well as show others we’re in a serious relationship. An engagement ring

would be a way to show it. However, the term “engagement” would not be accurate because we do not plan to marry. Can you suggest another symbol or even another term for a ring to show unity without indicating the eventuality of marriage? -- ROMANTIC IN OHIO DEAR ROMANTIC: How about calling Anita’s ring a commitment ring? Or give her a pendant with a sweet message engraved on the back? Or a wristwatch engraved with, “Love ya ‘til the end of time,” or “... ‘til time runs out.” Another way to indicate to others that you’re together but don’t believe in “tradition” would be to hold a commitment ceremony and invite friends. DEAR ABBY: There is an issue driving a wedge between my wife and me. I have always believed that my casual shirts (in fact, all my shirts) should be worn tucked into my slacks. My wife feels they should be left out. I think I look better with them tucked in. She feels differently. Abby, you can save our marriage if you’ll let us know who is right. To tuck, or not to tuck -- that is the question. And, by the way, she says I should mention that I have a bodacious waistline, which means I could lose 40 pounds. -- FRIAR “TUCKED” IN LONGMONT, COLO. DEAR “TUCKED”: Your wife is your best friend and she is right. (If you doubt it, consult a men’s haberdasher.) By leaving your shirt out, you would appear to be a few pounds thinner. When you tuck it in, your “bodacious” waistline is accentuated by a horizontal line, which makes you appear to be heavier.

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

Doonesbury

by Gary Trudeau

Are you visiting/ working in the area or working on the Burgess PioPower Biomass Plant and need a room by the night, week or month? Stay at DuBee Our Guest B&B in Milan, eight miles north of project. Fully furnished, including paper goods, full use of kitchen, wireless internet, Direct TV, barbecue grill and cleaning service. $35/night, or $140/week. Owners have separate living quarters.

FMI call 603-449-2140 or 603-723-8722. BERLIN: 2 bedroom, heat, h/w included, HUD accepted, $550/mo. 802-388-6904. BERLIN: 2+ bedroom, w/d hook-ups, heat, h/w, storage shed, garage, must see, 752-5034, 387-4066. Berlin: 2 bedroom 1st floor. Heat & hot water. $625/mo. Security deposit & references required. (603)449-2230. BERLIN: 3 Bedroom, first floor, w/d hook-ups, heat included, references, deposit, $650/mo. 207-233-9635. BERLIN: One bedroom, first floor, frig, stove, heat, h/w, off street parking, no pets, sec. deposit, references, $525, 723-3856. BERLIN: Three bedroom, heat, h/w, washer/dryer hook-up, off street parking, porch, $800/mo., no pets, 723-3856. BERLIN: Two bedroom, second floor, heat, h/w, off street parking, clean, WD hook-up, $650/mo. no pets, 723-3856. COMPLETELY renovated 3 bedroom & 1 bedroom apartments. Call H&R Block, great landlord (603)752-2372. COTTAGE: 3 bedroom, one bath, living room, dining room, kitchen, FMI $750/mo. call 723-2828, 752-6826. GORHAM downtown 2 bdrm house. Walk to schools, stores, restaurants. $825/mo. plus utilities. (603)915-6349.

$1-A-DAY CLASSIFIEDS • CALL 752-5858

GORHAM HOUSE

DOLLAR-A-DAY: Ad must run a minimum of 5 consecutive days. Ads over 15 words add 10¢ per word per day. REGULAR RATE: $2 a day; 10¢ per word per day over 15 words. PREMIUMS: First word caps no charge. Additional caps 10¢ per word per day. Centered bold heading: 9 pt. caps 40¢ per line, per day (2 lines maximum) TYPOS: Check your ad the first day of publication. Sorry, we will not issue credit after an ad has run once. DEADLINES: noon two days prior the day of publication except for Monday’s paper when the deadline is Thursday, 11 a.m. PAYMENT: All private party ads must be pre-paid. We accept checks, Visa and Mastercard credit cards and of course cash. There is a $10 minimum order for credit cards. CORRESPONDENCE: To place your ad call our offices 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, 752-5858; send a check or money order with ad copy to The Berlin Daily Sun, 164 Main Street, Berlin, NH 03570 or stop in at our offices on Main Street in Berlin. OTHER RATES: For information about the professional directory or classified display ads call 752-5858.

Animals

Autos

For Rent

DISABLED gentleman needs companion dog. Doctors orders! Prefer small, shots. Free. Walking. Fenced yard. (603)348-5317.

1995 Oldsmobile Ceira 4dr, auto, 3.1 V6, only 63k miles. Super clean inside & out. $2800. (603)252-1883.

2 & 3 bedrooms, heat, h/w, WD hookups, off street parking, Robert Reed, HUD accepted, 752-2607, 723-4161.

BEAUTIFUL: One bedroom, nice neighborhood, big back yard, frig, stove, heat, h/w, w/d hook-up, parking, no pets, sec. deposit, references, $525/mo. 723-3856.

BERLIN- 2 bedroom, 1 bath house. Attached garage. Great neighborhood. Water/ sewage included. Recently renovated, all appliances included. Non-smokers/ no pets. 1st and security/ references. $775/mo. (207)608-0670.

BERLIN 6 room house, not heated. No pets/ no smoking. Security deposit, references (603)752-3004.

FEMALE American Bull Dog, 12 weeks of age. Has 1st shots, looking for good home. $200/obo. Call (603)915-0226.

Low Cost Spay/ Neuter Cats & dogs Rozzie May Animal Alliance www.rozziemay.org 603-447-1373

2000 Camry, auto, 4 cyl., power windows, studded snows tires. Clean inside/out $3850, 752-9838. 2006 Ford Freestar Van, 6 cyl., 7 passenger, extra set rims with snows, $4250,752-9838.

BUYING JUNK CARS

PARAKEETS, $15/each, $25/both, FMI 752-3452.

and trucks. Paying in cash. Honest pricing. No gimmicks. Kelley’s Towing (603)723-9216.

PUPPIES small mixed breed. See website for more details: www.mainelypuppies.com (207)539-1520.

BUYING junk cars and trucks ME & NH. Call for price. Martin Towing. (603)305-4504.

TWO Himalayan kittens, ready in Feb. Shelty pups to come, call on price 636-1349.

FORD pick-up body, dual wheel fits 1980 through 1996, 636-1304, 636-1667 evenings.

Antiques

For Rent

ANTIQUES, glass, furniture, & collectibles of all kinds wanted by Bob Gauthier, 449-2542. Specializing in Estate and Business liquidation. Bonded.

1ST floor 315 High, 4 rooms, heat, h/w, w/d connection, closed porch, Mountian View, non-smoker $675 monthly (603)752-5633.

BERLIN 1st floor 2 bdrm & 3rd floor 2 bdrm heated. Call 978-609-4010.

2 Bedroom Town House Apartments Newly Renovated

Redgate Village Apartments Family Housing On-Site laundry 24 hour maintenance Federally subsidized - must meet income guidelines **SECTION 8 CERTIFICATES ACCEPTED** Please contact Foxfire Property Management for an application at (603)228-2151 ext. 302 or (TDD) 800-545-1833 ext. 102

www.foxfirenh.com

3 bedroom, $795 completely remodeled, no utilities included, 84 Lancaster Road, 466-5933, 915-6216. GORHAM- 1 bedroom apt, new carpet, large closet, big yard, off street parking, utilities not included. $535/mo (603)986-5800. GORHAM: 13 Exchange St, (white bldg w/ black trim) 2 br, first floor, fridge & stove, h/ hw, w/d hookup, w/ shed, parking spaces, no pets. Sec. dep. Call: 466-3378 (8am-4pm, M-F or leave a message). GORHAM: 2 bedroom, heat, h/w, newly renovated, off street parking, snow removal, 723-6310.

For Rent GORHAM: Construction workers, more comfortable then motel, 3 bedroom furnished, 2nd. floor, parking, snow removal, no pets, no smokers, security, short term lease, 3 renters, $500/mo. each. 752-7096. HOUSE: Nay Pond, 2/3 bedroom home, 2 full bathrooms, open kitchen concept, all appliances, hot tub, jacuzzi, fireplace, huge sun room, boat dock and more, $2000/mo. call 723-2828 or 752-6826. Large 2 bedroom, $500 at 331 Pleasant St., no dogs allowed, call Rich 326-3499.

For Sale "Ice Fishing Deal" "The Clam" portable shanty. Jiffy 10" power auger, "Mora" hand held auger, Jiffy hand auger, 21 tip-ups, 4 jig rods, 2/pairs crampons. First $300, 752-5519, 915-0792 Paul AMAZING! Beautiful pillowtop matress sets, twin $169, full or queen $249, king $399. See AD under “Furniture”. FOUR winter tires, P205/55R/16, w/ rims 16", $600/BO. DODGE Ram 2004, P/U, $12,500/BO, 449-2164. GREEN firewood, delivered, 752-7468. MILAN 8 Jack Posts, mint condition $40/ea. obo (603)305-0046. MOVING Sale: Black leather loveseat, $25; Tan/Brown electric recliner, lifts to standing, $150/BO; set of twin beds frames & mattress, $50/BO. 348-1371. PATS Vs Bills Jan 1st. 2 tickets, $100 each. 603-548-8049. SNOWBOARDS, Skis, snowshoes, helmets all sizes used. Burton, Forum, Nitro, Boots, Bindings- cheap. (603)356-5885. TWO PR 15 Peavey speakers, 400 watt, $350; 6 string Ovation electric acoustic hard shell case, $500; HP computer complete package, $175, 348-5847.

Furniture AMAZING! Beautiful Queen or Full-size mattress set. Luxury Firm European Pillow-top style. Fabulous back & hip support. Factory sealed - new 10-Yr. warranty. Cost $1095, sell $249. Can deliver 603-305-9763.

Mobile Homes TWO homes to choose from in central North Conway park. New 2012 model Skyline, 14x72, two bedroom, 2 bath, workshop/ shed, gas heat, big lot $49,900. 1994 Astro, 14x56, two bedroom, 1 bath, washer dryer, new appliances, new furnace, new roof, new hot water heater $24,900. Both homes ready to be lived in! No dogs. Financing available, affordable living right in North Conway. Walk to shops, outlets, trails, river. Call 603-986-3991.

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billion approved in fiscal year 2011 and the $5 billion in fiscal 2010. As a result of the congressional action, New Hampshire will see its LIHEAP funding increase from $14.7 million to $26 million. The state last year received $34 million. Shaheen said she asked the Obama administration to release some of the new LIHEAP funding and the government responded by releasing $845 million to the states yesterday “The release of today’s LIHEAP funding is crucial for the many families in New Hampshire who are struggling to heat their homes. I’ve heard from many people across the state who, without this help, would have faced the impossible choice of choosing between heat and other necessi-

ties such as food or medicine. During this holiday season, what better gift could we provide than to make sure people are warm and safe inside their homes?” Shaheen said. Shaheen called the $4.8 million the state received yesterday a down payment on the approximately $11 million more the state is slated to receive. She said she looks forward to more LIHEAP money being released quickly “so that American’s most vulnerable citizens don’t freeze this winter.” A bipartisan group of 20 U.S. Senators, including New Hampshire’s Shaheen and Kelly Ayotte, filed legislation to increase LIHEAP funding. With the money released yesterday, Shaheen said the states have received $2.581 billion of the $3.5 billion.

Last year, 8,592 households in Coos, Carroll, and Grafton Counties ROMNEY from page one

Church as the pair walked across the street to tour the church briefly. From there Romney and friends traveled up the street knocking on some doors and leaving campaign materials on others. As he progressed toward Eighth Street, Romney encountered three middle school boys passing a football in the front yard at the home of Cameron Cochran. Romney shook hands with Cochran and his pals, CJ Wedge, and Evan Arsenault and engaged them in conversation, joking that all the press was on hand to scout the three for the NE Patriots.

received funding through the program to help with their home heating bills. In all, Romney was warmly received by residents he met, with one grandmother wishing she had candy canes on hand to pass out to the crowd on her front lawn. One local resident of Seventh Street was not immediately pleased, however, after she had been asked by campaign staff to be home in the afternoon for a visit from Romney and was then disappointed. She made no secret of her displeasure, tracking down the candidate and telling him that not showing up was not a good way to get votes. Romney made good, however, and jogged to her residence for the promised visit.

Motorcycles

Services

BUY • SELL • T RADE www.motoworks.biz

CARPENTRY, handyman, property maintenance, no job too small. Call Dennis Bisson, 723-3393, free estimates.

HANDYMAN: Snowplowing, property maintenance, carpentry, painting etc., best rates around, call Rick 915-0755.

HYPNOSIS for habit change, stress, regression. Michael Hathaway, DCH, certified hypnotherapist. Madison michaelhathaway.com (603)367-8851.

LAUNDRY service. Available 7 days wk 7am-7pm Same day service. Pick-up/ drop-off available 603-348-5442.

TECHPROS- COMPUTER SALES & SERVICE

(603)447-1198. Olson’s Moto Works, RT16 Albany, NH.

Information Technology System Administrator Gorham Paper and Tissue LLC, located in the heart of the White Mountains of New Hampshire, is seeking an Information Technology professional interested in joining our staff as a System Administrator. In addition to strong interpersonal and communication skills, the right candidate will have a broad range of knowledge and experience working with Microsoft products and troubleshooting/ supporting a large base of on-site users, PCs, servers, network, and associated software. Key knowledge includes depth of understand of Windows, networking hardware, TCP/IP, security, and excellent debugging and troubleshooting skills. Experience with scripting, system automation, routing, Active Directory, Exchange, VMware ESXi 4.0, SQL Server, premise cabling, and Citrix are all considered significant pluses. Knowledge, Skills and Abilities Required: • Position requires at minimum a two-year Associates Degree in Computer Technology, Information Systems, Computer Management, or equivalent, and 3 years experience. Longer work experience and certification(s) will be considered in lieu of the degree requirement. • Key personal traits: communication skills, interpersonal skills, problem solving skills, willingness to learn, ability to adapt to quickly changing environment. • Computers: Knowledge of Windows operating systems (especially Windows 2000), Windows security, file serving, print serving, application serving. • Network: Knowledge of LAN, WAN, VPN, WiFi. Cabling (Copper and Fiber), TCP/IP, DHCP, DNS, routing, switching.

FROSTY Forest Ice & Snow Management. Two young gentlemen will shovel your stairs, walkways, decks, roof, drives & provide some handyman services. Free estimates. Call (603)348-3139.

IPOD FIX IT Fixing Apple Products since 1990, Also Digital Cameras, Cellphone Screens, Game Systems. Call 603-752-9838.

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* St. Paul Lutheran Church, 101 Norway St., Corner of 7th St.. Berlin. -On Christmas Eve a candlelight communion services at 7 p.m. and 11 p.m. -Sunday morning services will be at 10:30 a.m. * First Baptist Church, 79 High St., Berlin. -Christmas Eve service, 8 p.m. -Christmas morning service, 11 a.m. * Lamb’s Chapel Christian Church 214 School St. Berlin, NH 03570 -Christmas Eve Service Saturday Evening, December 24, at 6:30 p.m. Candlelight Service -Christmas Day Sunday, December 25, at 10:30 a.m. Christmas Worship Service * Riverside Assembly of God Church, Berlin/ Gorham Road Sunday service, 10 a.m. * Community Bible Church Christmas Day 11 a.m., Christmas Worship service

* Gorham Congregational Church United Church of Christ -The Rev. Dr. David Smith will be leading worship services on Christmas Eve, Saturday, 7 p.m. -Sunday morning, December 25, worship will begin at 10 a.m. The Gorham Congregational Church is located at 143 Main Street in Gorham. Their phone number is 466-2136. * The Harvest Christian Fellowship Christmas Eve 6 p.m. Christmas program Christmas Morning - 10:30 a.m. * Heritage Baptist Church Candlelight service Christmas evening 6 p.m. Watchnight service 12/31 8 p.m. * Holy Family Roman Catholic Church, Gorham Saturday, Christmas Eve 4 p.m. Sunday, Christmas morning, 9 a.m. * St. Anne’s Roman Catholic Church of Good Shepherd Parish, Pleasant St., Berlin. -Saturday in Berlin 4 and 6 p.m. and midnight Mass -Sunday at 9 a.m. * St. Barnabas Episcopal Church, Corner of Main and High Streets, Berlin -Christmas Eve - Christmas music at 7:15 p.m., Worship at 7:30 p.m. -Christmas Morning Worship at 10:15 a.m., Celebration at 8 p.m.

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Unknown Country of Great Beauty and Diversity with Theo and Melanie Stibbons Cuisine of Slovenia Feb 15: Wild Stone: Climbing the Unclimbed From the Arctic to Arabia with Sarah Garlick Cuisine of Jordan February 29:Mongolia: Herders, Horses, and Eagles with Richard Cable Cuisine of Mongolia March 7: Hiking in the Aragon and Valencia Regions of Spain with Paul Cunha Cuisine of Spain March 14: England-River, Coastal and Country Walking with Theo and Melanie Stibbons Cuisine of England March 21: West of Ireland with Jack Holmes Cuisine of Ireland March 28: Medicine in the Mountains: Teaching and Providing in the Himalayas with Toby Savage Cuisine of Nepal 2012 International Dinner prices: $23 Adult AMC Members and $28 Adult Non Members. International Dinner packages are available which includes dinner, the presentation, lodging at the Joe Dodge Lodge, breakfast and a trail pass at Great Glen Trails. Dinner is at 6 pm, the program follows dinner. All programs are free and open to the public. Reservations are recommended. For more information or to make reservations call: 603-466-2727 www.outdoors.org.

BERLIN -- The January 2012 meeting of the North Country Writer’s Night Out Group will be held Monday, January 2, 2012, from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m., in the kitchen of the Brown Company House, on Main Street, in Berlin, NH. The Brown Company House is directly across the street from the South parking lot of the Northern Forest Heritage Park. The agenda will include priliminary discussions on the 2012 Writer’s Workshop and Book Festival day, to be held this year in May, in the Northern Forest Heritage Park, as well as news about members latest writings and publications. Time will

also be allotted for those who wish to share their latest efforts with the group. New members are always welcome, and are also welcome to share anything they may have written with the group. Being a published author is not a requirement. Anyone with an interest in the written word is welcome. Refreshments are always served toward the meeting’s end. If you have an interest in writing, please make a resolution to join us on January 2, 2012. For further information, please contact Dick Conway at 603-449-2558.

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that the trust has reserved the right to build its own transmission lines for the wind farm it may develop. The Northern Pass transmission lines would go in a northern corner of the 5,800-acre parcel, Murray said. Few would see the lines there, he said. If the trustees build the wind farm, those transmission lines would be far more visible, he said. “They would create a much bigger impact than the Northern Pass lines would ever create,” he said. Savage disputed that yesterday. “He’s comparing apples and oranges,” he said. The Northern Pass towers would be taller to accommodate high-voltage lines, and would run power from Canada to New England. The wind farm, if it’s ever built, would supply local energy.

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to buy a piece of that land for its transmission lines, it offered to buy both the conservation easement and the right of way Northern Pass wanted. But the society told the trust it wouldn’t buy one without the other, Savage said. The trust accepted the society’s offer. The forest society is now trying to raise the $850,000 it needs by mid-January to sign off on the deal. Savage said donors from across the state donated $100,000 in the first week. Murray criticized the fundraising campaign yesterday as misleading. In some of its requests for donations, the society has said it will keep all transmission lines off the Balsams land if it can raise enough money to buy the property. That’s not true, Murray said, given

NOTICE TO GORHAM RESIDENTS In observance of the Christmas Holiday and the New Year Holiday, the Public Works Department/Transfer Station will be closed Monday, December 26th and Monday, January 2nd. There will be no trash or recycling collection. Collection will take place on your next regularly scheduled day. Happy Holidays!

TOWN OF GORHAM

Supervisors of the Checklist will meet on January 3, 2012 from 7:00 to 7:30 pm at the Town Clerk’s Office for the purpose of making corrections to the checklist. No additions or corrections shall be made to the checklist after this session until election day and no change of party applications shall be accepted. Janice Eastman Joan Bennett Dorothy Ferrante

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William Bishop, Jr.

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WEST STEWARTSTOWN -- William H. Bishop, Jr., 47, passed away on Thursday, December 22, 2011 at the Coos County Nursing Home. He was born in Franklin, NH, on May 4, 1964, a son to William H. and Linda G. (Hurlbert) Bishop. Will grew up in Gorham, NH, and graduated from Gorham High School, Class of 82’. He worked as a logger and farm hand for most of his life. Will was an avid hunter, trapper and fisherman. Will was predeceased by his mother, Linda Bishop, and sister, Sue Ellen Waterman. He is survived by his father, William H Bishop, Sr., and his wife Brenda of Lancaster; a son, Nicholas Bishop and his wife Brenda of Lancaster; two daughters, Gale Bishop and her significant other Tim

Biladeau of Granby, Vt., Katie Bishop of Guyton, Georgia; one brother, Bradley Bishop and his wife Billie Jo of Gorham; six grandchildren and several nieces and nephews. Family and friends are invited to visiting hours on Friday, December 23, from 6-8 p.m. at Bailey Funeral Home in Lancaster, NH. A graveside service will be held on Saturday, December 24, at 11 a.m. at the Summer Street Cemetery in Lancaster with the Reverend Ron Bruce officiating. In lieu of flowers memorial donations may be made to the Huntington’s Disease Society of America, 505 Eighth Avenue Suite 502, NY, NY 10018. Please go to www.baileyfh.net for more information or to send an online condolence.

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Merullo. There were numerous friends and family members that attended the services from in and out of town. To post a tribute, please visit www.fleury-patry. com Arrangements were under the direction of The Fleury-Patry Funeral Homes of Berlin and Gorham.

Local resident graduates from Harding University SEARCY, Ark. — Sarah Meserve of Milan was one of approximately 340 graduates to receive a diploma at the Harding University commencement exercises Dec. 17. Meserve received a Bachelor of Science degree in nursing. Graduates included students from the College of Allied Health, College of Arts and Humanities, Col-

lege of Bible and Religion, Paul R. Carter College of Business Administration, Cannon-Clary College of Education, Carr College of Nursing, College of Sciences and the Honors College. The ceremonies were held in Benson Auditorium on campus with Brant Bryan, owner of Fairways Equities LLC as the keynote speaker. President David B. Burks presented diplomas to all graduates.

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MEREDITH-Drew Swedburg tossed home 24 points, leading the Moultonborough Academy Panthers to a 73-51 victory over Gorham on Friday. The visiting Huskies played a solid first quarter and trailed 17-14 after one quarter of play. Senior center Michael Turgeon did his best to keep Gorham close by, netting eight of his teamsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; points. Swedburg had six points for the home team. The Panthers put the game out of reach by out pointing Gorham 22-5 in the second quarter to lead by a score of 39-19 at the break. Jake St. Hilare hit a three point shot, while Swedburg was again the offensive leader for Moultonborough. â&#x20AC;&#x153;They are a very good team and are playing very well right now,â&#x20AC;? said head coach Billy Goodrich. â&#x20AC;&#x153;They have a lot of size and a very good point guard in Drew Swedberg who did a nice job controlling the game. We came out and played pretty well in the first quarter, however, in the second quarter they pick up their perimeter defense and really con-

tested our shots. Their size really paid off as they dominated us on the boards 22 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 45 including 19 offensive boards.â&#x20AC;? The Panthers pushed their lead to 58-29 by the end of the third quarter. Marcus Swedburg had six points for the home team. Plenty players got some playing time in the fourth quarter for both teams. Gorhamâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Jensen had six points and junior Hunter Lambertson chipped in with five points. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The team continued to battle, in the second half,â&#x20AC;? said Goodrich. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We managed to play a more balanced game against them. Michael did a great job inside against the biggest front court he is going to see and registered a solid double/double with 16 points and 11 rebounds.â&#x20AC;? Drew Swedburg had 24 points, Michael Donahue 12 points, and Travis Keich-Poier added 10 points for the Panthers. The Huskies got 16 points from Turgeon. Team mates Jensen 13 points, and Lambertson 11 points, were keys in the Gorham offense. GHS 14 05 10 22--51 MA 17 22 19 15--73

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GORHAM--The Gorham girlâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s varsity basketball team out scored Linwood 41-0 in the second and third quarters, and went on to defeat the visiting Lady Lumberjacks 60-12 in a girlsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Division IV basketball game in Gorham Tuesday. Things did not begin well for the home team. At the end of the first quarter of play, Gorham held a slim 10-8 lead. Senior Jaimie Bisson tossed in eight of her teamsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; ten markers. However, the constant defensive pressure by Gorham, finally caught up with Linwood. The Huskies did not let Linwood score, while having their best offensive quarter of the season netting 20 points. Junior Jessica Stewart reaped the benefits of steals and turnovers, scoring ten points, while teammate Hayley Holmes added a pair of hoops. Gorham held a 30-8 advantage during intermission. Gorham did not turn down their defense in the third quarter of play. The Huskies went to their 3-2 zone and let the Lumberjacks shoot from the outside. Unfortunately for Linwood, nothing would fall and Gorham

led 51-8 after three quarters. Freshman Brooke Nadeau had four buckets all in the paint area for the Lady Huskies. Both teamsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; emptied their benches for the final quarter of play. Sophomore Katie Gagne paced the Gorham offense, netting a pair of hoops for the home team. For the game, Linwood connected on five field goals and shot 1-4 from the foul line. Kayla Fadden had five points for the Lady Lumberjacks. The Huskies hit 25 shots from the floor and went 10-19 from the foul line. Stewart led the scorers accumulating 16 points. Nadeau 13 and Bisson 11, both reached double digits offensively. The Huskies will now take some time off for the holiday break. The Gorham girls travel to Epping for their Christmas tournament. GHS 10 20 21 09 60 LHS 08 00 00 04 12 Huskies (60)- Cyr 1-0-2, Currier 2-0-4, Stewart 7-2-16, McClure 1-0-2, Holmes 2-2-6, Gagne 2-0-4, Bisson 4-3-11, Nadeau 6-1-13, Carlisle 0-2-2. Lumberjacks (12)- McCrohan 1-0-3, Larue, Fadden 2-1-5, Ash, Blaisdell 1-0-2, Harrington 1-0-2.

Giannos leads Mounties Jefferson youth shelter to fourth straight 76-50 has new basketball court BY JEAN LEBLANC THE BERLIN DAILY SUN

BERLIN--Junior guard Dimitri Giannos netted 18 points, helping the Berlin boys basketball team to their fourth straight victory of the season , a 76-50 victory over the Winnisquam Bears in Berlin Tuesday. The Berlin offense was in high gear, putting up a 28-11 edge in the first quarter. Sam Aldrich ten, Curtis Arsenault four, and Jake Drouin three points led the offense. The Bearsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Zach Plourde, and Spencer Pevine had three points each. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We were able to get the ball inside to Sam in the first period,â&#x20AC;? said Berlin

coach Don Picard. â&#x20AC;&#x153;He was effective scoring down low.â&#x20AC;? Winnisquamâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s only hope was to keep pace with Berlin using the three point shot. Berlin raised their advantage to 46-26 by half time. Giannos zigged and zagged his way to the hoop for ten markers. Arsenault another seven, and sophomore Quinn Morrissette four points, got Berlin up by twenty points by intermisson. Winnisquamâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Tommy Mahoney 6 (2-3â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s) and team mate Mike Quagliana five points, did their best to keep the visitors close. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Dimitri is tough going to the hoop,â&#x20AC;? see GIANNOS page 19

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Picard said. “He doesn’t need much of an opening and he’ll slice through. Tonight he finished well. With Brad Frenette out with an injured wrist and Tyler Reed out with a badly sprained ankle, we got nice contributions off the bench. Travis Lapoionte was able to find Quinn Morrissette on backdoor cuts going to the hoop.” Mounties Giannos and Zach Bacon five points each, Arsenault four, and as a team, Berlin shot went 8-10 from the free throw line in the third quarter to take a twenty-five point edge. In the final quarter, both coaching staffs went deep into their benches to make the final outcome 76-50. Travis Lapointe netted four points for the home team. For the game, the Bears were 18-42 from the floor. However, the visitors were 10-19 from behind the arc and just 4-7 from the foul line. Mahoney, Parker and Quaglianna had nine points each for Winnisquam. The Mounties were 26-45 from the field and 3-9 from three point land. Berlin was a solid 21-29 from the charity stripe. Giannos 18, Arsenault 15, and Aldrich 14 points paced a balanced attack.

Trucking and Excavating - Jefferson, NH (603) 586-4584; Pike Industries (Gorham Sand and Gravel) - Gorham, NH - (603) 466-2291; Brendan Prusik –UNH Cooperative Extension and former NFI North employe. “Overall I was pleased with how we attacked the basket,” Picard praised. “We got to the line 29 times which shows that we are looking to penetrate and break down the defense. We are getting solid guard play from Drouin and Giannos, they are very poised out and are under control using pass fakes effectively and are efficient with their dribble. Those two really set the tempo for us on both ends of the floor. We gave up too many open looks from the perimeter allowing 10 3 point baskets. We will need to close out harder on shooters, but that is correctable.” Berlin will host the Newfound Bears on Thursday before their annual journey to Groveton and the holiday tornament. BHS 28 18 20 10 76 WRHS 11 15 15 9 50 Mounties (76)- Giannos 5-7-18, Arsenault 6-2-15, Aldrich 6-2-14, Bacon 3-3-9, Drouin 2-4-9, Morrissette 3-0-6, Lapointe 1-2-4, Bellanceau 0-1-1, Heath. Bears (50)-Mahoney 3-0-9, Parker 3-2-9, Quagliana 4-0-9, Plourde 3-0-8, Connor 2-0-6, Pevine 2-1-5, Deroche 1-0-3, Foster, 0-1-1.

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Hearing in soldier’s WikiLeaks case ends Page 20 — THE BERLIN DAILY SUN, Friday, December 23, 2011

FORT MEADE, Md. (NY Times) — The military hearing against Pfc. Bradley Manning closed on Thursday, with lawyers and onlookers alternately portraying him as a premeditated traitor or an accidental hero with emotional troubles. In their summary arguments, military lawyers accused the slight, bespectacled private of deliberately using his training as an Army intelligence analyst and his security clearances to leak tens of thousands of classified diplomatic cables, intelligence reports and a video of a military helicopter attack that left 11 people dead. The prosecutors showed what they

described as a Qaeda propaganda video in which terrorist operatives talked about the ways they had been able to exploit the leaks, with one of them saying that Private Manning “aided in the publication of those files, knowing that our enemies would use those files.” Private Manning’s lawyers did not argue that their client was innocent of the leaks. However, they compared the military’s case to the story of Chicken Little, saying that the files leaked to the antisecrecy organization WikiLeaks had not damaged national security and that the government was “over-charging” their client, who faces

life in prison. WikiLeaks shared the files with several news organizations, including The New York Times. News accounts of the findings ignited international outrage. The defense lawyers portrayed Private Manning, 24, as a man struggling with myriad emotional problems, stemming primarily from years of having to hide that he is gay. His lawyers said he reached out to his commanding officers for help and emotional support, but they ignored his problems. And, the lawyers said, Private Manning saw himself as a whistle-blower, not a traitor. “My client was young,” said one of the

defense lawyers, David Coombs. “He thought he could make a difference.” The investigating officer overseeing the proceedings is expected to deliver his recommendations on whether to court-martial Private Manning on Jan. 16. Legal experts said it was almost certain that Private Manning would be tried on at least some of the 22 charges against him, which include aiding the enemy and adding unauthorized software to a classified computer. If he is court-martialed on the more serious charges, Manning could face the death penalty. But prosecutors have said they would seek life in prison instead.