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Report promotes developing Androscoggin corridor BY BARBARA TETREAULT THE BERLIN DAILY SUN

ANDROSCOGGIN VALLEY – A new report encourages $26.6 million in projects along the Androscoggin River, from its headwaters in Errol to Merrymeeting Bay where it empties into the Gulf of Maine. The report, ‘Connecting People to the Outdoors in New England,’ grew out of The New England Governors Conference in July 2010. The governors endorsed promoting seven interstate corridors or “interstate pathways” in New England as a way to spur economic growth and connect people to the outdoors. Three of the seven - the Androscoggin River, the Connecticut River, and the Northern Forest Canoe Trail, travel through Coos County. The report, which was commissioned this spring by the National Park Service, seeks to maximize scarce resources by working in collaboration and partnership with various private and public orga-

nizations to support and expand existing efforts. “These visions were borne of public and private actions to restore the nation’s waters and renew its pathways, to connect people to the outdoors for both recreation and resource stewardship, to honor the nation’s outdoor heritage, to revitalize local economies and create jobs especially for youth, and to create a more sustainable future,” the report states. For the Androscoggin River, the report envisions a continuous network of water, biking, hiking, and pedestrian trails along the length of the 178- mile long river. The report estimates project costs, which it said are intended to come from multiple public and private sources. It projects over $11 million to support on-going land acquisition efforts in Coos County $6.3 million for land in the Androscoggin headwaters and $5.5 million to purchase the remaining 15,000 acres of Dillon land in

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New law mandates warnings before fines for minor labor violations BY ERIK EISELE THE CONWAY DAILY SUN

CONWAY — A new law that requires the state to warn rather than fine employers with minor labor department violations represents a relief for business owners, including several local employers who got caught under the old system. “We ended up getting fined like $40,000 or $50,000,” said Bill Bennett, of Maestro’s restaurant in North Conway, which underwent a labor department audit several years ago. “It took him a couple months,” Bennett said. “He found all kinds of violations, all kinds of silly things.” Some of the restaurant’s paperwork was missing, and a child whose mother worked at the restaurant was too young to be helping out. They were also paying the wrong minimum wage to busboys. “Every day that bus person came in was a fine,” Bennett said. There were no evidence anyone was being paid under the table, or of unsafe working conditions, or that the restaurant had hired illegal immigrants, but still the business faced tens of thousands of dollars in fines. “Our hearts dropped,” Bennett said. “I just wanted to give him the keys to the restaurant.” “These are honest mistakes,” he said. The restaurant wound up meeting with the department and got the fines down to several thousand dollars, but it was still a stressful situation for Bennett.

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That same frustration raised the ire of Mark Guerringue, publisher of the Conway Daily Sun. In 2008, two years after the paper was named Employer of the Year by the local chamber of commerce, the paper underwent a similar audit by the state. Over several days the labor inspector found 210 violations and levied a fine of $21,000. “I basically compared him to the Gestapo,” Guerringue said. One of the violations was in how the paper pays its employees. “The Sun pays on a twice-a-month basis,” Guerringue said in a column that ran after the incident, “and has been doing so for 20 years without incident or question. Those infractions counted for 50 or so violations, one for every employee.” “Another big chunk of violations resulted from us not having a form on file with the signatures of all employees acknowledging they know their rate of pay or salary,” he said in the column. “Apparently it’s not enough that our payroll service details every penny of pay in every paycheck. Again, probably a good reason for that regulation, just not sure why.” “It’s like a speeding ticket for going 2 mph over the speed limit,” he said. The paper went to the same type of hearing as Maestro’s, where the $21,000 fine was reduced to $800. That seemed arbitrary to Guerringue. “It’s a one-sided negotiation,” he said. “It really is revenue enhancement, a scam.”

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He wrote several columns railing against the system and how the whole experience felt like a shakedown. Good employers were being punished unnecessarily, he said. “That’s when Jeb Bradley picked up the cause.” “The vast amount of business owners are not out to screw their employees,” Bradley, state senator and former U.S. Congressman, said. Businesses around the state were being found to have “very minor and technical paperwork violations,” he said, but regulators “were throwing the book at them.” Bradley spoke to Guerringue, Bennett and others about their experiences, but at the time changes just weren’t in the cards. “It was 2010,” Bradley said, and Democrats were in control. “We were in the minority and the the bill died.” 2011 was a different story, however: Bradley was one of more than a dozen sponsors of Senate Bill 86, which was signed by the governor and passed into law earlier this year. The bill’s title: An act requiring the Department of Labor to warn employers of certain violations prior to imposing a fine. The law carves out exceptions for serious violations, like failing to pay an employee on time or hiring illegal immigrants, but otherwise employers will get a warning first, before any fines are levied. That makes sense to Bradley. “99.9 percent of employers want to sleep at night,” he said, not worry

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Miami says hello to wealthy Brazilians MIAMI (NY Times) — Even in a city that has embraced so many waves of Latinos that it is jokingly referred to as the only South American capital in North America, no one group has been as courted and pampered as the Brazilians. Flush with cash from a booming economy and enamored of luxury, Brazilians are visiting South Florida in droves and spending millions of dollars on vacation condominiums, clothes, jewelry, furniture, cars and art, all of which are much less expensive here than in Brazil. As a thank-you, Floridians are creating innovative ways to make the Brazilians happy and to encourage them to keep dipping into their wallets. Real estate agents, for example, have cobbled together one-stopshopping firms that offer interior decorating and concierge services as well as legal advice and visa help. Some agents have even opened offices in Brazil to simplify the process. Aware that Brazilians will not spend freely unless they feel at home, shopping malls have enticed them by hiring Portuguese-speaking sales clerks to proffer Dolce & Gabbana dresses and Hublot watches. Even Target has posted helpwanted signs in Portuguese.

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ROME (NY Times) — Financial market pressure on Italy eased temporarily on Wednesday, with borrowing rates on some government-issued debt dropping by half. But the political pressure on the government of Prime Minister Mario Monti remained high — and rising. Last week, Monti won final approval of a $40 billion spending package of tax increases and

a pension change aimed at eliminating Italy’s budget deficit by 2013. With Italians starting to feel the pain and dissent growing in Parliament, Monti must act swiftly to stimulate Italy’s economy, which is already in recession and is expected by some forecasters to shrink in 2012. On Wednesday, the day his cabinet met to discuss growthboosting measures, Monti

appeared to receive some breathing room when interest rates on six-month treasury bills, a barometer of investor worry about Italy’s creditworthiness, dropped in half to 3.2 percent and rates on 10-year treasury bills dropped to 6.91 percent from above 7 percent, nearing the levels at which other eurozone countries such as Ireland and Greece needed bailouts.

Mourners line streets for Kim Jong-il’s funeral

SEOUL, South Korea (NY Times) — Kim Jongun, the designated dynastic heir to power in North Korea, walked alongside the hearse of his deceased father, Kim Jong-il, through snow-covered downtown Pyongyang on Wednesday, leading a state funeral that provided early glimpses of who is serving as guardians of the young untested leader. The extensive funeral was closely watched for signs of shifts in power in the country’s enigmatic leadership. Mr. Kim’s two elder brothers, Kim Jongnam and Kim Jong-chol, were nowhere to be seen. Leading the funeral alongside and behind Kim were a familiar mix of military generals and

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Charges upgraded for man accused in double shooting GRAFTON — Charges have been upgraded against a man accused of killing his roommates in June. A Grafton County grand jury indicted Robert Lacombe, 24, on two counts of first-degree murder in connection with the deaths of William Hatch, 24, and Crystal Farnham, 23. Hatch and Farnham were found shot to death in their Grafton home in late June, and Lacombe was arrested at a hotel in Massachusetts.

Lacombe had been charged with two counts of second-degree murder, and the attorney general’s office said those charges are still pending against him as alternative charges. According to court documents, Hatch and Farnham were both shot in the head. The couple shared their Island Road apartment with Lacombe, who moved in with them several months before the shootings. —Courtesy of WMUR

Ski area activity ramping up BY PAULA TRACY THE UNION LEADER

A skier cruises along on Wildcat Mountain Wednesday. While the valley enjoyed some milder temperatures and some sun yesterday, Pinkham Notch and the ski area was in the clouds and recieved light snow for most of the day increasing the base for better conditions. (JAMIE GEMMITI PHOTO)

Officials warn of thin ice after weather changes CONCORD — New Hampshire Fish and Game officials are warning of thin ice in light of recent rain and warmer temperatures. Officials said ice is unsafe for foot travel and snowmobiles in most parts of the state. They said smaller lakes and ponds may be safe, but advised sportsmen to use a chisel or an auger to test ice thickness before ventur-

ing out. Ice should be a minimum of 6 inches thick for foot passage and 8-10 inches thick for snowmobiles and other all-terrain vehicles. Fish and Game officials urged people not to panic if they fall through the ice. They said to swim to where you fell in, lay both forearms on the unbroken ice and kick hard to get out of the water. —Courtesy of WMUR

Candidates campaign in N.H. CONCORD — Republican presidential candidates Jon Huntsman and Fred Karger are campaigning in New Hampshire, while Steve Forbes campaigns on behalf of Rick Perry. Huntsman kicked off his “Restoring Trust” tour in New Hampshire yesterday. He plans to visit all 10 New Hampshire counties through Jan. 10, the date of the first-in-the-nation primary. Today, he will speak at the Laconia Rotary meeting and hold a town hall meeting in Wolfeboro. Huntsman plans to speak at the Bow Rotary meeting on Friday morning and hold a town hall meeting in Canterbury on

Friday night. Fred Karger is also campaigning in New Hampshire this week. Today Karger will also be in Concord to attend a business breakfast. Businessman Steve Forbes will be campaigning on behalf of Rick Perry on yesterday and today. Forbes addressed the Milford Rotary Club at its weekly meeting yesterday afternoon. He also plans to speak at a forum, hosted by the Derry Republican town committee on Wednesday evening. This morning, Forbes spoke at the New Hampshire Business Caucus Breakfast in Concord. —Courtesy of WMUR

New Hampshire has 18 alpine and five cross country ski areas open and busy with vacationers this week. Almost a third of all the alpine ski trails in the state — 245 of 795 — were reported open yesterday, after a week of fairly good snowmaking weather and a few storms that brought light, dry powder on Christmas Day. Ski area operators were thankful the snow that has fallen north of Tilton and cold temperatures have helped snowmaking efforts. But they would like to see a strategically placed snowstorm south of Concord, which is not yet predicted. “From a business standpoint, the next few days will be crucial days,” said Karl Stone, spokesman for Ski NH, the statewide organization representing most ski areas in the state. He said this week, the Martin Luther King-Civil Rights long weekend in January and February vacation, represent 30 percent of annual business for ski areas. The five cross country ski areas open are at Bretton Woods, Jackson Ski Touring, Great Glen in Pinkham Notch, Franconia Village Inn and Waterville Valley. The Balsams/Wilderness ski areas

— both nordic and alpine — will remain closed this winter, and Abenaki alpine center in Wolfeboro plans to open later this week, he said. The snowmobile industry is still waiting for snow to open state trails. Usually the state opens them by Dec. 15, but a lack of snow has kept most trails closed south of the notches. Businesses that cater to skiers and riders said they are beginning to see business pick up. Scott Rice, owner of the Woodstock Inn Brewery, said business was quite good on Monday and Tuesday and he expects that to continue throughout the week. Stone agreed. “People are here,” he said from his offices in Lincoln. At Loon, 33 trails were open Tuesday; at Mount Sunapee, 26 trails were available; at Gunstock, 19; and Cranmore reported 20 trails open. By Wednesday, the weather is expected to become colder, allowing for consistent snowmaking. John M. DeVivo, general manager at Cannon Mountain said there were over 2,000 skiers on the mountain Tuesday and 29 percent of the terrain was open. “Business has been great, relatively speaking. Obviously not up to par with last year, but right where we want and expect it to be, given the awkward start to the season,” he said.

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Parents for Playgrounds reflect on the year To the editor: As another year comes to a close some of us reflect on the events of the ending year. Parents for Playgrounds was resurrected in 2011 to come together once again for a playground in need. Brown Elementary school Playground may look great from the road but we challenge you to stop in and run your hands over the splintered, surfaces, trip over the rotten posts, and fall onto the 1 inch of ground cover. This playground is used for most of our cities 5-8 year old’s on a daily bases. Over the past year parents/ grandparents and even children have laid their hands to the plow for this playground. We have been able to raise

almost $10,000 for the park. We have painted lots of new games and activities on the asphalt. Covered over the graffiti, and installed camera’s to watch over the area. What a great start, now lets finish it. We want to thank all the people/ businesses that have donated any amount. The parents who attend the fundraisers, and volunteers who run them. Every bit counts. We have a thermometer keeping track and it is rising monthly. We are planning a concert January 29th at the Rec. DUKE has generously donated their time for a dance/ concert. We will be having our first meeting of the year in January. Anyone see PARENTS page 5

Wants vote on Town Manager contract To the editor: I, Robert Balon respectfully submit the following letter to you, Ok, lets see: The voters in Gorham NH get to vote on the Police and Dispatch Department contracts through a specific warrant article at Town Meeting but do not get to vote on the Town Manager’s contract the same way; why? (Pointing-out, that NH RSA 37:10 “compensation” states – The town manager shall receive such compensation as may be fixed by the selectmen, unless otherwise specifically voted by the town.) In my opinion the contract

that the selectmen gave the Town Manager this year after Town Meeting is illegal, void and means nothing because the voters were not given the right to fix the Town Manager’s compensation through a specific warrant article at Town Meeting, but instead the Town Manager’s compensation is/was fixed by the selectmen through the warrant article that contains “all” of the general town operations and charges thus making the compensation hidden from the voters... Respectfully, Gorham Taxpayer Robert Balon

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Once Upon a Berlin Time 1964- part IV Hello fellow Berlinites. It was and storage of wood, the Androscoggin announced in an old Brown Bulletin River never held or shipped logs again in May of 1964 that pulpwood driving after this final drive. on the Androscoggin River would end Another local school closed its doors in during the coming summer. 1964. The latest education facility to shut The last of this pulpwood was coming down was the Willis School, rebuilt in down the Dummer during local river 1938. It was no North of longer going to B e r l i n operate after during the June, as voters summer cast their ballots and fall 38-34 to close and of 1964. send the students With this, to schools outside the public the district, at the m i g h t start of the 1964never see 65 scholastic year. another Once closed, the river drive Willis School was again. The used as a comwaters of munity building, the Androcontaining the s c o g selectmen’s office gin had and the Dummer served as public library. I the “wood am not quite sure Pulpwood fills the Androscoggin. highway” if it still serves in this city in this function for a century. today. Vice President of woods operations C.S. As soon as the industrial building on Herr said that there was about 8,000 the Jericho Road was complete, it was cords of wood being held at Milan and announced that a new business would this would come to Berlin and be used be coming to Berlin. It was called Eddieup by the fall. Normal years would have Rose Business Forms. 40-50,000 cords headed to the “Paper This latest company expected to employ City”. 25 people to start and at the end of the After the “rearing” (clearing the river first year of operation, it hoped to have banks) process was complete, river 100 employees. The new firm Eddie-Rose transportation of pulpwood would be took the name from owner Eddie Schweiconcluded. This would bring to an end ger and his wife Rose. one of the most picturesque and remarkI believe the company was them named able sights that New Hampshire visitors EMCA, operating for many years, before loved to see. It showed miles of floating becoming the Car Freshener Corporalogs covering the river from bank to bank tion. This last company is still in busion quiet stretches, all the way from Errol ness today (2011), managed by neighbor to Berlin. Steve Dion and seems to be doing well. Pulpwood that would now be cut in On June 24, 1964, Berlin lost one of its the northern part of Coos County and most famous citizens and mill owners. Western Maine would be transported His name was Orton Bishop Brown, to Berlin by truck in future years. Even known to most as OB. Mr. Brown was though there were certain advantages 94 years old and had been a resident of using the river as a means of conveying Berlin since he was 22. He came here from Portland, Maine to help build his father’s sawmill into the huge paper industry of the Brown Company. Mr. Brown was born on August 17, 1870 in Portland, the son of William Wentworth and Emily Hart Jenkins Brown. He attended Portland schools, Phillips Andover Academy and Williams College, where he graduated in 1892. That same year,

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early Monday morning June 22, TIME from page 4 1964. Mr. Brown came to Berlin and The blaze, which roared through eventually purchased a house on the PI Kappa Alpha house, also the corner of Church Street and took the life of a Portsmouth man Hillside Avenue. 19 years old, while ten others Through his foresightedness, barely escaped with their lives. Brown Company became one of Blunden’s body was found near the research leaders of this couna doorway on the ground level in try. He also was a major factor in which he apparently had made his building the Bermico and Cascade way from the second floor. Mills. Brown was Vice President The young and Treacollege student surer for was at Durham many years for the summer and later a working on director of computer prothe Brown gramming in Company. conjunction He was, with a chemin addition, istry research a director project and had of the New just completed Hampshire his sophomore Fire Insuryear. ance ComThe blaze pany and one was discovof the first ered at about directors 12:40 am and of the City the three story National building was Bank, which consumed in stood on the 45 minutes. “Square” in This appalling Berlin. OB inferno sent was also a flames one member of hundred feet the Berlin into the air. School Board Fire officials for many said that this years and sad fire started OB Brown chairman in a couch in of the State the basement Board of Education for over 20 and quickly spread throughout years. the wooden structure. Blunden’s Mr. Brown was a member of death was attributed to smoke Kappa Alpha, the oldest Greek inhalation said the county mediletter fraternity which was cal examiner. founded in 1825. He was the oldest George Blunden Jr. had graduliving “Kap”, the patriarch of the ated from Gorham High School society and holder of the key that with honors and had won the presdesignated him to be entitled to tigious Brown Company scholarthat position. ship. It was certainly a sad event OB married Caroline Lewis for his family and the town of Gordon on September 18, 1900 in Gorham to lose such a promising Atlanta Georgia. They had three young man. children all of whom survived June of 1964 also brought with them. it a 4-1 vote by the State Board Mrs. Brown was the daughter of Education and approval of the of General John B. Gordon of the Executive Council to build the Confederate Army, who, at the North Country Vocational-Techniend of the Civil War was next in cal School on the Twitchell Farm, command to Robert E. Lee, having Riverside Drive in Berlin. taken Stonewall Jackson’s comThis vote of approval climaxed mand. nine months of arguments about Mr. Orton Brown was the last where this school should be surviving member of the Brown located. With this vote, the conbrothers, who ran and operated struction was going to get started the business of the enormous so that what we now call the White Brown Company. He was predeMountain Community College ceased by his wife Caroline, who could open by the fall of 1965. It passed away on October 18, 1942. has been in operation for 47 years. Both are buried in the city cemeI will continue with the history tery on the East Milan Road. of Berlin in the year 1964 with my A tragic death, that took the life next writing. of a young aspiring Gorham man Questions or comments email occurred when George E. Blunden poof@ne.rr.com. Also, join the Jr., age 19 of 80 Evans Street many fans of “Once upon a Berlin died in a fraternity house fire at Time” on face book and guess at the University of New Hampshire the weekly mystery picture.

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Pagan speaks out about holiday sharing To the editor: As a Pagan, I take high offense at the letter to the editor by Mr. Losier. Now let me explain why. He states, “Certain people are offended and it would be in the best interests of this nation to separate ourselves from Him while at the same time declaring ourselves to be a Christian nation.” Well according to our founding fathers, we are not, nor were we ever declared to be a Christian nation. Quite the contrary. First let us hear from Thomas Jefferson, the writer of the Declaration of Independence, with a few of his quotes on this subject: “Christianity neither is, nor ever was, a part of the Common Law.” -letter to Dr. Thomas Cooper, 1814 Then he had this in particular to say about the Christian religion: “Millions of innocent men, women and children, since the introduction of Christianity, have been burnt, tortured, fined, imprisoned; yet we have not advanced an inch towards uniformity. What has been the effect of coercion? To make one half the world fools, and the other half hypocrites. To support roguery and error all over the earth.” - Notes on Virginia Next we will hear the words of John Adams: “The government of the United States of America is not in any sense founded on the Christian Religion” (John Adams, 1797, Hunter Miller, ed., Treaties and other International

Acts, 2:365). Then we have Mr Adams own thoughts not only on Christianity, but also religion in general: “As I understand the Christian religion, it was, and is, a revelation. But how has it happened that millions of fables, tales, legends, have been blended with both Jewish and Christian revelation that have made them the most bloody religion that ever existed?” -letter to F.A. Van der Kamp, Dec. 27, 1816 “Have you considered that system of holy lies and pious frauds that has raged and triumphed for 1,500 years?” “This would be the best of all possible worlds, if there were no religion in it.” Now one more of our Founding Fathers, James Madison: “The purpose of separation of church and state is to keep forever from these shores the ceaseless strife that has soaked the soil of Europe in blood for centuries.” -1803 letter objecting use of gov. land for churches “Experience witnesseth that ecclesiastical establishments, instead of maintaining the purity and efficacy of religion, have had a contrary operation. During almost fifteen centuries has the legal establishment of Christianity been on trial. What has been its fruits? More or less, in all places, pride and indolence in the clergy; ignorance and servility in the laity; in both, superstition, bigotry and persesee YULE page 9

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Saturday, Dec. 31st New Years Eve Dance at the Gorham American Legion Great Homemade Food Provided! Only $5 Cover – 8pm to 12am Only 150 tickets available! Tickets can be purchased at The Gorham Legion Labonville’s Outlets Catello Music Store and from the Band Members

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DHMC bans sale of sugar-sweetened beverages on its campus BY KRISTA LANGLOIS VALLEY NEWS

LEBANON — First it was cigarettes. Then fried food in the cafeteria. Now, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center’s latest health initiative will prohibit sugar-sweetened beverages from being sold anywhere on its Lebanon campus. Patients, visitors and employees will still be able to pick up a can of Coke at the convenience store and bring it to DHMC, but hospital officials hope that the inconvenience will prompt them to make healthier choices. “We’re not banning (sugary beverages). We respect individual choice, and people have the right to drink

whatever they want,” said spokesman Rick Adams. “We’re just not selling them anymore. This is consistent with our institutional mission of promoting a healthy population.” DHMC is not the first hospital in the area to enact such a policy. Gifford Medical Center, in Randolph,VT, instituted a similar change last February, and other hospitals and schools across the country have also stopped selling sugary drinks, which have been linked to obesity, diabetes and heart disease. Under Dartmouth-Hitchcock’s new policy, which will go into effect Jan. 1, regular sodas, sweetened iced teas and sugar-added juices will all be elimi-

nated from both DHMC’s own dining services and those of outside vendors. That means vending machines, cafeterias and food court eateries like Au Bon Pain will cease to sell any beverage that contains added sugar from natural sources (including white or brown sugar, honey or nectar) or manmade sweeteners (like high-fructose corn syrup). Diet sodas and natural fruit juices will still be sold, and patients will still be allowed to order ginger ale for upset stomachs or Coke for diabetic crashes. Au Bon Pain’s marketing vice president Ed Frechette said that though the no-sugar-added movement is gaining popularity nationwide, DHMC’s policy is among the most severe he’s seen. Au Bon Pain was required to stop selling soda at the much larger Cleveland Clinic in Ohio last year, but

was allowed to continue selling sweetened fruit juices like Nantucket Nectars, which will be eliminated from the offerings at DHMC. Nantucket Nectars are the fourthmost-popular beverages sold at Au Bon Pain. The three most popular are diet soda, bottled water and regular soda, in that order. Frechette said there is concern that DHMC’s policy could hurt sales there, but in Cleveland, at least, the result seemed to be as hospital officials intended: “What we saw was that people simply moved to different drinks.” He expects that the effect will be much the same in Lebanon. “There would be some people who move to non-sweetened drinks, and some people who say, no, I want my soda, and stop at convenience store and stock up,” Frechette added. see DHMC page 14

Oh Christmas Tree.... 272 Gorham Hill Road, Gorham, NH We would like to thank everyone who has bought a Christmas tree from us over the last 3 years. We appreciate the community support. We also would like to wish everyone a safe and Happy New Year! See you in 2012! Kim, Tracey, Tanner & Bryanna

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cution.” - A Memorial and Remonstrance, 1785 Now, according to three of our founding fathers, though even more stated the same as those I have quoted above, they did not want Christianity to be the official religion of the United States of America, they actually thought Christianity was nothing more but a blood thirsty religion filled with hatred, bigotry and slaughter. At no time, were we ever a singular religious nation, much to the chagrin of Christians who constantly assert that we are in fact a nation founded on Christianity. We are a nation founded on the fact that all men are created equal and enjoy unalienable rights, those rights being life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. What is my pursuit of happiness may not be your idea of your own pursuit of happiness, but it is my pursuit nonetheless and you nor anyone else has the right to shove your pursuit down anyone elses throat, just like I do not have that right. Now, I could go to this town mayor and council and insist that the town creche also dis-

play pagan symbols associated with Yuletide, but I will not do so because I truly believe in the separation of church and state, just like I wish the rest of you Christians would do the same and stop insisting that your religion is represented during the holiday season and no other. This is an incredibly important Holy Day to Pagans and to have it denigrated and turned into a circus by Christians and to have it stolen from us and proclaimed just a Christian holiday, is a slap in the face to us Pagans, who are the originators of this Holy Day. Now let us get to my second point. Mr. Losier stated that since we are not a Christian nation, there is the blood of millions of innocent babies on our hands. Well, have you ever truly researched the history of the religion you profess to be part of? Thomas Jefferson’s statement is wholly correct. Millions of innocent men, women and children have been brutalized, tortured, butchered and murdered in the name of this supposed loving and caring religion called Christianity. From the Inquisitions

all the way to the invasion of the North and South American continents and the decimation of it’s Native American tribes at the hands of Christians, there is ten times more innocent blood upon the hands and heads of the Christians than there ever were in any other religions. Yes, you will say that the Muslims have more blood on their hands, yet that would not be the truth according to real history and not revised history based on Christianity. If there was space allowed, I could write countless stories about Christian atrocities, even to where during the First Crusade, the Cleric Raymond of Aguilers wrote: “In the temple of Solomon, one rode in blood up to the knees and even to the horses’ bridles, by the just and marvelous judgment of God.” In other words, there was so much blood spilled by the Christian Crusaders that it rose as high as the horses’ bridles!!! It would take an awful lot of blood to rise that high let me tell you, seeing I have ridden horses and know how high a horses bridle comes to. see YULE page 14

DAILY CROSSWORD TRIBUNE MEDIA SERVICES

by Lynn Johnston by Scott Adams

DILBERT

By Holiday Mathis SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). You’ll enjoy the contents of your own mind. Your imaginings will amuse you to no end. You might even prefer your own company today, and who could blame you? You’re good company indeed. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21). Taking in manmade beauty will be one of the most invigorating things you could do today. Art stimulates your mind and life in ways you won’t be able to explain. It’s one of the wonderful excitements of living. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19). You’ll be included in the activities that suit you best. If you’re not included in something, be glad; it’s not for you. Your fortunes will be augmented exactly where you are. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). You appreciate your self-sufficient friends. Similarly, your friends appreciate your self-sufficiency. This is a good time to be independent financially and emotionally. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). What’s happening around you might not be all that engaging, and you’ll have to make a greater effort to connect. How will you be able to talk about your day later if you didn’t really experience it in the first place? TODAY’S BIRTHDAY (Dec. 29). You’ll pursue your passion long after the others have given up. You’ll spend time with people who possess a similar mental and physical toughness. In February, you’ll be rewarded for hanging in there. Life may feel out of balance through the spring, but you won’t mind because you’re so involved. Pisces and Sagittarius people adore you. Your lucky numbers are: 50, 22, 15, 9 and 30.

by Darby Conley

ARIES (March 21-April 19). When you’re feeling warm, everyone around you seems to cozy up to your inner fire. That’s how it will be most of the day and into the night, so expect company. TAURUS (April 20-May 20). In your mind, there will be no emotional difference between anticipating what you’ll do, actually doing it and remembering that you did it. So today you’ll get the same amount of joy from the past, present and future. GEMINI (May 21-June 21). Friends surprise you with the kind of news that leaves you momentarily speechless while your brain searches for the right thing to say. It’s probably better not to say much. Being present and willing to listen will be enough. CANCER (June 22-July 22). You might feel a little touchy today, so it’s best to avoid sadness triggers like torch songs, depressing movies or reading material that could be classified as a “total downer.” Go for the laughs wherever you can find them. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). As usual, you’ll find creative solutions to life’s little challenges. The difference today is that naive eyes are watching you and learning from your every move. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). You’ll partner with someone who can help you break into a new realm of business. Things may get off to a slow start, which will allow you to gracefully ease into the groove. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). As you search for solutions to the day’s strange conundrums, a loving partner provides just the grounding agent necessary for rousing bouts of belly laughter. Humor gets you through.

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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. Monday, January 2 Social Club: Card party, 1 p.m., St. Anne’s lower hall, School St., Berlin 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. 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. Monday, January 9 Golden Age Card Party: 1 p.m., Senior Meals site, Sullivan St., Berlin. Monday, January 16 Ladies of St. Anne: Card party, 1 p.m. St. Anne’s lower hall, School St., Berlin.

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––––––––––––––– ONGOING CALENDAR –––––––––––––– Thursday Community Bible Church Free Meal: Doors open 4 p.m. for coffee and conversation, Dinner at 5 p.m., close up around 630. There is live music and complimentary Dunkin Donuts coffee for all. Anyone wishing to make a donation to this service can contact aprilmasiero@gmail.com Developmental Play-Group: FCESS, 9:30 to 11 a.m. every Thursday, St. Barnabas Episcopal Church. Contact person is Sheri Goyette at 603662-2331 or email sgoyette@northernhs.org. TOPS NH 0057 Gorham: Meet every Thursday, 5:30 p.m., meeting room of the Gorham Public Library on Railroad Street, Gorham. FMI Call Carolyn at 348-1416. Boy Scout Pack 207: meets every Thursday at 6:30 in the St. Michael’s School cafeteria. Berlin-Gorham White Mountain Rotary Club: Meets every Thursday 730 to 830 a.m., Town & Country Inn Shelburne. FMI email info@ whitemtnrotary.org Senior Meals: Guardian Angel School, noon. Suggested donations for 60 and over $3; under 60 $6. All are welcome. (FMI 752-2545) Mt. Jefferson LDG. #103 I.O.O.F.: meets second and fourth Thursdays of month, 7 p.m., 701 Presidential Highway, Jefferson. FMI 1-802892-6684 or 723-0766. Gorham Public Library: Open M-F: 10am6pm, Saturdays: 10am-Noon. Children’s Story Time: Fridays, 1:30pm. View On-line Catalog at https://gorham.biblionix.com/. FMI call 4662525 or email gorhampubliclibrary@ne.rr.com. AA Meeting: noon to 1 p.m., St. Barnabas Church, 2 High St., Berlin. Berlin Knights of Columbus: Third and Fourth Degree meets on second Thursday of each month, 7 p.m., St. Anne’s lower hall, Berlin. Dinner served at 5:30 p.m. for members and guests from September to May. Shelburne Library Schedule: Thursday 2:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.; Saturdays - 9:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. FUSION: Youth Group invites all youth grades 6-12, 6:30 to 8 p.m. Games, music, and a good message to get you pumped for the rest of the week! Harvest Christian Fellowship, Willow St. in Berlin. FMIVicky at 348-2354. facbook.com/ fusion603 Milan Public Library: Monday, 1:30 to 7:30 p.m.; Tuesday and Wednesday’s 11:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Alcoholics Anonymous: 12 to 1 p.m., Discussion Meeting, St. Barnabas Church, corner of High and Main St., Berlin. Step Book Meeting, 7 to 8 p.m., Androscoggin Valley Hospital, Berlin. Exercise Classes: Berlin Senior Center, 610 Sullivan St., Berlin, 4 to 5 p.m. (FMI 752-2545) Pre-School Reading, Arts, Crafts Program: Errol Public Library, 10:30 a.m. To register, call Ann Bragg at 483-7720 or go to the library from 8 a.m. to noon Wednesday through Saturday. F. O. E. Eagles 1464: Meets first and third Thursday of every month at 7 p.m. The Salvation Army Thursday Afterschool Programs: 3 – 3:30, snack and homework help; 3:30 – 4 Timbrels; 4 – 4:30 Sacred Dance; 4:30 – 5 Singing Company; Dinner; and Boys Adventure Corps and Sunbeams. For more information please call 752-1644. Dummer Library Hours: 3 to 7 p.m. (FMI 449-0995, E-mail: dpl@ncia.net) 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. 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 752-8111.

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Autos by Abigail Van Buren

SERIAL JOB-CHANGER HAS NO BUSINESS IN THE MILITARY

DEAR ABBY: I’m a 19-year-old woman, hardworking and married to my best friend. Life is amazing! So what’s my problem? I burn out of jobs quickly. I’ll start a job and absolutely love it, but within six months the things that I once loved about the job start to drive me crazy. Within a year, I hate my job and put in my two-week notice. It’s not that I have problems finding jobs -- I’m well-groomed, speak well and I’m enthusiastic. I have recently considered enlisting in the Air Force. (My husband is on active duty.) I am absolutely thrilled about it, but I’m afraid I’ll eventually start hating my job and it’s something I’ll be stuck with. How do I overcome this? -- WANTS TO ENLIST DEAR WANTS TO ENLIST: Please stop and re-read your letter. Are you aware that you’re talking about work the way a schoolgirl talks about romance -- blind, grand passion until reality sets in, then on to the next one? A job isn’t like that. While it can be rewarding on many levels, when the novelty fades it is still WORK. There are good days and ones that are less so, co-workers who are a pleasure and some who are a challenge. Sometimes it’s stimulating and sometimes it’s an effort. Years ago there was a letter in this column that read: “Dear Abby: I joined the Navy to see the world. I’ve seen it. Now how do I get OUT?” I don’t want a letter like that from you. Military life is rewarding, but it can also be demanding, frustrating and dangerous. It requires making a commitment and sticking with it even after the going gets tough. With your short attention span and low tolerance for frustration, I don’t recommend you take ANY job that requires a signed contract

guaranteeing you won’t leave. DEAR ABBY: My friend and I have a massage therapist, “Shelby,” whom we hire on a regular basis because she does an excellent job. However, it’s hard to get a completely relaxing massage because she likes to talk the whole time. What’s the nicest and most polite way to inform Shelby that we prefer peace and quiet so we can enjoy the massage? -- RUBBED THE WRONG WAY IN COLORADO DEAR RUBBED THE WRONG WAY: Shelby is not your buddy; she’s a professional who has been hired to perform a service. When you make your next appointment and she starts talking, say, “Shelby, when you talk during the massage, it makes it difficult for me to relax. Right now, I need to completely relax, and conversation is distracting.” If that doesn’t clearly -- and politely -- convey your message, then you need to find a massage therapist who is less verbal. DEAR ABBY: I hired a pet sitter to stay in my home for two days to care for my dog. (I have used him in the past.) After 24 hours of no response to my texts or phone calls, I asked a neighbor to check on my dog. The sitter never showed up. My dog had been left alone with no food or walks. Should I alert his other clients about what happened? I have this person’s client email list. It’s possible that other pets were also neglected. -- ANGRY PET OWNER IN HOUSTON DEAR ANGRY: Pet sitting is a sacred obligation, and if the sitter is for some reason unable to fulfill that responsibility, there should be a backup plan in place in case of emergency. Unless your sitter had a life-threatening emergency, by all means warn the other clients.

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

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FEMALE American Bull Dog, 12 weeks of age. Has 1st shots, looking for good home. $200/obo. Call (603)915-0226. TWO Himalayan kittens, ready in Feb. Shelty pups to come, call on price 636-1349.

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TWO OFFICES AVAILABLE OFFICE SPACE IN BERLIN Spacious second-floor corner office in downtown Berlin. Known as the Sheridan Building, this classic revival structure built in 1905 and renovated in the 1980s and 1990s is located next to City Hall. Ceilings are high and windows are plentiful in this corner which includes one large room, one medium sized, and a private bathroom. $450 a month, and includes heat. Second floor, corner office, two rooms with shared bathroom. $350.

For a video tour go to: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DcX8mKIu01Q For more information call Mark 603-356-3456.

BERLIN apartments available. 1 bedroom units $450-$550/mo. heat included, some include h/w, 2 bedroom $600/mo. heat, h/w included. No smokers. Off-street parking. Call/ text (603)723-7015. BERLIN Houses available immediately. 131 Jolbert St. 3/4 br, 1.5 bath, yard, garage. $775/mo. No utilities included. 252 Wight St. 2 BR, 1 bath. Yard, garage $675/mo. No utilities included. Call/ text (603)723-7015. BERLIN- Spacious 2 bedroom 1st floor of duplex; heat, hw, w/d hookups; yard & garage; stove & frig incl., no pets; $675 + sec dep. 603-560-3481. BERLIN: 2 bedroom, heat, h/w included, HUD accepted, $550/mo. 802-388-6904.

For Rent 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: 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. GORHAM first floor two bedroom. Bell St. $650/mo. heat included. Yard, stove/ fridge, w/d connection. No smokers. Call/ text (603)723-7015.

GORHAM HOUSE 3 bedroom, $795 completely remodeled, no utilities included, 84 Lancaster Road, 466-5933, 915-6216. 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 bdrm $650/mo. Heat & hot water, no pets (978)726-6081. GORHAM: 2 bedroom, heat, h/w, newly renovated, off street parking, snow removal, 723-6310. 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 AMAZING! Beautiful pillowtop matress sets, twin $169, full or queen $249, king $399. See AD under “Furniture”. BEDROOM-SOLID Cherrywood Sleigh bed. Dresser, mirror, chest, night stand. New! Cost $2,200 sell $895. 235-1773

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Funeral Notice: Edgar J. Marchand BERLIN — A Mass of Christian Burial for Edgar J. Marchard, 83, was celebrated on December 27, 2011 at St. Anne Church of Good Shepherd Parish. Father Mark Dollard officiated. Gifts were presented by his daughters, Priscilla Cloutier, Rose Marchand and Denise Gagne. The Pall was also placed by his daughters. Pall

Bearers were members of the Knights of Columbus, Robin Lavertue, Rene Gagnon, Leo Theriault, Paul Drouin, Michael Plourde and Greg Marrer. Burial followed in Mt. Calvary Cemetery. Relatives and friends attended the service. Bryant Funeral Home was in charge of the arrangements.

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TRAIL from page one

Success. There is $100,000 proposed to develop a trail from Errol village to the Thirteen Woods Town Forest and $100,000 for a trail from Gorham to Shelburne. Other projects identified for Coos County include developing river access to downtown Gorham and North Road in Shelburne, improving access sites at Rotary Park in Berlin and in Milan village, and improving amenities at Pontook Dam and Bofinger Wayside Area. The report notes the Androscoggin River has experienced a dramatic rebirth since its polluted condition helped inspire the federal Clean Water Act of 1972. But it also points out the entire length of the river corridor has been plagued with job losses over the past two decades. During that time, it said significant efforts have been made to improve river access, develop trails, conserve land, protect

fish and wildlife, and provide outdoor recreational opportunities for residents and visitors. The Androscoggin River Watershed Council has coordinated development of the Androscoggin River Trail and also sponsored an annual Androscoggin River Source to the Sea Trek. The report identifies $77 million in projects along the 410-mile Connecticut River. While most of the projects are focused on southern sections of the river, $5.5 million is proposed to develop a Connecticut River Water Trail that would run system-wide. The Northern Forest Canoe Trail, a 740-mile inland paddling trail along historic routes across New York, Vermont, Quebec, New Hampshire, and Maine, is targeted for $725,000 in projects that include improving access and trail extension planning. The report can be accessed at efc. muskie.usm.maine.edu/docs/connect. people.2011

Six Coos educators present at national conference

vidual capacities to provide quality BERLIN — Coös County early child care. Shayna Henry and Shanchildhood educators were the focus non Downs are child care professionof one session of the latest National als and students at WMCC in the Association for the Education of Young Early Childhood Program. Downs is Children (NAEYC) conference. Held also a substitute in the newly orgathis year in Orlando in early Novemnized substitute pool for Coös County. ber, the NAEYC Annual Conference The selling point of their story was & Expo is the largest early childhood how one small county in rural New education conference in the world. Hampshire is raisOver twenty ing quality through thousand educaprofessional develtors were able opment and partto choose from nerships. Attendees hundreds of prewere invited to hear sentations and directly from the exhibits held Coös County early over a period childhood profesof five days at sionals concerning Florida’s Orange how partnerships County ConNorth Country Early Childhood Educators who are being built, goals vention Center, and including distin- attended and presented at the NAEYC Annual determined, guished speak- Conference in Orlando, Florida in November, were what specific activi(l-r): Kathryn Keene, Shannon Downs, Shayna ers in the field Henry, Patti Henry, Patricia Finnigan-Allen and ties are being targeted. They shared such as Vivian Amy Brooks. (COURTESY PHOTO) their successes and Gussin Paley, struggles. This unique Early ChildJanet Gonzalez-Mena, and Bob hood Initiative involves child care McGrath from Sesame Street. centers, schools and human service White Mountains Community Colorganizations who work together to lege’s (WMCC) Professor of Early expand and strengthen services availChildhood, Pat Finnigan-Allen, subable to children and families with the mitted the proposal to NAEYC early goal of improving the lives of children. this year. The selected session was Meredith Lynn Magee runs Just entitled, “The Little County That Kids child care center in Orange Park, Could”, and had a sub heading of, Florida and emailed the group upon “Building partnerships and strengththeir return, “I was in your session ening early childhood programs: How at the conference and came away so one small county in New Hampshire excited and ready to move forward is doing BIG things for children and in developing a Director Network in families.” Accompanying Finniganmy county. I have looked over your Allen were presenters Patti Henry, website and the “We Believe” list Shayna Henry, and Shannon Downs really mirrors what I believe and from Day By Day Child Care Center in feel early childhood educators should Berlin, Amy Brooks, director of Brooks work towards. Thank you for being so Colebrook Country Day School, LLC, inspiring and showing that this can and Kathryn Keene, project coordinabe done!” tor for the Early Childhood Initiative Patti Henry stated, “It was such out of WMCC. a great learning experience. I’ve Patti Henry and Amy Brooks are returned with so many ideas to share members of the Coös County Direcwith my staff and center! If we walked tor Network. The group consists of away helping one Director Network eleven directors of child care centers get started, that’s great...it’s a good throughout Coös County who collabofeeling!” rate and share their expertise with the intention of increasing their indi-

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to celebrate my holy day of Yule, whether you like it or not. As a free man in this nation, I have the right to reclaim my spiritual beliefs, stolen from Pagans, at the point of a sword, by Christendom. You may celebrate our holy day any way you wish to, but you will not, nor will anyone else, deprive me of worshiping my holy day as I see fit, nor will you or anyone else shove your religious beliefs down my throat. So essentially Christians are celebrating a Pagan holy day, no matter how you attempt to twist it or turn it into a Christian holiday. I do have a favorite saying that goes: Religious people frighten me. Spiritual people inspire me. A religious person is the one who insist on shoving their religion down everyone’s throat, at the point of slaughter if it gains their objective. A spiritual person shows by their life the truth of the spiritual path they walk without forcing their beliefs on anyone. In the words of your own Savior Jesus Christ, I leave you

YULE from page 9

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Christians slaughtered Pagans, Muslims, Jews and Native Americans, along with anyone else who disagreed with them within the Christian religion itself, throughout it’s history. Maybe this is the reason why the founding fathers insisted that Christianity would not be, nor ever be, recognized as the official religion of the United States of America. Now we will come to the holiday you are insisting is Christian. See, Christians stole the Pagan holy day Yule, or as it was also known, the Winter Solstice and Saturnalia, from the Pagans. Most of the holy days of the Pagans became Christian holidays. If you truly researched the symbols of what you call Christmas, they all pretty much come from the Pagans themselves. From the tree, to the lights, to the decorations, from the feasting and the gift giving, all of these things have their origins in the Pagan holy day of Yule. I as a Pagan, deserve the right

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with this: Matthew 22:37-40: 37. Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind. 38. This is the first and great commandment. 39. And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. 40. On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets. Maybe one day Christians will live up to the ideals of these two great commandments and use them for the basis of a Spiritual Christian life, instead of a Religious Christian life. Maybe you will now also stop insisting that we are a Christian Nation and were founded as one, because according to our Founding Fathers, we never were, nor ever will be a Christian Nation alone....but a nation of people from all walks of life, creeds and beliefs, just like we were meant to be. Frank J LaFerriere Berlin

pushback, just as there was when the hospital decided to remove the deep fryer from its cafeteria kitchen in 2008. “That was an unpopular decision with some people,” he commented. “But in the first year, we served 21 million fewer calories.” Going by the calculation that 3,500 calories equals one pound, Adams figures that DHMC facilitated the weight loss equivalent of 6,000 pounds with its decision. As it did with the fried foods initiative, DHMC plans to track the no-sugar-added policy and assess see DHMC page 15

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DHMC from page 14

its effect on employee health. The conversation at DHMC started six months ago, when the hospital’s Healthy Living advisory group made a recommendation that DartmouthHitchcock follow the lead of other hospitals and quit selling sugary drinks. At Randolph’s Gifford Medical Center, Hospitality Director Ed Striebe said that when he spearheaded a similar change earlier this year, all doctors were on board with the new policy, while some other employees opposed it. “It’s change,” Striebe said, “and people just don’t like change. Some people perceived it as saying we were taking (soda) away from them.” But nearly a year later, most are accepting of the policy. As at DHMC, Gifford continues to offer diet sodas, because aspartame and other sugarfree sweeteners have not been scientifically proven to pose as great a health risk as excessive amounts of sugar, Striebe and Adams both said. The vending machines and cafeteria coolers at DartmouthHitchcock will not be bare in 2012, Adams emphasized. There will be new alternatives in place, such as flavored seltzer water. A 13-year study from the Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine released in November showed that students from schools that banned sugary beverages consumed the same number of such drinks as students from schools that didn’t, and that obesity levels remained essentially unchanged. Nonetheless, both Striebe and Adams believe that if sugarsweetened beverages are simply not available at their hospitals, people will make smarter choices. “If it’s easily accessible, they’re going to drink it,” Striebe said matter-of-factly. “You can’t change the whole world, but you sure can change your immediate surroundings.” Krista Langlois can be reached at klanglois@vnews.com or 603-727-3305.

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!

VEHICLE OUT TO BID

The Town of Gorham is now accepting bids on the following vehicle: 2000 Ford E450 – 21 Passenger Bus As seen – as is, Mileage: 125,272 Vehicle may be viewed at the Gorham Parks & Recreation Department, 39 Railroad Street. All bids must be sealed, clearly marked “2000 Ford E450 – Bus V26” and delivered to:

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At this time we would like to take the opportunity to say “Thank You” to everyone who gave us the pleasure of serving them over the past year. We would also like to wish everybody a very merry Christmas and a happy healthy and prosperous New Year!

Town Manager’s Office Gorham Town Hall 20 Park Street Gorham, NH 03581 Bids must be received no later than 5:00 pm Friday, January 13, 2012. The Town of Gorham reserves the right to accept and/or reject any and all bids.

Quality Eyewear Tremaine Opticians - Richard, Cleo & Families 148 Main St., Berlin, NH 03570 • 752-3382

Ledgends Restaurant & Pub 128 Main St., Gorham • 603-466-2910

Mon- Thurs 3:00 pm to Midnight, Fri., Sat. & Sun.11:30 am to Midnight

Join us New Years Eve for Dinner & Dancing to DJ Cooper Fox

NEW 2011

www.riversideheightsnh.com

2 Bedrooms, 1.5 baths -$49,900 181 Cole Street, Berlin, NH 603-752-7535 www.pcre.com

Offering Dinner choice of Prime Rib, Seafood Medley over Pasta, or Chicken Marsala includes Fresh Fruit and Cheese Platters and Shrimp Bisque, Fresh Garden Salad and Dessert $40 per person

Or join us in the Pub at 9PM for Dancing to DJ Cooper Fox • Only $10 per person includes Champage Toast, and favors at Midnight, PLUS our pizza buffet

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