The Berlin Daily Sun, Wednesday, March 30, 2011 by Daily Sun

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City council hopes to maintain current staff level at fire department BY BARBARA TETREAULT THE BERLIN DAILY SUN

BERLIN – The city council is unlikely to support hiring two additional firefighters but will try to avoid reducing current staffing levels in the fire department. That was the message delivered to Fire Chief Randall Trull and the department at its budget presentation to the council Monday night. As he has in previous years, Trull recommended the department add two fire fighters to allow minimum staffing levels of five on all four shifts. Currently, two shifts have four personnel on duty. But the fire department budget presented as part of the city manager’s overall budget actually calls for reducing the department by two positions to meet the council’s budget goal of no tax increase. In his budget note, City Manager

Patrick MacQueen called the reduction “particularly painful”. He noted if the department were reduced to four shifts of four firefighters, there would be times, because of illnesses, injuries, and vacations, when there would be fewer than four firefighters per shift. Mayor Paul Grenier told the department he does not believe the council wants to see any reductions in personnel but also warned that the city has limited funds. Last year he said the firefighters union made concessions on health benefits and the council was able to avoid lay-offs. He said if that spirit of cooperation continues, he is hopeful the city can avoid lay-offs in the department this budget year. Grenier also said he does not believe council will be in a position to make a decision on staffing levels until the see STAFF page 6

Selectmen revisit proposed noise ordinance BY CRAIG LYONS THE BERLIN DAILY SUN

GORHAM— The Gorham Board of Selectmen will continue reviewing the proposed noise ordinance before making a final decision on whether to enact it. The board Monday night revisited the noise ordinance for the first time since it was discussed during the annual town meeting. Town Manager Robin Frost presented the board with the proposed ordinance and a memo from Chief P.J.

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Cyr about possible revisions to the measure in light of some of the discussion during town meeting. “We’ll look at this a little further and look at what the chief says,” said Terry Oliver, chair of the Board of Selectmen. “And then revisit it at another meeting.” Selectman Paul Robitaille said he’s been hearing a lot of comments both in favor of and against the noise ordinance. He added the board should carefully review the proposed see SELECTMEN page 6

Health insurance change shows savings for schools, towns BY CRAIG LYONS THE BERLIN DAILY SUN

GORHAM— A change in health insurances carriers for the Gorham Randolph Shelburne Cooperative School District, SAU 20, the town of Shelburne and the town of Gorham will result in some cost-savings for the agencies. All of these groups will switch to a new health insurance carrier and see savings, with the most significant being for the G.R.S. Cooperative School District saving an estimated $80,000. The school district first began looking for a new insurance plan to save money and both Shelburne and Gorham joined in to increase the size of the buying pool. Based on the new plan through LGC, the G.R.S. district will save an estimated $80,000; the SAU will save $9,000; the Milan school will save $13,000; the Errol school will save $3,500; and the town of Gorham will save $13,384. The Berlin Daily Sun see INSURANCE page 7

City will file for intervenor status in new Laidlaw proceeding BY BARBARA TETREAULT THE BERLIN DAILY SUN

The planning committee of the 12th annual Health-A-Rama met at the Androscoggin Valley Hospital recently. (l-r) James Patry, AVH director of public relations and marketing; Edwina Keene, committee chair and AVH volunteer coordinator; Steve Griffin and Cindy Griffin; Adrienne Backer, Berlin Junior High School counselor; Jill Poulin, Berlin Junior High School physical education teacher; and Matt Saladino, Gorham Middle/High School counselor. Missing is Gina Belanger, LPN, Maternal and Child Health Program Administrator at the Gorham Family Resource Center. The Health-A-Rama, which is a program for Berlin/Gorham eighth graders, will take place at the Town and Country Motor Inn in Shelburne on April 28. See story page 7. (GAIL SCOTT PHOTO)

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BERLIN – Despite legal bills tallying over $300,000 so far this fiscal year, the city council voted unanimously Monday night to file for intervenor statue in the latest N.H. Site Evaluation Committee proceedings The SEC has scheduled a public meeting on April 22 to consider a motion by Laidlaw Berlin BioPower to transfer its certificate to build and operate a biomass plant on the former pulp mill site to Berlin Station LLC. In an e-mail to the city planner, Attorney Merritt Schnipper of Downs, Rachlin and Martin estimated the see LAIDLAW page 11

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Tourist leave with American babies

SAN GABRIEL, Calif. — The building inspectors and police officers walked into the small row of connected town houses here knowing something was amiss. Neighbors had complained about noise and a lot of pregnant women coming and going. And when they went into a kitchen they saw a row of clear bassinets holding several infants, with a woman acting as a nurse hovering over them. For months, officials say, the house was home to “maternity tourists,” in this case, women from China who had paid tens of thousands of dollars to deliver their babies in the United States, making the infants automatic American citizens. Officials shut down the home, sending the 10 mothers who had been living there with their babies to nearby motels. “These were not women living in squalor — it was a well taken care of place and clean, but there were a lot of women and babies,” said Clayton Anderson, a city inspector who shut down the house. “I have never seen anything like this before. We really couldn’t determine the exact number of people living there.” For the last year, the debate over birthright citizenship has raged across the country, with some political leaders calling for an end to the 14th Amendment, which gives automatic citizenship to any baby born in the United States.

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Nuclear crisis spawns criticism of authorities TOKYO (NY Times) — As workers at Japan’s crippled nuclear plant piled up sandbags and readied emergency storage tanks on Tuesday to stop a fresh leak of highly contaminated water from reaching the ocean, criticism rose over the handling of the crisis by the top governmental and civilian authorities. Prime Minister Naoto Kan responded to questions for the first time since the March 11 earthquake and tsunami that damaged

the plant, saying that his government was in a state of maximum alert over three stricken reactors at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station and defending his visit there March 12. Some lawmakers have suggested his presence delayed emergency efforts. But Mr. Kan insisted his March 12 visit was not a “political performance,” the Kyodo news service reported. “Grasping the situation at the plant at that time was extremely important,” he said.

Schools under pressure to spare the rod forever (NY Times) WICHITA FALLS, Texas — When Tyler Anastopoulos, an 11th grader from Wichita Falls, got in trouble for skipping detention at his high school recently, he was sent to the assistant principal and given three swift swats to the backside. The blows were so severe they caused deep bruises and the boy wound up in the hospital, Ms. Herring said. Corporal punishment is still alive in 20 states, according to the Center for Effective Discipline, a

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group that tracks its use in schools around the country and advocates for its end. Most of those states are in the South, where paddling remains engrained in the social and family fabric of some communities. This month, Tyler, who attends City View Junior/Senior High School, told his story to lawmakers in Texas, which is considering a ban on corporal punishment. The same week, legislators in New Mexico voted to end the practice there.

“This quake, tsunami and the nuclear accident are the biggest crises for Japan” in decades, Mr. Kan said in Parliament, adding his own sharp rebuke of the plant’s operator, the Tokyo Electric Power Company, or Tepco. “It’s undeniable their assumptions about tsunamis were greatly mistaken,” Mr. Kan said, Bloomberg reported. “The fact that their standards were too low invited the current situation.”

Qaddafi forces counterattack after rebel Advance stalls RAS LANUF, Libya (NY Times) — Having halted a westward push by rebel fighters, forces loyal to Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi began a counteroffensive on Tuesday, marching eastward to the outskirts of this critical oil town, as an array of diplomats gathered in London to shape a political vision of a post-Qaddafi era. “We meet now in London at a turning point,” Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton told the conference, urging continued military action by the NATO-led coalition in Libya along with “political and diplomatic pressure that makes clear to Qaddafi that he must go.” On the ground, though, there was no indication that Colonel Qaddafi was prepared even for the cease-fire demanded by the United Nations resolution 12 days ago authorizing the military operation in Libya.

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Newt apology eases sting of Courts could lay off 100 soon canceled Tea Party meeting BY MADDIE HANNA THE CONCORD MONITOR

BY JOHN DISTASO THE UNION LEADER

Newt Gingrich abruptly rescheduled a planned Wednesday morning meeting with about 15 to 20 influential New Hampshire Tea Party activists, initially upsetting the organizer but then smoothing the waters a bit with a personal phone call and apology. “Obviously, I’m upset about it,” said Jerry DeLemus, chairman of the Granite State Patriots Liberty PAC, first told the Granite Status. “I’m a former Marine. When you make an appointment you keep it unless it’s an illness or an emergency of some kind.”

But DeLemus called the Granite Status back later to say he had just received a call from an apologetic Gingrich. “When someone apologizes, you have to accept their apology,” he said. “I’m not a grudge-holding guy, anyway.” DeLemus was asked by Gingrich’s handlers to organize a group of liberty movement/Tea Party Granite Staters to meet with Gingrich. DeLemus said that the meeting was first going to be held on Wednesday afternoon, but it was rescheduled for the morning when Gingrich scheduled a speaking engagement at Salem State College in Massachusetts.

Radioiodine in snow melt BY KATHRYN MARCHOCKI THE UNION LEADER

Tests of snow melt in Concord revealed low levels of radioactive iodine similar to what several states are detecting in rainwater sources since the Japan nuclear reactor crisis, the state’s public health director said Monday. The results were expected and pose no health risk to the public, New Hampshire Director of Public Health Dr. Jose Montero said. Manchester Water Works also announced it will move from May to next week its routine testing of Lake Massabesic for total radiation. That test would only show if total radiation levels increased, but would not be able to identify the isotope responsible, Water Works Director Thomas M. Bowen said. The Lake Massabesic watershed provides drinking water for 159,000 Greater Manchester customers. Radioiodine, or I-131, levels found in a snow sample the state public health lab tested over the weekend were about 40 pCi/L, or picocuries per liter, Montero said. This is at least 25 times below any level considered harmful to people who use that water as their only drinking source, he said. The level is about half of what was detected in tests done in Massachusetts, Montero added. “The reality is, with the situation as it is right now, there is no risk to the environment or human health here in this country, certainly not in New Hampshire, not at these levels,” Mon-

tero said. “There are no actions people should be taking as a result of this finding,” he added. The increased levels of radioiodine in rainwater were expected, Montero said. Testing will continue until the Japan nuclear reactor crisis is stabilized, he added. Air quality tests have shown no significant increase, Montero said. Radioiodine is a radioactive form of the element iodine and is a by-product of nuclear energy production, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. No water suppliers in the state are known to be testing for radioiodine, a state Department of Environmental Services spokesman said. That is because radioiodine is not a regulated entity under federal drinking water standards, said Donald Ware, president of regulated water utilities for Pennichuck Corp., a private water company that serves about 34,000 customers. Ware stressed the increased radioiodine level was detected in rainwater only. “They haven’t found it yet any place in surface water,” Ware said. Pennichuck Corp. will work closely with federal and state environmental agencies to ensure close monitoring of the situation, Ware said. He expects his company will do a specific test for radioiodine at some point. The environmental services bureau will work with water supplies across the state to maintain lines of communication and possibly develop testing protocols, spokesman James P. Martin said.

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With as many as 100 layoffs of court employees on the horizon, the judicial branch is moving forward more quickly than it intended with plans to halve the managerial staff in the state’s probate, district and family courts, consolidating the three divisions into circuit courts by July 1. Judicial officials said that restructuring, which doesn’t involve closing any courts, would take years to accomplish when they announced their plans in January. But state budget writers asked them to accelerate that process, and this week administrative judges informed the clerks, deputy clerks and probate registers in the courts slated for consolidation that all of them would need to apply for the new circuit court positions. Of the 52 clerk-level positions in those courts, only 21 will remain come June 30 if the Legislature signs off on the plan, said Judge Edwin Kelly, who oversees the state’s family and district courts. He said the number of deputy clerks will go from 60 to 28 in the restructuring. “As a manager, it’s a very, very positive, but very painful” process, Kelly said yesterday. Anticipating the plan will be approved by the full Legislature, the judicial branch posted the circuit court positions online yesterday morning, and Kelly said those interested in the jobs will have until Thursday to apply. Interviews will be conducted in April, and by the first week of May, judicial officials will make their selections known, Kelly said. But beyond those reductions, layoffs are coming across the entire judicial branch, which has about 530 employees. The number won’t be finalized until the state budget is complete, but officials expect the layoffs could hit as many as 100 employees, said courts spokeswoman Laura Kiernan. Kiernan said all court employees received a memo this week from

Chief Justice Linda Dalianis regarding the likely layoffs, which judicial officials say will be necessary because of a budget shortfall. The House Finance Committee recently decided to give the judicial branch an extra $2.9 million next year, bringing its overall recommended appropriation to $77.4 million. But while Dalianis said that money will stave off some layoffs, the committee intended much of it for projects the branch proposed earlier this year, including the adoption of an e-court system. And it’s still not enough to bring the branch’s budget up to what is needed to maintain the current level of operations — without taking more unpaid furlough days, Kiernan said. She said judicial officials have committed to not including furloughs in the upcoming budget, after courts across the state shut down for 12 days this year. “The Supreme Court believes that it’s not fair to continue to try to balance the state budget by closing the courts to the public,” Kiernan said. The furloughs also cut into the salaries of nearly every judge, marital master and staff member, Kiernan said, “and no one else in state government paid that price.” Rep. William Belvin, the chairman of the House Finance subcommittee that deals with the judicial branch’s budget, said it was important to committee members that the courts stay open. “We wanted to see that justice is kept close to the people,” said Belvin, a Hillsborough Republican. Asked about the direction the committee gave judicial officials, Belvin said legislators “encouraged them to be swift” with their plans to create the circuit court system. “Any major systems effort — and that’s what this is, a big change in process — the longer it takes, the greater the risk you get intercepted by other issues that happen,” Belvin said. He said making the change all at once “reduces the uncertainty for personnel.”

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American Legion Auxiliary 82 thanks you all To the editor: The American Legion Auxiliary Unit 82 wishes to thank all volunteers of the Auxiliary Unit 82 and Legionnaires of Post 82, for their donations of black oak ham, home made baked beans, American chop suey, deserts and other items which made our ham and bean supper held March 26, a great success. Most of all we appreciate the time and effort of all of our volunteers that continually are there with just a word to help and support the efforts of the American Legion Post 82. In these trying times it is difficult for the Post to maintain and support itself without the continuing efforts

of fundraisers like the ones done in March. These would be impossible without our volunteers. Whether you support the Karaoke every other Saturday night, come in for corned beef and cabbage dinner, support the ham and bean supper, or the Tuesday evening socials every little bit helps and is very much appreciated. We are truly grateful to the North Country communities and their continued support of our American Legion. Commander David Saucier American Legion Post 82 Gorham President Linda Dupont Legion Auxiliary Unit 82 Gorham

Make an example and fine her for her rescue To the editor: Despite the assessment by rescuers that the woman rescued off Mount Jackson, rescuers that “she did everything right”, she in fact committed several errors. She got lost! She couldn’t follow back down those large snowshoe tracks she had just made. Huh? She was hiking alone, which is a fundamental mistake in a back country context although, admittedly, lots of people get away with it. Third, she didn’t carry any survival gear, relying instead on one of those dammed cell phones. Even when we go cross country skiing at a commercial area, we carry enough extra stuff (includ-

ing a bivouac sack weighing less than a pound) to survive a few hours. Although she was “experienced” and coped with the situation she got herself into, she went beyond her means but was lucky. Given that governments are cutting back on really essential services, I don’t think the taxpayers should be on the hook for this boondoggle. Make an example and fine her. (This writer has made nearly 700 mountaineering ascents on five continents as well as innumerable winter hikes in the White Mountains in a career of 50-plus years.) Robert Kruszyna Randolph

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John Walsh

Feeling Good

As a person who has suffered a few health issues over the years, I’m happy to say I’m feeling good nowadays. That is not to rule out either a recurrence of some health issue or the development of something new, But, right now, I’m willing to leave well enough alone. But I am looking ahead and trying too get ready for what seems to be inevitable. At my age something bad is sure to happen eventually. Right now I’m having as check up at AVH to determine how my heart is doing and if there is something to be concerned about. I had bypass surgery back in 1997 and relieved two partially block arteries. One was 90 percent blocked, the other around 40 percent. Since then I’ve not had an issue with my heart but have not had a check up since 2007. It’s time. to get back in there to see what may be happening, although I have no clue that anything is malfunctioning in the old chest cavity. While my heart has been working pretty good since ‘97, other parts of my circulatory system have not. That has been the circulation to my legs and feet. After being diagnose as a diabetic back in the early 1990s, I’ve tried to take medication and adjust my diet and lifestyle to lessen the impact of the disease. Nevertheless blood circulation to my feet has been an issue which has required multiple operations to increase the blood supply especially to the right side. Even with that activity, my feet have suffered from a reduced flow of blood. Both feet have reduced feeling and are vulnerable. I have a standing appointment every three

months with podiatrist doctor, Bedard Ryan, for the cutting of my toenails and a checkup of my condition. While, so far, things are still functioning at a reduced rate of blood flow too my feet, there will come a day when I’ll once again need to have Dr. Yvon Baribeau, The Montreal Flash, at Catholic Medical Center in Manchester install a new artery in one or both legs to again get more blood to my feet. Sine 2002, he has worked on installing a new artery in my right leg five or six different times. I now have an artificial artery about half the size of a garden hose delivering blood down my right leg to my foot. I sometimes wonder how big the next one may be if we need to go there again. If working on my legs and feet weren’t enough, I’ve also had two major back surgeries to deal with extreme deterioration of vertebrae there. back in 2004 I began too experience severe back pain which finally led to a collapse of two vertebrae and some severe difficulty with back function. That led to two major operations at Dartmouth Hitch Cock Medical Center with Dr. Abdu which helped to resolve the worst aspect and help me to function more normally. So far, except for some malfunction in my hands, the pain has not returned in anything like the degree it once had. While it’s more difficult now to eat soup, I’m happy with the outcome. So, like I said, I’m feeling good now. But I’m aware that something is likely to change. I’m trying to ready myself without losing sight of how good things are right now.

by Tom McLaughlin

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Botany was never my strong suit in prep school. Actually, I didn’t have any strong suits, not even one. I flunked my way through every subject and the school should have thrown me out, but they figured, Well, he comes from a good family, so he’ll come around. I never came around, I couldn’t even get a passing grade in subjects that I actually liked. One of those was Latin, and I did realize that if you don’t know Latin you can’t really know English, and I suspected that English could be very useful and practically every tree and plant in the world has a Latin name, which was about the only other thing I liked in prep school. So I paid attention. I had three years of Latin, and even though I failed my way through all the tests, the sentence structure and the vocabulary and the way Latin thinks stayed with me, and in the years since then hardly a day goes by when I don’t find some use for that language. I just couldn’t pass the tests that might have led a starchy prep school faculty to think that I might have some chance in life. All of which is to say that I can’t identify the small handful of slender greenish dried-out twigs that have been on the floor behind my wood stove ever since I moved in many years ago. They’re thicker than a soda straw but thinner than a common yellow pencil, they’re rigid, and they have nodes about eight inches apart. They might be related to the bamboo family, but that wasn’t covered in the botany class that

I flunked. I don’t actually care whether I know their Latin names or not, or remember why I left them behind my stove some time back, or even how I got them at all, it’s enough to remember that one of their very near relatives got me out of a very difficult spot one winter day in Switzerland. It was during one of my winters on the staff of the U.S. Women’s Alpine Ski Team, where one of my jobs was to do something or run an errand that no one else had time for. I didn’t mind that at all, partly because it was useful and partly because I never knew what was going to happen. For instance, and as I think I mentioned in a recent column, I picked up a hitch-hiker on one of the exit roads at the Munich airport and it turned out to be Sebastian Coe, who at than time held all the world records in middle-distance track events. On another errand I locked myself out of my car, which is almost always inconvenient and on a cold night in the Alps it can even be lifethreatening. I was not happy about this, partly because the team was counting on what I’d gone to get, and partly because I might not survive. Fortunately, I was in Switzerland, and there’s no such thing as a last chance in that country, something or someone will always turn up to fix whatever is wrong. In fact, that’s practically the national industry in Switzerland, whatever the problem might be, they can fix it. Even more fortunately, I was about a block see COST page 5

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Dylan King completes basic training BERLIN -- Navy Seaman Recruit Dylan B. King, son of Brian R. King, of Berlin, recently completed U.S. Navy basic training at Recruit Training Command, Great Lakes, Ill. During the eight-week program, King completed a variety of training which included classroom study and practical instruction on naval customs, first aid, firefighting, water safety and survival, and shipboard and aircraft safety. An emphasis was also placed on physical fitness. The capstone event of boot camp is COST from page 4

away from a store that is the very essence of Swissness, whatever you need, they’ll have it. These stores are called either Jelmoli or Gran Passage, which seems to depend on whether you’re closer to Germany or France. Not only that, but the signs inside the store are in German or French, depending on which side of the store you came in on. As I’ve already warned my readers, the Swiss are so sensible, they’re so good at things, that it can make a normal person dizzy. At any rate, I had no doubt that somewhere in this store there would be a way to get into your car when you’ve locked yourself out of it. In this case, the car was my ski team Subaru, and they were not quite like the Subarus of today. For one thing, they always seemed insubstantial, one corollary of which was their tendency to break important parts. That year it was constant-velocity joints in the drive train, which are absolutely essential to driving a car unless you’re on an infinitely long straight road. Anything less that that and you’ll go off the road. Or, in the worst-case scenario, off the edge of the world. So there I was in Switzerland with a Jelmoli/Gran Passage store sure to be close at hand. It was and I went there and it was huge, as they must necessarily be. After all, they have to be able to solve any problem imaginable. I needed something thin but rigid and about six feet long. I wandered around for a while waiting for The Big Idea to strike, and then it did. Needless to say, it was in the gardening department, which is where must-find items for car emergencies are

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second or third of May. The mayor said he understand the department has a person retiring before then. He said he expects the council will not make a decision on filling that position until it is confident it will not be laying off anyone. Grenier said it would not make sense to go through the process of hiring someone only to let the person go a couple of weeks later. Councilors Tom McCue and Lucie Remillard agreed there is strong support for maintaining the current staffing level in the department. Grenier said the amount of surplus in the present budget will play a critical role in deciding personnel staffing. Trull pointed out some areas where the department was able to cut appropriations. The department will be running its own professional training schools in Berlin utilizing Trull and Assistant Fire Chief Thaddeus Soltys and other certified instructors. The department is also seeking grants to purchase new equipment. Trull also provided some statistics on the department. From Jan. 1, 2010 to Dec. 31,2010, it responded to 391 calls for service. There were 39 fires including seven involving buildings in that period. The council also reviewed the ambulance subsidy with Berlin Medical Emergency Services head Jonathan Dubey and the housing department budget

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about the noise complaints received by the police department during the last three years. In 2010, the department received 15 calls about loud music; 10 calls about people yelling; five complaints about vehicles with loud exhaust or tires; five barking dog complaints; two engine break complaints; one motorcycle complaint; two complaints about miscellaneous noise; and no complaints about loud equipment or tools. In 2009, the department received 10 calls about loud music; 8 calls about people yelling; three complaints about vehicles with loud exhaust or tires; 16 barking dog complaints; six engine break complaints; one complaint about loud equipment or tools; one complaint about miscellaneous noise; and zero motorcycle complaints. In 2008, the department received seven calls about loud music; 12 calls about people yelling; eight complaints about vehicles with loud exhaust or tires; nine barking dog complaints; one engine break complaints; one motorcycle complaint; and two complaints about loud equipment or tools. Cyr said, in the memo, he felt the board should review this information before acting on the proposed noise ordinance. Selectman David Graham said the statistics are interesting, especially the 2010 complaints. Frost said it shows the number of complaints is on the rise. with Housing Coordinator Andre Caron. Dubey said his company’s contract with the city calls for a monthly payment of $22,000 or $264,000 for the fiscal year starting July 1. He said his company has been able to give the city an added discount but does not believe it can continue that this year. He explained that Medicare reimbursements are an issue and total callouts are down. He said the situation changes, Berlin EMS will again off the discount. In 2010, the service responded to 1,570 calls including transports, emergency and routine service calls. That compares to 1,795 in 2009 and 1,776 in 2008. In response to questions from the council, Dubey reported he has 15 full-time employees. On every shift he has one paramedic emergency medical technician which Dubey said has taken him a lot of time and effort to achieve. Grenier said the city has a good working relationship with BEMS. He said it would cost Berlin twice as much to provide the same service on its own. Housing Coordinator Andre Caron said the city is in the process of hiring a replacement for him. Caron revealed while he is stepping down from the job as coordinator, he will stay on for a while as a consultant to phase out the grants he helped the city obtain. The $10,000 appropriation for his service will be covered by the grants.

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BERLIN—The 12th annual Health-O-Rama promises to be bigger and better than ever. Scheduled for April 28 at the Town and Country Motor Inn and sponsored by the Androscoggin Valley Hospital, the day-long health-oriented program for Berlin-Gorham eighth graders begins at 8:55 a.m. with a magician and ends at 1:20 p.m. with a drawing for an array of prizes from the grand prize of an Apple iPad, donated by Steve, Cindy and Nicholas Griffin, to such goodies as a one-month family membership at the Royalty Athletic Club. Featured speakers will be MARKO, Master Magician; Danny Duval; and Ed Gerety, all of whom have inspired area eighth graders before. MARKO demonstrates to the students the power of their own minds. Duval shares his experience of being a star as a high school All American and his subsequent fall under the influence of drugs and alcohol to sleeping in cars and on park benches, ending with his present return to health and a satisfying life. Gerety inspires his listeners with the courage to believe in themselves and their abilities to make a difference in the world. Between speakers, students can choose to learn INSURANCE from page one

was unable to get the savings figure for Shelburne. SAU 20 Business Administrator Pauline Plourde said these are still estimated figures. She added the savings are contingent on the plans selected by employees staying constant. But for most of these groups, the health insurance savings could quickly go away if the state changes the amount of the retirement contribution for employers. Plourde said the state intends to pass 35 percent of the retirement contribution onto employers. She added this would only affect the teachers in the district but would still use up all the savings from the

more about developing healthy relationships, learning about nutrition, or trying the martial arts or Tai Chi. After a T&C lunch, all of the students will have a chance to discover the effects of alcohol on the body, weather permitting, by driving a golf cart with special glasses that duplicate the sense of being under the influence. This program is presented with the help of the Gorham Police Department. Planning committee for the Health-A-Rama includes Edwina Keene, committee chair and AVH volunteer coordinator; Adrienne Backer, Berlin Junior High School counselor; Gina Belanger, LPN, Maternal and Child Health Program administrator of the Gorham Family Resource Center; James Patry, AVH director of public relations and marketing; Jill Poulin, Berlin Junior High School physical education teacher; and Matt Saladino, Gorham Middle/High School counselor. Prize donors include: the Steve Griffin family; the BIG Adventure, Gorham Hardware and Sports Center; Maureen’s Boutique; the Royalty Athletic Club; Saladino’s Italian Market and Restaurant; and the Wal-Mart Supercenter. The committee extends special thanks to the AVH Auxiliary for sponsoring Ed Gerety’s appearance in the Health-A-Rama switch in insurance carriers. “The increase in retirement is almost equal to the savings,” said Plourde. The proposed increase in the retirement contribution would also consume the cost-savings for the town of Gorham as well. The proposed increase in the retirement contribution will only take affect if the state budget passes in June. Plourde said the administration considered reducing the budget based on the insurance savings, but decided against it because of the possible change in the retirement contribution.

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The Berlin City Council will hold a public hearing Monday, April 4, 2011 in the City Council Chambers of City Hall beginning at 7:30 p.m. to receive public opinion regarding the following subject matters: RESOLUTION 2011-08 In support of Androscoggin Valley Public Access Committee’s promotion of greater access to public, education and government (PEG) local television programming. RESOLUTION 2011-09 Authorizing the Berlin Police Commission to apply for and receive funds for any and all purposes from the New Hampshire Highway Safety Agency for Highway Safety Project Grants for Fiscal Year 2012. The full text of the proposed resolutions is available for public review in the City Clerk’s Office. Debra A. Patrick, CMC Berlin City Clerk

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––––––––––––––––– DAILY CALENDAR ––––––––––––––––– Wednesday, March 30 Berlin Zoning Board: Public hearing, 6:30 p.m., Berlin City Hall auditorium. Book Discussion/Lecture series: 7 p.m., White Mountains Community College, Fortier Library, Mike Wilson, Northern Forest Center, will lead a discussion of The Northern Forest. Friday, April 1 Cholesterol Clinic: 9 a.m. to noon, AVH ENT office, second floor of hospitals. Complete lipid and sugar profiles available For appointment call 326-5870. Saturday, April 2 Ventriloquist Show: Donna Marie, accomplished ventriloquist, singer and dancer, performs unique musical and whimsical show featuring a bright array of her hand-made puppet friends, St. Kieran Arts Center,155 Emery St., Berlin, 1 p.m. Tickets $6 adults/$3 for children. Call 7521028. Monday, April 4 Dummer School Board Meeting: 6 p.m., Dummer Town Hall Social Club Card Party: 1 p.m., St. Anne lower hall, School St., Berlin. WIC Clinic: Beginning 9 a.m., CCFHS, 54 Willow St., Berlin. For appointment, call 752-4678 or 1-888-266-7942. Tuesday, April 5 Milan School District Public Hearing: 6:30 p.m., Milan Village School Library. Milan School Board meeting, imediately following public hearing. AVH Diabetes Education Meeting: 6:30 p.m., AVH lecture room. Topic, Diabetic Neuropathy. Free, refreshments served. FMI 326-5631. WIC Voucher Clinic: Beginning 1:30 p.m., CCFHS, 54 Willow st., Berlin. For appointment, call 752-4678 or 1-888-266-7942.

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The Ultimate Fighter

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Daily Show Colbert

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True Hollywood Story

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by Abigail Van Buren

GIRL’S CHANGE IN ATTITUDE DISMAYS FATHER’S FIANCEE

DEAR ABBY: I am in my late 30s and have been dating “Rick” for six years. The problem is his daughter, “Janet.” We used to get along, but now she hates me. She calls me awful names and says she wishes I would go away. I recently asked Rick to marry me. Now Janet says I am “desperate” and she refuses to talk to either of us. I don’t know what to say to her. I’m appalled at her attitude toward me, the language she uses and the things she’s saying about me to her friends on the Internet. She won’t listen to her dad. Her mother is encouraging her behavior and has been threatening me. I can’t get Janet to understand that her dad and I love each other, that it’s all right for a woman to ask a man to marry her and it’s not out of “desperation.” Please help. -- NOT DESPERATE IN LOUISIANA DEAR NOT DESPERATE: Toughen up. Recognize that for all of the joy Rick brings you, Janet is his extremely immature daughter and she’s part of the package. How old is the girl? She appears to have years of growing up to do. You can’t change her behavior, so go on with your life without seeking her approval. Unfortunately, nasty ex-wives are nothing new. If the ex does anything beyond “threaten” you, file a police report and let them deal with her. DEAR ABBY: Can common sense be learned or taught? Some people seem to be born with it. Others have “book smarts” but struggle with everyday common sense. I fail to grasp simple connections, and I sometimes ask

questions that have obvious answers -- for someone else. I know other people who share the same problem, and I admire those who simply seem to “get” what’s happening around them. Is there any way to improve? I’m 38 and married to a man who has strengths in both areas. -- BOOKWORM IN MONTANA DEAR BOOKWORM: Nobody has everything. Your strength is your intellect. Not everyone is a good student, and it can affect their self-esteem as much or more than your worry about not having common sense. If it’s any comfort, people usually acquire common sense in the school of life. In other words, they learn from the mistakes they make. I’m sure you have done that and will continue to do so. DEAR ABBY: My 34-year-old daughter blames me for her poor penmanship. When she was a baby, she started grabbing things with her left hand. Her pediatrician advised me to force her to use her right hand. Could she have had better penmanship if she had not been forced to use her right hand? -- GUILTY MOM IN MADISON, ALA. DEAR GUILTY MOM: Probably. Your pediatrician must have been very old or very “old school.” I am also left-handed, and when I was a child, educators had stopped forcing children to write in a way that was unnatural for them. I was taught to properly hold a pencil, we practiced printing and cursive penmanship, and I am told my handwriting is beautiful.

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

Animals

For Rent

Low Cost Spay/ Neuter

2 great apts. available. Great Landlord. 3 bedroom, 1st and 2nd floor. Call H&R Block (603)752-2372.

BERLIN - Upper Main street, First floor, Three bedroom, recently remodeled, garage, $775/mo heated 723-5444, 631-0149.

GORHAM, 1 bedroom, heat included, w/d hookup, no smoking/ pets. $525/mo. 466-3162.

Are you working in the area and need a room for a night, week or by the month? Stay at a DuBee Our Guest Bed and Breakfast in Milan. Fully furnished including paper goods, full use of kitchen, wireless internet, Direct TV, barbecue grill, and cleaning service. $35 per night or $125/week. Owners have separate living quarters FMI call 603-449-2140 or 603-723-8722

BERLIN: 1- 4 bedroom apts., $475- $750, includes heat, hot water, free moving truck, 723-3042.

Cats & dogs Rozzie May Animal Alliance 603-447-1373

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

Announcement GOT a problem? Pray the Rosary! THANKS life.

Mom, for choosing

Autos 2000 Audi A6 AWD, loaded, $6000/obo; 2008 Chrysler Convertible, Crossfire, $20,000/obo, 603-449-2164. 2003 Toyota Tundra, Black, 2WD, Manual Trans, 214K, $2900, 752-1968. BUYING junk cars and trucks ME & NH. Call for price. Martin Towing. (603)305-4504.

AVAILABLE April 1st. Partially furnished, 2 room, efficiency apt. with deck, washer/dryer availability, $450/mo., includes all utilities, non-smoking, no pets building, security & references required, call 752-5250. BERLIN 2 bedroom, heat, hot water included, w/d hookups, HUD accepted. $525/mo 802-388-6904.

For Rent

BERLIN- Apartments available. 3 Bedroom $775/mo heat included, 1 Bedroom $475/mo. Heat included. Both have washer dryer hookup, electric hot water, Yard. No Smokers. Pets May be considered with excellent references. 723-7015.

2 bedroom renovated, hard wood floors, Heat, hot water, (603)752-2607.

BERLIN: Room for rent. All utilities included except food. FMI 723-3919 or 723-0308

BUYING junk cars and local towes, 603-348-3403.

BERLIN: 1st. floor, commercial space @ 1500 sq ft only $500, 723-3042. BERLIN: 3 bedroom, 2nd. floor, heated, h/w, hardwood floors, off street parking, 466-2088. BERLIN: 3/bedroom, 2/bath, 2nd. floor, w/d hook-up, includes heat, no pets, no smoking, references required, $750 plus security, 603-986-5264. BERLIN: First ave. 2nd floor, 3 bedrooms, heat and h/w included $700/mo. and 4 bedroom heat and h/w included $800/mo. 508-309-0963. BERLIN: One bedroom, 1st. floor, heat, h/w, included, parking, no pets, $525/mo. 752-3089, 340-0401. BUILDING 723-1997.

for rent. Call

CEDAR POND CAMP FOR RENT

Milan, NH. Day, week, month or summer season. On water, no pets, (603)449-2079. GORHAM NH- furnished. Includes washer/ dryer, 2 bedroom/ 2nd floor, No smoking/ no pets, $575/mo plus utilities (603)466-3809.

For Sale 96 Ford Taurus, $750; 2001 Ford Ranger 4.0 engine $200; Compound bow, $100, 449-3492. AMAZING! Beautiful queen or full pillow top mattress set $249, king $399. See ad under “furniture”. BED- Orthopedic 11 inch thick super nice pillowtop mattress & box. 10 Yr. warranty, new-in-plastic. Cost $1,200, sell Queen-$299, Full-$270 King-$450. Can deliver. 235-1773 BEDROOM- 7-piece Solid cherry sleigh. Dresser/Mirror chest & night stand (all dovetail). New-in-boxes cost $2,200 Sell $895. 603-427-2001 Custom Glazed Kitchen Cabinets. Solid maple, never installed. May add/subtract to fit kitchen. Cost $6,000 sacrifice $1,750. 433-4665

Furniture AMAZING! Beautiful Queen or Full Mattress Set. Luxury firm European pillow-top. New in plastic, costs $1,095, sell $249. Can deliver. 603-305-9763

Free T&B Appliance Removal. Appliances & AC’s removed free of charge if outside. Please call (603)986-5506.

Looking To Rent LOOKING for room to rent. (603)752-3496.

Motorcycles BUY • SELL • T RADE www.motoworks.biz

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

Services

MOVING SALE Rental Fleet on sale. Snowboards, Elan skis, Dalbello boots at Boarder Patrol. (603)356-5885.

HYPNOSIS for habit change, stress, regression. Michael Hathaway, DCH, certified hypnotherapist. Madison 367-8851.

Always Ready, Always There. Call your local Recruiter! SSG Matthew Hawkins 603.340.3671

GORHAM, NH 2 bedroom $800/mo, heat and hot water included. Security deposit, references required. 1(800)944-2038. GORHAM, NH Furnished (optional) 1 bedroom $650/mo, heat and hot water included. Security deposit and references required. 1(800)944-2038. GORHAM- New fully furnished 2 BR, all appliances, TV, w/d, heat included. No smoking/ pets 723-8854. GORHAM: 13 Exchange St, (white bldg w/ black trim) 1 br, second floor, h/ hw, fridge and stove, no w/d hookup, no pets. Sec. dep. needed. Call: 466-3378 (8am-4pm, M-F or leave a message). HEATED- 2 bedroom, spacious, sunny, w/d hookups, no pets, no smoking, 1st floor. Security, references, $665/mo. Available 3/1/11. Berlin. (603)343-7912. NEWLY renovated, one bedroom $450, two bedroom, 1.5 bathrooms, hot water included, $500/mo. 603-234-9507 Bruce. ONE bedroom, furnished, no pets $525, parking (603)723-3856. STARK: New 3 bedroom duplex, country setting, appliances included, no pets or smoking. Lease and security required, $900/mo. Plus utilities. Heat included. Call 449-6659 or 749-4355.

CITY OF BERLIN New Hampshire

HOUSING COORDINATOR TEMPORARY FULL TIME The City of Berlin is accepting applications for the position of Housing Coordinator. This position will be of a temporary full time nature reporting to the City Manager for an undetermined length of time. There will be no benefits associated with this position. The primary function of this position will be to continue to address the issue of surplus substandard or blighted housing within the City of Berlin. Doing this involves competing for local, state and federal funds, obtaining and dealing with hazardous substance remediation funds via grant writing, managing any funds received, writing and administering various types of contracts, work with other City departments concerning housing issues and assist the Finance Director with tax deeded properties and manage the sale or demolition of these properties as determined appropriate. Educational requirements include a college degree in fields such as engineering, project management or equivalent. Must possess and maintain a valid passenger motor vehicle operator license. Significant experience in project management and in writing plans, proposals and grants. The minimum requirements listed above may be satisfied by having any equivalent combination of education and experience which demonstrates possession of the required knowledge, skills and abilities. Job description is available at the City Manager’s Office (603-752-7532), Berlin City Hall, 168 Main Street, Berlin, NH 03570, Monday thru Friday between the hours of 8:30 am and 4:30 pm or on the City website www.berlinnh.gov. Letters of interest and resumes must be received at the City Manager's Office by Thursday March 31st, 2011 The City of Berlin is an equal opportunity employer.

THE BERLIN DAILY SUN, Wednesday, March 30, 2011— Page 11

SAFETY NOTICE FOR RECREATIONISTS Always keep safety in mind while recreating this winter. Ice conditions on dam impoundments can change rapidly creating thin ice, exposed obstacles, cracks, pressure ridges, and other unsafe conditions. Please operate with extreme caution. If traveling over a power line right-of-way, be cautious of guy wires and poles that may not be as noticeable during winter conditions. For more information, please contact Brookfield’s Water Resource Manager at (603) 479-3566.

Brookfield NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING TOWN OF MILAN, NH The Milan School Board will be holding a public hearing on the expenditure from the Building & Grounds Capital Reserve Fund per the provisions of RSA 198:20-c for costs associated with paving the front of the school. A hearing will also be held on expenditures from the Underground Storage Tank Capital Reserve Fund for costs associated with the piping and secondary containment for the new piping systems. The meeting will be held on Tuesday, April 5, 2011 beginning at 6:30 PM at the: Milan Village School 11 Bridge Street Milan NH 03588 The public is encouraged to attend!

NOTICE TO BERLIN DOG OWNERS

All dogs four (4) months old and over are required to be licensed by May 1, 2011. Failure to do so will result in a $25.00 forfeiture fee as well as a $1.00 per month penalty fee for every month dogs are not registered as per RSA 466:13, beginning June 1, 2011. Current rabies certificates are needed when registering dogs. Berlin dog licenses will once again be available at the RABIES CLINIC on Saturday, April 2, 2011 at the Recreation & Parks Department from 1:00-4:00 p.m. Male/Female.......................................$9.00 Neutered Male/Spayed Female......$6.50 Owner over 65....................................$2.00 (first dog) Debra A. Patrick, CMC Berlin City Clerk

Services

LOCKNESS Painters starting back for the year. Interior/Exterior, fully insured. Good prices, free estimates, new number, 603-752-2218.

TIM'S CARPENTRY All phases, kitchens, bathrooms, sheetrock, painting, wall papering, masonary and more. Free estimates, insured. 466-5933, 915-6216.

MOWER MEDIC repairing throwers, mowers, blowers, augers, tillers, trimmers, chainsaws, etc. Here, there, anywhere. 723-7103.

Wanted

RAFFI’S Painting and Pressure Cleaning. Residential, commercial, industrial, interior, exterior. Pressure wash driveways, roofs, siding. Carpet cleaning, lead removal. Certified 29 years experience. Full insured, free estimates, references available. 603-915-0816, 603-723-2690.

TECHPROS- COMPUTER SALES & SERVICE

16+ years experience! On-site computer repair, upgrades, wireless setup, virus removal, & more! (603)723-0918 www.TechProsNH.com

St. Judes - $5

NEW Hampshire Books Needed; White Mountains, AMC Guides, History, Sets, Estates, Many Others. Mat, 348-7766.

Berlin police log

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Thursday, March 24 12:25 a.m.- A man reported smoke coming from his basement. The fire department responded. 1:01 a.m.- A man reported the smoke alarm in his bedroom was going off. The fire department responded. 1:25 a.m.- A man reported he could see smoke and the fire alarm was going off again. The fire department responded but didn’t find anything. 7:56 a.m.- A woman reported her purse was stolen out of her car. 3:36 p.m.- Crystal Howland, 29, of Berlin, was arrested on two counts of theft. She was released on $500 personal recognizance bail and given an April 26 court date. 5:03 p.m.- Felicia Aubut, 23, of Berlin, was arrested for shoplifting. She was released on $500 P.R. bail and given a May 3 court date. During the same incident, police arrested Marissa Hickbottom, 22, of Berlin, for shoplifting. She was released on $500 P.R. bail and given a May 3 court date. 8:30 p.m.- Dennis Beaulieu, 55, of Berlin, was arrested for theft. He was released on $500 P.R. bail and given a May 10 court date. 11:17 p.m.- Police assisted the fire department with a chimney fire on Tamarack Lane. The fire was extinguished. 11:29 p.m.- Travis Rainault, 26, of Berlin, was arrested on a bench warrant. He was released on $500 P.R. bail and given an April 26 court date. Friday, March 25

12:51 p.m.- Christopher Thompson, 38, of Berlin, was arrested on two electronic bench warrants. He was released on $500 P.R. bail and given an April 26 court date. 12:55 p.m.- Police received a report of a student making threats at Hillside School. 2:42 p.m.- Police received a report of juveniles threatening someone. Saturday, March 26 11:35 a.m.- A woman reported her medications were stolen. 3:33 p.m.- Nancy Arnold, 29, of Berlin, was issued a traffic citation for non-inspection. 6:49 p.m.- Police received a report of two female juveniles that were involved in a fight. 8:19 p.m.- A woman reported her wallet missing, though called back later and said she found it. 11:58 p.m.- Justin Barrett, 20, of Berlin, was issued a summons for allowing an improper person to operate a vehicle. During the same incident, police arrested Devin Buckley, 18, of Dummer, for operating without a valid license, disobeying an officer and reckless operation. He was released on $500 P.R. bail and given a May 10 court date. Sunday, March 27 11:43 a.m.- Zachary Gagne, 22, of Berlin, was arrested on two counts of driving or operating under the influence of drugs or liquor and two counts of possession of a controlled/ narcotic drugs. He was released on $750 P.R. bail and given a May 10.

Junior Huskies baseball day camp is Sat., April 9 GORHAM -- Brandon Sanschagrin a senior at Gorham High School has decided to do his senior project by having a Junior Huskies Baseball Day Camp. The camp will be for children in grades 2-5 on Sat., April 9. Drop your child off for a fun-filled day. They will be practicing their baseball skills with the Gorham Varsity baseball players. Kids will be split into different groups and will be practicing drill including hitting, fielding and pitching. They will play a small game at

the endo of the day. Lunch will not be served, but snacks will be provided. The kids will also receiva a special certificate. The cost will be $5 per child. All proceeds from the day will be donated to the Gorham varsity baseball team. For further questions or to register your children contact Brandon at 466-9000 or 603-723-7606 or e-mail me a bsanschagrin@gmail. Registration forms are available at the Ed Fenn Oofice and at the Gorham Rec. Depa.

LAIDLAW from page one

tion, Inc. Grenier noted Laidlaw is also changing its wood supplier from Cousineau Forest Products with Richard Carrier Trucking, Inc. He described Carrier as a major player in the regional wood basket. Citing improved efficiencies, Laidlaw said it is also asking to increase the generating capacity of the plant from 70 to 75 megawatts. City Manager Patrick MacQueen provided the council with a break down on legal expenses. So far, the city has spent $300,998 on attorneys and expert witnesses since July 1, 2010. Much of the total has been spent representing the city’s interests on the Laidlaw project before the SEC and the state Public Utilities Commission. Topping the list is engineer George Sansoucy who has been paid $147,285 for testifying before the PUC, working with the city to negotiate a payment-in-lieu-of-taxes with Laidlaw/Berlin Station, and representing the city in some utility appraisal disputes. It does not include his assessing contract with the city. Downs, Rachlin, & Martin, the legal firm representing the city before the SEC, has received $35,778 this year while the firm of Devine Millimet has received $8,113 for representing the city before the PUC. The city’s regular legal firm of Donahue, Tucker, & Ciandella has been paid $107,330 for work that includes zoning and planning board cases. Councilor Lucie Remillard asked if the council could get a breakdown of Sansoucy’s work and MacQueen agreed to provide it. (Reporter Barbara Tetreault can be reached at barbara@berlindailysun.com)

cost of filing for intervenor status would be relatively small – in the range of $400 for a couple hours of work. Mayor Paul Grenier said he supported spending the money to preserve the city’s right to participate. “It’s better to have a seat at the table,” he said. Noting the city has spent a lot of time and money on the Laidlaw project, Councilor Tom McCue said it does not make sense to discontinue now. Given that Laidlaw is changing management, McCue said he favors continuing to be involved in the process. Grenier explained that as the project completed its financing, banks were uncomfortable with the layers of ownership. He said they wanted to reduce some of the layers. Under the reorganization announced by Laidlaw and Berlin Station, NewCo Energy LLC, a project company managed by Cate Street Capital, would remain the principal owner. A new corporate entity, Berlin Station, will be formed to replace PJPD Holdings LLC and Laidlaw Berlin BioPower, LLC. While Berlin Station retains ownership and responsibility for the project, it will lease the facility to Burgess BioPower. Laidlaw Berlin BioPower’s certificate from the SEC required it to come back before the subcommittee if the ownership structure changed. Laidlaw announced a change in the contractor providing construction, operation, and management services. Instead of Homeland Renewable Energy and Fibrowatt Operations filling that position, the company is switching to Waldron Engineering and Construc-

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Berlin City Toyota receives several top honors BY CRAIG LYONS THE BERLIN DAILY SUN

GORHAM— The Berlin City Toyota dealership was recently recognized with three awards for its performance. The dealership received the company’s president’s award and was also recognized for being the number one Toyota Tundra dealership in its region and having the number one truck salesman in the region. This is the second time the dealership has won the president’s award and the fourth year in a row it’s been recognized as the number on Toyota Tundra dealer. “We’re very proud of our accomplishments,” said Dave Martin, general sales manager of Berlin City Toyota. Credit for these honors lies with every single employee at the dealership, said Martin. He “It’s everybody,” said Martin. “It takes everybody’s commitment to make this work.”

He added everyone from the sales staff to the customer service representatives to the vehicle cleaners all played a part in the dealership winning these honors. The president’s award, which the dealership also won in 2008, recognizes the top Toyota dealership in the country, said Martin. He added this location is the only dealership in New England to receive the award. The second honor the dealership received was as the top seller of Toyota Tundras. Martin said this is the fourth year the Berlin City dealership has won it. The last honor recognized Berlin City’s Mike Aubut as the number one truck salesman in the Boston region. These honors are motivation for the dealership’s employees, said Martin. He added it gives them all something to be proud of. “It makes it really good to come to work,” he said.

The Berlin City Toyota sales staff stands around two of its past awards after it found out the dealership was recognized with three more honors this year. The dealership received the company’s president’s award and also recognized for being the number one Toyota Tundra dealership in its region and having the number one truck salesman in the region. (CRAIG LYONS PHOTO)

Local students named to president’s list MANCHESTER -- Area students have been named to the presidents’ list for the fall 2010 semester at Southern New Hampshire University. They are: Shane Bernard, business admin., three year program; Ryan

Johnson, sport management; and Kaylyn Lambert, business admin., all of Berlin and Kristen Michaud, business dmin., three year program, and Eric Chabot, accounting and finance, both of Gorham.

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Over 100 people recently attended the 1st Birthday Celebration event at AutoNorth Pre-owned Superstore in Gorham. The participants enjoyed food, fun and a unique music-based competition as they competed to win the grand prize that included a two-night stay at Mohegan Sun with tickets to see Bon Jovi live in concert! Shawn Hanlon (l) and Don Noyes (r), co-owners of AutoNorth are shown here with the grand prize winner Paul Borbeau of Berlin, along with runner-up Laurna Noyes of Caanan, Vt., who won a $500 pre-paid gas card. Missing from photo is second runner-up, Ben Brochu, who won a $199 Verizon gift card.

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