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Fungus stirs dreams and lawsuits HILLSBOROUGH, N.C. (NY Times) — The two contenders in the great North Carolina truffl e wars could not be more different. Susan Rice Alexander, the showy newcomer, lives by the fi fth hole of a golf course and is married to an orthopedic surgeon. Franklin Garland, the eccentric veteran, lives with his wife at the end of a rutted dirt road. But they are both after the same thing: cultivating the black Perigord truffl e, an elusive crop that could bring $800 a pound — if anyone can fi gure out how to really make a go of it. Over the past few years, the two have sued and countersued in Orange County Civil Superior Court over business plans, trade secrets and the sale of specially inoculated trees that grow truffles on their roots. Their case has been in and out of mediation. Now, they are at a standoff, waiting for the court to decide who was wrong. The fact is, neither is digging up that many truffl es. Although about 80 orchards make up the tiny North Carolina truffl e industry, the harvest this year was probably not even 50 pounds, said Jane Morgan Smith, the recent past president of the North American Truffl e Growers Association and one of the fi rst people to grow them successfully in the state.

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Battle in Libya turns deadly TRIPOLI, Libya (NY Times) — Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi ’s government widened its counterattack on its rebel opponents Friday, waging fi erce battles to wrest control of the town of Zawiya from rebel troops, attacking an eastern oil town and fi ring on peaceful protesters after Friday prayers in Tripoli, witnesses said. At least 35 people were reported dead, more than 100 wounded and 65 missing in Zawiya, 25 miles west of Trip-

oli. A government spokesman said the Qaddaﬁ forces had retaken the city. “It is liberated this afternoon, and we are going to take you there tomorrow to see for yourself,” he said. But several rebels reached by telephone in the evening said that, after considerable bloodshed near the east and west gates to the city, they still held the town. One witness said the worst carnage occurred after Friday prayers, when a crowd of people

decided to march peacefully to Tripoli. As they got to the gates, the witness said, the militias opened ﬁ re, killing dozens and wounding at least 50. “We need some help from another hospital because our hospital is too small for 50 people injured here, but the problem is transportation,” this person said. “They shoot even the ambulances that carry the injured. I have seen by my own eyes an ambulance driver shot in the hand.”

New premier speaks in Cairo square CAIRO (NY Times) — Carried on the shoulders of protesters who claimed him as their own, Egypt’s new prime minister waded into a crowd of tens of thousands in Tahrir Square on Friday, delivering a speech bereft of regal bombast that illustrated the reach of Egypt’s nascent revolution and the breadth of demonstrators’ demands that remain unanswered. Tens of thousands of Egyptians gathered in Tahrir Square in Cairo to hear the words of the country’s new prime minister on Friday. “I am here to draw my legitimacy from you,” Prime Minister Essam Sharaf told the rau-

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Loughner faces 49 counts in Tucson shooting PHOENIX (NY Times) — Prosecutors fi led 49 federal charges Friday against Jared L. Loughner, the suspect in the Tucson shooting spree, accusing him of murdering and attempting to murder fi ve federal offi cials but also of killing four constituents of Representative Gabrielle Giffords who were attending a public event she sponsored, and injuring 10 others waiting in line to talk to her. The raft of new charges, some of which could carry the death penalty, go far beyond the previous indictment against Mr. Loughner, a troubled 22-year-old man who is accused of opening fire outside a Tucson-area supermarket on Jan. 8 with a Glock semiautomatic pistol in an effort to kill Ms. Giffords. Prosecutors were clearly attempting to avoid putting Mr. Loughner on trial only for attacks on federal offi cials and possibly face criticism as a result that they were overlooking other victims, including a 9-year-old girl whose death was made the focal point of a speech by President Obama during a visit to Tucson.

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CONCORD – House Speaker William O’Brien proposed a constitutional amendment to target education aid, to end per pupil distribution of state funds and to remove the courts from future education decisions. O’Brien told the House Special Committee on Education Funding Reform Friday his proposal will end the “cycle

of chaos” surrounding education funding every two years, “spread sheet politics,” and “the endless run to the courts” for towns who feel slighted under any new aid distribution formula. He said the amendment will end the statewide property tax and allow communities capable of providing a good education for the students to do that while the state provides aid to the communities most in need.

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SATURDAY, MARCH 5 Holy Mackerels . The Wakefi eld Opera House Performing Arts Committee will host the Holy Mackerels, a quartet consisting of Arthur Webster, Mark Stover, Paul D’Alession, and Steve Jones at 4 p.m. Tickets are $15 at the door or $12 advance sale and are available from Ed Morrison at 522-0126, Cathy Kinville at the Wakefield Town Hall tax office, E. T. Hines Mercantile, Muddy Paws, Lovell Lake Food Center, The Personal Cut — all in Sanbornville, and Sharper Image in East Wakefield. For directions or more information about this and other upcoming concerts, visit wakefieldoperahouse.org. Kennett High School Drumline Show. Ride the rails with the Kennett High School Drumline at 7 p.m. at Kennett High School Loynd Auditorium. This year’s show features stops by a “Crazy Train.” Audiences will explore percussion expressions inspired by locations around the world and universe (both real and imagined). Tickets (known as MetroCards) are $10 for adults and $5 for students. Profi ts from the show will benefit the Bryson Herlihy Cancer Fund. March Mammal Project . Noted naturalist, author and photographer Ted Levine will be at Tin Mountain Conservation Center’s March Mammal Project from 10 a.m. through 3 p.m. at the Tin Mountain Nature Learning Center in Albany. On Saturday, Levine will interpret whatever mammal evidence is found on the Rockwell Sanctuary and he will have skulls and furs of canines, felines, and mustelids. Tuition is $15 for members, $20 for non-members for each program. For reservations or more information about Tin Mountain call 447-6991. For a full listing of programs visit www.tinmountain.org. ‘The Miracle Worker’ Auditions . Arts in Motion is having auditions for William Gibson’s “The Miracle Worker,” directed by Barbara Spofford, at the Church of the Nativity in North Conway. Auditions for women and girls ages 6-60 will be held today from 1 to 4 p.m. Auditions for men and boys ages 8-60 (with callbacks for women, if necessary) will be held tomorrow from 1 to 4 p.m. For more information contact Barbara Spofford at 447-6733 or e-mail Arts in Motion at info@artsinmotiontheater.com. Fryeburg Academy’s Project Graduation Silent Auction. The doors to the gym will open at 4:30 p.m. and drawing starts at 6:30 p.m. Refreshments available. Lots of wonderful new items to bid on. For more information contact Melissa (207) 935-7408. Chili And Wine Tastings. There will be a chili and wine tasting as well as Tuckerman giveaways every half hour at Raffertys on Kearsarge Street in North Conway. Bring the kids for free face painting ,music and fun for all. For more information call 3566460. Cat in the Hat Breakfast. The Believe in Books in Intervale is having Cat in the Hat breakfast at 9 a.m. including some “green eggs and ham” cooked by Stonehurst Manor’s Jim Davis. Listen to celebrity reader Michelle Rober, owner of 121Fit read, a Dr Seuss story and visit with the Cat himself and then head out to explore our trail system and the Story Walk featuring a Dr Seuss book. Call 356-9980 to reserve your spot, and check www.believeinbboks.org for a list of all upcoming events.

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SUNDAY, MARCH 6 Four Feet Two Shoes. Dennis O’Neil and Davey Armstrong, known as the popular and multi-talented duo Four Feet Two Shoes, will bring an exciting mix of traditional Irish and Celtic songs and music to St. Kieran Arts Center at 155 Emery Street in Berlin at 2 p.m. just in time to launch St. Patrick’s Day Celebrations. Tickets are $12 for adults and $6 for students. For complete schedule and more information, contact the arts center at 752-1028 or visit www.stkieranarts.org. Mountain Top Music Center Beneﬁ t Cabaret. There will be a spring cabaret taking place at the Red Fox Bar & Grille on Route 16 in Jackson at 4 p.m. to beneﬁ t Mountain Top Music Center. Following the concert, enjoy dinner at the Red Fox Bar & Grille at a discount. The program includes the music of Cole Porter, Stephen Sondheim, Gilbert and Sullivan, Jerry Herman, Frank Loesser, Lerner and Loewe and more. Tickets are $12. For reservations call Mountain Top Music Center at 447-4737, or order online at www.mountaintopmusic.org. ‘The Miracle Worker’ Auditions . Arts in Motion is having auditions for William Gibson’s “The Miracle Worker,” directed by Barbara Spofford, at the Church of the Nativity in North Conway. Auditions for men and boys ages 8-60 (with callbacks for women, if necessary) will be held from 1 to 4 p.m. For more information contact Barbara Spofford at 447-6733 or e-mail Arts in Motion at info@artsinmotiontheater.com. Mount Washington Valley Harley Group Meeting . The Mount Washington Valley Harley owners group meets at 9 a.m. at the Conway Fire Department in Conway village. All Harley Davidson riders are welcome. Find more information at www.mwvhog.org. Kid’s Super Sledding Party. The kid’s super sledding party starts at 11:30 a.m. on Tupper Hill behind the Chocorua Community Church. This is a family-fun event sponsored by the Children’s Ministry of the church which is located at 40 Deer Hill Road, on Route 113 east of Route 16. A hot dog lunch will be served around 12:45 p.m. For more information call Betty Schneider at 323-2021.

MONDAY, MARCH 7 ‘e.e. Cummings: Reminiscences of a Neighbor’ Program . The Conway Public Library invites the public to a program with Dr. George Baker called “e.e. Cummings: Reminiscences of a Neighbor” at 7 p.m. The presentation includes Dr. Baker’s personal memories and some photographs. Refreshments will be served. All welcome. For more information call 447-5552. Rotary Pub Club . The Rotary Club of Ossipee Valley is becoming a “Rotary Pub Club” meeting on Monday nights from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. at Indian Mound Golf Course. Anyone who would like to learn more about Rotary International is welcome. Mountain View Knitters Meeting . The Mountain View Knitters meeting at 9:45 a.m. at the St. Elizabeth Anne Seton Church on Main Street in Fryeburg, Maine. This month’s program is “Crochet for Knitters.” Learn the basic crochet stitches often called for when ﬁnishing knitted garments. Knitters of all abilities are always welcome as guests. For more information call Linda at 447-3994. PAID POLITICAL ADVERTISING

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TUESDAY, MARCH 8 Wild New Hampshire. Wendy Scribner, Carroll County Forest Resources Educator for the UNH Cooperative Extension will present “New Hampshire’s Wild History — 350 Years of New Hampshire Wildlife” at 7 p.m. at the Salyards Center for the Arts in Conway. This event is a part of the Conway Historical Society’s free monthly program series. The Salyards is located at 100 Main Street in Conway Village, next door to the Brown Church. Please use the downstairs entrance in the rear of the building. Refreshments will be served. For more information call UNH Cooperative Extension at 447-3834. Talk On Alpacas. Steffi McKeith will share her enthusiasm and knowledge of the alpacas she and her family are raising on their farm, Kezar River Farm, in Sweden,Maine, at 7 p.m. at Charlotte Hobbs Library in Lovell. This program will conclude with refreshments and conversation. For more information, call the library at 925-3177. Tea with Tara. The Conway Public Library invites the public to Tea with Tara at 1 p.m. Love to read? Discover new book, film and music titles to pique your interest. Share your favorites, too, over a nice cup of tea with the library’s director Tara Thomas. All welcome. For more information call 447-5552. Book Discussion. The Friends of the Bartlett Public Library will host a book discussion about the book, “The Elegance of the Hedgehog” by Muriel Barbery at 7 p.m. at the Bartlett Public Library. All are welcome. Refreshments will be served. Crohn’s, Colitis, i.b. Support Group . The crohn’s, colitis, i.b. support group will hold it’s monthly meeting at The Met Coffee House’s conference room at 6:30 p.m. Connect with others facing same challenges. All are welcome. For more information call jane at 356-6789 or e-mail: ucjh2009@yahoo. com. Fryeburg Business Association Meeting . The Fryeburg Business Association is meeting at 6 p.m. at Fryeburg Fair Conference Room. The guest speaker is Joe Balchunas, business loan offi cer, Community Concepts Finance Corp. The public is invited to attend. ‘New Hampshire’s Wild History’ Program . The Conway Historical Society is presenting the program, “New Hampshire’s Wild History, 350 Years of New Hampshire Wildlife,” presented by Wendy Scribner, University of New Hampshire Extension Educator and County Forester, at 7 p.m. at the Salyards Center for the Arts, lower level. As always, bring a raffl e gift, bring a friend and bring a dollar for a raffle ticket. For more information, call 447-3834. Morning Coffee Break. In an effort to better serve and support the dedicated crew of volunteers as well as recruit new volunteers, Tin Mountain hosts the Morning Coffee Break at Tin Mountain Nature Learning Center at 10 a.m. Those who can’t make it on Tuesdays and still want to volunteer can contact Nora at 447-69 9 1 or e-mail nbeem@tinmountain.org to become a Tin Mountaineer. Wendy Ketchum Display Opening Reception. Tin Mountain Conservation Center will feature works by local artist Wendy Ketchum during March as part of its revolving Art in Nature series. A reception will be Tuesday, March 8, from 4 to 6 p.m. at which time the public is invited to meet the artist and discuss her work.

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EVERY SUNDAY Alcoholics Anonymous Beginners. Alcoholics Anonymous beginners meetings are every Sunday at Memorial Hospital in the walk-in clinic from 3 to 4 p.m. Thomas The Tank. The Mount Washington Valley Childrens Museum located on Main St in North Conway has an hands-on exhibit for all ages with their miniature Thomas Train Set. Hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Admission is $5 for nonmembers. For more information call 356-2992 or visit www. mwvchildrensmuseum.org. Little Green Closet Thrift Store. The Thrift Store is now open for discounted children/maternity clothes. Located in the Mount Washington Valley Children’s Museum on Route 16 North Conway next to Stan and Dan Sports. Hours 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. For more information call 356-29 9 2 or visit www. mwvchildrensmuseum.org. Gym Flyers. An indoor radio control model ﬂ ying activity every Sunday from 4 to 7 p.m. at the Ossipee Town Hall gym. For all age groups. Children under 12 years with family adult supervision. This is hosted by the Mount Washington Valley Radio Control Club. The cost is $2. Flyers under 12 are free. For more information call 520-0944. Zen Meditation. Zen meditation takes place at 30 Pleasant Street, Conway, with silent sitting and walking meditation from 8 to 9 a.m. and Zen reading and discussion from 9 to 10 a.m. Open to the public; $2 donation suggested. For information or questions, contact Terry Leavitt, 452-8821. Alcoholics Anonymous. Alcoholics Anonymous is meeting at the Gibson Center in North Conway from 10 to 11:15 a.m. and at the Conway Village Congregational Church on Main Street in Conway Village, from 7 to 8 p.m.

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CONWAY â&#x20AC;&#x201D; The Kennett High ice hockey team is just three wins away from a three-peat as state champions. The two-time defending champs begin the quest for the title tonight with the opening round of the Division III playoffs. The Eagles, the No. 3 seeds, will host No. 6 HollisBrookline today at 7:45 p.m. at Ham Ice Arena on Main Street in Conway Village. After opening the season 0-2, KHS rebounded going 13-1-1 over its last 15 games â&#x20AC;&#x201D; good enough to secure the No. 3 seed for the Division III playoffs which begin today. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I think weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re all real happy with the way the season turned out, especially after the 0-2 start,â&#x20AC;? Michael Lane, Eaglesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; head coach, said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;To be able to bounce back and get a home game speaks volumes about this group.â&#x20AC;? Kennett defeated the Cavaliers 3-2 in HollisBrookline in the lone meeting of the season between the two teams on Feb. 18. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll be a tough opponent,â&#x20AC;? Lane said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We had a lot of penalties against them in that ďŹ rst game. We played so much of the time shorthanded itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s really difďŹ cult to get a read on them other than theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re a hard-working, gritty team.â&#x20AC;? It was a penalty-ďŹ lled game with Kennett getting saddled with 14 penalties forcing it to skate shorthanded for 22 of 45 minutes. Logan Spoor netted the game-winner for the Eagles with just 10 seconds to play. Lane said his troops have had a good week of practice in preparation for the Cavaliers. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We really tried to keep the intensity high for the ďŹ rst couple of days,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We spent the last few days putting the game-plan together. I think the boys are ready and excited to be at home. HollisBrookline should be a real good test. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve only lost three games at home in four years,â&#x20AC;? Lane continued. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re 26-3 at the Ham the last three years. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m hoping we can add to that stat in a positive fashion. We love playing home and this community has been so supportive to our program. It means the world to the players and coaches to know that we have so any people behind us. Hopefully, we can pack the arena again and that support can be a difference-maker.â&#x20AC;? The Eagles will be without the services of sophomores Anthony LaRusso and Connor Todd, who are both sidelined with broken hands, while fellow soph-

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Senior Jonny Parkhurst will make the start in goal for Kennett High tonight.

omore Nathaniel Swift is out due to a concussion. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll deďŹ nitely miss them, but no excuses weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve got to play with the cards weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve been dealt,â&#x20AC;? Lane said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll play with what we have. Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll rely on the playoff experience of (captain) Logan Spoor, who

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will be in his ninth playoff game, and (fellow senior) Chuckie Smith, who will be in his eighth. I think the guys are focussed and excited. see KHS page 8

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Kennett High participated in its annual Meet the Eagles last week after topping Manchester West.

Captain Logan Spoor scored the game-winner at Hollis-Brookline. (JAMIE GEMMITI PHOTO) KHS from page 7

“The key for us will be not to get too high or too low emotionally,” he continued. “It’s going to be so important for us to stay focussed on the task at hand.” Senior Jonny Parkhurst will make the start in goal for KHS. “He’s been fantastic all season,” Lane said. “I have all the confi dence in the world in him.” In fi rst round action today: No.1 Somersworth hosts No. 8 John Stark; No. 4 Belmont-Gilford hosts No. 5 Pelham-Windham; No. 2 Alvirne hosts No. 7 Kearsarge; and No. 3 Kennett hosts No. 6 Hollis-Brookline. The semifi nals are scheduled for Wednesday at the Everett Arena in Concord at 5:30 and 7:30 p.m. Kennett would play in the 5:30 p.m. contest provided it wins. The finals are scheduled for Sunday, March 13 at 12:15 p.m. at the Verizon Wireless Arena in Manchester. It’s the site where the boys from Conway have celebrated their last two state championships. Final Division III standings were: Somersworth, 18-0; Alvirne, 15-3; Kenentt, 13-3-1; Belmont-Gilford, 14-31; Pelham-Windham, 12-5; Hollis/Brookline, 11-6; Kearsarge, 10-8; John Stark, 10-8; Portsmouth, 7-11; Souhegan, 7-11; Moultonborough-Interlakes, 6-11-1; PembrokeCampbell, 5-12-1; ConVal, 5-13; Manchester West, 3-11; Monadnock-Hinsdale, 2-15; and LaconiaWinnisquam, 0-18.

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IN REVIEW

Week

Feb. 26-March 4, 2011

DIGEST OF STORIES IN THE SUN THIS WEEK

Saturday, Feb. 26 • Phil Kelly is stepping down as proprietor for Eaton Village Store. Willie Hatch and Kristin Burnell are taking his place, having signed a new five-year lease with the Eaton Village Preservation Society. • Conway School Board believes the budget committee may have acted illegally when it voted to cut the 2011-12 school budget by 11 percent. • Freedom residents hear plans for a $1.2 million safety complex housing the police department and fire station. Tuesday, March 1 • A snowy February ends with more snow. More than 30 inches of snow fell during the month, which was well above the February average of 17 inches. • A fast-spreading fire destroys a home in Fryeburg. The home was occupied at the time, but nobody was hurt. • The Fryeburg Academy cross-country ski team wins the state Nordic championship.

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• The Kennett girls’ basketball team defeats St. Thomas to advance to the Elite 8 in the Division II state playoffs. • Bill Botsford is seeking a seventh term as Jackson town clerk but is being challenged by is deputy, Janette Heidmann. • From abolishing the planning board to merging the Tamworth and Madison school districts, Tamworth candidates covered a wide range of topics at a forum Tuesday night. Friday, March 4 • The Conway budget committee is sticking to its decision to bring forward an 11 percent cut to the school budget at the deliberative meeting Wednesday, despite school ofﬁcials and their attorney questioning the legal-

ity of the action. • Number of candidates ﬁling for Conway selectman is up to nine. Mark Hounsell, who signed up on Wednesday, announced that he is withdrawing from the race. • Tamworth voters debate petitions to abolish the planning board and conservation commission. • There are three candidates for two seats on the Madison School Board. • Six Carroll County towns will present a groundwater protection ordinance to voters at town meeting. • John Allen and Gino Funicella will square off in the race for Jackson selectman. • Erik Corbett, Steven Iannuzzi and David Patch are running for Bartlett selectman. • The county attorney tried to get his lowest paid assistant attorney a raise, but lawmakers weren’t persuaded.

Off the Wall Is town meeting still working? Here were a few comments posted on The Conway Daily Sun’s Facebook page: “I always felt it was so great. Out here in California it all seems so far away from me.” — Ginger Sugar Blymyer “In Fryeburg, the town meeting form of government has worked since 1777. I’m for keeping it. The people decide what they want and how much they want to spend. Town meeting dinner is good also.” — Diane Warren Jones

“It would be great if they were held in my town when the working person could go. Of course everyone works different hours, but 9 a.m. on a Tuesday is for retired people and anyone that can afford to take a day off. Well, I can’t. Always loved town meeting where I use to live.” — Jean Magnussen “You guys need a woman mayor to straighten things out.” — Judy Thornton

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IN REVIEW NATIONAL PERSPECTIVE

Mitch Daniels’ Moment Politics has its moments, and right now Mitch Daniels is having his. Daniels is a former top executive at Eli Lilly and Co., a onetime director of the federal Office of Management and Budget, the current governor of Indiana and a possible Republican candidate for president. He is having a good winter, in the way some decorated British heroes between 1939 and 1945 had a good war that prepared them for a fast track in politics and business. Nobody, including Daniels, knows whether he actually is going to run for president and nobody, especially Daniels, knows whether he will be a sensation or a dud if he decides to do so. Some politicians hear the siren song only to discover that it’s not playing their tune (you can ask President Pete Wilson or President Fred Thompson). Some politicians heed the call and find that presidential politics is truly their calling (the best recent example is President Ronald Reagan, though his first two tries were debacles). But right now a lot of smart people think that Daniels — a cost-cutter who seems to have the vision of an actuary grafted onto the character of a biker — is the man to take on Barack Obama, the mountain of federal debt, the looming Social Security and Medicare crises, and just about everything short of a potential NFL labor impasse, which, by the way, would be a disaster for Indiana, its Colts being an engine of the state economy. The other day the cerebral David Brooks of The New York Times called Daniels “the man who would be the (Republican) party’s strongest candidate for the presidency” and lamented that he might not run. This sort of thing brings to mind the way Republicans (and some Democrats) longed for Dwight Eisenhower to join the presidential ticket in 1952. The question for any politician is how to make the best use of his moment. Rep. Richard Gephardt, the Missouri Democrat, made his own moment in 1987 when he intruded on the serenity of the week between Christmas and New Year’s Day with a barrage of effective television ads about the threat of foreign imports. He rode that to a victory in the Iowa caucuses in early 1988. But Gephardt’s moment came on the eve of actual caucusing. Daniels’ moment comes on the eve of, well, the Big East men’s basketball tournament in New York, not ordinarily known as an important milestone on the way to the White House. So what’s a governor of Indiana to do? Daniels has already told the big annual convention of conservatives that nothing matters so much as the deficit and entitlements. And he’s already told Republicans they’ve gone too far with the cultural wars on social issues — which means he’s already had yet another kind of moment, a Sister Souljah moment, long before many people have started to pay attention. A Sister Souljah moment? That’s when a politician tells his best friends, or potential supporters, to buzz off and quiet down. It derives from Gov. Bill Clinton’s (altogether calculated but nonetheless brilliant) 1992 repudiation of the hip-hop artist who suggested killing white people. Dan-

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iels also used his SS moment to signal that he was a centrist, not an extremist. The man may have views congenial to the NRA, but he has the soul of a CPA. His radio isn’t constantly tuned to conservative talk radio and Rush Limbaugh’s fellow travelers. More than the Democratic Party, the Republican Party is a constantly changing organism, with a constantly shifting profile. Sen. Robert Taft of Ohio looked positively horrified cradling a red rooster in a Life magazine photo published shortly before the 1952 New Hampshire primary. Daniels looks positively at ease in a much-distributed Associated Press photograph of him riding his Harley Davidson down an Indiana highway. Do you suppose Taft (or the 1960 GOP nominee, Richard M. Nixon, who in starched shirts strayed far from his Yorba Linda childhood) would wax positively eloquent about a Coney Island hot dog and a butterscotch milkshake at a soda shop in Vincennes? Maybe Daniels, whose greatest asset is that he is normal, is what the Republicans need. Meanwhile, President Obama is channeling Harry Truman, who lost both houses of Congress in 1946 and then checked in with a 36 percent approval rating the spring before the 1948 election. Obama’s record is actually better than that at the moment; he lost only one house of Congress, and his approval rating in the RealClearPolitics running average checks in at just above 49 percent. Compared to Truman, Obama is a giant. A giant — but one with giant problems. Some are overseas (the Middle East is remaking itself) and some are in his own administration (the Middle East is remaking itself with America largely on the sidelines). Most are in the counting house (the economy is a mess and is only going to get worse unless the debt and social-welfare entitlements are brought under control). As a potential Obama opponent, Daniels is a zealot but not possessed of a martyr’s death wish. With rebellions against public-employee unions raging in Wisconsin and Ohio, Daniels urged Republican lawmakers to back away from a right-to-work bill for Indiana. He wasn’t amused that Democratic legislators, ripping a page from the Wisconsin playbook, decamped to Illinois, but he had bigger issues in mind. That is very Daniels; he knows how to look beyond the spectacle and the tactics to see the bigger picture and fashion a strategy. Obama mastered that on the campaign stump, but not at the White House podium. Only twice since 1936 has Daniels’ state sent its electoral votes to the Democrats. The first time was in the 1964 Lyndon Johnson landslide. The other time was in Obama’s 2008 triumph — and then by only one percentage point. Indiana is no swing state, except perhaps now. It has contributed only one president, Benjamin Harrison. Is this Daniels boomlet a real moment — or a momentary mood? Much depends on the answer. David Shribman is executive editor of the Pittsburgh Post Gazette. The Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist has a vacation home in Kearsarge.

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Headline could have been ‘Two dead in fire’ To the editor: “Two dead in early morning blaze!” This could have been the headline of The Conway Daily Sun on Jan. 4. I’m the owner of Discount Beverages and the building owner of 1130 Eastman Road, North Conway. This is where my business, two other businesses, and one apartment reside. At 12:15 a.m. on Jan. 3, I received a phone call that there was a fi re in my building and fi re crews are on the scene. Living within just four miles I thought about a lot in that short drive: First and foremost the two people in the apartment above my store ... are they OK? My business ... is it still there? My building .. .is it there? This can’t be happening, can it? I never knew your mind could think so fast and your heart could beat even faster, a feeling I hope I never ever feel again in my years to come. The fire started from a bad ceiling fan in the rest room of Discount Beverage between the bathroom ceiling and the floor of the apartment above. Smoke set off the fire detector and the Great Process Began. ADT (alarm company) called Conway Police Department Dispatch. Dispatch tones North Conway Fire and Rescue, North Conway Ambulance as well as a Conway police department unit to respond for fi re alarm activation. The police arrive (the police are usually first on seen in an early morning call, as this one was.) Patrol offi cer reports heavy smoke in the building and proceeds to wake people in the apartment on the second fl oor. The building is now evacuated and fi re

crews are now on scene. In a matter of minutes the actions above were carried out and executed extremely well under this system we, as a community, currently have in place. Seconds do count when a ﬁ re is spreading. Minutes could have been the difference between no headline in the Daily Sun to a headline similar to the one given at the top of this article. The current cuts proposed for the police department budget would force them to farm out our local in-house dispatch to I don’t know where. This will save on the police department budget, but increase all the ﬁ re district’s budgets leaving the citizens of the Conways with no savings and a longer response time. Myself along with Computer Port, Big Dave’s Bagel’s, the two people in the apartment, and all the employees of each of the businesses, were very lucky and very thankful for the great job that was done that morning by ADT, Pope Security, Conway Police Department Dispatch, Conway Police Department, North Conway Fire Department, and North Conway Ambulance. They not only saved two lives early that morning but also three business and dozens of jobs. The system we have in place works! Thank You! “However beautiful the strategy, you should occasionally look at the results.” — Winston Churchill Sincerely; . Mark & Susan Keenan Discount Beverages Larry Jackson Tom & Karen Albert Computer Port Dave & Sue Hausman Big Dave’s Bagel’s

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Nicholas Howe

Ernie’s Place up in Austria and Switzerland, and when It seems that this winter fi nds more of he started here he’d close the lifts for a twous driving advertising billboards, I mean, hour mid-day siesta. all those stickers on car-top ski carriers. So They run all day now, and after two days far I’ve only seen one promoting Taos, so I’m getting used to the thin air, so I go higher I’ll make up some of the shortfall with my up and find Longhorn Chute, modestly rated own endorsement of the sunny New Mexico at a single diamond. Gaining either confi slopes. When I got up after my fi rst night in Taos, dence or foolhardiness, I go on to Valkyries, which opens with a long double diamond I found a row of dainty pastel-colored sneakleading through trees into a most unusual ers and numerous little lacy things draped experience. Then I relax with some runs of on the lid of a suitcase in my two-room lodgonly one black diamond, ings that weren’t there it’s sort of like the basewhen I went to bed. There’s a sign on the lift line asking, “Do ball player who swings Later that day, I found a sign on the top of the you know how to self-arrest in a sliding two bats in the on-deck chairlift listing a whole fall? If not, ask the ski patrol or call 209.” circle so when he goes to the plate one bat will category of terrain Or, I’m thinking, call 911. feel light and whippy. beyond “Most Diffi cult.” Loosening up is imporThis indicated caution tant, because there are and I was already at six double diamonds strung along what 11,820 feet, a zone in which it is easy for a seems to be the rim of a huge soup bowl, New England skier to overdraw his first-day then nine more double diamonds on a sort of oxygen account, so I took a little while to get giant tea cup at the end of the valley. This is steady after the dizzying event that began serious business, which means that it needs the day and trying to breathe later on. all the relaxation I can muster. It’s hyperThe terrain is like a teacup and a soup chute skiing which is made a lot easier, (in bowl set rim to rim with a dozen or so buildrelative terms,) by another surprise. There ings tossed like sugar lumps into the bottom are no bumps here, just long smooth slides of the teacup. There’s a sign on the lift line down through rocky walls where the angle is asking, “Do you know how to self-arrest in apparently too steep for edges to get enough a sliding fall? If not, ask the ski patrol or bite to cut bumps. Ernie Blake tells me that call 209.” Or, I’m thinking, call 911, because when he fi rst saw the drops it seemed to it doesn’t look like there’s any easy terrain here. A network of about 20 runs drops down him that skiers would need magnetism to hang on, but they became addicting for his from Kachina Peak, although the count is friend Al Rosen, who’s name is on Al’s Run. misleading because there are open groves of Failing health took his breath away, but he giant evergreens that blur the distinctions of keeps going with oxygen bottles strapped to trail and slope and glade, and the runs tilt this way and that, they have dips and humps his back. Ernie Blake started skiing when he and and rolls and big bends, so it’s not just skiing two school chums were given a handful of down the wide hallways in many ski areas, the terrain is always changing: get light here tickets to the funicular lift serving the skiing and bank a turn there or take long easy lean- in St. Moritz, Switzerland. These were from George Badrutt, who owned the Palace Hotel ers in another place, there are steep chutes there and would come to America himself that seem hardly wider than my elbows, and when Charlie Chaplin would woo the mother there are bump fi elds that remind me that of his best friend, then take them all out my spine has been compromised by earlier dancing. excesses. He reached America in 1938 and went on Partway into the afternoon a young girl to New Mexico, where he asked the Santa Fe in an adjacent chair on the lift calls out, chamber of commerce if there was any busi“Mommy, do you have any sun stuff left? I ness where he might fi nd employment. The don’t have the feeling of it on me anymore.” Others, not so prudent, are peeling down. I’ve Chamber people told him that this was a tourist town and they didn’t want any busialready had skin cancer, so I stay well covnesses. As he was leaving, someone said, as ered with the highest-rated sunblock availa sort of afterthought, “There’s one thing, able, and that afternoon I check my road but you wouldn’t be interested, it’s too crazy. atlas and see that Taos is on the same latiThere are people who want to build a ski tude as Charlotte, North Carolina, so when resort.” Ernie was interested and he was also it’s 75 degrees at the inns the snow is still an avid pilot, so he fl ew up a nearby canyon dry powder up above, because the humidand found an inviting snow bowl at the end ity is only fi ve percent. This also explains of it where he would go on to install the the mahogany tans and permanent powder first detachable lift in the New World, but it skiing at Taos. turned out to be a detaching lift – the chairs It also explains the educational opportended to fall off in mid ride. tunities. At lunchtime of my fi rst day, two Things got better after that. The place at men chat enthusiastically about streamer the end of the canyon had been so remote chambers, left-right symmetry, and heavy and so widely ignored that it didn’t even nucleus fragmentation. This is sub-atomic have a name, but it went on to find a secure physics talk, they’re from the atomic laboratory at nearby Los Alamos, the place that place on my list of skiing favorites. Where else could I wake up to fi nd an unknown makes the kind of suns that do not attract lady’s silks and laces before I’d even had tourists. breakfast? And, as it turned out, there was This exotic twist seems better suited to more to it than that. They had skiing here, what Ernie Blake has done here, and before and also Ernie Blake. long I’m beginning to think that it’s also a sort of metaphor of everything at Taos, a Nicholas Howe is a writer from Jackson. homey place that Ernie keeps for friends E-mail him at nickhowe@ncia.net. who might drop by for a visit. Ernie grew

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Doin’ the town meeting dance BY TOM EASTMAN THE CONWAY DAILY SUN

CONWAY — Let the dance begin! Attendance has been so low at the deliberative sessions for annual town and school meeting over the past 14 years since Conway adopted SB 2, the ballot bill, that former selectman and past school board member Mark Hounsell once said they had all of the excitement of “taking your sister to the dance.” Not this year. Given the lean economy, the “dance” of the debate is likely to get heated for the deliberative sessions this year, especially for the school's, in this, the 15th year since Conway did away with traditional town and school meeting in favor of SB 2. The police budget and the possible closure of the town's transfer station Sunday afternoons will likely be hot topics at the town's deliberative session, set for Monday. Meanwhile, the municipal budget committee's proposed 11 percent cut to the school board's proposed $33.1 million school budget will likely draw a much bigger crowd at the school deliberative session Wednesday, March 9. Both are set for Kennett High's Loynd Auditorium at 7 p.m. Voting for both the town and school warrant and election of officers is set for April 12 from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. at the Conway Community Building in Center Conway. Voting guides for both deliberative sessions are available at Conway Town Hall, SAU 9 offi ces and at local libraries. The town of Conway's offi cial web page, www.conwaynh.org, also has information regarding the deliberative sessions. ••• Conway is one of 60 towns and 80 school districts in New Hampshire which follow the SB 2 form of government, according to Dave Connell, legal services counsel for the Local Government Center of Concord, a statewide membership organization that provides training and legal advice to town governments. Nearby Madison uses SB2 for its school district. Conway overwhelmingly adopted the Senate Bill 2 form of town and school meeting government in March 1996 — a change from the traditional style of town meeting which the town had observed since 1770. With the change came the benefi t of voters being able to go to the deliberative sessions to become informed and to amend articles, and then to go to the polls a month later to vote. But with the change, traditionalists say, came the loss of the color and tradition that was part of one of the purest forms of democracy in action. “After a long winter,” said Mark Hounsell, whose late aunt Janet McAllister Hounsell co-wrote the town's history, “Conway, New Hampshire: 17651997,” “people used to come to town meeting and get together to discuss how to deal with town affairs. It brought people together; they met their neighbors. So it was cultural as well as civic, and educational.” Sure, there was divisiveness over the issues back then, but because townspeople knew one another personally, they could deal with them. As local writer, historian, town meeting devotee and budget committee candidate Bill Marvel noted this week, “Ralph Wiggin [a past always-active attendee at town meeting] and I have talked about this. It used to be, you could come to [traditional] town meeting and just cut each other to pieces, ridiculing one another's opinion, and then walk out and have a beer that night or breakfast the next morning. You know, 'No hard feelings.' “But now,” said Marvel, “you hear a parent get up and sneer and denounce the budget committee and insult them basically for doing their service.” He said one facet of the old way remains: If anyone wants to infl uence a decision, all they need to do is show up at the deliberative. “The deliberative portion is often even more

Chet Lucy, center, draws a laugh at the 2010 conway town meeting. (JAMIE GEMMITI PHOTO)

thickly packed with special interests than traditional town meeting used to be. But at least people have the opportunity [under SB 2] to go to the polls,” said Marvel this week. “The old confl ict remains,” he added. “It's always the schools and the younger folks who have the energy to stay up all night and basically bleed the town dry, and the old folks who just physically cannot stand it. At least part of that confl ict is removed — but the choice everyone has is further limited by the failure to participate in the deliberative portion. Those with a direct interest will go, and the others can only hope to stay in the homes another year.” A student of town and school meeting, both of the traditional and SB 2 kind, Marvel — a columnist for this newspaper and a frequent critic of school spending increases — said he has noticed that people who do attend the deliberative sessions in many cases do not attend with an open mind. “There seem to be a greater tendency for people to come with their minds already made up with no intention of listening to anything. One of the benefits of the old town meeting was the sweet feeling

of persuading the town meeting to do something that most people did not tend to want to do when you first came. And,” said Marvel, “you reciprocated that. I have changed my mind plenty of times. That has not been the case this year when I have gone to the budget hearings — you've got a Tea Party person on one side and the perpetual spenders on the other side, and they're not listening to one another, although each has something to say that the other party could agree to.” ••• Conway's website, conwaynh.org, notes that the SB 2 form of government was instituted by the state legislature in 1995 because of concerns that “modern lifestyles had made it diffi cult for people to attend traditional town meetings.” Conway voters approved it in March 1996 for both the town and school, both articles easily receiving the three-fi fths majority needed for passage. The school SB 2 amendment passed by a vote of 1,078 to 425; the town by a vote of 1,037 to 531. The town's website goes on to say: “Town business in the form of ballot measures see next page

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Conway town meeting in 2006. (JAMIE GEMMITI PHOTO) from preceding page

(warrant articles ) is discussed. However, unlike the town meeting, while the wording and dollar amounts of proposed warrant articles may be amended, no actual voting on the warrant articles takes place. Rather, the voters at the deliberative session approve a ballot containing the warrant articles that will be voted on at the second session or 'election day.' Issues such as the town's budget, capital spending, and policy questions appear on the ballot as warrant articles. Residents vote in an SB 2 election at a polling place throughout the day. They may also vote by absentee ballot.” ••• SB 2 was already in place when town manager Earl Sires came on board in July 2000. “Does SB 2 work?” asked Sires. “It could work [better], but I think it is awfully diffi cult to get people there [to the deliberative sessions]. A lot of people fi nd themselves in a situation these days of being so busy — yet the idea originally was that this would make it easier for people, but adding on to the process with the deliberative sessions and the vote a month later does make it more diffi cult. You did have the opportunity under traditional town meeting to 'demand to understand.' ” He said in his fi rst few years as town manager, people were still getting used to fi guring out how SB 2's deliberative sessions were supposed to work. “Now that's been worked out. In the beginning, we were representing the selectmen's proposed budget at the

deliberative, but in reality,” said Sires, “it was supposed to be the budget committee's budget. So, we think we have it ﬁgured out now.” Adding some direction to voters, Sires said, is provided by being able to put on the ballot whether money articles are recommended by the selectmen and the budget committee. “That was at the direction of the legislature. A lot of people look at that vote, so it is a bit more [directional],” said Sires. With the major issues of this year's school and town deliberative sessions, both Sires and his school counterpart, SAU 9 superintendent Carl Nelson urged attendance at the deliberative sessions. “Why should voters be there?” said Sires. “This is voters' opportunity to chart their future for the next year, which many places in the country do not have. We have cut some things in our budget that people may not be happy about. People who are not happy should show up to hear both sides of the story and to see if they want to change things and get it back in if they see ﬁt.” Said Nelson about the school's deliberative session March 9, “We obviously are trying to get the word out for voters to be there. This is certainly going to be an interesting deliberative meeting. It is extremely important, and I cannot overemphasize the importance of it.” ••• Despite the impact on the deliberative sessions, the voter turnout at the polls a month later under SB 2 has been much improved from the days of old, according to town clerk Rhoda Quint. see TOWN MEETING page 21

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Assessor not taking sides on school issue To the editor; As the assessor of the town of Conway, I prefer to refrain from inserting myself into the middle of political issues or responding to letters in the newspaper. However, in recent days, several property owners have questioned me regarding statements made at a public hearing by Mr. Paul Mayer, co-chair of the Coalition for Educational Excellence. These people were left with the impression that the assessing department is taking sides in a school budgetary issue. On March 4, The Conway Daily Sun printed a letter from Mr. Mayer that again mentions the assessing department as reviewing the numbers in his chart for “accuracy” but, I am concerned that some may conclude that the assessing

department endorses Mr. Mayer’s conclusions or positions. I want it made clear that the assessing department answers inquiries from taxpayers in an objective and unbiased manner. Although I have personal opinions like anyone else, as the assessor, I take pains not to take sides in local political issues. The assessing department responded to a request for the changes in assessments and taxes on a particular home over a 10 year period. This I was glad to do as time allowed. Any analysis or conclusions regarding inﬂ ation, CPI indexes or anything else beyond the simple objective fact that a particular property’s taxes went up approximately $1,100 over a 10 year period are Mr. Mayer’s own. Thomas Holmes, assessor Town of Conway

Assessor not involved in preparing charts To the editor: In the letter to the editor on March 4, I stated that the Conway Tax Assessors Ofﬁ ce “Reviewed and Approved” the data in our chart. I want to make sure that the public understand that the assessors ofﬁ ce was in no way involved in the preparation of the charts and was only asked, as a respected third party, to make sure that the coalition’s numbers accurately

reﬂect the most accurate data, before we distributed it to the public. We believe that all community leaders should cite where they obtain data and strive for third party review whenever possible. That review must be independent, respected and in no way considered and endorsement of the group. Paul Mayer Mount Washington Valley Coalition For Educational Excellence

To combat crime you need a lot more cops To Conway voters: Even though I live in Eaton, I’m concerned about and affected by rising crime rates in Conway. To seriously combat crime, you need to hire a LOT more cops. Quit coddling criminals. If you

don’t like the cops, the next time you need help, call a drug addict. Otherwise, vote at your deliberative session to fully fund the addition of more police ofﬁcers. Ralph W. Wilkewitz Eaton

Ashamed of Conway Budget Committee To the editor: I suggest everyone watch The special budget committee meeting that took place on Feb. 27, which will be on Valley Vision Saturday at noon and Sunday at 6 a.m. It is stunning to see these board members who are suppose to be non-partisan and looking out for the best interest of our community in action. I will warn the weak of heart and those of you who know and love someone with special needs that you will

ﬁnd this meeting offensive. I hope everyone will come and support the school, the children and especially those who cannot speak for themselves on Monday, March 9, at 7 p.m. at Kennett High school. It is imperative that we have rational people attend this meeting because more is at stake than just our children’s education, this will impact every aspect of our community! Kelly DeFeo Conway

Mark McConkey

Unreasonable standard

I have raised three children in Ossipee and I now reside in Freedom. My children have been raised on clean well water and have never been subjected to any chemical treatment. Clean water is a precious commodity and living over one of the largest stratifi ed-drift aquifer’s in New England certainly warrants protection. I am the water operator for the second largest public water supply in Ossipee and I design wastewater treatment systems that return clean water to recharge our groundwater. I chaired the Ossipee Zoning Board of Adjustment for 12 years and was a member of the Lakes Region Planning Commission Executive Board for 10-plus years. I understand that good planning is essential. Unlike several of the surrounding towns Ossipee has always had a ground water protection section contained in its zoning ordinance. The proposed regional ground water protection ordinances for Freedom, Effi ngham, Sandwich Tamworth and an update to Ossipee were an attempt to provide one cohesive set of groundwater regulations that applied to all towns in the Ossipee Watershed, after all the aquifer knows no town boundaries. As with most good intentions the final product has taken on in my opinion some unintended consequences. Just as the underlying aquifer knows no political subdivision boundaries it also cares not who is the polluter. Private residents are exempt from all of the new regulations, enforcement of the regulations and all fees associated with that enforcement. The focus is on business and those looking to develop or expand a business. I do not believe new business that generates or stores large quantities of potentially hazardous materials should be encouraged, my concern is for the economic engine and major employer in our towns and that is small business. So why were private residents excluded, I conclude that it was to gain more support from the citizenry. Small Business in our area has historically been ecologically responsible and those potentially hazardous businesses by nature are now well regulated and monitored by the NH Department of Environmental Services. State-administered best management practices (BMP) are the normal now, not the exception. Most of our groundwater pollution to date resulted prior to 1980. I am unaware of any Brownfield sites in our target ordinance area or any businesses that have had a non compliant underground storage tanks that has not been removed. Those that compromised the ground water have been corrected or in the process of remediation. Having familiarity with Ossipee regulations and owning businesses in Ossipee much of my attention has been with the proposed changes to this ordinance. The first draft as presented had many unintentional consequences targeted at the existing business community and if not corrected would have stifled expansion and stopped any reasonable potential development. Most notably were the need for a special use permit and the need to develop a storm water management and pollution plan if you were not able to maintain a four-foot separation above seasonal high water table. Most of the land along Route 16 and Route 25 does not have an average seasonal high water table that is more than 48 inches below the surface. Did this mean that you couldn’t discharge storm water on your property? Must you collect your runoff and haul it away; do you have to bring fill onto the site to discharge storm water onto it? This standard was unreasonable at best. This entire section will cost potential development or a expanding business expend tens of

thousands of dollars and in the end may make most available commercial property along Route 16 and Route 25 to costly to develop or render those lands not buildable. While this article has been removed from Ossipee’s proposal many of the surrounding towns still have the above mentioned regulation in their proposed ordinances. The Greater Ossipee Area Chamber recognized that this ordinance is anti-business and issued a letter to their member planning boards asking them to reject the present ground water ordinances. After the fi rst Ossipee groundwater hearing the planning board held a work session. Chairman Grover asked those present to bring forward items that might improve the ordinance. The three selectmen were present along with LRPC and me. Many items were discussed and the board agreed to include several changes. Those that we could not reach agreement on were tabled for further discussion. In fact before the meeting ended alternate planning board member Gillette asked the selectman,” if the agreed changes were made, would the selectman and I support the ordinance in its entirety?” The selectman and I agreed and we left the meeting thinking this matter was behind us. Unfortunately alternate board member Gillette at the final hearing did not bring forward any of those agreed changes. My hesitation to whole hardily endorse this regional approach is because I know that there were individuals involved in the process that felt they know what is best for the public and pushed for many restrictions on the business community, knowing full well the consequences. Work for them “was done behind the scenes” and their agenda never saw sunlight. My statements are verifi ed by the Ossipee Aquifer Steering Committees (OASC) own minutes: Feb. 12, 2010 Effi ngham: Discussion about how to get ordinances passed in towns. Kamal (Effingham Conservation Commission),” points out that in Effi ngham a lot of work behind the scenes.” Aug. 13, 2010, Effi ngham: “suggested they focus on getting the tool (APO) in place and not focus on enforcement at this point in time.” Nov. 12, 2010 Ossipee: “it was recommended that at the Ossipee public hearing the room did not need to filled, but it would be helpful to have someone to speak from the OASC. Keeping things low key has been benefi cial to the process so far; perhaps having a public campaign after the meeting might work best.” Good government cannot be exclusionary and the enlightened have no right to enforce their will on a less informed public. The Ossipee Aquifer Steering Committees should have involved the business community, before deciding their future. After two years of work by the committees, the proposed changes to the ground water ordinances were not brought forward in Ossipee until Jan. 2, 2011. At present I along with the Greater Ossipee Area Chamber of Commerce and the majority of the Ossipee selectmen do not support the current proposed ordinance before the voters on March 8. I pledge to work with Chairman Grover, elected members of the planning board, Lakes Region Planning Commission, The Greater Ossipee Chamber of Commerce and well-intentioned conservationists to to bring a better ordinance forward next year. Mark McConkey is a N.H. state representative, lives in Freedom and owns businesses in Ossipee.

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LETTERS

The police, Dot Seybold and Conway school system

Corrections ofﬁcers an integral part of ‘public safety’

To the editor: I was appalled on reading Dot Seybold’s letter in Thursday’s Conway Daily Sun regarding putting back $50,000 into the police budget. I have two issues on this matter: 1. I am semi-retired and, like many families in this valley, I presume our family income is considerably less than the Seybold’s. Small family budgets or those on Social Security or out of work are critical. Even small increases can be disastrous so we want less tax not more, where possible. If you are making more money it is easier to pay the taxes. 2) By my calculations, taken from The Conway Daily Sun, the police have already spent ($31,440) of the $50,000 in not returning to the town unspent dollars from previous two years. Police budgets are line-item budgets. I was astonished to read that money was spent in the past by the police department on items for which it was not appropriated by the taxpayers. The premise was that the line items were obtained cheaper so the saved dollars could be spent on anything. That, in my opinion, is misappropriating funds, though I do believe the police commissioners/department thought this was in order when it was done. As a taxpayer and, at the time, a budget committee member, I take great exception to any Conway unit spending money approved for one thing on something else that the taxpayers did not approve. I certainly support the Conway police 100 percent in their work. I have

To the editor: What do people do in the community where they live? Sleep, shower, eat meals, maintain a home, work, socialize, receive medical attention, get an education, participate in recreational and leisure activities, practice faith by attending religious and spiritual services, dream, and hope to build a better life. I arrive to the community I serve as a public safety offi cer for my shift. During this shift I may be called to investigate a theft, an assault, even a murder, respond to a domestic disturbance, administer medical aid, put out a fi re, prevent a suicide, provide counseling, provide meal services, tend to the maintenance and sanitation of the community, handle traffic, operate transportation services. I cover the roles of a police officer, a fire fighter, an EMT, public works, housing authority representative, community mental health provider, public transportation. I do the job of a police offi cer without a gun in my community. I do the job of a fi re fi ghter without fi re gear or the equipment found in most towns and cities. I do the work of an EMT without an ambulance or ease of access to advanced medical services. I handle public works and sanitation services for a community where infectious diseases and much higher than the norm. Now understand that community I serve is populated with drug addicts, sex offenders, rapist, convicted felons, even murderers. I walk alone in some of the neighborhoods of my community outnumbered 30 to 1. Nearly 25 percent are infected with hepatitis. Over 30 percent suffer from mental illness, including anti-social personality and psychotic disorders. The offi cials that appointed me to work as a public safety offi cer in this community expect me to be accountable for the location of every member

had need of their services a number of times in the last three years and each time I have been rewarded with prompt, courteous and professional service. They do a terriﬁ c job. The issue right now is money. For some of us it is desperate. My social security has gone up zero in each of the past two years. Yet just about everything around me has increased. I am not alone. It is time to put the lid on taxes, and work harder for the same money. I would like to point out to the school board what happened last week in Detroit; the state of Michigan ordered the closing of about half of its 142 schools by 2014. That will mean the loss of 100s of teachers’ jobs, no matter how the unions view it, and class sizes approaching 60 students! What a mess! If I were a teacher, I would rather take a pay cut and pay more of my health plan if it meant keeping my job and my students. During my last three years on the municipal budget committee, I was in the minority of those members in that, each year, I voted for the school budget. But times are changing, as I said earlier in this letter, it might be time for many of us to do more, to do it honestly, for perhaps a little less. As a majority of the Conway taxpayers showed last year when they voted down the school teachers’ contract, they were not prepared to pay more at that time. We should respect their view this year. Bill Aughton Conway

Shocked at antics of some budget committee members To the editor: I feel very upset to say that I am a former budget committee member. Imagine my shock and dismay at some of the antics by some of the members this past year. I resigned feeling that I needed to focus more on my family. Now seeing what has happened I am please to say that I have put my name out there again for school board in hope of effecting change. Having kids still in school but also having sat with some very good and wise people on the budget committee, I am hoping to be able to bring a new perspective to the board. Now, with that out of the way I have some real concerns with they action that have gone on. I have reviewed both meetings and I feel that the school is right. There were comments made about how the teachers would show up and vote to put the money back in. But not only that, going further back some of the comments like not allowing the public to speak or refusing to have certain peoples’ public comments because you don’t like what their opinions are is criminal and probably open to legal action. I feel anyone with the belief that all people with disabilities are going to end up wards of the state is an archaic and is heartless to say the least. I hope some may look at this letter and realize that those people with spe-

cial needs are wonderful and productive members in society. They make us all stop and realize how beautiful and wonderful the world is when you look at in their eyes. They are the least judgmental and most cooperative people in it. All they look forward to is a kind word or a smile, a chance to make a difference. What we can not forget is theirs is usually the least heard and easiest ignored voice in the world today. To add on special needs children, who grown ups never seem to listen too are even less noticed or cared for. The fact that we are willing to not give them what is a right, not a privilege of an appropriate and adequate education in the least restrictive environment is a shame. All I have to say to someone who can argue that is ignorant and uncaring. I really ﬁnd the fact that you could not consider their needs over your lack of sense of what is fair to your wallet, because you do not have children, completely unjust. Also if it takes a village to raise a child, it certainly takes a community to support them and I am ashamed to think that you reside in the same community as my children. Please come out and vote to at least express you voice and the voices of others who cannot be heard! Melissa Stacey Conway

of the community at all times and not allow any member of the community to leave unless authorized to do so. I am a professional corrections offi cer. The community I work in is the Carroll County Department of Corrections. Corrections offi cers represent the public safety for the population living in a correctional facility. Everything that happens in the towns and cities around the country happens in a correctional facility. Corrections offi cers provide all the services to correctional communities that are normally handled by towns and cities with multiple departments to cover the demands of their community. The people that live in a correctional facility do not choose to be there, but they have made choices that have brought them there. In fact the majority of the people living in a correctional facility have not been convicted of a crime. They are awaiting trial. For most of these pre-trial people, their only fault is not having the money needed to be released on bail. Everyone can identify with not having enough money. There is another community I serve. The one the rest of us live in. I ensure that convicted and pre-trial criminal offenders remain separated from the general population to serve their sentence or guarantee their appearance in court to answer for an alleged offense. My service to the larger population of the county goes unnoticed. Most will never see the work I do behind the walls of the jail, but take away safe and effective corrections services that keep offenders secure, and you’d know the difference. Corrections officers are an integral part of “public safety” in every sense. Sergeant Ian W. Phillips, inmate service coordinator Carroll County Department of Corrections

Urging voters to approve water protection ordinances To the editor: Ossipee Lake is one of our area’s most visible and valuable environmental assets, but beneath it is an asset even more important — the Ossipee Aquifer. The aquifer may be invisible to the eye, but it deserves our highest level of attention and protection. On March 8 the people of six area towns have a unique opportunity to approve new ground water protection ordinances and create a web of consistent safeguards for our drinking water supply across the entire watershed. Ossipee and Madison have had protective ordinances in effect for years, so their ballot measures consist of small updates, mainly to introduce a more accurate U.S. Geological Survey map of the aquifer. Meanwhile, Freedom, Effi ngham, Tamworth and Sandwich voters will be considering adoption of town-specific ordinances like the ones already in place in Ossipee and Madison to prohibit high-risk activities like septic sludge lagoons, bulk storage of petroleum and road salt, and the construction of new gas stations situated directly over the defined aquifer area. The measures will require new and

existing businesses that use large amounts of hazardous materials located within groundwater protection areas to follow best management practices to prevent leaks and spills. These rules are already required by state law, but putting them into local ordinances will allow local zoning officers to carry out inspections to ensure compliance. Consistent with the common sense objective of limiting unnecessary regulations, the restrictions in the new ordinances are specific and highly targeted. They don’t apply to residential homeowners or to businesses using only small amounts of hazardous materials such as fuels and chemical solvents. Volunteers have made an enormous effort to tee-up a decision on March 8 to bring Freedom, Effingham, Tamworth and Sandwich into the web of safeguards already established by Ossipee and Madison to protect our drinking water for years to come. We urge residents of the Ossipee Lake area to approve the new ordinances on March 8. David L. Smith, Executive Director Ossipee Lake Alliance Freedom

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LETTERS

Heidmann is the perfect person for job of town clerk

Vote for Botsford for town clerk, he’s served us well

To the editor: Jackson is fortunate to have motivated and skilled people running for town office positions. This year we have the deputy town clerk, Jeanette Heidmann running against friend, neighbor, and longtime offi ce holder Bill Botsford. I have become familiar with Jeanette’s capabilities through other community functions and fi nd her to be an extremely capable person. Specifically, Jeanette, recently retired from an Air Force assignment at the ultra-hi-tech MITRE Corpo-

To the editor: I’m supporting the re-election of Bill Botsford for the position of tax collector/town clerk in Jackson. Bill took the position after Bob Lunt passed away prematurely many years ago. Before that Charlotte Haskell and Flossie Gile held down the positions as they were kindly elderly ladies who harkened back to a slower time if not a better time. Bill has grown in the job and does

ration, is well versed in all forms of electronic accounting methods, record keeping, data transfer, on-line ﬁ ling, etc. Gone are the days of typewriters, paper clips and ﬁ le folders. The state of New Hampshire will soon require all towns to switch to electronic processing. Jeanette is the perfect person for this job. Please vote for Jeanette Heidmann for Town Clerk on Tuesday, March 8, at the Whitney Community Center. John McVey Jackson

Vote down SAU 13 withdrawal study, save $2,500 To the editor: I recommend to vote down these articles: The school operating default budget to $28,834 less. The SAU 13 budget of $22,961 less and the fullday kindergarten to $21,157 less, also the Madison Mustang Academy as they should rely on more voluntary contributions. Vote down the SAU 13 withdrawal

study to save $2,500. Last year they had a withdrawal study and it went nowhere. Until the time that all three towns of Madison, Freedom, Tamworth, SAU 13 and SAU 9 can sit down together and come up with a solution for a withdrawal. We are wasting time and money until this happens. Fred Ham Madison

Asking for your support for Madison School Board To the editor: I would like to introduce myself to the Madison voters and ask for your support for Madison School Board. Last May I was appointed to the school board in Madison and have spent the last nine months learning the role and look forward to putting that knowledge to use in the next three years. I have been coming to Madison since the early 1970s ... my whole life, ﬁ rst as a vacationer, a camper; I graduated from college in New Hampshire and worked at Purity Spring Resort/King Pine during my summers and winters. I married and as a military family moved around the country to several locations, from the East Coast to the West Coast, always during that time returning to Madison and even buying a home here. I was lucky to be able to call Madison a permanent home again two years ago. I have three young children, two of whom attend Madison Elementary School. Moving around often gave me the opportunity to see other schools’ curriculum and the programs they have implemented. I have immersed myself into Madison life ... I work part time at the Madison Public Library, volunteer at school and am an active member of the Parent Teacher Orga-

nization. I wholeheartedly believe in community participation in our school. My opponent, Mr. Brooks states that he will work toward a zero percent increase in the school budget if he is elected. I take ﬁ scal responsibility seriously, but a practical understanding of those implications is something else. There is no way to do what he is suggesting without increasing class size, laying off faculty, both of which will negatively impact the quality of education our children receive. I support the existing class size policy and believe our test scores are demonstrating those values. The department of education standards are increasing and if we can’t meet those standards we could lose federal funding. Our current ﬁve-member board has worked very well together ... each bringing something to the table, each one of us with our own opinions. We don’t always agree on everything, have healthy debates, but there is always respect and perspective in why we are there ... to honor our children and the community interests. I hope I have your support and please come out to vote! Sloane Jarell Madison

Spencer is a dedicated member of our community To Effi ngham Friends and Neighbors: I am writing to let you know that a wonderful thing is happening in Effingham; specifically, Henry Spencer is running for the office of selectman and I urge you to vote for him. Henry has been an active and interested member of the Effingham community for a number of years. He is honest, hard-working and if asked a question, you can be sure that he will give an honest explanation and/or reply to your inquiry. He has been active on the town

level on planning and zoning committees; he has been a committee member for the master plan; he has never ignored someone who needed his attention or his help. He is a dedicated member of our community who cares about the future of Effi ngham and the welfare of its citizens. I do urge everyone to vote on March 8 and I further ask you to consider this remarkable person who has given yeoman service to Effingham. Irene Riordan Effingham

the best he can to serve our small town. He has lived in Jackson for decades and he still feels he can contribute. I say, let Bill Botsford leave on his own terms. He’s a man in his mid-70s who obviously can use the income. He’s an honest man who raised a family in our community and he is typically good natured when dealing with him. Vote for Bill, he has served us well. Frank Di Fruscio Jackson

I’m running for school board on following platform To the editor: I am Todd Desmarais, candidate for Freedom School Board. I have been a resident of Freedom for the past eight years and my wife and I have four children (two boys and two girls). My oldest is a sophomore at Plymouth State University, one is in seventh grade at Kennett Junior High and two are at Freedom Elementary. I obtained my bachelor of science degree from Northeastern University in 1992 and studied Architecture at UNC Charlotte and Roger Williams College in Bristol, R.I. I have worked as a project manager and estimator for CDM out of Cambridge, Mass., and Alvin J. Coleman & Son from Albany. I currently own a general contracting firm that tackles the smallest of renovations as well as design/ build residential and light commercial projects. We have been offering construction management services for the past three years. I am currently serving my second term as a member of the Freedom Zoning Board. My platform is as follows: Objectives: • To ensure that our students continue to meet and exceed high expectations. • To ensure that our actions today do not have negative ramifi cations in the near or distant future. • To examine the reasons we have lost nearly 1/2 of our staff in the past three years as well as many volunteers. Determine what can be done to ensure that we hire great teachers and administrators and treat them fairly so that they won’t want to leave Freedom Elementary School. • To create an atmosphere in the building that generates positive morale for all employees and students. • To ensure that the budget is sound and responsible. General operation and transparency: • School Board Meetings must be moved to 7 p.m. The meeting should not be scheduled at the same time as other town meetings. • Get the school webpage working and increase communication by posting: all upcoming meetings and school events; school board and committee meeting minutes; key topics being discussed; decisions that have been made and what the vote was by each member. • Follow-up and confi rm that questions asked during school board meetings are answered (within legal limits) in a timely manner. • Teaching/learning evaluation. • To share my belief that education is the responsibility of four parties consisting of teachers, administrators, parents and the students. The responsibility for good test scores, success at the next level and the future can not be placed

on one set of shoulders. Our teachers and administrators should be asked to develop a system to ensure that everyone involved in a child’s education is working towards the same goal. • Test scores should be used as one tool in evaluating our success. We need to consider the academic standing of our children when they reach junior high, high school and college. We should also look at how many are on honor roll or enrolled in accelerated classes etc. • All factors that contribute to the test scores need to be evaluated and weighed appropriately. The scores are a snapshot of the students and should be used as a guide only. School Board: • I would like to see the School Board changed from a three person format to a five. My reasoning is that it would spread the work load and facilitate individual members taking on particular tasks and having enough time to do them well. I also feel that a five person school board will generate healthy discussion and a better representation of the town’s needs. Raises and incentives: • I do not feel that administrators should be given raises if the teaching staff is not. I would like to see a correlation or connection between teachers pay raises and the administration. This will create a shared responsibility and team approach to our education. • An evaluation process needs to be developed so that teachers and incentives can be determined accurately with the use of peer reviews, evaluations, video taping lessons, etc. We need to determine what is working for each teacher and then help them build on that. School plan: • The creation of a school master plan similar to a town master plan so that we are looking 10 to 15 years in the future in lieu of knee-jerk responses to public outcries. Building: • To research and resolve the inefficiencies in the building operation (physical structure). • Create an invitation to bid process on all work so that prospective contractors and or suppliers are bidding on the same specification. • Create a complete evaluation of the energy consumption of the entire building (energy audit). • Exploration of grants and the feasibility of alternate heat or electrical sources. • If applicable, how we can work each research project and potentially implement them into the curriculum. Todd Desmarais Candidate for Freedom School Board

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LETTERS

Can writers abide by expectations for civil discourse? To the editor: A note from a Kennett High School writing teacher: Some weeks ago I read a letter to the editor in The Conway Daily Sun that I thought was quite good. It was written by a local citizen-writer and addressed a featured weekly columnist in the Sun. The citizen-writer appealed to the journalist-writer for higher standards in published work. The intelligent language and human grace I found within the letter prompted me to write as well. Taking a creative liberty, I re-wrote the original letter, line-by-line, creating an appeal to all writers, not just one local columnist. My intent was to broaden the reach of civil expectations to everyone who writes in the realm of public debate. I believe deeply in the great value of respectful exchanges that lead to meaningful, productive outcomes for our community. I offered my ﬁ ndings with some students of writing at the high school as we studied the craft of argument together. I like it when we can engage writing that is “real” and means something locally. We agreed with, and now hold ourselves to, the standards for writers deﬁ ned below. I wonder if the adults in our community and the columnists in our local paper can do as well as our young adult writers and abide these expectations for civil discourse. Writer Destroys Own Credibility Lots of folks around town are commenting on this situation, so I want to offer my opinions. I’m a writer. I used to write a column in the local paper. I’m a human. I’ve made mistakes in my publications, and done my best to apologize whenever I have, and then moved on. But I honestly love writing, and see a responsibility that goes with it. Another writer in our community doesn’t seem to understand that civic obligation. We all have the right of free speech, but I also have the right to not read another writer’s work. But the columnist in question caught me with some outrageous thing, and I read the column again. I was reminded, again, that the columnist doesn’t take on the responsi-

bility that I believe writers should. Good journalism informs, enlightens, and educates. The columnist’s writing was crude, untrue, and hateful. The writer ranted awful things. That kind of writing demonstrates ignorance, intolerance, and is disturbing to more kind, informed individuals. It’s also embarrassing for our community to have a paid columnist write (opine?) that way in public. Your use of many slurs and frequent stereotyping has hurt readers, and particularly me. We can do better, as writers, as people. It’s okay to disagree, have differing viewpoints. We simply need to be respectful, civil to one another throughout our exchanges. This column writer does not abide by such standards during public discourse. For a columnist, being truthful might be the most important thing of all, however. This other writer doesn’t write truths. In fact, and I’ll offer pointed examples, this writer intentionally exaggerates, distorts, and fabricates while publishing in our local paper. It’s terrible writing, and becomes so distant from the truth at times that it becomes insulting to us all because of the absurd, false, and intentionally inﬂ ammatory accusations within. I’ll present a number of real experiences and examples to prove your statements wrong. Writing based in hatred and lies is despicable. Do your job as a writer and research for facts about the issues you cover in your columns. You owe that to our community as a published voice among us. And don’t just identify problems; offer potential solutions with a realistic chance of occurring. You lower us all when you dive into twisted public arguments laced with falsehoods, vengeance, and blame. You’re disrespecting and degrading us all by writing your angry venom into the local paper. I hope you can heal some, raise your journalistic standards, and regain some credibility. If you do, rational people will begin to listen. Ed Fayle Tamworth

An anti-planning board vote would be anti-business To the editor: I’ve spent the past 30 years working for two of the most well-known companies in the world. For the last 17 of those years I’ve lived in Tamworth and I’ve worked exclusively in the cities and towns of New Hampshire and southern Maine, getting to know thousands of customers, suppliers, and small business owners. The plain and simple answer of the “Should the Tamworth Planning Board and/or Conservation Commission be abolished?” question is, No. Abolish the planning board and a lot of existing or prospective businesses might have to look for somewhere else to establish themselves — and their prospective employees. Why? In today’s global economy, credible companies and business owners expect to be held accountable to responsible business practices, and conservation based (i.e. Green) guidelines wherever they are considering operating. When those guidelines are not in place, a business will question “Why not?” Companies, and especially small business owners, take a lot of pride in being part of a com-

munity — a part of the growth, development, and future of that community. They are most likely to seek out towns that have a plan and mechanisms in place to ensure that plan is successful, and to avoid communities where it’s unclear what the collective vision (the master plan) for the future is. The planning board isn’t antibusiness, and abolishing it means less order and accountability in how development happens, and in the end, that makes it less appealing and potentially riskier for businesses to be in Tamworth. From there it can affect jobs in real estate, insurance, surveying, architecture, excavation, foundations, septic design, well drilling, construction, carpentry, heating, electricity, plumbing, painting, fencing, landscape, plowing, and more. Please vote no on Warrant Article 4 at the polls on March 8 and Article 5 to abolish the conservation commission at the Tamworth Town Meeting March 9. Harold S. Pike III Tamworth

Mike Benoit excels at job of Madison selectman To the editor: During the last two and a half years, I have worked with Mike Benoit on the Madison Solid Waste Advisory Committee and seen him to a limited degree, in his overall role as selectman. Although I will never forgive him for drafting me onto the committee, it has been a privilege watching him work and working with him. To oversimplify the very difﬁ cult, complex, frustrating, time consuming and rewarding job of the selectmen, I see three parts: 1. overseeing day-today operation of the town, 2. dealing with the new business that comes up (petitions, problems, opportunities, etc.) and, 3. thinking and acting on a vision for the future of the town. Mike excels in all three of these areas in my opinion. To characterize Mike in these areas: 1) all of the selectmen must have a good grasp of the operation of the town. Mike does, and in the course of normal business he is always looking for improvement of the process, not just business as usual. 2) When he encounters new challenges he thoroughly investigates, researches and analyzes the issue and proposes a logical approach to the concern. 3)

His vision for the town appears not to be so much of what the town should be in the future but how the town can improve in the future. That is, Mike does not advocate change for Madison but improvement that sometimes requires change. These characteristics may seem to be what we all do in the course of our jobs. In my forty years of working with business people, engineers and the computer industry I have seen very few people who can do it as consistently and successfully as Mike Benoit. He can always back his decisions with clear, logical factual analysis. I do not always agree with him; but, I always respect what he does and how he does it. I do agree with what Mike said at candidates night on March 1st that it would be a shame to not continue with a second term to put to use the knowledge he has gained in his ﬁrst term, the momentum he has gotten with the projects that he advocates and advance the opportunities for process improvement to the town and savings to the taxpayers. Dave Downs, chairman, Madison Solid Waste Advisory Committee

Please let’s keep Tamworth Planning Board in place To the editor: The Tamworth Planning Board does many things which are beneﬁ cial to all residents of Tamworth, no matter our views on certain individual issues. One of these is the creation and periodic updating of a master plan. Even if it were not required by state law, this is a useful document. A master plan helps a town decide what kind of a community it wants to be, especially how it is going to grow and what the responsibilities and costs associated with this plan are going to be. To create the 2008 master plan, a survey was sent to every address in town, with additional copies available at various public places. There were open-ended questions as well as multiple choice. When transcribed, all answers were included as written and became part of the ofﬁ cial Tamworth Master Plan. We were all part of this process if

we chose to be and all opinions were recognized. This document, which is available at the town ofﬁ ces and both libraries, is full of useful facts and information. It took about two years to produce and used NO outside expert help. It can be especially useful to potential new businesses considering where to set up shop. I have lived in Tamworth most of my life, so far. I believe we all care about our town, we just don’t agree about what to do to have a thriving community in which to live. Please let’s keep the planning board in place to help us continue the conversation. Let’s be more involved in the process, not tear it down. We can vote individuals onto the board as we choose but let’s keep the structure in place. Please vote NO on Article 5 on the Tamworth ballot March 8. Gretchen Behr-Svendsen Tamworth

Planning board, conservation committee are needed To Tamworth voters: As a former forester/surveyor, I have submitted many subdivision maps to the planning board for approval. There is no other cost efﬁ cient way to handle New Hampshire subdivision regulations than to work through a planning board.

Both the planning board and the conservation committee are desperately needed to manage effectively the town’s business. Please vote to continue both of these. Stanley B. Coville Tamworth

Roberts has years of experience serving the town To the editor: Thanks to reporter Daymond Steer for another ﬁ ne article, this time about Tamworth’s candidates’ night. He made clear the big differences between candidates for selectmen, including the astounding fact that two of them don’t support having a planning board and conservation commission. Only John Roberts does. The other big difference is that John Roberts has years of experience serving the town. While he

and I have not always shared viewpoints, he listens and works well with others. He has given a huge amount to the town, donating countless hours and services. Tamworth has a $2.5 million budget, which John and the other selectmen have cut in the past few years while improving town operations. We need this kind of experience going forward. Vote Roberts on March 8. Ned Beecher Tamworth

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Our clean groundwater is an irreplaceable resource To the editor: Our clean groundwater is an irreplaceable resource. On March 8 the voters of Tamworth, Ossipee, Madison, Efﬁ ngham, Freedom and Sandwich have the opportunity to preserve the quality of our drinking water, lakes and streams by voting yes to approve the groundwater protection ordinance. Although each of these towns has developed their own individual ordinance the goal is the same: to protect the Ossipee Aquifer which underlies all six towns. It is the source of drinking water for most of us and it feeds most of our lakes and streams. The ordinances are directed at commercial enterprises which can poison the aquifer through the release of toxins from hazardous waste, septic lagoons, road salt and deicing chemicals, bulk storage of fuel oil and gasoline, junkyards and other such pollutants. For example, the EPA has advised that oil from

just one car which seeps into the aquifer can contaminate one million gallons of groundwater. Variances can be obtained if the enterprise can show that proper precautions are taken to contain the pollutants and prevent them from entering the aquifer. The ordinances do not apply to residential uses, existing non-conforming uses, timber harvesting and forestry operations and agricultural refueling operations. Now is the time for us to plan for the future and protect this irreplaceable resource so that future generations of our children and grandchildren will have clean sustainable water supplies. I urge you to vote yes to approve the groundwater protection ordinance on Tuesday, March 8. Thomas Peters, commissioner Lakes Region Planning Commission Tamworth

Join me in voting to update ground water protection To the voters of Ossipee: Please join me in voting on March 8 in favor of updating the town’s ground water protection ordinance. In order to continue to protect drinking water supplies in Ossipee and the surrounding towns, there is a need to drop an outdated map and adopt an up-to-date map. In addition, businesses in town will be asked to voluntarily adopt pollution-prevention practices that will not only safeguard our drinking

water supplies, but will protect the businesses themselves against liability from inadvertent releases of pollutants that might occur. Let’s all join together to support this important ordinance to protect the high quality of the environment that we enjoy here, and to recognize the common interests that all the towns in the watershed have. Robert E. Morency Center Ossipee

Lead Mine Road status unexpectedly changed in 2007 To the editor: This letter is about the petition to remove the designation of “Highway to Summer Cottages” from the Class V Lead Mine Road in Madison. Mr. King described my petition as a “demand” in his last letter. A petition is a request, not a demand. This is an inﬂammatory semantic tactic. He claims the road is too narrow or primitive to be plowed by the town. In December 2009, the town crew plowed it as an experiment in six minutes at an estimated annual cost of about $1,600. Beyond routine maintenance there is no extraordinary work that needs to be done to plow it. There are other Class V roads that are narrower, curvier, or steeper that are plowed by the town. Mr. King lumps Lead Mine Road with Class VI roads and claims the owners knew what they were getting into. In fact they knew they were building on a lot serviced by a Class V town road and that they were not required to sign a waiver of maintenance and liability. They also knew there was a building permit for a dwelling unit on the property in effect when the designation was unexpectedly changed to “Class V Highway to Summer Cottages” in 2007. This is not a Class VI Road.

He tries to scare the snowmobilers into believing their trail would be in jeopardy. In fact Lead Mine Road is designated as a dual use road by town ordinance. The only vehicles allowed to travel the road in winter are those accessing the private property and snowmobiles. Between the town road crew and the snowmobile groomers there would be ample expertise to maintain this dual use status. What we have is a dual use town road being plowed by a resident of a lot serviced by this road who has not been required to sign a waiver of the town’s maintenance and liability because it is not a Class VI road. There is no problem until you have a problem. Suppose there is a medical emergency out there. How would we determine liability then? It’s like driving around in your truck a little low on oil. You might get away with it for a while, but sooner or later you will have a problem, when you will say, “What the heck was I thinking? I was just asking for trouble.” I believe changing the road’s status to what it was before 2007 will give the town a necessary level of control. I hope you will join me in voting in favor of this article. Ray O’Brien Silver Lake

Urging voters to vote no on groundwater ordinance To the editor: Chicken Little Lives ... in Tamworth? I am urging Tamworth Voters to vote “no” on the groundwater ordinance which is appearing on the ballot on March 8! The State of New Hampshire currently has very comprehensive groundwater regulations which all the towns in New Hampshire must adhere to. This proposed groundwater ordinance is just another layer of bureaucracy not needed. It will take away property rights, is antibusiness and creates more expense for Tamworth taxpayers. It is another form of zoning. Vote against it! On the front page of The Carroll County Independent, Feb. 24, there was a color map of the Ossipee Aquifer and at the top portion of the map it shows the aquifer under Tamworth (although it doesn’t show all of Tamworth — it shows enough). It is the intent of the proposed groundwater ordinance to prohibit commercial establishments handling “hazardous materials” to locate over the aquifer. This is all well and good, but this proposed groundwater ordinance lays the groundwork to prohibit all business enterprises in this area. This could include commercial enterprises

like restaurants, motels, convenience stores and similar businesses that might have larger septic systems. This could even prohibit small businesses, like my antique business — a seemingly innocuous business, which may be presumed to use cleaning materials that are not acceptable. Where will it end? Right now the state has stringent regulations that take care of this. Do we need more bureaucracy which will lead to more expense in town government and prohibit businesses which could give Tamworth some much needed tax relief? Don’t let the conservation commission and planning board use their scare tactics (see The Conway Dally Sun front page article on Feb. 25). Tamworth will survive very nicely without a groundwater ordinance and, come to think of it, without a planning board and a conservation commission. I hate to say it but Chicken Little is alive and well in Tamworth, because of the planning board and conservation commission. Don’t be a Chicken Little and vote NO on the groundwater ordinance and YES to abolishing the planning board and conservation commission. Alexandra Cook South Tamworth

A few extra voters could determine future of our town To the editor, As a recently registered Tamworth resident and voter (2009), I urge fellow residents to exercise their freedom and power to vote. The weather is foul and the ﬁ re is toasty, but a few extra neighbors warming up the car and driving to the school could determine the future of our town in very tangible ways, for better or worse. As an individual who voluntarily left a city in which individual opinions so frequently go unheard, I unabashedly celebrate Tamworth’s local government in particular. Never before have I felt that my vote, voice, and volume count as much as they do here. With the right to petition comes freedom of speech, and I exercise this freedom to advocate for the continued existence of both the planning board and the conservation commission and the adoption of the groundwater protection ordinance (Articles 2, 4, and 5 of the Town Warrant). Tamworth and its environs are protected by decisions made by these bodies, and their abolishment would be detrimental to the

integrity of the town and its natural resources. As the manager of a small business on the cusp of opening its doors, I feel very strongly that neither the planning board nor the conservation commission is a hindrance to our operation. Indeed, I feel more conﬁ dent in the growth and longevity of the future Tamworth Lyceum (formerly The Old Village Store), knowing that there is a planning board comprised of experienced and thoughtful individuals, and a conservation commission working hard to preserve the values and environment in which I am committed to living, working, and growing — both personally and professionally. I very sincerely entreat you to vote in kind, so that the Tamworth we have chosen as a home and workplace will continue to be one of the greatest towns in existence — A place with fresh water, stunning vistas, and admirable people of great courage. Robin McDowell Tamworth

Asking people to vote no on groundwater zoning To the editor: At Tuesday night’s forum, Nicole Maher-Whiteside was right when she stated that if Tamworth had zoning CMI would be in. Why then does FOCUS, whose only purpose is to stop CMI, continues pushing so hard for zoning, if not for power and control. That, Nicole, would make FOCUS the 800-pound gorilla in the room, not CMI. Focus as a organization does not pay taxes, but CMI as property owners do pay taxes. You don’t suppose FOCUS is the reason so many people are against the planning board and conservation commission? Focus seems to have so much power

that they can get a selectman thrown off the planning board, who’s running the town now? It looks like the planning board and the conservation commission are facing a little back lash. FOCUS is probably behind the “groundwater zoning ordinance” and yes it is a zoning ordinance according to RSA 674:16. So I am asking the people of Tamworth to throw a net over the gorilla and vote no on groundwater zoning on March 8. We need to take back Tamworth from the special interest groups. Doc Lowe Tamworth

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“The vote in April has gone up, no question,” said Quint this week, in between tackling the fi ling by many candidates for offi ce at Conway Town Hall — perhaps a sign of much voter unrest with the status quo in the community. Connell, of the Local Government Center, agreed that SB 2's true merit is at the polls. “It leads to greater participation on the ballot,” he said, “but less so at the deliberative meetings. So very often, it leads to some dismay over what the deliberative session does when a relatively small group of people do something and a lot of other people don't like the outcome. But a lot more people are willing to go to the polls to come and vote on the ballot than used to attend the traditional sessions.” He said despite the criticism of SB 2, he was not aware of any towns that had rescinded their adoption of the bill. ••• At the time of its adoption in 1996, then-selectman Chad Hill, an SB 2 supporter, told The Conway Daily Sun he was surprised by the support the articles received, and predicted that it would change town meeting “I didn't know if it really was going to pass,” Hill said in March 1996. “A three-fifths majority is a tough hurdle to get over. People are fed up with some of the budgets that have come out. I think it pertains to the school more than the town, but we can't ask them to do anything we wouldn't do ourselves.” In a prescient statement, Hill said at the time, “I think SB 2 is good for both the school and the town, and it will mean a little change in the way we do business in the town." Fifteen years later, Hill — no longer a selectman, but an avid watcher of town politics — remains a staunch supporter of SB 2, even though he — like others interviewed — misses the colorful days of old. “I do miss the old fl avor of traditional town meeting,” said Hill, who is a self-employed contractor who also drives a groomer at Attitash part time, “but people can still go to the deliberative sessions, or they can watch it on TV [Valley Vision Channel 3]. So between the TV, printed press, or the town web page, there are many means available now that we didn't have when we started. When I walk around town, people always ask me things about the budget, so I think people are informed.” Hill says SB 2 has succeeded in doing what its promoters wanted: increase voter participation at the polls, if not at the deliberative sessions. “We used to have 150 to 200 people at our traditional town meetings when we've got 10,000 people in town. People can't always take two nights to go to meetings like we had on some of the traditional town meetings— I mean, I'm a working stiff and have to get up the next morning and get to work. I'd rather have 1,500 to 2,000 at the polls [in April under SB 2] than 100 or 200 people voting on a budget [under the old style of town meeting],” said Hill this week. Hill said he does take issue, however, with this year's municipal budget committee and its proposed cut to the school budget.

“It bothers me that nine people on the budget committee can dictate to 10,000. I don't disagree with them cutting the budget — I do disagree with them jeopardizing democracy without letting people have their word. It's not what they're doing — it's how they're doing it,” said Hill. ••• Former selectman Chet Lucy, who has been called the “King Solomon” of town and school meetings for his wisdom and keen grasp of any articles at hand over the past 60 years, is not a fan of SB 2. Lucy said the old form of town and school meeting was more effi cient for those who attended. “I've been opposed to it [SB 2] from the beginning,” said Lucy. “One of the big things in the old days is that you went to town meeting, you voted, and you went home at night and it was over, all in one or two nights. Now, you argue at the deliberative, and you go home, and then a month later you're supposed to vote on it. In the meantime, a lot can happen,” said Lucy. “I do feel we have lost a lot,” he added. “This SB 2 is not good. I liked the old format. You did your arguing, down came the gavel, the vote happened, and that was it.” Lucy said on the plus side, the elderly who used to have a tough time getting to town meeting can now watch it on local television to stay informed — even though he says he does not watch TV. The problem is, people can't ask questions the way they could at town meeting. Town manager Sires is aware of that issue, but stressed in an interview that town staff are available to answer questions. He also referred voters to the town's website. “There's an article there, 'Town Meeting in New Hampshire,' that basically explains how it all works,” said Sires this week. ••• Like Lucy, selectman Larry Martin, until recently the board's chair, liked the old way of getting things discussed over one or two nights. “It sometimes took two nights, but everything got settled; issues got brought out on the table and you discussed it and worked on it,” said Martin. “What happens with SB 2,” he added, “is that once you put it on the warrant for a vote, the discussion is done.” He applauds, however, the anonymity of the vote that takes place at the polls, versus the old days of town meeting — even though anyone could and still can ask the moderator for a secret ballot vote with a request from five voters. “The best of all worlds,” said Martin, “would be to have all the people who go to vote at the polls also came to the deliberative sessions. Then, for the final product, you would have all the issues worked out before you go to the polls.” He said one potential flaw with SB 2 is if voters just vote their pocketbooks without being informed about why the need is there by attending the deliberative session. He and his fellow selectmen all agreed that the defeat of the new town garage last year was an example of that. Voters instead opted to upgrade the existing facility see next page

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by taking money out of capital reserve. (Article 7 on this year's warrant asks for $230,000 to complete that renovation.) Speaking personally, and not as a selectman, Martin says he plans to attend the deliberative session for the school March 9 in addition to his role as selectman at the town deliberative March 7. “I am going to the deliberative for the school for the ﬁ rst time in a long time because of the big hit they are taking,” he said. He said he always attended town and school meetings long before he was elected selectman. SB 2 is not perfect — but it does increase participation, at least at the polls, he said. “I don't know the answer. But when people stopped coming and the numbers dwindled [under the old format], the town had to do something. And SB 2 was the only alternative out there,” said Martin. As for the town's proposed $8,819,473 operating budget, which represents a decrease of $109,854 over last year's budget, Martin and fellow selectmen said it is lean, and so likely will be next year's. “Revenue is down [at the town level],” said Martin. “Part of the problem comes from the state passing things down, cost shifting. We don't even know if we'll get the $400,000 in June that's on the table from the state rooms and meals tax. We have no guarantee the state will give us that as they did last year. A lot of our feeling and the budget committee's was

that we may not get that. That is one of the reasons the budget committee and selectmen said start now, to look at cost savings. The economy is down, so we thought we were driving the bus in the right direction,” he said, citing such examples as selectmen's decision to turn off every other street light in the town or proposing to cut hours at the transfer station without cutting staff. “You've got to look at the big picture,” he said. His fellow selectmen — acting chair David Weathers, Crow Dickinson, who served in the '70s as well as now, Bob Drinkhall (the board's representative to the budget committee), and Mike DiGregorio — agreed that lean times require prudent measures. Despite their concerns with SB 2 and the poor turnout at the deliberative sessions, they do applaud the turnout at the polls. The last word has to go to Marvel, however, on town meetings of old versus SB 2 of now: “Winter was as long back then as it is now,” said Marvel, who lives in the house on Davis Hill that his father bought back in 1948, and which is just down the street from where his father grew up in the farm house his grandfather bought in 1923. “But back then, you did not have an opportunity to get out. If you cannot stand to be snowed in for 72 hours now, just think of what 72 days was like back then, when the only things that saved you from suicide was sugaring season and town meeting.” Sugaring season has been late this year. See you at the deliberative sessions.

A woman gets some knitting in at a town meeting in Madison. (JAMIE GEMMITI PHOTO)

Races and issues around the region BY DAYMOND STEER THE CONWAY DAILY SUN

Here's a look at some of the issues facing voters in towns south of Conway. Albany Residents will be asked at town meeting for $10,000 to contract with Carroll County Sheriff's Ofﬁ ce for police coverage. Town meeting will take place at 7:30 p.m. or after school district meeting on Tuesday, March 8, at the town hall Freedom Selectmen are asking for up to $1.2 million to build a safety complex on Freedom Village Road for the ﬁre and police departments. Residents will discuss that issue and several others at town meeting on Tuesday, March 8. Town meeting starts at 9 a.m. at town hall. There is a three-way race for school board. Incumbent Ingrid DeWitt will defend her seat against Jacob Stephan and Todd Demarais. The polls will be open from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. Freedom School District will have its annual meeting on Monday, March 7, at the elementary school. The meeting begins at 7 p.m. Residents will be asked at the polls

to approve a groundwater protection ordinance aimed at protecting the Ossipee aquifer. Madison Freedom police chief Josh Shackford is challenging incumbent selectmen's chair Michel Benoit. School board incumbents Sarah Parsons and Sloane Jarell face competition from Bruce Brooks. These races will be settled at the polls. The polls will be open on Tuesday, March 8, from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. at Madison Elementary School. Town meeting will be held at 9 a.m. on Saturday, March 12. Residents will be asked at town meeting if they want to plow Lead Mine Road. At the polls, residents to update a groundwater protection ordinance aimed at protecting the Ossipee aquifer. They will also be asked to consider spending $20,157 for all-day kindergarten. At the polls, residents will be asked to create a planning committee to study withdrawing from SAU 14 to join SAU 9. The committee will have a budget of $2,500. Tamworth Residents will vote on abolishing see next page

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Budget expected to dominate school meeting Wednesday BY LLOYD JONES THE CONWAY DAILY SUN

CONWAY — The budget should dominate discussion at the deliberative portion of school meeting Wednesday. Citizens will be asked if they want to see a 11 percent, or $4.1 million, reduction in the school budget, or if they would like the funds restored. Or there's the possibility of further cuts. The meeting is in the Loynd Auditorium at Kennett High School at 7 p.m. Wednesday. The budget committee is recommending a budget in the neighborhood of $29 million, which is $4.1 million less than what the Conway School Board proposed. Budgeteers Feb. 13 voted to cut the 2011-12 school budget by 11 percent. School ofﬁ cials felt the committee may have acted illegally. Town attorney Peter Malia, however, sided with the budget committee. Voters Wednesday will have the last

say. They will determine what figure will appear on the ballot when the voting portion of school meeting happens April 12 at the Conway Community Building in Center Conway from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. Under Municipal Budget Law (Section 32:18), a 10 percent rule applies at deliberative meetings for town and school. The legislative body can only increase or decrease the budget committee's recommended figure by a maximum of 10 percent either up or down. On Wednesday, citizens could choose to restore all but 1 percent of the budget committee's recommended cut or could go the other direction cutting a maximum of 21 percent from the budget. SAU 9 superintendent Carl Nelson believes the proposed 11 percent cut is in the vicinity of $4.1 million. Even if voters elected to restore 10 percent to the school budget at the deliberative, it would still leave a cut of $829,030. "They didn't fi gure the cut based on the MS 727 (form)," he said. "(The budget

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the planning board petition at the polls. Voters will discuss getting rid of the conservation commission at town meeting. The polls will be open on Tuesday, March 8, from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. at the KA Brett School. Town meeting will begin at 7 p.m. at the KA Brett School on Wednesday, March 9. At the polls, voters will decide three-way races for

committee) did an 11 percent cut across the board but there are certain things like bonds that can't be cut. If the deliberative doesn't restore 10 percent (the maximum that a budget at the deliberative can be increased or decreased under the SB 2 form of government), it'll be a cut of about $4.1 million." The proposed school budget by the school board, excluding warrant articles, which total about $733,000, was $33,085,373. The default budget, which would kick in if the regular budget fails, is $33,275,846 — $190,473 more than what was being proposed by the school board. The default budget, Nelson has explained, starts with the previous year's gross budget. "Then you deduct any one-time expenses (special education, insurance reductions and special warrant articles). You then add back in your contractual obligations like fuel, maintenance, the librarians and reading specialists (items required by the state)."

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The budget was less than the default budget due to administrators trimming about $263,000 to make up for a bond payment that has expired. Last April voters approved the school budget of $32,612,765. The default budget, that spring was $32,491,415 — $121,350 less than what was proposed by the school board. Aside from the budget there are 13 other articles on this year's school warrant. They represent $731,158 in additional costs if all are approved. The budget committee is not supporting several articles while two budgeteers — Linda Teagan and Ray Shakir — voted against all of them. Other articles on this year's warrant include: No. 2 — The operating budget. No. 3 is the Kennett High facilities maintenance fund for $54,443. No. 4 is Kennett Middle School facilities maintenance fund for $17,086. see next page

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Town meeting times and places

There was a full house at the town meeting in Jackson in 2009. (JAMIE GEMMITI PHOTO)

Voting day for all non-SB2 towns in the Granite State is this Tuesday. The following are polling times and locations for the Tuesday election along with town and school meeting times and locations: Albany: 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. at town hall. School meeting at 7 p.m. in town hall with annual Town Meeting to follow at roughly 7:30 p.m. Bartlett: 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. at town hall. Town meeting is Thursday at 6:30 p.m. at the Josiah Bartlett Ele-

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No. 5 is elementary schools' facilities maintenance fund for $9,900. Articles 3-5 are required under the 20-year tuition contract with sending towns Albany, Bartlett, Eaton, Freedom, Jackson, Madison and Tamworth. No. 6 is a new contract agreement between the school board and the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (bus drivers and custodians) for the 2011-12 school year to fund employee salaries and beneﬁ ts. The deal represents a zero cost to taxpayers. No. 7 is for a one-year collective bargaining agreement between the school board and the Conway Education

mentary School. School meeting will also be at the school at 6:30 p.m. Eaton: 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. at town hall. School meeting is Tuesday at 5:30 p.m. at town hall. Town meeting will commence at 8 p.m., also at town hall. Freedom: 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. at town hall. Town meeting is Tuesday at 9 a.m. at town hall. Hart's Location: 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the King residence on Arethusa Falls Road, then from 4 to 7 p.m. at the town hall. Town meeting 4:30 and school

meeting at 5:15 p.m. at town hall. Jackson: 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. at the Whitney Center. Town meeting is Thursday at 7 p.m. while school meeting is March 16 at 7 p.m. Both meetings will be in the Whitney Center. Madison: 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. at Madison Elementary School. Town meeting is Saturday, March 12 at 9 a.m. at the school. School meeting has already taken place. Ossipee: 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. at town hall. Town meeting will take place on

Wednesday at 6:30 p.m. at town hall. Tamworth: 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. at the K.A. Brett School. Town meeting, which will also be held at the school, is at 7 p.m. in Wednesday. School meeting was held on Thursday. Residents can register to vote at the polls with a valid proof of residency. Conway is an SB2 town and conducts its voting for the town and school ballot from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. at Conway Community Building. Hale's Location votes in Conway.

Association (teachers) for the 2010-11 school year to fund employee salaries and benefi ts for $147,419. Last year the contract fi gure was for $255,436 and it failed by fi ve votes. The teachers' union is currently working under the terms of the 2008-09 agreement. No. 8 is for a one-year collective bargaining agreement between the school board and the Conway Educational Support Personnel for the 2011-12 school year to fund employee salaries and benefits for $12,360. Last year the contract was for $18,823 and it passed. No. 9 is for Project SUCCEED (Schools Under Contract Creating Enriching Extended Days) at John Fuller, Pine Tree and Conway Elementary for $59,950. Organizers of the program anticipate $20,000 in

revenue to offset taxes, and additional grants would be sought. Last year, a request for $77, 307 was voted down, prompting a massive fund-raising campaign. A local family offered a $20,000 matching grant if the program could fund-raise another $20,000 over the summer, which it did. No. 10 is a capital reserve fund for buses in the amount of $150,000. No. 11 is for the third of a three-year phase for the Conway School District's technology plan, $75,000. No. 12 is for the school building maintenance fund for $100,000 (was $130,000 last year, but failed). No. 13 is for roof repairs at Conway Elementary School for $30,000. Jim Hill, director of administrative services for the district, said a roof

leak has been temporarily ﬁxed. "We did have a leak until we put a case of caulking on it last week," he said. "It's a 1970's roof membrane; unfortunately, the sheet rock below it has now been ruined." No. 14 is an air handler for the 1956 building at the Kennett Middle School for $50,000. The handler was originally budgeted for $150,000, but the board was to do it for less. "We believe we've found a way to do it better and much more economically," Nelson said. "It's the primary heating source for the 1956 portion of that building," Hill explained. No. 15 is for an expendable trust for special education for $100,000 (was also $100,000 last year, but failed).

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Two seek selectman's spot in Ossipee BY DAYMOND STEER THE CONWAY DAILY SUN

OSSIPEE — Conservation commission member Kevin Houle is challenging incumbent selectmen Harry Merrow for a three-year selectman's seat. Voters will choose at the polls on March 8. Kevin Houle If implemented, Houle's ideas for saving money would radically change municipal government in Ossipee. Those include the possibility of disbanding the police department, reducing town hall hours and privatizing the highway department. "There's a whole lot of places where the town can save money. Taxes are getting egregiously out of control," said Houle. "Wouldn't it be nice to have a tax bill that goes down?" Houle, an Ossipee resident of 15 years, served a one-year term on the budget committee. He is a member of the conservation commission. Houle works part time at Green Thumb Farm in Fryeburg, Maine. For law enforcement services, Houle notes that the Carroll County Sheriff's Offi ce is located in Ossipee and the New Hampshire State Police are in nearby in Tamworth. So, it could be more cost effective to work out an arrangement with those agencies, said Houle. He would also look at eliminating or reducing the zoning officer and animal control positions. He also brought up cutting staff at the transfer station from four people to two. Hours at town hall could be cut to four days per week, said Houle. For example, one community in Maine has a much larger population than Ossipee but its town hall is only open four days per week. Ossipee Town Hall could reduce it's hours but stay open on Saturday to make life easier for working people. The highway department could be privatized because contractors do most of the work anyway, said Houle. When asked at a candidates' forum if he thought all three fi re precincts should be merged, Houle replied that issue will take care of itself. Then, Houle said one of his accomplishments was getting the town's incin-

erator shut down. Houle alleged that the incinerator was causing people to "drop like flies" from cancer. Harry Merrow Merrow says voters should consider his years of experience and track record of accomplishments. He has been a selectman for 12 years, a state legislator for six years, and a water commissioner for one. During his 12 years in offi ce, the selectmen have built the fund balance from $12,000 to about $1 million. Now, the town is in the process of spending it down to to about $500,000 to $600,000 which is the amount the state recommends. This year, the town will be able to pay cash from the fund balance for a new plow and two police cruisers. The benefit of buying these items with cash is it doesn't add to the debt. It also reduces the amount that needs to be raised by taxes this year. The town is also making employees pay for part of their health insurance. "I've run a fairly reasonable town, with the help of the other selectmen, and I'd like to continue doing it," said Merrow who has an electrical engineering background. Merrow says this year's budget is $11,812 lower than last year when water and sewer are not considered. The water and sewer department doesn't get its money from property taxes. If one counts warrant articles, overall town spending is down about $80,000. "The selectmen are here to administer what the people in town vote for," said Merrow. The long-time selectman disagrees with his rival's idea that the police department could be disbanded and replaced by the sheriff's office and the state police. He called that a "crazy idea." Merrrow said residents have voted several times to have the town provide 24-hour coverage. Merrow said the sheriff's offi ce doesn't have the manpower to assume jurisdiction of Ossipee. Merrow sits on the county's legislative delegation, which sets the bottom line budget for the county. The town "absolutely" needs its own police department said Merrow adding it handles numerous domestic violence calls and other issues.He

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Selectmen voice their concerns about SB 2 and voter turnout BY TOM EASTMAN THE CONWAY DAILY SUN

CONWAY — In separate interviews this week, Conway's ﬁ ve selectmen shared their views on the pros and cons of the town's SB 2 form of government. Many of the views of former chair Larry Martin are contained in the body of today's lead story on SB 2 in this issue. David Weathers Acting chair David Weathers — who is up for reelection this year — has never been a big fan of SB 2. “I am not in favor of SB 2,” said Weathers. “It works out better at the polls, when the voting is in April when the weather is better on average so there is a better turnout, but attendance at the deliberative has been poor. I would like to see town meetings go back to Saturdays because when we did it on two or three nights, that was tough for everybody regarding work and a lot of people would have stayed up late for three nights.” Weathers added he has lived in Conway since 1966 and has been to “just about every town meeting.” “We used to have more participation and people seemed to be more informed,” he said. “When you have a debate under SB 2 at the deliberative, and then you go to vote a month later, that's tough. I do not know many people who voted in favor of it who are still in favor.” Crow Dickinson Current selectman Crow Dickinson served as a selectman in the 1970s and is also a past longtime state representative. “This is a participatory democracy we live in theoretically,” said Dickinson this week, “and it is becoming less and less participatory.” Added Dickinson, “[Former selectman] Chet Lucy and I think we should go back to the old regular town meeting. Had we done that, we would have done the garage fully ﬁ nanced as we could could have explained it to the voters more fully. Some people thought we were going to build a new garage next to the old! That was just bad information out there. I think we could have explained how we could have done the whole thing, that interests were low

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Police budget, transfer Selectmen want to hear from police station hours will be commissioners on year-end spending among hot topics at town meeting Monday BY ERIK EISELE THE CONWAY DAILY SUN

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CONWAY — The town portion of the deliberative meeting could be busy this year, with several hot topics up for discussion before the numbers are fi nalized for the April ballots. The police department will be asking voters to add $84,153 to its budget, which is already up $85,147 over 2010. The department is hoping voters will add back $50,000 the selectmen cut, plus another $34,153 for two officers switching to family insurance plans. Without the money, the department says, they will need to cuts services, likely at the dispatch center. The department needs more offi cers, they say, so money for them will have to come from somewhere. The voters have the option of adjusting the budget committee recommendations up to 10 percent in either direction. The police are counting on them to make some changes. In recent weeks, however, residents have had questions about department spending practices in light of purchases in the final days of 2008 and 2009. The police budget overall is up 3 percent over last year, to $2.7 million, without the additional $84,153. Adding the department’s request would make for a 6.5 percent increase. The department overspent its 2010 budget by $21,976. The selectmen’s portion of the budget, meanwhile, is down $195,000 from last year, but they will be asking for another $55,000 to cover rising gas and heating bills. They will also be offering up a range of options to voters who want to keep the transfer station open on Sundays. The transfer station will be closed on Sundays if voters don’t elect to add $20,000 back in overtime to the solid waste budget. They could also vote to add back another $20,000 in overtime for clearing snow and clean up during off hours to ensure the dump is open regular hours. The selectmen will have a breakdown of the costs of the options that are available. If the voters support the police and the selectmen’s requests it will eliminate the $109,854 in reductions, and transform a savings over last year into a $30,509 increase. If the voters reinstate the solid waste overtime the increase would be $70,509. The meeting is at 7 p.m. on Monday at the Loynd Auditorium at Kennett High School.

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between us and any other board,” selectman Mike DiGregorio said, “but we are ultimately responsible for the overall budget.” “I don’t see why we need to help the police and the commission dig themselves out of the hole they’re in,” selectman Crow Dickinson said. “I’d like to hear face to face what they have to say,” DiGregorio said. The ultimate responsibility for the taxpayers’ money rests with the selectmen, he said, and, “I want to make sure it’s safeguarded.” “Their house is their house,” selectman Larry Martin said. “We have no control over them.” But DiGregorio ultimately won the rest of the board over, and selectmen decided to talk to the commission once the elections are over. Before then, however, the police will ﬁ nd out if they have the conﬁ dence of the voters. The budget committee and the selectmen both approved roughly half of an increase the police department requested, $85,147, but the police want the other $84,153. They are hoping the voters will put the money in at Monday's deliberative session. If the voters opt not to add the money, the department is warning there will be cuts both in personnel and services. "Last year was too close for comfort," Kennett said. That year the department overspent its budget by $21,976.

Town asking for $50,000 more for gas and heat BY ERIK EISELE THE CONWAY DAILY SUN

CONWAY — The town will be asking voters for an extra $56,210 for heat and gas at Monday's deliberative meeting. Town ofﬁcials kept things tight this year, Larry Martin said at the selectmen’s meeting on Tuesday, but they didn’t ﬁ gure on skyrocketing gas prices when they put the budget together. “I don’t want us to come out with egg on our face,” he said. Martin asked the selectmen to consider asking voters to increase the budget so the town would be covered if diesel reached an average of $4 per gallon. “If we’re doing this for diesel why wouldn’t we do

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$4 a gallon for budgeting purposes, roughly $1.50 more per gallon than they used for their original estimates. They will be going to the deliberative meeting to make the case to the voters to put more money in. The police department, meanwhile, had not considered whether they need to make adjustments to their gasoline budget. “We’re so concerned about the other stuff right now,” police chief Ed Wagner said, referring to their plan to request more money for a new offi cer, “we haven’t gotten that far.” The police department budgeted $50,000 for gasoline this year, the same amount as last year. The department used roughly $41,000 of that budget in 2010. Police have a big gas tank behind the station they typically fi ll up every two months, Wagner said, “at a cost of who knows how much this year.” In 2008 and 2009 the department filled up the tank at the end of the year, Wagner said, which put the department in a good position for the next year. “In 2010 we weren’t able to do that,” he said. The last time the tank was filled was in November. Police are already planning to ask for $84,153 to cover the cost of an additional police officer and increased medical insurance costs, so if they ask for more money for fuel it will be in addition to that money. DegliAngeli said if the police used the same formula the selectmen wanted the department would need an additional $13,000. The school, meanwhile, is prepared for oil shocks. The district is locked in to a price of $2.36 until the end of March, according to administrative services director Jim Hill, and then $2.60 until April 2012. "We've done very well on our pricing," Hill said. The school buys 170,000 gallons of

“This morning’s news was crude was going over $100 a barrel,” DegliAngeli said the morning after the selectmen’s meeting. fuel each year, he said, so "every one cent fuel goes up or down saves or costs $17,000." Their prebuy price is roughly $1 below today's prices, he said, which means they avoided an additional $170,000 expense. “This morning’s news was crude was going over $100 a barrel,” DegliAngeli said the morning after the selectmen's meeting. At $4 per gallon, with 10 months remaining in 2011, the highway department’s fuel budget would go up $17,000, DegliAngeli said, from $120,000 to $136,000. The solid waste department’s diesel and gas budget would go up $16,000, from $35,000 to $52,000. The town garage heating bill would need an additional $7,400, he said, and the library would need an additional $8,000. A number of other building heating budgets would need smaller increases. “We’re through the heart of the heating season this year,” DegliAngeli said, and the plowing season, so the worst danger of rising oil prices has passed. Even so, the $4 ﬁ gure is a guess, as is the expected usage for the rest of the year. “I’m throwing a dart at a board here,” DegliAngeli said. And besides trying to pin down global oil markets, heating bills and plow days, the town also has the erratic nature voters to consider. The money will have to get added at the deliberative town meeting session on Monday if it is to be in the budget at all.

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North Conway is site of two chili cookoffs on Saturday BY TOM EASTMAN THE CONWAY DAILY SUN

CONWAY — The Mount Washington Valley Chamber of Commerce is spicing up its eighth annual Chilly Chili Cookoff Saturday by expanding the day’s events to two simultaneous chili cookoffs. The International Chili Society-sanctioned chili cookoff will be held at Decades on Seavey Street in North Conway Village, and the nonsanctioned People’s Choice chili cookoff will be held simultaneously at three locations in North Conway Village. Both events slated to get under way at 11 a.m. Limited tastings will be available at Decades for the International Chili Society-sanctioned chili cookoff. Winning this sanctioned cookoff qualiﬁ es the chef to compete for $25,000 in cash prizes and awards at the 2011 ICS’s World Championship Chili Cookoff, to be held in Manchester, Sept. 30 through Oct. 2. Chefs will compete in three different categories of chili offerings: traditional red chili, chili verde, and salsa. To compete in the sanctioned event, chefs must be a member of the ICS. Membership information may be found at www.chilicookoff.com/ membership. *** The non-sanctioned People’s Choice chili cookoff will take place from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Eastern Slope Inn at Flatbread and the lobby near the New England Ski Museum’s satellite exhibit, and at Rafferty’s Pub. People’s Choice cash awards will be offered to the ﬁ rst-, second- and third-place chef who receives the most votes from chili tasters. Recognition awards will be given for best themed display, best crazy hat and best corn bread. All chefs are invited to participate and ICS membership is not required. Take the Chilly Chili Stroll To round out the day, take the chilly chili stroll through North Conway Village. Have your el passporte stamped at participating

businesses, and you will qualify to become a People’s Choice judge plus be included in a drawing for a “Hot Summer Vacation Giveaway,” offering ﬁve nights of lodging, meals and activities at the Eastern Slope Inn. A Chilean Wine Tasting will be held at Wine Thyme and Cinco de

Marzo wine tastings will be held at Vintner’s Cellar Winery. Tuckerman Brewing Company’s Pale Ale, Headwall Alt and 6288 Stout tastings will also be offered at the New England Ski Museum’s satellite exhibit at the Eastern Slope Inn. Wander into The

White Mountain Cupcakery, Bavarian Chocolate Haus and the Met for chili inspired sweets and coffee, then visit Joe Jones Ski, Sun and Sports for some Hot Chillys at a great price. Zeb’s General Store will be featuring the largest selection of hot sauces, salsas and

chili caramels. Spruce Hurricane will have Old Gringo Boots and cowboy hats to offer appropriate casual wear for chili tasters. Also on the 5th, Cranmore will feature its Cranapalooza with Mexican-inspired fun games, prizes and 2-for-1 s’mores. The resort’s

tubing park and mountain coaster will be open. A Buddy Werner Race is slated for the day. Tickets and el passaportes for the Cinco de Marzo Chili Cookoff and Chilly Chili Stroll are available throughout the event day at the New England Ski Museum at Eastern Slope Inn.

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Modern people appreciate short bytes of experiEd Parsons ence. Lately, I have been doing some short hikes in the vicinity of Crawford Notch. They have added greatly to the quality of my days. Last week, a quick 4-mile round hike trip up to Mount Avalon was made easy by the packed down trail. This week, the new snow with a crust of ice on top was a factor to consider. On a misty Wednesday morning, with scattered snow squalls in the valley, and clearing skies north of the notches, I decided to do a quick 3.2 mile round trip hike up Mount Willard. Being one of the most popular hikes in the mountains, and starting right next to the AMC Highland Center, I ﬁ gured it would be packed down after the triple storms of last weekend. Even if it wasn’t totally, I wouldn’t mind doing it. On plain days, even in clear weather, driving up through Crawford Notch can be routine. Wednesday was far from routine. As I drove west on Route 302 past the entrance sign for Crawford Notch State Park, some sunlight winked on and off on the snowy landscape. But clouds and mist ruled. Despite that, while driving up through the notch, the visibility was better than I imagined. Straight ahead, the details on the face of Mount Willard stood out brilliantly though the mist. It was a day for looking closely and deeply. As I pulled into the Highland Center parking lot, a Canadian family walked by towards the trail for Mount Willard. Getting out of my car, I was struck by the pleasant mild air. I decided to put on snowshoes at the car. I walked past the Crawford Depot and into the woods, and took a left on the Mount Willard Trail. Though it was partially packed down, I decided to keep my snowshoes on, relax and take my time. The history of the Mount Willard Trail was extensive. Formerly a carriage road from the Crawford House,

A misty Crawford Notch from Mount Willard. (ED PARSONS PHOTO)

then an access trail to the famous summit view of a glacially carved U-shaped Crawford Notch, thousands had climbed that way. But as with many aspects of mountains, that was also relative. If you compared the many pilgrims who had climbed the mountain to the number of people who had worn down a rocky path in the Holy Land or Europe to a shiny smooth walkway, then it was a fairly recent pathway in the New World. Also, what would a “People’s History” of the White Mountains look like? Besides including those who had slaved for pennies for the beneﬁt of logging magnates, might it also include, if possible, all human beings who had experienced the balm of its

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saw the unmistakable arch in the trees just before the summit ledge, and its doorway of light. I steeped out on the snow covered ledge. To the south, the U-shaped notch was muted and misty, but straight overhead and to the west, giant cumulous were rolling in blue sky. It was the ﬁ rst blue sky I had seen in a few days, or felt like it. I took a right and snow shoed the length of the bare summit to ﬁ nd a quiet nook to eat lunch next to the cliff edge. I never saw or heard the Canadians again, but later, when I walked back across the ledge on my way down, their snowshoe tracks were there on the ledge, like ghostly tracks from past mountain visitors now gone.

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Ice safety for winter walks Each year, Fish and Game by just looking down into it. offices around the state get But beware of entering and the usual calls from sportsleaving ice near a large parking men and media: “Is the ice lot or highway. The salt from safe?” My biologist friend, the highway washes into the Eric Orff, wrote of his experimarsh creating soft ice in the ences a while back, and forchannels leading from the road warded below to me. culverts. Also watch out for "While there may be some early deep snow which tends safe ice on a lake or pond, a to undulate the water or ice general statement that the and slows the development of David Eastman ice is “safe” has gotten a lot ice. This often occurs along the of people in trouble, someshore where the snow piles up. times up to their necks or worse yet, Lakes and larger ponds usually over their heads. Unfortunately, the have more “safe ice,” but the water nightly news will be covering tragebodies can also show their mean sides. dies of people, often kids, who thought Don’t assume the pond you fi shed the ice was “safe.” all summer will be a great place to "First of all, as a general rule you ice fi sh. A common practice in lakes should stay clear of any running water. throughout New Hampshire is to do Rivers, streams and brooks are just too a fall drawdown, when the dams that dangerous to use for winter travel. If you often raise the lake up to summer need to cross one, choose your crossing level are opened each fall to lower the spot carefully. Also, have a plan to save water level. This reduces ice damage yourself if the ice should give way. If posto docks and shoreline and prepares sible, try to bring a friend along on your the lake to absorb the spring run off. winter travels. A person on shore with Lowering the lake level can drastia long pole cut and ready before you try cally change the character of the lake. to cross the ice will likely get you out of Very often the water is drawn down to trouble. Never cross moving water after the old channel level. dark. If you need to cross a small stream, Ponds that are longest or more open select an area where the current is minifrom west to east also can have difmal. Listen for running water, poke the ferent depths of ice. Strong winter ice with a sturdy stick and carry a stout westerly winds churn up the water, stick with you which will help you get preventing ice from forming even in out if you do break through. very cold weather. "Small ponds and marshes are Lastly, beware of two layers of ice treacherous as well. In any small when ice fi shing. Eric mentioned fi rst pond or marsh, be particularly careful cutting holes along a cove and well of narrow channels. out into a particular lake. There was a "Any excursion onto the ice often layer of about two inches of ice, three makes us check for beaver and otter or four inches of water, then another signs. A new beaver lodge built over the layer of six inches of ice below that. summer quickly attracts attention. But Eric fi shed the cove and well out be real careful around beaver lodges, into the lake for about an hour with or any structure, for that matter. The no luck. He decided to move well out beaver stockpiles branches near the onto the lake to the deep hole; as he lodge and regularly swims out to feed on walked out he noticed the ice undulatit. Avoid this area and any likely chaning as he walked, but fi gured it was nel between it and the lodge. Approach just the upper layer giving way. Eric the lodge from the back side. was well out onto the pond when he "Vegetation can get you in real troudecided to stick the ice chisel into the ble as well. Don’t try to hop from hum- ice to stand it up while repositioning mock to hummock on a marsh. The a pack basket. He was very surprised water is usually not frozen near them. when the ice chisel went through the Beware of rocks, logs or stumps that thin ice and found none below it! Air! stick out through the ice; especially let He very, very carefully retreated. in the winter. The sun’s rays in February and March warm these objects, Dave Eastman also broadcasts particularly on the south sides, and “Country Ecology” four times weekly turn the ice to mush." over WMWV 93.5 fm. As Vice PresiEric preferred to traverse the more dent of the Lakes Region Chapter/ dangerous waterbodies early in the ASNH, he welcomes you to monthly winter once there were four inches of ice programs at the Loon Center in Moultand no snow. This allows one to “read” onborough. He is available at: www. the ice and often determine its thickness countryecology.com for consultation.

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is an international “World Series” of fly fishing. About a decade or so ago Americans began entering teams in the competition. As far as I know the American team has had only one fi nish in the top ten since they first entered. The big reason for this is that all of the European teams used Euro-nymphing as their primary means of fi shing. Euro-nymphing is a deadly way of presenting a fly or flies. For some time now all of the various fly fishing magazines have been printing articles on Euronymphing and there are dozens of books and DVDs on the subject. There are special flies tied for Euro-nymphing and last week at our fly tying get-together Euro nymphs were the designated fly of the week. By and large these flies are just scuds and there is no reason why good old fashion American nymphs won’t work just as effectively. Those who practice Euro-nymphing use longer rods and usually in line weights ranging from three to four. The longer rod gives the added reach needed to reach out to the seam that you are fi shing and allow you to make the quick fl ip upstream used rather than casting. The European style of nymphing is without question a deadly form of angling and well worth studying up on. One other style of fl y fi shing that has recently hit our shores comes from Japan and is called Tenkara. Tenkara is a traditional Japanese form of fl y fi shing in which only a rod, line and fl y is used. The

rods were traditionally made from bamboo and quite long; 12 to 14 feet. Today the rods are made from graphite and are telescopic. In their collapsed state they are only about 20 inches, making them great for backpacking. No real casting, as we know it, is used; the line, which is about the same length as the rod, is simply fl ipped up stream. This style of fl y fi shing is perfect on mountain streams such as the Ellis. Compared to the cost of taking up spey or Euro-nymphing, Tenkara is quite cost effective. First off there is no need to purchase a reel. A Tenkara rod sells for around 150 U.S. bucks. A line runs about $20 and a tippet about $8. There are Tenkara flies, but American fly patterns work just as well. Over the last few years, I have delved into both spey casting and Euro-nymphing. I have purchased a couple of different two handed rods and do enjoy fishing with them, although I have in no way mastered the art of spey casting. Euro-nymphing can be practiced with just about any rod that you now own although I guess you can’t really say you have done it unless you are using the right equipment. Janet has expressed an interest in trying it so a European nymph rod is probably in our future. Tenkara really does interest me, but I am not quite ready to spring for one right off. I do, however, have a friend that has just acquired one and I am hoping that he will let me try it out this spring. Bill and Janet Thompson own North Country Angler in North Conway.

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Movie Review: ‘Just Go With It’ Adam Sandler pulled in the web of has always been an deceit. Guess who acquired taste. His Sandler discovers he Alec Kerr moronic brand of really loves? humor has a take it The predictable foror leave quality to it dating back to mula isn't the problem. It is the exehis fi rst hit, “Billy Madison,” all the cution. The fi lm clocks in at under way up to his current one, “Just Go two hours, but drags so badly that With It.” it feels well over two hours. The Sandler has a troupe of actor and final half of the fi lm sends Sandler, director friends that he regularly Decker, Aniston, the kids and Nick works with. This is director Dennis Swardson, as Sandler's cousin who Dugan's sixth time working with poses as Aniston's new German Sandler. While the Sandler factory lover, to Hawaii. has made entertaining movies, it Swardon is terribly unfunny with also creates a safety bubble that a cartoonishly over-the-top German often prevents the actor from truly accent. His scenes bring any of the growing. film's energy to a halt. The charIt is only when he steps outside of acter is superfl uous and the fi lm that bubble, as with Judd Apatow's would've been greatly enhanced if “Funny People” or Paul Thomas he'd just been left on the cutting Anderson's “Punch Drunk Love,” that room floor. you begin to see that Sandler has It isn't the film doesn't have untapped dimensions. laughs, it does, but most of the “Just Go With It,” a remake of the time the film goes for the easy 1969 Walter Matthau movie “Cactus laugh rather than the better laugh. Flower,” falls well within in the Even Nicole Kidman is wasted as bubble, which is a shame because Aniston's former rival, who just there are hints that this could've been happens to also be in Hawaii. something more. Kidman does have some good nasty Sandler stars as a plastic surmoments, but the film doesn't push geon who wears a fake wedding far enough and stays firmly in lowring to woo younger women to bed brow territory. with sob stories about his terrible Unfortunately, even in his 40s, marriage. He falls hard for a girl Sandler can't repress his urges for (model Brooklyn Decker) the one juvenile jokes. So, yes, that means day he is not wearing the ring. there is not one, but two hit-to-theWhen she finds it he explains he is crotch jokes. Admittedly, one is funny, getting a divorce. The lie balloons although it is the punchline that when Sandler ropes his assistant gets the laugh not the actual blow to (Aniston) to play the part of his Sandler's manhood. see next page soon-to-be ex. Her kids also get

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That vision thing Have you ever thought about where your fi eld of vision focuses during a typical race run? No? If you are like most recreational racers, your focus is probably somewhere between the toes of your boots and the gate you’re about to go around. Move that field of vision and focus further down the course and all kinds of good things happen. Ski racing is not about the shortest distance between the gates. It’s all about balancing technique and line to carry the greatest amount of speed through the course. The best way to make good decisions about line as you’re hurtling down the course is to see where you’re going and that does not come naturally. Head to the practice course, and take a few runs with your sole goal being keeping your fi eld of vision focused two to three gates down the course. Keep your vision “soft”-avoid focus-

ing on anything specifi c. For most of us this is diffi cult at fi rst, but there’s a major payoff. As you get comfortable with focusing down the course, turn up the speed and keep your focus down the course. Now head to the race course, look several gates down the course as you push out of the start, and keep looking well down the course as you speed your way to greatness. You’ll definitely carry more speed and handle the turns better when you keep your focus “down the hill.” Remember — best advice of all — take a lesson or attend a race clinic. You’ll have a great time and improve your time.

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Sander proved that he could be a charming, albeit goofy, romantic lead. He shows that quality again here, but it is under utilized. Aniston hasn't been this good on screen in a long time. Even in scenes that aren't working, she exudes an ease and conﬁ dence. She's bright, charming and funny throughout. There's also genuine chemistry between Aniston and Sandler when the ﬁ lm allows them to simply play off each other. That doesn't happen often enough. “Just Go With It” is a wasted opportunity.

The biggest problem is that Sandler's character is inconsistent. In one moment he's a sweet, nice guy, the next moment he's a jerk. Sometimes he seems to genuinely like Aniston's kids, other times he seems to loath them. When late in the fi lm he proclaims his love for them it doesn't feel entirely earned. Sander is good in the fi lm when he dials back his worst impulses. Even dating back to his earliest fi lms — behind the silly voices and angry outbursts — there was an underlining sweetness. Paired with Drew Barrymore in 1998's “The Wedding Singer,”

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THURSDAYS Karaoke w/ Mike Tripp Hours: Open Daily: Mon-Fri at 3pm, Sat-Sun at 11am

2 Jockey Cap Lane, Fryeburg (Next to Rite Aid Plaza on Rt. 302)

HAPPY HOUR EVERY DAY 4-6pm!

207-935-3100

John Macdonald is a Level III Certiﬁed PSIA Instructor and is a Race Team Coach at King Pine Ski Area. You can email questions to John at jmacdonald@investorscapital.com.

“Just Go With It” is playing at the Mountain Valley Mall Cinema 7.

EARLY BIRD SPECIALS! Served from 11:30am to 6:00pm • Priced from $7.50

SERVING DELICIOUS LUNCH & DINNER SPECIALS DAILY !

Lobster Special Thur s & Fri

We can prepare lobsters 7 different ways, including jumbos! (up to 3 lbs.)

Haddock FRY $7.50 Served All Day Sunday

5 Homemade Italian Entrée Specials Under $10 en’s Childrnu All Day... Prime Rib Me Special Everyday! Served Fri & Sat. Open from 11:30am Daily Except Closed on Tuesdays

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100% of your donation goes to the animals and you get a $5 gift card to Delaney’s — Serving Our Friends For Over 15 Years — Serving 11:30am til 10:00pm Sun - Thurs,11:30am til 11:00Pm Fri & Sat Rt. 16 & 302, 1/4 mile north of North Conway Village

356-7776 • www.delaneys.com

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Works by Wendy Ketchum on display in March at Tin Mountain ALBANY — Tin Mountain Conservation Center will feature works by local artist Wendy Ketchum during March as part of its revolving Art in Nature series. A reception will be Tuesday, March 8, from 4 to 6 p.m. at which time the public is invited to meet the artist and discuss her work. Ketchum is a painter and printmaker in Tamworth, and her Impressions From a Pond show was specifi cally designed for Tin Mountain Conservation Center and reflects her daily observations of aquatic fl ora and fauna at the pond on her farm. It is infl uenced by the local landscape and reflects her personal response to the organic patterns and forms in nature. “We are fortunate to have a pond that is teeming with life: home to frogs, fi sh, turtles, and both dragonfl ies and damselfl ies," Ketchum said. "It is also a magnet for numerous wildlife visitors, including moose, deer, heron, fox, weasel, and bear.” As a painter, Ketchum has worked in a variety of media, including oil and alkyd, acrylic, pastel, watercolor, and most recently, encaustic. In a natural transition from painting, her introduction to printmaking began when she fi rst experimented with the painterly monotype. see next page

JOSEPH’S SPAGHETTI SHED Thursday & Sunday Night Special

$ for

2 20 Gets you a shed size spaghetti dinner with salad and homebaked bread... choice of 10 sauces!

Kid’s Menu • Beer & Wine • Take-Out Rt. 302, Glen • 383-6680 • Open 4:30 Thurs, Fri, Sat & Sun.

Tin Mountain will feature works by local artist Wendy Ketchum during March as part of its revolving Art in Nature series. (COURTESY PHOTO)

ENJOY A LATE BREAKFAST ON SUNDAYS With Panoramic Views of the Presidential Mtns.

Served 10am to 1pm ———— Daily Breakfast Served 7:30 to 10am Thorn Hill Road • Jackson • www.innatthornhill.com 603-383-4242 • 800-289-8990

“AN AMAZING VALUE” TV DINER SHOW “Best Place to Eat in North Conway” “AMAZING VALUE” Enjoy northern New England’s best dining experience. Exceptional Food & Service and Spectacular Views.

Open Every Night for Romatic Dining and Lodging. Reservations 356-9025 • Gift Certificates

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Saturday Spit-Roasted Prime Rib

Sunday $7.95 All-You-Can-Eat Breakfast Buffet 7:30am -1pm

Fireside Dining Sports Bar 7 TV’s 14 Beers on tap

Family Friendly movie room play room great kid’s menu

Serving Dinner Nightly from 4pm & Lunch at 12pm on the weekends 49 Route 16, Jackson • For TAKE-OUT call (603) 383-4949 www.redfoxbarandgrille.com

TheOldestThaiRestaurant... “TheBestThaiFood in TheValley!”

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N ow O pen on Tu esdays! O pen D aily at 11:30am for Lu nch & D inner

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WAREHOUSE SALE Bretton Woods Nordic Center Friday, March 11th • 8am-7pm Saturday, March 12th • 7am-4pm Sunday, March 13th • 7am-2pm Proceeds to benefit The New England Ski Museum

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Tin Mountain presents spring home school programs starting March 10 ALBANY — Tin Mountain Conservation Center is excited to offer a spring session of educational programming for home school students throughout the Mount Washington Valley. The program will run Thursdays 10 a.m. to noon, March 10 through April 14. Participants are encouraged to attend all six sessions. Taught by Teacher Naturalist Carol Foord, the program is strongly tied to Tin Mountain’s mission statement of promoting environmental

appreciation through hands-on learning, so participants should expect to spend most of the course outside learning and exploring! The program is geared towards elementary aged students; ideally children age seven to eleven. The overarching theme for the spring 2011 session will be Stones, Stars, and the Immensity of Time. In this six week session, participants will examine prints, tracks, and animal clues of ancient times

– the fossils left by animals from more than ﬁ ve thousand years ago to Jurassic times. These studies will help students grasp the immensity of time from the formation of the universe and our solar system to present time. The cost is $72 for members, $90 for non-members. Can’t make all six? Tin Mountain is happy to amend pricing. To register call 4476991 or e-mail nbeem@ tinmountain.org.

Stone Mountain Arts Center Coming Up! Hosting national acts up close and personal in the foothills of the White Mountains in Western Maine. This less than 200 seat timber frame music hall serves fine wines and imported beers as well as dinner before selected shows.

C o m in g R ig h t U p ... Friday, March 4th Maeve Gilchrist and Sarah Jarosz ~ Celtic Harp, Claw Hammer Banjo, Fiddle, Traditional Singer-Songwriters

Saturday, March 5 The Infamous Stringbusters ~ Wild Bluegrass String Band

Sunday, March 6 Celtic Crossroads ~ Celtic Super Group from preceding page

For the past 20 years, she has concentrated in printmaking and has worked in many techniques including: etching/drypoint; additive, subtractive, and viscosity monotype; collagraph; silk aquatint; and woodblock. Her work is printed on a Takach 24 inches

by 48 inches etching press in her home studio. Wendy earned a bachelor's in Art from Brown University in 1975, and since then has continued her studies at the Rhode Island School of Design; Zea Mays Printmaking in Northampton, Mass,; Great River Arts Institute in Bellows Falls, Vt.; Sharon Arts

Center in Sharon; and Women’s Studio Workshop in Rosendale, N.Y. In addition, she attended master printers workshops with Heather Arak and Nathan Kanofsky, Kurt Wisneski, Sarah Amos, Catherine Kernan, Mark Zunino, and Catherine Farish. For more information visit www.tinmountain.org.

Tuesday, March 8 Shawn Colvin & Loudon Wainwright III ~ Great Singer-Songwriters Double Bill

Thursday, March 10 Rodney Crowell ~ Country’s Coolest Songwriter Saturday, March 12 Carol Noonan and the Stone Mountain Boys host Stone Mountain LIVE! Maine’s Own Musical Jamboree Show with special guests Bill Kirchen and Rose Cousins

Make Your St. Paddys Plans with us!!! Thursday, March 17 St. Paddy’s with Cherish the Ladies This world-renown Celtic group is here for the day of all days, and we will be sure to have corn beef and cabbage on the menu and our Irish eyes a’ smiling. Can’t get anymore Irish than that!

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Recession Session: David Francey - Singer-Songwriter, Storyteller Carolina Chocolate Drops ......................................................SOLD OUT Mavis Staples and Billy Bragg Ruthie Foster - Folk / Blues Paula Poundstone - Comedian Del McCoury Band - Bluegrass Alasdair Fraser & Natalie Haas - Master Scottish Fiddler Tom Rush - Folk Icon Claire Lynch Band John Hammond - Roots, Blues Kerri Powers - Singer Songwriter John Popper & The Duskray Troubaours - Singer from Blues Traveler........ ............................................................................................ JUST ADDED April 28 Shawn Mullins - Pop Singer Songwriter April 29 Enter the Haggis - Canadian Celtic Rock April 30 Susan Werner - Singer Songwriter May 5 Spinney Brothers - Bluegrass May 6 Rosanne Cash - Up Close and Personal............................ JUST ADDED May 7,8 A Mother of a Craft Fair - Mother’s Day 2-Day Festival...JUST ADDED May 12 Iris Dement - Folk Singer...................................................JUST ADDED May 13 April Verch - Canadian Fiddler May 14 Judy Collins - Up Close and Personal May 21 Kingston Trio - Folk Trio Legends May 26 Sonny Landreth - Slide Guitar Great June 4 Carol Noonan and the Stone Mountain Boys host Stone Mountain LIVE! Maine’s Own Musical Jamboree Show with special guests The Reunion of Knots and Crosses! June 12 James McMurtry - Roots Singer Songwriter June 17 Aztec Two Step - 40th Anniversary Show June 20,21 Indigo Girls - Up Close and Personal................................JUST ADDED June 26 Greg Brown - Singer Songwriter .......................................JUST ADDED July 2 Carol Noonan and the Stone Mountain Boys host Stone Mountain LIVE! Maine’s Own Musical Jamboree Show with special guests John Gorka and Lucy Kaplansky .................................................................JUST ADDED July 8 Le Vent Du Nord - Canadian Celtic July 9,10 Marty Stuart and the Fabulous Superlatives July 17 Zoe Muth and the Lost High Rollers July 18 Robert Cray - Up Close and Personal July 22 Mountain Heart - Super Bluegrass / Eclectic....................JUST ADDED July 23 Jimmy Webb - Legendary Songwriter July 30 An Evening with Dana Cunningham, Max Dyer and Carol Noonan............ ............................................................................................ JUST ADDED Aug. 4 Comedian Bob Marley.......................................................JUST ADDED Aug. 12 Chris Smither - Blues Songwriter Aug. 13 Ellis Paul - Singer Songwriter Aug. 18 Eilen Jewell - Singer Songwriter.......................................JUST ADDED Aug. 27 Kris Delmhorst & Session Americana - Roots Round Table. JUST ADDED Sept. 29 Honey Dew Drops Oct. 28 Don Campbell Band Nov. 5 Harry Manx - Blues, Sitar / Guitar ...................................JUST ADDED Nov. 12 Carol Noonan and the Stone Mountain Boys host Stone Mountain LIVE! Maine’s Own Musical Jamboree Show with special guests Tim O’Brien and Michael Doucet

For tickets and more info about our events go to:

www.stonemountainartscenter.com

Stone Mountain Arts Center 695 Dugway Road Brownfield, ME 207-935-7292

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First Congregational Church of Ossipee 8:45 & 10:30 am - Contemporary Worship Service Christ-centered, Biblical teaching Visit www.firstossipee.org for more info.

50 Rt 16B, Center Ossipee • (603) 539-6003

North Sandwich Friends Meeting (Quakers) Silent Worship: 10:30 Sunday mornings Meeting House location: Intersection of Brown Hill Road, Stevenson Hill Road and QuakerWhiteface Road in North Sandwich – just up the hill from the Durgin Covered Bridge.

ALL ARE WELCOME– For more information: 284-6843

THE

River Church

Mt. Washington Valley Jewish Community Chavurat HeHarim * Fellowship in the Mountains We have a worship service the 3rd Friday night of each month. We usually gather the last weekend for a Shabbat potluck. Inquire about children’s and adult ed. For info call (603)694-3058

Saint Andrew’s-in-the-Valley

primary link between humanity and that ultimate reality, and have galvanized and refined mankind’s capacity to achieve spiritual success together with social progress... The spirit that animateth the human heart is the knowledge of God...”Baha’i Scripture

1-800-22-UNITE, (207)935-1005, (603)447-5654

TAM W ORTH C ON GRE GATION AL C H URC H

The Episcopal Church of Tamworth & The Ossipee Valley

W eekly Sun day W orship at6 pm

Sunday Worship 9am

Su n d ay,M arch 6 M essage: “A Godly Vision ”

An open and inclusive community Welcoming all Handicap accessible

Join us for worship! Child Care available at 9:00 678 Whittier Rd. (Old Rte. 25) The Rev. Heidi Frantz-Dale, Rector

Tamworth Phone 323-8515

Rev.D r.D avid K em per Allare w elcom e.

28 Cleveland H illRoad,Tam w orth Village United Church ofChrist • w w w.tam w orthcc.org

GLEN COMMUNITY BAPTIST CHURCH

Sunday Celebration Service 10am Wednesday Evening Service 6:30pm

Route 302, PO Box 279, Glen, NH 03838 gcbc9@yahoo.com

Jesus Is Coming Again. Are You Ready? Acts 4:12 Rev. William B. Rose, Jr.

Thursdays: Symphony of Prayer— 7pm at the church Breadbasket Food Pantry: Second & Third Tuesday of every month from 4-6pm and by app’t at 447-6633.

SUNDAY: 9:45am Sunday School 11:00am Morning Worship 7:00pm Evening Service WEDNESDAY 7:00pm Prayer Meeting

Children’s Ministries available during Sunday morning service.

Rev. Henry Snyder, Pastor

Baha’i Faith “The religions brought to mankind by a succession of spiritual luminaries have been the

Please join us!

2600 East Main St., Ctr. Conway, NH • 603-447-6686 Across from McSherry’s Nursery

First Baptist Church Sunday Services Sunday School...................................9:30 A.M. Morning Worship.............................10:45 A.M. Evening Service..................................6:30 P.M.

Wednesday Prayer, Praise, and Bible Study..........6:30 P.M.

Location: Main Street, North Conway Village across from the North Conway Scenic Railroad.

— Independent, Fundamental — Church: (603) 356-6066 • Rev. Laurence Brown firstbaptistnorthconway.org When in North Conway Village, listen to our broadcast ministry at 91.1 FM

Fryeburg Assembly of God Fryeburg, Maine Services: Sunday 10 am & 6 pm Wednesday Evening: 6 pm

Pastor Jim Warnock

207-935-3129 located on 8 Drift Road, just behind Main Street Mobil Station

You Are Invited FIRST CHURCH OF CHRIST, SCIENTIST 35 Portland Street • Fryeburg, Maine Sunday Service & Sunday School~ 10:00 am Wednesday Meeting~ 7:30pm Childcare provided for each service

CHOCORUA COMMUNITY CHURCH

Faith Bible Church Independent * Non-Denominational

Meets each Sunday at 10:00 am

Located at Rt 16A and Dundee Road in Intervale Pastor Bob Novak • 383-8981 • Nursery Provided

Holy Epiphany Liberal Catholic Church

10 am Family Worship w/ Communion 11:30 am Kids’ Super Sledding Party

15 Washington St, Conway, NH (The Echo Building)

“Rise Up! Listen!”

Mass: Monday to Friday 9:00am Sundays 11:00 am

Pastor Kent Schneider, 662-6046 Located on Route 113, east of Route 16 www.chocoruachurch.org

“That in all things Jesus Christ might have the pre-eminence”

“You Are Welcome!”

Bp. Jason Sanderson, Pastor • (603)-733-6000

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East Fryeburg Church of Christ COMMUNION MEDITATION WORSHIP & Sunday School 10am • NURSERY CARE

St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Catholic Church Route 5, Fryeburg, Maine

(Bible Only) Route 302, East Fryeburg (207) 935-4337

SERVICES: Sunday: 9:30 AM - Bible School 10:30 AM - Church Wednesday Nights 6 PM - Bible Prayer Meeting

St. Margaret’s Anglican Church 85 PLEASANT STREET, CONWAY • 447-2404 Rev. Jeffrey W. Monroe, M.M., Rector Tracy Gardner, Organist and Choir Director

All are welcome to attend Thursday: Adoration 5:30pm; Mass 6:30pm

Sunday Mass 8:00am Eucharistic Ministry for the Homebound 207-697-3438 Religious Education & Youth Ministry 207-697-2277 Rev. Joseph Koury 207-647-2334

Our Lady of the Mountains Roman Catholic Church MASS SCHEDULE Weekday: Wednesday-Friday 8:30 a.m.

Rosary after Mass Adoration every Friday after Mass Weekend: Saturday: 4:30 p.m. Reconciliation: 3:15-4:00 p.m. Sunday: 8:30 & 10:30 a.m. Holy Days: Please call for current schedule

Church Location 2905 White Mtn. Hwy. North Conway, NH 603-356-2535

A Bible Based Church

SUNDAYS 8:45 am- Sunday School for all ages 10:00 am- Morning Worship (Jr Church after praise & worship) Nursery available

• Mon. nights- Men’s Bible Study 6:30 pm. • Wed. nights- Women’s Bible Study & Fellowship 6:30 pm. • Thur. nights- Most Excellent Way for those with addictions 6:30 pm Come join us as we worship Jesus the Christ! 230 E. Conway Rd. Located in front of Abbott’s Dairy 603-356-2730 • www.vcc4jesus.org

9 AM Traditional Worship & Sunday School It is our mission to bring others to know the love, joy and peace that is found in Jesus Christ.

Come join us this Sunday; We’re on Rte 25 in S. Tamworth Village

Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of the Eastern Slopes

“A Welcoming Congregation”

Sunday, March 6th With the Bread We Need for Today, Feed Us. Rev. Mary Edes

HOLY SCRIPTURE - TRADITIONAL WORSHIP SUNDAYS: Holy Communion; 9:30 am Sunday School; 9:25 am Bible Study; 11:00 am

To see a brief video about Unitarian Universalism, go to: www.uufes.org

Healing Service 1st Thursday Monthly 12:00 pm

Sunday Service 10am • Religious Education at 10am

All Are Welcome!

In Communion with Jesus Christ

Nursery Care for Infants and Toddlers The Reverend Mary Giles Edes, Minister 603.323.8585 • 30 Tamworth Rd, Tamworth

FIRST CHURCH OF CHRIST CONGREGATIONAL WORSHIP SERVICE & SUNDAY SCHOOL 10:00 AM FELLOWSHIP HOUR FOLLOWS... ALL WELCOME! CHILDCARE PROVIDED WEDNESDAY MORNING COMMUNION SERVICE 8:00 AM

Pastor: Rev. Gilman E. Healy

Sermon: “Was Transfiguration Only for Jesus?” Favorite Organ Hymn: Be Known to Us in Breaking Bread (TUNE: ST. FLAVIAN) Organist: Floyd W. Corson Choral Director: Richard P. Goss III 2521 Main St., No. Conway • 356-2324 firstchurchnc@firstbridge.net

The Conway Village Congregational Church

The Valley Christian Church

South Tamworth United Methodist Church

United Church of Christ

Rev. Martell Spagnolo Roger Miklos, Minister of Music

“The Brown Church” Welcomes You!

bartlettchurch.net Bartlett Union Congregational Church Albany Ave/Bear Notch at US 302 Phone: 603-374-2795

EVERY SUNDAY Upbeat Sermons packed with humor and lifeaffirming help to live your life to the fullest Music you’ll be humming all week

Worship Services & Sunday School 10 am • Child Care

Sermon Title: “Bleach Alternative” This week’s readings include: Psalm 99; 2 Peter 1:16-21; Matthew 17:1-9

Laughter to lift your soul

10 a.m. Worship and Children Activities Guest Preacher: Rev. Earl Miller of Moultonboro Ellen Hayes, music ministry

132 Main Street, Conway, NH 03818 603-447-3851• www.thebrownchurch.org

YOU’RE WELCOME HERE No Matter Who You Are or Where You Are On Your Life Journey

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By Holiday Mathis SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). If only you could grow without changing. Alas, you can’t. Luckily, you’ll be ready and willing to let go of the way things used to be when the time is right to transform into the new you. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21). It will be dangerous to get too much information from one source. Learn from many sources. Each teacher has a different strength and a unique way of presenting the lesson. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19 ). Take precautionary measures to remember important details -- like the names of people you’ve met. If only everyone in the world could wear a nametag! Your ability to keep facts straight will distinguish you. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). The glow of charisma around you comes from your generous interest in others. People see an extremely fl attering reflection of themselves in the mirrors of your eyes. PISCES (Feb. 19 -March 20). Your cheerleading will be essential to a loved one’s success. You can see the uniqueness and strength in this person, even when they cannot. TODAY’S BIRTHDAY (March 5). This year, your strong curiosity will lead you to new friends, hobbies and income sources. This month, you show that you care for people, and they treat you right. A special relationship infl uences your thinking and has a big impact on your domestic scene, too. Deals favor you in June and August. October brings adventure. Aries and Gemini people adore you. Your lucky numbers are: 30, 2, 44, 11 and 5.

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HOROSCOPE ARIES (March 21-April 19). Everyone has potential, but it’s those who execute their potential who will fi nd true greatness. Push against the limits of your talent, and you’ll fi nd that you can break through into new realms. TAURUS (April 20-May 20). You have always been attracted to strongwilled people with a mind of their own. You don’t mind that you’re not always in agreement with your loved ones. You’ll find new ways to cooperate. GEMINI (May 21-June 21). You’ll be working on a problem when assistance comes to you in the form of a stellar new idea, the funding you need or other resources to make your way easier. CANCER (June 22-July 22). You don’t have to be a wealthy philanthropist to make the world a better place. You’ll smile at everyone you meet, and that will contribute to the good of society more than your dollars ever could. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). There are two ways to learn: through your own experience and through someone else’s. You’ll get both kinds of education today. You will approach people with a sincere desire to know more about them. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). Empty the drawers and dig through the closets. There is still some clutter to clear out. Becoming increasingly organized will help the flow of next week’s schedule. Bonus: You’ll fi nd something you lost, too. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). Welcome fresh faces. Someone new will enjoy being a witness to your work process. You may not realize just how creative you are until you see yourself through this person’s eyes.

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ACROSS 1 Emery board 5 Peaks 10 Disconcert; disturb 14 Press, as clothes 15 Molar or canine 16 Regretted 17 Speedy 18 Cavalry spear 19 One opposed 20 Plead 22 __ for Humanity; nonproﬁt group 24 Community college degs. 25 Wild 26 Not suitable 29 Ancient 30 Camel’s smaller cousin 34 Boys 35 Salary 36 Psychiatric hospital 37 Wedding words 38 Capital of Indonesia

40 Pie __ mode 41 USAF enlistee 43 Wine and dine 44 “So be it!” 45 Great fear 46 Scoundrel 47 In a bad mood 48 Go bad 50 Sheep’s cry 51 Cheat 54 Most idiotic 58 Get wet up to the ankles 59 Fluttering tree 61 Not working 62 High cards 63 Halo wearer 64 Grows old 65 Feathery scarfs 66 Newspapers and magazines 67 Mr. Gingrich DOWN 1 Small ﬂ ute 2 Tehran’s nation 3 Was defeated 4 Snares

5 Book of maps 6 Part of a threepiece suit 7 Sunday’s follower: abbr. 8 Engraved 9 Clip wool 10 In a physically weak way 11 Dad’s sister 12 Fraternity letter 13 Prepare text for publication 21 Dine 23 Raft wood 25 Escape, as a bird 26 Homer classic 27 Low point 28 Venerate 29 Furniture wood 31 Remembered Texas mission 32 Pack animals 33 “__ home is his castle” 35 “Peter __” 36 From __ Z; the whole gamut

38 Blasé due to excessiveness 39 Curtain holder 42 Insanity 44 Swift horse 46 Julius __ 47 Machine wheel 49 Hang on to 50 Hits a baseball,

but just slightly 51 Mop the ﬂ oor 52 City in Texas 53 Concept 54 Lairs 55 On __; uptight 56 Slaughtered 57 Examination 60 As easy as __

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Today is Saturday, March 5, the 64th day of 2011. There are 301 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On March 5, 1946, Winston Churchill delivered his “Iron Curtain” speech at Westminster College in Fulton, Mo. On this date: In 1770, the Boston Massacre took place as British soldiers who’d been taunted by a crowd of colonists opened fire, killing five people. In 1868, the Senate was organized into a Court of Impeachment to decide charges against President Andrew Johnson, who was later acquitted. In 1953, Soviet dictator Josef Stalin died after three decades in power. In 1959, a fire at the Negro Boys Industrial School in Wrightsville, Ark., claimed the lives of 21 teenagers trapped inside a locked dormitory room. In 1960, Cuban newspaper photographer Alberto Korda took the now-famous picture of guerrilla leader Che Guevara during a memorial service in Havana for victims of a ship explosion. Elvis Presley was discharged from the U.S. Army. In 1963, country music performers Patsy Cline, “Cowboy” Copas and “Hawkshaw” Hawkins died in a plane crash near Camden, Tenn., that also claimed the life of pilot Randy Hughes (Cline’s manager). In 1970, the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons went into effect after 43 nations ratified it. In 1979, NASA’s Voyager 1 space probe flew past Jupiter, sending back photographs of the planet and its moons. In 1982, comedian John Belushi was found dead of a drug overdose in a rented bungalow in Hollywood; he was 33. One year ago: Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, visiting Guatemala, told reporters that demand for narcotics in the United States was fueling drug violence in Central America as she acknowledged a measure of U.S. responsibility for what she called “a terrible criminal scourge.” Today’s Birthdays: Actor James Noble is 89. Actor James B. Sikking is 77. Actor Dean Stockwell is 75. Actor Fred Williamson is 73. Actress Samantha Eggar is 72. Actor Michael Warren is 65. Actor Eddie Hodges is 64. Singer Eddy Grant is 63. Violinist Eugene Fodor is 61. Rock musician Alan Clark (Dire Straits) is 59. Actress-comedian Marsha Warfield is 57. Magician Penn Jillette is 56. Actress Adriana Barraza is 55. Rock singers Charlie and Craig Reid (The Proclaimers) are 49. Rock musician John Frusciante (Red Hot Chili Peppers) is 41. Singer Rome is 41. Actor Kevin Connolly is 37. Actress Jill Ritchie is 37. Actress Jolene Blalock is 36. Actress Eva Mendes is 36. Model Niki Taylor is 36. Actor Sterling Knight is 22. Actor Jake Lloyd is 22.

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$1-A-DAY CLASSIFIEDS • CALL 356-2999

Auctions

DOLLAR-A-DAY NON-COMMERCIAL: Ad must run a minimum of 6 consecutive days. Ads over 15 words add 10¢ per word per day. COMMERCIAL RATE: $2 a day; 10¢ per word per day over 15 words. PREMIUMS: First word caps no charge. Additional caps 10¢ per word per day. Centered bold heading: 9 pt. caps 40¢ per line, per day (2 lines maximum) TYPOS: Check your ad the first day of publication. Sorry, we will not issue credit after an ad has run once. DEADLINES: noon, one business day prior to the day of publication. PAYMENT:All private party ads must be pre-paid. We accept checks, Visa and Mastercard credit cards and of course cash. There is a $10 minimum order for credit cards. CORRESPONDENCE: To place your ad call our offi ces 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, 356-2999; send a check or money order with ad copy to The Conway Daily Sun, P.O. Box 1940, North Conway, N.H. 03860, email ad to classified@conwaydailysun.com or stop in at our offi ces on Seavey Street in North Conway village. OTHER RATES: For information about the professional directory or classified display ads call Jamie or Hannah at 356-2999.

SATURDAY auction, March 5th, 4pm Rt16, Ossipee NH by Gary Wallace Auctioneers #2735. Preview after 2p m- Antiques, art, furniture, books and paper, collectible attic treasures and more see www.wallaceauctions.co m. 21 years at the sa me locationconsignments and outright purchases made- call 603-539-5276 email nhauction@roadrunner.com

Adoption

Animals

OUR hearts reach out to you. Raising your baby in our loving, happy home would be a drea m come true. Expenses Paid. Michelle & John 1-877-433-3866.

ANIMAL Rescue League o f NH-North is scheduling monthly low cost spay/ neuter clinics for both cats and dogs. Call (603)447-1830 for infor mation and to schedule.

Animals "IN THE ZONE" WORKSHOP

March 11th at Telling Tails Training Center, Fryeburg, Maine. Presented by Sara Moore, this workshop will teach you the basics of co mmunicating in the show ring with your animal through energy work. For info go to www.TellingTailsTraining.com/also_going_on

#1 A Petlovers Service who Let The Dogs Out?

Kitties too! Pet sitters/ Pet taxi. Bonded and insured. Barbara Hogan. 383-9463.

#1 Animal Care Resort Karla's Pet Rendezvous

"Where your Pet is on Vacation too!" Overnight Care, Doggie Daycare, Bathing & Styling Salon, & Self Service Dog Wash! www.karlaspets.com 603-447-3435. AKC Cairn Terriers, Toto dogs, 2 neutered males, red brindle, Canadian Cha mpion sired. Microchipped, UTD on vacs, 1 1 year old, 1 1.5 year old. CFMI (207)935-1320.

AKC RALLY CLASSES For fun or co mpetition starting March 8th. www.TellingTailsTraining.com or call 207-642-369 ANIMAL Rescue League of NHNorth- Cats, kittens, dogs, and pups looking for a second chance. 603-447-5955 conwayshelter.org.

AUNTIE CINDY'S ALBANY PET CARE

Newly remodeled salon and pet care center. Groo ming, daycare and doggie bed and breakfast in a fun, clean, happy environment at prices you can afford. Call Auntie Cindy @ 447-5614.

AUNTIE MARY’S PET SITTING

Provides in-ho me pet care in the Conways, Ta mworth, Albany, Madison, Eaton, Freedo m and Fryeburg, ME. Insured and bonded. Call Auntie Mary at 986-6192 or 447-3556.

Cats Only Neuter Clinic First Saturday of each month for low inco me families. Please call Harvest Hills Ani mal Shelter, between 10-3 Tues thru Friday 207-935-4358. CCKC Beginner Obedience Classes starting 3/8/11, N.Conway. FMI (603)986-4496. Offering classes for over 40 years. CCKC Obedience Classes, Free dom, NH. Start 3/15/11. FMI Kris (603)323-7354. DO YOU NEED FINANCIA L HELP spaying and altering your dog or cat? 603-224-1361, before 2pm.

Animals DOGGIE PLAYGROUP at Four Your Paws Only on Rte. 16 in N. Conway. New changes for 2011. 11-12 is for s maller, quieter dogs and puppies. 12-1 is for larger more active dogs and puppies. Playgroups are Free and run every Saturday. All dogs must be on a leash & utd on vaccinations. call 603-356-7297 f mi or Visit www.fouryourpawsonly.com. HARVEST Hills Thrift Shop. Open daily, closed Thursday, new hours. 10am-3pm. HAY excellent quality, second cut $5/bale. (603)694-3702.

Low Cost Spay/ Neuter Cats & dogs Rozzie May Ani mal Alliance 603-447-1373

...ONE DOG AT A TIME Obedience training and problem solving. Call Dave @ 986-6803

PET FIRST AID CLINIC March 20th at Telling Tails Training Center in Fryeburg, Maine. Clinic will be presented by Dr. Susan Haley of The Kindness Ani mal Hospital. For info call 207-642-3693 or go to www.TellingTailsTraining.com/ also_going_on

REACTIVE DOG CLASS Is your dog aggressive with other dogs or with people? Class starts March 9th. www.TellingTailsTraining.com or call 207-642-3693.

Auctions

HARVEST Hills Animal Shelter, 5 miles east of Fryeburg, 1389 Bridgton Rd. Rte.302. 207-935-4358. 30 loving dogs and kittens and cats available. All inoculations, neutered. 10am-6pm, Mon. & Fri., 10am-3pm, Tue., Wed., Sat., Sun., closed Thursdays.

CONWAY Auction Hall, Route 16, Conway, NH 603-447-8808 March 6th 1:00pm antiques, collectibles, furniture, tools, art, More! Preview: Sat. 9-5 & Sun. 9- Sale Ti me. Google: To m Troon, Auctioneer, #2320 to link to auctionzip.com for photos.

MAJOR MEDICAL BILLING SERVICES

Damon’s Tree Removal

SATURDAY March12th Auction by Gary Wallace Auctioneers Inc #2735. Route 16, Ossipee, NH starts 4PM- Period Antiques, Paintings, Carpets, Red ware, Tools and Estate pieces- see www.wallaceauctions.com preview 2PM call 603-539-5276. 400 plus lots.

Autos 1989 Fleetwood Cadillac. 88k original owner miles. New tires, brakes, tune-up, new sticker. $2500/obo. (603)447-1755. 1997 GMC Sierra. 83k, long bed w/ cap, silver and blue, good condition. $3800 (603)374-6658. 1997 PONTIAC Sunfire GT. Two door, 5 speed, 145k, green, loaded, sunroof. Runs and drives good. New inspection on 20 day plate. Good on gas. First $1850. Takes it. (603)356-9500, (207)807-2678. 1999 Volvo V70 Wagon. 221k, currently in use. Good tires with full size spare. Comfortable ride, good value at $1200. (603)733-5135. 2000 Ford Contour- 130,000 miles, new front brakes & rotors, new battery, new sticker. Runs good. $1200. Call (603)733-7773. 2000 Ford Windstar LX van. Auto, 6cyl, 127k miles, great shape, run every day $3500. (207)935-1286

Autos

Child Care

AUTO WAREHOUSE Auto Sales & Repair Eastern Spaces Warehouse East Conway Road Hermansonsautowarehouse.com

TEDDY Bear Daycare: I mmediate openings starting March 21st for ages 6 wks to 11 yrs, 7am till 5:30p m daily. Ctr. Conway, NH (603)447-5950.

04 Chevy Silverado 4x4, 8cyl, auto, ex-cab. Silver..............$8,900 04 Chrysler T&C, 6cyl, auto, gray ............................................$6,750 04 Jeep Gr. Cherokee, 4x4, 8cyl., auto, maroon .......................$7,900 03 Chevy 1500, 4x4, 8cyl, suto, x-cab, red/silv......................$7,500 03 GMC Sierra, 4x4, 8cyl, auto, maroon ................................$7,900 03 PT Cruiser 4cyl, 5sp. Maroon.. ............................................$4,750 02 Chevy Trailblazer, 4x4, 6cyl, auto, black...........................$5,500 02 PT Cruiser 4cyl, auto. Blue...... ............................................$4,750 02 Subaru Legacy AWD, 4cyl, 5sp. White ...........................$5,250 02 Subaru Legacy, AWD, 4cyl, 5sp, blue..............................$4,900 02 VW Cabrio, 4cyl, auto, conv., black....................................$4,900 01 Chevy 1500, 4x4, 8cyl, auto, ex cab, maroon ........................$6,900 01 Ford Explorer, 4x4, 6cyl, auto, 2dr, sport, gold ....................$5,900 01 Jeep Grand Cherokee 4x4, 8cyl, auto. Green.................$5,900 01 Nissan Exterra, 4x4, 6cyl, auto, black....................................$5,900 99 Jeep Gr. Cherokee, 4x4, 6cyl, auto, black...........................$5,250 Our vehicles are guaranteed to pass inspection and come with a 30 day mechanical warranty. In house financing with 50% down payment. Please call John or Michael at 356-5117.

RICKER Auto Salvage- Buying complete junk vehicles and light iron over the scale. Buying aluminum, brass, copper, lead radiators. 323-7363. BUYING junk cars and trucks ME & NH. Call for price. Martin Towing. (603)305-4504. G.P. Auto is now buying junk vehicles at a fair price. We pay cash. (603)323-8080. I buy cars, trucks, SUV, foreign or domestic. 2000 or newer. No junk. Call (603)387-7766.

Child Care

Crafts CONWAY INDOOR GROUP MALL

The best hidden treasures in the valley. Appliances! Books! Furniture! Collectibles! Jewelry! Men’s & wo men’s fashions. Lay-a-way. Booth space available. Enjoy a co mplimentary cup of coffee while you shop. Something for everyone. 1 mile south of the Kanc, next to Produce Depot. (603)515-6056.

For Rent 2-4 bedroom long term and seasonal. Starting at $750 call 603-383-8000, anne@fgpm.com. Are you looking for an apartment in the Wolfeboro, Ossipee, Tamworth, Effingham , or Wakefield area? We’ve got the largest selection around of apartments ranging from basic Studios starting at $450/mo to Luxury Townhouses for $895/mo. Looking for something in-between? We’ve also got 1 and 2 BR apartments ranging from $495-$715/mo, as well as mobile homes. Something sure to fit your needs and your budget. We offer short term or long term rentals. No pets please! Contact us Mon.-Fri. 9-5 (603)539-5577

ducoproperties@myfairpoint.net

ATTITASH studio apt. Heated pool, hot tub, cable TV, snow removal, trash all included. No pets, no s mokers. (603)356-2203.

DOWNTOWN N. Conway inhome center has openings from 6wks up. Flexible hours, nights & weekends available. Call for more info. 387-1177/ 356-9495.

BARTLETT Village: Bright and sunny 1 bedroom, 2nd floor apt, 1 year lease, security deposit, references. $750/ month includes heat and electricity (603)374-0904.

EFFINGHAM Daycare in business for 20 years has 2 openings, lots of TLC, playti me and learning. Meals and snacks included. Title 20 accepted. Call Elaine FMI (603)539-7574.

CENTER Conway 3 bedroo m 2 bath house furnished, pets considered. $750/ month and utilities, plowing. Security deposit and credit check. Rich Johnson, Select RE (603)447-3813.

GRANITE

Jill of All Trades

Steven Gagne

Quality Marble & Granite

Cleaning, Painting & Repairs

2003 LS Chev. Trailblazer. On e owner, 85,000 miles, stepboards, auto, 6 cyl., new tires. Have service records. $7900. (603)447-5580. 2010 Nissan Alti ma 2.5 SL 4dr , power everything, heated leather seats, dual cli mate control, sunroof, 9k miles, $22,000 (603)522-6589.

PROFESSIONAL DIRECTORY

603-356-9058 603-726-6897 Licensed and Insured MasterCard/Visa Accepted

Damon’s Snow Removal For your residential & light commercial needs • Plowing • Roofs • Etc. Now quoting 2010-2011 winter season MC/VISA accepted

A complete practice and accounting service for physician-owned practices.

603-452-5600

EE Computer Services

Call Damon’s Tree Removal 603-662-3445 • 603-447-4336

603-733-6451 eecomputerservices.com

B.C.’s Custom Colors

CLEANING

www.bcscustomcolors.com

Commercial & Residential Fully Insured Call Carl & Dixie at 447-3711

Interior/Exterior Painting. Insured/Affordable Free Estimates 603-662-4301

INGOVALResidential Commercial ND EMProperty Services SAOW RGunnars Services AB SN 603-398-5005

EAST BRANCH TIMBERWORKS

Tree Removal • Bucket Truck • Crane Removal

603-356-9255

AND MORE!

Pop’s Painting LLC

603-447-6643 www.popspaintingnh.com CHRIS MURPHY PROFESSIONAL

PAINTING & HOME IMPROVEMENT Interior/Exterior • All Size Jobs Insured • Free Est. • Refs.

QUICKBOOKS Certified Pro Advisor

Karen Stancik, MBA 603-986-0035 • North Conway Bookkeeping, Benefits Admin. Payroll, Marketing/Advertising

Difficult Removals • Pruning Chipping • Stump Grinding

Paul Butters Ctr. Conway •

COUNTERS A QUALITY JOB AT A QUALITY PRICE

603-662-8447 CHIMNEY CLEANING Safety Sweep

Residential & Commercial Insured • Master #12756

LEGACY PAINTING and Remodeling

MARK’S CLEANING

Roof Shoveling & Ice Dam Removal

Serving the Valley Since 1990

Commercial & Residential

603-356-2155 - Fully Insured

Dwight & Sons 603-662-5567

Call Mark 986-0009

CERTIFIED & INSURED

ROOF SHOVELING

603-356-6667 • 800-564-5527

HORSMAN BUILDERS

FULLY INSURED (603) 356-9968 Commercial, Residential, Industrial

DUVAL ELECTRICAL Contractor Generator Hookups New Homes Remodeling

Conway Office 603-493-7527 Dave Duval

Anmar PLASTERING

New Construction • Renovations Remodeling & Finish Work Insured • Free Estimates

Where Quality Prevails. Interior/Exterior. Fully Insured. Reasonable Rates. Cell 662-9292 HANIBAL

Est. 1980 - Fully Insured

603-340-0111

ROOF SHOVELING North Conway 447-3011

603-986-5143 • 207-935-5030

SNOW PLOWING SANDING ROOF SHOVELING (603) 234-5005

FIRST RESPONSE

ARTIE’S ELECTRIC

RODD

Hurd Contractors Roofing • Siding • Flooring

Plumbing & Heating LLC

Quality & Service Since 1976

Credit Cards Accepted, Licensed, Insured, Background Checked

603-356-6889

603-662-8687

Tim DiPietro

Alpine Pro Painting

RESIDENTIAL & COMMERCIAL MASTER LICENSE - INSURED

Interior •!Exterior • Power Washing References • Insured • Free Estimates

603-356-2248

ELECTRIC

603-447-3375

603-733-5202

603-986-6874

DAVE GAGNE DRYWALL CO. Plaster & Ceiling Repairs, Drywall, Insulation, Int/Ext Painting & General Home Repairs, Pressure Washing.

Residential Electrical Specialist • Licensed • Fully Insured

ROOFING

ROOF SHOVELING

TAX PREPARATION

PLOWING, SANDING, LOADER WORK Limmer Landscaping 383-6466

“Servicing the Area for 80 Years” Specialized Roofing System www.roddroffing.com • 1-800-331-7663

Crawford P. Butler

447-2158

Reasonable Rates

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For Rent

We have the rental property you are looking for! Look at our full page ad in the real estate section for listings.

CABINS +

ROOMS Long / Short Term (603)447-3858 CENTER Conway motel rooms. Fridge, microwave, cable TV, Wi-Fi, $160/wk. (603)447-3720. CENTER Ossipee 2 apts. available. Heat, plowing, water and sewer included. No pets, no smoking in building. Security, references $550-$745. (603)539-5731, (603)866-2353. CONWAY Duplex: 2 bdrm, office, living, dining, laundry room, 1.5 baths, enclosed porch. Trash & plowing, heat & hot water included. Non-smoking, no pets. $1200/mo plus security and references. (603)662-6087. CONWAY Davis Hill area 3 bedroom, 2 bath house available Apr 1 $1100/mo plus utils no smokers. Call Jeana @ Re/Max Presidential 520-1793 or jeana@mwvhomes.com CONWAY Rent or rent with option to buy- 3 bedroom, 2 bath house on park like acre, small barn, child safe dead end street. New kitchen and bath $1200 half of rent to be credited to purchase price. Call Paul 781-608-8855. CONWAY Village 2 bedroom, new bathroom, w/d hook-up, nice neighborhood $780/mo. (603)447-2152. CONWAY Village. One bedroom apartment. Private entrance. $775/mo incl. heating, plowing and off street parking. No pets. References required. Call 1-888-445-5372. PLEASANT St. Conway, 1 bdrm, 2nd floor, apt. Walk to village. Pets okay. $750/mo. Includes heat, utilities, plowing and trash pick up. 1 year lease and deposit required. Available 3/1. Call Rick 387-2615. CONWAYShared house. $625/mo. includes utilities. Separate entrance, bedroom, bath, galley kitchen and living room. Call (603)793-4127. EFFINGHAM- 1 bedroom apt. Small dog. No smoking. $525/mo security/ references required, section 8 accepted. (603)986-1607. EFFINGHAM: Ryefield 1 & 2 BR apts. Open concept starting at $665/mo heat incl. No pets. (603)539-5577. FREEDOM- 3 bedroom, 2 bath home. Beach rights. $1200/mo. Security deposit/ credit check required. (603)520-8222. FRYEBURG In-town- large 2/3 bedroom apartment, 2nd floor, has large studio. Good references, security deposit. $750+. 207-935-3241. FRYEBURG near schools, luxury 3 bedroom, 2 bath, tri-level townhouse. Finished basement, $1000/mo + security deposit. No pets. 207-935-3241.

For Rent

For Sale

Help Wanted

FRYEBURG- In town, 1 bedroom large apartment, second floor, trash removal, plowing & heat included, No pets, $650/mo., call 603-662-4311.

OSSIPEE: 1 to 3 bdrm units including heat starting at $775/mo. Call Margie at Re/Max Presidential 520-0718.

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

WASHER & Dryer, 18 years old, but almost like new. Kenmore, large capacity $175/obo (603)447-6522.

ATTN: Work at Home United is expanding locally & looking for serious partners who want their own legitimate home business. Free website, training, support, no selling, no risk! www.4Total-Wellness.com or Call 603-284-7556.

FRYEBURG- Nice 2 bedroom, 2 level, w/d onsite, only $700/mo plus, references, A1 location. 207-935-3241. FRYEBURG- Nice 2 bedroom, deluxe bathroom, fireplace, living room, large kitchen, 2 car garage, near Academy. Only $825/mo plus. References. 207-935-3241. FRYEBURG: 2nd story apt $650 includes utilities, 1 bedroom. No pets or smokers. (240)899-1128. FRYEBURG, NH/ Maine line, excellent location. Mountain views in new home. 1 bedroom, cable and Internet provided. $495/mo. No pets. (207)415-1444, (207)256-8060. GLEN- apt., heat included, small pet negotiable, no smoking, wifi, $550/month + security deposit. Available 3/7/11. Call (603)387-2228. GLEN- 2 bedroom, riverside cottage, sundeck, on Ellis River, available 4/1/11, new living room floor, $650/mo plus utilities @ Parka Place. (781)724-7741.

TAMWORTH: 1 br, 1st fl. river view apt. located in tranquil Tamworth Village, $615/mo, heat included, coin-op laundry, no pets (603)539-5577 TAMWORTH: Newly renovated 2 bedroom, 1 bath mobile home, inside & out. Nice area, private lot, 2 car carport. $850/mo. 1st mo. + dep. Reference required. (603)323-7497, (603)726-1935. WAKEFIELD: 3 BR mobile home, near Belleau Lake, $645/mo plus util., 3 BR mobile home, $595/mo. No pets. (603)539-5577.

For Rent-Vacation 2 BD sleeps 6 North Conway Village; 2 BD sleeps 6 Condo in Linderhof. Both with in minutes to restaurants, Outlets and Mountains. Fully furnished, w/d. Call now for April & May Promo’s (603)733-7511 or email Rentals@RWNpropertyservices. com. AWESOME ski house near ski areas. Weekly or weekends. Sleeps 12. Walk to restaurants. (603)522-5251.

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.

BARTLETT; 2 bedroom, sleeps 8. Cable & internet. Weekly, seasonal, 2 night minimum. (978)360-6599.

INTERVALE 3 bedroom, 2 bath sun deck, w/d, no cats, will consider dog. $780/mo. (603)356-2203.

SEASONAL- prime locations 1-4 BR properties. Some slopeside units 603-383-8000, email anne@fgpm.com.

INTERVALE– 3 br, 2 ba $1350.00 includes heat. Carriage House with fireplace, garage, views call or 603-383-8000 or anne@fgpm.com.

For Rent-Commercial

INTERVALE cozy 2 bedroom house, in secluded wooded location. Pets possible. No smokers. Available immediately. $850/mo. plus utilities & security, 1 year lease. 214-770-1970. INTERVALE private rooms: 1-2 beds, TV, fridge, Internet, utilities. Kitchen, phones, computers, laundry. $150-$175/wk (603)383-9779. MADISON 2 bedroom 1 bath mobile home, unfurnished, 1 year lease, $725/mo. plus utilities. Security deposit and credit check. Pets considered. Rich Johnson, Select RE (603)447-3813. NEWER 1 bedroom apt. Rt.16 Madison. Heat & plowing & trash included. $650/mo + sec. dep. 986-4061. MADISON small one bedroom, large deck, short walk to Silver Lake $650/month plus utilities. Bonnie Hayes, Select RE (603)447-3813. NORTH Conway 1 bdrm, heat included. No smoking/ pets. Available 3/17. $625/month. 986-5919(c) 356-3499(h). 2 bedrooms- North Conway apartments various sizes some with heat included, w/w carpet, w/d available, annual lease, references, no pets; rent $720 to $850: Call Sheila 356-6321 x6469 or Jan ext. 6430. NORTH Conway 2 bdrm apt. No pets, $750/mo plus utilities. (603)939-2462. NORTH Conway 3 bedroom Carriage House $800/mo plus security. No pets or smokers. Bill at Remax (603)387-3784.

FRYEBURG, 2 bdrm., 1st. floor apt. Heat & h/w included. $700/mo. No pets. Call Paul Wheeler Re/Max Presidential (603)356-9444 ext. 206.

NORTH Conway In town 2 bedroom renovated with large porch, hardwood floors, $880/mo includes cable and internet, no smoking, good credit. Pet considered. Bonnie Hayes, Select RE (603)447-3813.

FRYEBURG- 1 bedroom close to town, $600/mo includes heat, plowing and trash. No pets. (207)935-4280.

WALK to North Conway Village, spacious 2 bedroom, small deck, dishwasher, No dogs. $725/mo. (603)383-9414.

AAA warehouse space up to 4000sf radiant heat, loading docks 14’ doors, Rt41. FMI 603-520-1645. ALBANY, 29 RT113, near RT16, next to Coleman's in Leonard Builders building, conditioned office and warehouse spaces available, up to 10,000sf, excellent condition throughout. Paved parking. Outdoor storage available. Call 603-651-7041 or 603-651-6980.

RETAIL & OFFICE NORTH CONWAY VILLAGE

Great locations on Main Street; Customer parking RETAIL SPACES Rent $390- $900 OFFICE SPACES Rent $250- $425

Sheila 356-6321 x. 6469 www.AttitashRealty.com/Rentals COMMERCIAL Space, 1200 sq.ft. Electric, alarm, overhead door, excellent location. Call for more information (603)356-6329. CONWAY Village- Reduced! Sunny, bright downtown retail & office rentals from $297 to $793; 445 to 1295 SF. Private entries, ample parking and storage available. Visit http://bit.ly/JtRealty-c or call JtRealty (603)356-7200 x11. INTERVALE, NH Rt. 16A/302See Johnsoncpa.com, “Office space for rent”. (207)636-7606. OFFICE space in Conway Village $275/mo call 662-7823.

For Sale 2007 Womens K2 T9-Burnin Luv ski’s with marker bindings. 153 cm’s, 109-68-99. Great shape, barely used. $325 (603)723-2827. ACOUSTIC guitar amplifier and accessories including microphone with stand, $150/obo. FMI (603)447-4254, ask for Buck. AMAZING! Beautiful queen or full pillow top mattress set $249, king $399. See ad under “furniture”.

BEDROOM- 7-piece Solid cherry sleigh. Dresser/Mirror chest & night stand (all dovetail). New-in-boxes cost $2,200 Sell $895. 603-427-2001 BODY Solid weight lifting equipment. Leg press, Smith machine, preacher curl bench, dip station, lat machine, free weights, bars, etc. (603)323-8852.

CARROLL COUNTY OIL Cash discount, senior citizen discount, prompt deliveries, pre-buy programs. 539-8332. Custom Glazed Kitchen Cabinets. Solid maple, never installed. May add/subtract to fit kitchen. Cost $6,000 sacrifice $1,750. 433-4665 DRY Firewood still in Feb. $225/cord. Prices look like they’re going up. Get now! (603)447-6654.

DRY FIREWOOD $250/cord, 2 cord min. $300/cord 1 cord. Cut, split 12+ months. Immediate delivery. (603)323-8658.

EVERGREEN LOGGING Firewood tree length. Sawed & Split. Dry firewood, free tree removal. Buyer of hardwood, soft wood stumpage. Insured. (603)662-6018. FIREWOOD cut, spit and delivered. 16”, 18”, 20”, 22” $225/cord. 12”, 14” also available (603)356-5923.

FIREWOOD Green Firewood $175/cord Minimum 2 cord delivery

207-925-1138

westernmainetimberlands.com FRIGIDAIRE electric dryer (new motor) $195. Maytag gas dryer (new timer) $250. Whirlpool tall tub dishwasher (Energy Star) white $175. Bellen’s A-One Appliance 447-3923. GE gas stove, automatic pilot less ignition, almond, black glass front. Clean. $150. (207)935-1286.

GRAMMIE’S ATTIC West Main St., Conway store closing sale. Now thru March 31st. New (used) furniture added to inventory along with lots of household items, artwork and collectibles. Hours: Fri. & Sat. 10am-5pm. LIKE new GE electric range & GE stacking washer/ dryer. Conway Auction Hall (603)447-3422.

LYMANOIL.COM Now offering propane sales and service. Call or visit www.LymanOil.com Jesse E Lyman, North Conway (603)356-2411. MAJESTIC Gas Fireplace, wicker set, apt. size stove, mahogany china cabinet, drop leaf kitchen set, various chairs, ends tables, night stands, and much more. 173 East Main Street, Conway, (603)730-2372. NEED Cash? Sell your stuff on Ebay. We do the work. You get cash! 10 years experience. ABCybersell (207)925-3135 Mike. NEW Wii with Tiger Woods 2011. Used a few times $165. (603)447-6802. SALON Styling Chair, all purpose, black, new, $150/obo (603)447-5779. SKIS- Vokl Tierra 156, all mountain. Vokl Queen Attiva, midfat, 156, both excellent condition, tuned, $300/ea, Sandy (603)986-4193. SNOWBLOWER Troy-bilt Storm Model 7524 $300 (603)367-9008.

WOODWORKING Power tools. Rockwell Delta Lathe like new with spindle tools $250. 10” Craftsman radial arm saw $200 (207)935-2081.

Found WOODSMAN'S left boot, fairly new, found in Center Conway last weekend. 447-1818 before 9pm.

Furniture

Aveda Concept Spa in Jackson Village

AMAZING!

Due to expanding business we are looking for:

Beautiful Queen or Full Mattress Set. Luxury firm European pillow-top. New in plastic, costs $1,095, sell $249. Can deliver. 603-305-9763 CASH & Carry blow out sale! Chairs $5, sofas from $40 at the Glen Warehouse. 383-6665.

Free RICKER Auto Salvage- Buying complete junk vehicles and light iron over the scale. Buying aluminum, brass, copper, lead radiators. 323-7363. G.P. Auto is now buying junk vehicles at a fair price. We pay cash. (603)323-8080. HIGHEST cash price paid for your junk cars, farm equipment and scrap metal. Free removal, no job too big. (207)393-7318. T&B Appliance Removal. Appliances & AC’s removed free of charge if outside. Please call (603)986-5506.

Help Wanted AVON! Reps needed all States. Sign up on-line. For details: avonnh@aol.com or 1-800-258-1815.

Estheticians Nail Technicians Massage Therapists Please call Sandra at 603-383-4313 to arrange a meeting. Resumes can be sent to

sandra@christmasfarminn.com

or mailed to PO Box CC, Jackson, NH 03846.

AVON: Earnings great! No door to door necessary. Choose your own hours. For information call 323-7361.

CLASS B DRIVER Errol NH Site Location Hazmat and Tanker Endorsements Required. Must be self motivated, team player with good driving and work history. We offer competitive wage and benefit package. Maine Drilling & Blasting The employer of choice! EOE View Job Descriptions and Apply On Line: mdandb.com or call: 877-633-2632, for an application. Fast Taxi needs 1 driver with perfect driving record and current school bus certificate. Please call (603)356-9181, ask for Connie.

ARE YOU READY FOR A CHANGE? Enjoy the quality of life found in the Mt. Washington Valley while working in a progressive hospital that matches advanced medical technology with a compassionate approach to patient care. Join our team and see what a difference you can make! In addition to competitive salaries, we offer an excellent benefits package that includes health/dental, generous paid time off, matching savings plan, educational assistance and employee fitness program. We have the following openings:

• Registration Clerk- Temporary F/T and P/T, Minimum two years office experience. Familiarity with healthcare billing and diagnostic coding preferred. • Clinical Coordinator- Full-Time, RN with Wound Care exp. Resp. to coordinate clinical activities of the Wound Care Center. Must have organizational and leadership skills. Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing pref. Maintains and demonstrates competency in BLS, infection control, safety and all unit required skill review. • LNA/Unit Secretary- Per Diem, experience and NH LNA license required, weekend availability. • Clinical Applications Support- Full-time, Support Ambulatory EMR System, RN with IT experience. Clinical Informatics Degree preferred. 5yrs recent ambulatory experience required. Clinical liaison between IT and the clinical practices. • Diabetes Nurse Educator- Full-time, Involves both individual and group instruction in Diabetes self-management skills. Responsible for the insulin pump/CGSM programs and assist with inpatient hyperglycemic protocols. Needs to be a self-starter and exp. In Diabetes Care/Education. Requirements include CDE, BSN and NH nursing license. • Biller- Per Diem, Performs billing and collections functions of accounts with balances due from insurance companies. 2 yrs business college or specialized program preferred. Office and hospital exp pref. • Physical Therapist- Per Diem, Min Bachelor’s Degree in Physical Therapy. Previous inpatient exp pref. Current NH PT License and CPR Cert req. Wknd and Wkday cov. • RN- Full-time, ACLS, BLS & PALS and some acute care exp and critical care exp pref. Must take rotating call. Positive attitude, team player, computer skills and critical thinking skills required. Lab Aide- Full-time- excellent Phlebotomy skills required, computer skills. LNA- Full-time- Provide care and activities of daily living for multiple residents of the Merriman House. Experience and NH LNA license required. Clerk- Temp. full-time- Medical terminology, data entry, office experience required. A completed Application is required to apply for all positions Website: www.memorialhospitalnh.org. Contact: Human Resources, Memorial Hospital, an EOE PO Box 5001, No. Conway, NH 03860. Phone: (603)356-5461 • Fax: (603)356-9121

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by Abigail Van Buren

GIRL’S PHLEGMATIC FITS DAMPEN ENJOYMENT FOR THEATERGOERS

DEAR ABBY: I recently attended a play with my mother and daughter. We were looking forward to an evening together. After we were seated, a young girl and her mother came and sat directly behind us. The girl was sick and she coughed -- hacked, really -- throughout the entire performance. Not only was it disturbing, but the coughing was so loud we missed a lot of the dialogue. Those tickets were not cheap and we did not enjoy the play as much as we could have. What would have been the proper way to handle that situation? -- ANNOYED THEATERGOER IN CHICAGO DEAR ANNOYED: Unless the house was sold out, you should have spoken to an usher or the theater manager and asked to be seated elsewhere. And if you were concerned about catching something, you should have asked to exchange the tickets for another performance and left. DEAR ABBY: I have an ex-boyfriend with whom I have remained friends since we broke up two years ago. We see each other a few times a year, but I haven’t seen him in six months. Last Christmas, as a gift, I bought him a bottle of wine I know he enjoys. I have mentioned several times that we should get together so I can give it to him, but he is making no effort to hang out. At what point do I put the bottle to better use and drink it myself? -- MIKE IN ST. PAUL DEAR MIKE: How about tonight? And be sure to share it with someone who will appreciate your company as well as the wine. DEAR ABBY: I am the mother of a beautiful daughter who has never met her real father. I wasn’t sure about who he was, a fact I’m not proud of. I tried to convince myself that her dad was the one guy I really liked at the time, but as she has

grown older, many of her mannerisms and little habits reflect characteristics of the other guy (“Bobby”) who was also in my life then. I parted ways with both men while I was pregnant. I am currently married, although we are struggling. I am now questioning whether I should try to locate Bobby to see if he is the father. I don’t expect anything from him, but I would like a resolution. This could strain my relationship with my husband, but if Bobby is the father, I strongly feel he has a right to know. Please help me fi gure out what to do. -- UNSURE IN ILLINOIS DEAR UNSURE: Because you are willing to risk straining the relationship you have with your current husband, explain to him that you need to be sure of the identity of your daughter’s father because the man’s medical history could one day be important for her to have. It’s the truth. Then contact BOTH men you were seeing at the time of her conception, explain the situation, and request a DNA test. If you let them know that you don’t expect anything from them but their medical history, they may be willing to comply -- and you’ll have your answer. DEAR ABBY: May I share another “pennies from heaven” story you might find interesting? My oldest sister was very sick in the hospital, and I was heading there during the mid-morning. When I got to my car, I glanced down at the curb. I spotted a penny lying there, picked it up and glanced at my wristwatch. It was 10:30. When I arrived at the hospital, I saw her son and daughter-in-law holding each other and crying. When I ran to them, they told me Mary was gone. She had died at 10:30. -- LILLIAN C., BOCA RATON, FLA. DEAR LILLIAN: How poignant. It appears she couldn’t leave you without saying goodbye.

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

Help Wanted

EBENEZAR’S PUB NOW HIRING

EQUIPMENT TRAINEES Construction Laborers Maine Drilling & Blasting

Wait Staff, Bus Persons, Dishwashers, Line Cooks for spring & summer season. FT/ PT available. Apply in person Fri., Sat., Sun. at 44 Allen Road, Lovell, ME or email resume to ebenezerspub@gmail.com, or mail to 44 Allen Road, Lovell, ME 04051. Pay DOE

HAMPTON INN AND SUITES is looking for part-time water park staff. Must be available nights and weekends. Apply in person 9am-5pm. 1788 White Mt. Highway, North Conway.

Seeks qualified candidates for seasonal employment opportunities with a potential for full time. Primary work period consist of 40-60 hour weeks During April through August period for Errol wind energy project. Saturday work may be required. Safety minded individuals with good work ethics and positive attitudes only. Must pass pre-employment physical and drug test. Equal Opportunity Employer. Join the Employer of Choice. Apply online at www.mainedrilling.com, call toll free 1-877-633-2632, or email scooper@mdandb.com.

St. Judes - $5

RECEPTIONIST Busy construction office looking for detail oriented person with the ability to handle multiple incoming calls, greet customers and schedule material deliveries. Strong computer skills required. Duties will include data entry for A/P and A/R and other various office duties as assigned. Please fax, e-mail or send resume to: Alvin J. Coleman & Son, Inc. 9 NH Rt 113, Conway, NH 03818 Tel (603)447-5936 • Fax (603)447-5839 e-mail colemanconstruction@roadrunner.com Equal Opportunity Employer

NORTH COUNTRY INDEPENDENT LIVING, INC. “CHANGING LIVES, CREATING FUTURES” A community based provider of residential services and supports for individuals to lead a high quality lifestyle accessing the community and developing life skills. NCIL excels at specialized services and providing quality of life.

Residential Advisors Full-Time & Part-Time If you are creative, enjoy being involved in the community, participating in many activities and have an interest in rehabilitation, we would appreciate speaking with you. Minimum requirements include a High School Diploma or equivalent, valid driver's license. Experience and creativity with special needs a plus. If interested please contact or send resume to: Patsy Sherry P.O. Box 518 North Conway, NH 03860 603-356-0282, 603-356-0283 patsyjo@roadrunner.com NCIL is an Equal Opportunity Employer

Help Wanted

Help Wanted KFC IS HIRING!! PART TIME AND FULL TIME POSITIONS AVAILABLE

We require people who are: • Team Players with an Outgoing Attitude

• Customer Focused • Competitive Pay

Come in for an Interview at our JOB FAIR! Tuesday March 8th from 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm 715 White Mountain Highway, Conway, NH

Can’t make these times? Drop by for an application all week!

Full Time Driver Local Co. has immediate full-time driver position available. Must have a clean driving record and a CDL-A license. Must be 21 years of age or older and have the ability to lift 50-75lbs frequently throughout the day. Should have basic computer knowledge. Excellent organizational and communication skills are essential. Qualified candidates can fill out an application at the NH Employment Security Office, 159 Pleasant St, Berlin or 518 White Mt Highway, Conway.

Help Wanted

Help Wanted Housekeeping

F/T or P/T Year Round Positions. Monthly bonuses. Health benefits available

Fax resume at 374-2414 or apply in person Seasons Condominium Resort Route 302, Bartlett, NH * 374-2361

Searching for creative, energetic, flexible people for Residential Float Staff/Trainer- People hired into these positions will be guaranteed 40 hours/week, either working to cover vacant shifts or supporting and training new and existing staff in the delivery of services to individuals with developmental disabilities in our multiple residential locations. At least three years experience working in the developmental disabilities field required. Knowledge of “Gentle Teaching” principles preferred. Flexibility to work a rotating schedule of shifts and days required. Please send resume with cover letter to: Melissa Hill, Program Director, New Horizons, 626 Eastman Rd., Ctr Conway, NH 03813, mhill@northernhs.org or fax: (603)356-6310. (1019). Full Time Residential Advisor- Candidate will be a responsible, caring individual who will assist adults in a residential setting. Duties will include assisting people with developmental disabilities with daily living skills and community integration. Experience as well as education in the Human Services field strongly desired, but will train the right candidate. High school diploma or equivalent required. Please send cover letter and resume to: Molly Campbell, Residential Manager, 626 Eastman Road, Ctr Conway, NH 03813, fax: (603)356-6310 or mcampbell@northernhs.org (1019). All positions require a valid driver’s license, proof of adequate auto insurance, completion of driver’s and criminal background checks. NHS is an EOE. Programs of NHS do not discriminate based on race, color, national origin, age, sex or disability.

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Help Wanted

IMMEDIATE OPENINGS Full and part time positions, benefits available. MUST BE FLEXIBLE TO WORK NIGHTS, WEEKENDS and HOLIDAYS.

Front Desk Agent • Housekeepers • House Person Strong work ethic and reliable candidates only. Will train the right individuals. Applications are available online at www.truenorthhotels.com (under careers) or stop by front desk between 10:30-3:00pm

Help Wanted

EXECUTIVE Director for Ossipee Main Street Program 20hrs/ wk. Associates degree required. Send resume to Pat Jones, PO Box 67, Center Ossipee, NH 03814 by 3/19/11.

GET paid to make a difference in someone’s life! LSS IHC is looking for caring individuals to provide in-home care services to elder or chronically ill individuals in their home. Multiple FT PCSP positions available in North Conway to assist a very sweet middle aged woman with memory impairments to remain safe in her home. This position requires assistance with supervision of the individual, housekeeping, meal preparation and transportation for local errands. Coverage needs include 7 days a week, 8-12 hour shifts available; Driver’s license required. Candidates must pass criminal history check, DMV record, DHS check. HS Diploma or GED preferred. Experience supporting others preferred. LSS IHC is a program of Lutheran Social Services; one of the largest social service organizations in New England. We serve and care for people in need, regardless of background or belief. LSS is an EOE. To apply, please forward your resume to hrnh@lssne.org.

EXPERIENCED Home Health Care Providers needed in Wolfeboro area. Weekends a must. 3pm-11pm shifts. Please email resume to timberlandhomecare@live.com. FULL time pay for part time hours- Managing and scheduling appointments. 20 hours per week. Telemarketing/ Customer Service experience required. Hourly wage + commission. Call 603-960-1501 Send resume to info@vacationwhitemountains.c om LICENSED REALTOR looking for steady income with benefits? Are you amazing interacting with clients, comfortable with database management & graphics design, & detail oriented? Assist a busy agent with all aspects of the business in this FT position. Send resume to Partner, PO Box 671, Intervale NH 03845.

HOUSEKEEPING FT & PT YEAR ROUND Interviewing for year round position in a high end, quiet, adult Inn. Experience and references required. We enjoy a small, efficient, reliable staff. Apply in person at the Snowflake Inn, Jackson Village.

HEALTHCARE ASSOCIATE Excellent opportunity busy local practice, strong computer skills required. $13-$14/hour depending on experience. Call at 877-233-3450.

St. Judes - $5

Help Wanted

Looking To Rent

MACHINIST/ TOOLMAKER

SENIOR looking to rent immaculate 1 bedroom with private bath in private home. N/S, no pets, I have alergies. Excellent references. (603)447-1808.

Full-time position making models, tools, special equipment, etc. Experience required. Send resume to: Dearbon Bortec, Inc., PO Box 310, Fryeburg, ME 04037.

RNs, LPNs & EMTs for outdoor school program Nature’s Classroom. Be with healthy children in a relax setting. Must live on site.

1-800-433-8375 or www.naturesclassroom.org STYLIN’ Studio Hair Salon is looking for an established hairstylist for booth rental position. Very busy location with lots of walk-in business. Flexible scheduling in a relaxed atmosphere. FMI contact Steph @ 356-6122 or (603)662-4076. WANTED Driver with Cargo van or pickup with cab (no SUVs) for vacation coverage, possibly other. Write: PO Box 51, Porter, ME 04068. Should live in Conway or Fryeburg area.

Home Improvements

Full service contractor. All types roofing, siding, decks, remodeling, new homes and garages. (603)323-7519 View our website: www.AddisonMasonBuilders.com

The leading Resort in the Mount Washington Valley

* Lifeguards *

* TEMPORARY Bellman Position * • Temporary Job in the Bells Dept (Finishes at the end of May or Early June) • Candidate will possess a great attitude and must be a team player! • Flexible schedule needed- nights/ weekends/ holidays • Must be able to lift 50 pounds Please email resumes to slambert@redjacketmountainview.com or stop at the Resort to pick up an application

GRANITE COUNTERS A quality job for a quality price. Quality Marble and Granite, (603)662-8447.

Home Works Remodelers

Come work in a fun and fast paced environment! • Candidate will possess a great attitude and must be a team player! • Flexible schedule needed- nights/ weekends/ holidays • Training provided by the resort Please email resumes to slambert@redjacketmountainview.com or stop at the Resort to pick up an application

TOWN OF JACKSON Selectmen’s Office Office Assistant/Receptionist Immediate part-time, year round position available Mon. 8:30a.m. through Thurs. 4:30p.m. Seeking career-oriented office assistant/receptionist, proficient in MS Word, Excel, Outlook and QuickBooks. Responsibilities include but not limited to financial accounting, customer services and general municipal office administration. Looking for highly motivated, detail oriented individual with strong organizational and communication skills. Position requires multi-tasking and excellent customer relation skills. Salary commensurate with experience and benefits include paid vacation, holidays and sick time.

All phases of construction, from repairs to complete homes. “Building on reputation” (603)455-7115, (603)447-2402, homwrksrem@yahoo.com. NEW Homes Garages Decks Remodeling, Roofing, 30yrs experience, fully insured. Jeff (207)583-6577, cell (207)890-7022.

To apply, please submit a letter of interest and resume by March 14th to:

Instruction FLYFISHING LESSONS

All interested applicants must have a high school diploma, valid drivers license, good driving record, own transportation and an up to date resume. Apprentice must be willing to attend trade school and work at FPI as training is on-going. FPI is seeking energetic individuals who wants a career in the heating and plumbing industry. Taking applications from NH or ME.

CDL B Tank Endorsement Federal Piping Company, Inc. currently has an open position for a CDL B driver in our Septic & Drain Cleaning business. This position to include assisting and training in our drain cleaning department. Individuals are to provide a safe driver report, proof of CDL B Tank endorsement, proof of citizenship, and up to date resume. Weekends and evenings, work as needed.

Federal Piping Company, Inc. is a leader in the service industry for NH & ME., a drug free workplace and an E.O.E.

FEDERAL PIPING CO., INC. Rt. 25, Freedom, NH

If interested in either of the above positions please call Mon. thru Fri. 9am-4pm (603)539-5826 to schedule an interview.

28! Wides $45,995 • $55,995 • $64,995 Mod. 2 Story 1,900! $85,995 WWW.CM-H.Com Open Daily & Sunday Camelot Homes Rt. 3 Tilton, NH

Motorcycles Buy • Sell • Trade www.motoworks.biz (603)447-1198. Olson’s Moto Works, RT16 Albany, NH.

Personals WANTED: Drag race companion male or female. Call Rambo 539-4352.

Real Estate BARTLETT House: 3 bedrooms, 2 baths, built 2004. Granite countertops, large kitchen, economical radiant heat, low Bartlett taxes. $199,000. (603)387-5724. IF you are looking to buy a house forget about the bank! Look what 10% to 15% down with good credit you can buy with Owner Financing. A very nice condition, cozy, 3 bedrooms, 1.5 bath chalet on 1/2 acre lot in Birchview by the Saco, Bartlett for $185,500. For details and a visit call 603-383-9165 or 617-571-4476.

SKI & STAY Lifetime ski pass at Attitash with the purchase of this sleep 4 quarter share condo at the slope side Grand Summit Hotel. $19,000 Attitash Realty, Rich Samia 374-6500 x1175.

TILE INSTALLATIONS Regrouting to bathroom remodeling. Ask about free grout sealing. American Pride Tile. (603)452-8181.

Town of Jackson, PO Box 268 Jackson, NH 03846 or email to: townadmin@jackson-nh.org

Help Wanted Apprentice Position For Heating & Plumbing Department

New 14! Wides $26,995 • $32,995 Or $1,600 down 240 @ $245 Apr 7.5%

1 CALL DOES IT ALL Ken Karpowich Plumbing and Remodeling. Licensed and insured in ME and NH. Repairs, installations, demo to finish remodeling. Call for a free estimate. I will call you back. 800-356-0315, 207-925-1423.

AM BUILDERS

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

Mobile Homes “LEFT OVERS” SALE!

on private trout pond. FFF certified casting instructor. Gift cert. available. (603)356-6240. www.mountainviewflyfishing.c om Learn to teach English as a second language and/ or learn Spanish in beautiful, eco friendly Costa Rica. Visit our web-site: globaltesolcostarica.com.

SINGING LESSONS Can't carry a tune in a bucket? I got a bucket that might help. Will consider trade. susanbrinker50@hotmail.com or (603)662-6145.

Land 2 lots: Panoramic view from Cranmore to Pleasant Mountain. Near National forest at foot of Evans Notch. Frontage on 113 north. $50,000 each. Call Jim Layne (207)935-3777.

Real Estate, Time Share EASTERN Slope Inn- Pool, new workout facility. Purchased for $9000, selling for $4000/obo. (207)935-3454. FOR Sale deluxe one bedroom condo, week 42, at the Suites at Attitash Mountain Village, 1200 sq.ft. $11,000. By owner (207)251-4595. RCI Time share at Eastern Slope Inn, week #6. $4500. 617-997-3414. Or email: rdm24@comcast.net.

Real Estate, Commercial REDUCED- 9 acres, cleared, flat commercial, Rt16, Ossipee, NH. 5500sf building. Restaurant septic. 3 exits, 3 bedroom apartment. 3 outbuildings. $175,000. (603)730-7524.

Rentals Wanted LOOKING to rent your vacation property for the season or long term. Call Anne @ (603)383-8000 or anne@fgpm.com.

CENTER Conway. Location, Location, Location! Jct. of 302 and 113. 78 acres. $299,000. 603-367-8054.

Roommate Wanted

STUNNING Mt. side view lot in Bartlett, overlooks Attitash. Septic and utilities in place. Appraised at $250k, asking $169k quick sale. (603)387-6393.

ROOMMATE wanted to share large new home in beautiful Jackson, private bedroom & bathroom, no pets, no drugs, no smoking. Available March 1st $500/mo (603)383-4460.

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Dogs at their best at Westminster show BY KAREN MCCARTHY On Feb. 14 and 15, the Westminster Dog Show was held at Madison Square Garden in New York. I was given the opportunity to accompany Karen Feld, award winning journalist and editorial director of Capital Connections, in Washington, D.C. and Bridgton, Maine summer resident, as her photographer. Madison Square Garden was teeming with excitement and anticipation of this very popular event. There was a myriad of dogs and handlers carpeting the fl oor anxiously awaiting the competition. Entering the behind the scenes benching area of the dog show, I had a panoramic view of hundreds of dogs and dog lovers in various stages of grooming, feedings and resting. All entries were sectioned off by breed, like pieces of a close knit puzzle. In this crowded array of benevolent activity, each section was creatively arranged to accommodate the very individual tastes of the owners and the needs of their dogs. There were large and small carriers, short and tall grooming tables, water bowls, food bowls, multi grooming “cosmetics,” blankets, pillows, toys and off to the side in each area, large sawdust fi lled bins for the dog’s comfort. The sounds were of muffl ed voices blending together in preparation; directives, networking, clicking of cameras and the distant announcements of show ring competitions. Notably absent was the sound of dogs barking or whining. This was amazing considering the hundreds of dogs tucked into tiny, crowded quarters and in close proximity to each other. Kudos to dog trainers for this

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a pure white, perfectly coiffed Bichon Frise’ with large black, expressive eyes which seemed to be saying, “I’m the prettiest one here.” In contrast lay a large, gray Elk Hound resting on the ﬂoor with its head and paws comfortably placed on it’s owners lap and likely wondering patiently when was show time. Several black and white Border Collies were lined up beside one another with their brown and white sister. Usually, very energetic with a high work ethic, these delightful dogs were disciplined and quiet as they waited their turn to show. Twin mini Greyhounds drew attention as they lay quietly in their beds watching all the activity around them, taking

everything in stride. Not to be outdone by any of these, a small Pomeranian sat patiently, seemingly wondering if all this would soon be over. On alert was a beautiful German Shepherd sitting tall beside it’s owner not realizing he didn’t need to be on guard duty in this venue. There were rare breeds, ﬁ rst time participants, award winners and affectionate pets. Each one waiting its turn in the ring. In the evening we sat in the stands as part of the appreciative audience as the parade of breed winners strutted around their respective ring trying to impress the judges. When a crowd favorite made it to the winners circle the roar of the crowd was deafening, not unlike a basketball or hockey game. To compete against your own breed is one thing but to compete against different breeds for the Best in Show title has to be the most difﬁ cult to judge. This year at the 135th annual Westminster Dog Show the winner was Hickory, a Scottish Deerhound owned by Sally Sweat of Minneapolis. The runner ups were Malachy, a Pekingese representing the toy dogs; Mr. Baggins, a Bearded Collie; Jayne, a Chinese Shar-Pei the top sporting dog; Adam, a smooth Fox Terrier; Ladybug, a Portugese Water Dog and Backham, a black Cocker Spaniel from the sporting group. The Westminster Dog Show is an event full of positive, loving energy, competitive spirit and ownership pride. All the dogs who participated deserve congratulations for not only being in the show but for their positive, good behavior and for being at their best.

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Marion (Wheeler) Templeton Marion (Wheeler) Templeton, 86, of Route 25 East in Center Ossipee passed away suddenly Thursday, March 3, 2011 at Huggins Hospital in Wolfeboro. She was born Nov. 3, 1924 in Brockton, Mass. the daughter of the late Charles and Fortuneta Wheeler. She had lived in Effi ngham for several years but lived in Center Ossipee for most of her life. Marion made and sold lawn ornaments as well as Christmas wreath and decorations, which she sold at her son’s, Arthur’s, snowmobile shop in Tamworth. Marion served as a volunteer for the Meals on Wheels program in Center Ossipee for many years. She enjoyed flowers and plants. She was the widow of the late Arthur W. Templeton Sr. Marion is survived by a daughter, Sandra Templeton, of Laconia; a son Arthur W. Templeton Jr., and his companion, Maria LeBlanc, of Tamworth; three grandchildren, Michael Tarling, and his wife Heidi, Marianne Tarling, and Mark Tarlin;, her sisters, June Brown and her husband, Richard, of Belmont, Frances Court, of Cerritos, Calif., and Jean Brown and her husband Alfred, Porter, Maine, nieces and nephews. Calling hours will be Monday, March 7, from 6 to 8 p.m. at Lord Funeral Home at 50 Moultonville Road in Center Ossipee. Funeral services will be Tuesday, March 8, at 2 p.m. at the Center Effi ngham Baptist Church on Route 153 in Center Effi ngham. Burial will be in Grant Hill Cemetery in Center Ossipee in the spring. Donations in her memory may be made to the Meals on Wheels Program, c/o Ossipee Concerned Program, Center Ossipee. –––––––––––– CELEBRATION OF LIFE ––––––––––––

Mary Marie Charles There will be a celebration of life for Mary Marie Charles Saturday, March 12, 2011 from 4 to 7 p.m. at Conway American Legion on Tasker Hill Road. This is a potluck, so bring a dish and share a story.

Henry Spencer 539-4964

SAU 49’s monthly meeting March 7 Tuesday is voting day, the time you can cast your ballot for those running for local offi ces, requests from our SAU for support, planning board proposals and other warrant articles. It has been said before in this column that voting is important, people have died to create the right, fought to keep and give it to others, fortunes have been expended to insure this right and yet we still only run around 30 percent participation. There is no excuse for not getting down to the Municipal offices to cast your ballot. You can call 539-7551 to fi nd out how late the polls stay open. Very important news: SAU 49’s monthly meeting will be held this month in Effingham at the school starting at 7 p.m. on Monday, March 7. There has been much discussion in town about our school district and its costs. This Monday night meeting will offer a chance for all Effi ngham residents to listen to the school board deliberate and, we can hope, answer questions. Do not see this as an opportunity to rant and rail. Blowing off steam at times seems essential but if we residents of

Effingham are to ever have any substantial infl uence over the school portion of our town tax rate getting up and yelling is no substitute to learning the system best able to insure that we citizens gain the knowledge to truly understand how it all works and then work at changing things. That many citizens in town are seriously worried if they will be able to keep their home because of taxes is obvious. As a resident of Effingham your reporter also pays taxes and is worried, but to think that coming to this meeting and doing nothing but look for blame or foist our anger off on the school board will do little to insure that future lines of profitable communication can be formed so that surprises like the upcoming drastic increase will not happen in the future. There are ways to display displeasure and dissatisfaction and worry which will have greater effect on any school board member than yelling at them, so think about your questions and have them ready, be prepared to express your deep felt worries with a direct heartfelt appeal. This meeting can be

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Lovell Library to host landscaping course The Charlotte Hobbs Library in Lovell will welcome back Barbara Murphy of the Oxford County Extension for a four week course on landscaping beginning on March 31 The schedule of topics is as follows: Thursday, March 31: Rethinking the Landscape (an overview of current landscape, practices and suggestions for reducing inputs into the landscape.) Thursday, April

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7: Right Plant/ Right Place (includes avoiding invasive plants). Thursday, April 21: Pruning. April 28: Using Native Trees and Shrubs in the Landscape. All programs will begin at 12:30 p.m. in the library’s program room and will end at 2 p.m. There is no charge for this course but people are asked to register at the library at 9253177.

the first step in forming a more responsive relationship with the governing body of the most expensive thing we as residents of Effi ngham own: our schools. Look at this meeting on Monday night as your best chance to start taking control. To make room for the voting booths this week’s selectmen’s meeting will be held on Monday night March 7 at 5 p.m. Your reporter has been informed that the selectmen will, after closing their meeting, make their way over to the school to discuss the current relationship between the school board and Effi ngham’s government. A prime concern is improving communications between the two bodies. Don’t forget March 4 from 6 to 8 p.m. you can watch the film “Bag It” at Runnels Hall in Chocorua. The movie is sponsored by the Green Mountain Conservation Group and there will be free popcorn, friends and lively conversations. Much of the Green Mountain Conservation Group’s efforts are being directed toward a deeper and broader understanding of the issues around groundwater.

PUBLIC NOTICE The Conway School District Annual Reports are currently available at the following locations: Conway and North Conway Libraries, Conway Elementary School, John Fuller School, Pine Tree School, Kennett High School, Kennett Middle School, Conway Town Hall, Webster’s Store, Hannaford’s, Shaw’s, and the S.A.U. #9 Office.

BARTLETT VILLAGE WATER PRECINCT PUBLIC HEARING ON BUDGET

PUBLIC NOTICE

To the inhabitants of the Bartlett Village Water Precinct qualified to vote in Precinct affairs: You are hereby notified to meet at the Bartlett Elementary School Cafeteria on Wednesday, March 16, 2011 at 7:00pm. We encourage your attendance! Bartlett Village Water Precinct Board of Commissioners: Matthew Howard Robert Blake David Ainsworth

The Bartlett School District Annual Reports are currently available at the following locations: Scenic Vista Store, Bartlett Town Hall, Patch’s Market, The Bartlett Elementary School, and the S.A.U. #9 Office.

PUBLIC NOTICE Jackson Water Precinct BOND HEARING

PUBLIC NOTICE Jackson Water Precinct BUDGET HEARING

To the inhabitants of the Jackson Water Precinct qualified to vote in Precinct affairs: You are hereby notified to meet at the Jackson Town Office on Tuesday, March 15, 2011, at 6:30 p.m. for a bond hearing, as per RSA 33:8A. The bond hearing is intended for discussion on water improvement project along Route 16. We encourage you attendance! Jackson Water Precinct Board of Commissioners: Karl Meyers, Anne P. Donnelly, Robert Gonski

To the inhabitants of the Jackson Water Precinct qualified to vote in Precinct affairs: You are hereby notified to meet at the Jackson Town Office on Tuesday, March 15, 2011, at 6:30 p.m. for the Jackson Water Precinct Budget Hearing. We encourage your to attendance! Jackson Water Precinct Board of Commissioners: Karl Meyers, Anne P. Donnelly, Robert Gonski

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Albany Town Column

Mary Leavitt 447-1710/Dorothy Solomon 447-1199

Albany voting, town and school district meeting on March 8 Town meeting time is upon us. Pick up the town report at town hall so you can peruse the warrant articles, budget, sample ballot and scope of proposed work to be done on town hall before getting to the meeting on Tuesday, March 8. If you want to see what’s in it and can’t pick up a copy before meeting time, go to albanynh.org and find all of this on the website. The selectmen’s office will be closed on Tuesday and the town clerk’s offi ce will open at 4:30 pm (half an hour later than usual) and be open until 7 p.m. Polling hours are from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and the school district meeting will commence at 7 p.m. Town meeting will follow the school meeting. At the Wednesday selectmen’s meeting Jack Rose began with a thank you to Kathy Vizard for an excellent job of compiling this year’s town report, for which she was given a round of applause from selectmen Jack Rose, Joe Ferris and Sara Knox, as well as the two public attendees, Lee Grant and Steve Knox. Forester Megan Henderson, representing the Mudd family that owns a large amount of land on Drake Hill Road, came in to discuss the management of approximately 300 acres of land. She claims that the best access to and from the property is Drake Hill Road, but the bridge is posted for 12,000 pounds, while the logging trucks would carry 100,000 pounds. Curtis had e-mailed the office to state that he had serious reservations about the use of the bridge by the logging trucks. He asked that the board table any discussion of this project until he was able to be present. It was decided to hold off on any use of the bridge by loggers until Curtis could be at the table.

Steve Knox, planning board chair, recommended the following: appoint Sam Farrington and him to the planning board as full voting members for a three year term, Josephine Howland as a full voting member for a two-year term, and resigning full voting member, John Newton to an alternate planning board membership for a one-year term. The recommendations were passed. Colleen Cormack spoke to the board regarding the proposed work on town hall. She is concerned that not enough funding was being proposed to actually support changes that would conserve energy. Though the initial cost of such work might be high, in the long run it would save more money. She spoke of the differences in fi berglass insulation vs. cellulose, and super insulation in the walls. Sara noted that the warrant article could be amended on the floor at town meeting. The board set a date of March 31 at 7 p.m. for an informational meeting regarding rumble strips for Route 16. Tin Mountain: Thursday, March 10 at noon, join ecologist, Charles Cogbill, at an EcoForum for a look at pre-settlement forests highlighting the uniqueness of the White Mountains. That evening at 6:30 p.m. John Magee of NH Fish and Game discusses current efforts to restore eastern brook trout habitat throughout the state. On Friday reserve your place for the ever popular owl program by Mark and Marsha Wilson. They will have six live owls for this interactive program. It is $3 per person, $10 per family for members. Call 447-6991. Don’t miss the 25th First Season Festival dinner and benefi t auction on Saturday, March 19, at the Fryeburg Academy Ada Wadsworth Arena. There

will be delectable hors d’oeuvres, upbeat music, a cash bar, and an amazing array of over 300 silent auction items. The hearty buffet is catered by Alan Whitaker and the Black Cap Grille, Chef’s Market, J-Town Deli and local restaurants will provide signature appetizers. Local celebrity auctioneer, George Cleveland will preside over the live auction. Call Donna Dolan at 4476991 ext 12 or e-mail to info@tinmountain.org to purchase tickets or learn more about the event. Library: On Monday at 7 p.m., Dr. George Baker will talk on “e.e. cummings: Reminiscences of a Neighbor. At 1 pm on Tuesday it’s Tea with Tara. Learn about great books, ﬁlms and music. Wednesday at 1:30 p.m. there is a discussion of the classics. Gibson Center: Neighbor-to-Neighbor invites you to their all-you-can-eat-breakfast at the Masonic Lodge of North Conway at their building above the theater across from Schouler Park from 8 a.m. to 11 a.m. They are asking for a free will donation with all funds going to the Neighbor-to-Neighbor project that assists low income, elderly and others in need in the Mt. Washington area to prepare their homes for the winter season. Andy Davis will be doing what he does so well...telling stories at the Corner House Inn in Center Sandwich, Thursday, March 10. Storytelling dinners begin at 6:30 p.m. Check it out. You’ll be glad you did. Congratulations to Huger and Junan Heath on the birth of another grandchild, Hunter Huger Jackson Trott. Hunter was born November 29 to Jeran Heath and David Trott. With winter refusing to leave, please take care and keep warm. Have a great week.

PUBLIC NOTICE

EFFINGHAM PUBLIC LIBRARY

TOWN OF MADISON

TOWN OF EATON

The Effingham Public Library has applied for a federal grant under the USDA Rural Development Community Facilities Program to purchase and install new library shelving. Comments from the public are welcome at an open meeting to be held at the Effingham Public Library, on Tuesday March 15th at 6:00pm.

Effective March 10, 2011, the Town roads in Madison will be posted for a 6-ton load limit and will remain posted until further notice. NO EXCEPTIONS will be granted this year due to the severity of the winter.

Notice of Annual Town Meeting

PUBLIC NOTICE TOWN OF TAMWORTH The Town Clerk/Tax Collectors Office will be closed on Tuesday March 8th for the Town/School Elections. The office will reopen @ 9:00am Weds Morning. (Absentee Ballots will be accepted on Monday March 7th 3-5 pm)

PUBLIC NOTICE SAU # 13 Pre-School Screening Clinic A FREE Developmental Screening Clinic will be held Wednesday, March 9, 2011, from 9:00 AM to 11:00 AM at the Freedom Integrated Pre-School at Freedom Elementary School If you have a child aged birth to 5, who is not currently attending a public Kindergarten program and is a resident of Freedom, Madison or Tamworth, or you know of and have concerns about a preschooler’s growth and development, you are invited to take part in this screening. Each child will be briefly screened in the areas of vision, hearing, motor development, communication and general knowledge. If concerns are noted, your child will be referred for further evaluation. Arrangements will be made with Family-Centered Early Supports and Services to assist with screening of infants and toddlers. If you wish to have your child take part in this FREE screening, please call Sandie Hill at the SAU #13 Office at 539-2610 or 323-5088 to schedule an appointment.

PUBLIC NOTICE

Tuesday, March 8, 2011 at the Evans Memorial Building 83 Brownfield Rd. Meeting Time: 8:00pm

Bartlett Zoning Board of Adjustment

TOWN OF EATON

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

Notice of Town/School Election

Notice is hereby given that a Public Hearing will be held at the Bartlett town hall, 56 Town Hall Road, Intervale on Monday, March 14, 2011 at 7:30 pm to hear the following request:

Tuesday, March 8, 2011 at the Evans Memorial Building 83 Brownfield Rd. Polls Open: 11:00am - 6:00pm Town Clerk’s Office will be closed Election Day. Absentee ballots accepted Monday, March 7th, 3-5pm.

PUBLIC NOTICE Notice is hereby given that a PUBLIC HEARING will be held by the Bartlett Planning Board on March 7, 2011 at 7:00 at the Bartlett town hall, 56 Town Hall Road, Intervale to discuss the following applications before the planning board: JM Brophy Realty Trust, 169 Dundee Road: Boundary-line adjustment of 247 sq. ft. between Lots 1 and 2. Tax Map 1DNDRD, Lot 84L00. Blaine & Patricia Rogerson and Linda & Kevin Harriman, McKiel Pond Road: Boundary-line adjustment between Lots MCK150 and MCK250 involving .8± acre. Tax Map 5VILLG. These hearings may be continued to other meetings without further notice provided that the date and time of the continuation is specified at this hearing. Public comment will be taken at this time. David Publicover, Chairman Bartlett Planning Board

1. The Habert-Jaques Company, Inc., d/b/a The Bartlett Inn: Application for Equitable Waiver of Dimensional Requirements to permit the location of an existing swimming pool within the rear property setback area to remain 9.2’ from the boundary line. The property is identified as 1477 US Route 302, Bartlett. Tax Map 5RT302, Lot 028L00. Public comment will be permitted during this hearing. Signed: Richard M. Plusch, Chairman

INVITATION TO BID TOWN OF MADISON BUS TRANSPORTATION FOR SUMMER PROGRAM The Madison Parks and Recreation Committee of Madison, NH is requesting bids for contracted bus services for the 2011 summer program running July 5 - August 19. The bus need would be 4 days per week transporting campers to and from field trips. The summer schedule is available upon request by emailing office@madison-nh.org or by calling 603-367-4332 option #1. A break-down of the hourly rate or per mile rate is requested so all bids can be compared equally. Bids must be marked Bus Bid on the outside of the envelope and mailed to Madison Rec Committee, PO Box 248, Madison, NH 03849 postmarked by March 10, 2011 or can be dropped off Monday through Thursday at the Madison Town Hall by March 10, 2011 at 4pm.

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HOME OF THE WEEK

ANALYSIS

Without loan giants, 30-year mortgage may fade away BY BINYAMIN APPELBAUM NEW YORK TIMES

WASHINGTON — How might home buying change if the federal government shuts down the housing finance giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac? The 30-year fi xed-rate mortgage loan, the steady favorite of American borrowers since the 1950s, could become a luxury product, housing experts on both sides of the political aisle say. Interest rates would rise for most borrowers, but urban and rural residents could see sharper increases than the coveted customers in the suburbs. Lenders could charge fees for popular features now taken for granted, like the ability to “lock in” an interest rate weeks or months before taking out a loan. Life without Fannie and Freddie is the rare goal shared by the Obama administration and House Republicans, although it will not happen soon. Congress must agree on a plan, which could take years, and then the market must be weaned slowly from dependence on the companies and the financial backing they provide. The reasons by now are well understood. Fannie and Freddie, created to increase the availability of mortgage loans, misused the government’s support to enrich shareholders and executives by backing millions of shoddy loans. Taxpayers so far have spent more than $135 billion on the cleanup. The much more divisive question is whether the government should preserve the benefi ts that the companies provide to middle-class borrowers, including lower interest rates, lenient terms and the ability to get a mortgage even when banks are not making other kinds of loans. Douglas J. Elliott, a fi nancial policy fellow at the Brookings Institution, said Congress was being forced for the fi rst time in decades to grapple with the cost of subsidizing middle-class mortgages. The collapse of Fannie and Freddie took with it the pretense that the government could do so at no risk to taxpayers, he said. “The politicians would like something that provides a deep and wide subsidy for housing that doesn’t show up on the budget as costing anything. That’s what we had” with Fannie and Freddie, Elliott said. “But going forward there is going to be more honest accounting.” Some Republicans and Democrats say the price is too high. They want the government to pull back, letting the market dictate price, terms and availability. “A purely private mortgage fi nance market is a very serious and very achievable goal,” Rep. Scott Garrett, the New Jersey Republican who oversees the subcommittee that oversees Fannie and Freddie, said at a hearing this week. “No one serious in this debate believes our housing market will return to the 1930s.” Still, powerful interests in both parties want the government instead to construct a system that would preserve many of the same benefi ts, with changes intended to minimize the risk of see MORTGAGES page 50

Today’s Home of the Week is a double-wide mobile home with three bedrooms and a carport.

Updated and energy-efficient FRYEBURG — Tucked away in a pine grove on its own acre, and only four miles from Shawnee Peak for skiing and Moose Pond for summer boating and fishing, is this nice 1984 doublewide mobile home with a full basement. What makes this Fryeburg home so unique is its location and the personal detail, design and lot orientation the owner used to make the home energyefficient and almost maintenance-free. This home was moved here four years ago from New Hampshire by a local family to be used occasionally by friends and relatives when visiting and enjoying the lakes and mountains. Added to the original home is a new trussed roof system, a 12-by-20foot sunroom and a 12-by-20-foot carport all with new painted steel roofing. A new drilled well and a new septic system were added, plus a full basement ready to finish if you want. Inside you will fi nd all new carpet and linoleum, a new gas range and refrigerator, two bathrooms, dining room, three bedrooms, large sunny living room and some furniture if wanted. The property is within the Fryeburg Academy school district, and is 20 minutes from from North Conway. Price is $99,900. Listing agent is David Dunham, of Exit Realty. He can be reached at (207) 890-5872 or ddunham@fairpoint.net. Website is www.davesellsmaine.com. The home’s Multiple Listing Service number is 990377

The home has 1,500 square feet of space.

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Route 16, Conway, NH 03818 Auction: Sunday, March 6th at 1:00 p.m. Preview: Saturday, March 5th 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. and Sunday, March 6th 10:00 a.m. to Sale Time. Items consist of contents from area estates plus consignments. Something for everyone! Framed and matted “Lord of the Rings” complete screen play with actorsʼ signatures, Iverson 16 ga. shot gun, cap gun rife, Tuborg Fiberoptic Beer Sign, 2 Genesee & Michelob lighted beer signs, oak china cabinet, oak armoir, oak table, drop leaf table, gateleg table, pine dropleaf table, heavy pine round table with 4 chairs, French Provincial desk & bureau, 3-pc. Mahogany bedroom set, 2 antique 3-drawer bureaus, newer 4-drawer oak bureau, brass bed, baby crib/bed with changing table & drawers, like new GE Electric Range, GE stacking washer/dryer, old alarm system from Ireland, yarn jack, pitcher & bowl set, 2 telescopes, 1911 hand-pump vacuum, 1989 seltzer bottle, Royal Ruby Schlitz beer bottles, early changeable sampler, entertainment center, bookcase, bar stools, “Washington Crossing Delaware” print, Washington & Troops Horseback meeting, 4 Tom Moody prints, Herman Harwich print, oil paintings, water color paintings, wet suit & scuba gear, Westbrass Surfboard Shower, DiSaldo mirror, Onkyo stereo system, Empire heater, Mark II guitar, tin folk bank, Wurlitzer organ, electric ice cream maker, spray gun kit, hand tools, lanterns, jugs, crocks, china, glassware, 2 sets of golf clubs, 2 fly rods, and Chatterwell, Chit-Chat, Chatterbox, & Frankleslieʼs books (1880s-1913), 2 Franklin Mint jackknife sets. This is a small sampling of items to be sold. Google Tom Troon, Auctioneer for auctionzip link for more details & photos.

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future bailouts. They say the recent crisis showed that the market could not stand on its own. “The kind of backstop that we have now, if it didn’t exist, we would have had a much more severe recession and a much sharper fall in home values,” said Michael D. Berman, chairman of the Mortgage Bankers Association, which represents the lending industry. Hanging in the balance are the basic features of a mortgage loan: the interest rate and repayment period. Fannie and Freddie allow people to borrow at lower rates because investors are so eager to pump money into the two companies that they accept relatively modest returns. The key to that success is the guarantee that investors will be repaid even if borrowers default — a promise ultimately backed by taxpayers. A long line of studies has found that the benefi t to borrowers is relatively modest, less than one percentage point. But that was before the fl ood. Fannie, Freddie and other federal programs now support roughly 90 percent of new mortgage loans because lenders cannot raise money for mortgages that do not carry government guarantees. One prominent investor, William H. Gross, the co-head of Pimco, the major bond investment fi rm, has estimated that he would demand a premium of three percentage points to buy such loans — a cost that would be passed on to the borrower. Proponents of a private market want the government gradually to withdraw its support, allowing investors to regain confi dence. They argue that interest rates would eventually settle into roughly the same patterns that held before the financial crisis. Some supporters of government backing also like the idea, believing that it will demonstrate the need for a backstop. “I myself am eager to see whether there needs to be a guarantee,” said Rep. Barney Frank of Massachusetts, a crucial Democratic voice on housing issues. Fannie and Freddie also make ownership more affordable by allowing borrowers to repay loans with fixed-interest rates over an unusually long period. A person who borrows $100,000 at 6 percent interest will pay $600 each month for 30 years, compared to $716 each month for 20 years.

The 30-year loan fi rst became broadly available by an act of Congress in 1954 and, from then until now, the vast majority of such loans have been issued only with government support. Most investors are simply not willing to make such a long-term bet. They prefer loans with adjustable rates. Alex J. Pollock, a former chief executive of the Federal Home Loan Bank of Chicago, said such loans would remain available in the absence of a federal guarantee, but they might be harder to fi nd. And lenders might demand a larger down payment. Or a better credit score. That would be a very good thing, said Pollock, now a fellow at the American Enterprise Institute. Longer terms make ownership affordable only by increasing the total cost of the loan, because the borrower pays interest for a longer period. Moreover, Pollock noted that over the last several years, borrowers with adjustable-rate loans paid less as interest rates fell, while those with fixed rates kept paying the same amount for devalued homes. “One of the reasons that American housing fi nance is in such bad shape right now is the 30-year mortgage,” he said, noting that such loans are not available in most countries. “For many people, it’s not at all clear that that’s the best product.” Fannie and Freddie also allow a wide swath of the American public to borrow money at the same interest rates and on the same terms. Borrowers who did not meet their standards were forced to pay higher interest rates to subprime lenders, but the companies essentially persuaded investors to treat a vast number American families as if they were interchangeable. They took messy bunches of loans, with risks as variable as snowfl akes, and created securities of uniform quality, easy to buy and sell. The result was one of the most popular investment products ever created. And in its absence, experts on housing fi nance say that fewer borrowers would qualify for the best interest rates. Susan M. Wachter, a real estate professor at the University of Pennsylvania, said a new government guarantee was needed to preserve a homogenous market. “There needs to be a systematic way of preventing” fragmentation, said Wachter. “That’s what we need a bulsee MORTGAGES page 52

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wark against. Because if there isn’t, it will occur.” The government seems least likely to maintain a ﬁnal set of beneﬁts — leniencies in loan terms that taxpayers effectively have subsidized for borrowers. Fannie and Freddie slashed the requirements for down payments in recent years, saying that they were helping people with minimal savings become homeowners. Two-thirds of the borrowers whose loans were guaranteed by the companies from 1997 to 2005 made a down payment of less than 10 percent. But borrowers who invest less default more often. The Obama administration has said that it wants the companies to demand a minimum down payment of 10 percent. A quirkier example is the ability to “lock in” an interest rate. Fannie and Freddie permitted lenders to make such promises at no risk because the companies had already obtained commitments from investors. In the companies’ absence, borrowers seeking rate locks may need to pay for them.

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– TRANSACTIONS –––––––––––––––––––––––––– BARTLETT CHRISTOPHER G & JOYCE A PAQUETTE TO SEAN E & CYNTHIA E BALCOM, LAND AND BUILDINGS, 135 LINDERHOF STRASSE, $222533. BROOKFIELD DIANE VORNOLI ET AL TO MARK L LOFGREN ET AL, LAND AND BUILDINGS, 363 WENTWORTH RD, $678200. CONWAY ANDREW M LEBLANC ET AL TO RUDOLF G & CATHY A ZIMMERER, LAND AND BUILDINGS, ADAMS CIRCLE, $183533. JAMES T & DAWN F EMERICK TO BOIES FAMILY REVOC TRUST, LAND AND BUILDINGS, SUREN RD, $125000. MADISON RYAN DEMERS TO RICHARD B & CHRISTINE E ENGLE, LAND AND BUILDINGS, BRISTENSTOCK DR, $15400. MOULTONBOROUGH DAVID M & JOYCE G MILLER TO ROGER & CHRISTINA WHITTLESEY, LAND, 11 HANNAH ST, $143533.

PROPERTY OWNERS ASSOCIATION TO EQUITY TRUST COMPANY, LAND AND BUILDINGS, 20 SAINT MORITZ ST, $93467. WAKEFIELD CHERYL M CHAPMAN TO JENNIFER M & MARC C THOMAS, LAND AND BUILDINGS, 22 PENNSYLVANIA AVE, $165000. Sales information is published in summarized form for your information only. These listings are not a legal record and do not include all details of each sale. Names shown are usually the ﬁ rst to appear on the deed. Any sale might have involved additional parties or locations. Prices listed are usually based on tax stamps. Prices for sales involving public agencies may not be accurate. Refer to actual public documents before forming opinions or relying on this information. Sales information is published under copyright license from the Real Data Corp. (603) 669-3822. Additional information on these and prior sales is available at www.real-data.com. ©2006 All Rights Reserved.

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Spurred by private hiring, job growth gathers steam BY CATHERINE RAMPELL NEW YORK TIMES

The waiting game still is not over, but it may be soon. The nation’s employers added 192,000 jobs on net in February, up from a gain of 63,000 jobs the previous month, the Labor Department reported on Friday. While February’s number represented the fastest growth in nearly a year, it was partly the result of a bounce back from unusually depressed hiring in January, when winter weather shuttered offi ces and factories around the country. Taken together, the job growth for the first two months of the year has not been much better than it was last fall. Still, economists are hopeful that the pace will soon pick up. “Economic recoveries can be like a snowball rolling down a hill, in that it takes time to get some momentum,” said John Ryding, chief economist at RDQ Economics. “People hesitate until they feel that the recovery’s durable enough, and then they have a tendency to jump in. Maybe we’re fi nally getting to that jumping-in moment.” The unemployment rate ticked down to 8.9 percent, falling below 9 percent for the fi rst time in nearly two years. This rate, which comes from a separate survey and is based on the total number of Americans who want to work, has remained stubbornly high in the last year despite payroll growth. Altogether 13.7 million people are still out of work and actively looking. Economists say the unemployment rate may rise temporarily in the next few months, as stronger job growth lures some discouraged workers back into the labor force. Right now the share of working-age population that is actively involved in the work force — that is, either in a job or actively looking for one — is at its lowest level in 25 years, an indication that many Americans are waiting for hiring to get better before resuming the job hunt. “It’s a puzzle, a genuine puzzle why that number has been stuck,” a senior

economist at Credit Suisse, Jay Feldman, said. “I expect it to recover somewhat in the coming months as the labor market improves and more people become encouraged about their job prospects.” Other recent economic reports — like those on unemployment insurance claims and manufacturing employment — have pointed to stronger demand for workers in recent months. The Federal Reserve, in a survey of its 12 districts, noted on Wednesday that the labor market had improved modestly, but the Fed chairman, Ben S. Bernanke, told lawmakers that “until we see a sustained period of stronger job creation, we cannot consider the recovery to be truly established.” A broader measure of unemployment, which includes people working parttime because they could not fi nd fulltime jobs and those so discouraged that they have given up searching, was 15.9 percent in February, down from 16.1 percent in January. The biggest job growth in February was in manufacturing, construction, and professional and business services. The construction numbers were unusually low in January, when the industry shed jobs, probably because of severe snowstorms. “In some cases it’s very hard to judge how big the underlying improvement here is in this data,” said Nigel Gault, chief United States economist at IHS Global Insight. Not every sector added jobs. State and local governments, squeezed by revenue shortfalls and a reluctance to raise taxes, again laid off workers. Local governments have shed 377,000 jobs since September 2008, when their number of employees last peaked. Federal employment was fl at, but federal employees may also be at risk of significant layoffs if Republican leaders in Congress get the budget cuts they have been pushing for. Economists at Goldman Sachs and elsewhere have warned that such budget cuts could ripple through the economy and lead to layoffs in the private sector.

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Best places to call home: Forget the lists, and take a look at the other factors BY MARILYN KENNEDY MALIA CTW FEATURES

Close your eyes and take a mental vacation. What U.S. town or city would you most like to be in? Chances are it's somewhere on the coast, at a lake, up in the mountains, or at a great golf course, right? So why have spots like Lafayette, Ind., or Omaha, Neb., recently been touted as some of America's best places? Well, a nice place to visit isn't necessarily where you want to live. And just as travel guides outline great spots to visit, lists abound defi ning the best places to call home. There are the most affordable cities lists (Omaha just ranked No. 1 on Forbes' best bargain cities list), best small cities to call home lists (where CNNMoney.com gave Lafayette the No. 2 spot), best places to retire lists, safest cities lists, and a host more. "There's probably anywhere from 250 to 300 lists coming out each year," estimates Bert Sperling, president of Sperling's Best Places, Portland, which publishes about 20 such lists annually. One reason there's such a long list of lists is simply because we like them. "Two broad topics dominate Web traffic for content providers: celebrity news and real estate," notes Morgan Brennan, a Forbes editor. Given our real estate fascination, it's no wonder that lists conferring "celebrity" status on selected spots draw attention. Nothing wrong with a little curiosity. But should anyone actually call a moving van, heading to a top-ranking destination? • Define your list "When we develop these lists we always disclose our criteria and urge people to come up with their own criteria," notes John Brady, founder of the website TopRetirements.com. Agrees Elizabeth Blakeslee, a Wash-

ington, D.C. Coldwell Banker associate broker: What you do with a particular list depends on your objectives. "If your goal is to improve your finances in an area with a better, more stable economy, then certain lists will help you [pinpoint] your decision," she adds. Look not just at the places on a list, but for an explanation of what determines the rankings, says Brady. Those determinants — whether climate, access to quality health care, local unemployment rates, local tax rates, school rankings, availability of cultural attractions, or others — can help define movers' priorities in what they want from a community. Younger retirees and pre-retirees often fi nd more value in nationwide rankings of best retirement places, believes Dallas agent Armand Christopher, who specializes in senior real estate. "Younger retirees tend to look at climate and lifestyle. Lists that look at [all areas of the nation] can absolutely spark ideas. But older retirees usually move to be near friends or family," Christopher observes. • The local scoop Even if you're planning on a move within the same general region, the "best" lists are helpful, maintains Sperling. Indeed, he believes local listings, usually published by regional and city magazines, provide some of the freshest insight into neighborhood offerings. "If an area is gentrifying, for instance, changes in the shopping or the number of hot new restaurants is refl ected first in these lists, because they're generated from observations," Sperling says. Compilers of national rankings, on the other hand, tend to take published data "and then they make visits to the spots that have good data to see how they really look," he shares. Copyright CTW Features

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• Chalet-style home with garage and outbuilding. Frontage on the Bearcamp River. • Fannie Mae Property. Purchase with as little as 3% down. • Approved for HomePath Renovation Mortgage Financing.

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Reason for Sale: Moving to retirement apartment complex. Comments: Great home for family, retired couple, or vacation home - just off Route 16, it is within an easy commute to Mt. Washington Valley, Portsmouth, & Meredith, and is just a short drive to 5 major ski areas and Ossipee Lakes Region for year-round recreation. It is also near a major snowmobile trail system.

$91,900

Turn-of-the-Century Charm in North Conway Village • Masterfully maintained, charming and spacious 4 bedroom home. • Beautiful wood floors throughout, large rooms, workshops, two porches. • Walk to school, PO, shops, restaurants. Perfect for vacations or year round living. MLS# 4046475 $199,000

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Affordable Home or Vacation Getaway on the Saco River

Waterfront Cottage on Duncan Lake - Don’t Wait For Summer!

• Fabulous 3-level riverfront townhouse. Bring your canoes and tubes. • 7 rooms, 2 bedrooms, 2 baths. Open living, dining, kitchen area. • Woodstove & hearth, cathedral ceilings, deck, 20 acres common ground. MLS# 4046560 $119,900

• 3 bedroom, 1,608SF lake home, very private. Gorgeous dock. • 2 hearths, pine interior, superbly maintained. Includes a detached garage. • 165’ lakefront, .51 acres. Sunroom overlooking the lake. The perfect retreat.

MLS# 4041422

$324,900

Page 56 — THE CONWAY DAILY SUN, Saturday, March 5, 2011

Eighteen people file for school and town offices on final day Eleven candidates for two Conway selectman seats

BY LLOYD JONES THE CONWAY DAILY SUN

CONWAY — It's over, and it's been a record turnout for candidates fi ling for town and school offices. Eighteen people threw their hats into the political ring on Friday alone capping off 10 incredible filing days. "I've never seen anything like it," Rhoda Quint, town clerk/tax collector for Conway, said Friday afternoon by phone. "It's been amazing to see so many people want to get involved." There are 11 candidates for two three-year

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former selectman Mark Hounsell withdrew his candidacy Thursday afternoon. Selectman is not the only position in town attracting considerable interest. The municipal budget committee, which has had as many as 10 vacancies over the past year and often struggled to maintain a quorum, has attracted record numbers for its eight openings. Betty Loynd, Terry McCarthy, Bill Marvel and Steven Bush all filed Friday for the four three-year seats on the committee. Also Friday, Brian Charles withdrew from seeking the one-year budget seat, refiling for the three-year term. Maury McKinney withdrew his name from the two-year term consideration and refiled for a three-year seat. There will be nine people seeking the four threeyear seats as Loynd, McCarthy, Marvel, Bush, Charles and McKinney are joined by incumbent Linda Teagan, Theresa Gallagher and Michael Boucher. The fi eld would have been 10, but Kelly Defeo withdrew her three-year candidacy Friday morning, refi ling for the one of two one-year seats on the committee. Also seeking the one-year terms are Maureen Seavey, who fi led late Thursday, and Greydon Turner, who was appointed to the budget committee two weeks ago. There will be a race for the two two-year seats on the budget committee. Danielle Santuccio and former budgeteer Ted Sares both filed Friday, joining Bobby Strong and Jason Fougere in the race. Another seat for one year will open up in April when current chairman David Sordi plans to step down. Two more people, Johnny Mazmanian and Mark Porter, have joined the race for a three-year term for police commissioner. Wayne Brett signed up earlier this week along with Rodney King, who was appointed last year to fi ll out the remainder of Bob Porter's (Mark Porter's father) term. There's also a race for two three-year terms as library trustees. Incumbents Bill Marvel and Judith Seddon both have filed for re-election while Sarah Charles has also signed up. Incumbent Martha Tobin and Kevin Flanagan filed Friday for the two three-year seats on the planning board. There are two openings for supervisors of the checklists: a one-year and a three-year position. Incumbent Mary Cuthbertson Denise Leighton both fi led for the three-year seat, however Leighton withdrew her candidacy for three years Friday and refiled for the one-year term. Incumbent Rebecca Oleson filed for the moderator post, for another one-year term. Incumbent Wendy Holmes has fi led for the three-year trustee of funds position. There are three three-year seats on the school board opening up: Janine McLauchlan and Rick Breton are the incumbents while Alana Starkey was appointed last summer to fill out the remainder of Kelley Murphy's term on the board. Breton and Starkey both signed up last Wednesday while Melissa Stacey, former chair of the budget committee, joined the race Tuesday and former Kennett High teacher/coach John Skelton was the last candidate to fi le, doing so just before 5 p.m. Friday, bringing the field to five candidates for three seats.. Other school positions include: one-year terms for moderator (Doug Burnell is the incumbent and fi led Thursday), treasurer (Ted Sares is the incumbent and has fi led for another term) and clerk (Quint is the incumbent). Voting for offices takes place on April 12 at the Conway Community Building in Center Conway from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m.