The Laconia Daily Sun, January 29, 2013

Bipartisan immigration plan Senators from both parties join to pledge far reaching reform — Page 2

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LACONIA — The City Council intends to overhaul the collection of solid waste and recyclable materials at the curbside in the next fiscal year, which begins on July 1, but has yet to choose from among several options City Manager Scott Myers presented to its Public Works Committee last night.

Relying on a memorandum prepared by Ann Saltmarsh of the Department of Public Works (DPW), Myers outlined four proposals, all designed to reduce the cost of collecting, transporting and disposing of solid waste by more than doubling the volume of recycling to at least 30-percent of the waste stream.

Currently the city spends approximately $1,450,000 to dispose of solid waste and col-

lect recyclable material, of which $924,000 is funded by property taxes. Every ton taken out of the waste stream and recycled reduces the cost of collecting, transporting and disposing of solid waste, which is funded by property taxes, by more than $150-per-ton.

Although a “Pay-As-You-Throw” (PAYT) see TRASH page 23

Gilford fire truck feud to spill over to ballot box as LaBonte runs for engineer

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BELMONT — A person speaking on behalf of the two families who lost their home in an early morning fire January 20 has requested a meeting between selectmen and members of the families.

A shouting match on the subject of whether or night the fire department’s response was ade-

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Peter Kariagianis, Donald Foudriat and Jim Walker, founders and former presidents of the Lakes Region Clean Water Association, which gained national recognition for its environmental activism in the 1970s, say that the organization’s legacy is reflected in its recent gift to the town of Sanbornton to help pay for a Black Brook watershed management plan. (Roger Amsden/for the Laconia Daily Sun)

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A visit with the men who put an end to using Lake Winnisquam as a toilet LACONIA — The Lakes Region Clean Waters Association, which gained national recognition in the 1970s for its environmental activism, has officially disbanded and closed its books.

But, typical of the commitment to the environment that three of the founding fathers of the organization, Jim Walker of Tilton, Donald Foudriat of Sanbornton and Peter Kariagianis of Laconia, typify, it didn’t depart the scene without making

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Walker says that the final two expenses chalked up in the organization’s books were a documentary on it’s history, ‘’Clearing the Water’’, which was completed nearly two years ago, and a $5,000 contribution to the town of Sanbornton, which helped finance a $40,000 watershed management plan for the Black Brook area. see CLEAN WATER page 20

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GILFORD — Budget Committee member Philip “Pat” LaBonte is running for the Board of Fire Engineers. As of yesterday, LaBonte has not signed up for reelection to the town Budget Committee.

The filing period closes on Thursday.

LaBonte, who has served Gilford in a number of capacities including a stint as a fire engineer, has recently become of of the staunchest critics of the department. His concerns have been centered around maintenance issues and what he believes to be a lack of regular maintenance and poor record keeping.

He and Budget Committee member Kevin Leandro led the charge last year when the Fire Engineers recommended buying an attack engine to replace Engine 4.

LaBonte and Leandro have extensive backgrounds in diesel engines and heavy trucks. Neither see GILFORD page 11

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Immigration overhaul? Group of GOP & Dem senators vow action WASHINGTON (AP) — Side by side, leading Democratic and Republican senators pledged Monday to propel far-reaching immigration legislation through the Senate by summer providing a possible path to citizenship for an estimated 11 million people now in the U.S. illegally.

The senators acknowledged pitfalls that have doomed such efforts in the past, but they suggested that November’s elections — with Hispanics voting heavily for President Barack Obama and other Democrats — could make this time different.

Passage of the emotionally charged legislation by the Democratic-controlled Senate is far from assured, and a taller hurdle could come later in the House, which is dominated by conservative Republicans who’ve shown little interest in immigration

Dutch Queen Beatrix abdicating after 33 year reign; her son will be king THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The Netherlands’ Queen Beatrix announced Monday that she is ending her reign after 33 years and passing the crown to her eldest son, who has long been groomed to be king but who will have to work hard to match his mother’s popularity.

The widely expected abdication comes at a time of debate over the future of the largely ceremonial Dutch monarchy, but also as calm has descended upon the Netherlands after a decade of turmoil that saw Beatrix act as the glue that held together an increasingly divided society.

“Responsibility for our country must now lie in the hands of a new generation,” Beatrix, one of Europe’s longest-serving monarchs, said in the simple, televised speech announcing her abdication.

The queen, who turns 75 in just a few days, said she will step down from the throne on April 30. That same day, her eldest son, Willem-Alexander, will be appointed king at an inauguration in Amsterdam.

He will be the Netherlands’ first king since Willem III died in 1890.

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Besides the citizenship provision, including new qualifications, the Senate measure would increase border security, allow more temporary workers to stay and crack down on employers who would hire illegal immigrants. The plans are still short on detail, and all the senators conceded that months of tedious and politically treacherous negotiations lie ahead.

But with a re-elected Obama pledging his commitment, the lawmakers argued that six years after the last sustained congressional effort at an immigration overhaul came up short in the Senate, chances for approval this year are much better.

“Other bipartisan groups of senators have stood in the same spot before, trumpeting similar proposals,”

said Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y. “But we believe this will be the year Congress finally gets it done.

The politics on this issue have been turned upside down,” Schumer said, arguing that polls show more support than ever for immigration changes and political risk in opposing it.

“Elections. Elections,” said Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz. “The Republican Party is losing the support of our Hispanic citizens. And we realize that there are many issues on which we think we are in agreement with our Hispanic citizens, but this is a preeminent issue with those citizens.”

Obama got 71 percent of the Latino vote in November compared to 27 percent for Republican Mitt Romney. see IMMIGRATION page 8

NEW YORK (AP) — The Boy Scouts of America may soon give sponsors of troops the authority to decide whether to accept gays as scouts and leaders — a potentially dramatic retreat from an exclusionary nationwide policy that has provoked relentless protests.

Under the change now being discussed, the different religious and civic groups that sponsor Scout units would be able to decide for themselves how to address the issue — either maintaining an exclusion of gays, as is now required of all units, or opening up their membership.

Gay-rights activists were elated at the prospect of change, sensing another milestone to go along with recent advances for same-sex marriage and the end of the ban on gays serving openly in the military.

However, Southern Baptist leaders — who consider homosexuality a sin — were furious about the possible change and said its approval might encourage Southern Baptist churches to support other boys’ organizations instead of the BSA. Monday’s announcement of the possible change comes after years of protests over the no-gays policy — including petition campaigns that have prompted some corporations to suspend donations to the Boy Scouts.

Under the proposed change, said BSA spokesman Deron Smith, “the Boy Scouts would not, under any circumstances, dictate a position to units, members, or parents.”

Smith said the change could be announced as early as next week, after BSA’s national board consee SCOUTS page 11

SANTA MARIA, Brazil (AP) — The nightclub Kiss was hot, steamy from the press of beer-fueled bodies dancing close. The Brazilian country band on stage was whipping the young crowd into a frenzy, launching into another fast-paced, accordion-driven tune and lighting flares that spewed silver sparks into the air.

It was another Saturday night in Santa Maria, a university town of about 260,000 on Brazil’s southernmost tip.

Then, in the pre-dawn hours of Sunday, it turned into a scene of indescribable horror as sparks lit a fire

in the soundproofing material above the stage, churning out black, toxic smoke as flames raced through the former beer warehouse, killing 231 people.

“I was right there, so even though I was far from the door, at least I realized something was wrong,” said Rodrigo Rizzi, a first-year nursing student who was next to the stage when the fire broke out and watched the tragedy unfold, horror-stricken and helpless.

“Others, who couldn’t see the stage, never had a see BRAZIL FIRE page 20

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Barge hits Mississippi River Congress passes $50.5B Superstorm Sandy aid bill Housing and Urban Development Department comWASHINGTON (AP) — Three months after bridge; oil cleanup ongoing Superstorm munity development block grants. Of that, about Sandy ravaged coastal areas in much

VICKSBURG, Miss. (AP) — Experts say the stretch of Mississippi River where vessel traffic was halted after a barge hit a railroad bridge on Sunday is one of the most dangerous along the 2,500-milelong river.

Late Monday, cleanup crews were skimming oily water near Vicksburg, a day after a barge struck a bridge, rupturing a compartment holding 80,000 gallons of oil.

Authorities said that the oil was being contained and there was no evidence of it washing ashore downriver. Orange boom was stretched across part of the river downstream from the barge, and small boats patrolled the area as oil was pumped from the ruptured tank into another tank on the same barge.

Officials hope to eventually transfer all the oil to another barge.

Tugs were holding the barge at the bank on the Louisiana side of the river, directly across from Vicksburg’s Riverwalk and Lady Luck casinos.

Coast Guard spokesman Lt. Ryan Gomez said a tug was pushing two tank barges when the collision occurred about 1:30 a.m. Sunday. Both barges were damaged, but only one leaked. Authorities declared the bridge safe after an inspection.

Gomez said United States Environmental Sersee BARGE page 23

of the Northeast, Congress on Monday sent a $50.5 billion emergency relief measure for storm victims to President Barack Obama for his signature.

“I commend Congress for giving families and businesses the help they deserve, and I will sign this bill into law as soon as it hits my desk,” Obama said in a statement late Monday.

Despite opposition from conservatives concerned about adding billions of dollars more to the nation’s debt, the Senate cleared the long-delayed bill, 62-36, after House Republicans had stripped it earlier this month of spending unrelated to disasters. All 36 votes against the bill were from Republican senators.

“This is a huge relief,” said Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., noting the vote came 91 days after Sandy struck.

The House passed the bill two weeks ago. Lawmakers say the money is urgently needed to start rebuilding homes, businesses, public transportation facilities and other infrastructure damaged by the Oct. 29 storm, one of the worst to strike the Northeast.

Sandy roared up the East Coast and is blamed for more than 130 deaths and tens of billions of dollars in property damage, particularly in New York and New Jersey. The measure is aimed primarily at helping residents and businesses as well as state and local governments rebuild.

The biggest chunk of money is $16 billion for

Defense contractor BAE laying off 300 workers, many in N.H. NASHUA (AP) — Defense contractor BAE Systems is laying off 300 employees, two-thirds of them at its plant in southern New Hampshire.

The company said in a statement Monday that affected employees will be notified by March 4.

About 4,600 employees work at the plant in Nashua, N.H. Other reductions in the 11,000-employee workforce will take place in Wayne, N.J.; Greenlawn and

Endicott, N.Y.; Manassas, Va., and Austin, Texas.

The company said in a statement from its Electronic Systems sector in Arlington, Va., the layoffs are a necessary response to changing staffing requirements and the overall economic climate for its industry.

BAE said it believes the result of the action will be a stronger, more competitive business.

$12.1 billion will be shared among Sandy victims as well as those from other federally declared disasters in 2011-2013. The remaining $3.9 billion is solely for Sandy-related projects.

More than $11 billion will go to the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s disaster relief aid fund for providing shelter, restoring power and other storm-interrupted utility services and meeting other immediate needs arising from Sandy and other disasters. Another $10 billion is devoted to repairing New York and New Jersey transit systems and making them more resistant to future storms.

Sen. Dan Coats, R-Ind., said Republicans weren’t seeking “to undermine” help for Sandy victims but instead were trying to make sure that the money was actually being spent on emergency needs.

“We’re simply trying to say we need some standards,” Coats said.

Earlier in January, Congress approved and Obama signed a $9.7 billion bill to replenish the National Flood Insurance Program, which has received well over 100,000 flood insurance claims related to Sandy. Added to the new, $50.5 billion package, the total is roughly in line with the $60.4 billion that Obama requested in December.

The aid package was greased for passage before the last Congress adjourned and the new one came in on Jan. 3. But Speaker John Boehner refused to bring it to the floor after two-thirds of House Republicans voted against a “fiscal cliff” deficit-reduction deal raising taxes on couples making more than $450,000 a year while deferring some $24 billion in spending cuts to defense and domestic programs.

The ruckus after the Senate had passed an earlier $60.4 billion Sandy relief package by a nearly 2-to-1 margin on Dec. 28 exposed deep political divisions within Republican ranks. “There’s only one group to blame for the continued suffering of these innocent see SANDY page 23

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Let’s stop arguing about birth control I’m looking forward to the year 2040, because that is when we won’t be debating anymore whether birth control belongs in a basic health plan.

Why? Because by then this fight over the obvious just has to have settled into broad acceptance. I could be wrong, of course. Foes of birth control could persist, citing religious objections. One hopes they move on.

In the meantime, lawsuits are flying to challenge the part of the Affordable Care Act requiring contraceptive coverage in employee health care plans. Rulings in the lower courts are all over the place, and so the matter seems likely to end up in the U.S. Supreme Court.

The theme here is: Times Change.

If the justices rule against the birthcontrol requirement, they will only be delaying the inevitable.

The Book of Leviticus calls for executing adulterers. We don’t kill adulterers today, though some cultures still execute the women involved. (In the United States, even a light stoning would bring charges of assault.)

There was a time when Medicare went against the conservative creed. For many, fighting the birthcontrol mandate seems another means of harassing the health care reforms.

In 1961, Ronald Reagan bashed the proposed Medicare program in a recording titled, “Ronald Reagan speaks out against SOCIALIZED MEDICINE.” He melodramatically warned that if Medicare wasn’t stopped, “you and I are going to spend our sunset years telling our children and our children’s children what it once was like in America when men were free.”

Today, nearly 50 years after the program’s creation, most conservatives talk of “saving” the program for future generations.

Their idea of saving it might be letting private insurers cut the guts out of benefits. They might want means-testing to the point that Medicare becomes a program for the poor — and Americans with money won’t care whether it lives or dies. Neither approach would leave Medicare the universal benefit

most Americans know and cherish, but no serious politician tars it as a path to socialist dictatorship.

Yes, contraception is a somewhat different situation. It goes against Roman Catholic doctrine, even though the vast majority of Catholic women have used birth control without apology. Church leaders challenge the part of ObamaCare requiring such coverage for employees at their hospitals, colleges and charities.

Accommodating people of faith — and some evangelicals oppose birth control, as well — would seem a reasonable thing to do. But only up to a point. I recall a conversation not long ago with a Christian Brother, member of a male religious community within the Catholic Church that does wonderful work with young people. One case involved the daughter of an impoverished immigrant having her second baby at age 16.

I asked him, “Shouldn’t she be getting in touch with birth control?” He shrugged and pointed to his collar.

I was not sure whether his shrug meant, “Yes, but I’m not allowed,” or, “You know I don’t believe in birth control.”

To me, the most humane approach would have been to get this girl a health care provider able to dispense contraceptives. Sure, female lawyers, teachers and middle-class homemakers could pay extra for their own, if it came down to that (and it shouldn’t). But the poor most need this kind of coverage. Given the economic and social afflictions tied to unplanned teenage pregnancies, it would also seem a compelling state interest.

Note that I didn’t get into the feminist argument here, though one can be made. Let’s keep this simple: Contraception is so obviously a basic in any health care plan. It’s only a matter of time before we stop making an issue out of it. May that time be short.

(A member of the Providence Journal editorial board, Froma Harrop writes a nationally syndicated column from that city. She has written for such diverse publications as The New York Times, Harper’s Bazaar and Institutional Investor.)

I have learned so much serving you as one of your selectmen To the editor, Dear fellow residents of Meredith: As I approach the end of my first year as a member of your selectboard, I want to take this opportunity to thank you. I am very pleased to be a member and I am thoroughly enjoying it!

I have experienced much this year and I have learned so much about municipal government and the

responsibilities that come with it.

There will always be difficult decisions from time to time and I will continue to do my very best for the good of our town. Thank you again for the opportunity to serve you. Please feel free to contact me and I look forward to hearing from you.

Carla Horne Meredith

LETTERS 8.9% increase comes after 5 years of level funded county taxes To the editor, The Belknap County Commissioners have remained silent, generally preferring to discuss these issues in open public meetings, but at some point the correct information must be provided to those who are unable to attend the meetings.

Each year the commissioners prepare a recommended budget, based on the knowledge and experience of the professionals who are hired or elected to manage their departments and to provide county services. This budget is presented to the delegation with the expectation that it will be thoroughly reviewed, challenged, and revised. It is further expected that the delegation will take the time to learn about county operations and the costs and challenges associated with providing these particular public services. From the beginning stages of budget preparation (departmental requests) and through every revision, the impact on taxes is the primary concern. At the point in the process where the commissioners receive the departmental requests, mid–late September, every discussion regarding the budget is held in open, public meetings. There are minutes posted on the county’s website, usually reporters are present, and some are televised on public access tv. The commissioners encourage public participation at every meeting.

It is always difficult when each biennium, a new delegation is elected and one of their first tasks is to appropriate a county budget. Often they have no prior knowledge of county operations, very little time to devote to attending county meetings, and all of the state’s issues on their plate to contend with.

So yes, it is concerning when a brand new delegation makes it’s first order of business to exert it’s statutory right to restrict the governing body’s ability to transfer any funds from department to department. For many years past delegations have allowed commissioners to use their discretion up to $10,000 for transfers of this nature.

There has been no problem, concern, or even a question asked about this process.

The commissioners spend all year planning, forecasting, and monitoring the budget. They encourage employees to reduce spending where they can,

consolidate, cooperate, and conserve.

They also acknowledge the employees for the work they do on behalf of the 65,000 residents of the county, who only become aware of these services when something goes very wrong for them or their families. All of this goes on all year long, with little to no input or involvement by the delegation. Every year the commissioners request, invite, and encourage delegation participation at meetings, on committees, and in consultation regarding the impacts of their work in Concord on the county’s property tax payers.

This year’s 8.9 percent tax increase comes after five years of level funded or decreased county taxes. No elected body wants to be the one to allow for an increase, however, this is a trend that cannot continue without significant impact on county operations and therefore county services. An operation of this size and responsibility, with approximately $30 million dollars coming in and $30 million dollars going out, with over 200 employees providing public services, requires general personnel, finance, and administrative oversight and accountability.

In addition to an elected governing body to provide policy direction, long range planning and stewardship over taxpayer money and property. All of this depends upon a legislative body to appropriate responsible funding.

With tighter revenue and expense budgets, comes reduced undesignated fund balance. The ability to maintain a stable fund balance at a reasonable level has long been recognized as a governmental accounting best practice. For many years the county has maintained a stable level of fund balance, while continuing to hold the tax rate level. We have been able to make significant infrastructure improvements, implement energy efficiency strategies, reduce the county’s workforce by 37 full time employees, and are well into a very public planning process for a new community corrections facility and jail. As the fund balance deteriorates, our ability to plan for controlled, stable, necessary tax increases is diminished, along with our credit rating. We believe that this is the point (after five years) at which a tax increase at the county level is see next page

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NRA has same view of 2nd Amendment as Supreme Court does To the editor, Another day and lo and behold another anti-gun/NRA rant that is long on rhetoric and short on facts.

Mr. Maloof of Plymouth made a lot of statements in Wednesday’s letter but didn’t back them up with any facts, which I find to be a common occurrence when people from the anti-gun crowd submit letters to this paper. I am going to take the liberty to make a statement that I can’t prove and that is, if these people weren’t rallying against firearms they would find another issue du jour to vent their pent-up anger on.

First off let me say factually that firearms don’t last forever because if they did there would be no market for antique firearms that is booming at this time. Secondly, I doubt if Mr. Maloof still drives his first car or pedals his first bike. Also,think of all the new tools that come to market on almost a daily basis. I could go on and on but I think you get the drift.

Another non-fact in his letter was seeing assault weapons of all kinds on the streets. What an idiotic statement! When are you people going to learn what an assault rifle is before making these statements that show your ignorance of the subject that you are writing about.

“Don’t think for a minute that the NRA doesn’t get a cut from every firearm sold” Mr. Maloof’s words. Where’s the beef? Please fax the proof of that statement to The Sun so that it can be published for everyone to see. Does the NRA get donations from the gun

industry? Yes they do, just as Obama gets political donations from the NEA (teachers) and other unions. The bulk of the donations from the gun industry go to finance the firearms safety courses which the NRA sponsors all over the country. Where does the NEA’s money go?

He also states “way over a million of us have been killed by their products since the Kennedy assassination.”

Again, all noise and no facts. I think if you included the Vietnam War and other battles since JFK’s assassination, the number would still be well below his. “ So it’s never been the right to keep and bear arms and maintaining a state militia aka negro slave patrols.”

What the heck is he talking about? He claims the NRA has a distorted view of the 2nd Amendment and a hunter’s right to kill four legged creatures and for children to attend school without being riddled by assault rifles. (See 2nd. paragraph.) The NRA has the same view of the 2nd Amendment as the Supreme Court does.

So Mr. Maloof, if you can back up your statements with facts I will gladly retract all of mine. In the meantime I suggest you sit down with someone and discuss your penchant for maligning the truth which you seem to be proficient at. You certainly could use the help. Oh, by the way, I hope you have a large supply of chicken wings to protect yourself with in case of a home invasion.

Dave Schwotzer Meredith

I plan to keep $5-$10 in cash close by for small, local purchases To the editor, I just wanted to write in in support of the “small business” letter sent in

by John from his local business, “My Coffee House”, requesting us to keep $5 or $10 close by for our local small purchases. I for one plan do just that,

to help keep our hard earned money in our community. I think the credit cards get enough, don’t you?

Janine Page Another small business owner Laconia

from preceding page finally unavoidable.

At this delegation’s insistence that county taxes shall not increase under their watch, the commissioners have gone back to the drawing board and identified the areas of least impact to the provision of services. This will not be without sacrifice by the county employees and will certainly slow the progress of some programs. The commissioner’s initial recommended budget increase

would have cost an average homeowner approximately $25 in 2013. The majority of the delegation has chosen to pass that entire cost onto 200 of their constituents who happen to be county employees at a rate of approximately $2,000 each in 2013.

The Belknap County Board of Commissioners John H. Thomas Stephen H. Nedeau Edward D. Philpot, Jr.

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To the editor, “Diverse” and “nuance.” You, editor Ed Engler, co-chair of Lakes Region Listens, are reported to have used those words in praise of Wednesday’s “community conversation” about whether or not to implement all-day kindergarten in the Winnisquam Regional School District.

I would use these words: diversion and nonsensical. How else to describe the misapplication of Delphi-style group facilitation to a yes/no question? The agenda we were given at the beginning of the meeting clearly stated the topic for the evening: “Should the Winnisquam Regional School District begin offering 5-year-olds a full day kindergarten program?” This question is instantly recognizable as a warrant article voted down at last year’s annual school district meeting.

Yet here it was again, up for discussion at the behest of the school board.

It wouldn’t take a cynic to see this retreaded idea as an effort to divert attention away from the many real problems we face in this district.

The board and administration may have been pleased to read that we had a “healthy conversation,” and “how nuanced the positions are, in terms of it not being a black or white issue.” But this is utter nonsense. Diverse and nuanced opinions only matter when groups discuss open-ended questions, exploring a range of possible solutions to address a specific problem. But we had no problem statement; neither the board nor the administration had bothered to create one. At my table — with four public school employees and three “civilians,” plus the facilitator — we began to create our own.

But we couldn’t know on what issue or issues we should focus. Without leadership providing guidance on the biggest challenges facing the district, we could only guess. All we knew for certain was that someone in a leadership position didn’t like the answer on kindergarten we gave them last year.

An informal poll of Wednesday’s participants revealed that no minds were changed. A vote on the issue before the meeting would have yielded the same result as a vote held after our diverse and nuanced conversations. Why should anyone have expected a different outcome? No relevant learning materials on the topic were available at the meeting, just a “fact sheet” that provided unhelpful nuggets such as the fact that 84 percent of public schools in southern states offer full day kindergarten. A fact, yes, but hardly relevant to whether we should do so in Winnisquam. It’s no surprise that we came and went with our opinions intact.

We had been told that our school board would decide whether or not to bring this issue for another vote based

on the Lakes Region Listens report of this meeting. Except — the board blinked. Less than 24 hours before the long-planned “community discussion,” the board voted unanimously to withdraw support for the proposed warrant article. The reason given was apparently “economic.” But what had really changed?

We can’t know what was going on in the minds of board members (the meeting minutes dedicate far more space to the all-consuming chocolate milk crisis than to this $300,000 warrant article), but it is not difficult to believe that, after raising the issue publicly, some on the board didn’t want to be put in the position of voting “no” after receiving the Lakes Region Listens report. Even a true believer in the cause of all-day kindergarten should see that this group facilitation approach was useful only as a shield, buffering the board from the direct voice of the people. The board could be reasonably certain that the report would favor all-day kindergarten, giving them an excuse for revisiting a decision we had made just 10 months before. That’s what Delphi does.

And that’s why we should not accept further Delphi-style facilitation in the Winnisquam district. We should expect our district leaders to assess and prioritize the challenges we face.

We should demand that they create problem statements addressing our challenges, and then ask for direct community input in open meetings.

At last year’s district meeting I suggested a couple such problem statements, and I did so again in print and in e-mails to the board. If they don’t believe, as I do, that low proficiency in reading by too many of our middle school children is an issue we should discuss, or that having our high school ranked 63 out of 82 schools in math is a problem we could brainstorm, they could just look to the recent survey of high school students, teachers, and parents (posted on the high school web site) to find plenty of other challenges that we must address if we hope to improve our schools.

The road to solutions starts with creating a problem statement that focuses on a definable issue. It must be unambiguous and devoid of assumptions. It can’t be a simple yes / no question about a specific program.

That first step is the responsibility of the leadership team we’ve hired or voted into office. Then, if they want diverse and nuanced opinions that matter, they need to take the next step down that road: they need to listen — directly, in open session — to a variety of opinions. We don’t need outside facilitation. We need leadership.

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Surely he knows a few letters (or a few thousand letters) or a few protests will not halt the Obama socialists gradual dismantling of the U.S. Constitution.

The solution is, has been, and will remain in the voting booth. Do NOT vote for Democrats. see next page

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LETTERS Should name repeal of Stand Your Ground Law after Forest Gump To the editor, I received a call today from a friend from Franklin who started telling me about HB-135 and how the Democrats want to repeal the Stand Your Ground law.

When I first moved here I read a newspaper story about a policeman who was shot by a high school Rival he had stopped for a traffic violation, who was shot himself by a passerby that picked up the policeman’s gun.

Stand your ground protects everyone.

I asked my friend what this has to do with the Newtown shooting? He said nothing: the attorney general and the state police want it because of the Travon Martin shooting in Florida.

Really? The Democrats want to

change the law that protects everyone from violent crime by taking away the ability to use deadly force when no other course of action is available in situations passersby may come upon, because of an incident in a state 1400 miles from here that has no witnesses and the person charged in the case hasn’t even gone to trial.

So much for innocent until proven guilty. They should name the legislation the Forrest Gump Act. If you see someone getting car jacked, raped or robbed at gun point all you will be able to do is yell “Run Forrest Run”.

James Edgar Meredith

Scalia recognizes that 2nd Amendment right is not unlimited To the editor, Everyone has their favorite court cases about gun rights. I’d like to add mine to the mix. Justice Anton Scalia is not my favorite justice but none could have said it better than he did in his opinion in the Heller vs. District of Columbia case in 2008; Pp. 54–56: “Like most rights, the Second Amendment right is not unlimited. It is not a right to keep and carry any weapon whatsoever in any manner whatsoever and for whatever purpose: For example, concealed weapons prohibitions have been upheld under the Amendment or state analogues. The Court’s opinion should not be taken to cast doubt on longstanding prohi-

bitions on the possession of firearms by felons and the mentally ill, or laws forbidding the carrying of firearms in sensitive places such as schools and government buildings, or laws imposing conditions and qualifications on the commercial sale of arms. Miller’s holding that the sorts of weapons protected are those “in common use at the time” finds support in the historical tradition of prohibiting the carrying of dangerous and unusual weapons.” .

The core of the ruling was that the DC law unduly limited the natural right of self-defense. No matter what state courts say, the Supremes rule.

James Veverka Tilton

Full day kindergarten cannot offer lifetime superior achievement To the editor, To bolster their case for opposing all-day kindergarten, opponents have taken to citing the 2012 final report from the “Head Start Impact Study.”

This study was an evaluation of the continuing effects of Head Start (a preschool program) into the elementary-school years.

The study was not good news for Head Start. Grover J. Whitehurst, Director of the Brown Center on Edufrom preceding page That, however, is not to say that you should vote for Republicans. They are no better. Perhaps with their burgeoning militant theocracy they are even more immediately dangerous to our freedom.

The corrupt entrenched self-serving establishment is leading us to ruin.

If people would vote Libertarian that would get the attention of the crooks and despots as they are voted out of office.

David M. Zebuhr Gilford

cation Policy at the Brookings Institute wrote a clear, sad synopsis of the study on the Brookings blog: “There is no measurable advantage to children in elementary school of having participated in Head Start. Further, children attending Head Start remain far behind academically once they are in elementary school. Head Start does not improve the school readiness of children from low-income families.”

The federal Department of Health and Human Services, which oversees the program, shamefully tried to suppress the report. The evaluators displayed a level of desperation ill suited to serious science. With little foundation, they speculated their study might have overlooked “sleeper” benefits that could manifest in later life.

(I guess we should take some solace that right and left America are finally in accord on a strategy. When the science goes against them, they seek to marginalize and deny it.)

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Sound familiar? County argument also centers on spending problem/revenue problem issue

By Michael Kitch THE LACONIA DAILY SUN

LACONIA — Compensation and benefits of county employees is the major bone of contention in the tussle between the Belknap County Convention and the Belknap County Commission over the 2013 county budget — all triggered by a projected 8.9-percent in the county tax burden.

Last week the convention voted to freeze salaries and wages, require employees to bear the entire 7.3-percent increase in the cost of health insurance premiums and eliminate bonuses for unused sick time and longevity of service.

Afterwards, when the commissioners met, John Thomas (R-Belmont), who chairs the commission, regretted that the convention overlooked their efforts to control expenditures, especially personnel and operating costs, which they claim have not risen significantly for five years.

From 2009 to 2012, the number of full-time employees was reduced from 208 to 179, or by 14-percent, while the commission has proposed trimming another eight full-time positions in 2013. At the same time, the number of

part-time employees rose from 26 to 46.

Meanwhile, since 2009 the cost of compensation and benefits is projected to rise by $971,597, or seven percent, from $13.9-million to $14.9-million which includes a 3-percent step raise along with increases in health insurance and retirement contributions budgeted in 2013. Wages are projected to rise by $397,230, or by 4 percent over the four years, while the cost of health insurance and retirement contributions are projected to increase by $618,625 and $243,318 respectively during the same period.

These increases were offset by almost $290,000 in reductions to other payroll accounts.

Representatives Frank Tilton (R-Laconia) and Herb Vadney (R-Meredith) acknowledged the reduction in full-time employees, but said that any savings in personnel costs were more than offset by increased salaries, wages and benefits for the remaining employees.

“What is the point of cutting staff, if there are no savings?” Tilton asked.

The commissioners emphasize that revenues from sources other than property taxes have fallen by more

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Nevertheless, total county appropriations increased only 4 percent, from $25.7-million in 2009 to $26.8-million in 2013. Proposed appropriations for 2013 are slightly less than those budgeted last year.

Since 2009 the commission has supplemented revenues with approximately $6.5 million from the fund balance, which accrues from excess revenues and unexpended appropriations, to stabilize the tax burden. As a result the amount to be raised by property taxes shrank every year between 2009 and 2012. Moreover, in 2010, 2011 and 2012 some $4-million in federal funds, distributed through

the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, was used to finance repairs and improvements to county buildings at no cost to taxpayers.

The commission has insisted that the increase in the county tax is not a function of increased expenditures but of decreased revenues, particularly the amount of fund balance applied to offset property taxes. Last year the commission used $3,750,000 of fund balance, but this year has proposed using only $2.1 million, with the difference more than enough to forestall any increase in the county tax burden.

Commissioners have argued that it is necessary to keep more money in the fund balance to keep the credit rating agencies happy. The county currently enjoys a AA bond rating.

IMMIGRATION from page 2 The president will endorse the Senate process during an event in Las Vegas Tuesday, administration officials said. He will outline a similar vision for overhauling the nation’s immigration laws, drawing on the immigration “blueprint” he first released in 2011.

The blueprint focuses on four key areas: a pathway to citizenship for the 11 million illegal immigrants in the U.S., improved border security, an overhaul of the legal immigration system and making it easier for businesses to verify the legal status of workers.

Seeking to ramp up pressure on lawmakers, the White House has prepared formal immigration legislation

that it could sent to Capitol Hill should the Senate process stall, administration officials said. The officials spoke on the condition of anonymity in order to discuss internal strategy.

Like the president’s blueprint, the Senate proposals also call for a path to citizenship for illegal immigrants already here. But lawmakers want the creation of that pathway to be contingent upon securing the border and better tracking of people in the U.S. on visas.

The Senate’s five-page framework also calls for overhauling the legal immigration system, including awarding green cards to immigrants who obtain certain advanced degrees from American universities, creating an effective high-tech see next page

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achievements down the road.

What, then, can an enhanced kindergarten experience offer if it is not a panacea? Those who advocate for full day over half-day kindergarten cite a litany of benefits and advantages.

Among the benefits they cite are: — Greater increases in math knowledge and reading skills overall; — Better language proficiency among at-risk students; — Faster gains in literacy among minority students; — More progress in closing gradelevel gaps among students entering kindergarten below established norms; — Enhanced development of personal learning behaviors such as independent learning, classroom participation, productive interaction among students as well as thoughtful consideration of the implications of new knowledge; and — Cost savings from reductions in retention through the third grade.

Among the advantages they cite are: — Forty to 50 percent more instruction time as well as more time for students to exercise their academic skills (mathematical and literary) in the classroom; — Time for classroom enhancements such as group reading, mixedability groups and student-initiated activities; — Reduced stress among students; and — Widespread support in the community (especially among the parents of kindergarten-age children).

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stretch. It specifically evaluated the Head Start program not early education per se. In the Brookings essay, Dr. Whitehurst also cited several quality studies of preschool programs that have shown clear and measurable benefits well into the elementaryschool years.

Even with demonstrated benefits, however, one should not expect miracles from any preschool program (or additional kindergarten time). These programs are not the chief drivers of academic achievement in the third grade. Second-grade achievements, personal study habits, attitude and the quality of the third-grade experience are more likely prime determinants.

Preschool programs can teach basic skills, study strategies, productive behaviors and instill confidence.

The result should be that students exposed to good programs do better than students who are not. Exposure, however, can only take students so far. A stinky educational experience will still produce inferior results no matter how prepared students are to receive it. “Do better” may mean less stinky, but it is not a euphemism for well educated.

Full-time kindergarten cannot offer lifetime superior achievement. That is what a good education offers. However, if first grade can build upon an enhanced kindergarten experience — that is, if it can pick up where fulltime kindergarten leaves off and push its own endpoint to be commensurate with the new, advanced beginning — the experience can lead to superior

Meredith 7% budget hike draws little comment

By RogeR Amsden

MEREDITH — Selectmen gave unanimous approval to a $13,627,633 town budget following a public hearing Monday night at which only three members of the public spoke.

The budget is up $892,315, of 7 percent more than the $12,735,318 approved last year.

Town Manager Phil Warren gave a presentation on the proposed budget at the start of the hearing in which he said the 2013 budget features approximately $1.7 million in funding for capital expenditures that were deferred during the past four years.

That sum includes two police cruisers, a command vehicle for the Fire Department, upgraded information technology and $500,000 for road improvements. Almost $200,000 is allotted to expendable trust funds earmarked for future capital expenses while other funds will be applied to projects recommended by the Capital Improvements Program (CIP) Committee and to retiring existing debt.

The budget also includes a step increase of 1.25-percent and a two-percent salary adjustment for all eligible employees.

Warren said that revenues from sources other than property taxes remain flat at $4,471,410 but selectmen have used the town’s undesignated fund balance (rainy day fund) to limit the amount raised by property taxes by applying $725,000 to supplement revenues and another $750,000 to fund capital projects.

The total tax commitment for the town is projected to rise by approximately $193,000 to $7,986,504, or by10 cents per $1,000 of assessed value, increasing the town portion of the tax rate from $4.20 to $4.30.

In response to a question by Mark Billings on the fund balance, Warren said that selectmen had a goal of keeping it at 7.25 percent of the town’s total tax commitment, which includes school district spending.

Selectman Chairman Miller Lovett observed that over the past five years of difficult economic times the town had been able to actually build the fund balance by $1 million even though it had used the fund balance to help stabilize the tax rate. ‘’We’ve had some pretty tight budgets. But because we had a robust capital improvements program prior to 2008 we were able to defer a lot of items and reduced some of the expendable trust funds,’’ said Selectman Peter Brothers, who said that now is the time to start planning to meet the future needs of the town.

Steve Merrill questioned whether or not, given historic low interest rates, it wouldn’t make more sense for the town to be meeting its capital needs by borrowing now, ‘’when you’re getting money for free, is it wise to continue deferring maintenance?’’

Brothers said that the town has been refinancing its existing debt at every available opportunity and recently not only obtained lower rates but was able with a $50,000 expense to cut 10 years off from one of its loans.

Dave Sticht, a former selectman, asked what would happen if the Inter-Lakes School District were able to maintain its own fund balance.

Warren said that the town would most likely continue with its present fund balance policy as the school district does not have any control over the town’s fund balance nor would the town have any authority over the school district’s balance.

from preceding page employment verification system to ensure that employers do not hire illegal immigrants in the future and allowing more low-skill and agricultural workers.

In a sign of the challenges ahead, the proposals immediately got a cool reaction from Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky.

“This effort is too important to be written in a back room and sent to the floor with a take-it-or-leave it approach,” McConnell said. “It needs to be done on a bipartisan basis and include ideas from both sides of the aisle.”

Sen. Jeff Sessions, R-Ala., said on the Senate floor, “No one should expect members of the Senate are just going to rubber-stamp what a group has met and decided.”

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., applauded the framework and said, “I will do everything in my power to get a bill across the finish line.”

Pressures from outside groups from business to

organized labor to immigrants themselves will be immense, even as lawmakers warily eye voters for their reaction.

Besides McCain and Schumer, the senators endorsing the new principles Monday were Democrats Dick Durbin of Illinois, Robert Menendez of New Jersey and Michael Bennet of Colorado and Republicans Lindsey Graham of South Carolina, Marco Rubio of Florida and Jeff Flake of Arizona.

Several of them have worked for years on the issue. McCain collaborated with the late Democratic Sen. Edward M. Kennedy on the comprehensive immigration legislation pushed by then-President George W. Bush that failed in 2007.

The group claims a notable newcomer in Rubio, a potential 2016 presidential candidate whose conservative bona fides may help smooth the way for support among conservatives wary of anything that smacks of amnesty.

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GILFORD — Twenty-three people were charged with unlawful possession of alcohol after police were called there for a noise complaint Saturday night.

Gilford Police said the two tenants of the house at 168 Jasmin Drive in Gunstock Acres, Michael F. Hurlihy, 20, of Saco, Maine and Alexander Awui, 19, of San Jose, Calif. are also facing one count each of facilitating a house party.

Detective Christopher Jacques said he estimated about 40 to 50 people were in the house, including a few minors who are under 17 and who

were released to a parent.

He said when police first arrived, one of the tenants in the house refused to let them in, however he said the second tenant gave consent in lieu of a warrant.

Police Chief Kevin Keenan said all the players were very respectful to the police and willingly cooperated with them.

Jacques said a small amount of marijuana was found in the house as well as a large amount of alcohol.

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BELMONT from page one quate punctuated last night’s meeting of the Selectboard at the Corner Meeting House.

Marshall Ford, a relative of the Smith and Gilbert families, told selectmen that he was not satisfied with the response of the Fire Department and criticized what he said was an initial a lack of an ambulance at the scene Ford said three people were hurt in the 2:15 a.m. blaze on Province Road, including a woman who broke her foot jumping from the deck, a girl who hurt her tailbone also while jumping from the deck and a woman who was wearing slippers and got frostbite. He also said one of the people who crawled through the cellar window to safety had cuts and burns on his or her back.

He alleged that it took Belmont firefighters a half-hour to get to the house and it was Laconia and Gilmanton firefighters who put out the fire.

“I didn’t see professional firefighting,” Ford said.

Ford was said he wanted to know how the Belmont Fire Department can respond more quickly to the Province Road section of town in the future and what other departments should be called for a building fire.

Fire Chief Dave Parenti was there to defend his unit.

He explained that the call came in a 2:16 a.m. and the two firefighters who were on duty that night responded at 2:18 a.m. He said they arrived at the house at 2:27 p.m. Laconia arrived on the scene about 30 seconds later.

Parenti said that a mutual aid building fire in that section of Belmont automatically gets Belmont and Laconia on the road. He said subsequent alarms — the lieutenant on duty called for a first alarm before he got there because he saw the smoke — brings Gilmanton and Tilton-Northfield as well as Gilford.

He also said it was only when the lieutenant arrived that he found one of the injured women in the driveway and Police Chief Mark Lewandowski, who lives nearby, was already attending her. She said she was “shaken up” and Lewandowski carried her to the firetruck where she would be warm and stayed with her.

The other people in the home had taken shelter in a nearby home, said Parenti, and when firefighters went

to the home they were initially told everyone was alright.

He also said the fire dispatcher told firefighters everyone was out of the house but the callers didn’t say that anyone was injured.

Ford agreed that the fire departments were told everyone was out of the home.

Parenti and Selectman Jon Pike has some initial disagreement about Belmont’s choice of a water source for fighting the fire that night. Parenti said that on the way, his lieutenant looked at the pond on Leavitt Road to see if it was frozen.

He said there was also ice on a pond on Province Road and the decision to get water from Rogers Road was made.

Pike said that he owns the property on Province Road and there is a dry hydrant. He said firefighters have practiced on that dry hydrant. Parenti said the pond was frozen and Rogers Road provided the 40,000 to 60,000 gallons needed to save the garage and extinguish the house.

All totaled, there were 45 firefighters including 16 Belmont firefighters who were either full-time but off duty who responded or call firefighters.

Parenti said the Belmont firefighters brought two more engines, and tanker and a rescue vehicle. He said the person who drove the rescue vehicle was not licenced to drive an ambulance and was not an EMT. Parenti said when the incident commander realized there were injuries he called for an ambulance from Laconia. He said Franklin covered the Belmont station ambulance.

He also said that when firefighters were already at the scene, dispatch got a call saying the people from the nearby home called and asked for an ambulance. He said one woman refused ambulance transport and was taken by private car to the hospital.

One firefighters was injured.

Parenti also said the lieutenant called for ambulance from Stewarts Ambulance — who automatically respond to a second alarm — and from Loudon but neither could send one.

After the shouting at last nights meeting got out of control, Pike, using his pen as a gavel, said “enough.”

He agreed to sit down with the family and Parenti said he would be happy to attend the meeting as well.

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GILFORD from page one man is a former firefighter, though LaBonte is a former fire engineer.

The two successfully made the case to the voters and initially to the Board of Selectmen that Engine 4 could be repaired and likely better maintained, and voters at annual town meeting overwhelmingly voted down the engine replacement.

The Budget Committee split 6-to-6 and did not recommend buying a new fire truck. Acting on the information given to them by Leandro and LaBonte, selectmen voted 3-to-0 to not recommend the passage of the warrant article and it failed by a nearly 2-to-1 margin at the March annual town meeting ballot vote.

After it failed, members of the fire department took Engine 4 to Lakes Region Fire Apparatus in Tamworth for repairs — the most significant of which was to the pump.

Mechanics dissembled the pump and realized that not only were the insides not functioning properly but the pumphousing was damaged beyond repair.

Added to the other needed repairs of a radiator, some cab mounts and some loose wiring and the new estimate to fix Engine 4 went to somewhere between $40,000 and $70,000 — depending on who was asked.

Lakes Region Fire Apparatus mechanics also notified Chief Steve Carrier that the brakes were unsafe and Engine 4 was taken out of service and towed back to Gilford.

Selectmen and Fire Engineers petitioned the Belknap County Superior Court for a special town meeting to raise the money for a replacement engine. The measure failed by 10 votes.

In the interim, selectmen decided to let the Department of Public Works

fix what it could on Engine 4, including the brakes that required it be taken out of service, and send it to Lakes Region Fire Apparatus for the pump repairs. To date, the town has spent about $70,000 — according to Selectman John O’Brien — on repairs to Engine 4 but that dollar amount includes the nearly 570 man-hours put in at the Department of Public Works garage.

On Friday Engine 4 was towed to Tamworth to continue repair work, but, at the same time, Engine 2 needed to be towed to Repair Service of New England after a sensor failed in the transmission.

Chief Steve Carrier said Engine 2 was due back yesterday afternoon, and, at for at least one day, the town’s fire department operated without a front line attack engine.

Meanwhile, Leandro has responded to local media articles by saying in an e-mail to selectmen that he made available to the media, that the earliest the town would have had a new Engine was March of 2013 so the exposure to possibly having no front line coverage existed all along.

Leandro also said that he and LaBonte took their creepers into the fire station last week and noticed an air leak on the primary tanker. He also contended that Engine 2 had a speed sensor problem that could have been replace at the fire station and that fire officials should not have given permission for the tow company to disconnect the rear U-joint and use a chain to tow Engine 2 to Glendale.

Incumbent Fire Engineer Phil Brouillard said he wasn’t sure yesterday if he would run for a 7th term.

Brouillard has been a fire engineer for 18 years.

SCOUTS from page 2 cludes a regularly scheduled meeting on Feb. 6. The meeting will be closed to the public.

The BSA, which celebrated its 100th anniversary in 2010, has long excluded both gays and atheists. Smith said a change in the policy toward atheists was not being considered, and that the BSA continued to view “Duty to God” as one of its basic principles.

Protests over the no-gays policy gained momentum in 2000, when the U.S. Supreme Court upheld the BSA’s right to exclude gays. Scout units lost sponsorships by public schools and other entities that adhered to nondiscrimination policies, and several local Scout councils made public their displeasure with the policy.

More recently, pressure surfaced on the Scouts’ own national executive board. Two high-powered members — Ernst & Young CEO James Turley and AT&T CEO Randall Stephenson — indicated they would try to work from within to change the membership policy, which stood in contrast to their own companies’ non-discrimination policies.

Amid petition campaigns, shipping giant UPS Inc. and drug-manufacturer Merck announced that they were halting donations from their charitable foundations to the Boy Scouts as long as the no-gays policy was in force.

Also, local Scout officials drew widespread criticism in recent months for ousting Jennifer Tyrrell, a lesbian mom, as a den leader of her son’s Cub

Scout pack in Ohio and for refusing to approve an Eagle Scout application by Ryan Andresen, a California teen who came out as gay last fall.

Tyrrell said she’s thrilled for parents and their children who’ve been excluded from scouting and “for those who are in Scouts and hiding who they are.”

“For me it’s not just about the Boy Scouts of America, it’s about equality,” she told The Associated Press. “This is a step toward equality in all aspects.”

Many of the protest campaigns, including one seeking Tyrrell’s reinstatement, had been waged with help from the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation.

“The Boy Scouts of America have heard from scouts, corporations and millions of Americans that discriminating against gay scouts and scout leaders is wrong,” said Herndon Graddick, GLAAD’s president. “Scouting is a valuable institution, and this change will only strengthen its core principles of fairness and respect.”

The Scouts had reaffirmed the nogays policy as recently as last year, and appeared to have strong backing from conservative religious denominations — notably the Mormons, Roman Catholics and Southern Baptists — which sponsor large numbers of Scout units. Under the proposed change, they could continue excluding gays.

Prior to Monday’s announcement, the BSA conferred with some leaders of these religious groups, including the Rev. Frank Page, who leads the Southern Baptist Executive Committee.

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SPORTS LHS girls’ basketball team continues its winning ways The Laconia High School girls’ varsity basketball team improved its record to 10-2 after defeating Belmont 62-34 on Friday.

The LHS boys’ team fell to Belmont, 26-42. The boys’ record is now 2 and 8.

GHS swim team wraps up regular season The Gilford Golden Eagles swim team swam its last team meet of the season on January 24. The 200 free women’s relay came in second with a 2:05.

Rebecca Cook placed first in the 500 free, swimming a 5:24.50, and first in the 200 IM, 2:20.96. Warren Thompson placed second in the 100 breast with a 1:18.25. Katie Gingrich placed third in the 50 free with a 28.36 and second in the 100 back. Christian Bos, Sally Tinkham, Lisa Osborne, Chrissy Leach, Ayden Ernst, and Autumn Bos all had personal bests at the meet and all finished in the top 10.

Coach Randy Cook said, “Congratulations to the Eagles Swim Team, all ten swimmers have had a great season with lots of personal bests.”

LHS JV boys top Belmont The Laconia High School junior varsity boys’ basketball team earned a hard fought 50 to 36 victory last Friday against Belmont. Leading the scoring for Laconia was Cody Greenwood with 11 points, Jordan McCrea with nine points, and Gage Baker, Nate Batchelder, and Kyle Chiasson with eight points each. Dylan Dockham and Nick Blake also chipped in and Brendan Mooney, Andrew and James Salta, and Connor Doherty led the defense. Laconia plays at home against Plymouth on Tuesday.

PUBLIC NOTICE NEWFOUND AREA SCHOOL DISTRICT Public hearings will be held in each of the seven towns on the following petitioned warrant articles: ARTICLE 6: TAX CAP RESCISSION: Shall we rescind the provisions of RSA 32:5-b, known as the tax cap, as adopted by the Newfound Area School District on March 13, 2012, so that there will no longer be a limit on increases to the recommended budget in the amount to be raised by local taxes? By petition (Passage requires a 3/5 majority ballot vote) PUBLIC HEARING SCHEDULE: Bristol - Monday, February 11, 2013 Newfound Regional High School at 6:00 pm Hebron – Wednesday, February 13, 2013 Hebron Town Offices at 6:30 pm Bridgewater - Thursday, February 14, 2013 Bridgewater-Hebron Village School at 6:30 pm Groton – Monday, February 18, 2013 Groton Town Hall at 6:00 pm Alexandria – Tuesday, February 19, 2013 Municipal Building at 7:00 pm Danbury - Thursday, February 21, 2013 Danbury Elementary School at 6:00 pm New Hampton – Friday, February 22, 2013 New Hampton Community School at 6:30pm

Testing their mettle

Belmont-Gilford prepares for back-to-back games against Berlin

By AdAm drApcho THE LACONIA DAILY SUN

GILFORD — Jay Londer, BelmontGilford hockey coach, thinks he’s got a good hockey team this season, perhaps good enough to bring him his first District III title.

However, to be the best one must beat the best, and that’s an opportunity Belmont-Gilford will have twice within the next week. On Wednesday, BelmontGilford will head north to take on the undefeated Berlin, then will host the division’s powerhouse on Saturday.

Beating Berlin would Belmont-Gilford Bulldogs coach Jay Londer, far right, demonstrates technique during Monday’s pracbe significant, both for tice at the Laconia Ice Arena as the team prepares to play undefeated Berlin on Wednesday and again playoff scheduling and on Saturday. (Alan MacRae/for the Laconia Daily Sun) for the statement the victory would make. That’s the same statement momentum.

Londer hoped his players would make this Satur“We got undisciplined in the third and it caught day, though, when they traveled to Souhegan. The up with us,” said Londer. Although Souhegan didn’t Bulldogs handily out-shot their opponent 40-24, but score during the third quarter power plays, Londer it was Souhegan that was able to take advantage said he had to put his best players in to kill the penof Belmont-Gilford mis-steps to force the game into alty, instead of using them to strengthen the team’s overtime, where they stole a 5-4 win. short-lived lead. With no cushion, Belmont-Gilford’s “They capitalized on opportunities, we have to lead lasted only a minute, as Souhegan capitalized commend them for that,” said Londer. “It was a good on a turnover on Belmont-Gilford’s blue line to force game, a fast-paced game. I’d rather play that game overtime. Then, in the extra period, the Bulldogs let over and over than win by seven.” their defensive guard down for just a moment, but It was one of the few games so far this year where it was enough to allow Souhegan one crucial, gamethe Bulldogs were tested. Seven of their eight wins ending shot. saw Belmont-Gilford enjoying a margin of at least Caleb Drouin, a freshman, scored twice for Belfive goals. When they took a 4 to 3 lead with six minmont-Gilford. Andrew D’Amour and Max Desmarais utes left in the third period, it seemed the momeneach scored once. tum would carry the Bulldogs to victory. A couple Londer said his players, who had controlled play of penalties later and it was Souhegan with the see next page

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PUBLIC NOTICE Town of Belmont

SPORTS Ten wins for LMS boys’ B team The Laconia Middle School boy’s B team ran its record to 10-0 in recent B league action. This past week Laconia had victories over Winnisquam (6316) and Newfound (67-34). The scoring was very balanced in the Winnisquam game, led by some of the younger members of the team. Ryan Chaisson (14 points), Jack Maher (12), Tyler Wardner (10), Noah Dickey (8), Ryan Paiva (7), Christian Pinkney (6), Logan Bell (4) and Christian Platon (2). Caoch Don Doherty said, “Any time you have balanced scoring

Gilford girls’ basketball earns win over Farmington Gilford High School girls’ basketball team jumped out to an early lead and coasted to its eighth win of the season by besting Farmington 48-28 on January 25. The Eagles entered the contest tied in the standings with the Tigers. Gilford took a 12-10 lead after the first quarter and expanded it to 22-13 at the half. Gilford came out of the break and turned up the defensive intensity, causing a dozen turnovers it the 3rd quarter while outscoring Farmington 17-3 to take a commanding 37-16 lead into the final quarter. Both teams would match baskets in the fourth for the final 48-28 margin.

Ten players scored for Gilford, led by Molly Dietrich who scored 10 points and also had seven steals and six assists. Cassidy Bartlett chipped in with nine points followed by Abigail Harris with seven points and eight rebounds. For Farmington Mckenzie Lloyd had six points.

like that you’re going to have a good chance to win the game.” Cameron Gifford had a good game defensively in the lane.

The win over Newfound was Laconia’s 10th in as many games. Again the Laconia squad had very balanced scoring and a stifling 1-3-1 trap defense.

Duncan Sirois, Gage Cardinal and Jacob Steel have been consistently providing great defense for the Junior. Sachems. Led by big men Tyler Wardner (19 points) and Logan Bell (9 points, 7 assists), Laconia jumped out to a 22-4 first quarter lead and maintained control from there on. Also contributing in the scoring were Christian Pinkney (10), Jack Maher (8), Gage Cardinal (6), Ryan Paiva (6), Ryan Chaisson (4), Christian Platon (2), Duncan Sirois (2), Jacob Steel (2). Laconia next takes its undefeated record to Kingswood on Tuesday for a matchup with the Knights, who gave Laconia it’s biggest scare of the season, a 1 point victory on January 8.

Laconia-Winnisquam hockey team suffers 13-1 loss to Berlin The Laconia-Winnisqum hockey team was handed a 1-13 loss at home on Saturday, thanks to visitors from Berlin. Coach T.J. Galligan said his team was out-shot by a ratio of 51 to 5, and that each of his goal keepers “played very good for what they had in front of them.” He was also encouraged by his team committing fewer penalties than in previous games.

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“Now it’s a must that we go up to Berlin and win,” said Londer. That’s no easy task, though. Berlin’s record tells a tale of near dominance. Six times this season they’ve shut out their opponent. In the last three games, Berlin has allowed three goals, while scoring 28. Most recently, Berlin beat Laconia-Winnisquam by the score of 13-1.

“They’re undefeated, they play really tough at home.

I expect a fast game, and really physical.” Yet, Londer is optimistic, encouraged by the offensive performance his players exhibited in Souhegan. “If we get 40 shots against Berlin, we’ll come out with the ‘W’.”

Win or lose, Londer will learn a lot about his team, and will use that information to improve the team’s

chances in a post-season run. Londer said he looks at regular-season games the way a teacher regards pop quizzes. “They’re all quizzes, showing what we need to study, getting ready for the final in March.” In the loss to Souhegan, Londer said, his team revealed a need to work on power plays, late-game discipline, and pace. He wants his team to “flip a switch” as soon as the puck drops at the beginning of the game, to come out playing with speed and intensity and take an early advantage. With a good goal keeper, solid defense and the ability to put the puck in the net, he thinks this could be Belmont-Gilford’s year.

“We have the personnel to do it this year. We have to work hard, it all starts in practice.. We could really shock people come March.”

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MEREDITH — Eleanor B. Starke, 83, of Meredith, passed away on Sunday, January 27, 2013 surrounded by her loving family at Lakes Region General Hospital in Laconia.

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A few years after her graduation she married her long-time neighbor and sweetheart Walter W. Starke in 1949.

They moved to New Jersey in 1957 to raise their family. Walter and Eleanor retired to Virginia where they spent many joyful years together; eventually they moved to Meredith to be closer with their daughter.

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She is predeceased by two sons, Richard E. Starke, and Thomas J. Starke; three brothers, Ernest Ott, Frederick Ott, and Charles Ott. Eleanor is survived by her beloved husband of 63 years, Walter W. Starke, of Meredith; son, W. Stephen Starke, of Pasadena, MD; daughter, Kathleen A. Starke, of N. Sandwich, NH; five grandchildren, Tracy, Kara, Kristen, Ian, and Carrie; five great-grandchildren, Mason, Carly, Cassidy, Braden, and Brooklyn; and many friends throughout the area and country.

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NORTHFIELD — Marilyn E. Worster, 75, of Northfield, died at Franklin Regional Hospital on Jan. 27, 2013.

She was born in Lee, Maine on March 22, 1937 the daughter of Nahum and Blanche (Smith) Judkins. She was raised in Lee and later resided in Tilton and Franklin before moving to Northfield in 1973. She was employed for several years at the former Sorrette Battery Co. in Northfield.

Marilyn was a member of the First Baptist Church of Sanbornton where she was recently baptized.

She enjoyed watching soap operas, NASCAR, and fishing and road trips with her late husband, Dwight W. Worster who died in 2005. They also summered in Lee, ME for many years.

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Carolyn M. Drechnowicz, 75

NORTHFIELD — Carolyn M. Drechnowicz, 75, of Northfield, died at Concord Hospital on Jan. 26, 2013.

She was born in Jamestown, RI the daughter of Sergio and Anna (Cabral) Andrade. Carolyn was raised in Jamestown and resided in Northfield since 1996.

She was a graduate of St. Catherine High School in Newport, RI. Mrs. Drechnowicz was currently employed at Belmont Landscapes. She was an active parishioner of St. Mary of The Assumption Parish in Tilton where she was a member of the Parish Council, assisted with the Strawberry Festival, the Harvest Auction, and was a Hospitality Minister.

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Edward F. Drechnowicz of Northfield, 3 children: Michael E. Drechnowicz of N. Kingstown, RI, Deborah E. Drechnowicz of Warwick, RI, and Robert P. Drechnowicz of Jamestown, RI, a grandchild, Noah Locke of Warwick, and nieces and nephews.

Visiting hours will be Tuesday, Jan. 29th from 5-7:00 pm at Paquette-Neun Funeral Home, 104 Park St., Northfield.

A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated Wednesday, Jan. 30th at 10 am at Assumption Church, Chestnut St., Tilton.

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William E. Cherrette, 91

LACONIA — William E. Cherrette, 91, of 24 Beaman Street, died at the Laconia Rehabilitation Center on Saturday, January 26, 2013.

Bill was born March 20, 1921 in Concord, N.H., the son of the late Fred and Mary (Lunderville) Cherrette. He was raised in Concord and was a graduate of Concord High School.

Bill served in the U. S. Army during WWII. He had been a resident of Laconia since 1955. He was a self-employed contractor for sixty-five years and was owner of Cherrette Building and Repairs. He had also been employed at the Laconia State School.

Bill was a communicant of Sacred Heart Church. He loved music, playing the piano and accordion. He enjoyed woodworking , gardening, working on his Model A Ford and working with the Laconia Rescue Squad.

Bill was a member of the American Legion Post #58 of Belmont, the Laconia Rescue and a lifetime member of the Belknap Sportsman’s Club.

Survivors include his wife, Blanche (Cyr) Cherrette, of Laconia; a brother, Frank, of Dayton, Ohio; a sister, Amelia Steele, of Manchester; eight nieces,

eleven nephews and many great nephews & nieces.

In addition to his parents, Bill was predeceased by a brother, Perley Cherrette, and two sisters, Louise Cherrette and Beatrice Davis.

A calling hour will be held on Saturday, February 2, 2013 from 9:30-10:30 AM in the Carriage House of the Wilkinson-Beane-Simoneau-Paquette Funeral Home, 164 Pleasant Street, Laconia, N.H. Following the calling hour, a Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 11:00 AM at St. Andre Bessette Parish, Sacred Heart Church, 291 Union Avenue, Laconia, N.H. Burial will follow in the family lot in Sacred Heart Cemetery, Garfield Street, Laconia, N.H. For those who wish, the family suggests that memorial donations be made to the New Hampshire Humane Society, PO Box 572, Laconia, NH 03247.

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Kathleen M. OFlynn, 61 SHARPSBURG, Georgia — Mrs. Kathleen Marcoux Morin OFlynn passed away on Friday, Jan. 25, 2013 at Doctor’s Hospice in Fayetteville, GA. Kathleen was born on August 10, 1951 to Laurena Isabelle Rock and Romeo Albert Marcoux, both of Laconia, NH. She was lovingly adopted by Adrien Joseph and Patrecia Main Morin, also of Laconia, on December 13, 1966 Kathleen graduated from Laconia High School in 1969 and was also a graduate of Empire Beauty School in 1970. She married James OFlynn, also of Laconia, in 1970.

A native of Laconia, NH, Kathleen lived in Albany, Georgia since 1993, before moving to Sharpsburg two years ago. She was a member of St. Teresa’s Catholic Church and had worked at Walmart of short time.

She is predeceased by her biological parents, Laurena and Romeo Marcoux, and her husband James.

She leaves behind her adopted parents, Adrien Joseph and Patrecia Main Morin, all of Laconia; her children and their spouses, Timothy OFlynn of Sharpsburg, GA, Mary OFlynn Williston and her husband Nate of Sharpsburg, GA, Patrecia OFlynn Boutwell and her husband Steve of Greenfield, NH, Brendan OFlynn and his wife Maranda of Leesburg, GA, Bridget OFlynn Trombley and her husband Gary of Columbus, GA and Patrick OFlynn of Albany, GA; grandchildren Zachary and Kelsey Williston, Ashley and Dylan Boutwell, Brayden Trombley, Aiden OFlynn, and one that is due July 29, 2013.

Funeral services will be Monday, Jan. 28, 2013 at 10 a.m. at Kimbrell-Stern, with internment in Andersonville National Cemetery. The Rev. Steve Pontzer will officiate. There will be a prayer service on Sunday, Jan. 27, 2013 at 6 p.m., with visitation to follow until 8 p.m.

PSU dance premiere gala mixes students and professional dancers February 2 at the Silver Center PLYMOUTH — A daylong celebration of dance with master classes taught by Plymouth State University (PSU) faculty and members of Boston’s Urbanity Dance will bring together dancers of all ages and experience levels from across the region February 2 at the Silver Center for the Arts.

Dancers, companies and studios submitted choreography for adjudication and possible acceptance into the gala performance at 8 p.m.

The gala is an evening of creative and vibrant choreography featuring Urbanity Dance, a community of dancers living and working in Boston, finding creativity in the city, a “collegiate epicenter” where

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Hampton Inn & Suites, 195 Laconia Rd, Tilton, is hosting the January 31 Lakes Region Chamber of Commerce Business After Hours from 4-6 p.m. Planning the festivities are General Manager Sally Alward; Director of Sales Diana Sabadis; Guest Assistant Kayla Powell, and Chamber Executive Director Karmen Gifford. Refreshments will be available along with several door prizes. (Courtesy photo)

Hampton Inn & Suites hosting Business after Hours on Thursday TILTON — Hampton Inn & Suites, 195 Laconia Rd, Tilton, is hosting the January 31 Lakes Region Chamber of Commerce Business After Hours from 4-6 p.m.

There will be cocktails and appetizers along with door prizes. Staff members

will offer a tour of the hotel’s rooms, pool area, fitness room and meeting space.

For additional information and to RSVP for this event, please contact the Chamber at 524-5531 or visit the Chamber Website www.lakesregionchamber.org.

Snowshoeing hike to Waukewan Highlands Park changed to February 7

Town of New Hampton State of New Hampshire 2013 TOWN WARRANT To the inhabitants of the Town of New Hampton, New Hampshire, in the County of Belknap, qualified to vote in town affairs: FIRST SESSION You are hereby notified to meet at the New Hampton Public Safety Building for the First Session of the 2013 Town Meeting to be held at the New Hampton Public Safety Building, 26 Intervale Drive, New Hampton on Tuesday, the 5th day of February next at 7:00 p.m. The First Session will consist of explanation, discussion and debate of the warrant articles, and will afford those voters who are present the opportunity to propose, debate and adopt amendments to the warrant articles.

In the event of an emergency cancellation, the Deliberative Session will be held on Wednesday, February 6, 2013 at 7:00 p.m. at the same location.

SECOND SESSION You are also notified to meet for the Second Session of the 2013 Town Meeting, to vote by official ballot on the election of town officers and the warrant articles as they may have been amended at the First Session, to be held at the Town House, 86 Town House Road, New Hampton on Tuesday, the 12th day of March next. Polls for voting by official ballot at the Town House will open at 11:00 a.m. and will close at 7:00 p.m. unless the town votes to keep the polls open to a later hour.

PLEASE NOTE: NEW LOCATION FOR FIRST DELIBERATIVE SESSION AT PUBLIC SAFETY BUILDING, 26 INTERVALE DRIVE **Please see town website for warrant, budget, default budget and revenues.

GILFORD — The Gilford Parks and Recreation Department is sponsoring a series of snowshoe hikes for any adults looking for fresh air, fun and exercise this winter.

The date for the hike to Waukewan Highlands Park in Meredith has been changed to Thursday, February 7.

Participants will meet in the Gilford Town Hall at 9:30 a.m. prior to the hike. For those in need of snowshoes,

there is a limited supply available at a nominal fee and they may be reserved on a first come basis by calling the Parks and Rec office. All interested participants must RSVP at least one day prior to each hike. The cost of the hikes is $1 per person, per hike and snowshoe rentals are $4 per hike.

For more information or to RSVP, contact the Gilford Parks and Recreation Department at 527-4722.

MOULTONBOROUGH — Students from Moultonborough Academy will hold an Empty Soup Bowl dinner on Sunday, February 3 from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. to benefit local soup kitchens.

The public is invited and the first fifty people through the door will be able to purchase an empty ceramic soup bowl to be filled with soup.

The event will be like one that was held last April when students from Moultonborough Academy held an Empty Soup Bowl dinner to benefit the local soup kitchens.

The public was invited to attend and

purchase a handmade empty ceramic soup bowl and then have it filled with warm nourishing soup. Students in grades 7-12 made the ceramic bowls during middle level art classes and ceramic classes. Family Consumer Science students made hearty soups and the ceramic class students hosted the dinner. The science department contributed fresh baked bread and drinks were contributed from local restaurants and the class of 2012.

The event was able to donate $282 to the local soup kitchen managed by the Methodist Church.

The Moultonborough Academy’s ceramic class in conjunction with SLAM (Service Learning At Moultonborough) is again offering the Empty Soup Bowls fundraiser. The Family Consumer Science classes will again make the soup. Students in ceramics, middle level art club have created the bowls. SLAM will help hosting.

Contact Jean Meloney or Amy Flanders at 476-5517 for more information.

Empty Bowl Dinner Sunday in Moultonborough benefits food pantries

from preceding page begin with a dessert reception at 7:30 p.m. in the Silver Center lobby. Guests are invited (but not required) to wear formal attire.

Tickets are $11 for adults and seniors and $8 for youth at the Silver Center Box Office, (603) 535-2787 or (800) 779-3869. Tickets are also available online.

Racky Thomas Blues Band at Pitman’s Friday

LACONIA — Pitman’s Freight Room ing “Matchbox Blues”, “Biscuit-Bakin’ at 94 New Salem Street in Laconia is Woman”, “Mona”, “Sugar-coated Love”, pleased to present The Rackey Thomas “Big Road Blues”, “Hoochie-Coochie Blues Band Friday Evening February 1 Man”, and “Mojo Workin’. at 8 p.m.

Gutsy vocals, down and dirty harThe Racky Thomas Band has been a monica, smoking guitar, a killer rhythm section delivering pure unadulterated torchbearer for the blues since its formation in 1995, when Racky Thomas blues, and you’ve got the Racky Thomas collaborated with bassist Todd Carson, Band. Twice nominated for Boston guitarist Nick Adams, and drummer Music Awards, and winners of the 1997 Ted Larkin to make a demo cd, and do Rack Thomas (Courtesy photo) Battle of the Blues bands, people only some gigs around the Boston area. need to experience them once to become Racky Thomas has a vast repertoire of tunes – a believer. Admission is $10, doors open at 7:15 p.m. blues from world-class bluesmen, plantation gospel and Pitman’s is a BYOB venue. (the original blues), rocking electric blues, classic For more information visit pitmansfreightroom. and obscure blues, and Racky Thomas blues, includcom or call 527-0043.

Pitman’s presents Paul Bourgelais Jazz Quartet Thursday LACONIA — Pitman’s Freight Room at 94 New Salem Street in Laconia is pleased to present The Paul Bourgelais Jazz Quartet Thursday evening January 31 at 8 p.m.

Enjoy the sounds of twice-nominated Jazz Artist of the Year Paul Bourgelais, whose music was described

by Jam Music Magazine as “...elegant jazz reading... graceful and delicate...timeless feel that is perfect....

‘Souper Bowl’ Friday at Moultonborough Library

GILFORD — A “Souper Bowl” soup tasting event will be held at the Moultonborough Public Library from 11:30 a.m. - 1 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 1.

The free event, sponsored by the Friends of the Moultonborough Library, will feature various tasty soups with crackers and “Friends” to chat with.

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Paul on guitar, Mike Alberici on Sax, CJ Thomas on base and Tim Gilmore on drums.

Admission is $10, doors open at 7:15 p.m. and Pitman’s is BYOB venue. For more information visit pitmansfreightroom.com. or call 527-0043.

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By Holiday Mathis SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). It may feel to you like someone is deliberately trying to hold you back from living your ideal life. This is not the case. Rather, it is a sign that you should find more birds of your feather so you can get your flock on.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21). Keep investigating, especially by asking friends what they think. Thanks to the research you do in the next three days, you’ll suddenly have brilliant ideas regarding the next steps of your project.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19).

The old computer science adage suggests “garbage in, garbage out” -- a phrase that applies perfectly to your current creative situation. Your productivity depends heavily on your choice of media consumption.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). You may realize that it’s on you to deliver a massive amount of work today, most of it prescribed by you. You drive yourself harder than anyone, and you’ll be pleased with your own performance.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). You’ve lived your life by a simple success principle: What you focus on grows, what you ignore shrinks. Sometimes you are not even aware that you’re using this spiritual law, but today you will be fully cognizant of it.

TODAY’S BIRTHDAY (Jan. 29).

Your expectations of yourself change as you realize that you’re capable of more. February marks a breakthrough involving your health and self-care. With new vibrancy, you attract friends and partners in March. April is your chance at a role you’ve long had your eye on.

There’s a surprise check in September.

Leo and Libra people adore you. Your lucky numbers are: 40, 2, 22, 34 and 15.

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ARIES (March 21-April 19). A band that’s a one-hit wonder in one country sometimes has a string of hits in another country. Similarly, be careful not to prejudge the talent you see today based on too limited a sample.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20). The person who owns little can move on a moment’s notice. Sometimes you fantasize about being that person, but right now you have to admit that it’s nice to be surrounded by beautiful stuff you call your own.

GEMINI (May 21-June 21). The ones who say it’s always better to see the bright side are underestimating both the risk of blind optimism and the daunting permanence of the word “always.” Ten percent skepticism might serve you well.

CANCER (June 22-July 22). Don’t toil unnecessarily in the harsh elements. That’s like skiing uphill. It’s possible, and some skiers do it, but usually only when they have no other choice.

Look around for the equivalent of a ski lift.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). You’re even better now than usual at reading people, so you can tell which ones like you, need you and want you. Even so, you’ll act as if you don’t know for the sake of social grace.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). Avoid spending too much time with those who don’t value you, because in doing so, you are depriving your real fans and loved ones of your sweet attention.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). Developing more passion and positivity doesn’t mean you have to be exclusively upbeat. There’s something to be said for authenticity now. You’ll find your comfort zone and stretch from there toward joy.

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––––––– ALMANAC ––––––– Today is Tuesday, Jan. 29, the 29th day of 2013. There are 336 days left in the year.

Today’s Highlight in History: On Jan. 29, 1963, poet Robert Frost died in Boston at age 88.

On this date: In 1820, Britain’s King George III died at Windsor Castle.

In 1843, the 25th president of the United States, William McKinley, was born in Niles, Ohio.

In 1845, Edgar Allan Poe’s poem “The Raven” was first published in the New York Evening Mirror.

In 1861, Kansas became the 34th state of the Union.

In 1863, the Bear River Massacre took place as the U.S. Army attacked Shoshone in presentday Idaho. The New York Stock & Exchange Board changed its name to the New York Stock Exchange.

In 1919, the ratification of the 18th Amendment to the Constitution, which launched Prohibition, was certified by Acting Secretary of State Frank L. Polk.

In 1929, The Seeing Eye, a New Jersey-based school which trains guide dogs to assist the blind, was incorporated by Dorothy Harrison Eustis and Morris Frank.

In 1936, the first inductees of baseball’s Hall of Fame, including Ty Cobb and Babe Ruth, were named in Cooperstown, N.Y. In 1958, actors Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward were married in Las Vegas.

In 1963, the first charter members of the Pro Football Hall of Fame were named in Canton, Ohio (they were enshrined when the Hall opened in September 1963).

In 1979, President Jimmy Carter formally welcomed Chinese Vice Premier Deng Xiaoping to the White House, following the establishment of diplomatic relations.

In 1998, a bomb rocked an abortion clinic in Birmingham, Ala., killing security guard Robert Sanderson and critically injuring nurse Emily Lyons. (The bomber, Eric Rudolph, was captured in May 2003 and is serving a life sentence.)

One year ago: Eleven people were killed when smoke and fog caused a series of fiery crashes on I-75 in Florida. Lydia Ko of New Zealand became the youngest person to win a professional golf tour event by winning the Bing Lee/Samsung Women’s NSW Open on the ALPG Tour (she was 14 years and 8 months at the time).

Today’s Birthdays: Actor Noel Harrison is 79.

Author Germaine Greer is 74. Actress Katharine Ross is 73. Actor Tom Selleck is 68. Rhythm-andblues singer Bettye LaVette is 67. Actor Marc Singer is 65. Actress Ann Jillian is 63. Rock musician Tommy Ramone is 61. Rock musician Louie Perez is 60. Talk show host Oprah Winfrey is 59. Country singer Irlene Mandrell is 57. Actress Diane Delano is 56. Actress Judy Norton Taylor is 55. Olympic gold-medal diver Greg Louganis is 53. Rock musician David Baynton-Power is 52.

Rock musician Eddie Jackson is 52. Actor Nicholas Turturro is 51. Rock singer-musician Roddy Frame is 49. Actor-director Edward Burns is 45.

Actress Heather Graham is 43. Actor Sharif Atkins is 38. Actress Sara Gilbert is 38. Actor Justin Hartley is 36. Actor Sam Jaeger is 36. Actor Andrew Keegan is 34. Actor Jason James Richter is 33.

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CALENDAR TODAY’S EVENTS A member of U.S. Senator Kelly Ayotte’s (R-NH) staff holds office hours. 10:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. at Plymouth Regional Senior Center, at 8 Despot Street in Plymouth. For more information call 622-7979.

The Red Cross bloodmobile will be at St. Joseph Church in Belmont from noon to 5:00 p.m. Donors will receive a coupon for a free pound of coffee at Dunkin’ Donuts. For more information call 1-800-RED CROSS (1-800-733-2767) or visit our website redcrossblood.org.

Beginner’s Sewing Class 9:30 a.m. to noon at the Meredith Public Library. A supply list will be available upon registration.

Creating and Maintaining a Personal Budget presented by Steven Aiken, Vice President of Investment Services at Meredith Village Savings Bank. 6-7 p.m. at the Meredith Library.

The Greater Lakes Chapter Parents of Murdered Children, Inc. for the families and friends of those who have died by violence meeting. 6 p.m. at the Laconia Police Department Community Room, 126 New Salem Street, Laconia. For further information call 603-524-7624 or laconia1@metrocast.net Storytime at Belmont Public Library. 3:30 p.m.

Gilford Public Library daily events. Storytime (18 mo.

– 5 years), 10:30 – 11:15 a.m.Enrich Your Child’s Language Skills (Session 2), 10:30-11 a.m. Babygarten (Birth – 18 Months), 11:15-11:45 a.m. Knitting for Beginners, 1-2 p.m.

Amelia Bedelia is Fifty! Isn’t that Nifty?, 3:30-4:30 p.m. A Visit With The Crawleys, 6:30-8 p.m.

Chess Club meets at the Laconia Public Library on Tuesdays from 3 to 7 p.m. All ages and skill levels welcome.

We will teach.)

Hall Memorial Library happenings. National Puzzle Day, 10 a.m. Features free coffee and puzzle building activities. Crafts for Teens & Tweens, 2:30 p.m.

Hands Across The Table free weekly dinner at St. James Episcopal Church on North Main Street in Laconia. 5:30 to 6:30 p.m.

The New Horizons Band of the Lakes Region meets every Tuesday at 7 p.m. at the Music Clinic on Rte 3 in Belmont. All musicians welcome. For more information call 528-6672 or 524-8570.

Giggles & Grins playgroup at Family Resource Center in downtown Laconia (719 No. Main Street, Laconia). Free group for parents children from birth through age 5. For more information call 524-1741.

WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 30 Program on how to create a business for less than $1,000 led by the director of Enterprise Center in Plymouth. 5:30 to 7 p.m. at the Pease Public Library in Plymouth.

To RSVP call 535-32222 or email kim@enterprisecenternh. com. For more information call 536-2011.

The Laconia High School Class of 1948 monthly luncheon.

Noon at the Brickfront Restaurant, 134 Court Street in Laconia.

Mom and Me free family film featuring the movie Gnomeo and Juliet. 11:30 a.m. at Smitty’s Cinema in Tilton. Doors open at 11 a.m.

ABC and ME at the Meredith Library 10-11 a.m. and 1-2 p.m. Preschool Class ages 3-5.

The Thrifty Yankee (121 Rte. 25 - across from (I-LHS) collects donations of baby clothes, blankets and hygiene items for Baby Threads of N.H. every Wednesday through Saturday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. 279-0607.

Laconia Elders Friendship Club meeting. 1:30 p.m. at the Leavitt Park Clubhouse. People 55 and older meet each Wednesday for fun, entertainment and education. Meetings provide an opportunity for older citizens to meet for pure social enjoyment and the club helps the community with philanthropic work.

Country Acoustic Picking Party at the Tilton Senior Center. Every Wednesday from 7-9 p.m.

Gilford Public Library daily events. Check – Out – An – Expert!, 10 a.m. to noon. Social Bridge, 10:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.

Duplicate bridge at the Weirs Beach Community Center. 7:15 p.m. All levels welcome. Snacks.

Preschool story time at Belmont Public Library. 10:30 a.m.

Hall Memorial Library happenings. Story Time 10:30 and 11:30 a.m. Arts and Crafts featuring a Chinese Dragon Puppet project. 3:30 p.m.

Overeaters Anonymous offers a program of recovery from compulsive eating using the Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions of OA. Wednesday nights at 5:30 p.m. at St. Joseph Church in Belmont. Call/ leave a message for Elizabeth at 630-9969 for more information.

Free knitting and crochet lessons. Drop in on Wednesdays any time between 10 a.m. and 3 p.m. at Baby Threads workshop at 668 Main Street in Laconia (same building as Village Bakery). 998-4012.

Narcotics Anonymous meeting. 7 to 8:30 p.m. at 18 Veterans Square in Laconia.

TOPS (Taking Off Pounds Sensibly) group meeting.

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CLEAN WATER from page one ‘’The rest of the money. something close to $10,000 was donated to the N.H. Forest Society,’’ says Walker, who at nearly 80 is the youngster in the group. He says he still has vivid memories of how bad it was on Lake Winnisquam in the 1960s. ‘’It was so filled with algae that it looked like pea soup,’’ says Walker, who met recently with Kariagianis and Foudriat to reminisce about how the organization got its start and was formally organized at a September, 1969 meeting at the Laconia Tavern.

The organization was formed in a year which had seen the city of Laconia send thousands of gallons of untreated sewage into Lake Winnisquam during a high water event in the spring, when the treatment plant, built in 1950, was unable to keep up with the massive flow of water.

That had been the latest in a series of events in which inadequately treated sewage from both the city of Laconia and the former Laconia State School had been discharged into Lake Winnisquam, which since 1962 had been required massive applications of copper sulfate to control algae which fed off the phosphorus contained in the sewage.

One of the first acts of the association was to bring a lawsuit against the city of Laconia, which coupled with widespread public relations campaign brought public pressure on both the city and the state to take

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action to address the problem. ‘’There was a lot of resentment at us for suing the city. People wouldn’t go to Peter’s store (The Laconia Spa) as a matter of principle. And it hurt my business,’’ says Walker, who lived on the shore of Lake Winnisquam in Tilton and ran Walker Glass in Laconia.

Don Foudriat, who owned a summer home on Lake Winnisquam and was an engineer with a Nashuabased defense contractor, brought his own expertise to the project and remembers locating the so-called bypass valve which allowed untreated sewage into the lake while on a tour of the Laconia sewage treatment plant with his family.

Kariagianis, a well-know Laconia businessman who had served as a Republican state legislator in the 1960s and would later help save the Belknap Mill from the wrecking ball, said that he was appalled that the city and state hadn’t stepped up to protect the Lakes Region’s greatest asset, it’s water, and used his leadership skills and ties to the area’s business community to tirelessly promote the need for environmental activism. ‘’A lot of people helped us out, Esther Peters from the radio station and Bob Lamprey from the local realtors. They were all with us,’’ says Kariagianis.

Citizen action even led to the local League of Women Voters leading a campaign to ban the use of

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This Weeks Activities

Children: Goss Reading Room Storytime

Tuesday, January 29th @ 3:30, at our Goss branch, 188 Elm St. in Lakeport for after school storytime.

For more information, call 524-3808.

Preschool Storytime

Wednesday, January 30th @ 10:00 Thursday, January 31st @ 9:30 & 10:30 Stories and crafts in the Selig Storytime Room.

Teen Movie

Tuesday, January 29th @ 3:30 Laconia Rotary Hall “Hotel Transylvania” PG Welcome to the Hotel Transylvania, Dracula’s lavish five- stake resort, where monsters and their families can live it up, free to be the monsters they are without humans to bother them. On one special weekend, Dracula has invited some of the world’s most famous monsters - Frankenstein and his wife, the Mummy, the Invisible Man, a family of werewolves, and more - to celebrate his daughter Mavis’ 118th birthday. For Drac, catering to all of these legendary monsters is no problem - but his world could come crashing down when a human stumbles on the hotel for the first time and takes a shine to Mavis.

Admission for teens in grades 6-12 is free.

Adult: Wild Cats of New Hampshire

Thursday, January 31st @ 7:00 Laconia Rotary Hall Cats are evolutionally the most advanced land predators on the planet. Humans have long been both fearful and fascinated by these secretive, stealthy and deadly hunters. This program, presented by staff from Squam Lakes Natural Science Center, will focus on the natural history and amazing adaptations of the felines found in New Hampshire. Admission is free.

Future Activities

Children: Goss Rging Room Storytime

Tuesday, February 5th @ 3:30, at our Goss branch, 188 Elm St. in Lakeport for after school storytime.

For more information, call 524-3808.

Preschool Storytime

Wednesday, February 6th @ 10:00 Thursday, February 7th @ 9:30 & 10:30 Stories and crafts in the Selig Storytime Room.

Teen: YU-GI-OH!

Monday, February 4th @ 3:30 Laconia Rotary Hall Teens in grades 6-12 meet to play this popular card game.

Adult:

Adult Book Discussion Series Begins in February Tuesday, February 5 @ 7:00 p.m.

“In the Sanctuary of Outcasts” by Neil White Discussion leader: Maren Tirabassi Tuesday, March 5 @ 7:00 p.m.

“Behind the Beautiful Forevers” by Katherine Boo Discussion leader: Sophia Woodley Tuesday, April 2 @ 7:00 p.m.

“On a Farther Shore: the Life and Legacy of Rachel Carson” by William Souder Discussion leader: Jennifer Lee Tuesday, May 7 @ 7:00 p.m.

“Nothing to Envy” by Barbara Demick Discussion leader: Frumie Selchen Books available at the front circulation desk.

Hours: Monday - Thursday 9am - 8pm • Friday 9am - 6pm Saturday 9am - 4pm For more information, call 524-4775.

We have wireless ... inside & out!!

phosphate detergents in the city and eventually to a ban on new sewer hookups to the city’s sewage treatment system until the issues with the treatment plant were resolved. The city of Laconia stepped up to the plate as well, funding an $80,000 study of the city’s sewage treatment facility which concluded that the plant was indeed a major contributor to the algae blooms in Lake Winnisquam.

The group’s efforts led to the passage of House Bill 50 in a special session of the legislature in 1972 which established a regional sewage treatment system for eight communities in the Lakes Region which would be operated by the state and funded by the communities, The following year the association’s efforts received national attention when William Ruckelshaus, the first administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), came to the city with a $1 million grant. ‘’We were very important to the EPA. They wanted a good news story about environmental activism, which was a big part of what they wanted to achieve nationally,’’ says Foudriat.

The association received the EPA’s first Environmental Protection Award in 1975. ‘’Those were good times, fun times,’’ recalls Kariagianis, ‘’we can look back in satisfaction at what we did.’’

BRAZIL FIRE from page 2 chance. They never saw it coming.”

There was no fire alarm, no sprinklers, no fire escape. In violation of state safety codes, fire extinguishers were not spaced every 1,500 square feet, and there was only one exit. As the city buried its young Monday, questions were raised about whether Brazil is up to the task of ensuring the safety in venues for the World Cup next year, and the Olympics in 2016. Four people were arrested for questioning, including two band members and the nightclub’s co-owner.

Rizzi hadn’t even planned on going out that night.

He was talked into it by friends and knew dozens at the club. He said the first sign of a problem was insulation dripping above the stage.

The flames at that point were barely noticeable, just tiny tongues lapping at the flammable material.

The band’s singer, Marcelo dos Santos, noticed it and tried to put out the smoldering embers by squirting water from a bottle.

The show kept going. Then, as the ceiling continued to ooze hot molten foam, dos Santos grabbed the drummer’s water bottle and aimed it at the fire. That didn’t work either, Rizzi said. A security guard handed the band leader a fire extinguisher.

He aimed, but nothing came out; the extinguisher didn’t work.

At that point, Rizzi said, the singer motioned to the band to get out. Rizzi calmly made his way to the door — the club’s only exit — still thinking it was a small fire that would quickly be controlled.

The cavernous building was divided into several sections, including a pub and a VIP lounge — and hundreds of the college students and teenagers crammed in couldn’t see the stage. They continued to drink and dance, unaware of the danger spreading above them.

Then, the place became an inferno.

The band members who headed straight for the door lived. One, Danilo Brauner, went back to get his accordion, and never made it out.

The air turned dense and dark with smoke; there was no light, nothing pointing to the single exit.

Rizzi found himself clawing through a panicked crowd that surged blindly toward the door.

“I was halfway across the floor, I could see the door, but the air turned black with this thick smoke,” he said. “I couldn’t breathe. People started to panic and run toward the door. They were falling, screaming, pulling at each other.”

The manager, meanwhile, was outside dealing with a drunk and belligerent young man. No one there had any inkling of the desperate scene unfolding just beyond Kiss’ black, sound-proof double doors, said taxi driver Edson Schifelbain, who was

THE LACONIA DAILY SUN, Tuesday, January 29, 2013— Page 21

ANNIE’S MAILBOX

Dear Annie: I am an associate in a law firm with two offices. Each office has three associate attorneys and is managed by a partner.

During my first year, I was the only associate in my office, and I received a Christmas bonus. The second year, we hired two additional associates. I was devastated when all of the staff but none of the associates received a bonus that year, as I’d planned to use the money to buy gifts for my family. I wasn’t surprised last month when, once again, the associates received nothing. I did discover, however, that all of the associates in the other law office received bonuses.

I understand that a Christmas bonus is not something I am entitled to receive, and if I bring it up to my boss, it would make me sound selfish and greedy. We do get extra money each month if we exceed a specific number of billable hours. However, that is a part of my compensation agreement and a variable portion of my salary, not a bonus.

I also think my boss has decided that the office staff, most of whom are single parents, need the bonus more than the associates do. But my law degree came with six figures of student loan debt.

This is less about the money than it is about the disparate treatment, especially between the two law offices. Is there any way to bring this up to my boss for next season without sounding like a spoiled child? -- Struggling Young Professional Dear Struggling: We understand why this seems unfair, but unless a yearly bonus is part of your compensation package, such money is given at the discretion of the managing partner. It is possible that the associates in the other office have a different compensation agreement that includes a Christmas bonus or that there are other factors

involved. You could ask what you can do to increase the likelihood that you will merit additional pay at the end of the year, or whether something about your performance has been disappointing. Beyond that, you’re out of luck.

Dear Annie: My friend “Harry” has had an on-again, off-again girlfriend for the past year. They have broken up many times, but claim they’re right for each other. Most of our friends think their relationship is a waste of time.

Well, now they are on again, but this time it is different.

Harry is totally head over heels, but she isn’t into him so much. I used to talk to him every day, and now I barely get a “hello.” His girlfriend says I’m “bugging” him and never lets him hang around long enough to talk to me.

We all know it’s only a matter of time before it ends badly. How can I help Harry realize what’s going on? I want my friend back. -- Worried in California Dear California: Unless there is abuse, it is pointless for you to involve yourself in Harry’s relationship. He could benefit from counseling to work on the reasons he pursues such a self-destructive romance, but until he admits that he makes bad choices, your words will have little effect. Since the relationship is likely to end sooner than later, you will have other opportunities to discuss this with him.

Dear Annie: I read the letter from “Ormond Beach, Fla.” Last year, I went to a male doctor with a gynecological problem. He said I had menopause, and that was it. I made an appointment with a female nurse practitioner, who sent me to a gynecologist. The gynecologist discovered I had cancer and referred me to an oncologist. Fortunately, the surgeon was able to get it all.

I’m glad I didn’t listen to the first doctor. Keep trying until you get some help. -- Thankful in Southern Indiana

Annie’s Mailbox is written by Kathy Mitchell and Marcy Sugar, longtime editors of the Ann Landers column. Please e-mail your questions to: anniesmailbox@comcast.net, or write to: Annie’s Mailbox, c/o Creators Syndicate, 737 3rd Street, Hermosa Beach, CA 90254.

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Animals

Autos

CAIRN Terrier Puppies- 3 females, 1 wheat with black mask, 2 brindles. (Toto) Hypoallergetic, great pets. $300 267-8970

98 Isuzu Rodeo- 35K miles, new engine, new everything. Clean truck, 4-cylinder $1,500.

603-832-8621

LABRADOR Retriever pups AKC, gorgeous litter of 7. Healthy happy, 1st shots and health certificates, in-home raised (603)664-2828.

BUYING junk cars, trucks & big trucks ME & NH. Call for price.

Martin Towing. (603)305-4504.

Announcement THE THRIFTY YANKEE HUGE JANUARY SALE! Everything on sale, up to 50% off.

Open Wednesday-Sunday, 10-5.

603-279-0607. Route 25 Meredith NH across from Interlakes High School, plenty of parking. Cash for your Gold and Silver.

Autos $_TOP dollar paid for junk cars & trucks. Available 7-days a week.

P3 s Towing. 630-3606 1990 Olds V-6 Auto. 138K miles, good shape, $1,495 OBO. 630-0957 1994 GMC Sierra 4X4 truck. V6, $1,500/OBO. 1987 Chevy Suburban 3/4 Ton 4X4 W/8ft.

Plow system. Great yard truck, $1,500/OBO 630-8282 or 455-1058 1998 BUICK Riviera- 113K, Excellent condition, green, leather, all options. Salvage title, $2,500. 603-496-5619 2000 Lincoln Towncar: Heated leather, moonroof, 8-disc player, remote start, 79k miles, great condition, 1-owner. $4,995.

524-6866.

2001 Explorer Sport 2 door, 4X4, 120K. Power everything, recent sticker. $3,200. X-tra clean!

496-5206

CASH paid for unwanted or junk cars and trucks. Same day service possible. 603-231-2859.

PRE 1972 Classic 4 speed cars wanted. Especially convertables.

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For Rent

LACONIA 1 bedroom apartment.

Close to Bartlett Beach. Heat & lights, $175/Week + security & references.

No pets.

603-528-5940

CENTER HARBOR- Walk to supermarket/restaurants/water.

Water/Mountain views. New paint/carpet, etc. 1 or 2 bedrooms, heat Included, from $645/month.

No Pets. 603-937-1007

BOATS ABC

LACONIA 1st floor 2-3 bedroom apartment on Pleasant St. Walk to town & beaches, recently repainted, carpeting, appliances, full bath. $1,000/Month includes heat & hot water. 524-3892 or 630-4771 LACONIA 2-bedroom 2nd floor on Province St. Clean, sunny, lead safe. Good neighborhood with private parking. Washer/dryer access, no pets, $800/Month + utilities. 508-423-0479 LACONIA Elegant, large one bed room in one of Pleasant Street s finest Victorian homes. Fireplace, beamed ceilings, lots of natural woodwork, washer/dryer. Walk to downtown and beaches. Heat/Hot water included. $925. 528-6885

KAYAK Wilderness Systems, 2002, 15.5 ft., yellow/ green, steering rudder, good condition, $599. 253-6163 WANTED: Boat Dock/Slip on Winnipesaukee, 2013 season, for a 20ft. Century Runabout. Mature couple, mostly weekday use.

Kevin or Karen 802-263-5700

LACONIA- 1 bedroom home. $850/Month + utilities. $850 deposit, available immediately.

Call 603-340-0936 No calls after 8pm please.

Business Opportunities

LACONIA- 2 bedroom house near LRGH. Includes heat & hot water, washer/dryer, and snow removal. $1,000/Month. No pets/smoking.

524-5455

Need Extra Money? Start an Avon Business for $10. Call Debbie at 603-491-5359.

Or go to www.start.youravon.com and enter reference code: dblaisedell.

LACONIABeacon St. West Luxury condo. Furnished, washer/dryer, hardwood floors, granite countertops, storage unit, gym included. Very low utilities.

Free Internet & cable.

Non-smoker/No pets. Security, lease & references required. $750/Month. 455-4075

Employment Wanted HARD WORKING experienced cleaning woman looking for more jobs. Regular or one-time cleaning. Hillarie, 998-2601

LACONIA- Large 3 bedroom 1st floor apartment. Newly painted ,Washer/dryer. $1,100/Month + utilities. 1 month security deposit and lease required. Available now. Call 603-524-3759 and leave message for application.

For Rent APARTMENTS, mobile homes. If you need a rental at a fair price, call DRM Corp. Over 50 years in rentals. We treat you better!

524-0348 or visit M-W-F, 12-5, at our new location, 142 Church St.

For Rent

FURNISHED Room with private bathroom. Heat, hot water & cable included. $150 per week.

LACONIA- Nice 1 bedroom. No pets/no smoking, $130/week plus

For Rent

For Rent

LACONIA- Large 3 bedroom 1st floor apartment with sunroom & storage. $850/Month, includes heat/hot water. Near hospital and stores. Good rental history and credit report required.

603-707-1510 or 530-474-1050 LACONIA- Large Rooms for rent.

Private bath, heat/hot water, electric, cable, parking included. $145-160/week 603-781-6294 LACONIA: 2 bedroom, 1st floor.

Separate entrance, coin-op laundry in basement. $230/week, including heat, electric & hot water.

524-1234 www.whitemtrentals.com.

LACONIA: 2 bedroom, 2nd floor in duplex building. $225/week, including heat, electric & hot water. 524-1234, www.whitemtrentals.com.

LACONIA: Spacious two bedroom apartment for rent. Rent is $702. per month with heat and hot water included. On-site laundry, storage room and off-street parking. Close to pharmacy, schools and hospital. Please call Julie at Stewart Property Mgt. (603) 524-6673 EHO. LACONIA: Very nice 1-bedroom apartment in clean, quiet, downtown building. Recently painted.

Nice kitchen and full bath. $175/week, includes heat, hot water & electricity. 524-3892 or 630-4771.

LACONIA: 1st Floor, Large 3BR, 2-bath apartment. Deck and parking. No pets, no smokers. Security deposit, references and lease required. $925/month plus utilities.

875-2292.

LACONIA: Gilbert Apartments.

Call for available apartments.

524-4428 LACONIA: Pleasant Street, 1BR, $750. Heat/hot water included, no pets/smoking. 524-5837.

MIDDLE aged Woman to share house. Washer/Dryer, cable TV, New room. $500/Month. 290-2324 Call Al MINUTES from Concord2-bedroom 1-bath completely renovated energy efficient apartment complex. $795, including hot water with free WiFi. Secured building access, onsite laundry and more. Military discount available. Convenient Rte 3 location in West Franklin!

Must See, Call today!

603-744-3551 MOULTONBOROUGH- Winnipesaukee Waterfront home. Female to share with same. $850/Includes all unitlities. Cable/Internet 603- 253-8848 NEW HAMPTON: 2-bedroom apartment. Close to Rt. 93. Heat & Hot water included. $750/mo.

279-5577.

NEW HAMPTON: Nice 1-bedroom apartment, sliders to private deck, 5 minutes from I-93. $620/month. + security., cat okay.

(603)217-0373.

NORTHFIELD: 2BR mobile home on own land, near Exit 19. Pets considered. $695 per month plus utilities. Call 286.4624.

SANBORNTON Rooms- Home near Tilton & I-93. One furnished $125/Week, one unfurnished $115/Week. All utilities, laundry, kitchen, bath. No drugs or drinking. Smoking okay. Males only.

603-286-9628 SANBORNTON: Efficiency apartment, close to Route 3. Clean, bright, newly painted. Heat & electric included. No smoking/ pets. $700/month.

Security deposit and references required.

520-0859.

TILTON: Downstairs 1-bedroom. $630/Month. Heat and hot water included. No dogs, 603-630-9772 or 916-214-7733.

WINNISQUAM: Small efficiency and a cottage including heat, hot water, lights and cable. $175-$225 per week. $500 deposit. No pets. 387-3864.

For Rent-Commercial

For Sale $1000 value Gift certificate Ice Hotel- Hotel de Glace, Quebec Canada. Feb 8th-9th. For 2 people, theme suite. Four course dinner & breakfast at Le Dijon, access to hot tubs & saunas. Second night stay Hotel Le Concorde Quebec. $850/ OBO. 603-393-8171 (3) Beveled-Glass Mirrors: Each 22”x68” in wooden frame. Can be removed from frame. $300.

393-9418.

22 Cu. Ft. Almond Refrigerator, top freezer $100. LH interior fan top glass door & frame with hardware & keys. $75. 3 storm doors and 6 storm windows. Call for sizes/prices. 630-8282 or 455-1058

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For Sale

For Sale

26 inch Troy Built Snow Blower in new condition. $350. 286-8281

SEASONED Firewood for SaleCan deliver in Laconia area. $225./Cord 603-387-0147

AMAZING! Beautiful Pillowtop Mattress Sets. Twin $199, Full or Queen $249, King $449. Call 603-305-9763 See “Furniture” AD. BOWLING Balls (4), Candlepin, Ram-Pro-Rubber, EPOD 72D, come with bag, used six strings, cost $220, asking $170. 496-8639 Bowling Shoes, Dexter SST8, 9-2W, top of the line with interchangable heels and sliders.

Used three times, cost $180, asking $130. 496-8639 DRIOD Smart Phones- Motorola, HTC, Samsung. Refurbished & store models $75. Used Droids $45-$60. 387-3078 FIESTA Dinnerware: (4) 4-piece place settings. Colors: sunflower, tangerine, shamrock, seafoam.

Excellent condition, $75.

393-9418.

GREEN FIREWOOD: Cut, not split $140/cord; Cut & split $175/cord. Dry pine, cut & split, $135/cord. 1/2 cords available.

Also, logging, landclearing & tree work (all phases). 393-8416.

JOHNSTON

LOGGING FIREWOOD

Cut, Split & Delivered $200 per cord, Got trees need CA$H?

455-6100

KENMORE Washer: Large, only 1 1/2 years old, works very well. $150/best offer. (603)279-5598.

PIANOS: What greater gift to give a child than a piano?

Call 524-1430.

PRINTER: 3 in 1 Lexmark P4330, used one semester at college, needs ink. $30. 455-3686.

Remodeling- Kitchenaid dishwasher, butcher block top, older model, works beautiful. Entertainment center, hardwood 54inX54in with glass doors, on coasters for easy moving. Couch with matching chair. Please ask about other furniture. 630-4523

Furniture

SET of 4 snow tires mounted on aluminum Jeep rims. 235-75-15. $150. Set of 4 snow tires mounted on Ford rims, 205-65-15, $150.

630-0957 SMALL Heating Oil Deliveries: No minimum required. Eveningweekend deliveries welcome.

Benjamin Oil, LLC. 603-731-5980

Help Wanted

Help Wanted

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MANUFACTURING POSITIONS IN LACONIA & CONCORD

in the Lakes Region with a proven track record in growth; is seeking highly motivated, success driven individuals.

Potential earnings average between $17-$40 an hour.

Daytime and evening shifts available. No experience necessary, onsite training provided. Call for application information:

CURRENT OPENINGS ON 1st SHIFT • CNC Set-up Operator • CNC Programming • CNC Operators If you have CNC experience and would like a pay raise please contact us to see how we may be able to find you a better opportunity.

SNOWSHOES 2 pairs. Snowcraft wood and traditional bearclaw design, 10” x 36”. 528-1260.

603-581-2450 EOE

TREADMILL

LICENCED Cosmetologist wanted for small residential salon. Must have 3+ years experience & some clientele. 527-8980.

www.wilsonemployment.com

MACHINE OPERATOR/MAINTENANCE BACK-UP POSITION

Or email your resume to; jwentworth@wilsonemployment.com

Power Incline, time, speed, distance, calorie counter, safety shutoff. $175. 279-4668.

WALL TILES: Ceramic, Glazed, 74 sq. ft., American Olean, 6”x6”, Sandy Ridge (color), $30. Please call 455-3686.

Furniture AMAZING! Beautiful Queen or Full-sized Mattress/ Box-spring Set. LUXURY-FIRM European Pillow-Top Style. Fabulous Back, Hip and Leg Support, Hospitality A+ Rating! All New Factory Sealed with 10-YR Warranty.

Compare Cost $1095, SELL $249. Can Delivery and Set-up.

603-305-9763 DINING Room Set- Cherry table 40X80, six side chairs, small buffet, solid wood, original $2,300 selling $590. 286-4759 Dining Room Set- Table (expands to 8ft), 8 chairs, china, server.

White maple overlayed with butternut veneer. $3,500.

527-0955 NEW trailer load mattresses....a great deal! King set complete $395, queen set $249.

603-524-1430.

Two sofa beds, one with matching loveseat, free to taker . 527-0955

Free FREE Pickup for your unwanted, useful items. Garages, vehicls, estates cleaned out and yardsale items. (603)930-5222.

Help Wanted BOOKKEEPER Construction Company seeks a full charge bookkeeper to manage multiple company books.

Responsibilities include but not limited to payroll, accounts payable/receivable as well a month and year end transactions.

Must be a team player and able to multi-task. Knowledge of Quick Books Accounting Software and Excel is preferred. Email resumes to norm3@gilfordwell.com.

FULL TIME TOW DRIVER Must have clean driving record, medical card and pass a background check. Call 524-7441

We currently have an opening for a dye machine operator/back-up maintenance person. This position requires an individual with an extensive mechanical background and the ability to complete projects independently, as well as in a team environment. Machine operation and Fork Lift experience is a plus. This is a great opportunity for the right person to join a very stable and successful manufacturing facility. This position is first shift and full time. Starting pay is negotiable and will depend on experience. Benefits are available after 90 days of service. Please stop by and fill out an application @: Amatex Corporation, 45 Primrose Dr., Laconia, N.H. 03246 or Call Dawnn@ 603-524-2552.

PT Experienced Custodian/ Floor Care. Sunday - Thurs. evening, 10 pm - 4 am. 30 hours per week, $10/ hour. Must clear background check. 524-9930.

WILSON EMPLOYMENT NETWORKS, LLC

CALL: 225-7300

Home Improvements TOTAL FLOOR CARE, TOTAL HOME CARE Professional Floor sanding, refinishing. Repair: remodeling, painting, cleaning. 603-986-8235

Instruction GUITAR LESSONS

With Mike Stockbridge- Berklee, UMaine All styles, levels, and ages. www.mikestockbridge.com (603)733-9070.

Land TWO Acres prime deep water oceanfront. Cleared, soil tested.

Driveway in. Location Lubec Maine. $75,000 Firm. For more information, call 603-527-2607

Lost REWARD Lost mens gold, diamond, ruby ring. 603-387-5367

Motorcycles Buy • Sell • Trade www.motoworks.biz

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

Services *NATURAL HANDYMAN *

WANTED!

Home improvements and interior design. Free estimates. hourly rate. Call 603-832-4000, Laconia area.

ENERGETIC RELIABLE PERSON Hours 7:30-1pm Daily Thurs. 8:30-5:30 Sat. 8:30-12pm

Laundry department and front counter Will train the right person

Call for Interview Quik Laundry & Cleaners

401 South Main St. Laconia

524-5678

30% off now through February. I nterior Painting & odd jobs, repairs, Snow removal. Experienced, insured. Very reasonable, free estimates. Dan 677-6763

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BARGE from page 3 vices, an oil spill response company, was collecting oily water.

Officials did not yet have an estimate of how much oil had been pumped out, or how much spilled into the Mississippi.

Another Coast Guard spokesman, Petty Officer 3rd Class Jonathan Lally, said the oil was contained and skimmers would work through the night collecting it. He said a flyover by a Coast Guard helicopter from Vicksburg 50 miles to the south found no evidence of shoreline impact.

Drew Smith, a hydraulic engineer with the Army Corps of Engineers, wouldn’t speculate on the specific cause of Sunday’s crash, which is under investigation by the Coast Guard. But he said the Mississippi at Vicksburg is challenging for southbound vessels, mostly barges carrying grain and other products from the nation’s heartland.

Southbound tows must travel faster than the flow of the water for their rudders to steer effectively. At Vicksburg they must negotiate a 120-degree turn on the meandering Mississippi, then straighten up to pass under the railroad bridge and the Interstate 20 bridge.

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QUEEN from page 2 tee member, a pilot and a water management expert.

Over the years, he has struggled to win the affection of this nation of 16 million, but his immensely popular wife, the Argentine-born Maxima, has helped him gain more acceptance ever since she brushed away a tear during their wedding in 2002.

They are a hard-working couple: Willem-Alexander regularly gives speeches at water conferences, sharing his low-lying nation’s centuries of experience battling to stay dry, while soon-to-be Queen Maxima, a former investment banker, has carved out a career as a microfinance expert.

Together, the pair has often been seen cheering on Dutch sportsmen and women at Olympics from Beijing, to Vancouver and London.

“He’s known as ‘Mister Water,’ isn’t he? He seems like a reliable person, just like his mother,” said Desiree Hoving, an Amsterdam resident. “I don’t really have an emotional response to him, but I do think it’s nice that Maxima is going to be queen.”

Despite regular public appearances, Willem-Alexander is also fiercely private, giving reporters and photographers brief, choreographed glimpses of his family in return for being left in peace the rest of

the time.

“He and Princess Maxima are fully prepared for their future roles,” Beatrix said. “They will serve our nation with dedication, faithfully preserve the constitution and bring all their talents to the monarchy.”

Despite her popularity, Maxima has always carried an air of controversy because her father was an agriculture minister in the military junta that ruled Argentina with an iron fist in the late 1970s and early 1980s.

In a move that may curtail possible protests, the Royal House said that Maxima told Prime Minister Mark Rutte that her parents will not attend the inauguration.

In her brief, prerecorded speech from her Huis ten Bosch Palace in The Hague, Beatrix said she was, “deeply grateful for the great faith you have shown in me in the many years that I could be your queen.”

The queen’s departure is sure to bring about an outpouring of sentimental and patriotic feelings among the Dutch, most of whom adore Beatrix. In everyday conversation, many of her subjects refer to her simply by the nickname “Bea.” Well-wishers immediately gathered outside the palace Monday.

SANDY from page 2 victims, the House majority and their speaker, John Boehner,” Republican New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie fumed at the time.

Top House Republicans responded by bringing new Sandy aid legislation to the floor under ground rules designed to win over as many Republicans as possible while retaining support from Democrats eager to approve as much in disaster aid as possible.

GOP leaders cut spending in the Senate bill unrelated to disasters. One would have transferred $1 billion for training Iraqi policemen to instead be used to bolster security at U.S. diplomatic missions. The shift in money followed a Sept. 11 terrorist attack on the American consulate in Benghazi, Libya, where the U.S. ambassador and three other Americans were killed.

Also deleted were $188 million for an Amtrak expansion project that included new, long-planned tunnels from New Jersey to Penn Station in Manhattan, and another $150 million for fisheries disasters that states such as Alaska and Mississippi could have shared.

After all the cost-cutting, 179 House Republicans still voted against the disaster aid package with only 49 favoring it. GOP leaders had to rely on yes votes from 192 Democrats to pass it.

As with past natural disasters, the Sandy aid bill is not offset with spending cuts, meaning the aid adds to the deficit. The lone exception is an offset provision requiring that $3.4 billion for Army Corps of Engineers projects to protect against future storms be covered by an equal amount of unspecified spend-

TRASH from page one program offered the most significant savings by far, Councilors Brenda Baer (Ward 4) and Armand Bolduc (Ward 5) appeared to favor a species of “mandatory recycling.” Only Councilor Matt Lahey (Ward 2) preferred PAYT, remarking that his daughter lives in Concord where it was introduced several years ago and appears to be working well.

“We’re not Concord,” Baer sniffed at that observation.

One plan called for collecting recyclables weekly throughout the year while collecting trash every other week from September through April and weekly from May to September. Saltmarsh doubted that more frequent collection would significantly increase recycling. At the same time, she warned that if trash were collected only every other week, it would likely accumulate at the curb in amounts exceeding the limits set by city ordinance. The DPW would ultimately be compelled to remove the trash at additional expense.

Myers agreed, citing “major health and aesthetic concerns,” and the committee accepted his recommendation to abandon this option.

The second scenario, modeled on the process followed in Reading and several other towns in Massachusetts, would make recycling a requirement for trash collection. Myers explained that the trash truck would only collect solid waste at those addresses where recyclable materials were also placed at the curb to be collected by a second truck.

He noted that some sort of enforcement strategy, developed in partnership with the contractor, would be necessary for what he described as “a form of mandatory recycling.”

According to Saltmarsh’s estimates, the cost savings would not be significant. It currently costs $125,000 a year to collect recyclables every other week and weekly collection would cost another $90,000 for a total of $215,000. If only 20-percent of the waste stream were recycled, the additional

recycling at 30-percent, the savings would approach $50,000.

PAYT was the third option the committee considered. PAYT is intended to increase recycling by requiring residents to place the trash and garbage they do not recycle in a special-marked plastic bag purchased at local retail outlets. The trash, together with recyclable materials, is collected at the curbside once a week. Trash not contained in a marked bag is left at the curb.

PAYT treats trash disposal like a public utility by ensuring that households and businesses pay only for what they generate through the purchase of bags without subsidizing those who choose not to recycle.

Moreover, non-profit organizations exempt from property tax would also pay their fair share with PAYT. Some 75 municipalities in New Hampshire have introduced PAYT programs.

Saltmarsh estimated that by recycling 30-percent of the waste stream, PAYT would spare property taxpayers almost $702,000 with proceeds from the sale of bags offsetting most of the cost. Myers explained that the council could effectively subsidize a PAYT program by setting the price of the bags at its discretion. Likewise, he acknowledged that the experience of other municipalities indicated that a PAYT program would likely lead to recycling more than 30-percent of the waste stream, which by increasing the savings to taxpayers would allow more favorable pricing of the bags.

Finally, Casella Waste Systems, which recently acquired Bestway Disposal Services, has suggested introducing an automated system using 64-gallon toters for trash and recyclables provided by the contractor. Representatives of the company will be invited to meet with the Public Works Committee to explain the proposal on February 11.

Councilor Henry Lipman (Ward 3) stressed the urgency of reducing the cost of handling solid waste in the 2013-2014, even it required accelerating the renewal of the current collection contract or putting

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