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Gilford murder victim last seen alive 2 days before body found

By GAil oBer

THE LACONIA DAILY SUN

GILFORD — The final autopsy report on the murdered woman whose body was found in her Country Club Road home in late October showed she died of multiple gunshots.

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Benjamin Agati of the N.H. Attorney General’s Office said there was nothing in Roberta “Bobbie” Millers toxicology report to indicate any other cause of death.

“There was no other foul play like poisoning involved,” said Agati Monday afternoon.

He also there was nothing in the report to indicate Miller was using any illegal drugs, nor that she was intoxicated.

Its been two months since the body of Miller and her golden retriever were found shot to death by a relative and though the investigation, according to Agati “is still on the front burner” very little information is being made public.

Agati said investigators have still not nailed down the exact time of death saying Miller died between sometime Friday, Oct. see MuRdeR page 8

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LACONIA — About two out of every three students in the city’s schools qualify for free or reduced price school lunch, a rate which has been higher in the past two school years than ever before. The federally-subsidized meals are available to students from households with low income levels, but school administrators say the rising statistic has as much to do with

improved accounting practices as it does with the recession or socioeconomic trends.

Tim Goossens has been the Laconia School District’s food service director since 1998, and he said the local rates for free and reduced lunches spiked last year and have remained about the same level since. He reported that 58-percent of students at Pleasant Street School qualify for subsidized lunch, while the statistic for Elm Street School is 67-percent and

at Woodland Heights it’s 72-percent. Fiftynine percent of middle school students and 53-percent of high school students qualify.

Goossens said the statewide average is around 25-percent.

High school rates are typically lower than those for the younger grades because student income is taken into consideration and older students might be more reluctant to seek assistance, Goossens said. see LuNCH page 8

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Along the shore of Lake Winnipesaukee at Weirs Beach. (Laconia Daily Sun photo/Ed Engler)

Millham says Democrat lawyers welcome to apply for county post By michAel Kitch THE LACONIA DAILY SUN

LACONIA — All 18 members of the Belknap County Convention, which will choose the next county attorney, are now Republicans. Nevertheless, Representa-

tive Alida Millham of Gilford, who chairs the convention, stressed that candidates for the vaccant position will be judged on their credentials, regardless of their partisan allegiance.

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New investments place value of Facebook at $50-billion

CONCORD (AP) — New Hampshire Republican Party Chairman John H. Sununu is endorsing Juliana Bergeron to replace him when he steps down later this month.

Bergeron, who owns an insurance and investment firm in Keene, is chairwoman of the Cheshire County Republicans. Sununu said Monday she is a strong conservative who can maintain a united Republican party and build on its success in the November elections.

He also praised her management and fundraising skills.

Dover businessman Jack Kimball, a tea party activist who has been endorsed by House Speaker Bill O’Brien and House Majority Leader D.J. Bettencourt, also is seeking the job. Republicans will elect a new chairman Jan. 22.

NEW YORK (AP) — An injection of cash that values Facebook at $50 billion will help it delay going public for at least another year, giving the company breathing room to focus on long-term ambition rather than short-term profit.

The infusion — $500 million from elite investment house Goldman Sachs and a Russian investor, according to a report

by The New York Times — represents the most emphatic endorsement yet of Facebook’s potential to make money in online social networking.

It places the company at twice the value of Internet giant Yahoo and about equal to what well-established names such as Boeing and Kraft Foods are worth on the open market.

More important, it buys time for Facebook to keep its books private and not have

to cater to the demands of the market. And it gives 26-year-old founder Mark Zuckerberg room to grow into his role as the public face of a multinational company.

Zuckerberg is widely believed to be more comfortable operating behind the scenes, thinking about technology and business, than engaging in public discourse, says Standard & Poor’s equity analyst Scott Kessler, who follows large Internet companies.

“There is still some question whether he has the persona to be a public CEO and, if he doesn’t, would he be willing to cede control to someone who does,” says Mark Heeson, president of the National Venture Capital Association, a trade group that represents firms that invest in startups.

“That is probably an issue that Facebook’s board has been discussing for some time.”

As it nears the seventh anniversary of

its founding in a Harvard dorm room, Facebook is already slightly more mature than Google was when it went public, in 2004. At the time, investors placed Google’s value at about $24 billion.

By the time Google turned 7, in September 2005, its market value had ballooned to about $90 billion, and the company wound up with $6 billion in revenue that year.

Google, like Facebook, wanted to stay private as long as possible to avoid public scrutiny of its finances, investor complaints about its strategy and potential management distractions.

The $50 billion is more than twice as much as the market’s valuation of Yahoo. It’s also worth more than eBay, but still less than Amazon.com — not to mention Google, which now stands at nearly $200 billion. see FACEBOOK page 6

BEEBE, Ark. (AP) — New Year’s revelers in a small Arkansas town were enjoying midnight fireworks when they noticed something other than sparks falling from the sky: thousands of dead blackbirds.

The red-winged blackbirds rained out of the darkness onto rooftops and sidewalks and into fields. One struck a woman walking her dog. Another hit a police cruiser.

Birds were “littering the streets, the yards, the driveways, everywhere,” said Robby King, a county wildlife officer in Beebe, a community of 5,000 northeast of Little Rock.

“It was hard to drive down the street in some

places without running over them.”

In all, more than 3,000 birds tumbled to the ground. Scientists said Monday that fireworks appeared to have frightened the birds into such a frenzy that they crashed into homes, cars and each other. Some may have flown straight into the ground.

“The blackbirds were flying at rooftop level instead of treetop level” to avoid explosions above, said Karen Rowe, an ornithologist with the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission. “Blackbirds have poor eyesight, and they started colliding with things.”

But Rowe stopped short of declaring

the mystery solved, saying labs planned to test bird carcasses for toxins or disease.

Another theory was that violent thunderstorms might have disoriented the flock or even just one bird that could have led the group in a fatal plunge to the ground.

A few stunned birds survived their fall and stumbled around like drunken revelers. There was little light across the countryside at the time, save for the glimmer of fireworks and some lightning on the horizon. In the tumult, many birds probably lost their bearings. see BLACKBIRDS page 6

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Bond crisis inevitable?

Talk is spreading that the longawaited recovery is at hand. Perhaps.

But gleaning the news from Europe and Asia as U.S. cities, states and the federal government sink into debt, it is difficult to believe a worldwide financial crisis that hammers governments, banks and bondholders alike can be long averted.

Consider.

Fitch and Moody’s have just downgraded the debt of Ireland, Greece, Portugal and Hungary. In Budapest, the politicians talk of default. Spain has been warned its debt and banks could be downgraded.

The European Central Bank is buying up this paper to prevent panic selling by investors. There is talk of forcing bondholders to take a haircut.

They would trade their suspect bonds for new euro bonds whose face value would be appreciably less.

In the Latin American debt crisis, the United States bailed out its banks holding the bad paper by giving them U.S.-backed bonds, while forcing them to take a loss on their Latin bonds. Courtesy of Uncle Sam, Latin America walked away from a huge slice of its debt.

The Japanese national debt is slated to pass 200 percent of gross domestic product this year, highest of any major economy on earth. Half of Japan’s spending is now financed by bonds. Tax revenues do not even cover 50-percent.

Nor is America out of the woods.

Financial analyst Meredith Whitney told “60 minutes” we can expect 50 to 100 cities and counties to default on their municipal bonds.

Though derided as an alarmist, Whitney was among the few who warned that U.S. banks were in treacherous waters before 2008.

If anyone is an alarmist, it is The New York Times. In an editorial the day after Christmas, “The Looming Crisis in the States,” the Times writes, “Illinois, California and several other states are at increasing risk of being the first states to default since the 1930s.” California and Illinois are to America what Germany and Spain are to the European Union — the first and fifth largest states.

Illinois, writes the Times, “is faced with $4-billion in overdue payments.” The state “has lacked the money to pay its bills. Some of its employees have been evicted from their offices for nonpayment of rent, social service groups have laid off hundreds of workers while waiting for checks, pharmacies have closed for lack of Medicaid payments.” Illinois is also still borrowing to finance half of its budget.

By Sept. 30, the U.S. government will have run three straight deficits of close to 10-percent of GDP. And Barack Obama and the GOP

just passed $858-billion in new and extended tax cuts and fresh spending.

Yet many dismiss the threat of a series of defaults by European nations and U.S. states and cities leading to a financial crisis that could eclipse the one we have just passed through.

What is the basis of this confidence? Germany dominates the European Central Bank and will not allow defaults by Ireland, Portugal, Greece or Spain. For that would imperil the One Europe project to which Germany has been dedicated since World War II. Berlin will do what is necessary to save the euro and prevent Europe’s monetary union from collapse.

What is wrong with this thesis is that it is not Germany alone that decides on defaults. The weaker countries in the euro zone, like Greece, may decide they will not endure the agonies of austerity any longer. Street politics may force regimes to abandon the regimens imposed upon them as a condition of their bailouts.

In America, it is the Fed that is the last line of defense and has shown a disposition to act in a financial crisis. Since 2008, it has doubled the money supply and taken a trillion dollars in bad debt off the books of U.S. banks. Secretly, it has lent trillions to banks and businesses all over the world and is now buying U.S. bonds to inject more dollars into the economy.

But how does the Fed prevent a state like Illinois from failing to meet its debt obligations and defaulting? How does the Fed prevent a series of municipal bond defaults by cities and counties that lack the tax revenue to pay their bills and whose credit rating has reached a junk-bond status where they can no longer borrow?

Congress would have to vote the bailout money. But will a House that owns its majority to the Tea Party approve half a trillion dollars to bail out Democratic-run cities or Obama’s home state or Jerry Brown’s California?

This June, the stimulus money runs out, and as housing prices continue to fall across America, property tax revenue will fall.

The Feds are about to stop bailing out the states, and the states, on shortening rations, will stop bailing out counties, cities and towns.

We may be closer to the falls than we imagine.

(Syndicated columnist Pat Buchanan has been a senior advisor to three presidents, twice a candidate for the Republican presidential nomination and the presidential nominee of the Reform Party in 2000. He won the New Hampshire Republican Primary in 1996.)

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LETTERS A number of reasons why thoughts of the future depress me To the editor, It has been estimated that global population will exceed 9-billion people by the year 2050. But NPG, Negative Population Growth, says that the earth is already at more than twice its carrying capacity.

The United States consumes more energy per capita than any other large country, and now China and India aspire to our way of life.

Transportation consumes huge amounts of energy. At any given moment, about 7,000 planes are in the air. The travel industry, the automobile industry, the lawn care industry, and others, require great amounts of energy from fossil fuels.

Some say that our supply of oil has peaked. There will probably be new sources discovered, but these will likely be in places that are hard to access,and therefore expensive.

Estimates of 300 years’ worth of coal have been revised downward downward. China has been building coal plants at the rate of about one per week, and these are not “Clean Coal” plants, which may or may not be able to “sequester” CO2 underground, a very expensive process. Burning coal pollutes the air, as do other industries, which also pollute water and food.

Plastic, a by-product of the oil industry, is only slightly re-cycled, and is found in the north Pacific Ocean, in an area twice the size of Texas, slowly sinking, and becoming part of the food chain. And the production of plastic continues.

Most of our oil now comes from Canada, where a large part of the landscape has been ravaged to produce oil very inefficiently.

According to the Arbor Day Foundation, an area the size of 18 city blocks is burned and bulldozed, not every day, but every minute.

Our west coast has recently been inundated with flooding from an unusual amount of rain, but the future of its potable drinking water is in serious doubt. Also recent was the red sludge in Hungary, part of a long list.

In his book, “The Climate War”, Eric Pooley makes it clear that meaningful climate legislation in the U. S. is impossible; the forces of Business as Usual are too strong.

Raising cattle is the chief source of global warming, says Jonathan Foer, in his book, “Eating Animals”. James Hansen, in “Storms of my Grandchildren, says that nuclear energy is inevitable.

This energy source has been likened to dialysis for kidney disease patients.

We’re running out of land for new housing, grazing cattle and pigs; soils are becoming depleted, and desertification is spreading. We’ve now built on lands which proved to be too floodprone for former houses. If sea level rises, the world will become even more crowded.

Transplanted species are raising havoc with global ecology, and most people don’t know what ecology is.

Energy conservation would be a big help (not letting engines idle, for example), but Dick Cheney announced in 2001, that this was a noble idea, but no basis for an energy policy, after closed-door sessions with industrial giants. And this is what most Americans wanted to hear. Why should we, the greatest nation on earth, have to sacrifice comfort, and “walk around in the dark”. It has been estimated that energy conservation could cut our demand in half.

The waste of paper stresses arboreal forests.

Thoughts of the future depress me.

Happy New Year.

Dick Devens Center Sandwich

A rise in core inflation will force central banks to raise interest rates To the editor, While we continue to contend with the threat of deflation, inflation is a growing concern in many markets.

Inflationary pressures are being driven by policy stimulus, capital inflows, rising food prices, rising commodity prices and by reluctance to allow currencies to appreciate. Some

central banks have been reluctant to raise interest rates for fear of encouraging further capital inflows, but this will not be sustainable if core inflation rises substantially. Monetary policy looks to be behind the curve in some areas. Rising inflation could force a sharper tightening of policy see next page

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LETTERS Republicans campaigned on hitting the rewind button in Concord To the editor, I think Cam DeJong (now a Republican N.H. House Representative) said it well: “We believe in people”. Kate Miller, now a former Democrat N.H. House Representative, certainly does not believe that statement to be true in her latest letter complaining about Republicans reversing what the Democrats had done.

The scenario she cites was of citizens in the N.H. House Gallery letting their representatives below know of their ire in their voting. To now state in her latest letter: “. . . allowing for a true potential shoot out at the OK Corral” is sheer demagoguery and shows a lack of respect for what was a purely legal activity. Is Ms. Miller that afraid of guns, or is she that afraid of her own citizens that she represented (I love that past tense)? If not, why else did she believe that her fellow citizens needed to be “controlled”? Actual history (of the event itself) showed that no such scenario happened — I am quite sure that there were a number of representatives were also carrying at the time. It didn’t happen then

and it is doubtful that a gallery of law abiding citizens would cause it to happen in the future. It seems Democrat Pennsylvania Governor Rendell has it right when he posited: “Are we becoming a nation of wusses?”

Republicans are simply about to revise a regulation (not even a law) that was promised during the last campaign cycle. Ms. Miller has no reason to be kvetching — after all, many Republicans stated during their campaigns that many issues would be in “rewind” mode; based on the huge mandate they have given, they will keep their promises and this was one. After all, I would ask Ms. Miller: Where were the Democrat campaign promises concerning gay marriage they ran on during the previous election cycle? Right — there were none. The Democrats ran in stealth mode on many issues and then rammed them through.

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I just didn’t want to walk away from challenges facing N.H. To the editor, I want to express my appreciation to the voters of Gilford, Alton, Barnstead and Belmont for electing me to another term in the New Hampshire House of Representatives. Being a representative for much of the past decade has been and will continue to be a privilege.

I had decided at the end of the last session to retire from political life, but in the end I just did not want to walk away from the challenges before us in the upcoming session. So, when the opportunity presented itself, I decided to run.

The challenge of filling a plus or minus $6000-million budget deficit will not be easy. It will be a balancing act of unprecedented proportions.

Among the questions that need to be addressed are: • How can we fine tune the reve-

nues without damaging business and the economy?

• How do we shave the budget so as to reduce unnecessary spending and still protect the essential expenses of government?

• How do we determine a fair and just approach for funding education?

• How do we come to understand the basic elements of a strong and vibrant economy?

The easy issue this term will be the process of redoing the voting districts for the House of Representatives representation.

I have not heard anyone disagree that the representative districts for the smaller towns need to be more efficient.

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If their premium shopping bag is made in China, I don’t want it To the editor, We line ourselves up as if our toes are on a start-line. Then the signal is given. We are off! 2011 is here, start of this century’s second decade.

I have to thank Anna DeRose for speaking up in favor of health insurance covering trips to one’s naturopathic doctor. Mine (and Anna’s for her, I assume) helps me be healthy.

The regular physician, whose cost is

covered, cursorily examines me and keeps my tests up-to-date. Derek Case responded to my “false hope” letter. Is he a businessman? A teacher? Retired to New Hampshire because we have no income tax? I appreciate that Mr. Case took the time and assigned good reading. I haven’t and probably won’t decide to be anti-U.N. Thank you to teaching colleague, Laconia Daily Sun see next page

from preceding page in some markets than we may currently expect, which would be a drag on growth.

To bring that first paragraph back to a specific example let me expand on the hypothesis via an example: Petroleum prices have been rising noticeably lately and the outlook is for generally higher prices in 2011. If oil moves up 35 to 70-percent, as many are predicting, the impact on the domestic economy will be noticeable.

The number of products made from petroleum base is huge. The cost of

transporting people and products will rise. Given that the domestic economy is about 70-percent driven by consumer spending one might surmise that wage growth will not outstrip such a rise in commodity prices. Purchasing power will therefore decline.

Total dollars spent may rise but the amount of goods and services purchased will have to decline. Standard of living will decline. Economic activity will likely slow.

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FACEBOOK from page 2 Facebook has grown quickly as a business, even as it seeks to retain a startup culture, valuing innovation, hiring the smartest engineers from its neighbors and gobbling up small tech companies.

It has swelled to more than 500 million users, about half of whom log in on a given day. Each month they share more than 30 billion links, notes, photos and other types of content.

Facebook “Like” buttons are everywhere online.

Facebook is free and makes money from selling highly targeted ads.

Investors are increasingly convinced it is destined to become a marketing mecca. It has cemented its place as the king of social media, much as Google did for online search.

The New York Times reported the investment over the weekend, citing unnamed people involved with the deal. Facebook and Goldman Sachs declined to comment Monday.

Russian investor Digital Sky Technologies, which focuses on Internet properties, already has a 10 percent stake in Facebook, but the nod from Goldman Sachs is a sign of just how big the Palo Alto, Calif.-based startup has become even outside tech circles.

Wedbush Morgan analyst Lou Kerner, who has been bullish on social media and Facebook in particular, says Facebook is well worth $50 billion.

He says it’s still 15 percent less than the going rate on private stock exchanges such as SecondMarket and SharesPost, where stock is generally sold by former employees or early investors in these companies. Kerner thinks the company could trade at $100 billion if it went public.

Not that Facebook is in any rush.

Zuckerberg has been coy about a possible initial public offering, recently telling CBS’ “60 Minutes” that he doesn’t see selling the company or going public as an end goal, as a lot of entrepreneurs seem to.

That approach is “like you win when you go public. And that’s just not how I see it,” he said in the broadcast, which aired Dec. 5.

There are many reasons for Facebook to put off an IPO, a big one being that it doesn’t need the money, as the latest investment shows. Companies go public to get access to capital, and Facebook clearly has access to capital, Kerner says.

Going public is also a big time commitment for senior management — time they could otherwise spend running the company, he says. Zuckerberg has been deeply involved in Facebook since its founding and shows no signs of wanting to give that up to cash out. He’s even pledged to give away at least half of his wealth along with a slew of much older billionaires such as Carl Icahn and Barry Diller.

BLACKBIRDS from page 2 “I turn and look across my yard, and there’s all these lumps,” said Shane Roberts, who thought hail was falling until he saw a dazed blackbird beneath his truck. His 16-year-old daughter, Alex, spent Saturday morning picking them up. “Their legs are really squishy,” the teen said.

For some people, the scene unfolding shortly before midnight evoked images of the apocalypse and cut short New Year’s celebrations. Many families phoned police instead of popping champagne.

“I think the switchboard lit up pretty good,” said Beebe police Capt.

Eddie Cullum. “For all the doomsdayers, that was definitely the end of the world.”

Paul Duke filled three five-gallon buckets with dead birds on New Year’s Day. “They were on the roof of the house, in the yard, on the sidewalks, in the street,” said Duke, a suspension supervisor at a nearby school. A few dead birds still littered town streets Monday.

The birds will not be missed. Large roosts like the one at Beebe can have thousands of birds that leave ankle- to knee-deep piles of droppings in places.

On Monday, a few live birds chirped

and hopped from tree to tree behind the Roberts’ home.

“The whole sky turns black every morning and every night,” Roberts said.

At Duke’s home, bird feeders stood empty. He fills them when bluebirds come in the summer but leaves them empty during blackbird season.

“They’d eat 50 pounds of feed a day,” he said. “You couldn’t keep them full.”

Red-winged blackbirds are the among North America’s most abundant birds, with somewhere between 100 million and 200 million nationwide, according to the Cornell Lab of Ornithology in Ithaca, N.Y. Rowe put the number of dead in Beebe at “easily 3,000.” Thousands can roost in one tree.

The Game and Fish Commission shipped carcasses to the Arkansas Livestock and Poultry Commission and the National Wildlife Health Center in Madison, Wis. Researchers at the University of Georgia’s wildlife disease study group also asked for a set of birds. Test results could be back in a week.

A few grackles and a couple of starlings were also among the dead. Those species roost with blackbirds, particularly in winter.

from preceding page columnist Leo Sandy, who is thoughtful, well-spoken, and not thanked enough.

I have an end-of-2010 set of “thank you” letters to share. One is from The Union of Concerned Scientists.

I applaud their work, and donate to them: Two Brattle Square, Cambridge, MA 02138. They are working on best actions to take regarding global climate change and nuclear weapons, both needing better than quick fixes.

The other is from American Bird Conservancy. A pink sticky-note

their premium shopping bag is made in China, they not send it. I’d written on the donation form, something like: If the bag is made in China, I don’t want it. The birds there are suffering the environmental degradation of manufacturing without safeguards for air, water, soil. The sticky note reads: The bags are made in China, so we did not send one. If you still want one, please call us at....” I think I need to write them in more detail. Why would I “still want one”?

Lynn Rudmin Chong Sanbornton

N.H. governors historically stingy in granting pardons

By Norma Love

ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER

CONCORD (AP) — In New Hampshire, it takes unusual circumstances — and a governor willing to risk political backlash — to earn the state’s forgiveness for committing a crime.

It has been a rare combination over the past quarter century.

New Hampshire governors have considered 379 pardon requests and granted only 11 since 1986, according to research by The Associated Press.

One went to a battered wife who killed her husband while he slept, another to a convicted robber who wanted to travel to Canada to help with prison ministry.

The forgiveness has grown stingier in recent years. Only two of the last five governors — both Republicans — have agreed to forgive past crimes with clemency and only to four people. Democratic Gov. John Lynch has not issued any pardons in his six years in office — and that does not bode well for Ward Bird, a Moultonborough man who is the latest to make a plea for his sentence to be commuted.

Republican Gov. Steve Merrill believed convicted murderer June Briand had turned her life around and granted her a conditional pardon in 1997, shortening her prison term by four years. Briand was a battered wife who killed her husband while he slept.

She planned to volunteer at a battered women’s shelter if released.

Merrill also approved convicted robber Carl Spitale’s pardon so he could travel to Canada to help with a prison ministry.

Republican Gov. Craig Benson agreed to pardon Keith McNeil, a National Guardsman who couldn’t deploy with his unit to serve in the Iraq war in 2003 because an old domestic violence conviction prevented him from possessing a gun. Benson also pardoned Brian Korpi who had been convicted of hindering prosecution in a stolen property case sought. He wanted to get his hunting license back.

People seeking pardons weren’t so lucky during Republican Gov. Judd Gregg’s four years as chief executive. He granted none — nor did Democratic Gov. Jeanne Shaheen during her six years.

So far, pardon seekers have struck out with Lynch, too, who is entering his seventh year.

Shaheen was asked to pardon another battered wife convicted of murder, but refused. But in another battered wife case, Republican Gov. John Sununu, like Merrill, believed convicted murderer Kathy Kaplan had turned her life around and granted her a conditional pardon in 1988. Kaplan was convicted of hiring a man to kill her abusive husband.

In all, Sununu pardoned 17 people during his six years in office from 1983 to 1989.

“There is no upside politically for doing pardons.

Governors are often concerned about the risk,” Sununu said last month. “If there’s a reason, I was willing to take the risk of evaluating each pardon application.”

A New Hampshire man convicted of using a gun to threaten a woman who trespassed on his property need only to look at the state’s history of forgiveness to judge his odds of getting a pardon. Bird, 49, hopes to convince Lynch that he’s a victim, not a criminal to win his freedom.

Bird’s case could come before the new Executive Council and Lynch this month. Bird received a mandatory sentence of to three to six years in prison for criminal threatening after losing an appeal to the state Supreme Court. He was convicted of threatening a woman with a gun in 2006 when she arrived on his property seeking directions after getting lost.

The prosecutor said the woman was unarmed, had no intention of harming him and Bird had been warned she was in the area.

His supporters say Bird didn’t threaten the woman, who they claim ignored “no trespassing” signs on the property and refused to leave when asked. They have since formed a Free Ward Bird group to lobby for his release. The group has held rallies and created a website, freewardbird.org, to serve as a bulletin board to advertise events and ask people to write letters to Lynch and Corrections Commissioner William Wrenn.

Republican House Speaker William O’Brien and

117 House members signed a petition asking Lynch to grant Bird clemency.

“We believe he acted absolutely totally within the boundaries of the law,” said his attorney, Mark Sisti. “We believe he used non-deadly force to repel a criminal trespasser. She was committing a crime by being on his property.”

Bird’s chances of winning release could come down to Lynch.

Executive Councilors Ray Burton, a 32-year council veteran, says the governor’s attitude is the deciding factor in whether the council holds pardon hearings and votes on them.

“Gov. Gregg arrived and said he did not care if we got five votes, he would negate it, same with Shaheen,” said Burton.

Shaheen, now a U.S. senator, said she did not have a blanket policy against pardons, but was never presented with one she thought was worthy.

Lynch has not been receptive to requests, either. the most recent request was withdrawn by a woman convicted of drunken driving who wanted to try to restore her driving privileges sooner than the law allows. Another application to pardon a man guilty of not reporting an accident was denied last year.

“I believe strongly that pardons should not be used as a substitute for the court system. Pardons should be reserved for extraordinary circumstances or where there is a real miscarriage of justice,” Lynch said in a statement to the AP. Reluctance by governors to approve pardons has not stopped a steady flow of applicants over the years.

Audrey Blodget, a paralegal with the attorney general’s office, is in charge of preparing applicants’ files for the governor and council. Her office seeks comment from the prosecutor, sentencing judge and the prison superintendent if the person is incarcerated. The criminal record also is attached. The prosecuting attorney is asked to contact the victim if there is one.

The process generally takes several weeks. People can only apply once during a council’s two-year term.

Burton attributes the small number in recent years to the public’s belief lawbreakers should pay the penalty.

“People’s attitude toward crime has taken on a whole new philosophy, a whole new look,” he said.

Burton said he receives pleas almost daily to support Bird’s pardon.

“If and when it gets (to the council), I will give it every consideration,” he said.

Lynch spokesman Colin Manning simply said Bird’s request will be reviewed.

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Small Sunday night earthquake centered in Ashland ASHLAND (AP) — The U.S. Geological Survey says a 2.6 magnitude earthquake rattled the New Hampshire Lakes Region.

There were no reports of damage from the quake, which was reported at 11:46 p.m. Sunday.

The quake was centered about 15 miles northwest of Laconia at a depth of 3.1 miles.

WMUR-TV received several reports of shaking and a loud rumble.

BELMONT — The Board of Selectmen last night agreed to place an article on the 2011 Town Meeting warrant to appropriate matching funds and authorize in-kind contributions should the town be awarded a grant to begin the revitalization of the village area.

The town has applied to the National Park Service, a federal agency, for an award of $178,359 through the Land and Water Conservation Program. The funds would be applied toward the construction of sidewalks and a footbridge in what the

design charette in June envisioned as Tioga Pavilion Park along the bank of the Tioga River.

Town Administrator Jeanne Beaudin explained that a warrant article to expend matching funds and make in-kind contributions would be required. Ron Cormier, chairman of the Selectboard, emphasized that if the town is not awarded the grant, the warrant article would be redundant, since without the grant no funds would be expended.

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LUNCH from page one The subsidized school meal program is funded by United States Department of Agriculture. A family of four that earns less than an annual household income of $28,665 qualifies for free lunch. A household of the same size that makes less than $40,793 would qualify for a greatly reduced lunch price. Goossens said the full price of lunch ranges from $2.75 to $3.25 and the reduced price for lunch is $0.40.

“We have got more families in need than we ever have,” said Superintendent Bob Champlin. However, he said part of the reason for the spike in free and reduced enrollees is due to evolving practices that make it easier for some households to qualify and for students to utilize the benefit without the knowledge of their peers.

Students who have a free or subsidized lunch now enjoy more confidentiality than ever before, passing through the point-of-sale transaction without other students, or even the cafeteria workers, aware of who pays what for lunch. In the entire district, said Champlin, only the food service director knows which students qualify for subsidized lunch. “The confidentiality is a big factor,” Champlin said, which has made more families comfortable enough to apply for the assistance.

Also contributing to the increased rate is a new program which debuted last year in which local fam-

ilies who receive state food aid – also known as “food stamps” – are automatically enrolled into the free and reduced lunch progam unless they choose to be excluded. Goossens said the local figures spiked last year once the new electronic enrollment program came on line.

There are about 2,350 students in the Laconia District. Goossens reported that about 85-percent of elementary students and 65-percent of high schoolers will take a school lunch. Increasingly popular is breakfast service, which now sees about 700 to 800 meals served per day.

Goossens and Champlin think it’s a good thing for more qualifying students to be enrolled into the free and reduced lunch program. In addition to ensuring that the students who need the assistance are provided with it, the statistic is used as the primary illustrator of a community’s economic need when the district applies for grant funding. “That helps us in gaining competitive grants. It certainly helps in the need factor,” Champlin said.

Champlin said the higher free and reduced rates will mean that the district will receive more socalled Title 1 federal aid. How much more he won’t know for several months, but Title 1 funding has already made an impact in Laconia, where it has been used to implement full-day kindergarten for the entire district.

COUNTY ATTORNEY from page one dent of Belknap County and a member of the New Hampshire Bar, who has “demonstrated an ability to prosecute all felonies committed in Belknap County except first and second-degree homicides.”

In addition, the county attorney prosecutes misdemeanor and juvenile appeals to the Belknap County Superior Court, conducts grand jury proceedings, assists police with criminal investigations and provides general legal advice to county officials.

Several local attorneys have expressed doubts that there may be few lawyers whose qualifications and experience match the requirements of the position, a concern shared by Millham and other members of the convention.

So far the lone candidate to express interest in the post is Ken Anderson of Gilford, a Republican who served as county attorney in Grafton County for eight years, from 1994 to 2002. He said that he

is “leaning heavily toward applying for the position.”

Anderson left Grafton County under a cloud when the Attorney General’s Office threatened to take control of his office following an investigation that alleged victims were not kept abreast of the progress of their cases and other administrative shortcomings. Anderson has maintained that the investigation was flawed and the allegations without merit.

Last month Wayne MacDonald, vice-chairman of the Republican State Committee, speaking to the Belknap County Republican Committee, thanked Governor John Lynch for giving the GOP the opportunity to claim the one office the party failed to capture at the polls in November — the county attorney — by appointing Carroll to the bench.

Millham found MacDonald’s remark “inappropriate” and emphasized that the convention will welcome applications from all qualified candidates. The deadline for submitting applications is January 28.

MURDER from page one 29 and Sunday, Oct. 31.

“The last time we have confirmed she was alive was Friday morning,” Agati said, declining to say where she was last seen just just that it was “locally.”

He also said he couldn’t say if she was shot where she was found or if she and her dog were shot by the same gun. He has declined to identify either the caliber or type of gun or guns.

He said no one had reported hearing any gunshots during the key three days.

While Agati said he had no way of knowing what was in the home before Miller was killed, he said

some items discovered during the investigation indicate that if there was an underlying crime, like robbery or burglary, it is not apparent.

When asked if Miller’s murder could have been a professional “hit”, he said investigators have no evidence indicating it was but can’t completely rule it out.

“We in law enforcement believe this case is absolutely solvable,” Agati said.

If any one has any information about Miller’s murder or her whereabouts during the last few days, they are asked to contact the Office of the Attorney General at 271-3671 or the Gilford Police at 527-4737.

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Inns at Mill Falls & Common Man restaurants buying Christmas Loft building on Rte. 3 South

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MEREDITH — The Christmas Loft on Route 3 in Meredith will be closing this week and the building is slated to be sold to the abutters, the business’ owners have announced.

Ronnie Vander Veer. who co-owns the business with her husband, Richard, said their decision to close the shop was based on several factors.

“We’re getting close to retirement age and that property is desirable,” she said.

Edward “Rusty” McLear of the Inns and Spa at Mill Falls said the Vander Veers approached him and Alex Ray, owner of the Common Man Family of Restaurants, about buying the building this past summer. They plan to close on the property next week.

Vander Veer said the time was right to sell and that McLear and Ray who already enjoy a shared parking agreement on the property have been good neighbors.

“It had nothing to do with the business, but rather was a function that the property is desirable,” she explained.

The couple will retain their other shops in North Conway and North Woodstock and in Shelburne, Vt.

The Christmas Loft started out in Meredith in 1983 or 1984 in a building near the lights at the intersections of Routes 3 and 25. It later moved to its current location, formerly the home of Yield House.

The Vander Veers bought the building from the bank when Yield House closed, Ronnie recounted.

“It’s been a lifestyle business. We’ve been very involved in it and now it’s winding down,” she continued.

“The people who have worked for us have worked for us for a long time and we have loved the way they have run the Meredith store,” she added.

She said she wasn’t yet privy to McLear’s and Ray’s plans are for the future use of the building but was excited to think it would stay in responsible hands.

“They came to us. I can’t say the timing was perfect but the location is too good and too important to the rest of the businesses not to take advantage of the sale,” said McLear.

While plans for the property are still evolving, McLear envisions the building becoming an “activity center” for winter sports and summer lake activities where people could rent skates in the winter or a canoe or sailboat in the summer among other things.

NORFOLK, Va. (AP) — Raunchy comedy videos made by a high-ranking Navy commander and shown to the crew of an aircraft carrier three or four years ago have suddenly proved an embarrassment to the Pentagon that could blight the officer’s career.

The videos, released Sunday by a newspaper in this Navy port city, feature Capt. Owen Honors using gay slurs, pantomiming masturbation and staging suggestive shower scenes. They were played on the shipwide television system during weekly movie night when Honors was executive officer, or second in command, of the USS Enterprise. Honors has since become commander of the ship and several of those under his command are defending him.

Over the weekend, the Navy at first downplayed the videos as “humorous skits,” then called them “not acceptable” and said they are under investigation.

Asked if Honors’ command of the Enterprise was at risk, Cmdr. Chris Sims of U.S. Fleet Forces Command told The Associated Press in an e-mail: “The investigation currently being conducted will provide the necessary information to make that decision in an informed manner.”

The videos’ existence was not news to Navy higher-ups. In a statement to the Virginian-Pilot on Friday, the Navy said its leadership had put a stop

to videos with “inappropriate content” on the Enterprise about four years ago.

“They were probably hoping it would all go away, and it didn’t and now they have to say something,” said Michael Corgan, a career Navy officer who now teaches at Boston University.

Corgan said Honors was guilty not only of an error in judgment but of failing to recognize a changing Navy culture. “Standards shift, of course, and trimming your sails is something you have to do if you’re going to command people in the Navy,” Corgan said.

“This guy showed poor judgment.”

The military has undergone a cultural shift in recent decades away from the loutish, frat-boy behavior that was exposed by the Tailhook scandal in 1991. It is now working to accommodate gays in its ranks with Congress’ repeal of “don’t ask, don’t tell.” Also, the Navy is opening its all-male submarine force to women this year.

Corgan said the repeal of don’t ask, don’t tell probably had nothing to do with the furor now: “What he did would have been dumb 30, 40 years ago.”

Some sailors who served on the Enterprise have taken to Facebook to defend Honors and his video skits for providing a much-needed morale boost during long deployments at sea.

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by Gail DiGangi of Roche Realty Group.

Located at 588 Endicott Street, the building included 6696 square feet of space on approximately one acre with considerable road footage. Four rental

units plus a two-bedroom apartment were included.

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RYE, N.H. (AP) — Retiring U.S. Sen. Judd Gregg of New Hampshire said Monday he plans to use his political clout to advocate for putting the nation’s fiscal house in order.

Gregg, who has a frugal reputation, told The Associated Press he has received a number of phone calls from groups asking if he’s interested in working with them. He said he will not become a lobbyist, but does plan to work with groups like the Concord Coalition on reducing the nation’s debt. He declined to name the groups because he hasn’t decided which offers he will accept, he said.

Gregg said he also wants to use his prestige to offer new ideas on fighting terrorism. Rather than focus on military might, the United States should put more effort into gathering intelligence, he said.

Gregg said he doesn’t regret leaving the Senate after three terms, though he misses the people. It is time to move on to something new, he said.

“For 32 years, I’ve been dominated by when is the vote, where do I have to be to participate in the debate and the demands of taking care of constituent issues” the 63-year-old Gregg said.

Besides his time in the Senate, he also spent two terms as New Hampshire’s governor; four terms in the U.S. House of Representatives; and a term on New Hampshire’s five-member Executive Council.

Gregg said except for the four years he spent as governor, he has never had control of his schedule, but that will change with retirement. While saying he would never rule out a return to politics, Gregg

said he is considering other ways of being involved.

Instead, he is looking at writing and giving speeches to advance twin causes of fighting terrorism and reducing the nation’s debt.

One of his proudest achievements was shepherding the state through a recession in the early 1990s when New Hampshire’s largest electric utility declared bankruptcy, a number of banks closed, property values plummeted and state revenues dropped seemingly with no bottom, he said.

“It was a tough time. It was like being the helmsman of a ship during a hurricane and we came through it reasonably well,” he said.

A strong environmentalist throughout his political career, Gregg also is proud of the 337,000 acres of land he helped protect through $171 million in federal earmarks, a process of designating money for specific projects that has gone out of favor in Washington.

“It wouldn’t have been protected, honestly, if I hadn’t been in the middle of the Senate process,” he said.

New Hampshire’s Great Bay would have “ended up being a massive housing development,” he said.

Gregg said his proudest public policy initiatives are writing the federal No Child Left Behind Act with the late Sen. Ted Kennedy, serving as the Senate Republican negotiator in developing the Troubled Asset Relief Program to prop up the financial system, working with Sen. Kent Conrad on developing what led to the president’s deficit reduction commission and working with Sen. Ron Wyden on tax reform legislation.

Gregg predicted Congress’ new makeup will lead to more bipartisan legislation, except on health care.

His biggest regret is not succeeding in winning fiscal reforms.

“We are a nation headed towardafiscaldisaster,”hesaid.

He said at some point, other countries won’t buy America’s debt.

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Gregg anticipates political activism in ‘retirement’

Well monitoring report on The Meadows property in Gilford headed for state agency for evaluation

By Gail OBer

GILFORD — After reviewing the results of last summer’s well monitoring at the proposed site for the school system’s athletic fields, the School Board voted unanimously last night to send the results to the N.H. Department of Environmental Services for approval.

Speaking about the report was Paul Fluet of Fluet Engineering Associates P.C. He said there were 27 tests performed at The Meadows between April and October of 2010 and on July 30, both the scientist who consults with the Gilford Conservation Commission and his scientist jointly marked the areas that would be dredged and filled for the playing fields.

The School District learned in autumn of 2009 that one year of hydrological testing data and a delineation of the boundaries would need to be finished before the DES would consider issuing a dredge-and-fill permit.

The project needs approval from the DES to proceed because The Meadows section of Gilford is a key element of watershed that carries significant volumes of runoff to nearby Saunders Bay on Lake Winnipesaukee.

Fluet said his wells — there were 12 of them — showed the area for the proposed fields are some of the driest areas in The Meadows and that with the exception of a T-ball field, all of the outlined areas are 300-feet from a primary wetland.

He said state law requires 100 feet so the area

where the T-ball field is proposed, near the Triple Trouble Barn, was moved away from the primary wetland by 10 feet.

School Board member Sue Allen said that area was only going to be grass overlay but was relocated because it is part of the entire project.

The fields would cover 17 acres of the 61.9-acre site and would include a gravel parking lot with space for 185 vehicles, a a 1,700 square foot area for a concession stand. Under drains and irrigation would be added under the fields.

“Do you have a gut feeling?” asked School Board Chair Kurt Webber of Fluet.

“Gee, I hope [it goes],” said Fluet noting that both scientists are now in agreement about the boundaries and the water study.

“Our part was not the driest I’ve ever seen, but I was pretty happy [with the results,] he said.

Fluet said the DES has 45 days to evaluate the permit request.

Raymond and Barbara Carye donated the former farm land to the School District in 2000. At that time it was anticipated The Meadows would be home to a new high school but voters rejected the idea.

Instead, a new middle school was constructed on the village school campus and the high school building was renovated.

The site has been home to the Gilford football and lacrosse programs for a number of years but the idea of expanding the number of acres used for athletic fields by filling wet land has been controversial.

PORTSMOUTH, N.H. (AP) — A New Hampshire state representative says he’s going to introduce state legislation urging the congressional delegation to support earmarks that will benefit the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard in Kittery, Maine.

Democrat Michael Brunelle says the shipyard provides “economic stability and jobs” to the entire Seacoast region and to the state, and without congressional earmarks, it won’t receive the funding it

needs for proper upkeep and maintenance.

Three incoming members of New Hampshire’s, four-member congressional delegation, all Republicans, support an earmark ban.

Democratic U.S. Sen. Jeanne Shaheen has not taken the earmark pledge.

Brunelle tells the Portsmouth Herald the resources provided by earmarks are important to the region and national security.

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Kevin Love grabs 24 rebounds but Celtics come away with 96-93 win

BOSTON (AP) — Paul Pierce was content to set up his teammates while passing up his own shots.

At halftime, Celtics coach Doc Rivers took him aside to remind him of his role on the team.

“I forgot we had Rondo out there,” Pierce said.

The Celtics captain scored 15 of his 23 points in the third quarter to help Boston overcome a doubledigit deficit — and another double-digit rebounding performance by Kevin Love — and beat the Minnesota Timberwolves 96-93 on Monday night.

Pierce scored 11 straight Boston points in the third quarter to cut a 10-point deficit in half, then from preceding page be forced on Congress or members will be mature enough to tackle it on their own, said Gregg.

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MEREDITH — Daniel H. Butler, Jr., 65, of Meredith, passed away peacefully with his family by his bedside just before midnight on December 31, 2010, after a lengthy illness.

Dan was born on June 21, 1945, in Brownsville, Texas, to the late Daniel H. and Thelma I. (Younglove) Butler. He served 11 years in the U. S. Air Force, during which time he graduated from Syracuse University’s Russian Language School. He also graduated with honors from the George Washington University with a degree in political science.

He served one tour in Vietnam. After his service he became a consultant for many years as a Russian Military Weapons System expert to the Pentagon and DARPA, and he worked on such programs as the Stealth Bomber and the Patriot Missile.

He leaves behind his wife, Ann (Bacon) Butler, and daughter, Meredith Younglove Butler, both of Meredith, NH; son, Daniel H. Butler, III, of Rockville, MD; step-daughter, Billie Jo Robinson and her family, of Clarksburg, MD; step-son, Scott Thompson and his family, of Florida; and a niece, Vanessa Butler, of Texas.

In lieu of flowers, donations may be made in Dan’s memory to the Salvation Army.

Calling hours will be held at Mayhew Funeral Home (Rtes. 3 and 104) Meredith, on Wednesday, January 5, 2011, from 7 through 9 pm. A graveside committal service will be held on Thursday, January 6, 2011 at 10:00 am, in the Meredith Village Cemetery. Rev. Stephen Neil, associate pastor of the 1st Baptist Church, of Meredith, will officiate.

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BELMONT — Elizabeth “Liz” M. Dulac, 57, of 31 Winter Street died at her home on Friday, December 31, 2010.

Mrs. Dulac was born August 19, 1953 in England, the daughter of Phyllis (Wilcox) and James Fogg, Jr. Mrs. Dulac was a lifetime resident of Belmont and was employed at Synco and at the Winnisquam Trading Post. She was a NASCAR fan.

Survivors include her husband, Lucien R. Dulac, of Belmont; a stepson, Scott Dulac; a step daughter, Sheri Minor; four grandchildren, Chelsea Bean, Meya Minor, Parker Minor and Somer Dulac; her mother, Phyllis (Wilcox)

Mary E. Thompson, 88

BELMONT — Barbara E. (Lawrence) Leonard, 91, of 7 Nelson Ct., Belmont, died late Friday afternoon, December 31, 2010, at the Belknap County Nursing Home, Laconia.

She was born December 17, 1919, in Canterbury, the daughter of the late Ernest L. and Laura M. (Fletcher) Lawrence Sr.. She had been a resident of Laconia since 1938, moving to Belmont several years ago.

Before her retirement, she was employed as a stitcher for Laconia Shoe Co. Barbara was the wife of the late George H. Leonard, who died in 1980, and is survived by a son and his wife, Tracy W. and Teffany Leonard of Northfield; a daughter, Clara V. Rollins of Belmont; seven grandchildren; eight great grandchildren; a great

FRANKLIN — Mary Elizabeth (Huckins) Thompson, 88, a resident of the Golden Crest Community in Franklin died Friday, December 31, 2010 following a period of failing health. She was born in Northfield, February 12, 1922, daughter of Guy and Blanche G. (Hawkins) Huckins. Mary attended Tilton School and later was a member of the first graduating class at the new Tilton-Northfield High School in Tilton. She resided in the Northfield-Tilton areas over the years and in Massachusetts for many years before returning to New Hampshire.

She and her late husband summered at their lakefront cottage in Moultonborough. She was employed for over 35 years caring for the developmentally disabled at the former Laconia State School, Wrenthem State School in Wrentham, MA, and Walter Fernald State School in Waltham, MA, where at times she was supervisor to over 25 staff members. Mary loved working in her flower gardens at her summer cottage in Moultonborough where she still enjoyed spending as much time as she was able.

She was married in 1945 to Ansel Thompson, who died in 1978.

Her family includes a brother, David Huckins of Tilton; sisters, Phyllis Havey of Franklin and Barbara Cooper of Franklin; numerous nieces and nephews.

Calling hours will be held Wednesday from 10:00 A. M. to 12:00 P.M. at the William F. Smart Sr. Memorial Home, Franklin-Tilton Road in Tilton. A funeral service will follow in the Memorial Home at 12:00.

Private burial will be in Park Cemetery in Tilton.

Those wishing may make memorial contributions in Mary’s name to the NH Association for the Blind, 25 Walker St., Concord, NH 03301 or to the NH Humane Society, P. O. Box 572, Laconia, NH 032470572.

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Fogg; a sister, Debbie Fogg Braiser, and a nephew, Craig Fogg. She was predeceased by her father, James Fogg, Jr. There will be no calling hours or funeral service.

For those who wish, the family suggests that memorial donations in Mrs. Dulac’s name be made to the American Cancer Society, Memorial Donations, NE Div., Two Commerce Drive, Suite 110, Bedford, N.H. 03110-6803.

Wilkinson-Beane-Simoneau-Paquette Funeral Home & Cremation Services, 164 Pleasant Street, Laconia, N.H. is assisting the family. For more information and to view an online memorial go to www.wilkinsonbeane.com.

Alfred L. Bickford, 76

HOMOSASSA, Florida — Alfred L. Bickford, age 76, of Homosassa, FL passed away on December 28, 2010 at his home under the care of his family and Hospice of Citrus County. Born on August 16, 1934 in Wolfeboro, NH to Newell and Edith (Brown) Bickford, Mr. Bickford moved to Citrus County two years ago from Center Barnstead, NH. He was a retired self employed restaurateur. Mr. Bickford was an active member of Shepherd of the Hills Episcopal Church and was active in his former church All Saints Episcopal Church in NH. In addition to his parents, he was predeceased by his daughter Audrey Bickford.

Survived by his wife, Carla A. Bickford of Homo-

sassa, FL; five children, Jaynee Fuller of Tarpon Springs, FL, Bill Bickford of Gilford, NH, Nate Bickford of Cascade, MT, Jennifer Johns of Nottingham, NH and Carl Johns of Rochester, NH; three sisters, Joan Kimbal and Judith Hersey both of Wolfeboro, NH and Nancy Green of Harrison, ME; seven grandchildren; four great grandchildren.

Private cremation will take place under the direction of Brown Funeral Home and Crematory in Lecanto.

In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to Hospice of Citrus County or to Shepherd of the Hills SOS Ministry.

Brown Funeral Home and Crematory; Lecanto, Florida.

Barbara E. Leonard, 91 great granddaughter; three sisters, Teresa M. Phillips of Belmont, Ina F. Burbank of Laconia and Sarah P. “Sally” Decato of Canterbury; several nieces and nephews. She was predeceased by her son Arlo Leonard, granddaughter Maranda Leonard, great grandson Christopher Leonard, and brothers Lauren L. Lawrence, Ernest L. Lawrence Jr., Lloyd L. Lawrence and Victor M. Lawrence.

There are no calling hours. Friends and relatives are invited to attend graveside services on Wednesday, January 5, 2011, at 11 am in Bayside Cemetery, Laconia, with the Rev. Michael C. Graham, pastor of the Gilford Community Church, officiating.

The Dewhirst Funeral home, 1061 Union Ave., Laconia, is assisting the family with the arrangements.

Delbert C. Haley, Jr., 77 MELVIN VILLAGE — Delbert C. Haley, Jr., 77, of New Road, passed away Friday, December 31, 2010 at Wolfeboro Bay Care & Rehabilitation. He was born May 12, 1933 in Wolfeboro, NH , the son of the late Delbert C and Muriel (Roberge) Haley.

Delbert attended Brewster Academy in Wolfeboro and had worked as a building contractor for most of his life.

As an active resident of Tuftonboro he served his town as a Sargent with the Tuftonboro Police Department for 6 years and was a member of the Tuftonboro Fire Department for several years. He also loved hunting and fishing and served as a Den Leader for the Cub Scouts and helped with the 4H. He was also a member of the Odd Fellows and served in the NH Army National Guard.

He is survived by his wife of 54 years, Geraldine (Estes) Haley, Melvin Village, NH, two sons, Rick Haley and his friend Felicia Johnson, Moultonborough, NH and Delbert C. Haley III and his wife Debbie, Nottingham, NH. He is also survived by his grandchildren, Travis Haley, Alexander Haley, Cory Holmes, Jessica Haley, Devin Haley and Seth Haley as well as his sister Joyce West, Spartanburg, SC, nieces and nephews. He was predeceased by a grandson Decatur Haley.

Calling hours will be Friday, January 7, 2011 from 6-8 PM at Lord Funeral Home, Wolfeboro, NH. Funeral services will be Saturday, Jan 8th, at 1:00 PM at the funeral home. Burial will be in Townhouse Cemetery, Tuftonboro in the spring.

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Aleta F. Tibbetts CENTER OSSIPEE — Aleta F. (Rudzinski) Tibbetts, 59, of Center Ossipee died Wednesday, Dec. 29 at home from lung cancer.

Services will be held on Wednesday, Jan. 5 at St.

Joseph Church in Laconia at 10 a.m.

In lieu of flowers donations can be made in her name to Wolfeboro Hospice in Wolfeboro and Agap Food Pantry in Center Ossipee.

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Shirley M. Blais, 86 GILFORD — Laconia native, Shirley May Blais, (nee McFarlin) died peacefully at age 86, on December 29, 2010.

Shirley was born May 21, 1924 in Laconia, N.H., the daughter of the late William and Marie Annie (Bourque) McFarlin. Shirley and her husband, Roger, raised their children in Laconia and then Gilford until retirement at which time they moved to their lakeside home on Meredith Bay. Shirley was employed at Gilbert Clock and N.H. Ball Bearing, and retired from the Dietary Service department at the Laconia State School & Training Center.

She was a member of St. Joseph’s Catholic Church and belonged to the Catholic Daughters of America.

She also attended Sacred Heart Church and enjoyed volunteering at the ‘New to You” thrift shop in Lakeport for many years where she made new friends and reconnected with old ones.

Survivors include a son, Richard “Rick” Blais; two daughters, Sheila A. Blais and Holly E. Lewis; three grandchildren, Jessica Blais and twin grandsons, Eric and Trevor Lewis; a great grandchild, Camdyn

Lewis; sisters-in-law, Rita Marchand and Sue Cameron; brother-in-law, Gerard “Sonny” Blais and several nieces, nephews and their children. She was predeceased by her husband, Roger; a sister, Doris O’Connor; brothers, Henry McFarlin and Hubert “Chuck” McFarlin.

A calling hour will be held on Friday, January 7, 2011 from 10:00-11:00am at Saint Andre Bessette Parish, Sacred Heart Church, 291 Union Avenue, Laconia, N.H. Following the calling hour, a Memorial Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 11:00AM also at Sacred Heart Church.

Private burial will be in the spring in the family lot in Sacred Heart Cemetery, Laconia, N.H. For those who wish, the family suggests that memorial donations be made to St. Andre Bessette Parish, 291 Union Avenue, Laconia, N.H. 03246.

Wilkinson-Beane-Simoneau-Paquette Funeral Home & Cremation Services, 164 Pleasant Street, Laconia, N. H. is assisting the family with the arrangements. For more information and to view an online memorial go to www.wilkinsonbeane.com.

Arlene I. Harper, RN, 86 FRANKLIN — Arlene I. (Flack) Harper, RN, 86, passed away Dec. 24, 2010, at the Mountain Ridge Nursing Home where she had resided for over three years.

She was born March 4, 1924 in Laconia to Chester J. and Sadie (Frye) Flack. She grew up in Laconia and graduated from Laconia High School and Laconia School of Nursing where she was known as “Ma” Harper for many years in the nursery caring for the new born.

She married William H. Harper in 1943 where they lived in Lakeport and raised a family. She was actively involved as a leader in the 4-H program in Belknap County for many years. In later years she wintered in Hobe Sound, Florida where she was predeceased by her husband in1992 after 49 years.

Immediate family members include three chil-

dren Susan L. Warner and her husband Ray F. Warner of Franklin; Scott G. Harper and his wife Janice A. Harper of Lakeport; Sally A. Harper of Bristol; two grandchildren Zachary W. Harper and Troy S. Harper; and a sister, Elizabeth A. Zyrkowski of Hobe Sound, FL. She was predeceased by her brothers James and Russell.

Private graveside services will be held in the spring in the Union Cemetery in Laconia.

Memorial donations may be made to the NH Humane Society, PO Box 572, Laconia, NH 03247.

Wilkinson-Beane-Simoneau-Paquette Funeral Home & Cremation Services is assisting the family.

For more information and to view an online memorial go to www.wilkinsonbeane.com

Thomas O’Connor

SOMERVILLE, Mass. — Thomas O’Connor of Somerville and Meredith, NH died on December 31, 2010. Born in Doolin, Ireland. Past member Local Union #12004 United Steel Workers of America.

Beloved husband of the late Teresa (Killourhy) of Ireland.

Loving father of Mary Teresa Renzi and her husband Ralph of Meredith, NH, Ann Farina and her late husband David of Medford, John O’Connor and his wife Rosemarie of Norfolk, Theresa O’Connor-Heisler and her husband Joseph of Dedham, Noreen O’Connor, Kevin O’Connor both of Somerville, Christopher O’Connor and his wife Lisa of Acton, Brian and his wife Stacie of Quincy and the late Thomas and Michael O’Connor of Somerville. Brother of Michael O’Connor of Somerville, Susan Carroll of England, Teresa O’Connor, Anne Hynes both of Ireland and the late Jack of Cambridge, Gus, Christopher O’Connor both of Ireland, Mary Kate Lane of Cambridge, Bridie McLaugh-

lin of England, Kitty and Nora O’Connor both of Ireland. Adored grandfather of Michelle Renzi of Meredith,, Kelly, Lori, David Farina of Medford,MA,John,Scott, Katie O’Connor of Norfolk, MA,Katrina Heisler of Dedham, MA,Sean O’Connor of Somerville,Timothy Heisler of Dedham, Brady O’Connor of Quincy and Matthew O’Connor of Acton. Loving great grandfather of David, James and Mary Kate.

Funeral procession from the George L. Doherty Funeral Home, 855 Broadway (Powder House Sq.), Somerville, Tuesday morning, January 4, at 9 am, followed by a Funeral Mass in St. Benedict Church, Somerville at 10 am. Relatives and Friends invited.

Calling hours Monday 4-8 pm. Interment North Cambridge Catholic Cemetery, Cambridge.

In lieu of flowers donations may be made in Thomas’s name to Bridge Over Troubled Waters, 47 West St. Boston, MA 02111. For more information visit dohertyfuneralservice.com

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Looking over blueprints of the Pease Library’s future space are (left to right) Paul Freitas, Plymouth Town Administrator; Charlie Buhrman, Plymouth Selectboard; Ann Carlson, vice president, business development officer at MVSB; Valerie Scarborough, Plymouth Selectboard Chair; Winnie Hohlt, chair of Pease Library’s Board of Trustees; Jeff Downing, president of Conneston Construction, Inc.; Doug Grant, treasurer of Pease Library’s Board of Trustees; Bob Sargeant, senior vice president, senior commercial loan officer at MVSB; Kelly Beebee, manager of MVSB’s Plymouth Main Street office.

PLYMOUTH — Meredith Village Savings Bank (MVSB) recently financed an addition and renovation to the Pease Library that will change every space on the building’s upper level.

Blueprints of the library’s future space feature a new entrance from the library’s parking lot with the current entryway being closed to make room for additional office space. The children’s section will be moved to its own wing, and the reference area is on track to become an enclosed space for quiet reading. Town Administrator Paul Freitas worked closely with Bob Sargeant, senior vice president and senior commercial loan officer at MVSB, to receive funding for the project.

“We’re very excited about everything that’s happening at the library right now,” said Freitas. “Our main goal in all of these renovations is to make the library as functional and accessible as possible.

Without the help of MVSB, we wouldn’t have been able to get the ball rolling on these improvements so quickly. Bob has been wonderful to work with; we’re very grateful for all his hard work.”

Though the Pease Library hoped to stay open through the duration of the construction, it quickly became clear that they would have to shut down

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for two months to ensure patron safety while successfully meeting project deadlines and they closed December 3. The Library is open at its temporary location inside the Daniel Webster Courthouse, which currently houses the Plymouth Historical Society’s Museum, Monday and Wednesday from 10 a.m. – noon; Tuesday and Thursday from 3 – 5 p.m.

The upper level of the library is scheduled to reopen in early February while the community room on the lower level is renovated. The entire project is expected to be finished in April or May 2011.

Tickets on sale for 7th Annual Red Dress Gala

LACONIA — Tickets are now on sale for the 7th Annual Red Dress Gala, one of the most anticipated evenings of the winter in the Lakes Region, to be held at the Conference Center at Lake Opechee Inn & Spa on Friday, February 4.

The theme of this year’s gala is a Renaissance Masquerade. The night’s festivities will include an Italian-inspired meal created by O Steaks & Seafood, live and silent auctions, and dancing to the sounds of Paul Warnick and Phil ‘n the Blanks.

Open to all in the community, the Red Dress Gala is held to raise awareness about heart disease and prevention. Event proceeds will benefit cardiac sersee next page from preceding page when he falls for Marian the librarian, who transforms him into a respectable citizen by curtain’s fall. The musical score includes the classic songs “Seventy-Six Trombones,” “Till There Was You,” and “Gary, Indiana.”

“The Music Man” has many roles (singing and non-singing) for both males and females. Those auditioning should come prepared to sing a brief song (a piano player will be provided), read from the script, and take part in a brief dance audition. Children age 10 and older are encouraged to try out for a role.

Call backs will be held January 18. Show dates will include four performances over the weekend of April 8 — 10 at the Meredith Community Auditorium at Inter-Lakes High School.

For more information, call director J Alward at 527-0752 or producer Matt Demko at 387-2588 or visit www.streetcarcompany.com.

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Laconia Savings Bank auction raises $14,000 to assist military families STATEWIDE — Laconia Savings Bank (LSB) would like to thank its employees and local businesses who donated 120 items that were auctioned off in this year’s Holiday Auction. The $14,000 in proceeds raised were donated to the New Hampshire National Guard’s Chaplain Emergency Relief Fund (CERF).

In the three years that LSB has supported the CERF program, they have donated more than $35,000 to the national group, which was founded in 1990 and provides grants for rent and mortgage payments, heating fuel and other utilities, car repairs and insurance, and medical bills and prescriptions, among other needs.

“It’s a pretty significant part of our budget,” said Brent Boorsma, a trustee of NHNG-CERF as he received a check from Lou Guevin, executive vice president of Commercial Services at Laconia Savings Bank. “This donation gives

CERF the flexibility to respond immediately to a serviceman or woman or their family member who is in a dire situation.”

The donation by Laconia Savings Bank represented about 25 percent of the total awards for 2010.

Guevin, a veteran of the U.S. Air Force, said that as a community bank with a statewide presence, supporting a program like CERF helps the broadest range of NH residents, which is reflected in Laconia Savings Bank’s mission.

“Laconia Savings Bank is a special bank,” said Ted Kehr, state chairman of the Department of Defense’s Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve (ESGR) program, and who in 2009 bestowed upon the bank his group’s “Above and Beyond Award” for supporting employees who are in the military.

At present, Ralph Wegner, LSB’s Information Security coordinator, is serving overseas with the 197th Field Artillery, which mobilized on September 11.

(At right) Ted Kehr, state chairman of Employer Support for NH National Guard and Reserve; Brent Boorsma, trustee Chaplain Emergency Relief Fund; Lou Guevin, executive vice president of Commercial Services at Laconia Savings Bank. (Courtesy photo)

UNH and Fish & Game researchers seek public help in locating bobcats

CONCORD — Researchers from the University of New Hampshire, in partnership with the New Hampshire Fish and Game Department, are asking for the public’s help in locating bobcats.

Anyone observing the persistent or repeated presence of a bobcat in the area of southern Belknap County, northern Rockingham County, western Strafford County, or eastern Merrimack County, is asked to call wildlife biologist Pat Tate at 868-1095. Tate will arrange for follow-up contact by bobcat researchers as circumstances warrant to assess bobcat distribution, abundance, and behavior in the area centered at the junction of those four counties and in bordering towns. This area ranges from Gilford in the north to Raymond in the south, and from

Rochester in the east to Concord in the west.

Researchers hope to capture from five to 10 adult bobcats this winter. The captured adult bobcats will be fitted with GPS telemetry collars for study. Data from the collars will be downloaded remotely and provide valuable data regarding bobcat home-range, habitat use and preference, seasonal behavior, and travel corridor use.

Bobcats will be live-captured in baited cage-traps, immobilized, examined, collared, and released on site. A small team of cooperating trappers approved and authorized by Fish and Game will capture animals for the study. UNH researchers and Fish and Game staff experienced in bobcat handling will immobilize and collar the study animals.

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BELMONT — Registration for the winter semester of New Horizons Band of the Lakes Region will be held at the Music Clinic at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, January 4.

New Horizons is part of a nationwide network of groups formed to encourage people over the age of 50 to brush up their musical skills — or learn new ones.

Younger members participate, as well.

The Band’s annual meeting will be

held immediately following registration.

The semester tuition includes music and weekly group lessons. Rehearsals take place every Tuesday at 7 p.m. and/ or Saturday at 1:30 p.m. directed by Mary Divers. A July 3 concert for the Ashland Fourth of July Celebration is already scheduled for 2011.

For further information, call the Music Clinic at 528-6672 or Divers at 524-8570.

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Joining Presenting Sponsor MB Tractor & Equipment in supporting the Red Dress Gala are Gold Sponsors Evroks Corporation and Meredith Village Savings Bank. Silver Sponsors include Akibia, DiGiorgio Associates/ Monitor Builders, Inc., Laconia Savings Bank, Lakes Region General Hospital Auxiliary, and Lovering Volvo. Bronze Sponsors include Decorative Interiors, Franklin Savings

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Mark Ellingwood, bobcats can become highly visible to residents from January to March, as increasing snow depth compels them to feed closer and closer to human dwellings in search of birds, squirrels, and domestic animals including poultry. Sightings from throughout the state enhance biologists’ knowledge of bobcat distribution and abundance

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CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19).

Whether you are cooking a meal, constructing a building or directing a boardroom, if you can do things simply, you will do them well. Your job is to pare down a complicated task to its essence.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). Just because you are hopeful doesn’t mean you’re naive. When the odds are not in your favor, you may realize this fact and then go forward nonetheless, acting out of a combination of faith and loyalty.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). You will show tremendous heart as you support someone who may or may not come through. This is more about loyalty than winning. Loved ones appreciate your encouragement.

TODAY’S BIRTHDAY (Jan. 4). You have figured a few things out since your last birthday, and you’re ready to show the world. This month brings an important new member of your team. February brings a financial injection. In love, trust that things will work out and they will. Your creation will be celebrated in March and again in August. Aquarius and Libra people adore you. Your lucky numbers are: 6, 13, 42, 19 and 28.

TUNDRA

ARIES (March 21-April 19). Get rid of the temptations that are around you, and make it very difficult, if not impossible, to get to them. You’ll find it easier to indulge in moderation when that is the only option available to you.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20). No one can be just like you, least of all you. You’ll try to execute a job or performance the same way you did last time, and it’s not the way it will go down. But the new way is good, too, for different reasons.

GEMINI (May 21-June 21). The composer Igor Stravinsky, your sign mate, claimed that his music was best understood by children and animals. Likewise, you will deliver gifts to the world that are meant to be felt, not intellectualized.

CANCER (June 22-July 22). Just when you think you really understand another person, doors open to deeper and unknown territory. Let this learning unfold naturally.

There’s no reason to push things along.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). It is not so easy for any accomplished person to be modest, but for the emotionally immature, it is extremely difficult. That’s why the quality is as rare as it is appealing in a young person.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). You will participate in an act of sublime surrender.

You will produce things of beauty, hold them up and open your hands, letting the wind carry them where she will.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). Make a conscious effort to dream. Try to stay lucid and guide the imagery that is the language of your mind toward scenes that give you great satisfaction. Your reality will interpret your dreams.

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––––––– ALMANAC ––––––– Today is Tuesday, Jan. 4, the fourth day of 2011. There are 361 days left in the year Today’s Highlight in History: On Jan. 4, 1951, during the Korean War, North Korean and Communist Chinese forces recaptured the city of Seoul (sohl).

On this date: In 1821, the first native-born American saint, Elizabeth Ann Seton, died in Emmitsburg, Md. In 1861, Alabama seized a federal arsenal at Mount Vernon near Mobile.

In 1896, Utah was admitted as the 45th state.

In 1904, the Supreme Court, in Gonzalez v. Williams, ruled that Puerto Ricans were not aliens and could enter the United States freely; however, the court stopped short of declaring them U.S. citizens.

In 1960, Algerian-born French author and philosopher Albert Camus (al-BEHR’ kahMOO’) died in an automobile accident in Villeblevin, France at age 46.

In 1965, President Lyndon B. Johnson outlined the goals of his “Great Society” in his State of the Union Address. Poet T.S. Eliot died in London at age 76.

In 1974, President Richard M. Nixon refused to hand over tape recordings and documents subpoenaed by the Senate Watergate Committee.

In 1990, Charles Stuart, who’d claimed to have been wounded and his pregnant wife fatally shot by a robber, leapt to his death off a Boston bridge after he himself became a suspect.

In 2007, Nancy Pelosi was elected the first female speaker of the House as Democrats took control of Congress.

One year ago: Dubai opened the world’s tallest skyscraper, and in a surprise move renamed the 2,717-foot gleaming glassand-metal tower Burj Khalifa in a nod to the leader of neighboring Abu Dhabi — the oilrich sheikdom which had come to its financial rescue. Tsutomu Yamaguchi, the only person recognized by the Japanese government as a survivor of both the Hiroshima and Nagasaki atomic bombings at the end of World War II, died at age 93.

Today’s Birthdays: Actress Barbara Rush is 84. Football Hall-of-Fame coach Don Shula is 81. Actress Dyan Cannon is 74. Opera singer Grace Bumbry is 74.

Author-historian Doris Kearns Goodwin is 68. Country singer Kathy Forester is 56.

Actress Ann Magnuson is 55. Rock musician Bernard Sumner is 55. Country singer Patty Loveless is 54. Rock singer Michael Stipe is 51. Actor Patrick Cassidy is 49. Actor Dave Foley is 48. Actor Rick Hearst is 46. Singermusician Cait O’Riordan is 46. Actress Julia Ormond is 46. Country singer Deana Carter is 45. Rock musician Benjamin Darvill is 44.

Actor Jeremy Licht is 40. Actress-singer Jill Marie Jones is 36. Alt-country singer Justin Townes Earle is 29.

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CALENDAR TODAY’S EVENTS Lakeport Community Association meeting. 7 p.m. at the Freight Station, located behind the Lakeport Fire Station.

Lakes Region Camera Club meeting. 7:30 p.m. at the Meredith Public Library. Program is “Digital Potpourri” with Bonnie Edwards. Beginning as well as experienced photographers are welcome.

RESPECT Teen Clinic at Laconia Family Planning and Prenatal. 121 Belmont Road (Rte. 106 South). 524-5453.

Walk-in for teens only, 2 to 6 p.m. GYN and reproductive services. STD/HIV testing.

Boy Scout Troop 143 meets at the Congregational Church of Laconia (across from Laconia Savings Bank).

6:30 each Tuesday. All boys 11-17 are welcome. For information call 527-1716.

Meredith Library Genealogy Club meeting. 4 to 6 p.m.

Explore American Ancestors, the New England Historic Genealogical Society’s online presence. Database can be accessed free of charge from the library. Open to all experience levels. Refreshments will be served.

WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 5 Flu shot clinic for anyone over the age of 6 months.

10:30 to 11:30 a.m. at the Salvation Army on Union Ave. in Laconia. Hosted by Central N.H. VNA & Hospice. For more information call Anne Marie at 524-8444 or visit www. chhnh.org.

Affordable Health Care at Laconia Family Planning and Prenatal. 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at 121 Belmont Road (Rte. 106 South). 524-5453. GYN and reproductive services.

STD/HIV testing on walk-in basis from 4 to 6 p.m. only. Sliding fee scale.

Cub Scout Pack 143 meets at the Congregational Church of Laconia (across from Laconia Savings Bank).

6:30 each Wednesday. All boys 6-10 are welcome. For information call 527-1716.

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 to meet for pure social enjoyment and the club helps the community with philanthropic work.

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

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THURSDAY, JANUARY 6 Free hot meal and great company brought to the Bristol community by Food for Friends. 5 to 6 p.m. at the Tapply Community Center on the first Thursday of every month.

Weight Watchers meeting. 6:30 p.m. at the Center Harbor Christian Church.

Al-Anon Meeting at the Congregational Church Parish House (18 Veterans Square) in Laconia. 8 to 9:15 p.m. each Thursday. Al-Anon offers hope and help to families of alcoholics. No dues or fees. All are welcome. Call 6459518.

Affordable Health Care at Laconia Family Planning and Prenatal. 4 to 6 p.m. at 121 Belmont Road (Rte. 106 South). 524-5453. GYN and reproductive services. STD/ HIV testing. Sliding fee scale.

Knotty Knitters meeting at the Meredith Public Library. 10 a.m. to noon. All levels of experince welcome.

Preschool Story Time at the Meredith Public Library. 1 to 2 p.m. Stories and crafts for ages 3-5. Sign-up is helpful.

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ANNIE’S MAILBOX

Dear Annie: I am a 20-year-old college sophomore. The summer before my senior year of high school, I took a trip to Europe with a religious youth group. From the moment we boarded the plane, “Rachel” and I shared a connection.

By the second day, we were inseparable. After the trip, we stayed in touch.

A year later, the youth group held a reunion and I got to see Rachel again. That December, she came to my school’s postseason football game, and we both finally said “I love you.” I spent last summer in her hometown, attending classes at a local university and working part time.

The summer could not have been better, but Rachel and I both decided to step back and go our separate ways since she wanted the full “college experience” for her freshman year. But now I want to find ways for us to be together. I feel that this isn’t over -- it can’t be.

I have no doubt that we are in love. We are perfect for each other in our values, aspirations and everything in between. I will give her whatever time and freedom she needs. All I want to know is whether I am right to believe the love we share is too special to die. Do I have to let her go and move on forever, or should I try to get back together when the time is right? -- Confused and In Love Dear Confused: The intensity of finding someone special during the summer may not translate to a permanent relationship, regardless of how it seems to you now. And

too much intensity can be frightening. You and Rachel may have a future together, but you should not presume it, nor should you put your social life on hold waiting for her. Yes, there is a risk that she will find someone else (so might you). We recommend you limit this to a light and easy friendship, periodically texting and keeping in touch via Facebook. If she wants more, she will let you know.

Dear Annie: Several years ago, a dear friend suddenly ended our friendship. Confused, I asked why, and “Anna” presented me with a litany of my faults. I felt blindsided and unfairly treated. I thought I was a good friend. I even took care of her when she was recovering from surgery.

Two weeks later, Anna asked if we could be friends again. I replied, “Of course!” and things returned to normal. But last year, she once again abruptly ended things. I have since discovered she has treated others this way.

Anna’s cold shoulder is beginning to warm again. I admit, I miss my friend -- she’s smart, funny and has many good qualities. But a big part of me says to value my dignity and mental health more. Am I on the right track? -Agony in Iowa Dear Iowa: Anna sounds mentally unstable. Without appropriate treatment, we can guarantee her hot-and-cold attitude will continue. If you think you can convince her to get help, it might be worth retaining the friendship, but otherwise, you are smart to let this one go. Sorry.

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, 5777 W. Century Blvd., Ste. 700, Los Angeles, CA 90045.

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Animals

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For Rent

For Rent

CHIHUAHUA Puppies for SaleBlue male and black & white female. $300 each. 998-3934

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

Laconia, 1 bedroom, $130/wk, utilities included, ref & sec dep required, no dogs. 524-4428

NEW! THE DOG WASH WAGGIN A full-service mobile grooming salon. Easy, convenient, time-saving! Call 603-651-9016.

01 Subaru Limited Outback Wagon. Loaded, heated seats, winter package, dual sun roof.

Great condition, 127K, $6,000/obo. 630-1950

BELMONT, NH - $699.00 a month. 2 bedroom, 1 1/2 bath, W&D hookup, single wide mobile home with yard for rent. Close to school. Call Fairlane Homes at 800-325-5566 for more information.

Autos 1991 Honda Civic DX Hatchback: Red, automatic, good drive train, will run with new fuel lines. Good car to run or for parts. $400/best offer. 393-7786.

1995 Ford Taurus GL 205K, no rust, new parts $850. Driven daily.

Mark 832-3994.

2 1999 Dodge utility vans, low miles, run great $3,000 for both Call Scott. 786-9955.

2000 Subaru Outback AWD, 4 cylinder standard, excellent condition, new parts, 158K, snows. $4,100. 527-0194.

ABLE to pay cash, cars average $250, trucks full-size $2300, truck batteries $6 each, alloy $7 each, in Epping we have scale, $1/ lb. for coded Copper wire, $2.65/ lb. for copper pipe. (603)502-6438 BUYING junk cars and trucks ME & NH. Call for price. Martin Towing. (603)305-4504.

CASH FOR junk cars & trucks.

Top Dollar Paid. Available 7 days a week. 630-3606

For Rent

BRIDGEWATER/PLYMOUTH: 3 miles to 93, fantastic views, very private, family atmosphere.

2-bedroom home. Available for long-term rental. No smoking/ pets. $850/month +utilities.

253-8438.

APARTMENTS, mobile homes. If you need a rental at a fair price, call DRM Corp. Over 40 years in rentals, 524-0348 or visit M-W-F, 12-5, at 373 Court Street, Laconia.

GILFORD 5 rooms, 2 bedrooms, 1-1/2 baths, attached one car garage, excellent condition, $1200/ month plus utilities, contact Debbie at Roche Realty 603-279-7046 or 603-520-7769.

Top Dollar Paid- $150 and up for unwanted & junk vehiclies. Call 934-4813

BELMONT Heat/Hot Water Included • 1 bedroom, second floor,

washer/dryer hook-up. $175 per week.

• 1-bedroom 3rd floor apt. $175 per week. Small Animals considered.

Security required.

Section 8 accepted.

998-4728 CUTE 1-bedroom remodeled apartment in Tilton. 1/2 month rent free! Heat/Hot Water included. $660/Month. 603-393-9693 or 916-214-7733

GILFORD At Glendale Docks: 3-Bedroom, 2 story, porch, appliances, wood floors. Year-round.

No dogs. $900/month.

401-741-4837.

GILFORD: 3 bedroom apt, 2 bedroom apt., one bedroom cottage available including electricity, hotwater from $150/week, heat negotiable, pets considered. Security + references.

556-7098 or 832-3334.

Laconia 1 Bedroom- Washer/dryer hookup, storage, no pets. Security Deposit & references. $600/mo. + utilities. 520-4353 LACONIA Awesome 1 bedroom includes heat, hot water, garage, on-site laundry, $725/mo. No pets, 455-0874.

Laconia Efficiency: On quiet dead-end street, $450/month. All utilities included, Call 527-8363.

No pets.

Laconia one bedroom: On quiet dead-end street, $650/month. All utilities included, Call 527-8363.

No pets.

LACONIA Second floor 2BR 1 bath, heat and hot water incl, no pets, no smokers. $895 a month,

Laconia, 1 bedroom, $140/wk, utilities included, laundry on site, ref & sec dep required, no dogs, 524-4428 Laconia, 1 bedroom, $140/wk, utilities included, laundry on site, ref & sec dep required, no dogs.

524-4428

Laconia, 1 bedroom, $145/wk, utilities included, ref & sec dep required, no dogs. 524-4428 Laconia, large 3 bedroom house, $1500/mth, utilities included, yard, laundry h/u, living room, dining room, playroom, 1.5 baths, very large master bedroom, ref & sec dep required. 524-4428

For Rent

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LACONIA: 1-bedroom apartments in clean, quiet, secure downtown building. Very nice and completely renovated. $175/week, includes heat, hot water and electricity.

524-3892.

VACATION on Marco Island, FL: Waterfront condo, $600/week 1-month, $500/week - 2-months.

Call 393-7077.

LACONIA: 26 Dartmouth St. 1/2 of a Duplex; 7 Rooms, 3 Bedrooms, 1 Bath. Walkout Basement w/Laundry Hookups. Very clean, hardwood floors, private off street parking for 2 cars. Convenient to library, churches, downtown, Opechee Park & schools. Available immediately non-smoking. $1,000/month plus utilities.

Owner/broker 396-4163 LACONIA: 3 bedroom, 2nd floor.

Separate entrance, coin-op laundry in basement. $265/week including heat, electric & hot water.

524-1234.

LACONIA: Gilbert Apartments. Efficiency, 1, 2 and 3 bedroom apartments available. 524-4428.

LACONIA: S tudio, $135/week & 1-Bedroom, $155/week, heat & HW included. 2-Bedroom, $185/week or $750/month, utilities included. No dogs. 496-8667 or 545-9510.

Lakeport-Lake view 4 room-2 bedroom 1 bath. Includes snow removal, trash removal & landscaping, 2-car off-street parking, washer/dryer, partial heat. No pets. $200/week. References & credit check a must. 1st week in advance & 4 week security deposit. Leave message for Bob. 781-283-0783.

MEREDITH-In-Town Efficiency apartment. 1-bedroom, 1-bath.

Kitchen, large living room with dryer. Quiet location, no pets/no smokers $800/Month + utilities.

Rick (781) 389-2355 MEREDITH: 2-Bedroom House, 3/4 bath, washer/dryer hookup, oil FHW. $900/month. 279-8247, Jim. MEREDITH: In-town 1-bedroom, includes heat, $600/month. Parking w/plowing. No Smoking. No pets. Security deposit. 387-8356.

MEREDITH: In-town 1-bedroom, includes heat, $600/month. Parking w/plowing. No Smoking. No pets. Security deposit. 387-8356.

NEW Hampton - stunning quality!

Immaculate 2+bedroom/ 2 bath exclusive Condo. $1195/ mo. Astonishing open stairwell extending up to the 3rd floor lighted by the skylight in the cathedral ceiling.

Brazilian wood floors, W/D hook up. Less than 3 minutes from I-93.

Call today 603-744-3551.

NEFH...Come on Home!!

NORTHFIELD

Laconia, nice 1 bedroom, $150/wk, utilities included, laundry on site, ref & sec dep required, no dogs. 524-4428 LACONIA-DUPLEX 3 bedroom 1/1/2 bath, washer/dryer hookups, garage. $950/month, heat included. References & security deposit. No pets or smokers.

524-7419

NORTHFIELD: 1 bedroom, 1st floor, separate entrance, coin-op laundry in basement. $195/week including heat, electric & hot water. 524-1234.

LACONIA: 2 bedroom, heat included with private parking, storage, laundry area, snow removal, refrigerator and stove. $885/mo.

Avail. Jan. 15. Sec. & credit check required.

No pets.

603-267-6114 LACONIA: 3 bedroom, 2 bathroom in duplex building, 1st & 2nd floors plus access to attic and basement with laundry hook-ups, $1,100/month plus utilities, 524-1234.

LACONIA: 1 bedroom, 2nd floor,

MEREDITH Office/Studio Space: 3 rooms, 1,000+ sq.ft., heated, close to town and docks.

Non-smoking, $625/month.

603-279-7887 or 781-862-0123, cell.

STOREFRONT: 687 Union Ave nue, $700/mth, plus utilities, approx. 1,000 sq ft. store space, approx. 1,500 sq ft. storage space, sec dep required. 524-4428

For Sale DRY firewood, all hardwood, cut and split 16” to 18” last winter, $265/ cord, $150/ half cord. John Peverly 528-2803 no calls after 8 pm please.

BED Orthopedic 10” thick pillowtop mattress & box, new in plastic cost $950, sell Queen $285, Full $260, King $395. 431-0999 BEDROOM set brand new 6 pce solid cherry Sleigh bed, all dovetail sacrifice $750. 427-2001 HOT tub Mp3/ ipod dock, speakers, led lights, 5/6 person. All options with cover. New in wrapper.

Cost $8200, sell $4200. Will deliver 235-5218.

KITCHEN cabinets solid Maple with glazing never installed/ dovetail. Cost $7000, sell $1650.

235-1695.

NORDICTRACK Elliptical: $150.

Call after 5pm. 524-2239.

Power Wheels- Ford F150 Pickup truck. $100 or best offer. Excellent condition. 524-6455 SNOW Blower- Corded hood cover on steel frame. $60. Call 524-6145 STUDDED snows, like new, P215/60R-16 $25 each, metal desk 5 x2 $25, free cage 12x12x41” 528-2324.

MEREDITH: Large 2 Bedroom second floor. Main St, newly painted, off-street parking, no pets/smoking. First month and security, references required. $795 + heat/utilities. 603-630-2381.

Are you tired of living in run down, dirty housing, then call us we have the absolute best, spotlessly clean and everything works. We include heat & hot water and all appliances, Townhouses & apartments, in Northfield one block from I-93 Call 630-3700 for affordable Clean living.

Laconia, nice 1 bedroom, $145/wk plus elec, heat & hot water included, ref & sec dep required, no dogs. 524-4428

For Rent-Commercial LEASE retail/office space, 1500+ sq. ft. excellent visibility, plenty of signage., 516 Union Ave. Laconia, NH. 603-455-4230.

SOUTH Tamworth 4 bed, 2 bath house, deck, available Jan. 1st. $1100, tenant pays utilities and heat (603)323-7065.

SPACIOUS 1 bedroom apartment, within walking distance to LRGH facilities. Heat/Hot Water, Washer/dryer hook-up, Private parking. NO SMOKERS OR PETS. References and security deposit required. $750/month.

279-1080 leave message.

TILTON- 3 Bedroom house, 2-car garage; near Exit 20. $1,500/Month + utilities & security.

Furniture BEAUTIFUL, Queen Luxury Support Pillowtop Mattress Set. New in plastic. Cost $1095, Sell $249.

Can deliver. 603-305-9763 PROMOTIONAL New mattresses starting; King set complete $395, queen set $239. 603-524-1430.

Free T&B Appliance Removal. Appliances & AC’s removed free of charge if outside. No TV’s Please call (603)986-5506.

Help Wanted HOCKEY TEAM VOLUNTEERS NEEDED!!!

The Laconia Leafs JR Hockey team is searching for qualified volunteers. Experience not needed, but an understanding & love for hockey helpful. Positions Available: game videographer (no equipment necessary), game ticket taker. All games are a 3 hour period, approx. 8 games remaining in 2011 season at Laconia Ice Arena. For More info contact: Coach Will Fay #581-7008 EXPERIENCED Waitstaff: Nights,

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J. Jill Group donates poinsettias to NH Veterans Home for third year TILTON — J. Jill Group has donated more than a dozen red poinsettia plants to the New Hampshire Veterans Home.

“We used to buy poinsettias to put in the Chapel and around the Veterans Home,” explained Alice Brown, assistant to Commandant Barry Conway, “but we haven’t had to for the last three years because of the generosity of the J. Jill Group.” She added, “We try to do as much as we can to decorate for the holidays — for our residents, families, and staff. It makes people happier when they come in the door and feel the Holiday spirit.”

Marti Bolduc, the niece of J. Jill

Company’s Human Resources Manager Nicole Murray, is a social worker at the Veterans Home, so Murray calls her each year to find out whether or not the Home needs poinsettias. This year — as has been the case for the last three — the answer was “Yes!” Just in time for Christmas, Murray and J. Jill Human Resources Administrator Rich Presher arrived at the Veterans Home with more than a dozen poinsettia plants supplied by Lakes Region Floral Studio. NHVH’s Alice Brown loaded them onto carts and delivered them.

“That splash of color brightens everyone’s days and the plants last way beyond the holidays. We are so grateful.”

NH Veterans Home Social Work Consultant Marti Bolduc, MSW (center) accepts a donation from Nicole Murray (left), Human Resources manager at the J. Jill Group in Tilton and Rich Presher (right), J. Jill’s Human Resources Administrator, of more than a dozen poinsettias for the New Hampshire Veterans Home. J. Jill has been helping to decorate the Veterans Home with these colorful flowers for three years in a row. (Courtesy photo)

Award-winning quilter’s work on display at Gilmanton Year-Round Library this month GILMANTON IRON WORKS — The work of Marilyn Ray, well known for her hand appliqué and hand quilting, will be on display at the Gilmanton Year-Round Library throughout the month of January.

Ray made her first quilt in 1981 and has been

Help Wanted

Help Wanted

With several depts. to fill, we will begin training

Wednesday January 5th 2011

Mon.-Sat + extra hours available

Signing Bonus (after 60 days)

Interviewing Tues.

January 4th ONLY Reserve your spot

TODAY!

603-223-0765 Seeking highly motivated people to join my Pampered Chef team.

High earning potential! Call 496-0762.

SUMMIT RESORT Now Hiring

Part-time Housekeeping Saturday s a Must! Please apply in person. 177 Mentor Ave., Laconia.

Advertise Here.

Call 527.9299

Services

Services

Services

SEEKING female roommate for Pleasant St. apartment. $450/month. Heat/Hot Water included. Call for details: 566-3831

We're seeking highly motivated individuals that are ready to work hard, and can handle a variety of functions.

Duties & Responsibilities include: • Customer Service • Filling Orders • Client Trial Assistance • Moving Merchandise • Setting up Displays

(per company agreement)

Roommate Wanted

Ray’s work has been featured in several national quilt magazines. She has been teaching her craft for many years and is currently an instructor at “In Stitches” in Concord.

For more information about the Gilmanton YearRound Library, visit www.gyrla.org.

LOOKING for female roommate to share nice 2 level, 2 bedroom apt in Belmont. Deck, shed, laundry on premises. No smoking/pets. $115/wk includes everything, 603-393-5998

Customer Service Help NEEDED NOW

Entry level positions starting at $460/week

quilting ever since. Her creations have earned numerous awards on the local and regional levels.

At the Vermont Quilt Show, she has won Best of Show, the Purple Ribbon for Exceptional Merit, the Viewer’s Choice award, and was twice honored for Best Hand Quilting.

Services A Knotch Above Housekeeping.

10 years experience, references available. Residential, Commercial. 603-545-7268

Instruction KARATE Adult and Children's Karate (Ages 4+) classes held in Laconia, Gilford, Meredith and Moultonborough.Improves balance, coordination, focus, strength and flexibility.

524-4780.

New Hampshire Aikido -Tuesday and Thursday evenings at the Barn, Wadliegh Rd. Sanbornton.

998-1419

TAI CHI Experience the gentle art of Tai Chi. Improves balance, joint health, coordination, bone density, blood pressure, strength and flexibility. Ongoing classes held in Laconia, Gilford, Meredith and Moultonborough. All ages welcome.

524-4780

Motorcycles Buy • Sell • Trade www.motoworks.biz

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

Personals SINGLE white male seeks single white female, 40-60. Please call 733-8387.

HANDYMAN SERVICES

All Trades Landscaping Construction • Irrigation Excavation • Maintenance Spring and Fall • Clean up's.

Free estimates and fully insured

603-524-3969

PIPER ROOFING & VINYL SIDING Quality Work Reasonable Rates Free Estimates Metal Roofs • Shingle Roofs

Our Customers Don t get Soaked!

528-3531

THE Hungry Painter: Roof Shoveling, Painting, small tree work, dump runs, odd jobs, drywall repairs. 455-6296.

Small Jobs Are My Speciality

Rick Drouin 520-5642 or 744-6277

TIM!S Quality Painting: “Affordable, professional painting.”

Floors, repairs, wallpaper removal. Insured, references, free estimates. 603-455-5626.

Storage Space STORE your car-boat-motorcycle before the snow in a clean and secure brick building. Low prices.

(603)524-1430

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