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LACONIA — Both tenants and landlords are feeling the pinch from the sluggish economy as rents claim a large share of flat and falling incomes and high vacancies sap the revenues required to defray rising costs. “People are struggling to pay their rent,”
said Dave Gilbert of Gilbert Apartments, one of the city’s biggest landlords. “I haven’t raised rents in two years, but our vacancies are high and all my expenses are going up.” He said that although he has continued to advertise, there has been scant response. Many of those seeking to rent, he finds have “horrible references,” primarily for failing to pay rent. “I’m doing what I can to help
people get their rent paid,” he continued. “We work with tenants as best we can. We make no money evicting people.” Dick Allen, who owns some 50 units, said flatly “there is no such thing as raising rents. Instead, we’ve lowered some to keep good tenants.” At the same time, he said that with more than 10-percent of his units see rENt page 6
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CONCORD – A whistle-blower testified at the Statehouse on Friday that investors associated with “organized criminal activity” loaned money to Financial Resources Mortgage co-founder Scott Farah. Susan Brochu, of Ashland, a loan processor with FRM, answered questions in secret about fears of see FrM page 8
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One School - One Book: Inter-Lakes all in for ‘Three Cups of Tea’ MEREDITH — It may seem that the world’s troubles are too insurmountable for a student at the Inter-Lakes Elementary and Middle Tier schools to approach. However, as the schools’ theme this year is “aspire to make a difference,” administrators and staff are seeking to challenge that perception and, in the hopes that it will inspire students to think about their possible impact on those around them,
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3rd package ignites at Washington postal facility, more expected WASHINGTON (AP) — A package addressed to the U.S. Homeland Security secretary ignited Friday at a postal facility, and authorities said it was similar to fiery parcels sent to Maryland officials a day earlier by someone complaining about the state’s terrorism tip line. The suspicious package was discovered by an employee at the D.C. facility when it began popping and smoking, and it emitted “a brief flash of fire” before extinguishing itself, D.C. Police Chief Cathy Lanier said. The details were very much like what Maryland authorities described Thursday after workers at state government buildings opened the book-sized packages. There, the workers’ fingers were singed. It’s not clear what ignited the package at the D.C. processing facility because the worker didn’t open it, Lanier said. No one was injured. Authorities were bracing for more packages to surface.
“Right now we don’t have any other packages, but we’re not taking anything for granted,” Lanier said. The D.C. package was addressed to Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano, according to a department official who spoke on the condition of anonymity because of an ongoing investigation. The parcel ignited in northeast Washington about 2:45 p.m. Authorities wouldn’t say whether it contained a note. In July, Napolitano launched a nationwide “see something, say something” campaign. Her recorded voice can be heard in Washington-area Metro stations, reminding commuters to report suspicious behavior. The Maryland packages had a message railing against highway signs urging motorists to report suspicious activity by calling a toll-free number. The message read: “Report suspicious activity! Total Bull----! You have created a self fulfilling prophecy.” The state’s terrorism tip line is widely shown on
overhead highway signs along with information about missing children. To the ire of some drivers, the signs added real-time traffic estimates to major highways in March. Some commuters complained drivers slowed to read the signs and backed up traffic. At Gov. Martin O’Malley’s request, the state studied the issue and removed the real-time postings from one congested area on the Capital Beltway. There are 113 signs statewide. The earlier packages, addressed to O’Malley and to Transportation Secretary Beverley Swaim-Staley, have been taken to the FBI lab in Quantico, Va., for forensic analysis, and Lanier said the D.C. package would also be sent there. The packages did not contain explosive material. Officials have declined to speculate on whether the incendiary devices worked as intended or were supposed to cause more harm. see PACKAGES page 10
ATLANTA (AP) — In a remarkable turnabout, federal health officials say many Americans are now getting too much fluoride because of its presence not just in drinking water but in toothpaste, mouthwash and other products, and it’s causing splotches on children’s teeth and perhaps more serious problems. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services announced plans Friday to lower the recommended level of fluoride in drinking water for the first time in nearly 50 years, based on a fresh review of the science. The announcement is likely to renew the battle over fluoridation, even though the addition of fluoride to drinking water is considered one of the greatest public
health successes of the 20th century. The U.S. prevalence of decay in at least one tooth among teens has declined from about 90 percent to 60 percent. The government first began urging municipal water systems to add fluoride in the early 1950s. Since then, it has been put in toothpaste and mouthwash. It is also in a lot of bottled water and in soda. Some kids even take fluoride supplements. Now, young children may be getting too much. “Like anything else, you can have too much of a good thing,” said Dr. Howard Pollick, a professor at the University of California, San Francisco’s dental school and spokesman for the American Dental Association.
One reason behind the change: About 2 out of 5 adolescents have tooth streaking or spottiness because of too much fluoride, a government study found recently. In extreme cases, teeth can be pitted by the mineral — though many cases are so mild only dentists notice it. The problem is generally considered cosmetic and not a reason for serious concern. The splotchy tooth condition, fluorosis, is unexpectedly common in youngsters ages 12 through 15 and appears to have grown more common since the 1980s, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. But there are also growing worries about more see FLUORIDE page 10
PEARL, Miss. (AP) — Sisters Jamie and Gladys Scott left prison on Friday for the first time in 16 years, yelling, “We’re free!” and “God bless y’all!” as they pulled away in a silver SUV. That freedom, though, comes with an unusual condition: Gladys has one year to donate a kidney to her ailing sister. Now, with their life sentences for armed robbery suspended, their future is uncertain. Their children have grown up. Their family moved to Florida. They are using technology like cell phones for the first time. And questions abound: Who will pay for their
medical care? Would Gladys’ conditional release hold up in court? And perhaps the biggest mystery ahead: Are they a compatible match for the kidney transplant? An afternoon news conference for the sisters in Jackson was attended by dozens of supporters. Many cheered. Some sang. A few cried. The sisters — Jamie wearing pink, Gladys wearing purple — sat smiling at a table, their hands clasped before them as their attorney, Chokwe Lumumba, thanked a list of advocacy groups who worked for
their release. “We just totally blessed. We totally blessed,” Gladys Scott said. “It’s been a long, hard road, but we made it.” Gladys said she learned about her release on television. “I just started screaming and hollering. I’m still screaming and hollering,” she said. Jamie said she looked forward to moving on her with her life and doubted at times she’d ever be free, see SISTERS page 7
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N.H. Democrats mount challenge to GOP move to oust Manchester lawmaker CONCORD (AP) — House Democratic Leader Terie Norelli challenged Republican leaders Friday to provide a list of all New Hampshire lawmakers they plan to investigate besides one who is a paid worker for the Democratic Party. Norelli delivered a letter to Republican House Speaker William O’Brien challenging leadership’s investigation of state Rep. Mike Brunelle of Manchester, who is the party’s executive director. Republicans complain that bills he’s filed will benefit Democrats. House Republicans voted Wednesday to investigate unseating Brunelle, who was not notified ahead of the motion.
Brunelle has called the effort a political stunt and vows to fight it. Norelli said Rep. Phil Greazzo, the Manchester Republican who made the motion to investigate Brunelle, could be subject to the same scrutiny. Greazzo is a paid city alderman who sponsored bills on local spending caps and municipal liability for dog bites, Norelli said. Greazzo could not be reached immediately for comment. Other legislators with employment or business interests will be affected by bills they’ve filed, she said. “This surprise effort to remove Representative Brunelle and the scheduling of a hearing on one
week’s notice threatens the comity, integrity and reputation of this honorable institution, violates the due process to which any citizen of New Hampshire is entitled, and jeopardizes the very character of our citizen Legislature,” Norelli wrote. She also said it exceeds the Legislature’s constitutional authority and makes every legislator “a potential target of a subjective determination as to whether his or her employment is acceptable to the majority leadership.” O’Brien fired back in a statement that a serious allegation had been made against Brunelle and leaders have “an obligation to guard against the corsee DEMOCRATS page 9
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Chicago on the Potomac No matter how you rearrange President Obama’s inner circle, it still looks, smells and tastes like a rotten Chicago deep-dish pizza. Ready for the latest topping on this moldy old pie? It’s the chief of staff slot for Wall Street banker/ lawyer/wheeler-dealer William Daley, brother of outgoing Chicago mayor/machine politics mastermind Richard M. Daley (also the former boss of White House senior adviser Valerie Jarrett and first lady Michelle Obama), whose retirement paved the way for former Obama chief of staff and Chicago mayoral candidate Rahm Emanuel. Phew. The White House is reportedly looking to manufacture a “probusiness” aura with Bill Daley, who holds a “corporate responsibility” executive office at J.P. Morgan and once headed the U.S. Chamber of Commerce — the latter, a left-wing hate object and Obama punching bag leading up to the midterms. But the Beltway-based Chamber of Commerce is too often a fair-weather statist lobbying organization. It supported the TARP all-purpose bailout, the auto bailout and the bottomless, pork-filled stimulus package, all of which have forcibly redistributed money from taxpayers and small businesses to politically connected special interests (including Daley’s J.P. Morgan, which was most recently swept up in a massive pay-to-play bond scheme in Alabama). Daley has about as much real experience creating jobs as Da Boss now sitting at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave — which is to say, less than a thimble full. (It’s a New Year. I’m being generous.) In 2009, the head of Chicago’s sanitation department implicated Daley in a hiring corruption scheme tied to his brother’s mayoral administration. The official was convicted; Daley shrugged off the federal probe. “Even if it happened — and I’m not saying it did — things were different. There was nothing illegal about that stuff.” Instead of distancing himself from the favor-trading Wall Street fat cats who have earned the ire of both anti-bailout tea party activists and anti-corporate liberals, Obama remains wedded, embedded and indebted to the worst kind. Daley has served on the board of government-sponsored financial behemoth Fannie Mae since 1993. Like the Richard Daley machine in Chicago, Fannie Mae in Washington has served as an industrialsized patronage factory — sharing profits with political allies, spread-
ing taxpayer funds to ethnic groups, and doling out jobs to left-wing academics, Washington has-beens and back-scratching buddies. Like Daley. And close Obama adviser Jim Johnson, the Fannie Mae exec who got sweetheart loans from shady subprime lender Countrywide. While they raked in six-figure salaries, Fannie Mae and governmentsponsored sibling Freddie Mac engaged in Enron-style accounting, plunged into debt and helped usher in the subprime housing meltdown through reckless lending practices. Bill Clinton, the man who appointed Daley to the Fannie Mae board, also appointed Emanuel to the Freddie Mac board of directors at a time when its oversight manager called the quasi-governmental agency “so pliant” that it enabled rampant book-cooking. Freddie Mac’s stock skyrocketed; its CEOs helped themselves to massive bonuses. Emanuel’s hometown paper, the Chicago Tribune, exposed how Emanuel’s “profitable stint” during this corruption-plagued period entailed almost no work: The board met no more than six times a year. Unlike most fellow directors, Emanuel was not assigned to any of the board’s working committees, according to company proxy statements. Immediately upon joining the board, Emanuel and other new directors qualified for $380,000 in stock and options plus a $20,000 annual fee, records indicate. On Emanuel’s watch, executives told the board of a plan to use accounting tricks to mislead shareholders about outsize profits the government-chartered firm was then reaping from risky investments. The goal was to push earnings onto the books in future years, ensuring that Freddie Mac would appear profitable on paper for years to come and helping maximize annual bonuses for company brass. And now the torch may be passed in an endless Windy City circle, from Daley to Emanuel, from Emanuel to Daley, with Obama. ‘Round and ‘round it goes in Chicago on the Potomac. Remember: When Crony State corruptocrats brag about “job creation,” the only jobs they’ve ever created are each other’s. (Syndicated columnist Michelle Malkin is the daughter of Filipino Immigrants. She was born in Philadelphia, raised in southern New Jersey and now lives with her husband and daughter in Maryland. Her weekly column is carried by more than 100 newspapers.)
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LETTERS Get the regulators & tax collectors out of the electricity business To the editor, If New Hampshire is serious about stimulating economic growth there is one starting point: Energy. We need an economic focus on energy generation. We need a clearly articulated energy policy. We do not need to create taxpayer funded incentives for wind, solar, geothermal and tidal power generation. Let the federal government do that. We are better served setting free the water power that we had and have mostly abandoned. New Hampshire is the possessor of many waterways. Those waterways have historically been the conduit for development in the state. Look at where the cities are in New Hampshire. Look at where the manufacturing facilities used to be. Manufacturing used to be the backbone of the economy. The thing those cities and manufacturers share is they had access to a waterway. Most of the waterways were harnessed for power generation. We grew from our waterways. Why does it not make sense to use what we already have? Much of the infrastructure is there. The topography is still there. The companies that New Hampshire was built on came for the economic advantage available from the ready access to power generation. Got that? Cheap power brought jobs and it can do it again. That’s the argument. Those companies recognized the opportunity available from having the ability to generate low cost power. Most installed their own water wheels, sluiceways and generators. Those companies operated profitably for decades. They were driven out of business by social and economic developments such as: subsidization of the industries by foreign sovereigns and legal and regulatory constraints locally, low wage competition and failure to modernize. The taxes and regulations on generation capacity are detrimental to the economic well-being of New Hampshire. It is time to revisit what we are doing and why we are doing it. There is more to economic recovery than being a nice bedroom community for metro-Boston
If it made sense to locate manufacturing facilities here once then we need to understand what made our industries uncompetitive and fix those impediments to growth. We need to become competitive again. Lowering the price of energy generation is the place to start. With the cost of energy escalating it only adds impetus to the need for action. This an opportunity we need to take advantage of. Taxing the generation of electrical power is detrimental to growth. The imposition of taxes on generation companies costs the people of New Hampshire tax dollars because companies engaged in the generation of electrical power simply pass along the taxes to the public. The real tax payer is the rate payer and that’s you and me. The power companies are auxiliary tax collectors. Government sees power generation as a revenue source. It has forgotten that it was the reason for economic growth. The cost of power is a major component of the cost structure of manufacturing companies. Keep the cost structure lower attract more businesses. Attract more businesses; add more jobs. It ain’t rocket science. Electrical power generation and distribution in New Hampshire is about control: Who has it and what can they do with it. The people controlling it for us right now are not getting the job done. They have stopped working in the best interest of the citizenry of New Hampshire. They may be following the dictates of the legislature through application of the law and the generation of regulation but they are not taking care of the best interests of the people of New Hampshire. New Hampshire needs to take steps to restore its competitive advantage. There is a need to allow the unfettered redevelopment of the previously existing generation capacity. The opportunity is out there. Entrepreneurs will spot the advantage and New Hampshire will reap unexpected benefits if we can get the regulators and the tax collectors out of the electrical business. Lead, follow or get out of the way. Just my honest opinion. Marc Abear
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LETTERS We are grateful for all of the community spirit and generosity To the editor, The Zonta Club of the Lakes Region would like to express its appreciation to Walgreen’s of Laconia and Shaw’s of Belmont for their assistance in adding to our contributions of bags of personal care items and food baskets to homeless women staying at the Carey House during the Chrismas Holiday. In the current economic environment, women and their children are homeless due to loss of a job or other
reasons. Our club wanted to do something to remember them during the holiday season and Dan Quinn of Walgreen’s and Kevin Bill of Shaw’s responded to our request. Additional canned goods and flour was provided to the Salvation Army for food preparation there. We are grateful for their community spirit and generosity. Hazel Zimmer, Co- President Zonta Club of the Lakes Region
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Attainable, universal education reform will make U.S. better than ever To the editor, “All of us do not have equal talent, but all of us should have equal opportunity to develop our talent”. — John F. Kennedy “Let us think of education as the means of developing our greatest abilities, because in each of us there is a private hope and dream which, fulfilled, can be translated into benefit for everyone and greater strength for our nation”. — John F. Kennedy “Our progress as a nation can be no greater than our progress in education”. — John F. Kennedy Fifty years ago, the leaders of this nation were touting the importance of a solid and certainly, adequate education for all, spanning every socioeconomic group. Einstein spoke of learning as the last best hope for the survival of the modern world. Nelson Mandella stated that education was the most powerful weapon in the world. One can find quote after quote by famous (as well as infamous) individuals, praising the value of learning, indeed, the absolutely necessity of it. We have heard everyone from Aristotle to Oprah share their thoughts concerning the pursuit of knowledge Unfortunately, talk remains cheap and actions far more risky. Enthusiastic support for this cause, not that palatable to an American culture that has come to focus on microwave “quick fixes” Not “ten or twenty year plans”. The 2010 elections are over, with education reform, given the usual lip service and not much else. Jobs and the economy ,the soup de jour , again, on the election menu. The same mindless theory prevails. No correlation exists between good jobs, a solid economy and the need for major education reform. Ergo, the “education thing”, once again put on the back burner . A bit primitive, I would say. Obviously our elected officials, and unfortunately, those who continue to elect these same people, believe in divine intervention or magic potions to solve our economic woes. Older workers need an answer
right now to the economic crisis they face. The younger population needs to know they have a future. Both groups cannot prosper without change. Older workers have little time to recoup their financial losses before retirement. Younger workers simply don’t trust in the government to help. Unemployment insurance cannot continue to be extended forever. The unemployed learn to rely on this money (they may have no choice). It is tragic to realize that this financial support has become a way of life for a whole group of Americans. While it may seem a Godsend, it is treading water and not a way out of an unproductive situation. Part-time jobs and underemployment are becoming a new standard of living. Unemployment rates will ebb and flow. The economy can brighten and dim but the fact remains. Steady growth depends on the steady growth of good jobs. A steady economy depends on workers who have access to training and formal education. An educated worker is a solid investment for any company. No one willingly invests in a losing proposition, certainly not companies whose bottom line is profit. Sadly, the road remains rocky, if not impossible, for far too many high school graduates who want (and deserve) an adequate education today. The United States fails its youth. It fails its future. It fails its responsibilities when it fails to provide a post-secondary education for its future workers. Old age may not be for sissies; getting a child through college today (in this country), that definitely is NOT for sissies! It demands nerves of steal and mindless determination. Insanity also helps! Money is sadly, the deciding factor in reaching educational success far too often. The middle class, (if one actually exists), parent and student, have to be determined , hard headed, a tyrant, unwilling to accept no for an answer, able to stand up to financial aid office personnel, unravel the policies and statements from the bursars office, fight for grants, loans, work study opportunities, find the money see next page
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from preceding page for books and never-ending additional fees (not included in college costs directly) and deal with constant and increasing financial demands. The best part — you get to do all of this EVERY YEAR and when you do graduate, you have the honor of paying back loans for twenty more working years of your life! It is little wonder so many well meaning and caring parents cannot fathom how on earth to make college attainable for their children. The would-be college student who has worked hard to reach their goal of a solid and fufilling education deserves, yes and has the right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. How do you provide for those rights without an education. Poverty never produced happiness or liberty. Ignorance never produced happiness or liberty. The government needs a new mandate. Stop treating education reform as a “problem child” but rather a child with potential to be cultivated. The government, at every level, be it local ,state or federal has a vested interest in the outcome of any education reform, therefore all levels of government in this country had better open their eyes to the world as it is and not as they wish. There has to be a better way! Someone once said. “ The united States keeps doing the wrong thing until it is forced to do the right thing.” Perhaps it’s time to be better than that! Admit our failures, and teach our children — find a way to fund post-secondary education and training and better fund public colleges. Simply, make college and training schools affordable to ALL. Start a savings fund at birth for every child in this nation. Before a child reaches eighteen, exempt any earned income from taxes. Put the accrued sum aside for their education. Set aside a thousand dollars a year in a security account for every child. It adds up in eighteen years! Offer incentives to in-state students. Offer in-state student substantial discounts in board and tuition if they agree to volunteer time or perhaps agree to work in their home state after graduation. How about being truly daring, truly radical and offer free board and tuition to ALL in-state-students. Do not make success harder to attain than failure. Acknowledge the reality. Most families in this country CANNOT possibly afford college for their children. Families are struggling to meet simple daily needs. Saving for college has become a dream. The fortunate young professionals of today are competing on career and professional levels I barely comprehend . Willing to move for better opportunities, willing to “try anything” , willing to accept (with enthusiasm) that learning never ends. The “times” are and have always been “a-changing“. Change does not ask our permission. Progress has no reverse gear! My parents had a bare bones education. They were well read and intelligent but not formally educated. They didn’t need to be. Their world demanded hard work, job ethics and minimal training. They succeeded financially because they had marketable skills useful to the working world at that time. America was a producer of goods, a hands-on nation, isolation, not a bad thing, and competition, just a factor in a sports game. The middle class became a shinning example of the American Dream (at least for a while). Jobs were fairly plentiful. Wages were adequate and enough to buy a car. A home was no longer just a dream. A man could even think of a college education with the GI Bill! Unfortunately, the best of times faded with alarming speed. What brought so many to their economic knees? What changed the character of our middle class so drastically? Why did the middle class become the nearly impoverished class in 30 years? It would be convenient if the finger of blame could be pointed at one person or one event, initiating the decline of this most important group of Americans. Perhaps we got simply fat and happy. Perhaps we ignored the voice of progress. Perhaps change and new technologies came with too big a price for our government and its working population. Most unfortunate of all, we did not appreciate our own potential and the absolute necessity of utilizing that human potential. The government was more than happy to reinforce the mindset, “leave well enough alone”. The hard working citizens of the 40s, 50s and even 60s — last of the “boot strap” generations, last of the brawn over brain mentality, saw the end of an era. In the 60s, the dream of financial security became
less and less attainable, the future not as hopeful. Skills once needed evolved into skills that required specialized training or technical experience. “On the job training “ did not open the same doors for anyone anymore. The middle class of the 60s began to struggle and loose what past generations had worked so hard to acquire. The jobs dried up. Businesses closed on main street and no was so sure of the future. Factory work disappeared at an alarming rate. “Made in Japan” became a death knell. Wages did not increase as the cost of basic necessities rolled upwards. Benefits were dropped. Employees felt pushed to do more with less. Not only did our economic stature in the world take a nose-dive- our individual economic quality of life shrunk. Maybe the average person should have started asking some serious questions when election times rolled around but as usual, we trusted presidents, senators, representatives and every other special interest group to do their job. In all fairness we seldom gave elected individuals mandates to get the job done. Consequently, those of influence trusted their judgment and ability to get the job done without much accountability. Our government over-rated our dominance in the world and underestimated the determination of other nations less fortunate to survive and prevail at all cost. While we bemoaned our circumstance and wrung our hands, the world continued to spin. Poorer nations have survived on the labor of their citizens through fear and back-breaking poverty level wages. Poorer nations however, realized the export bounty that was to be theirs. They could produce cheaper and faster products than the United States. Poorer nations did not need to invent or create, they simply needed to out-price and outproduce. Once in the world market, underdeveloped nations reached the gold ring! We were being beaten down. We were shell shocked. Countries considered to be of no economic threat, became a real threat. We were in a fierce competition with nations dead serious in their efforts to succeed in a shrinking world. Today, those who once did not need to invent or create are now inventing and creating huge economies for themselves. These same nations are now producing well educated and skilled people to keep up with rest of the world. These new economic giants were smarter than this country. They seem to realize that change is inevitable and universal education for their citizens is the next logical step to LASTING economic success. There will ALWAYS be poverty and illiteracy, but there will ALWAYS be people struggling to overcome it. This country will ALWAYS be in a competition. We are not producing bolt and nuts or mass producing shoes or textiles. Gone are the steel mills and foundries where a fair wage was the norm and generous benefits to be expected. The industrial revolution for all its progress and innovation has been replaced by an educational revolution. Whether we go willingly or kicking and screaming, the future,
ready or not, is here. Survival of the fittest and best equipped prevails. This generation will be designing automated work systems. Robots will do the jobs once done by many human hands. Medical research, engineering, computers, are the future. Even the service industries have, and will become, even more high-tech. Opportunities for learning can never again be the privilege of a concentrated few. The best and the brightest must be all of us. Whatever our talent, whatever our leanings, we must be given the education and guidance to pursue those potentials. We developed a social security system. Like it or not, we devised a income tax system that manages to get a seemingly limitless supply of money from its populace. We designed a nationwide interstate road system in the 50s. We gave birth to technologies allowing us to assemble massive armies and equipment to engage in two horrific world wars. We went to the moon, decades ago! We built canals, bridges, towering buildings ,power grids and damns too complicated to comprehend. We embarked upon these feats because individuals and governments were dedicated and determined to do so. They have a vested monetary interest in the outcome of the projects. How about putting some of that dedication determination and grit into a another worthwhile project — education. An educated and enlightened, society self-mandates excellence from its educational institutions. No child left behind and competency testing become redundant. Excellence is required from EVERY student. Behavior matters. Attendance matters. Selfreliance and self-discipline matters. EVERY parent must be involved, interested and willing to practice some amount of tough love when it matters. Parents are the first batters up in the education game. Much of the out-come falls on their shoulders. Excellence is required from EVERY teacher in EVERY class and in EVERY school district. If we believe in and adhere to these rules, if we truly begin” to walk the talk“. EVERYONE will have the opportunity and skills to pursue the dream of life, liberty and economic options. This country has given its citizens protections and privileges not enjoyed by many of our fellow human beings. No one is going to exile us to a Siberian outpost for calling the president an oaf or walking a picket line. Chances are, you won’t get beheaded for drinking a glass of wine in public. Your sister won’t be burned to death because she didn’t have a big enough dowry. We have some of the best medical care in the world, (particularly if you can afford it). We have fire departments, police departments, sanitation systems. clean water, great road systems and much, much more. Lets just say, if the volcano should blow, there could be worse places to land than the U.S.A.! Sorry Jimmy Buffet! True, attainable and universal education reform (done well) however, could make America one of the very BEST places to land! Diane Ferdinand Laconia
RENT from page one empty, he was taking steps to cut expenses to offset increasing costs, particularly of fuel oil. “This is not one of the good years,” Allen remarked. Gilbert and Allen agreed that lost jobs, stagnant wages and reduced hours have brought financial hardship to many renters. Likewise, both attributed a share of their vacant units to tenants “doubling up” or leaving their apartments to return to their families. According to the Lakes Region Housing Needs Assessment, released by the Lakes Region Planning Commission (LRPC) in July, between 43-percent and 46-percent of renters pay more than 30-percent and 22-percent pay more than half of their income for housing. The figure of 30-percent of income is the accepted yardstick of “affordability.” The elderly represent about a fifth of renters with high costs. The LPRC reports that between 1999 and 2008 the median gross rent, which includes heat and utilities, rose at an annual average rate of 6.4-percent, from $541 to $888 per month, outpacing the increase in wages. Although rents have risen faster than wages, the median gross rent for the region is affordable for individuals earning the average annual income, which was $35,360 in 2008.
The LRPC estimates that about 57-percent of market rate rental units are within the means of a household of three earning at least 60-percent area’s median family income. Since 2008 home values have dropped approximately 20-percent, but rents have slipped only 2.4-percent. Nancy McCurry of the Laconia Area Community Land Trust traced the disparity to the costs of owning and managing rental property. In particular, she said that landlords who purchased property before the recession, when prices rose sharply, must maintain their rents to service their debt. Allen and Gilbert both said despite their relatively high number vacancies, rents must be sufficient to meet operating costs, which include maintenance, insurance, taxes, fuel and utilities. Moreover, the inventory of rental units in the Lakes Region is relatively small and old. The LRPC estimates that between 2000 and 2008, the regional housing stock, excluding seasonal homes, grew from 44,061 units to 49,939 units, an increase of 5,878 units, of which only 352 were rental units. In addition to market rentals, there are 1,738 assisted or subsidized rental units in the Lakes Region, 906 see next page
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Judge rules Sanbornton Zoning Board contradicted itself in variance decision By Gail OBer
LACONIA — The Sanbornton man who challenged the zoning board’s refusal to issue him a variance to build a house on a non-conforming lot on Hunkins Pond Road now has a ruling from a Belknap County Superior Court judge but apparently nobody understands what it really means. Judge James O’Neill III broke Mark Robitaille’s challenge into two separate issues: if the selectmen intimidated the zoning Board into denying the variance and whether the denial was reasonable based on legitimate points of law. “There is no evidence that the ZBA members considered the new reappointment procedures in making the decision to deny the petitioner’s varience on June, 22,” O’Neill wrote, saying the only evidence of that was speculation in a newspaper article that he didn’t find credible. Robitaille purchased the piece of property from the town for $7,500 and had hoped to build a small house on it.To do so, he needed a variance from a zoning regulation that requires a 75-foot buffer from a wetlands and watershed protection zone. The Zoning Zoning Board initially granted him the variance he needed but selectmen asked for a reconsideration of the decision, after it was brought to their attention by a town employee, because the ZBA didn’t specifically address the five criteria established by New Hampshire law to deny a variance.
After a second hearing, the ZBA — consisting of at least one different member than the board that initially decided the case — denied the variance on the grounds it was contrary to the spirit of the ordinance. O’Neill’s decision questioned how the variance would be contrary to the spirit of the ordinance when the ZBA “reasonably found that the proposed variance met all the other criteria.” He said in this case, the “ZBA did not explain why the petitioner’s variance met the public interest prong, but not the spirit of the ordinance prong.” O’Neill said that the spirit of the buffer zone would be to protect the public health, safety, and general welfare. If the ZBA determined the request would violate the spirit of the ordinance, O’Neill ruled that by implication, the ZBA “found that granting the variance would not protect the public health, safely, and general welfare,” and should have also determined the proposal would be contrary to the public interest. He said the ZBA’s denial is “arguabley inconsistent” and he sent it back to the Sanbornton board so that it can supply reasons and evidence the variance some how is in the public interest but at the same time violates the spirit of the ordinance. Robitaille’s attorney Mark Beaudoin said he is reviewing O’Neill’s decision with his client while Bernard Waugh, who represents the ZBA, said he is considering filing a motion for clarification so O’Neill can tell him exactly what he wants the ZBA to do.
SISTERS from page 2 but she leaned on her faith. “My sister been saying all day, ‘You don’t look well,’” she said. “I haven’t woke up. It’s like a dream.” Jamie said the reality of the situation will probably sink in when she sees her grown children, who were young kids
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from preceding page or 52-percent of them in Belknap County, of which 519, or 57-percent, are in Laconia. Assisted units account for about 15-percent of all rental units in the region. The recession has highlighted the relationship between housing and employment. The median gross rent may be within the means of those earning the median wage for many occupations, but is well beyond the means of those earning entry level
wages. For example, entry level wages in the retail, food and lodging sectors, which represent a significant share of employment in the seasonal tourist industry, amount to less than half the gross median rent. The LRPC notes that affordable multi-family and attached rental dwellings represented just sevenpercent of construction between 1990 and 2008 and projects it will need to triple to meet future demand for affordable housing.
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27-year-old gets year in jail for robbery with BB gun By Gail OBer
LACONIA — A city man will spend a year in the Belknap County jail after pleading guilty to armed robbery. At tearful Joshua Hensley, 27, formerly of 188 Union Ave. told Belknap County Superior Court Judge James O’Neill III on Thursday that “this was (his) last chance.” “Well maybe you should have thought of that before pulling a gun,” replied O’Neill who previously rejected a negotiated plea of a one-year sentence with all but four months suspended as too lenient. “You’re right, I should have,” Hensley relied. “If you give me this chance, you’ll never have to look at me again.” Asst. County Atty. Carly Ahern told Judge O’Neill that she agreed one year for an armed robbery was light but that her case was not strong because his alleged accomplice pleaded guilty to witness tampering and conspiracy to sell drugs. “It’s iffy at best,” she said. She also said the victim of the robbery was also facing some criminal charges and there would be some Fifth Amendment challenges to her case against Hensley if he were to take the stand. According to police affidavits, the victim was with his girlfriend and their two children on Jewett Street in Laconia when he recognized a friend he knew as Manny B. and later identified as Manny Brazil of Alton. He said Brazil was with a second man, later identified as Hensley. The victim said he told Brazil he had some Fen-
tanyl patches and $150 for rent on him. He said Brazil left him and went into a nearby apartment building and Hensley came to his car window and threatening him with what turned out to be a black BB gun, taking the drugs and the money. Police later arrested both men, charging Helsley with armed robbery and Brazil with conspiracy to commit armed robbery. Brazil pleaded guilty to conspiracy to sell drugs and witness tampering, but maintained all along that Hensley alone robbed the victim. Police later found the Hensley, the BB gun and the drugs at Hensley’s fiance’s home. “Why do you feel that the House of Corrections is appropriate when he should be in state prison for 7 1/2 to 15 years?” Judge O’Neill ask Hensley’s attorney, Wade Harwood. Harwood said his client admitted to having a serious drug problem that he has acknowledged and wants to correct. “This wouldn’t have occurred without drugs, “ said Harwood. “This is really a drug deal gone bad.” Harwood said the reason his client should be shown some leniency is because he was willing to plead guilty to armed robbery when the state itself admitted it’s case was not that solid. “I know he can turn his life around,” said Harwood. By accepting the plea, Ahern said Hensley would be subjected to serving the full 7 1/2 to 15 years in the N.H. State Prison should he, once he’s released from the Belknap County House of Corrections, commit any type of parole or probation violation or be rearrested for any other crimes.
FRM from page one physical and personal retaliation. The hearing was led by Charles Chandler, the presiding officer of an FRM probe called for by Secretary of State Bill Gardner. Chandler asked why Brochu couldn’t speak openly more than six years after she left FRM. Shortly after departing, Brochu had complained to banking regulators and state prosecutors, but asked that her name not be publicly identified. Chandler asked whether some of the investors showed “organized criminal activity.” Brocuhu said, “Yes.” Chandler asked whether she was afraid of Farah. “I was a little afraid of him,” Brochu said. “I knew he was shifty, so I never really trusted him.” In public testimony, Brochu said she voiced her complaints in the fall of 2004 about predatory lending and improper disposal of confidential information in a telephone conversation with Attorney General Michael Delaney, who was deputy AG at the time. Delaney later denied ever speaking to Brochu, and said he knew nothing about her 2004 complaint until after FRM voluntarily shut its doors in November 2009 and defrauded lenders out of more than $20-million. “I can unequivocally say that Ms. Brochu did not speak with me,” Delaney said. Consumer complaints about banking routinely were handled by the Consumer Protection Bureau and referred immediately to the Banking Department, as the AG’s office lost jurisdiction over them
in 2002, Delaney said. Delaney, Gov. John Lynch and U.S. Sen. Kelly Ayotte, R-N.H., who was Delaney’s predecessor as attorney general, have called upon the state Legislature to return the authority to look into these complaints to state prosecutors. “It is not surprising to me she might associate my name with her call,” Delaney said. “Nonetheless, hearing these statements, I believe she was incorrect.” Brochu said she thought FRM’s practices of trying to get previous clients to reuse their home equity on future loans and dumping lender information into an open trash bin were illegal. Over her five-year career working there, she never complained to Farah about it. “I was in fear of losing my job, which I really needed at the time,” Brochu said. “I was making extremely good money, and I couldn’t do that anywhere else.” Brochu said that after leaving the job, she wanted state regulators to bring FRM’s practices to a halt. “I did things wrong, and I knew then that other people were still doing them,” Brochu said. “I didn’t want people out in public to get screwed anymore.” Brochu cashed in her life insurance policy to loan Farah $12,000 to support a project with the promise she’d receive a $1,000 profit in a week. “I needed the money; I was somewhat desperate,” Brochu said. “I just went for it.” Three weeks later, upon giving her notice to quit, Brochu said Farah finally paid her the $13,000 and see next page
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Supreme Court hears arguments in Meredith home school case BY KAREN LANGLEY CONCORD MONITOR
CONCORD — Attorneys for the divorced parents of a Meredith girl argued before the state Supreme Court yesterday about whether a lower court was right to order the girl from home schooling to public school. The daughter of Brenda Voydatch and Martin Kurowski has attended public school in Meredith since September 2009, after a Belknap County judge ruled in a dispute between the parents about how to educate the girl. Voydatch had taught their daughter, Amanda, at home since she was in first grade. After Kurowski, who shares decision-making responsibility, charged that Voydatch had not consulted him about educating their daughter at home, the parents agreed to a court hearing to decide where Amanda would be taught. In ordering the parents to send Amanda to public school last year, the court observed that while her curriculum compared to that of the local public schools and she seemed sociable and academically prepared, she also “appeared to reflect her mother’s rigidity on questions of faith.” The order states that the court considered evidence about Amanda’s religious faith only because she was “unhappy that her father did not love her enough to want to spend eternity with her by adopting her faith. Before the state’s high court yesterday, attorney John Anthony Simmons argued the family court had violated the constitutional rights of Voydatch and her daughter by deciding the mother was raising Amanda to be too religious. “In its view, the mother and the child both had religious views that were too narrow,” Simmons said after the hearing. “If that is the precedent in this country, then no woman wearing a burqa could ever make decisions for her child.” Attorney Joshua Gordon, who represented DEMOCRATS from page 3 ruption of the oath of office.” “We will not engage in a letter-writing campaign or a media circus,” said O’Brien of Mont Vernon. He suggested Norelli “focus on serving her constituents’ needs and not this overarching issue and her party’s vendetta.” Norelli said scheduling a hearing for next Thursday does not give Brunelle time to prepare a defense. She also questioned the constitutional grounds Republicans cited. O’Brien later wrote Norelli defending the speed with which the complaint was being considered as necessary to protect the House’s integrity. He said her demands to delay the hearing amounted to “an attempt to impede and obstruct” the subcommittee charged with determining if Brunelle violated the constitution. He said her argument about the constitutionality of the effort should be raised at the hearing, not with him. On Wednesday, House Republican Leader D.J. Bettencourt cited a constitutional prohibition against being paid and acting as an advocate as the basis for Brunelle’s potential ouster. Bettencourt said Brunelle has filed legislation that would serve as a platform for Democrats. Bettencourt gave as an example legislation to raise the minimum wage which he said the Democrats support. Past efforts to unseat lawmakers have been based on accusations of unethical behavior. The House vote referred the investigation to the Legislative Administrative Committee, which is chaired by Enfield Republican Paul Mirski. He scheduled a hearing for Thursday. from preceding page gave her a glowing recommendation in writing. The monthlong loan paid off for Brochu at a 100-percent annual interest rate. Farah and co-conspirator Donald Dodge pleaded guilty to federal wire fraud charges after prosecutors alleged the pair swindled at least $20-million from individuals who gave personal loans for FRMdirected projects. They’ll be sentenced this month.
Kurowski, argued that the case had little to do with religion. While religious differences led to the dispute about where to educate the girl, the court considered religion only as a small part of its task to seek the best interests of a child whose parents could not come to their own decision, he said. “This case is not about religion or even about education,” Gordon told the justices. “It’s merely parents who differ about child-rearing philosophies. Ms. Voydatch wants the child cloistered. Mr. Kurowski believes she should be more worldly and more widely exposed.” In ordering Amanda to attend a public school, the court did not judge Voydatch’s religion, but chose an “agnostic alternative,” Gordon said. In its order, the court stated that sending Amanda to public school would not interfere with Voydatch’s right to provide religious guidance to Amanda. It also stated that the parents could still agree either to continue their system of home schooling with some classes at the public school or to find a religious school. The justices asked both attorneys multiple questions about whether the case involved a constitutional question or a routine parenting dispute. They also asked whether the order to send Amanda to public school amounted to a modification of a previous court order. Modifying an order would have required the court to show Amanda had been harmed by her home schooling, rather than simply stating that her best interests were served by attending public school. Voydatch said after the arguments that Amanda is doing well in sixth grade at the Meredith public school. “I’m not sure that she comprehends the severity of the case,” Voydatch said. “She’s very much a people person, but she does want to come home to home school.”
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PACKAGES from page 2 Leo W. West, a retired FBI explosives expert in Virginia, said he didn’t have much information on the design of the packages, but generally, if there’s no explosive, the devices aren’t meant to cause much destruction. “With an incendiary, you have a slower process involved,” he said. “It can burst into flames, but unless it’s something that’s a liquid that’s expelled ... you wouldn’t have that sort of immediate danger to the person.” At least initially, West said it seems the packages are meant to get the attention of officials. The Maryland mailings were opened within a 15-minute period Thursday at buildings 20 miles apart. Mailroom employees around the state were back at work Friday, and they had pictures of the packages and were advised to be vigilant about anything suspicious. The Postal Service rereleased a safety talk on how to recognize suspicious mail Friday in light of the incidents, American Postal Workers Union spokeswoman Sally Davidow said. Investigators had no previous indication the packages would be sent anywhere other than Maryland government buildings, FBI spokesman Richard J. Wolf said. Police have not yet identified any suspects and were searching for disgruntled people who’ve made ONE BOOK from page one Cups of Tea” or “Listen to the Wind,” a version of the same story written for younger readers. The books were all donated by an anonymous benefactor. Students in Sandwich Central School, also a part of the Inter-Lakes District, will also participate in the program. The school has planned several events and activities through January and February, in which students will learn about Mortenson’s story and the culture and geography of Central Asia. “This is a great thing, to learn about this man who made a difference,” Middle Tier Principal Everett Bennett said to Kelley at the assembly. “But how are we going to make a difference?” Kelley answered that King Arthur Flour, a Vermont-based company, will visit the school and teach Middle Tier students how to bake bread. The older
threats against state government. Anyone arrested would be charged with possession and use of an incendiary device, which includes a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison, authorities said. The state terrorism tip line averages about two calls per day, said Jim Newton, privacy officer at the Maryland Coordination and Analysis Center, where police officers field the calls. Neither Newton nor police were aware of any repeat, angry callers to the tip line. The call volume typically doesn’t spike when the phone number is displayed on highway signs, he said. Instead, calls tend to come in after terrorism cases make news. Postal inspectors said they had a variety of ways to determine where a package is mailed from, including postmarks and cancellation stamps, which can indicate where a piece of mail was processed. Postal Inspector Frank Schissler said, but the Maryland packages did not have individual tracking numbers because they were sent by first-class mail, not registered mail or express mail. In 2001, as the nation was still reeling from the 9/11 attacks, letters containing anthrax were sent to lawmakers and news organizations. The anthrax spores killed five people and sickened 17. Dangerous devices sent through the mail remain extremely rare, inspectors said, with 13 such cases reported since 2005. students will then pair with elementary children and team up. Collectively, Kelley said, the students will bake 650 loaves of bread to be donated to local food pantries. It won’t solve world hunger, Kelley acknowledged, but it will take a step in the right direction. “You’re going to make a difference for someone in your community right away,” Bennett told the students. After the students filed back to their classrooms, where they received their copies of “Three Cups of Tea,” Bennett said the book was chosen because it allows for lessons in geography and language arts, because many within the school had reviewed it highly and because it so well served of an example of the school theme, “Aspire to make a difference.” Bennett said, “We thought it was a perfect fit to what we wanted to do.”
— WORSHIP SERVICES — Good Shepherd Lutheran Church ALL ARE WELCOME! 8AM & 10:15AM - WORSHIP SERVICES Pastor Dave Dalzell • 2238 Parade Rd, Laconia • 528-4078 www.gslcnh.com
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Empowered Evangelicals, who proclaim the Kingdom of God, minister in the power of the Spirit and keep Christ at the center of life. “It feels like coming home.”
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Weirs United Methodist Church 35 Tower St., Weirs Beach P.O. Box 5268
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FLUORIDE from page 2 serious dangers from fluoride. The Environmental Protection Agency released two new reviews of research on fluoride Friday. One of the studies found that prolonged, high intake of fluoride can increase the risk of brittle bones, fractures and crippling bone abnormalities. Critics of fluoridated water seized on the proposed change Friday to renew their attacks on it — a battle that dates back to at least the Cold War 1950s, when it was denounced by some as a step toward Communism. Many activists nowadays don’t think fluoride is essential, and they praised the government’s new steps. “Anybody who was anti-fluoride was considered crazy,” said Deborah Catrow, who successfully fought a ballot proposal in 2005 that would have added fluoride to drinking water in Springfield, Ohio. “It’s amazing that people have been so convinced that this is an OK thing to do.” Dental and medical groups applauded the announcement. “This change is necessary because Americans have access to more sources of fluoride than they did when water fluoridation was first introduced,” Dr. O. Marion Burton, president of the American Academy see next page
Lynch will support expanding reach of N.H. death penalty
CONCORD (AP) — New Hampshire Gov. John Lynch says he’s in favor of expanding the death penalty to include crimes like the deadly home invasion in Mont Vernon. During a taping of “Close-Up” for WMUR-TV, Lynch said Friday that such an expansion would have to be done thoughtfully and carefully, and needs to involve discussions with law enforcement, the Legislature and advocates. New Hampshire allows capital punishment in the murder of a judge or police officer, or killings that occur during a kidnapping, a sexual assault, during certain drug crimes and other narrow circumstances. Legislators sponsored a bill last year to make home invasion killings a capital offense, following the 2009 death of 42-year-old Kimberly Cates. The House blocked it and the Senate voted to study it.
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How Can I Live for God? Galatians 2:11-21
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Rookie Harangody leads Celtics to easy 122-102 win over Toronto
BOSTON (AP) — Rookie Luke Harangody had career highs with 17 points and 11 rebounds for his first NBA double-double, and the Boston Celtics earned the 3,000th victory in franchise history, beating the Toronto Raptors 122-102 on Friday night. Harangody, a rookie from Notre Dame, had never played more than 16 minutes in a game. He got in early for the short-handed Celtics and had doubled
his career high for points (four) by the end of the first quarter. His previous highs for rebounds was also four. Paul Pierce scored 20 and Ray Allen added 17 for Boston, which tied a season high for points in a half with 67 in the first and never let the Raptors get closer than 12 in the second half. DeMar DeRozan led Toronto with 20 points.
from preceding page of Pediatrics, said in a statement. The fluoridated water standard since 1962 has been a range of 0.7 parts per million for warmer climates where people used to drink more water to 1.2 parts per million in cooler regions. The new proposal from HHS would set the recommended level at just 0.7. Meanwhile, the EPA said it is reviewing whether to lower the maximum allowable level of fluoride in drinking water from the current 4 parts per million. “EPA’s new analysis will help us make sure that people benefit from tooth decay prevention while at the same time avoiding the unwanted health effects from too much fluoride,” said Peter Silva, an EPA assistant administrator. Fluoride is a mineral that exists in water and soil. About 70 years ago, scientists discovered that people whose supplies naturally had more fluoride also had fewer cavities. In 1945, Grand Rapids, Mich., became the world’s first city to add fluoride to its drinking water. Six years later a study found a dramatic decline in tooth decay among children there, and the surgeon general endorsed water fluoridation. And in 1955, Procter & Gamble Co. marketed the first fluoride toothpaste, Crest, with the slogan “Look, Mom, no cavities!” But that same year, The New York Times called fluoridation of public water one of the country’s “fiercest controversies.” The story said some oppo-
nents called the campaign for fluoridation “the work of Communists who want to soften the brains of the American people.” The battles continue for a variety of reasons today. In New York, the village of Cobleskill outside Albany stopped adding fluoride to its drinking water in 2007 after the longtime water superintendent became convinced the additive was contributing to his knee problems. Two years later, the village reversed the move after dentists and doctors complained. According to a recent CDC report, nearly 23 percent of children ages 12 to 15 had fluorosis in a study done in 1986-87. That rose to 41 percent in a study that covered 1999 through 2004. “The report of discoloration has been going up over the years,” said Dr. Robert Barsley, a professor at the LSU Health Sciences Center School of Dentistry. “It is not the water that’s causing this by any means. It’s the extra fluoride products — toothpaste, mouthwash — that people are using. And people want nice white teeth so they brush three times a day.” Susan Jeansonne, oral health program manager for Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals, said one reason for the problem is children swallowing fluoride toothpaste or eating it. Toothpaste labels have long recommended that parents supervise children under 6 when they are brushing their teeth; give them only a pea-size amount; and make sure they spit it out. Toddlers under 2 shouldn’t use toothpaste with fluoride.
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Toronto has lost four of five and seven of nine despite shooting well (40 for 79) on Friday. But the Celtics outscored the Raptors 54-44 in the paint and outrebounded them 43-31. The Raptors got as close as 13 in the third and were down 87-73 after two foul shots by Amir Johnson before Harangody helped quickly rebuild Boston’s lead. Pierce made two free throws to put the Celtics up 89-73, then Harangody blocked a layup attempt by Ed Davis and rumbled back to the Celtics’ end to score on his own layup with 1:53 left in the third. Andrea Bargnani got Toronto within 98-86, but that was as close as the Raptors would come. The Celtics scored the next 10 points during a 15-1 run that sealed the victory and a 3-1 win for the Celtics in the season series. Allen started it with a 3-pointer, Harangody hit an 18-footer and Nate Robinson took a steal in for a layup to put Boston ahead 109-86. Harangody showed some agility a few minutes later when he drove under the basket and banked in a reverse layup to put Boston up 113-87. Fans reveled in the rookie’s career night and chanted “Luuuuke!” throughout the game. Notes: All five Toronto starters scored in double figures. Linas Kleiza and Bargnani had 17 apiece. Jose Calderon scored 11 and Johnson added 10. ... Coach Doc Rivers said before the game that Kevin Garnett could return to the lineup as early as next week. The Celtics are 5-1 since the star forward went out with a right calf injury. ... Friday’s win gave Rivers 308 with the Celtics, tying him with K.C. Jones for third on the franchise list — still a long way from Red Auerbach’s 795. ... The Celtics also scored 67 points in the second half of their victory over the New York Knicks on Dec. 15.
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Lakes Region Real Estate Market Report / Roy Sanborn
2011 Real Estate Forecast As of January 1, 2011 there were 940 homes on the market in the communities in this Lakes Region real estate report. That’s down from the 1070 homes on the market last month, but up from the 869 homes on the market as of January 1, 2010. While the total number of homes on the market is currently higher than last year, we have had an increase in the number of sales. That effectively drops the supply down to a 12 month’s worth of homes on the market compared to 14.5 months worth last January 1. That’s about as low as I’ve seen it in a long time. Unfortunately, the inventory always seems to creep back up over the year. The average asking price stood at $532,320 and the median was $279,000 compared to an average of $613,371 and a median of $299,900 last January 1. This is the time of year that everyone tries to forecast the market for the coming year. I’m not sure how they do it, but I bet there are some pretty big computers whirring away looking at sales trends, foreclosures, and economic indicators of every kind. I’m not sure if it is easier or worse than trying to predict the weather beyond a five day forecast, but there must be a lot of similarities in calculating this kind of thing. Lawrence Yun, the chief economist for the National Association of REALTORS®, anticipates that home sales will rise anywhere from 5 to
10-percent in 2011 with the catalyst being the improving economy and job creation. That’s the fair weather part of the forecast. The stormy part is that many industry watchers are expecting another year of record foreclosures. Many banks have put foreclosures on hold during the last two months of 2010 and are expected to push them through in the first quarter of 2010. There is a huge shadow inventory of homes, perhaps up to two million homes nationwide, that are on the verge of being repossessed and will be hitting the market at some point. That is a little scary to say the least and it undoubtedly will hold down home prices for some time. But real estate, like the weather, is very regional. So what is the forecast for NH? Well, I have answers. My son, Jeff, bought my wife a new wireless weather station and it got me thinking. The remote sensor is outside beside my old thermometer. We also have a “weather stick” on the wall out there. A weather stick is a debarked branch of balsam pine about a foot long. If it is going to rain or snow the stick bends down. If it is fair weather the stick bends up. It really works well. We’ve also got one of those glass bulb barometers that hangs on the wall. You know the kind with the colored water in it and the spout that nearly overflows when a storm approaches. Since my son is a computer guru at the astronomy department at BU, I had him put sen-
sors on these instruments, wired them to my computer, tied that into the database for the National Association of REALTORS®, hacked into Fannie Mae’s database (that wasn’t hard), and the Old Farmer’s Almanac (it doesn’t seem right that they are on-line). We also hooked into the computer that runs the celestial telescope at Boston University because everyone knows that good things happen if the stars are aligned just right. Jeff did a little programming on the computer — it was somewhat more complicated than programming the remote that runs my video components (he does that, too). He then pushed the alt, control, shift, F2 keys, which took two hands, and the program started. Pretty soon we started getting predictions out of the thing. 1. If you own a waterfront property in the Lakes Region, the lake will freeze in front of your house. 2. If you own a home in the Lakes Region, you will have to shovel your walkway at least three times this winter. 3. If you own a home in the Lakes Region, you will lose power at your house due to high winds, an ice storm, or some dumb fool running into a utility pole at least once this winter. While real estate related, these predictions were not quite what we were looking for, so some modifications were made to the program. We honed in a little more and got: 1. Interest rates will go up in 2011. They can’t stay as low as they are, but they will still be a great deal compared to the past. 2. Lakes Region home sales will improve in 2011. People really do want to live and vacation here! Vacation and waterfront home sales will continue to tick upward. 3. There will still be some fantastic deals in all price ranges. Home affordability will continue to be at all time highs. 4. “Transactionally sophisticated” buyers and sellers (that’s a new term coined by Tara-Nicole Nelson of Inman News) will have great success in the real estate market in 2011. They understand and grasp the current market conditions and know what it takes to get though the buying or selling process. They know that buying a home is a long-term (and sound) investment and that they need to be very “strategic, resourceful, and adept with information”. The ”transactionally sophisticated” seller understands that his house is not worth what it was three or four years ago and knows that he may need to help buyers overcome many hurdles in the home purchasing process. 5. There will be tremendous opportunities for both buyers and sellers in 2011. Want to know where? Call your REALTOR®. see next page
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OBITUARIES
David S. Anderson, Jr., 49 MEREDITH — David Scott Anderson, Jr., 49, of Plymouth St., Meredith, passed away unexpectedly on January 4, 2011, in his sleep, after an ongoing battle with diabetes. Born on September 5, 1961, on the Ellsworth Air Force Base, in Rapid City, SD, he was the son of David S. and Carol D. (Goss) Anderson, Sr. David was a graduate of Inter-Lakes High School, Meredith. David enjoyed golfing and motorcycling (especially riding his 1946 Panhead). He always had a smile and a great sense of humor, and was always willing to lend a helping hand. David loved to be around his friends and family, and was always up for a good time. He will be deeply missed by his beloved “Pookie” (Kelley). All those that knew him were blessed to be part of his life. He is survived by his partner of 10 years, Kelley A. Hoyt, of Meredith; his parents, David S. and Carol D. Ander-
son, Sr., of Prescott Valley, AZ; grandmother, Elizabeth Goss, of Lisbon, NH; a sister, Dyhanna Anderson; Kelley’s family members, mother, Mary Hoyt, Donald, Percy, John, Brad, and Chris, all of Meredith; a niece, Shannan Shute, of Portland, OR; three nephews, Shawn Shute and Adam Conway, of Scottsdale, AZ and Zach and Jacob Hoyt, of NH; he will also be missed dearly by his friends, Craig Shaw, The Bird Family, The Viano Family, Michael Smith, Sammy and Mindy Boyd, and Michael Denton; and several aunts, uncles, and cousins. Donations may be made in David’s memory to a charity of one’s choice. A celebration of his life will be held in the Mug Restaurant (Rt. 3, Meredith), on Thursday, January 13, 2011, from 3-6 pm. Mayhew Funeral Homes of Meredith and Plymouth are assisting the family. www.mayhewfuneralhomes.com
NAPLES, Florida — Charles R. Whitten, 85, of Naples, FL and Laconia, NH passed away on January 5, 2011. Born December 5, 1925 in Foxboro, MA, he was the son of Marion (Dix) and Robinson S. Whitten. A proud veteran of the U.S. Army’s 15th Air Force serving during WWII, Mr. Whitten was shot down over enemy lines and was MIA. He managed to find his way to Hungary. He had a successful career as a builder/developer in Winchester/Woburn, MA, Naples, FL and other areas of New England. An avid boater, Mr. Whitten was a member of the Naples Yacht Club. He will be dearly missed by his devoted family including his wife of 62 years, Virginia; children, David, Steven,
Walter (Paula), Kay, Robinson (Nadine); seven grandchildren; two great grandchildren; brothers, George and Bradford; sister, Harriet McGillivary; and brother-in-law, Robert Barton. He was preceded in death by his sister, Nancy Barton. A memorial gathering and service will be held on Tuesday, January 11, 2011, 12 noon – 1 p.m. at Fuller Funeral Home, 4735 Tamiami Trail East, Naples, FL 34112. The service will begin at 1:00 p.m. An additional service and interment will be held in the early summer in Laconia. In lieu of flowers, donations in Mr. Whitten’s memory may be made to the charity of one’s choice. For online condolences, visit www.fullerfuneralhome.com
Charles R. Whitten, 85
Speare Memorial Hospital’s “Baby New Year 2011,” Rachel Elizabeth Bronner, is surrounded by her brother Michael, mother Sarah, and father Michael. (Courtesy photo)
PLYMOUTH — Arriving on her due date of January 3, Rachel Elizabeth Bronner was the first baby born at Speare Memorial Hospital in 2011. Rachel made her debut at 4:08 p.m.,
weighing 6 lbs. 3 oz. and measuring 18 inches. She was welcomed by her parents, Sarah and Michael Bronner of Franklin, and big brother Michael, age three.
“Break Forth in Song!” subject of free presentation by PSU professor of music
LACONIA — An exploration of the most common musical instrument — the human voice — will be the subject of a lecture by Plymouth State
University Professor of Music Robert Swift at the Taylor Community’s Woodside building from 10:30 — 11:45 a.m. on Thursday, January 20. “Break Forth in Song!”
from preceding page Log on to my blog at www.lakesregionrealestatenews.com and leave me your thoughts on this report or the real estate market in general. Roy Sanborn is a REALTOR® for Roche Realty Group, at 97 Daniel Webster Highway in Meredith and can be reached at 677-8420. Data was compiled as of 1/1/11 using the Northern New England Real Estate MLS System.
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ARIES (March 21-April 19). Give yourself a mental pep talk. Psych yourself up in the mirror or in a journal. These practices might feel odd, but do them anyway. They are the habits that will help you cultivate your winning style. TAURUS (April 20-May 20). In order to do all you want to do, you will need to acquire a few new resources. Put the word out. Enlist the help of the good people around you. You are most convincing in the afternoon. GEMINI (May 21-June 21). Your day is full, and your energy surges to match the demand. Everyone around can read your body language. You command your space and attract attention for all the right reasons. CANCER (June 22-July 22). Keep track of your good deeds on paper. This is not so you can keep tabs on what others owe you. Rather, it’s so you can look back at your list and feel an increased sense of self-esteem LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). Every year, you get better. Consider where you were at this time last year. You didn’t have the sense of purpose you now possess, and you’re more aware and effective than ever. Let yourself feel proud. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). It matters less and less to you what people think of you. Because you are willing to risk injury to your ego, you will continue to expand your sense of who you are and what you are capable of doing. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). The destination still seems very far away. Each milestone you reach deserves to be acknowledged, but save the big celebration for when you cross the finish
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––––––– ALMANAC ––––––– Today is Saturday, Jan. 8, the eighth day of 2011. There are 357 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On Jan. 8, 1811, Charles Deslondes led an uprising by hundreds of slaves in the Territory of Orleans in present-day Louisiana. On this date: In 1798, the 11th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution was declared in effect by President John Adams nearly three years after its ratification by the states; it prohibited a citizen of one state from suing another state in federal court. In 1815, U.S. forces led by Gen. Andrew Jackson defeated the British in the Battle of New Orleans — the closing engagement of the War of 1812. In 1918, President Woodrow Wilson outlined his “Fourteen Points” for lasting peace after World War I. Mississippi became the first state to ratify the 18th Amendment to the Constitution, which established Prohibition. In 1935, rock-and-roll legend Elvis Presley was born in Tupelo, Miss. In 1959, Charles de Gaulle was inaugurated as president of France’s Fifth Republic. In Cuba, Fidel Castro and his army arrived in Havana in triumph following the overthrow of Fulgencio Batista. In 1964, President Lyndon B. Johnson declared a “War on Poverty” in his State of the Union address. In 1973, the Paris peace talks between the United States and North Vietnam resumed. In 1989, 47 people were killed when a British Midland Boeing 737-400 carrying 126 people crashed in central England. In 2003, a US Airways Express commuter plane crashed at the Charlotte, N.C., airport, killing all 21 people on board. A Turkish Airlines jet crashed in Turkey, killing 75 people. One year ago: Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, accused of trying to blow up a U.S. airliner on Christmas, appeared in federal court in Detroit; the judge entered a notguilty plea on his behalf. Today’s Birthdays: Actor-comedian Larry Storch is 88. Actor Ron Moody is 87. CBS newsman Charles Osgood is 78. Singer Shirley Bassey is 74. Game show host Bob Eubanks is 73. Rhythm-and-blues singer Anthony Gourdine is 70. Actress Yvette Mimieux is 69. Physicist Stephen Hawking is 69. Rock musician Robby Krieger is 65. Rock singer David Bowie is 64. Movie director John McTiernan is 60. Actress Harriet Sansom Harris is 56. Actress Michelle Forbes is 46. Singer R. Kelly is 44. Rock musician Jeff Abercrombie is 42. Actress Ami Dolenz is 42. Actress-rock singer Jenny Lewis is 35. Actress Amber Benson is 34. Actor Scott Whyte is 33. Singer-songwriter Erin McCarley is 32. Actress Sarah Polley is 32. Actor Windell D. Middlebrooks is 32. Actress Rachel Nichols is 31. Actress Gaby Hoffman is 29.
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CALENDAR TODAY’S EVENTS Free Ward Bird dinner-dance at the Moultonborough Lions Club. Complete Italian buffet served from 5 to 7 p.m. and a performance by the Crunchy Western Boys from 6 to 9. BYOB. $15 per person with all proceeds going to support the Free Ward Bird effort. Tickets available at Yikes! Gallery in Center Harbor while the supply lasts. To reserve tickets call Joanne Coppinger at 986-3271 or e-mail coppinger@ roadrunner.com. Seating is limited. American Red Cross Blood Drive at the Tanger Outlet Center in Tilton. 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the bloodmobile. Al-Anon Meeting at the Lakes Region General Hospital in Laconia. 8 to 9:15 p.m. each Saturday in the first-floor conference room. Al-Anon offers hope and help to families of alcoholics. No dues or fees. All are welcome. Call 6459518. Open Door Dinners offer free weekly meal in Tilton. 4:30 to 6 p.m. An outreach housed at Trinity Episcopal Church on Main Street, downtown. provides a free hot meal open to all members of the community. All are welcome to eat and all are welcome to help out. For more information, especially about volunteering, please call Pastor Mark at 286-3120 or e-mail him at mark@trinitytilton.org. Drop in Craft Time at the Meredith Public Library. 9:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. All kinds of fun crafts to create. Open to all ages with no sign-up required.
SUNDAY, JANUARY 9 A celebration of the Epiphany featuring musicians and singers from local churches. 7 p.m. at the First United Methodist Church in Gilford. Church’s represented include the Gilford Community Church, St. Joseph Roman Catholic Church, Good Shepherd Lutheran Church, Congregational Church of Laconia, the Gilmanton Community Church, the Unitarian-Universalist Society and the host church.
MONDAY, JANUARY 10 Affordable Health Care at Laconia Family Planning and Prenatal. 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at 121 Belmont Road (Rte. 106 South). 524-5453. GYN and reproductive services. STD/HIV testing. Sliding fee scale. Laconia Chapter of Barbershop Harmony Society meeting. 7:15 to 9:30 p.m. at the Gilford Community Church. Guests and singers of all ages and skills are invited to attend these Monday night rehearsals. For more information call Guy Haas at 279-2230. Overeater’s Anonymous meeting. 7 p.m. each Monday night at the Congregational Church of Laconia Parish Hall (Veterans Square). Weight Watchers meetings. Noon and 5:15 p.m. at the Opechee Park Clubhouse in Laconia. Meeting of Lakes Region I.B.D. Support Group for persons with Chrohn’s Disease, various forms of Colitis and Inflammatory Bowel Disease. 7 p.m. at the Wesley Woods Community Center at the First United Methodist Church in Gilford. For more information call Randall Sheri at 524-2411, 359-5236 or 524-3289.
MUSIC from page 13 presented by Meredith Village Savings Bank (MVSB) , PSU’s Frost School of Continuing and Professional Studies, and the Taylor Community. The presentations are designed to enrich the lives of seniors in the area, but people of all ages are welcome to participate. Adapted from his popular music appreciation course at PSU, Dr. Swift’s lecture will address the mechanism of singing, the method of voice classification, various voice ranges from child soprano to basso profondo, the now-obsolete castrato, and some of the many categories of vocal literature. Recordings will be included. The session will conclude with community singing for those who wish to “break forth.” Swift received his bachelor’s degree in music education summa cum laude from Hartwick College and earned his master’s and doctoral degrees from the Eastman School of Music. He has taught grade school, college, and university music courses and has directed the Pemigewasset Choral Society since 1979. Dr. Swift is an active church musician and is the author of several published musical compositions and the book “Music from the Mountains: New York State Music Camp, 1947 — 1996. Swift is the recipient of the Music Educator of the Year Award from the NH Music Educators Association and the Distinguished Teaching Award from PSU. For reservations or more information, call Taylor Community at 524-5600.
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ANNIE’S MAILBOX
Dear Annie: This is for “Concerned Teacher,” whose 9-yearold pupil rubs herself against her seat all day long. I am a school psychologist. If sexual abuse has been ruled out, she should simply treat it like any other publicly unacceptable behavior, the same way you would treat a child picking his nose in class. However, kids often engage in self-pleasure when anxious. So the first step should be to track the behavior and see if it happens when certain subjects are taught. The teacher and parents should talk to the child about a signal to let her know when she is doing it because she may not be aware of it at the time. Another point is to make sure she doesn’t have a learning or cognitive disability. Students with mild cognitive disabilities sometimes do not understand the social inappropriateness of this behavior. -- A School Psych Dear School Psych: Thank you for your expertise. We are grateful for the many readers who weighed in on this, most mentioning that the problem may not be masturbation at all. Read on: From California: I spent much of second grade doing the same thing. The cause was a chronic low-grade yeast infection that made me constantly itchy. The rubbing made it feel better but caused inflammation, and it was a long time until I was treated properly and the behavior went away. Yeast infections can be triggered by undetected food sensitivities and often go undiagnosed in both boys and girls. The resultant itching (and other people’s reactions) can cause lasting emotional anxiety. New York: Years ago, my little sister used to do the same thing. Our family doctor discovered that she had pinworms. Our entire family had to be treated, and our mother boiled all our sheets and undergarments to kill the pinworm eggs. Danbury, Conn.: That child should be examined by a der-
matologist for a possible skin condition such as lichen simplex chronicus or lichen sclerosus. These are not uncommon in the genital region and can be treated with topical medications such as cortisone creams. Ohio: The girl may have an infection or allergic reaction (from soap, bubble baths, laundry detergents, certain foods, etc.) that is causing itching or discomfort. Infections and/ or exposure to allergens can come and go, even over several years. A child may say nothing to her parents because she may not realize her symptoms are not normal, and she may have become accustomed to them. Texas: We had the same situation with a pupil at our school. The girl’s third grade teacher came up with a solution. She met with the student and her mother, and found a simple gesture the teacher could use to signal the student when the behavior was happening. In this case, the teacher tapped her own chin with her finger. It was so subtle, no one else was even aware of it, but the student knew to stop the behavior. When the child entered my fourth grade class, this information was passed on to me, and I only had to signal her once. Poughkeepsie, N.Y.: My daughter had chronic urinary tract infections that itched terribly. At that age, she may not be cleaning herself properly after using the bathroom. Antibiotics should clear it up. Florida: In special education, some of our students do not fully understand how to be appropriate in public. We explain, privately, what we want and then, in the classroom, remind her to “sit up” when she reverts to her “comfortable” position. It is not humiliating to be reminded to sit up. With boys who use their hands under the desk, we ask them to put their hands up on the table. This is done matter-of-factly, without any classroom disruption.
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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For Rent
For Rent
For Rent-Commercial
For Sale
Laconia-Large 3-bedroom 1st floor apartment. $1000/Month. 1 month security deposit required/1 year lease. Available now. 603-524-3759
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
LACONIA Prime retail. 750 sf., parking, includes heat. $550 per month. Also 1325 sf. $675/month Security deposit & references. 455-6662.
Power Wheels- Ford F150 Pickup truck. $100 or best offer. Excellent condition. 524-6455
LACONIA-LARGE 1 bedroom apartment. $700/Month, newly painted, utilities not included. Available now. References & security deposit required, 1 year lease. Off-street parking. 914-826-4591 603-524-3759 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, $1,000/month plus utilities, 524-1234.
MEREDITH: 2 and 3-bedroom mobile homes, $725-$800 +utilities, security deposit required, no dogs, 279-5846. MEREDITH: 2-Bedroom House, 3/4 bath, washer/dryer hookup, oil FHW. $900/month. 279-8247, Jim. MEREDITH: Cozy studio near downtown, hardwood floors, storage, heat, hot water included. No pets, non-smoker. References, security required. $500/month. 455-4075. MEREDITH: In-town 1-bedroom, includes heat, $600/month. Parking w/plowing. No Smoking. No pets. Security deposit. 387-8356.
LACONIA: 1 bedroom, 2nd floor, renovated kitchen & bathroom, access to attic for storage & basement with laundry hookups, $185/week including heat, electric & hot water. 524-1234.
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.
LACONIA: 1 bedroom, 2nd floor, $195/week including heat, electric & hot water. 524-1234.
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!!
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. 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: Close to downtown, 5 room 2-Bedroom, 1.5 baths, first floor, includes heat, 2-car parking, snow removal, landscaping, deck, washer/dryer. $210/week. 4-week security deposit, four week in advance, references and credit check a must. No pets. Leave message for Bob, 781-283-0783 LACONIA: Gilbert Apartments. Efficiency, 1, 2 and 3 bedroom apartments available. 524-4428. LACONIA: Small 3 bedroom, $200/ week, includes heat/hot water, references and deposit. No Pets. 524-9665. 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.
NORTHFIELD 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. NORTHFIELD: 2 bedroom, 1st floor, includes basement. $225/week including heat, electric & hot water, 524-1234. NORTHFIELD: 1 bedroom, 1st floor, separate entrance, coin-op laundry in basement. $195/week including heat, electric & hot water. 524-1234. SPACIOUS 1-bedroom apartment, walking distance to LRGH. Heat/Hot Water, Washer/dryer hook-up, Private parking. NO SMOKERS/PETS. References/Security deposit. $750/month. 279-1080 leave message. TILTON- 3 Bedroom house, 2-car garage; near Exit 20. $1,500/Month + utilities & security. 626-5000
LEASE retail/office space, 1500+ sq. ft. excellent visibility, plenty of signage., 516 Union Ave. Laconia, NH. 603-455-4230.
Great Location! 31 Foundry Ave. Off Route 104
(Behind Olde Province Common)
1,500 Sq. Ft. with 17’ ceiling & 14’ overhead door. Partial 2nd level balcony space. Finished office cubicle on 1st floor. Perfect for graphic, woodworking, artistry, retail, storage, etc.
$750/Month + Utilities 279-0142 (Business) 677-2298 (Cell) 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.
For Sale BELMONT- 2 Bedroom Manufac tured Home on 1/2 Acre. Town water & sewer newly renovated and energy efficient. Nice location. For Lease -$1,000/Month, for sale call for details. 267-8023 GC Enterprises Property Management DELL laptop $150. Sony surround receiver $35. Desktop computer $75. Boston- Acoustics or Klipsch mini-speakers $50/set, small Sony TV $25. 524-6815 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. FIREPLACE Mantle- 4ft. wide X 3ft. 4 inches high with 2-propane inserts, new. $225. 781-248-2553 FIREWOOD HARDWOOD-Easy, self-serve, oversized 1/8 cords/$25. 18 Arlene Dr. Belmont Off Union Road 1 mile from Piches Look for Red & Yellow Hodgman Quality Hip Waders. Size 9 Cushion insoles, fully guaranteed. New in box, never worn. $25. 677-6528 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
For Rent-Vacation
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.
Marco Island, FL: Waterfront condo, sleeps 4, $600/week 1-month, $500/week - 2-months. Call 393-7077.
KITCHEN cabinets solid Maple with glazing never installed/ dovetail. Cost $7000, sell $1650. 235-1695.
Lot Available In Northfield Cooperative Mobile Home Park $305 Per Month Call Debra at 455-6670 or email at:
Locally owned and operated property management company in search of a motivated, reliable and experienced maintenance technician for the Lakes Region area. Previous experience with all building trades required. Must have clean driving record and pass criminal background check. This position is full-time with some OT required. We offer an excellent benefit package and a great working environment.
Please stop by 201 Loudon Road, Concord to complete an application or submit resume via email to: kdavidson@hodgescompanies.com No phone calls please.
Help Wanted
Customer Service Help NEEDED NOW
Would you jump at the opportunity to manage your own department?! Fireside Inn & Suites at Lake Winnipesaukee in Gilford, NH is looking for someone to manage our housekeeping department.!The job includes supervising a staff of 8 to 15, scheduling, finding, hiring and training new people, counseling and disciplining staff, inspecting rooms to make sure they are spotless, ordering supplies and generally managing the department.! We are looking for someone who will make us their home for the next 20 or 30 years.! We offer excellent pay and first-rate benefits including, paid vacations, health insurance, bonuses, profit sharing, 401(k), and more.! This is a year round job,!and you must be available weekends.! Pay will depend on your skills and experience.! Apply in person and bring your resume, Monday thru Friday, 9AM to 5PM. Fireside Inn & Suites at Lake Winnipesaukee 17 Harris Shore Road Gilford, NH! 03784
Executive Housekeeper
With several depts. to fill, we will begin training
Wednesday January 12th 2011 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
MEREDITH
MAINTENANCE POSITION Here we grow again! 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.
STUDDED snows, like new, P215/60R-16 $25 each, metal desk 5 x2 $25, free cage 12x12x41” 528-2324.
Help Wanted
Furniture
Entry level positions starting at $460/week
BEAUTIFUL, Queen Luxury Support Pillowtop Mattress Set. New in plastic. Cost $1095, Sell $249. Can deliver. 603-305-9763
(per company agreement)
GIRL S Bedroom set. 4 poster doublebed with canopy hardware, dresser, bureau, mirror, all in white. $500/ obo. 520-2477 or 293-8155. Jeff's Discount Furniture and Bedding needs room for 2011 mdse. Shop and save BIG during our Inventory Blow-Out Sale! HUGE SAVINGS on Futons, Mattresses, Dining Rm. Adult & Youth Bedroom sets, etc. SAVE!! at Jeff's Discount Furniture and Bedding! Rte 3, Laconia, NH (across from Funspot) 603-366-4000. SLEEP sofa/ loveseat, solid oak coffee table and 2 end tables. $250 obo. 508-254-6202 or 293-8116 TRUNDLE bed set with mattresses. Excellent condition, little used. $200/ obo. 520-2477 or 293-8155.
Free T&B Appliance Removal. Appliances & AC’s removed free of charge if outside. No TV’s Please call (603)986-5506.
Mon.-Sat + extra hours available
Signing Bonus (after 60 days)
Interviewing Tues. January 11th ONLY Reserve your spot
TODAY!
603-223-0765
FULL-TIME Sales Position: Work with the Lakes Region’s newest up and coming used car dealership. Must be willing to work weekends. Experienced only. Email resume to jimzarta@yahoo.com Seeking highly motivated people to join my Pampered Chef team. High earning potential! Call 496-0762.
Janitor/Building Maintenance 4 week temporary position. P/T, 25 hrs. per week
cleaning office bldg, providing light maintenance and coordinating service vendors for facility needs. Flexible hours. Must be reliable and have high level of job performance. Laconia location. Call 524-8444, ext. 301, for additional information or to set up an interview. Submit resume to HR, Central New Hampshire VNA & Hospice, 780 North Main Street, Laconia, NH 03246, FAX to 603-524-8217, e-mail clong@commhlth.org. Visit our web site at chhnh.org. EOE
Heavy Equipment BEAUREGARD Equipment case Kobelco sales New Year special. 1998 Case Super L Backhoe mint condition, 1 owner, low hrs, 4wd, hyd. thumb ride control. Priced under $30K. Excavator specials. Call Leo Blais, Sales Rep (603)848-4919.
Help Wanted LOVE FITNESS? Seeking Water Aerobics Instructor.
Must have aerobics knowledge. Will train the right person.
Call Martha at the Gunstock Inn
293-2021
EXPERIENCED Waitstaff: Nights, Please apply in person, CJ Avery!s, Lakeport.
Home Care: at the Very Heart of Healthcare….. Enjoy job flexibility, set your own hours, provide care to one patient at a time, work flexible days and hours. RN Case Manager: Full time, benefited position. Responsible for nursing needs of home care clients, overseeing plan of care and coordinating care provided by other staff members. Provide clinical care, promote referrals to other disciplines, teach/counsel patient and family. Min. 1 year exp., IV skills preferred; computer literacy required. Valid NH nursing license, NH driver’s license and reliable transportation required. Benefits include mileage reimbursement, tuition assistance and 403(b) retirement plan. Submit resume to HR, Central New Hampshire VNA & Hospice, 780 North Main Street, Laconia, NH 03246, FAX to 603-524-8217, e-mail clong@commhlth.org. Visit our web site at chhnh.org. EOE
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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
MAUI TANNING AND OASIS DAY SPA is looking for a full/part time esthetician to join our fun and friendly team. We have a beautiful brand new facility that is clean, well stocked and ready for you to provide clients with exceptional service.. Flexible hours are important to us, and weekends are a must. Great earnings potential!
Apply in person at 385 Union Avenue, Laconia
SUMMIT RESORT Now Hiring
Part-time Housekeeping Saturday!s a Must! Please apply in person. 177 Mentor Ave., Laconia.
Instruction
Services
Services
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
Land
LOW PRICE ~ QUALITY WORK
Rightway Plumbing and Heating
BELMONT: 3 acre building lot in vicinity of high school, 100% dry land, driveway already roughed in, great gravel soils for building, $54,900. Owner/broker, 524-1234.
Over 20 Years Experience Fully Insured. License #3647
Call 393-4949
Motorcycles
THE Hungry Painter: Roof Shoveling, Painting, small tree work, dump runs, odd jobs, drywall repairs. 455-6296.
Buy • Sell • Trade www.motoworks.biz
(603)447-1198. Olson’s Moto Works, RT16 Albany, NH.
TIM!S Quality Painting: “Affordable, professional painting.” Floors, repairs, wallpaper removal. Insured, references, free estimates. 603-455-5626.
Roommate Wanted 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 WEIRS Beach Area: To share house, $500/month, everything included. Beach rights. 393-6793.
Services All Trades Landscaping Construction • Irrigation Excavation • Maintenance Spring and Fall • Clean up's. Free estimates and fully insured
Snowmobiles 2002 MXZ 600 Sport, 1900 miles, recent skis, good shape. $1900. 848-0014.
603-524-3969
PIPER ROOFING & VINYL SIDING Quality Work Reasonable Rates Free Estimates Metal Roofs • Shingle Roofs
Our Customers Don!t get Soaked!
HANDYMAN SERVICES Small Jobs Are My Speciality
Rick Drouin 520-5642 or 744-6277
528-3531
KARATE
New Hampshire Aikido -Tuesday and Thursday evenings at the Barn, Wadliegh Rd. Sanbornton. 998-1419
Yard Sale GARAGE Sale: Friday, Saturday & Sunday, 9am-3pm, Jenness Hill Road, Meredith, follow signs. Selling misc. items, shop tools, power tools, small bandsaw, chopsaw, propane heater, some fishing stuff.
Instruction Adult and Children's Karate (Ages 4+) classes held in Laconia, Gilford, Meredith and Moultonborough.Improves balance, coordination, focus, strength and flexibility. 524-4780.
Wanted Looking to buy a 4X6 Bob house with 2 holes at a reasonable price. 459-5591
Indoor Garage Sale Saturday 10am-3pm. 287 Daniel Webster Hwy. Belmont. Old double decker.
Rubbish Removal - Scrap Metal Removal. Also remove any broken electronics. 528-4169 NEED FINANCIAL HELP with the spaying, altering of your dog or cat? 224-1361 Before 2pm.
ARE YOU READY FOR A CHANGE? Enjoy the quality of life found in the Mt. Washington Valley while working in a progressive hospital that matches advanced medical technology with a compassionate approach to patient care. Join our team and see what a difference you can make! In addition to competitive salaries, we offer an excellent benefits package that includes health/dental, generous paid time off, matching savings plan, educational assistance and employee fitness program. We have the following openings:
• Office Clerical- Per Diem, days varies 7:30-6:00pm, minimum two yrs office exp. Computer skills and customer service in a medical office pref. • Transcriptionist- Part-Time and Per Diem, Exp with speech recognition/editing software pref. Strong language and grammar skills and medical terminology course req. Flexible scheduling, including wknds. • Physical Therapist- Per Diem, Min Bachelor’s Degree in Physical Therapy. Previous inpatient exp pref. Current NH PT License and CPR Cert req. Wknd and Wkday cov. • Medical Coder- Full-Time, Exp. With E/M, Emergency Medicine and Outpatient coding pref. Knowledge of Anatomy & Physiology and Medical Terminology pref. CCS or CPC or equivalent credential pref. • RN- Full-time, 40 hr/wk with rotating call, OR exp, min 1 yr pref. ACLS, BLS & PALS with 3 months. • Lab Aide- Full-time, Excellent Phlebotomy skills and computer skills required. A completed Application is required to apply for all positions Website: www.memorialhospitalnh.org. Contact: Human Resources, Memorial Hospital, an EOE PO Box 5001, No. Conway, NH 03860. Phone: (603)356-5461 • Fax: (603)356-9121
M.A. SMITH ELECTRIC: Quality work for any size electrical job. Licensed-Insured, Free estimates/ 603-455-5607
INDOOR Yard Sale-26 Daniel Webster Highway/Route 3, Sanbornton, next to Appletree Nursery. Friday to Sunday, 9:00-4:00.
Blood, Sweat & Tears musicians to host weekly Pro Jam Session at HEAT
WEIRS BEACH —Members of the legendary band Blood, Sweat & Tears will host a weekly Pro Jam Session at HEAT from 4 — 8 p.m. beginning Sunday, January 9. Bassist Al Hospers and guitarist Tony Sarno player together in New York City in 1985, but it wasn’t until 20 years later that they realized they were both touring members of the band Blood, Sweat & Tears at different times. Along with drummer Jared Steer, Hospers and Sarno will play a set of rock and blues — with a bit of jazz and country possibly added to the mix — then invite local musicians to play a song or two with them. “It’s not an open mic situation, but rather a chance for professional or semi-professional musicians to jam with each other on a Sunday afternoon and entertain the folks at the same time,” said Sarno. Sarno moved to the Lakes Region in 2007 where he reunited with Hospers, who had relocated to the area in 1996. It took awhile before the two musicians surprisingly realized that they had both toured with Blood, Sweat & Tears at different times. “It just never came up in conversation,” said Sarno. The two veteran musicians will give music lovers a rare glimpse of how many Jam Bands started. “We play blues and rock standards and just expand on them,” Sarno explained. “Jazz musicians have always taken popular songs and expanded on them, but the Grateful Dead and the Allman Brothers did the same with rock music and gave us the genre that it is today.” Sarno added that the professional musicians won’t be excluding non-pros. “Certainly if there’s a talented young musician or singer who can add to the music, we’ll give them a song or two with the band, but there will always be a core of professionals on stage. It’s really about serving the audience with the best music we can possibly make”. HEAT is located on Route 3 in Weirs Beach, across from Funspot. For more information, call 366-2110.
Eva Longoria’s Vegas club files for bankruptcy
LAS VEGAS (AP) — A Las Vegas nightclub owned by “Desperate Housewives” actress Eva Longoria has filed for bankruptcy, saying it owes nearly $5.7 million. Lawyers for Beso LLC said in a federal Chapter 11 filing on Thursday that they project losing more than $76,000 per month at the CityCenter restaurant and nightspot. It is seeking bankruptcy in order to keep operating. Beso owes nearly $1.8 million to CityCenter for its lease at the Crystals mall inside the resort complex that opened in December 2009, lawyers said in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court filing in Las Vegas. CityCenter is owned jointly by casino operator MGM Resorts International and Dubai World, the investment arm of the Persian Gulf state. Longoria owns nearly one-third of Beso but is also listed as an unsecured creditor. Lawyers said she gave a cash loan of just over $1 million and paid $375,000 in legal fees for the venture. Longoria’s publicists in Los Angeles said that the filing was the last step in dealing with a dispute with two former partners. Longoria said in the statement e-mailed to The Associated Press that the new year and reorganization presented a good opportunity to begin anew. “I look forward to a more proactive, hands-on approach in the coming years with my Las Vegas businesses,” she said. The statement said Longoria plans to travel to Las Vegas next week to take charge of Beso’s plans for moving forward. The lawyer who filed the bankruptcy did not immediately return a message seeking comment from the AP. Gordon Absher, a spokesman for MGM Resorts International, said he did not expect Beso to close because of the filing.
First LRCC Business After Hours of year to be hosted by Weirs Beach Lobster Pound Jan. 12 LACONIA — The first Lakes Region Chamber of Commerce Business After Hours meeting of the new year will be hosted by the Weirs Beach Lobster Pound from 5 — 7 p.m. on Wednesday, January 12. All are welcome to mingle and network with chamber members and guests at the family restaurant and function venue featuring Italian cuisine by Executive Chef Douglas Moyer. Upcoming events at the Lobster Pound will include interactive cooking classes, cigar and wine tasting dinners, pizza nut, and a chili cook-off with proceeds benefitting the NH Humane Society. For more information about the Weirs Beach Lobster Pound, owned and operated by the Ray Family, visit www.wb-lp.com.
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MORTGAGEE’S SALE OF REAL ESTATE
AT PUBLIC AUCTION February 1, 2011, at 4:00 PM on the premises SINGLE FAMILY HOME 39 DURKEE STREET
LACONIA, NH
PER TAX RECORDS: 2 STORY CONVENTIONAL STYLE HOME WITH 3 BEDROOMS, 1 BATHROOM, GAS FIREPLACE, HEARTH, UNFINISHED BASEMENT, AND WOOD DECK MORTGAGE REFERENCE: Recorded in the Belknap County Registry of Deeds at Book 2243, Page 690
Celebrating more than 35 years, the Weirs Beach Lobster Pound will host the first Lakes Region Chamber of Commerce Business After Hours meeting of 2011. (Courtesy photo)
February Icebreaker and Silent Auction to benefit Gilmanton Year-Round Library
TERMS FOR THE SALE: $5,000.00 deposit must be presented in cash, certified check or banker’s check satisfactory to the mortgagee at the time and place of sale. Balance due within 30 days from the date of sale. Attorney Thomas Haughey Haughey, Philpot & Laurent Attorneys at Law 816 North Main Street Laconia, NH 03246
524-6565 Fax: 524-6810
E-mail: cummins@metrocast.net 61 Liscomb Circle, Gilford, NH 03249
VISIT OUR NEW WEBSITE AT: florencecumminsrealestate.com
A hooked rug will be among the items up for bid at the February Icebreaker and Silent Auction event to benefit the Gilmanton Year-Round Library. (Courtesy photo)
GILMANTON — A February Icebreaker and Silent Auction to benefit of the Year-Round Library will be held at the Gilmanton Academy from 6:30 — 9:30 p.m. on Saturday, February 6. Among the silent auction items will be a hooked rug, a reproduction antiqued sign, and a behind-the scenes tour of the Castle in the Clouds. Appetizers and desserts will be served and mixers provided at the BYOB event. Proceeds will go toward offsetting the Library’s 2012 operating budget. In addition to refreshments and
socializing at a piano bar, a raffle will be held for prizes including a gift basket of Cabot cheeses, Red River movie passes, a book lover’s-themed basket and two-night stay at a Marriott Hotel of the winner’s choice. Admission is a $15 donation, which will entitle the attendee to one raffle ticket. Couples will receive three. To make a reservation, call Susan Barr at 267-1905 or e-mail susan.barr75@ gmail.com; or call Carolyn Dickey at 267-6098 or e-mail jdickey@metrocast.net” jdickey@metrocast.net.
Winnipesaukee
Open HOuse
TODaY 1/8, 11:00 - 2:00 129 Dockham Shore Rd, Gilford
This Graystone Builders’ custom showcase model home offers 180° views of the surrounding lakes and mountains. The waterfront home is located in one of Gilford’s finest locales on the “Big Lake”. One has to view this exquisite, craftsman style lake home in person to appreciate the warmth of the natural finishes and attention to detail applied throughout. Offered at $1,999,000. MLS# 4014098
528-0088 279-7046
www.RocheRealty.com
CHARMING CAPE
AFFORDABLE
CONTEMPORARY
Charming & Traditional Cape Offers 2400+ Sf Plus Finished Lower Level. 5 Brms (2 On 1st Floor), 2 Ba’s, H/w Floors, Lots Of Builtins, Lr W/ Fireplace, Remodeled Kitchen, Newer Decks And Bonus Yr Rental Cottage. 2008 Mostly New Roof, Vinyl Windows, New Fhw Gas Furnace, Vinyl Sided And 2 Car Garage. $269,000
Affordable Vacation/Year Round Home In Gilford. Bright & Sunny Open Concept Contemporary W/ Mnt Views. Vaulted Ceilings, 2 Bedrms, 2 Baths And Lower Level Family Rm. Sliders To Viewside Deck..Deeded Winni Beach Rights!
Big Lake Winnipesaukee View Right In Your Living Room!! Huge Lake From Almost Every Room In This Gilford Contemporary!! Deeded Beach Rights Too. Multi Levels, View Filled Lr/ dr With Fireplace, Family Rm, 2+ Bedrms, Den, 2 Baths And Garage. Multi Level Decks.
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Wall To Wall Charming!! 2003 Custom Built Post & Beam Gilford Cape. Tongue & Groove Ceilings, Exposed Beams And Wood Floors Give It That Charming Country Feel. Master Suite, 3 Brs, 2.5 Baths, Country Kitchen W/hearth, Screen Porch And 2 Car Garage. Very Private…$299,900
Sleigh Trails (We’ve Got Snow!) And A Sugar House!! Antique Post & Beam Cape On 12+ Gilford Acres. Barn, Pond, And A Mix Of Open Fields And Maple Trees. Original Antique Features Throughout, 3 Bedrms And Mature Landscaping. Very Private! Just…$219,000
Charming Beacon St Factory Conversion …Ground Level 2 Bedroom Unit With Riverside Courtyard. Open Concept, Laundry Rm, H/w Floor, Common Weight Rm And Kayak Racks. Close To Public Winnisquam Boat Launch. 24 Hr Notice To Show Please…$165,000
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PS…We Have A 1 Bedrm 1.5 Bath Unit W/ Carport..Now $109,000
Pine Gardens Manufactured Homes Sales & Park
Under New Ownership Office: (603) 267-8182
Lowest Fax: (603) 267-6621 Prices Around! Route 140E, 3 miles on right
from Exit 20, off I-93.
Visit: www.nationalmultilist.com For New & Used Listings
OPEN HOUSE
Sunday, January 9 Noon to 2pm 529 Knox Mt Rd, Sanbornton, NH Restored Antique Gem. 5 Bedroom, 11 Acre. MLS#4011728 Drastically Reduced to
$249,000
Prudential Verani - John R. Fisher 603.459.0530
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State Inspected, Ready To Go
$8,995
Reduced Call For Price ‘05 CHEVY TRAILBLAZER
‘06 KIA OPTIMA
4-dr., Auto, Pw
starting at only
$15,995
4wd, Runs Great!
Great Car
15k-19k
Yours For Only
‘92 TOYOTA LAND CRUISER
Call For Price
Yours For Only
‘08 NISSAN ALTIMA SL
STK. #P1227AA
CERTIFIED PRE-OWNED HYUNDAIS
Yours For Only
$19,995
‘98 FORD F-150 SUPER CAB
OLD— —S $6,995
4x4, Flare Side
Yours For Only
STK. #P1229A
‘11 HYUNDAI SONATA GLS, Only 17k!
ONLY
$18,950
*Disclosure: All payments subject to bank credit approval. Payments based on 20% down, cash or trade equity, 72 month term at 7.99% APR. Rate based on buyer credit worthiness by bank credit approval rating. Some restrictions apply, see dealer for details. All terms and pricing subject to change without notice. All vehicles are subject to prior sale. We reserve the right to make changes to any errors in pricing, payments, information and photos. PICTURES ARE FOR ILLUSTRATIVE PURPOSES ONLY.