The Laconia Daily Sun, January 8, 2013

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GILMANTON — Dave Russell, who later this year will turn 77, says he’s retired but not inactive.

More than 50 people turned out Saturday at the Academy Building at a reception honoring Russell for his more than 30 years of service to the town, which included five years as fire chief (and 10 years as deputy chief), 10 years as see RUSSELL p. 8

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Belmont selectmen pull plug on $500k article

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FOR THE LACONIA DAILY SUN

BELMONT – After considerable discussion and input from residents, selectmen decided to remove from this year’s town meeting warrant the $500,000 warrant article that, if passed, would go toward fixing the Belmont Mill’s fourth floor.

Instead, the town decided to hire an engineering firm that would tell them exactly what the historic mill needs before selectmen attempt to commit any money towards the repair.

Selectmen also want a clearer definition of what the purpose the mill would have and mentioned it as a possible location for

the town offices.

By means of history, Selectman Chair Jon Pike said the much of the work that should have been done by the contractors who did the mill restoration in 1997 was not done properly.

“This is a terrible shame,” Pike said, see BELMONT page 6

crossing on Waukewan Street near the town beach at south end of Lake Waukewan.

“This is an example of the federal government gone bad trying to talk the state into going worse,” said Selectman Herb

Vadney of the grade crossing program that would provide up to $350,000 to improve safety. “Spending $350,000 on that railroad crossing is just bizarre.” He suggested that improving the crossing would likely see MEREDITH page 10

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Chicago lottery winner died from cyanide poisoning

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CHICAGO (AP) — With no signs of trauma and nothing to raise suspicions, the sudden death of a Chicago man just as he was about to collect nearly $425,000 in lottery winnings was initially ruled a result of natural causes.

Nearly six months later, authorities have a mystery on their hands after medical examiners, responding to a relative’s pleas, did an expanded screening and determined that Urooj Khan, 46, died shortly after ingesting a lethal dose of cyanide.

The finding has triggered a homicide investigation, the Chicago Police Department said Monday.

“It’s pretty unusual,” said Cook County Medical Examiner Stephen Cina, commenting on the rarity of cyanide poisonings. “I’ve had one, maybe two cases out of 4,500 autopsies I’ve done.”

In June, Khan, who see POISON page 11

WASHINGTON (AP) — Digging in for a fight, President Barack Obama riled Senate Republicans and some Democrats, too, on Monday by nominating former senator and combat veteran Chuck Hagel to lead the Pentagon and anti-terrorism chief John Brennan as the next director of the Central Intelligence Agency.

Hagel and Brennan, in separate Senate confirmation hearings, will face sharp questions on a range of contentious issues,

including U.S. policy about Israel and Iran, targeted drone attacks and harsh interrogation tactics. Of the two men, Hagel is expected to face a tougher path, though both are likely to be confirmed.

Hagel would be the first enlisted soldier and first Vietnam veteran to head the Pentagon.

“These two leaders have dedicated their lives to protecting our country,” Obama said, standing alongside them and the men

they would succeed during a ceremony in the White House East Room. “I urge the Senate to confirm them as soon as possible so we can keep our nation secure and the American people safe.”

For Obama, a pair of combative confirmation hearings could turn into a distraction as he opens his second term. But the president signaled he was ready to take that risk. see NOMINATIONS page 11

NEW DELHI (AP) — Preeti Singh worries each time her 20-year-old daughter has a late night at the hospital where she’s a medical student. If her daughter has to stay late, Singh tells her to wait for daylight to come home.

“I was brought up with the fear that once it’s dark you should be at home,” says Singh, a 43-year-old kindergarten teacher in Bangalore, India’s technology hub. “I

can’t shake that fear.”

Across India, women tell similar stories.

Now there is hope for change.

For decades, women have had little choice but to walk away when groped in a crowded bus or train, or to simply cringe as someone tosses an obscene comment their way. Even if they haven’t experienced explicit sexual abuse themselves, they live with the fear that it could happen to them

or a loved one.

The gang rape and beating of a 23-yearold university student on a moving bus in India’s capital has taken sexual violence — a subject long hidden in the shadows of Indian society — and thrust it into the light.

Following the Dec. 16 attack in New Delhi, which resulted in the woman’s see INDIA page 12

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (AP) — For Pepe Onziema, a transgender gay rights activist from Uganda, Monday’s federal court hearing in Springfield was a chance to face the man he later called the devil.

For Scott Lively, a Massachusetts evangelical accused of persecuting gays in Uganda, the hearing was something he

said he expected as a Christian.

“The Bible predicts that Christians would sit in seats like this and have to face these kinds of things,” Lively said later.

“I’m not surprised and I’m ready to do whatever the Lord has for me to do.”

Following court arguments Monday, it is now up to U.S. District Judge Michael

Ponsor to decide whether to grant Lively’s motion to dismiss a civil action that Sexual Minorities Uganda filed against him last year. The Uganda-based group for which Onziema serves as program director alleges that Lively waged a long campaign of persecution of gays in the East African see SUIT page 12

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Emergency rooms are filling up with patients waiting for beds to open up at the state psychiatric hospital, and many patients wait for days or even a week.

On Monday morning alone, there were 31 adults and five children in emergency departments around the state waiting for admission, said Kenneth Norton, executive director of New Hampshire chapter of the National Alliance on Mental Illness. Two adults at Concord Hospital had been waiting for four days, and a teenager had been waiting for two.

“We do not categorically delay essential treatment

for cancer, heart disease, stroke or any other life threatening medical illness,” he said. “And while it is morally wrong to do this to any person, it is unconscionable to do this to our children.”

Norton was joined by representatives from more than a dozen other groups, including the New Hampshire Hospital Association, New Hampshire Medical Society, community mental health centers and law enforcement. Participants said the growing problem not only endangers those with mental illness but hospital staff and other emergency room patients.

On Wednesday, for example, nearly half of the 27 beds at Elliot Hospital in Manchester were taken by psychiatric patients, leaving patients with chest see ACCESS page 10

DOVER, N.H. (AP) — The flu has spread across northern New England.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said the virus is widespread in 43 states, including Vermont, New Hampshire and Maine.

WMUR-TV (http://bit.ly/Xfqc7a ) reports that New Hampshire health officials say 12 deaths in the state in December were linked to the flu, which is higher

than the last few Decembers.

Dr. Jose Montero, public health director, says none of the deaths have been in children but doctors warn that schools and daycare centers can be breeding grounds for the virus.

Doctors advise getting a flu shot, washing your hands, sneezing into your arm, using antibacterial products and sanitizing your workplace and home.

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — A large floating drill rig that ran aground a week ago on a remote Alaska island arrived as planned Monday in the shelter of a Kodiak Island bay after being towed about 45 miles through swells as high as 15 feet, officials said.

The Royal Dutch Shell PLC vessel was lifted off rocks late Sunday and towed away from the southeast side of Sitkalidak Island, where it sat exposed to the full-on fury of Gulf of Alaska winter storms since grounding near the beach there on New Year’s Eve. The Kulluk — a circular barge with a diameter as long as nearly three basketball courts — was towed for about 12 hours to the protected waters in Kiliuda Bay, where it will undergo further inspection, including an underwater look at its hull.

“We could not be more impressed with the caliber of the response and recovery crews who were safe and meticulous in their effort to move the Kulluk offshore,” Shell Alaska spokesman Curtis Smith said by email.

The vessel will remain in the bay 43 miles southwest of the city of Kodiak until inspectors review its condition and the Coast Guard clears it to travel.

Shell incident commander Sean Churchfield said there’s no timetable for departure.

“Until we have that damage assessment, we’ll not be able to develop those plans,” Churchfield said at a news conference Monday.

The massive effort to move and salvage the ship involves more than 730 people, according to the Unified Command, which includes the Coast Guard, Shell and contractors involved in the tow and salvage operation. Eleven people are aboard the ship — a salvage crew of 10 people and one Shell representative Shell earlier reported superficial damage above the deck and seawater that entered through open hatches. Water has knocked out regular and emergency generators, but portable generators were put on board last week.

The Kulluk is 266 feet in diameter with a derrick in its middle and a funnel-shaped, reinforced steel hull that allows it to operate in ice. Its derrick rises 160 feet. The barge drilled last year in the Beaufort Sea and was headed to Seattle for upgrades and maintenance when it ran into trouble.

Its towing vessel, the 360-foot anchor handler see BARGE page 13

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It seems like the Economics of the day for the American Economy and perhaps our way of life can be summarized as just “Goofy”! Never in my nearly 52 years on this earth (next week is my birthday) have I seen such a pathetic general malaise in our government. The 16.4 trillion dollars our Country owes is mounting and the net result of this debt will be passed on to our children. The solution must be fiscal restraint and sacrifice if we are to ever gain back our standing as a world leader. I don’t care what political affiliation you have, we must urge our political leaders to stop spending money we don’t have and pay off our debts.

Not exactly sure when, but I think there will be a breaking point and Government will try to get their hands on any kind of monies.

This could result in means testing (which means the people who may have paid in get less money back) for Social Security beneficiaries that are let’s say, “better heeled”! I’m also thinking more phase outs for IRAs and Roth IRAs. Additionally, Medicare costs are heading dramatically higher and Medicaid eligibility will be even more difficult to obtain. If this isn’t in itself problematic, defense budgets are going to be slashed at dangerously low levels. Many of us believe it’s a dangerous world out there and the last time I checked, the bad guys weren’t giving the American people any mercy!

My advice to you would be to protect yourself personally and pay attention to the details. You can help yourselves out by getting good advice from your Financial Advisor and Accountant. They would agree that paying off your loans and reducing your personal debt now is as good of a time as any!

This can help to take the pressure off at home. As I have said in the past, it is important to have some of your monies in safe places. Remember, Safe Money should be in a responsible place and it should be regulated and collateralized! If Social Security gets marginalized in the future, we as citizens will need alternative sources for income. See your Advisor for advice and ask him or her for a Guaranteed Annuity for Life.

There are many variations of these guaranteed pay-out Annuities, but some of them actually increase the payment annually based on changes of an external index. What’s really nice with this type of Annuity is your gains are locked in, never to be lost in the market and this can help offset inflation and other established costs that must be paid. The best place for that advice is with your Financial Advisor, so go see him or her and tell them Dave Kutcher of DAK Financial sent you.

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The good, the bad & the ugly There are letters, that are printed in this paper that are inspiring, or factually informative, or express a sadness that needs to be shared. And there are letters that inflict a bit of humor on us. They are written without rancor and, while they may disagree with another’s point of view, they don’t try to demean the other individual. I put all of these in the good category.

Then there are letters that I put in the bad, or not so good file. Quite often, these attempt to demean another writer, preferring to use disparaging terms rather than present a cogent argument for their own opinion. And, it is somewhat amazing how many of these writers don’t take the time to perform any valid research on facts, preferring to make them up as they go along. Sadly, many of these show an incredible intolerance for views that differ from their own. Bad! Then there are the downright ugly. These are those who choose to name call and slander those who have a different viewpoint.

Often, their “facts” are not really facts, they are taken from blogs of like minded individuals who are also lazy about their research.

Some even make false claims about those with opposing views.

They would deny those with a different opinion, their right of free speech. Blatantly intolerant, best describes their views. These are classified as ugly . . . until an even stronger word than ugly can be coined.

Good, bad, or ugly can come in just a few sentences or can take up half a page.

Thomas Jefferson said that he would rather have newspapers without a government, than a government without newspapers.

He believed that the newspapers (today, the media) would be the watchdogs over the government and would report the goings-on as impartially as possible. I don’t think he ever believed that the “fourth estate” would become cheerleaders for one party or another.

A reader/letter writer recently commented that he would like to have some restrictions put on letter writers — limiting their frequency of submissions, the number of words they can write, etc. Some newspapers do this, but I believe it’s a mistake. Curbing or putting limits on a persons free

speech jeopardizes us all.

On a daily basis, to the limits of its space, this newspaper permits the free exercise of speech. If one reads the paper’s letters section, they will find that those letters represent a microcosm of the dominant issues in our country, the divisions among its people, and the ways people address those issues. No one is forced to read anything. However, the only way to get an understanding of another’s position is to read what they write — be it good, bad, or ugly.

One of the wonderful things about The Laconia Daily Sun is that is provides a platform for all points of view. As a reader, we can often sense the passion of the writers, or their smugness, or their intolerance, or their morality, or their kindness, and so on. There are some I would like to meet and there are some I prefer to avoid.

For example, I have a “vision” of Anna DeRose. She’s standing there with her apron on, a wooden spoon in her hand as she’s in the process of cooking, and she’s giving me the what for about some topic that got her riled up. I’ve never met her, but I know she’s honest and forthright. Another lady I met briefly one time, was Eleanor Iodonisi. Her writing was always, always, well researched and well presented. Like Anna, she wrote honestly. I miss her letters, too. And Harry Mitchell just has to be a good and decent man as he primarily speaks for those who cannot speak for themselves.

Charles Gallagher’s writings have always been informative and well done. I’d like him to write more often. There are many others I look forward to reading . . . and they are in all the categories.

Those who shall be nameless, are those who seem to have a never ending intolerance for the views of others. Some call for “civility” in an effort to curb others from voicing the truth, while they, themselves, continually act in an uncivil manner. However, I would not ask that they be restricted or silenced as their words serve as a contrast to those who try to make their arguments in a civil manner.

Maybe, just maybe, 2013, can be the year when all points of view can be expressed openly and honestly . . . and in a civil manner.

That’s the challenge to all.

(Bob Meade is a Laconia resident.)

LETTERS There are dangerous times ahead, let’s keep our powder dry To the editor, As a life member of the NRA, I would like to clear the air about the anti gun hysteria taking hold of our country today. Whether you like it or not, guns in America are here to stay. They are as common as cars and cause much fewer injuries. We are tired of being smeared as extremists by people intent on bringing their own socialist revolution that is destroying America from within. We all greave for the lives lost in Newtown, and we all would do anything in our power to prevent such atrocities from ever happening again.

But that incident pales in comparison to the ongoing tragedy in just one gun free city like Chicago where there are dozens of children shot every week, week after week. No one is allowed to carry a gun there but all of the wrong people do anyway. If the Democrats who control Chicago with an iron fist can’t clean up Obama’s hometown with draconian gun control laws, why should we believe they can fix gun violence for the rest of us?

The NRA has 4.2 million members whose number one concern is the safe and sane handling of firearms.

We do not expect everyone to share or even understand our enjoyment of the firearm culture. Our organization provides hunter education and firearms safety training for many millions of people from all walks of life, all over America. Without the NRA, most people would only get their firearms training from watching violent movies and television programs. We do not tolerate unsafe handling or anti social attitudes at any time from anyone. Many of us have military or police experience and most of us have permits to carry loaded and concealed.

We know that our country is a safer place when criminals have to guess which of their intended victims might blow them away.

One writer states that the Newtown shooter was suicidal so nothing could be done about it. The same writer lumps .357 magnums and semi automatic guns together, and displays his ignorance of the subject. He uses his misinformation to assemble a lynch mob to string up all gun owners. It’s hard to debate with someone who doesn’t know what they are talking about. A .357 is a revolver cartridge and a revolver is the one with the round thingy in the middle where the bullets go Scott.

The FBI released the statistic last week that only a small fraction of murders in the USA are done with rifles of any description. In fact, many more people are killed with hammers and clubs than with rifles. The AR 15 and AK’s use medium powered ammunition that is not well suited for hunting big game. The more common hunting caliber, the old 30-06 has twice as much power. The AR 15 has been the most popular gun in America for years, with well over 3 million in circulation. Many millions more semi auto AK’s, M1’s and such are very common and are ubiquitous. Those that choose to own them may have different reasons for doing so, but one thing they all have in common is that they intend to keep them. We will not be disarmed. And we will remember those who might try. There are very dangerous times ahead and it would be wise for us all to tone down the inflammatory rhetoric , but keep our powder dry.

Alan Moon Tilton

Liberal perpetual motion machine is magnificent in its simplicity To the editor, Liberal ideologues breath the rarefied air of a delusional world in which they claim the moral and intellectual advantage over their adversaries. Another view: while generally nice and always well-intentioned, they tend to think on a superficial level and are seemingly bereft of any capacity or willingness to function on the level of first principles. The result being ubiquitous hypocrisy, contradic-

opinions and a disturbing but predictable frequency of “unintended consequences” in their politics. Just watch ObamaCare unfold.

So have they come to power on their merits or by default? I think the latter.

Generations of leftist progressives have gained an overwhelming plurality within public education, academia, and the media. Politically unmotivated members of today’s electorate have only to align with liberals to be

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LETTERS That bike you stole was a gift from my husband 25 years ago To the editor, To the person who crept onto my back porch in the early morning hours of Christmas day and stole my old bicycle: Why? Shame on you! The bicycle which is a red, 25-year-old Univega, was a present from my husband to me when we were first married. Why would you steal something of value to me.

We are a foster family. What message does that convey to these children? We

just put new tires on the bicycle so that I could continue to use the bicycle to commute to work to save fuel costs. How could you possibly think we have the funds to replace something like that?

There is something so incredibly wrong with this world when the people in it feel it is within their right to take anything that is not theirs, whether it be an inanimate object, or a life.

Charlotte Cooper Tilton

Reporters are damned when they do, damned when they don’t To the editor, I found the letter from Janine Page in the Friday issue interesting.

She was referring to a news story in December 29 issue. She did not mention the specific story but I will. It was the story about the rape and death of a young woman from India. If she found the story so disturbing why did she read it?

I retired after more than four decades as a news reporter. I did not find the story disturbing or believe it

had too many details. I wrote many similar stories during my career.

There were many times when I did not include a lot of details in a particular story about a fire, car or airplane crash or other incident. I was criticized by readers who would ask me why the story was so vague. As the old saying goes: “you are damned if you do and damned if you don’t.”

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The media’s idealogical world doesn’t value objective debate To the editor, In a recent letter to the editor, Mr. Earle took exception to my missive questioning Earle’s and Ewing’s unconscionable exploitation of the Newtown tragedy to advance their bias political agendas. While I would defend Earle’s right to exercise his First Amendment right, I find his grip on reality and truth to be tenuous at best. In his frustration or lack of moral character he falsely accuses me of statements that I never made and political positions that I never took.

In his inevitable and arrogant way he responds with false attacks to demean and ridicule but never addresses issues raised in my letter.

In his inflammatory rhetoric he is quick to play the race card. Falsely accusing me of labeling the Tea Party as “racist”. While I’m no fan of this political group, I’ve never referred to them as “racist”. He further attempts to portray me as the anti-Christ by claiming that I believe that “fundamental Christians

are the source of all the worlds violence”.

This accusation is absurd and another of Earle’s falsehoods. He continues with this line of fabrication by crediting me with stating that Fox News is “all lies”.

Although I’ve often been critical of Fox News and the fact that they have, and will, continue to manipulate the news to serve its own political agenda, I’ve never said that it is “all lies”. To be “Fair and Balanced” I must divulge that MSNBC is guilty of the same practices.

The media, both liberal and conservative, have created an ideological world, one that has a few load voices but has devaluated objective debate to a virtual nothing as has been exemplified by Earle’s lies. Unfortunately, he trusts only people and information within his ultra-conservative bubble and defines his identity, not through his own merits or qualities, but through the denigration of others.

L. J. Siden Gilmanton

When did this nation decide it had the right to abrogate the law?

To the editor, If we look back over the last 12 years, (including the invasion of Afghanistan and Pakistan) we must admit to a policy of aggression and military suppression in small, defenseless nations, we (the military) have deemed as dangerous! They told us “We must kill them over here! These people (consisting of several groups) pose a threat to our safety — we must eliminate them here and now!” And that claim sufficed as our rationale and excuse for unprecedented warfare that killed thousand of people — mostly non-

combatant civilians! We have the weapons of power to annihilate any country. What are the obligations and restraints of military supremacy?

What has happened to their repeated and shrill accusations (at times coming straight from the White House)? Were they ever true and accurate? As we have seen, in the safety and quiet of our homes, their assertions were bogus, without merit! Plain and simply — it all has been the biggest and most costly prefabrication — a fraud strung out over more than a see next page

from preceding page on the side of this neo-intelligentsia.

No need to support your position with facts, study, critical thinking, or intellectual honesty. Just quote from the “Handy Liberal Handbook of Bromides, Half-truths, Put-downs, and Platitudes” and the “right people” will

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Credit where credit is due; it’s magnificent in its simplicity; it’s a perpetual motion machine of political ascendancy for a culture that is fast becoming economically and historically illiterate.

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By Michael Kitch

MEREDITH — The Board of Selectmen put the finishing touches on to the 2013 budget at a workshop yesterday, approving the steepest increase in spending since the onset of the recession four years ago while limiting the increase in the amount to be raised by taxes to two-percent.

“This budget gets us back on track,” said Selectman Peter Brothers.

The 2013 budget features approximately $1.7-million in funding for capital expenditures that were deferred during the past four years of austere budgeting. These include two police cruisers, a command vehicle for the Fire Department, upgraded information technology and $500,000 for road improvements. Almost $200,000 is allotted to expendable trust funds earmarked for future capital expenses while other funds will be applied to projects recommended by the Capital Improvements Program (CIP) Committee and to retiring existing debt.

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

Total appropriations of $13,627,633 are seven-percent more than the $12,735,318 approved in 2012, of which almost $500,000 was not expended. Revenues from sources other than property taxes, as town manager Phil Warren has repeated throughout the budget process, were flat at $4,471,410. However, the selectmen drew from the undesignated fund balance to limit the amount raised by property taxes, applying $725,000 to supplement revenues and another

$750,000 to fund capital projects.

Consequently, the tax commitment is projected to rise by approximately $193,000 to $7,986,504, or by ten cents per $1,000 of assessed value, increasing the town portion of the tax rate from $4.20 to $4.30. But, town manager Phil Warren said that because the town is assessed at 110-percent of market value, 2013 tax bills will reflect an adjustment to the assessed valuation.

The change of course in 2013 is the result of the fiscal strategy pursued by the board since 2009. Taking 2008, when $7.7-million was raised in property taxes, as a benchmark, the selectmen have budgeted to forestall increases in the amount to be raised by property taxes since 2009. The tax commitment decreased slightly in 2009, 2010 and 2011 before climbing 1.2-percent to $7.8-million in 2012.

Meanwhile, the undesignated fund balance has been used to stabilize the tax commitment. But, by controlling expenditures, the town has closed the books with an unexpended surpluses with which to replenish the fund balance. Between 2009 and 2012, $3,011,077 of fund balance was applied against the tax commitment, which was slightly less that the $3,073,686 in unexpended surpluses that accrued during the same period.

The fund balance stood at $3,592,665 at the close of 2012. Less the $1,475,000 included in the 2013 budget, the fund balance of $2,117,665 represents 7.4-percent of the projected gross appropriation of $28.6-million, which includes the town and school district appropriations as well as the county assessment, and 15.5-percent of the town appropriation.

BELMONT from page one adding that he is appalled by what happened and, in his mind, the town was ‘hookwinked” by the contractors who did the work.

He said the restoration plan called for the contractors to remove much of the fourth floor and instead contractors replaced the only the sub-floor and “maybe five or six” of the main boards.

He also said the matter has been referred to the town attorney to see if there is any chance the town can recoup some of the money it spent on their restoration. Pike said the company who did the bulk of the work is no longer in business but there may be some kind of insurance policy to recoup some of the money.

Pike also said the town was partially to blame for not hiring a clerk of the works – or a person who works for the town and oversees a project to make sure it is being done as required.

Former Town Administrator Don McLelland Sr. was at last night’s meeting and said when he first became town administrator, it took him nearly six months to sort through the project and try to figure out what happened prior to him assuming the job.

He said some of the contractors “bailed” on the job and, in his opinion, the building has “a lot more problems than the fourth floor.”

“Someone needs to review all of those files,” McLelland said.

Building Inspector Steve Paquin see next page

from preceding page decade — a conspiracy involving 6500 men and women sacrificed on the altar of greed and commerce, which garnered the arms industry and allied corporations, nearly 4-trillion dollars.

Can you see that now, or has your unremitting devotion to the efficacy of government disabled your ability to tell right from wrong? When did this nation decide it had the right to abrogate the law? This pretext is what we have used ruthlessly, as an alibi to promote the legality of military aggression, torture and brutality of foreign people, innocent of crimes against us. The 9/11 terrorists came from Saudi Arabia — an allied nation!

The truth is hard to face. Yet if we refuse to look at the horrendous damage we have done, doesn’t that, in itself, allow these crimes to happen again? We are capable of killing thousands of people based on deliberate and falsified information. It has happened before! When will we learn? Many European people consider us the most dangerous country in the world — can you blame them?

If there is to be peace across the middle-east let it begin with our withdrawal of troops. Let there be a reassessment of our commitment to sacred and immutable laws. Or, if we fail, we are no better than our enemies!

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Lewandowski sworn in as police chief With the Corner Meeting House filled to capacity with friends and coworkers at the selectman’s meeting last night, Belmont Police Chief Mark Lewandowski takes the oath of office from Town Clerk Cynthia DeRoy. Shown with Lewandowski is his wife Donna Cilley. In a brief statement, Lewandowski thanked all in attendence and said he would continue the tradition of the Belmont Police Department.

“The door’s open, come on in,” he said. (Laconia Daily Sun photo/Gail Ober)

Local author ‘okay’ after being struck by car in Veterans Square LACONIA — Veteran reporter and local author Ray Carbone, 60, escaped serious injury when he was struck by a car crossing Veterans Square shortly before 3 p.m. yesterday.

Carbone said that he was in the crosswalk leading from the Railroad Station to Laconia Congregational United Church of Christ. He said that when two cars failed to stop, he stepped further into the crosswalk where he was hit by a car coming from Main Street.

According to police, the driver of the car, Diane Hueber, 57, of 103 Blueberry Lane, Unit 88, said that she was blinded by the sun and did not see the pedestrian. She stopped at once and

went to Carbone’s aid.

Carbone said that he was struck by the front bumper, carried on to the fender and thrown into the street, snapping the wing mirror on the driver’s side of the car as he fell. He was transported to Lakes Region General Hospital where he was treated and released. “I have a bruise on my forehead and they told me I’ll be sore for a while, but otherwise I’m okay,” he said.

The accident remains under investigation and anyone with information about it should contact the Laconia Police at 524-5252.

— Michael Kitch

from preceding page said that aside from some brick work on the exterior and the fourth floor, the Mill is structurally sound and is in no danger of collapsing.

The Belmont Mill restoration was done in 1997 using a $1-million Community Development Block Grant and $215,000 bond issue approved at town meeting.

Town Administrator Jeanne Beaudin said the entire bond has been repaid, but the uses of the mill and the amount of rent the town can charge is limited by the 20- year terms of the CDBG. Since the restoration was completed, the town has also spent additional tax dollars replacing the roof and doing other repairs as needed.

The mill was nearly destroyed by fire in 1992 and much of the roof was damaged during the blaze. Wallace Rhodes of the Heritage Commission said the roof remained intact however it leaked before the fire and the water damage continued for the five years the mill sat vacant.

The fourth floor deficiencies were noted in early December when representatives from the Lakes Region Community College Culinary Arts Program and the Food for Thought Cafe came to selectmen and asked for a new carpet.

Head Chef and program director Patrick Hall also mentioned that part of the floor in the dining area seemed soft to him or had a dip.

Selectmen asked Building Inspector Steve Paquin to look at the carpet and also to look under it to see what, if anything, was causing the dip.

Two weeks later Paquin reported the wood under the sub-floor had some significant rotting and much of it likely needed replacing. Since then, Paquin noted the floor needed more work than was initially needed and selectmen met last week in an emergency session and told the Culinary Arts Program that it would have to relocate.

Because of the extent of the work that the fourth floor needs, once consee next page

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Celtics pull off 102-96 victory in season’s heated first meeting with Knicks NEW YORK (AP) — Paul Pierce scored 23 points, and the Boston Celtics beat the New York Knicks 102-96 on Monday night in a heated first meeting of the season between the Atlantic Division rivals.

Kevin Garnett added 19 points and 10 rebounds for the Celtics, who even without the suspended Rajon Rondo won their third straight and finally are playing like the team that has ruled the division for the last half-decade.

The Knicks want that title now, but Carmelo Anthony and his teammates were reminded how tough the Celtics can make it.

Anthony had 20 points but shot 6 of 26 while battling his temper, Garnett and foul trouble. J.R. Smith led the Knicks with 24 points.

Rondo was suspended Monday for making contact with a referee in a game against Atlanta on Saturday and failure to cooperate with an NBA investigation. Without the NBA’s assist leader, the Celtics relied on the kind of defense that has been absent too often this season.

They allowed 78 points per game in their last two wins,

then held the Knicks to 40 in the second half Monday.

Pierce, who was also in foul trouble in the tightly and sometimes inconsistently called game, put it away with a jumper with 45 seconds to go, blowing a kiss toward the crowd he loves to torment after putting the Celtics up by six.

from preceding page struction begins, the third floor would also need to be temporarily vacated.

Meanwhile, LRCC Vice President of Academic Affairs Thomas Goulette said last week the culinary arts program is searching for an alternate location

somewhere in the Lakes Region. He said there are 70 students in the program and even if the fourth floor of the mill were to be restored, he said last week that it would not be likely the school would return because of the size of the program.

RUSSELL from p. one selectman, 19 years on the planning board and most recently14 years as state representative.

Russell, known to many townspeople originally as the owner of the Gilmanton Iron Works Store, which he ran from 1974 until 1988, was praised by many of those present for his tireless dedication to public service in what many saw as thankless jobs which subject those who perform them to endless and unrelenting criticism.

Russell himself didn’t disagree with the assessment that the jobs are sometimes Steve and Liz Bedard talk with Dave Russell, who was honored by the town of Gilmanton for his more thankless but said hat than 30 years of service to the community at a reception held Saturday at the Gilmanton Town Hall. they are necessary (Roger Amsden photo for the Laconia Daily Sun) and that the criticism that comes with them eventually loses some of it’s shire, an appropriate symbol for Russell, who is sting. ‘’After a while it’’s just like water running off a also stepping down as president of the Profile Auto duck’s back. I doesn’t bother you because you know League, an organization of antique and classic car you can’t make everybody happy. You just listen to collectors which organizes care shows and weekend everyone and try to do what you see as right,’’ says excursions for its 200 members.

Russell.

Russell has owned a 1949 Chevrolet convertible He was presented with a clock embedded in polwhich he bought for $650 from a backyard in North ished granite which is in the shape of New HampBrookfield, Mass./, in 1977 and spent many years

restoring. ‘’It was basically in a basket when I bought it,’’ Russell recalls, saying that since that time the car has cost him at least 20 times what he originally paid for it but that it has provided he and his wife, Barbara, with many memorable experiences over the years.

Russell says that he still remains active with a state commission which is involved with Cannon Mountain in Francine Notch and won’t become a hermit in his retirement years. ‘’I was down at the selectmen’s meeting Monday night talking with them about the Bureau of Security Regulations and the NH Local Government Center.

The center was supposed to serve as an agent for the towns in providing health insurance at lower rates to retired town employees. But they’re now being asked to reimburse the towns and employees $53 million because they were overcharging them. I’m one of those that would like to get my money back.

They were charging us nearly three times as much for the same same coverage that you could get from Anthem for $400 a month,’’ said Russell, who noted that 14 towns have joined in a suit against the LGC in an attempt to recover those costs.

Russell says that he is currently looking forward to a fall excursion being organized by the Profile Auto League which will take he and Barbara and their well loved 1949 Chevy to the Maine seacoast for a three-day weekend. ‘’It’s always fun being with people you like and sharing a good experience,’’ says Russell. Which was pretty much the unanimous sentiment of his fellow townspeople who turned out Saturday afternoon to express their appreciation for his long and dedicated service to the town.

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Proposed changes to amend the zoning ordinance by public petition include changes to Article VII: Floodplain Development, specifically: Section 710.1 (to add verbiage referencing the Master Plan and to exclude from the Environmentally Sensitive Zone-ESZ the area south of Tenney Mountain Highway between Yeaton Road and Highland Street.)

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Other proposed zoning ordinance changes generated by the Planning Board include addition to signage requirements regarding LED lighting and possible clarification of some definitions.

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SPORTS Laconia bowlers second in match at Raymond, will roll again Saturday in Dover

LHS girls beat Gilford 47-43 to up season mark to 6-1

LACONIA — LHS Bowling team was back on the lanes this past Saturday at Strikers East in Raymond. Laconia bowled against Raymond and Sanborn High Schools. Laconia was lead by Zina LaBrie with her first game of 178 and total of 303. Trevor Lange was second high with 240 total.

Laconia finished second seed with team total of 1227. Raymond was top seed with 1461 and Sanborn in third with 1053. First Baker match was Laconia vs Sanborn. Laconia won their first match of the season beating Sanborn 128 to 113 and then 122 to 91. Laconia came out of the match with confidence as it took on top seed Raymond. Laconia was in both games but Raymond finished each game strong, beating Laconia 133 to 92 and 130 to 102. Laconia looks forward to it’s next match on Saturday January 12 at Dover Bowl as it takes on Spaulding and Pinkerton High Schools.

LACONIA — The Laconia High School girls beat Gilford High last Fiday night 47-43 to improve their record to 6-1 on the year. Laading the Sachems was MJ Bordeau with 11 points, Cali Swormstedt with 10 points and Natalie Compton with 7 points, all in the second half. Erika Marchion played well all night defensively providing constant pressure to Gilford’s offensive attack.

The Lady Sachems play rival Plymouth tonight at home starting at 6:30.

Inter-Lakes Lady swimmers set new personal bests MEREDITH — Inter-Lakes Lady swimmers competed over the weekend against Windham and four other New Hampshire high school teams.

Pauline Donaldson swam to a new personal best time (1:00.78), dropping over a second in the 50 free.

Sarah Sundius place first in both the 100 Freestyle (59.30) and 100 Breaststroke, also achieving a new personal best time in the breaststroke (1:17.53). Elisabeth Hutchins held on to her times placing 11th in the 50 Freestyle and 13th in the 100 Freestyle. The InterLakes swimmers will head to Dover next weekend.

At left: Gilford freshman Cassidy Bartlett and Laconia freshman Cali Swormstedt grapple for the ball during Friday’s game at Laconia High School. Monitoring the play on the sideline is Gilford coach Rick Forge. (Alan MacRae/for the Laconia Daily Sun)

Laconia JV boys drop close 45-39 game with Gilford LACONIA — Laconia JV Boys Basketball team dropped a tough 45-39 decision to a strong Gilford team on Friday Jan. 4. Leading the way for the Sachems was Kyle Chiasson with 11 points and Brendan Mooney with 8 points.

Jordan McRea and Connor Doherty were strong on the boards for Laconia and Justin Bilodeau chipped in with 5 points. Laconia travels to Plymouth tonight.

LMS Boys’ A-team drops one to Bow, rebounds for win over Gilford LACONIA — The Laconia Middle School boys A-team dropped a heartbreaker to Bow, 38-36. It was a tightly contested game, as the Laconia boys

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ACCESS from page 3 pain, head injuries and broken bones stranded in the waiting room, said Dr. John Seidner, president of the New Hampshire chapter of the American College of Emergency Physicians.

Dr. Jeffrey Fetter, president of the New Hampshire Psychiatric Society, said days spent idle in an emergency room represent wasted opportunities to prevent suicide, assault and suffering. Someone in the midst of a psychiatric crisis needs to be surrounded by safety, not chaos, he said. “We’ve all been there — flashing lights, alarms, staff rushing urgently to stabilize a crash victim. These rooms were designed for patients suffering from heart attacks, not hallucinations,” he said.

Monday’s news conference followed last month’s announcement by the state Department of Health and Human Services of a new plan to reduce the wait time for inpatient psychiatric care. That plan includes reopening 12 of the 60 beds that have been closed at the state hospital due to budget cuts in recent years, improved tracking of individuals waiting for beds, using state hospital staff as consultants in emergency rooms and providing better follow-up after patients are discharged from the state hospital to reduce readmissions.

The department also plans to seek additional funding for community-based services, which participants at the news conference said would do more to solve the problem than adding state hospital beds.

“We need more support, and we need more resources to get the job done in the community,” said Louis Josephson, CEO of Riverbend Community Mental Health Center.

The state is about halfway into a 10-year plan to improve mental health services, but Josephson and other advocates argue little has been accomplished so far. And the state still faces a lawsuit filed on behalf of individuals with mental illness accusing it of needlessly confining disabled residents in mental wards because it lacks services to treat them in the community.

Gov. Maggie Hassan met with Norton on Friday, a day after she took office. He said he was encouraged by the meeting but it remains unclear whether she and the Legislature will boost funding for mental health.

Hassan said Monday that she considers the mental health system a pressing challenge.

“We must take steps to improve access to mental health services and help those desperately in need of care,” she said. “Over the coming weeks, I will be bringing people together to make the difficult, fiscally responsible decisions needed to balance our budget while protecting New Hampshire’s priorities, including providing high quality health services.”

Bristol man charged with felonious sexual assault BRISTOL – A second man has been charged with the sexual assault of a 15-year-old Manchester girl who was reported missing from Manchester on December 9.

According to police, Timothy Cayer, 21, whose address was listed as Gulf Road in Sanbornton is charged with one count of felonious sexual assault for having sex with the girl.

Lt. Prosecutor Joe Chivell II said he is being held on $15,000 cash or corporate surety bail.

A second man, Michael Currier, 19 was initially charged with felonious sexual assault however, Chiv-

ell said the charge against Currier was reduced to the Class A misdemeanor of sexual assault because at the probable cause hearing Judge Thomas Rappa determined the age difference between Currier and the victim didn’t warrant a felony charge.

Currier, of 59 Lake St. in Bristol has been released from custody.

Chivell said Cayer is six years older than the alleged victim and is facing one felony count of felonious sexual assault because of the age difference.

— Gail Ober

ALTON – Alton Fire and Rescue and the N.H. Fish and Game helped a woman who fell and injured her leg on Mount Major Sunday at 2:30 p.m.

A media statement from the Officer of the Fish and Game said Shannon Koechel of Bedford slipped on the Boulder Loop Trail.

The woman said she knew darkness was coming shortly and used her cell phone to call 9-1-1. Rescuers carried her down and she was at the base by 4:30

p.m. where her family was there to meet her.

Conservation Officer Ron Arsenault said Koechel and her hiking party were well prepared with extra clothing, a headlamp, first aid equipment and extra food and water.

He cautioned all hikers in New Hampshire to be well prepared, especially while hiking in the winter.

— Gail Ober

MEREDITH from page one increase the speed of oncoming trains and make a bad situation worse. “I’d just as soon trash it.”

Selectman Nate Torr disagreed, noting the proximity of the crossing to the beach and bathhouse, said that if public safety could be enhanced, “I don’t care if it costs $10-million.”

Selectman Peter Brothers pointed out that the crossing is in the midst of town property and wondered about the scope of the project. He also remarked that because trains sound their horns well in advance of the crossing “you know they’re

coming.”

With Torr and Selectman Carla Horne dissenting, the board voted to inform the DOT they were not interested in pursuing the project.

Meanwhile, the board accepted a grant from the New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services to treat milfoil in Meredith Bay this summer.

The grant consists of $6,358 to apply a chemical herbicide and $5,200 for divers to pull the invasive plants by hand. The 2013 town budget includes some $4,600 in matching funds.

from preceding page Power Forward Nick Drouin came off the bench to lead his team. He had 4 points and 3 rebounds.

Small forward Nick Murray also chipped in 4 points to go with 2 rebounds. Defensively the team played well, creating numerous turnovers and diving after loose balls. Guard Riley Roy had 2 steals and played some tough defense to lead the charge. The lose dropped Laconia to 3-4.

But they bounced back in their next game as they traveled to arch rival Gilford and were able to come

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Carter Doherty had 12 points and 14 rebounds and Nick Drouin added 8 points and 4 boards. Defensively the youngsters from Laconia worked to shut down the potent shooting of their Gilford counterparts.

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BEIRUT (AP) — U.N. Secretary-General Ban Kimoon on Monday expressed disappointment with Syrian President Bashar Assad for rejecting the most important elements of an international roadmap to end the country’s civil war — a political handover and establishment of a transitional governing body.

Assad in a rare speech Sunday outlined his own vision for ending the country’s conflict with a plan that would keep him in power. He also dismissed any chance of dialogue with the armed opposition and called on Syrians to fight what he called “murderous criminals.”

U.N. spokesman Martin Nesirky said Monday the secretary-general is disappointed that Assad’s speech “does not contribute to a solution that could end the terrible suffering of the Syrian people.”

Nesirky said Ban and U.N.-Arab League envoy Lakhdar Brahimi will continue to work for a political transition that leads to U.N.-organized elections.

The West, including the U.S. and Britain, denounced Assad’s speech, which came amid stepped-up international efforts for a peaceful settlement to the Syrian conflict.

On Monday, Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan also criticized the Syrian leader’s initiative.

He accused Assad of “state terrorism” and called on him to relinquish power.

“There is one way out for Bashar and that is to respect the will of the people and do whatever is necessary,” Erdogan said at a media conference while visiting Gabon. His remarks were broadcast by Turkish state TV Monday.

The violence on the ground, meanwhile, continued unabated.

Syria’s state media said Monday that government troops repulsed a rebel attack on a police school in the northern city of Aleppo.

POISON from page 2 owned a number of dry cleaners, stopped in at a 7-Eleven near his home in the West Rogers Park neighborhood on the city’s North Side and bought a ticket for an instant lottery game.

Ashur Oshana, the convenience store clerk, told The Associated Press on Monday that Khan said he had sworn off gambling after returning from the hajj, a Muslim pilgrimage, in Saudi Arabia. Khan said he wanted to lead a better life, Oshana said, but Khan bought the tickets that day and scratched off the winner in the store.

“Right away he grabbed my hand,” Oshana said.

“He kissed my hand and kissed my head and gave me $100. He was really happy.”

Khan recalled days later at an Illinois Lottery ceremony in which he was presented with an oversized check that he jumped up and down in the store and repeatedly shouted, “I hit a million!”

“Winning the lottery means everything to me,” he said at the June 26 ceremony, also attended by his wife, Shabana Ansari; their daughter, Jasmeen Khan; and several friends. He said he would put some of his winnings into his businesses and donate some to a children’s hospital.

Instead of the full $1 million over installments, Khan opted to take his winnings in a lump sum of just over $600,000. After taxes, the winnings amounted to about $425,000, said lottery spokesman Mike Lang. The check was issued from the state Comptroller’s Office on July 19, the day before

Khan died, but was cashed on Aug. 15, Lang said. If a lottery winner dies, the money typically goes to his or her estate, Lang said.

Khan was pronounced dead July 20 at a hospital, but Cina would not say where Khan was when he fell ill, citing the ongoing investigation.

No signs of trauma were found on Khan’s body during an external exam and no autopsy was done because, at the time, the Cook County Medical Examiner’s Office didn’t generally perform them on those 45 and older unless the death was suspicious, Cina said. The cutoff age has since been raised to age 50.

A basic toxicology screening for opiates, cocaine and carbon monoxide came back negative, and the death was ruled a result of the narrowing and hardening of coronary arteries.

Cyanide can get into the body by being inhaled, swallowed or injected. Deborah Blum, an expert on poisons who has written about the detectives who pioneered forensic toxicology, said the use of cyanide in killings has become rare in part because it is difficult to obtain and normally easy to detect, often leaving blue splotches on a victim’s skin.

“The thing about it is that it’s not one of those poisons that’s tasteless,” Blum said. “It has a really strong, bitter taste, so you would know you had swallowed something bad if you had swallowed cyanide. But if you had a high enough dose it wouldn’t matter, because ... a good lethal does will take you out in less than five minutes.”

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NOMINATIONS from page 2 Hagel, a former Republican senator from Nebraska, has been criticized as hostile toward Israel and soft on Iran. Opponents also have highlighted his 1998 comments about an ambassador nominee whom he called “openly, aggressively gay” — a comment for which he recently apologized.

Brennan, a 25-year CIA veteran, was under consideration to run the agency after Obama won the 2008 election but withdrew his name amid criticism from liberal activists who questioned his connection to the harsh interrogation techniques used by the CIA during the George W. Bush administration.

One of Hagel’s toughest critics, Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., called his former colleague’s foreign policy views “outside the mainstream” and said he would be “the most antagonistic secretary of defense toward the state of Israel in our nation’s history.”

Perhaps even more concerning for Hagel’s prospects has been the tepid response from some Democrats. Sen. Chuck Schumer of New York said Hagel had earned the right to a full and fair confirmation hearing, but he reserved judgment on whether he would back him. And Maryland’s Democratic Sen. Ben Cardin said he and other lawmakers “have questions that have to be answered” specifically on Hagel’s views on Iran and Israel.

Obama called Hagel “the leader our troops deserve” and someone who could make “tough fiscal choices” in a time of increasing austerity. The Pentagon is facing the potential of deep budget cuts in the coming months.

The 66-year-old former senator has defended his record on Israel and Iran. In an interview Monday with the Lincoln (Neb.) Journal Star newspaper, Hagel accused his opponents of having “completely distorted” his views.

Hagel has criticized discussion of a military strike by either the U.S. or Israel against Iran. During his tenure in the Senate, he voted against unilateral economic sanctions on Tehran, though he supports the joint international penalties Obama also prefers. Hagel also irritated some Israel backers with his reference to the “Jewish lobby” in the United States.

The White House focused instead Monday on the military record of Hagel, who was awarded two Purple Hearts.

“Chuck knows that war is not an abstraction,” Obama said. “He understands that sending young Americans to fight and bleed in the dirt and mud, that’s something we only do when it’s absolutely necessary.”

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Lively’s lawyer, Horatio Mihet, called the case an attack on the U.S. Constitution and his client’s First Amendment right to free speech. Plaintiff’s attorney Pam Spees, from the Center for Constitutional Rights, said Lively conspired with others in Uganda to persecute gays.

With every courtroom seat filled, court officials broadcast the proceeding to two overflow rooms so spectators could watch the arguments live.

The judge said he would consider whether Lively’s speech crossed the boundary from First Amendment-protected speech into activity intended to harm people, and that he was looking for more concrete examples of misbehavior on Lively’s part to justify the continuation of the lawsuit.

“As I look at the complaint, I’m frankly struggling to see what the actionable behavior is here,” Ponsor said of the plaintiff’s filing.

Sexual Minorities Uganda sued under the Alien Tort Statute, filing the U.S. court action as non-citizens while alleging a violation of international law. Part of Lively’s motion to dismiss called the court’s jurisdiction under that statute into question. Ponsor said he wouldn’t address that part of the claim since the U.S. Supreme Court already is considering the statute.

The defense argued there’s no link between Lively

and his alleged co-conspirators, and his criticism of homosexuality wasn’t specific enough to constitute as conduct that persecuted gays.

The plaintiff argued that Lively met with Ugandan government leaders and headlined a 2009 conference from which an anti-gay bill emerged.

The proceeding comes as Uganda’s Parliament could consider a bill in February that would punish those who promote gay culture, among other aims.

While the bill would include jail for some offenses, the lawmaker who authored the original bill told The Associated Press in November that a new version wouldn’t punish some homosexual acts with death.

Parliamentarian David Bahati said the new bill concentrates on protecting children from gay pornography, banning gay marriage and counseling gays.

When introducing the original bill in 2009, Bahati said gays threatened family values and a colonialera law against sodomy wasn’t strong enough.

The first proposal called for the death penalty in cases where HIV-infected gays had sex, where gays had sex with minors or the disabled, and where gays were discovered having sex for the second time.

World leaders including President Barack Obama have condemned the legislation.

INDIA from page 2 death, hundreds of thousands of Indians — both men and women — poured onto the streets of cities across the country, holding candlelight vigils and rallies demanding that authorities take tougher action to create a safe environment for women.

“At least now people are talking,” says Rashmi Gogia, a 35-year-old receptionist in a New Delhi law office.

Associated Press journalists interviewed women across India, from the northern cities of Lucknow and Allahabad, to Bangalore in the south, and from the eastern cities of Patna and Gauhati to Ahmadabad in the west.

The outrage sparked by the heinous attack has given women at least a measure of hope that the country of 1.2 billion people will see meaningful improvement in how women are treated, though most realize any change is likely to come slowly.

“These protests have at least given women the confidence to talk about sexual violence,” says Singh, the kindergarten teacher in Bangalore. “For too long, women have been made to feel guilty for these things.”

Like every woman in India, Singh has her own rules for her daughter’s safety. “We make sure she messages us when she reaches (the hospital) and when she leaves for home,” she says.

Women who were willing to talk about an unwelcome touch or a crude remark they’d experienced said they had learned to ignore it. Most said they convinced themselves to shrug off these routine assaults and humiliations to avoid angering their attackers, or for fear of bringing shame upon themselves and their families.

“What can you do? You have to work, you have to commute,” says Yasmin Talat, a 20-year-old graduate student and career counselor in Allahabad whose parents do not allow her to go out alone after 7 p.m.

“Sometimes I do get angry and say something,” she says, “but I’m also scared. You never know what could anger these men.”

Aparna Dasa, a 35-year-old saleswoman at a Gauhati department store, said whenever she gets into a crowded bus men try to hold her hand as she grasps the overhead support bar. “They try and touch at every opportunity.”

“When I’m on a crowded bus and someone says something bad to me, in my heart I want to give him a tight slap, but I’ve learned to ignore it,” says Gogia, the New Delhi receptionist. “What’s the use? All the blame always comes back to the woman.

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Bama bashes Notre Dame 42-14 in BCS title game MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (AP) — The coach no longer wears houndstooth. The result is the same.

Another Alabama dynasty.

Quieting the Irish by the first play of the second quarter, Eddie Lacy, AJ McCarron and the No. 2 Crimson Tide rolled top-ranked Notre Dame 42-14 for the BCS championship Monday night, locking up a second straight national title and third in four years with another laugher of a title game.

The Bear would’ve been especially proud of this one — Nick Saban and the Tide romping to the second-biggest rout of the BCS era that began in 1999.

Lacy, the game’s offensive MVP, ran for one touchdown and caught a pass for another in the final minute of the opening half, spinning away from the vaunted Notre Dame defense not once, but twice, to cap a 28-0 blitz before the bands even got on the field.

Lacy finished with 140 yards on 20 carries, coming up with two of his best performances in the two biggest games of the year. He rushed for a career-high 181 yards in a thrilling victory over Georgia in the SEC title game, and was nearly as dominant against the Irish. McCarron wasn’t too shabby, either, completing 20 of 28 passes for four touchdowns and 264 yards, adding another dazzling effort on top of his MVP in last year’s title game.

You could almost hear television sets around the country flipping to other channels, a hugely anticipated matchup between two of the nation’s most storied programs reduced to nothing more than the

second straight BCS blowout for the Crimson Tide.

“We’ve had a lot of really great football players who’ve worked really hard,” Saban said. “Because we’ve had a great team, we’ve been able to have a significant amount of success.”

Alabama (13-1) scored 69 straight points against its title game opponents, going back to getting the final 13 against Texas in 2010, followed by a stifling 21-0 victory over LSU for last year’s crown, then scoring the first 35 points on Notre Dame. Saban’s team made the Irish (12-1) look like a squad that would be hard-pressed to finish in the middle of the pack in the mighty Southeastern Conference, which has now won seven straight national championships.

The Crimson Tide will likely wrap up its ninth Associated Press national title, breaking a tie with Notre Dame for the most by any school and gaining a measure of redemption for a bitter loss to the Irish almost four decades ago: the epic Sugar Bowl in which Ara Parseghian’s team edged Bear Bryant’s powerhouse 24-23.

Bryant won five AP titles during his brilliant career. The way things are going, Saban might just chase him down.

The diminutive man with the perpetual scowl has guided Alabama to the top spot in the rankings three times since arriving in Tuscaloosa in 2007, and if he’s serious about finishing his career with the job he has, there seems no reason he can’t win a few more before he’s done with “The Process.”

BARGE from page 3 Aiviq, on Dec. 27 lost its line to the Kulluk in heavy seas and hours later lost power to all four of its engines, possibly due to contaminated fuel.

Four reattached lines between the Aiviq or other vessels also broke in stormy weather. The Aiviq on New Year’s Eve again broke its line, leaving the Kulluk attached to the tugboat Alert.

Coast Guard Capt. Paul Mehler, the federal onscene coordinator, said Monday the Alert also experienced a mechanical problem the night the Kulluk went aground. The agency is investigating.

“The understanding the night of the response was that when she was taking maximum power, there was an engine problem,” Mehler said. “They did recover that within 30 minutes. The details of that, I couldn’t answer yet.”

Inspections after the grounding determined that the Kulluk could be towed, and the Aiviq on Sunday reattached a tow line. Tension was added to test the line Sunday night and increased as high tide

approached, Churchfield said.

He was not on scene but did not hear of complications.

“The Kulluk came off reasonably easy, would be my assessment,” he said.

Mehler said he was in the command center when salvors reported the Kulluk had come off the rocks.

“I won’t say that I saw anyone high-fiving,” Mehler said. “I’ll say there was certainly a sense of relief, but recognizing now we have a lot more work to do.”

Likewise, the tow “has gone pretty much according to plan,” Churchfield said.

Inspections will involve an underwater look at the hull with divers or remotely operated underwater vehicles or divers or both, he said.

The Kulluk will be tethered to two tugs in the bay and will attempt to set its anchor. If that doesn’t work, he said, additional tugs will be used to keep it in place. Four more tugs were on scene Monday.

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MEREDITH — Joyce Izalee Pike, 81, of Meredith, passed away unexpectedly at her home on Friday, January 4, 2013.

Born in Sanbornton, NH on May 30, 1931, she was the daughter of Albert and Gertrude (Goss) Fortier. Joyce was raised in Sanbornton; she attended the Chemung Red School House, in Meredith, graduating from Meredith High School.

Joyce was a devout member of the 1st Baptist Church of Meredith; she taught Sunday school there for over 40 years and was also a member of the 1st Baptist Church’s Widows Club. Joyce worked at Annalee Dolls, Inc. where she worked as a doll assembler. Donald and Joyce enjoyed bowling and roller-skating, and they were both past employees of Meredith Lanes, on Route 3.

In her younger years, Joyce travelled the USA with her husband Donald and her sisters and their families. She was talented at crocheting; she was always making creative gifts for family and friends.

She loved riding with her husband on his motorcycle around the scenic area of the Lakes Region and White Mountains. Joyce was a loving mother, grandmother, great-grandmother and a true friend to all that knew her.

She is predeceased by her beloved husband of 49

years, Donald E. Pike, in 1999; a sister, Irmabelle Nudd, in 2012; and a grandson, Gary Pike, in 1991.

Joyce is survived by her three sons, Elwood Pike and wife Linda, of Meredith, Anthony Pike and wife Gloria, of Meredith, and Dale Pike, of Franklin; two sisters, Norma Haché, of Frazier, PA, and Audrey Godin, of Meredith; a brother, Rodney Fortier, of Laconia; seven grandchildren, Rick, Michelle, Tracy, Shannon, Jennifer, Jeremiah, and Amber; eight great-grandchildren, and many nieces and nephews.

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Nancy Farr, 67 GILMANTON — Nancy Farr, 67, passed away December 30, 2012 at Hope Hospice in Fort Myers, Florida, her winter retreat.

She was born in Rutland, VT, on August 30, 1945, the daughter of William and Cynthia (Colbert) Ryer.

Nancy graduated from Castleton State College and received her Master’s Degree in education from Antioch New England University.

Nancy adored her first and second graders, teaching elementary education in Richmond, VT, Merrimack, NH, and for over 25 years in Gilmanton, NH, the place she called home. She was so pleased to watch her students grow to become young men and women, even teaching some of her first students’ children.

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Predeceased by her devoted husband of 38 years, James Sumner Farr, she leaves behind her son and daughter-inlaw, James and Meagan (Greenleaf) Farr, three grandkids, Sydney McKim, Samuel Farr, and Taylor Farr, her brother John Ryer, and three sisters, Carol Shagory, Jeanne Ryer, and Jackie Hoes, her beloved friend John Boniface, and many nieces, nephews, and good friends.

There are no immediate services. A memorial service will be held in the Spring at the Smith Meeting House in Gilmanton, NH. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to the James & Nancy Farr Memorial Scholarship Foundation c/o Lakes Region Scholarship Foundation, PO Box 7312, Gilford, NH 03247-7312.

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Michael G. McCormack, 76 LACONIA — Michael G. McCormack, 76, of 130 Endicott Street North, Unit 401, passed away peacefully on Friday, January 4, 2013 in his home after a long and courageous battle with Alzheimer’s disease, with his family by his side.

Michael was born on September 21, 1936 in New Haven, Connecticut, the son of Edward M. and Catherine (Leahy) McCormack. He was a graduate of Hill House High School and Stone Business School in New Haven, CT. Michael served in the US Air Force from 1956 to 1960 as a medic and lab technician.

In 1962, Michael began a career in the music industry for CBS Records label, Columbia in Bridgeport, CT. The following year he joined Epic Records, one of CBS Records associated labels in New York City. Michael went on to become an Executive for Epic and received many gold and platinum records for playing a part in the success of such artists as REO Speedwagon, Boston, Luther Vandross, Cyndi Lauper and Michael Jackson, among many others. In 1988, Michael retired from the music business and moved to Daytona Beach, FL. For a year and a half, before deciding to settle in Laconia, NH for the rest of his 17 years. Michael was a member of the Combined Parishes Action Committee, INC, the Beth L. Shelter Fund Raising Committee and assisted with the Milford Soup Kitchen. He enjoyed reading, travel, music, singing, crossword puzzles and skiing. Michael most enjoyed spending time with his family.

Michael was a selfless, caring person who always put his family first. He was a true gentleman who will be greatly missed by all who knew and loved him.

He is survived by his wife, Lynne (Richards) McCormack of Laconia, three sons; John P. McCormack of Laconia, Michael J. McCormack of Manchester, NH and Robert F. McCormack of Hamden, Connecticut, two grandchildren; Evan Howard of Hamden, CT. and Kevin Malone of Pennsylvania, two sisters; Mary Capps of Norfolk, VA and Kathleen Lemay of Ansonia, CT.,seven nieces and three nephews. In addition to his parents, he was predeceased by one daughter, Marybeth McCormack Howard in January of 2010.

There will be no calling hours.

A Memorial Mass will be celebrated at 11AM on Saturday, January 12, 2013 at St. Andre Bessette Parish – St. Joseph Church, 30 Church Street, Laconia, N.H. Burial services will be private.

In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the Alzheimer’s Association, 5 Bedford Farms Drive, Suite 201, Bedford, NH 03110 or to the Central NH VNA & Hospice, 780 North Main Street, Laconia, NH 03246.

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CONCORD — Michael John Smith, 67, of Concord, N.H., formerly of Laconia, died of health complications at Concord Hospital, January 6, 2013.

Born April 17, 1945 in Laconia, N.H., he was the 3rd of 5 children of Dr. Karl Smith and Ruth (Maher) Smith.

Mike grew up in Laconia, enjoying sports including being the quarterback on the Laconia High School football team and was a standout on the ski team.

Mike graduated from the University of New Hampshire earning a Bachelor of Arts in English and a Masters Degree in English Literature. He taught English at Dover High School and coached the football and ski team. Later he and his wife, Nancy, owned several Gloria Stevens fitness centers in Maine. From there, he became a Real Estate agent. He also worked as a computer consultant.

Mike was an avid skier and golfer, enjoying a variety of courses in New Hampshire.

He was a devoted uncle to his nephews. He enjoyed volunteering with Neighborhood Youth Corps, working with young people to motivate them to attend college. Mike was married to Nancy Hadley whom he met at UNH. He was predeceased by his par-

ents, Dr. Karl and Ruth Smith. He is survived by his wife, Nancy; brothers, Dick and Kim Smith; sisters, Prudy Dansereau and Peggy Lacey and by several nieces nephews, and cousins.

Calling hours will be held on Thursday, January 10, 2013 from 1:00-2:00PM in the Carriage House of the Wilkinson-Beane-Simoneau-Paquette Funeral Home & Cremation Services, 164 Pleasant Street, Laconia, N.H. There will be a memorial service at the Wilkinson-Beane-Simoneau-Paquette Funeral Home, 164 Pleasant St, Laconia, N.H. on Thursday, January 10, 2013 at 2:00 P.M. Following the service, there will be a gathering of family and friends at the Laconia Congregational Church, 69 Pleasant St., Laconia, N.H. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to the Concord Regional Visiting Nurses Assoc., 30 Pillsbury Street, Concord, NH 03301.

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

Mark Tuttle, 89 MEREDITH — Mark Tuttle, 89, passed away Saturday, December 29, 2012 after a long period of failing health. He was the son of the late William Penn Tuttle and Barbara (Clarke) Tuttle. He was a proud descendant of the Tuttle Family Farm, Dover, NH, where he was born August 22, 1923, and shared Thanksgiving every year with his extended family.

From his farming roots he gained a love of growing vegetables and gardened as long as he physically was able.

Mark was a retired educator, having taught mathematics at Choate Rosemary Hall in Wallingford, CT. for 33 years. During his tenure at various points he also served as a Dean, Head of the Math Department, Athletic Director, and Cross Country and Track Coach and Program Director. He retired from Choate Rosemary Hall in 1988.

In his final years, Mr. Tuttle was a resident of Forestview Manor in Meredith, NH. On behalf of Mark the family wishes to extend its gratitude to all the staff for their attentive care and friendship.

Mark, husband for 47 years to the late Marcia Sullivan Tuttle, was also predeceased by his two brothers, William and Hugh. Mark leaves his three children: Mark D. Tuttle of Glastonbury, CT and his wife Joann; Benjamin Tuttle of Laconia, NH, his wife Barbara; and Margaret Tuttle McGrath of Wading River, NY, and her husband William. He leaves his grandchildren: Elizabeth Viens and her husband, Timothy; Christopher Tuttle and his wife, Jessica; David Tuttle and his wife Ann Lo; Catherine Fecteau and her husband, Ryan; Stephen Tuttle; and Lauren McGrath; his great granddaughter, Avery Viens. Mark also leaves his sister, Barbara Tuttle Kent of Lexington, MA. In lieu of flowers, for those who wish, the family suggests that memorial donations be made to the Mass Audubon, 208 South Great Rd., Lincoln, MA 01773 (www.massaudubon.org), or American Red Cross, PO Box 97089 Washington, D.C. 20090 (www. redcross.org).

There will be no calling hours.

A private, family service will be held in the spring.

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

Zentangle workshop at Arts Collaborative on Monday

MEREDITH — The Arts Collaborative in conjunction with Bette Abdu, certified Zentangle teacher from New Hampton, will present a Zentangle workshop on Monday January 14 from 6-8 p.m.

Zentangle is an easy-to-learn, relaxing, and fun way to create beautiful images by drawing structured patterns. Zentangle is a journey of self-discovery with a focus on the process of drawing. The Zentangle method provides a structured path for creating art from patterns by breaking them down into elemental strokes.

It requires no recognized artistic ability.

The Zentangle workshop fee is $35 plus a $10 materials fee. Pre-registration is required. Call Bette Abdu 603-860-6051 or e-mail Bette@TangleClubHouse.com to register.

The Arts Collaborative teaching studio is located at 5 Winona Rd. Meredith, NH 03253 603-279-5492. http://artscollaborativeteachingstudio.blogspot.com/ from preceding page Tilton. A limited supply of snowshoes is available for each hike at a nominal fee. They may be reserved one hike in advance on a first come basis by calling the Parks and Rec office.

All interested participants must RSVP at least one day prior to each hike. The cost of the hikes is $1 per person, per hike and snowshoe rentals are $4 per hike.

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

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Florida woman wins Cessna in WinnAero drawing GILFORD - Ticket holders and aviation enthusiasts came together Saturday in the main terminal at Laconia Municipal Airport in Gilford to learn who would become the lucky winner of a raffle for a Cessna 172G Skyhawk. The winner of the drawing is Jane Williams of Florida.

She will become the proud owner of the aircraft raffled off to benefit the all-volunteer WinnAero, a 501(c)3 aviation and aerospace-based youth organization located at the airport. In addition to winning the aircraft, Williams will also receive a check in the amount of $1,200 to be used toward flight lessons or fuel.

On hand to draw the winning ticket was retired Air Force Col. Robert Fortnam of Pembroke, a gracious and friendly pilot who has spent his entire lifetime in the field of aviation. Now 90 years old, he still flies at least once a month, is a recipient of the U. S. Air Force Air Medal, Wright Brothers Master Pilot Award, and to date has logged 12,360 hours in various aircraft.

Members of WinnAero’s board of directors were deeply honored when Fortnam accepted the invitation to draw the winning ticket for the raffle, well aware of his dedication to aviation and the fact that he is a tremendous role model for today’s youth.

His career with the Army Air Corp, and later the Air Force, has been impressive and distinguished.

He joined the military at age 19, flying B-17 bombers. During World War II, at age 21, he was co-pilot of an aircraft assigned to fly bomb runs over Germany.

On his secondmission, his B-17 was intercepted by German fighters and sustained heavy damage.

The aircraft commander was badly wounded and incapacitated, so Lt. Fortnam assumed command of the aircraft and attempted to bring the stricken bomber home to the base in England. The damage to the aircraft was too extensive, and a crash landing short of England became inevitable. With the landing gear inoperative and with a dozen 500-pound bombs stuck in the bomb bay, Fortnam successfully crash-landed in occupied Holland. His entire crew survived including the wounded pilot, but all were captured by German forces shortly thereafter. They spent the next 19 months in a German P.O.W. Camp.

Fortnam fully understands the responsibility and benefit of passing his knowledge onto the next generation. A father of five, he taught his three sons to fly.

He regularly visits schools to talk with children about his experiences during World War II. Knowing how important it is to record this type of information, he has participated in the Veterans History Project of the Library of Congress, a project focused on documenting veterans’ experiences during wartime and has begun to put his experiences down on paper.

Fortnam’s dedication to youth, aviation, and education made him the perfect person to draw the

winning ticket for a raffle that supports youth in aviation. His commitment to the nation’s youth mirrors WinnAero’s mission to promote a life-long interest in young people in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) through the use of aviation and aerospace programs.

Before the drawing, WinnAero President Bill Seed explained how he and several fellow pilots came up with the idea for creating a youth organization that promotes the STEM subjects, saying, “We were sitting together discussing over coffee the low ranking of students in the United States in the STEM subjects, which does not bode well for America. We decided to do something to try and help bring about a change to that, and we came up with WinnAero.”

Seed further explained that the organization has had tremendous support from the Laconia Airport Authority, Laconia Airport Manager Diane CooperTerrill, the Huot Technical Center in Laconia, as well as the community at large.

The raffle was not without its challenges. The winning ticket was scheduled to be drawn last September, but after having sold 700 tickets, the board decided to extend the raffle until January of this year. Perseverance and heavy promotion of the raffle paid off with the organization selling a grand total of 1719 tickets, bringing in over $15,000 for WinnAero’s programs.

Seed described this as a “big boost” for the organization, which experienced tremendous growth in 2012, both in number of students and instructors.

For more information about WinnAero, its mission and programs, visit www.winnaero.org.

BELMONT — January is a great time to start a new venture in life, that of playing a musical instrument. Those who have played an instrument in high school or college and have thought about honing their skills and playing with a band again now have the opportunity.

The New Horizons Band of the Lakes Region is a group of 35 musicians who play, under the direction of Mary Divers, for many clubs, civic organizatioin and public gatherings throughout the year.

The New Horizons Band rehearses on Tuesday evenings and/or Saturday afternoons at the Music Clinic on Rte. 3 in Belmont. After performing throughout the area during the holiday season, the band will begin rehearsing again on January 8, as it prepares for performances this Spring, one of which will be an exchange concert with the New Horizons Band of Portsmouth.

All musicians, or would-be musicians of all ages, are welcome to join this enthusiastic, encouraging, see next page

Bill Seed, center, president of WinnAero, is joined by Donald Flanders, left, a member of the Laconia Airport Authority and state representative from Laconia, and retired Air Force Col. Robert Fortnam, right. Fortnam drew the winning ticket for a Cessna Skyhawk raffled off to benefit WinnAero, an aviation/aerospacebased youth organization located at Laconia Municipal Airport in Gilford. (Courtesy photo)

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League of NH Craftsmen headquarters hosts exhibition: A Child at Heart CONCORD, NH –Starting January 11, the League of NH Craftsmen is hosting a creative exhibition, A Child at Heart, at its Gallery at The Craft Center and headquarters in the SMILE! building on 49 South Main Street in Concord.

The exhibition runs through April 13 and all the fine craft items are available for purchase, so visitors can appreciate and purchase the work made by juried members of the League of NH Craftsmen, including Jack Dokus of Frankkin, Sally Cornwell of Wolfeboro and Susan Lirakis of CEnter Sandwich. This multi-media exhibition features work that expresses the wonder and innocence of childhood, real or imagined.

An opening reception, where the

public can meet and speak with the participating exhibitors, is scheduled for Friday, January 11 from 5-7 p.m.

(Check www.nhcrafts.org for cancellation in case of inclement weather.)

The Gallery is located at 49 South Main Street, Suite 100, in Concord, and is open Monday through Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., and Saturdays, during the exhibition, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

“This exhibition has given our juried members a wonderful opportunity to recapture the magic of childhood,” said Susie Lowe-Stockwell, executive director of the League of NH Craftsmen. “Visitors will find delight in the creativity and variety of fine craft in this exhibition. And all of the items are available for purchase.”

Free beginner & intermediate ESOL classes offered by Laconia Adult Education LACONIA — Laconia Adult Education is offering Beginning and Intermediate Free ESOL (English Speakers of Other Languages) Classes Tuesday and Thursday evenings. These classes meet from 6 to 8:30 p.m. in Rooms #216 and #217 at Laconia High School.

The ESOL classes will enable new learners of the English language to speak, read, and write English. It is most important for foreigners making their home in the Lakes Region to be able to

communicate in emergencies and in everyday living situations such as shopping, making doctor appointments, filling out job applications, relating with their child’s school and teachers, and everyday expressions of common courtesy.

There is no charge for the ESOL Classes. If you know of someone who could benefit from a FREE ESOL class, but who may not be able to read this article, please tell them to call the Laconia Adult Education Office at 524-5712 to enroll in the ESOL classes.

LACONIA — Laconia Adult Education is offering free Basic Math, Reading and GED Preparation Classes on Tuesday and Thursday evenings from 6-8:30 p.m. according to Peggy Selig,

Program Director. People can improve their math and reading skills and eventually work toward a GED Certificate or High School Diploma. see next page

from preceding page and spirited group which welcomes new members at anytime during the year. People who are interested in learning to play an instrument are

encouraged to call the band directer, Mary Divers.

Call the Muisic Clinic at 528-6672 for further information or call the band director, at 527-2485.

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Great Rotary Fishing Derby tickets available at locations all across state

MEREDITH — The Meredith Rotary Club is busily providing a variety of bait and tackle stores with Derby tickets to sell for the 2013 Ice Fishing Derby.

In addition to online ticket sales available on their website (www. meredithrotary.org) tickets can be purchased at Wildlife Taxidermy (Manchester), AJ’s Bait and Tackle (Meredith) and other local establishments, including Skelley’s Market (Moultonborough), Winnipesaukee Dive Shop (Wolfeboro), and Murphy’s Mobil (Moultonborough) beginning this week. The 34th Annual Ice Fishing Derby is scheduled for the weekend of February 9-10.

The 2013 Fishing Derby has been enhanced to provide all cash prizes for the winning fishermen, and a totally new prize structure that increases the opportunity for each fisherman to win the top prize with the capture of the largest fish in the seven available categories.

“Everyone who purchases a Derby ticket has a chance to win cash prizes,” according to Jim Nagle, Chairman of 2013 Derby. “We have 14 drawings on Saturday for $100 each, Sen. Jeanie Forrester, R-Meredith, joined members of the Meredith Rotary last week for the annual presentation of the first ticket to the Great Meredith and 32 drawings on Sunday for $100 Rotary Fishing Derby to Governor Maggie Hansen. The event was held in the Governor and Council Chamber at the Statehouse and marked one of the new each. Additionally, we have a $5,000 governor’s first official acts. Pictured from left to right: Ted Fodero (Rotary), Chuck Leonard (Rotary), Gov. Maggie Hassan, Jim Nagle (Rotary – 2013 Fishing cash drawing on both Saturday and Derby Chairman), Sen. Jeanie Forrester and Betsey Donovan (Rotary). (Courtesy photo) Sunday, so you don’t even have to fish to be eligible for these prizes. All you need is a valid Derby ticket.”

Late-breaking Fishing Derby information is available on the Meredith Rotary Club website and on their Facebook page. During the Derby, updates will be available on the Meredith Rotary Facebook page as well as several radio stations, including 93.3 The Wolf, 104.9 The Hawk, Rock101 and 100.3 WHEB.

Lakes Region Listens hosting Jan. 23 conversation on subject of kindergarten in the Winnisquam Regional School District TILTON — Should the Winnisquam Regional School District begin offering 5-year-olds a full-school-day kindergarten program?

All residents of Northfield, Sanbornton and Tilton are invited to participate in a community conversation centered around this question at the Middle School on Wednesday, Jan. 23.

The conversation is being hosted by Lakes Region Listens, in cooperation with the school district. Results will be reported to the school board at its meeting on February 19.

The evening will begin with a registration hour starting at 5:30 p.m. that will include the availability of a free light supper for participants. After a brief introduction at 6:30 p.m., the question of the day will be explored by small groups, each led by a trained facilitator who will structure and focus the dialogue. At approximately 8 p.m. a representative of each group will be asked to briefly summarize their discussion, findings and recommendations.

No advance registration is required but in order to ensure that sufficient

materials and food are on hand for all participants, residents of the school district are urged to pre-register by sending a simple e-mail message to lakesregionlistens@gmail.com.

At present, the school district offers a half-school-day kindergarten program at both Union Sanborn School and Sanbornton Central School. A proposal to extend these programs to cover the full school day was included on the 2012 Annual Meeting Warrant but was defeated by a vote of 103 to 91. The school board has temporarily placed a similar article on the 2013 Warrant but a final decision on whether to call for another vote will not be made until the Lakes Region Listens report is delivered to the board in February.

New Hampshire law requires school districts to offer at least a half-day kindergarten program but school attendance is not compulsory until age six.

Led by a steering committee of volunteers, Lakes Region Listens is affiliated with New Hampshire Listens, see next page

from preceding page On Tuesday and Thursday nights, Reading Comprehension Classes cover the subject areas of Science, Social Studies and Literature which are pre-requisitesfor the GED Exam.

Math Skills are also reviewed covering the subject areas of basic math, fractions, decimals, measurement, Geometry and Algebra functions.

The Adult Basic Education classes are individualized; each student progresses at his or her own pace. There are no tests and there is no fear of failing.

To enroll in the reading, math and GED classes call the Laconia Adult Education Office at 524-5712 or stop by the Adult Education Office located in Room #108 at Laconia High School.

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Hands Across the Table enters 2nd year of providing weekly community meals LACONIA — Hands Across the Table (HATT) enters its second full year of providing a free community dinner every Tuesday from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m at St. James Episcopal Church.

The non profit organization accomplishes this feat with the assistance of ten local churches, eight clubs and organizations and additional contributions of food and funds by area banks, retail food businesses and several anonymous donors.

2013 begins with a newly elected Board of Directors headed by Acting President Dorothy Faulkner, Treasurer Arthur Gordon, Assistant Treasurer John Rigney, Recording Secretary Marilyn Lamere and Corresponding Secretary Ginger Wells-Kay. Standing committees, charged with carrying out the delivery of Tuesday night dinner events, are headed

by Chef Lou Gaynor, Assistant Chef Tammy Fontaine, FoodCoordinator Diethelm Ringleb, Congregational/

Organizational Coordinator Elaine Cote and Grant Coordinator Jude Morin. Also serving on the Board are James Sessler as Legal Representative, St. James Episcopal Church liaison Ginger Wells-Kay and Member-at-Large Kyril Mitchell.

The spirit of HATT is contagious in that each Tuesday’s dinner is, in effect, a “dinner party” for the eighty to one hundred people who partake of the carefully planned and prepared nutritious meals. Dinner service is performed by dedicated volunteers whose goal is to make each Tuesday dinner a body and soul satisfying event for the attendees.

In rotation, each of the sponsoring churches and organizations is responsible for a dinner including the food preparation, service and clean up. It takes more than a dozen volunteers to complete a weekly service that always includes a greeter, dining room manager and multi course table service.

Dinners are planned

Committee on Aging receiving legislative update

GILFORD — The Belknap County Area Committee on Aging will host Doug McNutt, Associate State Director of AARP New Hampshire, on Friday, January 11 at 10 a.m. in the Wesley Woods Community Room at the First United Methodist Church in Gilford.

McNutt will cover the upcoming legislative session and issues that will affect seniors. He has 15 years of management and leadership experience with the NH Department of Health and Human Services, and most recently served in the capacity of Bureau Chief for the Division of Elderly and Adult Services.

The mission of the Belknap County Area Committee on Aging is to advocate and inform the public on matters relating to the development and implementation of local, state and federal programs/issues affecting the well being, independence and dignity in keeping with New Hampshire’s goal to keep seniors healthy.

The Belknap County Area Committee on Aging meetings start at 10 a.m. on the second Friday of each month. The committee meets in the Wesley Woods Community Room off Rte. 11A, behind the First United Methodist Church in Gilford.

Those who have questions, or would like more information, can contact Stace Dicker-Hendricks at 603-528-2555 or sdhendricks@wesleywoodsnh.org or Carrie Chandler at 279-8111 or cchandler@goldenview.org.

from preceding page which is based at the Carsey Institute at the University of New Hampshire. The organization’s mission is to facilitate informed and meaningful community dialogue on critical issues.

The Lakes Region Listens Steering Committee is co-chaired by Carmen Lorentz, executive director of the Belknap Economic Development Council and Ed Engler, editor and president of The Laconia Daily Sun.

around quality menus, including beef stew, chicken cacciatore, meatloaf, corned beef , appropriate side dishes, vegetarian dishes and of course, desserts. Chef Lou Gaynor is always creative in his use of ingredients and focuses on planning nutritious meals with an emphasis on high quality protein, and fresh fruits and vegetables.

Many sponsoring groups contribute financially to the dinners.

The HATT organization supplements with expensive cuts of meat and poultry and standard sanitary equipment for kitchen use.

Members of the board of directors of Hands Across the Table gathered recently to plan for the organization’s second full year of providing free weekly community meals. Left to right: Seated: Tammy Fontaine, Dorothy Faulkner, Ginger Wells-Kay. Standing: John Rigney, Lou Gaynor, Arthur Gordon, Marilyn Lamere, Diethelm Ringleb, Jude Morin, Elaine Cote and Kyril Mitchell. (Courtesy photo)

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Children: Goss Reading Room Storytime

Tuesday, January 8th @ 3:30, at our Goss branch, 188 Elm St. in Lakeport for after school storytime.

For more information, call 524-3808.

Preschool Storytime

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

LEGO® Club

Friday, January 11th @ 4:00 Laconia Rotary Hall Kids 5-12 are welcome to join the Club. We supply the LEGO blocks, you supply the imagination!

Happy New Year!

The new year is upon us, and many are thinking of habits to give up or activities to begin doing.

Whether dropping a vice or picking up a virtue, a New Year’s resolution is a good incentive for a positive change in life.

You’ve been meaning to learn French. You’d love to play the piano. How great would it be to really know how to cook?

Resolving to learn something new is exciting: the world is full of fascinating facts, skills and talents.

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Future Activities

Children: Goss Reading Room Storytime

Tuesday, January 15th @ 3:30, at our Goss branch, 188 Elm St. in Lakeport for after school storytime. For more information, call 524-3808.

Preschool Storytime

Wednesday, January 16th @ 10:00 Thursday, January 17th @ 9:30 & 10:30 Stories and crafts in the Selig Storytime Room.

Booktalks for Kids

Thursday, January 17th @ 4:00 Laconia Rotary Hall Kids in grades 3-6 meet to discuss this month’s featured book.

Movies & More for Kids

Friday, January 18th @ 3:45 Laconia Rotary Hall “Ice Age – the Continental Drift” PG Admission is free. Kids under 10 must be accompanied by a responsible caregiver 14 or older.

Adult: Kellerhaus: Not Just a Candy Store, It’s a Tradition

Thursday, January 17th in Laconia Rotary Hall For over half a century the Keller family proudly made the finest quality ice cream and candies in the Lakes Region of New Hampshire.

Now the tradition of Kellerhaus excellence continues with Mary Ellen and David Dutton and their family who purchased the historic business from Jeff and Bettina Potter in early 2004. The Duttons, who purchased the business along with all of the recipes for Keller’s homemade candies and ice cream, still practice the candy making secrets and techniques just as they were taught to Seth Keller himself. Mary Ellen will discuss the history of the Kellerhaus in what promises to be a delightful program complete with candy samples!

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By Holiday Mathis Humans have been on Earth for hundreds of thousands of years, and yet articles on basic topics like how to stretch and eat are still popular. Trust your human instinct, not the latest trend.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21).

According to Greek legend, fire was intended for the gods only. But then Prometheus stole a flame or two and gave it to the humans. He was punished for this act of kindness, and maybe right now you can relate.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19).

Don’t let your quest for knowledge consume you. There is no reason to make a grab for the distant bits. Let things come to you. Everyone knows what happens to people who overreach: They lose their balance.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). True to your sign, you’ll share what’s in your vessel and still have more left over for you. But instead of water, or perhaps in addition to it, you have insight, wisdom and health to give.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). You don’t need a complicated mind map to find out what you really want to do.

It’s obvious. The only thing stopping you from going forward is fear, and that will slowly disappear as you take more steps toward your desire.

TODAY’S BIRTHDAY (Jan. 8). Your cosmic birthday gift is a new level of personal freedom. Breezy energy comes into your professional life, and suddenly the one who held you back gets out of your way in February. Your social life rocks in March. Singles love the relationship options. September travel unites family in common fun.

Cancer and Virgo people adore you.

Your lucky numbers are: 20, 4, 44, 49 and 30.

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ARIES (March 21-April 19). If you can’t gain insight into another person’s nature, try to gain insight into your own.

By doing this, you’ll align yourself with the forces of greater understanding.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20). The bull doesn’t always rage. So powerful a creature needn’t prove how powerful he or she is at every juncture. And just now, you’re about as peaceful, docile and content as a cow in the meadow.

GEMINI (May 21-June 21). There’s much to process in social dynamics right now, and you are game. You know how you want this chapter of your life story to end, but you just may get a cliffhanger instead. Certainty is overrated anyhow!

CANCER (June 22-July 22). Even though there are challenges in your financial sector, they can all be worked out. This feels like the most of your worries, and it’s really the least. Relax and let heaven reflect your inner beauty back to you.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). Within you is the power to strike a fire in someone’s heart. You may even sense that you could do this in the heart of everyone you meet if you were so inclined.

And you wouldn’t be out of line, either.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). It may seem that you’re helpless to make a difference, but it’s not true. The world is big, but you can always do something to make it better. By resolving conflicts within yourself you’ll bring harmony to your environment.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). It’s a bit like when you’re watching your favorite drama and you come to an episode in which surprisingly little happens. Don’t lose interest, though. There are more exciting days around the bend.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21).

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––––––– ALMANAC ––––––– Today is Tuesday, Jan. 8, the eighth day of 2013. There are 357 days left in the year.

Today’s Highlight in History: On Jan. 8, 1963, Leonardo da Vinci’s “Mona Lisa,” on loan to the United States from the Louvre Museum in Paris, went on display at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., with President John F. Kennedy and his wife, Jacqueline, in attendance.

On this date: In 1790, President George Washington delivered his first State of the Union address to Congress in New York.

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 1863, America’s First Transcontinental Railroad had its beginnings as California Gov. Leland Stanford broke ground for the Central Pacific Railroad in Sacramento. (The transcontinental railroad was completed in Promontory, Utah, in May 1869.)

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 1964, President Lyndon B. Johnson declared a “War on Poverty” in his State of the Union address.

In 1982, American Telephone and Telegraph settled the Justice Department’s antitrust lawsuit against it by agreeing to divest itself of the 22 Bell System companies.

In 1989, 47 people were killed when a British Midland Boeing 737-400 carrying 126 people crashed in central England.

In 2011, U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, D-Ariz., was shot and critically wounded when a gunman opened fire as the congresswoman met with constituents in Tucson; six other people were killed, 12 others also injured. (Jared Lee Loughner (LAWF’-nur) has pleaded not guilty to 49 charges in connection with the shooting.)

One year ago: Bells rang in Tucson, Ariz., as residents paused to remember the six people killed in the shooting rampage a year earlier that left Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords severely wounded; Giffords led a crowd in the Pledge of Allegiance during an evening vigil.

Today’s Birthdays: Actor-comedian Larry Storch is 90. Actor Ron Moody is 89. Singer Shirley Bassey is 76. Game show host Bob Eubanks is 75. Country-gospel singer Cristy Lane is 73.

Rhythm-and-blues singer Anthony Gourdine is 72.

Actress Yvette Mimieux is 71. Physicist Stephen Hawking is 71. Rock musician Robby Krieger is 67. Rock singer David Bowie is 66. Movie director John McTiernan is 62. Actress Harriet Sansom Harris is 58. Singer-songwriter Ron Sexsmith is 49. Actress Michelle Forbes is 48. Singer R. Kelly is 46. Actress Ami Dolenz is 44. Reggae singer Sean Paul is 40. Country singer Tift Merritt is 38. Actress-rock singer Jenny Lewis is 37.

Actress Amber Benson is 36. Actor Scott Whyte is 35. Actress Sarah Polley is 34. Actor Windell D. Middlebrooks is 34. Actress Rachel Nichols is 33.

Actress Gaby Hoffman is 31.

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CALENDAR TODAY’S EVENTS Genealogy Club-Historic Tea Traditions presenting Hetty Startup, a lecturer of art history and architectural history at UNH. 4-5:00 p.m. at the Meredith Library.

Meredith Public Library Board of Trustees meeting.

6-7:30 p.m. at the Meredith Library. Open to the public. The Board of Trustees meet the second Tuesday of each month.

Zonta Club of the Lakes Region meeting featuring an update on current Zonta International Service Projects.

6:30 p.m. in the Woodside Building at the Taylor Community in Laconia.

Moultonborough Toastmaster meeting. 6 p.m. at the town library. Everyone from surrounding towns also welcome to attend. Toastmasters develop speech practice that is self-paced and specific to an individuals needs. For more information call 476-5760.

Storytime at Belmont Public Library. 3:30 p.m.

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

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

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

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

The Lakes Region Camera Club meets on the first and third Tuesday of the month at The Trinity Episcopal Church on Route 25 in Meredith at 7:30 p.m. Persons of any experience level are welcome. For more information, visit our website at www.lrcameraclub.com or call Phyllis Meinke at 340-2359.

WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 9 Workshop on Tax Strategy for Small Business offered

by SCORE Lakes Region and Meredith Village Savings Bank. 5-8 p.m. at the Lakes Region Chamber of Commerce on South Main Street in Laconia. Tuition is $25 per person paid in advance or $30 at the door. Veterans and students attend for free. Seating limited. To register visit www.lakesregion.score.org.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Daily happenings at the Hall Memorial Library in Northfield. Story time 10:30 and 11:30 a.m. Scrabble 1-3 p.m. Arts and Crafts featuring a memory box project 3:30 p.m.

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

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ANNIE’S MAILBOX

Dear Annie: I am a 50-year-old adoptee. About 10 years ago, I was finally able to locate my biological mother. It took me months to work up the nerve to phone her, and the call was a nightmare.

Her first words were, “How did you find me? I was told nobody would ever know.” That was followed by, “What do you want from me?” I explained that the laws in Kansas had changed, and they released the information. I told her I didn’t want anything except family medical history and some knowledge of where I came from. I told her I understood those were different times and I hold no ill will because I’ve had a wonderful life with adoptive parents who love me.

I cried for three days after that call. I was completely crushed. Four days later, she called back, quite apologetic, and we talked for more than an hour. Obviously, she needed time to get past the shock.

Here’s the problem. She has three other children who are all adults now, and she doesn’t want them to know about me.

She told her late husband, but she spent years fearing I would contact her. I do not agree with her position. I feel the kids have a right to know they have a half-sister. Your thoughts?

-- Conflicted Adoptee from Kansas Dear Conflicted: We agree, but try to see this from your bio mom’s perspective. She believes knowing that she had a child before she married the children’s father would devastate them and change how they feel about her. Instead of pressuring her, help her see that her children might be surprised, but not necessarily upset. And they may be angry if she withholds this information and they find out later. Encourage her to see contact between you in a more positive light.

Dear Annie: My son is a dedicated anesthesiologist. He took a job at a small hospital in a small town, hoping to enjoy a reasonable life. The pay isn’t as good as that of a large hos-

pital in a big city, but he was willing to take a cut in order to work there. I realize that the hours are never good for his type of specialty, but I am so upset that the people at this hospital expect him to put in 24-hour days with little sleep. I thought the lack of sleep for doctors was studied and determined to be unacceptable and harmful to patients. What on earth are these people thinking?

I would be very concerned about stretching a doctor’s exhaustion to the brink of something serious happening. What can I do? -- Worried Mom Dear Worried: In order to prevent fatigue-related medical errors, rules were put into effect limiting residents’ work hours. Last year, the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education updated those rules. At the moment, firstyear residents cannot work longer than 16 hours straight. But more advanced residents can work up to 24 hours straight. If your son is past his first-year residency, his hospital is doing nothing unusual. We know you don’t want your son to be overextended, but you need to let him handle this however he sees fit.

Dear Annie: “Sickened on the East Coast” was in a dispute with her child’s middle school over their summer reading list.

I was in a similar situation several years ago with my son’s high school. I read the recommended book along with my son so we could discuss it. I felt the book was inappropriate for a number of reasons.

At the beginning of the school year, I requested a meeting with the head of the English department. I explained my objections and also provided alternate titles for future summer reading assignments, pointing out life lessons that could be taught with my suggested titles. I think most people are willing to listen to our complaints when we also provide a solution. -- A Mom

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

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Animals

Autos

BEAUTIFUL Puppies: Apricot and black. Pomapoo Teddy Bears .

Champ background. Good price.

Healthy, happy, home raised.

253-6373.

NICE Ford Ranger short bed pick-up. 4 cylinder, 5-speed, 170K, inspected until May, rust free, book value $3,200 selling $2,150/OBO. Call 455-2430

DACHSHUNDS puppies. Heath & temperament guaranteed.

Parents on premise, $400 (603)539-1603.

Business Opportunities

FREE Parakeet: Young. To a good home only. Cage not included. 524-6653.

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

Open Wednesday-Sunday, 10-5.

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

Appliances USED Frigidaire 20.6 Cubic Ft. refrigerator and electric stove. $150. each. 603-998-6176

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

P3 s Towing. 630-3606 1998 BUICK Riviera- 113K, Excellent condition, green, leather, all options. Salvage title, $2,500. $2,500 603-496-5619 2004 Buick LeSabre- 100K, automatic, 4-door, runs good. Not registered or inspected. $2,000.

524-5052 2009 Toyota Camry- 4 cylinder, automatic, 40K miles, excellent condition, loaded. $14,000/OBO. 290-2324 BUYING junk cars, trucks & big trucks ME & NH. Call for price.

Martin Towing. (603)305-4504.

CASH paid for unwanted or junk

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

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

RETIRING! Great part time busi ness for sale. $7200. Only 2 to 3 days per month.

Call 603-455-5813.

Employment Wanted COMPASSIONATE LNA/Care Giver. 30 years experience. Great references. Will travel, do overnight. 603-875-1232 or 344-9190 HARD WORKING experienced cleaning woman looking for more jobs. Regular or one-time cleaning. Hillarie, 998-2601

For Rent ALTON/GILFORD Townline: 2BR Cottage w/3-season porch, $235/week +utilities; 3BR Apt. $250/week +utilities. Cable/ Internet included. Dogs OK w/references.

Beach access.

(603)365-0799.

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

524-0348 or visit M-W-F, 12-5, at our new location, 142 Church St. (Behind CVS Pharmacy.)

GILFORD 2 - One bedrm, street level units available. 1 at $875/ month & 1 at $1000/ month. All utilities included, 1st & sec required. Sorry no pets or smoking.

Immediate occupancy. Mineral

For Rent BELMONT 2 bedroom apartment, heated, walking distance to the Belknap Mall. $195.00/wk, Four weeks security deposit, no pets. Call:

527-9221 BELMONT farmhouse 2 bedroom apartment. 2nd floor, large balcony, heat & electric included. No pets/No smoking. $760/Month.

340-6219 FURNISHED Room with private bathroom. Heat, hot water & cable included. $150 per week.

603-366-4468.

Gilford 2nd floor Studio, $320/Bi-Weekly, + security deposit. Includes heat, electricity.

No smoking/No pets. 630-2393 GILFORD Farmhouse- 5 bedrooms, 2 baths, wood heat possible, animals ok, no smoking. $1,100/Month + utilities, references, security. 293-7038 GILFORD Upstairs Apartment$700/Month, no security deposit.

Heat included, electric not included. No pets. Ask for George 998-7750

For Rent GILMANTON 4-Corners, 1 bedroom in nice neighborhood.

Wireless internet included, parking, backyard.

Security deposit and lease req'd. No smoking or dogs. $750/month 630-2681.

LACONIA 3 BR, heat and hot water, plowed parking, private entrance, newly renovated, $235/WK.Security Deposit required. No pets. . 603-455-6115

LACONIA APARTMENT Updated, 3 bedroom, 1-1/2 bath with deck area. Nice unit, $975/Month + Utilities.

630-2882 LACONIA 1st floor 2-3 bedroom apartment on Pleasant St. Walk to town & beaches, recently repainted, carpeting, appliances, full bath. $1,000/Month includes heat & hot water. 524-3892 or 630-4771 LACONIA 2-bedroom 2nd floor on Province St. Clean, sunny, lead safe. Good neighborhood with private parking. Washer/dryer access, no pets, $800/Month + utilities. 508-423-0479

GILFORD, Single male needs roommate(s). 2 bedrooms available. $100+ per week, share utilities. Pets considered. 556-7098.

LACONIA2-ROOMMATES wanted to share personal home.

Clean, quiet, sober environment.

All inclusive, $110-$150/week.

455-2014

GILFORD: 2-bedroom units avail able. Heat & electricity included.

From $240/week. Pets considered. 556-7098.

LACONIA 2BR, heat and hot water included, plowed parking, private entrance, newly renovated, no pets. $195/WK Security Deposit required. 603-455-6115

GILFORD: Currently available, semi-attached. 2 bedroom + exercise/utility room, one bathroom, and one car garage. W&D hookup, refrigerator and stove.

Large backyard. $850/Month + heating oil & electric. Owners pay water, sewer, trash and snow

For Rent

Cozy 2-bedroom unit, coin-up Laundry, newly painted, quiet location. $800/Month. Security deposit required. 387-8664 LACONIA Large 3 bedroom 1st floor apartment. All rooms newly painted, new carpeting, newly tiled kitchen floor with washer/dryer. $1,100/Month + utilities. 1 month security deposit and lease required. Available now. Call 603-524-3759 and leave message for application.

LACONIA Small 1-bedroom second floor apartment close to LRGH. $150/weeek, includes heat & hot water. Smoke free, no pets & security deposit required. Call 524-9240 LACONIA- 2 bedroom house near LRGH. Includes heat & hot water, washer/dryer, and snow removal. $1,000/Month. No pets/smoking.

524-5455

TILTON: Spacious 2 and 3 bedroom apartments available. Heat and hot water included. Please call Mary at Stewart Property Management (603)641-2163.

EHO. TILTON: Large room for rent downtown. $150/week includes all utilities. 603-286-4391.

For Rent-Commercial

LACONIA- LARGE, bright 1st floor 1 bedroom on Pleasant St. Heat/Hot water included, on-site laundry, non-smoking.

603-617-9987 LACONIA- Nice 1 bedroom. No pets/no smoking, $130/week plus utilities 387-6810 Laconia- Wingate Village, 103 Blueberry Lane. 2-Bedroom & 3-bedroom townhouses for rent. $825/$875. Washer/Dryer hookups, private yard, full basement, dishwasher & A/C, in convenient location. Heat & hot water included. Call us today at 603-524-4363. EHO, FHO. LACONIA: 2 bedroom, 1st floor.

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

524-1234 www.whitemtrentals.com.

LACONIA: 2 bedroom, 2nd floor in duplex building. $230/week, including heat, electric & hot water. 524-1234, www.whitemtrentals.com.

LACONIA: Very nice 1-bedroom apartment in clean, quiet, downtown building. Recently painted.

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

LACONIA: 1st Floor, Large 3BR, 2-bath apartment. Deck and parking. No pets, no smokers. Security deposit, references and lease required. $900/month plus utilities.

875-2292.

BELMONT: Route 106, 3-bay garage, 2-lifts, excellent location, great condition, plenty of parking. $2,000/month. (603)630-4198.

For Sale

LACONIA: Gilbert Apartments.

Call for available apartments.

524-4428

7-foot snowplow with lights & hydraulic lift. Made for a small truck. $400. 524-4445

LAKEPORT: 5-room, 2-Bedroom.

Includes snow removal, washer/dryer, lake view. 2nd floor unfurnished. $180/Week. Leave message for Bob, 781-283-0783

8’ HD Blizzard snowplow. Brand new, in original pkg., fits 20082013 F-250 through F-550. $3000.

603-539-6902, 978-808-8315.

MINUTES from Concord2-bedroom 1-bath completely renovated energy efficient apartment complex. $825, including hot water with free WiFi. Secured building access, onsite laundry and more. Military discount available. Convenient Rte 3 location in West Franklin!

Must See, Call today!

603-744-3551 NEWFOUND Lake Area, 3 BR, 3 B, 15 acres, fields and woods, 1835 ft on the river, mountain views. $1400/mo. 1 plus year lease, Roche Realty Group, ask for Chuck 603-279-7046 ext 342 anytime day or evening.

AMAZING! Beautiful Pillowtop Mattress Sets. Twin $199, Full or Queen $249, King $449. Call 603-305-9763 See “Furniture” AD. Antique Philco radio with 78 record player. works well, $250/OBO. 2008 Honda CRV, low miles $14,950. 744-6107 FISH TANK: 46 gallon bow front tank; light wood veneer stand; light, heater, pump and filter included: $250. Call 279-4764.

FLATBED trailer- 16ft. X 76in.

Double axle galvanized frame, carries four ATV s, needs 4 tires. $650. 875-0363 FOUR 215 55 R 16 General Altimax Arctic directional snow tires mounted on alloy rims. About half wear remaining. $199.

674-7302

LACONIA Duplex Unit- 2 Bedroom unit with W/D hookups, storage and parking. $805/month plus utilities. Call 315-9492.

LACONIA Duplex Unit- 4 bedroom unit with W/D hookups, storage and parking. $1,150/month plus

For Rent

LACONIA HEAT INCLUDED!

5500 Watt Honeywell Generator.

Electric/hand start. 220/120 outlets, on wheels. Runs good, $750. 677-2865 TILTON: Downstairs 1-bedroom. $620-640/Month. Heat and hot water included. No dogs,

GOODYEAR

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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 9

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

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

TOPS (Taking Off Pounds Sensibly) group meeting.

5:30 p.m. at the First Congregational Church in Meredith.

For Sale

Help Wanted

HD TV- Sceptre LCD 23", used as backup TV w/LG Blue Ray Player $100. 267-0977

BROCHURE distributor needed.

Flexible hours, good pay, must have reliable car. References required (603)356-7011.

IBANEZ Gio electric guitar, mint, $89, Peavey Special 130W amplifier, Scorpion, $129. Both $199 286-4012.

Patriots Playoff Tickets

for sale! (603)356-5775, (603)548-8049.

PIANO

1950’s, Lester Spinet. Reconditioned and refinished 2004.

Matching bench $689 negotiable. Contact for photo, details (603)986-1475.

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

Benjamin Oil, LLC. 603-731-5980 Used 2 inch gasoline Homelite water pump. (pumps 83 gallons per minute) with hose and fire nozzle $150. 524-4445 WALL TILES: Ceramic, Glazed, 74 sq. ft., American Olean, 6”x6”, Sandy Ridge (color), $40. Please call 455-3686.

Karaoke event Saturday at American Legion Post 33

MEREDITH — The American Legion Post 33 in Meredith, is hosting a Karaoke event on Saturday January 12, at 7:30 p.m. at the Post at 6 Plymouth Street in Meredith. The event is sponsored by the American Legion.

‘All interested people are invited to come sing and

Help Wanted

In Laconia, N.H. Our general dental practice has an immediate opening for an experienced part-time dental assistant. CDA licensing perferred. Must possess excellent computer skills and be experienced with dental software.

Maturity, enthusiasm, organization, curiosity, confidence and self-motivation are skills we value.

If you are great with people, have a desire to help us provide excellent & healthy restorative & esthetic oral dental care to our patients, and are looking for your own dental home, please contact us now; We are eager to meet your! Please email your resume, references, education data and professional licensing info. to: beautifulsmilesNH@gmail.com

Due to continued growth in our boat repair service business Channel Marine will be adding a new experienced Marine Technician to our service team (year-round) and also a winter seasonal position (Jan. thru March/April). Experience and/or certifications with Mercruiser and/or Yamaha a plus. Forward resume to: admin@channelmarine.com or call Kelly at 603-366-4801, X214.

WINNERS WANTED

SHOVELERS WANTED $10-$15 PER HOUR Full-time clerk, cashier, stocking.

Must be 21 years old. Nights and weekends a must. Apply in person. No phone calls please.

Meredith Case N Keg.

HAIR CUTTER WANTED Full time, must have barbering skills. 524-7978 LINCARE, a leading National respiratory company, is seeking a Healthcare Specialist. Responsibilities: Disease management programs, clinical evaluations, equipment set up and education.

Be the Dr. s eyes in the home setting. RN, LPN, RRT, CRT licensed as applicable. Great personalities with strong work ethic needed. Competitive salary, benefits and career paths.

Drug-free workplace. EOE. Please fax your resume to 603-267-8231 Attn: Carol, or call 603-267-7406

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

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

603-305-9763 COUCH with matching couch chair, country style skirted fabric, light blue and white checkered.

Great condition, needs shampooing, been stored. $250. 524-6653

SALES

FULL TIME AUTO TECHNICIAN Must have own tools, NH State Inspection License. AS certification, valid driver s license and clean driving record required.

Apply in person at Union Ave. Auto, 415 Union Ave. Laconia

Fast growing, small publisher in North Conway needs experienced print & web ad sales person. Full/ part-time, territory from Lakes Region to Canadian Border. Make your own schedule for new and existing accounts. Salary plus commission. Equity position potential for the right person. Resume and references required.

(603)356-7011.

Information Tech /Admin. Assistant Interlakes Community Caregivers, Inc. Responsible for managing information systems, bookkeeping, and providing secretarial support for office operations. Must possess in depth knowledge of QuickBooks, Access, Excel, and MSWord. 20 hours per week

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

Help Wanted Belknap Independent Business Alliance (BIBA) Director position available: 20 hours per month. Exciting opportunity to support local independent businesses and the community. Email your resume to info@bibanh.org

Help Wanted

Services

TWO MARINE TECHNICIAN OPENINGS

COME JOIN THE BEAUTIFUL SMILES TEAM OF DR. THOMAS FINN, JR.

Furniture

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

603-524-1430.

Help Wanted

watch others sing and have fun. There is no smoking at this event.

A $5 donation is requested for this event.

Mail letter of interest and resume to: ICCI, POB 78 Center Harbor, NH. Phone 603-253-8559 for information.

Belknap Landscape Company is looking for dependable people to shovel snow.

This is an On Call position; shifts could vary - day or night on heavy snow days. Job duties will include shoveling snow off roofs or clearing walkways at commercial & residential properties. Must be able to lift heavy objects, work long shifts & able to drive in snowstorms. Applicants must be 18 years of age, have a valid NH driver's license & reliable transportation. BLC is a drug free employer & conducts pre-employment drug screens.

If interested please apply in person to Rhonda Blackey at 25 Country Club Road, Unit #302, Gilford, NH.

We need 21 people ASAP. If you are looking for: Full time hours or more; permanent or temp positions; flexible schedule; nice bonuses for the new year; quick advancement; earning potential; $550 weekly; $1000 sign on bonus; call us immediately.

We need help in all departments. Start training this week.

No experience required.

(603)822-0220.

Home Improvements TOTAL FLOOR CARE, TOTAL HOME CARE

NEEDED - ABE MATH AIDE. BEGINNING and INTERMEDIATE levels. Tuesday and Thursday evenings from 6:00-8:30 p.m. Semester runs for 11 weeks. Must have Math teaching experience. Will be working with adult learners. Rewarding experience.

Call: Laconia Adult Education

Call 524-5712

DELETED YOUR PHOTOS? We can get them back! Call 524-4042.

DICK THE HANDYMAN Available for small and odd jobs, also excavation work, small tree and stump removal and small roofs! Call for more details. Dick Maltais 603-267-7262 or 603-630-0121 HARDWOOD Flooring- Dust Free Sanding. 25 years experience.

Excellent references. Weiler Building Services 986-4045 Email: weilbuild@yahoo.com

Professional Floor sanding, refinishing. Repair: remodeling, painting, cleaning. 603-986-8235

Motorcycles Buy • Sell • Trade www.motoworks.biz

(603)447-1198. Olson’s Moto Works, RT16 Albany, NH. NICE !83 Honda V45 Magna750cc, water cooled shaft drive, book value $2,900 selling $1,275/OBO. 455-2430

Roommate Wanted SHARE log home, own bedroom and bath, possibly sitting area all utilities included. Brand new construction. Small dog possible.

Call 603-707-1206 WEIRS Beach Area: To share house, $500/month, everything included. Beach rights. 393-6793.

Services PIPER ROOFING Quality Work Reasonable Rates Free Estimates Metal Roofs • Shingle Roofs

PLOWING Commercial & Resi dential. Call 630-3511.

PROMOTIONS, heavy sales, marketing, personal courier. available for 30-60-90 day periods. Mr. Blackburn 515-6764 QUALITY Firewood: Seasoned, dry hardwood. Pine or green available. Call for details, competative prices. 393-1708.

CALL THE HUNGRY PAINTER: Painting, small tree work, dump runs, odd jobs, water damage/drywall repairs. 455-6296.

Our Customers Don t get Soaked!

528-3531 Major credit cards accepted CAGGIANO TREE SERVICE, Trusted for over 30 years in the Lakes Region. We will meet or beat any price. Call for your free estimate today. 603-253-9762.

CHAIR CANING

LACONIA ADULT EDUCATION PART-TIME EVENINGS WINTER 2013

COMPLETE CARE CLEANING SERVICE Reasonable rates, home and commercial. No job too big or small. Call for free estimate today.

603-717-6682

Seatweaving. Classes. Supplies.

New England Porch Rockers, 10 Pleasant Street in downtown Laconia. Open every day at 10, closed Sunday. 603-393-6451.

WET BASEMENTS,

cracked or buckling walls, crawl space problems, backed by 40 years experience. Guaranteed 603-356-4759 basementauthoritiesnh.com.

Snowmobiles 03 Skidoo Grand Touring, V1000, 4 stroke, 2 up, fully equipped, like new, 1570 miles. $3500 OBO, 293-9183

Storage Space LACONIA: Storage sheds, South Main Street. 8 1/4 X 8 1/4 $30/month, 4 1/4 X 8 1/4 $15/month. 524-1234.

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