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Neighbors had been waiting for drug bust in Gilford mobile home park

By Gail OBer

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GILFORD — Police arrested two people on a variety of drug related felonies after executing a search warrant in the Old Lake Shore Co-op Park yesterday afternoon.

Mark D. Hebert Jr., 32, of 343 Old Lake Shore Road # 34 is charged with five felonies — two for marijuana sales; one count of sales of Psilcybin (a hallucinogen); one count of sale of mescaline (also a hallucinogen); and one count of sales of Amphetamine Dextroamphetamine.

He is being held at the Belknap County Jail on $200,000 cash bail.

Lenor V. Jones, 32, of 343 Old Lake Shore Road # 34 is charged with criminal liability for the conducted of another as it related to marijuana sales.

She is being held on $50,000 cash bail.

Police said they are not releasing the specifics of the search at this time, however, one of the residents of the park said yesterday that he believes the police have been trying to catch the people who live in number 34 for see BUsT page 5

Milly Shaw was honored last evening with the “Community Builder Award” by the Doric Centre Lodge #20 Free & Accepted Masons in a ceremony at the Lane Tavern in Sanbornton Square. Making the presentation was Lodge Grand Master Woodbury Fogg (right), with assistance from N.H. Lodge Grand Master Paul Leary (standing at left).

The Doric Centre Lodge, now located in Tilton, was formed in the very same room on October 9, 1809. (Karen Bobotas/for The Laconia Daily Sun)

Masons honor Milly Shaw as ‘Community Builder’

By Michael Kitch THE LACONIA DAILY SUN

SANBORNTON — Milly Shaw has been active in this community since the late 1940s, when she first came to town and immediately became involved with the local Grange, where she is a 63-yearmember, and with the PTA at Sanbornton Central School.

Last night she was honored by Doric

Centre Lodge #20 Free & Accepted Mason with the lodge’s Community Builder Award, an honor which was presented to her at the Lane Tavern, where the lodge members had gathered for the 203rd anniversary of the founding of their fraternity.

Shaw had no idea that she was about to receive the award and had attended the meeting to perform yet another in her

Youssef says he will ask court to release his sealed financial records

By Gail OBer

THE LACONIA DAILY SUN

LACONIA — State Senate District 7 Republican candidate Josh Youssef said yesterday he and the Concord Monitor will jointly seek a court order that allows for the public release of

his financial records.

He said both parties have agreed to comply “with a statute that limits the release of protected records” and his attorney and the Monitor’s attorney are working together on a motion that will go before

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N.H. Supreme Court rules out-of-state students can vote here on November 6

CONCORD (AP) — The state Supreme Court sided with a lower court judge Tuesday and left a new voter registration law on hold, clearing the way for out-of-state college students to continue to vote in New Hampshire.

The high court, in its 3-2 decision, said the state did not prove the lower court erred in leaving the old law in effect pending resolution of the case. Two justices dissented, arguing new laws are presumed constitutional until found otherwise and thus the law should be allowed to be implemented.

“Because of the complexities of the issues raised and the imminence of the upcoming election, we think it unrealistic to expect that this case could be concluded in both the superior court and this court prior to the election,” the court said.

Students traditionally have been allowed to declare the state see STUDENTS page 11

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Sandusky, 68, sentenced to minimum of 30 years 68-year-old Sandusky will spend the rest of his life behind bars for the child sexual abuse scandal that brought disgrace to Penn State and triggered the downfall of his former boss, football coach Joe Paterno.

He leaves behind a trail of human and legal wreckage that could take years for the university to clear away.

“The tragedy of this crime is that it’s a story of betrayal. The most obvious aspect is your betrayal of 10 children,” Judge John Cleland said after a hearing in which three of the men Sandusky was convicted of molesting as boys confronted him face

to face and told of the lasting pain he had inflicted.

The judge said he expects Sandusky to die in prison.

In a disjointed, 15-minute address before he learned his sentence, Sandusky said: “In my heart I did not do these alleged disgusting acts.”

Sprinkling his remarks with sports references, the former assistant coach spoke of being locked up in a jail cell, subjected to outbursts from fellow inmates, reading inspirational books and trying to find a see SANDUSKY page 5

MEXICO CITY (AP) — The death of the founder and leader of Mexico’s brutal Zetas cartel in a firefight with marines outside a baseball game near the Texas border was perhaps the biggest coup of President Felipe Calderon’s war on drugs.

But triumph turned to embarrassment when authorities lost the body.

Officials still haven’t found the remains of Heriberto Lazcano, which were snatched

from a funeral home and whisked away by gunmen in a hijacked hearse hours after the Zetas strongman died in a hail of gunfire in the town of Progreso in Coahuila state.

Asked how the body could be stolen, Interior Secretary Alejandro Poire suggested Tuesday that there might have been a lack of coordination between the military and civilian authorities. Under Mexican law, military forces must turn evidence, bodies

and suspects over to civilian prosecutors.

“We have to improve coordination, to avoid this type of incident,” Poire said. “But there is no doubt about the identity of this person.”

Authorities said that assurance was based on fingerprints and photos taken while they still had the body. The navy released two photos showing the puffy, see CAPO page 12

WASHINGTON (AP) — The State Department said Tuesday it never concluded that the consulate attack in Libya stemmed from protests over an American-made video ridiculing Islam, raising further questions about why the Obama administration used that explanation for

more than a week after assailants killed the U.S. ambassador and three other Americans.

The revelation came as new documents suggested internal disagreement over appropriate levels of security before the attack, which occurred on the 11th anni-

versary of the Sept. 11 terror attacks on the U.S. Briefing reporters ahead of a hotly anticipated congressional hearing Wednesday, State Department officials provided their most detailed rundown of how a peaceful see LIBYA page 10

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With his accusers seated behind him in the courtroom, he denied committing “disgusting acts” against children and instead painted himself as the victim.

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Guinta & Shea-Porter City Council will ask probate court to allow portion debate jobs & Medicare of Putnam Fund principal to be spent on programs

CONCORD (AP) — Four weeks before the election, candidates for New Hampshire’s 1st Congressional District seat are debating some of the same issues that divided them two years ago.

The race is a rematch between Republican U.S. Rep. Frank Guinta and Democrat Carol Shea-Porter, who held the seat for two terms before being ousted by Guinta in 2010. In a debate Tuesday night, Guinta echoed his criticism from the last campaign, calling the federal stimulus program SheaPorter supported a failure that hasn’t helped with unemployment. And he blamed Senate Democrats for thwarting House bills related to job creation and the budget.

“How in God’s name can a small business owner or anyone in this country predict what is going to happen at the federal level when the Senate doesn’t come to the table?” he said.

Shea-Porter argued that the unemployment rate would have been even higher without the stimulus program, and pointed out that Guinta was happy enough to accept stimulus money for the Manchester airport when he served as mayor there.

“My opponent went to the Manchester airport when they used the stimulus money to build the access road and stood there and said how wonderful it was and how it was going to bring jobs to the area, and tourism, and how it was an example of what happened when we worked together,” she said.

The debate, hosted by WBIN-TV and sponsored

by AARP-New Hampshire, also touched on health care, including the Affordable Care Act and Medicare. Shea-Porter, who supports the former, said its focus on preventive care will help control Medicare costs down the road because seniors coming onto Medicare will be healthier. She also said eliminating waste and fraud would help keep the program solvent.

“To privatize it, or turn it over to a voucher program like my opponent would like to do, would be just wrong,” she said. “So we’ll tweak it, make it more responsive and work hard at controlling costs and keeping people healthy.”

Seizing on part of her comment, Guinta responded, “I don’t think tweaking solves the problem.” He argued that the so-called “premium support” plan backed by Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney would rely on competition to control spending, with people under age 55 having the choice of private insurance or traditional Medicare when they retire. Democrats argue the plan amounts to a voucher system.

Guinta also zeroed in on just part of Shea-Porter’s answer when the candidates were also asked whether recent events in Libya signal that the region is “in danger of spiraling out of control.” U.S. Ambassador Chris Stevens and three other Americans were killed at the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, Libya, on Sept. 11.

U.S. officials initially described the attack as a spontaneous protest over an anti-Muslim Internet video, but later called it terrorist act.

“It’s an outrage that it happened, we need to beef up security, but we can’t have a knee-jerk reaction either,” Shea-Porter said. “We need to recognize that for democracy to flourish, it’s going to be a bumpy road there.”

Guinta said he wouldn’t call the death of four Americans a “bumpy road.”

“People are so upset about this and you make it sound like it’s just a bump in the road, and I think that’s disappointing and it’s wrong,” he said.

Shea-Porter, who served on the House Armed Services committee, called that interpretation offensive, and repeated that the process of achieving democracy was a “bumpy road,” not the killing of Americans.

“It’s a terrible tragedy,” she said. “I recognize this is an absolute failure in our safety, protection and plans that we have for our ambassador. Please, let’s not make this a personal thing.”

BY MICHAEL KITCH THE LACONIA DAILY SUN

LACONIA — The City Council last night reaffirmed its earlier decision approving the request of the Putnam Fund Advisory Committee to petition the Belknap County Probate Court for authority to draw from the fund principal, as well as on its income, to finance performances. Councilor Matt Lahey (Ward 2) once again dissented.

The Putnam Fund was established some 40 years ago with the bequest of Nellie Chamberlin, who left the city some $240,000 to provide “free courses or lectures on history, literature, art or science.” Since then the fund has grown to almost $1-million. Since 1967 the Putnam Fund has sponsored local performances by Duke Ellington, the Four Freshman, Patti Page, Judy Collins and the Von Trapp Family Singers as well as appearances by author Alex Haley, pundit Jack Anderson and weatherman Willard Scott.

In August, Charles Bradley, one of the five members of the committee, first approached the council, explaining that with the low interest rates that have

prevailed since the onset of the recession, the annual income from the fund has not been sufficient to present events of the number and quality to which the committee and the public have become accustomed.

Bradley said that it was understood that expenditures could be funded from the principal balance, until the Trustees of the Trust Fund ruled that only income could be applied to staging events. The committee proposed that if the principal balance exceeded $900,000 at the beginning of the fiscal year, the fund be permitted to spend $50,000 and if the principal balance fell between $750,000 and $900,000, expenditures be limited to $40,000. And if the principal balance fell below $750,000, expenditures could not represent more than seven-percent of the value of the fund.

Although the committee, the Trustees of the Trust Funds and the Charitable Trust Division of the New Hampshire Department of Justice failed to resolve their differences over the issue, the council, with only Lahey dissenting, approved the committee’s request to petition the court, pending the advice of see next page

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Filling in for lieutenant injured in assault on Gilford Fire Station will eat up department’s overtime budget

BY GAIL OBER

GILFORD – Fire Chief Steve Carrier said yesterday shifts for the lieutenant injured while trying to restrain a young Gilmanton man who allegedly punched two windows of the fire station will have to be covered using overtime.

The lieutenant was one of three firefighters who were on duty Sunday night when Benjamen N. Page, 19, of 1020 N.H. Route 140 allegedly used his fists to break two windows in the overhead doors.

“The preliminary numbers look okay,” said Carrier who said he is reworking his budget and will make a report to the Board of Fire Engineers on Tuesday morning.

Carrier said he doesn’t think he will exceed his allocated total department budget, but was hoping to be able to return something to the town at the end of the year.

He said a glass company is coming to give him an estimate on replacing two panes in the overhead doors but he doesn’t expect the cost will have an effect on his budget.

The three firefighters including the lieutenant, Carrier said yesterday, restrained Page after they heard him tell the driver of a car parked across Cherry Valley Road (Rte. 11-A) to “give him the keys” and heard a woman screaming.

“They wanted to make sure he didn’t hurt the woman and that he see next page

from preceding page the city attorney.

Following discussions between the city attorney and Terry Knowles, assistant director of the Charitable Trust Division, Bradley returned to the council last night with an alternative to the committee’s initial request.

The revised petition asks the court to permit the Trustees of the Trust Fund to authorize expenditures in accord with a state statute (RSA 292B), which would authorize annual expenditure of income and principal provided the total expenditure does not exceed seven-percent of the fair market value of the fund.

Lahey again dissented. Afterwards he explained that the appreciation of principal, or increases in the value of the assets, must be distinguished from the income generated by these assets. Chamberlin’s will stipulated not only that “the principal shall be kept separate and intact and only the income shall be devoted to the uses of the trust,” but also “if at any time, the principal should be impaired from any cause, the income shall at once be applied to its restoration and continue to be so applied until the fund is restored to its original amount, after which the income shall be used as authorized for the purposes of the trust.”

Lahey said that the terms of the will appear to expressly forbid applying principal to supplement income to

fund expenditures. Instead, it requires that should the principal lose value, income must be applied to restore it rather than spent for the uses of the trust.

Lahey suggested that the council should hear from the Trustees of the Trust Funds. “We haven’t heard from them at all, “ he said eying Carl Reitz, chairman of the trustees, and his colleague Dick Breton, both whom sat silent in the council chambers. “I think that is the proper way to proceed,” he said.

“You’re making World War II out of something,” remarked Councilor Brenda Baer (Ward 4).”We’ve already had a legal opinion.”

Councilor Henry Lipman (Ward 3) suggested that the purpose of the fund should be served and, if its income was insufficient to support the advisory committee’s programming, prudent use of the principal would be appropriate.

“It’s not as simple as the way Henry has indicated,” Lahey insisted.

NOTE: Without debate the City Council resolved to withdraw its offer to purchase the former Laconia State School from the the state for $2.16-million. Last month Councilor Matt Lahey (Ward 2), who has led the effort to acquire the property, explained that since the state is in the process of placing the site on the open market, it would be prudent for the city to drop its offer at this time.

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BUST from page one got other priorities and some time. finally got back to it,” he He said he saw a police said. car in the park yesterday, The Sun was alerted but he said didn’t see what to the drug bust by a difhappened because he was ferent neighbor who said doing some work to the back teams of police came up to of his house. the mobile home with their “That must be the same guns drawn. one they’ve been sitting in Gilford Police said they the bushes looking for,” he Mark D. Hebert, Jr. expect other charges relat(Gilford Police photo) said, relating a story that ing to past drug sales are forthcoming. They said Hebert and one night this summer his neighbor told him he heard a “thump” Jones were taking into custody withoutside his home but when he went to out incident. look, he learned it was the police who Hebert and Jones are expected to told him to go inside. appear this morning by video arraign“But that was months ago,” he said. ment in the 4th Circuit Court, Laco“I figured they gave up or maybe they nia Division. from preceding page didn’t drive,” Carrier said.

Information obtained through the circuit court system shows this is not Page’s first encounter with law enforcement. In 2010 he pleaded guilty to driving after his license was suspended and driving after his registration was suspended.

In April of 2011, a charge of misdemeanor simple assault was placed on file. There was also a restraining order against him by the victim of the alleged assault.

He faces one count of criminal mischief, one count of disorderly conduct, and one count of resisting arrest as a result of Sunday’s attack.

To date, no information as to why Page allegedly attacked the fire station windows is known.

After being restrained by firefighters, police responded and Page continue to struggle. He was pepper sprayed and taken to the ground by a Gilford Police sergeant.

After his booking, he was taken by Gilford firefighters to Lakes Region General Hospital for treatment of cuts to his hands, including one large cut on his left forearm.

Carrier said during the time he was being transported, Page was calm and offered no resistance.

He is free on $25,000 personal recognizance bail.

As to security, Carrier said he is recommending no changes.

“This is a freak incident,” he said.

“All of our doors are locked and the station is secure.”

SANDUSKY from page 2 purpose in his fate. His voice cracked as he talked about missing his loved ones, including his wife, Dottie, who was in the gallery.

“Hopefully we can get better as a result of our hardship and suffering, that somehow, some way, something good will come out of this,” Sandusky said.

He also spoke of instances in which he helped children and did good works in the community, adding: “I’ve forgiven, I’ve been forgiven. I’ve comforted others, I’ve been comforted. I’ve been kissed by dogs, I’ve been bit by dogs. I’ve conformed, I’ve also been different. I’ve been me. I’ve been loved, I’ve been hated.”

Sandusky was convicted in June of 45 counts, found guilty of raping or fondling boys he had met through the acclaimed youth charity he founded, The Second Mile. He plans to appeal, arguing among other things that his defense was not given enough time to prepare for trial after his arrest last November.

Among the victims who spoke in court Tuesday was a young man who said he was 11 when Sandusky groped him in a shower in 1998. He said Sandusky is in denial and should “stop coming up with excuses.”

“I’ve been left with deep painful wounds that you caused and had been buried in the garden of my heart for many years,” he said.

Another man said he was 13 in 2001 when Sandusky lured him into a Penn State sauna and then a shower and forced him to touch the ex-coach.

“I am troubled with flashbacks of his naked body, something that will never be erased from my memory,” he said.

After the sentencing, prosecutor Joe McGettigan praised the victims’ courage and dismissed Sandusky’s comments as “a masterpiece of banal self-delusion, completely untethered from reality and without any acceptance of responsibility.”

“It was entirely self-focused as if he, again, were the victim,” McGettigan said.

Lawyers for the victims said they were satisfied with the sentence, but with four lawsuits brought against Penn State and several more expected, and Penn State laboring under severe NCAA penalties, cleaning up in the wake of what may be the biggest scandal in college sports history may take years.

Ben Andreozzi, an attorney for one the victims, said the university needs to do more: “It’s important they understand before we get into serious discussions about money, that there are other, noneconomic issues. We need apologies. We need changes in policy.

This isn’t just about money.”

Penn State fired Paterno after Sandusky’s arrest, and the coach died of lung cancer three months later. The scandal also brought down university President Graham Spanier.

Two university administrators, Gary Schultz and Tim Curley, are awaiting trial in January on charges they failed to properly report suspicions about Sandusky and lied to the grand jury that investigated him.

Over the summer, an investigation commissioned by Penn State and led by former FBI Director Louis Freeh concluded that Paterno and other top officials covered up allegations against Sandusky for more than a decade to avoid bad publicity.

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Michael Barone

Cracks in Obama’s firewall Wednesday night’s presidential debate in which Mitt Romney shellacked Barack Obama attracted the biggest audience since the debate between Jimmy Carter and Ronald Reagan seven days before the 1980 election. About 70 million Americans watched, a little more than half the 131 million voter turnout in 2008. That’s an estimate, because the ratings companies don’t count those watching on C-SPAN, PBS or the Internet.

Did the debates matter? The first state polls, conducted by Rasmussen and We Ask America on Thursday night, suggest the answer is yes.

Rasmussen reported that Romney was down 1 point in Ohio. We Ask America had him up 1 there. Rasmussen had Romney up 1 in Virginia. We Ask America had him up 3. And in Florida We Ask America had Romney up 3.

These states are important because the Obama campaign has spent millions on anti-Romney ads there, to build a firewall blocking Romney from getting to a 270-vote majority in the Electoral College.

The arithmetic is fairly simple. The 28 states plus the District of Columbia and one Nebraska congressional district Obama carried in 2008 have 359 electoral votes this year.

Subtract Indiana, which has fallen off the target list, and the Nebraska district, and he’s down to 347.

Subtract also the 15 electoral votes of North Carolina, which Team Obama hoped to contest but where it hasn’t been spending much money lately, and you’re down to 332.

Obama’s next three closest states were Florida, Ohio and Virginia, which together have 60 electoral votes. In every other state he carried, he ran ahead of his 53-percent share of the national vote.

Up to the debate, the tri-state strategy seemed to be working.

Obama carried Florida by 3 points in 2008, and the Realclearpolitics. com average of recent polls going into the debate showed him up 2 there.

Obama carried Ohio by 5 points, and pre-debate polling had him up 5 (I’ve rounded off the percentages and rounded .5s to the lower integer). Obama carried Virginia by 7 points, and pre-debate polling had him up 3.

In contrast, pre-debate polls had Obama lagging further behind his 2008 showing in five other target states — Colorado, Iowa, New Hampshire, Nevada and Wisconsin.

Not to worry, Obama strategists

said. If we hold Florida, Ohio and Virginia, we’ve got 332 electoral votes, way over 270. We can afford to lose the 35 electoral votes in those other five states.

But what if the firewall doesn’t hold? If the big three go for Romney, Obama is down to 272. If he loses one more state, he can join Al Gore on Current TV. The Obama strategy didn’t count on a debate performance like the one 70 million Americans watched Wednesday night.

As his dazed spin team pointed out, other incumbent presidents have stumbled in their first debates. But none ever had an instant poll report, as CNN’s did, that the challenger won by a margin of 67 to 25 percent.

The fact is that for all his professions of bipartisan amity, Obama cannot bear to listen to tough questions or well made counterarguments. He certainly hasn’t had to in the 200-plus fundraisers he’s attended.

On the split screen, we saw the same expression of irritation — as if he smelled something really bad — as we did when he faced tough questions from Fox News’ Bret Baier, when he had to listen to Paul Ryan demolish his health care plan at the Blair House summit, when he was probed on his broken immigration promise by interviewers on Univision.

What we didn’t see is the Obama who is supposedly fascinated by the details of public policy. Sans teleprompter, he repeated the talking points of his television ads and, when Romney responded sharply, he had nothing to fall back on.

We saw the president who found it fitting to jet off to campaign in Las Vegas the day after the first murder of a U.S. ambassador in 33 years.

As you read this, you have more polling information than I do as I write. It’s possible that the trend suggested by the Rasmussen and We Ask America results in Florida, Ohio and Virginia will not be confirmed by other polls. And there’s a whole month till the election.

Obama will surely perform better in his next two debates. Romney may not perform as well. But the first numbers suggest the firewall may be crumbling. We’ll see if it holds.

(Syndicated columnist Michael Barone is senior political analyst for The Washington Examiner, is a resident fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, a Fox News Channel contributor and co-author of The Almanac of American Politics.)

LETTERS If you lived in Concord you could keep chickens; why not here?

To the editor, What’s on your plate? If you live in Laconia, it’s probably not fried eggs from your own backyard chickens (unless you live in a Rural Residential zone.) Do you wish you could keep a small flock of chickens to provide fresh, healthy, delicious eggs for you and your family? If you lived in Concord you could have a small flock — or St. Louis, or Portland, or Los Angeles, or Honolulu! More and more cities around the country are passing ordinances allowing residents to keep a few chickens, even in the most urbanized areas.

Recently a Laconia resident requested a variance from the Zoning Board to keep some chickens, but it was denied. I’ve been told that City Hall regularly gets calls from people asking if they can keep chickens. Years ago chicken keeping in major cities was commonplace, but people were convinced it was better to buy eggs from grocery stores, and backyard chickens disappeared from the scene.

With the increased interest in selfsufficiency and local food production, the backyard chicken is making a comeback all across the nation. Join members of the Lakes Region Food Network on Food Day, October 24, for a showing of “Mad City Chickens”, a

documentary film about urban chicken keeping. According to the website, “Mad City Chickens” is a “sometimes serious, sometimes whimsical look at the people who keep urban chickens in their backyards. From experts and authors to a rescued landfill chicken or an inexperienced family that takes the poultry plunge — it’s a humorous and heartfelt trip through the world of backyard chickendom.” The showing will be at Prescott Farm Environmental Education Center, 928 White Oaks Road in Laconia, from 6:30-8:30 p.m. A potluck dessert buffet will precede the film, and there is no charge to attend. For more information, contact me at 528-8560 or barkers@alumni.unh.edu.

As a backyard chicken keeper (in a Rural Residential zone) I can attest to the pleasure of eating a truly fresh egg, with the deep gold, almost orange yolk that only comes from happy chickens who spend their days pecking and scratching in the grass, as chickens are meant to do. Chicken TV is what we call it, as we watch their antics from the kitchen window. If you’re interested in chickens, come to the film and see what all the clucking is about!

Karen Barker Laconia

Gubernatorial candidate forum in Tilton at midday on Sunday To the editor, On Sunday Oct. 14 at 11 a.m., the New Hampshire Sustainable Energy Association (NHSEA) will be hosting a gubernatorial candidate’s forum at the Winnisquam Regional High School Cafetorium located at 435 West Main Street in Tilton. Maggie Hassan and Ovide Lamontagne have been invited to speak. Come and hear what the two candidates for governor have to say about N.H.’s energy future and ask your own questions of them and their positions.

Join solar installers, developers, business owners, and homeowners to listen or participate as we discuss solar energy in N.H. during a special solar roundtable.

At this NHSEA event, I will be giving tours of Winnisquam’s new biomass (wood chip-burning) plant, and will discuss the energy upgrades that were undertaken at all six school buildings.

mittee of Sanbornton, I initiated, and arranged the financing for this $3.6-million project — and applied for, and was awarded a $1.2-million grant. In addition to creating New Hampshire jobs, protecting the environment, and keeping fuel dollars in the local economy, this energy saving project has saved taxpayers more than $300,000 with no increase in property taxes. These upgrades are projected to save more than $5 million over the next 25 years. Discussion will include how smart investing, such as what was done at Winnisquam, can play a part in New Hampshire’s clean energy future.

This event is free and open to the public. Light brunch refreshments will be provided.

Visit NHSEA on Facebook or contact info@nhsea.org for more information.

Ian Raymond, Candidate for the N.H. House of Representatives

THE LACONIA DAILY SUN, Wednesday, October 10, 2012 — Page 7

LETTERS I am both a giver & a taker; what does Romney think of me?

Original Democrat was opposed to strong central government

To the editor, Some have suggested that too much is being made of the remarks by Gov. Romney about the 47 percent of Americans who pay no federal income taxes. Perhaps that is so, perhaps not.

His recent disavowal of those comments does not alleviate my concern.

Please consider the following: The now infamous remarks lump together folks in many different categories as if they were one coherent, fixed group, which is clearly erroneous. In any given year some of those 47 -percent (actually 46.4 percent right now) are very low income workers, students or unemployed who may well be tax payers the following year when they have jobs that pay a taxable wage. Some of these folks are seniors, some are disabled, some are active military and some are the very wealthy who, because they are eligible for a multitude of tax loopholes, adroitly manage to pay zero taxes to the IRS. (Perhaps Gov. Romney does not mean to include the latter; the tone of his comments would appear to exclude them.)

Characterizing those who pay no taxes as feeling like victims, who take from the system, and are dependent on government handouts while taking no responsibility for themselves, is demeaning at best, false and cynical at worst.

I myself am receiving both Medicare and Social Security benefits, so clearly I am a taker. Yet I do not feel like a victim

To the editor, Political parties began in the U.S. when Jefferson and Madison were opposed to George Washington’s Secretary of the Treasury Alexander Hamilton — who called for a financially sound and credible federal government.

Labeled as Federalist by Jefferson, whose Republican Party (as in holding to the ideal of being a republic) formed at an anti-administration meeting in Philadelphia fearing a more powerful national government ruling the states.

With the election of Jefferson, the Federalist Party faded away (though it had only existed as a “party” because Jefferson’s claim to be in opposition to it in running against Adams). Newspapers at the time referred to them as “Jeffersonians”, Democrats and Republicans, Jefferson’s supporters referred to themselves as Republicans who were mostly farmers and opposed a strong central government. Oddly, their candidates for president were selected in a caucus of members of the U.S. Congress until 1824 when the “party” split four ways.

New Englanders under John Quincy Adams formed the National Republicans which became the Whig Party.

Another segment formed around Andrew Jackson in 1828 which retained title of “Democrats”. Split on opposition to the question of slavery, the Whig Party fell apart while the Democrat Party held together favoring slavery and still exist today. That folks is the history — simply.

Interestingly the “supply-sider”, “most Republican” modern-day president Ronald Reagan was a Democrat before he was a Republican. In his own words during a debate with Mondale, Oct. 7, 1984, said “... because I was a Democrat at that time. And I left the party eventually, because I could no longer follow the turn in the Democratic leadership that took us down an entirely different path, a path of centralizing authority in the

or someone who is dependent on or entitled to government handouts. I worked for over 35 years and paid into both systems every year of my working life.

I understood that my payments into the Medicare and Social Security systems were to prevent an older generation from falling into abject poverty, the social purpose of those programs, creating a safety net for all. So now it is my turn; I feel I have earned the benefits I am receiving.

On the other hand, I am also a giver.

I have always paid and still do pay federal income taxes every year (including on a portion of my Social Security benefits) and not at the 15 percent rate either! I must be part of the other 53.6 percent, even though I am simultaneously a giver and a taker. I am not sure what Gov. Romney thinks about folks like me.

For me the real problem with the remarks by Gov. Romney about the 47 percent is what they revealed about his true feelings about so many of the American people. Those comments, made in a private setting to a wealthy inner circle of supporters, are most certainly the sincere expression of his deep-seated cynical attitude towards almost half of the population.

His characterizations are demeaning, disparaging and disrespectful. I find them deeply disturbing and totally unacceptable in a candidate for the office of president. I hope you agree.

Anne Rogers Meredith

Obama’s attempt to avoid layoff notices is high corruption To the editor, When government funding cuts are certain to cause job layoffs or plant closures, federal law (The WARN Act) requires businesses to issue mandatory notices of impending layoffs. This primarily affects the defense industry and is front and center with the mandatory defense cuts that are now looming Jan. 1, as a result of this administration’s failure to target spending cuts in the federal government. The Obama administration desperately wants to avoid layoff notices going out just before the Nov. 6 general election. So, it is attempting to bribe certain defense contractors (BAE Systems, EADS North America, etc.) into purposely ignoring the law with the promise that the government will cover any fines or legal fees that they

may incur. WITH WHOSE MONEY? Ours — your tax dollars that should go to roads, schools, etc.

When an administration, of either party, is willing to ignore the law and attempt to use taxpayer dollars to bribe a company to influence an upcoming election, it should be abhorrent to every citizen in our country, regardless of political affiliation. This is corruption at the highest level. If we were one or two years into a presidential administration, I would have mentioned the word impeachment in this letter. We have a much more expedient solution. Election. Vote this corruption out Nov. 6th. Our nation’s future depends on it.

David Strang Gilmanton

Lamontagne has the drive & commitment to improve our state To the editor, New Hampshire needs a strong conservative voice for it’s people. Someone who would look at all options for encouraging business and education in our state. We should not be lead by a Washington mentality that tries to foster the belief that Washington has all the answers for every state’s problems or that we in New Hampshire cannot improve upon their systems or regulations. We have always been an independent voice of reason. We have kept at bay the need for a sales and income tax,and we have found ways to

balance budgets without continually digging into the pockets of our residents. There will be many challenges in the years ahead and I see only one candidate who has the experience and knowledge to meet that task.

That person is Ovide LaMontagne.

A person who has the personal commitment and the drive to improve our state and the courage to look at new ideas and options.

I encourage all to vote and cast your ballot for Ovide.

Robert Verdonck Moultonborough

federal government, lacking trust in the American people.”

We had then as a president a person holding to the beliefs of Jefferson who believed in state and individual rights and was opposed to a strong centralized federal government.

Today’s Democrats do not hold to Jefferson’s opposition to a strong central government, nor to Jackson’s.

Liberal/progressives take over of the party has given us a national health care law without an amendment to the Constitution giving it the authority to do so. All in the name of caring and compassion. Yet lacking in faith and trust of the very same people to vote for such an amendment; so much for being a republic.

The question is, Why do so many cling to a title which doesn’t represent them? “Democrat” had its strength in the early southern states, the early 20th century in the likes of Gov. and Senator Benjamin Tillman.

The progressives/liberal originally sought home ground in the Republican party through Theodore Roosevelt, and many would say in stealth through Nixon and others. Rejected by the Republicans they found fertile ground in Woodrow Wilson and have survived and prospered ever since as Democrats.

Just as there are Republicans to the far left I would think there may be Democrats to the far right. That there are those in the Republican party who seek to retain its origins, I can imagine there are Democrats who might seek to retain their origins as well.

Opposition to a powerful central government may well exist somewhere in the center if the majority of voters could filter out the noise from the far left and right (ie: progressive/ liberals) and this nation, its Constitution and the republic be returned to its people.

G.W. Brooks Meredith

NOTICE Straits Road Culvert Project Scheduled to begin on Monday, October 22, 2012 Delays should be expected and a 5-day closure (dates to be determined) will be necessary.

Please be advised that as a result of Warrant Article #7 approval at the March of 2012 Town Meeting, an existing culvert on Straits Road will be replaced. This culvert has repeatedly failed in heavy rain and flooding events. The location of this project is 2 miles east from the Dana Hill Road intersection with Straits Road. It is between the resident’s house number #386 and #470 Straits Road. It is an existing culvert crossing at the bottom of the hill.

This culvert replacement project is expected to commence on Monday, October 22, 2012. This project is estimated to be a 5-6 week construction project. During that time there will be approximately a 5-day period where there will be no thru traffic, which means a closure of Straits Road at the culvert location. All traffic must use alternative routes, traveling either east or west on Straits Road, to avoid the project area. Our Police and Fire/EMS Departments have been notified of the closure plan.

These departments with the support of other local emergency service departments through Mutual Aid will be prepared to respond to any emergencies.

If you would like to view the plans they are available at the town office during office hours (M- F 8:30am to 4pm) or on the town website www.newhampton.nh.us. We will post on the town website and send an “Email Connection” advising of the actual dates of closure and when the road will reopen. You can also call the town office or Public Works Department for updates.

We appreciate your patience and cooperation during this project. If you have questions please call the Selectmen’s Office at 744-3559 or the Public Works Director at 744-8025.

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LETTERS World is not a better place for all the lies Bush & Cheney told

You & I have responsibility to do best we can for schoolchildren

To the editor, Governor Romney shot out of the gate at full speed. He ran over the moderator and his opponent — President Obama. I was shocked! But wait.

What did he say? If you look closely and put aside the forceful dynamics, Romney spewed out one lie after another. His “rant” was made up of untruths, distortions, and deceitful information.

President Obama should have done much better. We all know he is a very smart man who can verbalize easily.

So what happened to his response? I don’t know unless he was just giving Romney all the rope he needed to hang himself when the facts were checked.

Let’s see what happens during the next debate. That is going to be very interesting!

Governor Romney is a pathological liar. He has said many things that are simply not true throughout his campaign. He has run ads over and over with blatant lies and distortions even

To the editor, We, the voters, must take more responsibility for the education of all the children in New Hampshire.

New Hampshire’s children are its future. Please give your vote to Democratic candidates for the Legislature.

They understand the importance of education for our state’s future.

It has been proved over and over that economies flourish if they have a well educated workforce. But political forces are working against us.

Want to attack poverty in our state?

It may surprise you but giving children a good education has been shown to bolster the economy. Why? A highly educated population attracts businesses that need skilled, educated workers.

Before 2010, the Democrats in the Legislature made a start on this.

They got passed public kindergarten for every child in New Hampshire.

It is known that children going to kindergarten do better all the way through school than those who miss this head start. And they established

though these ads have been exposed by the press. He does this to “trick” low information voters.

We have already been through this type of president. When then President Bush and Vice President Cheney looked the American people straight in the eye and lied us into a war in Iraq that cost American lives and scarce resources. Many more untruths were spoken during their eight years in office and the world is not a better place because of it.

I don’t know about you, but I don’t want a president and vice president whose interaction with the American citizen is a series of lies and distortions. It appears that Paul Ryan is also a serial liar. This country is better than that. We need leaders, like the current one Barak Obama, who level with us and don’t try to “take us in” with spoken deceitful “facts”.

GOOGLE: Debate Lies.

Dr. Thomas Dawson Laconia

Lisa DiMartino will be our proactive rep at the N.H. Statehouse To the editor, Election Day is fast approaching, and I will vote for Lisa DiMartino to represent me in New Hampshire’s House of Representatives. Why? I’ll share a quick story.

A few years ago, Lisa noticed that the installation of a button which would allow individuals with disabilities easy access to a public building was inadvertently overlooked during construction. Being sensitive to the needs of others, Lisa took action. Over a period of several months, Lisa met with a representative from the Multiple Sclerosis Society, and together they developed strategies to rectify the situation as well as prevent simi-

lar barriers in future new construction of public buildings.

Lisa identified an obstacle; rather than ignore it, she responded. In the process, she proved she can work effectively with individuals and organizations. The eventual solution helps people of all ages throughout New Hampshire who live with physical challenges.

I don’t want someone in Concord who merely talks a good game. I want a proactive representative willing to work hard on behalf of her constituents. Lisa DiMartino is just that person.

Susan Michaelis Gunther Gilford

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a definition for an “adequate” education resulting in $123M going to local school districts during the next biennium.

Unfortunately our most recent Legislature didn’t see this. After 2010 they voted to: — Eliminate public kindergarten.

— Lower the high school drop out age from 18 to 16.

— Cut state funding for the New Hampshire University System by almost 50 percent and funding to the community college system by 20-percent.

— New Hampshire is now also the state making the biggest cuts in tuition aid. (Hardly something to be proud of!)

Today you and I have a responsibility to do the best we can for New Hampshire’s schoolchildren. After all, years ago our parents and grandparents paid their taxes and so we could be educated. Now it is our turn to shoulder this responsibility.

Dale Mayer Center Sandwich

Bob Lamb is probably most qualified candidate of them all To the editor, I am very excited that Bob Lamb has decided to run for the New Hampshire State Senate.

Bob Lamb is probably one of the most highly-qualified Senate candidates to put his hat in the ring this election cycle. From his undergraduate career at West Point, to his service to our country in the U.S. Army, to his outstanding career as the former CFO of one of the seven largest banking institutions in the country, Bob has the know-how to lead, and to serve.

But despite his exemplary professional background, Bob understands how this legislature has negatively impacted on working and middle class citizens of our state. With the Draconian budget cuts based on the myth that the prior legislature had a budget deficit, the current extreme, Right-wing

Tea Party legislature is sending New Hampshire over a proverbial cliff.

Bob understands that we need common sense solutions, and leaders who are willing to reach across the aisle and find bipartisan solutions to the many issues we face. I also believe that good government includes looking at long-term solutions to New Hampshire’s challenges, and not simplistic and harmful policies that are spawned by out-of-state interest groups such as Americans for Prosperity, and ALEC. Bob Lamb will bring thoughtful, intelligent leadership to the New Hampshire. That’s why I ask you to join me in voting for Bob Lamb for the New Hampshire State Senate on November 6.

Anne Hunnewell Holderness

Votes should be lost because of poor taste anti-Lamb signs To the editor, Richard Gerken must have set his professed critical thinking skills on the shelf, writing his rationalizations for Jeanie Forrester’s votes against women’s reproductive freedom and unions’ gains for workers. “Many feel...,” he writes to justify an abortion “wait period,” as if a preponderance makes right, the old “might makes right” argument that our Founders left behind when escaping a monarch’s rule. A woman who needs an abortion doesn’t need another 24 hours to wait. Does Richard Gerken need new brakes on his car and then have patience with a law telling him he must wait two more weeks before he sees to that need?

Right-to-Work legislation is in the package of attacks on middle class Americans, and signed on to by Jeanie Forrester with her Right-to-Work vote. So many of her constituents strive for the stability of middle class life for their families, which strengthens all our communities, that she

and effect. I don’t choose to see her as so mean-spirited. She must, rather, be easily manipulated. Also unaware of cause and effect.

The Northern Pass cause and effect is as obvious as the nose on one’s face, so can’t be missed. Jeanie got that one right, opposing Northern Pass. Both Republicans and Democrats are right, on this one.

Party bullies don’t’ have their fingers in Jeanie Forrester’s campaign pie?

(Gerken defends her.) Those poor-taste, anti-Bob Lamb signs that are sprouting up — so cleverly looking like Bob’s signs, and expensive to boot — are definitely mean work. They are paid for by N.H.’s Republican Party. I hope undeclared /independent voters (and some Republicans) see this malice for what it is. A good cause and effect here would be that votes are lost by Jeanie Forrester because of these signs that are not about leadership quality and strength but that are about back room strategy and money to burn.

Lynn Rudmin Chong

THE LACONIA DAILY SUN, Wednesday, October 10, 2012 — Page 9

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Youssef needs credibility, earned by answering serious questions To the editor, Why is state senate candidate Josh Youssef so reluctant to directly answer questions about his behavior? As a concerned citizen I’ve asked myself “what is it he trying to hide?”

After Youssef sent out misleading political literature, he refused to take responsibility and instead blamed an unidentified person in his campaign named “Kenny.” Seriously Josh?

When it’s uncovered that Youssef defamed a business customer, Twin Rivers Realty, a Tilton company, and as a result the Belknap Country Superior Court ordered him to pay over $70k in damages, he now blames an unidentified third party. If this were true wouldn’t Youssef have been exonerated?

It’s then revealed Youssef owes $50k to the IRS in back taxes, but instead of coming clean and explaining or acknowledging this, he cutely says “I’m in good standing” which we all now presume was code for “I owe back taxes for not filing them in years, but I’m on an installment repayment plan now.”

Youssef, who builds websites, creates a fictitious site to mimic his exwife’s lawyer’s, making it it appear her attorney is supporting Youssef for Senate. When caught, rather than admit it was misleading, unethical and perhaps illegal, he justifies doing it by saying that he included a fine print disclaimer at the bottom. After the AG

opens an investigation of this fraud, Youssef then tells the press “someone close to him actually created the fake website, not him.” Really Josh? Was it ‘sticky-note Kenny-guy’ again?

Now his father pens a letter to the press pleading for people to “stop picking on my son and let him talk about the issues.” Faoud Youssef implies his son deserves mercy, after all he cites the bitter divorce and custody battle is the fault of Josh’s ex-wife. However if you look at the court’s findings, it implicates his son’s deceitful conduct as what’s created so many of the problems. This calls to mind that story of the boy who, after killing his parents, threw himself on the mercy of the court exclaiming “Have pity on a poor orphan!” Youssef brought this mess on himself! Youssef should take personal responsibility for his actions.

Indeed, his own Republican rival in the primary, first time candidate Bill Grimm, a well respected community leader and academic says of Youssef’s campaign, it has “no moral compass!” I agree with Mr. Grimm, a fellow Republican. So yes Josh, voters do want to hear you talk about the issues but first you need credibility and to earn that you need to directly answer these very serious questions and accept personal responsibility.

Scott Knowles Laconia

GOP win will guarantee a war with a party to be named later To the editor, A somewhat sleazy type of win for Romney by coming out against most of the ideas he has been for all year.

I think that might have been one reason Obama acted the way he did.

He just couldn’t believe Romney could be such an out ‘n out liar while trying to be believable in his ideas. Teachers, tax cuts, health care and jobs all had their position changed. I’m sure those positions will be changing again and again in the next four weeks. Don’t be surprised to see Romney show up at the Oscars to claim a trophy.

I’m still surprised at some polls, mostly overall party views and how the GOP still leads in some. Veterans are leaning towards the GOP and I still wonder why. Romney would be more like George Custer leading at Little Big Horn instead of a MacArthur, Ike or one of many other competent leaders. The GOP has voted against or held up most vets’ bills especially health care and jobs related. Obama and the Democrats have pushed bills for both but are being blocked while

both houses take “less than earned” vacations.

The only thing the GOP can guarantee is a possible war with someone to be chosen later and that they will not give them the support needed. Bush sent them off on two unfunded wars lacking a plan, an exit strategy, body armour and with only basic common sense.

After Romney’s speech today, Ryan said “he was what a leader looked like” but I’ll add an “uninformed leader”.

Romney also said a strong military will prevent a war but I doubt they will prevent anything as we always seem to be a target. I feel it is more like they will WIN the wars he creates. I think that Romney just wants his picture as a “famous” warrior.

So far we NOW have the best of leaders and soldiers and STILL have no reason to change them. Romney also said today we should have faith in America and ourselves. I feel we have that now but we do NOT have faith in him. He also mentioned that HOPE is not a strategy, so true Mitt, see next page

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LACONIA — After several years of shaky, unpredictable sales, local auto dealers are reporting that 2012 has felt like the good old days of the early 2000s. Their reports mirror national sales trends, which describe a September that saw more sales than that month has had in four years.

“The third quarter of this year has been the best third quarter in years — the best third quarter we’ve had in a long time,” said Tom Cantin, president of Cantin Chevrolet in Laconia.

His sales have been so brisk that it has depleted Cantin’s regular supply from General Motors, requiring the dealership to purchase truckloads of cars from other dealers. The increase at Cantin’s has been reflected both in full-size Silverado trucks as well as small and fuel-efficient sedans.

Chris Irwin, general manager of Irwin Automotive Group, said his sales have also increased across the from preceding page check your dictionary. Hope is a emotional state which promotes belief in a positive outcome. A strategy is a plan of action which leads to hope.

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board. “It was a good September,” he said.

Irwin sells Toyota and Scion, as well as Ford and Lincoln. Each of those brands sold well, though he said he was especially surprised by the success of his South Korean brand, Hyundai. “They’re continuing to make in-roads,” he added.

At AutoServ, CEO Dennis Guadet said “we are seeing a tremendous increase, year over year.” All eight brands at AutoServ performed well, though, like Irwin, it’s the Korean Kia brand that has made the strongest impression. “The one I’m most surprised about is the dramatic increase in Kias.” Those that drive past the Kia dealership (on Prescott Hill) might think the business is suffering due to the paucity of cars in stock, but the reality is just the opposite. “They’re sold before they hit the lot,” he said.

All three dealers agreed that several factors were involved in the increase in sales, and that there’s reason to hope that their salespeople will be kept busy for months to come.

The first factor, as described by Cantin is pent-up demand. Consumers might have been looking at trading in an old vehicle for a while but were hesitant about making such a large purchase. “People have been putting this off until a good time to do it came

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“In addition to that you’ve got more and more drivers on the road,” added Irwin. Although the economy has been sluggish over the past five years, teenage Americans have continued to get their driver’s license.

Another factor is that lending institutions are once again willing to make loans and underwrite leases. That combines favorably with historically low interest rates, said Gaudet, to make sales very compelling. “Custom-

ers that had purchased vehicles from us two, three, four years ago are able to purchase new vehicles for a lower monthly payment than they had on their previous vehicle,” said Gaudet, adding that many consumers are motivated by ever-efficient models being brought to market. “People are in tune with the fact that gas prices are only going to go up over time.”

Because none of those factors should evaporate overnight, Irwin predicted healthy sales to continue for the forseeable future. “We are an industry that is poised to grow at a reasonable rate over the next few years.”

SHAW from page one said Woodbury Fogg, Master of the local lodge, who said that Shaw is also a candidate for the Community Builder Award which will be presented by the state lodge. ‘’I think we got you. You didn’t know this was going to happen,’’ Fogg said to Shaw after he and State Lodge Grand Master Paul Leary, who once was a Sanbornton police officer and later police chief in Northfield, presented Shaw with a plaque honoring her achievements. ‘’I didn’t know. But I’m very grateful,’’ said Shaw, who accepted the award as three of her sons, John, Wayne and Andy Sanborn, and other members of her family, looked on.

Shaw raised a family of six with her first husband, Haven Sanborn, and several years after his death married Elrdidge Shaw, the founder of Laconia Electric.

Over the years she was a charter member of the Sanbornton Historical Society (1952), served as local postmaster for 30 years (1958-1988), was a long-time member of the Sanbornton Fire Department Relief Association, a library and a cemetery trustee, a member of the Old Home Day Committee and a member of the Sanbornton Congregational Church, where she is the church historian, for over 50 years.

She’s also been an active volunteer at Canterbury Shaker Village for 12 years and has aided hundreds of families with genealogical research.

Her knowledge of the town’s history was on full display at last night’s meeting as she helped Leary tell the story of the history of the local lodge, which first met on October 9, 1809 at the Lane Tavern and was known as the Union Lodge.

Shaw even corrected Leary at one point, noting that it was 1829, not 1860 as he had said, that a part of the town of Sanbornton joined Franklin.

Leary said the Centre Lodge had the distinction of having one of its members, Charles Gilman, serve as Grand Master of all the state lodges, something that has never happened for the Doric Lodge, which fell heir to much of the property of the Centre Lodge in 1840, including chairs which had been used at the first meeting in 1809 and which were used at last night’s meeting.

Shaw said that the Centre Lodge, originally meeting at the Lane Tavern, moved to Union Hall, which was built in 1815 in an apple orchard not far distant from Lane Tavern.

She said that her research showed that Charles Gilman was born in Gilman Hill, which is located near the Center Harbor town line in Meredith in 1763 and had been a pupil of famed teacher Dudley Leavitt and had graduated from Phillips Academy in Exeter at the age of 19. He had become a lawyer and while in Sanbornton had served as trustee of the Sanborn-Woodman Academy in 1828 and as a Fire Warden in 1829. He had also argued against a separation of a part of the town which joined Franklin in 1829.

After serving as Grand Master of the state lodge around 1830 he moved to Maryland, where he became Grand Master of the lodge there in 1842 and in 1850, responding to his son’s call for assistance in forming a Masonic Lodge in California, had traveled there to help establish one and had been offered the post of Grand Master but declined it, accepting the presidency instead.

LIBYA from page 2 day in Benghazi devolved into a sustained attack that involved multiple groups of men armed with weapons such as machine guns, rocket-propelled grenades and mortars over an expanse of more than a mile.

But asked about the administration’s initial — and since retracted — explanation linking the violence to protests over an anti-Muslim video circulating on the Internet, one official said, “That was not our conclusion.”

He called it a question for “others” to answer, without specifying. The officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they weren’t authorized to speak publicly on the matter, and provided no evidence that might suggest a case of spontaneous violence or

angry protests that went too far.

The attack has become a major issue in the presidential campaign, featuring prominently in Republican candidate Mitt Romney’s latest foreign policy address on Monday. He called it an example of President Barack Obama’s weakness in foreign policy matters, noting: “As the administration has finally conceded, these attacks were the deliberate work of terrorists.”

The administration counters that it has provided its best intelligence on the attack, and that it refined its explanation as more information came to light. But five days after the attack, Obama’s ambassador to the United Nations, Susan Rice, gave a series of interviews saying the administration see next page

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from preceding page believed the violence was unplanned and that extremists with heavier weapons “hijacked” the protest and turned it into an outright attack.

She has since denied trying to mislead Congress, and a concurrent CIA memo that was obtained by The Associated Press cited intelligence suggesting the demonstrations in Benghazi “were spontaneously inspired by the protests at the U.S. Embassy in Cairo” and “evolved into a direct assault” on the diplomatic posts by “extremists.”

Alongside defining the nature of the Benghazi attack, Congress is looking into whether adequate security was in place.

According to an email obtained Tuesday by the AP, the top State Department security official in Libya told a congressional investigator that he had argued unsuccessfully for more security in the weeks before Ambassador Chris Stevens, a State Department computer specialist and two former Navy SEALs were killed. But department officials instead wanted to “normalize operations and reduce security resources,” he wrote.

Eric Nordstrom, who was the regional security officer in Libya, also referenced a State Department document detailing 230 security incidents in Libya between June 2011 and July 2012 that demonstrated the danger

there to Americans.

Nordstrom is among the witnesses set to testify Wednesday before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee. According to the panel’s chairman, Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Calif., and the head of a subcommittee, Rep. Jason Chaffetz, R-Utah, the State Department refused repeated requests to provide more security for U.S. diplomats in Libya.

“You will note that there were a number of incidents that targeted diplomatic missions and underscored the GoL’s (government of Libya) inability to secure and protect diplomatic missions,” Nordstrom’s email stated.

“This was a significant part of (the diplomatic) post’s and my argument for maintaining continued DS (diplomatic security) and DOD (Department of Defense) security assets into Sept/Oct. 2012; the GoL was overwhelmed and could not guarantee our protection.

“Sadly, that point was reaffirmed on Sept. 11, 2012, in Benghazi,” he added.

Nordstrom said the incidents demonstrated that security in Libya was fragile and could degrade quickly.

He added that Libya was “certainly not an environment where (the diplomatic) post would be directed to ‘normalize’ operations and reduce security resources in accordance with an artificial time table.”

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Much of the financial information that has become public has been released to the media through Mosca, who has also lodged a formal complaint against Youssef with the Attorney General’s Office about a website that Youssef built or had built that closely mimicked Mosca’s own. Mosca, who is well connected in Republican circles and who writes a political/sports blog that lately has pretty much been devoted to anti-Youssef material, serves as counsel to the New Hampshire House of Representatives.

Mosca was assigned to the case when Bethany Youssef asked for a review of her ex-husband’s finances in 2009 claiming he lied about his income when they divorced in 2006.

She sought an increase in support payments for their now 8-year-old son.

The case has been through a number of judges and is nine manila folders thick. The media has had little access to the most recent documents because as soon as one ruling is issued another motion comes forward and the file returns to Carroll’s chambers for his consideration.

At 7 p.m. yesterday, Timmins said she had no knowledge of an agreement but that she didn’t expect to be in Laconia on Wednesday.

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Timmins argued that under the First Amendment of the New Hampshire Constitution, the voters have the right to know about a candidate’s finances, especially in view of questions that have been raised in court documents about the source and quantity of Youssef’s income.

Timmins had asked for and received an expedited court hearing date and, had the parties not reached an accord, there would have been a hearing today at noon.

Youssef’s messy child support battle became public when he testified for three days this summer before the N.H. House Redress of Grievances Committee about the way the judicial system treated him throughout his divorce, child custody and child-support cases.

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MEREDITH — State Senator Jeanie Forrester (R-Meredith) was honored with the Carl Johnson Legislative Service Award by the New Hampshire Health Care Association (NHHCA) at a brief ceremony at Golden View Health Care Center yesterday.

In presenting the award, John Getts, vice-chairman of the association, recognized Forrester for sponsoring legislation to correct flaws in the administration of Medicaid that have led nursing homes to provide long-term care to increasing numbers of people without reimbursement. He remarked that it was notable for the NHHCA to honor a freshman senator.

“I didn’t expect this,” Forrester said. “This was a collaborative effort with everyone working together,” she continued. “I was just doing my job and didn’t expect to be rewarded.”

Senate Bill 321, Getts explained, established a committee to study the issue of payments to longterm care facilities and present recommendations for expediting the payment process. Forrester shepherded the bill through the Legislature and chaired the committee, which reported in July.

The committee found that patients requiring rehabilitative services or long-term care often arrive at one of the 62 nursing homes in the state without having planned for the cost of their care and then apply for Medicaid. The process of making application and determining eligibility is complex and lengthy. Meanwhile, nursing homes cannot discharge patients without assurance that they have a safe place to go. The failure of the New Hampshire Department of Health ands Human Services to make timely Medicaid payments jeopardizes the

John Getts of the N.H. Health Care Association presents District 2 State Senator Jeanie Forrester of Meredith with the Carl Johnson Legislative Service Award on Tuesday. (Laconia Daily Sun photo/ Michael Kitch)

financial stability of the nursing homes, which may prove care and services without compensation for weeks or months.

The committee recommended that DHHS pay nursing homes with 45 days of applying for Medicaid and take steps to streamline the process of reviewing applications, determining eligibility and making payments.

Getts said it was appropriate that the award bore the name of the late Carl Johnson, who represented Meredith in the House of Representatives and District 2 in the Senate. “For anyone who knew Carl Johnson, a consummate gentleman, they know we could not give a higher expression of our regard for Senator Johnson.”

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The fallen capo was an army special forces deserter whose brutality and paramilitary tactics transformed a small group of drug cartel enforcers into one of the world’s most feared international criminal organizations. Analysts say his death could set off a power struggle inside the Zetas as its relatively autonomous local cells decide whether to align with its remaining boss, Miguel Angel Trevino Morales, a man considered even more ruthless and brutal than Lazcano.

The killing is also expected to intensify the Zetas’ war with the country’s other dominant criminal organization, the Sinaloa cartel controlled by Mexico’s most-wanted man, Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman.

At the center of the two cartels’ struggle is Nuevo Laredo, a violence-torn city across from Laredo, Texas. More freight crosses there than anywhere else along the U.S.-Mexican border, making it one of the most valuable smuggling routes in the world.

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After a strong debate performance, Republican challenger Mitt Romney is intensifying his efforts in the state that’s critical to his White House hopes, while President Barack Obama works to hang on to the polling edge he’s had here for weeks.

Both candidates campaigned hard in the state Tuesday, the last day of voter registration ahead of Election Day, now just four weeks away.

“It’s time for him to leave the White House,” Romney said of Obama at an evening rally in Cuyahoga Falls. “Ohio’s going to elect me the next president of the United States.”

Obama, in Columbus, called out, “All right, Buckeyes, we need you.” His campaign had buses nearby, ready to ferry students or other supporters to registration centers.

As Obama wooed Ohio State University students here and Romney focused on the Democratic bastion of Cuyahoga County to the north, there were signs the president’s Ohio advantage was narrowing. A new CNN poll showed Obama leading Romney 51 percent to 47 percent among likely Ohio voters.

And Republican strategists familiar with Romney’s internal polling contended the race was even closer — within a single percentage point — as the candidate enjoyed a post-debate surge of support.

“I promise you he’s back in the game in Ohio,” said Charlie Black, an informal Romney campaign adviser.

Like other Republicans, he credits Romney’s strong debate appearance last week as the reason for an uptick in national polling. And Romney advisers maintain they’re seeing evidence of that in the battleground states most likely to decide the election, Ohio among them.

“There isn’t any question that he has breathed

new life and new energy into the Republican Party,” Ohio Gov. John Kasich said Tuesday on a conference call with reporters. “We’re seeing that there is greater intensity among Republicans and a great willingness to get out and vote and participate than we’re seeing with Democrats.”

With a hefty 18 electoral votes, Ohio is such a key state for Romney that one top adviser has dubbed it “the ball game” as the Republican looks to string together enough state victories to amass the 270 Electoral College votes needed to take the White House. No Republican has won the presidency without this Midwestern state, and if Romney were to lose here, he would have to carry every other battleground state except tiny New Hampshire.

Romney has far fewer state-by-state paths to the White House than Obama, who still has several routes to victory should he lose here.

Given the stakes and with just 28 days left in the campaign, Romney’s schedule highlights his increased focus on the state: He’s spending four of the next five days in Ohio, ahead of the second presidential debate in New York next Tuesday. Running mate Paul Ryan squares off against Vice President Joe Biden on Thursday for the sole debate featuring the No. 2s on the tickets.

Obama was being greeted in Columbus — for a rally at Ohio State University — by enormous letters that spelled out “vote early,” a plea to the young voters who buoyed the president’s bid in 2008. He arrived from the West Coast, where he had been raising millions of dollars for the campaign.

Obama campaign spokeswoman Jen Psaki dismissed the impact of polls showing a tighter race, saying Democrats always expected the race here and elsewhere to tighten ahead of Election Day.

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Calderon, who leaves office in two months with the six-year-long war on drug the signature of his presidency, stopped short of unreservedly declaring Lazcano dead, but said evidence clearly indicated the Zetas founder had been slain. He proudly proclaimed that 25 people on a 2009 list of Mexico’s 37 most wanted drug lords have now been killed or arrested.

The president also praised the marines, the security force responsible for most of the highest-profile

take-downs of top level drug bosses in Mexico. Many of those operations were launched in cooperation with U.S. officials, who see the marines as more trustworthy and competent than other Mexican military and law enforcement agencies.

In an emailed statement, the U.S. Embassy in Mexico City said only: “We have seen reports of the possible death of Heriberto Lazcano. We are awaiting confirmation of those reports.”

But the body’s disappearance demonstrated the unchecked control that drug gangs maintain over large swaths of many Mexican states six years into a struggle that shows little sign of abating.

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A gunman walked up to a bus taking children home from school in the volatile northern Swat Valley and shot Malala in the head and neck. Another girl on the bus was also wounded.

The young activist was airlifted by helicopter to a military hospital in the frontier city of Peshawar. A doctor in the city of Mingora, Tariq Mohammad, said her wounds weren’t life-threatening, but a provincial information minister said after a medical board examined the girl that the next few days would be crucial.

Malala began writing a blog when she was just 11 under the pseudonym Gul Makai for the BBC about life under the Taliban, and began speaking out publicly in 2009 about the need for girls’ education — which the Taliban strongly opposes. The extremist movement was quick to claim responsibility for shooting her.

“This was a new chapter of obscenity, and we have to finish this chapter,” Taliban spokesman Ahsanullah Ahsan by telephone.

The shooting provoked outrage across the country, angering Pakistanis who have seen a succession of stories about violence against women by the Taliban.

“This attack cannot scare us nor the courageous Malala. This cowardly act cannot deter Malala to give up her efforts,” said Azizul Hasan, one of the girl’s cousins.

Prime Minister Raja Pervaiz Ashraf condemned the attack and called her a daughter of Pakistan.

State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland called the shooting “barbaric” and “cowardly.”

Leila Zerrougui, the U.N. special representative for children in armed conflict, condemned the attack

“in the harshest terms.” ‘’Education is a fundamental right for all children,” she said in a statement. The Taliban “must respect the right to education of all children, including girls, to go to school and live in peace.”

The attack displayed the viciousness of Islamic militants in the Swat Valley, where the military conducted a major operation in 2009 to clear out insurgents, and a reminder of the challenges the government faces in keeping the area free of militant influence.

In her BBC blog, Malala wrote about not wearing her uniform to school after officials warned it might attract the Taliban’s attention, and how many other students moved out of the valley after the Taliban issued an edict banning girls from school. She wrote about the Taliban movement had kept her family from going out after sunset.

While chairing a children’s assembly supported by UNICEF in the valley last year, the then-13-yearold championed a greater role for young people.

“Girl members play an active role,” she said, according to an article on the U.N. organization’s website. “We have highlighted important issues concerning children, especially promoting girls’ education in Swat.”

She was nominated last year for the International Children’s Peace Prize, which is organized by the Dutch organization KidsRights to highlight the work of children around the world.

Malala was shot on her way home from a school run by her father, Ziauddin, who is also known in the valley for promoting education of girls.

The bus was about to leave the school grounds in Mingora, the largest city in Swat Valley, when a bearded man approached it and asked which one of the girls was Malala, said Rasool Shah, Mingora’s police chief. Another girl pointed to Malala, but the activist denied it was her and the gunmen then shot both of the girls, the police chief said.

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BRISTOL — The Pasquaney Garden Club will hold a special evening meeting and presentation “Speaking for Wildlife” on Tuesday, October 16 at 7 p.m. at the Masonic Hall, Pleasant Street, Bristol.

The focus of the presentation will be on a new book “The Nature of New Hampshire: Natural Communities and the Granite State.” The speakers are Lou and Marilyn Lieto who spent forty-five years working, living and travelling around the USA before choosing New Hampshire as “the most wonderful place in which to live.”

After moving to rural Grafton County in 2006, Lou became a COVERTS cooperator and both he and Marilyn embarked on an extensive education and management program to promote conservation of forests and natural communities.

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Refreshments will be served.

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Senior Moment-um movie & breakfast Monday in Gilford

GILFORD — The Gilford Parks and Recreation Department will be sponsoring a Senior Moment-um program on Monday, October 15. Participants will meet at the Community Church, Fellowship Hall at 9 a.m. for breakfast and a movie, “Grumpier Old Men”.

The movie and coffee are free of charge.

Breakfast is available for anyone interested at $2 per person which includes monster hash, eggs, toast and orange juice. All interested participants must RSVP by Friday, October 12 by contacting the Gilford Parks and Recreation Dept. at 527-4722.

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David P. Rawson, 73

LACONIA — David P. Rawson, 73, of 24 Havenwood Drive, died at the Lakes Region General Hospital on Thursday, October 4, 2012.

David was born June 15, 1939 in Bridgeport Conn., the son of George and Marion (Schmidt) Rawson. He had been a resident of Laconia for the past twenty seven years.

David served in the U.S. Air Force for twenty seven years, retiring in 1985 as a Lt. Colonel.

Survivors include his loving family, his wife of forty nine years, Carol (Hetherington) Rawson, of Laconia; two sons, D. Chris Rawson, and his wife, Tammy, of Laconia and James Rawson, of Burlington, Mass.; a daughter, Dr. Elizabeth Rawson, and her husband, Shayne Gardner, of Coral Springs,

Fla.; four grandchildren, Christy Rawson, Joshua Rawson, Brayden Gardner and Adelyn Gardner; a sister, Carol Pearce, of Tuscaloosa, Ala. and many nephews and nieces. In addition to his parents, David was predeceased by a brother W. Peter Rawson.

According to David’s wishes, there will be no calling hours or funeral services.

For those who wish, the family suggests that memorial donations be made to a charity of your choice.

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

Moulton Farm’s Pumpkin Festival a smashing good time MEREDITH — Ask John Moulton for a prediction about Moulton Farm’s Pumpkin Festival and he’s got a simple answer. “It’ll be an earth shaking event and smashing good time,” he says with a grin. “There’s no doubt about it. When about a half a ton of pumpkins fall from roughly 8 stories up in the air, it makes noise, the ground shakes, and pumpkins will smash.”

The “Great Pumpkin Drop” has become an annual fall event in the Lakes Region since the farm started it four years ago. It will end the Meredith farm’s weekend long

festival, but there be plenty of fun before from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday, October 13 and 14.

The festival will include pumpkin decorating contests, food, corn sack races, pumpkin bowling, tractor rides, farm animals, and more. The festival will end at 4 p.m. with the “Great Pumpkin Drop” with hundreds of pumpkins falling from the top of the crane provided by East Coast Foundation.

More information can be found at http://www. moultonfarm.com.

LACONIA — Learn how to choose, save and enroll in Medicare Part D at a free event Wednesday, Oct. 17 at 7 p.m., sponsored by Taylor Community and ServiceLink.

Medicare Specialist Crystal Tanguay, ServiceLink Resource Center of Belknap County, will share information pertaining to 2012 Prescription Drug Plans.

Tanguay will be available to answer questions. Par-

ticipants should bring their medication list, a pen and paper.

This event is open to the public and will be held at Taylor Community’s Woodside Building. Seating is limited. Call 524-5600 to reserve a place. Those not able to attend this session and who have Medicare Part D questions can contact Crystal at 528-6945, or email her at crystalslrc@metrocast.net.

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The Town of Gilmanton Highway Department is seeking proposals from subcontractors for the 20122013 season to perform snowplowing, sanding and salting of town roads, parking areas, etc. as designated by the Road Agent. Must have truck, operator, plow and sander. The contractor must be available on-call for snow and ice storms. The proposals must include a detailed description of the equipment offered and a total hourly rate for the equipment and operator. Certificates of Insurance and Workers Comp (if necessary) are required to be submitted with the proposal.

Proposals shall be in a sealed envelope and marked “Town of Gilmanton, Request for Proposal, Winter Road Maintenance”. All proposals are due by 4:00 pm, October 26, 2012 and can be delivered or mailed to Tim Warren, 503 Province Road, PO Box 550, Gilmanton, NH 03237.

Proposals will be opened at the Selectmen’s meeting on Monday, October 29, 2012.

The Selectmen reserve the right to reject any and all bids.

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SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). You’ll put your family first, and this will shape your day. There will still be a small amount of time to devote to a project, and you’ll succeed best following a step-by-step plan.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21).

You enjoy studying nature and will find it interesting, beautiful, unnerving and forever insistent that there is always more to be discovered.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19).

Those who believe in the power of serendipity seem to experience a greater number of fateful encounters than others. But even if you don’t believe, today’s instance of kismet is undeniably remarkable.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). You may feel happy to go along with things the way they are, but a seemingly small incident this afternoon makes it impossible to do so. This shapes the future you in some small way.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). You adore another person and want to give everything you have to the relationship.

You do not wish to be dependent on the other person for anything, though, not even for love.

TODAY’S BIRTHDAY (Oct. 10).

You’ll like who enters your world this year, attracted by your remarkable drive. Stay aware. You’ll follow a subtle signal to a major opportunity next month. You fit right in with a fun crowd, and by December, you’ll be leading it.

Your investment in education pays you back in May and again in July. Aries and Sagittarius people adore you. Your lucky numbers are: 40, 3, 23, 18 and 50.

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ARIES (March 21-April 19). As you try to deal exclusively with a current circumstance, someone else is intent on bringing up the past in what appears to be a patently unhelpful way. Conflict resolution will depend on an unemotional approach.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20).

Regarding certain teachings that have been passed to you, you seriously doubt the correctness of your parents and other ancestors. And yet you respect them enough to carry out the tradition in some small way today.

GEMINI (May 21-June 21). Wishing someone else happiness is a kind of gift. That the gift can’t be seen doesn’t lessen its value, especially considering today’s relationship between your guiding planet and Pluto.

CANCER (June 22-July 22). You’ll have to work hard at something -- i.e., you’ll have to commit, challenge yourself and change in some way. You’re ready for this, and so the work will be pleasure, too.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). You’ll be in the know in every way you need to be.

When the facts aren’t on the tip of your tongue, you’ll have them at your fingertips. Share judiciously with only those who ask.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). If you can’t say what the meaning of something is, does that make it any less meaningful? You will have a strong feeling and a connection to a physical item.

It’s OK to be unsure as to why.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). You will find it easy to focus on what you want and ignore what you don’t, namely because what you want will be in full bloom in front of you, shiny, enticing

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––––––– ALMANAC ––––––– Today is Wednesday, Oct. 10, the 284th day of 2012. There are 82 days left in the year.

Today’s Highlight in History: On Oct. 10, 1962, President John F. Kennedy, responding to the Thalidomide birth defects crisis, signed an amendment to the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act requiring pharmaceutical companies to prove that their products were safe and effective prior to marketing.

On this date: In 1845, the U.S. Naval Academy was established in Annapolis, Md. In 1911, Chinese revolutionaries launched an uprising which led to the collapse of the Qing (or Manchu) Dynasty and the establishment of the Republic of China. California voters approved Proposition 4, giving women the right to vote, and Proposition 7, which established the initiative process for proposing and enacting new laws.

In 1913, the Panama Canal was effectively completed as President Woodrow Wilson sent a signal from the White House by telegraph, setting off explosives that destroyed a section of the Gamboa dike.

In 1935, the George Gershwin opera “Porgy and Bess,” featuring an all-black cast, opened on Broadway; it ran for 124 performances.

In 1938, Nazi Germany completed its annexation of Czechoslovakia’s Sudetenland (sooDAYT’-uhn-land).

In 1943, Chiang Kai-shek took the oath of office as president of China.

In 1957, President Dwight D. Eisenhower apologized to the finance minister of Ghana, Komla Agbeli Gbdemah, after the official was refused seating in a Howard Johnson’s restaurant near Dover, Del. In 1967, the Outer Space Treaty, prohibiting the placing of weapons of mass destruction on the moon or elsewhere in space, entered into force.

In 1973, Vice President Spiro T. Agnew, accused of accepting bribes, pleaded no contest to one count of federal income tax evasion, and resigned his office.

In 1982, Father Maximilian Kolbe, who died in the Auschwitz Nazi concentration camp, was canonized by Pope John Paul II. In 1985, U.S. fighter jets forced an Egyptian plane carrying the hijackers of the Italian cruise ship Achille Lauro to land in Italy, where the gunmen were taken into custody.

One year ago: Christopher Sims and Thomas Sargent of the United States won the Nobel Prize in economics.

Today’s Birthdays: Actor Peter Coyote is 71.

Entertainer Ben Vereen is 66. Singer John Prine is 66. Actor Charles Dance is 66. Rock singermusician Cyril Neville (The Neville Brothers) is 64. Actress Jessica Harper is 63. Author Nora Roberts is 62. Singer-musician Midge Ure is 59.

Rock singer David Lee Roth is 58. Country singer Tanya Tucker is 54. Actress Julia Sweeney is 53.

Actor Bradley Whitford is 53. Musician Martin Kemp is 51. Rock musician Jim Glennie is 49.

Actress Rebecca Pidgeon is 47. Rock musician Mike Malinin is 45. NFL quarterback Brett Favre is 43. Actress Wendi McLendon-Covey is 43. Actor Mario Lopez is 39. Race driver Dale Earnhardt Jr. is 38. Actress Jodi Lyn O’Keefe is 34. Singer Mya is 33. Actor Dan Stevens is 30. Singer Cherie is 28. Actress Aimee Teegarden is 23.

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CALENDAR TODAY’S EVENTS The history of Moon Island presented as part of the month speaker series hosted by the Squam Lakes Association (SLA). 7 p.m. at the SLA Headquarters at 534 Route 3 in Holderness. Free and open to the public. For moe information call 968-7336 or visit www.squamlakes.org.

Free mid-day mediation. 11:15 a.m., 12:15 p.m. and 1:15 p.m. at Wild Women’s Studio located at 70 Church Street in Laconia.

Interactive song performance by Timbre Drum Ensemble. 6-7 p.m. in the Woodside Building at the Taylor Community in Laconia. The event is free and open to the public. Seating is limited. To reserve a seat call 524-5600.

The Laconia Police Department discuss identity theft, frauds and scams. 11 a.m. in the Woodside Building at the Taylor Community in Laconia. The event is free and open to the public. Seating is limited. To reserve a seat call 5245600.

AARP Driver Safety Program hosted by the Laconia Senior Center. 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Senior Center located at 17 Church Street, Laconia. The fee is $12 for an AARP member and $14 for non-members. The course is tailored for 55 and over but is open to everyone. To register call 524-7689.

Leading floral designer Bert Ford teaches a hands-on workshop in the art of making botanical wreaths. 1 p.m. at the Moultonborough Public Library. $30 program fee to cover material expenses. Reservations required. This event is open to the public and hosted by the Bearcamp Valley Garden Club. for more information or to make reservations visit www.bcvgardenclub.com.

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

Laconia Elders Friendship Club meeting. 1:30 p.m. at the Leavitt Park Clubhouse. People 55 and older meet each Wednesday for fun, entertainment and education. Meetings provide an opportunity for older citizens to 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. .

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

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

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

TOPS (Taking Off Pounds Sensibly) group meeting.

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

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 11 AARP Driver Safety Program hosted by the Laconia Senior Center. 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Senior Center located at 17 Church Street, Laconia. The fee is $12 for an AARP member and $14 for non-members. The course is tailored for 55 and over but is open to everyone. To register call 524-7689.

Author Catherine Dougherty signs copies of her book “In Polyester Pajamas”. 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Bayswater Book Co. Reservations for a signed copy can be made in advance. To reserve a signed copy or for more information call 253-8858.

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Tea and Zentangle workshop on Sunday at Black Swan Inn in Tilton TILTON — The Black Swan Inn in conjunction with Bette Abdu, certified Zentangle Teacher from New Hampton, will present a Tea and Zentangle workshop on Sunday October 14 from 2–5 p.m.

Zentangle is an easy-tolearn, 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 Zenrangle workshop will be held Sunday at the Black Sawn Inn in recognized artistic ability. Tilton. (Courtesy photo) Zentangle can open a door to art and creativity for people of all ages Brown Estate is located on 4 acres overand abilities. The Zentangle method can looking the Winnipesaukee River, with relieve stress, enhance creativity, improve formal gardens for the guests to enjoy. problem solving and it is fun.

Abdu is a certified Zentangle The Zentangle workshop will be divided teacher. She was trained to teach the into two sections with a tea service at the Zentangle method http://zentangle. midpoint. All materials are included. Precom by the founders of Zentangle, registration is required. Call the Black Rick Roberts and Maria Thomas.

Swan Inn at 603 630-6155 Her workshops are designed to teach The Black Swan Inn, http://blacknot only the basic steps but also an swaninn.net is an elegant but warm 1880 understanding of why the practice of Victorian home. The former PeabodyZentangle is such a gift to oneself.

Daily Sun editor guest speaker for Mary Butler DAR Chapter on Monday GILMANTON — Ed Engler, editor of the Laconia Daily Sun, will be the speaker at the Guest Night meeting of the Mary Butler Chapter of DAR on Monday, October 15 at 6 p.m. at the Gilmanton Community Church.

Visitors and prospective members are always welcome at meetings. For more information contact Marion Ekholm at 293-0429.

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THURSDAY, OCT. 11 Lakes Region Chamber of Commerce Business After House meeting. 4-6 p.m. at the Weirs Beach Village located fat 198 Endicott Street in Laconia. For more information call 845-2232 or email www.weirsbeachvillagenh.com.

Pitman’s Freight Room hosts the Zeke Martin Project “The Funkier Side of Jazz”. 8 p.m. Admission is $10 per person.

The venue is BYOB. The Sanbornton Historical Soceity’s Annual Meeting. 6 p.m. at the Lane Tavern in Sanbornton. The meeting will feature a free Yankee Pot Roast n’ Potato meal followed by a short business meeting. Attendees are asked to bring a side dish or salad and a non-perishable food item for donation. RSVP for the event by calling 2869590 or emailing infor@lanetavern.org.

Al-Anon Meeting at the Congregational Church Parish House (18 Veterans

in 1890 to promote patriotism, preserve American history, and support better education for our nation’s children. Its members are descended from the patriots who won American independence during the Revolutionary War. With more than 165,000 members in approximately 3,000 chapters worldwide, DAR is one of the world’s largest and most active service organizations. To learn more about the work of today’s DAR, visit www.DAR.org.

Square) in Laconia. 8 to 9:15 p.m. each Thursday. Al-Anon offers hope and help to families of alcoholics. No dues or fees. All are welcome. Call 645-9518.

American Legion Post #1 Bingo. Every Thursday night at 849 N. Main Street in Laconia. Doors open at 4 p.m. Bingo starts at 6:30.

Chess Club at the Goss Reading Room (188 Elm Street) in Laconia. 2:30 to 4:30 p.m. each Thursday. All ages and skill levels welcome. We will teach.

Laconia Indoor Winter Market. 3-6 p.m. at Skate Escape on Court Street in Laconia. The market features locally grown veggies, locally raised meats, fresh bread, local candy makers, artisans, local independent sales reps and more. For more information call 455-7515 or visit www.laconiaindoorwintermarket.weebly.com.

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.

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PSU Sidore Lecture Series features Susan Harris discussing plein air painting at Art Association meeting speaker on human trafficking

PLYMOUTH — The Saul O Sidore Lecture Series at Plymouth State University will present University of Michigan Clinical Assist Professor of Law Bridgette Carr October 16. Carr will speak Carr will speak on “The Low Risk/High Reward of Selling Human Beings” in the Smith Recital Hall at the Silver Center for the Arts at 7 p.m. A reception will follow the presentation.

The theme for this year’s Sidore Lecture Series is “The War on Nature,” reflecting on topics such as environmental degradation, the inhumane treatment of animals and human slavery.

Carr will discuss the reality of human trafficking in the U.S. and identify factors within communities that support the commodification of human beings.

She will also highlight some of the successes and failures in the battle to combat human trafficking.

Professor Carr directs the Human Trafficking Clinic at the University of Michigan Law School and is a member of the Michigan Human Trafficking Taskforce. She was named one of 16 Women on Top by Marie Claire magazine this year. The honor followed months of research by the magazine, which sought out women under 40 who lead in business, finance, fashion, film, science and more.

“Slavery isn’t confined to developing nations,” according to Carr. “Every year, about 20,000 people are enslaved

in the U.S. Tens of thousands more are at risk,” she said.

The Human Trafficking Clinic combats slavery by representing victims in domestic and international cases, by helping educate law enforcement and the rest of the criminal justice community about the problem, and by working with government and nongovernmental organizations to prevent trafficking in the first place.

Carr’s affiliated Human Trafficking Law Project, the first publicly available database of U.S. human trafficking cases, launched in February 2011.

“The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, which recently launched its own global database on human trafficking case law, now gets all its U.S. data from the database maintained by Carr’s students at Michigan Law,” according to Marie Claire.

The next speaker in the series will Marilyn Wyzga, co-founder and convener of the New Hampshire Children in Nature Coalition. Wyzga will speak on “Children in Nature: Rediscovering the Lost Connection,” at 7 p.m. Tuesday, November 27 at the Silver Center for the Arts.

The Saul O Sidore Lecture Series was established at PSU in 1979 to bring a variety of speakers to the University each year to address the critical political, social and cultural issues and events of our time.

Free tickets are available at the Silver Center Box Office, (603) 5352787 or (800) 779-3869.

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LACONIA — The Lakes Region Art Association will hear from Belmont artist Susan Harris at it’s October meeting on Monday, October 15, at 7 p.m. at the Woodside Building Conference Center at the Taylor Community, 435 Union Avenue,Laconia.

Harris will show her plein air (open air) paintings to the group. A selfdescribed detail oriented Artist Susan Harris painting outdoors in the Lakes Region. (Courartist, Harris feels that tesy photo) plein air painting has benefited her art and has helped to “freethe general public. up” her style. With her presentation, For additional information conshe hopes to share her enthusiasm for tact Gisela Langsten, 1st Vice Presioutdoor painting with the group and dent, Lakes Region Art Association at demonstrate how her pieces evolve.

603/293-2702.

Association meetings are open to

LRPA-TV features Lakes Region Spotlight program on LHS drama production LACONIA — A new Laconia High School Drama production, “Letters From My Father” is the focus of “Lakes Region Spotlight” on LRPATV, Metrocast channel 25. The new feature program is produced and hosted by Carol Granfield of Meredith and begins Wednesday, October 10 at 10:30 p.m.

The program spotlights a new LHS drama production, “Letters From My Father” that will be performed on November 8, 9 and 10. This very

moving story was written by the Laconia High School Theater Arts Director and includes many talented actors and actresses. Some of the proceeds will be donated for Alzheimer’s research.

For a daily program schedule visit www.lrpa.org or view LRPA-TV bulletin board on channel 24. Lakes Region Spotlight is aired daily Monday through Saturday. Granfield welcomes ideas and opportunities for future shows and can be contacted at cmgranfield@gmail.com

PET OF THE WEEK IS MOONEY October IS Adopt a Shelter Dog Month If you detect Sad Eyes in this handsome dog’s picture you would be

right. MOONEY is truly a beefcake - sleek dark chocolate coat, lovely rippling muscles, inquisitive nose, and enormous brown eyes that look just a little more worried with each passing week.

Mooney has been staying at New Hampshire Humane Society since August, having travelled here from Alabama. He is a high energy dog, and the kind of personality that at first blush means people just walk on by when visiting. He wants and deserves a home and will do anything to get your attention, more so if you have a supply of tennis balls. Ah, then Mooney is in dog heaven!

Mooney will happily travel with you, accompany you on trips and spend down time watching football on Sundays, but he needs strong leadership, a sturdy harness for those walks, and a cat free home with adults.

For more information about Mooney please call or stop in to see him at New Hampshire Humane Society.

Call 524-3252 or check www.nhhumane.org

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ANNIE’S MAILBOX

Dear Annie: My husband and I have a 20-year-old daughter, “Brianna.” We pay for her private college tuition, as well as all of her expenses.

In August, Brianna was invited for a weeklong trip to Hawaii with her boyfriend’s family. She decided to go without discussing it with us. We had made plans to get her a new apartment that week so she could move in prior to classes starting, and she totally blew us off.

I am so hurt by this. It seems disrespectful to us and to the commitment she has as a daughter. I have communicated very little with her since she left for school. How can I let her know this behavior is unacceptable? I am also disappointed in her boyfriend, who has known us long enough to be more sensitive to our family. What should I do? -- A Mom Dear Mom: Yes, it was rude that Brianna did not discuss the change in plans with you, but she is trying to assert her independence, and we recommend you let her. That means she should make more of her own decisions, and you need to stop paying for them. If Brianna receives a free trip to Hawaii and blows off apartment hunting, let her handle her own living arrangements. Don’t do it for her or fret that she won’t have a place to live. She’ll manage. Let her find a part-time job to pay for things you don’t want to finance. Help her become a responsible, mature adult instead of a dependent child. You’ll be grateful later.

Dear Annie: I’ve been married to “Charlie” for 35 years. He is now semi-retired and works an afternoon shift three days a week. He wakes up minutes before going to work and comes home an hour before my bedtime. On his days off, he sleeps until dinnertime. He says there is no reason to get up during the day.

I have tried staying up later, but I get too sleepy. I am in my 50s now, and the kids have left the nest. I’ve made lots of friends who are available during the day, but I don’t want to keep living this way. I miss my husband. Charlie and I have been to counseling numerous times, but it hasn’t changed anything. What do I do? -- Lonely in Kentucky Dear Kentucky: Charlie would rather sleep late than spend time with you. It could be that he’s avoiding you, is depressed or that his internal clock is simply set later. You could try to change your sleep habits to match his, waking up later so you aren’t too tired to stay up until the wee hours.

Counseling helps only if both parties agree to work on what needs to be changed. If Charlie won’t address this, you can get counseling on your own and decide whether you will put up with the current situation in order to stay married.

If you opt to stick around, adjust your attitude so that your focus is not on Charlie and his sleep habits, but on whatever makes you happy when you’re awake.

Dear Annie: I am writing about the letter from “His Mom,” whose 15-year-old son is having sex with his 15-year-old girlfriend. They wanted to know who is responsible for paying for the girl’s birth control pills.

As the mother of a 15-year-old boy, I’d like to say that what I loved about this letter is that both kids had talked to their parents about having sex. That is amazing and says a lot about both sets of parents. Kudos to them. Here’s my simple response: I think the boy should pay for condoms that he assiduously wears, and the girl should pay for her birth control pills. It provides double protection for pregnancy and the added benefit of STD protection. -- Jen from Connecticut

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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1972 Austin Heally Mini Cooper 850. $6000/ obo. 603-528-3840.

1998 Nissan Altima, 146k, auto, cruise, sunroof, power seats, good tires. Asking $2,650.

393-8996 2000 Toyota Sienna Van for sale.

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2001 Suburban- 112K miles, $5,800. Loaded, LT, 4WD, 5.3 liter automatic. Very good

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LACONIA- 3 bedroom apartment. $780/Month plus utilities. Security deposit/references. 520-8212 LACONIA- 3 bedroom house, across Street from Leavitt Park, close to school & beach. Efficient heat with new windows. Covered parking with lockable storage. Security & references required. Pet considered. $1,100. per month + utilities. 937-0157 LACONIA- 3 Room, 1 bedroom with sun porch, 2nd floor $170/Week, includes heat. $600 security. 524-7793 LACONIA- Beautiful, large 1 bedroom in one of Pleasant Street!s finest Victorian homes. Walk to downtown & beaches, 2 porches, fireplace, lots of natural woodwork, washer/dryer. Heat/hot water included. $950/Month.

528-6885 LACONIA- Clean, quiet, warm 2 bedroom rental, close to downtown. Security deposit, $185/Week, heat included. No pets. 267-7949 LACONIA- Large 4-bedroom 2-bathroom apartment with Heat/Hw included. Hardwood floors, 8 rooms in all. $1,150.

Also have a 3-bedroom 2-Bathroom for $1,050.

566-6815 LACONIA- Large Rooms for rent.

Private bath, heat/hot water, electric, cable, parking included. $145/week 603-781-6294 LACONIA- Wingate Village, 103 Blueberry Lane. 3-bedroom townhouses for rent. $875.

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1 bedroom apartment in Bristol, in grand house with lots of Character, recently remodeled kitchen & bathroom. Nice location on Newfound River with nice yard. 10 minutes to Rt. 93 $600/mo. plus utilities, maybe pets.

603-986-5509 ALTON/GILFORD Line 2BR Cottage w/3-season Porch, $220-235/week +utilities; 3BR Apt. $240-260/week +utilities.

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APARTMENTS, mobile homes. If you need a rental at a fair price, call DRM Corp. Over 40 years in rentals. We treat you better!

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BELMONT- Available NOW. 2-bedroom townhouse-style. Quiet area, heat included. $850/mo. All housing certificates accepted.

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

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For Rent LACONIA- 2-bedroom 2-bath on quiet dead-end street. $975/Month. All utilities included, Call 527-8363. No pets.

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GILFORD NEW 3 BEDROOM Large yard, close to school, downtown. $1,250 month plus utilities. $300 off 1 month.

978-387-5200 GILFORD: 3-Bedroom, renovated 2-Family on 1.7 acres. Hardwood floors. $1,200/month, heat included.

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GILMANTON: Clean, private, newly renovated, single-family home, 1-bedroom with office, $850/month. Concord, 20 minutes. (603)382-4492.

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 apartment on Pleasant St. 2nd floor. Walk to town & beaches, private sun deck, beautiful hardwood floors, appliances, full bath. $900/Month includes heat & hot water.

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$200/Week Call 524-2947 LACONIA Large Studio Apartment- Newly painted, carpeting and flooring, off street parking. No utilities, lease required. $500 security deposit, rent $140/Week.

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NORTHFIED 2BR first floor, w/d hookup, no smoking, no util. $775 a month, refs, security. 387-4885

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

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For Sale 4-LIKE new Blizzak/ Artic Snow tires 205/60/R16. $160. Box of ocean fishing equipment 279-5227 90 Gallon marine aquarium- reef octopus protien skimmer- mega flow sump model 3, refractometer, misc. pumps & jets. 986-3540 AMAZING! Beautiful pillowtop matress sets, twin $169, full or queen $249, king $399. See AD under “Furniture”.

AQUARIUM Items, Fresh/salt water fish, 55, 29, 20, 10 gallon tanks, and accessories. 284-9299

INDOOR TREE- 8ft. B. Ficus, loves the sun. $150. 528-5120 LEATHER recliner bought on sale for $595 on May 18, 2012. New. $450. 603-524-1851.

LOG Length Firewood: 7-8 cords, $900. Local delivery. 998-8626.

MOVING out sale! All things must go! Best Offers. Loudon.

267-8880 Truck Load random size lumber & plywood pieces. $25. 293-0683 TWIN box spring & mattress $20, futon $40., both in good condition.

455-8521

COLOR TV: 25” RCA Console Model & Toshiba VCR Player.

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524-5529.

DINING Table with 8-chairs, including 2-captain chairs: Asking $175.

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Drums, Base, 2 Tom Toms CB 700. International -Remo Heads black, excellent condition. Snare with case, stand, practice pad, Holton, never used. $300.

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DRY Cordwood: Delivered.

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LOAM

Beautiful, organic, screened loam. $15/yard.

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GOODYEAR Wintermark Magna Grip studded snows, 185-65-14 multi-lug wheels on rims. 7/32 tread. $200. 528-2152 SMALL Heating Oil Deliveries: No minimum required. Evening & weekend deliveries welcome.

BENJAMIN OIL, LLC .

603-731-5980 SPRINGFIELD Armory 1911-A1, NIB, 2 mags and leather holster. $650; plus 4 mags, vintage mili-

Motorcycles

Help Wanted

Furniture 2 queen bedroom sets both with dresser, mirror, night stands; $499 and platform $399. Full-size Mediterranean wooden bed $150.

Regular size pull-out sofa $400.

(603)524-1311

INSURANCE Inspector wanted.

Part-time, light commercial & residential inspections. Experience required.

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YARD Tractor- Sentinel, 12hp B&S engine. Runs good, mower deck does not. $75. Call 528-4919

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

Recreation Vehicles 2002 Polaris ATV- 300 CC, 4x4 w/plow. Only 780 miles, $1,650.

Diamond plate truck tool box $85.

603-387-6969 2008 650 Can Am Outlander XTLow miles, like new, $6,000.

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Real Estate BUILDING for sale, 4 unit apartment building in Bristol, N.H. Well maintained. $205.000. Kevin 603-968-5509.

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Business Telephone Systems Sales, Repairs Data & Voice Cabling. 20 Years in Business 524-2214

2007 Honda Metropolitan Scooter.

49cc, 750 miles, mint condition, $1,000. 387-9342

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 Building Products company looking to hire several people.

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AVALON woodstove/insert, fire view, heats 2,000 sq. ft.Good condition. $400. 603-293-4239.

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Potential for full-time and benefits for the right candidate. Selection process beginning mid-October.

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Services HARDWOOD Flooring- Dust Free Sanding. 25 years experience.

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

Singer-songwriter Meg Author Carol Lee Anderson speaking at Lakes Region Talks series October 17 Josalen at Gilman Library Friday night

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Meg Josalen. (Courtesy photo)

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603-986-8149 Storage Space HUGE GARAGE in Gilford for rent, perfect for 2 cars or large boat. $250/Month. 508-596-2600 LACONIA: 20' x 18 ' two car garage for rent. $195/month including electric, 524-1234.

Wanted To Buy Hospital bed wanted to purchase.

In pristine condition. Call 524-1430 or 524-0785

Library Friday, October 12 at 7 p.m. in which she will perform songs from the album she recorded over a two-year period.

She will discuss her experience of recording an album in a studio, a project that resulted in a 28-song double album and offer an intimate acoustic performance of some songs from the album and a sneak peak at some new songs she is currently recording.

Meredith Village Savings Bank launches SwitchAgentSM

MEREDITH — Meredith Village Savings Bank (MVSB) is taking the hassle out of switching banks with the launch of SwitchAgentSM from Deluxe Corporation.

SwitchAgentSM is the first solution of its kind available to U.S. financial institutions of all sizes.

MVSB is the first bank in New England to offer this service, making it easier for local consumers to leave their current banking relationship and move their financial services to MVSB. SwitchAgent is available to all new personal account holders at no cost to them. To use the service, customers sign a simple form authorizing a Deluxe SwitchAgentSM to call them to collect information about their current direct deposits and automatic payments – utility bills, loan payments, and health club membership dues. Then SwitchAgentSM contacts these companies to close the customer’s old account and move any pre-authorized transactions to their MVSB account.

Deluxe currently offers SwitchAgentSM only on personal accounts. It is not yet available for businesses. To learn more, visit www.mvsb.com/switchagent.

“A lot of banks offer ‘switch kits’ to encourage consumers to move their accounts,” notes Christine Harris, senior vice president, retail banking officer at MVSB. “These kits are essentially just a collection of various forms and checklists a customer must fill out in order to complete the switch. SwitchAgentSM is entirely different. It’s a personal concierge service with an actual person working on behalf of MVSB customers to switch their accounts over to us quickly and efficiently.”

According to a study by J.D. Power & Associates, 66 percent of account holders would consider switching primary financial institutions, but many accounts go dormant due to the labor-intensive transition process. SwitchAgentSM assists in shifting multiple billing vendors such as mortgage payments, Social Security payments, and gym memberships to new accounts, easing the transition process for both the financial institution and the consumer.

LACONIA — The band about 20 years ago.

Belknap Mill has The free and interesting launched a new monthly Lakes Region Talks series series, Lakes Region features Lakes Region Talks, which will open on residents from all walks of Wednesday, October 17 at life with interesting stories 7 p.m. with a presentation to share. The programs are by well-known Gilford offered on Wednesday eveauthor Carol Lee Andernings, once a month and son. Her book on the histhe public is welcome. tory of Gunstock received Belknap Mill Society praise and great reviews trustee and program chair when it was recently pubMarti Ilg says, “Part of lished. The book traces our mission is to provide the history of the Guncultural programs for stock Ski Area, and skiing the public and the Lakes in general in the Lakes Gilford author Carol Lee Region Talks series offers Region.

Anderson will speak at the something new for the “Right now I’m working Lakes Region Talks series at community. We know there on my second book, which the Belknap Mill on Wednes- are many local people with will be about the cartoon- day, October 17 at 7 p.m. fascinating stories, from ist Bob Montana, who was (Courtesy photo) artists to writers to many the creator of the comic strip, Archie. others. You might not know it, but the Bob lived, worked and raised his family person you see every day at work or at in Meredith. Not only did he draw local the grocery store might have an interscenes, people and events into the strip, esting story; we want these folks to he was very active in the community and share their stories with the Belknap offered his talents to many organizations Mill and the Lakes Region community.” and fundraisers. The book does not have a For further information about the title just yet, but it will be released in the Lakes Region Talks series, call the fall of 2013,” says Anderson.

Belknap Mill at 524-8813.

Her presentation will be about In November, the Belknap Mill’s art writing the Gunstock book - why she gallery will feature a major exhibit by wrote it, how long it took, and some Gilford artist Roger Gagne. Many will of the adventures and people she met recognize his watercolors and drawalong the way. ings featuring the architecture of CanAlso included will be an overview of terbury Shaker Village. Along with Gunstock’s history, especially the early these images, Gagne is a prolific artist, history, which is unknown to many amassing a lifetime of beautiful waterpeople. The various efforts to preserve colors, drawings and paintings of local, Gunstock’s history will be discussed. national and international scenes.

Also covered will be the Montana On Wednesday, November 14 at 7 book and why Anderson wanted to p.m., Gagne will present a talk on his write a book about the artist and his artwork, from the thousands of hours importance. “Bob was a very funny he spent researching the historic man, so there’s lots to laugh about buildings at Canterbury Shaker Vilwhen it comes to researching his life lage, to many other aspects of his art. and work,” adds Anderson.

The Belknap Mill is the Official Along with being a published writer, Meetinghouse of NH and serves as Anderson home schools her two chilthe cultural center of the Lakes dren. She went to school for illustraRegion. The Mill has a permanent tion (the painting on the cover of the Powerhouse exhibit, as well as a wellGunstock book is her original artstocked gift shop and an art gallery. work). She grew up in Connecticut For a full schedule of events, visit and moved up to Gilford with her huswww.belknapmill.org.

‘Holidaze Made Easy’ program set for Nov. 17 at Minot Sleeper Library

BRISTOL — The Friends of the Minot Sleeper Library will hold a “Holidaze Made Easy” gala on November 17 from 10:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. at the Marian Center at the intersection of West Shore Road and Route 3A in Bristol.

Three of the four experts who will

speak at the luncheon event will provide ideas for foods, decorating and using creativity in planning for the holidays while a fourth guest will describe how to cope with all the stress of the season.

Advance tickets only are available at the library and from Friends of the Library for $20.

FRANKLIN — The Franklin Regional Hospital Auxiliary will host its Fourth Annual Holiday Craft Fair on Saturday, November 10 from 9 a.m.-3: p.m. at Franklin Regional Hospital.

The FRH Auxiliary is looking for area artists and crafters for the fair which costs $45 per space and provides a great opportunity to sell goods to hundreds of local shoppers.

Proceeds from this annual event

help to support important initiatives at Franklin Regional Hospital. This is a perfect opportunity to pick-up local hand-made gifts and everything needed for the upcoming holiday season. The event will also feature a bake sale, penny sale, a raffle, and a silent auction.

Admission and parking is free (please use Edwards Street entrance).

For more information call Cynthia at 934-2060 ext. 8780.

Ski/Snowboard program Franklin Hospital hosting craft fair Nov. 10 deadline November 15

GILFORD — The Gilford Parks and Recreation Department is once again sponsoring a six-week learn to ski/snowboard program to be held at Gunstock Ski Area for Gilford children in grades K-6.

This program will be running from 4:30 – 8:15 p.m. every Tuesday from January 8-February 12, 2013. There is also rental equipment available to those who need it.

Registration deadline is Thursday, November 15t.

No registrations will be accepted after this date.

For more information contact Parks and Recreation Director, Herb Greene at 527-4722.

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