The Laconia Daily Sun, November 23, 2011

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Sally Whalen for allowing ‘treasonous liar’ (Obama) on primary ballot to represent Laconia rep, joined by Rep. Tobin of Sanbornton & 7 other lawmakers, appeared at Friday hearing C. Harbor on in support of California ‘birther queen’; House Speaker and AG will investigate their behavior I-L Board brought by Orly Taitz, a California attorthe commission, claiming the president’s B M K

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MEREDITH — Sally Whalen, a retired elementary school teacher, was unanimously elected by members of the Inter-Lakes School Board last night to to fill a vacancy on the board created by the resignation of Rebecca Alosa.

Alosa had resigned as a Center Harbor representative on the board because she has moved to Meredith.

Whalen, who along with her husband, Tom, runs Wild see WHALEN page 10

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CONCORD — Both the New Hampshire Attorney General and the Speaker of the House of Representatives have initiated investigations into the conduct of some state representatives, especially Harry Accornero (R-Laconia), after the Ballot Law Commission (BLC) unanimously affirmed President Obama’s place on the presidential primary ballot despite the complaint

ney known as “the birther queen.”

Taitz topped the bill when the BLC met on Friday afternoon to hear her case for keeping the president off the ballot. Accornero, along with Bill Tobin (R-Sanbornton), was among nine Republican representatives who endorsed her challenge not only to Obama’s American citizenship but also to his very identity. “We have an individual where we don’t know who he is,” she told

birth certificate, Social Security number and other documentary records are bogus.

Addressing the commission, Accornero said the “material evidence” Taitz submitted should be “overwhelming” and because other courts did not have the courage to step up to the plate and rule on this decision should not bear on us. We need to step up to the plate,” he continued, “and say is see ACCORNERO page 10

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On anniversary of In Manchester, Obama portrays himself as a tax cutter crucial independent voters sided solup. Yes, you get a tax cut,” Obama told MANCHESTER (AP) — President JFK assassination, Barack idly with Republicans in the 2010 midthe crowd. “Which way do you think Obama dashed into politically terms, and recent polls suggest Obama Congress should vote?”

New Hampshire Tuesday, police honor man important would lose to Romney by 10 percent“Don’t be a Grinch. Don’t vote to seeking to steal the spotlight from age points here if the election were raise taxes on working Americans Republican presidential candidates who led them to held today. during the holidays,” he said during his and challenging GOP lawmakers Seeking to boost his appeal with speech at a Manchester high school. in Washington to stand by their independents in this low-tax state, Democrats had hoped to tuck the anti-tax pledges on one big measure.

Lee Harvey Oswald back Obama urged Congress to extend a payroll tax extension, as well as a He was greeted with a blunt mesDALLAS (AP) — Dallas police honored a man on Tuesday whose “keen observation skills and strong sense of civic duty” led them to Lee Harvey Oswald, who had crept into the back of a darkened movie theater to hide on Nov. 22, 1963, shortly after the assassination of President John F. Kennedy.

Police Chief David Brown presented Johnny Calvin Brewer with the department’s Citizen’s Certificate of Merit and praised his selfless act and “exemplary conduct” 48 years ago during a ceremony at the Texas Theatre — the same place where Oswald was captured about 80 minutes after Kennedy was killed.

“I’m just so overwhelmed,” Brewer, 70, said after receiving the award and watching a video of his 22-year-old self recounting the events of that day.

Brewer, a manager at a shoe store located about 90 steps from the Oak Cliff neighborhood theater, was listening to news reports about the president’s assassination when he heard reports that a Dallas police officer, J.D. Tippit, had just been killed a few blocks away.

A man whose behavior seemed suspicious then walked into the foyer of the shoe store. Brewer said the man stared at the display in the window and acted scared as police cars with blaring sirens raced by.

After the last squad car passed in one direction, the man stepped out of the store and walked in the opposite direction toward the movie theater.

Brewer saw him go into the theater see OSWALD page 13

sage from Republican contender Mitt Romney, who bought campaign ads telling Obama, “Your policies have failed.”

In his first trip to New Hampshire in nearly two years, the president was confronted by a state that has shifted sharply to the right since his victory here in the 2008 election. The state’s

Social Security payroll tax cut due to expire next month. In effect, he dared Republicans — many of whom have signed anti-tax pledges — to vote against an extension, a move the White House says would lead to a $1,000 tax hike on a family making $50,000 a year.

If lawmakers vote “no, your taxes go

renewal of jobless benefits, into an agreement from the congressional deficit-reduction supercommittee. But with that option off the table following the committee’s collapse Monday, the White House plans to make a fullcourt press for a separate measure to extend the tax cuts before they expire see OBAMA page 10

WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. economy grew more slowly over the summer than the government had earlier estimated because businesses cut back more sharply on restocking of shelves.

The Commerce Department said Tuesday that the economy expanded at an annual rate of 2 percent in the July-September quarter, lower than an initial 2.5 percent estimate made last month. The government also said after-tax incomes fell by the largest amount in two years, reflecting high

unemployment and lower pay raises.

The downward revision was largely because weaker data on inventory building came in after the government’s first estimate. Many businesses reduced their stockpiles over the summer, probably because they didn’t anticipate the strength consumer and business spending.

A decline in inventories is not always a bad sign. Economists believe this could lead to stronger growth in the current quarter, if businesses foresee more demand and restock their shelves.

Economists predict growth will strengthen to around 3 percent in the October-December quarter. Many raised their estimates after seeing encouraging October reports on retail sales and factory output.

“While this report is disappointing, it is a look back in time,” said Jennifer Lee, senior economist at BMO Capital Markets. “It is encouraging, to say the least, to see the October data coming in stronger, which is good news for the current quarter.” see ECONOMY page 12

ROME (AP) — Few Italians are willing to make personal sacrifices — like retiring at age 67 instead of 65, or even earlier — though they believe cutting the country’s public debt is a top priority, according to an AP-GfK poll released Tuesday.

And most Italians think the country should stay in the 17-nation eurozone even though the European Union is demanding such tough economic reforms.

A full 93 percent of Italians said reducing the public debt was either an “extremely” or “very important” goal for the government to tackle. Only 2 percent said it was “not too important” or “not at all important.”

Yet, only about a quarter of Italians favor reforming labor laws to make it easier to fire workers, or raising the retirement age — considered critical to curb Italy’s public spending and

boost economic growth.

Italy has been engulfed in financial turmoil for weeks as markets woke up to the enormous size of its debt — €1.9 trillion ($2.6 trillion), a eurozone high at 120 percent of gross domestic product. The market turmoil and a loss of confidence in Italy’s ability to repay its debt forced Premier Silvio Berlusconi to resign Nov. 12, ending his 17-year see ITALY page 14

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Police looking for help in Never-ending debate over Bush tax cuts doomed debt deal solving 2001 murder in N.H. White Mountains

CONCORD (AP) — It’s been 10 years since a Canadian hiker was found stabbed to death near Mount Washington, and the New Hampshire attorney general’s office has put out a new plea asking for the public’s assistance to help solve the case.

Fifty-two-year-old Louise Chaput (Sha-PUT’) left her home in Sherbrooke, Quebec, on Nov. 15, 2001, and traveled to New Hampshire for a solo hiking trip. She planned to return after a few days.

Chaput had a reservation at the Appalachian Mountain Club Pnkham Notch camp the night of Nov. 15, but never checked into her room. She was reported missing four days later. Her body was found on Nov. 22 off the Glen Boulder Trail in Pinkham Notch, south of the lodge.

Anyone with information can call the state’s Cold Case unit.

N.H. Supreme Court orders DCYF to pay $3.5M to child care providers

CONCORD (AP) — The New Hampshire Supreme Court is ordering the state’s health department to pay more than $3.5 million owed to seven child care providers since 2004.

The court rejected Department of Health and Human Services arguments that provider service agreements are not binding contracts. It also rejected the department’s contention that it is unconstitutional for the courts to order payments by a state agency.

The nonprofits care for abused and delinquent children and filed suit nearly five years ago.

The agency claims it ran out of money budgeted see DCYF page 13

WASHINGTON (AP) — A long-running war between Democrats and Republicans over Bush-era tax cuts doomed the debt supercommittee’s chances of reaching a deal. Efforts to overhaul the tax code may await the same fate as both parties gear up to make taxes a central issue in the 2012 elections.

Republicans insisted during the supercommittee negotiations that curbing tax breaks to raise revenues be coupled with guarantees that all the Bush tax cuts would continue beyond 2012. The tax cuts, which affect families at every income level, were enacted under President George W. Bush and were extended through 2012 under President Barack Obama.

Republicans for years have bashed Democrats as eager to raise taxes — a theme they will employ often in next year’s elections — so they weren’t about to agree to a tax hike unless they also could take credit for preventing a huge tax increase scheduled to take effect in 2013.

Democrats countered that the supercommittee

was created to reduce the budget deficit, not add to it by extending tax cuts. Most Democrats, including Obama, want to extend the Bush tax cuts only to individuals making less than $200,000 a year and married couples making less than $250,000.

“We simply could not overcome the Republican insistence on making tax cuts for the wealthiest Americans permanent,” said Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., a member of the supercommittee. “This was simply doctrine for some of our Republican colleagues, even as many worked very hard in good faith to find a better way forward.”

Another member of the supercommittee, Rep. Dave Camp, R-Mich., said, “It is deeply regrettable that my Democrat colleagues could not see their way to addressing these much-needed reforms without at least $1 trillion in job-killing tax increases on families and employers.”

Extending all the Bush tax cuts, including provisions to spare millions of middle-class families from see TAX CUTS page 7

Search on for Florida woman missing since ‘People’s Court’ appearance

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — More than a dozen detectives and hundreds of volunteers continued their search Tuesday for an Orlando woman who went missing after her episode of “The People’s Court” aired on television.

Orlando police said Michelle Parker, 33, was last seen Thursday, the day the episode aired. Her Hummer SUV was found the next day, causing family members to believe she was carjacked.

At a command center in the parking lot of a closed nightclub where Parker used to work, concerned residents stopped by for stacks of fliers on Tuesday afternoon, in the hopes of handing them out at shopping centers. People in white T-shirts with Parker’s photo on the back scrutinized maps.

Family members last heard from her on Thursday, when she sent a text message that indicated

she was in an Orlando shopping area. They said it’s unlike Parker to disappear because she has three children and a job as a bartender.

“If anyone knows anything, please do the right thing,” said Dustin Erickson, who choked up as he talked about his sister. “If anyone has any information, please come forward. If anyone has her, please let her go, please turn yourselves in, please do something so we can find her any way possible.”

Erickson said the TV show was probably “irrelevant” to her disappearance as it was taped three months ago. Parker and her ex-boyfriend appeared on the show to resolve a dispute about a $5,000 engagement ring.

Her mother, Yvonne Stewart, told ABC News that her daughter said the show was “the most humiliating experience” of her life.

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Hard, dirty jobs don’t have to be lousy jobs “Why Americans Won’t Do Dirty Jobs” is the presumptuous headline on a Bloomberg Businessweek cover.

The subject is Alabama’s new notolerance policy toward illegal immigrants and the people who hire them.

As expected, the law has caused an exodus of undocumented workers from Alabama, depriving fishprocessors, farmers and other businesses of hands willing to perform killer work at minimum wage.

As expected, the employers are complaining that Americans won’t do dirty jobs.

The politics of this are all mixed up. A modern liberal might say: “See? American business needs undocumented workers. Serves you xenophobes right.”

An old-fashioned liberal might respond, “Serves you right for paying folks only $7.25 an hour to stand and cut catfish for 10 hours.”

Some conservatives would complain, “While businesses profit off illegal immigration, its social costs get dropped on us taxpayers.” Other conservatives would agree with modern liberals, but avoid the truth that their agenda is not diversity but cheap labor.

This is a complex matter, and to portray the Alabama law as being all about prejudice against brownskinned foreigners is unfair. What usually goes unsaid is that tolerating illegal labor forces also has racist consequences. It depresses pay and working conditioning for low-skilled African-Americans, who then get accused of laziness for refusing backbreaking work at basement-scraping wages.

Worse, it has put certain jobs offlimits altogether to the native-born and established immigrants — virtually closing many fields and factories to a conventional workforce.

“Some employers have begun to reorganize work in ways that systematically exclude certain nativeborn workers, especially those under the age of 35,” according to a study at Northeastern University’s Center for Labor Market Studies (the authors are Andrew Sum, Paul Harrington and Ishwar Khatiwada).

The pay and conditions often don’t meet basic labor standards. The jobs are frequently off the books, and the work paid in cash.

Alabama officials say shutting

down this parallel labor market is an objective of the law. “I don’t consider this a labor shortage,” Tom Surtees, Alabama’s director of industrial relations, told Businessweek. He went on: “We’re transitioning from a business model. Whether an employer in agriculture used migrant workers, or whether it’s another industry that used illegal immigrants, they had a business model, and that business model is going to have to change.”

Here’s an example of said business model: A Guatemalan field hand told Businessweek that migrants like him made about $60 for 11 hours of nonstop toil under the hot Alabama sun. Treating the tomato pickers as beasts of burden, the farm pays by the 25-pound basket, rather than by the hour. Surely that work can be done in shorter shifts and paid on a per-hour basis. As Surtees notes, Alabamians are happy to do brute work in sweltering steel mills because they are offered decent wages and benefits.

Where the Alabama law goes wrong is in assuming that it can change the business model at the state level. Catfish processors in Alabama have to compete with catfish processors in Mississippi and Arkansas, who don’t have such tough restrictions on using lowercost illegal labor.

The Alabama employers will add, “And what about China?” Low-wage countries have invaded the U.S. catfish market. They, too, have a point.

But go through the aisles of Walmart. The coffeemakers, sweatshirts and bicycles — all once part of mighty American industries — are also made in China. What makes catfish special?

A healthy U.S. labor market clearly has many moving parts, of which immigration will remain one.

But replacing low-skilled domestic workers with illegal ones is insane labor policy. And “Why Americans Won’t Do Dirty Jobs” is a pretend answer to a phony question.

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

— LETTERS — Government can’t regulate prices without causing a disaster To the editor, A reply to Earlon Beale (Sun, Nov. 18).

Earlon, you have a very nice idea there, but the government can’t regulate prices without causing a disaster. Our “President” Dictator Obama can borrow money and spend money without control of Congress ONLY because he ignores all the laws. Like-

ing all the money we have and have earned. But what those steps do is to INCREASE the price of oil and gasoline to us all so we can’t afford it. That IS his goal! When he has us all broke he will declare a national emergency, take over as the dictator he now acts as, and declare us to be a Muslim nation under HIS control.

Jack Stephenson

LETTERS The message electing Ron Paul will send transcends the man To the editor, Our government cannot stop spending and the debt per tax payer is now $133,614 and climbing according to www.USDebtClock.org. What surprises me the most is that most people do not recognize the severity of the problem. Printing the money, borrowing from foreign nations and then sending the money back to them in the form of aid is insane. Tax loopholes for big corporations and special interest groups have bankrupted our nation. Our government has become too large and is unsustainable.

New Hampshire has a real opportunity to show the nation that there is a solution out there amongst our candidates. If New Hampshire votes for Ron Paul it will be the second shot heard round the world. Whether you agree 100-percent or not with Dr. Paul’s positions you probably agree with most of them. A vote for Dr. Paul will be a vote for NOT Washington business as usual.

The message transcends the man and it is the message of a constitutional government, sound monetary policy and a sensible foreign policy. If we can show that his message is the message that the people are getting behind then we here in New Hamp-

shire can save the nation.

There is only one candidate who is not catering to the big corporations and the Wall Street insiders. On his desk he has a plaque that says “Don’t Steal, the Government Hates Competition”. He often remarks that the lobbyist don’t bother him because they know it is a waste of their time. He has turned down his government pension.

He is a medical doctor who has delivered over 4,000 babies and has served in our U.S. Congress for over 20 years.

He has never flip flopped on the issues and has the most specific and credible plan to face our deficit of any of the other candidates. He receives more campaign donations from our troops than President Obama and more than all the other Republican candidates COMBINED. To create jobs we must solve the debt problem. Capital will flow to where capital is appreciated. Jobs, investments and business will come back to the United States in droves with the election of a man like Ron Paul. Please join me and my family in supporting the champion of the constitution Dr. Ron Paul on January 10th 2012.

Barbara Aichinger Governor’s Island Gilford

Why isn’t restaurant inspection info online & available to us?

To the editor, In doing research for a school paper, I was shocked to see the lack of enforcement and inspection of the food service industry. Although some are better than others, none of the six establishments I concentrated on met the standards of the State Health Department. In case you didn’t know, just about every community in New Hampshire has no local enforcement or inspection process. This is left up to the state, which takes a more reactive than proactive approach. I attempted to get records of inspections and complaints on the six establishments I am doing my research on and was told by local authorities that they do not maintain any files or paperwork.

The state could not supply me with any info and told me that they would

a page and were unsure how many pages would be involved. They also told me that they were shorthanded and wouldn’t be able to guarantee when this work would be completed, as they had several other requests waiting.

Why isn’t this info online and available to us? In a state that survives on tourism, why aren’t we more diligent on inspection and enforcement of our food service industry? Why aren’t we demanding better education for employees? Some of the things that I have witnessed are disgusting and a health hazard to any customer. If I can see it, where is the Health Department? They are supposed to be trained and certified. When I publish my final report many people will be shocked.

Dennis J. Peterson

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LETTERS I’m not content to kneel & kiss feet of anyone trying to kill me To the editor, This morning I read the letter by Steve Orlich of Ashland, in which he rejects the notion of thanking our troops for their service and that we should apologize to them instead, because we “suckered (them) into pointless carnage.” Mr. Orlich wants us to think about the “very real suffering here and over there.”

Where have you been Mr. Orlich?

Don’t you know about 9/11/? It wasn’t the “leaders with their own obscure agendas,” who flew the planes into the twin towers and killed 2977 people.

Even more terrible things could happen in the U.S. Don’t say it can’t happen here. On the morning of 9/10 if you had informed Mayor Rudy Giuliani that terrorists would hijack airplanes and fly them into the World Trade Center, he likely would have

likely laughed you out of his office.

Do you write letters to the editors of Near East newspapers deploring the fact that Americans with guts are fighting back and apologize for their actions? I am not content to kneel down and kiss the feet of ANYONE who wants to kill me. If terrorists were in the streets of Ashland slaughtering your family and friends, would you greet the young men and women who arrived to keep you safe, with an apology for “ encouraging their soul damaging” activities? Next time you are inclined to apologize to a soldier, first ask him or her how they feel about the fighting. I think you will be surprised.

You may feel it proper to kneel for the terrorist lash, but I prefer to “Live Free or Die.” Elliot Finn Meredith

Sue & Carol: enjoy our big beautiful country from your RV To the editor, After 15 years of getting a decent haircut, the girls at Heads-Up have decided to retire. I am sorry to see them go, but the trick is leave ‘em wanting more. I hope it doesn’t take too many excursions to different bar-

bers to get one that does it “your way”.

If you are reading this Sue and Carol, enjoy America in your RV while you are young and healthy enough to enjoy this big beautiful country.

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LETTERS Let’s make Mitt Romeny America’s ‘Turnaround Artist in Chief” To the editor, In the years leading up to the 2002 Salt Lake City Winter Olympics, scandal and corruption threatened to doom the internationally-renowned event.

Fortunately, the games ended up being the most successful in recent history, thanks in large part to Mitt Romney.

With the event mired in scandal and debt, top officials turned to Romney, a successful businessman who had a reputation as a “Turnaround Artist”.

Mitt had made his mark by fixing ailing businesses. His reputation for turning deficits into surpluses was fast becoming the stuff of legends.

Once Mitt was named Chief Executive

Officer, he applied his business savvy to make the Salt Lake City games an event all Americans could be proud to host. By fostering relationships with sponsors, building professional connections, reorganizing the budget, Romney turned the tide.

Many candidates say that they have the real world experience to restore our country’s economic dominance, but Mitt is the only candidate that has the track record to prove it.

Vote Romney if you are looking for a “Turnaround Artist in Chief”.

Judy Havenstein Alton

Grover Norquist leads the Republican Party & therefore the nation To the editor, As politicians, not but necessarily as people, Republicans are cowards.

For all you fans of the GOP, they are not working for you or have your best interests in mind. They are be-holding to one man and one man only.

Grover Norquist leads the party and therefore the county. What he says is the law of the GOP and if they don’t follow his law they are history. He has about 270 signed pledges for his law in case you missed 60 Minutes last night.

Also is the wall of shame of those who

broke the pledge and lost their jobs.

The guise of not raising taxes in times of a recession is just BS as Norquist has been taking these pledges for almost 20 years. Americans for Tax Reform is his organization. Don’t break your pledge to him as the modern day Hitler quoted last night. Who funds this is not known but obviously large money runs this organization. This is NOT America or how America is suppose to work.

Jon Hoyt Bridgewater

Professional person endorsing Northern Pass backs out of debate To the editor, The Northern Pass has featured many articles in the newspaper along with pictures and names of professional people stating “my New Hampshire” and “why I like and support the Northern Pass”. Well, one of those people said and I quote: “What I think we should do, is have an old fashioned New Hampshire debate and decide for yourself “.

Well, he was taken up on his offer, accepted it — along with another professional person supporting the Northern Pass — and has now told us

she just can’t comply with her acceptance to the debate. The other person just won’t answer any phone calls or e-mails and he supports the Northern Pass. These are professional people.

Why will they not defend what they believe in? So much said for character and integrity.

My commanding officer once said to me: “Never ask your men to do something you wouldn’t do yourself “.

Enough said!

George Wright Campton

Mr. Accornero: don’t you have to be citizen to be guilty of treason?

To the editor, State Rep. Harry Accornero (Republican from Conspiracytheoryville) and his friends are at it again with their discredited birther bull. This is the same man who spent his summer trying to get Congress to arrest President Obama for treason. But to be guilty of treason you have to be a citizen of the country that tries you. Mr. Accornero

argues that the president is a Kenyan.

So I have to wonder which piece of nonsense he really believes . Or maybe he’s just happy playing with the garbage of paranoid politics, that stuff pushed by extremists who don’t care about the truth or are allergic to reality.

That’s not what people voted for last year.

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LACONIA — During the first ten months of the year the tonnage of recycled materials collected here increased 19-percent compared to the same period a year ago, representing a net reduction in the cost of collecting, transporting and disposing of solid waste of $48,598.

Since January, 1,008.52 tons of recyclables have been collected compared to 846.46 tons during the same period in 2010, an increase of 162.06 tons or 19-percent. Curbside collection rose only 3-percent, from 537.09 tons to 553.84 tons , but recyclables taken to the three remote collection points jumped from 309.37 tons to 454.68 tons, an increase of more than 145 tons, or 47-percent.

Every ton taken out of the waste stream and recycled reduces the cost of collecting, transporting and disposing of solid waste, which is funded by

property taxes, by more than $150 per ton. Recycling trimmed solid waste costs by $148,938. Since the city pays a fixed price of $10,000 to collect recyclable materials regardless of tonnage, the net saving from the recycling program was $48,598.

At this pace, the volume of recycled material would top 1,200 tons by year end, which would represent about 8.5-percent of the 14,000 tons of residential and commercial solid waste.

As a rule of thumb, 60-percent of all solid waste can be recycled.

Ann Saltmarsh of the Department of Public Works said yesterday that 500 recycling bins have been delivered. “200 are already spoken for,” she said, “but, the rest are here for whoever wants one.” Alternatively, she said that any firm container can be used to recycle and stickers identifying them as recycling bins are available at the Department of Public Works on Bisson Avenue.

TAX CUTS from page 2 paying the alternative minimum tax, would add $3.9 trillion to the budget deficit over the next decade, according to projections by the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office. The Democratic plan would add about $3.1 trillion to the deficit over the same period and make the wealthiest Americans pay about $800 billion more in taxes.

The supercommittee was formed to come up with a package that reduces government borrowing by at least $1.2 trillion over the next decade. But with a Wednesday deadline approaching, the committee’s co-chairs conceded failure Monday.

Democrats had said they would accept significant cuts to benefit programs like Medicare and Medicaid, but only if Republicans would agree to tax increases. Despite Republicans’ aversion to tax increases, a growing number of GOP lawmakers said they would consider higher taxes if they were coupled with significant spending cuts.

Other Republicans wanted even more political cover: a guarantee that all the Bush tax cuts would be made permanent.

“It’s not easy during this hard economic time to go back and justify any kind of tax increase,” Rep. Wally Herger of California, a senior Republican on the tax-writing House Ways and Means Committee, said while

talks were still ongoing. “But I think if it’s going to be justified, this is the one exception that maybe you could use to justify it.”

At one point, supercommittee member Sen. Pat Toomey, R-Pa., proposed a tax overhaul package that Republicans said would raise about $290 billion in additional revenue over the next decade but lock in all of the Bush tax cuts.

Democrats, however, never seriously considered an agreement to continue the Bush tax cuts for high earners.

Agreeing to extend them would make it harder for Democrats to accuse Republicans of supporting policies that favor the wealthy, a staple of Democratic political campaigns.

“If anybody in our party votes for that, they will have a real problem for themselves in the next election,” said Rep. Jim McDermott of Washington, a senior Democrat on the Ways and Means Committee.

The debate has played out even as lawmakers, presidential candidates and interest groups from across the political spectrum have called on Congress to simplify the tax code. The two tax-writing committees in Congress, the Ways and Means Committee in the House and the Finance Committee in the Senate, have held numerous hearings on tax reform. Their respective chairmen, Camp and Sen. Max Baucus, D-Mont., both served on the supercommittee.

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Colleen Smith, a food defense and safety specialist working for the Food Protection office, said the rule that foiled the Bassetts’ plans for a local Thanksgiving burrito is there to protect consumers while providing a space for small-time producers. All meat producers have to be inspected by the USDA, unless they sell very few birds or if they sell direct to consumers.

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GILMANTON — Many of the recent “controversies” between town government and the School Board stem from cash flow issues, said Town Administrator Tim Warren yesterday. A number of letter to the editor published in The Daily Sun in recent weeks have called attention to the situation.

According to Warren, the town, as tax collector, serves as a disbursement agent for the SAU and has traditionally adhered to a set schedule of disbursements to the School District — this past year being no different except in two respects.

This time, when the SAU came looking for its $1.3-million disbursement, Warren said the town was having a slight cash flow issue of its own.

Tax bills go out twice a year and the late summer payments to the School District are always a little touch-an-go with waiting for tax payments to begin flowing into the town. This past summer Warren described the “town coffers as being pretty thin.”

Also, this past year, financial plans on both municipal and school sides were, in part, held up by the N.H. Legislature’s reluctance or inability, depending from preceding page you want to be sure it comes from a licensed farm.”

Smith said the thinking behind the rule is that consumers have the opportunity to visit the farm and meet the farmer face-to-face, with the implication that the consumer can decide if the conditions are sanitary and trustworthy. That opportunity doesn’t exist if the turkey is listed on a menu.

Reuben, of Burrito Me, sees it differently. “We’re trying to be local, but they’re hamstringing us,” he said.

The rule, he said, “favors the big guys.” To follow the food service rules, he and Aaron were able to include the locally-sourced potatoes and bread for stuffing, but for the turkeys, “We just ended up getting them from the supermarket.” The 175 pounds of unlicensed turkeys went home to their personal freezers.

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Warren said the $1.3-million summer request put the town in a position to do one of two things — either borrow by means of a tax anticipation note and pay interest or ask the School Board to renegotiate its disbursement schedule, which it did.

“Our goal was to keep everything going without having to borrow money in anticipation of tax revenue,” Warren said, noting Gilmanton residents have not had to pay interest on tax-anticipation notes since the 1990s.

He said the elimination of the tax anticipation notes on the municipal side came largely as a result of not “front-loading” the school district but rather a gradual disbursement of revenue.

He said the School Board and the selectmen met jointly in August and came to a agreement that would keep both sides running without borrowing.

“We worked out a different schedule,” he said.

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Owner Kevin Halligan said whenever he’s able to advertise one of his lunch items as locally-sourced, it’s typically the first to sell out even though he has to reflect in the price the premium he pays for the ingredients.

“It’s one of those things with red tape all around it.

It can be challenging, no doubt.” Halligan can source his meats through a Vermont-based distributor who will purchase from New Hampshire farmers. Most of the time, though, his “local” specials end up being vegetarian, such as a recent butternut squash soup, which he said sold “excellent.”

Halligan would like the rules to bend in reflection of customer’s palates. The current set of regulations, “screws small farmers. It’s go-corporate, it’s a shame.”

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Much of Obama’s stop in Manchester was about trying to gain a foothold for his economic message in New Hampshire to balance the antiObama rhetoric from the Republican candidates swarming the state ahead of the Jan. 10 presidential primary.

Obama’s trip came on the same day that the GOP contenders were gathering in Washington for a foreign policy debate sure to focus on what they see as the president’s failings.

Obama came face to face with the frustration of some New Hampshire voters, who are fed up with a local economy that is struggling to grow and increasingly unhappy with the president’s leadership.

A group of protesters outside Manchester Central High School carried signs that read “Obama Isn’t Working.” And the president’s speech was interrupted by a handful of people venting the frustrations of the Occupy Wall Street movement that has spread across to a number of cities.

Even some Obama supporters have sensed a shift in the state.

Naomi Preble, 62, backed Obama in the 2008 election, and the independent voter plans to vote for him again. But she said young people in New Hampshire have soured on the president.

“I think they’re worried,” Preble.

“They don’t see the strong leader they thought they elected.”

Romney used Obama’s trip as an opportunity to air his first 2012 television ads in the Granite State, and they were sharply critical of Obama’s economic record. He also ran ads in New Hampshire newspapers that said to Obama, “I will be blunt. Your policies have failed.”

Obama never mentioned his GOP challengers by name during his twoand-a-half-hour stop in New Hampshire, making only a veiled reference to their constant presence in this swing state.

“The next time you hear one of these folks from the other side coming and talking about raising your taxes, you just remind them that ever since I’ve gotten into office, I’ve lowered your taxes, haven’t raised them,” he said.

While the White House insisted the president’s stop was not about politics, the trip had a campaign feel, from the packed high school gymnasium where Obama spoke to the local restaurant where he dropped by to have lunch with a New Hampshire family.

Obama’s campaign believes he can re-ignite voters’ passion as they see more of him. His surrogates, including Vice President Joe Biden, will also be making frequent trips to New Hampshire.

The key for the campaign will be bringing New Hampshire independent voters back to the Democratic Party before next November’s election.

Independents helped Republicans sweep the state’s congressional elections and win veto-proof majorities see OBAMA next page

ACCORNERO from page one this man allowed to be on our ballot.

There is every indication to me and from what I’ve researched it’s no.”

When attorney Brad Cook, chairman of BLC, announced the decision, Tobin recalled “a lot of the people did go ballistic.” Several videos posted on You Tube, recorded people rising to their feet and hurling abuse at the commissioners.

“Shame on you. Shame on all of you,” Accornero barked. “Why don’t you rip up the constitution and throw it out.

You all should be accused of treason and we’ll get people to do that, too,” he shouted. “Any liar can put their name on the ballot. Is that what you’re saying? You ought to be ashamed. I hope you sleep good tonight,” he said, turning his back on the commission.

Others took up the cry, prompting Cook to declare “you people are out of order.”

“You’re out of order,” Accornero shot back, turning on his heel, stepping toward the commission and shaking his finger. “We’re out of order? We’re trying to defend the U.S. Constitution and you’re sitting these saying a treasonous liar, who doesn’t even fit the description, goes on our ballot?” he exclaimed. “How dare you. You’re going to face the American. . . . You’re going to face the citizens of Laconia?

You’d better wear a mask,” he warned.

Eager to distance the Republican caucus from the spectacle, House Majority Leader D.J. Bettencourt (R-Salem) e-mailed Taitz over the weekend. He told her that the reaction to the BLC’s decision was “unbecoming of any legitimate political dialogue, nevermind one as ridiculous

dent Obama’s birthplace.” He said that he had spoken with the representatives who joined her complaint and “expressed to them my strong desire that they immediately disassociate themselves from you and your folly.”

Meanwhile, the nine House members arranged to meet with the Speaker of the House, William OBrien yesterday to express their frustration at the decision of the BLC to dismiss their complaint. After meeting with Attorney General Michael Delaney on Monday, O’Brien informed representatives Accornero, Susan DeLemus and Al Baldasaro he was deferring their meeting pending the investigations.

In his e-mail O’Brien said that Delaney “is concerned over how members of the House conducted themselves during and following the meeting, as well as for the safety of a member of his office who attended the meeting in an official capacity.” The Speaker said that he asked the Chief of Security Services for the Legislature to report to him on the incident while the Attorney General requested an investigation by the State Police.

For the second time in as many months Accornero has run afoul of the House leadership. In October, he capped an effort to have Obama tried for treason that began last summer with an open letter to all members of the United States Congress and New Hampshire Legislature to become a darling of conservative groups and bloggers across the country.

Bettencourt promptly issued a formal statement saying, “This really has nothing to do with the agenda that we are currently working on in

New computers stolen from Ashland library ASHLAND — Police Chief Tony Randall said yesterday that the town’s public library was burglarized some time after it closed on Friday evening and before it opened on Saturday morning.

Randall said it appeared one of the rear windows was forced open.

He said the burglars took two brand new computers that the library has just purchased and an undisclosed but small amount of money was taken from the cash draw.

Randall said the computers are “specialty computers” designed primarily for library usage.

He said it appears the damage to the library itself was minimal and there was no signs of vandalism.

“It seems as though the person(s) knew what they were looking for.” Randall said.

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OBAMA from preceding page in both chambers of the state Legislature. It was a dramatic shift for a state many believed had been shifting to the left over the past decade.

Billy Shaheen, a longtime Democratic operative in New Hampshire and the husband of Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, said Republicans’ huge gains in the state in 2010 served as a wake-up call.

“After the 2010 election, New Hampshire got a taste of what the tea party can do, and it’s not happy,” he said. “We let our guard down in 2010.”

The White House sees a year-end debate over extending payroll tax cuts, as well as renewing jobless benefits, as an opportunity to draw a distinction for voters between the president’s priorities and those of Republicans. Economists have warned that letting both programs expire could be harmful to an economy still struggling to recover from recession.

The Republican field is not unanimous on whether to extend the payroll tax cut. Romney has said he’s

not for raising taxes “anywhere,” and former House Speaker Newt Gingrich says that given the economic conditions “it’s very hard to say no.” In Congress, Rep. Michelle Bachmann voted against the payroll tax cut, but Rep. Ron Paul supported it.

Businessman Herman Cain and Texas Gov. Rick Perry oppose extending the cut.

Last year’s cut in the 6.2 percent payroll tax, which raises money for Social Security, was accomplished with borrowed money. This time around, administration officials say the president may not insist on the cuts being paid for immediately.

The 2 percentage-point cut in the 6.2 percent payroll tax gave 121 million families a tax reduction averaging $934 last year at a total cost of about $120 billion, according to the Tax Policy Center.

Obama also wants to cut the payroll tax by another percentage point for workers and cut the employer share of the tax in half as well for most companies.

from preceding page the New Hampshire House. While I respect how passionate my colleague from Laconia may be on this matter,” he continued, “the best way to handle the problem of what President Obama has done to this country is by electing a new president in 2012 and we are working extremely hard toward that end.”

Accorneros’ opinions and behavior drew differing responses from local Republicans. Representative Frank Tilton (R-Laconia) declined to comment, saying only that “I think it is up to the voters.”

Another of Accornero’s colleagues in the House, Bob Luther (R- Laconia), said he was “taken aback” by his outburst. “It’s counterproductive on its face,”

he said.”If it doesn’t reduce taxes, shrink government or create jobs, it’s not worth talkimg about. I think the world of Harry,” he remarked, “but I think he needs to take a step back. People need to have some decorum.”

Representative Don Flanders (R-Laconia) said that he was out-of-town and knew nothing of the controversy aroused by the hearing. Neither Representative Alida Millham (R-Gilford), chairman of the Belknap County Delegation, not Alan Glassman, chairman of the Belknap County Republican Committee, could be reached for comment.

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WHALEN from page one Meadow Canoes and Kayaks, told the board that she was interested in filling the position because she cares about education and the children in the community. She said that her grandchildren are now attending schools in the district, the fourth generation of her family to attend district schools.

A 1962 graduate of Inter-Lakes High School, Whalen graduated from Plymouth State College in 1966 and taught elementary school for three years in California and one year in Laconia and was a teacher at Gilford Elementary School for 24 years until she retired in 2001.

Questioned by board members on whether she would run for election to the one-year remaining on Alosa’s term in March, Whalen said that it was a possibility.

Board members voted 4-0 to appoint her to the board, prompting Howard Cunningham of Sandwich, who chaired the meeting in the absence of Chairman Richard Hanson, to quip that he was glad that the board wouldn’t face the possibility of a tie vote because it now had an uneven number of members. Board member Lisa Merrill of Meredith was also absent from last night’s meeting.

Superintendent of Schools Phil McCormack told the board that the recent NHIAA Division VI championship won by the undefeated Inter-Lakes-Moultonborough football team was more of a community event than it was a school event and said that he was very pleased with the way the American Legion Post #33 had helped support the team by having its food wagon at home games and splitting its profits with the Inter-Lakes High School Boosters Club.

He said that the Inter-Lakes and Moultonborough

McCormack said that the district’s long term planning efforts are about to start and that the steering committee membership is nearly complete with the exception of community member representatives from both Center Harbor and Sandwich. He said that teachers and town officials who have been named to the committee will be notified next week and that the first meeting with consultant will be held on December 7 or December 8.

ECONOMY from page 2 Still, growth could be slowed if consumers continue to earn less. After-tax, inflation-adjusted incomes fell at a 2.1 percent rate. That’s steeper Sally Whalen, left, is sworn in as a new member of the Interthan the 1.7 percent decline initially estimated and Lakes School Board by Carla Cashman, school board clerk. (Roger the biggest drop since the third quarter of 2009, Amsden/for The Laconia Daily Sun)a just as the recession was ending. It also marked the second straight quarterly decline. school districts have developed a unique cooperative Incomes are primarily wages and salaries, but arrangement in which athletes from both schools they also include dividend and interest payments play on football and hockey teams and that there is and government benefits. While the decline doesn’t an academic counterpart as well in which the disdirectly affect economic growth, income fuels contricts share scarce classroom resources. sumer spending and that makes up 70 percent of “Moultonborough allows our students to take economic activity. So if income continues to decline, advanced placement environment studies courses consumers will likely spend less and slow growth. and their students can attend our advanced placeAnd many Americans could take home even less ment computer science courses. We’ve gone beyond next year if Congress doesn’t extend a Social Secuthat with our GED programs and there’s even a rity tax cut and emergency unemployment benefits. cooperative pep band that plays at the football Both expire at the end of this year. games,’’ said McCormack.

“For now the U.S. economy looks to be moving He said that as both districts see a future of slightly in the right direction,” said Paul Ashworth, chief declining enrollments he expects that there will be U.S. economist at Capital Economics, who predicts more cooperative efforts undertaken by both districts growth of more than 3 percent in the fourth quarter. as a way of enhancing educational opportunities for But the January-March quarter “could be a differtheir students. ent story, particularly if the payroll tax cut isn’t extended,” Ashworth said.

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20 kids from affluent New York suburb now charged with paying stand-ins to take college entrance exams GREAT NECK, N.Y. (AP) — At least 20 current or former high school students from an affluent New York suburb of high achievers have been charged in a widening college entrance exam cheating scandal that has raised questions not only about test security but about the pressures to score well.

Thirteen students from the Great Neck area, a cluster of Long Island communities with top-ranked schools that send virtually all their graduates to college, were implicated in the latest round of charges, filed Tuesday. Seven others were arrested in September.

Prosecutors said 15 high school students hired five other people for anywhere from $500 to $3,600 each to take the SAT or ACT for them. The impostors — all of them college students who attended Great Neck-area public and private high schools — fooled test administrators by showing up for the exams with phony ID. “Honest, hardworking students are taking a back

seat to the cheaters,” Nassau County District Attorney Kathleen Rice said. “This is a system begging for security enhancements.”

Prosecutors actually suspect 40 students were involved in the cheating, but the two-year statute of limitation had expired for the others, Rice said.

All the defendants but three, who were awaiting arraignment, pleaded not guilty.

The scandal prompted New York state lawmakers to convene a hearing on test security, and a firm run by former FBI Director Louis Freeh was retained by exam administrators to review procedures.

Prosecutors and others questioned the effectiveness of test security when it was revealed in September that a young man arrested in the scheme allegedly took the exam for a teenage girl.

The students who hired ringers registered to take the exam at different high schools from the ones they attended, so that their teachers would not realize what was going on.

OSWALD from page 2 without buying a ticket. He followed him, alerting the woman in the box office to call police. Brewer then shared his suspicions with the concessions operator and the two searched the theater and stood by the emergency exits.

Hearing noise behind his alley-exit door, Brewer opened it only to have police guns aimed at him. The movie theater lights went on and Brewer pointed out the suspicious man seated in the theater. Oswald was arrested after a brief scuffle, during which he punched an officer and pulled a gun.

As Oswald was taken from the theater he hollered: “I am not resisting arrest,” according to testimony Brewer gave the Warren Commission that investigated the president’s death.

Since then, Brewer said he served in the Navy and then moved to Austin, where he still lives, having

retired from a career in sales.

Beaming family members, including two grandchildren, and friends who called him a humble man, were on hand for Tuesday’s ceremony.

“Mr. Brewer made a difference in the history of the United States,” Deputy Police Chief Randy Blankenbaker said. “You not only helped us capture the man who shot the president of the United States but you also helped us capture a man who killed one of our police officers.”

Tippit’s widow expressed her gratitude to Brewer, as did retired Dallas police officer Ray Hawkins.

“I think it’s a little late, but I’m glad he’s finally getting recognition. He’s deserving,” said Hawkins, who said he handcuffed Oswald that day.

Brown speculated that the tribute did not occur sooner because Dallas has been trying to move away from the tragedy it’s been associated with for so long that “many of the details of the actions by citizens like Mr. Brewer have been left behind.”

But Brown, who became chief last year, said as the department began trying to revisit its legacy and history, Brewer’s story just “jumped out.”

Last year, Farris Rookstool III, a former FBI analyst and JFK historian, brought their attention to Temple F. Bowley, who climbed in to Tippit’s squad car moments after he was slain and used the police radio to call for help.

DCYF from page 3 to pay the nonprofits. The court says it should have transferred unspent money from other programs, a routine practice.

The residential facilities include Chase Home for Children, Odyssey House and Orion House.

Lawyers for both sides did not immediately return calls seeking comment.

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Children’s Event

The Gingerbread Man, “A Tasty Tale” Children 3-8 are invited to bring their favorite adults when the spirit of Christmas comes alive in an animated story time.

Pre-registration suggested for 5:30 pm or 7:00 pm readings. Space is limited. Call 279-5529.

Admission: Children $2.00 • Adults $3.00

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For information or reservations call 279-0918

Hands off military budget, GOP candidates say WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican presidential hopefuls warned in near unanimity against deep cuts in the nation’s defense budget Tuesday night, assailing President Barack Obama in campaign debate but disagreeing over the extent of reductions the Pentagon should absorb to reduce deficits and repair the frail U.S. economy.

The debate ranged widely, from Iran’s threat to develop a nuclear weapon to the anti-terror Patriot Act, the war in Afghanistan, U.S-Pakistan relations and illegal immigrants who have entered the U.S. across the Mexican border. Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich said some should be allowed to stay, drawing fire from rivals Mitt Romney and Michele Bachman.

On defense spending, former Massachusetts Gov. Romney said nearly $1 trillion in cuts are on the horizon for the Pentagon over the next decade, noting that is the same as the costs for the nation’s new health care law. He blamed Obama for that, adding, “We need to protect America and protect our troops and our military and stop the idea of Obamacare.”

Texas Gov. Rick Perry was harshly critical of the magnitude of potential cuts saying the Obama administration’s Pentagon chief had called them irresponsible. “If Leon Panetta is an honorable man, he should resign in protest,” Perry said.

Neither Perry nor Romney specified if they support any cuts in the Pentagon’s accounts, but Gingrich and Jon Huntsman, one-time ambassador to China, both indicated the topic should be on the table as budget-cutters look for savings.

“It’s clear that there are some things you can do to defense that are less expensive,” said Gingrich.

Only Rep. Ron Paul of Texas sounded unperturbed, saying that despite ominous talk, lawmakers are considering only reductions in future military growth, not actual cuts.

In a race constantly in flux, the former House speaker has recently emerged as Romney’s princiITALY from page 2 domination of Italian politics.

The AP-GfK poll was conducted last week during the first days of economist Mario Monti’s new government, made up of bankers, academics and corporate executives instead of politicians. Monti is under enormous pressure to quickly rein in the debt and get the economy growing again.

Italy’s economy is hampered by high labor costs, low productivity, fat government payrolls, excessive taxes, choking bureaucracy and low numbers of college graduates. Yet as the third-largest economy in the eurozone, Italy is too big for Europe to bail out like it did Greece, Portugal and Ireland.

Monti got high marks from the Italians surveyed, with 67 percent saying they viewed him favorably.

Only 10 percent had a negative view and 16 percent

pal rival atop the public opinion polls. As he looked around him, he saw other rivals who once held that position — Bachmann, Perry and businessman Herman Cain among them.

They and the other GOP would-be commandersin-chief made their points in a national security debate a mere six weeks before the Iowa caucuses begin the formal competition for delegates to next summer’s National Republican Convention. The venerable DAR Constitution Hall was the site — a few blocks from the White House and as close as most if not all of the GOP hopefuls are likely to get.

On immigration, Gingrich said that while some who are in the country illegally should be forced to leave the country, that wasn’t true for all of them.

“If you’ve been here 25 years and you got three kids and two grandkids, you’ve been paying taxes and obeying the law, you belong to a local church, I don’t think we’re going to separate you from your family, uproot you forcefully and kick you out,” he said.

Romney and Minnesota Rep. Bachmann strongly differed.

She said, “I don’t agree that you would make 11 million workers legal, because that, in effect is amnesty.”

Neither the format nor the moderator permitted all eight candidates to answer any one question, producing a somewhat disjoined event in which there was relatively little back-and-forth among the rivals.

Syria was one exception — Perry saying he supported a no-fly zone over the nation where President Bashir Assad’s forces are using force to quell protests, and Romney saying now is not the time.

The focus on defense cuts came one day after Congress’ supercommittee failed to reach agreement on a plan to reduce red ink by $1.2 trillion over the next decade, an outcome that threatens to trigger a similar amount in automatic spending cuts beginning in 2013.

were neutral.

“Let’s say there’s hope,” said Fortunato Porcheddu, 63, as he strolled Tuesday with a friend through a piazza in Rome. “If I close my eyes and look back over the past 15 years and everything that has happened, I cringe.”

Monti has pledged to reform Italy’s pension system, re-impose a property tax annulled by Berlusconi’s government, fight tax evasion, streamline civil court proceedings, get more women and young people into the work force and cut political costs.

But, critically, only 32 percent of Italians surveyed are strongly confident that his technocratic government can fix the country’s economic ills. Forty-two percent say they’re “moderately confident” and 22 percent say they have little or no confidence he can turn Italy’s finances around.

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Holiday Guide The Lakes Region

George’s Diner

Crazy Gringo

League of NH Craftsmen

George’s Diner was purchased in 1991 from “George.” We expanded the menu from Breakfast and Lunch to include Dinner, operating with the purpose of serving “Just Good Food.” The recipes for our homemade food come from family and friends.

Our customers come from near and far.

Please join us for Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner while out for your Thanksgiving, Christmas and Holiday activities. Gift certificates available, along with hats, t-shirts and mugs. For every $25 gift certificate purchased, you get a free mug!

Take the stress out of your holiday shopping & follow the Weirs Beach sign right to the Crazy Gringo! Easy to find and plenty of parking. After fighting the holiday shopping crowds, stop in for a tasty Mexican dish or one of our nonMexican daily specials ... along with a relaxing beverage of your choice. Mingle with your friends, old and new, at the Best Adult Day Care in the Lakes Region! Crazy Gringo Gift Certificates available.

For a unique shopping experience, visit the League of NH Craftsmen Gallery. Featuring hand crafted home decor, jewelry, pottery, prints, glass and more. Don’t miss our 2011 ltd. edition ornament Natures Adornment, a truly beautiful pewter pinecone made

by Walker Boyle. Walker will demonstrate how he creates these stunning ornaments on Dec. 3 from 11 to 1:00. Also featured throughout the month of Dec. the fabulous paper mache work of Kathy Marx. Kathy will demonstrate on Sat. Dec. 10, 11am-1pm.

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Vanworks Vanworks Car Audio recently merged with Kelly’s Stereo so now all your vehicle electronic needs from remote car starters to car boat and motorcycle audio can be taken care of under one roof at our 670 Union Ave location next to Belknap tire.

We offer a full line of audio equipment including ipod compatible radios, Sirius XM satellite radio, amplifiers, door speakers and sub woofers. We offer heated seats for both cloth and leather interiors.

Stop in or call to find out this month’s specials. Professional installation with over 30 years combined experience.

Hard Copy Cards We make personalized greeting cards for you in the comfort of your home. With 5 of your photographs and the copy you dictate, we will make you a special greeting card that will be sure to please everyone on your list. We address, stamp and mail your cards all for as low as 2.86 per card, printed in full color. The whole process takes just 15 minutes of your time. Find out how we can create personalized Christmas cards for you this year. Call Bob at 998-2994 or email heywords@live.com.

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At TLC Jewelry we can help you choose the perfect jewelry gift, create a personalized picture pendant or design a custom jewelry piece. You can even trade your old, unwanted jewelry, broken or not for something new because we buy, sell and trade jewelry and pay top dollar on the spot. We have no minimum down on layaways for Christmas. We do expert jewelry repairs and replace watch batteries for just $4.99. 279 Main St., Tilton, NH, 603-286-7000 or tlcjewels.net.

Mardi Gras North is open!!! Check out our nightly homemade dinner specials for $5 OR LESS! During football season, we also offer 1/2 price apps and chowda/soup specials during the games. When the Bruins win this hockey season, join us for FREE PIZZA SLICES immediately following game! Sunday nights we also offer BOGO pizza for our dine-in customers and BOGO $5 for carry-out. We have alot of great giveaways this holiday season and also have great bands lined up starting Wednesday, November 23rd with “Leaving Eden!” Our new menu is available for take-out any night we are open, 293-0577.

Our gift certificates make great stocking stuffers and every Saturday nite, bring a non-perishable food or pet item for 1/2 our cover ... New this year, receive VIP band w/donation also!

Shalimar Resort The Lobster House Restaurant at Shalimar Resort features the freshest seafood in town, live lobsters, and $10.00 dinner specials. Join us for AYCE Sunday Brunch 9-1 with homemade desserts, donuts, chef carved roast beef, jumbo shrimp, eggs benedict, omelet station and much more!

Wednesdays 5-8pm we have our AYCE Fresh Tossed Pasta Buffet. Your choice of pasta, toppings and sauces, homemade soup, salad, bread dipping station , 2 hot entrees! $12.00 pp (check out our buy one get one free coupon in today’s paper makes it $6pp). Live entertainment every weekend! Book your holiday party with us, no room charge, $10.00 menu available.

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NAPA NAPA AUTO PARTS in Laconia, N.H. was established in 1989. In 1995 a second store in Meredith was opened. NAPA is your one stop for all your automotive needs. It doesn’t stop at cars and light trucks. NAPA carries a full line of heavy duty truck parts and accessories. NAPA also offers towing accessories. We also carry RV parts and accessories, ATV parts and accessories, antique auto parts small engine parts and a complete line of marine parts. We also carry many household paper products and cleaners. Stop by and take a look. 580 Union Avenue, Laconia, N.H. 528-6500 331 D W Highway, Meredith, N.H. 2794824.

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HAPPY THANKSGIVING

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The Woodshed Restaurant Kirk Daniels welcomes you to dine at one of the Lakes Region’s most treasured restaurants. Enjoy the charm of an authentic 19th century farmhouse and barn along quaint country roads surrounded by open pastures, orchards, and mountain vistas. The atmosphere will capture your attention and the evening will be long remembered. The Woodshed Restaurant, 128 Lee Road, Moultonborough, N.H.

Top of the Town A warm and friendly staff will greet you at this unique restaurant owned and operated by Kathy Holiday. Serving affordable lunches and dinners Tuesday Thru Saturday with early bird dinners nightly staring at 4pm, offering great food including Prime Rib, T Bone steaks, Roast Duck, Fresh Seafood. Homemade soup or salad offered with entrees at no charge. Join us during the holidays for your Christmas Party. Treat someone you love with a gift certificate that will be remembered for many years. Stop by and enjoy the food and the atmosphere. Top Of The Town 88 Ladd Hill Road, Belmont, N.H. 528-3244.

Merrimack Valley Occupational Health

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Nancy Lake, APRN graduated from the UMass Lowell Nursing program with her BSN and earned her Nurse Practitioner degree from UMass Lowell with an MS in Family and Community Health Nursing in 1990. her areas of expertise are urgent care, and internal medicine with an additional subspecialty of endocrinology.

Nancy has transitioned into the occupational health care field focusing on the development of the effective returnto-work strategies for injured workers.

She was awarded the Boston Globe Nurse of the Year Award in 2005. Merrimack Valley Occupational Health is a full service occupational health provider, located at 614 Laconia Road, Route 3, Unit 2, in Tilton. To schedule your appointment, call 717-7020.

With more than 60 years in the cigar, pipe & tobacco business, we are dedicated to Cigar, Pipe & Tobacco enthusiasts in central New Hampshire. We have more than 100 premium handmade cigar brands with more than 425 sizes to choose from.

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We also have more than 250 fine pipes, and 150 pipe tobacco blends available, we can find the blend that’s right for you. Happy Jack’s also does expert pipe repairs. 71 Church Street, Laconia, N.H. 528-4092.

Cigar Sampler Gift Sets or Let Us Help You Customize Your Own Premium Cigar Sampler!

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Too Good To Be Threw is a hidden jewel, tucked away in a historic corner of Laconia on the Winnipesaukee River at 84 Union Ave. What once housed a sewing mill is now the lakes region’s largest consignment furniture and home décor store with 6,000 square feet. The store has been open for 5 years now and is currently accepting your items to sell. Make some money on your unwanted furniture, collectibles, kitchen items and home décor or come in and shop our large selection. Please call us at 524-1175 with any questions. Store hours are Tuesday-Saturday 10-5, closed Sundays and Mondays by chance.

The Frates Creative Arts Center is the Lakes Region’s only Arts Center dedicated to providing you with the most comprehensive classes in Art, Dance, and Theater Education. In addition, our Art Supply Shop stocks a wide range of quality materials and tools at reasonable prices. Master Classes, Demonstrations, and Lectures can be presented on site or at your location. Theme Birthday Parties and Entertainment for your next family or corporate event are individually planned and can include Magic Shows, Illustrated Storytelling, Puppet Shows, and Caricatures. Our instructors hold degrees, certificates, and licenses in their respective professional disciplines to insure that you receive the highest quality of services.

Sawyers Jewelry is your OFFICIAL ROLEX JEWELER for new watches and factory service. And we remind our visitors, the NH advantage is NO sales tax. Sawyers presents the event of the season. Meet Peter Storm, Thursday December 1st from 10 to 8 or visit for the 3rd Annual Ladies Night from 5 to 8 PM. He’ll be showing his latest styles and will be happy to advise you about redesigns using your gemstones and diamonds. Call for an appointment, (603) 527-1000 or just come in. You could win a $3,000 Peter Storm designed white gold and diamond bracelet. Details are posted at our store. Price, value, and service for more than 65 years. Sawyers Jewelry Main Street, Laconia or www.SawyersJewelry. com.

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A family owned and operated business since 1979. We have the largest selection of carpet and vinyl rolls and remnants. Bound over rugs, oriental rugs, runners and laminated wood floors. “We buy by the MILE so ours customers can save by the FOOT!” Shaw, Mohawk, Beaulieu, Mannington, and Congoleum. We also provide custom carpet binding and experienced floor installation. Floor Show Route 3, Tilton, N.H. 524-2242.

Gilford Gift Outlet Celebrating 25 Successful Years ... Gilford Gift Outlet is proud to have been meeting its customers’ card and gift needs for over 25 years. We carry quality greeting cards from Designer Greetings at 1/2 OFF everyday! We carry an extensive display of Yankee Candle products (and yes, we accept Yankee coupons). We carry a large assortment of Willow Tree angels and figurines, as well as scarves, jewelry & much more ... something for everyone on your shopping list! We would like to thank you for allowing us to be your source for all your card and gift needs for over 25 years. Gilford Gift Outlet is located next to Patricks and the Liquor Store in Gilford.

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We also have stocking stuffers and teacher’s gifts. We are open Friday, Saturday and Sunday After Thanksgiving, from 10-5pm.

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Working Class Music & Minerals Working Class Music & Minerasl is a very interesting place! Store owner, Greg Walsh, has taken both his passions of music and lapidary artistry, put them together, and created a wondrous store.

The jewelry side is aglow with handcrafted custom-made and many preset jewelry pieces, specializing in Australian Opals and local seaglass. Also, on display, are crystals, minerals, gemstones and many unique gift ideas . The music side is stocked with electric and acoustic guitars, amps, accessories, PA gear and everything you need to start rocking’!!! From the beginner to the pro .... Working Class is where to go and we service what we sell!

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Maggy D’s Garden Center Maggy D’s is a small, locally owned business located at 263 Court St. In Laconia. We offer friendly, personal service. Visit us for your your freshly cut Christmas trees and plain or decorated wreaths in all sizes! Maggy D’s knowledgeable staff is always available to make your Holiday shopping experience special!

The Laconia Daily Sun would like to invite you, our readers to shop at the businesses in our pages.

We do hope that you and your family enjoy a wonderful Thanksgiving!

The Holiday Guide will appear every Wednesday in the paper through Christmas.

Call 737-2020 with any questions.

SLA welcomes EB James as new executive director HOLDERNESS — EB James, former executive director executive director of the Nanticoke Watershed Alliance, has been named as the new executive director of the Squam Lakes Association.

James began work in the middle of October, just a few months after the position became vacant in August.

Under the guidance of the SLA board of directors, a search committee was formed and began advertising for the executive director position. “We started with around 60 resumes, interviewed twelve, and refined that number to five finalists,” says Tom Enright, the chair of the search committee.

The committee ultimately decided on EB James “partially because he has been the executive director of a similar watershed association and also because he had demonstrated skills in the areas the board felt were critical to SLA achieving its goals in the strategic plan,” said Enright.

The James family had planned to eventually settle in New Hampshire, but the opportunity with the SLA quickly turned a long-term plan into an instant reality.

James’ experience and personality are a logical fit for the SLA, its staff, and surrounding community.

His enthusiasm for this recent transition is apparent: “Finding an opportunity at a place like the SLA, where all my professional experience and all my personal passions come together in an exciting nexus, is truly a wonderful thing,” he says.

James first came to the Lakes Region in 1978. He and his family attended a camp on Winnipesaukee, where he also worked for two summers during college. “Through these experiences I have explored many of the lakes and rivers and mountains, usually with a fishing rod in hand.

New Hampshire, in general, and the Squam area, in particular, are filled with things I love.’’ says James.

James joins the SLA from the Nanticoke Watershed Alliance, where he has served as executive director since 2006. The Alliance is a non-profit watershed organization located on the eastern shore of Maryland with an interest in the health of the Nanticoke River.

While there, he oversaw the capacity of the organization grow from a single-employee entity using borrowed office space into a four-person organization with a headquarters that will soon be a John Smith National Water Trail orientation center. He supervised the development of a volunteer water monitoring program and a comprehensive bi-state watershed management plan and an ambitious agriculture buffer program to help remove nutrients from the Nanticoke.

James holds a BA in English and psychology from St. Olaf College and an MS in Forestry with a minor in Conflict Management from the University of Minnesota Twin Cities. He was also trained in mediation and environmental dispute resolution through the University of Minnesota Hubert Humphrey Institute’s Center for Conflict and Change.

In describing how he is approaching the transition into this new position he said, “My beginning plan is to immerse myself, literally and figuratively, in the Squam experience and the SLA. I plan on learning the programs and culture of the organization, to explore and experience the lake and watershed, and to get to know the communities and people. I am looking forward to being a part of the SLA team, to work together to set our sights high, and to develop and achieve our mission goals.”

MEREDITH — The 2011 Festival of Trees Noel Shoppe has something for everyone.

The shelves are stocked with unique items from whimsical to traditional exclusive to the Festival created by local area artisans, like the adorable plush pillow and children’s book “Goodnight Lake” set.

Karel Hayes, local award winning illustrator and children’s book author from Center Harbor will be at the festival on Thursday, December 1, 6:30-8 p.m.

Altrusan Donna Buletti has created hand knit caps in children’s sizes and aprons for both adults and their little kitchen helpers. Bonnie Edwards of Photographic Portraits will unveil the popular 2012 Lakes Region monthly desk calendars, Lakes Region sepia note cards, and 8 1/2” x 14” and colored prints of “Chief Chocorua”, Indian Island, Meredith Bay. For the foodies there are black granite etched “Lake Winnipesaukee,” “Squam Lake,” or “Lake Wicwas” cheeseboard or a set of four etched “Lakes” stemless wine or rock glasses.

Diane Lane, Altrusa member and potter, of Woodland Pottery designed and created hand thrown sig-

nature porcelain bowls especially for the 2011 Festival.

The festival will be held December 2-4 at the Waukewan Golf Club, located on Waukewan Rd. in Center Harbor on Friday, December 2, from 2-8 p.m., Saturday, December 3, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. and Sunday, December 4, 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Admission is $3 for adults and children 5 and under are free. Altrusa distributes all donated trees through area Christmas funds and other outreach organizations following the festival.

The Festival Silent Auction and Gala, Thursday, December 1, 5:30-8 p.m. opens the 3-day event. Guests will enjoy the picturesque New England barn setting, featuring a huge rustic fireplace, while bidding on items contributed by area businesses. Tickets can be purchased at the Greater Meredith Chamber of Commerce and Cackleberries Garden and Gift Shop in Meredith and Fashion Forward in Moultonborough.

Pre-purchased tickets are $15 and $20 at the door.

The magic of Christmas will be in the air on Friday, December 2 when Rusty Locke, local storyteller and entertainer, tells “A Tasty Tale’’ about the Gingerbread see next page

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Winter farmers’ market coming to Tilton in January Inter-Lakes educators TILTON — The Lakes Region will soon have a convenient location to pick up local food offerings fresh from the farm and homemade goodies.

The Tilton Winter Farmers’ Market (www.TiltonWinterFarmersMarket.com ), conveniently located at exit 20 off I-93, diagonally across the street from AutoServ of Tilton. will be open every Saturday, January through March, from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m.

The Tilton Winter Farmers’ Market is being sponsored by the AutoServ family of dealerships. AutoServ recently opened up the AutoCafe in its Tilton location to offer customers, employees and the general public a fresh and healthy alternative to fast food.

The Gaudet family, owners of the AutoServ family of dealerships, knows the importance of fresh foods and healthy living. Dennis Gaudet said “I am excited for this opportunity to sponsor the market and help bring fresh offering to the community. In the summer there

are many places to buy fresh foods but the options dwindle during the winter months. The market is also helping the community by giving vendors a local place to bring their goods to the public.”

Some 27 vendors will be selling their goods; a sampling includes organic produce and greens, meats, eggs, dairy, cheese, breads and pastries, gourmet popcorn, tomatoes, garlic, fudge, apples, cider, honey, granola, maple syrup, jams and jellies, coffee roasters and teas, body care, herbal products, dog treats, and composting worms.

Those interested in becoming a vendor please contact Joan O’Connor, founder of the Concord Winter Farmers’ Market (www.ConcordWinterFarmersMarket.com ) and now the Tilton Winter Farmers’ Market, at joconnornh@yahoo.com for more details or see the website to download an application at www.TiltonWinterFarmersMarket.com.

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CONCORD — Three Lakes Region communities were among the 21 towns and cities statewide honored at the New Hampshire Local Government Center’s 70th Annual Conference Excellence in Annual Reports Awards celebration held recently in Manchester.

Belmont took first place in the population 5001 – 7500 category while Northfield was third.

Moultonborough was third in population 3001 – 5000 category.

“These cities and towns truly deserve sincere recognition for their outstanding efforts in producing such impressive public documents that inform their citizens of important financial information while also conveying a sense of community spirit,” said Sandal Keeffe, deputy executive director and chief financial officer for the New Hampshire Local Government Center. from preceding page Man at5:30 and 7 p.m. Each child will take a home a special holiday treat. Admission is $2 for children and $3 for adults. Pre-registration is suggested as space is limited. For reservations, call Mary Anne, 279-5529.

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George T. Pelletier, 89

LACONIA — George T. Pelletier, 89, of 14 Chapin Terrace, died at the St. Francis Rehabilitation and Nursing Center on Monday, November 21, 2011.

George was born November 27, 1921 in Laconia, N.H., the son of Ernest J. and Mary-Anna (Roy) Pelletier.

George served in the U. S. Army Air Corps during WWII. He was a lifetime resident of Laconia and was a graduate of Laconia High School where he lettered in Baseball & Hockey.

George was a communicant of Sacred Heart Church and was co-owner of E. J. Pelletier & Son. He was an avid Red Sox fan and enjoyed going to his grandchildren’s sporting events.

Survivors include two daughters and sons-in-law, Denise and Bob Joyal, of Laconia and Kimberley & Clay Sargent, of Belmont; a sister, Theresa J. LaRoche Decelles, of Laconia; five grandchildren, Jamie Joyal, Corey Joyal, Megan Sargent, Jacob Sargent and Ryan Sargent; a great grandchild, Brayden Joyal, and several nephews and nieces.

In addition to his parents, Mr. Pelletier was predeceased by his wife, Helen E. (Giguere) Pelletier, in

2004, a son, Peter Pelletier, two brothers, Ernest “Chief” E. Pelletier and Raymond “Leon” Pelletier and by two sisters, Irene M. Pelletier and Marion Clough.

A calling hour will be held on Saturday, November 26, 2011 from 9:30-10:30AM in the Carriage House of the WilkinsonBeane-Simoneau-Paquette Funeral Home, 164 Pleasant Street, Laconia, N.H. Following the calling hour, a Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 11:00AM at St. Andre Bessette Parish, Sacred Heart Church, 291 Union Avenue, Laconia, N.H. Burial will follow in the family lot in Sacred Heart Cemetery, Laconia.

For those who wish, the family suggests that memorial donations be made to the St. Francis Rehabilitation and Nursing Center Activities Fund, 406 Court Street, Laconia, NH 03246.

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

BELMONT — William “Sam” J. Ketchum, 62, died suddenly at his home Sunday, November 20. 2011. Sam was born in Laconia, March 4, 1949, son of the late Henry H. Ketchum Jr. and Alfreda M. (Lepianka) Ketchum. He had lived in the Northfield-Tilton areas for most of his life. He was a 1968 graduate of the Tilton-Northfield High School. He earned his maritime pilot’s license in 1992. Sam worked as a teamster truck driver for many years and before his retirement was employed with the Yellow Freight Company. He enjoyed fishing, power boat racing and worked for Super Boat International for seventeen years.

His family includes two daughters, Marisia L. Ket-

chum of Jamaica Plain, MA and Catherine M. Ketchum of Belmont; their mother: Julie (Talbott) Ellerbeck of Northfield; his brother, Robert H. Ketchum of Northfield; aunts/uncles — Wanda and Roy Jordan of Northfield, Sophie Manchester of Westfield, MA, Mr & Mrs. Raymond Guyer of Laconia and Loraine Proctor of Northfield.

Calling hours will be Sunday from 2:00 to 4:00 PM at the William F. Smart Sr. Memorial Home, Franklin-Tilton Road in Tilton.

A service will be held Monday, November 28, 2011 at 11:00 AM in the Memorial Home in Tilton.

Spring burial will be in St. John Cemetery.

For more information go to http://www.smartfuneralhome.com

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Sunday, November 27th Visit us for our last weekend on Saturday & Sunday, 1-5 Town of Sanbornton Board of Selectmen NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARINGS Pursuant to RSA 31:95-b To Accept Funds Made Available During Year.

Wednesday, December 7, 2011 7:00 p.m.

The Board of Selectmen will be conducting a public hearing under 31:95-b Appropriation for Funds Made Available During Year.

The Town of Sanbornton has received notification of additional $10,000 in funds available for the Conservation Commission.

Edmund Kevin George, 63

MEREDITH — Edmund Kevin George, 63, of Meredith Ctr. Road, passed away at Dartmouth – Hitchcock Medical Center, in Lebanon, on Sunday, November 20, 2011.

Born on July 30, 1948, in Salem, MA, he was the son of the Edmund J. and Phyllis (Stevens) George. He was raised in Lynn, MA and attended local schools in that area.

Known to his family and friends as Kevin, he enjoyed the outdoors and was an avid hunter and fisherman. He excelled at golf and skiing and was a determined competitor. Kevin spent his working career in the machine shop industry, property management and most recently ran the Hodecker George Gallery, one of two fine art galleries owned by him and his wife, in Meredith.

Kevin is predeceased by his sister, Ellen Pulcini He is survived by his loving wife, Christine Hodecker-George, of Meredith; parents, Edmund and Phyllis; two brothers, Gary and Alan George; four children, Kieron, Brendan, Colleen and Deirdre; grandchildren, Brianna and Charles; and numerous aunts, uncles, and cousins.

At Kevin’s request there will be no formal services.

In honor of Kevin’s memory, the family requests that donations be made to the NH Humane Society, Meredith Center Rd., Meredith.

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Shop on-line at the NH Boat Museum WOLFEBORO — The New Hampshire Boat Museum is offering a selection of posters and prints, DVDs, household items and clothing, all with a nautical theme, at its website nhbm.org.

“We have selected some of our most popular items from the Museum’s Gift Shop to have available for on-line shopping this holiday season,” said Hank Peter Ferber print entitled “Grand Summer at the Weirs.” (CourWhy, chair of the muse- tesy photo) um’s board of directors.

Summer at the Weirs”, a beautiful Available posters and prints are by scene which evokes a summer’s day well-known local artist Peter Ferber. of cruising on Lake Winnipesaukee Other items include cutting boards for into the Weirs in years gone by. These the kitchen and uni-sex fleece vests are numbered prints limited in availdecorated with the attractive Boat ability (17.5” x 25”). All prices include Museum logo. shipping and handling; prints are Prints commemorating the biennial unframed and shipped in a strong Wolfeboro Vintage Raceboat Regatta solid tube to ensure receipt in fine from 2009 and 2003 are available. condition.

Both prints are unframed and sized Go to the website at www.nhbm.org, 18” x 24”. Other prints include “Grand click on “Gift Shop” to make a selection.

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TILTON — Mix 94.1 fm’s Silver Anniversary, 25th annual Cash-NCans Money and Food Drive for the Holidays will host two early events this year on Saturday, November 26.

Join Mix 94.1 fm’s Fred Caruso at Tanger Outlet Center in Tilton from 8 am.until noon and at the Tilt’n Diner from noon-2 p.m. for a coin drive.

“We’re asking people to donate their loose coin and rolled coin,” Caruso said. “Pennies, nickels, dimes and quarters they find under their couch cushions and in their cars. We’e hoping the coins add up to many dollars for Cash-N-Cans.”

While at the Tilt’n Diner, donors will also have the chance to purchase one dollar raffle tickets for a chance to win a $197.10 Common Man gift card as part of the Common Man’s 40th birthday celebration. Tickets are available every

day through November 30. All money raised through the sale of raffle tickets will be donated to Mix Cash-N-Cans.

Mix Cash-N-Cans week is set for December 12-16. Caruso will be broadcasting live from more than a dozen central New Hampshire locations accepting monetary and food donations to benefit eight area organizations, including the Twin Rivers Interfaith Food Pantry; The Santa Fund of the Greater Lakes Region; Tilton/Northfield/Sanbornton Christmas Fund; Bread & Roses Soup Kitchen; Franklin Police Toys for Tots; CAP’s Cupboard at the Community Action Program; Belmont Police Explorers Santa’s Little Helpers and St. Joseph’s Church Food Pantry.

For more information and a complete broadcast schedule for Cash-NCans week, visit www.mix941fm.com.

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Holiday fundraiser and gift auction for Winnipesaukee Playhouse Dec. 4 LACONIA — Food, wine and friends will be the focus of The Winnipesaukee Playhouse’s holiday party and gift auction fundraiser at O Steak and Seafood in Laconia on December 4 from 2-4 p.m.

Earlier this Fall, the Playhouse was grateful to receive a donation of an extensive wine collection from a local family. This collection will be the centrepiece of the holiday gift auction which includes both live and silent auctions. The live auction, hosted

by WLNH’s Pat Kelly, features over 40 premium and sought-after wines including a 2000 Opus One, valued at $220, and two rare bottles of Argiano Brunello di Monalcino.

Guests not in the market for premium wines will still have their choice of high quality wines in the silent auction section of the event which also includes several vacation opportunities and themed gift baskets perfect for holiday gift-giving.

Playhouse board member Barbara

Zeckhausen says, “there are a wide range of auction items available to fit most budgets and tastes, from gift certificates to local restaurants to theme baskets including children’s gifts, hostess gifts and much more.”

The fundraiser supports the Winnipesaukee Playhouse’s Capital Campaign which is raising funds to build a new state-of-the-art theatre complex in Meredith. All contributions made to the campaign by the end of 2011 will be matched by a generous local family.

A list of the premium wine auction lots and information on the vacation opportunities available for bidding can be found at www.winniplayhouse.org.

Thes event is open to the public but reservations are requested by November 30. The event includes appetizers provided by O plus a cash bar.

The cost is $15 per person or $25 per couple and reservations can be made by calling the theatre at 366-7377 or emailing info@winniplayhouse.org.

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The seminar offers practical guidance in buying a home. Presentations include budgeting and spending plans; understanding credit and credit reports; working with a realtor through the purchase and sales process, the how-to’s of obtaining a mortgage, pre-approval steps and lending programs.

The seminar will be held at the TD Bank, on 277 Union Ave. in Laconia, on Saturday, December 3 from 8 a.m. until 4 p.m.

Participants will receive their own complimentary copy of the training manual “Realizing the American Dream”, and other materials for use in their quest of home ownership.

Lunch and snacks will be provided.

To register or obtain additional information, call Debra Drake, Homeownership Director of the Laconia Area Community Land Trust, at 5240747. Seating is limited. Advance registration is required.

Meredith Rec plans for Holiday Open House and Hesky Park tree lighting MEREDITH — The Parks and Recreation Department is planning the annual open house at the Community Center for Sunday, Dec. 4, from noon to 2 p.m. Featured will be photos with Santa, jumpy house, climbing wall, arts and crafts and refreshments.

The annual tree lighting ceremony

at Hesky Park will also be held on December 4, at 5 p.m. There will be visit from Santa and refreshments will be served.

North Pole calling forms and holiday coloring contest forms may now be picked up at the Community Center.

Quilters Guild plans Dec. 1 workshop LACONIA — Belknap Mill Quilters Guild will be holding a workshop with Sue Collier from Michigan on Thursday, December 1 at the Meredith Village Savings Bank in Laconia from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.

Collier will be teaching the “Woven Sunflower” pattern which involves weaving fabric strips, fusing and fin-

ishing with raw edge applique and reverse raw edge applique. Project does not have to be quilted after completion.

Cost of the workshop is $20 for members and $25 for non-members.

Cost of the workshop kit is $47. Contact Linda McCloskey at 293-2975 to register

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You realize that you can delegate the tasks that eat away your time without challenging you. Once you focus on what you want, you’ll get something even better than that.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19).

Sometimes it’s the little things that provoke a big reaction. You’ll add sparkling details to your work that excite people and get them talking about you in a favorable way.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). You’ll experience many different emotional tones today. Your real brilliance will be your ability to bring yourself back to a peaceful state of mind regardless of what happens to rattle your Zen. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). In some way, you are learning to walk again. Missteps are still steps. They are actions that seem to zig and zag or move you backward instead of forward -- but this still can be considered progress.

TODAY’S BIRTHDAY (Nov. 23).

Your cosmic birthday gift is a sign from the universe that you are on the right track. You’ll appreciate the lifestyle upgrade that comes in December. In 2012, you try a new approach with loved ones and finally get the tenderness and respect you deserve. There’s a professional breakthrough in May. Capricorn and Pisces people adore you. Your lucky numbers are: 4, 19, 22, 40 and 31.

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GEMINI (May 21-June 21). You may feel like a pesky child on a car trip who asks, “Are we there yet?” Learning new skills takes time. Start down the path and stay determined, and you’ll be there when you get there.

CANCER (June 22-July 22). You’ll put yourself out there and get a mixed bag of results. The statistics will be confusing. The evidence will contradict itself. Whether the action was a success or a failure can only be determined by you.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). You know how you feel at any given time. Your high emotional intelligence will allow you to maintain your personal integrity even in the midst of charged circumstances.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). Cleanup is a creative process. It gives you control over more than just your immediate environment. You’ll eliminate the excess so that you can focus your attention on the most important elements.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). You’ve been settling for less attention and respect than you deserve. Your sharp intuition will now pull you toward situations in which your talents are needed and will be appreciated.

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Today is Wednesday, November 23, the 327th day of 2011. There are 38 days left in the year.

Highlights in history on this date: 1499 - Perkin Warbeck, pretender to English throne, is executed.

1848 - The Female Medical Educational Society is established in Boston, Massachusetts the same year the all-male American Medical Association is formed.

1903 - Italian singer Enrico Caruso makes his American debut at the Metropolitan Opera in New York, appearing in “Rigoletto.”

1936 - Life magazine, created by American Henry R. Luce, is first published.

1943 - U.S. forces defeat Japanese in Pacific battle of Tarawa in World War II. 1971 - China takes seat as a permanent member of U.N. Security Council.

1980 - An earthquake hits the Naples area in Italy, killing 2,570 people and leaving 30,000 homeless.

1996 - A hijacked Ethiopian airliner carrying 175 passengers runs out of fuel and crashes on the Comoros Islands, killing 125 people.

2001 - A crew digs for bodies and survivors under mud after a huge landslide sweeps over gold miners illegally digging into the side of a mountain in western Colombia, killing at least 28 people.

2004 - Russia lashes out at the United States for what it calls “unprecedented interference” in domestic affairs after U.S. officials allegedly took Moscow to task for recognizing Ukrainian Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych’s victory in the presidential election.

2006 - In London, a rare radioactive substance is used to kill ex-KGB spy turned Kremlin critic Alexander Litvinenko, who called Russian President Vladimir Putin “barbaric and ruthless” and blamed him personally for the poisoning.

2007 - Lebanon’s political tumult intensifies as President Emile Lahoud leaves office at the end of his term without a successor and hands security powers to the army. The rival, pro-Western Cabinet rejects the declaration.

2010 _ In a seismic shift on one of the most profound _ and profoundly contentious _ Roman Catholic teachings, the Vatican said Tuesday that condoms are the lesser of two evils when used to curb the spread of AIDS, even if their use prevents a pregnancy.

Today’s Birthdays: Thomas Birch, English historian (17051766); Boris Karloff, British-born actor (1887-1969); Paul Celan, Romanian poet (1920-1970); Vo Van Kiet, former Vietnamese Prime Minister (1922-2008); Krzysztof Penderecki, Polish composer (1933--); Bruce Hornsby, U.S. singer (1954--); Oded Fehr, Israeli actor (1970--).

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CALENDAR TODAY’S EVENTS Ecumenical Thanksgiving Service at St. Charles Borromeo Catholic Church in Meredith. 7 p.m. Members of the parish will be joined in worship by members from Trinity Episcopal Church and the First Congregational Church in Meredith. Donations for the Meredith Emergency Food Pantry will be accepted.

Dedication of Erwin C. Young, Jr. Memorial in the Meredith Center traffic triangle. 1:30 p.m.

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

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.

TOP (Taking Off Pounds Sensibly) group meeting. 5:30 p.m. at the First Congregational Church in Meredith.

Free knitting or 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.

Separated/Divorced Persons Support Group meeting. 7 to 8:30 p.m. each Wednesday at St. Joseph Catholic Church in Belmont. Compassion, shared learning and confidentiality. For more information call the rectory at 2678174 or Ginny Timmons at 286-7066.

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

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 24 THANKSGIVING DAY in the U.S.A. 4th Annual Turkey Trot 5k Race and Family Walk in Gilford. 9 a.m. start (8:45 for the family walk). $22 per person ($60 family rate for up to 5). All proceeds benefit the Gilford Youth Center.

Free Thanksgiving dinner at the Northfield-Tilton Congregational Church (283 Main Streeet in Tilton).

Noon to 2 p.m. All are welcome.

Annual Mae Hart free Thanksgiving Dinner at the Meredith Community Center. Noon. Call 279-5631 for reservations.

44th Annual Hazel Duke free Thanksgiving Dinner at the First Congreational Church of Laconia. 11:30 a.m.

Call 524-0668 for reservations.

Free Thanksgiving dinner served at American Legion Post 72 in Alton. Noon to 2 p.m. Donations welcome.

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 25 Black Friday N.H. Humane Society Adopt-A-Thon at the Belknap Mall in Belmont. Doors open at 11 a.m. and adoptions can be finalized before 4 p.m. the same day. Available for this one-day extravaganza will be a wide selection of dogs, puppies, cats and kittens. For more information call 524-3252.

Santa Claus arrives at the Belknap Mall in Belmont.

11 a.m.

Free cookies and milk with Santa at Kellerhaus at Weirs Beach. 1 to 3 p.m.

Alton Fire/Rescue Department conducting annual Boot Drive in support of the WLNH Children’s Auction. 6 a.m. to noon. Auction helps support Alton Mrs. Santa program.

Al-Anon Meeting at the Congregational Church Parish House (18 Veterans Square) in Laconia. 9:30 to 11 a.m. each Friday. Al-Anon offers hope and help to families of alcoholics. No dues or fees. All are welcome. Call 645-9518.

Giggles & Grins playgroup at Family Resource Center in downtown Laconia (635 Main Street). Free group for parents children from birth through age 5. For more information call 524-1741.

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Got Lunch! program wins statewide recognition Penny Pitou Travel named

LACONIA — Members of the Got Lunch!

Advisory Board were honored to accept recognition on behalf of the Laconia community at the Volunteer NH annual awards dinner and presentation on Tuesday, November 8 at the Capital Center for the Arts in Concord.

Nominated by the Lakes Region United Way for the Spirit of New Hampshire Award, Got Lunch! Board members were congratulated by Governor John Lynch.

The event was attended by over 700 people from across the state, and is the Members of the Got Lunch! Advisory Board accepted a Volunteer NH Award, left to right, Linda Tunpremier volunteer event nicliffe, Stan Brallier, Sandy Brallier, Rev. Paula Gile, John Walker and Susan Smith. (Courtesy photo) of the year.

The citation reads as follows: “Got Lunch! of Laconia the group was able to deliver 13,400 lunches to 154 famiwas launched to address the need of the 67% of Lacolies; feeding 314 children. Aside from helping feed their nia’s student population that have free or reduced lunch community, the group also raised awareness about povduring the summer months. By organizing agencies erty that exists and showed how to address it as a group.” throughout the region, as well as statewide nonprofits, For more call Rev. Paula Gile at 524-0668.

MORTGAGEE’S NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE By virtue of a power of sale contained in a certain mortgage deed given by DAVID L. RATCHFORD, a single person, whose mailing address is 91 Lincoln Street, Apt. 1A, Laconia, New Hampshire, to MEREDITH VILLAGE SAVINGS BANK, 24 NH Route 25, P.O. Box 177, Meredith, Belknap County, New Hampshire, 03253, dated 31 July 1998, and recorded on 6 August 1998 in the Belknap County Registry of Deeds at Book 1483, Page 0628, (the “Mortgage”) the holder of said mortgage, pursuant to and in execution of said powers, and for breach of conditions of said mortgage deed, (and the Note secured thereby of near or even date, and related documents) and for the purpose of foreclosing the same shall sell at PUBLIC AUCTION On December 8, 2011 at 1:00 o’clock in the afternoon, pursuant to N.H. R.S.A. 479:25, on the premises herein described being located at 2 Oak Knoll Road, Meredith, Belknap County, New Hampshire, being all and the same premises more particularly described in the Mortgage.

TERMS OF SALE: Said premises will be sold subject to (i) all unpaid taxes and liens, whether or not of record; (ii) mortgages, liens, attachments and all other encumbrances and rights, titles and interests of third persons which are entitled to precedence over the Mortgages; and (iii) any other matters affecting title of the Mortgagor to the premises disclosed herein.

DEPOSITS: Prior to commencement of the auction, all registered bidders shall pay a deposit in the amount of Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00). At the conclusion of the auction of the premises, the highest bidder’s deposit, if such high bidder’s bid is accepted by the Bank, shall immediately be paid to the Bank and shall be held by the Bank subject to these Terms of Sale.

All deposits required hereunder shall be made in cash or by check to the order of the Bank, which is acceptable to the Bank in its sole and absolute discretion.

WARRANTIES AND CONVEYANCE: The Bank shall deliver a Mortgagee’s Foreclosure Deed of the Real Estate to the successful bidder accepted by the Bank within forty-five (45) days from the date of the foreclosure sale, upon receipt of the balance of the Purchase Price in cash or check acceptable to Bank. The Real estate will be conveyed with those warranties contained in the Mortgagee’s Foreclosure Deed, and no others.

FEDERAL TAX LIEN: If the property to be sold is subject to a tax lien of the United States of America Internal Revenue Service, unless said lien is released after sale, the sale may be subject to the right of the United States of America to redeem the lands and premises on or before 120 days from the date of the sale.

BREACH OF PURCHASE CONTRACT: If any successful bidder fails to complete the contract of sale resulting from the Bank’s acceptance of such successful bidder’s bid, such successful bidder’s deposit may, at the option of the Bank, be retained as full liquidated damages or may be held on account of the damages actually suffered by the Bank. If such deposit is not retained as full liquidated damages, the Bank shall have all of the privileges, remedies and rights available to the Bank at law or in equity due to such successful bidder’s breach of the contract of sale.

Notice of the election made hereunder by the Bank shall be given to a defaulting successful bidder within 50 days after the date of the public auction. If the Bank fails to notify a defaulting successful bidder of which remedy the Bank has elected hereunder, the Bank shall be conclusively deemed to have elected to be holding the deposit on account of the damages actually suffered by the Bank. Upon any such default, Meredith Village Savings Bank shall have the right to sell the property to any back up bidder or itself.

AMENDMENT OF TERMS OF SALE: The Bank reserves the right to amend or change the Terms of Sale set forth herein by announcement, written or oral, made prior to the commencement of the public auction.

ORIGINAL MORTGAGE DEED: The original mortgage instrument may be examined by any interested person at the main office of Meredith Village Savings Bank, 24 NH Route 25, Meredith, New Hampshire, between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. during the business week.

NOTICE TO THE MORTGAGOR, ANY GRANTEE OF THE MORTGAGOR AND ANY OTHER PERSON CLAIMING A LIEN OR OTHER ENCUMBRANCE ON THE PREMISES: YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED THAT YOU HAVE A RIGHT TO PETITION THE SUPERIOR COURT FOR THE COUNTY IN WHICH THE MORTGAGED PREMISES ARE SITUATED, WITH SERVICE UPON THE MORTGAGEE, AND UPON SUCH BOND AS THE COURT MAY REQUIRE, TO ENJOIN THE SCHEDULED FORECLOSURE SALE. For further information respecting the aforementioned foreclosure sale, contact James R. St. Jean Auctioneers, 45 Exeter Rd., PO Box 400, Epping NH 03042, 603-734-4348.

Dated this the 10th day of November, 2011.

MEREDITH VILLAGE SAVINGS BANK

By Its Attorneys Minkow & Mahoney Mullen, P.A. By: Peter J. Minkow, Esq. 4 Stevens Ave., Suite 3 P.O. Box 235 Meredith, NH 03253 (603) 279-6511 Publication Dates: November 16, 23 & 30, 2011.

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LACONIA — Penny Pitou Travel was recently honored as one of the top travel agencies in North America, having been named an elite travel agency by Travelsavers, an international marketing organization that includes the most knowledgeable travel consultants and best travel suppliers in the world today.

“We’re so proud to say that these agents are the best of the best, the crème de la crème,” said Rick Mazza, Founder and CEO of Travelsavers. “These are the agents who have risen to the top by providing their clients with the best travel products at the best prices. Because they take the time to get to know their clients and understand their very specific needs, they deliver travel experiences that satisfy.

We salute them for their commitment to excellence in all of their business practices and the superior customer service they offer each and every day.”

Penny Pitou Travel had served the Lakes Region’s travel needs for the past 37 years. It is active in the community as well, hosting two American Red Cross blood drives a year, supporting Baby Threads of NH and the United Way. It is a full service travel agency whose staff brings a world of knowledge to the table and has traveled extensively.

MORTGAGEE’S NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE

By virtue of a power of sale contained in a certain mortgage deed given by JONATHAN P. TEMPLE, a married person, whose last known mailing address is 84 Bowman Road, Alton, New Hampshire 03809-4703, to MEREDITH VILLAGE SAVINGS BANK, 24 NH Route 25, P.O. Box 177, Meredith, Belknap County, New Hampshire, 03253, dated October 25, 2006, and recorded on October 30, 2006 in the Belknap County Registry of Deeds at Book 2351, Page 0554, (the “Mortgage”) the holder of said mortgage, pursuant to and in execution of said powers, and for breach of conditions of said mortgage deed, (and the Note secured thereby of near or even date, and related documents) and for the purpose of foreclosing the same shall sell at PUBLIC AUCTION On December 1, 2011 at 3:30 o’clock in the afternoon, pursuant to N.H. R.S.A. 479:25, on the premises herein described being located at Scott Drive, Alton, Belknap County, New Hampshire, and depicted as Lot 65 as shown on Plan entitled “Alton Shore, Inc., Alton, NH”, dated April 27, 1961, recorded in the Belknap County Registry of Deeds in Plan Book 14, Page 1060/61, being all and the same premises more particularly described in the Mortgage.

TERMS OF SALE: Said premises will be sold subject to (i) all unpaid taxes and liens, whether or not of record; (ii) mortgages, liens, attachments and all other encumbrances and rights, titles and interests of third persons which are entitled to precedence over the Mortgages; and (iii) any other matters affecting title of the Mortgagor to the premises disclosed herein.

DEPOSITS: Prior to commencement of the auction, all registered bidders shall pay a deposit in the amount of Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00). At the conclusion of the auction of the premises, the highest bidder’s deposit, if such high bidder’s bid is accepted by the Bank, shall immediately be paid to the Bank and shall be held by the Bank subject to these Terms of Sale. All deposits required hereunder shall be made in cash or by check to the order of the Bank, which is acceptable to the Bank in its sole and absolute discretion.

WARRANTIES AND CONVEYANCE: The Bank shall deliver a Mortgagee’s Foreclosure Deed of the Real Estate to the successful bidder accepted by the Bank within forty-five (45) days from the date of the foreclosure sale, upon receipt of the balance of the Purchase Price in cash or check acceptable to Bank. The Real estate will be conveyed with those warranties contained in the Mortgagee’s Foreclosure Deed, and no others.

FEDERAL TAX LIEN: If the property to be sold is subject to a tax lien of the United States of America Internal Revenue Service, unless said lien is released after sale, the sale may be subject to the right of the United States of America to redeem the lands and premises on or before 120 days from the date of the sale.

BREACH OF PURCHASE CONTRACT: If any successful bidder fails to complete the contract of sale resulting from the Bank’s acceptance of such successful bidder’s bid, such successful bidder’s deposit may, at the option of the Bank, be retained as full liquidated damages or may be held on account of the damages actually suffered by the Bank. If such deposit is not retained as full liquidated damages, the Bank shall have all of the privileges, remedies and rights available to the Bank at law or in equity due to such successful bidderÅfs breach of the contract of sale.

Notice of the election made hereunder by the Bank shall be given to a defaulting successful bidder within 50 days after the date of the public auction. If the Bank fails to notify a defaulting successful bidder of which remedy the Bank has elected hereunder, the Bank shall be conclusively deemed to have elected to be holding the deposit on account of the damages actually suffered by the Bank. Upon any such default, Meredith Village Savings Bank shall have the right to sell the property to any back up bidder or itself.

AMENDMENT OF TERMS OF SALE: The Bank reserves the right to amend or change the Terms of Sale set forth herein by announcement, written or oral, made prior to the commencement of the public auction.

ORIGINAL MORTGAGE DEED: The original mortgage instrument may be examined by any interested person at the main office of Meredith Village Savings Bank, 24 NH Route 25, Meredith, New Hampshire, between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. during the business week.

NOTICE TO THE MORTGAGOR, ANY GRANTEE OF THE MORTGAGOR AND ANY OTHER PERSON CLAIMING A LIEN OR OTHER ENCUMBRANCE ON THE PREMISES: YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED THAT YOU HAVE A RIGHT TO PETITION THE SUPERIOR COURT FOR THE COUNTY IN WHICH THE MORTGAGED PREMISES ARE SITUATED, WITH SERVICE UPON THE MORTGAGEE, AND UPON SUCH BOND AS THE COURT MAY REQUIRE, TO ENJOIN THE SCHEDULED FORECLOSURE SALE. For further information respecting the aforementioned foreclosure sale, contact James R. St. Jean Auctioneers, 45 Exeter Rd., PO Box 400, Epping NH 03042, 603-734-4348.

Dated this the 3rd day of November, 2011.

MEREDITH VILLAGE SAVINGS BANK

By Its Attorneys Minkow & Mahoney Mullen, P.A. By: Peter J. Minkow, Esq. 4 Stevens Ave., Suite 3 P.O. Box 235 Meredith, NH 03253 (603) 279-6511 Publication Dates: November 9, 16 & 23, 2011.

THE LACONIA DAILY SUN, Wednesday, November 23, 2011— Page 29

ANNIE’S MAILBOX

Dear Annie: My oldest child is 27 and engaged. He and his fiancee, “Kayla,” ordered the wedding rings together.

Last May, my son texted, saying, “We are going to pick up the ring on Thursday.” That Sunday we celebrated Mother’s Day at my daughter’s home. While cooking, I asked Kayla if I could see the ring. She did not respond. Instead, she left the kitchen and sat in the living room. My son told me, “You ruined the surprise.” I was astonished. He said Kayla didn’t know he had picked up the rings. Apparently, when he texted “we,” he meant his sister.

Kayla wouldn’t speak to me the rest of the morning, and my son disinvited me to an evening barbecue because I had “made Kayla cry.” Two weeks later, he called to say I owed Kayla an apology. I disagreed and said if anything, she owes me one for treating me so rudely. I’ve barely seen him since.

My father passed away in September, and all the kids came over. I went to greet them, but Kayla walked away to avoid me. She expressed condolences to my sister, but not to me.

Obviously, I feel this girl is immature, disrespectful and extremely selfish, and my son is allowing her to treat me this way. Should I tell them how hurtful their behavior is? -- P. Dear P.: Your son has terrible communication skills and blames you when he messes up. Kayla sounds too infantile to be married. And instead of approaching this oversensitive child to smooth things over, you demand an apology. We think there are plenty of apologies to go around. The question is whether you want to get along with your future daughterin-law or be estranged.

Neither Kayla nor your son has the maturity to handle this situation, so you will have to be the grownup. Talk to Kayla, preferably in person, and apologize for upsetting her.

Don’t judge or blame. Simply tell her sincerely that you want to have a good relationship and hope you can start over. We hope she has the sense to agree.

Dear Annie: My sister is in her early 30s and is getting married for the first time. Due to budget constraints, they are having a small wedding and reception. Only the immediate family will be there.

As the matron-of-honor, I would like to give her a proper shower. However, I am uneasy that many of my sister’s friends and acquaintances are not invited to the wedding. Is it proper to ask them to attend a shower? -- Ohio Sister Dear Ohio: It is inappropriate to invite people to the shower if they are not invited to the wedding. However, if the wedding is only immediate family, it is OK to invite a few close friends to a shower, provided you inform them in advance that the wedding itself is family only. Of course, the best solution is for the bridal couple to have an inexpensive, informal party a few weeks later so that those not invited to the actual wedding still can feel included in the celebration.

Dear Annie: Your response was right on to “Beleaguered Mom,” who expected the grandparents to babysit. When my children were young, I lived 500 miles from my parents, who would have been glad to take the kids. Instead, I lived near my mother-in-law, who would not. So we found babysitters.

And that is as it should be.

Now, as a grandmother myself, I love to do what I can for my grandchildren, and I spend time with them, but I do it on my terms. I have a full life separate from the kids. If I am not available to watch them, it is the parents’ responsibility to get a sitter. -- Omaha Grandma

Annie’s Mailbox is written by Kathy Mitchell and Marcy Sugar, longtime editors of the Ann Landers column. Please e-mail your questions to: anniesmailbox@comcast.net, or write to: Annie’s Mailbox, c/o Creators Syndicate, 5777 W. Century Blvd., Ste. 700, Los Angeles, CA 90045.

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BEAUTIFUL puppies. Apricot, red, mini poodles.

Champ background. Good price. Healthy, happy and home raised.

253-6373.

WE Pay CA$H for GOLD and SILVER No hotels, no waiting.

603-279-0607, Thrifty Yankee, Rte. 25, Meredith, NH.

1997 Chrysler Sebring JXI Convertible: V6, auto, loaded, spotless, leather, inspected, $1,999.

991-9969

WHEELCHAIR VAN

Autos LOST DOG: “Bud,” large yellow lab mix, missing since 10/21, from Northfield. Wearing Patriots collar and Halloween bandana. If you have him, please call. His family misses him. 387-9584.

Red Bone Coon Hound PuppiesPurebred, ready for December 17th. Reserve yours now. $200.

528-5057

ROTTWEILER Pups, AKC, tails, shots done, parents on premises, $800-950. 340-6219

Siberian Huskies- 4-6 month old pups. Price reduced. Shots.

856-7423 kryskasibes@gmail.com

1993 CHEVY Pickup Truck- WT 1500 4.3, no rust, runs, needs motor work. $600. 524-9011 1995 Mazda pickup- 4x4, automatic, extra cab. Great Shape, new parts, 74K miles, $1,800. 343-3753 1995 Toyota Camry LE Wagon: 108k, moonroof, 4-cylinder, auto, loaded! Very rare find! $2,950, 991-9969.

1995 Toyota Corolla LE: 1-owner, 116k, no rust, A/C, inspected, very clean, $2,950, 991-9969.

1996 Subaru Legacy Outback Wagon: AWD, auto, fully inspected, no rust, immaculate, 155k, $3,250, 991-9969.

1997 S-10 Blazer LT 4x4: Black, leather, roof, loaded, V6, runs excellent, cash-n-carry, $1,399.

991-9969.

1999 Toyota Camry LE: 4-cylinder, automatic, 112k, new timing belt, fully serviced, inspected, $2,950. 991-9969.

2000 Dodge Grand Caravan Sport- 138K, loaded, maroon, alloy wheels, clean, runs perfect. $3,200. 524-9011 2001 Chevrolet S-10 pickup extra cab. 2-wheel drive, 120K miles, tonneau cover, runs good! $1,495/BO. 603-848-0530 2003 Dodge Dakota Sport: Extra Cab, V6, 5-Speed, 1-Owner, Immaculate! Inspected, $2,750.

991-9969.

2005 Dodge Caravan: 3.3L automatic, dual doors, 111k, new tires, 1-owner, inspected, $3,950, 991-9969.

BUYING junk cars and trucks ME & NH. Call for price. Martin Towing. (603)305-4504.

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

Chevy Blue Aveo 06 14200 miles, engine and timing belt replaced this year (mice damage). $7,350 or best offer. Gilford, call 293-8526 Jack or William.

EXHAUST system taken off a 2011 Ford F-15O. OEM sticker still on it. Like new, $195.

603-930-5222 SALE/TRADE for good running car 1985 Cadillac Broham Limousine, black/gold, 35,000 original miles, runs good, TV, bar, maroon velvet interior, $2,900. 536-2779.

TOP DOLLAR PAID for junk cars & trucks. Available 7-days a week.

1998 Ford GL. Electric tailgate lift.

Van is loaded. 4.3 Liter engine, automatic, power steering/brakes with ABS, A/C, stereo with tape player, front & back bucket seats.

Reeses frame tongue hitch.

Maroon. 84K Miles. Priced to sell, asking $4,395. 528-8443

Child Care CHILD CARE openings @ licensed home. FT Mon.-Fri. age 2 & up. PT Mon., all ages. PT Fri. 2 & up. Food & preschool program provided. Contact Holly Hancock 393-8116.

For Rent Alton- 3 bedroom home. Close to town & schools. $1,050/Month.

1st. Month + Security. 630-0675 APARTMENTS, mobile homes. If you need a rental at a fair price, call DRM Corp. Over 40 years in rentals. We treat you better!

524-0348 or visit M-W-F, 12-5, at 373 Court Street, Laconia.

CENTER Harbor House- One bedroom, year-round, propane central heat, tenant pays all utilities, tenant does all yard maintenance. No pets/Smoking. credit report required, verified income, references. $400/Month, security. Call between 5PM-8PM 603-253-6924.

Center Harbor- 1 Bedroom quality house rent in quality location. No smoking/No Pets. References. $875 all inclusive. 387-6774 CLEAN UPDATED studio and one bedroom in Tilton. Heat/Hot Water included. $620-640/Month.

603-393-9693 or 916-214-7733 Franklin-Duplex/Condo- Large 4-bedroom 1-bath, deck, newly renovated, washer/dryer hook-up, 4-season porch, 2-car parking.

Security & references required.

No smoking/pets. $1,050/Mo. +

For Rent FRANKLIN Recently remodeled one bedroom with new appliances, gas fireplace, air cond., single car port and 10x12 ft. storage building. Very private. $120/ week includes electric and hot water.

Call 603-387-9041 GILFORD 2 Bedroom 2 Bath Condo. Gunstock in backyard.

Fireplace, gas heat, W/D hookup, no dogs/smoking. 1 year lease, $975/month + security. 455-6269.

Gilford Room. Feel at home in premier location close to village, schools, shopping, lake, Gunstock w/beach access. $500 month includes utilities, private bath, heat, internet, beach, no-smoking.

520-6160 Gilford- 2 bedroom, 1 1/2 bath house, on brook across from Gunstock. $995/Month + utilities. No smoking/No pets. 978-914-4151 GILFORD: 2-bedroom apartment $250/Week. Heat & utilities included. Pets considered.

Security & References. 556-7098 GILMANTON1 bedroom apartment with 1.5 baths in nearly new house. Private setting. $850/Month, includes heat/electric, no pets.

Available immediately. 435-7089 GILMANTON- Gorgeous Lake view 3-bedroom 2-bath house.

Washer/dryer hook-ups, full basement. $1,385/Month + utilities. 603-382-4492 LACONIA 1+ bedroom apt. available immediately, includes Heat/ HW, washer/dryer. $800 monthly + security. 528-3840.

LACONIA 1-Bedroom - Washer/ dryer hookup, storage, no pets.

Security Deposit & references. $600/month + utilities. 520-4353

LACONIA 2 Bedroom Duplex Near Opechee, just remodeled. Garage, full basement, W/D Hook-ups. $800/Month + Security Deposit. No pets/Smoking.

603-520-2319 LACONIA 2 BR, $800/mo plus utilities, now pets. Security Deposit Required. 520-4353

For Rent Laconia Almost New Winnipesaukee Waterfront Luxury 2-Bedroom Condominium. Air, large deck. $1,200. No smoking. One-year lease. 603-293-9111 LACONIA FANTASTIC 2BR apartment 1,200 sf. Includes garage, laundry hookups, porch. No pets. $800/mo +utilities.

603-455-0874 LACONIA Large 3 bedroom 1st floor apartment with sunroom & storage. $850/Month, includes heat/hot water. Near hospital and stores. Good rental history and credit report required.

603-707-1510 or 530-474-1050

LACONIA Small 1 bedroom 2nd floor apartment near LRGH. No pets/smoking Heat/Hot Water Included $300/Bi-Weekly

Call David 524-9240

LACONIA South Down Shores 3-Bed, 3-Bath Townhouse with Garage $1,200 + Utilities

(603)455-9189 LACONIA, Clean, 1 Bedroom Apartment, First Floor, Small Porch, Walking Distance to Library, No Smoking, $695/Month, Includes heat. 524-2507 Laconia- 150 Messer St. 1 Bedroom, nice yard, parking & utilities included. No pets/No smoking. $700/Month. Call 630-3126 LACONIA- 3 bedroom house. $1,000/Month + utilities. Pets considered, references & deposit.

524-9665 LACONIA- Large Rooms for rent.

Private bath, heat/hot water, electric, cable, parking included. Free WiFi Internet. $145/week, 603-781-6294 LACONIA-DUPLEX 2 bedroom 1 bath, washer/dryer hookups, garage. $900/month, heat included. References & security deposit. No pets or smokers.

524-7419

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LACONIA: Single family, freshly painted, 3BR, cozy cape near hospital. Non-smokers. No pets. . references. $1,000/month. Available December 1.. Call Bill at 528-3789.

MEREDITH: 2-Bedroom House, 3/4 bath, washer/dryer hookup, oil FHW. $900/month. No pets.

279-8247, Jim.

UNFURNISHED 3+bedroom, 2.5 bath condo. Central A/C, Master on 1st floor. Washer/dryer hookup.

Water view. $1,200/month plus utilities.

Sharon 603-420-8254.

CARGO trailer (Carmate) 600 se ries, 6x12, single axle, excel cond., $2295. 524-8559

LACONIA: 1-bedroom for rent, heat/HW/electric included, no smoking, no pets, security deposit required. $750/month.

528-1685.

LACONIA: Be warm & cozy this winter. 2nd floor 2-bedroom apartment. Walk to all downtown amenities. Ample off-street parking, coin operated laundry, heat & hot water included. $180/Week. Security deposit required, no pets. (603)267-7949.

LACONIA: For Rent/Sale Lakefront townhouse, 2-decks, 2-car garage, 2-bedroom, 2-1/2 bath, tennis/pool. $1,295./Month.

Owner financing available.

225-5660 LACONIA: Gilbert Apartments.

Call for available apartments.

524-4428 LACONIA: Large 2-bedroom apartment. Second floor, parking. $800 + utilities, security/backgound check required.

603-781-6294.

LACONIA: Large 4-bedroom apartment. Second floor, parking. $850 + utilities, security/backgound check required.

603-781-6294.

LACONIA: Newer 3 bedroom 1.5 bath duplex on Valley St. Effecient natural gas heat. No pets.

Sec dep and reference. $1,000 month plus utilities. Available 12/1. Call Mark 387-7349.

LACONIA: Sunny, small 2-bedroom, 2nd floor no smoking/dogs. $200 per week. includes heat/hot water.

455-5569.

Lakeport- Freshly painted big 5-room, 2-bedroom apartment with lake view. Includes washer/ryer, hardwood floors, cabinet kitchen, 2 car parkeint, plowing and landscaping. Huge, bright and sunny master bedroom overlooking lake. $185/Week + 4-week security deposit. No utilities, no dogs, no smoking.

Proper I.D., credit check and background check required.

Showings on Friday only. Call Rob, 617-529-1838 MEREDITH CONDO- 2 bedroom 1 1/2 bath, garage. Non-Smoker.

Quiet complex. $950/Month + utilities. Plowing, landscape included.

603-455-7591 MEREDITH One bedroom apartment on second floor. 16X22 ft. deck, Open concept, cathedral ceiling, very elegant and rustic.

Plowing, parking and dumpster included, Pets? $850/month 455-5660.

MOVE IN SPECIAL 1 BR at Opechee Gardens, $200 sec dep, $700 a month, no util incl. Call 238-8034 MOVE IN SPECIAL 2+ BR on Baldwin St., $200 sec dep, $650 a month, no util incl. Call 238-8034 MOVE IN SPECIAL 2BR at Opechee Gardens, $200 sec dep, $750 a month, no util incl. Call 238-8034 MOVE IN SPECIAL 2BR on Dyer St., $200 sec dep, $775 a month, townhouse style, w/d hookup, full basement, no util incl. Call 238-8034 NORTHFIELD: 2 bedroom, 2nd floor, coin-op laundry & storage in basement, $215/week including heat, electric & hot water, 524-1234, www.whitemtrentals.com.

NORTHFIELD: 2 bedroom trailer in small park with coin-op laundry on site, $225/week including heat, electric & hot water, 524-1234, www.whitemtrentals.com.

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

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PREFERRED RENTALS Long term rental available in the towns of Moultonboro from $650/ mo, Meredith from $1000/mo, Laconia from $1000/mo, Gilford from $1150/mo, West Alton from $1600/mo. Winter rentals also available. Please visit our website at www.preferredrentals.com for a current list of inventory or call 603-253-7811.

MEREDITH: Room for Rent,. $125/Week, utilities included.

Smoking OK. Contact 707-9794 ROOM in quiet country setting, close to downtown. No unusual persons. Heat, electric, hot water incuded in rent. Room for a vehicle, plus. $425. loladaneo8@yahoo.com Sanbornton- Two Furnished Lakehouse Winter Rentals- Panoramic lake/mountain views. 2 or 3 bedroom. 781-334-2488

Apartments Available IMMEDIATELY at PRINCE HAVEN APARTMENTS All utilities included Plymouth, N.H. (Prince Haven has an elderly preference) If you are 62, disabled or handicapped, (regardless of age), and meet annual income guidelines, you may qualify for our one-bedroom apts.

Call today to see if you qualify.

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40% of our vacancies will be rented to applicants with Extremely Low Income.

Rent is based on your household size and income.

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WAREHOUSE/SPACE Up to 4,000 sq. ft. available with on-site office on busy Rte. 3 in Tilton.

Seasonal or long term. Relocate your business or rent a spot for your toys. 603-387-6827 WINNISQUAM: Small efficiency and a cottage including heat, hot water & lights. $150-$175/week. $400 deposit. Also 2BR single family house, $1,150/month, includes all utilities. $1,150 deposit.

No pets. 387-3864.

For Rent-Vacation KEY West Time Share 2012Choice of 2-bedroom deluxe condo at Coconut Mallory Resort.

Sat.-Sat. Between Jan.-Dec..2012. Sleeps 6. $2,100. Call for details. 603-264-4060 KEY West Time Share-3rd floor corner 2-bedroom condo at Galleon Resort. Sleeps 6. Available Jan. 21-Jan. 28, 2012. $2,800.

Call for details. 603-264-4060

For Rent-Commercial WAREHOUSE/SPACE Up to 4,000 sq. ft. available with on-site office on busy Rte. 3 in Tilton.

Seasonal or long term. Relocate your business or rent a spot for your toys. 603-387-6827

For Sale 2000 toyota corolla/manual, 121K good condition, new tires, runs but needs engine work. $800 603-293-4423

CHRISTMAS TREES & wreaths coming soon! Union Ave. across from Belknap Tire. Jim Waldron 279-8066 COIN Collection- Mostly silver.

Serious collectors ONLY! Call 455-3372 Cuisinart Electric Pressure Cooker, $90. Kitchen Aid stand mixer, $175, Both never used.

524-9128 Custom Glazed Kitchen Cabinets.

Solid maple, never installed. May add/subtract to fit kitchen. Cost $6,000 sacrifice $1,750. 833-8278 ELECTRIC Wheelchair: Never used, many extras, $1,500.

524-2877.

ENERGYSTAR Whirlpool Washer, new and older Maytag dryer comes with hookups and paperwork. Both for $350. In Laconia 808-772-9212.

FOR sale Cherry desk, Laundry sink w/faucet, Steel staging, construction heater, Inversion therapy table. Call Gary 279-7144 John Deer LA135 22-HP V-Twin Hydrostatice 42in. riding mower.

Used 2 seasons, very well maintained. $1,300. Paid $1,900 New. Moving, 524-3613 PARADIGM Home Audio/Theater: Full range tower speakers, model #Studio 100v.3, mint, 5-years old, $1,400. 496-8639.

Pingpong Table $100. Air hockey $75, Auto-Start remote car starter with two remotes $110.

455-8601 PLAYBOY magazines approximately 75; from 70s and 80s.

Make an offer. 524-1583.

2001 Dodge Durango SLT 4 x 4 7 passenger, 118K Miles, 5.9 V-8, remote starter. $3,000 . 860-4594

REZNOR-UNIT heater, $150 Maytag LP Gas clothes dryer. $75 286-8020 after 5 pm

4 Tires, used one winter, Mastercraft 94T 215/60 R15, Glacier Grip II. Paid $425 new, asking $200.

737-2040.

SHELTERLOGIC Portable Garage: 12x20x8 feet (new), heavy duty steel frame, all weather cover. $399. 603-520-1607.

AMAZING! Beautiful pillowtop matress sets, twin $169, full or queen $249, king $399. See AD under “Furniture”.

SMALL white refrigerator in working condition $300. Please call 832-3063 or 671-3765. Ask for Michelle.

BLACK motorcycle boots, men s size 12, $75/obo. Uphill Treadmill w/ instruction book, $75/obo.

552-5247.

Used office furniture-Good Condition, desks, chairs, file cabinets, bookcases. Cash & Carry.

279-4650

We offer competitive salaries and an excellent benefits package!

Please check our website for specific details on each position.

• Operating Room RN - Full-time • LNA @ Merriman House - Full-time • LNA/Unit Secretary Med Surg - Full-time • ICU RN - Part-time • Director of OR & Surgical Services - Full-time • Staff Nurse - Part-time • Controller - Full-time A completed Application is required to apply for all positions Website: www.memorialhospitalnh.org.

Contact: Human Resources, Memorial Hospital, an EOE PO Box 5001, No. Conway, NH 03860.

Phone: (603)356-5461 • Fax: (603)356-9121

PARALEGAL Experienced in family law and general litigation.

Responsibilities include interactions with clients, drafting of legal documents, legal research, assistance with trial preparations and related tasks. Pleasant working environment, competitive salary and benefit package.

Forward resume to:

Joseph N. Adrignola, Administrator Martin, Lord & Osman, P.A. One Mill Plaza Laconia NH 03246

For Sale

Help Wanted

Steel Buildings

PART-TIME LNA Wanted: Reliable, dependable, mature, compassionate, patient for care of elderly woman, Saturdays 9am-7pm, and on call. Salary based on experience. jntlzbth@yahoo.com

Reduced Factory Inventory 30x36 – Reg. $15,850 Now $12,600.

36x58– Reg. $21,900 Now $18,800.

Source# 1IB, 866-609-4321

BUYING

Positions Starting at $15/Hour For Storm Pay

Gold, (scrap rings, jewelry, etc.) Silver, (coins, flatware, etc. )

BELKNAP LANDSCAPE COMPANY

Antiques & Unusual Items Call 279-3087 or Stop In at

Waukewan Antiques 55 Main St. Meredith

is hiring numerous temporary, on-call positions for its Snow Removal Division to include: Sanders (requires CDL - A or B License), Route Leaders & Shovelers. Prior experience in snow removal a plus. Must be dependable & flexible. All applicants must be at least 18 years of age, have a valid drivers license & reliable transportation, able to lift heavy objects, able to work long shifts and able to get to work on time during snowstorms. All applicants will be required to pass a pre-employment drug screen.

Furniture AMAZING! Beautiful Queen or Full-size mattress set, Luxury Firm European Pillow-top style, Fabulous back & hip support, Factory sealed-new 10Yr. warranty. Cost $1095, sell $249. Can deliver

Apply in Person to: Belknap Landscape Co., Inc., 25 Country Club Rd, Unit 302, Gilford, NH 03249.

Phone: (603) 528-2798 Or via Fax: (603) 528-2799 email: rblackey@belknaplandscape.com

NEW mattresses ...always a great deal! Starting; King set complete $395, queen set $249.

603-524-1430.

Help Wanted

WINTER/ FALL RUSH

CLEANER Franklin, Northfield Areas

Full time Cleaner

with Experience Preferred Must have valid driver's license and your own transportation.

Apply in person to: Joyce Janitorial Service

14 Addison St. Laconia, NH 603-524-8533

Permanent and holiday season help. Start immediately. Due to fall/ holiday season our company is experiencing a massive product demand opening various positions in all departments and must be filled this week. No experience required. Must be at least 18. Positions available: Customer Service/ set up and display/ appointment setting/ sales and marketing. Call today for immediate interview (603)822-0219. Or text anytime (603)930-8450.

JOB OPPORTUNITY PART-TIME PAYROLL POSITION IN A RAPIDLY GROWING SERVICE COMPANY Qualifications: • Mature, dedicated, detail oriented individual • Prior payroll experience a must, experience with Microsoft Excel and Word necessary • Able to communicate effectively Please send resume with references and contact information to: Laconia Daily Sun BOX A 1127 Union Avenue #1 Laconia, N.H. 03246

LACONIA SCHOOL DISTRICT 2011-2012 PROFESSIONAL OPENING PLEASANT STREET SCHOOL NURSE This is a full time position in a K-5 elementary school. NH Nursing certification is required.

Successful candidate will be working to support a student with medical and learning needs in a regular classroom setting. This school year position is available beginning November 28, 2011 and has summer hours available.

Please send Letter of Intent, Resume, Transcripts, Certification, and three Letters of Reference to: Susan Carignan, Student Services Coordinator Pleasant Street School 350 Pleasant Street Laconia, NH 03246 Please visit our web site for information about the Laconia Schools at: www.laconiaschools.org E.O.E

LHS Class of 1952 makes gift to St. Vincent de Paul LACONIA — Ladies of the Laconia High School Class of ‘52 have been meeting for monthly lunches for decades. They have developed a very strong sisterhood. They, about eighteen regulars - sisters of their same age, especially enjoy meeting during the Thanksgiving and Christmas holidays.

While they are annual donors to the Lakes Region Scholarship Foundation, they are also benevolent during the holidays - either with food and/or cash donations to the Salvation Army and St. Vincent de Paul. They are daughters of the Depression and remember it well. At their last lunch at the Brick Front, they donated a size-

able sum which classmate, Donna Beauchaine McGrath, also a volunteer at St. Vincent de Paul, presented to Food Pantry Manager, Jo Carignan.

When they meet again at the December 13 luncheon at O’s Steaks & Seafood, they plan to make Christmas donations to the Salvation Army. But at this luncheon, they will miss one of their regulars, classmate Doreen Owen Taylor, who died this month.

At right: LHS ‘52 Classmate and St. Vincent de Paul volunteer, Donna McGrath presents Jo Carrigan, manager of the Food Pantry, a check of donations that her classmates made for Thanksgiving at their November regular monthly luncheon. (Courtesy photo)

Motorcycles

Real Estate

Roommate Wanted

2000 Harley Davidson, Ultra Classic, metallic green & black, new motor, many accessories, asking $7950 Paul 603-752-5519.

LAKEPORT- Sweet 2-bedroom 2-bath top floor suite for sale.

Located near Park, Beach and Elm St. School in historic restored brick schoolhouse on Washington St. $95,000. 279-5787

GTTA a PIG RMMTE? Rm; #4 rnt, (143 sq ft.) w/crptng, Ht/Ht. wtr/ Elec/ Plwng/ Trsh Rmal inc. Lmtd.

Stge. Aval. W/D on prmse. #1 st/ Lst Upfrnt Sec dep. & pets neg.

603-279-7919

MOTORCYCLE STORAGE Store your bike in a heated and secure building in Laconia. $100 for season (now to June 1st).

Space is limited. Call Rick at 491-9058 for 273-0215.

MATURE, semi-retired, wifeless male seeking non-smoking female companion to share in and enjoy life together. I enjoy quiet times as well as various activities: boating, ocean beaches, movies, TV, dining out (or in) & hot weather. Interested? Drop me a line telling me about you: J.A.C., Box 8, Winnisquam, NH 03289.

Recreation Vehicles CHINOOKA classic motorhome. 21’, timeless design.

Sleeps 2. Garaged, nearly mint.

58,600 miles. Photos and info at: RVonline.com under “1991 Chinook”. $12,250.

(603)367-8753.

Services

LACONIA- Visually impaired man looking for someone to share house. Not a job, preferably female, friendship, honest, references. $500/Month.

387-6524

Personals

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Services

Services

M.A. SMITH ELECTRIC: Quality work for any size electrical job. Licensed-Insured, Free estimates/ 603-455-5607

Services

Roommate Wanted PHOTOGRAPHER available for local events and projects. Reasonable rates. 545-4920

Belmont: 2 adults seek 3rd person to share adorable, clean, 3-bedroom cape. $125/week includes utilities, laundry, parking.

Non-smoker. 401-243-3237.

PROFESSIONAL painter seeking homeowners and landlords who are considering a paint renovation. Free estimates, and reasonable rates. 1-802-780-9040

LACONIA 2-roomates wanted clean, quiet, sober environment.

All inclusive, must see, will go fast. $110-130/week. 455-2014

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

Our Customers Don!t get Soaked!

SNOWPLOWING

528-3531

MEREDITH AREA

Major credit cards accepted

Reliable & Insured

OIL & PROPANE CO., INC.

SEASONAL TRUCK DRIVER Fred Fuller Oil & Propane Co., Inc. has an immediate opening for a truck driver to make heating oil deliveries. Qualified candidates must have a valid CDL with applicable endorsements and meet all DOT requirements. Please contact:

CALL Mike for fall clean-ups, scrapping, light hauling, snowblowing. Very reasonably priced.

603-455-0214

Do you need your house cleaned?

I can do it! Experienced, thorough, reliable. Please call Hillary 998-2601

Michael Percy

677-2540

Storage Space 1700 sq. ft space, residential/commerical storage, Belmont. Perfect for boat, auto or construction.

Heat/ Electric available. $750/month. 718-5275.

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

(603)524-1430

Fred Fuller Oil & Propane Co., Inc.

Yard Sale

64 Primrose Drive N. Laconia, NH 03246 603-524-1421

CLOSING

Automotive Technician Wanted Candidate must be GM Certified and ASE Certified. We offer competitive pay plus weekly and monthly incentives. We also offer health care, 401K, paid vacations, paid holidays, and free uniforms.

Candidate must possess a positive attitude to work in a Team environment.

Interested candidates should contact:

Bill Crone, (603)356-5401 or send resume to:

bcrone@crestautoworld.com All interviews confidential

We will be closing our Indoor Yard Sale located at 57 Elm St. Lakeport, on November 30.

Everything Must Go! Everything 1/2 Price!

Hours: W, TH & F 12–3 p.m Sat & Sun 9-3 p.m.

MOVING SALE Dinette set Hex glass top with 4 upholstered chairs on casters, brass fireplace screen w/all accessories, modular desk, Black & Decker electric blower/vac., like new, 24 extension ladder, large Cantilever deck umbrella, pool or lake floats & floating chairs, 2 strobe lights & more!

All Reduced!

264 Black Brook Rd. Sanbornton

Call First 524-1583

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5 DAY SALE

B L AC K FRIDAY

AUTOMOTIVE GROUP

BUY A NEW TOYOTA, FORD OR HYUNDAI & WE’LL PAY FOR YOUR HOLIDAYS UP TO

$1,000 CHECK BACK FROM THE IRWIN ZONE

OVER 600 Vehicles available covering 15+ acres!

CREDIT CHALLENGED? DON’T SWEAT IT

Apply online 24/7 at www.irwinzone.com or call us at 524-4922

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BRAND NEW 2011 TOYOTA

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BRAND NEW 2012 TOYOTA

BRAND NEW 2011 TOYOTA

MSRP........................................ $18,560 Irwin Discount........................... $1,663 MFG Rebate.................................. $500 Cash or Trade Equity................ $2,995

MSRP........................................ $24,480 Irwin Discount........................... $1,851 Cash or Trade Equity................ $2,995

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LEASE FOR 36 MONTHS WITH 12,000 MILES PER YEAR. $.20 PER MILE THEREAFTER. $2,995 CASH OR TRADE EQUITY PLUS 1ST PAYMENT AND $299 TITLE AND DOCUMENTATION FEE DUE AT SIGNING. $0 SECURITY DEPOSIT WITH APPROVED CREDIT. NO SALES TAX FOR NH RESIDENTS. *0% FINANCING AVAILABLE WITH APPROVED CREDIT. SALE PRICES REFLECT BLACK FRIDAY SAVINGS. MANUFACTURERS PROGRAMS ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE WITHOUT NOTICE. EXPIRES 11-30-2011

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MSRP........................................ $18,265 Irwin Discount........................... $1,587 MFG Rebate............................... $500 Cash or Trade Equity................ $2,995

MSRP........................................ $20,675 Irwin Discount........................... $1,837 MFG Rebate............................... $1,000 Cash or Trade Equity................ $2,995

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LEASE FOR 27 MONTHS WITH 10,500 MILES PER YEAR. $.20 PER MILE THEREAFTER. $2,995 CASH OR TRADE EQUITY PLUS 1ST PAYMENT AND $299 TITLE AND DOCUMENTATION FEE DUE AT SIGNING. $0 SECURITY DEPOSIT WITH APPROVED CREDIT. NO SALES TAX FOR NH RESIDENTS. *0% FINANCING AVAILABLE WITH APPROVED CREDIT. MANUFACTURERS PROGRAMS ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE WITHOUT NOTICE. F.M.C.C. FINANCING MAY BE REQUIRED. F150 REBATE/SALE PRICE REFLECTS FORD $1,000 TRADE ASSISTANCE. SALE PRICES REFLECT BLACK FRIDAY SAVINGS. EXPIRES 11-30-2011

HYUNDAI

603-581-7133 | www.irwinzone.com 93 DW Highway Belmont, NH

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LEASE FOR 36 MONTHS WITH 12,000 MILES PER YEAR. $.20 PER MILE THEREAFTER. $2,995 CASH OR TRADE EQUITY PLUS, $595 ACQUISITION FEE PLUS 1ST PAYMENT AND $299 TITLE AND DOCUMENTATION FEE DUE AT SIGNING. $0 SECURITY DEPOSIT WITH APPROVED CREDIT. NO SALES TAX FOR NH RESIDENTS. *1.9% FINANCING AVAILABLE WITH APPROVED CREDIT. SALE PRICES REFLECT BLACK FRIDAY SAVINGS. MANUFACTURERS PROGRAMS ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE WITHOUT NOTICE. EXPIRES 11-30-2011

‘02 Hyundai Elantra GLS .......$4,470

‘05 Chevy Malibu ...................$7,775

‘06 Hyundai Tucson GLS .....$9,000

‘06 Hyundai Elantra GLS .......$5,000

‘09 Hyundai Accent GS ..........$8,785

‘07 Hyundai Sonata GLS ......$9,995

‘04 Chrysler Sebring GTC Conv ..$6,755

‘03 Mazda Protege 5 ...............$8,510

Stk# CP246A

‘06 Saturn ION 2 ...................$7,185

‘05 Buick LaCrosse CX .........$8,495

‘04 Pontiac Grand Prix GTP ....$7,625

‘05 Dodge Grand Caravan SE ..$8,580

Stk# CJT407B

Stk# HCC546A

USED CAR CENTER

UNDER $10,000

Stk# CFT339A

Stk# BJT631A

Stk# HCP001A

Stk# BFT717A

Stk# HCC557B Stk# CP245A

Stk# HCC567A

Stk# BJT515A

Stk# HCT408A

Stk# HCC603A

‘06 Saab 9-3 2.0T ...................$9,995

We’ll Buy Your Vehicle From You **** Whether You Buy From Us Or Not