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I-LHS program of studies criticized as so 20th Century BY ADAM DRAPCHO THE LACONIA DAILY SUN
MEREDITH — Before voting to approve it last night, Inter-Lakes School Board members cast a critical eye upon the high school’s program of studies. They questioned whether the program would adequately prepare students for a landscape far different from that which greeted grad-
uates several years ago. Board member Jack Carty noted that the program of studies for the 2012-2013 school year was a “tweaked” version of the current program, which itself was based upon the previous year’s program. “The world that existed two years ago does not exist today,” said Carty, listing developments such as the Arab Spring,
national credit limit, European debt crisis and the rise of “another superpower” in Asia. The future of American industry has been predicted to lie in alternative energy manufacturing, Carty said, “If you want to go buy a wind turbine and put it up, it will probably come with a small tag that says, ‘Made in China’.” see INTER-LAKES page 8
Belmont man accused of beating his father & assaulting 2 Laconia cops
BY MICHAEL KITCH THE LACONIA DAILY SUN
LACONIA — Following a discussion at the Land and Buildings Subcommittee of the City Council this week, City Manager Scott Myers will renew the effort to market the abandoned former police station at 51 Church Street, perhaps in tandem with the next door property currently housing the Munsey & Brazil Insurance Agency, which will be listed for sale next year. The police station sits on a 0.26-acre lot on Church Street. The property has nearly 100 feet of frontage and abuts 1.9 acres of municipal property that serves primarily as a parking lot bordered by the downtown riverwalk along the Winnipesaukee River. With a boundary adjustment, the lot could be extended nearer the river. The masonry building, with approximately 8,400-square-feet of usable space on two floors, was constructed in 1960 and acquired by the city in 1978. The property currently has an assessed value of $211,600. see STATION page 10
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Moultonborough Historical Society President Kathleen Garry presents 99-year-old John ‘Jack’ Learned with the ceremonial cane and plaque recognizing him as the town’s oldest resident during at program at the public Library on Monday ngiht. (Daryl Carlson/ for The Laconia Daily Sun
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MOULTONBOROUGH — In a ceremony held on Monday night at the Public Library, the Moultonborough Historical Society presented resident John “Jack” Learned, 99, with the “Moultonborough Post Cane,” traditionally possessed by the town’s oldest resident. Learned was born November 2, 1912, in Newburyport, Mass. He developed an affection for the White Mountains at a young age, accompanying his father on the “snow train” to North Conway. In the early days of the Fuel Oil OIL & PROPANE CO., INC. 10 day cash price* sport, Learned skied Gunstock, Laconia 524-1421 subject to change Cannon, Cranmore and Tucker-
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LACONIA — A Belmont man was ordered held on $15,000 cash bail for allegedly beating his father and trying to assault the two police officers who responded to a call for help. Thomas W. Carroll IV, 29, of 37 Concord St. is charged with two counts of simple assault, one count of attempted assault and one count of resisting arrest for his alleged actions last Saturday night. Police affidavits said they got a call from an apartment on Academy St. reporting that Carroll was intoxicated and had just punched his father in the face. Responding officers said they spoke to a number of people who were standing outside and found Carroll in the hallway of the apartment house. Affidavits said he smelled strongly of alcohol, his eyes were glassy and bloodshot, and “he slurred his words while he spoke and staggered.” Officers told him they were placing him in protective custody and told him several times to turn around and put his hands behind his back. He allegsee BEATING page 17
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U.S. Safety Board asks states to ban drivers from using cell phones, even hands free
WASHINGTON (AP) — Texting, emailing or chatting on a cellphone while driving is simply too dangerous to be allowed, federal safety investigators declared Tuesday, urging all states to impose total bans except for emergencies. Inspired by recent deadly crashes — including one in which a teenager sent or received 11 text messages in 11 minutes before an accident — the recommendation would apply even to hands-free devices, a much stricter rule than any current state law. The unanimous recommendation by the five-member National Transportation Safety Board would make an exception for devices deemed to aid driver safety such as GPS navigation systems. A group representing state highway safety offices called the recommendation “a gamechanger.” “States aren’t ready see PHONES page 8
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Last minute, Sandusky waives hearing on sex abuse charges BELLEFONTE, Pa. (AP) — Former Penn State assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky stunned a packed courtroom and backed out of a preliminary hearing at the last minute Tuesday, avoiding a faceto-face confrontation with accusers who his lawyer said were just trying to cash in by making up stories of child sex abuse. Sandusky pleaded not guilty and vowed afterward to “stay the course, to fight for four quarters.”
His lawyer, Joe Amendola, then took the defense to the courthouse steps and spoke before dozens of news cameras for an hour, saying some of the 10 men who accuse Sandusky of molesting them as children were only out to profit from civil lawsuits against the coach and Penn State. A prosecutor said about 11 witnesses, most of them alleged victims, were ready to testify at the hearing. An attorney for one called Sandusky a
“coward” for not hearing his accusers’ testimony and derided the arguments that they were out for money, saying many were too old to sue Sandusky under Pennsylvania’s statute of limitations. “It makes my blood boil,” said Harrisburg lawyer Ben Andreozzi, who read a statement by his client, identified in a grand jury report as Victim 4, who was said to have become a fixture at one point in the see PENN STATE page 9
LIEGE, Belgium (AP) — Summoned for questioning by Belgian police, a man with a history of weapons and drug offenses left home armed with hand grenades, a revolver and an assault rifle. Stopping at a central square filled with holiday shoppers, he lobbed three grenades into the crowd, then opened fire. Four people were killed, including an 18-month-old toddler, and 122 were wounded in the assault Tuesday that
brought tragedy to the pre-Christmas season of students reveling in exam results and preschoolers enchanted by brightly lit trees and holiday stalls. Authorities said the shooter also died, but they were at a loss to explain the reason for the onslaught. The prime minister said it was not related to terrorism. In a second burst of deadly violence in Western Europe on Tuesday — attacks rare for the continent — a man shot and
killed two Senegalese vendors at a market in Italy. The midday attack in the eastern Belgian city of Liege sent hundreds of panicked shoppers stampeding down the cobbled streets of the old city, fleeing explosions and bullets. Belgian authorities identified the shooter as Nordine Amrani, a 33-year-old Liege resident who had done jail time for see BELGIUM page 8
WASHINGTON (AP) — Sensing a political opening, House Republicans on Tuesday approved a plan that links speedy approval of an oil pipeline from Canada to a measure renewing a payroll tax cut. The vote sets up a showdown with President Barack Obama, who has threatened to veto the bill. The White House says the bill “plays politics” with what should be its main
goal: cutting taxes for the middle class. Republicans said the proposed Keystone XL pipeline from Canada to Texas would help the president achieve his top priority — creating jobs — without costing a dime of taxpayer money. Obama’s opposition shows he does not mean what he says when he calls jobs his top priority, GOP lawmakers said.
“The American people want jobs,” said House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio. “This is as close to a shovel-ready project as you’re ever going to see. This is exactly the description of the kind of jobs plans that the president says he wants to enact.” The House approved the bill, 234-193, Tuesday night. Ten Democrats joined 224 see PIPELINE page 11
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N.H. unemployment Permanent college campus gun ban sought rate dips to 5.2%
CONCORD (AP) — Labor officials say New Hampshire’s unemployment rate dropped slightly last month to 5.2 percent. The Department of Employment Security says the unemployment rate decreased a tenth of a percentage point in November from the October rate, and was a fifth of a percentage point below the November rate a year ago. The national unemployment rate for November was 8.6 percent.
Crack in million-gallon Rochester water tank leads to evacuation of nearby homes
ROCHESTER (AP) — A fracture and leak in the city’s 1 million-gallon water tank led officials who feared it would collapse to evacuate homes, a nearby pediatrics practice and a small airport on Tuesday. The leak is at the base of the water tank, which is on the ground, not atop a tower, Rochester City Manager Daniel Fitzpatrick said. The tank didn’t appear to be at risk of collapsing, but there was a potential that it could, Fitzpatrick said in an email to city employees. City officials were draining the green cylindrical tank, which appears to be at least six stories tall, and advising the city’s 30,000 residents their water pressure would be reduced. Skyhaven Airport, which is just southeast of the city’s main business district and has one runway, was evacuated Tuesday morning, an employee said. “We have to evacuate right now,” Nohea Nichols said by telephone late Tuesday morning. “The fire chief just came in.” Young patients at the Rochester Pediatrics Association, which is affiliated with Frisbie Memorial Hospital, were removed because it’s within the quarter-mile radius public officials cleared.
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CONCORD (AP) — New Hampshire university system officials are seeking a permanent court order supporting the ban on weapons on campus. Plymouth State University became the platform for the ongoing debate last week when college officials obtained a temporary order barring two progun protestors from appearing on campus with loaded rifles. The gun advocates — former police officer Bradley
Jardis and Army veteran Tommy Mozingo_showed up without guns Friday and told students to fight for their right to bear arms on campus. The debate is swirling at the Statehouse as well. Lawmakers in January will vote on a bill that would prohibit colleges from banning weapons on campus. State Rep. J.R. Hoell of Dunbarton is writing a letter to Judiciary Committee members saying the weapons ban violates state law.
NEW YORK (AP) — Two men sued Syracuse men’s basketball coach Jim Boeheim and the school for defamation Tuesday, saying they were vilified as liars out for money after they accused his longtime assistant of molesting them. Former Syracuse ball boys and stepbrothers Bobby Davis and Mike Lang said they were molested by Bernie Fine, who has since been fired and has denied the allegations. A third man also has accused the 65-year-old Fine, who had been Boeheim’s top assistant since 1976. “It really hurt me to learn coach Boeheim had accused me of lying,” Davis said, reading from a statement at a news conference after the lawsuit was filed in New York State Supreme Court. When the allegations surfaced Nov. 17, Boeheim
staunchly supported Fine, saying the accusations were lies to capitalize on the Penn State child sex abuse case. “The Penn State thing came out, and the kid behind this is trying to get money,” Boeheim told the Syracuse Post-Standard. “If he gets this, he’s going to sue the university and Bernie. What do you think is going to happen at Penn State? You know how much money is going to be involved in civil suits? I’d say about $50 million. That’s what this is about. Money.” And in an interview with ESPN, which broke the story, Boeheim said: “It is a bunch of a thousand lies that (Davis) has told. You don’t think it is a little funny that his cousin is coming forward?” Lang said that when Boeheim suggested “my little brother and I were lying,” he “felt sick to my stomach.”
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Man charged will killing N.Y. cop wanted for N.C. shooting
NEW YORK (AP) — A convict accused in the coldblooded slaying of a New York Police Department officer already was wanted in a non-fatal shooting in North Carolina but remained on the streets because arrest warrants didn’t require his return there, NYPD officials said Tuesday. The shooting suspect, Lamont Pride, was arraigned late Tuesday on a first-degree murder charge in the officer’s killing. He appeared in court shackled and didn’t speak. Later, four other men accused of being involved were arraigned on second-degree murder charges. All were jailed without bail.
Pride had been arrested twice in recent months in New York for weapons and drug possession. Each time, he was released after police found they had no grounds to hold him under the North Carolina warrants, police Commissioner Raymond Kelly said at a news conference announcing that Pride and the other men involved in the officer’s shooting death were facing murder charges. Following the second arrest on Nov. 3, an NYPD supervisor called North Carolina authorities out of “concern that there’s an individual who’s wanted for see NYPD page 5
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Community Services to spend $1.9M renovating former Federal Building; agency expects to be in its new downtown Laconia home this summer By RogeR Amsden FOR THE LACONIA DAILY SUN
LACONIA — Ground was symbolically broken Tuesday morning on the steps of the former Federal Building on North Main Street, which by July of next year will become the new base of operations for Lakes Region Community Services. The 40,000 square foot, three-story building located just north of the Public Library will be undergoing a $1.9-million renovation which will include structural improvements, an updated and energy-efficient HVAC system, replacement of the existing roof membrane, the addition of a new stairwell to meet code requirements, a new handicapped access entrance and the creation of a community conference room at the rear of the building. Lakes Region Community Services (LRCS) has had its main office on the grounds of the N.H. Department of Corrections’ now-closed Lakes Region Facility since 1995. It provides assistance to some 1,200 disabled individuals and their families annually in Belknap and southern Grafton counties from its Laconia headquarters and a satellite office in Plymouth. The agency has some 350 employees, 60 of whom will be moving to the new location in July, a move welcomed by Chris Santaniello, the agency’s executive director, who says that the move will see the agency working out of a centrally located office which will also have a very positive impact on the downtown area. ‘’Adding LRCS to the fabric of downtown Laconia will be an important and essential component to the revitalization of this area of the city,’’ says Santaniello. LRCS was awarded the Federal Building two years ago through a competitive application process after the U.S. Forest Service relocated to a new office in Campton and the building was declared surplus by the General Services Administration. Santaniello said that the renovations are far more than cosmetic in nature and will improve the building’s energy efficiency and accessibility. The largest
Taking part in a groundbreaking ceremony at the former federal building on North Main Street in Laconia are, front row: Jim Bruss, Bruss Construction; Ginger Donaldson, LRCS board member; Christine Santaniello, LRCS Executive Director; Randy Perkins, LRCS President; Becky Bryant, LRCS Director of Finance; Ed Rimm, Bruss Construction.; second row: Stuart Wallace, LRCS board member; Gary Lemay, LRCS Treasurer; Allan Gauthier, LRCS board member; John Markland, LRCS board member. (Roger Amsden/for The Laconia Daily Sun)
part of the project will be the HVAC and energy efficiency upgrades, which will cost about $700,000. She said that the largest component of the funding is $956,250 in state tax credits and that to date
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LRCS has sold $355,000 of its tax credits and is hopeful that more financial institutions will be purchasing them before the end of the year. see next page
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from preceding page Other sources of funding include: — $125,000 Energy Enterprise Fund Grant. — $500,000 Community Development Block Grant. — $500,000 two percent loan through the Community Development Finance Authority for energy upgrades. — $100,000 CDFA Grant, and — $100,000 Rural Development Grant. She said that LRCS will use about 80-percent of the available space and is in negotiation with other non-profit agencies who want to use the balance. Bruss Construction of Bradford is the contractor for the project. The building was designed and constructed for the United States Forest Service, the largest agency at that time in the U.S. Department of Agriculture. It’s cornerstone was laid in 1939 and the building was dedicated in July of 1940. In 1966 additions and alterations were made to the building, with the original ground-floor garage space converted into offices and a large, twostory section added to the east face of the building.
The building, authorized under the New Deal’s colossal building program, is designed in a stripped Classical Revival style and is representative of one of several styles preferred by government architects in the 1930s according to a federal buildings website. Lakes Region Community Services (LRCS), which was founded in 1975, became the lead agency in the area for treatment of developmentally disabled individuals after U.S. District Court Chief Judge Shane Devine issued a 1981 order which mandated that residents of the Laconia State School be deinstitutionalized and implemented a process by which those residents were allowed to return to and live in their communities. In 1991, New Hampshire closed the Laconia State School and became the first state to close all of its public institutions for the developmentally disabled. Since its inception, LRCS has broadened and strengthened its scope of services to include broad based family support, early childhood, and economic and community development initiatives and programs. LRCS has a Family Resource Center, provides supports to elders, and operates small businesses.
NYPD from page 3 a violent act who could be let go,” Kelly said. On Nov. 7, North Carolina officials amended the warrants to require Pride be held until state authorities could retrieve him, but by then he had been released pending a January court date in New York, Kelly said. “Of course, he should not have been out on the street,” Kelly said. “He should, ideally, have been extradited to North Carolina, but that didn’t happen.” There was no immediate response to messages left with police in Greensboro, N.C., where Pride has three outstanding warrants — for possession of a firearm by a felon, assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill inflicting serious injury and felony conspiracy — in an August shooting. The shooting stemmed from a dispute with another man over a woman, Kelly said. Pride also served a short prison term in North Carolina for robbery. He was released in October 2010.
Officer Peter Figoski, a 22-year NYPD veteran, was killed early Monday during a botched armed robbery by Pride and the other men of a marijuana dealer living in a basement apartment in Brooklyn, police said. The men are accused of meeting to plan the robbery at about 1 a.m. and arriving at the door of their target at about 2:15 a.m. When the robbery crew smashed in the door and began beating the dealer, the upstairs owner of the home called 911 to report a break-in. Figoski and his partner, Glenn Estrada, were providing backup to two officers questioning the victim and two suspects inside the apartment when Pride and another man, Kevin Santos, tried to flee, police said. As Estrada struggled with Santos, Figoski came face-to-face with Pride, police said. The suspect shot Figoski once in the face with a semiautomatic handgun before the officer could draw his own weapon, police said.
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Here, here; Cameron put Britain first! Prime Minister David Cameron’s decision to veto Germany’s demand for a new European fiscal union will define his premiership. More than that, Cameron has raised a banner for patriots everywhere fighting to retain their national independence. With his no vote on fiscal union, Cameron declared to the EU: “British surrenders of sovereignty come to an end here. And Britain will deny Brussels any oversight authority of any national budgets or any right to sanction EU members.” The euro-skeptic right is understandably ecstatic. “He Put Britain First,” thundered the Daily Mail. “There is now a wonderful opportunity for Britain gradually to loosen itself from the shackles of a statist, over-regulated, anti-democratic, corrupt EU.” The Sun featured Cameron as Winston Churchill, flashing a wartime V-for-Victory sign over the banner headline: “Up Eurs — Bulldog PM Sticks up for Britain.” The British left, however, almost took to bed. “Cameron Cuts U.K. Adrift,” wailed the Guardian. “The EU Leaves Britain,” moaned The Independent. Coalition partner Nick Clegg of the Liberal Democrats went weak in the knees, claiming the prime minister had left Britain “isolated and marginalized ... hovering somewhere in the mid-Atlantic.” Yet one imagines that Britain will somehow survive. And while he may have been unaware of the firestorm that would follow his decision, Cameron has exposed the backroom game that is going on in Europe. The Germans have seized on the crisis caused by the fiscal promiscuity of Club Med — Greece, Italy, Spain, Portugal — to effect a giant leap forward into European fiscal and political union. Berlin is basically offering the bankrupts a bribe, saying: “All right, we will bail you out. But, in return, all 17 members of the eurozone shall accept revisions to the EU treaty under which they submit their budgets to Brussels. And if their deficits and/or debts exceed permissible limits, those nations will be sanctioned and fined. The Germans are exploiting the crisis to impose their model on the eurozone today and all of Europe tomorrow. Well, some may ask, since Germany is the most successful economy in Europe, why not impose that model? Answer: For a nation to submit its budget for review by a higher authority, and accept the right of such an authority to alter that budget or punish that nation, is to cease in a fundamental way to be free. Cameron may seem isolated, but he speaks for tens of millions outside Britain — Italians, Greeks and others fed up with the imposed austerity, North Europeans fed up with having
to bail out Club Med deadbeats who do not work as hard or as long. Nationalism is on the boil across Europe, and it is impossible to believe the leaders of those 26 EU countries, by cutting some deal with Angela Merkel and Nicolas Sarkozy, can bind their countrymen forever to cede veto power over their future budgets to Brussels. Will Greeks and Italians really accept a decade of austerity to pay off debts larger than the national economy, to banks and bondholders, for hundreds of billion of euros already spent? Were Italy and Greece U.S. citizens rather than EU countries, both would long ago have declared bankruptcy, been forced to pay what they could, then been released from remaining obligations, while their creditors would have been forced to swallow their losses. Moreover, there are pragmatic reasons for rejecting the German plan. Europe appears headed for stagnation or recession. Yet under the fiscal union scheme, virtually all eurozone nations would have to raise value-added and income taxes to balance budgets where the domestic welfare states consume almost all of the national economy. Does raising taxes make sense in a recession? Would it not risk deepening the recession, raising debt-to-GDP ratios, forcing interest rates to rise to attract investors to new national bonds as old bonds came due? All of this raises the larger question. Can the eurozone survive? And if it cannot, can the EU? Given the hostile attitude of Greeks, Italians and many others to years of austerity to pay back debts, given the growing reluctance of the European Central Bank, Germany and Northern Europe to bailing out deadbeats, given the lack of resources available, are not defaults in the eurozone almost inevitable? And if that happens, given the size of the debts, the result would be like the collapse of Lehman Brothers raised to the third power. Trillions of euros of debt that appear today as assets on the balance sheets of giant banks and within the portfolios of millions of investors would vanish overnight. Like the “fire bell in the night” Thomas Jefferson heard in 1820, a harbinger of civil war, Cameron’s declaration that European fiscal and political union goes forward, only without Britain, may be a harbinger of the breakup that is coming. And if the eurozone collapses, and the EU follows, what, then, is Europe — other than a geographic expression? (Syndicated columnist Pat Buchanan has been a senior advisor to three presidents, twice a candidate for the Republican presidential nomination and the presidential nominee of the Reform Party in 2000.)
LETTERS Obama isn’t Keynsian, he’s applying Chicago thug economics To the editor, Reading the latest confusing, misleading, long-winded letter from James Veverka, it seems he takes issue with Mark Abear on the later’s last letter. No, I’m not an economist but nevertheless I’m going to throw my two cents worth in anyway. Mark has always made good sense to me while Jimmy V. has not, and this is no exception. Last week Jimmy wrote that Keynesian economics saved this country from depressions several times (paraphrasing here) over the last few decades and today takes issue with Mark saying that the more borrowing the less we have to spend on programs we want to spend money on (again paraphrasing). Look, how can anyone argue with the simple logic expressed by Mark that if one has to make payments on a loan that money can’t be spent on something else. Yet Jimmy does, so I just have to ask what the heck goes on in that man’s head? Okay, okay, I realize Jimmy is a devoted ideologue but even he must be able to grasp even the simplest truth that you can’t spend the same money twice. Wish we could that would make my Christmas budget a lot easier to live with. I bet most of the readers agree with me on that because like me
they too are finding costs are probably out pacing incomes. As for the Keynesian saving us, I really don’t know but what I believe is that the statement is irrelevant because the current administration isn’t applying it. What they are applying is Chicago thug economics. Obama has wasted money intended to stimulate the economy on payoffs to big unions, big banks, cooperate CEO’s and political hacks all of whom supported him in 2008. He even sent stimulus money to foreign countries like China and Brazil. Is it any wonder were still in a mess in this country? Wasn’t this the president who was elected to fix the economy and straighten out Washington? Yes he was, instead he has made everything worse and does nothing except blame everyone and everything else for his failures. So can anyone not understand how it is that Jimmy V., and other true believers, resort to the politics of spin and distort, denigrate and distraction rather then meet the issues head on? It seems pretty clear to me, but hey, I’m just an old retired factory worker. I’ll have to let readers figure it out for themselves. Steve Earle Hill
Republicans could have prevented Peter Hildreth’s ‘retirement’ To the editor, Many FRM lenders attended the Hildreth hearings on Nov 28-29 and December 1-2, 2010. As stated in the Sunday’s Nashua Telegraph article by Kevin Landrigan, “the Weyler report ignores that Nashua Democratic Councilor Debora Pignatelli was the conscientious objector on the council against Hildreth’s resignation and voted against accepting it.” The acceptance vote was 4 to 1. Furthermore, Councilor Pignatelli was the only elected official to speak with the lenders after the vote. She spent 15-20 minutes with us. Had the two Republican councilors voted with Councilor Pignatelli, Peter Hildreth’s “retirement approval” would not have been approved. He would have been subjected to severe questioning by a tough prosecutor from Boston, attor-
was correct. “Much important and relevant testimony was lost as a result of that poor political decision. It was an act of political expediency rather than service to the state of New Hampshire, which is unfortunate”. It is important to note, there is no written transcript or audio presentation available for the December 2nd hearing. The questioning of Commissioner Hildreth by Attorney Krupp lasted six minutes, from 10:55 am to 11:01 am. A moment prior to the questioning, Governor Lynch announced he had leave at 11 a.m. for a swearing in ceremony and wouldn’t be back until 1 p.m. When the governor returned, the group went into executive session. We waited six hours and were finally informed of Hildreth’s retirement decision at 5:15 p.m. Ken Miller
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LETTERS N.H. owes retirement system about 1 year’s total state budget
All of us who survived WWII did so because someone else died
To the editor, New Hampshire’s finances are an ugly mess. At the heart of the problem lies the unfunded public pension liability estimated at $5-billion, more or less. The state’s retirement system is only sixty odd percent funded, which is among the lowest in the country. In the private sector a similar situation would run afoul of the law. In the most recent legislative session no meaningful attempt was made to attempt to come to grips with the issue. The situation is quite simple. The state has a contractual obligation to its employees for wages and benefits. Pensions are part of the wage and benefits package. Whether you are in favor of or opposed to right-towork, the simple fact is that the state has placed itself in a position where it may have to dishonor its obligation. It reached this position with consideration and forethought. Past and present governors and legislatures have diverted monies required to fund the pension system. They had other things they wanted to spend the money on. Both donkeys and elephants participated in the fun. Crying over that spilled milk and hauling out the blame throwers is not going to solve the problem. Unless we intend on firing all state, county, municipal and school employees it is time to get the lead out and make things right. New Hampshire owes its retirement system an amount equal to about half the biennial budget. It matters little if the matter is solved by cost savings or tax increases, it must be solved. The time has come to stop grandstanding about gay rights and right-to-work and whatever else is on the list of LSR’s. It is time to meet the obligations of the state. We had time in the legislature to demand RFP’s to sell state assets, to outsource the prison system and to eliminate security force at Pease. A large part of the state’s operating budget goes to meeting contractual public-pension obligations. That burden is excessive now and it will rise because we have been diverting money for an extended period of time. The burden only worsens as longevity increases. Many companies, fearing that they, and their employees, will ultimately have to pick up the tab, are starting
To the editor, Next June, we veterans of my WW II Division, the 94th, will again hold our annual reunion, this time in Pittsburgh, PA. People often wonder what it is that keeps we veterans together after all these years. I’ll venture three things: First all of us who survived did so because of our fellow soldiers — who followed one of the “new commandments” that Jesus gave: “Greater love than this hath no man, that he lay down his life that his friends may live.” All of us who lived, lived because someone else died that we might live. We all know a lot of men who are not with us but who (Biblically) “Saved their lives” by giving them up so that we, their friends, might live. We meet in memory of them. Second, we followed the Third Commandment, “Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain”; much more than we are given credit for. As a result, when we promised to do something, we did it. We kept our word even though it often meant dying. We kept our word, or we died — trying to keep it. However, here in civilian life, men — men, meaning adult males — too many of them, seem to rarely keep their word. As nearly I can tell, far too many members of Congress — whose oath requires them to defend and support the Constitution of the United
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INTER-LAKES from page one “This is what our kids are going to be disgorged in, in two or three years,” Carty added. “It’s not the same environment that the Class of 2007 had.” The board’s “prime mission,” he said, was to prepare students to compete in an increasingly competitive world. Carty asked principal Patti Kennelly how the program of studies would achieve that mission. Kennelly told Carty that the school was striving to incorporate two “21st Century skills” — effective communication and critical thinking — throughout the curriculum. “Those are the transferable skills,” she said, adding that the school is planning to add a project as a graduation requirement, one which students would have to present before a panel of community members. Such a project would test a student’s ability to find a way to make an impact on the world around them and communicate the process and benefits to others. “That’s the direction we’re going in... We are working on these transferable skills.” Carty also criticized the program for continuing
to rely upon “white, Anglo-Saxon” authors in the literature curriculum, despite the insistence of modern education that diversity be respected and celebrated in schools. Kennelly responded by saying non-Western points of view or events were discussed more often in social studies classes than in English courses. “I think English isn’t about what potential novel you read, but what you do with the novel you read,” she said. Board Member Carol Baggaley also took issue with the program of studies. Her concern was raised by a change that eliminated the “World History Honors” course as a separate class for freshmen. Freshmen who take the general world history course will still be able to sign up for honors-level work. “I have some great concerns with that,” Baggaley said, insisting that students learned in different ways and at different paces. Kennelly countered by citing contemporary educational standards which call for every student to have the opportunity to take “heterogeneous courses,” where students of differing abilities and motiva-
tions learn alongside each other. Teachers have been trained to deliver “differentiated instruction,” she said, “I don’t think we threw the baby out with the bathwater.” When called to vote by board member Howard Cunningham, only Baggaley voted against the program’s passage. Board Chair Richard Hanson observed that Carty sits on the recently-formed Steering Committee for a long-term planning initiative. “Jack, I hope these discussions continue,” he said. CANE from page one sued hobbies such as geology, birdwatching, the Red Sox and cooking. He is known for making a greate Buche de Noel. Later interests came along, such as the Internet and snowmobiling. Learned continues to serve as the family photographer. — Adam Drapcho PHONES from page 2 to support a total ban yet, but this may start the discussion,” Jonathan Adkins, a spokesman for the Governors Highway Safety Association, said. NTSB chairman Deborah Hersman acknowledged the recommendation would be unpopular with many people and that complying would involve changing what has become ingrained behavior for many Americans. While the NTSB doesn’t have the power to impose restrictions, its recommendations carry significant weight with federal regulators and congressional and state lawmakers. Another recommendation issued Tuesday urges states to aggressively enforce current bans on text messaging and the use of cellphones and other portable electronic devices while driving. “We’re not here to win a popularity contest,” she said. “No email, no text, no update, no call is worth a human life.” Currently, 35 states and the District of Columbia ban texting while driving, while nine states and D.C. bar hand-held cellphone use. Thirty states ban all cellphone use for beginning drivers. But enforcement is generally not a high priority, and no states ban the use of hands-free devices for all drivers. A total cellphone ban would be the hardest to accept for many people. Leila Noelliste, 26, a Chicago blogger and business owner, said being able to talk on the cellphone “when I’m running around town” is important to self-employed people like herself. “I don’t think they should ban cellphones because I don’t think you’re really distracted when you’re talking, it’s when you’re texting,” she said. When you’re driving and talking, “your eyes are still on the road.” BELGIUM from page 2 offenses involving guns and drugs, and had been called in for questioning Tuesday in a sexual abuse case. Officials said Amrani left his home with a backpack, armed with hand grenades, a revolver and an FAL assault rifle. He walked alone to the busy Place Saint-Lambert, the central entry point to downtown shopping streets, then climbed onto an overpass that gave him an ideal view of the square, which was bedecked with a huge Christmas tree and crowded with shoppers. From there, Amrani lobbed three hand grenades toward a central bus stop, which serves 1,800 buses a day, and opened fire. The explosions sent shards of glass from the bus shelter across a wide area. “I heard a loud boom,” said Dimitri Degryse, who was driving near the square. “I thought it was something on my car that was broken or something. Then a few seconds after a second boom, and I saw all the glass breaking, I saw people running, screaming.” Hundreds fled the square as well as a nearby Christmas market. Video showed people, including a large group of preschoolers, rushing to seek cover, some still carrying shopping bags. Amrani died at the scene, but Liege Prosecutor Danielle Reynders told reporters he was not killed by police. It was unclear if he committed suicide or died by accident, though he still had a number of
Lower bids for health insurance & fuel allow Gilford selectmen to trim budget By Gail OBer
GILFORD — In a budget workshop session yesterday afternoon, the Board of Selectmen voted to lower its proposed 2012 budget by $39,085. The move reduces the spending plan to a total that is 1.5-percent less than was approved for 2011. Much of the reductions identified yesterday are in the cost of dental and health insurance because, said board Chair John O’Brien, the town administrator received the final numbers for heath insurance and fuel purchasing through the state bidding system. In October, Selectmen adopted a proposed 2102 budget of $11,786,753 and sent the package to the Budget Committee for review and recommendations. Selectman Kevin Hayes said the board’s purpose yesterday was to reduce the proposed budget by as much as possible but said it was not going to specifically act on Budget Committee Chair Richard Hickok’s recommendations for cuts in other areas in order to allow the police department to return to a 17 officer force. The selectmen had already voted to remove one position from the police department when former Chief John Markland resigned. Current Chief Kevin Keenan had told the board he would restructure internally although he said his overtime budget was based on having the services of 17 police officers and not 16. After reviewing the Police Department’s budget, the Budget Committee voted to return to the force to 17 people but still keep the overall budget even or below the selectmen’s bottom line proposal. Hickok’s recommendations for cuts in order to pay for the 17th officer came largely at the expense of other departments. His suggestions included
decreasing merit pay for non-union employees from 2.5 to 2-percent, cutting part-time hours in the Town Clerk Tax Collector’s Office and reducing the stripping and paving line item in the Public Works Department. An additional recommendation by the Budget Committee was to halve the salaries of elected officials — including the town moderator, the treasurer, the deputy treasure and the checklist supervisors, although selectmen voted unanimously against that recommendation yesterday. “I’m not inclined to make that change,” Hayes said. Because Gilford is an Official Ballot Act or SB-2 community, the Budget Committee’s final budget is that which is officially presented to taxpayers at the deliberative session of Town Meeting. Although no specifics were offered at yesterday’s meeting, the board also said it was further reviewing staffing levels and may make additional cuts to its budget before the mid-January date when the Budget Committee must hold its public hearing. In an agenda item described a a “consideration of the dismissal of public employees,” selectmen also met in a non-public session for over 90 minutes before opening the meeting to the public. The board had also planned on meeting in public yesterday with Keenan to review the Police Department’s organization structure but Hayes had to leave the workshop at 3 p.m. and Keenan was busy because of a police call. The discussion of the police organization will be tonight. Selectmen said yesterday the position of police prosecutor may be up for discussion but noted that Keenan had recommended against hiring a contract prosecutor, keeping it internal.
PENN STATE from page 2 Sandusky household. “All the money in the world isn’t going to bring them back to where they were before the sexual assaults.” Sandusky, 67, faces 52 criminal counts for what a grand jury called a series of sexual assaults and abuse of 10 boys dating back to the 1990s, in hotel swimming pools, the basement of his home in State College and in the locker room showers at Penn State, where he coached football until his retirement in 1999. The charges devastated the university and its storied football program and led to the departures of coach Joe Paterno and the university’s president and charges against two administrators accused of lying to a grand jury and failing to report the suspected abuse. Amendola told reporters Tuesday that Sandusky is an emotional, physical man — “a loving guy, an affectionate guy” — who never did anything illegal. The lawyer likened Sandusky’s behavior to his own Italian family in which “everybody hugged and kissed each other.” The lawyer accused the unidentified victims of seeking to cash in through false accusations and said the preliminary hearing would not have allowed him to delve into the witnesses’ credibility.
Amendola said he decided to waive the preliminary hearing late Monday after concluding that the evidence would be one-sided, and after prosecutors agreed to give early warning of any further charges and to keep Sandusky’s bail at $250,000. A spokesman for the prosecutors said Sandusky’s bail conditions were adequate, but made no other promises. “Sandusky waived his rights today. We waived nothing,” said Nils Frederiksen, a spokesman for the state attorney general’s office. Amendola and state prosecutors confirmed that no one had started plea bargain talks. “There will be no plea negotiations,” Amendola said. “This is a fight to the death.” Sandusky also waived a January arraignment and requested a jury trial, his lawyer said. A pretrial conference was set for March. “If he wants to change his mind at the last minute, that’s his prerogative,” senior deputy attorney general E. Marc Costanzo said. Veteran Pittsburgh defense attorney Patrick Thomassey said waiving the hearing was not surprising — because the prosecution’s burden of proof is much lower than at trial.
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STATION from page one Vacant since 2004, the building was originally offered at a minimum price of $350,000, but attracted only one serious buyer, who withdrew his interest after seeking to negotiate frontage on the river. Myers suggested the committee consider a number of options, among them posting a sale of the property by bid, listing the property with a commercial broker and renovating the building for public use. He also recalled past proposals to realign the intersection of Messer Street with Church Street and redirect Beacon Street East across the police station lot to join Messer Street. Finally, Myers reminded the councilors of the impending sale of the Munsey & Brazil property and suggested marketing the police station in conjunction with it. Councilor Henry Lipman (Ward 3) asked if the property could be put out to bid contingent on it being redeveloped to its “highest and best use” while Councilor Armand Bolduc (Ward 6) wondered if the city could exclude particular uses for the parcel. “I’m afraid of a junk store,” Bolduc said. Myers suggested inviting what he called an “expression of interest,” or a statement from prospective acquirers of how they intended to redevelop the site. The council could then determine the extent to which different plans served the interests of the city and transfer the property to the buyer proposing the most desirable use rather than making the highest bid. He cautioned against applying overly restrictive zoning to the property for fear of limiting the pool of potential purchasers. Referring to the redevelopment of abandoned mills in Claremont, Lipman wondered if the property could be sold for a nominal price, even $1, in return for its appropriate redevelopment. In other words, he suggested forgoing revenue in the short-
term in order to add value to the tax base that would yield returns in the long-term. Councilor Matt Lahey (Ward 2) noted that before the city decided to build a new police station it considered renovating the building on Church Street only to discover that the cost was “a fairly high number” in the neighborhood of $800,000. He said yesterday that he doubted a building requiring close to $1-million worth of renovation would fetch a significant price, especially in the current real estate market. The committee agreed that Myers should prepare the terms of conditions under which parties could submit an “expression of interest” in the police station property. At the same time, interested parties would be advised that the abutting property might also be available. Lipman said that while the city could not market the Munsey & Brazil property, a developer might be attracted by the prospect of acquiring both parcels, especially if one were offered a discounted price. The Munsey & Brazil property is a o.29-acre lot with 73 feet of frontage on Church Street. A driveway, which before its closure served as a passageway from Church Street to the municipal parking lot, runs between the police station and insurance agency. The lot extends to the river, where it has about 78 feet of shoreline. An easement on the parcel would enable the riverwalk to be extended toward the Church Street bridge. The building was constructed in 1880 and subsequently extended. In 2007 it was purchased for $540,000 by Cross Realty, LLC, an affiliate of the Cross Insurance Agency of Bangor, Maine, which also acquired Munsey & Brazil. The property has a current assessed value of $268,800. The property is expected to be listed for sale in February. see next page
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secure the professional services of our teachers for a three-year agreement; 2. to stabilize the benefit package, and 3. to provide uniformity to the salary schedule” Goulette reported that he was pleased with collaborative atmosphere under which the long negotiations were conducted. Brain McNabb is chair of the union negotiating team and he was quoted as saying: “This is a fair agreement which ensures a predictable and productive environment for the future while taking into account district stakeholders and the current economic conditions.” McNabb said the open exchange of concerns and solutions during negotiations was essential to reaching agreement.
PIPELINE from page 2 Republicans in backing the bill. The measure would require approval of the $7 billion project within two months unless Obama declares it is not in the national interest. The Obama administration said last month it was postponing a decision on the pipeline until after next year’s election. Officials said the delay is needed to study routes that avoid environmentally sensitive areas of Nebraska. The 1,700-mile pipeline would carry oil from western Canada to refineries in Texas, passing through Montana, South Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas and Oklahoma. The project’s developer, Calgary-based TransCanada, says the pipeline could create as many as 20,000 jobs, including 13,000 during construction and 7,000 manufacturing jobs. Opponents call those figures wildly inflated and say the project could create as few as 2,500 construction job and fewer than 1,000 permanent jobs. The State Department, in an analysis released this summer, said the pipeline would create up to 6,000 jobs during construction, including Keystone employees, contractors and construction and envi-
ronmental inspection staff. The State Department has authority over the project because it crosses an international border. The administration warned on Monday that congressional interference in the approval process would likely lead to a rejection of the pipeline. Republicans said such threats ignored reality. “Canada is going to develop this no matter what, and that oil is either going to come — a million barrels a day — to the United States, or it’s going to go to a place like China. We want it here,” said Rep. Fred Upton, R-Mich., chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee. Democrats said the pipeline provision did not belong in the bill. Among other provisions, the bill would extend benefits for the long-term unemployed. “To hold the American people that are suffering hostage is just plain wrong,” said Rep. Charles Rangel, D-N.Y. House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., acknowledged that some in her party support the pipeline but said the pipeline provision should be separated from the payroll tax cut and unemployment extension. “They are using the pipeline as a smokescreen and an excuse,” Pelosi said of House Republicans.
from preceding page NOTES: There were some encouraging signs in the monthly financial report City Manager Scott Myers presented to the City Council this week. The value of new construction in the city since April 1, when property was last assessed, has reached $16-million, $4.8-million ahead of the pace set last year and $3.5-million more than at the same time in 2009. Myers said that projects at Cantin Chevrolet and the Irwin Automotive Group contributed significantly to the jump in value. . . . . . Revenue
from motor vehicle registrations year-to-date is $865,870, the most of the past four years. The city projected total annual revenue from registration fees at $1,950,000, $50,000 last than last year and $150,000 less than in 2010. Receipts to date represent 44-percent of the budgeted projection, the largest share collected through November of the past four years. . . . . . After five months of the fiscal year, expenditures for city relief were $33,283, on pace to near or top $100,000 for the fiscal year. (Gail Ober contributed to this article.)
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WEIRS BEACH
LOBSTER POUND Route 3, Weirs Beach ~ 366-2255 www.wb-lp.com
OPEN Mon, Thur, Fri & Sat at 5pm, Sunday at 10am
Pizza By Design
Start with our 12” thin crust cheese pizza, and choose your own toppings ... $8.99
Premium Toppings add $1.00
Bacon, Sausage, Pepperoni, Prosciutto, Kalamata Olives, Artichoke Hearts
Regular Toppings add 75¢
Garlic, Onions, Spinach, Hamburg, Pineapple, Feta Cheese, Mushrooms, Red Peppers, Extra Cheese, Green Peppers
Happy Hour 5-7pm Two for One Drinks
(Includes well liquor and domestic drafts)
$5 Patron Margaritas
Deep Tissue Winter Spruce Massage
Fish Fry Thursday ... $12.95 All You Can Eat Fresh Fried Haddock
Served with our hand-cut french fries & tartar sauce
$75
SUNDAY BRUNCH — 10am-2pm Adults $13.95 ~ Kids 1/2 Price
Over 30 Items! Omelet bar, Belgian waffles, carving station, bacon, sausage, home fries, traditional and Lobster Benedict, fruit salad, and homemade pastries and desserts.
Come in from the cold and warm up!
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Peppermint Pedicure
& A Bottle of Wine ... $35
Leave Jack Frost at the door and awaken your senses with our Peppermint pedicure. Its a wonderful combination of cool aromas and warm soothing masque. 524-7772 385 Union Avenue, Laconia
Hours: Mon-Thur, 9:30-5 Fri, 9:30-1:30 Closed Sat & Sun
213 Court Street, Laconia
Buy One, Get One Free Pizza’s (Excludes take-out)
Spruce up your winter!
$30
Jack the Clipper
Barber/Stylist Shop
S.I.N. MONDAY (Service Industry Night)
Winter Specials Blends of spruce, wintergreen and warm oils fill your senses and entice your inner soul while the warm aromas of the season melt stress away and put your body into complete relaxation
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Save Room for Dessert!!
Award Winning Desserts Made by Our In-House Pastry Chef Teresa!
Conveniently located at Exit 24 off I-93
LIVE ENTERTAINMENT
Friday & Saturday Nights, 8-11pm
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Holiday Guide The Lakes Region
George’s Diner
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!
Paying to much for a car wash? $6 $8 $10 Be Clean and Save!!!!
Gilford
Mart
Rte. 11 Gilford, NH • 524-8014 (across from Lowe’s)
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.
Floor Show 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.
Merrimack Valley Occupational Health 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 return-to-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.
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Any One Item with Coupon
No Restrictions!* *Expires 12/24/11. One coupon per customer, per visit.
Quality Greeting Cards, Gift Wrap & Bags 1/2 Off Everyday! • Yankee Candles (we accept Yankee coupons) • Willow Tree • Scarves • Boxed Christmas Cards - 1/2 Off • 16-Month Calendars - 1/2 Off
Enter drawing for a
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Next to Patrick’s & the Liquor Store Open 7 Days • 293-0338
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E B R AT C E L E Y E A R ’ SAT NEW EVE
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306 Lakeside Ave, Weirs Beach • 366-4411
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TLC Jewelry
Tilton Inn and Onions Pub & Restaurant
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.
Tilton Inn and Onions Pub and Restaurant under new ownership for the past year and a half is a full service restaurant serving lunch and dinner daily from 12 noon till 9pm. All meals are made fresh and to order with the best ingredients available. We pride ourselves in our quality and versatility. Come and enjoy a family gathering in the pub by the fire or in the dining room where you will not be rushed and you can relax while enjoying a glass of wine or cold beer from our selection of drafts. Open throughout the holidays except Christmas day and now taking reservations for New Year’s Eve where we have stay and dine packages, so you do not have to drive. Give us a call at 603-286-7774 and like us on Facebook, to be up with all the latest happenings “Tilton Inn and Onions Pub and Restaurant”
Miami Hair Salon Make MIAMI HAIR SALON your health and beauty consultants. We are the only board certified hair colorists in the Lakes Region. We know how to make you look your best-with a natural looking hair color, the latest hair styles, tanning and waxing. We also offer the best weight loss program in America-Take Shape For Life. Visit us for a FREE consultation. Start planning now to make your New Year’s resolution to look and feel your best. 78 Whittier Highway, Moultonboro, N.H., 03254, 603-253-6550.
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 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!
Cigar Sampler Gift Sets or Let Us Help You Customize Your Own Premium Cigar Sampler!
71 Church St., Laconia 528-4092 www.happyjacks.com • Mon-Sat 9-5:30
TLC Jewelry Can Help with All Your Holiday Shopping $$$ Need Extra Holiday Cash? $$$ Come See Us for
Gold Rush Bonus Weekend Wed. Dec. 14 - Sat. Dec. 17 10am - 6pm
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On Top of the Highest Price Guaranteed We Will Give You an Additional 10% Bonus for Shopping with Your Trusted Local Jeweler • Gold at Wholesale Prices • Reflection Beads • Sterling Silver Jewelry • Custom Made Jewelry • Earrings, Rings • Men’s Stainless Steel Bracelets • Engagement Rings, Wedding Bands
20% off Citizen Watches This Week
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279 Main St., Tilton, NH 603-286-7000 Open Tues.-Sat. 10-6, Sun. 10-3
Now Authorized Dealer of Citizen Eco-Drive Watches
In Meredith In Laconia
PRL Inc. RJL Inc.
331 DW Hwy...................279-4824 580 Union Ave................528-6500
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$10 OFF* Brunch for Two
All You Can Eat Gourmet Brunch with Over 50 Items! Adults ~ $15 • Children ~ $8 The Best Sunday Brunch The Lakes Region Has Ever Seen!
* With this ad. Must be two guests per coupon. Not to be combined with any other offers. Limit 2 coupons per table. Expires 12/31/11. LDS
Buy One, Get One Free
Wednesdays 5-8pm ~ All You Can Eat Fresh Tossed Pasta Buffet
Featuring Chef Tossed Pasta, Homemade Sauces, Soups, Salads & More!
$12 pp or $6 pp wi th Coupon!
* $12 value. Expires 12/31/11. Limit 2 coupons per table. With coupon. Does not include tax and gratuity. LDS
Buy One, Get One Free
Thursdays ~ Buy any entreé on the regular menu & receive one entreé of equal or lesser value FREE! Includes Lobster! * Expires 12/31/11. With coupon. Not to be combined with other offers. Does not include tax and gratuity. LDS
Route 3, Winnisquam • www.shalimar-resort.com • 524-1984 Kelsey’s at the Grant presents . . . . . . . . .
15 Kimball Rd. Gilford, NH (Intersection of 11B & 11C)
293-0577 ~ Always Auditioning New Entertainers ~
WE A R E O PEN !! Tuesday & Wednesday, 4pm-1am Thursday-Saturday, Noon-1am
Closed Sundays
18+ NH’s Premier Adult Entertainment Juice & Soda Bar
Check Out Our Upcoming Bourbon Street Non-Alcoholic Lounge!! Events! NH’s Newest 18+ Dance Club Thursday-Saturday 10pm ‘Til the Party Stops!!
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. 524-1984 www.shalimar-resort.com for coupons!
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. 279-4824.
Mardi Gras North 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 a lot of great giveaways this holiday season and also have great bands lined up! 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!
Crazy Gringo 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 non-Mexican 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.
Dion’s Plant Place Please visit us in Moultonborough for your holiday decorating and gift giving needs. We have an assortment of fresh indoor and outdoor arrangements and lovely holiday décor for your home or office. We feature wreaths, NH Christmas trees, unique gifts, beautiful silk holiday arrangements, and gift certificates. We also have stocking stuffers and teacher’s gifts. We are open Friday, Saturday and Sunday After Thanksgiving, from 10-5pm. Dionsplantplace.com, 63 Whittier Highway, Moultonborough, 2537111.
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Frates Creative Arts Center
Gilford Gift Outlet
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.
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. 293-0338.
Closed Mondays
ICE 1/2 PR * DINNER
WOODBURNER’S DINNER SPECIAL Bottomless Cup of Soup with Lunch! Bring in a piece of fire wood, or this coupon and get the second dinner entrée 1/2 Price!* 8 Plymouth Street, Meredith, NH 279-4631 • www.mamesrestaurant.com
* Not valid with other promotions, $11 entree specials, or on holidays. Expires 12/30/11. Maximum party of six. One coupon or piece of wood per 2 guests. LDS
Easy Listening…Live Music, Every Friday & Saturday.
Just Good! Food
GEORGE’S DINER Plymouth Street, Meredith • 279-8723
NIGHTLY SPECIALS
MONDAY
TUESDAY
All U Can Eat Fried Chicken Chef Special
THURSDAY
Chicken Pot Pie NE Boiled Dinner Chef Special
SUNDAY
Chicken Pot Pie Country Fried Steak & Pork Baked Ham & Beans All U Can Eat Fish Fry
Roast Turkey Dinner Roast Beef Dinner Meatloaf
FRIDAY
All U Can Eat Fish Fry Fresh Seafood Fried or Broiled
WEDNESDAY
All U Can Eat Spaghetti Roast Pork Dinner Chef Special
Center for Therapeutic Massage Center for Therapeutic Massage & CR500 Diet Consultants for 20 years, LeeAnn FayEllis has been caring for the Lakes Region with therapeutic massage and now weight loss coaching for CR500. Specializing in treating tired sore muscles, injuries, headaches or stress reduction. A MASSAGE GIFT CERTIFICATE is the perfect gift of health! 2012 is fast approaching and many have set goals to shed the pounds in 2011. There is still time with CR500 to drop up to 30 pounds in 30 days! The CR500 program can be the simplest, fastest way to lose weight EVER! Call 603-393-9120.
SATURDAY
Prime Rib Shrimp Scampi Chef Special
Daily Blackboard Breakfast & Lunch Specials Open Daily 6am- 8pm
*** BREAKFAST ALL DAY ***
by Marcy Yerkes
The perfect Christmas tree is waiting for you!
$3 OFF OF ANY TREE with this ad!
Unique Gift Ideas Fresh and Silk Arrangements NH Grown Trees • Centerpieces Fresh Wreaths • Holiday Decor Hostess Gifts Stop in and visit, you are sure to find something for everyone!!
Pet Portraits for Christmas! Prices Start at $125 Bring in this ad and receive a 10% discount!
Paintbox Studio & Gallery 50 Canal Street Downtown Laconia Mon-Sat. 10am-5pm H. 603- 528-2548 C. 603-520-6570 www.southernaccentdesigns.com Visit us on Facebook tofindamuralist.com
253-7111• dionsplantplace.com 63 Whittier Hwy Moultonboro
35 Years Experience
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! 73 Main Street (across from the Post Office), Meredith, NH. 603-677-7083.
Mame’s Take advantage of Mame’s Gift Cards Bonus ... Pay for four and get five $25.00 Gift Cards. $125.00 worth of gifts for $100.00! Mame’s Dinner Gift Cards make a great gift for friends, family, employees and a special thank you for those you want to remember. There are still a few dates available for private holiday Christmas parties. Call to reserve your room, 279-4631. Looking to get away from the Holiday stress, join us for some easy listening music and a bite to eat every Friday and Saturday evening from 7 – 9:30. Dr. Phil and Jan, Julia Vellie, Lil Penny, and Kyle Nickerson all bring a great variety of talent for your enjoyment. Located on Plymouth Street in Meredith, behind Bootlegger’s, at the light.
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CJ Avery’s
Water Street Cafe
C.J. Avery’s has proudly been serving dinner in the Lakes Region for 28 years. We specialize in serving the freshest quality foods including slowly Roasted Prime Rib, Steaks, fresh Swordfish, Haddock, Scallops and a variety of Pasta and Chicken dishes. Nightly specials are created by Chef Brendan Connelly and his staff. We offer a large selection of Appetizers, Sandwiches and Lighter Fare Selections. Catch your favorite Team in our lounge with six Big Screen TVs and the Soundog individual sound system. Dinner is served Tuesday through Thursday at 5:00, Friday & Saturday at 4:30 and Sunday at 4:00. We are booking Christmas Parties and accepting reservations for New Year’s Eve. Call 5240823 for more details.
Join us at the Water Street Cafe during the holidays. Enjoy our pleasant warm inviting atmosphere, with delicious meals cooked the way you like. Sample some of our delicious homemade savory holiday pies like our Pork or Salmon Pie, or the traditional apple, pumpkin, chocolate cream & coconut cream pie. Make your holidays easy and pick up gift certificates for friends and co workers. Book your holiday party or we can cater to your home or office. Water Street Cafe......”off the beaten path, but DEFINITELY worth finding.”
The Thrifty Yankee The Thrifty Yankee is a small, eclectic store in Meredith with a huge selection of collectibles, antiques, jewelry, small furniture and over 200 handbags to choose from. New items are arriving everyday so whenever you come into the store it is always a different experience. They feature new and used fishing, camping and hunting gear for your favorite outdoor enthusiast. The owner’s motto is “No reasonable offer will be refused” and they will also buy your gold, silver and coins to help you finance the rest of your holiday shopping! Open until 6:00 pm Fridays through Christmas and Wednesday through Sunday 10 am - 4 pm. Located on Rte. 25, 1/2 mile east of the lights in Meredith across from Interlakes HS.
Awakenings Espresso Cafe Awakenings Espresso Cafe in Downtown Laconia has been happily serving people for eight years. We have all your holiday needs! Treat yourself to one of your favorite seasonal flavored beverages, meet friends for lunch, or even get some of your holiday shopping done! We carry gift cards, a variety of gift items including Fair Trade and Organic coffee and tea. We are happy to provide you with pre-made or custom gift baskets made to order. Order your pies, cakes, cookies, or other baked goods for your celebration, with plenty of sugar-free and gluten-free options! And, just in time, our handmade chocolates are back in stock! You’ll be sure to find something for everyone. Let us make your holidays a little sweeter! Stop by today or call: (603) 524-1201.
Gilford Mobil Mart We have been in business for 22 years and are family owned and operated. We offer our customers a quality car wash with the lowest prices. Our convenience store has a full range of items that include cold beer and wine. We are a well lit store with clean pumps and restrooms. We always make sure the customer receives friendly and courteous service. Our site also has Dunkin’ Donuts. We are open 6 am to midnight 365 days a year. Route 11, Gilford, NH (across from Lowe’s), 524-8014.
Happy Jack’s Cigar Pipe & Tobacco Shop 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. Save 10% when you buy cigars by the box. 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.
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Working Class Music & Minerals Holiday Guitar Packages Starting at $99 • Amps • Accessories • Service Custom & Pre-Set Jewelry at Holiday Prices 73 Main St., Meredith, NH (across from P.O.) 677-7082 www.workingclassmusic.com www.customblackopals.com Open Daily from 12 Noon till 9pm Serving Lunch & Dinner
Dinner Reservations 286-7774 255 Main Street, Tilton, NH 03276
Book Now for New Year’s Eve ... Dinner or Dinner & Stay Package
The Thrifty Yankee New and Used Goods
Do you Need Cash for Christmas? Clean out your jewelry box and bring us your old gold, silver and coins to trade in for CASH. Offering Highest Prices Paid in the Lakes Region. a FREE necklace Across from Interlakes High School, with every on Rte. 25 just 1/2 mile east of the lights purchase in beautiful downtown Meredith over $25 121 Rte. 25 #4, Meredith • 279-0607
“Off the Beaten Path, But Worth Finding!” Open: Mon-Thur & Sat, 6am-2pm Fri, 6am-8pm & Sun, 7am-1pm
Specials Vary Daily • Children’s Menu Full Liquor License
Order Your Holiday P ies 524-4144
Taste the Difference
141 Water Street, Downtown Laconia • 603-524-4144
www.water-street-cafe.com www.facebook.com/waterstcafe
SPECIALS 31 Canal St. | Laconia, NH
Call 528-7651
www.fratescreates.com • For the “Fine Art of Giving” • Art & Dance Classes • Caricatures • Gift Certificates Available
Art Supply Shop Open to Serve You
Wednesdays & Sundays: Prime Rib - $14.99* Thursdays: Burgers - $5.99* Fridays: Fish Fry - $10.99* O p e n Ch r i s t m a s Ev e - Ac c e p t i n g Re s e r v a t i o n s
Open: 10 Railroad Avenue, Tue-Thur at 5pm, Lakeport at 4:30pm, 524-0823 Fri-Sat Sun at 4pm *Dine-in only. Can not be combined with any other offers. Some restrictions apply.
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Christmas 2011 -- Birth of a New Tradition As the holidays approach, the giant Asian factories are kicking into high gear to provide Americans with monstrous piles of cheaply produced goods -- merchandise that has been produced at the expense of American labor. This year will be different. This year Americans will give the gift of genuine concern for other Americans. There is no longer an excuse that, at gift giving time, nothing can be found that is produced by American hands. Yes there is! It’s time to think outside the box, people. Who says a gift needs to fit in a shirt box, wrapped in Chinese produced wrapping paper? Everyone -- yes EVERYONE gets their hair cut. How about gift certificates from your local American hair salon or barber? Gym membership? It’s appropriate for all ages who are thinking about some health improvement. Who wouldn’t appreciate getting their car detailed? Small, American owned detail shops and car washes would love to sell you a gift certificate or a book of gift certificates. Are you one of those extravagant givers who think nothing of plonking down the Benjamines on a Chinese made flat-screen? Perhaps that grateful gift receiver would like his driveway sealed, or lawn mowed for the summer, or driveway plowed all winter, or games at the local golf course. There are a bazillion owner-run restaurants -- all offering gift certificates. And, if your intended isn’t the fancy eatery sort, what about a half dozen breakfasts at the local breakfast joint. Remember, folks this isn’t about big National chains -- this is about supporting your home town Americans with their financial lives on the line to keep their doors open. How many people couldn’t use an oil change for their car, truck or motorcycle, done at a shop run by the American working guy? Thinking about a heartfelt gift for mom? Mom would LOVE the services of a local cleaning lady for a day. My computer could use a tune-up, and I KNOW I can find some young guy who is struggling to get his repair business up and running. OK, you were looking for something more personal. Local crafts people spin their own wool and knit them into scarves. They make jewelry, and pottery and beautiful wooden boxes. Plan your holiday outings at local, owner
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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — The freshman Florida A&M band member who was beaten so badly she could barely walk was picked on in part because she was deemed the “Ace,” or the leader of the pledges for a secret group of Georgia natives known as “Red Dawg Order,” authorities said. She was on a full scholarship and believed she had no choice but to be a part of the hazing rituals. Bria Shante Hunter was punched in the legs and hit with spatula, notebook binders and rulers on consecutive days because she tried to get out of a group meeting, and she could not properly recite information about the club, her attorney and authorities said. She went to the hospital with a broken thigh, severe bruising and blot clots. “It’s part of the school. It’s the best band in the country and you want to be embraced,” said Hunter’s attorney, B.J. Bernstein. “You really have no choice but to be a part of it and that’s why the school must step in.” Three marching band members, all men, have been charged with hazing in Hunter’s beating, authorities said. Two of the men were also charged with battery. Documents released after the arrests detailed for the first time the secret rituals this fall among the famed Marching 100 band. Attorneys for two of the men said they plan to plead not guilty and one lawyer questioned whether the events happened the way police described them in a sworn statement. Police said Hunter, who played clarinet, was beaten about three weeks before drum major Robert Champion died during what was believed to be hazing on a band bus. Investigators have not said exactly what happened to Champion. He was also a leader, clarinet player, and like Hunter, from Southwest DeKalb High School in Georgia. Champion’s death set off several investigations of the marching band and school administrators who appear to have long known about the hazing tradition. Hunter, in an interview with Orlando station see BAND page 19 BEATING from page one edly refused. Each officer secured one of Carroll’s arms behind his back and he allegedly started to struggle. The supervisor got Carroll’s left hand in to handcuffs and gave him numerous orders to stop resisting. Police pepper sprayed him and then used a taser but Thomas W. Carroll IV Carroll allegedly contin(Laconia Police photo) ued to resist and allegedly attempted to “head butt” the supervisor. After police put him on the ground, he continued to struggle and with his heels “donkey-kicked” the patrol officer. By this time a third police officer arrived and he began the investigation into Carroll’s alleged assault on his father. Carroll faces one two counts of simple assault — one for his father and one for the police officer, one count of attempted assault for trying to head butt the supervisor and one count of resisting arrest. Affidavits say Carroll has a lengthy police record that includes a number of traffic violations and assaults. He refused bail and was taken to Belknap County Jail. As of yesterday afternoon, he was still incarcerated. According to Belknap County Superior Court logs, Carroll was sentenced in September of 2010 to serve one to five years in New Hampshire State Prison for driving after being deemed a habitual offender. According to affidavits, he is on parole.
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Theron H. ‘Ted’ Carter, 89 LACONIA — Theron H. “Ted” Carter, 89, of Kinsman Dr., Laconia, died Monday morning, December 12, 2011, at Lakes Region General Hospital, Laconia. He was born December 4, 1923, in Berlin, CT, the son of the late Ralph and Rachael (Olmstead) Carter. He was a graduate of Berlin (CT) High School Class of 1940, then served 3 years in the US Army. After being discharged, he attended the University of Maine in Orono, receiving a Degree in Engineering Physics in 1949. He was employed in the Optical Manufacturing area of Eastman Kodak Company in Rochetser, NY for 33 years, retiring as Superintendent of Optical Operations in 1983. Ted and his beloved wife of 61 years, Dorothy Adsit Carter, moved from Scottsville, NY to a retirement home on Governors Island, Gilford, on Lake Winnnipesaukee. For over 20 years, they spent the summer months in NH and wintered in Green Valley, AZ. In 1996, they moved permanently to the Taylor Community in Laconia.
He was a member of the Gilford Community Church, the Gilford Rotary Club and the Laconia Elks BPOE #876. Ted was an avid collector of genealogy and spent countless hours tracing family history for over 50 years. He was successful in indentifying over 700 grandparents. Ted is survived by his wife, Dorothy Adsit Carter and his two wonderful children, John R. Carter and his wife Gabriele of Beijing,China, and Mary Carter Hooberman and her husband Daniel of Sharon,MA. He was blessed with two beautiful granddaughters, Katherine Elizabeth Carter and Alexa Joy Hooberman. Services will be held later in the Spring of 2012 in the Gilford Community Church, Potter Hill Rd., Gilford, with burial following in the Wixson Memorial Garden. The Dewhirst Funeral Home, 1061 Union Ave., Laconia, is assisting the family with the arrangements.
Additional obituaries on following page BAND from page 17 WFTV-TV, was asked why band members take part in hazing. “So we can be accepted,” she said. “If you don’t do anything, then, it’s like you’re lame.” Hunter did not attend her attorney’s news conference. She was taking her final exam at Florida A&M, where her parents also went to school. Her father was in the marching band. Hunter will give up her four-year, $82,000 scholarship to transfer to another school, said her attorney, who plans to sue the university. Tallahassee police said the three men arrested were involved in hazing Hunter at an off-campus apartment. Sean Hobson, 23, and 19-year-old Aaron Golson, were charged with hazing and battery. An attorney for Golson said he would plead not guilty. Hobson did not yet have an attorney. James Harris, 22, has been charged with hazing. He helped plan the hazing at his apartment, police said. At one point, however, he told the other two
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men to stop hitting Hunter. Harris’ attorney insisted there was no evidence his client took part in the hazing. The men posted bail and have been released from jail. Authorities said Hunter was targeted Oct. 31 by other members of the “Red Dawg Order” because the men believed she was lying about a meeting that conflicted with a club gathering. She was repeatedly punched on the tops of her thighs by Golson and Hobson, witnesses told police. Hunter was lined up with about 11 other pledges, ordered to lift her legs as if she were about to march and hit again and again, authorities said. Some of the other pledges were also smacked on the back of the head for not knowing information about the group or being unable to recite poems for the order. The following day, police said, Hunter was beaten with a metal ruler when she could not recite information about the “Red Dawg Order” properly. Hobson sent Hunter a text message Nov. 5 to say he was sorry, according to authorities.
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Chase and husband Joseph Sr. of Tilton; five grandchildren; five great-grandchildren; his brother, David Misserville of MA. According to his wishes, there are no local calling hours or services planned. Private burial will be in Lawrence, MA. The William F. Smart Sr. Memorial Home of Tilton is assisting with arrangements. Those wishing may make memorial contributions in Charles’ name are asked to address St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, 501 St. Jude Place, Memphis, TN 38105. For more information go to www.smartfuneralhome.com.
NEW HAMPTON — Madeline Dorothy Wilkins, 76, of Route 104, went to be with the lord on December 11, 2011, at Lakes Region General Hospital in Laconia, NH. Born in New Hampton on November 27, 1935, she was the daughter of Ernest and Dorothy (Huckins) Drake. She grew up in New Hampton and graduated from Newfound High School. Other than traveling the United States with her husband who was in the military, she resided in New Hampton most all of her life. Madeline worked as a stitcher for the former BenMar Apparel Company in Laconia and she was also a volunteer for Meals on Wheels. She was a very active member of the New Hampton Community Church, in New Hampton. She loved
to knit mittens for the church for their mitten tree. Madeline was predeceased by her Husband Waldo Eugene Wilkins, who died on September 5, 2011. Madeline is survived by her son, Ernest W. Wilkins and his wife Tammy of New Hampton, grandchildren, Laura, Ernest JR, and Cory, great grandchildren, Austin and Hayden, brother, Luther Drake of Weare, NH, sister Charlotte Vitner of New Hampton, many nieces and nephews. A Memorial Service will be held in the New Hampton Community Church on Sunday at 3 pm. The Rev. Scott Mitchell, pastor, will officiate. Burial will be held at the family’s convenience in the New Hampton Village Cemetery, New Hampton. The Mayhew Funeral Homes and Crematorium, in Meredith and Plymouth, are assisting the family with the cremation and the arrangements. www.mayhewfuneralhomes.com
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CALENDAR TODAY’S EVENTS Annual Holiday Concert hosted by the students of Laconia High School. 7 p.m. in school gym. Free to the general public. Senior-Senior Holiday Concert at Laconia High School. 9:30 a.m. A special concert for the school’s senior class and senior citizens. All local senior citizens are welcome to attend and linger afterwards for refreshments. Belknap County Republican Committee meeting. 6:30 p.m. at the Shang Hai Restaurant on South Main Street in Laconia. Chritmas/Hanukkah celebration at end of meeting. “History of Gunstock Mountain Resort” author Carol Lee Anderson presents a history of the county-owned recreation and the nearby Gunstock Inn. 6:30 p.m. at the Gunstock Inn and Fitness Center on Cherry Valley Road (Rte. 11-A). Books will be available for signing. For more information 293-2021 or visit www.gunstockinn.com Free Mom & Me movie at Smitty’s Cinema in Tilton. “Santa Buddies”. 11 a.m. 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. 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. Free community meal of hot soup and bread at Trinity Episcopal Church on Main Street in downtown Tilton. 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. every Wednesday. For more information call Pastor Mark at 286-3120 or e-mail him at markk@trinitytilton.org. Free knitting and crochet lessons. Drop in on Wednesdays any time between 10 a.m. and 3 p.m. at Baby Threads workshop at 668 Main Street in Laconia (same building as Village Bakery). 998-4012. 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. TOPS (Taking Off Pounds Sensibly) group meeting. 5:30 p.m. at the First Congregational Church in Meredith. Duplicate bridge at the Weirs Beach Community Center. 7:15 p.m. All levels welcome. Snacks. Preschool Story Time at the Meredith Public Library. 10 to 11 a.m. Downstairs in the function room. Check out a computer expert at the Gilford Public Library. 9:15 to 11 a.m. First-come, first-served help for library card holders only. 20 minute limit if others are waiting.
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 15 Sant Bani School in Sanbornton presents “Dark of the Moon” at the Studio Theater. 7 p.m. Play not recommended for younger children. For reservations call the school at 934-4240. Lakes Region Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy Committee meeting. 4 p.m. in the downstairs conference room at One Mill Plaza (Busiel Mill) in downtown Laconia. Open to the public. Pianist Johannes Wallmann at the N.H. Jazz Center at Pitman’s Freight Room in Laconia. 8 p.m. $10. BYOB. Mother/Child Cookie Decorating at the Laconia Community Center. 6 to 8 p.m. all materials supplied and you may take your cookies home with you. $10 per family of 4 ($2 for each additional). To register call 524-5046.
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Meredith woman summits New Hampshire’s 100 highest peaks
MEREDITH — Beth Zimmer of Meredith scrambled to the summit of Mount Anderson on Saturday, December 3 with three other hiking companions, to become one of a small group of individuals to have climbed the 100 highest summits in New Hampshire. Mount Anderson is a trail-less peak located in New Hampshire’s Pemigewasset Wilderness. Zimmer and her three companions started the day at 5 a.m. hiking with head lamps through Carrigain Notch to the base of Mt. Lowell. From there they bushwhacked up the south ridge of Mount Lowell, hitting the summit at 10:30 a.m. Bushwhack is a term used by trekkers who hike where there are no trails and rely on a map and compass, or GPS to plot and follow their route. From Mt. Lowell they hiked through blow downs and thick scrub of spruce and fur trees to reach their final destination, the summit of Mount Anderson (3740 ft.). It took them almost two hours to hike one mile from Mt. Lowell to Mt. Anderson. Anderson and her friends, one of whom was also a New Hampshire Hundred Highest finisher that same day, took only a few minutes to celebrate, knowing they still had a long and challenging hike off the summit before dark. Anderson is a guidance counselor at Gilford Middle School. She taught in Central America for several years before moving to New Hampshire in 1986 where her love for hiking was re-ignited. Her first hike of a major mountain in New Hampshire was in 1991 with a challenging winter climb up the slide of Mt. Flume. Her passion continued over the next few years, especially after marrying her husband, Steve, also as avid hiker. She hiked the 48, four thousand footers and expanded her hiking into winter. She began her quest of hiking the 100 highest peaks in 2002, after learning about “the list” from an Appalachian Mountain Club member. After completing the forty-eight 4,000 foot mountains in New Hampshire in winter she then set her attention to completing the NH Hundred Highest. The list of the NH Hundred Highest varies somewhat according to the source, so Beth has climbed 107 peaks to ensure that she has them all. Over a third of these mountains are trail-less and must be bushwhacked. Anderson said “Bushwhacking in the woods is a challenge and it gives you a sense of remoteness and solitude that only the wilderness can provide. It’s also a mental and physical challenge, and very rewarding.” One of Beth’s more memorable challenges was a climb along Scar Ridge, a series of three peaks located on a ridge in the Waterville Valley area. Anderson said “Bushwhacking Scar Ridge was a physical challenge because of the steep terrain, the thick scrub and the large number of blow downs on the mountain. It was a long day. But our finish photo shows all of us smiling.” She also added that some of her winter bushwhacking trips were extremely challenging because of the likelihood of falling into spruce traps and managing your body temperature. “Using a map and compass from preceding page Winter Farmer’s Market in at the Skate Escape on Court Street in Laconia. 3 to 6 p.m. Vendors offering local farm-raised meats, fresh-baked breads, organic tea, cofree, fudge, pastries, pies, cakes, fresh produce, jellies & jams, local wines, herbs, oils, plants, jewelry, wood workers, and fine art. Al-Anon Meeting at the Congregational Church Parish House (18 Veterans Square) in Laconia. 8 to 9:15 p.m. each Thursday. Al-Anon offers hope and help to families of alcoholics. No dues or fees. All are welcome. Call 6459518. Chess Club at the Goss Reading Room (188 Elm Street) in Laconia. 2:30 to 4:30 p.m. each Thursday. All ages and skill levels welcome. We will teach. 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. Preschool Story Time at the Meredith Public Library. 1 to 2 p.m. Downstairs in the function room. Crafter’s Corner at the Gilford Public Library. 6 to 7:30 p.m. Bring your needlework project.
Beth Zimmer, left, and Mike LaRoss, right, stand on the summit of Mt. Anderson. (Courtesy photo)
are essential,” she said. Anderson went on to say that she usually hikes with friends. She has hiked solo at times, but emphasizes the need to leave an itinerary with a friend or family. “Someone needs to know your route in case you are delayed or get lost.” Anderson said she will continue to hike the mountains of the Northeast because she loves the sense of accomplishment when reaching a mountain summit. “The reward for me is knowing that I have gotten there using my own perseverance and skill,” she said. When asked if there were any special challenges “as a woman,” Beth noted, “It is possible that male
hikers might initially judge a woman to be a weaker or less skilled hiker, but if you can show you’re capable, gender doesn’t really matter. I have felt no barriers, but you do have to prove yourself and you have to be interested in learning from other more experienced hikers [about bushwhacking].” She advises others who may be interested in following her path to learn to use a map and compass and to always have them with you; hike with guided groups, such as the Appalachian Mountain Club; take a course in mountaineering; and find partners who are interested in hiking the trail-less mountains.
Community college nursing students stride past 50-mile mark Lakes Region Community College first-year nursing students, Jennifer Sackett-Vieira, left, of Plymouth, and Kelly Newcomb, right, of Ashland-right, recently hit the 50-mile mark during their walk. The two, along with 22 other LRCC nursing students, have checked their ½ -mile distances on a class calendar since the beginning of the semester based upon measured walks around the campus on Prescott Hill. “As nursing students, it only seems fitting to become leaders in fitness and health in America,’ says LRCC Nursing Professor, Debbie Brady of Gilford. “I thought it would be a great idea to see if students could hit 30 miles total during class breaks by the end of the fall semester, and wouldn’t you know it, the class took the idea and ‘walked’ with it, hitting 50 miles two weeks before the end of the semester. I am proud of the Class of 2013 for their energetic enthusiasm.’’
Information on veterans’ benefits is readily available
MANCHESTER — Today’s veterans have a comprehensive medical benefits package, and all of this information is available at the Manchester VA Medical Center. Basic Eligibility – If you served in the active military, naval or air service and are separated under any condition other than dishonorable, you may qualify for VA health care benefits. Current and former members of the Reserves or National Guard who were called to active duty (other than for train-
ing only) by a federal order and completed the full period for which they were called or ordered to active duty may be eligible for VA health care as well. Many veterans qualify for enrollment and costfree health care services based on a compensable service-connected condition or other qualifying factor, most veterans will be asked to complete a financial assessment as part of their enrollment process. This financial information may be used to determine the see next page
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Rotary Club donates sign for Bryant Field New owners opening 1848 Inn in
winter for first time in 30 years
As part of its community projects mission, the Belmont Rotary Club has donated a new sign for Bryant Field in Belmont. Belmont Rotary Club was chartered in 1988. “Rotary is a worldwide network of people who take their particular know-how into their communities--trying to make them better, to make a difference in people’s lives,” says Kenneth Ellis, a Belmont Rotarian. Pictured are Ronald Mitchell of the Belmont Rotary Club and Pret Tuthill, representing the Shaker Regional School Board. (Caption only)
from preceding page enrollment priority group. VA Health Care Enrollment can be done by completing a VA Form 10-10EZ, Application for Health Benefits. This application can be obtained online at www.va.gov/1010ez.htm or by coming to the Manchester VA Medical Center and enrolling with
the Enrollment and Eligibility Office. It is helpful if applicants have their DD214 (Discharge from Military Service) available but it is not needed. Those with questions regarding eligibility can contact the Enrollment and Eligibility Office at the Manchester VA Medical Center at 624-6366 or 1-800-892-8384 extension 6799.
LACONIA — While the ownership, the management, and the fresh investment in the 1848 are all new, the tradition of clean, comfortable and affordable accommodations will continue at the 1848 Inn & Resort, which for the first time in approximately 30 years (after some essential renovations and improvements are complete) will be opening its motel units beginning on January 13, 2012 (the long Martin Luther King weekend) and will remain open straight through the 2012 summer season. The new manager, Bob Walker, will live onsite at the 1848, along with his wife, Heather, and family. Despite tough economic times, the new owner, Dave Dietrich of Gilford, is investing to improve the property and the accommodations. Walker is currently working to implement and oversee these improvements, including updating and modernizing rooms, the main office and much more. “Our goal is to improve the comfort while maintaining the unique history and cozy character of the 1848,” says Walker. He recently helped to manage and grow another well know Weirs Beach business and brings many years of local experience in the hospitality industry, as well as sales and marketing. ““He knows the local Lakes Region events and he knows the local people, which I believe will translate into helping guests of the 1848 to have
a great experience” says Dietrich. Dietrich is a longstanding Gilford resident and will serve in a background roll at the 1848 to help and support Walker. Before purchasing the 1848, Dietrich spent 20 plus years building and managing a successful information technology business. “People look forward to visiting the 1848 and the Lakes Region as a place to relax and have fun and I anticipate that helping Bob serve the guests at the 1848 will be far more enjoyable than competing in the fast paced information technology business” says Dietrich. The 1848 is a local landmark rich in history. While for the past 50 years the 1848 has provided rental units (currently 23 units) as a favorite vacation destination, the 1848 was originally built in the year 1848 as a small inn and carriage stop. The original owners were active abolitionists who hid runaway slaves bound for Canada in a secret room at the 1848. The small dirt-floored room used to harbor these slaves still exists today hidden away in an undisclosed location on the 1848 property. During its first 100 years, the 1848 also served as a functioning cow farm and was tied to all the land that currently lies between Route 3 and Parade Road. During the grand hotel era, the 1848 was known as the Batchelder Farm, owned by a branch of the same family which owned much of the land along New Hampshire’s seacoast.
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ANNIE’S MAILBOX
Dear Annie: My husband and I have noticed that his sister’s husband has been rather cool to us for quite some time. We can barely get a civil hello from him at family events, yet he is warm and friendly to others. To the best of our knowledge, we have not done or said anything that would warrant the cold shoulder. My husband and I have many friends and are well respected in our community. We have tried not to let his attitude bother us, but it hurts. We live in the same community and attend the same church, so avoiding him is not an option. He recently was a noshow at a family gathering at our home. My husband mentioned this to another relative and was told that it was because of me. I was dumbfounded. I have no clue why he dislikes me. We have never argued or had an unpleasant incident. I would apologize in a minute if I only knew what for. What can I do? -- Clueless Dear Clueless: It’s possible that your brother-in-law misinterpreted something that happened involving you, and the only way to clear it up is to find out what occurred. Your husband can speak to his brother-in-law (or his sister) privately, say you are mortified that you may have done something to offend him and ask how the situation can be remedied so all of you can have a warmer relationship. We hope it helps. Dear Annie: I am a recently divorced 40-year-old woman and have started seeing someone I really enjoy being with. My problem is, four years ago, I had to have four of my front teeth pulled due to a gum disease. I am wondering when and how to tell this man my teeth are fake. I want him to know, but I am embarrassed and scared of his reaction. Please help. -- Toothless in Pennsylvania Dear Toothless: Unless you are afraid your teeth will come
loose with vigorous kissing, this is one of those things that don’t require revelation until the relationship has progressed to physical intimacy. Hopefully, he will care enough about you that it won’t bother him when you say, “There’s something you should know about my teeth.” (By the way, if you can afford them, dental implants can take care of this issue permanently.) Dear Annie: I am “Spell Check Is Your Friend.” I wrote about a college friend who is a special-ed teacher with poor English skills. I was stunned at the responses. It seems most people feel that as long as a teacher is a nice person, it doesn’t matter whether she is qualified to do the job. I am not spiteful or jealous. I am simply concerned about the children who are learning improperly. And although they are special-ed kids, they are not babies. They are 5th and 6th graders. Trust me, I’m not talking about a typo here and there. I’m talking about endless run-on sentences, no knowledge of homonyms or punctuation, and repeat misspellings of basic common words. Yes, she is a very nice person, but would you want your kids in her classroom? I wouldn’t. Today my friend posted on Facebook that she is worried about the upcoming evaluations. I didn’t call the Board of Ed about her, but I still wonder whether I should. My intent is not to get her fired. Rather, it is to get her into an English refresher course. It would only benefit her students’ education, and I think that’s the most important thing. -- Spell Check in New York Dear New York: Unfortunately, despite your best intentions, chances are your complaints could get her fired. We still think this is something best handled by the school and the parents, and we are certain they either know about her inadequate English skills or find them to be less important than her other attributes.
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(603) 455-9433 LACONIA Province St. 4 bedroom apartment. Private parking, laundry, bright & clean, no pets. $1,000/Month + Utilities. 508-423-0479.
LACONIA3 bedroom clean, cozy cape near LRGH. No smokers/pets. $950/Month. 528-3789 LACONIA- 2-bedroom first floor. Onsite laundry, newly remodeled, snow removal. $850/Month, Heat/Hot water included. Call 524-0703 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- VERY nice 1-bedroom apartment in clean, quiet, secure downtown building. Recently renovated. $175/Week. includes, heat, hot water & electric. 524-3892 or 630-4771 LACONIA-2 bedroom 2nd floor. $210/Week, heat, hot water & electricity included. Call 603-235-6901 LACONIA-DUPLEX 2 bedroom 1 bath, washer/dryer hookups, garage. $900/month, heat included. References & security deposit. No pets or smokers. 524-8886 LACONIA-LARGE 2 bedroom 2nd floor . Quiet, clean, no pets. $800/month, Includes Heat. 556-1310 LACONIA/LAKEPORT Condo: 2-bedroom, 2-bath. $900/Month, heat & hot water included. Call 603-235-6901. LACONIA: 3 Bedroom Apartment, $1,050/month, heat & hot water included. Parking provided. Washer/Dryer hookup available for stack unit. Section 8 approved. No dogs. References & security required. 603-387-2600.
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Call today to see if you qualify. 603-224-9221 TDD # 1-800-545-1833 Ext. 118
BUYING junk cars and trucks ME & NH. Call for price. Martin Towing. (603)305-4504.
or Download an application at www.hodgescompanies.com Housing@hodgescompanies.com
CASH paid for unwanted or junk cars and trucks. Same day service possible. 603-231-2859.
40% of our vacancies will be rented to applicants with Extremely Low Income.
Autos
PRICE Reduced! 2002 Audi A-4 Quantra. Excellent condition. $5,500. 569-9615
Rent is based on your household size and income.
1995 Ford F-350 Dump- 4X4, plow, good condition. $5,000.
TOP DOLLAR PAID for junk cars & trucks. Available 7-days a week.
An Equal Opportunity Housing Agent
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For Rent
For Rent
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Help Wanted
LACONIA: Gail Avenue, 3rd floor, 1BR heat and h/w included, no pets, no smoking. $725. 524-5837.
Meredith- 2 bedroom 1st floor, nice apartment. Walk to docks/village. Washer/dryer hookups, Non-smoking, unitlites not included. $750. 279-7887 or 781-862-0123
WINTER RENTAL CEDAR LODGE Weirs Beach, Open Year Round ... Studios, 1-bedroom or 2-bedroom condos starting at $575 per month. Please call Wendy at 366-4316.
BRAND New Harvey Majesty 3-Lite Casement Window with Double Low-E glass and argon gas. All pine inside-Aluminum clad outside. Size 88 1/2” wide X 54 1/4” High with nailing fin. Retails for $2,100, asking $850. Must sell. Call 224-9213
USED Andersen Windows. Hot water heater & other miscellaneous items. Cheap! Call Dave 630-3986
FOOD SERVICE ASSISTANT
LACONIA: Gilbert Apartments. Call for available apartments. 524-4428 LACONIA: HUGE first floor, 8 room apartment. 4 bedroom, Heat/Hot Water included. Updated, New Hardwood floors, new bathroom, Washer/Dryer hookups, $1,250/Month. 566-6815 LACONIA: Large 3-bedroom apartment. First floor, parking. $850/mo + utilities, security/backgound check required. 603-781-6294. LACONIA: Quality, affordable, spacious two bedroom apartment for rent with heat and hot water included. Rent from $697 to $839 per month. Please call Julie at Stewart Property Mgt., (603)524-6673 EHO.
NEW Hampton- Large 4 bedroom, 3 bath newer home. Finished basement, wood floors and attached 2 car garage. 2 minutes to Rt. 93. $1,400/month plus utilities. 603-455-3762 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.
LACONIA: Sunny, small 2-bedroom, 2nd floor no smoking/dogs. $200 per week. includes heat/hot water. 455-5569.
MEREDITH One bedroom apartment on second floor. 16X22 ft. deck, Open concept, cathedral ceiling, very elegant and rustic. Plowing, parking, dumpster & utilities included, $850/month. 455-5660 MEREDITH Room for Rent- Quiet, beautiful home. Laundry, kitchen, cable TV, porch. $125/Week. 603-689-8683 MEREDITH: Room for Rent,. $125/Week, utilities included. Smoking OK. Contact 707-9794
For Sale 2 Kindle E-readers 3-5 months old. 1 Wi-Fi and one 3G & Wi-Fi both 3rd generation $80-$100. Sony portable DVD player. Model DVP-FX750 used once, perfect condition. $75. 267-0977. 2 Mec reloaders, 20 ga. and 28 ga. Complete with owner’s manuals. Call for details (603)476-2271, (508)243-0349. 50% off all wreaths in stock, while they last. Jim Waldron, across from Belknap Tire.
LAKEPORT- Freshly painted, big 5-room, 2-bedroom apartment with lake view. Includes washer/dryer, hardwood floors, cabinet kitchen, 2 car parking, 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– 2 Bedroom, 1.5 bath, 3 story townhouse style Condo. Garage, plowing, washer/dryer included. Non-Smoker. $950/month + Utilities. 603-455-7591
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
6 qt. Cuisinart Electric pressure cooker $85. Kitchen Aid stand mixer $170. Both never-used. 524-9128 AMAZING! Beautiful pillowtop matress sets, twin $169, full or queen $249, king $399. See AD under “Furniture”. BABY visiting for the Holidays? New, original box, deluxe Disney Pack n Play $30, 387-3083. BAKERS RACK, entertainment center, living room chairs, coffee tables, fabric rocking chair, kitchen furniture, love seat & more! 279-0641 TILTON: 1 bedroom, 1st floor, $195/week including heat, electric & hot water. 524-1234. 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. No pets. 387-3864.
BALDWIN Piano with humidifier unit & bench. $850. Easily accessible. 253-4850 FREE- BODY by Jake Ab Scissor. Good condition. 677-6528 GIFT Certificate- One Complete Eye Exam - Dr. Shetty s in Gilford or Bristol. (Up to $180 value). No expiration, $90 Firm. Call 524-5145
CHRISTMAS TREES: Now Open! Good selection. Union Avenue, across from Belknap Tire. Jim Waldron 279-8066. ELECTRIC Wheelchair: Never used, many extras, $1,500. 524-2877. FULL-SIZE Thule. Good condition. $200 or best offer. 524-3344 GREEN Cord Wood. $190 per cord. Doug 393-5163 or 393-9441 HOLIDAY SPECIAL: GREEN FIREWOOD, cut, not split $130/cord, cut & split $175/cord. Seasoned firewood, $250. Also, logging, landclearing & tree work (All phases). 393-8416. IBM or Compaq laptop $110. IBM or Dell Computer $95. Surround Receiver $45. 524-6815. IT S getting cramped in here ... Office & store furniture for sale: (1) 12 gondola shelf unit, (2) 4 gondola shelf units, (1) 4-drawer filing cabinet, (1) 8-drawer filing cabinet, (1) 9-drawer filing cabinet, (1) 2-drawer filing cabinet, (1) 5 bookshelf (double sided), (1) revolving card/book display case, (2) gas heaters blue flame w/tstat, (2) 3-tier oval display tables w/glass top. Cash and credit cards accepted. ClownSupplies.com, a division of Simplicity s Wonderful World, 369 Union Avenue, Laconia, NH. 603-435-8812. LAMB -RAISED locally. Hormone & antibiotic free. Vacuum packed, frozen. Custom cuts available. 528-5838 LOOKING to start your own salon? Beautiful furniture, everything you need. 15,000 or BRO. Call Jared, 520-6425. PRO Mark brush chipper. 16HP. $700 or best offer. 630-0957 TENTERS or Tailgaters Christmas- Stainless campers kitchen. Lantern, pans, cook tools & stove. $250 253-4850
BUYING Gold, (scrap rings, jewelry, etc.) Silver, (coins, flatware, etc. )
Antiques & Unusual Items Call 279-3087 or Stop In at
Waukewan Antiques 55 Main St. Meredith
Furniture AMAZING! Beautiful Queen or Full-size mattress set. Luxury Firm European Pillow-top style. Fabulous back & hip support. Factory sealed - new 10-Yr. warranty. Cost $1095, sell $249. Can deliver 603-305-9763. COZY Cabin Rustics- Mattress and furniture year end sell-off! All mattress sets 20% off! NH made Shaker furniture by Cedar and Oak 20% off! Log Hickory and Rustic Barnwood Furniture and Artwork 20% off! Recliners, Futons, Bunk Beds, Dining Room, Bedroom, Sofas, Platform Beds, MacMotion Chairs, occasional tables, art work. Unique, Locally made. Great Deals!! Call Jay 603-662-9066 or shop our website and email for special pricing www.viscodirect.com, jayw100@yahoo.com 517 Rte. 25, Moultonboro, NH
NEW mattresses ...always a great deal! Starting; King set complete $395, queen set $249. 603-524-1430.
Free FREE firewood- Call 524-3892 or 630-4771 T&B Appliance Removal. Appliances & AC’s removed free of charge if outside. Please call (603)986-5506.
Help Wanted BEYOND the Fringe Salon is looking for 1-2 booth renters with strong client base. 20+ hours/week. Please call 528-7735, leave message.
for Laconia Senior Center
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Elder Services is looking for a(60 part-time(3 hours) food serviceWo assistant with food service experience and the ability to work well with older adults. Ability to assist senior center director with the facilitation and oversight of theFO day-to-day operations of foodhou Str service programs at the senior center to include congregate HO dining and Meals on Wheels Rd service. Must be able to assurema compliance with safe foodrag handling to include temping, op serving and kitchen cleanliness.$14 Strong organizational skills and aonl talent for handling multiple activities required. Send resumeLA and letter of interest to:cap kheyes@bm-cap.org or Karentha Heyes, Community Action Program Belknap-MerrimackLO Counties, Inc. (LSC), PO BoxM o 1016, Concord, NH 03302-1016.207 E.O.E.
STYLIST Booth Rental Available. Perfect location, c l e a n ,ME professional, great parking.cle Relaxed atmosphere. ContactI n 731-6230 for information. $35
RE WINTER/ FALL RUSH erly Permanent and holiday seasonride help. Start immediately. Due tofur fall/ holiday season our com-vat pany is experiencing a massiveWo 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.
Land CONWAY LAKE: Will trade deepwater lot w/tri-dock for commercial property or permitted land. 207-754-1047.
Lost LOST Female small Tabby Cat named Rosie. Last seen 11/30 at 11am, Near Exit 20 in Tilton. $100 Reward. 603-738-4431
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Motorcycles
Services
Buy • Sell • Trade www.motoworks.biz
PIPER ROOFING
03)447-1198. Olson’s Moto orks, RT16 Albany, NH.
Real Estate
OR Sale By Owner: 2-Bedroom use, 1-1/4 bath. 180 Mechanic reet, Laconia. 524-8142.
Quality Work Reasonable Rates Free Estimates Metal Roofs • Shingle Roofs
Our Customers Don t get Soaked!
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Services PROFESSIONAL painter seeking homeowners and landlords who are considering a paint renovation. Free estimates, and reasonable rates. 1-802-780-9040 SAVE 30% on Interior Painting. I nsured, references. Call Troy at Turcotte Painting 455-9179
Major credit cards accepted
OUSE FOR SALE-White Oaks d., Laconia. Very well aintained, 3-bedroom. 1 car gage, potential in-home business ptions. Reduced, 45,000/OBO. By Appointment ly, 524-3613
ACONIA- 3 bedroom clean, cozy pe near LRGH. Asking less an assessed value. 528-3789
ONG BAY ortgage: 7-754-1047.
ASSUMABLE No balloon.
Roommate Wanted
EREDITH ROOMMATE: Sunny, ean, spacious, walk to town. cludes washer/dryer. 50/Month. Call 481-0762.
EDUCED rental share with eld y person in return for occaional es and small repairs. Includes rnished bedroom, kitchen, prite bath & utilities. 5 minutes to olfeboro. Call 397-2694.
CALL THE HUNGRY PAINTER: Painting, small tree work, dump runs, odd jobs, water damage/drywall repairs. 455-6296.
Services
Snowmobiles SALES, SERVICE, performance parts. New & used parts, complete line of accessories for Snowmobiles & ATV!s. Pre-owned sleds. Lake City Cat House, 283 White Oaks Rd., Laconia. Open 7 days a week. 524-5954.
Storage Space
BLUE RIBBON PAINTING CO. Interior/Exterior Since 1982 ~ Fully Insured
Paper Hanging
279-5755 630-8333 Bus.
Cell
M.A. SMITH ELECTRIC: Quality work for any size electrical job. Licensed-Insured, Free estimates/ 603-455-5607
CLEAN, dry, secure storage for your cars, motorcycles, boats, household items.24/7 access.Call 527-9229. STORE your car-boat-motorcycle before the snow in a clean and secure brick building. Low-prices. (603)524-1430
Wanted To Buy GUNS and ammunition of any type, make or model: 603-930-5222.
New England Brass Quintet to perform at Christmas service in Gilmanton
GILMANTON — The First Congregational Society will hold a special Christmas church service at Smith Meeting House on Sunday, December 18 at 2 p.m. The service is nondenominational and will feature the New England Brass Quintet, led by Ben Stadelmann, which will play Christmas hymns during the service. All of the group’s members The New England Brass Quintet, led by Ben Stadelmann, is shown study music at the Uni- rehearsing for a Christmas church service at Smith Meeting House versity of New Hamp- which will be held on Sunday, December 18 at 2 p.m.. shire. The service will be conducted by the This is the last of the series of serReverend Sidney Lovett of Holdervices until next Spring. Smith Meeting ness and Harriet Coupal will be guest House, which has been fully restored, organist. She will play the prelude is on the National Register of Historic and accompany the Quintet during Places. Christmas hymns. Proceeds from the Christmas serEveryone is invited to the Meeting vice collection will be donated to the Room after the service for refreshments Gilmanton Supplemental Fund, a and a performance of traditional Christlocal charitable foundation dedicated mas songs by the Brass Quintet. to helping those in need.
Meredith Village Savings Bank gives $3,000 for financial literacy efforts MEREDITH — The New Hampshire Jump$tart Coalition received $3,000 from Meredith Village Savings Bank (MVSB) to promote youth financial literacy throughout the state. Daniel Hebert, NH Jump$tart president, said “The generosity from Meredith Village Savings Bank will help to underwrite our LifeSmarts program for New Hampshire high school students. Meredith Village Savings Bank’s sponsorship will support our on-going effort to help enable a generation of young adults to take advantage of the opportunities offered by an increasingly complex financial services system. We are very grateful for their support.” “We are proud to support the efforts of NH Jump$tart Coalition,” said Rick Wyman, executive vice president and
chief financial officer at MVSB. “Their commitment to the financial literacy of our state’s youth is exemplary. They work hard to ensure that personal finance is included in the education of all students, helping to create life-long successful financial decision-makers.” Hebert explained that “NH Jump$tart has taken on a formidable challenge. Teenagers are entering a world teeming with financial pitfalls, including record levels of personal bankruptcy filings, high unemployment rates, and increasing tuition costs,” Hebert said. “The vast majority of young adults are not learning about sound money management, at home, in our schools, or anywhere. We owe it our children to provide this fundamental life skill in an accurate, consistent, and accessible manner.”
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