The Laconia Daily Sun, December 14, 2012

Friday, december 14, 2012

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Copper Police say 4-year-old was sitting on bed a few feet away from very volatile ‘portable cook’ thieves from one pot of cookB M K New Hampshire, was sentenced to one to ing methamphetthree years in the New Hampshire State nearly amine when they Prison after Laconia police found equipTILTON — Six of the seven people entered the lab in an ment and ingredients for manufacturing arrested Wednesday night when a bevy upstairs bedroom of methamphetamine in his car and charged of law enforcement agencies and local fire cause gas the home. possession of controlled and narcotic drugs, departments raided a methamphetamine James Joyce, 41, of resisting arrested and felon in possession at 263 Laconia Road (Rte. 3) are being leak to blow lab Salisbury, charged of a weapon. Jeff Lyons, spokesman for held in Belknap County Jail in lieu of cash with manufacturthe Department of Corrections, said Joyce bail following their arraignment on a variup house ing and possessing was released on parole on August 31 after ety of charges in Franklin District Court methamphetamine, spending a year in jail and that his parole yesterday. was held on $200,000 officer would be filing charges for parole to the affidavit of Detecon Hospital tiveAccording cash bail. violations shortly.

Matthew Dawson of the Titlon Police In August 2011, Joyce, who has a crimiMarie Chacon, 55, the owner of the resiDepartment, police found a four year-old Hill in see METH LaB page 4 nal record in Ohio and Florida as well as boy sitting on a bed just four feet away Laconia y

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James Joyce (Tilton Police photo)

By Gail OBer

Final three performances of A Very Broadway Christmas this weekend

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LACONIA — Police and fire officials say an unoccupied Rowell Street house was very close to exploding as the result of a natural gas leak caused by thieves who stole copper piping in the basement.

Fire Chief Ken Erickson said when firefighters arrived at 10 Rowell St. at 1:30 p.m. they could smell the gas from outside of the home.

Erickson said it appeared that the copper pipes were cut with either a bolt cutter or some heavyduty pruning shears.

He said whoever stole the copper crimped the pipe but not enough to stop gas from leaking.

“It was rich with gas.

It was close,” Erickson said yesterday. “At least whoever it was was smart enough to get out of the house.”

He said Capt. Robert Landry told people living in neighboring houses to stay to the back of their homes see GaS page 26

Orphans Sophie Pankhurst, Megan Melanson and Janney Halperin — with Annie (Sharleigh Thomson) sitting behind them — are featured during the Winnipesaukee Playhouse production of “A Very Broadway Christmas”. Thirty-seven local kids (ages 6-19) star in this final theater production at the Weirs Beach venue. Next year, the Playhouse will open its new theater in Meredith. The final three performances of this salute to favorites from Broadway musicals are this weekend — Friday and Saturday nights at 7 p.m. and Sunday afternoon at 2. For tickets call 366-7377. (Karen Bobotas/for The Laconia Daily Sun)

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LONDON (AP) — A nurse was found hanging in her room three days after she had been duped by a hoax call from Australian DJs about the pregnant Duchess of Cambridge, a U.K. inquest was told. The case is being treated as an apparent suicide.

Nurse Jacintha Saldanha was discovered hanging by a scarf from a wardrobe in her nurses’ quarters Dec. 7 by a colleague and a member of security staff at London’s King Edward VII Hospital, coroner’s officer Lynda Martindill said Thursday.

Martindill said an attempt to revive Saldanha failed.

Police detective chief inspector James Harman said Saldanha, 46, also had injuries to her wrists.

He told the inquest at Westminster Coroner’s Court that two notes were found at the scene and another was found among Saldanha’s belongings. He said there were no sussee NURSE page 3

Embattled Susan Rice drops out of running for Sec. of State WASHINGTON (AP) — Susan Rice, the embattled U.N. ambassador, abruptly withdrew from consideration to be the next secretary of state on Thursday after a bitter, weekslong standoff with Republican senators who declared they would fight to defeat her nomination.

The reluctant announcement makes Massachusetts Sen. John Kerry the likely choice to be the nation’s next top diplomat when Hillary Rodham Clinton departs soon. Rice withdrew when it became clear her political troubles were not going away,

and support inside the White House for her potential nomination had been waning in recent days, administration officials said.

In another major part of the upcoming Cabinet shake-up for President Barack Obama’s second term, former Republican Sen. Chuck Hagel of Nebraska now is seen as the frontrunner to be defense secretary, with official word expected as soon as next week.

For the newly re-elected president, Rice’s withdrawal was a sharp political setback and a sign of the difficulties Obama faces in a time of divided and divisive government.

Already, he had been privately weighing whether picking Rice would cost him political capital he would need on later votes.

When Rice ended the embarrassment by stepping aside, Obama used the occasion to criticize Republicans who were adamantly opposed to her possible nomination.

“While I deeply regret the unfair and misleading attacks on Susan Rice in recent weeks, her decision demonstrates the strength of her character,” he said.

“I am saddened we have reached this see RICE page 26

WASHINGTON (AP) — Face to face with time running short, President Barack Obama and Republican House Speaker John Boehner negotiated at the White House Thursday night in what aides called “frank” talks aimed at breaking a stubborn deadlock and steering the nation away from an economy-threatening “fiscal cliff.”

Boehner returned to the Capitol an hour later, briskly walking past reporters without comment. There was no indica-

tion whether any progress had been made, though the use of the word “frank” by both sides to describe the talks suggested the president and the speaker stuck hard to their opposing positions.

The meeting came shortly after Obama suggested that the sluggish pace of deficit-cutting talks between the administration and congressional Republicans was a result of a “contentious caucus” of GOP lawmakers who were making it difficult for

Boehner to negotiate.

Boehner saw it differently. He said earlier in the day: “Unfortunately, the White House is so unserious about cutting spending that it appears willing to slow-walk any agreement and walk our economy right up to the fiscal cliff.”

Thursday night’s meeting was the two men’s second face-to-face encounter in five days as they seek to find an agreement see FISCAL CLIFF page 13

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — After 14 years of painstaking labor, North Korea finally has a rocket that can put a satellite in orbit. But that doesn’t mean Pyongyang is close to having an intercontinental ballistic missile.

Experts say North Korea is years from

even having a shot at developing reliable missiles that could bombard the American mainland and other distant targets, though it did gain attention and the outrage of world leaders Wednesday with its first successful launch of a three-stage, long-range rocket.

A missile program is built on decades of systematic, intricate testing, something extremely difficult for economically struggling Pyongyang, which faces guaranteed sanctions and world disapproval each time it stages an expensive launch. North Korea see NORTH KOREA page 4

Obama & Boehner meet at White House to talk ‘fiscal cliff’

North Korea believed still years away from having reliable missiles

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THE LACONIA DAILY SUN, Friday, December 14, 2012— Page 3

Foundry Ave.: Judge agrees with Mereidth selectmen in overturning ZBA

By Michael Kitch THE LACONIA DAILY SUN

MEREDITH — Justice James O’Neill,III of Belknap County Superior Court has set aside the decision of the Zoning Board of Adjustment granting a variance permitting Foundry Avenue Realty Trust to pursue a commercial use on property at 22 Foundry Avenue, which lies within a residential zoning district as well as the Lake Waukewan Watershed Overlay district. The decision is a victory for the Selectboard, which filed the appeal, and the Waukewan Shore Owners’ Association.

The property consists of two lots. The first, a one-acre parcel fronting on Foundry Avenue in the business and industry district, houses Lakeside Plumbing and Heating and is flanked on the west

by Stewart’s Ambulance Service and on the east

by Comstock Industries. The second, abutting the first to the north, is a four-acre wooded lot that lies entirely in the residential district. The sole access to the property is via Foundry Avenue.

In granting the variance in March 2011, the ZBA held that the property was not suited to residential development because it can only be reached through a commercial neighborhood. Moreover, the board found that a since a commercial building, unlike a residence, would undergo a thorough review by the Planning Board, which would require measures to mitigate any threat to the environment.

Ever since the ZBA granted the variance in March, 2011, the Board of Selectmen, encouraged by members of the Shore Owners Association, have challenged its decision. They charge that the variance represents “zoning creep,” or extending the boundary of the business and industry district by allowing a commercial use of a residential lot, and by developing a lot in the residential district and poses a threat to the water quality of Lake Waukewan, the municipal drinking water supply, by permitting a commercial use in the overlay district.

The selectmen asked the ZBA to reconsider and when, in June 2011, the board affirmed its decision, appealed to Superior Court. In January, O’Neill, ruled the variance unreasonable and returned the issue to the ZBA. O’Neill ruled that because the

NURSE from page one picious circumstances, meaning nobody else was involved in Saldanha’s death.

Harman said police were examining the notes, interviewing the nurse’s friends, family and colleagues and looking at emails and phone calls to establish what led to her death.

He also said detectives would be contacting police in the Australian state of New South Wales to collect “relevant evidence.”

Saldanha answered the phone last week when two Australian disc jockeys called seeking information about the former Kate Middleton, who was being treated for severe morning sickness. The DJs impersonated Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Charles, and Saldanha was tricked into transferring the call to another nurse, who revealed private details about the duchess’ condition.

The DJs, Mel Greig and Michael Christian, apologized for the prank in emotional interviews on Australian television, saying they never expected their call would be put through. The show was taken off the air and the DJs have been suspended.

New South Wales state police said Friday that they were investigating a letter sent to the station that made several threats against the DJs. Police declined to release details of the letter and a spokeswoman for the station did not immediately return calls seeking comment.

The Australian Communications and Media Authority is investigating whether radio station 2DayFM breached its broadcasting license conditions and the industry code of practice.

In London, coroner Fiona Wilcox opened and adjourned Saldanha’s inquest until March 26.

Wilcox expressed “my sympathies to her family and everybody who has been touched by this tragic death.”

applicant proposed using the lot for warehousing, light manufacturing, building trades or vehicle repairs, without specifying a particular use for the property, the ZBA could not determine whether the five criteria required for a variance were met.

In April, Foundry Avenue Realty Trust returned to the ZBA proposing to use the property for “building trade or repair shop,” a use specified in the zoning ordinance. The ZBA again granted the variance and the Board of Selectmen again appealed to Superior Court, contending that the proposed use required a greater degree of specificity.

Representing Foundry Avenue Realty Trust, attorney Ed Philpot likened “building trade or repair shop” to other uses designated by the ordinance, such as “restaurant.” The ZBA, he argued, would not require an applicant to to specify what kind of restaurant he intended to operate.

O’Neill disagreed, finding that some uses delin-

eated by the ordinance specific and others, including “building trade or repair shop,” are generic. “Given the endless possibilities of types of trade and items that can be repaired,” O’Neill wrote, “it is arguably impossible for the ZBA to reasonably grant the variance absent more specificity.” He went on to note that without greater specificity, the ZBA had no means of determining the project would not diminish the value of nearby properties, which is one of the five criteria required for a variance.

Philpot remarked yesterday that “we think that the judge misapprehended a particular aspect of zoning law by requiring a greater degree of specificity on the part of an applicant than is prescribed by the zoning ordinance.” He said that Foundry Avenue Realty Trust will ask the court to reconsider its decision and if O’Neill stands by his ruling, weigh the prospects of appealing to the New Hampshire Supreme Court.

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METH LAB from page one dence who was sitting alongside the child on the bed, was also charged with manufacturing methamphetamine as well as endangering the welfare of a child and held on $100,000 cash bail.

Debra Ann Miller, 44, of 263 Laconia Road, Tilton, the mother of the boy, was charged with criminal liability for another for assisting Joyce in manufacturing methamphetamine and endangering the welfare of a child and held on $50,000 cash bail.

Hon Luu, 52, also of 263 Laconia Road, Tilton, was charged with criminal liability of another and held on $50,000 cash bail.

James Drago, 31, also of 263 Laconia Road, Tilton, was charged with criminal liability for another and possession of a controlled drug and held on $25,000 cash bail.

Gabrielle Dandeneau, 21, of 49 Ladd Hill Road, Belmont was charged with criminal liability for another and held on $25,000 cash bail.

Michael Caissie, 49, of Bristol was arrested on a charge of possessing controlled narcotics, but did not appear in court yesterday.

All seven are scheduled to appear in Franklin District Court for probable cause hearings on Thursday, December 20.

When police from Tilton, Franklin, Thornton, Ashland and Bristol, accompanied by agents of the

U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, N.H. State Police, State Fire Marshalls Office deputies from the Grafton County Sheriff’s Office entered the home at 8 p.m. they found a “meth cook” underway in the

master bedroom upstairs. Chacon, alongside Miller’s son, and Caissie, were in the bedroom.

A locked door in the bedroom led to another room where police found Joyce, Dragon and Dandendeau along with a hydrogen chloride gas generator used to manufacture methamphetamine, which they tried to throw out the window, along with Coleman fuel, lithium batteries, sulfuric acid drain cleaner and ammonium nitrate, all components of methamphetamine.

According to the affidavit, Luu, who police found in the living room, has frequently purchased pseudoephedrine products and Miller, who was discovered in the basement, made such purchases for producing methamphetamine as recently as Tuesday.

Cormier described the operation as a “one-pot” or “portable” cook, where the ingredients are combined in a one-liter plastic bottle and brewed chemically rather than over an open flame, which have increasingly become the method of choice. He said that the mixture is highly volatile, toxic and explosive, noting that a police officer died from the fumes of a lab hidden in the trunk of a car. He said that after emptying the building, the state police bomb squad detonated the lab outside.

Cormier indicated that the operation was part of ongoing investigation that he expected to lead to further raids and more arrests.

NORTH KOREA from page 2 will need larger and more dependable missiles, and more advanced nuclear weapons, to threaten U.S. shores, though it already poses a threat to its neighbors.

“One success indicates progress, but not victory, and there is a huge gap between being able to make a system work once and having a system that is reliable enough to be militarily useful,” said Brian Weeden, a former U.S. Air Force Space Command officer and a technical adviser to the Secure World Foundation, a think tank on space policy.

North Korea’s satellite launch came only after repeated failures and hundreds of millions of dollars. It is an achievement for young authoritarian leader Kim Jong

Un, whose late father and predecessor, Kim Jong Il, made development of missiles and nuclear weapons a priority despite international opposition and his nation’s poverty.

Kim said the achievement “further consolidated” the country’s status “as a space power,” the government’s official Korean Central News Agency reported Thursday. It added that Kim personally issued a written launch order and “stressed the need to continue to launch satellites in the future.”

South Korea’s Defense Ministry said Thursday the satellite was orbiting normally at a speed of 7.6 kilometers (4.7 miles) per second, though it’s not known what mission it is performing. North Korean space officials say the satellite would be used to

study crops and weather patterns.

Though Pyongyang insists the project is peaceful, it also has conducted two nuclear tests and has defied international demands that it give up its nuclear weapons program.

A senior U.S. official said the satellite is tumbling in orbit and not acting as it should, but the official said that doesn’t necessarily mean it is out of control. The official, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because of a lack of authorization to publicly discuss the U.S. analysis, said the important takeaway is that North Korea was able to successfully execute all three stages of the missile launch and get the satellite into space.

Police say Marie Chacon (right) is the owner of the home at 263 Laconia Road in Tiliton (above) where an alleged methamphetamine lab was raided on Wednesday night. Among other things she has been charged with endangering the welfare of the 4-year-old child discovered sitting next to her on a bed a few feet from the meth “cook” in progress. (Tilton Police photos)

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Froma Harrop

Legalize pot, everywhere Ah, the great American West, where man can generally breathe free and also inhale — woman, too. Thank you, thank you, voters in Colorado and Washington state, for legalizing marijuana. But will Washington, D.C., leave you alone?

Attorney General Eric Holder said this week that the Justice Department will weigh its response to the state referenda.

A new national poll finds 58 percent of Americans in favor of making marijuana legal and only 39 percent against. A raft of other state laws easing the prohibition on pot and growing public contempt for the existing law should be enough to change the policy. And so should a basic sense of decency.

We persecute ordinary Americans for using an illegal drug smoked by the last three inhabitants of the White House. President Obama admitted — and George W. Bush all but admitted — to having experimented (don’t you love the word “experimented”?) not only with pot, but with cocaine.

Courts rarely inflict heavy prison terms on users of marijuana these days, Tony Ryan, a retired lieutenant from the Denver Police Department, told me, “but it’s still a drug arrest, so if you’re 18 years and older, it goes on your record.”

That means you may not be able to get a job at a steel plant, join the Navy, obtain a student loan or keep your child in a custody battle. But wide knowledge that you smoked pot is apparently not enough to stop you from becoming commander in chief of the United States Armed Forces.

Ryan is on the board of a group called Law Enforcement Against Prohibition — former police and other law officers calling for the end to the War on Drugs. A Denver cop for 36 years, he’s intrigued at what the Obama administration will do next. In Colorado, the feds decided to mostly leave medical marijuana alone. But to flex their muscles, they started picking on medical marijuana dispensaries within 1,000 feet of schools “I said, okay, what high school student is going to convince a doctor under threat of losing his license

that he is ill and needs to have medical marijuana,” Ryan commented, “when he can just walk down the halls of the school and get whatever he wants?”

In 2008, candidate Obama said he would not use Justice Department resources to frustrate state laws allowing medical marijuana. But President Obama did just that, even letting attorneys general threaten government employees at state-run medical marijuana facilities.

Ignoring the scientific evidence, the feds deem marijuana a dangerous substance that allegedly acts as a “gateway” to harder drugs. The political reality is that legalizing marijuana is a gateway to ending the ludicrous War on Drugs — a $40 billion-a-year failure off which many Americans find employment.

Last year, 80 percent of the federal Drug Enforcement Administration’s seizures were of marijuana. If marijuana were legalized, what would those agents, lawyers, judges and prison guards keeping us safe from marijuana do?

Oddly, liberal Democrats seem more afraid of letting go of the ban on marijuana than libertarian Republicans and even some social conservatives. (Evangelist Pat Robertson says it ruins the lives of too many young people.) In the Colorado vote, former Rep. Tom Tancredo, a hard-right Republican, supported the constitutional amendment regulating marijuana like alcohol, and Democratic Gov. John Hickenlooper opposed it. To his credit, Hickenlooper subsequently declared the amendment official and put a legalization advocate on the committee setting up a regulatory process.

The successful ballot measures in Colorado and Washington give the Obama administration another opportunity to find its bearings and stop throwing billions down the hole of marijuana prohibition. That money could be put elsewhere, so we’re told.

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

Great-granddaughter thrilled with Christmas Village a 2nd time To the editor, I was never so amazed at something I visited as I was with the Christmas Village at the Community Center in Laconia. It was a job well done by all of the volunteers.

I’ve never been before and I have lived in New Hampshire for twenty two and a half years. I had the occasion to bring my great grand-daughter, Olivia. She was absolutely thrilled. I really think

her favorite thing was hugging Rudolph and the Christmas Tree. Olivia was so taken with it all that her mother and I took her again and she was truly thrilled the second time.

Our thanks to a wonderful job done by all. Everyone was kind and patient.

We will be back again next year.

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LETTERS In Germany, wind & solar power are pushing gas off the grid To the editor, Steve Earle has recently told us, “Going green may sound like a good idea for the environment but what about the people? Is skyrocketing energy costs going to be good for anyone except perhaps green energy producers? Millions of elderly on fixed incomes will be squeezed between rising energy, food, rent, and medical costs. That’s what happens when the cost of energy goes up, everything else goes up too.”

If I were on a fixed income I would be fighting people whose views are fixed in the past and unable to adapt to progress. The right-wing position on energy cost is just more of the same “Luddism” that happens every time there is social, industrial and/or technological change. Conservative heads explode every time it happens. And they ALWAYS lose. Such people find whatever excuse they can in order to fight change. Sometimes its fear of change and sometimes its greed and power. Sometimes its just being clueless and “closed for business”.

The Tea-Billies have no idea what they are talking about when it comes to renewable energy or climate change.

Right now 20 percent of Iowa’s energy is supplied by wind. Holy Moly! Koch Brothers beware! Other states are getting the idea. Texas is second in the US. In Italy and Austria, many towns and cities are using wind energy and then selling the surplus to the grid.

Then there is the town of Greensburg,

Kansas. A few years ago a twister devastated 95 percent of the town. Guess what they did? They rebuilt the entire town based on green energy. Now they have the highest number of LEED Certified (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) buildings per capita in the world. That’s right; ON THE PLANET! In Germany, wind and solar are pushing gas off the grid.

Only two years ago, a new 860MW gas unit at Irsching was commissioned and now there is a move to mothball it for two years, hoping the market will improve. Ah, capitalism! It is easy to see why fossil fuel giants spend millions to recruit millions of pawns to spread their lies.

Just this week, a study by the University of Delaware found that, “Renewable energy could fully power a large electric grid 99.9 percent of the time by 2030 at costs comparable to today’s electricity expenses”. The trick they found was in the right combination of wind, solar and storage. They used the data from the PJM Grid which covers 13 states — NJ to Illinois. Without any government subsidies, the study projected capital costs for wind and solar in 2030 will be about half of today’s wind and solar costs, whereas maintenance costs are projected to be approximately the same.”

Believing conservatives means being left behind.

James Veverka Tilton

President Obama is inheriting a mess from President Obama To the editor, Let’s look at what President Obama inherited from President Obama: — Unemployment rate of 7.9% (soon to go higher) — Feds project high unemployment for the next three years.

— Fiscal cliff leading to higher taxes and not just on the rich. $16 trillion in debt.

— ObamaCare and higher taxes on everyone to pay for it. Medical device tax (Senators Shaheen and Kerry were for it before they were against it).

— $63 dollars in increased premium for existing conditions (Did you think they were free)?

— Medicare premium is rising (mine just increased).

— Major insurance companies are predicting that premiums under ObamaCare could double.

— Numerous scandals in the Obama administration e.g., Libya, CIA, General Petraeus.

— Republican Congress, even though Ms. Pelosi thinks she is in charge.

— Hurricane Sandy (seems that some residents of N.J. and N.Y. are unhappy with FEMA) — 47,000,000 million and growing (number of people on food stamps).

— Corporations cutting employee hours to avoid ObamaCare.

— Detroit wants the “bacon” for see next page

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LETTERS Obama’s 50.9% is not a mandate but he won’t compromise

Pres. Obama offering balanced approach to fiscal responsibility

To the editor, On Friday I read here in this paper a letter by Eric Shirley to which I say BRAVO! I have read and admired Mr. Shirley’s letters before but this one is the best yet. He was responding to L.J. Siden’ s recent letter(s) and clearly drew that line between the wishy, washy Republicans and conservatives. Keep it up sir, well done.

I have no doubt though that all Eric said was lost on a true believer like L.J. Siden. I have in the past gone around and around with Siden, Marty Valengavich, and James Veverka to no effect.

These writers make outrageous claims over and over such as, “the tea party are all racists”, “Fox News is all lies”, or “Fundamental Christians are the cause of all the worlds problems”. After two, three, or four years I am still waiting for these writers to provide readers with examples and evidence of these outrageous and slanderous accusations. It has only been their opinions which they present as though they need no other evidence. What arrogance!

We conservatives have no intentions of becoming mock Democrats in order to fill electoral seats with empty suits just for the sake of keeping them warm. Siden and company keep referring to conservatives as radicals so I ask, what is radical about cutting the $16 trillion+ national debt or asking organizations such as Planned Parenthood or Public Broadcasting to take the small cuts the loss of federal funds would mean? And how about trimming a few of the failed, expensive and ineffective federal departments and agencies, is that radical? Everyone that has taken the time to look at Social Secu-

rity, Medicare and such know that these are broken and will, not might, run out of money in the near future. Even the Republicans, as moderate as they are, have at least put out a plan to try and save these things while Democrats have demigoded the issues.

Mr. Obama won, but only barely. His 50.9 percent is not a mandate and, as I have been predicting, this president has zero intention of compromising even with Republicans who are actually looking to compromise. No, Obama is out on the road again telling anyone who will listen that it’s the Republicans who are the problem. Borrow more money from China so they can build up their military, pour more carbon emission’s into the atmosphere threaten and bully their neighbors and support rouge nations like N. Korea and Iran.

Five years ago his critics warned that Obama was intent on bringing down the American economy and military and his supporters were “outraged”. Now, with the deadline less then a month away from a crash he is going around making his case that it’s going to be all the Republicans fault. Readers, if it does crash, our military will be choked off and it will become necessary for him to raise taxes on every American, every American business, all energy and services. It may not happen all at once but it will happen (my opinion). The president knows this and knows it is the only way he can actually fund all the social entitlement programs being committed to by his administration. There are simply not enough “rich” people to tax to fund it. Wait and see.

Steve Earle Hill

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Congress with a 40-seat majority.

They can still sustain a filibuster in the Senate. Republicans have 30 of the 50 governorships including governors in seven of the 10 largest populated states. They have 27 of state house of representatives. They have 28 of the state senates including New Hampshire.

I believe the GOP is alive.

Jim Mayotte Sanbornton

voting for Obama.

— Latino poverty rate has climbed to 28 percent.

— Middle East could explode into war.

— Several states in the Northeast and the Midwest are considering right-to-work laws. (Republicans have 30 of the 50 governorships).

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To the editor, This letter is in response to Mr. Bob Meade’s column that appeared in Tuesday’s edition (Dec. 11, 2012).

Mr. Meade and I agree on his central premise: the time for political gamesmanship is over. It’s time for our leaders in Washington to tackle the looming fiscal crisis responsibly.

President Obama has put forth a proposal that would raise $1.6 trillion in new revenue over the next decade, while cutting spending by $400 billion over the same period, and spending an additional $50 billion for sorely-needed upgrades to our nation’s infrastructure. This is a balanced approach that will continue us down a path of fiscal responsibility, deficit reduction, and economic growth. In order to generate the revenue necessary, marginal tax rates for individuals earning over $200,000 per year and families earning $250,000 per year would return to the rates that were in place before the “Bush-era tax cuts” took effect, but the marginal rates for middle class workers and families would remain the same. The bottom line is this: folks at the higher end of the income spectrum pay a little more, government spending is reduced, and the tax bill for middle class families remains the same.

In reading his column, it appears that Mr. Meade is not impressed by this proposal, arguing that it “punishes the wealthy.” This is a refrain we have heard time and again from Republicans, the notion that America’s “job creators” ought not be punished for their entrepreneurial spirit and their financial success. We heard it from the Republicans’ nominee for President, Gov. Mitt Romney, over and over as he railed against President Obama’s proposals and advanced his own blueprint, which looks remarkably similar to the plan of congressional Republicans: no increase in the marginal tax rates, closing unnamed “loopholes” in the tax code to generate revenue, and massive cuts to every government department (except, of course, the Department of Defense).

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a choice in our most recent election, and that choice is clear: in re-electing President Obama, Americans made a value judgment that this fiscal crisis cannot and should not be solved on the backs of the elderly, the disadvantaged, and the middle class. Further shredding the safety net that so many Americans rely upon in times of need is simply the wrong way to put our fiscal house in order. While nobody expects congressional Republicans to abandon their principles, I don’t think it’s too much to ask for them to recognize we have had this debate over the fiscal cliff once already, with direct participation from the voting public, and a majority of Americans sided with the president on how to move forward.

To make the stakes even higher, doing nothing on the issue of the fiscal cliff presents an even bigger problem. On average, middle class families stand to lose $2,000 out of their hard-earned paychecks if we go “over the cliff,” as their marginal tax rates go up and the payroll tax cut expires.

If that were to happen, it would work an enormous hardship on our working families as well as threaten our economic recovery. While Mr. Meade takes an optimistic view that the Bush-era tax cuts permitted upward mobility for middle class Americans, I think empirical evidence shows that middle class incomes have remained stagnant, while the cost of living has continued to climb, which means more and more middle class families have fallen into poverty, not elevated into prosperity. Even Mr. Romney recognized this as he campaigned for the presidency. We shouldn’t place an additional burden on the middle class in order to solve this fiscal crisis.

Finally, Mr. Meade criticizes President Obama’s proposal on the debt ceiling, accusing the president of attempting some sort of unconstitutional power grab. Let’s clear one thing up right now: raising the debt ceiling does not authorize the Treasury Department to spend more money without congressional approval, it only authorizes that department to pay back the money already borrowed see next page

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LETTERS Don’t worry about the rich, they’ll still be out looking for yield To the editor, We thank Roy Sanborn for keeping us up to date weekly on the developments in the local real estate markets.

This past week, Roy chose to ramble off the path a bit and give us some of what appear to be his investor class views/ spin on that market. We applaud Roy, for all through the recent dark years always being the cheerleader. Roy has never given up on the very sanguine outlook for Lakes Region real estate.

Now this past week he informs us that the stabilization in Lakes Region real estate values that has finally come; “is that the housing market is BEGINNING to recover slowly”. That is of course National Association of Realtors-speak for STABILIZATION. Roy bemoans the expiration of the temporary tax breaks for the investor class that they had temporarily enjoyed for the last 10 years, while the profligate spending and free lunch was handed out by Dumya & Dumbo.

The truly rich it seems ARE different than most of us in that they in fact do have a lot more money. Roy intimates that because so many of these beyond Deca-millionaire status out of state carpetbaggers pay so much tax on their prime Lakes Region properties we should be in their debt. Those $1.5M to $15M properties are in fact now their vacation “camps” on the Lake. But previously they were properties in the hands of those in our local economy, the families that for many generations owned what the new owner found appropriate to be a knock down. It is those families of long standing in our communities that Roy should be showing some empathy for.

Families that could no longer at the end afford the property taxes on these homes as they were bid up to these hideous God awful prices by these carpetbaggers from outside our local economy. What about the contribution they made at the end, the last generation reverse mortgaging their homes to pay the taxes so they could stay there until their estates were settled?

That also helped the local economy, the wealth managers and insurance sellers. Those people performed many of the same contributions to our local economy as Roy describes as benefits

from the carpetbaggers. And as usual all through the slide the people who were least hit by the real estate bubble were the ones with those prime properties that lost the least in the percentage of valuations.

Roy, in his nature, so sanguine, should not just paint more perfume on the pig in terms of couching his warning; “Could it be that increased taxes in general might just mean” and beyond there I am lost by his outlook and amazed he is not shouting the dire warning! .....”if it becomes too costly...expensive for those ...wealthy people to own property.” This is of course a lot of nonsense as it applies to the truly wealthy. We don’t envisage Willard selling his Wolfeboro Bay vacation home because he has to move more money off shore to avoid paying some of those higher taxes that are certainly coming as sure as the cuts to entitlements are coming as well, when the other real crises the debt and currency crises finally BEGIN to be addressed in 2013. The American electorate still hates ObamaCare according to the investor class and we must continue to condemn what most American’s have never heard of, The Affordable Health Care Act. Nevertheless, the American electorate re-elected a miserably failing president with the possible exception of that one issue.

When my house insurance by reason of the last five years of financial repression went up more than 15 percent and 10 percent over two years MY AGENT called me and explained the adjustments we could make to ameliorate those hikes. Roy is right to sound the alarm but he suggests it will be the people working in the local economy who might see some ancillary effect to their home values as per the very wealthy being required to give up their temporary tax breaks and pay a little more to help extend the DUMYA’s free lunch of Mediscam Rx-D out to the tens of millions of working Americans now paying for that free lunch who will now enjoy the benefits of ObamaCare. In 198889 the U.S. tax code was also changed.

The deductions for passive losses in real estate investing were eliminated.

The price of the local prime real estate barely saw a blip but the area condo

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ton to reach a compromise, I am just as hopeful as Mr. Meade that politics will take a back seat to prudence, fairness, and “grown-up” responsibility, and that we unite in common purpose and love of country to tackle the big issues that await us in the New Year.

Matt Huot Laconia

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markets in Belknap, Carroll and Grafton counties collapsed. The whole state was hit but as Roy points out, “It’s a fact of life here as well as any vacation area”. So the counties hit hardest in that condo market melt down were those with the lakes and mountains. Five local N.H. banks collapsed in that one. Remember back when bad insolvent banks actually failed instead of their investor class banksters handing out $100s of millions in bonuses after taking TARP rescue from the taxpayers? Beyond the taxes Roy has enumerated, there is more. We are talking about actual SHARED SACRIFICE here and there are going to be across the board cuts to entitlements to everyone in 2013.

Howard Dean says so! There is also going to be an elimination of the mortgage deduction for second homes and for loans on yachts that some decamillionaires call boats.

Too bad Roy is so worried about the very rich having to struggle by with paying more taxes. Most of them have been selling their strong dividend stocks for huge capital gains off the huge market moves since March of 2009, to avoid those higher capital gains taxes in 2013. So do not worry about them, they will be buying back those stocks after the 30 day wash rule periods as yield is something we all still search for. I would advise those considering investments in condos to be very cautious over the next year. For those who have bought them recently as primary residences you probably have a good long term

investment, but short term your valuations are in jeopardy of seeing a serious decline just as happened in the last tax change of the late ‘80s that hammered the vacation home market but only resulted in two years of near flat performance for the primary residence larger homes here in the Lakes Region. Of course there was the banruptcy of the Village Lane subdivision and some non-vacation spec homes that went to auction as well.

It is our local economy work force who have recently found so called “WorkForce” priced housing solutions who are most at risk when the not the wealthiest carpetbaggers start figuring out their post 2012 costs for a second vacation home, they already purchased. Just like in the exploding housing bubbble of 2006-2009 that Roy points out some of those owners may have made assumptions on what they could afford based on metrics that are changing. What your topknots!

Our local economy Grandma, the kids, and “Bowzer” are not heading over the cliff as some balance of spending and taxes begins to be restored.

That is just a ridiculous assertion.

Grandma is going to lose some of her Social Security COLAs and see her Medicare premiums rise, so it is not just the innocent rich who are being singled out. Our children will have improving school platforms, as those improvements are already under construction or in advanced planning stages.

Tim Sullivan Gilford

Our only hope is to return to God and repent as a nation To the editor, Mr. Obama was re-elected by the American people, that’s good news, because it will cause God’s children to pray that a mighty out pouring of the Holy Ghost will sweep over our nation.

Remember if God be for us, who can be against us. Mr. Romney after he lost said, “My wife and I will be praying for our country.” When we are up against the wall and our mountain seems so tall, “and believe me,” Mr. Obama will lead us to that. When we owe twenty trillion dollars to China, have mass unemployment and radical Islamic terrorists brain washed by Islam Sharia Law = (Jihad) “Holy War” to destroy the great Satan (America) for Allah, their evil God. Friend I have just returned from Europe, and the Islamic people are everywhere, as they are in America, and every other country you want to name. What we saw on 9/11 is only a for taste of the evil that they can inflict on the American people.

The mouth “Jimmy ‘V’” is a blind fool; he says Christians are to blame.

It’s not revival he preaches, he reviles

and defames, and scandalizes any person of Faith. Mr. “V”, Muslims have proved over the last 20 years what their end goal is to destroy our nation.

Mr. “V”, you claim to be for women’s rights, also gays and Muslims, and you must know Muslims “beat women” and have gays hung. If they take over America, God pity these people.

You need to listen to Tony Boutin and Bob Meade and also Russ Wiles; you will see that what they are saying is true. Our only hope is to return to God with all our heart, repent as a nation, do what is right according to God’s word, stop abortion, (500,00 killed every year).

We also need to raise our children with a dad and mom, not Jack and John or Jane and Jill. Our for-fathers would turn in there graves, if they could see the mess our nation has become.

I don’t hate Mr.Obama, rather I pray he will receive the Lord Jesus as his personal savior, and pray with us born again Christians for a Holy-Ghost revival. May God Bless the U.S.A. William “Liam” McCoy Belmont

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LETTERS We are so very thankful for all our volunteers & for our staff To the editor, On December 2, The Meredith Community Center was filled with smiling faces, laughter, fun and games and of course. . . SANTA, all thanks to the Mill Falls who graciously sponsored this annual event for the community, provided by the Parks & Recreation Department! Without this sponsorship, the Holiday Open House would not have been possible this year.

Many thanks to all the families who attended the open house as well as all the volunteers and Parks and Recreation staff who helped out during this event — we value you all! Each year, our Annual Tree Lighting Ceremony is followed by the Holiday Open House.

Santa was picked up at the Community Center by firefighter Norm and taken through town on the fire truck to arrive at Hesky Park for the ceremony.

Santa was greeted by a friendly crowd (despite the rainy weather!), hot cocoa and refreshments provided by the Hamel Allstate Agency, which sponsored the tree lighting event, and the Boy Scouts, who were caroling holiday music while Santa greeted everyone.

At 5:30 Santa started his countdown

for the tree lighting ceremony, with the help of those who attended, and we all were able to enjoy a beautiful display of lights, with MUCH thanks to the Meredith Public Works Department crew: Mike, Paul and Brian!

We have so much to be thankful for. . . we are thankful for all the volunteers and staff who made these events possible; the Mill Falls and the Hamel Allstate Agency for sponsorship of the events and their generous donations; the Meredith Fire Department for providing Firefighter Norm and the fire truck; Meredith Public Works Department for the lighting and support; Erin Plummer from the Meredith News for enjoying the events with us; Cedar and Mo Fun balloon twisting clowns; Laurie Reed and the boy scouts of Troop 55 for providing the caroling; Tami Carpentiere of the FRIENDS of Meredith Parks and Recreation for donating her time to provide photos with SANTA; Vint Choiniere; Parks and Recreation Director for his continued support; SANTA of course, who took time out of his crazy busy schedule to enjoy an afternoon and evening with us and most of all. .

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How can you not mention Wanda in story about Lakeport Museum?

To the editor, The article in today’s Sun was quite interesting (about Lakeport Community Museum). But the fact that its late originator wasn’t mentioned is inexcusable in my opinion.

Please print a correction stating that

our dear late president, Wanda Tibbetts, worked ceaselessly to make the museum become a reality and unfortunately died 10 months before it was opened.

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Let’s embrace Tony’s optimism about backbone of American people To the editor, Kudos to Tony Boutin for his recent letter to the editor explaining this contry’s situation like it is. It should be required reading, especially for students and their teachers/professors.

Instead of all the hand-writing and

pessimism about the so-called demise of the Republican Party, embrace his optimism about the backbone of the American people who have seen the light, and who will prevail.

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Peter Welch charged with October 4 apartment fire

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FRANKLIN — For the third time in one year, Franklin Police working with the city Fire Department and the N.H. Officer of the Fire Marshall have made an arrest for an alleged arson.

On Wednesday, police said they arrested Peter Welch, 44, of Franklin for allegedly setting fire on October 4 to one of four apartments in a Pleasant Street building he owns.

Welch is charged with one count of arson and one count of felony reckless conduct.

Fire Chief Kevin LaChapelle said yesterday the fire was reported at 5:33 p.m. and was confined to a ground floor apartment that was unoccupied.

He said the other three apartments in the building had tenants but none of them were home.

Firefighters rescued 11 animals from three apartments during the blaze.

On November 27, Philip Rudolph of 308 Salisbury Road was charged with one count of arson and one count of attempted insurance fraud for allegedly setting fire to his home twice on

November 15.

LaChapelle said firefighters responded to a fire at Rudolph’s house in the morning of November 15. He said the blaze was completely extinguished.

Later that day, firefighters were called to the same home at 4 p.m. and found fire coming from all of the windows when they arrived. The twoalarm fire destroyed the house.

LaChapelle also said he and the police department are working with a 14-year-old who allegedly set fire to a field in June. He said the fire burned about one half of an acre and was very close to at least one home.

He said he is working with the N.H. Juvenile Fire Intervention Program to educate the child while the case goes through the juvenile court system.

“These arrests have involved an immense effort on the part of the Franklin Police, N.H. Fire Marshal’s Office and our department,” LaChapelle said.

“I’m really proud of the way all three agencies worked together on these cases,” he said.

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SPORTS LHS girls’ basketball beats Franklin, jumps out to 3-1 start Laconia High School girls’ basketball team climbed to three wins, one loss on the season after defeating Franklin in a home game on Tuesday. The final score was 37 to 31.

M.J. Bordeau led scoring for Laconia with 12, Cali Swormstedt was close behind with 11. For Franklin, Katerina Styles earned eight points while Jill Roberts scored six.

Laconia will next play at Farmington tonight.

Laconia Middle School girls’ A team comes out strong Laconia Middle School girls’ A team earned a decisive 60-20 win December 11 against Winnisquam.

Coach Chick Tautkus said Amelia Clairmont led Laconia’s offensive attack with 17 points. Her team mates Bella Smith and Lily Johnson each scored eight point. Tautkus reported his team utilized aggressive defense to disrupt the opponent, he was also pleased to see unselfish offensive play.

LMS girls’ B team earns win Laconia Middle School girls’ B team earned a 33-17 win Dec. 11 against Winnisquam. Laconia overcame a lackluster first half through strong second-half defense, causing turnovers and forcing Winnisquam to use its time-outs. Coach Cheryl Hebert reported strong rebounding by Brittany Petell, Lindsey Drouin and Ashley Burgos. She said many contributed points to the final score, such as Delaney Ross, Hannah Dow, Victoria Dean, Becca Howe, Devon Mello and Emma Schumacher.

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Youthful optimism: LHS freshmen lead charge

BY ADAM DRAPCHO THE LACONIA DAILY SUN

LACONIA — One could forgive the few seniors on the Laconia High School girl’s varsity basketball team if they had modest hopes for the final season of their high school career.

After all, the team finished last season with only a single win, and the 2012-2013 team is comprised of four seniors, a single sophomore, and six freshmen – more than half of the team hadn’t played at the high school level before matching up against Newfound on Nov. 30.

Despite their inexperience, the Sachems won a thriller, 45-44.

The team followed that by beating Winnisquam, losing to White Mountains Regional, and on Tuesday night beat Franklin by the score of 37-31. With 14 Laconia freshman Erika Marchione maneuvers around Franklin junior Kelsey Bird, on her way to the games yet to play, the bucket, during Tuesday’s game at Laconia High School. (Alan MacRae/for the Laconia Daily Sun) team is already having the best season it has in several years. next game is tonight at Farmington – but for now, the seniors are happy to be along for the ride.

The success is due in part to the squad’s freshmen, who, according to the coach and veteran players, are “I’m so pumped about this season,” said senior able to hold their own against juniors and seniors on Ashley Marsh. “I’m really excited, I’m on a winning the opposing teams. It turned out that many of them team.” were experienced beyond their age, having spent “Last year we were the worst team, this year we have the potential to be the best,” said Samantha summers playing AAU ball or just shooting around on playgrounds or in driveways. Another factor in Hicks, also a senior. While other teams often try to play, this is the first year that Laconia is competing slow down the game, the Sachems have capitalized in Division III after struggling for several years in on their speed. “We’re small and fast,” she said.

Division II. Hicks gave special recognition to Cali SwormstWhether the team can continue to overcome their edt, a freshman who took over the point guard posimore seasoned rivals remains to be seen – the team’s see next page

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Wlodzimierz Umaniec, also known as Vladimir Umanets, was arrested after visitors discovered a scrawl across the bottom

of Rothko’s “Black on Maroon” on Oct 7.

The 26-year-old later said he had written the words “a potential piece of yellowism” on the abstract painting to draw attention to Yellowism, an artistic movement he co-founded. A manifesto on the website thisisyellowism.com expounds upon the terms “art” and defines the concept as “not art or anti-art.”

from preceding page tion from Hicks, who now plays center post. “She’s so much better than I ever was,” Hicks said. Her admiration doesn’t stop with Swormstedt, though.

“All of them impress me so much.”

M.J. Bordeau is the only sophomore who returned to the team. Last year, she said, she was “extremely frustrated” with the season. This year, she’s enjoying how it feels to be on an effective team. “We just click as a group... It’s all girls that want to be here,” she said.

Jeff Greeley is the team’s head coach. To get his young team to bond, he’s taken a page out of football coach Craig Kozen’s philosophy of “good people first, good athletes second.” As such, the team has kept busy this year with both basketball and non-basketball related activities. In addition to running drills, they’ve marched together in the city’s holiday parade, refereed games in the Lou Athanas Youth Basketball League and helped sort donated Christmas gifts at the Laconia Police Department. By doing good work in the community, the athletes raise the public profile of the team and provide positive role models for young girls, while building their personal self-worth and developing camaraderie among themselves.

“Sports are such an avenue for life lessons,” said Greeley. “Whether it’s adversity at the holiday time, to help out a neighbor in their town, it’s the same type of determination you’re looking for in the fourth quarter when you’re down by five.”

The team collected donations of food and toys, destined for area non-profit agencies, at the home game against Franklin. Tonight, the team will host a “pink-out,” which will raise funds for breast cancer research. Greeley said, “The girls realize that they’ve been supported throughout their lives to get where they are today. We’re trying to do those things for the community and the younger kids.”

As far as the on-the-court work goes, Greeley said he’s starting the season by focusing on basic strategies and techniques, meeting the young team where it is and going from there.

“Growing every day. We’re really just trying to focus on the next day, the next practice, the next possession.”

For the seniors, though, it’s tempting to look a little further into the future, especially considering how good the young players are at present.

“I know, as soon as they’re juniors and seniors, I’m going to have to come back and watch some games,” said Marsh.

Added Hicks, “It’s going to be an unbeatable team.”

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Huard gets suspended sentence for threatening police; daughter says she’ll look after him

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LACONIA — The former Gilford man who had threatened to kill a city police detective and the city prosecutor plead guilty yesterday in Belknap County Superior Court to three misdemeanors.

Bernard O. Huard, 54, now of Franklin was given three separate suspended sentences for two counts of criminal threatening — one enhanced because it was made against a police officer — and one count of resisting arrest.

He was sentenced to 2 to 5 years in the N.H. State Prison — all suspended — plus two concurrent 12 month terms in the Belknap County House of Corrections — with all but 129 days suspended. Huard was credited with 129 days of time served.

On August 7, Huard called his Gilford doctor’s office and asked for a refill of some medication.

When the request was refused, he told the employee he was going to shoot a Laconia Police detective. The employee notified the Gilford Police.

Gilford and Laconia Police located Huard at 23 Lisbomb Circle where he was trying to get a friend to get him an AK-47 assault rifle. Police said he had a magazine or “clip” with 40 bullets in his possession.

Once at Lakes Region Genreal Hospital in Laconia, he told Laconia Police Capt. Bill Clary, who was with three other police officers in the observation room, he was going to shoot the detective in the head. He was initially facing one charge of criminal threatening and resisting arrest in Gilford and three charges of criminal threatening stemming from the statements he made at LRGH. They were all misdemeanors.

Two of the misdemeanor charges were dropped.

With Clary watching the proceedings, Judge James O’Neill accepted the negotiated plea offer after hearing from both County Prosecutor Melissa Guldbrandsen and Public Defender John Bresau.

Guldbrandsen said Huard has a minimal criminal record with a 2004 conviction for theft and a 1979 convicting for resisting arrest. She said both of the victims were “in full agreement” with the negotiated plea as long as the court ordered ongoing supervision — both medical and probationary, no contact with the victims or their families, and no weapons.

She said Huard raised two suppression issues — one regarding the threats he made against both men to Clary while he was at the hospital and one claiming his medical privacy rights had been violated — and, while she was convinced the state would prevail on each one, she said they were factors in her plea offer.

Bresau had also filed a motion to dismiss the case on a speedy trial issue because Huard’s first trial was canceled because of court scheduling and he remained incarcerated, unable to post the $50,000 cash bail.

Guldbrandsen told O’Neill that Huard has diabetes and on the day he made the threats, he was suffering from low blood sugar and had been drinking.

His blood alcohol level was .08 when he was tested at the hospital.

Guldbrandsen said the combination of the two could be mitigating factors in her ability to prosecute Huard.

Bresau said with five years in prison hanging over his head, Huard was accepting the maximum penalty prescribed by law and that would be a significant deterrent to re-offending.

With O’Neill’s permission, Huard’s daughter, Laura Morin, told O’Neill that she would take in her father and help him schedule his two years of probation with his probation officer and help him manage his diabetes.

“I want to reassure you my home is a family home,” she said softly, adding she has two children and there are “no weapons, no drugs and no alcohol” in her home.

“I will help Pop get to his probation and treatment,” she said.

Huard apologized to the court and to his victims.

“I’m sorry, but it was out of my control,” he said.

After the sentencing, Clary said the Laconia Police Department was satisfied with the outcome.

from preceding page While the impasse over the president’s demand for higher tax rates continues to be a main obstacle in negotiations, Boehner complains that the president refuses to offer spending cuts to popular benefit programs like Medicare whose costs are rapidly rising.

The White House has pointed out that it has offered about $600 billion in specific savings over

the next decade, including about $350 billion in spending reductions in health care programs such as Medicare.

There’s increasing resignation within the GOP that Obama is going to prevail on the rate issue since the alternative is to allow taxes on all workers to go way up when Bush-era tax cuts expire on Dec. 31.

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Huot seeks law to make pawn shops hold merchandise for 30 days before resale CONCORD — State Rep. David Huot (D-Laconia) is introducing legislation that would tighten the state statute regulating pawnbrokers with the intent of increasing the ability of police to trace and recover stolen property.

Huot said yesterday that Gilford Police Chief Kevin Keenan called his attention to the theft of a significant quantity of gold jewelry. Within three hours of the jewelry reported stolen, police identified the store where it was sold only to learn that the gold had been sent to the foundry to be melted. “The gold is still stolen property and must be returned,” Huot said, “but, of course, it has lost much of its value to the owner.”

“The traditional pawnshop has changed,” Huot explained. “Instead of taking property in return for a clash loan and holding it for a period time when the owner can repay the loan and redeem the property, they are buying merchandise for cash.” He said that the police

are asking for a period the shops must hold the property before reselling it. Although some cities and towns have such ordinances, the waiting period differs from one to next. He said he would suggest a period of 30 days.

In 2009, Laconia amended its regulating ordinance on the recommendation of the police. It requires pawnbrokers to record the name, address and date of birth as verified by a government identification card, of those pawning, selling or trading items and to pay the seller of any property valued at more than $100 with a check. A written report of the property must be filed with the police within 24 hours of receiving it. Pawnbrokers are forbidden to accept or sell property with serial numbers that have been altered or removed and prohibited from accepting property from anyone younger than 18. Finally property must be held for 14 calendar days.

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Meredith joins effort to receive share of LGC refund MEREDITH — The town has joined the 13 towns seeking a share of the $52-million in surplus funds accrued between 2003 and 2010 in health insurance and property liability trusts administered by the New Hampshire Local Government Center (LGC), which it has been ordered to return it to member municipalities.

Meredith, like the other 13 towns, was a member of the LGC trusts when the funds were accumulated, but has since left the trusts. The LGC contends that in order to qualify for a share of the surplus municipality must have been enrolled in the specific program during the billing cycle in August, 2013, when it proposes to return the funds. Together with the other towns, Meredith, which ended its membership in 2010,would not be eligible for a share of the surplus. Moreover, the LGC has proposed granting cur-

rent members of the health insurance and property liability trusts credits against future premiums in place of cash payments, which leaves those municipalities that have withdrawn from the LGC after contributing to its surplus empty-handed.

Town Manger Phil Warren said yesterday that the 13 towns have filed right-to-know requests with the LGC seeking annual audits of financial transactions from 2003 to 2012 along with other documentation for the same period that they expect will provide the information required to stake a claim to their shares of the surplus funds.

“We have to know how much is on the table,” said Warren, who believes Meredith was a member “for at least five years prior to leaving in 2010, if not more.”

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from preceding page of a “change in attitude” from Republicans on raising taxes on the wealthy. “It shouldn’t be hard to get resolved,” he said.

He added that the notion of not raising taxes “has become sort of a religion for a lot of members of the Republican Party. I think Speaker Boehner has a contentious caucus, as his caucus is tough on him sometimes so he doesn’t want to look like he’s giving in to me somehow because that might hurt him in his own caucus.”

While the impasse over the president’s demand for higher tax rates continues to be a main obstacle in negotiations, Boehner complains that the president

refuses to offer spending cuts to popular benefit programs like Medicare whose costs are rapidly rising.

The White House has pointed out that it has offered about $600 billion in specific savings over the next decade, including about $350 billion in spending reductions in health care programs such as Medicare.

There’s increasing resignation within the GOP that Obama is going to prevail on the rate issue since the alternative is to allow taxes on all workers to go way up when Bush-era tax cuts expire on Dec. 31.

“I think it’s time to end the debate on rates,” said Sen. Richard Burr, R-N.C. “It’s exactly what both parties are for. We’re for extending the middle-class rates. We can debate the upper-end rates and what they are when we get into tax reform.”

“He’s got a full house and we’re trying to draw an inside straight,” said Sen. Johnny Isakson, R-Ga. When it was observed that making a straight would still be a losing hand, Isakson said: “Yeah, I know.”

Boehner remains the key figure, though, caught between a tea party faction and more pragmatic Republicans advising a tactical retreat. He dodged a question Thursday on whether he would be willing to schedule a vote that would permit the top two tax brackets on family income exceeding $250,000 and individual income over $200,000 to rise back to 1990s levels.

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Paroled 1987 UNH rapist will now have to do time for burglary CONCORD (AP) — A New Hampshire man convicted of rape and attempted sexual assault in attacks 25 years ago was granted parole on some charges but won’t be getting out of prison anytime soon.

Gary Fecteau was sentenced to at least 26 years after being convicted of assaulting three women, two of them University of New Hampshire students. He was granted parole Thursday but will now begin a 3 1/2- to seven-year sentence for burglary.

In nearly a quarter-century behind bars, the 46-year-old has earned associate and bachelor degrees, completed a sex offender program and was invited back to mentor other inmates.

“I think you may take the record for most programs completed,” parole board chairman Donna Sytek told Fecteau.

The director of UNH’s Sexual Harassment and Rape Prevention Program attended the brief parole hearing but didn’t speak.

Mary Mayhew said in an interview that Fecteau is notorious for the havoc and fear he wreaked on campus.

“He terrorized the community back in that time period,” she said. “We’re worried if he’s out and about, we could be targeted again.”

A victim also attended the hearing, but didn’t speak to the parole board and declined to comment afterward.

Fecteau’s lawyer, Michael Iacopino, told the board his client “is aware of the harm and grief he’s caused all of his victims.”

Fecteau, formerly of Newmarket, said his crimes occurred when “I was just out of my teens — a very hurt and angry young man.”

“I have tried to live down my horrendous acts of 1987,” Fecteau told the board. “I promised my parents I would never again bring shame to my family.”

Fecteau met and married a prison volunteer 6 1/2 years ago.

“He’s not the man he used to be,” Michelle Fecteau told the board. “I admire and respect the man he is now.”

But Dover Police Chief Anthony Colarusso Jr., who investigated the assaults as a young detective and wrote a letter opposing parole, said Fecteau hasn’t changed.

“Even back then, he was a smooth talker — very calm and intelligent,” Colarusso said. “He was a true serial rapist. I can’t remember the last serial rapist we had; it may have been him.”

Fecteau was convicted in 1989 of stalking and raping or attempting to rape three people in Dover and Durham — where UNH has its main campus.

He was arrested in July 1987 after breaking into a Dover home with the intent of raping a teenager.

The girl’s father captured and held onto Fecteau until police arrived.

FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) — One week into his second round of unemployment this season, Deion Branch had just picked his daughter up at school when she wondered why he had so much free time.

He broke the news to 7-year-old D’Ahni. “She said, ‘Dad, what happened? Why aren’t you playing?’” the New England Patriots wide receiver said Thursday.

“I said, ‘Baby, daddy can’t play right now. I don’t have a job.’ And she said, ‘aw, you’ll get one.’ And I said, ‘I know, baby.’”

It’s almost as if she had sat in during her father’s conversation with coach Bill Belichick.

Perhaps Belichick told him he’d return at some point? “I’ll keep that between us,” Branch said with a smile and a laugh, one day after re-signing.

Branch was released on Nov. 17 and missed the past four games. But the nameplate at his locker, “Deion Branch 84,” remained — just as it did for the first two games of the season after he was cut shortly before it began. He was back for Game 3.

Standing before the locker where a family photo was displayed on the top shelf and football gloves hung from a bar, the 11-year veteran said he wants to retire as a Patriot.

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Police in aircraft record man driving 111 mph on Rte. 101 CONCORD (AP) — New Hampshire State Police have arrested a 21-year-old man after saying a police aircraft clocked him driving 111 mph on Route 101 in Raymond.

Rivas Torres of Manchester was arrested at about

11 a.m. Wednesday.

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GILFORD — Herbert A. Heath, 85, of 737 Gilford Ave, died Thursday, December 13, 2012 in his home surrounded by his family.

He was born in Boston, Mass., the son of Andy and Adel Heath. Herbert served in the US Navy during WWII in the South Pacific onboard the USS Cotton.

He worked for New England Telephone for 39 years in several capacities, retiring as foreman. He was a jack of all trades and was a lover of automobiles and sheep dogs. He enjoyed motorcycles, boats and aircraft and was a pilot.

He was predeceased by his wife of 66 years, Mary (Jarvis) Heath in March of 2012 and a daughter, Barbara Ann Heath.

He is survived by three sons; Ed Heath and his wife

Judy of Laconia, Jerry Heath of Sebastian, Florida and Ernest Heath and his wife Liz of Horsham, PA., two daughters; Linda Prockter of Pembroke, Anna Price and her husband David of Belmont, 5 grandchildren and 4 great-grandchildren.

There will be no calling hours.

Graveside services will be held at Pine Grove Cemetery in Gilford in the spring.

In lieu of flowers, the family suggests donations be made to the Central New Hampshire VNA & Hospice, 780 North Main Street, Laconia, NH 03246 Wilkinson-Beane-Simoneau-Paquette Funeral Home & Cremation Services, 164 Pleasant Street, Laconia, N.H. is assisting the family. For more information and to view an online memorial go to www.wilkinsonbeane.com.

Susan M. Bartlett, 59

LEHI, Utah — Susan Marie Bartlett, 59, of Lehi, Utah died Friday, December 7, 2012, at the Utah Valley Regional Medical Center in Provo, Utah following a sudden illness.

She was born Jan 4, 1953, in Franklin, New Hampshire, a daughter of Harland Lorne and Dorothy Marie Woodward Bartlett. Susan was educated in the Franklin schools and graduated from Franklin High School, class of 1970. She has worked in the Insurance Industry in New Hampshire and Utah. She has lived in Utah the past 40 years.

She was a very active member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and served as a Scout Leader and Den Mother for over 20 years. She loved her dogs and was an avid reader and loved to knit, sew and garden. She was predeceased by her father, sister, Velma Joslyn and brother in law, Aurlow Stanley.

She is survived by her mother, Dorothy Marie (Woodward) Bartlett of Northfield; two sisters, Mary Stanley of Northfield, Glenna Stevens and husband Doug of Bedford; brother in law, Walter Joslyn of Sanbornton; half brother, Thomas Geer and wife Justine of Contoocook; two nephews, Zachary Stanley, Ben Stevens; five nieces, Julie Joslyn, Brie Elliott, Lissa Tupeck, Kiley Joslyn and Stephanie Stevens; also a brother in law, Walter Joslyn of Sanbornton.

Memorial services were held Tuesday for family and friends in Lehi.

A calling hour will be held Saturday, December 15, 2012, from 1:00 PM to 2:00 PM at the William F. Smart Sr. Memorial Home, Franklin-Tilton Road in Tilton. A service will follow at 2:00 PM. Burial will be in Franklin Cemetery in Franklin in the spring.

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Thomas F. Crowley, 65

LACONIA — Thomas F. Crowley, born Dec 19th, 1946 in Lowell Massachusetts passed away peacefully at his home in Laconia New Hampshire December 2nd, 2012, 10 years after his beloved wife went before him. Thomas and Dorothy Connolly of Chelmsford Massachusetts were married 31 years.

Soon after being honorably discharged from the Navy and marrying Dorothy, they moved to Durham New Hampshire to start a family where his two sons, Kevin and Sean Crowley, were born. Three moves later, they eventually settled in West Suffield Connecticut. He would raise his family there from 1983 to 1999. In 1999, the lure of New Hampshire’s tranquility brought Thomas and Dorothy back, where they built a lakeside home in Laconia on the edge of Paugus Bay. Finally, retiring from a long career

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Thomas will be missed by his sons Kevin and Sean, daughters-in-law Jennifer and Meaghan, and grandsons Patrick and Graeme.

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Mavis I. Dube, 95 LACONIA — Mavis I. (Read) Dube, 95, of 30 County Drive, died peacefully with family members present, at the Lakes Region General Hospital on Wednesday, December 12, 2012.

Mrs. Dube was born April 1, 1917 in Alton, N.H., the daughter of Roy and Verna A. (Ricker) Reed.

Mrs. Dube had been employed at the Double Decker Restaurant and Scott & Williams for many years. She was a community volunteer and a member of the Belmont American Legion Auxiliary.

Survivors include two sons, James Dube and his wife, Donna, of Belmont and Robert Dube and his wife, Anita, of Little River, S. C.; four grandchildren, Angela and her husband, Rob Clifford, Christina, Sarah and her husband, Nick Courchaine, and Megan; a brother, George, and his wife, Kathryn, and many cousins, nieces and nephews.

In addition to her husband, Bernard Dube, and her

parents, Mrs. Dube was predeceased by two brothers, Willard and Walter.

Calling hours will be held on Monday, December 17, 2012 from 6:00 pm-8:00 pm in the Carriage House of the Wilkinson-Beane-Simoneau-Paquette Funeral Home, 164 Pleasant Street, Laconia, N.H. A Funeral Service will be held on Tuesday, December 18, 2012 at 11:00 am also at the Funeral Home.

Burial will follow in the family lot in Sacred Heart Cemetery, Laconia, N.H. For those who wish, the family suggests that memorial donations be made to the Belknap County Nursing Home – Activities Fund, 30 County Drive, Laconia, NH 03246.

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

Claire A. Collins, 83

ALTON BAY — Claire Andrea Collins (83) passed away at Lakes Region General Hospital, Laconia, NH on December 12th, 2012.

Mrs. Collins and her husband of 62 years, Charles L. Collins, had been residents of Woburn, MA and Gilford, NH prior to their retirement to Alton Bay, NH in 1995. Mrs. Collins was born on April 10th, 1929 to Mathew and Beatrice Benoit in Everett, MA. She worked as a bookkeeper at Roessler & Sons Monument Company in Woburn, Mass. from 1971 until 1999. An avid skier, Mrs. Collins spent up to 55 days a year on the slopes of Gunstock Mt. until very recently. She was also very active in the Gold Wing Road Riders and toured thousands of miles each year, from Tennessee to Nova Scotia, by

motorcycle with her husband Charles.

Mrs. Collins is survived by her husband, Charles and her son Chuck (Carol) of Owings, MD and grandchildren Annie and Sam. Calling hours will be held from 4:30 PM to 7:30 PM on Tuesday, December 18, 2012 at the Wilkinson-Beane-SimoneauPaquette Funeral Home & Cremation Services, 164 Pleasant Street, Laconia, N.H. Graveside services will be held at 1PM on Wednesday, December 19, 2012 at Woodbrook Cemetery in Woburn, Mass.

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

Robert F. Costa, 74

GILFORD — Robert Frank Costa, 74 of Gilford, NH died Thursday December 6, 2012 at the Greenbriar Healthcare Center in Nashua.

Born February 8, 1938 in Boston, MA, he was the son of Frank Costa and Isabel (Fanning) Arsenault and was raised by his mother and stepfather Albert “Dutchie” Aresnault.

He served in the United States Marine Corp. Robert had worked in the hotel industry and throughout his career, he worked at numerous hotels throughout the country.

He was a baseball fanatic and an avid Boston Red Sox fan. He enjoyed guns, especially target shooting.

Because of the hotel industry in which he worked, in

his younger years, he enjoyed traveling extensively and only came home during Christmas.

Survivors include three cousins, Cindy Lonergan, of Nashua, NH, John Crockwell, of Methuen, Ma, Lori Limes and her husband Robert, of Bermuda There are no visiting hours. A graveside service will be held at the NH Veterans Cemetery in Boscawen, NH on Tuesday December 18, 2012 at 11:00 AM. Relatives and friends are respectfully invited to attend and may meet at the cemetery. The Davis Funeral Home, 1 Lock St., Nashua, NH 03064 is in charge of arrangements. An online guest-book is available at www.davisfuneralhomenh.com. (603) 883-3401 “ONE MEMORY LIGHTS ANOTHER”.

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CENTER HARBOR — The Meredith Area Chamber of Commerce and Lamprey Real Estate Associates invites members of the local business community to a “Holiday Business After Hours on Tuesday evening December 18 from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m.

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from preceding page that brings together professional volunteers with community residents and stakeholders, in order to explore needs and issues related to the town’s built environment. Numerous members of the community participated and provided input in the event’s two listening sessions.

The Moultonborough Community Charrette was the 50th such project for Plan NH, as noted by Robin LeBlanc, the organization’s executive director. The charrette team was led by planning consultant Roger Hawk, who organized a professional team of architects, engineers, and other specialists to work with the community to examine the present and future uses of the traditional village center, and its potential for revitalization. Hawk, LeBlanc, and other members of the charrette team will be present on December 17.

The Meredith Village Savings Bank was the lead sponsor of Moultonborough’s Community Charrette.

Since its inception in 1869, MVSB has supported numerous community events, projects, and organizations. Kona Mansion Inn was also a key event sponsor, providing overnight accommodations for the visiting charrette team.

A group of volunteers led by Ed and Bev Charest organized a Community Supper for all participants, and citizen videographers Hollis Austin and Nancy Wright filmed the two-day event.

Additional charrette sponsors included the Bank of New Hampshire, Berry Pond Motel, Buckey’s Restaurant and Tavern, R.M. Hammond Excavation, E.M. Heath, Inc., Natt King Stoneworks LLC, Lacewood Group Inc., Ledgewood Farm, Melcher & Prescott Insurance, Miracle Farms Landscape Contractors, Moultonborough Historical Society, Moultonborough Lions Club, Moultonborough SAU 45, Murphy’s Village Store, Preferred Vacation Rentals, Inc., Tolman Builders, and the Town of Moultonborough.

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Dixon received a $2,000 check from Hannaford’s Supermarket to be spent on purchasing materials and equipment for her classroom in order to promote and support her teaching.

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Lakes Region Community Gilmanton Community Church Thrift Shop College offers real estate celebrates season with half-off Christmas Sale investing course LACONIA — Lakes Region Community College (LRCC) is offering Introduction to Real Estate Investing with investing prodigy, Rodney Musto Jr. ,25, of Concord.

“Rodney Musto, who at 20 years of age started investing in properties, now owns 24 units worth millions and has been called the new ‘Trump’ by some of his investors.,” says LRCC Academic Affairs Vice President, Tom Goulette of Belmont.

Musto is half owner of Terrier Realtor and full owner of B&B Associates.

He will teach a 4-week Introduction to Real Estate Investing Workshop course on Mondays, January 28, February 4, 11, and 25 from 6–8 p.m.

“The course will start by teaching the basics of investing in real estate which continues to become more advanced and keeps progressing in complexity, laws, and regulations,” Goulette says. “The Real Estate Investing Workshop will help to provide a greater understanding of real estate investment transactions and knowledge of how to make them. Participants will also develop a better understanding of real estate contracts, how they are used, and how the contracts can be used to help you.”

“Cash flow concepts and how to apply them to real estate transactions will also be covered. One does not need to have ever invested before or even own his or her own home. By the end of the course, participants will be able to invest in real estate with no money down,” concludes Goulette.

The cost of this course is $200 and space is limited. For additional information or to enroll, contact Lakes Region Community College at 524-3207.

GILMANTON — Christmas is right around the corner and the Gilmanton Community Church Thrift Shop is celebrating the season with 50% off any item in the shop with a red or green barb.

There is a good selection of holiday fashions for the entire family and gift certificates are available for sale.

There are still raffle tickets available for a beautiful quilt that was made and donated by Victoria Parkhill of Gilmanton Iron Works. The tickets are available at the Thrift Shop or from committee members. The drawing for the winner of the quilt will be held December 15. The tickets are $2 each or 3 tickets for $5. All monies raised from the sale of tickets goes directly to support the food pantry and its many programs.

Non-perishable food items are still being collected for Christmas food baskets. Some suggested items for donation are: bottled juice, canned peas, canned corn, cranberry sauce, stuffing mix, canned fruit, canned turkey gravy, breakfast muffin mix, coffee, cocoa, pickles, olives, pineapple, canned fruit, pasta, spaghetti sauce, mayonnaise, tuna, canned pasta, brownie mix, cake mixes & frosting, mac & cheese, peanut butter & jelly.

Those who would like to donate money to purchase perishable items for the baskets, can mail checks to GCC Food Pantry, PO Box 6, Gilmanton IW, NH 03837.

Those who have donations of food for the pantry can bring it to the Food Pantry during business hours or leave it in collection boxes located at the Gilmanton School, Academy Building and at the Year Round Library.

The “Adopt a Child” program for Christmas is still going. Those who would like to adopt a child to purchase gifts for this holiday season may do so by calling Jane Sisti at 364-7437, coming into the Thrift Shop, or calling Katie McEntee at the Gilmanton School at 364-5681.

The Gilmanton School PTA also has a “Giving Tree” again this year. The “Giving Tree” is located in the entryway at the Gilmanton School.

The Thirift Shop and Food Pantry are located on Rte. 140 in Gilmanton Iron Works, across from the Iron Works Market. They are open on Monday 1-5 p.m., Wednesday 3-7 p.m. and Saturday 10 a.m.–2 p.m. The GCC Food Pantry and Thrift Shop will be closed on Monday December 24 and 31.

from preceding page Dixon has been at the heart of the Inter-Lakes Elementary School’s early intervention program for the past 13 years. She has been responsible for the creation of the school’s Kinder-Power program was well as numerous other programs designed to give students extra support and assistance in their learning.

She works with parents, presenting workshops to educate them in methods that support early learning. She also serves a resource to the school district,

sharing her expertise in the area of teaching and learning by presenting workshops and providing inservice training for faculty and staff at all levels.

In Commissioner Barry’s program message, she applauded Dixon and all of the finalists for their “outstanding achievements.” She expressed her pride in the finalists’ abilities to “inspire students with a love of learning, their excellent teaching, their professional leadership, and their commitment to their profession and students.”

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Choose your sacrifices carefully. Being at your healthy best is also what’s best for your people. Caring for yourself is an expression of gratitude to everyone around you.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21).

You’re in a generous mood, as usual.

As your sign mate Sir Winston Churchill suggested, “We make a living by what we get, we make a life by what we give.”

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19).

You have gumption. You’ve applied it, you know what it is and what it feels like to possess. Many do not know and haven’t experienced such a quality yet and cannot be blamed for the lack.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). The same thin line that’s between love and hate runs between romance and annoyance. Give others the benefit of the doubt as you interpret gestures.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). Your loyalties are many, but hopefully not so many that you don’t have time left for yourself. Right now, it is crucial to spend a few hours alone, doing only what pleases you.

TODAY’S BIRTHDAY (DECEMBER 14). Your tastes become even more refined as you are exposed to quality experiences in the next 10 weeks.

Intellectual pursuits and tests will be featured at the top of the year. The one who stimulates your mind will steal your heart. You take control of your environment in March when moves and changes happen. Aries and Taurus adore you. Your lucky numbers are: 3, 21, 44, 39 and 25.

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ARIES (March 21-April 19). It will be challenging to strike the right balance between your personal and professional life unless you pick up the pace at work. Getting everything done in time to leave work at a decent time will make for a happy personal life.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20). In the morning, it will be difficult to recognize the excellent circumstances you’re in.

But once you see where the real opportunities lie, you’ll feel spoiled for choice.

GEMINI (May 21-June 21). There’s a difference between being very direct and being tactless. You’ll deliver a sharp message with a kind touch -- a skill you’ll be admired and possibly employed for.

CANCER (June 22-July 22). You’ll be successful as you execute a negative imitation -- in other words, you’ll do the exact opposite from what someone else does to terrific effect.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). Scientists widely accept the theory that the universe happened, though few have a theory as to why. If you can supply a “why” for the things you cause in your part of the universe, you’ll be ahead of the game.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). You’re generally even tempered, so when you do speak passionately, as you will today in an impressive outburst, people listen and give your sentiments great importance.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). If you could take another person’s pain and feel it instead, you would. But even the greatest love doesn’t allow for this.

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––––––– ALMANAC ––––––– Today is Friday, Dec. 14, the 349th day of 2012. There are 17 days left in the year.

Today’s Highlight in History: On Dec. 14, 1962, the U.S. space probe Mariner 2 passed Venus at a distance of just over 21,000 miles, transmitting information about the planet, such as its hot surface temperatures and predominantly carbon dioxide atmosphere.

On this date: In 1799, the first president of the United States, George Washington, died at his Mount Vernon, Va., home at age 67.

In 1819, Alabama joined the Union as the 22nd state.

In 1861, Prince Albert, husband of Queen Victoria, died at Windsor Castle at age 42.

In 1911, Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen (ROH’-ahl AH’-mun-suhn) and his team became the first men to reach the South Pole, beating out a British expedition led by Robert F. Scott.

In 1918, “Il Trittico,” a trio of one-act operas by Giacomo Puccini, premiered at New York’s Metropolitan Opera House. (The third opera, “Gianni Schicchi (SKEE’-kee),” featured the aria “O Mio Babbino Caro,” which was an immediate hit.)

In 1936, the comedy “You Can’t Take It With You” by George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart opened on Broadway.

In 1946, the United Nations General Assembly voted to establish U.N. headquarters in New York.

In 1961, a school bus was hit by a passenger train at a crossing near Greeley, Colo., killing 20 students.

In 1972, Apollo 17 astronauts Harrison Schmitt and Eugene Cernan concluded their third and final moonwalk and blasted off for their rendezvous with the command module.

In 1975, six South Moluccan extremists surrendered after holding 23 hostages for 12 days on a train near the Dutch town of Beilen (BY’-luhn).

In 1981, Israel annexed the Golan Heights, which it had seized from Syria in 1967.

In 1986, the experimental aircraft Voyager, piloted by Dick Rutan and Jeana Yeager, took off from Edwards Air Force Base in California on the first non-stop, non-refueled flight around the world.

One year ago: President Barack Obama, visiting Fort Bragg in North Carolina, saluted troops returning from Iraq, asserting that the nearly nineyear conflict was ending honorably. The House voted 283-136 to approve a massive $662 billion defense bill (the Senate followed suit the next day). The NFL renewed its television deals with CBS, Fox and NBC for nine years through the 2022 season.

Today’s Birthdays: Jazz musician Clark Terry is 92. Singer-actress Abbe Lane is 81. Actor Hal Williams is 74. Actress-singer Jane Birkin is 66. Actress Patty Duke is 66. Pop singer Joyce Vincent-Wilson is 66. Entertainment executive Michael Ovitz is 66. Actress Dee Wallace is 64.

Rhythm-and-blues singer Ronnie McNeir is 63.

Rock musician Cliff Williams is 63. Actor-comedian T.K. Carter is 56. Rock singer-musician Mike Scott is 54. Singer-musician Peter “Spider” Stacy is 54. Actress Cynthia Gibb is 49. Actress Natascha McElhone is 43. Actress-comedian Michaela Watkins is 41. Actress KaDee Strickland is 37.

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CALENDAR TODAY’S EVENTS Art show at Pitman’s Freight Room featuring the work of Dennis Morton. 2-7 p.m. at the Freight Room in Laconia. Refreshments and music 5-7 p.m.

The Gilford Middle School drama department presents ‘The Little Mermaid Jr’. 7 p.m. in the auditorium at Gilford High School. Tickets are $5 and can be purchased at the door.

Sant Bani School theater department presents the multi-media experimental piece Orphans of Morpheus.

7 p.m. at the Sant Bani School Studio Theater. Admission is $4/adults and $2/students and senior citizens. For advance reservations call 934-4240.

Annual Christmas Tree of Love hosted by the Lakes Region General Hospital Auxiliary. 1 p.m. in the atrium lobby at LRGH. Open to the community. Refreshments will be served. For more information call 524-3211 ext. 3663.

Christmas Caroling at the Belknap Country Nursing Home featuring students and staff from the Elm Street School Project Extra program. 3:30-4:30 p.m. All community members are welcome to come and listen to the carolers.

Holiday art demonstration featuring LRPA artist, Larry Frates hosted by the Alton Senior Center. 12:30 p.m. during lunch at the Senior Center.

Annual Cookie Buffet hosted by the Friends of the Minot-Sleeper Library. 3-6 p.m. at the Masonic Lodge in Bristol.

Winnipesaukee Playhouse presents a youth/teen ensemble in A Very Broadway Christmas musical cabaret. 7 p.m. at the theater in the Alpenrose Plaza in the Weirs.

Tickets are $14/adults, $12/seniors, $10/kids and students and can be purchased by calling 366-7377.

40th Winter Holiday concert series presenting the Pemigewasset Choral Society. 7:30 p.m. at St. Paul’s Roman Catholic Church in Franklin. Admission by donation.

For more information visit www.pemichorial.org.

The Belknap County Area Committee on Aging hosts a Holiday Party. 10 a.m. in the Wesley Woods Community Room in Gilford. For more information call 528-2555 or email sdhendricks@welseywoodsnh.org.

Hall Memorial Library Happenings. Crafts for Teens and Tweens featuring a Fingerknit Scarves activity 3:30 p.m. Clever Crafters featuring individual projects 4-5:30 p.m. Clever Crafters is a new adult craft time.

Al-Anon Meeting at the Congregational Church Parish House (18 Veterans Square) in Laconia. 9:30 to 11 a.m. each Friday. Al-Anon offers hope and help to families of alcoholics.

No dues or fees. All are welcome. Call 645-9518.

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

Sit and Knit at the Hall Memorial Library in Northfield.

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SATURDAY, DECEMBER 15 Book reading of the newly released childen’s book “The Adventures of Snitch the Fracoon: In Search of the Magic Crystals” with author John Shelley and illustrator Stefan Wollmar. 11 a.m. at the Margert and H.A. Rey Center in Waterville Valley. For more infromation go to www. bagoloot.com.

Gilford’s Candlelight Stroll to commence the town’s bicentennial events. 4-7 p.m. beginning at the Gilford Public Library. For a full schedule of the evenings events go to http://www.gilfordnh.org/public_documents/index and click on the link located on the top of the page.

Local author John Shelley signs copies of his new children’s book “The Adventures of Snitch the Fraccoon: In Search of the Magic Crystals.” 2-4 p.m. at Annie’s Book Stop. Light snacks available.

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Edward J. Engler, Editor & President Adam Hirshan, Publisher Michael Kitch, Adam Drapcho, Gail Ober Reporters Elaine Hirshan, Office Manager Crystal Furnee, Jeanette Stewart Ad Sales Patty Johnson, Production Manager & Graphics Karin Nelson, Classifieds Now arrange the circled letters to form the surprise answer, as suggested by the above cartoon.

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“Seeking the truth and printing it” THE LACONIA DAILY SUN is published Tuesday through Saturday by Lakes Region News Club, Inc. Edward Engler, Mark Guerringue, Adam Hirshan, Founders Offices: 1127 Union Ave. #1, Laconia, NH 03246 Business Office 737-2020, Newsroom 737-2026, Fax: 527-0056 News E-mail: news@laconiadailysun.com CIRCULATION: 18,000 distributed FREE Tues. through Sat. in Laconia, Weirs Beach, Gilford, Meredith, Center Harbor, Belmont, Moultonborough, Winnisquam, Sanbornton, Tilton, Gilmanton, Alton, New Hampton, Plymouth, Bristol, Ashland, Holderness.

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Don Watson’s ‘Welcome Home New Hampshire’ features local musicians GILFORD — Lakes Region singer/songwriter Don Watson announces the release of “Welcome Home New Hampshire”, an album of original songs about the Granite State. Entirely produced and performed

by New Hampshire artists, the music is an interesting mix of styles from bluegrass, to rock, to folk.

Song topics include stories about New Hampshire people, places and historical events.

The title track of the album, “Welcome Home New Hampshire”, is an uplifting feel good song that highlights many of the things that make New Hampshire great. The state fruit, the pumpkin, is the topic of the CALENDAR from preceding page

Holiday Cookie Extravaganza held at the Gilmanton Year Round Library. 2:30-4 p.m. in the children’s library. All cookies for sale are ($4 a dozen). For more information call 267-6098 or email jdickey@metrocast.net.

Annual visit with Santa and Mrs.Clause at the Lakeport Freighthouse Museum in Laconia. 1-2:30 p.m.

Sant Bani School theater department presents the multi-media experimental piece Orphans of Morpheus.

7 p.m. at the Sant Bani School Studio Theater. Admission is $4/adults and $2/students and senior citizens. For advance reservations call 934-4240.

Annual Cookie Buffet and free breakfast with Santa hosted by the Friends of the Minot-Sleeper Library in Bristol. Breakfast begins at 7:30 a.m. at the Masonic Lodge. Cookies will be up for purchase from 8 a.m. to noon.

Pitman’s Freight Room holds its second comedy night featuring Jimmy Walsh and Artie Januario. 8 p.m. at the Freight Room in Laconia. Tickets are $15 and may be purchased in advance by calling 527-0043 or at the door. BYOB. The Gilford Middle School drama department presents ‘The Little Mermaid Jr’. 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. in the auditorium at Gilford High School. Tickets are $5 and can be purchased at the door.

Winnipesaukee Playhouse presents a youth/teen ensemble in A Very Broadway Christmas musical cabaret. 7 p.m. at the theater in the Alpenrose Plaza in the Weirs.

Tickets are $14/adults, $12/seniors, $10/kids and students and can be purchased by calling 366-7377.

Holiday Bazaar at the Belknap Mill in Laconia. 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Free admission. Various handmade gifts available

lively bluegrass tune “Pumpkin Pie”. “Hannah Dustin” is a powerful rock driven song about this famous and controversial historical figure. The last track on the album “Autumn’s Song’’ was written as a love ballad for this most beautiful season. Other songs include “Merrimack” “Willey Slide” and “Stony Fields”.

“It was very important to me that the album was completely done in New Hampshire, and with so many talented musicians right here there was no reason not to” says Watson. “I was struggling with finishing the lyrics” Don admits. “Fortunately, I was able to partner with a fantastic poet and historian

from NH artisans and crafters. For more information call 524-8813.

Free movie night at LifeQuest Church in Laconia featuring the film “Christmas Angel”. 6:30 p.m.

Al-Anon Meeting at the Lakes Region General Hospital in Laconia. 8 to 9:15 p.m. each Saturday in the firstfloor conference room Al-Anon offers hope and help to families of alcoholics. No dues or fees. All are welcome.

Call 645-9518.

All compulsive eaters are welcome to attend the Overeaters Anonymous meeting held each Saturday morning from 11 to 12 at the Franklin Hospital.

Narcotics Anonymous meeting. 6 to 7:30 p.m. at the Unitarian Universalist Society (172 Pleasant Street) in Laconia.

The New Horizons Band of the Lakes Region meets every Saturday at 1 p.m. at the Music Clinic on Rte 3 in Belmont. All musicians welcome. For more information call 528-6672 or 524-8570.

Open Door Dinners offer free weekly meal in Tilton.

4:30 to 5:30 p.m. An outreach housed at Trinity Episcopal Church on Main Street, downtown. provides a free hot meal open to all members of the community. All are welcome to eat and all are welcome to help out. For more information, especially about volunteering, please call Pastor Mark at 286-3120 or e-mail him at markk@trinitytilton.org.

Lakes Region Lyme Support Group meeting. Third Saturday of each month from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Laconia Middle School. For victims and support people of those with chronic Lyme and other tick-borne diseases. Questions? Leave message for Nancy at 1-888-596-5698.

from Candia named Steve Redic. The whole album was truly a team project” Watson, who lives in Gilford, sang lead vocals and played acoustic guitars. The album was recorded at Mike Moran’s studio in Gilmanton. Moran also arranged and produced the album as well as performed on lead guitars and drums. Female vocals were sung by Amy Lesieur from Concord. Chris Mega, of the Lakes Region Orchestra, played piano and Tom Yoder from Durham, did the fiddle and mandolin work. Well known Laconia musician Paul Luff, performed on bass guitar and banjo. Tilton’s Michael Morin played an assortment of native drums and percussion instruments. Additionally, the artwork, photography, and graphic design were all done by New Hampshire artists.

Watson has recently begun performing songs from the “Welcome Home New Hampshire” album at local venues. He gave a CD release concert at Pitman’s Freight Room in Laconia in October that was well received by the enthusiastic crowd.

Visit www.donwatsonmusic.com to learn more about his music, listen to samples, or purchase the “Welcome Home New Hampshire” CD. To book a performance contact Don directly at don@donwatsonmusic.com or (603)293-1103.

Holiday Extravaganza at Longhaul Farm on Sunday

HOLDERNESS — Cookies, Sled Dogs and Santa will be featured at a Holiday Extravaganza on Sunday, December 16 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Longhaul Farm on Rt. 113, Holderness.

For $15 per child (or adult wanting to partake in the fun) there will be cookie decorating, a sled dog ride around the farm and a chance to meet with Santa, and enjoy Smore’s around the fire.

Pre-registration is requested. Call 968-9381 to pre-register.

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ANNIE’S MAILBOX

Dear Annie: I’m a 54-year-old single woman and a parttime college professor. I have three grown, successful children. At the time I met my boyfriend, “Joe,” I was living in a nice boardinghouse in an affluent area. Joe, 63, was divorced and for five years had been living with two of his sisters in the old family home in a working-class neighborhood. Joe had a great job as a contractor.

After a year, my friends and I finally convinced Joe to move out of the family house, and we got an apartment together.

Life was great until I found out he was giving the rent money to his youngest son, 24. My income alone wouldn’t cover the rent, and we were evicted. Joe moved back to the family nest.

I was not invited and was left homeless.

After six months, I got back on my feet. Joe wanted to repair our relationship and got an apartment in the city. Meanwhile, his eldest son and his daughter (along with her baby) moved into the family house, although they both have good jobs. After a year in his apartment, Joe lost his job and moved back in with his sisters.

I begged him to find a place where we could live together, but he made excuses about the money. I think the problem is that the familial need to live together is permanently instilled.

I love him, and he says he loves me. What should I do? -From a Boardinghouse Dear Boarding: When Joe found his own apartment, it was a step in the right direction. But whenever the chips are down, he goes right back to his family. This is not unusual, but if it’s a long-term pattern, it could prevent him from making any commitment to you. Until Joe is ready to become independent, the two of you don’t have much of a future. But you also seem overly focused on affluent vs. working class. If you want someone more ambitious, look elsewhere.

Dear Annie: Would you please settle an etiquette question?

When one hosts a party and guests bring a dish to share, do they take home whatever is left over, or do the hosts get to keep it?

I was taught that what one brings to a party is left with the hosts. Now we wonder whether this is correct, because we recently moved, and all of our new friends pack up whatever remains and take it home with them. -- Wondering in Maine Dear Maine: If all the guests are asked to bring a dish because the dinner is potluck, they may take their leftovers home. Guests who bring a dish or a bottle of wine as a hostess gift, shared or not, should definitely leave it. The only exception is when the hosts do not want the leftovers and ask that people please take food home with them. That said, however, if the custom within your group of friends is that everyone brings a dish and they each take their leftovers home, it’s best to cooperate.

Dear Annie: This letter is in response to “Grateful Mama of Little One,” who wanted to know the proper way to ask that no toys be given at her 1-year-old’s birthday party.

Although I agree that birthday invitations should not come with “wish lists,” saying “no toys, please” is a courtesy. As someone who spends a great deal of time selecting the perfect gift, I would feel miffed if I discovered the child’s mother had marched the gift right back to the store. There is no harm in putting “no toys” on the invitation. Everyone may be grateful. -- Grand Island, Neb. Dear Grand: A gift is just that and should not be dictated.

But we do like the idea of parents creating a “theme party,” where guests are asked to bring a book or another item to be donated.

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

$1-A-DAY CLASSIFIEDS • CALL 527-9299 DOLLAR-A-DAY: Private Party ads only (For Sale, Lost, Autos, etc.), must run ten consecutive days, 15 words max. Additional words 10¢ each per day. does not apply to yard sales. REGULAR RATE: $2.50 a day; 10¢ per word per day over 15 words. PREMIUMS: First word caps no charge. Additional bold, caps and 9pt type 10¢ per word per day. Centered words 10¢ (2 word minimum) TYPOS: Check your ad the first day of publication. Sorry, we will not issue credit after an ad has run once, and we do not offer refunds. DEADLINES: noon the business day prior to the day of publication. PAYMENT: All private party ads must be pre-paid. We accept checks, Visa Mastercard and Discover credit cards and of course, cash. $10 minimum order for credit cards. CORRESPONDENCE: To place your ad call our offices at 527-9299 between 9 am & 5 pm, Monday through Friday; Stop by our office or send a check or money order with ad copy to The Laconia Daily Sun,1127 Union Ave, Laconia, NH 03246. You can email ads to ads@laconiadailysun.com, we will contact you for payment. OTHER RATES: For information about display ads or other advertising options, call 527-9299.

Animals AKC Brittany puppies, ready dec 19th, 1st shots, dewormed & health certificate, $350/obo (603)326-3448.

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$500 REWARD For information leading to the arrest and conviction of person(s) responsible for the theft of a truck tailgate from Young’s Auto Sales.

603-524-3738 CASH FOR THE HOLIDAYS FUNDRAISING EVENT

Saturday, 9am-3pm and Sunday 9am-2pm. at the American Legion, Ralph W. Shirley Post #46 on Tasker Hill Rd. in Conway. Empty your jewelry box and fill your wallet with CASH! Proceeds support servicemen, vets and your community. No amount too small! Highest prices GUARANTEED, paid to you in CASH! Buying all your non-plated, broken, mismatched or unwanted GOLD, SILVER, DIAMONDS, PLATINUM, JEWELRY, OLD AMERICAN & CANADIAN COINS, POCKET WATCHES, TEA SERVICES & FLATWARE (.925/Sterling) in any condition or age! Trusted brokers for over 30 years! For More Information, call (603) 279-0607 NONCOMPETITIVE female year-round runner wanted to train with over 40 runner for marathon.

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For Rent

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BELMONT, NH- FURNISHED Room for rent available immediately, (approx. 14X15) in gorgeous Large Victorian mansion overlooking Lake Winnisquam on 1 acre of land, covered in mature English gardens & trees and a fabulous gazebo to share. $425/month includes shared kitchens, bathrooms living room, etc. Also includes heat, electric, digital cable, wireless Internet & beach access on Lake Winnisquam.

Call 603-527-8496

LACONIA- 1 bedroom home. $850/Month + utilities. $850 deposit, available immediately.

Call 603-340-0936 No calls after 8pm please.

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

603-366-4468.

GILFORD 3 BEDROOM Large yard, close to school, downtown. $1,600 month includes all utilities.

Great condition, available soon.

617-780-9312 GILFORD 2 Bedroom 2 Bath Condo. Fireplace, gas heat, W/D hookup, no dogs/smoking. 1 year lease, $975/month + security.

455-6269.

GILFORD - 1 or 2-bedroom units available. Heat & electricity included. From $190/week. Pets considered. 556-7098.

GILFORDNice 2 bedroom apartment Glendale area.

Basement storage, washer/dryer in unit. $850/Month + utilities. No pets/no smoking. Available 2/1/13.

508-380-4277

LACONIA3 BEDROOM $195/WK, 1 BEDROOM $160/wk.

Both with sun porch.

Heat included. Messer Street. $600 security. HUD Approved.

524-7793, 344-9913.

LACONIA- Elegant, large one bedroom in one of Pleasant Street s finest Victorian homes.

Fireplace, beamed ceilings, lots of natural woodwork, washer/dryer.

Walk to downtown and beaches.

Heat/Hot water included. $925.

528-6885 LACONIA- Large Rooms for rent.

Private bath, heat/hot water, electric, cable, parking included. $145/week 603-781-6294 LACONIA- Opechee Gardens: 2-bedroom great move-in special. $750/Month, $200 security deposit, 2nd month free, no application feel. Call 238-8034 LACONIA-1 bedroom $160/Week, includes heat & hot water.

References & deposit. 524-9665 LACONIA- 3 bedroom, 2nd floor washer/dryer hook-up, basement storage, all new carpet, $800/Month + utilities. 455-6983 LACONIA: 2 bedroom, 1st floor.

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

524-1234 www.whitemtrentals.com.

LACONIA: 2 bedroom, 2nd floor in duplex building with separate entrance. Recently renovated, $240/week including heat, electric & hot water. 524-1234, www.whitemtrentals.com.

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

Large backyard. $850/Month + heating oil & electric. Owners pay water, sewer, trash and snow removal. No smoking on premises and no pets. 524-1467

FOXWOODS DAY TRIP Monday, January 7, 2013

2010 Subaru Forester 2.5X, premium, auto, loaded, highway miles full maintenance $15,500.

630-4737

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

Beach access. 603-365-0799.

GILFORD: Large room. Includes bathroom, kitchen, livingroom and all utilties for adult female. Only $90/week. This won t last long!

Call Cindy, 707-6662.

LACONIA: Dyer St. 2-bedroom townhouse style. Great move-in special, $775/Month, $200 security deposit, 2nd month free, no application fee. Call 238-8034

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

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

HOME FOR THE HOLIDAYS Laconia: 2 bedroom house near LRGH. Includes heat & hot water, washer/dryer and snow removal. $1,025/Month. No pets/smoking.

524-5455

LACONIA: Gilbert Apartments.

Call for available apartments.

524-4428

Meredith & Laconia pick-up

Call Claire, 293-8814 or Tom, 279-7883

BUYING junk cars, trucks & big trucks ME & NH. Call for price.

Martin Towing. (603)305-4504.

WANTED: In good condition, 1980 Franklin High School yearbook. Will pay fair price.

Please call 364-5834

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

Autos

PRE 1972 Classic 4 speed cars wanted. Especially convertables.

978-771-8818.

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

P3 s Towing. 630-3606 1987 Mercedes 300-E 6 cylinder, auto, 230K, Looks good, runs great, no rust. Inspected and used daily. 30MPG Hwy., 24 city.

Selling due to illness. $4,500.

279-7455 8am-8pm.

1998 Ford F150 4X4 Pickup- Ex tra cab, 8ft bed, 165K miles.

Registered, XLT, loaded, runs good. $2,300/OBO. 344-8885 Laconia 2000 Chevy S10 pickup. Only 98K. Automatic, 4 cylinder, 2WD. Runs great. $2,995.

603-670-4001 2004 CHEVY 2500 XCab 4X4 pick-up. White with fisher plow, 8’mm. Truck in good condition, all highway miles. $11,800 or B/O. HK Powersports, Union Ave., Laconia 2005 Escape. 4 door, automatic, sport utility 4WD. Only 172K. Good condition. $2,995.

603-670-4001 2005 Subaru Forester 2.5 XS, AWD, 27K miles, Cayenne Red, Excellent condition, new tires, CD, heated seats, auto, remote starter/entry, car cover, $12,500, 603-528-3735.

2006 Grand Prix. Only 125k.

Great condition. Automatic, V6.

BOATS Outboard Motors: Special off season pricing.

See boat & motor display at Belknap Mall. www.outboardrepower.net.

Child Care CHILDREN S Garden Childcare:

Year-round, reliable, clean, structured, pre-K environment, one acre yard, central location. 528-1857

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

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

340-6219 BELMONT: Perkins Place 2-bedroom townhouse style. $775/Month, only $99 security deposit, no application fee. Call 238-8034

LACONIA, N.H. Spacious two and three Bedroom Apartments $700.00 - $850.00 per mo. ( Security Deposit one month’s rent) Utilities Not Included Section 8 Welcome, Income Restrictions Apply Well Maintained Units, Off Street Parking No Pets Please CONTACT US TODAY FOR MORE INFO!

1-800-742-4686 The Hodges Companies 201 Loudon Road Concord, NH 03301

LACONIA 1st floor 2-3 bedroom apartment on Pleasant St. Walk to town & beaches, recently repainted, carpeting, appliances, full bath. $1,000/Month includes heat & hot water. 524-3892 or 630-4771 LACONIA Almost New Winnipesaukee Waterfront Luxury 2-Bedroom Condominium. W/D, air, large deck. $1,200. No smoking.

One-year lease. 603-293-9111 LACONIA- $885/Month, heat, water sewer included. 2 bedroom, small pets considered. Charlene Coldwell Banker 581-2885

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

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LACONIA: Large 1 bedroom 2nd floor. heat & hot water included. $150/week. 832-1639 LACONIA: Large 3 & 4-bedroom apartments. Parking. $850/mo + utilities. 603-781-6294.

LAKEPORT APARTMENT 3 bedroom, 1-1/2 bath. No Pets, $950/Month + Utilities.

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630-2883 MEREDITH: 2BR, in-town apartment with parking. $700/month includes heat. No smoking. No pets. Security deposit. Call John, 387-8356.

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IBANEZ Gio electric guitar $100, Peavey Special 130W amplifier $150. Or both for $225. 286-4012.

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TILTON/LOCHMERE- Available January 1st. Two bedroom duplex apartment. Garage & washer/dryer available. Just 3 miles from Exit 20. Ideal for couple/single parent. $750/month + utilities. No smoking/no pets.

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TILTON: Downstairs 1-bedroom. $620-640/Month. Heat and hot water included. No dogs, 603-630-9772 or 916-214-7733.

WINNISQUAM: Small efficiency and a cottage including heat, hot water, lights and cable. $165-$225 per week. $500 deposit. No pets. 387-3864.

For Sale 4 Karastan Carpets- 10X14 Serapi, 4X6 Heriz. 3X5 Multi-color Panel- 2X4 Rose Sarouk. Call for prices. 603-528-9661 4,000 Watt Generator. $250.

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Like new, perfect for Christmas gift! $350. Call Steve, 293-8985 7ft snowplow with lights & hydrolic lift $400. 524-4445 AMAZING! Beautiful Pillowtop Mattress Sets. Twin $199, Full or Queen $249, King $449. Call 603-305-9763 See “Furniture” AD. ANTIQUE corner shelf, 6 tiers, 5 ft. tall, $60. Boston rocker $50, heavy red glass dishes $75, oak curio $50, Thomas Kinkade s Lamplight Village 3 plate set, $30.

30 gallon fish tank with stand, $70. 524-2239 CHINA- Royal Doulton- Tiara pattern. 6 place settings, gravy boat, vegetable bowl & service platter. $400. 603-528-9661 ELECTRIC glass top white range & matching over range microwave. $350. Will sell separately.

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Services will include but are not limited to personal care, toileting, meal preparation, light housekeeping based on available time.

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RICE from page 2 point,” Rice said.

Obama made clear she would remain in his inner circle, saying he was grateful she would stay as “our ambassador at the United Nations and a key member of my Cabinet and national security team.”

Rice, too, said in her letter she would be staying.

Rice had become the face of the bungled administration account of what happened in Benghazi, Libya, on Sept. 11, 2012 when four Americans, including the U.S. ambassador to Libya, were killed in what is now known to have been a terrorist attack.

Obama had defiantly declared he would chose her for secretary of state regardless of the political criticism, if he wanted, but such a choice could have gotten his second term off to a turbulent start with Capitol Hill.

In a letter to Obama, Rice said she was convinced the confirmation process would be “lengthy, disruptive and costly.” The letter was part of a media rollout aimed at upholding her reputation. It included

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Rice may end up close to Obama’s side in another way, as his national security adviser should Tom Donilon move on to another position, though that is not expected imminently. The security adviser position would not require Senate confirmation.

Rice would have faced strong opposition from Senate Republicans who challenged her much-maligned televised comments about the cause of the deadly raid on the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, Libya.

Her efforts to satisfy Sens. John McCain, Lindsey Graham, Kelly Ayotte and Susan Collins in unusual, private sessions on Capitol Hill fell short.

The Republicans emerged from the meetings still expressing doubts about her qualifications.

“The position of secretary of state should never be politicized,” Rice said. “As someone who grew up in an era of comparative bipartisanship and as a sitting U.S national security official who has served in two U.S. administrations, I am saddened that we have reached this point.”

Attention now shifts to Kerry, who came close to winning the presidency in 2004 and has been seen as desiring the State job. In a statement, he made no mention of his own candidacy but praised Rice, who was an adviser to him his in his presidential bid.

Kerry was an early backer of Obama and was under consideration to become his first secretary of state. Obama has dispatched Kerry to foreign hot spots on his behalf. Kerry played the role of RepubGAS from page one

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and, while waiting for Public Service of New Hampshire to cut the electrical power, set up precautionary hose lines in the event the house exploded.

He said Landry was able to shut of the gas because the house was metered from the outside. Erickson said PSNH workers cut the power to the house from the poles and he called for a first alarm.

Erickson explained that when a building is filled with gas at some point it becomes “too rich to burn.” As the gas is expelled from the building it has to go through an explosive range before it gets to a safe range.

“That’s the most dangerous time,” he said, adding the weather was clear and dry so the gas dissipated quickly. He also said the burglars apparently broke into the home through a cellar window so there was some fresh air going into the house.

Rowell Street runs between High Street and Batchelder Street, just south of Lakes Region General Hospital.

Police confirmed someone broke into the home

lican Mitt Romney during Obama’s presidential debate preparations this year.

The longtime senator would be almost certain to be easily confirmed by his colleagues on Capitol Hill.

If Obama taps Kerry for State, the president will create a potential problem for Democrats by opening a Senate seat — one that recently defeated Republican Sen. Scott Brown is eyeing. Brown had been elected as Massachusetts’ other senator in January 2010 after Democrat Ted Kennedy died, stunning the political world as he took the seat held by Kennedy for decades. Brown lost that seat in the November election.

House Democratic women had cast the criticism of Rice as sexist and racist — she is African-American — and some expressed disappointment with the news.

“If judged fairly based solely on her qualifications for the job, she would’ve made an extraordinary secretary of state,” said Rep. Karen Bass, D-Calif., a member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee.

Rice did not have a strong relationship with members of the Senate. Graham, who is the top Republican on the Appropriations subcommittee that handles foreign aid and the State Department, said he barely knew her.

In a brief statement, a spokesman for McCain said the senator “thanks Ambassador Rice for her service to the country and wishes her well. He will continue to seek all the facts surrounding the attack on our consulate in Benghazi.”

within the past few days through the cellar window.

Capt. Matt Canfield said a maintenance man went to the home Wednesday and found a water leak. He also said he smelled gas.

He reported it to the building owner who called a plumber. When the plumber arrived at the house yesterday afternoon, he noticed the smell and drove to the Fire Department.

Canfield said the theft of the copper is an active investigation. He said this is the second reported copper theft this week. Apparently, someone with a 1990s Ford pickup stole about $200 worth of copper piping from a dumpster at the site of the former Burger King building on upper Union Avenue.

Canfield said he has no reason at this point to think the two are related.

Anyone with any information about either theft is asked to call the Laconia Police at 524-5252 or the Greater Laconia Crime Line at 524-1717. Anonymous tips can also be left on the Laconia Police Department Website at www.laconiapd.org.

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Country location is close to town and major roads. $29,900 Rob Wichland 387-7069 Enjoy affordable living in this 2 bedroom, 2 (full) bath home. Sun porch, out building and great location. An easy walk to all Meredith schools and centrally located to all Meredith has to offer. $18,000 Becky Whitcher 393-70724

NEIGHBORHOOD RANCH style home located down the street from park, WOW Trail, shopping and all local amenities. Newer metal roof and furnace. It’s a perfect starter home. $104,900 Sandi Grace 520-0936 LONG BAY ON WINNIPESAUKEE. Elegant 3,100+ sf home on a 1/2 acre+- lot. Red oak floors, gourmet kitchen, great room, Trex decking & a 1st floor master suite. Full walkout basement, bonus room & surround sound inside and out! Long Bay amenities include in-ground pools, docks, tennis & trails. $619,900 Scott Knowles 455-7751

AMAZING VIEWS from this 3 BR, 3.5 bath home! Beautifully remodeled kitchen w/granite, large decks & windows, FP & cathedral ceilings. A patio overlooks gorgeous flower gardens w/an irrigation system for easy maintenance. Quiet neighborhood has deeded Winnipesaukee beach access.

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MEREDITH RANCH. Single level living with 3 BRs & a nice country feel. Pine flooring & walls, new kitchen, & many upgrades make this an easy home to live in. Fantastic location with easy access to Rt. 3 and all points. Nearby beach association offers possible access to Winnipesaukee. $164,900 Chris Kelly 677-2182

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