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otherwise gave no details on how NEWTOWN, Conn. (AP) — A the attack unfolded. man killed his mother at home A custodian ran through the and then opened fire Friday halls, warning of a gunman on inside the elementary school the loose, and someone switched where she taught, massacring 26 on the intercom, alerting people people, including 20 children, as in the building to the attack — youngsters cowered in fear to the and perhaps saving many lives — sound of gunshots reverberating by letting them hear the hysteria through the building and screams apparently going on in the school echoing over the intercom. office, a teacher said.

The 20-year-old killer, carrying Teachers locked their doors and two handguns, committed suicide ordered children to huddle in a at the school, bringing the death corner or hide in closets as shots toll to 28, authorities said. echoed through the building.

The rampage, coming less than State police Lt. Paul Vance two weeks before Christmas, was said 28 people in all were killed, the nation’s second-deadliest including the gunman, and a school shooting, exceeded only by the Virginia Tech massacre that A young girl is given a blanket after being evacuated from Sandy Hook Elemen- woman who worked at the school tary School following a shooting in Newtown, Connecticut on Friday. (REUTERS/ was wounded. left 33 people dead in 2007.

Lanza’s older brother, 24-year“Our hearts are broken today,” Michelle McLoughlin) a tearful President Barack Obama, strugland community of about 27,000 people 60 old Ryan, of Hoboken, N.J., was being quesmiles northeast of New York City. Police tioned, but a law enforcement official said gling to maintain his composure, said at told youngsters at the kindergartenhe was not believed to have had any role the White House. He called for “meaningful action” to prevent such shootings. “As through-fourth-grade school to close their in the rampage. Investigators were searcheyes as they were led from the building. ing his computers and phone records, but a country, we have been through this too Schoolchildren — some crying, others he told law enforcement he had not been many times,” he said. looking frightened — were escorted in touch with his brother since about 2010.

Police shed no light on the motive for the attack on two classrooms. The gunman, identhrough a parking lot in a line, hands on The officials spoke on the condition of anotified as Adam Lanza, was believed to suffer each other’s shoulders. nymity because they were not authorized to from a personality disorder and lived with Law enforcement officials speaking on discuss the unfolding investigation. condition of anonymity said that Lanza At one point, a law enforcement official his mother, said a law enforcement official who was briefed on the investigation but was killed his mother, Nancy Lanza, and then mistakenly identified the gunman as Ryan drove to the school in her car with three Lanza. Brett Wilshe, a friend of Ryan Lannot authorized to discuss it.

Panicked parents looking for their chilguns, including a high-powered rifle that za’s, said Lanza told him the gunman may dren raced to Sandy Hook Elementary he apparently left in the back. Authorities have had his identification. Ryan Lanza see SHOOTINGS page 12 School in Newtown, a prosperous New Engsaid he shot up two classrooms, but they

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More ‘pay& chase’ government Here’s more evidence that government “cures” are inevitably worse than the “diseases” they seek to wipe out. Buried in the trilliondollar stimulus law of 2009 was an electronic medical records “incentive” program. Like most of President Obama’s health care rules, this top-down electronic record-sharing scheme is a big fat bust. Oversight is lax. Cronyism is rife. The jobkilling and privacy-undermining consequences have only just begun.

The program was originally sold as a cost-saving measure. In theory, modernizing record-collection is a good idea, and many private health care providers have already made the change. But as with many government “incentive” programs, the EMR bribe is a tax-subsidized, onesize-fits-all mandate. This one pressures health care professionals and hospitals across the country into radically federalizing their patient data and opening up medical information to untold abuse. Penalties kick in for any provider that hasn’t switched over by 2014.

So, what’s it to you? Well, $4 billion has already gone out to 82,535 professionals and 1,474 hospitals, and a total of $6 billion will be doled out by 2016. But the feds’ reckless profligacy, neglect and favoritism have done more harm than good.

Don’t take my word for it. A recent report released by the Department of Health and Human Services Inspector General acknowledged that the incentive system is “vulnerable to paying incentives to professionals and hospitals that do not fully meet” the program’s quality assurance requirements. The federal health bureaucracy “has not implemented strong prepayment safeguards, and its ability to safeguard incentive payments postpayment is also limited,” the IG concluded.

Translation: No one is actually verifying whether the transition from paper to electronic is improving patient outcomes and health services. No one is actually guarding against GIGO (garbage in, garbage out). No one is checking whether recipients of the EMR incentives are receiving money redundantly (e.g., raking in payments when they’ve already converted to electronic records). No one is actually protecting private data from fraud, abuse or exploitation.

Little is being done to recoup illgotten payments. In any case, such “pay and chase” policing after the fact is a crummy way to run government in lean times — or in fat times, for that matter.

As for the claim that the EMR conversion will reduce paperwork, many doctors say the reality is just the opposite. In Greensboro, N.C., Dr. Richard Aronson told local TV

station FOX 8 that the mandate doubled the amount of paperwork in his private practice. Everyone from optometrists to general practitioners to chiropractors to podiatrists must divert precious time and resources to conforming with Washington health bureaucrats’ imposed vision. Some medical professionals are now warning that the dangerous phenomenon of “distracted doctoring” is on the rise as a result of data-driven imperatives that direct health care providers’ attention away from their patients and onto their screens and hand-held devices.

You know who is benefiting from the initiative? Put on your shocked faces: Obama donors and cronies.

Billionaire Judith Faulkner, Obama’s medical information czar and a major Democratic contributor, just happens to be the founder and CEO of Epic Systems — a medical software company that stores nearly 40 percent of the U.S. population’s health data. Another billion-dollar patient-record database grant program has doled out money to the University of Chicago Medical Center (where first lady Michelle Obama and senior adviser Valerie Jarrett both served in high-paid positions). As I’ve previously reported, these administration grants circumvent any and all congressional deliberation as part of Team Obama’s election-year “We Can’t Wait” initiatives.

Even as the White House touted the move toward gee-whiz 21stcentury electronic databases, health care professionals in the know have debunked that claim, too. Companies like Faulkner’s, which lobbied loudest for the mandates and “incentives,” represent traditional hard drive-dependent software firms that are already dated. As Athenahealth Chairman and CEO Jonathan Bush, who advocates cloud-computing alternatives, put it: The Obama electronic records mandate is “healthcare information technology’s version of cash-for-clunkers.”

Then there’s the still-growing and untold number of doctors nationwide who are closing up shop or limiting their practices and converting to “concierge care” to escape this and myriad other Obamacare intrusions. My own primary care physician in Colorado Springs quit her regular practice and converted to “concierge care” because of the EMR imposition.

Creve Coeur, Mo., doctor Shari Cohen made the same move. “The demands of caring for my patients while navigating through the current health care delivery systems dictated that I take more and more time away from patient care and spend an increasing part of my day on the system itself,” she told the see MALKIN next page

LETTERS Decision to exclude public comment is example of negative attitude To the editor, I am submitting the following letter to the editor in response to your article “Ashland Selectman Have Had Enough of Public Comments at Meetings,” which did not tell the whole story and misrepresented the facts.

At a recent Selectboard Meeting in Ashland, Chairman Jeanette Stewart announced that the board would no longer allow public comments at their meetings. Instead, the public must submit questions and comments in writing two weeks in advance. This action is the board’s latest attempt to suppress public discussion. I was ejected from the meeting as I was trying to explain the other actions this board has taken to exclude the public and public commentary from its meetings.

Under Jeanette Stewart’s leadership, the board has removed one of two public discussions from its agenda. Before that, the public was allowed to make comments prior to and after the business portion of the agenda. Up until the recent meeting, the public could only speak after decisions are already made. Immediately after the last election, the board moved the work sessions from Monday night to Monday mornings, effectively excluding many members of the public from attending. They also changed the location of the meeting to the small, uncomfortable room in the Town Hall with very limited space and access. Furthermore, the board announced that they would no longer allow public comments at the work sessions. The board promised that no votes on important issues would take place during the work sessions and that they would provide a recap of the discussions at the Monday night meetings. In fact, the opposite is true — we hear little about their work session discussions, and votes on important issues are routinely taken.

Complex and difficult issues are rarely discussed at Monday night meetings. As an example, the decision to prohibit public comments was made at the last work session. The topic was not even included on the Monday night’s agenda. Instead, the board decided to announce its decision at the end of the meeting after the public comments had concluded.

However, the issue came up earlier that they planned when a member of the public said that she understood the board had made a decision at the work session to exclude public comments. Jeanette Stewart replied, “How do you know? You weren’t at the work session.” Stewart then said she planned to announce her decision after the public comments. When I tried to continue this discussion, I was ejected from the meeting.

It is my understanding that the board decided to eliminate public comments because it has received comments from individuals outside of Ashland indicating that the perception that our Selectboard meetings are “a circus.” Apparently, Ms. Stewart, Mr. Preston, and Mr. Golden believe that the problem lies solely with the public and thus, the best way improve their meetings is to do away with public discussion. I would submit that the board is often responsible for this environment. If you watch Monday night’s meeting on Public Access, you will see how the board treats the taxpayers in the town of Ashland. They do not set a good example for civil discourse and are often rude and dismissive. Sometimes they erupt in anger, make false claims and accusations, and goad the public to anger. Their decision to exclude public comments is an example of their negative attitude towards the public.

Had I been allowed to continue my comments at the meeting, I was going to propose that we as a town develop ground-rules for public discussion, and that the town moderator facilitate the discussion. Ironically, I agree that some of the meetings get overly contentious. Part of this is simply the nature of the democratic process. John F. Kennedy said, “The unity of freedom has never relied on uniformity of opinion.” Solving the problem by excluding public comments only exacerbates the underlying tensions that are at the heart of problem. Ashland, like many towns, is in the position of having to face serious economic problems that can only be solved by facing the issues, and working together to solve them.

Since Ashland residents can no see LETTER next page

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Right to work for more without producing more is death for business To the editor, Bill Knightly of Gilford must be all giggles since Michigan just became the 24th state to become RIGHT TO WORK (RTW), following Indiana several months ago. This is one of the biggest wins ever for RTW. Michigan is the fifth most unionized state in America and the birthplace of the United Auto Workers (UAW).

Despite it’s deep, Democratic heritage and long union roots, Michigan is controled at the state level by a Republican governor and Republicans control both legislative chambers by a strong majority. Democrats may control Washington but at the state and local level the Republicans dominate the landscape ever since their nationwide, epic landslide wins in 2010. The reason for this is SIMPLE. UNLIKE OBAMA, states CANNOT PRINT DEVALUED MONEY to balance their budgets. Local leaders and TAXPAYERS do not want DEMOCRATIC POLITICAL SPENDING machines to bankrupt them. Watch Pennsylvania, it is likely the next RTW conversion.

As I have said before, union power is fading quickly. At one time the UAW had more than a million members. Today that number has shrunk to about 384,000. The poster boy city for obstructionist UNION FAILURE is Detroit. The city is BANKRUPT. Detroit has lost 25 percent of it’s population in just 10 years. The leaders of the city and the unions scream profanity at each other daily about how to fix it. Of course the unions VIOLENTLY LETTER from preceding page longer speak at the Selectboard meetings, the Ashland Coalition for Action is restarting its blog, “Ashland Speaks,” to provide an alternative forum for public discourse. The URL is http://ashlandcfa.blogspot.com or via the Ashland Coalition For Action website at http://ashlandcfa.org.

David Toth Ashland MALKIN from preceding page Creve Couer Patch. “Electronic Medical Records was the final shove for me.

It added another whole layer in interference in the doctor-patient relationship and one I was not sure I wanted to take on.”

More paperwork. More waste. Less accountability. Less care. Government

OPPOSE wage cut, jobs cuts or the word EFFICIENCY to enter into any reform to turn the failed city around.

The state wants to bring in an empowered administrator to fix things. The unions are trying to block it in court for fear he will VOID union contracts that are the MAJOR REASON the city bleeding red ink in the first place.

Hostess baking filed for bankruptcy last week. 18,500 union employees preferred a 100 percent pay cut to one of 8 percent. The company has already begun to liquidate its assets. Every possible buyer has said they were NOT interested in any of the union contracts that were responsible in large part for the companies demise.

The right to work for MORE with out producing MORE product is a death wish for EVERY business. It matters not how large the company is. Look at the trail of major U.S. companies brought to their death bed by unrelenting, uncompromising unions. from GM to Hostess. Unions can take any size company down, and they DO. The day unions bring ECONOMIC VALUE to the bargaining table in exchange for higher wages is the day they will revive. It is not that others earn less for the work they do. It is unions demand to be PAID MORE to produce that same economic output.

THIS IS A 100 PERCENT LOSER BUSINESS MODEL RECIPE FOR ALL ETERNITY. If any company has non union competition, that union company will eventually cease to exist. Hostess’ unions were so INEFFICIENT that they would not allow Wonder bread to be carried on dessert trucks. So the bread truck had to deliver bread and five minutes later another driver drove up with the Twinkies. This level of business, operational insanity leads to only ONE PLACE.......BANKRUPTCY and an ever declining union work force.

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(Syndicated columnist Michelle Malkin is the daughter of Filipino Immigrants. She was born in Philadelphia, raised in southern New Jersey and now lives with her husband and daughter in Colorado. Her weekly column is carried by more than 100 newspapers.)

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Boy Scout Troop 68 seeks to share ‘Peace Light’ brought from Bethlehem 30 people came to parBY ADAM DRAPCHO THE LACONIA DAILY SUN take in the Peace Light ceremonies in 2011, and LACONIA — Boy Scout she hopes that number Troop 68, with help from will increase this year.

St. Andre Bessette CathoAnyone is welcome to lic Parish, is offering the participate, whether gift of peace to the Lakes they simply wish to colRegion next week. lect the flame to keep at On Monday, Wednesday home or if they plan to and Friday, beginning at 5 further share the flame p.m. on each day, the troop through a worship group, will lead a short service at scouting organization or Sacred Heart church, folpublic institution. lowing which members of “I’m hoping it will gain the public are welcome to interest,” said Shore, who share in the “Peace Light”, said she first learned of a flame which has been the Peace Light tradition brought to the city after last year. “It just touched being lit from the Eternal me immediately. What Flame, kept in the grotto a great way for scouts in Bethlehem that is recto learn about giving to ognized as the birthplace the community, what a of Jesus. thought to give at this Tara Shore, the troop’s time of year. I felt like committee chairperthis would be a great son, said the flame was thing for them to be a brought from the grotto part of.” back to Austria in an The flame being kept observance of an annual tradition begun in 1986. Tanner Shore, a Weeblo in Boy Scout Troop 68, lights a candle with the Peace Light, a flame brought to Laconia from the grotto in Bethle- at the Sacred Heart From there, delegations hem where Jesus was born. Helping Shore is Russell Morey, a deacon with the Saint Andre Bessette Catholic Parish. There will be three Church was brought to opportunities next week for members of the public to receive the Peace Light, which is being maintained at the Sacred Heart Church in Laconia by Shore, who from across Europe use Laconia. (Laconia Daily Sun photo/Adam Drapcho) received it from a woman the Peace Light to ignite their own lamps, spreading the light throughout Europe. Beginning in 2001, in response to the terwho brought it from New York City to the Presbytarrorist attacks of September 11, the light was first ian Church in Bedford. Shore and Russell Morey, a brought to the United States, where a network of deacon in the local parish, said they have been conscouting organizations has developed to spread the tacted by several other organizations who wish to light, representing the peace Jesus sought to sow collect the light at the church and continue to spread throughout the world, across this continent. it throughout northern New England. To see how far This will be the second year that Troop 68 has the light has spread this year, and other information brought the light to Laconia. Shore said that about about the program, visit www.peacelight.org.

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CONCORD — Governor-Elect Maggie Hassan on Monday announced members of her final three Innovation Outreach Teams, who will support her transition efforts by reaching out for input on the issues of Transportation, Health Care and North Country Priorities.

The North Country Priorities team of current and former local elected officials and community leaders who will help the governor-elect reach out to North Country communities for their priorities and ideas. The team includes Raymond Burton, Executive Councilor for District 1; State Senator Jeff Woodburn of Dalton; Berlin Mayor Paul Grenier; Former State

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NEWFOUND from page one For fiscal year 2013, the school district, adopted a budget of $21.6-million, which was $2.4-million, or 9.7-percent less than budgeted in fiscal year 2012.

The total amount to be raised by property taxes was $11.6-million, 13-percent less than the prior year.

However, by not spending unanticipated revenues and reimbursements the district spent less than was appropriated and closed its fiscal year with a fund balance, or surplus, of approximately $700,000, which according to law must be applied to against the amount to be raised by property taxes in the current year. In other words, while the district was authorized to raise $11.6-million in property taxes in fiscal year 2013, but will actually raise just $10.9-million.

Meanwhile, in March, when voters adopted the school district budget, they also adopted a property tax cap, the first by a school district since the enabling legislation (RSA 32:5-c) was enacted in 2011. The cap limits the annual increase in the amount to be raised by property taxes — not the budget — to two-percent. When the

school district began preparing the budget for fiscal year 2014 it learned that the tax cap would apply to the $10.9-million actually raised by property taxes in fiscal year 2013, not the $11.6-million authorized, a difference of $700,000. Furthermore, the district anticipates that it will receive $185,000 less in state aid, increasing the 2014 shortfall to $885,000.

Last month Business Administer Daniel Rossner met with officials of the New Hampshire Department of Revenue Administration who conceded that the $700,000 reduction in the school district’s tax commitment was an unintended consequence of the tax cap, but offered no solution. To highlight the nonsensical effect of the tax cap, Rossner supposed that instead of raising revenue through property taxes, the district funded its budget by selling property and asked if that would mean the next year the two-percent cap would be applied to zero.

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Bristol 19-year-old charged with having sex with missing Manchester 15-year-old

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BRISTOL — The beginnings of a local charity broom hockey league to raise money for the Police and Fire Relief Associations inadvertently led police to charge a 19-year-old man with felonious sexual assault of a 15-year-old female.

Chief Michael Lewis said he and three other offduty police officers were practicing at the town’s recreation center this past Tuesday. After playing for about three hours he said they left the center together around 8 p.m.

On the way to their cars, the four officers, who Lewis said were bundled up against the cold by wearing hooded sweatshirts, were confronted by two men wielding weighted tube socks who were yelling obscenities at them and telling them they “were out

for blood.”

“I couldn’t believe it,” Lewis said. “I’m getting attacked in my own town.”

He said as the two men came at them, the four officers identified themselves as police officers.

Lewis said he had his wallet with his badge in it and the two men immediately put down the tube socks.

“They were just as shocked as we were,” he said.

“They couldn’t have been more cooperative.”

Both men where charged with one count each of disorderly conduct.

Lewis said during their investigation of the disorderly conduct — apparently the two men mistook the officers for some other men in town — the police gathered information that led them to two men who were at 170 North Main Street and who had allegedly taken two under-aged girls from Manchester to

Bristol and sexually assaulted them.

Manchester Police Lt. Maureen Tessier confirmed a 15-year-old Manchester girl was reported missing on Monday and found Tuesday in Bristol.

Michael Currier, 19, of 59 Lake Street is charged with two counts of felonious sexual assault.

Police affidavits filed in court indicate the girl and Currier allegedly had sex twice while watching a movie with a friend.

He appeared by video in the 2nd Circuit, Court, Plymouth Division yesterday afternoon and Judge Thomas Rappa ordered him held on $20,000 cashonly bail at the request of Lt. Prosecutor Joseph Chivell II. Currier was not represented by counsel but said that he couldn’t post bail. He also said he didn’t know the girl was “only 15.”

GREENLAND MISTAKES from page 2 fired the shot through the basement window that hit Maloney in the head as he peered over the front fender of his cruiser.

Maloney had driven his cruiser to the front of the house to provide cover for the injured officers and a barrier from which officers could return fire, Delaney said. Maloney, 48, was just days away from retirement when he was shot.

Delaney revealed details of the state police investigation into the shootings and the findings of an independent Greenland Incident Review panel at a news conference Friday.

Delaney said the drug task force team leader — Newmarket Detective Scott Kukesh — was late to the pre-raid briefing because he was on a security detail for a visit by Vice President Joe Biden earlier on April 12.

The commission questioned why the warrant was

executed in haste when it would have been valid for another four days. The report noted that Kukesh has worked since very early in the morning on the security detail for Biden. Commission members were also critical of the time of the operation — just after 6 p.m. — when darkness made it difficult to make out silhouettes of those inside.

In addition to the search warrant for the home, police were armed with an arrest warrant for Mutrie’s acquaintance, Brittany Tibbetts, on drug charges. After the shoot-out, Delaney said, Mutrie shot Tibbetts in the head and killed himself. He said 27 grams of cocaine, three vials of anabolic steroids and seven grams of hallucinogenic mushrooms were found in the home. Tibbetts had about $14,000 in cash hidden in her clothing.

While holed up in the basement, State police detective Sgt. Joe Ebert said, Mutrie called a friend and told him he had shot and may have killed two

from preceding page tax cap.

To spare the district from trimming its budget by $885,000, Representative Suzanne Smith (D-Hebron) and Senator Jeanie Forrester (R-Meredith) have sponsored emergency legislation that would apply only the Newfound Area School District budget for fiscal year 2014. It provides that tax cap shall apply to the amount raised by property taxes in fiscal year 2013 without discounting for “the lapsed balances,” or surplus, of $700,000.

Smith said that the legislation is a bipartisan

effort with the full cooperation of the Speaker of the House, Democrat Terri Norelli of Portsmouth, and the President of the Senate, Republican Peter Bragdon of Milford. She said that the bill will “fasttracked.” The plan is for the House and Senate to act on the bill on January 2, then waive rules so that it can be forwarded to the Governor John Lynch, who would sign it into law on his last day in office.

Smith said that this “one-time fix” will be followed by legislation, which will proceed through the normal process, that would amend the tax cap law to forestall similar situations in the future.

police officers, and that he wasn’t leaving the home.

Tibbetts sent a text message to her mother telling her she loved her “more than you’ll ever know” and saying she did nothing wrong. Ebert said Mutrie and Tibbetts both had narcotics and opiates in their systems, and Mutrie had ingested steroids.

Delaney said there were “deficiencies” in the supervision of the seacoast drug task force, in the planning and execution of their mission and in policies and procedures.

He said the undercover officers had cellphones but were not carrying police radios to summons help. The team did not ascertain in advance whether Mutrie was inside the house, Delaney said, citing the commission report and the state police investigation.

Despite Mutrie’s criminal record and history of violent behavior, the task force made no formal request for assistance from the Seacoast Emergency Response Team or state police.

He said that in the future, police tactical teams would be involved in the execution of all no-knock warrants. He said the undercover officers assigned to the four regional drug task force teams would receive special tactical training. Those teams are supervised by the attorney general’s office.

Delaney said that the four regional drug task forces at the time of the Greenland shootings did not use a risk threat assessment matrix prior to executing warrants. He said that is now standard operating procedure.

He called the decision to forcibly enter the house “a last minute plan.” see GREENLAND page 10

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Tilton Police Detectives requested the search warAffidavits said she told police she awoke “several rant after getting four separate complaints since days later” and was burned and sick. She said she January of 2006 about Lahm allegedly drugging ate some food, but vomited. She also said she was women and keeping them confined to his home for a naked when she woke. period of time.

She said she was unable to locate her cell phone In the first instance, police affidavits said a woman and thought it was a Tuesday. She learned it was who identified herself as Lahm’s girlfriend, initially Thursday, February 28 and that she had been there went to the Sanbornton Police in January 3, 2006 to three days. She told police she didn’t know Lahm’s report a sexual assault. last name or where she was but when she finally conAfter he conducted the interview, the officer detervinced him to take her to the hospital, she grabbed mined the alleged assault took place in Tilton — an oil bill from the kitchen table that had his name Lahm’s house is near the town line. and address on it.

The victim said she was sitting in his kitchen at 6 Lahm was charged with second degree assault. a.m. and he made and gave her a non-alcoholic juice An emergency room doctor said that her wounds drink. She noted that Lahm makes his own juice. did not appear to be accidental although Lahm said She said she woke about 30 hours later and was she had been drunk and had fallen onto the wood lying next to Lahm in a bedroom in which she had stove. never spent a night. She reported she was sore and At an April 14, 2008 probable cause hearing in had multiple scrapes and bruises on her body. She Franklin District Court, Lahm’s attorney James said there was dirt under her fingernails and she Moir called the alleged victim to the stand to testify was wearing Lahm’s clothes. over Farrington’s objection that Moir was trying to She said he told her she had gotten drunk. intimidate her.

The victim also told Sanbornton Police she was The alleged victim was still using a crutch during afraid of Lahm, that he was an accountant who only her testimony. She testified she met Lahm at the bar worked nights, and that he had told her he allegedly and had gone outside to have a cigarette. beats up people for money.

She said she doesn’t remember the drive to Tilton She was examined in a local hospital and the injubut statements made in a subsequent civil suit filed ries documented included sore ribs, a bloody nose,

by Lahm against the town of Tilton and Farrington scrapes on her feet and heels. She “complained about showed private detective’s hired by Lahm located a being sore all over.” store clerk who could identify the alleged victim and A rape kit was negative for semen however by said she came into the store, bought condoms and May of 2006 police received the results of the victold the clerk she was going to have a good time. tim’s drug test and determined she had a variety of At the probable cause hearing, she testified testidrugs in her system including cocaine, benzodiazapfied she had a history with the Concord Police that ines, cannibinnoids or marijuana. involved drug use.

On February 28, 2008, affidavits said Tilton Police Toxicology showed similar drugs in her system as Detective Sgt. Mike Farrington got a call from one the first alleged victim. of his supervisors at about 10:55 p.m. who told him Although Franklin District Court Judge Edward there was an alleged victim of a possible sexual “Ned” Gordon found probable cause for the arrest, assault in Concord Hospital. there is no record of the case on file with the N.H. District Court call center. see next page

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from preceding page According to Police Chief Robert Cormier, both women in the above two cases ultimately declined to testify against Lahm.

After the second case was closed, Lahm filed suit in Belknap County Superior Court in 2011 for negligent prosecution. After a year of litigation, Belknap County Superior Court Judge James O’Neill granted the town’s and Farrington’s motion for summary judgment and the case was dismissed.

On June 12, 2010, according to police affidavits, a Tilton Police officer was sent to 85 Philbrook Road in response to a report of a suicidal female. The dispatcher told them the call was forwarded to them by the Laconia Police Department who had fielded an anonymous 9-1-1 call from a woman who told them her friend was on a dirt road somewhere in the Lakes Region and wanted to kill herself with a firearm.

After she was found at Lahm’s address, affidavits said the woman told police she had met Lahm at a “subcontractors in Manchester, N.H.” She said he allegedly asked her if she wanted to do some cocaine.

She said she went to Lahm’s Cadillac where she saw drugs and alcohol in his truck. She said she also saw what she thought was a pill bottle with Valiums.

The outcome of that case is not known to The Daily Sun and few details are available.

On November 10, 2012, Tilton detectives said they got a call from a supervisor who said a woman had been picked up by the Sanbornton Police and said she had been repeatedly raped.

Police affidavits say the woman was brought to Tilton by a Sanbornton police sergeant. Tilton Det. Nate Buffington met her at the station and described her as very emotional and crying. He said she was soft spoken and visibly shaken. She frequently stopped the interview to vomit.

She told Buffington that she had met Lahm at the Palms in Las Vegas earlier in the year and had spent time with him there occasionally for two or three weeks.

Affidavits said she said the two talked and it seemed to her that he had a hard life.

He allegedly told her to come to New Hampshire and help him move because the police department “was (explicative) around with him because of some (explicative.)

Affidavits said she twice refused to come when he sent her plane tickets but finally came by bus around September 15, 2012. She said Lahm picked her up at the bus station in Concord.

She told police the abuse “began right away” and that she didn’t want to have sex with him because

that wasn’t why she came to New Hampshire. She said he told her she knew she would be “getting some lovings.”

She told police her memory from that time forward is “blurry.” She said when she figured out what was happening she called some friends back home but Lahm would get angry when she was on the phone.

Affidavits said the alleged victim said she “didn’t know how he did it but even though he doesn’t lock you up, you still can’t leave.” She said she felt if she left she would get hurt and that if she was sick, no one would help but him.

She told police Lahm had bags with bottles in them many of which had what she described as Chinese writing on them. She said he had drugs hidden all through the house and always has gloves with him.

When asked if she ever willingly did drugs with him, she said she sometimes did cocaine because it was easier to be around him if she did. She also taped hours of conversation with him and said he knew it.

She said if she refused to have sex with him he would “freak out” meaning he would yell and sometimes get physical. She also said he caught her taking written notes and took the notebook and one of her cell phones away from her.

She said she was also sending text messages to her criminal lawyer back in her Las Vegas.

She told police it took a while before she realized he was allegedly drugging her. She said he would make her food and drinks and make her finish all of them. He allegedly told her she was sick because “God was punishing her for all the bad things she did.”

On November 10, Buffington said the alleged victim waited until he fell asleep, about 4:30 p.m., grabbed some of the pills, some crystal like substance, and his wallet and left the house. He said yesterday that a family saw her running on the road and called the Sanbornton Police. She gave all of the things from Lahm’s house to police and three days later police applied for a search warrant.

She told police Lahm also kept a notebook, flash drives and other computer memory devices. Police seized some computer drives, cell phones and a recorder in their search.

Lahm has been charged with two felony counts of drug possession and Police Chief Robert Cormier said the case is still being investigated. He said his department is working with the Belknap County Attorney’s Office, state and federal authorities.

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SHOOTINGS from page one has a Facebook page that posted updates Friday afternoon that read, “It wasn’t me” and “I was at work.”

Robert Licata said his 6-year-old son was in class when the gunman burst in and shot the teacher. “That’s when my son grabbed a bunch of his friends and ran out the door,” he said.

“He was very brave. He waited for his friends.”

He said the shooter didn’t utter a word.

Stephen Delgiadice said his 8-yearold daughter was in the school and heard two big bangs. Teachers told

her to get in a corner, he said.

“It’s alarming, especially in Newtown, Connecticut, which we always thought was the safest place in America,” he said. His daughter was uninjured.

Theodore Varga said he was in a meeting with other fourth-grade teachers when he heard the gunfire, but there was no lock on the door.

He said someone had turned on the intercom so that “you could hear people in the office. You could hear the hysteria that was going on. I think whoever did that saved a lot of people.

Everyone in the school was listening to the terror that was transpiring.”

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Also, a custodian ran around, warning people there was a gunman, Varga said.

“He said, ‘Guys! Get down! Hide!’”

Varga said. “So he was actually a hero.” The teacher said he did not know if the custodian survived.

Mergim Bajraliu, 17, heard the gunshots echo from his home and ran to check on his 9-year-old sister at the school. He said his sister, who was uninjured, heard a scream come over the intercom. He said teachers were shaking and crying as they came out of the building.

“Everyone was just traumatized,” he said.

Mary Pendergast said her 9-yearold nephew was in the school at the time of the shooting but wasn’t hurt after his music teacher helped him take cover in a closet.

Richard Wilford’s 7-year-old son,

Richie, told him that he heard a noise that sounded like “cans falling.” The boy said a teacher went out to check on the noise, came back in, locked the door and had the children huddle in the corner until police arrived.

“There’s no words,” Wilford said.

“It’s sheer terror, a sense of imminent danger, to get to your child and be there to protect him.”

On Friday afternoon, family members were led away from a firehouse that was being used as a staging area, some of them weeping. One man, wearing a T-shirt without a jacket, put his arms around a woman as they walked down the middle of the street, oblivious to everything around them.

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from preceding page and it’s too early to speak of recovery, but each parent, each sibling, each member of the family has to understand that Connecticut — we’re all in this together. We’ll do whatever we can to overcome this event,” Gov. Dannel Malloy said.

Adam Lanza and his mother lived in a well-todo part of Newtown where neighbors are doctors or hold white-collar positions at companies such as General Electric, Pepsi and IBM. Three guns were found — a Glock and a Sig Sauer, both pistols, inside the school, and a .223-caliber rifle in the back of a car.

He added: “It has to stop, these senseless deaths.”

Obama’s comments on the tragedy amounted to one of the most outwardly emotional moments of his presidency.

“The majority of those who died were children — beautiful little kids between the ages of 5 and 10 years old,” Obama said.

He paused for several seconds to keep his composure as he teared up and wiped an eye. Nearby, two aides cried and held hands as they listened to Obama.

“They had their entire lives ahead of them — birthdays, graduations, wedding, kids of their own,” Obama continued about the victims. “Among the fallen were also teachers, men and women who devoted their lives to helping our children.”

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SALEM, Ore. (AP) — A deal proposed by Nike Inc. to create hundreds of jobs in Oregon in exchange for a guarantee that the state won’t change a favorable corporate tax structure prompted state lawmakers to approve emergency legislation Friday.

Critics have questioned the timing and purpose of the special session, but rather than head out on holiday vacations, the state’s part-time legislators met in Salem on four days’ notice to consider whether to give the world’s largest athletic shoe and apparel company the assurances it demanded.

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The 12 waterfront sales of Christmas There were 12 drummers drumming and 12 waterfront sales on Winnipesaukee in November!

Maybe 10 lords were leaping to get their checkbook and two of the nine ladies that were dancing paid cash? The average sale price came in at $645,917 with a median price point of $587,500.

There were eleven pipers standing out on the Meredith Town Docks piping away about the eleven month sales total of 115 transactions at an average price of $1.013 million. That compares to 92 sales at an average of $1.046 million for the same period in 2010. That is great cause for celebration as it is a 25 percent increase in waterfront sales this year.

The least expensive sale on the lake was at 108 Cow Island in Tuftonboro. There wasn’t any sign of eight maids a milking even if this is Cow Island for this was just a “starter camp” which aptly paints the picture for you. The camp has three rooms, one bedroom, and one bath with a composting toilet. But it sits majestically on a 1/4acre lot with 100-feet of frontage and a dock. It is a “work in progress,” but hey, it was on the market for only $129,000 and sold for an even $100K. It is assessed at $245,000 by the big city of Tuftonboro so perhaps it wasn’t just a partridge in a pear tree.

The property that sold at 50 Minge Cove in Alton best represents the median price point with a sale at $575,000. This 1,530-square-foot, three bedroom, two bath cape style home was built in 1985 and had extensive renovations done in 2005.

It has a bright and open floor plan with a fully updated kitchen, living room with brick fireplace, a first floor guest bedroom, and a dining area with sliders that take you out to the deck. Upstairs is a large master bedroom with a balcony overlooking the water as well as another guest bedroom. This is a car lovers’ dream property with both a five car and a two car detached garage. A waterfront “Garage Mahal” so to speak. This sale didn’t come easy though. The property was first listed back in June of 2009 at $995,000 and was on the market a total of 1,018 days. At the time of the sale it was listed at $649,000 and a deal was struck at $575,000 which was well below the current Alton Tax assessment of $614,500.

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water Drive. This is a pristine 5,000-squarefoot, five bedroom, six bath, custom built Adirondack with all the bells and whistles; soaring ceilings, field stone fireplace, extensive wood work and exposed beams, expansive glass walls and skylights, custom kitchen with granite and stainless, and a family game room in the basement.

There are two screened porches and a deck overlooking a westerly facing one acre lot with 200-feet of frontage, a sandy beach, and permanent dock.

This property was listed at $1.425 million and was on the market 129 days. A deal was struck at $1.295 million which is just above the current assessment of $1.209 million. In the summer time there are usually seven swans a swimming in the lake by the dock so the buyers must have felt it was worth just that little bit more.

There was one lone sale on Winnisquam in Belmont, at 18 Walnut St., which is about as far south on the lake as you can get. This classic lake home was built in 1927 and has loads of charm and character with wood floors, beamed ceilings, field stone fireplace, a charming porch, an in-law suite, and a separate studio/office, But the real story here is the very private 1.5-acre lot which is a point of land with 540-feet of frontage, a sandy beach, and three docks. This property was first listed in May of 2010 for $692,000 and was eventually reduced to $592,000 with a deal made at $545,000 after 368 days on the market. The current tax assessed value is $503,700.

Up on Squam there were two sales and both were nice ones. An 1883 vintage seasonal home known as the Yellow Cottage on Squam Lake has 2,000-square-feet of living space with three bedrooms, two baths, and a quintessential screened porch overlooking the lake. The home sits on a 17-acre private lot with 800-feet of frontage at 97 Jimmy Point Road in Sandwich. This property was listed at $1.9 million and sold for $1.686 million. The tax assessed value is $1.8 million.

There was not a lot of info available on the other sale on Squam other than the basics, but I think you’ll get the picture. This house is a 4,400-squarefoot, five bedroom, six bath Adirondack home and guest house built in 2004. There were no pictures see next page

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‘Big Pile Up’ event at Plymouth State University encourages litter pick-up around town and campus PLYMOUTH — A large pile of trash-filled bags in the middle of a college campus isn’t usually the image people associate with a success story, but Plymouth State University embraces it.

Why? Because the trash has been collected from every corner of the Plymouth community by PSU students, staff and faculty in an effort to improve the quality of life for everyone who lives there.

On November 29, PSU’s ‘Big Pile Up” event put an exclamation point on the community clean-up effort, with PSU Assistant Professor Jeremiah Duncan

leading the way. After months of picking up trash on daily walks, the Plymouth resident organized other people to join him in an effort collectively known as “The Big Pile-Up, which culminated with all of the collected trash being dumped in a pile in front of the Hartman Union Building as a tangible demonstration of their commitment to reducing litter and improving the community.

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from preceding page and not much of a description other than the terms “unique, extraordinary, and exquisite.” After all, it is Squam, you know. The lot is a mere 32.5 acres with privacy, fields, and woodlands with southwesterly exposure. The address of 92 Unsworth Road in Moultonborough is a bit of a misnomer as the property was listed at $9.95 million and sold for $8.7 million. The current assessed value is $4.87 million.

This property cost a more than five golden rings,

but did come with the three French hens, two turtle doves, and, in this case, a partridge in a money tree. . . or so one would hope!

Please feel free to visit www.lakesregionhome.com to learn more about the Lakes Region real estate market and comment on this article and others. Data was compiled as of 12/10/12 using the Northern New England Real Estate MLS System. Roy Sanborn is a REALTOR® at Roche Realty Group and can be reached at 603-455-0335.

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Bank of New Hampshire & employees make $120,000 donation to local United Ways LACONIA — Mark Primeau, President & CEO of Bank of New Hampshire, has announced that the bank and its employees have raised $120,000 to donate to local United Ways.

The $120,000 campaign sets a new high for Bank of New Hampshire. “Year after year, the employees of Bank of New Hampshire remain dedicated to the bank’s mission of supporting New Hampshire communities. Our annual United Way contribution is an outstanding example of that dedication,” stated Primeau.

In addition to employee contributions and the banks match, Bank of New Hampshire’s United Way Committee, consisting of Karon Thibault, Donna Harris, Candice Hada, Lindsey Ball, Janice Dall, Tiffany Benton, Kyril Mitchell, Michele Thomas, Kayne Kreitzer and Lisa Cole, coordinated fundraisers such as an intranet auction, jeans days, cook book sales, bake sales and a cutest pet photo contest

to raise an additional $13,932.

Karon Thibault, AVP - Bank Office Support Manager and Donna Harris, VP - Customer Service Center Manager, volunteered to be the campaign co-chairs for the bank. Through creativity and hard work, the employees delivered a record level of funding and employee participation.

Jack Terrill, President of the Lakes Region United Way stated, “I would like to congratulate the United Way committee and employees at Bank of New Hampshire. We sincerely appreciate their support.

Bank of New Hampshire is a staple in our community and one of the reasons we have had so much success at United Way.” For more information on the United Way, visit www.uwnh.org.

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from preceding page a time going out and picking up trash it can make a difference. I hope that students will begin to see the effects their presence has on the town and will take ownership of that and will want to leave the town a nicer place than it was when they got here.”

Duncan estimates the “The Big Pile Up” and several other litter collection events in the past year have removed hundreds of bags of trash from the

streets, green spaces and sidewalks of the town. PSU senior Amanda Bakalar noted the litter cleanup effort is a great idea.

“It’s a good feeling knowing that you’re helping out the community, even one bag is making a difference,” said Bakalar, an Early Childhood Studies major.

Nearly 100 students took part in “The Big Pile Up.”

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Daniel Webster Council’s annual Good Scout luncheon raises $66,000 LACONIA — The 21st Annual Greater Lakes Region Good Scout Award Luncheon was held on December 6. This year’s luncheon was chaired for the third year in a row by Barry Leonard, SVP – Commercial Services/ Team Leader for Bank of New Hampshire and raised a total of $66,000 for the Daniel Webster Council, more than any other year.

The Good Scout recipients at this year’s luncheon were Melcher & Prescott Insurance and Irwin Automotive Group. The $66,000 raised from the luncheon will benefit and enrich scouting throughout the Lakes Region. Scouting remains strong in New Hampshire and throughout the entire nation. Scouts are still guided by the ideals of the Scout Oath and Law, having come to the aid of their

neighbors and communities in ways both large and small.

To find out more about the Daniel Webster Council, visit www.nhscouting.org.

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LACONIA — Meineke Car Care may be new to

the Lakes Region but the owners are not.

Barry Williams, a resident of Alton and owner of three other New Hampshire based Meineke’s (Hudson, Nashua, and Concord), has had his eyes on the Lakes Region for many years. Knowing the region he lives, he has seen that the greater Laconia communities offer the potential for small business owners to provide quality service and build relationships with their customers. Partnering with John Skehan, a long time car care business owner, colleague and friend; also a Lakes Region resident that was returning home to the Lakes Region this year for family purposes, Williams knew this was the year to bring Meineke to the Lakes Region.

Successfully ranking in the top percentage of Meineke franchise ownership, Williams began looking at expansion to Laconia a number of years ago, however the location or timing did not always line up.

Skehan, owned a Billerica, MA car care company that he sold in 2004, earning him the vast knowl-

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Meineke’s two new technicians stand with owners John Skehan and Barry Williams outside the new Meineke Car Care center on Union Ave. in Laconia. (Courtesy photo)

edge and experience of home town management and customer service. Together, both being Certified Master Automotive Technicians, success business owners, and sharing the same small business management and customer service philosophy, opportunity knocked when the 1022 Union Ave location, of what was once a Midas, appeared available early in the year. Timing, location, and partnership combining the owners more than 60 years’ experience presented the right mix to open the doors on Union Avenue on November 12.

Meineke specializes in all kinds of automotive services: brakes, batteries, exhaust systems, tires, and more – even transmission work. Laconia Meineke is offering specials and a willingness to honor the previous Union Avenue Midas warranties.

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CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19).

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AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). Your sign mate, Abraham Lincoln, said, “Reputation is the shadow, character is the tree.” Even though some of what you do to build your character is difficult, life is easier for those of excellent character.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). There is not one correct solution, but many correct possibilities for solving today’s problems. You are clever and creative, so you’ll come up with fixes that are interesting and not obvious.

TODAY’S BIRTHDAY (DECEMBER 15). As you count your blessings, more show up to be counted. Your work changes in 2013 and life improvements follow the change. January celebrations bond family. February ends a dispute.

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ARIES (March 21-April 19). Go directly into the situations you are likely to fail. It’s the only way you learn the beauty of making mistakes. The only real failure is avoiding the unfamiliar situations that will help you grow.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20). You’re not always the self-assured bull. Sometimes you’re the sensitive, flower sniffing Ferdinand who has no interest in fighting, no matter how insistently the matador taunts you.

GEMINI (May 21-June 21). How can you praise what cannot be known?

With a hopeful heart, that’s how. Your capacity for imagination, magic and wonder is boundless today.

CANCER (June 22-July 22). It is natural, preferred even, to question what you can do. Humility and success will walk hand in hand. The ones who are completely confident through and through are all, coincidentally, quite mad.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). You have a private agenda and a public agenda -- the two are closely related. It’s just that you can’t tell everyone the extent of what you want to do. That would ruin the surprise.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). The ones who ignore or reject reality are at a distinct disadvantage. You may not entirely like what’s handed to you, but accepting it is the first step to change.

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––––––– ALMANAC ––––––– Today is Saturday, Dec. 15, the 350th day of 2012. There are 16 days left in the year.

Today’s Highlight in History: On Dec. 15, 1939, the epic Civil War movie “Gone With the Wind,” produced by David O. Selznick and starring Clark Gable and Vivien Leigh, had its world premiere in Atlanta.

On this date: In 1791, the Bill of Rights went into effect following ratification by Virginia.

In 1890, Sioux Indian Chief Sitting Bull and 11 other tribe members were killed in Grand River, S.D., during a confrontation with Indian police.

In 1938, groundbreaking for the Jefferson Memorial took place in Washington with President Franklin D. Roosevelt taking part in the ceremony.

In 1944, a single-engine plane carrying bandleader Glenn Miller, a major in the U.S. Army Air Forces, disappeared over the English Channel while en route to Paris. American forces invaded Mindoro Island in the Philippines.

In 1961, former Nazi official Adolf Eichmann was sentenced to death by an Israeli court for crimes against humanity. (Eichmann was hanged 5 1/2 months later.)

In 1962, the Vail Mountain ski resort in Colorado officially opened. Actor-director Charles Laughton died in Los Angeles at age 63.

In 1965, two U.S. manned spacecraft, Gemini 6A and Gemini 7, maneuvered to within 10 feet of each other while in orbit.

In 1971, the Secret Service appointed its first five female special agents.

In 1972, Bernardo Bertolucci’s controversial film “Last Tango in Paris” had its European premiere in Rome, as well as Paris.

In 1989, a popular uprising began in Romania that resulted in the downfall of dictator Nicolae Ceausescu (chow-SHES’-koo).

In 1991, an Egyptian-registered ferry, the Salem Express, hit a reef and sank in the Red Sea; at least 470 people died, although some estimates are much higher.

In 2001, the Leaning Tower of Pisa, Italy, was reopened to the public after a $27 million realignment that had dragged on for over a decade.

One year ago: The flag used by U.S. forces in Iraq was lowered in a low-key Baghdad airport ceremony marking the end of a war that had left 4,500 Americans and 110,000 Iraqis dead and cost more than $800 billion. The Senate, in a 86-13 vote, joined the House in psasing a massive $662 billion defense bill. British-born author, essayist and polemicist Christopher Hitchens, 62, died at a Houston hospital.

Today’s Birthdays: Actor-comedian Tim Conway is 79. Singer Cindy Birdsong is 73.

Rock musician Dave Clark is 70. Rock musician Carmine Appice is 66. Actor Don Johnson is 63.

Actress Melanie Chartoff is 62. Movie director Julie Taymor is 60. Movie director Alex Cox is 58. Actor Justin Ross is 58. Rock musician Paul Simonon is 57. DNC Vice Chairwoman Donna Brazile is 53. Country singer Doug Phelps is 52.

Movie producer-director Reginald Hudlin is 51.

Actress Helen Slater is 49. Actress Molly Price is 47. Actor Michael Shanks is 42. Actor Stuart Townsend is 40. Figure skater Surya Bonaly is 39. “Crowd-hyper” Kito Trawick is 35. Actor Adam Brody is 33. Actor George O. Gore II is 30. Actress Stefania Owen (TV: “Running Wilde”) is 15.

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CALENDAR TODAY’S EVENTS Book reading of the newly released children’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.

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 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.

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TODAY’S EVENTS 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.

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Annual “Christmas in the Village” concert presented by the Gilfod Community Band. 3 p.m. at the Gilford High SChool Performing Arts Center. For more information visit http://gilfordcommunityband.com/home.htm.

Breakfast Buffet hosted by the Alton Masons. 7-11 a.m. at the Masons building on Rte 28 South in Alton.

The First Congregational Society in Gilmanton holds its December Christmas Church Service. 2 p.m. at the Smith Meeting House. Refreshments served after service.

For more information call 267-8151.

The Wicwas Lake Grange Community Christmas Party for children 12 and under. 5 p.m. at the Wicwas Lake Grange Hall in Meredith. Santa Clause will make an appearance bearing gifts. Free refreshments served. Nonperishable foods for donation requested.

Presentation of the cantata, A Celebration of Carols

by Jospeh M. Martin performed by the Wesley Choir of the First United Methodist Church. 10:30 a.m. at the Church located off Rt. 11A in Gilford on 18 Wesley Way. A Dickens Christmas with the Black Swan Inn in Tilton. 1-4 p.m. Features a Victorian Christmas Open House, Christmas carols, and refreshments. $5 Donation.

Call 455-5350 for more information.

Annual Living Nativity at the Thompson-Ames Historical Soceity in Gilford Village. 2 p.m. Live animals will be featured in this performance. Children who want to take part in the scene as an angel or shepherd should should up at 1:30 pm. for costuming and directions.

The Winnipesaukee Playhouse presents their final performance at the Weirs Beach theater ‘Growing Up Brady cabaret’ featuring Brady Lynch. 7 p.m. at the Alpenrose Theater in the Weirs. Advanced reservations encouraged. Tickes are $18 for adults and $16 for seniors/ students and can be purchased by calling 366-7377.

3rd Annual Reindeer Run 5K to benefit the Moultonborough Academy’s Nordic Ski Team sponsored by Holland Hill Studio. 10 a.m. in Center Sandwich. Participants are encouraged to wear Christmas colors, hats, or reindeer antlers. Cost is $20/adults and $15/students. Children 12 and under free. For more information or to pre-pregister call

the hospital’s Employee Assistance Program. Each flavor will be packaged in stunning Holiday gift bags.

Offered that day will be “Dazzling Caramel Apple”, “Pumpkin Spice Delight”, “Alluring NH Caramel”, and a surprise fourth flavor. Samples of all flavors will be available for tasting while supplies last.

476-2476 or email hollandhillstudio.com.

Winnipesaukee Playhouse presents a youth/teen ensemble in A Very Broadway Christmas musical cabaret. 2 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.

Line Dancing at Starr King Fellowship Sundays from 4-5 p.m. $5 per person. For more information call George at 536-1179.

40th Winter Holiday concert series presenting the Pemigewasset Choral Society. 7:30 p.m. at Hanaway Theater in the Silver Cultural Arts Center at Plymouth State University. Admission is $10. Tickets available in advance by calling 535-ARTS. Remaining tickets available at the door. For more information visit www.pemichorial.org.

MONDAY, DECEMBER 17 Final report of the Moultonborough Community Charrette presented at the Moultonborough Public Library. 6 p.m. All community members welcome to attend.

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.

Narcotics Anonymous meeting. 7 to 8:30 p.m. at 35 Tower Street in Weirs Beach.

Gilford Public Library Happenings. Mahjong 12:30 p.m. to 3 p.m. Lego Legion (Age 7 and up) 30:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.

Overeaters Anonymous offers a program of recovery from compulsive eating using the Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions of OA. The program is held Monday nights at 7 p.m. at the Laconia Congregational Church Parish Hall, 18 Veterans Square, (for mapquest use 69 Pleasant St.), Laconia, NH 03246. Use back entrance. Call/leave a message for Paula at 998-0562 for more information.

Chess Club at the Hall Memorial Library. 4-7 p.m.

Adult Pick-up Basketball offered by Meredith Parks & Recreation Department held at the Meredith Community Center Monday nights from 6 p.m. to 7:45 p.m. $1 per person - sign in and out at the front desk.

Laconia Chapter of Barbershop Harmony Society meeting. 7:15 to 9:30 p.m. at the Gilford Community Church. Guests and singers of all ages and skills are invited to attend these Monday night rehearsals. For more information call Harvey Beetle at 528-3073.

Open pinochle game at the Good Shepherd Lutheran Church (Parade Road) in Laconia. 6:30 p.m. All are welcome.

Parish of Blessed Andre Bessette Respect Life Committee meeting. 7 p.m. at the Sacred Heart School Gym in Laconia, front room. Public welcome. For more information call 528-2326 or 524-8335.

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ANNIE’S MAILBOX

Dear Annie: I read the letter from “Your Husband,” who wrote an open letter to his wife explaining how her unwillingness to have sex justified his affair. He was obviously pouring his heart out. I am a 54-year-old woman on hormone replacement. My husband and I enjoy a wonderful sex life, but as I get older, I am less and less interested. I love him and want to make him happy, so once a week I force myself to have sex. If you love someone, you try to understand their needs.

But I respect hard honesty. If he had told his wife how he felt before his affair, they might have reached a mutual agreement. Now, it’s a betrayal of the marriage. He made a decision for both of them without consulting her. How would he feel if she did that? -- Emotional in California Dear Emotional: We were drowning in mail from readers responding to this man’s message, nearly all of it from women. Read on: From Illinois: This husband is an immature, selfish, spineless jerk. How can he claim he loves his wife and then commit adultery? As long as she fulfills his need for sex, she is perfect, but when the sex stops, all those other things don’t count. He should have the decency to tell her that his need for sex outweighs his love for her.

New York: I am the Other Woman. If his wife has no libido, why should he have to live that way, too? The kicker is that I am also married, and I love my husband. I wonder whether “Your Husband” really has no emotional attachment to the other woman, because I know I am attached to mine. Worse, I am not so turned on by my husband because I have such a strong physical connection with my boyfriend.

Pennsylvania: I’ll bet his wife cooks, cleans and takes care of those children, so he’d be an idiot to walk away. Not once does he indicate that they have tried counseling or a doctor’s help. Instead, he took the selfish way out and slept with

another woman. And just to be clear, a basic need would be food, water, shelter, clothing. No one has ever died for lack of sex.

Chicago: This letter shocked me, and then I became enraged. Dear Husband: I’ll tell you why we don’t have sex anymore. I am exhausted after working a full day and then coming home and taking care of the kids. I see you watching TV and wonder how you don’t notice the dirty dishes, screaming kids and toys on the floor. I resent you for choosing your friends and other interests over me. I notice how you look at other women but can’t find the same gleam in your eye for me. You pay no attention to me until we get into the bedroom, and then you expect me to fulfill your desires. I can’t have sex with someone who treats me so poorly.

Florida: I don’t have libido issues. I am simply turned off.

You have gained 80 pounds, perspire profusely and have bad breath. If you would spend less time playing with your girlfriend and work on your appeal, this would be different. I do love you, so figure out which woman will be around to feed you and change your Depends when you have a stroke.

Boston: Love does not sneak around, betray or hurt others.

That’s why marriage can be hard. Others with the same issue choose to honor their vows of fidelity, talk openly with their spouse and seek help from professionals.

Arizona: Sex creates a bond. I think this man has a big surprise coming if he ever tries to break it off with the other woman.

California: I was this wife. At age 38, I began ignoring his advances. Looking back, I think I was unhappy with myself.

I finally found my libido, and our sex life has been amazing since. But when I first approached him again, he turned me down. Now I know how much rejection hurts, especially from someone you love.

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

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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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Friendly atmosphere, plenty of parking. Antiques, clothing, jewelry and much more.

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

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PRE 1972 Classic 4 speed cars wanted. Especially convertables.

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

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

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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, 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 BELMONT: Perkins Place 2-bedroom townhouse style. $775/Month, only $99 security deposit, no application fee. Call 238-8034 FURNISHED Room with private bathroom. Heat, hot water & cable included. $150 per week.

603-366-4468.

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

For Rent 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 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.

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 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 LACONIA2-ROOMMATES wanted to share personal home.

Clean, quiet, sober environment.

All inclusive, $110-$150/week.

455-2014 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: 1 bedroom subsidized apartment. Must be elderly or disabled. Preferece given to elderly applicants with extremely low income. ($14,800 or lower).

EHO. Please call Mary at Stewart Property Management 603-641-2163 LACONIA- $885/Month, heat, water sewer included. 2 bedroom, small pets considered. Charlene Coldwell Banker 581-2885

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

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

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.

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

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

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

Call for available apartments.

524-4428 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.

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For Rent

For Sale

For Sale

Furniture

LACONIA: Spacious two bedroom apartment for rent. Rent is $844. per month with heat and hot water included. On-site laundry, storage room and off-street parking.

Close to pharmacy, schools and hospital.

Please call Julie at Stewart Property Mgt. (603) 524-6673 EHO.

5 Piece TAMA Jazz/Rock Drum Kit- Black, includes 4 Zildjian cymbals, throne, all hardware.

Like new, perfect for Christmas gift! $350. Call Steve, 293-8985

PIANOS: What greater gift to give a child than a piano?

Call 524-1430.

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

603-524-1430.

LAKEPORT APARTMENT

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

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

1-Year lease & references required.

630-2883 LAKEPORT: 5-room, 2-Bedroom.

Includes snow removal, washer/dryer, lake view. 2nd floor unfurnished. $180/Week. Leave message for Bob, 781-283-0783 MEREDITH: 2BR, in-town apartment with parking. $700/month includes heat. No smoking. No pets. Security deposit. Call John, 387-8356.

AMAZING! Beautiful Pillowtop Mattress Sets. Twin $199, Full or Queen $249, King $449. Call 603-305-9763 See “Furniture” AD.

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.

267-6060 Firestone Winter Force Snow Tires. 215/65/17. Four tires, like new, $250 firm. 387-8051 FOUR Snow Tires, $180. Kenmore vacuum cleaner $40. All in excellent condition 267-8950

RADIO Shack Custom Tone Syntheizer, Model MD 1121. Stand and music rack included. Like new. $115. 293-0922 SKI-DOO Modular helmet 2 shields one heated $200. HJC helmet 2 shields one heated $100 /obo. Call Paul at 603-366-2809.

TWO hope chests, $60 each. One kids roll top desk, $150, 6 drawer bureau $50. Three trunks, best offer. 387-6524

Free

Toy Trains- Lionel Holiday Train, $150. 125 Piece Wooden Train with table, $75. Like new. Call 524-5145.

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

WHITE metal trundle bed. New, twin, (with mattresses). Perfect Xmas. $300. 707-2878

Heavy Equipment

YAMAHA Piano- P22, oak. Great condition. Will need tuning. $2,900.

Leave message, 603-520-1450.

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

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

603-305-9763

BLAIS EQUIPMENT: 1994 426B Cat. Low hours, mint condition.

20K. Buying Daily. 603-765-8217

Help Wanted CHURCH Secretary: 12 hours per week, mid-day. Some computer skills, with Microsoft Office necessary. Leave message at church, 253-7698 or call Dave at 279-4553

FRAMERS

Experienced, independent contractors with liability insurance.

Year-round work, nonsmokers, Call Rich 603-662-6353.

Help Wanted

Help Wanted

HOLIDAY RUSH

SECRETARY Wanted: Minimum 2 yrs. experience. Must be trained on QuickBooks. Answering Phone, Data Entry, Good Personality. Fast Learner, full-time 9-5 M-F. Pay commensurate with experience. Fax resume to 524-2109.

Email job@totalsecuritynh.com.

Total Security. Laconia, NH.

We need 21 people ASAP to help with the holiday rush. If you are looking for: Full time hours or more; permanent or temp positions; flexible schedule; nice bonuses for the holidays; quick advancement; earning potential; $550 weekly; $1000 sign on bonus; call us immediately. We need help in all departments. Start training this week. No experience required.

(603)822-0220

LACONIA-FEMALE caregiver to provide non-medical services for my wife who has Alzheimer s.

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

This is a part-time position offering 10-20 hours each week, 12:305:30 pm Thursday, Friday and Saturday.

Must be reliable and dependable and able to transfer 115 pounds.

Send experience and/or resume to kathrynmoore16@aol.com or phone (978) 807-1450.

Home Improvements TOTAL FLOOR CARE, TOTAL HOME CARE Professional Floor sanding, refinishing. Repair: remodeling, painting, cleaning. 603-986-8235

Instruction GAMMON DRIVING SCHOOL January Driver Education Classes

Call 323-8333

Special Education Preschool ParaEducator Laconia School District We are seeking a candidate interested in working to support students with academic, emotional, social, physical and behavioral skill development in our school. A Position is available in our preschool program.

NORTHFIELD: 2 bedroom, 1st floor, direct access to basement with coin-op laundry, $230/week including heat, electric & hot water. 524-1234, www.whitemtrentals.com.

Part-time, 3 hours per day, 15 hours per week.

Available starting January 2, 2013

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

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.

Call 527-6283.

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

HD TV- Sceptre LCD 23", used as backup TV w/LG Blue Ray Player $150. 267-0977 IBANEZ Gio electric guitar $100, Peavey Special 130W amplifier $150. Or both for $225. 286-4012.

JETT III Ultra Power Wheelchair with oxygen carrier, like new. $1,500. 744-6107.

JOHNSTON

LOGGING FIREWOOD

Cut, Split & Delivered $200 per cord, Got trees need CA$H?

455-6100

LAPTOP- Acer Aspire, used 3 times since new. W/case, adult owned like new $150. 267-0977

4,000 Watt Generator. $250.

677-2865

LIFT Chair- $300 or best offer. 2 rolling walkers with seat & brakes.

Call 229-7180

7ft snowplow with lights & hydrolic lift $400. 524-4445

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

GILFORD SCHOOL DISTRICT High School Head Football Coach If interested please send letter of interest to: Dave Pinkham, Athletic Director Gilford High School, 88 Alvah Wilson Road, Gilford, NH 03249 or email dpinkham@gilford.k12.nh.us For more information call 524-7146 x 251

Please send letter of interest, resume and three letters of reference to: Marcy Kelley, Student Services Coordinator Woodland Heights School 225 Winter Street Extension Laconia, NH 03246 Please visit our website for information about Laconia School District www.laconiaschools.org E.O.E

Images of local photographer Harrison Haas now on display at Gilford Public Library GILFORD – The Gilford Public Library’s monthly exhibit for December will feature images from Lakes Region photographer Harrison Haas.

Traveling across the United States, and in some cases overseas, the photographs on display are only a fraction of the photographs taken by Haas over the years.

Haas began taking pictures while studying at The University of Tampa, where he studied Communication and Criminal Justice. With there being many picturesque opportunities on Florida’s west coast, Haas developed an eye for photography; even more so, a passion “I took one class at UT called the Documentary Tradition with Dr. Kennedy, which I found intriguing,” said Haas. “It wasn’t until I began receiving comments about my photos that I really began to pursue and explore my creative side of things.”

The journey continued after college when he landed his first job at The Citizen of Laconia, where he started as a reporter and assumed duties as a staff photographer. Three years later, he started a freelance photography business, which he now operates in addition to his duties at the newspaper.

Included in the display at the library are photographs featured in the book “The History of Gunstock: Skiing in the Belknap Mountains,” by local author Carol Lee Anderson. The book was published in October 2011 and won the 2011 SKADE Award, presented

Instruction

Motorcycles

GUITAR LESSONS

1980 FLH HD/Project bike. Runs, wiring needs to be finished, lost eyesight. All original equipment included, plus jack. $4,000.

387-6524

With Mike Stockbridge- Berklee, UMaine All styles, levels, and ages. www.mikestockbridge.com (603)733-9070.

Mobile Homes $34,995 14 wides $65,995 38X28 Cape

www.CM-H.com Open Daily & Sun.

Camelot Homes Rt. 3 Tilton NH

Motorcycles 1995 Honda 80 Dirt Bike. $700.

527-8962

Real Estate LACONIA lakefront house w/2 BR, 1.5 bath, 985 sq.ft in quiet neighborhood on Lake Winnisquam view of Mosquito Bridge; 101 shoreline w/beach, .54 acre lot; great potential for expansion/ renovation; brick fireplace, 3-yr-old furnace; screened porch, walkout basement $625K; inquiries please call 455-5778

Preowned Homes FOR SALE View home listings on our web site www.briarcrestestatesnh.com or Call Ruth @ 527-1140 or Cell 520-7088

Pine Gardens Manufactured Homes Sales & Park

Used Singlewide 14 X 70

Lakes Region photographer Harrison Haas’s photos are featured at the Gilford Library. (Courtesy photo)

by the International Skiing History Association.

Haas was featured in other publications, including UT Journal, Rally News and The Rattle. He entered one his photographs from his trip to Alaska into the 2011 National Geographic Photo Contest, which is available for view on NationalGeographic.com when you search for “Harrison Haas.”

“I hope people can enjoy looking at the photographs as much as I have enjoyed taking them over the past few years,” said Haas. “Getting a good shot see next page

Services

Services

2 bedroom, 1 bathroom, 2 decks and a shed.

Set up in park. F-15

$12,500

See our homes at www.pinegardens.mhvillage.com 6 Scenic Drive Belmont, NH

Services

CARPENTER- 10 + years experience. Finish work, sheet rock & painting. No job too small. Scheduling now. 998-0269

HANDYMAN SERVICES

CHAIR CANING

Small Jobs Are My Speciality

Seatweaving. Classes. Supplies.

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

Buy • Sell • Trade www.motoworks.biz

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

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

(603) 267-8182

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

Rick Drouin 520-5642 or 744-6277 HARDWOOD Flooring- Dust Free Sanding. 25 years experience.

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

Our Customers Don t get Soaked!

528-3531

WET BASEMENTS,

Major credit cards accepted

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

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

Storage Space

ADJUNCT FACULTY POSITIONS AVAILABLE The College solicits resumes and letters of interest from persons qualified and interested in teaching the following subjects: Basic Machine Shop Math Blueprint Reading Basic machine Operations CNC Operations I & II Quality Control Strength of Materials Minimum Qualifications: Bachelor’s degree from a recognized college or university with major study in Engineering, Manufacturing, or related field. Three years experience in Engineering, Manufacturing, industry or in a related field.

Salary commensurate with experience.

Interested persons should submit an application, transcripts, resume, and cover letter to: Thomas Goulette Vice-President, Academic & Community Affairs Lakes Region Community College 379 Belmont Road, Laconia, NH 03246-1364 Tel: (603) 524-3207 E-Mail: tgoulette@ccsnh.edu

Store your Car, Boat, Motorcycle, RV in a clean/dry place. Monthly rates. 524-1430 or 455-6518

Yard Sale COMPLETE CARE CLEANING SERVICE

Bag Lady Boutique OPEN Sat. 11-4

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

603-717-6682

New & Used Unique Gifts

“It!s the little endearing things that matter at Christmas”

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

Rt. 3 Belmont. Turn in at Appletree Nursery, go to back.

DICK THE HANDYMAN Available for small and odd jobs, also excavation work, small tree and stump removal and small roofs! Call for more details. Dick Maltais 603-267-7262 or 603-630-0121

455-0316

Home Care

The Community College System of New Hampshire’s job application may be obtained by visiting the web site at www.ccsnh.edu and following the Human Resources prompts.

An Equal Opportunity Employer

DO YOU NEED FINANCIAL HELP with the spaying, altering of your dog or cat? 224-1361

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Sun Celebrations Anniversary

Births

Rocco and Barbara J. Vinzi (Rocky and B.J.), formerly of Worcester, Mass., are celebrating 60 years of marriage on December 20, 2012. They were married on December 20, 1952 at Mount Carmel Church in Worcester, Mass., with George and Ida Spadea of Oxford, Mass., as their best man and maid of honor.

They are truly blessed with a son, R. Steven Vinzi and his wife Kerrian of Dudley, Mass., and daughter, Paula Vinzi Johnson and her husband Tom, of Canton, N.H. They also have a grandson, Maxwell Steven Vinzi, who is the “apple of their eyes”. Rocky and B.J. currently reside in Moultonborough, N.H.

Croy Aldin Danforth was born to Jessica St. Gelais and Michael Danforth of Laconia, N.H. on November 27, 2012 at Lakes Region General Hospital in Laconia, N.H. He weighed 7 pounds and was 18.75 inches long. He has two older brothers, Cody (11) and Dustyn (7). The maternal grandparents are Mr. & Mrs. Richard Marcotte of Belmont, N.H. and Mr. & Mrs. Donald St. Gelais of Sanbornton, N.H. The paternal grandparents are Mr. & Mrs. Larry Danforth of Northfield, N.H.

Rocco and Barbara J. Vinzi

Croy Aldin Danforth

Tolkien class at Wis. university proves popular

MILWAUKEE (AP) — The vast collection of J.R.R. Tolkien manuscripts initially sold senior Joe Kirchoff on Marquette University, so when the school offered its first course devoted exclusively to the English author, Kirchoff wanted in. The only problem: It was full and he wasn’t on the literature track.

Undaunted, the 22-year-old political science and history major lobbied the English department and others starting last spring and through the summer and “kind of just made myself a problem,” he said.

His persistence paid off.

“It’s a fantastic course,” said Kirchoff, a Chicago native. “It’s a great way to look at something that’s such a creative work of genius in such a way you really come to understand the man behind it.”

He and the 31 other students can now boast of their authority about the author who influenced much of today’s high fantasy writing. The course was taught for the first time this fall as part of the university’s celebration of the 75th anniversary of “The Hobbit” being published. And class wrapped up just before the film, “The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey,” was released Friday.

The class, which filled up fast with mostly seniors who had first dibs, looked at Tolkien as a whole, not just the popular “Lord of the Rings” and “The Hobbit.” Students took their final exam this week, and the course was so well received, Marquette is considering more in the future.

“It’s the best class I’ve had in 27 years here ... for student preparation, interest and enthusiasm,” said English professor Tim Machan. “And I can throw out any topic and they will have read the material and they want to talk about the material.”

Marquette is one of the main repositories of Tolkien’s drafts, drawings and other writings — more than 11,000 pages. It has the manuscripts for “The Lord of the Rings” and “The Hobbit,” as well as his lesser-known “Farmer Giles of Ham” and his children’s book “Mr. Bliss.” Marquette was the first institution to ask Tolkien for the manuscripts in 1956 and paid him about $5,000. He died in 1973. from preceding page takes patience and a little bit of luck. Sometimes it’s all about being in the right place at the right time.”

Other photos in the library display include a variety of Haas’ work, including photographs of wildlife, scenes from nature, architecture, people and more.

Haas has recently begun shooting aerial photographs. This year he also started doing portraits, special events and wedding ceremonies.

Kevin Rines of U Frame We Frame, located at 21 Canal St., Laconia, completed matting for the photographs on display.

For more information about Harrison Haas and his photography, visit www.HarrisonHaasPhotography.com.

The Week will Feature Samplings, Giveaways and Prize Drawings

Center Harbor, NH 603-253-4312