The Laconia Daily Sun, December 16, 2010

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CONCORD — Asked yesterday if Financial Resources Mortgage, Inc. (FRM) was a fraudulent company, Scott Farah of Meredith, its principal, first

replied “I don’t know, but I acted fraudulently,” then, correcting himself, said “I was FRM and FRM was me.”

Farah was fielding questions from Jeffrey Spill of the New Hampshire Bureau see Farah page 8

After losing thousands of dollars in the Ponzi scheme of FRM, Ken Miller (at left in photo) bought several items when the bankrupt firm’s property was sold at auction. When Scott Farah (right), the president of FRM, testified before the Bureau of Securities Regulation yesterday, Miller took the opportunity to return several religious artifacts, which he said “he can probably use in jail.” (Laconia Daily Sun photo/Michael Kitch)

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BELMONT - After two hours of listening to roomful of residents say why they don’t want an outdoor shooting range on Route 106, the Zoning Board of Adjustment voted to table the discussion and vote on granting a special exception to the town’s zoning ordinance.

Chairman Peter Harris said the board needs time to review a submission by Conservation Commission Chair Kenneth Knowlton about a state environmental regulation regarding shooting ranges and wetlands and a letter from Gilford real estate appraiser Bill Mclean III regarding noise and property values.

“This has been a great meeting and a fair meeting,” said Harris who added the board has to be “openminded” and take the appropriate laws and regulations into consideration as well as the opinions of the abutters.

It was in April of 2009 when Bob Gilsee raNGE page 12

The resurging Wicwas Lake Grange in Meredith Center held a Christmas Party on Monday evening, featuring a visit from Santa Claus, cookie decorating and a model train.

Shown here, from left to right, are Thayer Bonner, Branden and Rachel Taggett and Laura-Marie and Devin Schwarz. Earlier this year, it appeared as if the 109 year-old grange hall and organization was in danger of dissolving due to lack of participation. However, thanks to a concerted effort by a handful of local residents, interest has swung strongly upward and the grange now boasts about 40 members. A well-attended barn dance was held in November, a family-friendly Valentine’s dance is planned as well as another barn dance in the spring. (Laconia Daily Sun photo/Adam Drapcho)

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Senate approves Obama’s tax cut compromise, 81-19 WASHINGTON (AP) — In a reach across party lines, the Senate overwhelmingly passed sweeping legislation Wednesday to prevent a Jan. 1 income tax increase for millions and renew jobless benefits for the long-term unemployed.

The 81-19 roll call cleared the way for a suspenseful vote in the House on Thursday, where rebellious liberals announced plans to try and stiffen an estate tax provision they oppose as too generous to the rich.

President Barack Obama quickly told reporters he wants the bill passed unchanged, so it can reach his desk quickly for a signature. And Senate Republicans have warned any modification could doom the bill’s prospects for passage in time to head off the tax hikes.

“I know there are different aspects of this plan to which members of Congress, on both sides of the aisle, object,” Obama said. “That’s the nature of compromise. But we worked hard to negotiate an agreement that’s a win for middle-class families and a

win for our economy. And we can’t afford to let it fall victim to either delay or defeat.”

But House Democrats argued their proposed change would shave $23 billion off the cost of the bill and ease the impact on deficits. “It doesn’t create jobs, it adds to the deficit,” Rep. Chris Van Hollen, D-Md., said of the more generous estate tax included in the bill. “Is that the message this Congress wants to send at a time of high deficits?”

At its core, the legislation provides a two-year extension of the tax cuts at all income levels that Congress approved while George W. Bush was president. Without action, they will expire on Dec. 31.

The bill also would cut 2011 Social Security taxes for all wage earners, a reduction that will mean an extra $1,000 in take home pay for an individual earning $50,000.

In addition, the legislation renews a program of jobless benefits for millions who were laid off more than six months ago. Officials said that without the

bill, government checks will be cut off for two million Americans over the holidays, and millions more over the next year.

Energy tax provisions, including extension of a government subsidy for ethanol and breaks for producers of other alternatives to oil, were added in recent days to strengthen lawmakers’ support for the measure.

The legislation amounted to the first fruits of a new era of divided government, a deal sealed little more than a week ago by Obama, who is nursing a fragile economic recovery midway through his term, and Republicans whose position was greatly strengthened in last month’s elections.

Concessions made by the president sparked criticism from liberals who were angered at tax cuts for the wealthy that he had long criticized. Some provisions agreed to by Republican leaders brought objections from conservatives unhappy that the cost of the jobless benefits would swell the federal budget deficit.

WASHINGTON (AP) — For the second time this year the House voted to dismantle the military’s “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy, giving the Senate a final shot in the waning days of this Congress at changing a law requiring thousands of uniformed gays to hide their sexual identity.

The strong 250-175 House vote Wednesday propels the issue to the Senate, where supporters of repeal say they have the votes but perhaps not the time to get the bill to the floor. It could be the last chance for some time to legislatively end the 1993 law that forbids recruiters from asking about sexual orientation and troops from acknowledging that they are gay.

Democratic leaders in the Senate say they are committed to bringing the bill to the floor before Congress adjourns for the year. But they are challenged by opposition from some Republicans and a daunting agenda that includes finishing work on legislation to fund the government and ratifying a nuclear arms treaty with Russia.

No time has been set for a Senate vote on repealing “don’t ask, don’t tell.” Failure to overturn the policy this year could relegate the issue to the back burner next year when Republicans, who are far less supportive of allowing openly gay individuals to serve in the military, take over the House and gain

strength in the Senate.

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., said after the House vote that there is clear evidence that an overwhelming majority of Congress wants to repeal the law.

“We are very quickly running out of days in this Congress,” Reid said in a statement. “The time for weeklong negotiations on amendments and requests for days of debate is over. Republican senators who favor repealing this discriminatory policy need to join with us now to stand against those who are trying to run out the clock on this Congress.”

PANAMA CITY, Fla. (AP) — Clay Duke was a troubled, broke ex-con with bipolar disorder, an interest in anarchy, a wife whose unemployment benefits had run out and frustrations that reached their boiling point on a day circled on his calendar at home.

The burly 56-year-old held a Florida school board at gunpoint Tuesday, saying he was prepared to die.

He fired at board members, missing them by inches, then killed himself after exchanging gunfire with a security guard.

Duke’s wife said Wednesday he was an excellent marksman and probably missed the five board members — sitting steps away — on purpose. One board member even crept up from behind and hit Duke with her purse — but he only called her a name and didn’t shoot.

“He didn’t want anyone to get hurt but himself,” Rebecca Duke said of the man she loved. She called him a “gentle giant.”

“The economy and the world just got the better of

him,” she said.

In the moments prior to the shooting, Duke spray painted a circle and a large, red V inside of it on the meeting room wall and muttered about rising taxes and how his wife was fired from the school district. The school superintendent begged Duke not to shoot, but he did.

No one but Duke was injured; a school security guard fired several shots and hit Duke three times see GUNMAN page 12

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Florida gunman’s wife says he probably missed school board members intentionally

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N.H. Attorney General says Mass.

School superintendent search consultant medical lab used pretty models to coax raises storm with observation that shoppers into bone marrow tests that Claremont’s ‘gene pool’ not the deepest CONCORD (AP) — The top headeverybody’s mouths,” said Claremont were billed to their insurance companies hunter in Claremont’s search for school board member Brian Rapp — CONCORD (AP) — Flirtatious young models at mall kiosks coaxed shoppers to submit to expensive bone marrow tests they were told would cost nothing, New Hampshire’s attorney general said Wednesday.

But the lab that hired the models billed $4,336 for the tests to insurance companies, the city of Manchester, N.H., and some consumers — well above the $110 other labs charge, Attorney General Michael Delaney said.

The lab, UMass Memorial Health Care in Worcester, Mass., outfitted the models in black high heels, black skirts, white lab coats and wigs and sent them to malls around New England, Delaney said. They were paid $75 per hour to recruit shoppers to submit to DNA swabs.

The lab could have spent as much as $4 million on the models over the past 18 months to get donations, Delaney estimated. Delaney said one modeling agency was paid $40,000 to $50,000 a week to provide models.

Some recruiters worked on commission and had little regard for the qualifications of prospective donors, senior Assistant Attorney General Jim Boffetti said. He said they took samples from people who didn’t qualify because of age or medical issues or who might

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Delaney said he and the state Insurance Department are investigating whether unfair and deceptive practices were used in violation of state law. He said it was too early to estimate the total amount of money or people involved.

The lab and the Caitlin Raymond International Registry issued a statement saying they are “confident that we will be able to address and satisfy” the concerns of investigators. They agreed to suspend operations in New Hampshire until the investigation is finished. The registry coordinates use of bone marrow and other tissue among donors and doctors.

UMass said potential donors sign a consent form that explains their insurance company may be billed for lab testing, but Delaney said it isn’t clear what donors were told.

Once New Hampshire began investigating, UMass dropped its lab charge without explanation to $1,700, Delaney said. The lab said it charges based on the negotiated rate with insurers.

Manchester Mayor Ted Gatsas brought the issue to the state’s attention last week after city employees see MODELS page 13

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a new school superintendent has stepped down after outraging residents with remarks he made about the “gene pool” — but that may not be salve enough.

School district officials plan to vote Thursday on whether to fire the entire firm — the New England School Development Council — and hire another company.

William Zimmerman, the headhunter and a former Hanover school superintendent, admits he used “a poor choice of words” in describing the challenges that Claremont faces in finding a schools chief.

At a public forum last week, Zimmerman discussed how easy a search is when dealing with a wealthy, gifted community that has children who come from “an extraordinarily talented gene pool.”

By comparison, he said, Claremont has “poor people, poor children and disorientation in the family and the community.”

In his letter Monday withdrawing from the search, Zimmerman apologized and said he did not intend the remarks to be derogatory. But several city officials said the remarks were so offensive they taint any involvement

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Zimmerman declined to comment further Wednesday, telling The Associated Press that it’s “an unpleasant situation.”

The district — School Administrative Unit 6 — is looking for a superintendent to succeed Jacqueline Guillette, who will retire in August.

NESDEC was the firm that recommended Guillette nine years ago and also vetted her predecessor, Robert Patterson.

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Froma Harrop

Individual insurance mandate is essential So you thought health care was fixed. Well, maybe not “fixed,” but you assumed that the new law had put us on the path to solving one of America’s most pressing problems — spiraling health care costs amid surging numbers of uninsured citizens.

No, no, no, no.

The recent decision by Judge Henry E. Hudson, of a U.S. district court in Virginia, pumps new life into Republican efforts to kill health care reform by draining the program of a means to pay for it.

Hudson argued that forcing anyone to buy something — in this case, a private insurance policy — is unconstitutional. (Two other district court judges rejected that interpretation.)

Why is the individual mandate essential? Current law requires hospital emergency rooms to treat all comers. Without the mandate, uninsured people could wait to buy coverage until they’re in the ambulance. In 2008, doctors and hospitals delivered $43 billion in “free” care.

(Of course, it was not free. Taxpayers and anyone with private coverage picked up those bills.)

Years ago, Massachusetts forbade insurers to discriminate against sick people, but it didn’t also insist that everyone obtain coverage. What happened? Premiums jumped. Since it added the mandate in 2006, premiums have fallen 40-percent.

If the mandate goes, so go the parts of the law that stop insurers from rejecting those with pre-existing conditions or canceling policies once the policyholder becomes seriously ill. In an efficient insurance pool, as we’ve seen in Massachusetts, healthy people must subsidize the sick.

This concept is not foreign to Republicans and has been part of their own past health care proposals. But the new law’s inclusion of an individual mandate has suddenly become a big, big problem for them.

Actually, Republicans do not object to expanding government health care as much as they mind paying for it.

They did not set aside a single penny for their 2003 Medicare drug benefit, tacking it all onto the national debt.

(A giveaway to insurers and drug companies, the Medicare drug benefit is costing about the same as the Democrats’ reform of the entire system.)

Former U.S. Comptroller General David Walker called it “the most fiscally irresponsible piece of legislation since the 1960s.”

And let’s drop the fairy tale that the Grand Old Party’s deficit cowboys have been replaced by fiscally conservative new blood. In their book, “Young Guns — a New Generation of Conservative Leaders,” Reps.

Paul Ryan of Wisconsin, Eric Cantor of Virginia and Kevin McCarthy of California talk piously of fellow Republicans having “lost their way” and pretend they are different.

But when it came time in 2003 to vote on the “most fiscally irresponsible piece of legislation,” what did the “young guns” actually do? They voted for it. Ryan said “yea.” Cantor said “yea.” (McCarthy was not yet elected to Congress.)

This latest legal attack on the health care law doesn’t make much sense. The federal government argues that the mandate to buy coverage is indeed constitutional because the fine for not having it would be levied as an income tax.

Meanwhile, it’s hard not to laugh at the cries over the “injustice” of forcing people to buy coverage.

Working Americans are already forced to buy health coverage — but for others. They can’t choose not to pay the Medicare payroll tax. They can’t even make a deal with the government, promising, “I will forgo all future Medicare benefits if I can be freed from the Medicare payroll tax.”

If the new health care reforms die, America will find no relief from the economic deadweight of spending twice per capita on health care as other rich countries. It would mean another push down the slope of national decline.

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

Many reasons to cheer & say ‘bravo’ at ‘Really Rosie’ performance To the editor, Recently my family attended the “Really Rosie” performance at The Winnipesaukee Playhouse, which was an all children’s cast.

In taking in the performance, it struck me how fortunate we are in this area to have a community resource that allows children the opportunity to get professional theatrical training and experience. As beneficial as that is, the positive peer to peer role modeling is even more so.

We knew a few of the children in the performance, and could see how this experience has contributed to their overall well rounding as people. The performance by the way was terrific!

A big applause to the cast and to the people behind The Winnipesaukee Playhouse; we have many reasons to cheer and say bravo!

If you have not yet attended, you should plan to do so.

Melissa Lipman Laconia

LETTERS Demand our reps put pressure on governor to pardon Ward Bird To the editor, I have been following the recent events concerning the terrible travesty of justice concerning Moultonborough resident Ward Bird. While I do not know Mr. Bird and have never met him, I feel I must speak out on his behalf. From what I have read, Mr. Bird has always been an outstanding citizen of our Lakes Region community, a hard working man, who takes care of his family, pays his taxes, a man who can be trusted and always tries to do the right thing. He is now sitting in jail for exercising his constitutional right to protect his home and property against an intruder. As it so happens I know the person who was the cause of this entire injustice.

A few weeks before the incident on Mr. Bird’s property I met this woman as part of a potential business deal and tried to work with her to meet the goals she was trying to attain. I can tell you for a fact that I quickly found out she was not thinking or acting in any way rational. She became angry and made accusations that were unfounded and absurd and I quickly broke off all dealings with her. After talking with other colleagues in my field I learned that others have had dealings with her before she came to me. This incident I had with her occurred just a few weeks before her encounter with Mr. Bird. At the trial, she was portrayed as a poor innocent lady who was lost and had simply wandered onto his property by mistake. I do not believe that is true given what I know about this woman.

We all know that Amendment Two of the Bill of Rights In our Constitution states: “The right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed.”

But we also know that we are a nation of laws, and to allow everyone to brandish weapons against our fellow citi-

zens at a whim would not be logical.

So the states pass laws that regulate how citizens can use weapons under various circumstances. I understand that this is necessary otherwise chaos would reign and we would all be walking around armed all the time feeling we need this protection to defend ourselves. But clearly a man has a right to protect his home, family, and property, against an intruder whose motives are unclear. This is part of the core values of our American way of life.

I am not a lawyer, and I do not know all the specific details of the encounter Mr. Bird had with this woman, but from everything I have read, and what I know, I believe that Mr. Bird was unfairly convicted and incarcerated.

After all, while a firearm was shown, it was never fired and nobody was hurt in any way. If a crime was committed does this punishment fit? I think not.

I am calling on Governor Lynch to look into this matter immediately, and to free Mr. Bird, to overturn his conviction, clear his record and bring him home to his family for the Christmas holiday. Also, to look into the laws that led to this man’s unjust incarceration and rewrite them to allow the citizens to protect that which is ours, and those that we love.

I call on all the citizens of this great state to call their representatives and demand they put pressure on Governor Lynch to do the right thing. I feel so strongly about this that if he does not move to free Mr. Bird the citizens of this state ought to move for immediate impeachment. We must send a message to our elected officials that we the citizens have right to protect our families, and property and nothing less will be acceptable. LIVE FREE OR DIE. Gordon Blais Meredith

Give new congressmen & senators a year to act on promises To the editor, The letter from Nancy Leclerc in Dec. 14 Daily Sun, demands a response!

Nancy, I appreciate how anxious you are to see real response from our last elections, BUT the federal government moves extremely slow!

seated and have ability to vote until the next year! None of them have any say in current government, other than indicating where the ball will go later!

Just wait until next year to demand their action.

Jack Stephenson

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LETTERS Republican mandate doesn’t include repeal of boat speed limit To the editor, The concept of allowing boaters to decide for themselves how fast is “reasonable and prudent” is the only thing that can work on the ocean. Enforcing a set speed limit on the open seas is impossible. The best that can be done there is to have a law that can be applied after the fact, to decide whether an accident was the result of a crime. But Lake Winnipesaukee is not the ocean. It is a lake. Speed limits are enforceable here, they are working, and people have been obeying them. Allowing “thunder boaters” to decide for themselves how fast is “reasonable and prudent” is not necessary here, we can do much better than that, and we have been doing much better than that for three years. And with all the real issues our legislature has to worry about right now, is this something they should be mucking around with anyway?

Two years of a 45 MPH speed limit law after a one year Marine Patrol “informal test” have proven that those very few very aggressive cowboys who caused so much mayhem respect a black and white speed limit. Only twenty-some speeding tickets had to be issued over this period, proving what those that use the lake saw, what most people expected . . . how much more civil and “recreational” boating on Winnipesaukee was for all once again, and how people obey laws that are clear and unambiguous.

Why even think about changing that?

Especially with all the serious issues our legislators need to address.

The problem on Winnipesaukee has never been the responsible boater behind the helm of a fast boat . . . it has been the irresponsible cowboy who always wants to see what he can get away with. Cowboys are just big kids. Kids need to be given curfews and defined limits. . . 9 o’clock. . . four cookies. . . take a bath. They cannot decide from themselves. They are not mature or responsible enough. Telling a cowboy “Just go as fast as you feel is reasonable and prudent” is like telling a kid to just eat as much candy

as he thinks he should. Kids have a different idea of what “reasonable and prudent” means than we do, Because we have adult minds, and they have adolescent minds.

Last summer, boating traffic on Winnipesaukee was as balanced and civil as we have seen for over 20 years. All of us got to enjoy our boats and enjoy the lake. Kids camps were sailing and canoeing again. Dealers were selling canoes and kayaks again. Waterside restaurants were struggling to find dock space again. Sailing clubs held regattas and sailing schools again.

Rowers in skulls were out there in numbers never seen before. Fathers were taking their sons fishing again.

And off-shore boats were still out there, going 45 MPH, which any boater knows is pretty darn fast on the water. No longer were the majority of family boaters being ruled by the aggressive boating of such a small minority, so why even think about going back? Especially with the real problems N.H. has for our elected officials to fix.

The election of Republicans to Concord in such a landslide was not a mandate to repeal such a functional law that even Republican voters favor so overwhelmingly. We elected Republicans to return fiscal responsibility to New Hampshire, not to return “thunder boating” to Winnipesaukee.

Cowboys behind the wheels of thunder boats are not the “Republican” standard. That standard is embodied in the father who wants to get behind the wheel of his runabout to take his family for an ice cream, or take his kids tubing. Now he can do that again.

Please don’t go back to the mayhem that so many hundreds of people described. . . the mayhem that the current law virtually eliminated.

Those who want Coast Guard rules should go to the ocean. Besides, there are important matters facing New Hampshire right now, and unleashing the “thunder boaters” to terrorize us once again is not one of them. That is not what we voted for.

Ed Chase Meredith

The Democrats want to chase you right in to the grave for taxes To the editor, I have always been amazed of the hate by Democrats for successful people. Dems prefer to call them wealthy or rich. Rich is defined as between $250,000 and beyond. Dems are pouting about the extension of the Bush tax cuts. Dems are now mad at President Obama and President Clinton and the Republicans.

Now their new issue along with the Bush tax cuts is the estate tax (a/k/a the death tax). The Dems opposed the Bush tax cuts because they kept stating that the tax applied only to the rich (totally false). Now they are stating that the estate tax is a “giveaway” to the rich. What was negotiated with President Obama was $5,000,000 for a person, $10,000,000 for a couple; anything above that would be taxed at 35-percent.

What is the Estate Tax? It’s a tax on the following: Cash and investments,

Life insurance payout, retirement account, home or homes, vested stock options, business ownership interest, vehicles, boats, RVs, snowmobiles, etc, artwork, jewelry collectibles (baseball cards, antiques), furniture and other personal property, anything else of value.

The Dems want to tax you right into the grave. Think of farmers owning acres and acres of land, think of retired people who bought land on an ocean, lake or near a ski or recreational area.

In Florida, there was a farm across from a mall. Sell your baseball cards and Barbie dolls.

In summary, the death tax should die. FYI, the Republicans want to repeal the estate tax and the Dems want to raise the percentage to 45-percent. It is the Dems way of saying Merry Christmas to all.

Jim Mayotte Sanbornton

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I look forward to keeping you informed What an experience the last eight months have been! I never anticipated that running for office would be such an exciting, all-consuming journey. Along the campaign trail I met lots of really thoughtful, engaged folks who believed in me and worked hard for me — and because of their help, I am your state senator.

The hallmark of my service to the citizens of District 2 will be active communication and constituent service. And, with those two ideas in mind, I thought it would be appropriate to share, on a regular basis, what is happening in Concord and my experiences as a newly elected official.

During legislative orientation about three weeks ago, we learned the mechanics of researching, requesting, and drafting a bill, experienced a mock committee hearing, a mock Senate session, and got an overview of finance and the budget.

That same week, I spent an entire day listening to the various state agencies present their proposed budgets to the governor. It was definitely an information-filled week!

December 1st was Organization Day for both the N.H. Senate and House. I was officially sworn in by Governor Lynch and the Executive Council. Standing there between my seat-mates Senator Jeb Bradley (R-Wolfeboro) and Senator John Gallus (R-Berlin) with my right hand raised, taking the oath, I was humbled and proud to be a citizen and public servant of this great state.

Next, with newly retired Chief Justice Broderick presiding over the Senate, we unanimously voted for Senator Peter Bragdon (R-Milford) as our Senate President, followed by a unanimous vote for Tammy Wright as the Senate Clerk. Finally, the senators had the opportunity to introduce their guests. I was so pleased to have my husband, Keith with me that day as well as Orford resident Peter Dooley, who made the trip just for the swearing in ceremony.

After our swearing in, we joined with the House of Representatives to elect the Secretary of State and the State Treasurer. Secretary of State Bill Gardner and State Treasurer Catherin Provencher were both re-elected to their positions.

The Senate also met in caucus (a closed meeting of the members of a political party to decide upon questions of policy). I am pleased to report that we got the message

loud and clear from the voters and we are busy working on a legislative agenda with priorities focused on the economy, jobs, and the budget.

There are 14 standing committees in the Senate. I have been assigned seats on the Finance and Public and Municipal Affairs Committees.

We also got our office assignments today and in the next couple weeks I will be getting myself moved in — I’ll be in Room 105-A in the State House with Senator Tom DeBlois (R-Manchester) and Senator Jim Luther (R-Nashua), in case you’d like to visit.

The deadline to file bills for Senators is December 10th and if you go to the N.H. General Court website, www.gencourt.state.nh.us you can see there are already over 500 bills introduced for the 2011 session. To see a list of the bills, click on the State Legislative Dash Board, 2011 Bill Requests, then “Click Here to See Bill Requests.”

After a brief meeting with a constituent, I left the Statehouse and headed for Bradford, Vermont to attend the 2010 Cohase Region Economic Development Summit.

I was impressed to see the active engagement of selectboards from Piermont, Haverhill, Newbury, and Bradford working with the Lower Cohase Regional Chamber of Commerce, along with local and regional economic development officials, and local school superintendents.

The conversations and exchange of ideas were exciting. Superintendents looking for ways to collaborate on health care purchases to save money; local business people encouraging collaboration between local food producers and restaurants; selectmen making a commitment to reducing expenses in order to ease the tax burden on residents.

These folks are working hard to be part of the solution. They are finding ways to get our economy moving, to streamline and come up with creative ways to reduce costs and to promote a sense of community. It’s a reminder to me that we need to be doing the same thing in Concord.

As we did in our campaign, the next two years will be a grassroots effort — focusing on outreach and active communication with you. I look forward to keeping you informed and encourage you to call, write, or email me (279-1459, 78 Tracy Way, Meredith, NH 03253, or jeanie@jeanieforrester. com respectively).

Stick together as a nation. United we stand & divided we. . .

To the editor, I knew that something such as this was bound to come down the pike.

There is only one way that the current president has any chance of re-election — split the race three ways. That is how former President Clinton got re-elected.

The people that are behind this group are lefties. Go ahead and call me out

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Do not be fooled. Stick together it’s the only way we will survive as a nation.

They’re selling snake oil. United we stand, divided we ....

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LETTERS Place a CO detector in you home if you burn wood, coal or gas To the editor, The Laconia Fire Department wants to warn everyone about the hazards of carbon monoxide (CO) poisoning. Carbon monoxide is one of the leading causes of accidental poisoning deaths, and accounts for more than 50,000 emergency department visits each year in the U.S. During the cold weather months people will seal up their homes as tight as possible to keep in the heat. Moreover, we simply stay indoors for longer periods in the winter months. Many elderly people stay in their homes for extended periods. This can lead to a medical emergency, which can be fatal, caused by a build-up of carbon monoxide (CO) in the blood stream.

Heat equipment that burns fuel (gas stoves, furnaces, water heaters, wood stoves, coal stoves, fireplaces, pellet stoves, gas dryers, and kerosene heaters) can generate carbon monoxide. If a person stays inside their home for prolonged periods, they will breathe in and accumulate dangerous levels of this gas. If the heat equipment is defective, the build-up of CO can be rapid and fatal.

CO detectors collect the deadly gas and then will alarm if levels exceed safe limits. They alarm for rapid build up of the gas and for slow accumulating build up.

Place a CO detector in your home if you use any type of heating equipment that burns fuel such as wood, coal, or gas. A small leak in a chimney can allow CO to seep into your home.

If the home is well insulated the gas will not escape. Normal use of doors will exchange the air in your home.

However, if you do not leave the home the gas will stay inside with you.

Occasionally open your doors or windows to air out the home.

Do not run your car in the garage. A car engine produces enormous quanti-

ties of CO and can quickly overcome the occupants. Never use an outdoor grille inside your home. Do not use a gas oven to heat your home. Do not use any gasoline-powered engines (snow blowers, generators) in your home, or near doors or windows. Do not sleep in any room with an unvented gas or kerosene heater. Follow instructions on any portable heating device.

A serious problem with CO poisoning is that a person affected will feel tired. Unknowingly the person or persons will go to sleep and possibly never awake. That is why CO is known as the Silent Killer. You cannot see or smell the gas. Only a CO detector will tell you that it is present. Laconia Fire Department has portable CO detectors in most of our fire trucks, as do most area fire departments. We use these devices to help locate the source of the CO. Do not ignore symptoms — severe headaches, dizziness, confusion, nausea or faintness. If you think you are experiencing symptoms of CO poisoning get fresh air immediately and call 911 for emergency assistance. A build up of carbon monoxide will present symptoms similar to the flu. A key clue is that your skin will have a reddish hue. This is caused by the CO displacing the oxygen in your blood stream. Your blood gets darker and is reflected in skin color.

Remember that at anytime you suspect a fire or you need our help for any emergency do not hesitate to call 911.

Do not call the landlord, the furnace repair person, your friends or family – call the fire department. It is extremely important that we be notified as soon as possible of any emergency so that we can effectively deal with it. Time is probably the most critical element in an emergency response.

Chief Ken Erickson Laconia Fire Department

Professor Sandy’s method is to constantly make U.S. the villain To the editor, I read Professor Sandy’s letter a couple of days ago where he responded to my letter. The thing is it seems the professor insists on comparing apples with oranges.

The 494 BC disputes between the plebs and patricians, much like the British empire and Gandhi or Martin Luther King Jr. and the U.S., involved internal civil disputes. No aggressive outside totalitarian entity was involved. So to was the incident in Germany referred to as the “Rose Street Women”, which was more an aberration then any proof of concept.

His other example of the Norway teachers strike was a brave example of resistance to the invaders but in no way did it have anything to do with expelling the invaders and freeing Norway. That was accomplished by force of arms in Europe.

I understand the professor’s point is to attempt to change U.S. foreign (and domestic) policy, however his methods of constantly making this nation the villain. I view this as unscrupulous.

Look, if he was even handed, criticizing wrong doings all around the world by whatever country of entities, I

professor reserves all his energy to cherry pick those examples of what he perceives as U.S. faults. Furthermore, it has been his practice to only tell some of the “facts” surrounding his examples, which is designed to reflect the most negative light on our country. In the past he has even resorted to false accusations so what are we to think of this? It looks to me that he goes by the “any means justifies the end” philosophy. Apparently he feels that some kind of one-world socialist government would be free of corruption, incompetence, bad judgments and all the “bad” things that he attributes to our free enterprise system.

I doubt that, given that people are still people with all the capacity for both goodness and evil irregardless of the form our governmental society adopts. And when we look to the news of today and the history of the past it is clear to me that the free enterprise system is far and away better than a socialist one. What we would get if he had his way would be to exchange one set of problems for a different set and get less individual freedom along with that bad bargain.

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Michael D. Patsos, 53, of 25 Barnard Road was on Route 11 near Belknap Point Motel on Sept. 4 when he wrecked his white 2006 Harley Davidson motorcycle.

At the time police said he was flown to DartmouthHitchcock Medical Center with head injuries.

Deputy Chief Kevin Keenan said the department has been waiting for the results of Patsos’s blood tests and received them earlier this week.

Patsos is also due in Laconia District Court this

morning to answer to driving while intoxicated charges he faces as the result of a Nov. 14 accident when police allege he drove his black 2008 Nissan Pathfinder into the Fireside Inn and Suites on Harris Shore Road.

Police said they were notified about the crash by a passerby and found Patsos lying next to his SUV where he apparently broke his ankle when he fell from the vehicle after the crash.

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FARAH from page one of Securities Regulation at the inquiry convened by the Secretary of State into the operation and failure of FRM that left its clients tens of millions of dollars out of pocket.

Unlike his associate Donald Dodge of Belmont, who was contrite, even tearful, while testifying the day before, Farah appeared at ease, speaking laconically with no hint of emotion and no sign of contrition.

Both Farah and Dodge of Belmont, have pled guilty to federal fraud charges and are scheduled for sentencing in United States District Court in January. Farah is looking at a maximum possible sentence of 20 years in prison.

Much of the questioning turned on a “line of credit” granted to Farah by CL&M, Inc., FRM’s sister firm, managed by Dodge. CL&M, which outwardly operated as a mortgage servicing firm, was formed in 2005. At the time, the securities bureau was pressing FRM to redeem preferred stockholders to whom it had sold unsecured promissory notes without the required authority and registration.

Farah explained that CL&M was formed to provide a line of credit for him to retire the debt as well as to service mortgages brokered by FRM. The line of credit was originally $10-million, but had grown to $20-million on the eve of FRM’s collapse. When Spill asked if CL&M was a fraudulent operation from the start, Farah answered that while the servicing function was legitimate, the line of credit was fraudulent. He acknowledged that apart from commissions paid to CL&M, the bulk of the funds consisted of monies deposited with CL&M

by private individuals on the understanding they would be applied to mortgages, secured by interests in real estate, for which they would receive regular monthly interest payments and repayments of principal when the loan reached term.

Spill turned to the sale of two notes by FRM to CL&M, one for $730,000 in Creative Couriers, a firm that delivered stray luggage to airline passengers, and another for $4.1-million in Boston Hill, a residential and commercial complex in Shrewsury, Massachusetts. Farah said the transactions were intended to provide collateral for the line of credit, but conceded the values of the notes were inflated.

Creative Couriers soon failed and work had not begun at Boston Hill.

A day earlier Dodge, while admitting his guilt, presented himself as a trusting dupe and victim of Farah’s machinations. But, Farah said “in my opinion Donald Dodge knew these values were fraudulent.” and indicated that he was also fully aware of the misappropriation of clients’ funds. Farah also said that “as long as the line of credit was there, we talked about it. I talked to Don about everything to do with the business.”

In a PowerPoint presentation, Spill displayed a summary of the performance of FRM drawn from audited financial statements prepared by Connor & Associates, PC, an accounting firm. Between 2005, when Farah first drew on the line of credit, and 2008, FRM reported positive net income. However, Farah acknowledged that the funds withdrawn from CL&M were booked as revenue to FRM, without see next page

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The recognition comes as a result of a study performed by Tufts University and commissioned by the Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Foundation, which held up Laconia Middle School’s food service program as well as those of schools in Chicopee, Mass. and Unity, Maine as examples of how food in public schools can play a significant role in fighting against the rising rates of child obesity and associated diseases.

“School lunches are getting a bad name,” said Dianne Ouellette, director of the Laconia Middle School food service program. Parents, who recall their own childhood cafeteria experiences, might expect to find lunch trays filled with processed, fried foods and a dearth of fresh vegetables. However, those parents haven’t had lunch at Laconia Middle School recently.

“It’s something the kids look forward to throughout the day, that’s not the norm,” said Principal Jim McCollum. At the middle school, the staff does more than just lunch. They act as the district’s in-house catering service, providing food for school district

functions and celebrations. They also serve up to 200 breakfasts per day, something that McCollum considered critical to students’ academic success.

“Because of breakfast, they’re entering the classrooms ready to learn... These ladies bust their tail to do a great job.”

Although the school kitchen staff might not enjoy widespread recognition, their efforts aren’t going unappreciated among their clientele. Out of the 520 students at the middle school, at least 400 will choose to eat lunch at the cafeteria as opposed to bringing a lunch from home.

A group of sixth graders, who congregated in the cafeteria after school, gave their cafeteria high marks.

Dillon Fogg said he’s one of the students who looks forward to lunch time, “I know that it’s going to be good,” he said, adding that his favorite lunch so far has been pulled pork sandwiches.

Dyllon Laundry, who has eaten in several cafeterias locally and in Massachusetts, said Laconia Middle has had the best lunch yet. His review: “It’s actually edible.”

And Andrew Fielders, one of the many who has breakfast as well as lunch at the cafeteria, said he’s noticed a change in his behavior as a result. “When you don’t have breakfast, you’re hungry all day and you’re angry. When you eat, you’re happy.” Fielders’s favorite thing about the cafeteria: “The muffins are see next page

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As he fled, casino security had a choice: Let the armed robber escape, or get into a dangerous shootout.

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Police Lt. Clinton Nichols said the chips aren’t cash, with no monetary value unless they’re taken back to the Bellagio.

Chips are unique to casino properties and are gen-

erally not interchangeable, although state regulations let casino companies redeem sister properties’ chips with some restrictions.

Gordon Absher, spokesman for Bellagio owner MGM Resorts International, wouldn’t say whether MGM Resorts properties are among Las Vegas casinos that embed radio frequency devices inside the tokens.

Schwartz said the stolen chips could also be hard to redeem in an era of anti-terrorism currency exchange laws.

“If you even transact one $25,000 chip, you’re over a $10,000 federal currency reporting limit, and you have to provide identification,” he said. “And if you try to structure a transaction to avoid reporting, that’ll alert the feds anyway.”

Las Vegas police say detectives are following promising leads, and hope someone may be able to recognize the robber’s helmet and jumpsuit from video and photos broadcast on television and the Internet.

Nichols said police haven’t found the whitestriped Shoei helmet or the black sport motorcycle, and said detectives were tracking pranksters posting Internet offers to sell casino chips for pennies on the dollar.

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Such reviews are music to the ears of Ouellette and Assistant Manager Anne-Marie Flanagan, each of whom have experience in the restaurant industry.

Their experience is seen in the offerings available to students who line up for lunch.

The cafeteria offers students four choices each day for their lunch entree, while also offering a side of fresh fruit or vegetables and occasionally a dessert.

As an example of what they offer, the holiday meal they prepared one day this week included stuffed shells, a side salad, garlic bread sticks, fresh fruit and a gingerbread cake with topping. Although they take advantage of healthy, high-quality pre-made foods when available, the holiday meal is typical for the middle school crew in that about 80-percent of it is made from scratch in the school’s kitchen. Flanagan and Ouellette credited Tim Goossens, the district’s food service director, as empowering them to be creative in their menus.

That high percentage of school-made foods is possible thanks in part to the new facility. When the

middle school’s new building opened in 2008, Ouellette said the decision was made to ditch the snack cart, which generated 10-percent of the program’s revenues but did so by selling high-fat items such as cookies and pre-packaged cakes. It’s a decision that has proven itself, as the number of students who buy meals at lunch has risen.

It’s not just that students are choosing to eat the school’s lunch, many of them are choosing the healthy options. About a quarter of all lunch-buying students choose to have the salad entree over the other options. The alternatives to salad are healthier than they used to be, as whole wheat bread is used for even hot dog and hamburger buns. In a typical week, the middle school cafeteria will distribute nearly a thousand pieces of fresh fruit.

The fresh fruit might not be as profitable as junk food, but as Ouellette said, that’s not the point. It’s the same reason why she embraces the title “lunch lady” as quickly as she does “chef.” “Our kids are our bottom line,” she said.

“I cook for these kids like I would cook for my own kids,” added Flanagan.

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RANGE from page one lespie, the owner of the Belmont Firearms and Range applied for a special exception needed to build seven outdoor shooting stalls and a police training building on the parcel of land he leases at 140 Laconia Road (Rte. 106).

The Zoning Board has conducted two previous public hearings and asked Gillespie to pay to hire an acoustic expert chosen by the town who would evaluate and compare the sound levels from guns fired inside and outside of a foam-filled prototype firing chamber being designed by engineers to muffle the sounds of gunfire.

Those results were presented last night.

But most people who spoke at the meeting said they cared more about the type and constant level of noise more than the actual sound level.

Gary Johnson of Mile Hill Road said the sound of gunfire and the sound of Harley Davidson motorcycles are not the same things.

“It’s a snap verses a rumble,” he said calling a gunshot a “head-jerker” and a motorcycle “gradually loud and gone.”

“This involves nothing about decibels but it is a statement about nuisance,” said former firearms instructor John Froumy who lives on Mile Hill Road and who is against the outdoor range because of it’s proximity to residential property.

“I go there. I love the place. I’m not anti-gun,” he said, adding in his opinion it’s just in the wrong place.

There are criteria that must be met for granting a special exception, including whether or not it is an appropriate location for the zoning district — which in this case is commercial — that there be no factual evidence the exception would diminish property values, there are no valid objections based on fact and there is no nuisance or hazard.

“The fact is you can hear the gunshots,” said property owner Mark Woglom. “I don’t think it meets the criteria under the special exception law.”

GUNMAN from page 2 in the back. In the end, Duke took his own life by shooting himself in the head.

Police said the attack wasn’t some spur of the moment idea. At his mobile home in the woods, they found Dec. 14 circled on a calendar. And police said he had at least 25 more rounds of ammunition in his pocket.

The entire shooting was captured by local television stations, and the video was posted on the Internet and broadcast on TV throughout the day. His Facebook page, which was public until late Wednesday afternoon, revealed a man who was fascinated with the movie “V for Vendetta” — which depicts the same symbol that Duke spray painted onto the wall just before he took out his gun.

As board members gave television interviews about the harrowing experience, a sad and troubling portrait of Duke emerged.

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Belknap County Fairgrounds director Wendy French said the 4-H holds a number of horse shows annually and noted that “horses don’t like sudden sound or movement.”

She told the crowd about how they had to dismantle the bell atop a climbing wall during one of their events because every time it rang “ the horses freaked out.”

She said Gillespie told her he would not allow the outdoor range to be used during one of the horse events but was concerned that he wouldn’t be there forever and the next person might no be so accommodating.

But most people just opposed what they called the nuisance of hearing repeated and constant gunfire all day long.

“It’s just not the same as occasional shooting,” said Cindy Bartlett who acknowledged that people hunt in the woods behind her Mile Hill Road home and she will sometimes hear gunshots.

One woman from Briarcrest wanted to know how people who lived in her community would be able to tell the difference between gunfire from the range and gunfire that was criminal.

“That’s actually a good question,” said Harris when she said that people might think she’s not making any sense.

“What are the benefits of this range?” said longtime real estate agent Bill Plante.

Some who were there were also upset with the board’s decision to table the request and discuss it another day.

“Haven’t you people been educated after three public hearings?” asked Mark Mooney, noting that it was a freezing cold night and the room was filled with people who largely object to the outdoor range.

“I don’t think you have the courage to have a vote,” he continued.

The acoustics report presented last night by Acentech, Inc. is available on the town of Belmont’s Website or in the Planning Office. school in Tampa. Little is known about his early adult years — family members claimed he was in the Air Force for eight years, but that could not be confirmed.

In the mid-1990s, Duke had drifted to the Florida Panhandle — not the spring break-filled sugar sand beaches, but the remote and wooded inland.

The ‘90s were a blur of court hearings and personal conflicts.

He divorced a woman named Anita in 1995 and at some point, had a daughter. He was sued by a property management company in 1999. In 2000, he was convicted for waiting in the woods for his exwife with a rifle, wearing a mask and a bulletproof vest. She confronted him and then tried to leave in a vehicle, and Duke shot the tires. His second wife, Rebecca, said the incident was a misunderstanding and that he went to his ex-wife’s house because the ex-wife “wouldn’t leave them alone.”

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The Knicks had their eight-game winning streak snapped when a video replay of Stoudemire’s shot showed the ball was clearly still in his hands as time expired.

Pierce scored 32 points for the Celtics, who trailed most of the fourth quarter before running their record to 20-4, best in the Eastern Conference.

Stoudemire had 39 points, extending his franchise-record streak to nine straight 30-point games.

But the Knicks were denied the victory over a top team they desperately craved to punctuate their return to relevance.

They get another chance Friday, when LeBron James and the Miami Heat come to Madison Square Garden.

“The Knicks have arrived,” Pierce said in a postgame television interview. “They’re going to be a

force to reckon with in the division.”

Ray Allen scored 26 points and Kevin Garnett had 20 points and 13 rebounds for the Celtics, enjoying their fifth winning streak of 10 games or more since their Big Three came together before the 2007-08 season.

Raymond Felton had 26 points and 14 assists, Danilo Gallinari scored 20 points and Wilson Chandler had 18 points and 12 rebounds for the Knicks, who lost for just the second time in their last 15 games.

Most of those victories came during a soft part of the schedule, leaving the Knicks needing a victory over an established NBA power to prove doubters they were back, despite their 16-10 record.

The Celtics just wouldn’t let it happen.

Stoudemire’s dunk snapped a 94-all tie with 8:05 left, and the Knicks stayed ahead until Garnett made two free throws with 1:29 remaining. Felton was late getting back after landing hard on a missed drive and the Celtics swung the ball around to Allen, whose 3-pointer gave Boston a 116-113 lead with 1:02 to play.

N.H. business lobby outlines legislative wish list CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — Targeting state education aid, stopping Medicaid costs from being shifted onto businesses and promoting economic growth are the top public policy priorities next year for an influential New Hampshire business group.

The New Hampshire Business and Industry Association said it supports a constitutional change to allow the state to allocate education aid to the neediest schools. The association will find an ally in Gov. John Lynch who has tried unsuccessfully in the past to win legislative support for an amendment. The new Republican majorities in both chambers are expected to try again to pass one.

The association also plans to advocate for business-friendly tax policies that promote economic development and against policies that shift Medicaid costs onto businesses.

“The focus is on jobs and the budget. Even though we’re technically out of recession, business is still sluggish and owners and managers are slow to hire.

Add to that a looming state budget deficit and it is easy to see why business owners feel the focus needs to be on job creation, economic growth and passing a fiscally responsible budget that avoids putting additional pressure on business,” association President Jim Roche said in a statement.

CLAREMONT from page 3 academic achievement by all students, he said.

“Clearly the educational challenges we face are connected to our poverty,” Putnam said.

Jeff Goff, a former city councilor, said it’s hard to convey the level of pain Zimmerman’s remarks inflicted.

“We have our demographic and economic challenges, and we’re working our way through that,”

Goff said. “When someone suggest are problems go beyond affluence, to genetic dysfunction, it really touches a nerve in the community.”

Goff said the city is on the upturn and noted the revitalized mill district attracted a major computer firm and the Common Man Inn and restaurant in the past year alone.

“But people still are reluctant to move to Claremont because of the reputation of the schools,” he said.

MODELS from page 3 showed their insurance benefits statements to the city reflecting the high testing cost. The city is self-insured. The registry said it would reverse the charges for city employees, estimated at $544,000.

Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield in New Hamp-

shire said it is investigating whether its employers and consumers were affected.

Delaney said the scam is specific to the registry.

“There are many, many good, reputable bone marrow registries in New Hampshire and the country,” he said.

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Woodland Heights 3rd graders make special angels Greater Meredith Program for LRGH’s Holiday Tree of Love & Remembrance to reward shopping local between now & Christmas

The Woodland Heights School was asked to create the “angels” for the Holiday Tree Of Love & Remembrance sponsored by the Lakes Region General Hospital’s Auxiliary. Each year the auxiliary places a tree in the lobby of the hospital and sells angels for $3 each so individuals can honor or remember loved ones or someone special in their lives. A Service of Remembrance will be held this year on Friday, Dec. 17th at 1 p.m. in the hospital lobby. Angels are available for purchase in the hospital gift shop. The group pictured here holding their angels are from Ms. McDonnell’s third grade class. (Courtesy photo)

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MEREDITH — The Greater Meredith Program is asking holiday shopper to save the local economy, three stores at a time.

The 3/50 Project is a plan that encourages residents to shop at independently owned stores.

“Think about three stores in town that you would miss if they were gone,” said GMP Executive Director Bonnie Ireland. “Stop in and say hello. Pick up a little something that will make someone smile. Your contribution is what keeps our businesses around.”

If just half the employed US population spent $50 each month in independently owned stores, their purchases would generate over $42,629,700,000 in revenue. Imagine the positive impact if 3/4 of employed Americans did that.

For every $100 spent in independently owned stores, $68 of it returns to the community through taxes, payroll, and other expenditures. If you spend that in a national chain, only $43 stays here; spend it online and nothing comes home.

Between now and Christmas, for every $50 spent in participating local stores, shoppers will get a chance to enter the drawing to win a night (in a suite) at Church Landing plus $100 in spa treatments. (Does not include Saturday nights.)

The $50 does not have to be spent in one store.

The idea/concept is to spend in locally owned stores to help promote the local economy. “They need your support,” added Ireland. “And while you are out shopping, you will no doubt work up an appetite — don’t forget to stop in at our local restaurants for a bite to eat. They will also be included in the contest.”

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OBITUARIES

Robert R. Percival, 75

GILFORD — Robert Ross Percival, 75, of 29 Jameson Avenue, died at Lakes Region General Hospital, Laconia on Tuesday, December 14, 2010.

Mr. Percival was born May 22, 1935 in Montreal Canada, the son of Violet Birdie (Buchanen) Percival.

He served in the Royal Canadian Navy and lived in Santa Monica for many years before moving to Gilford forty-two years ago.

Mr. Percival had been employed with the Astro Division of N.H. Ball Bearing for thirty-five years and had also been employed as a consultant at CIL in Lawrence, Mass. before retiring in 2000.

Mr. Percival was a member of the Gilford Community Church and was President of the Belknap Heights Water Association.

Survivors include his wife of thirtythree years, Betty (Hawthorne) Percival, of Gilford; a daughter, Heather Samuel and her husband, Paul, of Plymouth, Mass.; two stepchildren, Gary Boisvert and his wife Chris of Laconia and Sheryl Brunelle of Amesbury, Mass.; nine grandchildren, Gina Schieb, Angela Townsend, Heidi Sprole, Amber LoPresti, Lyndi Girard, Gary

Boisvert, Holly Boisvert, Jennifer Lahey and Jeremy Brunelle and fourteen great grandchildren. In addition to his parents, Mr. Percival was predeceased by a brother and four sisters.

Calling hours will be held on Friday, December 17, 2010 from 6-8pm at the WilkinsonBeane-Simoneau-Paquette Funeral Home, 164 Pleasant Street, Laconia, NH, using the Carriage House entrance.

A Funeral Service will be held on Saturday, December 18, 2010 at 10:00 AM at the Gilford Community Church, 19 Potter Hill Road, Gilford, NH 03249 Burial will follow in the family lot in Pine Grove Cemetery, Gilford, N.H. For those who wish, the family suggests that memorial donations be made to the New Hampshire Humane Society, PO Box 572, Laconia, N. H. 03247 or to Make-A-Wish Foundation of N.H., 814 Elm Street, Suite #300, Manchester, N.H. 03101.

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ASHLAND — Kevin Doane, 54, of 30 Main Street, died at his home on Wednesday, December 8, 2010.

Kevin was born July 18, 1956 in Laconia, the fifth of six children of the late Thelma (Connors) and Lester Doane. He was raised in Laconia and was a 1975 graduate of Laconia High School.

Kevin was a carpenter and had been employed at Winnipesaukee Marine Construction for over twenty years. He was an avid outdoorsman and enjoyed sharing his love of camping, fishing, and boating with his children. Kevin was known to be a friend to everyone and would often help others. He usually had one or more pets which he doted on.

He is survived by his loving family including two sons, Andrew Doane and Alex Doane and a daughter, Ashley Doane, all of Laconia; three sisters, Ann Bell and her husband, Gus, of Enfield, Conn., Barbara Prehodka and her husband, John, of Blairstown, N.J. and Janice Blair and her companion, Vic Jones, of Belmont; two brothers, Greg Doane of Deer-

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The family would like to thank all of the kind people in the Lakes Region during this difficult time. Your thoughts and prayers are much appreciated.

A calling hour will be held on Saturday, December 18, 2010 from 10:30am-11:30am at the WilkinsonBeane-Simoneau-Paquette Funeral Home, 164 Pleasant Street, Laconia, using the Carriage House entrance.

A Liturgy of the Word will be celebrated also on Saturday, December 18, 2010 at 12:00(Noon) at St. Andre Bessette Parish, St. Joseph Church, 30 Church Street, Laconia, NH. Burial will follow in St. Lambert Cemetery, Province Street, Laconia, N. H. Wilkinson-Beane-SimoneauPaquette Funeral Home & Cremation Services, 164 Pleasant Street, Laconia, N. H. is assisting the family with the arrangements. For more information and to view an online memorial go to www.wilkinsonbeane.com.

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UNH’s Inextinguishable Brass Quintet Sant Bani students present ‘The to perform at Smith Meeting House Butterfingers Angel’ this weekend Christmas service on Sunday

The Inextinguishable Brass Quintet is comprised of University of New Hampshire students. (Courtesy photo)

GILMANTON — The First Congregational Society will have a special Christmas church service featuring the Inextinguishable Brass Quintet at Smith Meeting House starting promptly at 2 p.m. on Sunday, December 19.

All music majors at the University of New Hampshire, the Inextinguishable Brass Quintet will play Christmas hymns and perform a solo during the service. Guest organist Harriet Coupal will play the prelude and accompany the quintet with the

Christmas hymns.

The Reverend Sidney Lovett will conduct the service after which everyone is invited to the meeting room downstairs for refreshments and a performance by the Quintet of traditional Christmas songs.

The service is non-denominational and all are welcome. Proceeds from the Christmas service collection will be donated to a the Gilmanton Supplemental Fund, a local charitable foundation dedicated to helping those in need.

SANBORNTON — The Sant Bani School theatre department will present “The Butterfingers Angel” at 7 p.m. on Thursday, Friday and Saturday, Dec. 16, 17 and 18. The full title is actually “The Butterfingers Angel, Mary & Joseph, Herod The Nut, & The Slaughter of 12 Hit Carols In A Pear Tree”, which gives a clearer sense of both the theme (the Christmas story) and the unusual style of the play.

Tickets are $5/$2 for students and seniors. Advance reservations may be made by calling the school at 9344240. The public is welcome.

Written by William Gibson (who also wrote The Miracle Worker) and directed by Craig Jaster, Sant Bani School’s Performing Arts Director, the play is a touching, funny, highly imaginative retelling of the Christmas story. It features a talking sheep, cow and donkey, and a very worldly talking tree, in addition to beguil-

ing young Mary (sophomore Isabel Bogacz) who had decided men, marriage and motherhood were not for her, a cautious and increasingly jealous Joseph (junior Andrés Orr), and a flustered boy-angel (junior Adison Lintner) who attempts to direct the action from a promptbook and manages to get only the most strangled, bleating sounds from his trumpet. In all the play features a cast of 18 students in grades 1 thru 12.

Though filled with familiar Christmas carols and presented in a style that pays homage to impromptu children’s Christmas pageants, the play is poignant and mature. The unpleasant appearances of the “The Man In Grey” a.k.a. Herod (senior Dylan Dinger) bring deadly urgency to the action along with the very lively, down-toearth humor and characterizations.

More information about Sant Bani school can be found at www.santbani.org.

GILFORD — A four-week Mommy and Me Cooking Class for children ages 2 — 6 will meet at the Fellowship Hall and Kitchen in the Community Church on Fridays from 10:15 — 11:30 a.m. beginning January 7.

Sponsored by the Parks and Recreation Department, the class will teach

children a fun new recipe each week that they can make on their own with limited assistance from their parents.

Cost is $20 for the session, which includes all cooking ingredients.

Space in this program is limited, so early registration is encouraged. For more information, call 527-4722.

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“Christmas in the Village” concert by Gilford Community Band to feature classic and current holiday favorites

GILFORD — The Community Band will perform its annual “Christmas In The Village” concert at the High School Performing Arts Center at 3 p.m. on Sunday, December 19.

This year the band has invited choral members from the schools to participate in the Christmas musical celebration, which will feature many seasonal favorites by Leroy Anderson, sing alongs, and contemporary holiday tunes.

Originally organized in 1978, the Community Band is sponsored by the Gilford Recreation Commission and consists of more than 50 brass, woodwind, and percussion musicians from throughout the Lakes Region. The

band is directed by Lyvie Beyrent, a long time member and instrumental director at the high school. She will be assisted by Associate Director AJ Coppola, a 2005 graduate of GHS who earned his degree in music education from Ithaca College. Coppola is a music educator in the Rumney School system and has been appointed to the Plymouth State University Faculty, teaching bassoon.

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STATEWIDE — The State Forest Nursery will make available to the public large numbers of low cost tree seedlings and shrubs from January 1 — March 30, 2011.

Seedlings can be used for beautification, reforestation, erosion control, and wildlife habitat enhancement and will be distributed for planting at the end of April. The seedlings are ordered in quantities of 10, 25, or 100 per bundle and cost 25 cents — $1.50 per seedling.

Seedlings can be picked up at the state nursery in Boscawen, at one of the 10 county Cooperative Extension offices on a specific day in April, or can be shipped directly to the buyer.

“This is a very popular program,” according to Cooperative Extension Forester Andy Fast. “The seedlings are usually two to four years old, about 24 inches tall — including the roots — and you can easily hold about

a dozen in one hand. Some first-time buyers come expecting to pick up large potted landscape-type shrubs and are a little shocked when you hand them a bundle of 50 pine seedlings that can easily fit into a shopping bag. However, these small seedlings are hardy and easy to plant and just great to use in beautification projects as well as establishing Christmas tree plantations. There are even special packages of 25 fruiting shrubs for wildlife for only $25.”

Some of the species available are balsam fir, white pine, Norway spruce, crabapple, hawthorne, dogwoods, bayberry, highbush cranberry, elderberry, and beach plum.

Ordering information is available at www.nhnursery.com, by contacting NH Division of Forests and Lands at 271-2214, or calling the Belknap County Extension Office at 524-5475.

A Christmas Celebratrion for Kids featuring music, a movie, and more, to be observed at LifeQuest Church on Sunday

LACONIA — A Christmas Celebration for Kids will be observed at LifeQuest Church from 10 a.m. — noon on Saturday, December 18.

The program will include a presentation of the story of Christ’s birth, singing of carols, the movie “Martin the Cobbler,” and an appearance by

“J.J.” — a ventriloquism puppet.

Each child in attendance will receive a holiday gift, and a drawing will be held for the gifts of the Magi (Wisemen): gold, frankincense, and myrrh. Parents or guardians are invited to attend with their children. Refreshments will be served.

For more information call 524-6860.

Registration open for spring season of Lakes Region Youth Flag Football

MEREDITH — Registration for the spring season of the Lakes Region Youth Flag Football League is now underway.

Spring Season will begin in April and run through June. Each team will practice one day per week as well as play one game per week. Age divisions have been expanded to include 5 — 6 year olds; 6 — 8 year olds; 9 — 11

year olds; and 12 — 15 year olds. Age is determined by how old the player will be by June 1, 2011.

The cost for registrations received

by February 1, 2011 is $40. After that, the fee will increase to $50.

For more information, e-mail lrffl@ metrocast.net or visit www.nflflag. com/website/home/lrffl.

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Laconia Daily Sun ADVERTISERS There will be NO paper on Saturday, December 25th, Christmas Day or Saturday, January 1st, New Year’s Day. The business office will be CLOSED Friday, December 24th and Friday, December 31st.

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Congregational Church Christmas choral music to be featured at Sanbornton ready to host annual Congregational Church December 19 and 24 Community Christmas Carol Sing-A-Long SANBORNTON — The Congregational Church will offer choral music at the 10 a.m. service on Sunday, December 19 and at the 7 p.m. service on Friday, December 24.

On the fourth Sunday of Advent, the Senior choir will sing “Magnificat,” by A. Herbert Brewer. At the Christmas Eve Service, both Junior and Senior choirs will perform. The traditional opening carol, “Once in Royal David’s City,” will be sung by Samantha Wood with Sydni Chapman, having a solo in the

Junior Choir anthem. Rev. Jean O’Bresky, Interim Pastor will preside and preach at both services.

The Choirs will be conducted by Minister of Music Dennis Akerman.

Sanbornton will not have a live Nativity this year, but when Rev. Jean places the baby Jesus in the manger, the children in the church will be invited to come up front and walk past the Creche to get a close look at the Holy Family. All are invited to attend.

LACONIA — LRGHealthcare’s Nuclear Medicine program was recently accredited by the American College of Radiology (ACR). The accreditation followed an in-depth review of the program including quality, safety, personnel, and equipment. The ACR gold seal of accreditation represents the highest level of image quality and patient safety.

“We are very proud of our program, and of this accreditation,” said LRGHealthcare Nuclear Medicine Coordinator Todd Paiva, CNMT, RSO. “Only two other hospitals in the State have earned this distinction to date. The state-of-the-art equipment we have available, and the diagnostic capabilities we can offer to patients, are truly unique for a community hospital.

“We recently added a Diagnostic SPECT CT, the gold standard in nuclear medicine imaging,” added Paiva.

“This scanner provides clearer images and greatly improves diagnostic sensitivity. It is used for a number of things, including diagnosis of coronary artery disease, diagnosis and staging of cancer, and assessment of gastrointestinal disease. We are one of only two hospitals in the state using this technology.”

Nuclear medicine is a type of medical imaging that uses small amounts of radioactive material to diagnose and treat a variety of disease, including many types of cancer, heart disease, and other illness and injury. The technology allows radiologists, cardiologists, and other physicians to safely and accurately evaluate organs or processes in the human body.

LRGHealthcare Nuclear Medicine Program receives accreditation from American College of Radiology On Friday evening, December 17, the Congregational Church of Laconia will host its annual Community Christmas Carol Sing-ALong. The 7 p.m. program will include Bob Bengtson at the organ, Phil Breton at the piano, Tim Hazelton on trumpet, and Brenda Bouton directing the church’s bell choir, and the public is cordially invited. (Courtesy photo)

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By Holiday Mathis lie to others, you’re a scoundrel. If you lie to yourself, you’re a visionary. Either way, you’re giving people what they want. Too much reality can be, well, too much reality.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21).

When was the last time you got lost on foot? Taking a walk without a destination is the sort of challenge that will encourage you to confront yourself and discover your inner resources.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19).

You will be offered unvarnished triedand-true guidance. It may not seem glamorous enough to even put into practice at this point, but if you do, you’ll be glad you did.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18).

There are days when you love to be alone -- the freedom revitalizes you.

But right now you have the company of those who both need and challenge you, so your precious solitude will have to wait.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). You can trust yourself to do whatever is necessary whenever it is necessary. So stop worrying about the future. Think about the happiest part of your life right now. Let your thoughts rest in that place.

TODAY’S BIRTHDAY (Dec. 16).

With great determination, you will achieve new heights. You’ll have an audience in January, and they’ll gladly pay you to hold their attention. You have money to invest in your education in February. A special relationship leads you on a daring adventure in May. You’ll be in a new position of authority in July.

Virgo and Capricorn people adore you.

Your lucky numbers are: 30, 1, 22, 49 and 16.

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ARIES (March 21-April 19). When you’re called, you respond with enthusiasm. When you’re not called, you initiate the party. Whatever happens tomorrow, you can say that you’ve lived today.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20). You love the ones you love for their goodness and for the unique virtues they possess. It’s not about what they can do for you; it never has been. And that’s something they can feel.

GEMINI (May 21-June 21). You have acquired a few new items or relationships, and you are trying to figure out where they fit into your world. Keep moving the pieces around. Something is bound to fit.

CANCER (June 22-July 22). Those who talk too much are the same ones who think too little. Your own presentation will be strengthened by silence and reverence for social etiquette.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). You may work very hard at something, but you make it look effortless. You don’t want others to have to work to understand you. So you make a painstaking effort to present things as simply as possible.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). Sometimes it’s hard being you. Everyone is a critic, a backseat driver, an announcer giving the play-by-play. But it takes a person with guts to perform the action that everyone else is commenting on.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). No matter how long you’ve lived at your current location, it seems that the one who was there before you simply cannot stop generating mail to that address. This may be more of a figurative problem than a literal one.

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THURSDAY PRIME TIME

Today is Thursday, Dec. 16, the 350th day of 2010; with 15 days left in the year.

Today’s Highlight in History: On Dec. 16, 1773, the Boston Tea Party took place as American colonists boarded a British ship and dumped more than 300 chests of tea into Boston Harbor to protest tea taxes.

On this date: In 1770, composer Ludwig van Beethoven was born in Bonn, Germany.

In 1809, the French Senate granted a divorce decree to Emperor Napoleon I and Empress Josephine.

In 1907, 16 U.S. Navy battleships, which came to be known as the “Great White Fleet,” set sail on a 14-month round-theworld voyage to demonstrate American sea power.

In 1944, the World War II Battle of the Bulge began as German forces launched a surprise attack against Allied forces in Belgium (the Allies were eventually able to beat the Germans back).

In 1950, President Harry S. Truman proclaimed a national state of emergency in order to fight “world conquest by Communist imperialism.”

In 1960, 134 people were killed when a United Air Lines DC-8 and a TWA Super Constellation collided over New York City.

In 1976, the government halted its swine flu vaccination program following reports of paralysis apparently linked to the vaccine.

In 1980, Harland Sanders, founder of the Kentucky Fried Chicken restaurant chain, died in Shelbyville, Ky. at age 90.

In 1985, organized-crime chief Paul Castellano and bodyguard Thomas Billotti were shot to death outside a New York City restaurant on orders from John Gotti.

One year ago: Two hundred Mexican sailors raided an upscale apartment complex and killed reputed drug cartel chief Arturo Beltran Leyva in a two-hour gunbattle. Iran test-fired a missile capable of hitting Israel and parts of Europe. Police fired pepper spray and beat protesters with batons outside the U.N. climate conference in Copenhagen.

Today’s Birthdays: Civil rights attorney Morris Dees is 74. Actress Joyce Bulifant is 73. Actress Liv Ullmann is 72. TV producer Steven Bochco is 67. Pop musician Tony Hicks (The Hollies) is 65. Pop singer Benny Andersson (ABBA) is 64. Actor Ben Cross is 63. Rock singer-musician Billy Gibbons (ZZ Top) is 61. Rock musician Bill Bateman (The Blasters) is 59. Actor Xander Berkeley is 55. Actress Alison LaPlaca is 51. Actor Sam Robards is 49. Actor Jon Tenney is 49.

Actor Benjamin Bratt is 47. Country singersongwriter Jeff Carson is 47. Actor Daniel Cosgrove is 40. Rhythm-and-blues singer Michael McCary is 39. Country musician Chris Scruggs is 28. Actress Hallee Hirsh is 23. Actress Anna Popplewell is 22.

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CALENDAR TODAY’S EVENTS Inter-Lakes Elementary School Holiday Concert. Two performances, the first at 1:45 p.m. and the second at 7 p.m. Both in the school gym. Program will include the Beginner’s Band, The Jazz Band, The Advanced Band and the chorus and will still run under an hour.

“Penguins on Parade” at the Goss Reading Room at 188 Elm Street in Lakeport (Laconia). Noon to 5 p.m. each Tuesday and Thursday in December. Kirk Dougal’s collection of penguins includes brass, wood, ceramic, stuffed, great and small. Each young reader who visit the exhibit will receive a penguin gift, while supplies last. 524-7683.

Christmas cookie decorating for moms and kids at the Laconia Community Center. 1 p.m. Hosted by the Parks & Recreation Department. All materials will be supplied. $5 per family of four plus $2 for each additional person. For reservations call 524-5046.

Winter Farmer’s Market in at the Historic Belknap Mill in Laconia. 3 to 6 p.m. Vendors offering local farm-raised meats, fresh-baked breads, organic tea, cofree, fudge, pastries, pies, cakes, fresh produce, jellies & jams, local wines, herbs, oils, plants, jewelry, wood workers, and fine art. Third Thursday of each month.

Gift wrapping expertise in return for a donation to the Altrusa Club of Laconia. Noon to 4 p.m. at the Gilford office of Franklin Savings Bank, 11 Sawmill Road, next to the Marriott Hotel.

Plymouth Regional Chamber of Commerce Business After Hours networking event. 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Hosted

by Pleasant View Bed & Breakfast in Bristol. For more information call 536-1001.

Parkinson’ Support Group meeting at Forestview Manor (153 Parade Road) in Meredith. 2 to 3:30 p.m. For more information call 279-3121 or e-mail Kathy@forestviewmanor.com.

Al-Anon Meeting at the Congregational Church Parish House (18 Veterans Square) in Laconia. 8 to 9:15 p.m. each Thursday. Al-Anon offers hope and help to families of alcoholics. No dues or fees. All are welcome. Call 6459518.

Affordable Health Care at Laconia Family Planning and Prenatal. 4 to 6 p.m. at 121 Belmont Road (Rte. 106 South). 524-5453. GYN and reproductive services. STD/ HIV testing. Sliding fee scale.

Weight Watchers meeting. 6:30 p.m. at the Center Harbor Christian Church.

Knotty Knitters meeting at the Meredith Public Library. 10 a.m. to noon. All levels of experience welcome.

Preschool Story Time at the Meredith Public Library. 1 to 2 p.m. Stories and crafts for ages 3-5. Sign-up is helpful.

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 17 Lakes Region Singers Christmas Concert, featuring traditional songs, updated carols and modern classics. 7:30 p.m. at the First United Methodist Church. Departing director Betty Welch will be honored. Free and open to the public.

Homemade refreshments will be served during intermission.

Holiday Tree of Love and Remembrance Service at Lakes Region General Hospital. 1 p.m. in the lobby.

Angels decorated by Ms. McDonnell’s 3rd grade class at Woodland Heights elementary are placed on the tree with the name of a loved one to be honored and remembered in exchange for a $3 donation to the LRGH Auxiliary. Angels may be obtained in the hospital gift shop. For more information call 524-3211.

Kids Night Out at the Laconia Community Center. 5:30 to 9 p.m. Hosted by the Parks & Recreation department. An evening of pizza and playtime. Activities will include gym games, crafts and more. $15 per child. Call 524-5046 to register.

Annual Christmas Carol Sing-A-Long at the Congregational Church of Laconia. 7 p.m. Bob Bengtson at the organ, Phil Breton at the piano, Tim Hazelton on trumpet and Brenda Bouton directing the church’s bell choir.

Gift wrapping expertise in return for a donation to the Altrusa Club of Laconia. Noon to 4 p.m. at the Gilford office of Franklin Savings Bank, 11 Sawmill Road, next to the Marriott Hotel.

Free Ward Bird.org benefit concert featuring Eric Erskine and Harmony Markey. 7 p.m. at the Moulutonborough Academy Community Auditorium. Donations taken at the door.

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

Affordable Health Care at Laconia Family Planning and Prenatal. 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at 121 Belmont Road (Rte. 106 South). 524-5453. GYN and reproductive services.

STD/HIV testing. Sliding fee scale.

Tot Time at the Meredith Public Library. 9:30 to 10:20 a.m. Stories, songs, crafts and fun for toddlers 1-3. Sign-up is helpful.

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ANNIE’S MAILBOX

Dear Annie: I am in a bit of a bind. One of my closest friends is like a female version of me. We can talk to each other about anything, from relationships to off-the-wall topics that most people would consider strange.

However, when we talk to each other about our recent sexual exploits, some not-too-subtle flirting occurs between us.

This leads me to believe she wants to be more than friends, and I know she gets the same vibe from me.

Recently, she kissed me to see if the attraction was there.

She tried to play it cool as if it meant nothing, but that kiss made me want to find out if there really could be more than just friendship between us. I’m sure she feels the same way.

I just don’t know how to go about expressing to her that I’d like to give it a try without damaging a great friendship. I’m so confused. Any suggestions? -- Chicago Dear Chicago: Ann Landers said, “Love is friendship that has caught fire.” Your friend obviously is interested in a romantic relationship, but she is waiting for you to make the next move. We say, go for it. It is possible that if things don’t work out, the friendship will be awkward for a while, although it can recover. But if you don’t take the risk, you will always wonder “what if.” Good luck.

Dear Annie: My sister’s 32-year-old daughter, “Sasha,” lives with her. Since she was a teenager, Sasha has been in and out of jail for theft and fraud. She has stolen from me and every other relative. If Sasha is in your home, you can be sure things will be missing. My sister, however, continues to think the best of her daughter.

My husband and I are having a large party to which my sister will be invited. I have no problem making sure she understands that the invitation does not extend to Sasha, but I recognize that this will offend my sister, who probably won’t come.

Can you suggest a less hurtful way to invite my sister but not her untrustworthy daughter? -- Finally Had It Dear Finally: If your sister refuses to recognize that her daughter has a serious problem, there is no way to exclude Sasha without offending her mother. You can phrase it diplomatically and apologize for not being able to invite Sasha to your party, but if your sister chooses not to come, so be it.

You cannot be expected to open your home to someone who repeatedly steals from you and will likely steal from your guests, as well.

Dear Annie: I read the letter from “Loving and Missing All at the Same Time,” whose 22-year-old daughter, “Lana,” is an inconsiderate slob. She doesn’t want Lana living at home next year, but her husband doesn’t support her efforts to stop enabling her. You told her to create consequences for Lana’s behavior and ask her to pay rent and contribute to the housekeeping.

I have an alternate answer. When Lana doesn’t do the dishes or laundry, who ends up doing it? I suspect it is Mom. The solution would be for her to let those things pile up while she sees a movie or takes up painting. But she can’t do it with anger or revenge. She needs to maintain a sense of humor. It also will help her to talk to someone who will listen as she blows off steam.

I bet her husband wouldn’t be so quick to accommodate Lana if he had to do her laundry, cook her food and wash her dishes. “Loving” sounds like she is carrying too much of the household load. -- L. Dear L.: We agree that Mom should not be picking up after Lana. But while it is easy to close the door to Lana’s bedroom, it is much harder to tolerate her mess in the common areas of the house. Thanks, though, for the suggestion.

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

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Animals BEAUTIFUL puppies, red mini poodles and pomapoos. Sire is champ background. Good price.

Happy, healthy, home raised.

253-6373 CHIHUAHUA Puppies for SaleBlue male and black & white female. $500 each. 998-3934 PUG Puppies: Black & fawn, 1st shots and health certificates, $600, 455-9096.

Announcement KITCHEN CRAVINGS: Now offer ing select wines and microbrews.

Also now open until 8pm Fri and Sat nights. Restaurant available for private holiday functions. Call Bill 528-0001

Autos 1997 Ranger 4.0 v6 Auto, 103K mi, Many new parts. 2 sets tires. $3,400 obo. 293-2496.

2002 Dodge Dakota, 4WD Quad cab, 80k miles, automatic, 4 winter tires, asking $6,000/ obo.

369-1087.

2003 Hyundai Tiberon- 1 owner, black on black leather, 24 valve V-6 six speed. New parts & extras. Good shape. $5,500 934-5387 BUYING junk cars and trucks ME & NH. Call for price. Martin Towing. (603)305-4504.

Autos CASH FOR junk cars & trucks.

Top Dollar Paid. Available 7 days a week. 630-3606 CASH paid for unwanted or junk cars and trucks. Same day service possible. 603-231-2859.

2001 Ford Mustang GT Converti ble. Fully loaded. Asking $9,995 Call Scott 603-369-0494.

01 Subaru Limited Outback Wagon. Loaded, heated seats, winter package, dual sun roof.

Great condition, 127K, $6,000.

630-1950 Plow truck for yard or fix. Runs good. $1,100. 630-0957

Business Opportunities LACONIA- Unique opportunity.

Laundromat in well established location; Dryers, some equipment needs repairing or replacing; All duct work, plumbing, & boiler in place; Free rent to get started. $3,000. 603-455-6662

For Rent ALEXANDRIA Rooms for rent, quiet country setting, large bedrooms and use of family room and kitchen, large backyard, beautiful open space, everything included (cable, Internet), built and designed for easier living. Please call Randy 744-6787 or 707-7295

For Rent

For Rent

ALTON/GILFORD Town Line: 2-Bedroom house, $200/week +utilities; Studio, $200/week, includes utilities, cable/internet..

Lake/Beach access. 365-0799.

BELMONT, NH - $699.00 a month. 2 bedroom, 1 1/2 bath, W&D hookup, single wide mobile home with yard for rent. Close to school. Call Fairlane Homes at 800-325-5566 for more information.

Laconia 1 Bedroom Cottage. $750/Month + Utilities. No Pets. 1 month security deposit required.

524-6611 APARTMENTS, mobile homes. If you need a rental at a fair price, call DRM Corp. Over 40 years in rentals, 524-0348 or visit M-W-F, 12-5, at 373 Court Street, Laconia.

BELMONT 1 Bedroom Unit Washer/Dryer Hookup. $600/Month 2 Bedroom Unit Washer/Dryer Hookup $700/Month

LACONIA 1 Bedroom units starting at $600/Month CALL 267-8023 GC ENTERPRISES PMC NO PETS

BELMONT 2 Bedroom manufatured home on 1/2 acre. Town water and sewer, newly renovated and energy efficient. Nice location.

FOR LEASE: $1,000 a month FOR SALE: Call for details Call 267-8023 GC Enterprises Property Mgt.

BELMONT 3rd Floor 1-bedroom apt.

Available 1/1/2011. Heat & hot water included. $175 per week. Small Animals considered, Security required .

520-0753

Downtown Laconia Furnished Rooms Shared Facilities Make Riverbank Rooms Your Home

References Required.

$105-$125 weekly 524-1884 DOWNTOWN LACONIA New Beacon St. West Loft Condo.

Hardwood floors, granite countertops, cable/ Internet included, low util cost. $950 /month. Lease, security, references required.

Non-smoker, no pets. 455-4075

For Rent

For Rent

GILFORD: 3 bedroom apt, 2 bedroom apt., one bedroom cottage available including electricity, hotwater from $175/week, heat negotiable, pets considered. Security + references.

556-7098 or 832-3334.

LACONIA: Close to downtown, 5 room 2-Bedroom, 1.5 baths, first floor, includes heat, 2-car parking, snow removal, landscaping, deck, washer/dryer. $210/week. 4-week security deposit, first week in advance, references and credit check a must. No pets. Leave message for Bob, 781-283-0783

GILMANTON LARGE 2 bedroom Apartment. Easy commute, pets negotiable. $950/Month. 630-6812 Laconia 2 bedroom apartment.

Heat included. Garage parking, no smokers/dogs, near downtown and hospital. Deposit, references. $750/Month. Call 724-1985

LACONIA HEAT, HOT WATER & ELECTRIC INCLUDED 1 Bedroom $750 Mo. 1 Room Efficiency $450/Mo. Call 267-8023 GC Enterprises Property Management LACONIA In-town, 2-Bedroom, finished basement. $750 plus utilities, first and security. No smoking, available now. 528-2292 LACONIA- 1 bedroom next to LRGH. Quiet building, heat/hot water included. $695/month 508-217-8469 LACONIA- Why rent a room when you can have your own efficiency apartment from $130-140/week, utilities included. Security deposit and references required. No Dogs. 524-4428 Laconia-Large 3-room apartment. $700/Month, newly painted, utilities not included. Available 12/15.

References & security deposit required, 1 year lease. Off-street parking.

914-826-4591 603-524-3759 LACONIA-South Down, Golf Village: 3 bedroom 2 bath townhouse; Cathedral ceiling, gas heat, central air, gas fireplace, all appliances, washer & dryer, beach, trails, tennis and all SD amenities. No smoking, no pets.

Snow removal & lawn care included. $1,200 Month. Garage available. 603-387-2954 LACONIA: 1 bedroom apt, second floor, close to downtown. $650 includes Heat and hot water. newly renovated bath, new appliances. One month security. No pets. Call 455-8762.

LACONIA: 1 bedroom with porch, new paint, $145/ week includes heat & hot water. 603-528-0024.

LACONIA: 3 bedroom, 2 bathroom in duplex building, 1st & 2nd floors plus access to attic and basement with laundry hook-ups, $1,100/month plus utilities, 524-1234.

LACONIA: Nice & quiet one bedroom, 2nd floor, good neighborhood, lots of attic storage, laundry hookups, parking, $750/month includes heat. Accepts Section 8.

455-8789.

GILFORD 5 rooms, 2 bedrooms, 1-1/2 baths, attached one car garage, excellent condition, $1200/ month plus utilities, contact Debbie at Roche Realty 603-279-7046 or 603-520-7769.

LACONIA: 1 bedroom, 2nd floor, $210/week including heat, electric & hot water. 524-1234.

GILFORD one bedrm apt. $850/ month everything included. Contact Sara Mon-Fri 6:00am- 2:00pm for appointment 293-8400 or leave a message after 2pm. at 455-0461.

LACONIA: STUDIO $135/ Week & 1 BDRM $155/ Week Heat & HW included, 2 BDRM $185/week $785/Month, utilities included. No dogs. 496-8667 or 545-9510.

Gilford Room. Feel at home in premier location close to village, schools, shopping, lake, Gunstock with beach access. $500 month includes utilities, heat, internet, beach, no smoking. 520-6160 GILFORD- 3 BEDROOM. Large yard for kids, walk to beach/ shopping, pet friendly, $1,250 +utilities.

Available December 15th. call 603-393-5756.

GILFORD: Winter/6-Months Condo Rental, 2-bedroom, kitchen & livingroom newly renovated.

Finished laundryroom with full washer/dryer. $825/month +utilities.

Contact Matthew Roy,

LACONIA: 1BR, new carpets, parking, no pets, $140/ week + utilities, security, Sec 8, 387-6810.

LACONIA: Gilbert Apartments. Efficiency, 1, 2 and 3 bedroom apartments available. 524-4428.

LACONIA: Small 3 bedroom, $200/ week, includes heat/hot water, references and deposit. No Pets. 524-9665.

MEREDITH convenient to downtown, 2 bedroom, small neat & clean unit. Washer/dryer on-site, no smoking, no dogs, $775 plus utilities. 279-4376.

MEREDITH: In-town 1-bedroom, includes heat, $600/month. Parking w/plowing. No Smoking. No pets. Security deposit. 387-8356.

MEREDITH: Large 2 Bedroom second floor. Main St, newly painted, off-street parking, no pets/smoking. First month and security, references required. $795 + heat/utilities. 603-630-2381.

NEW Hampton - stunning quality!

Immaculate 2+bedroom/ 2 bath exclusive Condo. $1195/ mo. Astonishing open stairwell extending up to the 3rd floor lighted by the skylight in the cathedral ceiling.

Brazilian wood floors, W/D hook up. Less than 3 minutes from I-93.

Call today 603-744-3551.

NEFH...Come on Home!!

NORTHFIELD Are you tired of living in run down, dirty housing, then call us we have the absolute best, spotlessly clean and everything works. We include heat & hot water and all appliances, Townhouses & apartments, in Northfield one block from I-93 Call 630-3700 for affordable Clean living.

NORTHFIELD: 1 bedroom, 1st floor, separate entrance, coin-op laundry in basement. $195/week including heat, electric & hot water. 524-1234.

PLYMOUTH Cottage or motel room, microwave and fridge, cable and high-speed Internet, all util incl, local transportation provided. $199 weekly. 536-1319 SECOND floor of duplex, close to downtown Laconia. 5 rms, 2BR, pantry + W/D hookup in basement. $875 incl Heat. First month + security, References required.

Call 455-8762.

SPACIOUS 1 bedroom apartment, within walking distance to LRGH facilities. Heat/Hot Water, Washer/dryer hook-up, Private parking. NO SMOKERS OR PETS. References and security deposit required. $750/month.

279-1080 leave message.

TILTON- 3 Bedroom house, 2-car garage; near Exit 20. $1,500/Month + utilities & security.

626-5000 TILTON: Large room in 3-bedroom, 2-bath apartment, shared with 2 other responsible adults, $150/weekly, includes all.

286-4391.

WINNISQUAM: Small efficiency apartment and a cottage including heat, hot water and lights. No pets. $150-$175/week. $400 deposit. 528-2757 or 387-3864.

RENTALS One and two bedrooms: $200 a week* All utilities, cable and Internet included

Rodeway Inn 788 Laconia Rd., Tilton 603-524-6897 gm.nh043@choicehotels.com Go to www.rodewayinn.com and enter “Tilton, NH”

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For Rent-Vacation

For Sale

Furniture

Instruction

MODULAR Home in 55+ park, Englewood, Florida. Three bedrooms, large Florida room, near Gulf beaches and golf courses.

Available months of February, April and May. $1,800/Month. Call 603-724-1985

FISHER used plow 7 ft. Complete hydraulics, lights, push rods. Off 1989 Chevy pickup. You haul away. $700. 536-2489

BEAUTIFUL, Queen Luxury Support Pillowtop Mattress Set. New in plastic. Cost $1095, Sell $249.

Can deliver. 603-305-9763

New Hampshire Aikido -Tuesday and Thursday evenings at the Barn, Wadliegh Rd. Sanbornton.

998-1419

Fuel Tank for back of truck. Electric pump. $300. 630-0957

Motorcycles

NEED a vacation? Waterfront Marco Island Condo Specials available now. (Perfect Xmas gift) Owner 603-393-7077.

Generac 5000 Watt Generator. 10 HP motor, new $600, now $300.

Call 267-1935

PROMOTIONAL New mattresses starting; King set complete $395, queen set $239. 603-524-1430.

For Rent-Commercial LACONIA Prime retail. 750 sf., parking, includes heat. $550 per month. Also 1325 sf. $625/month Security deposit & references.

455-6662.

GREEN Firewood- Cut & split. 1/2 Cord $120. Dry 1/2 Cords $200.

267-6680 JAZZY 600 Power Chair, wheeled walker w/seat and brakes. All in excellent condition.

Call 934-5671.

BED Orthopedic 10” thick pillowtop mattress & box, new in plastic cost $950, sell Queen $285, Full $260, King $395. 431-0999 BEDROOM set brand new 6 pce solid cherry Sleigh bed, all dovetail sacrifice $750. 427-2001 HOT tub Mp3/ ipod dock, speakers, led lights, 5/6 person. All options with cover. New in wrapper.

Cost $8200, sell $4200. Will deliver 235-5218.

KITCHEN cabinets solid Maple with glazing never installed/ dovetail. Cost $7000, sell $1650.

235-1695.

RETAIL Space for Lease: 450 square feet, $650/month plus utilities. Route 3, Tilton (539 Laconia Road). Located in building occupied by Northeast Metal Roofing and Fire and Stove Stove Shop, 630-2332.

For Sale 1998 Dodge Neon- 4 cylinder, automatic, 4-door. AM/FM/AC. $1,200. (603) 539-5194 4 TIRES: General Grabbers AW P235/75 R 15, $100. Generator: 3600 W. Craftsman with H/D Power Cord. $375. Tools: Automotive. Air Rachets, Tap & Die Set, etc. 934-2221 5 Piece Drum Set. Rockwood by Hohner. $220 or best offer.

253-7003

NATURAL wood kitchen hutch, one drawer with two door storage, 50” high by 23.5” wide and 17” deep. $150. 253-6815 PFAFF #2056 Portable Sewing Machine, list over $1,000, sell $900; Twin, white, iron bed, complete, girl, $75; Round glass table w/2 chairs, $75; Gas outdoor grill, $50; White portable sewing machine, $150.

Best offers.

286-2635.

PLOW- 9 ft. Minute Mount. New cylinders, no rot. $750. Stainless sander $650. 603-556-8061 after 5 pm.

SEASONED Firewood: $225/ cord, delivered. 279-3152 or 630-4778.

SEASONED Hardwood Cut, Split & Delivered $240/ cord. Call 603-534-8863.

Toro 521 Snow Blower. 5 HP with Electric start. Has chaiins also. $125. 524-6145

COME join our fun, fast paced ful fillment center! We are a local Internet company looking for motivated individuals to pack and ship orders! Positive attitude and strong work ethics a must. This position does involve some heavy lifting. These are full-time positions that require weekend availability. Please forward resumes to: Big Cat Coffees 72 Primrose Dr. S Laconia, NH 03246 Phone calls or walk-ins WILL NOT be accepted!

Online applications available at http://www.bigcatcoffees.com/careers.cfm.

GILMANTON Store Manager Qualified candidate will have commercial truck tire and automotive experience with excellent customer relation skills. Experience in job/tire pricing, safety and crew management a must. Contact: Denise Littlefield (603) 679-2232 hr@strathamtire.com Maintenance Person- Must have knowledge of light plumbing, remodeling, painting, light electrical & carpentry. Must be able to lift 50 lbs. and shovel snow. Customer service background helpful. Valid NH drivers license, vehicle with insurance and background check required. Must work Sundays. Fax resume to 603-366-4879 or e-mail to manager@vwtoa.com No calls please.

Textile Weaving Loom Operator

Complete Hensley Towing Hitch with operating manual. 10,000 lb. capacity, good condition. $325.

603-524-8860

Furniture 20% Off Diningroom Sets! Floor Sample Clearance on all Mattresses! Exceptional savings at Jeff s Discount Furniture & Bedding. Save Big! Route 3, Laconia, NH (across from Funspot), 603-366-4000.

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We currently have an opening for a machine operator in our weaving department. The operator would be responsible for running several weaving looms. We are a fast paced environment and we require a person with a good work ethic. This is a great opportunity, for the right person, to join a very stable and successful manufacturing facility. The opening is for a first shift position, starting pay will be negotiable. Please stop by and fill out an application at: Amatex Corporation 45 Primrose Dr. Laconia, NH. 03246 or call Dawnn @ 603-524-2552.

Services SNOWPLOWING MEREDITH AREA Reliable & Insured

Michael Percy

Buy • Sell • Trade www.motoworks.biz

677-2540

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

Roommate Wanted ADULT person to share house in Laconia. $140/wk. includes everything. Pets okay. Female preferred. 524-1976 BELMONT Female seeks roommate to share adorable house, clean 3-bedroom cape, $125 per week includes utilities,-laundryparking. Dog okay. Non-smoker please. 401-243-3237 THE Hungry Painter: Roof Shoveling, Painting, small tree work, dump runs, odd jobs, drywall repairs. 455-6296.

Laconia 2 bedroom apartment to share. Female preferred. $300/Month, includes everything.

Call during daytime 524-3292 Laconia- 2 bedroom apartment to share. All included $100 per week.

Female preferred.

455-2642 Responsible Non-smoking adult to share home. Large farmhouse on main road, Meredith. $500/Month.

Includes heat, hot water, laundry.

393-0919

Seeking highly motivated people to join my Pampered Chef team.

High earning potential! Call 496-0762.

BRAND new 18.5 cu. ft. Frigidaire refrigerator $350, 150,000 btu master heater K1 with thermostat $75, toolbox fits small pickup $40.

Tonneau cover fits small pickup $75, chrome rollbar with lights $50. 286-3174

DRY firewood, cut, split delivered, $265/ cord, green $200/ cord, will do half cords, John Peverly 528-2803 and no calls after 8 pm.

ADVERTISING Sales for tourism publication, must have solid ad sales experience. Lakes Region, North Conway to Canadian Border. Commission only. Resume and references required.

(603)356-7011.

Lamb-Raised locally. Hormone & antibiotic free. Vacuum packed, frozen. 528-5838

SNOW Tires, 4 Gislaved Nordic Frost, 205-55-16, on SAAB alloy wheels, very good condition, $225; 4 Audi alloy wheels, summer tires, 205-65-15, fair condition, $100. 630-6022

DRY firewood, 80% Red Oak, $275/ cord, delivered within 20 mile radius of Moultonborough.

236-6749.

Help Wanted

Services

SEEKING female roommate for Pleasant St. apartment. $450/month. Heat/Hot Water included. Call for details: 566-3831

Services

GIVE THE PERFECT GIFT THIS HOLIDAY SEASON Give the Mrs. a break from household cleaning and let us do it for her with a gift certificate from D+D’s CLEANING SERVICES Available in any denomination.

From 1 room to entire homes.

Free Estimates & Ref Available

CALL DONNA 455-3330

HANDYMAN SERVICES Small Jobs Are My Speciality

Rick Drouin 520-5642 or 744-6277 All Trades Landscaping Construction • Irrigation Excavation • Maintenance Spring and Fall • Clean up's.

Free estimates and fully insured

MASONRY

Stone & brick, all tyes of masonry. Free estimates. Call John Morris. (603)539-6736.

WELDING SERVICES- No job too small. Mobile unit or at shop. 34 Meadowbrook Lane, Gilford.

603-293-0378

Snowmobiles 01 Mountain Cat 600 EFI electric start, reverse, gauges, cargo rack with arctic bags, fuel buddy, runs great, adult-owned, always stored in enclosed trailer 5900 miles. $2,150. Call 520-4318

603-524-3969

01 Yamaha Venture 500- 2-up electric-start, reverse, 2600 miles adult owned runs great. Stored in an enclosed trailer. $2,150. Call 520-4318 2002 MXZ 600 Sport, 1900 miles, recent skis, good shape. $2200.

848-0014.

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

Our Customers Don t get Soaked!

528-3531

Small Business Bookeeping Service 35 years experience. Reasonable rates. References available. Arlene Graham 603-520-1705

Storage Space STORE your car-boat-motorcycle or RV in a clean and secure brick building.

Low prices.

(603)524-1430

Yard Sale Lakeport: Indoor yard sale, 57 Elm Street, Holiday Sale, Everything must go. Make an offer. No reasonable offer refused. Hours: Thursday & Fridays 12:30- 4p.m.; Saturday & Sundays 8a.m.- 3 p.m.

Make SoMe CaSh?$$

Sell your stuff in the classifieds!

Email us at ads@laconiadailysun.com Our deadline is noontime one business day prior to publication for classified ads.

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Central NH’s GM Certified Used Vehicle Center 2009 Chevy Cobalt LT

2 to Choose From!

/MO 169 /MO

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2009 Chevy Impala LT 1X 2 to Choose From! /MO 185 /MO

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4-Cylinder, Auto, A/C, Power Windows & Locks, Cruise Control, Alloys. Certified 12 Month / 12,000 Mile GM Bumper to Bumper and balance of 5-Year / 100,000 Mile Power Train Warranty.

33.5L, V6, Auto, A/C, Power Windows, Locks & Seat, Remote Start, Alloys, Tilt, Cruise, Dual AC/Heat. Certified 12 Month / 12,000 Mile Bumper to Bumper and balance of 5-Year / 100,000 Mile Power Train Warranty.

2008 Chevy Malibu LS

2008 Toyota Matrix XR

/MO 185 /MO

/MO 199 /MO

$$

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4-Cylinder, Power Windows & Locks, Tilt, Cruise, Only 23k Miles!

2006 Chevy Trailblazer LS 4x4

/MO 199 /MO

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4.2L, 6-Cylinder, Auto, Power Windows 7 Locks, Sunscreen Glass, Alloys, Tilt, Cruise, Roof Rack, Trailer Tow Group, 1-Owner, Local Truck, Only 38k Miles!

2006 Chevy Malibu LS

/MO 134 /MO

$$

6-Cylinder, Auto, A/C, Power Windows & Locks, Only 55k Miles!

4-Cylinder, Auto, A/C, Power Windows, Locks & Moonroof, Cruise, Alloys.

2008 Pontiac G6 GT

1.9% Financing Available for 60 Months!

/MO 229 /MO

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V6, Power Windows, Locks, Seat & Moonroof, Chrome Alloy Wheels, Rear Spoiler, Tilt, Cruise, CD. Certified 12 Month / 12,000 Mile Bumper to Bumper and 5-Year / 100,000 Mile Power Train Warranty.

2005 Chevy Impala LS

/MO 101 /MO

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3.5L, Power Windows & Locks, Tilt, Cruise, Alloys, Only 49k Miles!

3 Month / 3,000 Mile Service Contract

Temperatures are falling.... and so are our 317 PRICES!

2009 Chevy Equinox LT AWD

$$

/MO /MO

Power Windows & Locks, Keyless Entry, Alloys, Cruise, Tilt, Sunscreen Glass. Certified 12 Month / 12,000 Mile Bumper to Bumper and balance of 5-Year / 100,000 Mile Power Train Warranty.

2007 Chevy Impala LS

/MO 151 /MO

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8,995

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Leather, Loaded, Every Option!

1999 Ford Ranger XL Pickup 4x4

5,995

$$

6-Cylinder, Auto, 1-Onwer.

FROM

/MO 234 /MO

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3.5L, Power Windows & Locks, Tilt, Cruise, 1-Owner.

Certified 12 Month / 12,000 Mile GM Bumper to Bumper and balance of 5-Year / 70,000 Mile Power Train Warranty.

4.2L, 6-Cylinder, Power Windows & Locks, Tilt, Cruise, CD, Roof Rack, Sunscreen Glass, Trailer Tow Group, Electronic Transfer Case.

2008 Jeep Wrangler Unlimited 4x4

2006 Buick Terraza AWD

/MO 333 /MO

$$

/MO 199 /MO

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4-Door, 6-Cylinder, Auto, Power Windows & Locks, Alloys, Cruise Control, 2 Tops!

ALL WHEEL DRIVE! Leather, Power Locks, Windows, Seats & Sliding Doors, Chrome Alloy Wheels, Sunscreen Glass, 7-Passenger Seating!

2005 Chevy Malibu LS

2006 Chevy HHR LT

/MO 101 /MO

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6-Cylinder, Full Power, 1-Owner, New Local Trade.

SPECIALS SPECIALS • • SPECIALS SPECIALS • • SPECIALS SPECIALS 2002 Chevy Trailblazer LTZ

2007 Chevy Trailblazer 3 to 4x4 LT’s and LS’s Choose From!

2002 Chevy Silverado 1500 Ext. Cab LT 4x4

13,500

$$

Z-71 Package, Alloys, Running Boards, Leather, 1-Owner, Power Locks, Windows & Seat, Trailer Tow Group.

/MO 134 /MO

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Auto, Power Windows & Locks, Sunscreen Glass, Alloys, 1-Owner, Only 50k Miles!

Photos for illustration purposes only.

Not responsible for typographical errors. All payments based on 72 months at 5.99% APR, $3,000 cash or trade equity down payment, subject to credit approval, except Pontiac G6 GT, which is based on 60 months at 1.9% APR, $3,000 cash or trade equity down payment subject to credit approval.

View Our Website For Complete Inventory: www.cantins.com 623 Union Avenue, Laconia, NH 603-524-0770 or 1-800-226-8467 “When other dealers can’t ... Cantin can!”

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