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Grandmother wants open roster policy for all youth leagues using city facilities LACONIA — Cheryl and John Baer, whose six-year-old grandson was denied a chance to play in the Lou Athanas Youth Basketball League this winter even though his registration fee had been accepted by the league, called on the Laconia Parks and Recreation Commission last night to establish an open roster policy for all youth sports teams using city facilities . see YOUTH page 8
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Tilton-Northfield fire chief could be fired Jan. 2 Brad Ober has not been able to meet residency requirement that some find to be ridiculous BY MICHAEL KITCH THE LACONIA DAILY SUN
TILTON — The New Year could begin on a sour note at Tilton-Northfield Fire & EMS if the Fire Commissioners proceed to discharge Chief Brad Ober for failing to fulfill his intention of making his home in the district. “It’s absolutely insane,” declared Tom Gallant, who
not for the first time in his 27 years on the commission finds himself in the minority. But, he said, this is the first time that after finding himself on the losing end of a two-to-one vote he has openly challenged a decision of the majority. “I lost the battle, but I’m going on with the war,” Gallant said. “I will not support something as ludicrous as this.”
Commissioner Pat Clark, who with Paul Auger has pressed the issue, indicated yesterday that with the deadline for a decision of January 2 fast approaching another battle may remain to be fought. “We are going to get together on January 2 or thereabouts,” he said. “We (the commission) need to make up our minds on things. We have lots of
options,” he continued. “We can terminate him, grant another extension, waive the residence requirement. Anything is on the table.” Ober, who served as chief of the Ashland Fire Department and joined Tilton-Northfield Fire & EMS as the code enforcement officer in 2004, succeeded Steve Carrier, who left to head see CHIEF page 27
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Local officials focused on anxious kids & school safety BY GAIL OBER
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LACONIA — Community leaders including Mayor Mike Seymour, school Superintendent Bob Champlin, School Board Chair Joe Cormier, and Police Chief Chris Adams gathered yesterday morning at the SAU offices to assure the community that safety in local schools is their number one concern. Champlin said he had participated in a
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Economists forecasting moderate growth for 2013
WASHINGTON (AP) — Business economists believe the country will see modest growth in 2013 with strength coming from a further rebound in housing which will help offset weakness in business investment. In its latest survey of top forecasters, the National Association for Business Economics says it is looking for the economy to grow in 2013 by 2.1 percent after 2.2 percent growth in 2012. That would continue the same tepid growth the country has seen since the Great Recession ended in mid-2009. Growth at that pace is not strong enough to make a significant improvement in unemployment. The NABE economists believe unemployment will average 7.7 percent for all of next year, right at the level it reached in November. The 48 NABE economists on the survey panel had essentially the same outlook as their previous forecast in October. While they have modest expectasee ECONOMY page 10
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2 funerals begin a sad procession in Newtown NEWTOWN, Conn. (AP) — Opening a long and almost unbearable procession of grief, Newtown began laying its dead to rest Monday, holding funerals for two 6-year-old boys — one a football fan who was buried in a New York Giants jersey and one whose twin sister survived the rampage. Two funeral homes filled with mourners for Noah Pozner and Jack Pinto, the first of the 20 children killed in last week’s school massacre to receive funerals. The gunman also killed six adults at Sandy Hook Ele-
mentary, and his mother in her home, before committing suicide. A rabbi presided at Noah’s service, and in keeping with Jewish tradition, the boy was laid to rest in a simple brown wooden casket with a Star of David on it. “If Noah had not been taken from us, he would have become a great man. He would been a wonderful husband and a loving father,” Noah’s uncle, Alexis Haller, told mourners, according to remarks he provided to The Associated Press. Both services were closed to the news media.
Noah’s twin, Arielle, who was assigned to a different classroom, survived the killing frenzy by 20-year-old Adam Lanza, an attack so horrifying that authorities could not say three days later whether the school would ever reopen. Newtown, a community of 27,000 people, will face many more funerals over the next few days, just as other towns are getting ready for the holidays. “I feel like we have to get back to normal, but I don’t know if there is normal anysee NEWTOWN page 24
WASHINGTON (AP) — Prominent gunrights advocates in Congress are now calling for a national discussion about restrictions to curb gun violence, signaling that the horrific shooting at a Connecticut elementary school could be a tipping point in a debate that has been dormant for years. “Everything should be on the table,” West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin declared Monday. He is a conservative Democrat,
avid hunter and lifelong member of the National Rifle Association. Republican Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa proposed a debate not just about guns but also about mental issues. White House officials said President Barack Obama would make preventing gun violence a second-term policy priority. But it was unclear what Obama would pursue or how, and aides said stricter gun
laws would be only part of any effort. The president met Monday afternoon with Vice President Joe Biden and a handful of Cabinet members to begin discussions on ways the country should respond to the Newtown shootings. Among those in attendance were Attorney General Eric Holder, Education Secretary Arne Duncan, and Health and Human Services Secresee GUN CONTROL page 14
WASHINGTON (AP) — Sen. Daniel Inouye of Hawaii, the influential Democrat who broke racial barriers on Capitol Hill and played key roles in congressional investigations of the Watergate and IranContra scandals, died Monday. He was 88.
Inouye, a senator since January 1963, was currently the longest serving senator and was president pro tempore of the Senate, third in the line of presidential succession. His office said Monday that he died of respiratory complications at a
Washington-area hospital. Less than an hour after Inouye’s passing, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid announced Inouye’s death to a stunned chamber. “Our friend Daniel Inouye has see HAWAII page 8
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Selectmen told at least a portion of Belmont Mill 4th level flooring has rotted BY GAIL OBER
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BELMONT — The building inspector told selectmen last night that at least part of the fourth floor of the Belmont Mill shows signs of rotting underneath the carpet. Selectmen approved up to $5,750 to get a complete engineering estimate as to how much work would need to be done after Paquin gave them a preliminary engineering estimate of $4,600. Building inspector, Steven Paquin showed the selectmen a nearly two-foot long piece of the subflooring removed by Tirey & Associates Structural
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Laconia Electric Supply sold to Mass. company
LACONIA — A Massachusetts company has acquired the assets of Laconia Electric Supply, according to a statement jointly released on Monday by Needham Electric Supply President Joseph A. Cincotta and Laconia Electric President and Owner Glenn Shaw. Laconia Electric is headquartered on upper Union Ave. in its namesake city and has branch locations in Plymouth, Conway, Littleton and Wolfeboro. Shaw said he will assist with the integration with new management until his retirement. “Laconia Electric Supply is a very well-managed, family-owned and operated electrical distributor with a proven track record in providing superior customer service for over 80 years to its commercial, industrial and residential contractors,” said Cincotta. “We are very excited to welcome Laconia Electric to the Needham Electric team. This acquisition supports our strategic goal of expanding our presence in the New England market, and we are
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Real ‘realism’ on gun control The usual gun extremists largely went into hiding this weekend after the obscenity in Connecticut. The National Rifle Association offered only a flowery expression of sympathy for the victims. Real brave, aren’t they? One foe of gun control who did speak out was Michigan Rep. Mike Rogers, a Republican. He said the “more realistic discussion” is “how do we target people with mental illness who use firearms?” Actually, not realistic at all. It’s easy to identify a mentally ill person with access to firearms once he’s massacred a kindergarten class in about 15 seconds. We also learned of warning signs after James Holmes shot up a movie theater in Aurora, Colo., and Seung-Hui Cho did his deadly rampage at Virginia Tech. All had been good students, by the way. Banning weapons of war would be a lot easier and less intrusive than psychoanalyzing anyone who wants to buy a gun. But as the shock of Newtown, Conn., mellows, the new theme of gun-rights absolutists is coming together: The problem is not widely sold assault weapons with magazines capable of carrying 30 rounds. It’s crazy people who get their hands on them. As it happened, an insane Adam Lanza was able to kill his mother and rapidly mow down 27 innocents at Sandy Hook Elementary School because his allegedly not-disturbed mom kept a Bushmaster .223 caliber rifle — among other mass-killing machines — in their tidy home. Reports portray Nancy Lanza as a “high-strung” divorced mother trying to deal with an antisocial adolescent. That is hardly a unique set of circumstances. Who would have taken her guns away? My in-laws, originally farm people from Indiana, owned a spread in New Milford, Conn., a town about 16 miles from Newtown and with similar demographics. Over the years, cul-de-sacs for people from New York and its inner suburbs rose around us. The newcomers saw the pastoral setting as a wholesome place to raise families. Most of them
were fine neighbors, but some imagined that gun arsenals would make them into the country people they clearly were not. We had some ancient rifles that we used for target practice on one of the fields. But on many afternoons, the entire valley’s peace was jarred by the rapid firing of exurbanites playing warrior. Similar complaints had been aired in Newtown. About troubled young people: One day we discovered that the wellhouse had been destroyed. After rebuilding it at some cost, we caught two boys tearing the new structure apart. My husband grabbed the ringleader by the collar and yelled at him. That evening, the father — with ringleader in tow — visited the farmhouse to ask my husband whether he had roughed up his boy (no doubt the boy’s story). My husband got annoyed and said, “You’re not hearing me.” The father then conceded that his son was upset after “the divorce.” As Dad turned his back, the juvenile gave my husband the finger. A messed up kid, we agree, but also a father loath to see his child as seriously troubled. Nancy Lanza had a real tough case in Adam, but was in such deep denial that she even took him out for shooting practice. Given the realities, a background check of a gun buyer’s mental condition would logically include relatives and friends. Who wouldn’t have given Nancy Lanza alone a clean bill of mental health? Our neighborhoods are full of loners and moody adolescents who dress in black. The vast majority are harmless. Short of arming gradeschool librarians, the only sane way to curb the mass killings would be to cut off the flow of mass-killing machines. That’s being “realistic.” (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.)
What about the children of Pakistan killed by our drone attacks? To the editor, “Real violence has real consequences,” I heard a mother of a Newtown, CT, child-victim tell a radio interviewer. As others have, I’ve heard Pres. Obama’s cracking voice lament the loss of the 20 children in Connecticut. What about the as many as 168 children who have been killed by our drone strikes in Pakistan in the last seven years? A news report as recent as last week, buried late in the pages of The New York Times, is about an alleged al-Qaida leader whose wife and daughter were injured when he was killed by one of our drones. The mother then died. The daughter is now an orphan, as well as injured. That
doesn’t matter? Family life here is one sacred situation, but in another country where the names are foreign and the customs foreign and the skins are brown, indiscriminate death-by-our-drones so a family is destroyed is okay? “Real violence has real consequences,” and one of them is our leadership caught in hypocrisy, our leadership having to do the screwy thing of care about some child deaths but brush off others as “okay” policy. Lord, give us change that matters. Please. End our drones-use that falls outside the law, targeting some and killing “extra” others, even children. Lynn Rudmin Chong Sanbornton
LETTERS We can’t tolerate less than high quality services for mental health To the editor, Do you hear what I hear? This week we heard Commissioner Nick Toumpas and the N.H. Department of Health and Human Services announce they were making an effort to improve the bed crunch at New Hampshire Hospital by re-opening 12 additional beds. This and other action steps are being taken to reduce the wait list for people in crisis, many of whom are waiting for several days in hospital emergency rooms for a bed to become available. Much as a child does at this time of year, I am listening carefully to what I hear and patiently waiting to see “what will appear” in our communities. More than five years ago, the State of New Hampshire heard clearly from the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) that mental health care in our state had gone from an A/B rating to a C/D rating. As a parent, I know that such a significant loss in performance means we have to pay closer attention. The school counselors, the teachers, the parents, and the student’s peers all need to rally around that person and support them as they return to stronger performance. We have not been able to rally the support for people with mental illness who need the services, due in part to the persistent and pervasive stigma that continues to surround this disease. The services have been
cut away over the years by lowered reimbursement rates and service limitations. In the Lakes Region, we no longer have 24-hour residential care. We no longer have crisis beds to help keep people from deteriorating to the point of needing hospitalization or to assist them in transitioning back to their community. Now, the effects are acutely felt, as our patients are experiencing multi-day waits in emergency rooms, our staff have increased administrative responsibilities as a result of these waits, and our hospitals and police departments are managing psychiatric patients for longer lengths of time, which ultimately affects our entire community. This holiday season, I hope to be pleasantly surprised by strong support from the public, from leadership , from the staff, and from those affected by mental illness directly and indirectly. The support should be the resounding sound of voices in unison noting we cannot tolerate anything less than a rebuild and reconfiguration of high quality comprehensive services to those suffering from an illness that has gone unheard for too long. Best wishes to all for a healthier and happier 2013. We look forward to hearing from all of you. Maggie M. Pritchard Executive Director Genesis Behavioral Health Laconia
Michigan will start to see standard of living go down and then . . . To the editor, I did read Tony’s letter on Saturday, and yes I would probably have laughed except it is so sad to see Michigan, the birthplace of the U.A.W become a “ right to work (for less)” state. I do hope those who supported that bill enjoy their short-lived victory. When he hard working people of this once great state will start to see their standard of living go down, the fair haired few get special treatment, unfairness in work assignments and more, they will throw those self-centered greedy morons out of office and replace them with the “party of the people “, Democrats . It will happen, you can be sure of it. The U.A.W. is the union that worked
so hard for the benefits that all of us enjoy today, whether you are union or not: medical benefits, holidays, overtime payments and more. All unions were the force behind Social Security and Medicare, which millions of seniors enjoy today and which Republicans, the party of the past, our trying to destroy. As the past election results said, they failed for now. However, we must keep vigilant, or people like cement-head, or iron-head Young, and those morons like Hannity, Limbaugh and others will succeed. I also see that Tony has not figured out that his guy, Willard, lost. Also his bashing of teachers is the same old song sung by him. I guess Tony failed his see next page
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LETTERS Horrible actions in Newtown are result of today’s liberal culture To the editor, What horrible events occurred Friday! The parents and Newtown, Connecticut community must be wondering if they can endure the pain. Obviously our hearts go out to the families and the community. Already leftists are crying for more gun control. A rational person would look at the number of murders in Washington, DC or New York City or Chicago with their strict anti-gun laws and wonder why anyone thinks more gun control would have helped. It is amazing that almost all mass murders happen in “gun free zones”. Apparently murders don’t care about breaking into the gun free zones, who could have imagined that? There are two nearly universal laws regarding guns. First, when danger strikes and seconds count, the police are minutes away. Second, criminals will always be able to get guns. The only real question is whether innocent people might be armed and able to defend themselves? Studies show that when the answer is no, there will be more crime and more deaths, and when the answer is yes, there is less crime and fewer deaths. What would have helped in Newtown would be if at least some administrators and teachers were trained, packing a gun, and prepared to blast this killer as soon as he began to attack people. (I wonder how many parents are comforted that schools are gun free zones, and if any are questioning the usefulness of that policy.) People are sure to say that most killers are “unbalanced” (so they can blame the gun rather than the killer himself or someone else for the killer’s actions), but not everyone who is “unbalanced” becomes a killer or a criminal. Despite any claims to the contrary, today’s culture influences people to be less, rather than more, respectful of life and of other individuals. Our culture helps push “unbalanced” people over the edge to do terrible things. And our leaders make achieving the murder’s goals easier by creating “gun free” zones like schools and by flooding the airways with information about killers and making them famous. Today we live in a culture created by liberals. Every child has liberal ideas drilled into him or her from birth via the media and for more than a decade in school. It is a culture in which there is no personal responsibility; where you are not allowed to judge the actions of others; where achievement is not rewarded because everyone gets a trophy; where misbehavior is often applauded (think of the media’s handling of the “Occupy Movement”) and good behavior condemned (think of media treatment of the TEA Party); where every bad action or result is always someone else’s fault; where illegal behavior is often excused (drugs, illegal aliens,
juvenile crime, lenient judges, etc.); where our media and leaders often condemn the authorities who act in difficult situations not the people who initiated the situations; where our movies are full of killing, irresponsible and disrespectful behavior; where union violence is ignored rather than prosecuted; where artists get rich denigrating women and advocating rape and killing policemen; where religions (except Islam, which actually promotes killing!) are ridiculed and condemned; where religious principles such as the Ten Commandments are banned; where the people who say it it wrong to kill 1.5 million babies every year are called judgmental, intolerant, hostile, biased, and anti-woman; and where we have a president who thinks it is okay to give an elderly patient pain killers rather than treat their medical condition, and it is okay to deny care to a baby who survives an abortion attempt and abandon it to struggle until it dies. Today’s unimaginably horrible actions are the result of today’s liberal culture. If we want to avoid the repeat of mass killings and to eliminate much of the crime that our culture also encourages, we must change the culture to one which glorifies a different set of values. Except for segregation and its related injustices, our country needs to return to the values of the 1950s, where people are personally responsible for their own success or failure, where people did right because it is right, where life is cherished, where authorities are (and deserve to be) respected, where bad behavior is condemned, and where criminals are punished and considered pariahs. Where the family is the key building block in society and where parents are expected to bring, and responsible for bringing, their children up to be law abiding, hard-working, patriotic, and respectful of others. Where politicians tell the truth, follow and enforce the laws, and fulfill their oath of office. Where we all agree that the Ten Commandments are good things to be honored and obeyed, not hidden. There will always be evil people, tempt-able people, and basically good people caught in difficult circumstances. How these people act will be influenced by our culture, what it expects of people, what behavior it promotes and tolerates, and how its role models act. Today’s culture which is promoted in our schools and our media and which is exemplified by so many role models not only often excuses, but sometimes glorifies, bad behavior, and promotes disrespect for others including for other life. Unless we change our culture to respect others and to cherish life, there will be more crime, more loss of life in more ways, and more sad days like Friday. Don Ewing Meredith
from preceding page favorite subject, recess. Tony, get over it, the conservative programs promoted by Willard were rejected, both nationally
and statewide. Time for these people to get over themselves. Bill Knightly Gilford
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Clearly, right to work lets workers get something for nothing To the editor, The brouhaha about a “Right-towork” is simply ignorance. Unions are a necessity whenever an employee and the powers that be, who control wages, benefits and working conditions, do not make eye contact. Unions are comparable to a republic, a representative form of government. Federal Law states that a union must represent its members and nonmembers equally and without preference or discrimination in dealing with their employer. A private sector union operates under a legally enforceable “duty of fair representation”. That is, the union must “fairly and equitably . . . represent all employees . . . , union and nonunion.” (International Assn. of Machinists v. Street, 367 U.S. 740, 761 (1961). This means a union cannot discriminate or act arbitrarily toward any employee due to the nature of his relationship with the union, and all employees are equally entitled to the union’s fair and vigorous representation. All members and non-members must receive the fruits of the union’s bargaining — wages, benefits and all other rights and protections — and enjoy full access to the grievance and arbitration process that is established to redress adverse or improper actions by the employer. 29 U.S.C. § 158(b)(2); Steele v. Louisville & Nashville R.R. Co., 323 U.S. 192, 204 (1944); Bowman v. Tennessee Valley Authority, 744 F. 2d 1207, 1213-14 (6th Cir. 1984). This
right to full and fair individual treatment by the union is legally enforceable in court and before the NLRB. Vaca v. Sipes, 386 U.S.171 (1967); Plumbers Local 32 v. NLRB, 50 F. 3d 29, 31-32 (D.C. Cir.), cert. denied, 516 U.S. 974 (1995). An agency shop is a form of union security agreement where the employer may hire union or nonunion workers, and employees need not join the union in order to remain employed. However, the non-union worker must pay a fee to cover collective bargaining costs. The fee paid by non-union members under the agency shop is known as the “agency fee. Where the agency shop is illegal, as is common in labor law governing American public sector unions, a “fair share provision” may be agreed to by the union and the employer. The provision requires non-union employees a pay “fair share fee” to cover the costs of the union’s collective bargaining activities. The “fair share” is similar to the agency shop, but usually more restrictive as to what may be charged to the non-member. In Canada, the agency fee is usually known as the Rand formula. “Right to Work” makes paying union dues voluntary even though the union negotiates on a worker’s behalf. Clearly, this is getting something for nothing. Thomas A. Tardif Laconia
Our Santa had a black beard instead of a white one. Thanks! To the editor, My husband and I were out to dinner on Saturday night, and the waitress came over to see how we were doing. I said that we were doing fine. After the third time she asked, she came back with a big smile on her face. She asked
how everything was again, I said fine, and she then informed us that our dinner had be paid for! Santa had a black beard instead of a white one! Thank you so much Santa! Lorraine Parkhurst Gilford
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LETTERS Liberals caught in trap of their own making — the progress trap To the editor, I have a question for you progressive liberals who are always so smug and condescending to normal commonsense people about your social revolution. I have been watching MSNBC to try and figure out your position on issues of the day. When Saturday Night Live had a guy named Jamie Fox telling his black audience to “kill all the white people” over and over, I changed the channel. Does that make me a racist? The next day, the corn-row woman on MSNBC attacked those who were offended by that performance as being too stupid to get the joke. Just six days later the atrocity in Newtown, Connecticut happened and the victims all looked white to me. I had to wonder if the corn-row woman was still laughing, and the next morning not 24 hours after the attack, the same woman was blaming gun owners in general and the NRA in particular. She didn’t look sorry at all; in fact, her panel of progressive thinkers seemed exited that now they might be able to punish gun owners with yet more new laws. I’m sure she would never see any connection. Is this progress? Or a progress trap? Progress usually is defined as moving forward with smarter ideas.
People have been getting into trouble with progress ever since they started thinking. One example was when early hunters learned how to make better weapons, and instead of killing one wooly mammoth, they might be able to get two. Their lives were changed for the better. Then some forward thinking fellows figured out that if they tricked the whole herd of mammoths into stampeding over a cliff, they could got them all at once! Now life was fantastic for them and the hunters had it easy for a while until they ran out of woolly mammoths. They had been caught in a trap of their own making, a progress trap. After that, they had to hunt much smaller and quicker animals that were harder to catch, and hunting became a fulltime job once again. What has that got to do with anything you ask? To me it means that smart thinking and good intentions do not always get you where you want to go, and the consequences of our actions are not always understood until it’s too late. Are we stuck in the biggest progress trap of all right now with no way out? I wonder. Alan Moon Tilton
If Ashland selectmen can’t stand the heat. . . (you know the rest) To the editor, RE: Ashland Selectboard’s decision to exclude oral public input (Gail Ober’s story). This is a simple heat/kitchen thing
in my eyes. If these officials don’t want to hear from their constituency they should leave public service in favor of those willing to listen. Vincent Paul Migliore, Bridgewater
Town of Gilmanton, New Hampshire Planning Board PO Box 550, Gilmanton, New Hampshire 03237 603.267.6700 PUBLIC NOTICE 2013 PROPOSED ZONING ORDINANCE AMENDMENTS PUBLIC HEARING THURSDAY, December 27, 2012, Beginning at 6:00 PM Academy Building, 503 Province Road
Pursuant to NH RSA 674:16 I – the following amendments are for the purpose of promoting the health, safety, or the general welfare of the community, the local legislative body of any city, town, or county in which there are located unincorporated towns or unorganized places is authorized to adopt or amend a zoning ordinance under the ordinance enactment procedures of NH RSA 675:2-5.
Are you in favor of the adoption of Amendment #1 as proposed by the Gilmanton Planning Board for the town Zoning Ordinance as follows: To amend Article III (F) as follows: Add to the end of Paragraph 3 the following clause: “except as provided in Paragraph 15 below.”
Add to the end of the first sentence of Paragraph 4 the following clause: “except as provided in Paragraph 15 below.”
Insert a new Paragraph 15 as follows: 15. A retail business in the Light Business District may place up to, and no more than, two portable “sandwich style” sign on the premises of the business advertising items for sale on location. The sign may be displayed during the operating hours and shall be removed and placed out of the view of the public while the business is closed. (Note: Many of these portable signs you can buy at Staples or a place like that, they are usually white with black letter, but made out of plastic. They are light weight and easy to move.) The sign shall not exceed 16 square feet on each side and shall not use electronic, flashing or moving messages. The sign shall be maintained in good condition at all times. Retail businesses located in another district may apply for a conditional use permit for one portable “sandwich style” sign meeting these requirements. Any such portable sign shall be in addition to any other sign permitted in Section F. If a business fails to comply with these requirements, the selectmen may enforce in accordance with Article VIII. Any sign in an historic district shall also comply with the requirements of the Historic District Commission.
Are you in favor of the adoption of Amendment #2 as proposed by the Gilmanton Planning Board for the town Zoning Ordinance as follows: To Amend Article IV, Table 2 by reducing the Septic Systems Setbacks from Waterbodies from 125’ to NH State Requirement of 75’. Are you in favor of the adoption of Amendment #3 as proposed by the Gilmanton Planning Board for the town Zoning Ordinance as follows: To amend Article XVI by adding the following definitions: Campground or Recreational Vehicle Park (RV park) is a place where people with recreational vehicles can stay overnight, or longer, in allotted spaces known as “sites.” They are also referred to as “campgrounds” and provide facilities for tent camping; many facilities calling themselves “RV parks” also offer tent camping or cabins with limited facilities, and licensed by the State of New Hampshire. Right-of-way is a legally granted right to pass and re-pass.
Setback Delete, “Docks, boathouses and other similarly sized waterfront structures shall also be exempt from any such waterfront setback requirement.”
Full text of the proposed Zoning Ordinance Amendments will be on file December 17, 2012 at the Gilmanton Town Clerks Office and the Selectmen’s Office located at the Academy Building, Gilmanton Corners Post Office, Gilmanton Iron Works Post Office, and on line at www.gilmantonnh.org. Nancy Girard, Planning Board Chair
Today is last day to participate in St. Vincent de Paul’s Christmas Angel Program LACONIA — Today is the last day for The Children’s Foundation Christmas Angel Program. Applications will be taken and packages will be handed out at the St. Vincent de Paul’s Food Pantry, located at 1269 Union Avenue, from 4:30 to 7 p.m. This program is available to families with children ages birth to 18 years old. An outfit of clothing, socks, and underwear/diapers will be given for each child. The Children’s Foundation concentrates on providing children with
necessities such as clothing, socks, underwear, diapers and personal hygiene items. Items are limited since this is the last day, so items will be handed out on a “first come first served” basis. Anyone wishing to make a donation of cash or clothing, can stop by the St. Vincent de Paul Thrift Store, at 1269 Union Avenue, Laconia (next to McDonald’s) or by mail to SVDP Children’s Foundation, PO Box 6123, Laconia, NH 03247.
YOUTH from page one ‘’They cashed my check and never let us know that he wasn’t going to be on a team,’’ said Cheryl Baer, a former member of the commission, who said that the league told her at first that the registration was too late, even though they had signed up a second grandchild the same day who was able to play in the girls’ division. ‘’Then they told us that the roster was full with 10 players on each team and that they wanted to ensure equal playing time for each player. But they could still make it equal with 11 players on a team. Then a few weeks later they said that the uniforms had already been ordered. But what does it take to get one more T-shirt?’’ asked Baer. Baer said that her granddaughter was allowed to play, because ‘’the girls are struggling to have a league. But if they can let someone play while not letting someone who signed up the same day not play, it’s not right,’’ said Baer, who said that she understands that the league would have allowed girls who missed the deadline to play if they signed up later. She said that the leagues using city facilities should have an open roster policy which allows opportunities for children to sign up even after league play has started, maintaining that it is unfair to close the door to children who have just moved into the city. ‘’You guys grant facility use permits. You should require those who use the facilities to keep open rosters throughout the season and charge a late fee if needed,’’ said Baer. But Commissioner Rod Roy, who is active with the Laconia Chiefs youth football program, said that it’s not that easy to move to an open roster system, noting that the rules on rosters are made by statewide or national organizations and that the commission has no control over them. ‘’Our rosters have to be set by a certain date and have to go to the state,’’ said Roy, who added that he thought what the Baers were doing by raising the issue was ‘’the start of a great discussion.’’
Roy also said that his coaching is based on building on what the players have learned in previous weeks and that bringing someone new into the mix creates a whole new set of problems. ‘’You can’t rewind because of new kids. It will limit what I can do as a coach. You need a structure you can work within and this takes that away,’’ said Roy. Commissioner Mitch Hamel said that he didn’t think the commission was the right place to seek the change to an open roster system. ‘’These group have an agenda and a timeline. The format in which they operate lies with different boards and groups. It’s not within our ability to make them amend their by-laws,’’ said Hamel. But Baer persisted. “’You grant facility uses to the leagues and that (open rosters) is what we want to see happen.’’ Commission members urged her to open up a dialogue with the leagues to try and achieve her objective. NOTES: The commission approved a facility use request from the Lakes Region Girls Softball league for the use of city parks for league play and is looking at a request from the league to waive its non-resident surcharge for the league, which has 105 girls playing in from both Laconia and Belmont. The league plays about half of its games in Belmont and half in Laconia but Candice Murray of the league says that the $10 season fee for non-resident users is a burden. ‘’We may have to move all of the games to Belmont or split the league so that Laconia girls play in Laconia and Belmont girls in Belmont,’’ said Murray . . . . . . Parks Director Kevin Dunleavy said that a request by Laconia High School for use of the Memorial Park softball field for varsity and JV games and practices poses ‘’a real issue for us’’ as the department would like to renovate the infield which has developed problems and suggested that the games might have to be moved to Opechee Park where a temporary fence would have to be put in place. — Roger Amsden
HAWAII from page 2 died,” Reid said somberly. Shocked members of the Senate stood in the aisles or slumped in their chairs. Inouye was a World War II hero and Medal of Honor recipient who lost an arm to a German hand grenade during a battle in Italy. He became the first Japanese-American to serve in Congress, when he was elected to the House in 1959, the year Hawaii
became a state. He won election to the Senate three years later and served there longer than anyone in American history except Robert Byrd of West Virginia, who died in 2010 after 51 years in the Senate. President Barack Obama, a native of Hawaii, said in a statement, “Tonight, our country has lost a true American hero with the passing of Sen. Daniel see next page
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SCHOOLS from page one patrols to increase police presence at each city school during the week. He said typically, the weekday patrol officers are each assigned a school where the officer goes to walk around, visit with students, and generally reassure them. He said those efforts will be doubled throughout this week. In addition to routine patrols, the Laconia Police has a School Resource Officer who works primarily at the High School and the Middle School. At this time, neither Adams nor Seymour sees the need to add an additional SRO officer to the police or school ranks. Champlin said letters were sent to each family according to the age of their child. He said elementary school parents and teachers were told to expect some of the children to be sad and frightened and they should encourage them to speak with a trusted adult. He said televisions throughout the elementary schools should be kept off and young children should not be told the graphic details of the shooting. He said the Middle School children are already trying to find ways to assist Sandy Hook. One of the suggestions from them has been to wear Sandy Hook’s school colors for a day. “When kids are involved in compassionate actions, they feels better,” Champlin said. Adams said his department has been actively training for emergencies like this for about five years. “We are constantly reviewing these tragedies to see if anything can be learned from them,” he said. Adams said the department has made sure their officers are not only trained but equipped to handle a public shooting with vests, head protections helmets, and there is an active shooter protection shield in every watch supervisors car. He also said the police department also has similar equipment for those who are typically inside the department and not on routine patrol. “We want to be able to get everyone on duty to the scene in five minutes,” he said, adding that getting small tactical units into places has been shown to be more effective that surrounding the building and waiting for opera-
tions support. None of the officials at yesterday’s meeting responded to a question about whether or not they would support a national ban on assault weapons. In the Winnisquam School District, Tilton Police Chief Robert Cormier said he spoke with Superintendent Tammy Davis Saturday and tomorrow the three police chiefs associated with the district — himself, Northfield Police Chief Steve Adams, and Sanbornton Police Chief Steve Hankard — will be meeting with administrators this afternoon. Like Adams, Cormier has one SRO officer who spends most of his time in the High and Middle Schools. In Winnisquam’s case the two are on one campus. He said his routine patrol units, as do Sanbornton and Northfield, routinely patrol at the schools and make their officers known to the students and administration. Cormier said his department works with other area departments on drills surrounding shooting incidents and said since the Kay Jeweler Store robbery has practiced small tactical assaults much like those described by Adams. At Inter-Lakes, age-appropriate letters were sent home to all parents explaining to parents how the can expect their children to react and how they can minimize the emotional damage. Administrators, teachers and parents were also told be aware of how their students and children are reacting. The letter said older children may want to talk about it and parents and teachers to tell their charges that’s it okay to feel sad or scared but that they are safe. Gilford’s Superintendent Kent Hemingway had a similar response. He said age appropriate letters were sent to parents and he has been in contact contact with both Gilford’s and Gilmanton’s police chiefs. He said the administration and the emergency services have been working on safety plans for years and routinely review and practice them. He said he has also visited the schools in his district and has met with all of the counselors and principals. “Despite this tragedy, school is still the safest place for your children,” Hemingway said.
from preceding page Inouye. ... It was his incredible bravery during World War II — including one heroic effort that cost him his arm but earned him the Medal of Honor — that made Danny not just a colleague and a mentor, but someone revered by all of us lucky enough to know him.” Obama also sent a tweet that ended “Aloha, Danny.” Inouye died after a relatively brief hospitalization. Once a regular smoker, he had a portion of a lung removed in the 1960s after a misdi-
agnosis for cancer. Just last week, he issued a statement expressing optimism about his recovery. Despite his age and illness, Inouye’s death shocked members of the Senate. “I’m too broken up,” said Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., who becomes president pro tem of the Senate. Leahy also is poised to take over the Senate Appropriations Committee. “He was the kind of man, in short, that America has always been grateful to have, especially in her darkest see next page
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ECONOMY from page one tions for 2013, they do see growth slowly improving as the year progresses. The economists forecast growth in the gross domestic product, the economy’s total output of goods and services, at 1.6 percent in the current October-December quarter, down from 2.7 percent growth in the July-September period. Part of that slowdown, the economists believe, will reflect the disruptions caused by Superstorm Sandy, which slammed into the Northeast on Oct. 29. About half of the economists surveyed believe Sandy will cut growth by 0.2 percentage point to 0.5 percentage point in the current quarter and about one-third of the survey panel believe rebuilding from the storm will increase growth by a similar 0.2 percentage point to 0.5 percentage point range in the first three months of next year. The NABE panel is looking for GDP growth at an annual rate of 1.8 percent in the first quarter followed by rates of 2.4 percent in the April-June quarter, 2.6 percent in the third quarter and 3 percent in the fourth quarter next year. Nayantara Hensel, head of the NABE panel and a business professor at the National Defense University in Washington, said part of the optimism that growth will be improving is a belief that the government will
come to a resolution of the fiscal cliff. That’s the name being given the sharp increases in taxes and spending cuts that will hit in January if Congress and the Obama administration do not reach a budget deal. “The panelists believe that once there is greater clarity on budget and tax issues, you will see less uncertainty on the part of businesses and consumers,” she said. The panelists expect housing will once again be a standout performer with residential investment growing at an annual rate of 12 percent next year. Builders are expected to break ground on 930,000 new homes in 2013, up 21 percent from this year, while home prices are expected to increase 3.5 percent, after an expected 3 percent gain this year. But the panelists look for business investment in equipment and software and structures to slow in 2013. They are also looking for after-tax corporate profits to show an increase of 5 percent, down from an expected 8.5 percent gain in 2012. Both years are below the 10.2 percent average increase over the past 20 years. Among the other predictions in the latest NABE survey: —Employers will add an average of 165,000 jobs per month next year, a slight improvement from the 150,000 see ECONOMY page 13
from preceding page hours, men who lead by example and who expect nothing in return,” said Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky. Hawaii Gov. Neil Abercrombie will appoint a replacement, choosing from a list of three candidates selected by the state Democratic Party. “We’re preparing to say goodbye,” Abercrombie said. “Everything else will take place in good time.” Whomever Abercrombie appoints would serve until a special election in 2014. Inouye has represented Hawaii since it became a state in 1959, first in the House. He was handily re-elected to a ninth term in 2010 with 75 percent of the vote. His last utterance, his office said, was “Aloha.” Inouye became president pro tem
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Phelps sets another school record For the third time this season, Kayla Phelps has set a new swimming record for Laconia High School. Swimming in the Oyster River High School Icebreaker Invitational, a meet of 24 schools held over the weekend at the University of New Hampshire, Phelps swam the 100 meter breast stroke in 1:22.81, more than a second faster than the previous school record. Also swimming for Laconia were Nick Shastany, who improved his times in both the 100 breast and 100 free, and Rebecca Mitchell, who showed improvement in the 50 free and reduced her 100 free time by seven seconds. In addition to Phelps’s new record, she also swam the 100 backstroke in 1:06.1, the second fastest time of that event at the meet. The LHS swim team will compete next at the 2012/2013 Holiday Invitational, also held at UNH.
LHS JV boys’ team wins 3rd game The Laconia High School junior varsity boys’ team earned its third win of the season after beating Farmington on Friday by the score of 75 to 33. Laconia used strong team defense to pull away in the second half. Pacing the offense for Laconia was Jordan McCrea with 22 points, Kyle Chaisson with 14, and Cody Greenwood, who had nine assists and five points. The team will play Tuesday at home against Inter-Lakes.
LHS bowling team hosts Spaulding & Pinkerton Laconia High School bowling team hosted Spaulding and Pinkerton at Funspot on Saturday. After a two-game qualifying round, Laconia found itself trailing with a team total of 1280, compared to 1358 for Spaulding and Pinkerton’s 1775. Samantha Batchelder led Laconia with a two-game total of 303, right behind her was team mate Aaron Smith with 296. In the following Baker Round, in which each team member throws two frames in a best-two-of-three competition, Spaulding edged Laconia by scores of 189-149 in the first game and 175-130 in the second. Spaulding then lost the ensuing Baker Round with Pinkerton. Laconia High School bowling team will compete on Saturday in Keene, where they will face Keene, see BOWLING next page
Laconia-Winnsquam ice hockey team has change of fortune By AdAm drApcho THE LACONIA DAILY SUN
LACONIA — How bad had things been for the Laconia-Winnisquam ice hockey team? Going into the season, the Wolfpack hadn’t won a game since the seniors were freshmen. The drought had gotten to the point where some of the talented hockey players in the school were finding other places to play, weakening the program yet more. Talking to parents of players before the season, T.J. Galligan, taking over head coaching duties after spending a year as assistant coach, set modest expectations. “I’m not going to Laconia-Winnisquam Wolfpack captain Brandon Martin fires the puck out of the zone under pressure promise you we’re going from Portsmouth Clippers’ Luke Lacroce during Saturday’s game at the Laconia Ice Arena. (Alan to win a game, I’m going MacRae/for the Laconia Daily Sun) to promise you that your kids are going to be better hockey players.” And a 2-0 start. for the players, he had a different message: no more Making an impression in his first two games in-team fighting and negativity. If upper classmen has been Dakota Tyno, who moved recently from had plans to bully or degrade the less-talented team the Concord area into the Winnisquam School Dismates, they needn’t bother lacing up their skates. “I trict and who scored five of the team’s seven goals won’t put up with it, this is a team sport. There’s no on Thursday and earned a goal and two assists on need for it,” Galligan said. Saturday. Matt Missert, a junior from Laconia, has Focusing on basic hockey, he told his team they also proven his ability to find the back of the net. should expect to work hard and expect results to Already, the team has scored more goals this season follow. What he didn’t expect was to open the season than they did in all of last year. on Thursday with a 7-1 drubbing of Manchester As welcome as the offense is, Galligan said signifiWest. “We scored two goals in the first 53 seconds,” cant improvement have been made on offense. Last said Galligan. That effort was followed up on Saturyear, Laconia-Winnisquam allowed an average of day, the team’s home opener, with a promising 3-4 more than 50 shots on goal per game. That statistic loss to Portsmouth. Were it not for a penalty-pocked is now halved. “Some of our defensemen have been second period – three of Portsmouth’s goals came playing great,” he said. when Laconia-Winnisquam had players in the penThe biggest change, though, is in players’ attisee HOCKEY next page alty box – Galligan thinks his team would be out to
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Laconia Leafs take two of three The Atlantic Junior Hockey League Laconia Leafs played three nonleague games to end the first half of the season last weekend. The games were part of the New England College Classic, held at the International Skating Center of Connecticut in Simsbury. On Friday, Laconia faced off against the National Sports Academy (Lake Placid). The Leafs opened the scoring early with a power play goal by Concord native Pat LaCasse. The goal was assisted by his brother Nick. Pat would go on to have a hat trick on his way to a four-goal weekend. The Leafs won, 6-3. The three other goals were scored by Bryan Dallaire (Saco, Maine), Kevin Murphy (Kearsage, NH) and Christian Merritt (Thousand Oaks, Calif.). The second game of the weekend was against the Philadelphia Little Flyers, who scored quickly with their first and only goal of the game in the first period. The second period was all Leafs. Matt Henderson, of Barrington, netted his only goal of the weekend four minutes into the second. Cody Steadman (White River Jct, Vt.) and Pat LaCasse also scored in the period. Laconia held off the Little Flyers for a 3-1 win. Laconia could not sweep the weekend, though losing to the Washington Junior Nationals 3-2. Christian Merritt scored twice for the Leafs, but Washington scored three unanswered goals in the second period. The Laconia Leafs have a break in the schedule for the holidays. The next game will be in Hudson on Jan. 9 to take on the Northern Cyclones HOCKEY from preceding page tudes. Practice officially starts at 5:30 a.m. at the Laconia Ice Arena. Last year, Galligan would pull in at 4:55 a.m. and wait for the players to trickle in. This season, most of his team is waiting for him, eager to get on the ice, to get to work. “They’re like one big group now. They all believe in themselves, too. They know that they put in the work and get results,” said Galligan. “It’s a great group of kids.” BOWLING from preceding page Goffstown and Stevens. Coach Jack Batchelder said he’s happy with the growth he has seen in his players. “We have kids on the team that just bowled for their first time when practices started. I have seen improvements and know the team will get even better.”
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Penalties thwart LaconiaWinnisquam hockey team The Laconia-Winnisquam High School ice hockey team couldn’t overcome the disadvantage of a dozen penalties in the home opener, held Saturday against Portsmouth. The visitors won the game by the score of 4-3. Coach T.J. Galligan said his team jumped into the lead thanks to a Matt Missert goal 13 seconds into the first period. Captain Hunter Karwocki scored again in the first period. Portsmouth was able to take advantage of prodigious penalties in the second period, though, scoring three power play goals. The Laconia-Winnisquam hockey team now has a record of one win and one loss, after beating Manchester West in the first game of the season. The team will next face Belmont on Wednesday evening.
LMS girls’ A team tops Bow The Laconia Middle School girls’ A basketball team took home a hard-fought 48-39 win December 13 at Bow Memorial Middle School. Leading scorers for Laconia were: Bella Smith with 11 points, Helen Tautkus with 10, Amelia Clairmont with nine and Alyssa Miner scored seven. Coach Chick Tautkus also praised the “strong floor game” of Rylee Littlefield. The team has won all three games held so far this season.
LMS boys’ B team out to 2-0 start The Laconia Middle School boys’ B basketball team improved to two wins, no losses after beating Winnisquam by the score of 66 to 11. Tyler Wardner led all scorers with 20 points for Laconia. Christian Pinkney and Ryan Chaisson each scored 10 points. Logan Bell scored eight, Ryan Paiva and Gage Cardinal each scored six points. Coach Don Doherty called the game an “all around great team effort,” adding that Duncan Sirois, Christian Platton and Cameron Gifford provided strong defense.
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LHS Student Council mans special Holiday Store Members of the Laconia High School Student Council helped set up a Holiday Store at Laconia High School which provides free gifts for students to pick out for family members, as well as clothing, games, personal care items and holiday décor. The items at the store were provided by staff members at the high school, who worked with the LHS Guidance Office which coordinates the Holiday Store program. Shown are Alexis Johnson, Megan Long, Susannah O’Brien, Rebecca Dragon and Nichiolas Shastany. (Roger Amsden/for The Laconia Daily Sun)
Obama reported to have told Boehner he’ll up $250k to $400k WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama has proposed a deficit-reduction package to House Speaker John Boehner (BAY’-nur) that would increase the top tax rates on taxpayers earning more than $400,000, cut more spending from health care programs and add $200 billion more in spending cuts over 10 years to his earlier offer.
ECONOMY from page 10 monthly job average so far this year. —Inflation will remain modest with the Federal Reserve’s preferred inflation gauge rising just 1.8 percent. That is below the Fed’s 2 percent target. Oil prices are expected to average $93.20 per barrel in December 2013, only a slight increase from $86.70 currently. —Longer-term interest rates will rise slightly with a 10-year Treasury note at 2.25 percent at the end of next year, up from 1.70 percent currently. The Federal Reserve is expected to keep short-term rates unchanged at a record low near zero for all of next year.
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from preceding page expired in 2004, but never pressed for in his first term. Liberal Democrats on Capitol Hill are already laying the groundwork for legislation to outlaw the military-style arms. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., vowed Congress would soon “engage in a meaningful conversation and thoughtful debate about how to change laws and culture that allow violence to grow.” The Senate Judiciary Committee will hold hearings on gun violence early next year. Twenty children and six adults were killed when a gunman carrying a high-powered military-style rifle and other guns stormed Sandy Hook Elementary in Newtown, Conn., Friday morning. Virginia’s Mark Warner, one of the few Senate Democrats who has found favor with gun rights groups, reversed course to back restrictions on assault weapons. “The status quo is not acceptable anymore,” he said. Since the shootings, the National Rifle Association has been silent. Requests for comments have gone unanswered, and officials are turning down interview requests until they have more details. Their 1.7 million-strong Facebook group has disappeared, and the group’s Twitter account — which is a favorite platform to communicate with supporters — has not sent a message since before the grim reality of Friday’s shootings set in. At the White House, press secretary Jay Carney said stricter gun control laws were part of the solution but not the only one. He said the president would engage in “the coming weeks” in a process that includes input from law enforcement, mental health experts and lawmakers. “It’s a complex problem that will require a complex solution,” Carney said. “No single piece of legislation, no single action will fully address the problem.” Carney reiterated the president’s support for reinstating the assault weapons ban. Obama was outspoken in his calls for Washington to renew the ban during his 2008 White House run, but he made no effort to get it done during his first four years in
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NORTHFIELD — Rene Joseph Theoret, 92 a resident of the Tilton-Northfield areas since 1986 died Sunday, December 16, 2012 at the Mountain Ridge-Genesis Center in Franklin following a period of failing health. Rene was born in Quebec, Canada, March 14, 1920, son of Roch and Emma (Boyer) Theoret. He moved from Lawrence, MA where he resided for over 25 years, to Tilton in 1986, later moving to Northfield in 1999. A longtime carpenter, Rene was a 65 year member of the Carpenters Union # 111 in Massachusetts. He was a former parishioner of St. Paul Church in Franklin. He was predeceased by a son and his first wife, Gabrielle (Benoit) Theoret in 1992. His family includes his wife, Alice J. (Sears) Sheldon-Theoret of Northfield; a son, John L. Theoret of Maricopa, AR; daughters, Francine M. Weir of Salem
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and Danielle G. Sappet of Rehoboth, MA; stepdaughters, Alice J. Sheldon-Brown of Belmont and Bobbie A. Sheldon-Cilley of Hopkinton; a brother, Lucien and sisters, Amencia, Lucenno, Marie Jane, Theresa and Marie, all of Quebec; numerous grand, great-grand and great, great-grandchildren and nieces and nephews According to Rene’s wishes there are no calling hours or local services planned. Burial will be private. Those wishing may make memorial contributions in Rene’s name to the Activities Fund, Mountain Ridge Center, 7 Baldwin St., Franklin, NH 03235. Arrangements are under the care of the William F. Smart Sr. Memorial Home in Tilton. For more information go to www.smartfuneralhome.com
SPRING HILL, Florida — Catherine Lord, 78, of Spring Hill, Florida, passed away November 30, 2012. She was born March 10, 1934, in Bennington, New Hampshire. She grew up in Laconia, NH and after graduation from high school she worked at Richardson’s Taxi in downtown Laconia and later Trailways Bus Co. as a ticket agent in Laconia and Boston. Catherine was known to her co-workers as “The Sunshine Girl”. After marrying her husband, Harold Lord of Hampton Falls, NH, on May 1, 1982, she retired. Catherine had many friends from all over. She was preceded in death by her adoptive parents, Nicholas and Effie Peters; her birth siblings, Mary Pappas, Elizabeth Greene and William Korkunis; and her son Wayne Lord.
Catherine is survived by her loving husband, Harold; son Allen (Judy), of VA; son Clifford (Sharon) Lord of GA; daughter Gail (Richard) Lucey, NH; daughter-in-law Sally Lord, of FL; granddaughter Erin McCallister, N.H.; granddaughter Bridgette Smith, OR; grandson Scott McCown, NH; granddaughter Stacey Anderson, of IN; grandson Jeremy Williams, of IN; granddaughter Jennifer (Matthew) Smith, of GA; and granddaughter Darci Corrigan, of NH; her great-grandchildren, Jordan, Timothy, and Michaela, of NH; Caden, of OR; Brian and Vera, of NH; Jordan, Jaime and Samantha, of IN; and Annabelle of GA; her cousin Hope Salta Makris; niece Francine Pappas; nephew Billy Pappas; her godchild Cynthia Makris; and various nieces and nephews.
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LACONIA — Bonnie Lee Davidson, 64, of 30 County Drive, died at the Belknap County Nursing Home on Saturday, December 15, 2012. Bonnie was born March 20, 1948 in North Canaan, N.H., the daughter of the late Thomas R. and Esther (Lord) Randall. She resided in Haverhill, Mass. before moving to Laconia, N.H. over thirty years ago. Survivors include her husband of thirty years, Peter M. Noyes, of Laconia; a son, Gary M. Lemay; two daughters, Laura L. Blanchard and Misty L. Howe; eight grandchildren, Dillon Blanchard, Drew Blanchard, Mariah Follansbee, Mackenzie Marsh, Brandon Marsh, Morgan Lemay, Domonic Lemay and Emily Lemay; three brothers, Bobby Randall, Billy Randall and Thomas Randall; a sister, Patricia Stoddard; one niece, Tanya
Randall and a nephew, Allen Randall. In addition to her parents, Bonnie was predeceased by a daughter, Alice L. Randall. Calling hours will be held on Friday, December 21, 2012 from 2:00-4:00 PM in the Carriage House of the Wilkinson-BeaneS i m o n e a u - Pa q u e t t e Funeral Home, 164 Pleasant Street, Laconia, N.H. A Funeral Service will follow the calling hours at 4:00 PM also at the Funeral Home. Burial will be in the family lot in Bayside Cemetery, 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.
Lakes Region Singers presenting two Christmas concerts this weekend GILFORD — The Lakes Region Singers, a well-known community choral group, has expanded their calendar to include an afternoon performance on Sunday, Dec. 23, at 2 p.m., as well as the traditional evening performance on Friday, Dec. 21, at 7:30 p.m. “Since our last two audiences packed the church and overflowed into the hallways, we thought adding an afternoon time would not only avoid overcrowding but also might help those who prefer daytime activities to enjoy us, too,” said Director Karen Jordan. Both concerts will take place at the First United Methodist Church on Route 11-A in Gilford, and will include programs by both Youth Chorus and Adult Chorus. A suggested donation of $8 per person or $15 per family (parents & children) will be taken at the door to help cover expenses. There will be a reception with homemade refreshments at intermission on Friday night only. The Sunday performance will have no intermission but will include an impromptu visit from Santa. The performance will feature sparkling new treatments of traditional carols such as “I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day,” “I Wish You Christmas,” and “Deck the Halls.” It will also offer more serious pieces like “Herself a Rose,” “Holy Night,” and “He Is Born,” plus dynamic versions of
Christmas pops such as “Winter Wonderland” and “Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas.” The youth chorus will perform “Merry Christmas, Merry Christmas” from Home Alone 2, “We Need a Little Christmas” from Mame, and the Spanish Carol, “Duermete.” They will also combine with the adult chorus for “ I Heard the Bells On Christmas Day,” which will feature the Hallelujah Bell Choir. Some of the tunes will showcase special talents: the group’s accompanist Kelly Cleveland with Betty Welch on four-hand piano, Alison Witham on flute, Phil Breton on oboe, and Rev. Vicki Wood Parrish on percussion. Directed by Karen Jordan of Laconia, the Lakes Region Singers have been entertaining this area with winter and spring concerts since 1992. The youth chorus for singers aged 7-13 has expanded to 11 members this year, and the adult chorus now consists of 50 dedicated community voices. “We are so pleased to see our group expanding, both in the numbers of performers and in the audiences we reach,” said Jordan. “Next year you may even see us performing at additional venues. Good things are happening here in the Lakes Region, and we hope you will join us either Friday night or Sunday afternoon for a joyous holiday celebration.”
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Mary and Joseph played by Emily LeClaire and David Plummer (left) are greeted by The Old Man played by Kamila Hecka (right). (Courtesy photo)
Holy Trinity School prepares for annual Christmas performance LACONIA — The holiday spirit is alive and well at Holy Trinity Catholic School. The school community will come together on Wednesday, December 19 at 6:30 p.m. to celebrate the birth of Jesus. All students (Pre K- Grade 8) have been preparing songs of the season under the direction of Ben O’Brien, the school’s music teacher.
The presentation is Little Tree and His Wish. Karen Sullivan, adapted the book by Viola Rutz into a screenplay. Under the direction of Kristina Conti, 4th and 5th grade students have been busy learning lines and creating scenery. This evening will be filled with joyful music and a presentation of the Christmas season for all to enjoy.
LACONIA — Friday December 21 marks the longest night of this year – officially, the first day of winter, and will begin with a “candlelight” vigil in Veteran’s Square at 5:30 p.m. The vigil is coordinated by New Hampshire Catholic Charities. Individuals will be remembered who died, including Mark Hebert, while homeless or recently housed over the past year. The annual memorial observation is now a tradition among Laconia area faith
communities and community service providers and is held in conjunction with the National Homeless Persons’ Memorial Day traditionally held on December 21 — the longest night of the year. Laconia is one of more than 150 cities nationwide to observe the memorial. To learn more about the face of homelessness or to make a difference, contact Leonard Campbell, Parish and Community Services coordinator, 528-3035 or www.nh-cc.org
GILFORD — Reservations for the annual free Christmas meal at the First United Methodist Church of Gilford should be made soon. Those who want to reserve a spot at the meal or volunteer to help either on Christmas Eve for prep and set up or on Christmas day to serve or cleanup can call the Alward family at 527-0152 or send them an email at alward@metrocast. net before Dec. 20. The meal has a long tradition as the members of the congregation along with about 50 or so community volunteers have been serving a free meal on Christmas afternoon for the last 15 years. The meal consists of ham and all the trimmings including candied carrots, stuffing, potatoes, salad, beverages and homemade pie! Carols are
sung and good memories are shared of holidays past. There are homemade goodies and plenty of laughter. Meal organizer Jessica Alward says, “We try to do this meal up right. It is really top drawer. China place settings and linen table cloths are part of how we try to make this feel like a very special Christmas dinner at home. The folks seem to love it, especially the Christmas tree in the dining room and singing carols during the fellowship hour prior to dinner. I just love hearing all the laughter in the room and seeing the smiles on people’s faces.” Some of those who attend or volunteer have been coming here for years telling the Alwards that it just wouldn’t be Christmas without this see next page
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4-H Teen Believers of Belknap County celebrate the season by gathering gifts for those in need
BELMONT — The 4-H Teen Believers of Belknap County recently held their holiday gathering and officer installation ceremony. As part of their community service programming the group of generous Belknap County teens gathered gifts for a local family in need. Officers installed for the 2012-2013 program year include President – Maggie Randall, Vice President Devi Dhakal, Secretary – Samantha Hall, Treasurer – Megan Fife and Historian Anjana Dulal. Also present were club members Champa Dulal and Cheyenne Longley along with parents and 4-H Teen Believers, seated Samantha Hall, Anjana Dulal; standing, Megan Fife, Devi Dhakal, Cheyenne mentors. Longley and Champa Dulal. (Courtesy photo) Belknap County 4-H is a program of UNH Cooperative Extension and ing leadership, citizenship, science, agriculture and offers youth, ages 5-18, the chance to participate community service projects. For more information in positive youth development experiences includon the Belknap County 4-H program, call 527-5475.
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––––––– ALMANAC ––––––– Today is Tuesday, Dec. 18, the 353rd day of 2012. There are 13 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On Dec. 18, 1912, the Piltdown Man made its public debut as fossil collector Charles Dawson reported to the Geological Society of London his discovery of supposedly fragmented early human remains at a gravel pit in Piltdown. (More than four decades later, the Piltdown Man was exposed as a hoax.) On this date: In 1787, New Jersey became the third state to ratify the U.S. Constitution. In 1865, the 13th Amendment to the Constitution, abolishing slavery, was declared in effect by Secretary of State William H. Seward. In 1892, Tchaikovsky’s ballet “The Nutcracker” publicly premiered in St. Petersburg, Russia. In 1915, President Woodrow Wilson, widowed the year before, married Edith Bolling Galt at her Washington home. In 1940, Adolf Hitler ordered secret preparations for Nazi Germany to invade the Soviet Union. (Operation Barbarossa was launched in June 1941.) In 1944, in a pair of rulings, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld the wartime relocation of JapaneseAmericans, but also said undeniably loyal Americans of Japanese ancestry could not continue to be detained. In 1958, the world’s first communications satellite, SCORE (Signal Communication by Orbiting Relay Equipment), nicknamed “Chatterbox,” was launched by the United States aboard an Atlas rocket. In 1962, “Mister Magoo’s Christmas Carol,” an animated musical adaptation of the Charles Dickens story, first aired on NBC-TV. In 1971, the Rev. Jesse Jackson announced in Chicago the founding of Operation PUSH (People United to Save Humanity). In 1972, the United States began heavy bombing of North Vietnamese targets during the Vietnam War. (The bombardment ended 11 days later.) In 1980, former Soviet Premier Alexei N. Kosygin died at age 76. In 1992, Kim Young-sam was elected South Korea’s first civilian president in three decades. One year ago: The last convoy of heavily armored U.S. troops left Iraq, crossing into Kuwait in darkness in the final moments of a nine-year war. Vaclav Havel, 75, the dissident playwright who became Czechoslovakia’s first democratically elected president, died in the northern Czech Republic. Today’s Birthdays: Actor-producer Roger Smith is 80. Blues musician Lonnie Brooks is 79. Actor Roger Mosley is 74. Rock singer-musician Keith Richards is 69. Writer-director Alan Rudolph is 69. Movie producer-director Steven Spielberg is 66. Blues artist Ron Piazza is 65. Movie director Gillian Armstrong is 62. Actor Ray Liotta is 57. Comedian Ron White is 56. Actor Brad Pitt is 49. Professional wrestler-turned-actor “Stone Cold” Steve Austin is 48. Actor Shawn Christian is 47. Actress Rachel Griffiths is 44. Singer Alejandro Sanz is 44. Country/rap singer Cowboy Troy is 42. Actor Josh Dallas is 34. Actress Katie Holmes is 34. Singer Christina Aguilera is 32. Actress Ashley Benson is 23.
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CALENDAR TODAY’S EVENTS Holiday Business After Houses hosted by the Meredith Area Chamber of Commerce and Lamprey Real Estate Associates. 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. at Lampry Real Estate Associates locaed on Whittier Highway in Center Harbor. For more information call 279-6121. The Lakes Region Camera Club meets on the first and second Tuesday of the month at The Trinity Episcopal Church on Route 25 in Meredith,NH at 7:30 p.m. The program will be Open Color and Black and White Nature - Color Only Competition. Outside Judge/Image submitted to NECCC. Persons of any experience level are welcome. For more information, visit our website at www.lrcameraclub.com or call Phyllis Meinke at 340-2359. Geocaching/Letterboxing Information Session featuring information about physical and mental challenges that take place outdoors. 10:30 a.m. at the Tilton Senior Center located at 11 Grange Road. Gilford Public Library events. Drop-in rug hooking 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Gingerbread houses for grownups (Part 2) 6:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. Storytime at Belmont Public Library. 3:30 p.m. Chess Club meets at the Laconia Public Library on Tuesdays from 3 to 7 p.m. All ages and skill levels welcome. We will teach.) Hands Across The Table free weekly dinner at St. James Episcopal Church on North Main Street in Laconia. 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. The New Horizons Band of the Lakes Region meets every Tuesday at 7 p.m. at the Music Clinic on Rte 3 in Belmont. All musicians welcome. For more information call 528-6672 or 524-8570. Giggles & Grins playgroup at Family Resource Center in downtown Laconia (719 No. Main Street, Laconia). Free group for parents children from birth through age 5. For more information call 524-1741. Lakeport Community Association meeting. 7 p.m. at the Freight House.
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 19 The New Hampton Fire Fighters Association holds a Spaghetti Dinner to help raise funds for new equipment. 5-8 p.m. at the 104 Diner on Rt. 104 in New Hampton. Country Village Quilt Guild meeting featuring work on wreath wall hangings. 1:30-3 p.m. in the Moultonborough Life Safety Building. Free of charge. For a supply list call 279-5682 or email karen@dsticht.com. Mom and Me free family film featuring the movie “The Muppets Christmas Carol”. Doors to Smitty’s Cinema in Tilton open at 11 a.m. followed by the showing at 11:30 p.m. Gilford Public Library Happenings. Check-Out-AnExpert! 10 a.m. to noon. Social Bridge 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Gilford Write Now Writers’ Group. 3:30 p.m. 5:30 p.m. The Thrifty Yankee (121 Rte. 25 - across from (I-LHS) collects donations of baby clothes, blankets and hygiene items for Baby Threads of N.H. every Wednesday through Saturday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. 279-0607. Laconia Elders Friendship Club meeting. 1:30 p.m. at the Leavitt Park Clubhouse. People 55 and older meet each Wednesday for fun, entertainment and education. Meetings provide an opportunity for older citizens to to meet for pure social enjoyment and the club helps the community with philanthropic work. Country Acoustic Picking Party at the Tilton Senior Center. Every Wednesday from 7-9 p.m. Duplicate bridge at the Weirs Beach Community Center. 7:15 p.m. All levels welcome. Snacks. Preschool story time at Belmont Public Library. 10:30 a.m.
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Nick Goumas Jazz Quartet at Pitman’s Freight Room Thursday LACONIA — Pitman’s credentials: Steve Hunt Freight Room will present on piano, Bruce Gertz on The Nick Goumas Jazz bass and Jack Diefendorf Quartet on Thursday, on drums. December 20 at 8 p.m. The Nick Goumas QuarTenor and soprano saxtet’s post Bebop, contempoophonist Nick Goumas rary straight ahead style has developed his own and it’s display of rhythmic mature, imaginative and and harmonic sense proidentifying style. Goumas duces some exciting jazz performs with energy, improvisation. Their growfeeling and musical integing audience has a mixture rity. of musicians and jazz afiIn his quartet, he is cionados alike. joined by three out- Nick Goumas (Courtesy photo) Nick and his Quartet standing Boston area have recently released a musicians who all have outstanding new CD called: Moonlight Alley. from preceding page
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 19 Overeaters Anonymous offers a program of recovery from compulsive eating using the Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions of OA. Wednesday nights at 5:30 p.m. at St. Joseph Church in Belmont. Call/ leave a message for Elizabeth at 630-9969 for more information. Free knitting and crochet lessons. Drop in on Wednesdays any time between 10 a.m. and 3 p.m. at Baby Threads work-
shop at 668 Main Street in Laconia (same building as Village Bakery). 998-4012. Narcotics Anonymous meeting. 7 to 8:30 p.m. at 18 Veterans Square in Laconia. TOPS (Taking Off Pounds Sensibly) group meeting. 5:30 p.m. at the First Congregational Church in Meredith. The Country Village Quilt Guild meets 1:30 p.m. on the first and third Wednesday of each month at the Moultonborough Life Safety Building behind the Police and Fire Station on Rt 25 in Moultonborough, NH. All are welcome. For information call 2793234 or visit our website at Country Village Quilt Guild.
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NEWTOWN from page 2 more,” said Kim Camputo, mother of two children, 5 and 10, who attend a different school. “I’ll definitely be dropping them off and picking them up myself for a while.” Beyond Newtown, parents nervously sent their children back to class in a country deeply shaken by the attack, and in a measure of how the tragedy has put people on edge, schools were locked down in at least four places. As investigators worked to figure out what drove Lanza to lash out with such fury — and why he singled out the school — federal agents said he had fired guns at shooting ranges over the past several years but there was no evidence he did so recently as practice for the rampage. At Jack’s Christian service, hymns rang out from inside the funeral home, where the boy lay in an open casket in the Giants’ star wide receiver Victor Cruz’s No. 80 jersey. Jack was among the youngest members of a youth wrestling association in Newtown, and dozens of little boys turned up at the service in gray Newtown Wrestling T-shirts. Ten-year-old Luke Wellman remembered a boy who loved football and wrestling and worshipped Cruz, who played in Sunday’s game with “Jack Pinto ‘My Hero’” written on one of his cleats. Luke said: “I’m here to support my teammate and friend.” A mourner, Gwendolyn Glover, said the service carried a message of comfort and protection, particularly for other children. “The message was: You’re secure now. The worst is over,” she said. At Noah’s funeral, the boy was described a smart, funny and mischievous child who loved animals, Mario Brothers video games and tacos. “I will miss your forceful and purposeful little steps stomping through our house. I will miss your perpetual smile, the twinkle in your dark blue eyes, framed by eyelashes that would be the envy of any lady in this room,” his mother, Veronique Pozner, told mourners, according to Haller. “Most of all, I will miss your visions of your future. You wanted to be a doctor, a soldier, a taco factory manager. It was your favorite food, and no doubt you wanted to ensure that the world kept producing tacos,” she said, evoking laughter from the crowd. She closed by saying: “Momma loves you, little man.” At both funeral homes, as around the country, people wrestled with what steps could and should be taken to prevent something like the massacre from happening again. “If people want to go hunting, a single-shot rifle does the job, and that does the job to protect your home, too. If you need more than that, I don’t know what to say,” Ray DiStephan said outside Noah’s funeral. He added: “I don’t want to see my kids go to schools that become maximum-security fortresses. That’s not the world I want to live in, and that’s not the world I want to raise them in.” Around the country, school systems asked police departments to increase patrols Monday and sent messages to parents outlining safety procedures. Teachers steeled themselves for their students’ questions and fears. Richard Cantlupe, an American history teacher at Westglades Middle School in Parkland, Fla., described
the Connecticut rampage as “our 9/11 for schoolteachers.” Anxiety ran high enough in Ridgefield, Conn., about 20 miles from Newtown, that officials ordered a lockdown at schools after a person deemed suspicious was seen at a train station. Two schools were locked down in South Burlington, Vt., because of an unspecified threat. Three schools in the Tampa, Fla., area did the same after a bullet was found on the floor of a school bus, and a New Hampshire high school went into emergency mode after an administrator heard a loud bang. A police search found nothing suspicious. Meanwhile, the outlines of a national debate on gun control began to take shape. At the White House, spokesman Jay Carney said curbing gun violence is a complex problem that will require a “comprehensive solution.” Carney did not offer specific proposals or a timeline. He said President Barack Obama will meet with law enforcement officials and mental health professionals in coming weeks. Lanza is believed to have used a Bushmaster AR-15-style rifle, a civilian version of the military’s M-16. It is similar to the weapon used in a recent shopping mall shooting in Oregon and other deadly attacks around the U.S. Versions of the AR-15 were outlawed in this country under the 1994 assault weapons ban, but the law expired in 2004. At least one senator, Democrat Mark Warner of Virginia, said Monday that the attack in Newtown has led him to rethink his opposition to the ban on assault weapons. Authorities say Lanza shot his mother, Nancy Lanza, at their home and then took her car and some of her guns to the school, where he broke in and opened fire. A Connecticut official said the mother, a gun enthusiast who practiced at shooting ranges, was found dead in her pajamas in bed, shot four times in the head with a .22-caliber rifle. Lanza was wearing all black, with an olive-drag utility vest with lots of pockets, during the attack. Investigators have found no letters or diaries that could explain the rampage. Debora Seifert, a spokeswoman for the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, said both Lanza and his mother fired at shooting ranges, and also visited ranges together. “We do not have any indication at this time that the shooter engaged in shooting activities in the past six months,” Seifert told the AP. In Newtown, classes were canceled Monday, and the town’s other schools were to reopen Tuesday. The district made plans to send surviving Sandy Hook students to a former middle school in the neighboring town of Monroe. Sandy Hook desks are being taken to the Chalk Hill school in Monroe, empty since town schools consolidated last year, and tradesmen are donating their services to get the school ready within a matter of days. “These are innocent children that need to be put on the right path again,” Monroe police Lt. Brian McCauley said. With Sandy Hook Elementary still designated a crime scene, state police Lt. Paul Vance said it could be months before police turn the school back over to the district. The people of Newtown were not ready to address its future.
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ANNIE’S MAILBOX
Dear Annie: For the past 18 months, I’ve been dating a woman who resides two states south. We are planning on her moving north to live with me. My problem is her thick southern accent. “Beth” habitually holds the last word of a sentence and draws it out. Her voice slides up and down when saying a simple word such as “town” so that it has multiple syllables. A couple of my friends have also noticed how pronounced her drawl is. I have hinted to Beth about it on occasion, but it hasn’t made a difference. I have to admit, this speech pattern is both repulsive and abrasive to me. Beth has many loving qualities, but I worry about the drawl. I can barely tolerate it now, and I fear it will eventually drive me crazy. Should I confront Beth about it? I don’t want to hurt her feelings. -- Need Your Input Dear Need: There are other factors to consider. If Beth moves north, her speech will adapt to her surroundings, and over time, she would likely lose a lot of her accent. You also could speak gently and lovingly about this. Don’t say her drawl gets on your nerves, even if it’s true. Say that if she is going to be living in your neck of the woods, she might want to shorten her words so she fits in better. Of course, she may become protective of her accent, believing it is linked to her identity, and be resistant to change. If she has other qualities that you appreciate, we advise first speaking to her to see whether she is receptive and then being patient. Dear Annie: I recently hosted a bridal shower for a dear friend. Of the 30 women we invited, only five bothered to RSVP. Several people told the bride-to-be that they may not be coming. Not surprisingly, the bride assumed (incorrectly) that they had also RSVP’d to me directly, so she didn’t pass that on.
You can imagine how frustrating, not to mention wasteful, it was to prepare enough food for 25 people when only a handful arrived. My point is this: When asked to RSVP to an event, DO SO. Don’t ignore it or ask the bride to pass on your regrets. She has enough details on her plate right now. It takes just a minute to respond to an invitation, and it is just plain rude not to. -- Too Many Leftovers Dear Leftovers: We agree, but this problem has been around so long, we suspect your words of warning will go unheeded. So this is for the hosts: If someone has not RSVP’d to an invitation by the date requested, please phone them and find out whether they plan to come. (We hope invitees will be embarrassed enough that it will inspire them to behave better next time.) Dear Annie: I read the letter from “We Are There and It Hurts,” the parents of an adult daughter who is grossly overweight. It’s possible she has binge eating disorder. If so, dieting may not help. She needs therapy with someone trained in the treatment of eating disorders. Please tell this couple to go to the National Eating Disorders Association website (nationaleatingdisorders.org) or call the NEDA Helpline at 1-800-931-2237. It may be the best thing they could ever do for their daughter. -- Been There Dear Been: Thank you. Binge eating is a psychiatric disorder characterized by loss of control of the amount of eating, distress over binge episodes, and episodes that occur at least three times a week for three months or longer. It usually involves eating more rapidly than normal, eating until uncomfortably full and/or when not hungry, eating alone due to embarrassment, and feeling disgusted with oneself, depressed or guilty after. Other resources are the Binge Eating Disorder Association (bedaonline.com) and the National Association of Anorexia Nervosa and Associated Disorders at anad.org.
Annie’s Mailbox is written by Kathy Mitchell and Marcy Sugar, longtime editors of the Ann Landers column. Please e-mail your questions to: anniesmailbox@comcast.net, or write to: Annie’s Mailbox, c/o Creators Syndicate, 737 3rd Street, Hermosa Beach, CA 90254.
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Animals
Autos
For Rent
AKC Brittany puppies, ready dec 19th, 1st shots, dewormed & health certificate, $350/obo (603)326-3448.
1998 Volvo S-70: 175K, good condition, dark green, leather seats. $1,500. 508-560-7511 Laconia
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ALTON/GILFORD Line 2BR Cottage w/3-season Porch, $220-235/week +utilities; 3BR Apt. $240-260/week +utilities. Beach access. 603-365-0799.
2000 Chevy S10 pickup. Only 98K. Automatic, 4 cylinder, 2WD. Runs great. $2,995. 603-670-4001
CHRISTMAS CASH! Bring in your unwanted gold and silver jewelry and coins in any condition and finance your holiday shopping, pay for your heat, or just have fun. The Thrifty Yankee, Route 25 Meredith NH just 1/2 mile up from the ETC Shop. 603-279-0607. Open Wed-Sun 10-5. Trusted brokers since 1985. Friendly atmosphere, plenty of parking. Antiques, clothing, jewelry and much more.
2004 CHEVY 2500 XCab 4X4 pick-up. White with fisher plow, 8’mm. Truck in good condition, all highway miles. $11,800 or B/O. HK Powersports, Union Ave., Laconia
FOXWOODS DAY TRIP Monday, January 7, 2013
2005 Escape. 4 door, automatic, sport utility 4WD. Only 172K. Good condition. $2,995. 603-670-4001
Meredith & Laconia pick-up
Call Claire, 293-8814 or Tom, 279-7883 NONCOMPETITIVE female year-round runner wanted to train with over 40 runner for marathon. Laconia/Gilford area. Mornings or afternoons. 978-807-1450 WANTED: In good condition, 1980 Franklin High School yearbook. Will pay fair price. Please call 364-5834
Autos $_TOP dollar paid for junk cars & trucks. Available 7-days a week. P3 s Towing. 630-3606 1987 Mercedes 300-E 6 cylinder, auto, 230K, Looks good, runs great, no rust. Inspected and used daily. 30MPG Hwy., 24 city. Selling due to illness. $4,500. 279-7455 8am-8pm. 1998 Ford F150 4X4 Pickup- Ex tra cab, 8ft bed, 165K miles. Registered, XLT, loaded, runs good. $2,300/OBO. 344-8885 La-
2000 Volvo S80- 141K, great condition, just inspected, loaded, moon roof, beige. $3,300. 267-8493
2006 Grand Prix. Only 125k. Great condition. Automatic, V6. $4,995. 603-670-4001 2010 Subaru Forester 2.5X, premium, auto, loaded, highway miles full maintenance $15,500. 630-4737 BUYING junk cars, trucks & big trucks ME & NH. Call for price. Martin Towing. (603)305-4504. CASH paid for unwanted or junk cars and trucks. Same day service possible. 603-231-2859. MUST GO : 2000 Town & Country Chrysler Van. 1 Owner, 124K miles, snow tires. $1,200/OBO, Laconia raddietz@yahoo.com 603-455-2967 PRE 1972 Classic 4 speed cars wanted. Especially convertables. 978-771-8818.
Child Care CHILDREN S Garden Childcare:
Year-round, reliable, clean, structured, pre-K environment, one acre yard, central
APARTMENTS, mobile homes. If you need a rental at a fair price, call DRM Corp. Over 50 years in rentals. We treat you better! 524-0348 or visit M-W-F, 12-5, at our new location, 142 Church St. (Behind CVS Pharmacy.)
BELMONT 2 bedroom apartment, heated, walking distance to the Belknap Mall. $195.00/wk, Four weeks security deposit, no pets. Call:
527-9221 BELMONT, NH- FURNISHED Room for rent available immediately, (approx. 14X15) in gorgeous Large Victorian mansion overlooking Lake Winnisquam on 1 acre of land, covered in mature English gardens & trees and a fabulous gazebo to share. $425/month includes shared kitchens, bathrooms living room, etc. Also includes heat, electric, digital cable, wireless Internet & beach access on Lake Winnisquam. Call 603-527-8496 BELMONT: Perkins Place 2-bedroom townhouse style. $775/Month, only $99 security deposit, no application fee. Call 238-8034 FURNISHED Room with private bathroom. Heat, hot water & cable included. $150 per week. 603-366-4468.
GILFORD 3 BEDROOM Large yard, close to school, downtown. $1,250 + utilities. Great condition, available soon.
617-780-9312
For Rent GILFORD 3 BEDROOM Large yard, close to school, downtown. $1,600 month includes all utilities. Great condition, available soon.
617-780-9312 GILFORD - 1 or 2-bedroom units available. Heat & electricity included. From $190/week. Pets considered. 556-7098. GILFORDNice 2 bedroom apartment Glendale area. Basement storage, washer/dryer in unit. $850/Month + utilities. No pets/no smoking. Available 2/1/13. 508-380-4277 GILFORD: Large room. Includes bathroom, kitchen, livingroom and all utilties for adult female. Only $90/week. This won t last long! Call Cindy, 707-6662.
HOME FOR THE HOLIDAYS Laconia: 2 bedroom house near LRGH. Includes heat & hot water, washer/dryer and snow removal. $1,025/Month. No pets/smoking. 524-5455 LACONIA 1st floor 2-3 bedroom apartment on Pleasant St. Walk to town & beaches, recently repainted, carpeting, appliances, full bath. $1,000/Month includes heat & hot water. 524-3892 or 630-4771 LACONIA2-ROOMMATES wanted to share personal home. Clean, quiet, sober environment. All inclusive, $110-$150/week. 455-2014 LACONIA Almost New Winnipesaukee Waterfront Luxury 2-Bedroom Condominium. W/D, air, large deck. $1,200. No smoking. One-year lease. 603-293-9111 LACONIA- $885/Month, heat, water sewer included. 2 bedroom, small pets considered. Charlene
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LACONIA- 1 bedroom home. $850/Month + utilities. $850 deposit, available immediately. Call 603-340-0936 No calls after 8pm please. LACONIA- Elegant, large one bedroom in one of Pleasant Street s finest Victorian homes. Fireplace, beamed ceilings, lots of natural woodwork, washer/dryer. Walk to downtown and beaches. Heat/Hot water included. $925. 528-6885 LACONIAHuge 2-bedroom. Bright, sunny & clean, nice area of town. $800/Month + Utilities. 520-6931 LACONIA- Large Rooms for rent. Private bath, heat/hot water, electric, cable, parking included. $145/week 603-781-6294 LACONIA- Opechee Gardens: 2-bedroom great move-in special. $750/Month, $200 security deposit, 2nd month free, no application feel. Call 238-8034 LACONIA-1 bedroom $160/Week, includes heat & hot water. References & deposit. 524-9665
NORTHFIELD: 2 bedroom, 1st floor, direct access to basement with coin-op laundry, $230/week including heat, electric & hot water. 524-1234, www.whitemtrentals.com. NORTHFIELD: 2 bedroom, 3rd floor. Coin-op laundry in basement and additional storage room available. $200/week, including heat, electric & hot water. 524-1234 www.whitemtrentals.com.
LACONIA- 3 bedroom, 2nd floor washer/dryer hook-up, basement storage, all new carpet, $800/Month + utilities. 455-6983 LACONIA: 2 bedroom, 1st floor. Separate entrance, coin-op laundry in basement. $230/week, including heat, electric & hot water. 524-1234 www.whitemtrentals.com. LACONIA: 2 bedroom, 2nd floor in duplex building with separate entrance. Recently renovated, $240/week including heat, electric & hot water. 524-1234, www.whitemtrentals.com. LACONIA: Very nice 1-bedroom apartment in clean, quiet, downtown building. Recently painted. Nice kitchen and full bath. $175/week, includes heat, hot water & electricity. 524-3892 or 630-4771.
SINGLE male needs roommate(s) 2 bedrooms available. $100+ per week, share utilities. Pets considered. 556-7098. TILTON: Downstairs 1-bedroom. $620-640/Month. Heat and hot water included. No dogs, 603-630-9772 or 916-214-7733. WINNISQUAM: Small efficiency and a cottage including heat, hot water, lights and cable. $165-$225 per week. $500 deposit. No pets. 387-3864.
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LACONIA: Dyer St. 2-bedroom townhouse style. Great move-in special, $775/Month, $200 security deposit, 2nd month free, no application fee. Call 238-8034
4 Karastan Carpets- 10X14 Serapi, 4X6 Heriz. 3X5 Multi-color Panel- 2X4 Rose Sarouk. Call for prices. 603-528-9661
LACONIA: Gilbert Apartments. Call for available apartments. 524-4428
4 Tickets for Pats Vs Dolphins for Sunday, December 30th. (603)356-5775, (603)548-8049.
LACONIA: Large 1 bedroom 2nd floor. heat & hot water included. $150/week. 832-1639
4,000 Watt Generator. $250. 677-2865
LACONIA: Large 3 & 4-bedroom apartments. Parking. $850/mo + utilities. 603-781-6294. LACONIA: Spacious two bedroom apartment for rent. Rent is $844. per month with heat and hot water included. On-site laundry, storage room and off-street parking. Close to pharmacy, schools and hospital. Please call Julie at Stewart Property Mgt. (603) 524-6673 EHO. LAKEPORT: 5-room, 2-Bedroom. Includes snow removal, washer/dryer, lake view. 2nd floor unfurnished. $180/Week. Leave message for Bob, 781-283-0783
5 Piece TAMA Jazz/Rock Drum Kit- Black, includes 4 Zildjian cymbals, throne, all hardware. Like new, perfect for Christmas gift! $350. Call Steve, 293-8985 7ft snowplow with lights & hydrolic lift $400. 524-4445 AMAZING! Beautiful Pillowtop Mattress Sets. Twin $199, Full or Queen $249, King $449. Call 603-305-9763 See “Furniture” AD. ANTIQUE corner shelf, 6 tiers, 5 ft. tall, $60. Boston rocker $50, heavy red glass dishes $75, oak curio $50, Thomas Kinkade s Lamplight Village 3 plate set, $30. 30 gallon fish tank with stand, $70. 524-2239
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For Sale CHINA- Royal Doulton- Tiara pattern. 6 place settings, gravy boat, vegetable bowl & service platter. $400. 603-528-9661 ELECTRIC glass top white range & matching over range microwave. $350. Will sell separately. 267-6060 Firestone Winter Force Snow Tires. 215/65/17. Four tires, like new, $250 firm. 387-8051 FOUR Snow Tires, $180. Kenmore vacuum cleaner $40. All in excellent condition 267-8950
Furniture AMAZING! Beautiful Queen or Full-sized Mattress/ Box-spring Set. LUXURY-FIRM European Pillow-Top Style. Fabulous Back, Hip and Leg Support, Hospitality A+ Rating! All New Factory Sealed with 10-YR Warranty. Compare Cost $1095, SELL $249. Can Delivery and Set-up. 603-305-9763 TWO hope chests, $60 each. One kids roll top desk, $150, 6 drawer bureau $50. Three trunks, best offer. 387-6524
HD TV- Sceptre LCD 23", used as backup TV w/LG Blue Ray Player $150. 267-0977
Free
IBANEZ Gio electric guitar $100, Peavey Special 130W amplifier $150. Or both for $225. 286-4012.
FREE Pickup for your unwanted, useful items. Garages, vehicls, estates cleaned out and yardsale items. (603)930-5222.
JETT III Ultra Power Wheelchair with oxygen carrier, like new. $1,500. 744-6107. LAPTOP- Acer Aspire, used 3 times since new. W/case, adult owned like new $150. 267-0977 LIFT Chair- $300 or best offer. 2 rolling walkers with seat & brakes. Call 229-7180 LOG Length Firewood: 7-8 cords, $900. Local delivery. 998-8626. RADIO Shack Custom Tone Syntheizer, Model MD 1121. Stand and music rack included. Like new. $115. 293-0922 SKI-DOO Modular helmet 2 shields one heated $200. HJC helmet 2 shields one heated $100 /obo. Call Paul at 603-366-2809. SMALL Heating Oil Deliveries: No minimum required. Eveningweekend deliveries welcome. Benjamin Oil, LLC. 603-731-5980
Heavy Equipment BLAIS EQUIPMENT: 1994 426B Cat. Low hours, mint condition. 20K. Buying Daily. 603-765-8217
Help Wanted CHURCH Secretary: 12 hours per week, mid-day. Some computer skills, with Microsoft Office necessary. Leave message at church, 253-7698 or call Dave at 279-4553
FRAMERS
Experienced, independent contractors with liability insurance. Year-round work, nonsmokers, Call Rich 603-662-6353.
Help Wanted
Motorcycles
HOLIDAY RUSH
1980 FLH HD/Project bike. Runs, wiring needs to be finished, lost eyesight. All original equipment included, plus jack. $4,000. 387-6524
We need 21 people ASAP to help with the holiday rush. If you are looking for: Full time hours or more; permanent or temp positions; flexible schedule; nice bonuses for the holidays; quick advancement; earning potential; $550 weekly; $1000 sign on bonus; call us immediately. We need help in all departments. Start training this week. No experience required. (603)822-0220
PAYROLL ADMINISTRATOR/ HR GENERALIST 3 Month, temporary assignment requiring 3 years plus ADP Experience ( preferably with ADP Workforce and Enterprise eTime), and HR experience. This position involves back-up reception duties and assisting the HR department. $15-$18 per hour. Send resume in Word format to jobs@allstaffcorp.com SECRETARY Wanted: Minimum 2 yrs. experience. Must be trained on QuickBooks. Answering Phone, Data Entry, Good Personality. Fast Learner, full-time 9-5 M-F. Pay commensurate with experience. Fax resume to 524-2109. Email job@totalsecuritynh.com. Total Security. Laconia, NH.
Home Improvements TOTAL FLOOR CARE, TOTAL HOME CARE Professional Floor sanding, refinishing. Repair: remodeling, painting, cleaning. 603-986-8235
Instruction GAMMON DRIVING SCHOOL
Toy Trains- Lionel Holiday Train, $150. 125 Piece Wooden Train with table, $75. Like new. Call 524-5145.
January Driver Education Classes
WHITE metal trundle bed. New, twin, (with mattresses). Perfect Xmas. $300. 707-2878
Call 323-8333 GUITAR LESSONS
YAMAHA Piano- P22, oak. Great condition. Will need tuning. $2,900. Leave message, 603-520-1450.
With Mike Stockbridge- Berklee, UMaine All styles, levels, and ages. www.mikestockbridge.com (603)733-9070.
Furniture
Motorcycles
NEW trailer load mattresses....a great deal! King set complete $395, queen set $249. 603-524-1430.
1995 Honda 80 Dirt Bike. $700. 527-8962
ADJUNCT FACULTY POSITIONS AVAILABLE The College solicits resumes and letters of interest from persons qualified and interested in teaching the following subjects: Basic Machine Shop Math Blueprint Reading Basic machine Operations CNC Operations I & II Quality Control Strength of Materials Minimum Qualifications: Bachelor’s degree from a recognized college or university with major study in Engineering, Manufacturing, or related field. Three years experience in Engineering, Manufacturing, industry or in a related field. Salary commensurate with experience. Interested persons should submit an application, transcripts, resume, and cover letter to: Thomas Goulette Vice-President, Academic & Community Affairs Lakes Region Community College 379 Belmont Road, Laconia, NH 03246-1364 Tel: (603) 524-3207 E-Mail: tgoulette@ccsnh.edu The Community College System of New Hampshire’s job application may be obtained by visiting the web site at www.ccsnh.edu and following the Human Resources prompts. An Equal Opportunity Employer
Services
Services
Buy • Sell • Trade www.motoworks.biz
(603)447-1198. Olson’s Moto Works, RT16 Albany, NH.
Real Estate LACONIA lakefront house w/2 BR, 1.5 bath, 985 sq.ft in quiet neighborhood on Lake Winnisquam view of Mosquito Bridge; 101 shoreline w/beach, .54 acre lot; great potential for expansion/ renovation; brick fireplace, 3-yr-old furnace; screened porch, walkout basement $625K; inquiries please call 455-5778
Services PIPER ROOFING Quality Work Reasonable Rates Free Estimates Metal Roofs • Shingle Roofs
Our Customers Don t get Soaked!
PLOWING Commercial & Resi dential. Call 630-3511.
COMPLETE CARE CLEANING SERVICE
528-3531 Major credit cards accepted BUSINESS Telephone Systems Sales, Repairs Data & Voice Cabling. 20 Years in Business 524-2214 CALL Mike for snowblowing, roof shoveling, scrapping and light hauling. Very reasonably priced. 603-455-0214
Reasonable rates, home and commercial. No job too big or small. Call for free estimate today. 603-717-6682
DICK THE HANDYMAN Available for small and odd jobs, also excavation work, small tree and stump removal and small roofs! Call for more details. Dick Maltais 603-267-7262 or 603-630-0121
CARPENTER- 10 + years experience. Finish work, sheet rock & painting. No job too small. Scheduling now. 998-0269
HANDYMAN SERVICES
CHAIR CANING
Small Jobs Are My Speciality
Seatweaving. Classes. Supplies. New England Porch Rockers, 10 Pleasant Street in downtown Laconia. Open every day at 10, closed Sunday. 603-393-6451. DELETED YOUR PHOTOS? We can get them back! Call 524-4042.
Rick Drouin 520-5642 or 744-6277 WET BASEMENTS,
HARDWOOD Flooring- Dust Free Sanding. 25 years experience. Excellent references. Weiler Building Services 986-4045 Email: weilbuild@yahoo.com
cracked or buckling walls, crawl space problems, backed by 40 years experience. Guaranteed 603-356-4759 basementauthoritiesnh.com.
BELKNAP COUNTY NURSING HOME Laconia, NH
has job opportunities for those kind of people who want to be leaders and make a real difference all the while being a part of a team that promotes our mission: “To care for our residents, as ourselves, with compassion, dignity and respect.” RN POSITION Full time 40 hours 11:00 pm – 7:00 am LPN POSITIONS Part –time 24 & 16 hours 7:00 am – 3:00 pm LNA POSITIONS 32 hours – 7:00 am – 3:00 pm 24 & 32 Hours- 3:00 pm – 11:00 pm 32 hours – 11:00 pm - 7:00 am Schedules include every other weekend DIETARY AIDE POSITION Part-time 16-24 hours 5:30 am – 1:30 pm HAIRDRESSER Part-time 16 hours 8:30 am-4:30 pm For further information and to view full job descriptions, visit Current Job Openings under the Departments/Human Resources tab at http://www.belknapcounty.org/. Minimum Qualifications for Nursing positions: Must be licensed through the N.H. Board of Nursing. Application: Applications are required and may be picked up during normal business hours or one may be downloaded from our website. Resumes are encouraged, but will not serve as a replacement for the required application. You can fill out the on-line application and save it to your hard drive. You must print it out, sign it and submit the application to: Deb Laflamme, Human Resources, 34 County Drive, Laconia, NH, 03246; Phone 603-729-1245. Positions will remain open until filled with initial interviews scheduled shortly after December 28th. An Equal Opportunity Employer M/F/DP/V.
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CHIEF from page one left to head Gilford Fire-Rescue, as chief in December, 2010. Clark said that he was appointed on the understanding that he would move from Ashland to the “district”, which curiously was not specifically defined. His probationary period of one year was extended by six months to allow time to sell his property in Ashland and find a new home. After 18 months passed, the commission granted another six-month extension, which has expired. Clark said that after the commission entered a contract with Ober it sought to define the “district” as a radius of five-and-a-half miles from the Center Street Station, only to learn that it could not unilaterally change the terms of the contract. Gallant said that subsequently the commission indicated that the mutually acceptable boundaries would be determined in the future, without specifying the towns of Tilton and Northfield, which constitute the district. “It was never defined,” Gallant said. “It never happened.” The issue arose at the annual meeting of the Fire District in March where a petitioned warrant article was presented not to impose a residence requirement on the personnel of the Fire District. Katherine Dawson, a Tilton selectman, amended the article to require firefighters to reside within 25 minutes of the Center Street Station, a time Ober meets from Ashland. The minutes record that during the debate, Cindy Reinartz, the Town Clerk/Tax Collector, said “we all know that this article is about the chief.” Clark replied that “residency was always a requirement” in the process of hiring a chief. Dawson’s amendment failed and the original article was tabled by majority of more than two-to-one. After festering throughout the summer, the dispute came to head following a commission meeting in September attended by attorneys Mark Broth, representing the commissioners, and Shawn Sullivan, representing the chief. Subsequently Broth informed Sullivan that the commission, by majority vote, declined to extend the deadline for meeting the residency requirement or to amend the notion of residency to refer to either travel time or distance. “The letter is clear,” said Gallant. “There is no gray area. It’s over.” But for a real estate market in the doldrums the issue may never have arisen. Gallant said that not only has Ober been unable to sell his home in Ashland, he has not had an offer.
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Moreover, Gallant said that from the outset the commission never intended for whoever was appointed chief to suffer financial penalties in moving to the district. “The chief has agreed to move when he has sold his home,” he said, “but otherwise he cannot afford to move.” Gallant said that while he has never favored a residency requirement, he agreed with his fellow commissioners that the chief should be “invested in the community.” He said that during his tenure on the commission “we’ve never had a chief as invested in the community as Brad Ober. He eats, sleeps and breathes the fire department. I’ve asked the other commissioners to enumerate the ways the district has been shortchanged by Brad not living in the district,” he continued. “They couldn’t do that.” Clark withheld comment on Ober’s qualifications and performance, but insisted the issue is confined to the question of residency. Pat Consentino, chairman of the Tilton Board of
Selectmen, conceded “we have no authority,” but said all five members of the board firmly oppose the course the commission has taken. She stressed that Ober has never failed to meet his responsibilities and, by forging a sound working relationship between the call company and the professional firefighters has overcome the major problem haunting the department. Gallant warned that if Ober is discharged, “there is no one in the department prepared or qualified to serve as chief.” Although Deputy Chief Mike Robinson has served as interim chief in the past, he has indicated that the responsibilities of his full-time job preclude him doing so again. Furthermore, Gallant feared that strictly imposing a residency requirement will shrink the pool of qualified candidates in the future. “As a commissioner I have always believed my job is to act in the best interest of the taxpayers of Tilton and Northfield,” Gallant said. “This is not in the best interest of the taxpayers.”
NEW YORK (AP) — Eager for a new challenge and certainly a better chance to win, R.A. Dickey broke the news of his trade even before the Toronto Blue Jays and New York Mets. A few minutes ahead of the teams announcing the seven-player swap Monday that sent the NL Cy Young winner to Toronto, he tweeted his thanks to Mets fans and added he was all set to pitch for the Blue Jays. “Now that its official, I want to say that I don’t have the words to express how grateful I am to you for the steadfast support,” Dickey posted on Twitter. “Thank you for making me feel wanted.” “Looking forward to a new chapter with the Jays,” he wrote. Toronto acquired the 38-year-old knuckleballer and catchers Josh Thole and Mike Nickeas. The Mets got top catching prospect Travis d’Arnaud and catcher John Buck, plus minor league right-hander Noah Syndergaard and outfielder Wuilmer Becerra. “It was an extraordinary privilege for us to be part
of his career,” Mets general manager Sandy Alderson said about Dickey on a conference call. “The final chapter has not been written.” Earlier in the day, Dickey and the busy Blue Jays agreed to a new contract, clearing the way for the Mets to send him to a team that’s spending a lot of money trying to join baseball’s elite. Toronto has now acquired All-Stars Jose Reyes, Josh Johnson, Mark Buehrle, Melky Cabrera and Dickey since the season ended. Dickey was already signed for $5.25 million next year. His new contract adds two more seasons for $25 million — he will get $12 million in both 2014 and 2015, plus there’s a club option for 2016 at $12 million with a $1 million buyout. Dickey needed to pass a physical before the teams announced the deal. He became the fourth pitcher to win the Cy Young and be traded before the next season, joining David Cone, Pedro Martinez and Roger Clemens.
Mets trade Cy Young winner Dickey to Blue Jays
UNITED METHODIST CHURCH RT. 11A GILFORD
FREE CHRISTMAS DINNER DECEMBER 25TH
APPETIZERS AND FELLOWSHIP AT NOON
DINNER AT 1:00 Storage Space
HAM DINNER WITH ALL THE TRIMMINGS POTATOES, CARROTS, GREEN BEAN CASSEROLE, ROLLS, HOMEMADE PIE AND BEVERAGE
RESERVATIONS REQUIRED BY DECEMBER 20TH
Home Care
CALL 527-0152
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