The Laconia Daily Sun, December 2, 2010

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LACONIA — Laconia Little League, one of the last remaining such programs in the state to sponsor softball, announced on its website this week that it would no longer offer the girls’ sport. However, in the announcement that was sent out to all within the organization, league President Mary Nyhan said the

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Laconia’s Board of Assessors refuses to sign-off on contractor’s assessment work, then resigns in protest City & state officials insist Vision Appraisals re-val work is up to standard; replacement board seated

By Michael Kitch THE LACONIA DAILY SUN

LACONIA — After all three members of the city’s Board of Assessors resigned on Monday to express their disagreement with the assessed taxable property values set by the Vision Appraisal company, the board’s three alternates met last night when, following assurances that the values

are legitimate from the team of appraisers and state officials, they signed the warrant authorizing the collection of 2010 property taxes.

Meanwhile, tax bills were mailed and reached most taxpayers yesterday. Stephan Hamilton, director of the property appraisal division of the New Hampshire Department of Revenue Administration (DRA),

met with the Board of Assessors last night.

He said that he believed tax bills could be mailed before the board signed the tax warrant, but that taxes could not be collected until it was signed.

In a letter to City Manager Eileen Cabanel, signed by Chairman Robert Scharn, Sheryl Foss and James Saltmarsh, the see assEssOrs page 10

Garden Club prepping for weekend ‘Homes for the Holidays’ tour

see sOFtBaLL page 8

2 young men with long rap sheets charged with Meredith muggings

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Carmel Lancia, president of the Opechee Garden Club, uses a technique she learned at Jane Packer’s School of Flowers in London, England to construct one of many boxwood topiaries which will be featured in the club’s “Homes for the Holidays” tour held this weekend. See story on page 13. (Laconia Daily Sun photo/Adam Drapcho)

LACONIA — One of the two young men accused of robbing and beating three even younger men in Meredith Friday is a parolee who was returned to the New Hampshire State Prison after his appearance in Laconia District Court yesterday morning.

Police say Shane T. Kimball, 28, of 27 Boynton Road of Meredith is on parole for a conviction in Carroll County Superior Court in 2009 for disobeying a police officer and being an habitual offender as well as five burglary convictions in Belknap County in 2006.

Police allege he and an accomplice Bryan J. Dunn, 25, of 20 True Road in Mersee MErEdIth page 11

Gilford selectmen want residents to have say on circus coming to town Kelly-Miller Circus to come to the village field next summer.

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“Absolutely not,” said Vachon noting that the Gilford Parks and Recreation committee asked the same thing at its Nov. 1 meeting.

Vachon told selectmen the request to hold see CIrCus page 10

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Obama rejects anymore drilling in eastern Gulf of Mexico WASHINGTON (AP) — Pointing to the BP blowout and risks of a new environmental disaster, the Obama administration reversed itself Wednesday and promised not to pursue offshore drilling in the eastern Gulf of Mexico or anywhere else along the nation’s East Coast.

The decision was generally hailed in Florida, which depends on tourists drawn by the state’s white beaches, but criticized by the oil industry, which said the administration was stifling crucial U.S. energy production and costing recession-battered jobseekers golden opportunities for new work.

The administration had backed a major expansion of offshore drilling earlier this year, in part to gain support for comprehensive climate legislation in Congress, one of President Barack Obama’s top legislative goals.

With that bill now off the table, the president stands much to gain politically by saying no to powerful oil interests, particularly in Florida, which is expected to be a crucial swing state in the 2012 election campaign.

Interior Secretary Ken Salazar denied politics played any role, saying the BP spill taught officials a number of lessons, “most importantly that we need to proceed with caution and focus on creating a more stringent regulatory regime.”

The new drilling focus would be on areas with leases that are currently active in the central and western Gulf of Mexico.

“In the Gulf and the Atlantic we are adjusting our strategy,” Salazar said. “We believe the most appropriate course of action is to focus development on areas with existing leases and not expand to new

areas at this time.”

Under the revised plan, the Interior Department will not propose any new oil drilling in waters in the Atlantic Ocean and eastern Gulf for at least the next seven years. Already planned lease sales in the Gulf of Mexico, expected in March and August, will be delayed until late 2011 or early 2012, Salazar said.

The administration’s previous plan — announced last March, three weeks before the April BP spill — would have authorized officials to explore the potential for drilling from Delaware to central Florida, plus the northern waters of Alaska. The new plan allows potential drilling in Alaska, but officials said they will move cautiously before approving any leases.

The eastern Gulf — an area stretching from 125 to 300 miles off Florida’s coast — was singled out for see DRILLING page 11

Most major automakers, domestic & foreign, report big sales jumps in November DETROIT (AP) — All major automakers but Toyota reported strong U.S. sales increases in November as the auto industry’s slow-motion recovery continued to gain traction.

Ford, General Motors, Chrysler, Nissan, Hyundai and Honda all reported double-digit increases, and only Toyota, which has been hurt by a string of safety recalls, had a sales drop. Overall, according to Autodata Corp., U.S. sales last month rose 17 percent from November 2009, a month marked by consumer paralysis due to high unemployment.

The November performance helped an industry that is trying to recover from last year’s historic lows as credit froze up and two major automakers slid through bankruptcy court. Sales started the year with promise, peaked in May as consumer confidence rose, fell off during the summer and now have started to rebound.

Industry analysts say the solid November sales numbers, combined with a strong October, show that consumers who have kept their jobs through the economic downturn are now feeling confident enough to spend money and replace older vehicles.

Bob Carter, Toyota’s top U.S. sales executive, said Toyota can tell things are shifting because buyers are opting for more highly equipped sport utility vehicles, which indicates they aren’t just buying because they need family transportation.

“At the beginning of the year, the vast majority of buyers were those who needed a car, versus wanted a car,” he said.

Those who spent money last month also bought crossovers like the Chevrolet Equinox and Hyundai Santa Fe. Midsize cars like the Ford Fusion and Hyundai Sonata also sold well.

The increased sales likely are due to a combination of rising confidence and delayed buying as people replace vehicles they have kept for longer than normal during a severe auto industry downturn, said Bruce Clark, senior vice president of Moody’s Investors Service.

“There is a degree of pent-up demand that’s being met gradually by people who have kept jobs and can go out and afford to do such things,” Clark said. The sales are not as robust as historic highs from the early 2000s, but they are still a good sign for the industry, Clark said.

Yingzi Su, GM’s senior economist, said the stable and increasing auto sales mean that consumers with jobs are starting to spend again, the start of an upward trend for automakers and a good sign for the broader economic recovery going into next year.

White House close to making a deal with Republicans to extend all Bush-era tax cuts

WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House held the door open Wednesday for a year-end compromise that would extend all the Bush-era tax cuts temporarily and the Senate’s top Republican said the only question that remained was how long current rates should be allowed to continue before they expire.

Senate GOP leader Mitch McConnell said all Republicans and some Democrats oppose any plan that would allow tax rates for the wealthy to rise.

He predicted the Senate would approve extending the 2001 and 2003 tax cuts for everyone.

“The only thing we’re discussing now is just how long” to extend them, McConnell said Wednesday evening.

Officials said negotiations center on a one- to three-year extension of the current rates.

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Obama has specifically voiced his objection to a permanent extension “to the wealthiest Americans.

“Having said that, we agreed that there must be some sensible common ground,” Obama said. see TAX CUTS page 12

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Associate AG testifies there Commission votes 12-10 in favor of keeping the N.H. death penalty; Laconia’s McLaughlin in the minority were enough red flags around FRM to warn of serious problems

CONCORD (AP) — A member of the New Hampshire attorney general’s office testified Wednesday that banking officials didn’t have to detect a Ponzi scheme to see something was wrong with a mortgage firm that eventually swindled investors out of millions of dollars.

Associate Attorney General Richard Head testified at a hearing before Gov. John Lynch and the Executive Council, meeting to determine whether Banking Commissioner Peter Hildreth should be removed from office.

Hildreth is accused of not doing enough to stop the actions of Financial Resources Mortgage, which closed in 2009. The removal petition charges him with failure to establish a clear line of command on handling complaints and audits indicating problems at the firm. Hildreth has said he believes the evidence will show that he’s tried to do an honest and competent job.

Head testified that his office’s investigation of how state government responded to the collapse of the firm last year showed that banking audits done as far back as 2001 “identified a financial institution that was not operating with sound financial basis.”

Head said the Banking Department found violations such as bad record-keeping and misuse of customers’ information, yet did not formally pursue actions to remove its license.

“There were enough red flags to let people know there was something seriously wrong?” Lynch asked.

“Clearly, yes,” Head said.

Scott Farah, who headed the firm, and assistant Don Dodge have pleaded guilty to federal fraud see FRM page

CONCORD (AP) — Former New Hampshire Attorney General Philip McLaughlin voted to abolish the death penalty after a yearlong study, saying he is deeply troubled by the outcomes of the state’s most recent capital murder prosecutions.

A majority of a state panel that has undertaken the study disagreed with him, however. The Death Penalty Commission voted 12-10 this week to retain the death penalty, with proponents saying it is vital to protect police officers and prison guards.

The only man on death row is Michael Addison, sentenced to death two years ago for the 2006 killing of Manchester Police Officer Michael Briggs. Also in 2008, jurors opted for a life sentence in the contract murder case of John Brooks, who had plotted the killing of a handyman for years.

In a five-page opinion that is part of the commission’s final report, McLaughlin described Addison as “a young, poor, black man” and Brooks as “a middleaged, wealthy white man who acted with planning and deliberation.”

“The disparity in results is stark and a matter of grave concern to me,” McLaughlin wrote. He declined a request for an interview Wednesday, saying he would rely on the written opinion.

The Laocnia lawyer was attorney general from 1997 until 2002, and was not involved in the prosecutions of Brooks or Addison. He cited two capital murder cases during his tenure that fueled his oppo-

sition to the death penalty. In one, he at first charged the wrong man with the rape and murder of a sixyear-old girl in 1997. DNA results exonerated the first defendant and pointed to the real killer.

The second case involved the 1997 killing of Epsom police officer Jeremy Charron. McLaughlin ultimately agreed to a plea bargain and life in prison for Gordon Perry after it was revealed a detective failed to turn over evidence that a co-defendant was the shooter.

McLaughlin said both cases “eroded my confidence in the wisdom of maintaining the death penalty. The risk of injustice is real.”

The commission acknowledges that the financial cost of pursing a death sentence is “significantly higher” than a first degree murder prosecution.

The state has spent $3.5 million so far on Addison’s case and expects to spend another half million dollars in 2011 on his appeal, according to the report.

The state spent $2.3 million prosecuting Brooks.

Six types of murder are eligible for a death sentence in New Hampshire_the killing of an on-duty police officer or judge; murder for hire; murder committed in connection with a kidnapping or rape; murder committed during certain drug offenses and murder committed by a convict already serving a sentence of life without parole.

The majority report underscored how rarely the see DEATH PENALTY page 13

WENTWORTH (AP) — New Hampshire State Police say a woman was shot and seriously injured during a domestic disturbance in the town of Wentworth.

Police did not release the name of the victim, who was taken to Speare Memorial Hospital in Plym-

outh for treatment following the 8:15 a.m. Wednesday shooting.

Thirty-six-year-old Henry Miller of Wentworth was charged with 2nd degree assault. He’s due to be arraigned Wednesday in Plymouth District Court.

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The American Dream is not all about money We always talk about “The American Dream” — about living it, saving it, wondering what happened to it.

Few bother to define it.

The stereotype shows a singlefamily house, with white-picket fence, Mom and Dad, Dick and Jane.

A mansion rarely comes to mind, unless obtained by someone born in grinding poverty. It’s never portrayed as a modest apartment.

This American Dream is squarely middle class and rests on tangibles. I never cared much for this materialistic vision, but understand its pull.

“The American Dream for me, growing up in India in the 1970s, looked something like the opening credits of ‘Dallas,’” Fareed Zakaria opens his Time magazine piece called “Restoring the American Dream.” It was shiny skyscrapers, sexy women and rich cowboys.

Zakaria says that when he later moved to the United States as a college student, classmates would invite him to their large suburban houses filled with gleaming appliances. He was amazed that his friends’ parents often held only modest jobs.

“The modern American Dream for me,” he writes, “was this general prosperity and well-being for the average person,” which brings him to the article’s theme. America’s middle class fears the end of this general prosperity. The modest jobs that delivered the handsome suburban houses are going to places like India, where equally smart people are happy to work for far less. The concern, not unwarranted, is that they’re not coming back.

To many, here and abroad, the American Dream is over. But that’s only if one subscribes to the easy abundance version of it. Yes, impoverished immigrants from Latin America, Asia and elsewhere still see a land of plenty. We often forget, though, that foreigners sought the Dream for complex reasons.

The Pilgrims immigrated in the early 17th century to avoid religious persecution. Similar motives later attracted the Pennsylvania Dutch, Jews and numerous others. Many sought to escape the mayhem of war, from the Germans in the mid19th century to Cambodians in the

“killing fields” of the late 20th.

For millions, the American Dream meant freedom from starvation. In the 18th century, the Irish fled the potato blight and Swedes disastrous crop failures.

Others came to America not to reinvent themselves, but to preserve their threatened cultures. Such was the case for Mennonites from Northern Europe and Germans from Russia. Not every newcomer coveted the flashy accessories of the emerging consumer society.

Note that for many immigrants, then and now, the bottom line was not wealth but physical survival.

Today’s “lost boys” of southern Sudan were children sent away by desperate parents to fend for themselves — anything to escape the murderous government-backed militias. One of them, Joseph Gayoung Khan, miraculously ended up in America and on the dean’s list at the University of Iowa. Khan’s most prized possession will not be the diploma (or his white Isuzu Rodeo), but his very existence.

The term “American Dream” first appeared in a Depression-era book titled “The Epic of America.” (Thank you, Fareed Zakaria, for informing us.) Its author, James Truslow Adams, defines the Dream as “a better, richer and happier life for all our citizens of every rank ... .”

The reference to a “happier” life can mean things other than things.

For a middle class rattled by the shifting economic ground, happiness can come in the form of healthy children, friendships and less stress about keeping up unrealistic levels of consumption.

Perhaps today’s middle class can’t maintain its current “standard of living.” Given what’s out there, a somewhat lower American standard of living is not shabby at all.

And we must never forget that for people like Joseph Gatyoung Khan, the American Dream can mean life itself.

(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.)

Ward Bird does not belong in jail but his accuser certainly does To the editor, I see Dean Tappan is saying that WARD BIRD should stay in jail. I guess he does not know the man or his family. That woman who had gone on his property is wanted on 42 counts in South Carolina and has been charged with cruelty to animals and even stealing them.

NO TRESPASSING means exactly that. The women is making up all kinds of stories. She is the one who should be in jail, not WARD BIRD.

saying he belongs in jail? If signs do not mean anything then that goes for stop signs and any other signs. He did not fire a shot at her. He just told the nut that she is to leave. She refused to leave. Sorry, but he did the right thing protecting his property. He was in the RIGHT, not her.

So THINK before you make a mistake with the wrong person who should be jailed. So, Dean, I hope this never happens to you or the shopping cart.

Anna DeRose

LETTERS Seems incredible that N.H. justices don’t know the constitution To the editor, Mr. Ward Bird seems to have been found guilty of a crime which doesn’t exist. The crime he is said to have committed is criminal threatening, which is said to be a felony if an element in the commission of a felony.

Which seems to say it is a felony to commit a felony? Some comments have been made referencing “jury nullification” which the judge seems not to have informed the jury of, which should allow for a mistrial.

Further, it seems incredible that a N.H. Supreme Court justice doesn’t know the N.H. Constitution and Article 2: “Natural Rights. All men have certain natural, essential, and inherent rights among which are, the enjoying and defending life and liberty; acquiring, possessing, and protecting, property; and, in a word, of seeking and obtaining happiness.”

June 2, 1784 — some Two Hundred and Twenty years on the books.

More recently December 1, 1982, Article 2-a. [The Bearing of Arms.]

“All persons have the right to keep and bear arms in defense of themselves, their families, their property and the state.”

As simple-minded as I may be, it seems that any learned and intelligent individual reading and sworn to uphold the constitution would in the least realize that the criminal threatening law can not constitutionally apply to an individual on their own property or within their house.

Had the women shown a weapon to the “boys” with a machete and scared them off, later be charged with criminal threatening? Had the women who ignored “no trespassing” signs, ignored Mr. Bird’s requests and/or demands

for her to leave — as she stated she asked him questions in a “conversation” for 5 to 10 minutes — had Mr. Bird not had a ‘gun’, which apparently caused her not to go further, and she continued forward making her demands and conversation right up to and into his house, would the police still have arrested Mr. Bird had he otherwise tried to restrain her? He had called the police, reporting a trespasser but when the police arrived they didn’t arrest the trespasser but arrested Mr. Bird. And of all things, this happened in 2006, only four years after the trespasser herself was sentences to jail on animal cruelty, got off on appeal and moved out of state and now faces criminal charges of animal cruelty there, was he found guilty by a jury trail. Speedy justice?

Is it a wonder why the people are fed-up with their government, a governor wanting to steal the JUA Funds and an army of lawyers in with him at OUR expense, justices who ignore the constitution to OUR safety and lives all the while calling for more funding so they can do their jobs, and a Legislature which wonders why the people don’t applaud them (ref: Rep. Johnson of Gilford) for twisting a 1920’s law into a tax on LLCs. Our governor cowers, saying Mr. Bird needs to go through the proper process, when he needs only as the states supreme executive magistrate nullify his conviction (not pardon as a pardon is for a crime committed and Mr. Bird committed no crime). It may well be noted to all of you that we still have our constitution and a right to defend it.

G.W. Brooks Meredith

We are trying to drive people to our freewardbird.org website To the editor, By now I know you are aware that a growing group of citizens is working tirelessly to free Ward Bird from prison, and to get him granted a pardon. We are trying to drive concerned, interested and confused readers to our web site, www.freewardbird. org and I am sending you an adver-

tisement and imploring you to run it until we are able to: 1. Get Ward released from prison; 2. get the N.H. law changed (legislation has been introduced to do so and is a slam dunk to pass), and 3. Get Ward his pardon.

Becky Bryant Laconia

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LETTERS Frontal assault of folks with money always plays well with Dems To the editor, I love to read Ed Allard, even when he is skewering me. We sit on opposite sides of partisan politics. Both parties just fired all their moderate voices.

What remains of the Democrats is a highly distilled essence represented

by Pelosi, Obama and Ed. Their view for a glorious America? Reward failure and punish success, replace self reliance with government nipples from Obamacare to a “clunkers”, replace wealth creation with wealth distribution, replace inspiration with condemnation, replace investment with higher taxes, replace job creation with LIFETIME unemployment insurance (assuring no one will ever have to REALLY find a job) and replace small, efficient government with an over paid, self indulgent, big union type, bloated, belching ,bleeding money, bungling, bureaucracy. THAT IS THE DEMOCRATS’ VISION FOR AMERICA. Is that your vision? It sure wasn’t Nov. 2 and that’s why Ed is blowing the “bull” horn.

Sorry to upset your Thanksgiving, Ed. All I did was reply to your propaganda entitled “sold out”. I respond only as a voice of reason and COMMON SENSE to the disaster that is the Democratic vision.

I love it when Ed writes as it gives me an opportunity to repeat over and over their big three agenda.

HIGHER TAXES to impede job creation, HIGHER SPENDING to create a larger deficit and MORE REGULATION to kill business expansion and investment. There will be more Republicans holding public office across this country on January 1 than at any this time since before the Great Depression. What can Ed say that explains that? I am sure we will get a blurt on the “bull” horn explaining it.

I loved your Commandante Antonio line. It was the best of your fiction.

Of course The REAL commandante, supremo, el dictato, is Obama. No leader has run a presidency with greater dictatorial enthusiasm run amuck than him.Two years of push, stuff, shove and jam the Democratic socialist vision of “we all will be eco-

nomically alike” utopia down our throats. Every American knows how Democrats work. If they didn’t, they got a clear lesson during the OBAMACARE scandals. They got a good flavor of what BRIBRERY and political PAY OFFS look like to further a purely partisan agenda. I am just an ordinary American writing his views about politicians trying to capture minds with deception and delusion as bait. People have far more reason to FEAR your views than mine. You’re the aspiring politician looking to spend OTHER PEOPLE’S MONEY, not me. Democrats only reason to exist on earth is to spend other peoples money.

Frontal assaults on folks with money always plays well with Democrats. It’s like ringing a feeding bell for Pavlov’s dogs. Ed is willing to “risk” the possibility of creating tens of thousands FEWER jobs with his “BET” (and that is all it is) that that the wealthy have little effect on new job creation. It is a huge, unbelievable GAMBLE, indicating reckless thinking. Even if I gave Ed the benefit of the doubt of being right (which I sure do not), given the precarious situation of jobs and the economy it is not a prudent gamble given the possible negative impact to new job creation. What is the best reward possible? Dampening purchasing DEMAND by people who buy stuff and are the worlds best customers and big spenders. What the hell kind of risk-reward analysis is that?

The only fool who would take that bet is a dyed in the wool, partisan Democrat with blinders on both eyes whose orgasmic pleasure of soaking the rich trumps all reason and common sense.

Someone whose love for redistributing wealth is like pure cocaine.

If liberal Leo Sandy can agree to buy my lunch in honor of the holiday season and good will for all, I offer to buy you lunch Ed at the place of your choosing anytime. I think we can share a good laugh. I suspect you have a good sense of humor. So do I. Would VERY MUCH enjoy it honestly ! Call me I am in the book. I look forward to it.

Tony Boutin Gilford

They’re inventing crises so socialism can be their solution To the editor, During the early 1800s, a great man was inspired to write the words,” We have learned by sad experience that it is the nature of men, as soon as they get a little authority, as they suppose, they will immediately begin to exercise unrighteous dominion”.

Ezra Taft Benson took office as Secretary of Agriculture in 1952. He spent the next eight years weeding from the department socialists who had been entrenched since the 30s.

Following his official trip from Cuba, Mr. Benson tried to convince other government officials that Castro “cannot be trusted”.

His warning fell upon deaf ears.

At that time America was funding Castro’s efforts to unseat Batista.

When Castro finally took control and announced that he had always been

a communist, the free world stood in awe. They were warned.

Thus we continue to feel the threat of that movement. Our representatives are asleep at the wheel, or might they be a major part of the problem?

Every problem that pops up appears to have an origin in government itself.

Who manufacture the situation into a crisis that has socialism as an answer..

If freedom means so little to us, then by all means continue to slumber or proceed as you have been. when your lifestyle comes to a screeching halt and you awaken to an awful situation and your children and grandchildren pay the terrible price, the fruits of your inactions will be evident.

Silence will not be golden. It is deadly.

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LETTERS United States is indeed a Christian nation, and by no slim margin To the editor, Here on the last day of November we the readers are again treated to the writings of history according to Leo R. Sandy. As I suggested to the professor some time ago, he should stick to the things he knows because he sure doesn’t know history. About half of what he wrote was wrong and all of it was designed to support his political view of this nation, which he obviously despises. Let me just challenge a couple of his perceptions.

First he states that the founding fathers sought a secular nation. Not true, they wrote in the Constitution that government could not establish any state religion. They themselves were almost to a man deeply religious and believed God was directing their actions and blessing this nation.

To write that they wanted a secular nation is absurd.

Another thing I find fault with him on is his characterization of clergy in the military as supporting war and violence. Nasty little piece character assassination there. Clergy in the military are there to provide comfort and caring to our service men and women who are caught up in the hell of wars and violence usually created by those psychos whom the professor and others claim we can negotiate with endlessly. (I’m still waiting for the professor to respond to my challenge of many months ago to give us an example of a pacifist country that has successfully fended off an aggressive totalitarian nation any time in history.) Peace at any price, as pacifists prefer, will not result in peace but encourage aggressors to attack and conquer. Pacifists are no more then willing slaves in the minds of our enemies. I’ll let the profes-

sor slide into serfdom but he’ll not drag me or mine in with him.

And another thing, his very challenge is that we are not a Christian nation? Come on now professor, even you must be able to count. If math isn’t your thing then reading is, I’m sure. Read for your self government statics on the matter. We are a Christian nation and by no slim margin, we are overwhelmingly so. Where the professor goes wrong is he confuses numbers with perfection. If we were perfect Christian’s we wouldn’t need Christ. But because we are not, and never will be, we are Christians seeking His forgiveness, His love and guidance. And that, dear professor is why there is clergy in our military as well as our towns and cities.

One other thing, Constantine did not make Christianity “the official religion of Rome” (as in excluding all others), he made it an accepted one among the many others. In fact, as I was taught in school, Constantine’s legion had a large number of Christians already serving in it before he became emperor. Some scholars contend his “Go forth and conquer in this sign”, pronouncement to his troops before the battle showed he recognized this and used it to motivate his men. You see professor, men are just men and though early Christians suffered and were martyred they also overcame their oppressors. Man will defend that which he values and though you try to pull down our faith, nation and values we will defend them against your lies and distortion’s. We are not perfect as people or a nation but we beat the second best by a mile.

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LETTERS Mr. Bolster has made claims about this path that just aren’t true To the editor, Dear citizens of Alton: I’m writing to voice my concern over one of our selectmen, namely one Peter Bolster . I had the privilege to know Peter when he was the pastor of the Community Church of Alton and even call the man a friend. During this time he was always very kind, very helping and always doing what he could to make everyone of the town’s youth feel very welcome at the church’s youth group, regardless of which religion (or in some cases lack there of) that us youngsters followed. Once he left the church he was to become a town selectmen and we all were happy to support our former youth leader in his efforts.

Unfortunately, I believe that Mr. Bolster has gone from that once loving individual to nothing more then a dirty, cut throat politician pushing an agenda. I was never a fan of the town’s new walking path as I felt that it was not needed and feared that it would become a money pit. Many other citizens of the town felt the same way, however Mr. Bolster insisted that NO PUBLIC FUNDS would be used to create the path. He was very strong in insisting that all work, time, money, and equipment would be donated.

This has recently been proven to be a LIE. Town workers, with town trucks, and town equipment have begun construction on the takeover of people’s back yards. Excuse me, I meant to say the “oh so needed” walking path.

At the March 2010 elections, Mr. Bolster approached me before I entered the school and asked me if he could count on my vote for the path. At one point I asked him what the need for this path was. I was told “the path was needed to let people walk back and forth from down town to Hannaford’s and the Traffic Circle.

I quickly pointed out that I thought

that was what side walks were for. Mr. Bolster responded to my comment by informing me that the sidewalks in town were not safe and possibly dangerous at certain times of the year. Now I’m not one to blow money but if the sidewalks are not safe I think its time it invest in them and make them safe for foot traffic rather then invading peoples back yards in an attempt to score a political feather to stick in his cap.

To make a very long story short, Mr. Bolster has made many claims about this path that are already proving to be lies and untruths. So far this man has pushed for the beautification of the Alton town beach, which on any other day then July 3rd, sees about four people on it at any given time while the docks are over crowded.

Now, we get a walking path through people back yards. A path which if someone had the deep pockets to fight the town would be brought to a halt in no time due to legal restrictions on the time the land lay dormant, if nothing else. I’m left to ask what is next?

If a tree becomes dangerous to pedestrians on the path while rooted on someone’s property, who will have to pay for the removal? Is it the property owner’s responsibility to now have to spend money to cover themselves? Or is someone going to donate the use of a boom truck, climbing gear, chipper and log truck to haul it all away? Or will Mr. bolster use it to fill his fireplace at the expense of the former owner of the tree?

This is not supposed to be a personal attack on Peter Bolster. It is however an attack on his small town political agenda. You are stepping on toes of the people that voted you into office, not just an Alton level but as a state rep. as well.

Leon Keniston Alton

A parade like the one held In Laocnia on Sunday deserves praise To the editor, “SPECTACULAR! The best parade I’ve ever seen!” A direct quote from our 8-year-old, Sam Stevens.

Totally to the delight of our clan was the 2010 Laconia Christmas Parade, we send much THANKS and praise for the organizers! This is what we were looking for in a community celebration! So very glad to have local business’s, school groups and bands, local civic groups and member filled organi-

zations in today’s holiday parade!

We send many thanks to the organizers for providing more than an hours time of fun and excitement on our Sunday afternoon!

I saw business that we use and our kids saw friends and groups from school, many familiar faces.

A parade like this.....we would attend and praise any day!

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Is the ‘safe’ boating crowd really trying to repeal DWI law?

To the editor, Any truth to the rumor that the “safe” boating gang is filing another “safety enhancement” bill, this one to repeal our Boating-While-Intoxicated law, eliminating defined blood alcohol limits in favor of allowing boaters to

“use their own judgment and drink till they don’t think they are sober enough to helm a boat, according to prevailing conditions”?

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‘Dont’ ask, don’t tell’ sends the wrong message to our children To the editor, I believe in our rights to freedom.

That includes our right to love and choose our sexual partners. I believe if a person is strong and has courage enough to want to stand up and fight for our freedom, we certainly have no

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I also believe it sends the wrong messages to our children about equal rights, civil rights and basic acceptance of one another.

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By Gail OBer ing and was ordered held on $2,000 cashTHE LACONIA DAILY SUN only bail for each count — two for criminal threatening with a deadly weapon and one LACONIA — A Tilton is facing multiple for unauthorized taking. felony charges for threatening two city Asking for $5,000 cash bail, City Prosmen with a three-inch knife during an ecutor Jim Sawyer said Ramos was a altercation on Garfield Street in Laconia “significant fight risk” because she was Tuesday night. transient and had recently come to the Police affidavits said Officer Robert Lakes Region from the Dover area.

Sedgley responded to 41 A Garfield St. He also said she awaiting trial in Belknap after getting a report of an knife fight and County Superior Court for a charge of posfound Tiffany Ramos, 21, of 4 Windsor Tiffany Ramos Court and one of her alleged male victims (Laconia Police photo) session of drugs with the intent to distribute — “a very serious felony.” yelling at each other on Webster Street near Wyatt Park.

He said the underlying facts of the case will show The victim told Sedgley that Ramos held a knife to that reason Ramos was in the city was drug related. his throat and threatened to stab him while she and Sawyer also requested that if she was to post cash her alleged accomplice, Norge O’Flaherty of Gilmanbail the court hold a hearing to determine the source ton, robbed his buddy of $3,000. of the money.

The two men told police that one of them reached Bresaw, asking for $500 cash bail, argued that into his pocket to get out his cigarette lighter and Ramos’s mother and two sisters live in Tilton and the money accidentially fell to the floor. that she is staying with them. He also said she He said Ramos went over and grabbed the money would agree to a curfew and noted that she is free and gave it to O’Flaherty who jumped out of the on personal recognizance bail and has stayed in the kitchen window. When he tried to stop O’Flaherty, area to have her day in court. he said Ramos held the knife to his throat.

He also said the facts will show that she was He also told police he heard O’Flaherty tell Ramos acting in self-defense. to stab him.

Judge Timothy McKenna ordered Ramos held Sedgley said his investigation showed the kitchen on $2,000 for each count or $6,000 total cash bail. window was broken, that the hedge beneath it had Should she post it, he also agreed there will be a been disturbed and that the alleged victim has a hearing to determine the source. superficial knife cut on his throat.

Police said there is a warrant for O’Flaherty’s Ramos, represented by attorney John Bresaw, arrest and that the investigation into the altercaappeared in Laconia District Court yesterday morntion is ongoing.

SOFTBALL from page one decision was made with the young athletes’ best interest in mind.

Laconia Little League made the decision on the heels of an announcement from a Belmont woman, Candice Murray, who is hoping to start a Babe Ruth League softball program for girls aged 8 to 18, drawing from the communities of Laconia, Belmont and Gilmanton. Murray held a meeting last night for parents and community members interested in from preceding page doms in America. We have fought hard to be a free country.It is time for all to be accepted for who they are. America is ready, 70-percent of Americans want this injustice to end.

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“Please know that the decision not to charter softball for Laconia Little League was not an easy one. Many discussions were had, and in the end, we decided that we had to do what was best for the girls in Laconia, and not what was best for Laconia Little League,” Nyhan said in her announcement. Nyhan cited declining numbers of athletes as well as volunteers, which caused the softball program in recent years to offer a less enjoyable experience than it had previously.

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Bragdon, 47, of Milford, and O’Brien, 59, of Mont Vernon, will govern chambers dominated by fellow Republicans after last month’s elections stripped Democrats of their control of both houses. The GOP holds 298 of 400 House seats and 19 of 24 Senate seats.

Democratic Gov. John Lynch swore in the new Legislature on Wednesday and lawmakers quickly elected Bragdon and O’Brien.

O’Brien, a leader of a fiscally and socially conservative faction of lawmakers, said voters’ message in taking away control from Democrats after four years showed a desire for “effective, limited, respectful and responsive state government.”

“They want a government that has not abandoned the common fiscal sense that we apply to our own lives and that we so often hear when we attend town meetings or city council sessions,” he said.

O’Brien told representatives to bring solutions, not condemnations to committee meetings.

“Leave the disparagement, mistrust and indignation to the editorial pages and the blogs,” he said.

Despite O’Brien’s admonishment against demonizing opponents, some Republicans muttered and booed softly during speeches praising outgoing Democratic House Speaker Terie Norelli’s leadership.

Norelli of Portsmouth was chosen by Democrats as their speaker candidate but declined the nomination. She will serve instead as minority leader.

She painted a more positive picture of New Hampshire’s economic health than O’Brien and Republicans. As an example, she pointed to the state’s 5.4 percent unemployment rate, well below the national average of 9.6 percent.

“Today, New Hampshire is on a solid footing,” said Norelli.

But Republicans oppose many of the methods Democrats used to balance the current budget, such as borrowing school construction aid, which was a departure from using cash. Democrats also relied on $350 million in federal stimulus funding to pay for state spending. That federal support isn’t expected to continue.

Some estimate the state faces a shortfall of between $600 million and $800 million in the next two-year budget.

“We face a very difficult financial challenge in the coming months,” Bragdon told the Senate.

from preceding page teams from Belmont or other Laconia teams. In its heydey, when Laconia had about 75 players in its “major” (10 to 12-year-old) program and fielded six teams, and Belmont had similar numbers, the two organizations could fill a schedule with many different opponents.

For the past five years, Nyhan said, participation in Laconia softball has dropped precipitously, as low as 20 in one year, allowing only two or three major teams to be formed.

“We ran out of people to play,” she said, which led to teams playing only a few opponents again and again over the course of a season. “That’s no fun,” Nyhan said.

As bad as the present situation was, the future wasn’t looking any better. The incoming athletes weren’t any more numerous than those who left the program. “We could kind of see the writing on the wall,” said Nyhan. She couldn’t put her finger on exactly what caused the decline in participation, though she suspected would-be softball players had been lured away by gymnastics, dance or lacrosse.

In addition, the region’s school-age population has seen a general decline recently, a decline which has been seen in lesser degree in the amount of boys signing up for Little League baseball.

Not only have there been fewer players in Little League softball, they’ve also seen fewer volunteers, especially umpires, which in Little League aren’t compensated for their time. With a lack of trained

umpires, softball organizers had to recruit parents from the stands to call the games.

Few opponents, inexpertly called games, and the Little League softball program didn’t offer tournament play or an all-star game, both of which baseball players enjoy. “It wasn’t equitable,” said Nyhan.

Although she acknowledged that Little League and Babe Ruth League are competing programs on a national level, Nyhan said that in this instance organizers of the two programs are working collaboratively to ensure that young local softball players will have a chance to play next year.

“This isn’t a proud moment for Laconia Little League, but we want to do the best for the girls of Laconia,” said Nyhan. Her organization will feel the loss, in terms of revenue and available volunteers, but she said it is the best thing for the players. “I fore see it being a really good thing,” Nyhan said, noting that the establishment of a Babe Ruth program would allow teams to play opponents from many nearby communities as well as participate in regional as well as statewide and national tournaments and an all-star game.

“They will be able to enjoy more of what the Little League boys enjoy,” Nyhan said.

With the demise of the Laconia Little League softball program, Belmont’s is the last one standing in New Hampshire. Amanda Andrus, president of Belmont Little League, said her organization is holding a board meeting on December 9. Until then, she said, “Nothing’s been decided at this time.”

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ASSESSORS from page one assessors wrote that “we as a board are unhappy and do not agree with the values that Vision Appraisal submitted to the city. They (Vision Appraisal) met with us to answer questions that we as a board had, and to no avail, got no answers.” The three said that signing the tax warrant “goes against our commitment to the community to be fair and honest” and resigned.

“We were not happy,” Scharn said yesterday. “In our mind they did a horrible job.” He said that in general the values are “too low,” pointing to commercial properties, especially those on the water, and multi-family buildings. “You get what you pay for,” Scharn remarked, “and we got what we paid for. We got a mess. We got a real mess.”

Foss, who has appraised property for the past 24 years, said that “some values are too high, some are too low. There is no consistency.” Adding that “I don’t agree with their method,” she said that when she questioned the assessors, “they told me my experience might be getting in the way.”

Saltmarsh said that he had decided to resign from the board after experiencing health problems in October, but chose to serve until the revaluation was complete. “For me the overriding issue was my health,” he said, “but it happened to coincide with other events. I wish I had stepped down earlier.

Hindsight is always twenty-twenty.”

The alternate members of the board — Michael Randall, Deborah Cotton and Tom Daigneault — only learned of the resignations moments before they met last night at Cabanel’s request. Apologizing profusely, Cabanel said “it’s terribly unfair to

you that you showed up tonight without knowing anything.”

She went on to stress that when she questioned Scharn and Foss they claimed that the values are too low. “Of the very people who have complained to me about their values,” she said, “not one has said it is too low. Not one.”

Cabanel said that she invited the team from Vision Appraisal, along with Hamilton from DRA, to address and resolve any questions the board has about the values.

Paul McKenney, project manager for Vision Appraisal, reminded the board of the difference between “mass appraisal,” or assessing the value of all property in a municipality, and “fee appraisal,” or assessing a single property. Mass appraisal, he said, employs a formal methodology and statistical analysis.

McKenney described the revaluation process, which began with a thorough analysis of 528 recent sales and included a review of the more than 10,000 remaining properties in the city. In effect, mass appraisal consists of using sales data to construct a model that will predict the selling price of the other properties. He said that in addition to the type and dimension of buildings, factors like amenities, frontage, view and materials as well as any restrictions

on the property and the overall condition of the building, are weighted to calculate an adjusted cost per square foot, which multiplied by the area of the building yields its value.

McKenney said that the final assessed values represented 95-percent of the price at which properties actually sold. The value of single-family homes fell 9-percent, condominiums 10-percent, manufactured housing 19-percent, waterfront property 4-percent and commercial property 3-percent, which McKenney said was “fairly typical” across the state.

Hamilton said that mass appraisal is “not easy to do and not perfect. It is difficult to do at best, and especially with so few sales.” Vision Appraisal, he noted, applied the standard methodology and produced satisfactory results.

Seeking assurance, Randall, who chaired the board, asked Hamilton if the assessment “will pass the giggle test.”

“It doesn’t even make me chuckle,” Hamilton replied. “and I can be a pretty jovial kind of guy even though I’m in this line of work.”

Nevertheless, in agreeing to sign the warrant, both Randall and Cotton remarked that they were neither endorsing nor rejecting the assessment itself.

CIRCUS from page one the circus in Gilford was made at the same time as it was in Laconia, but the Laconia Parks and Recreation Commission took up the request sooner than did Gilford.

The circus is a way for the Legion to raise money to support all of its projects including scholarships for area students and $2,800 went to Gilford’s students last year.

Vachon also said the selectman’s decision would not affect any Gilford student’s application for scholarship money but added that he is afraid that without some kind of fundraiser other than bingo, there won’t be as much money available next year.

Vachon told selectmen that Kelly-Miller would assume all the liability and costs for the show, including water, portable toilets, and police and fire costs.

He also said the circus carries a $1-million insurance policy to repair any potential damage to the fields.

If the selectmen agree to the circus, Vachon said he would approach the school board for permission to use their high school, middle school lot parking lot.

Speaking against hosting the circus, Parks and Recreation Director Herb Greene said the primary concern was that should there be a rainy spell before or during the circus and there was damage to the playing fields — mostly used for soccer in the summer — it could take some time to repair and interfere with previously scheduled events.

“I hate to be the Grinch,” said Parks and Recreation Committee Chair Thom Francoeur to selectmen, reiterating his concerns for potential field damage and timely repairs.

The Parks and Recreation Committee voted threeto-two against recommending the circus to selectmen, who have the final say.

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MEREDITH from page one edith approached three men in a car and demanded the three drive them down the road.

After one of the three men escaped at a stop sign, Kimball and Dunn allegedly hit the other two men in the face and took $78 and $17 in cash respectively from them.

When Meredith Prosecutor Keith True asked for Kimball to be held on $10,000 Shane T. Kimball cash bail, his lawyer, Public (Meredith Police photo) Defender John Bresaw told Judge Timothy McKenna that he would take no position on True’s bail request because Kimball would be returning to N.H. State Prison on a parole violation.

“Yeah, but only for 90 days,” replied McKenna.

“Look he knows that,” McKenna continued, looking at a smiling Kimball who stood silently in shackles with his hands stuffed in his pockets.

According to True’s affidavit for cash bail, Kimball has previous Laconia District Court convictions in 2001 for criminal trespassing; in 2003 for disorderly conduct and simple assault; in 2004 for violating a protective order and driving after his license was suspended; and in 2005 for possession of controlled drugs, driving while intoxicated, and theft of services.

McKenna faces new charges of felony robbery, misdemeanor theft of services — for allegedly skipping out on a $68 bar tab at Mame’s restaurant just before his alleged encounter with his three latest from preceding page set-up and take-down would be happening early in the morning and late a night and would disrupt the residents of the village.

Vachon said that if the request was granted, KellyMiller would need a 300-by- 300- foot area for the entire show that included a big top tent that would take up half of the space.

He said there would be four shows — two on Saturday, July 2 and two on Sunday, July 3 — at 4:30 and 6:30 p.m. and that a sold-out crowd would number 1,200 people.

“How many people come to Old Home Day and the Christmas Fair,” asked Benavides, to which Greene answered about 5,000 but only for three hours in the

victims — and simple assault for allegedly hitting his victim in the face before taking $78.

“My concern is adequate bail for these charges for this defendant in this venue,” said McKenna before imposing the requested $10,000.

Dunn, who appeared after Kimball and was without a lawyer, is charged with simple assault and felony robbery for hitting his alleged victim in Bryan J. Dunn (Meredith Police photo) the face and taking $17.

“I didn’t have no money. No money all night,” mumbled Dunn as he stood shackled and disheveled before McKenna, who told him that he had a right to apply for a public defender but that the Laconia Public Defender’s Office was conflicted because it represents Kimball.

McKenna also ordered Dunn, who also has an extensive criminal record, held on $10,000 cash bail.

Affidavits state Dunn was convicted in 2003 of theft; in 2004 of possession of a controlled drug; in 2006 of possession of a controlled drug and receiving stolen property; in 2007 for two separate charges of simple assault; and in 2008 for criminal mischief and shoplifting — all in Laconia District Court.

Both men face probable cause hearings in two weeks.

Police continue to investigate and said additional charges could be forthcoming.

morning and then later for the fireworks.

Town Administrator Scott Dunn asked if Gunstock was a possibility but Vachon answered that the county-owned resort’s fees were too high.

Vachon also said that if selectmen denied the request the circus would still come to New Hampshire but more than likely in the southern part of the state.

“I don’t want to go town-to-town and potentially damage the reputation of the circus,” he said.

He also said if the circus created all of this feared damage in its wake then it would have no where to go and would never be invited back to any communities.

The Oklahoma-based Kelly-Miller Circus has been in business since 1935.

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ALTON SCHOOL DISTRICT ALTON, NEW HAMPSHIRE The Alton School Board will hold two Public Hearings Date: Monday, December 13, 2010 Time: 6:00 pm Location: Alton Central School Music Room Purpose: To hear public input on the following proposed policies: 1. JICK - Pupil Safety and Violence Prevention - Bullying 2. JICK-R Pupil Safety and Violence Prevention Reporting Form - Bullying These policies can be found at Alton Central School, the SAU Office and on line at www.alton.k12.nh.us/ under SAU #72, District Policies.

First Public Hearing The Alton School Board will hold a Public Hearing Pursuant to RSA 198:20-b Monday, December 13, 2010 6:15 pm Alton Central School Music Room To hear public input on unanticipated funds made available through the Education Jobs Funding Federal Grant for the purposes of retaining and creating jobs.

Second Public Hearing

Date: Time: Location: Purpose:

DRILLING from page 2 protection by Congress in 2006 as part of a deal with Florida lawmakers that made available 8.3 million acres to oil and gas development in the east-central Gulf. Under that agreement, the protected region is to remain off limits to energy development until 2022.

But the administration had entertained the idea of expanded drilling until the BP spill that spewed an estimated 172 million gallons of oil into the Gulf.

In order to open more of the eastern Gulf to drilling, the administration would have to ask Congress to lift the drilling moratorium.

The new plan does not affect the Pacific seaboard, which will remain off-limits to drilling in federal waters.

Lawmakers in Florida praised Wednesday’s decision. Drilling in state-controlled waters has long been banned because of fears that a major spill would damage beaches.

Gov. Charlie Crist called the decision “wonderful news” that would be favorably received by the tourist industry and residents alike.

But the head of a prominent industry group said the Obama administration was cramping domestic oil production and contradicting the will of recession-weary voters.

In last month’s midterm elections, “the voters said loud and clear we want economic recovery and good American jobs. The decision today shuts the door on new development off our nation’s coast and effectively makes sure those jobs will not be realized,” said Jack Gerard, president and chief executive of the American Petroleum Institute.A spokeswoman for the U.S. Chamber of Commerce also criticized the decision, which she said comes on top of a “de facto moratorium” the administration has imposed on oil production in both deep and shallow waters in the Gulf and Alaska.

“By continuing to keep most of America’s abundant oil and natural gas resources under lock and key, the Obama administration is ensuring that we will continue to increase our dependence on foreign oil, which threatens our national security,” said Karen Harbert, president and chief executive of the chamber’s Institute for 21st Century Energy.

Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal said he was deeply disappointed. “I believe this makes us even more dependent on foreign countries for our energy,” said Jindal, a Republican.

The decision to abandon offshore drilling along the East Coast follows questions raised by the president’s oil spill commission as to why some top-level administration officials were not consulted before the expansion was announced in March.

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Genesis Behavioral Health elects new board members, announces award recipients LACONIA — At its 44th Annual Meeting, Genesis Behavioral Health elected six new members of the Board of Directors, two new officers, and announced the recipients of two prestigious awards.

New members include Paul Freitas (Plymouth), Town Administrator for Plymouth; Liz Merry (Sanbornton), State Representative for Belknap County District 2 and past president of the Board of Directors of NAMI NH; Carol Pierce (Laconia), one of the founders of Genesis Behavioral Health and known in the community for her volunteer work with refugees; Cydney Shapleigh-Johnson (Alton), Vice-President and Financial Consultant at Laconia Savings Bank; Peter Stewart (Laconia), architect and principal of Stewart Associates Architects; and Kim Beardwood Smith (Holderness), Business Development Officer for the Plymouth Regional Chamber of Commerce.

New officers chosen for the 20102011 year are Cinde Warmington (Gilford), elected President; and Peter Russell (Meredith), who was elected to the position of Secretary.

“On behalf of my colleagues on the Board of Directors, I welcome our new members to Genesis Behavioral Health,” said Cinde Warmington, incoming Board President.

“With the addition of their leadership, I am confident we can persevere despite the tremendous challenges facing the community mental health system in New Hampshire.”

Each year the Helen Holbrook TAX CUTS from page 2 That leaves open the possibility of a temporary extension of all the tax cuts.

Later, Gibbs declined to say whether Obama would support extending all the tax cuts for up to three years, which would push the issue beyond the next presidential election, in 2012.

Sen. Bob Corker, R-Tenn., said, “At the end of the day, I’ve been saying for six months, we’ll end up with a minimum of two years of tax policy.”

Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner and White House Budget Director Jacob Lew held two closed-door meetings Wednesday with a group of four

Leadership and Service Award is presented by Genesis Behavioral Health to an individual who leads by example and gives of themselves to strengthen the cause of mental health in the Lakes Region. This year’s recipient was Martha Copithorne, who served as a Marital Master in Belknap County Superior Court. Copithorne served on the Genesis Behavioral Health Board of Directors from 1980 to 1989 and again from 2002 to 2010.

She was lauded for being an example

of strong will and strong spirit, and an individual who treats everyone with the utmost respect. “Martha’s opinions are well thought out and clearly demonstrate her empathy and humanity for people with mental illness,” said Susan Stearns, Chair of the Development Committee. “She is rooted in our mission and strongwilled in her passion and commitment to our work.”

Genesis Behavioral Health also recognizes an individual who pro-

motes increased awareness, sensitivity, understanding and acceptance of mental health issues in the Lakes Region with The Dr. George “Pete” Harris Community Service Award.

This award, named after the physician who founded Genesis Behavioral Health, was presented to Alan Robichaud, Community Building Director at Lakes Region United Way. Robichaud’s rich history working with people with disabilities was noted, including his work at the Laconia State School and his role as the former Director of the NH Developmental Disabilities Council. He was described as a systems thinker and a visionary. “Alan is a true example of how we can all work better together to create what is best for those who may be limited in their ability to be heard,” noted Stearns.

“These two people are the epitome of community and of community mental health,” said Maggie Pritchard, Executive Director of Genesis Behavioral Health. “We are fortunate to have their spirit of advocacy and dedication directed to our cause, particularly during these trying times. They challenge us all to persevere and work harder.”

Attendees at the October 26 meeting, held at the Gilford Community Church, were treated to jazz guitar

by Jeremy Morse of the New Hampshire Independent School of Music.

Tom Clairmont, President and CEO of LRGHealthcare, was the evening’s keynote speaker and spoke to the importance of leadership and the qualities of a true leader.

lawmakers from both parties to negotiate a deal on tax cuts.

“We are still talking in somewhat general terms although we’ve asked the staff of the various committees to make sure that we have detailed information on certain issues,” Rep. Chris Van Hollen, D-Md., said after the evening session.

Van Hollen said the talks have expanded to include other issues, including a package of business and individual tax cuts that expired at the end of 2009. The business tax cuts, including a popular research and development tax credit, have wide

support in Congress, but lawmakers have been unable to agree on spending cuts or other tax increases to pay for them.

“We need to figure out where there’s agreement between the House and the Senate on those packages, what would be in something if we decided to move forward,” Van Hollen said.

More talks are scheduled for Thursday.

Obama and Democratic leaders in Congress want to extend the Bush era tax cuts for individuals making less than $200,000 and married couples making less than $250,000. Republicans and some rank-and-file Democrats want to

extend the tax cuts for everyone.

Making tax cuts permanent for middle- and lower-income taxpayers would add a little more than $3 trillion to the national debt over the next decade. Making them permanent for high earners would require an additional $700 billion in federal borrowing, according to congressional estimates.

The House vote, scheduled for Thursday, would extend middle-class tax cuts while letting tax cuts for high earners expire. Even if it passes the House, the bill stands no chance in the Senate. Nevertheless,

Mrs. Pete Harris (left) and Genesis Executive Director Maggie Pritchard (right) present Alan Robichaud of Lakes Region United Way with the Dr. George “Pete” Harris Community Service Award. (Courtesy photo)

3rd Annual Holiday Fair December 4th from 8am-2pm Many crafters will be here with great gift ideas!

Holiday movies will be playing SANTA in our theater.

RAFFLES Arrives at 10am And if you get hungry ... the cafe will be open all day!

Crafts with ART ESCAPE 435 Union Avenue, Laconia, NH 366-1210

Allen’s 3 falls & Celtics hold off Portland, 99-95

BOSTON (AP) — Paul Pierce outscored Ray Allen 28-6 in the first 47 minutes, 49 seconds against Portland on Wednesday night.

When Pierce had the ball in the final minute, though, he knew who should take the last shot.

“It’s just trust. We talk about it all the time,” Celtics coach Doc Rivers said, “and it works sometimes.”

Allen missed his first five 3-point attempts before hitting one with 10.7 seconds left, and Boston held on to beat the Trail Blazers 99-95 despite blowing almost all of a 16-point, fourth-quarter lead.

“I was looking at the rim and the ball wouldn’t fall for me. I was ready to take each next shot,” Allen said. “There were a lot of last shots that would have been the last shot if they went down for us. It was an unfortunate predicament.”

It was Boston’s fifth straight victory, and the fifth straight loss for Portland.

Kevin Garnett had 17 points and eight rebounds despite missing most of the third quarter with a cut on his chin that needed five stitches. Rajon Rondo had 10 points and 10 assists as the Celtics built a 96-80 lead, then watched the Blazers score 15 in a row to make it a one-point game with 42 seconds left.

Pierce dribbled down the 24-second clock, then passed to Allen on the left side for the clinching 3.

“He’s one of the greatest shooters of all times,” Pierce

said. “When you need him most, he’s going to be there.”

Wesley Matthews scored 23 points, including 5-of-7 shooting from 3-point range, and Andre Miller had 20 for the Blazers. LaMarcus Aldridge and Brandon Roy had 18 points apiece, and former UMass star Marcus Camby had nine rebounds and four blocked shots with zero points.

Pierce went 9 for 11 from the floor, making his first four 3-point attempts to help the Celtics shoot 57 percent as a team in the game. Shaquille O’Neal scored 14 points, and reserve Glen “Big Baby” Davis added 16 points and seven rebounds.

All of them made more than half their shots.

But not Allen, who was just 3 for 12 from the floor for nine points.

“He’s a great shooter, and you’ve got to know where he’s at,” Blazers coach Nate McMillan said.

“Whether he’s missed five in a row, he’s going to take it. He’s a big-time shooter.”

The Blazers led by as many as 11 points in the first half and had a 68-62 lead in the third before Boston scored 17 of the last 21 points in the quarter.

The Celtics made it a 16-point game before the shots stopped falling.

The Blazers have struggled in the fourth quarter in the past week, scoring just 42 points total in the final period in their last three games.

Garden Club’s ‘Homes for the Holidays’ tour is Sat. & Sun.

LACONIA — The Opechee Garden Club’s “Homes for the Holidays” house tour is now in its third year, and organizers are hoping the expanded offerings they’re adding this year will attract more people than ever to tour the several sites in Laconia and Gilford that have been festively decorated inside and out.

The tour will be offered on Saturday and Sunday, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. each day. Tickets cost $10 and can be purchased at the Belkap Mill. Advance tickets can be purchased at the Gilford or Laconia libraries or at Kitchen Cravings in Gilford. Ticket sales will benefit the club’s scholarship program and community betterment projects.

Carolyn Temmallo, chairman of the club’s house tour committee, said that last year the club sold 550 tickets and hopes to top 700 this year.

In order to attract ticket buyers, the tour boasts five homes, each decorated for the holidays in its own style. In addition, the tour also features a stop at the Historic Belknap Mill, which has also been done up in holiday decor.

The tour also features entertainment this year.

The Gilford High School Chorus will stop at each of the homes and sing carols, and on Saturday, from 1 to 3 p.m., a chorus, costumed in Dickensian-era clothing, will sing carols throughout the Mill.

“It’s very festive, people come from all over New England,” said Temmallo. “It kind of kicks off the Christmas spirit.”

Visit www.opecheegardenclub.com or call 5248813 for more information.

— Adam Drapcho

DEATH PENALTY from page 3 death penalty is sought in the state. The Brooks and Addison cases were the only death penalty trials in the past 30 years. Two other capital murder cases ended with plea bargains for sentences of life without possibility of parole.

“The death penalty is reserved as an exemplary punishment for particularly egregious homicides,” the majority report states.

Legislative efforts to repeal the death penalty

have failed since 2000, when both houses passed repeal measures but then-Gov. Jeanne Shaheen vetoed the bill.

The 10 commission members who favor abolition of the death penalty say there is no reliable evidence it serves as a deterrent. Although the state has not executed anyone in 70 years, the minority report says, the state consistently ranks as having one of the lowest rates of violent crime and murder in the country.

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Visit the 15th Annual Altrusa Club of Meredith

FESTIVAL OF TREES Admission is $3.00 • Children 5 and under are FREE. Waukewan Golf Club on Waukewan Rd., Center Harbor (off of Rt. 3 or Winona Rd.)

SPECIAL CHILDREN’S EVENT Friday, Dec.3 only 5:00 or 7:00 PM storytimes “A Wish to be a Christmas Tree” Children 3-8, in their pj’s, are invited to bring their favorite adults.

Registration is required. Call 603-387-4380.

Invite your family and friends to experience the winter wonderland Enjoy cookies and cider.

Browse in The Noel Shoppe.

Purchase tickets to win great raffle baskets.

Make your holiday sparkle with an enchanted tree from the ‘Tis the Season Raffle.

Friday, Dec. 3 2pm 8pm Saturday, Dec. 4 9am-5pm Sunday, Dec. 5 11am-5pm Proceeds from this family event benefit area Christmas Funds and other Altrusa initiatives.

Moulton Farm

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~ OPEN 7 DAYS A WEEK ~ 8AM-5PM~ From All Of Us At Moulton Farm ... Have A Safe And Happy Holiday!

December 5th from 10am-3pm CHRISTMAS TIME AROUND THE FARM

~ Workshops: Wreath (10am-12pm) & Kissing Ball (12-2pm) ~ $29.99 ~ Ginger Bread House Making & Decorating (10am-2pm) ~ $24.99 ~ Samples Of Grafton Cheese & Carlson’s Sparkling Cider ~ Bulb Planting In The Greenhouse ~ 4” - $4.99 & 6” - $9.99 ~ Tractor Rides Around The Farm (10am-3pm) ~ Conditions Permitting ~ Animals From Kindred Spirits Farm For Kids To Visit & Pet!

MARK YOUR CALENDARS FOR DECEMBER 12TH ~ 10AM-3PM “CHRISTMAS AROUND THE FARM” Monday & Tuesday Special Board Items Available Only

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Designs by: Tribal, Michael Kors, Laundry, Planet, Nallie and Millie, Christopher Blue...

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603-279-2555 Hours: Monday - Saturday ~ 10am - 5pm Sundays ~ 10am - 4pm

Wed, Thur & Fri • 11:30am - 4pm Mexican Lunch Menu ... $7.95

Nightly Specials ~ 4pm - Close

WED - 1/2 Price Burritos Saturdays AYCE Chili Bar - ALL DAY!!

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Friday, December 3rd “Bossman Band” from 8-11pm

Now Open 7 Days A Week At 11:30am Kitchen Hours:

Sunday - Thursday 11:30am-8pm • Friday & Saturday 11:30am-9pm Best Local Watering Hole & Grub Stop In The Lakes Region!

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Gift Certificates Available

Christmas Trees From Glove Hollow in Plymouth, NH ~ 3’-12+’ Fresh Wreaths from 8”-48” ~ Bowed, Decorated or Plain Fresh Poinsettias From Loudon ~ 2.5” -8.5” ~ Many Colors Gift Baskets Many great gift ideas for a friend, family member or as a corporate gift, starting at $15!

Sal’s Fish Fresh and Fri Thur, close ll ti Sat

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Dash through the snow…

Offering horse-drawn sleigh rides at Gunstock Mtn Resort (603) 630-9066

Gift Certificates available!

Opening in Dec! www.cobblemountainstables.com

BRIGHTEN THE HOLIDAYS SUPPORT MRS. SANTA FUND Every year many Alton community service organizations, led by the Alton Fireflies together to provide the less fortunate of many ages – but especially the children – a Christmas bright with promise. For several years now the Mrs. Santa Fund has provided gifts for children from Newborn to age 17 and some senior citizens as well.

This list grows longer each year. Once again Mrs. Santa’s Elves need your generosity. New clothing and toys may be dropped off at the Town Hall until December 10th. Cash donations are made payable to Mrs. Santa Fund and are sent to either: Alton Town Hall P.O. Box 659 c/o Sheri, Alton, NH 03809 or TD Banknorth c/o Karen, P.O. Box 998, Alton, NH 03809. If you need help in providing necessities for your children or know of a family who would benefit from this program, contact Mrs. Santa’s Elves by December 8th. Elf #1-Sheri Emerson (875-0204), or Elf #2 –Paulette Wentworth, (875-0203). Please make this holiday season a merry one for all of our friends.

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OBITUARIES

Patty Miller, 68

CENTER HARBOR – Patty Miller, 68, of 458 Piper Hill Road, died November 27, 2010, at her home, surrounded by her family following a 4-½ year battle with cancer.

She was born June 12, 1942, in Logan, Utah to Howard E. and Barbara S. Miller. She grew up in Pasadena, California, graduated from the University of California at Riverside, earned a Master’s of Library Science from Simmons College in Boston and a Master’s of Technical Education from the University of Southern Maine.

After a brief period as a librarian at M.I.T. in Cambridge, Massachusetts, she moved to the Lakes Region, where she lived for 43 years. She was the librarian at the New Hampshire Community Technical College in Laconia for 31 years until her retirement in 2002. Patty was especially proud the year the Senior class dedicated the yearbook to her. She loved her students, many of whom she remained friends with until the time of her death. She was an active member of the State Employees Association and for many years worked on the State Employees Association’s Operation Santa Claus.

For many years Patty reviewed books for the Independent Book Publishers Association. She was a member of the Newfound Regional School Board, the Lakes Region Management Club and served on the board of directors of the Newfound Lake Association. Patty was a volunteer guardian ad litem for CASA for over 10 years, a volunteer at Lakes Region General Hospital, and most recently with Center Harbor, Meredith and Moultonborough Community Care Givers. She loved music and was a member of

the Pemigewasset Choral Society for more than 25 years and a longtime supporter of the North Country Chamber Players. An active outdoors person, Patty enjoyed hiking, bicycling, paddling, skiing and bird watching. Although never before a hunter, she twice won a permit from the New Hampshire Fish & Game moose lottery and she and her partner took home a moose in 2008. Patty enjoyed traveling and she and her husband traveled frequently throughout Europe and especially to Ireland.

Patty is survived by her husband, Dennis E. Murphy Jr., of Center Harbor, her daughter, Erika Murphy McAllister, and son-in-law, Rob, and stepgranddaughter, Kaitlyn, of Alexandria, NH, her father, Howard E. Miller, of Seattle, Washington, her stepdaughter, Meghan Murphy-Lee, and son-in-law, John, of Highland Falls, NY, her sister, Janet Miller, of Pennington, NJ, and brother, John Miller, and sister-in-law, Karen, of Seattle, WA. Her mother and sister, Jessica Miller, predeceased her.

A memorial service in celebration of her life will be held Wednesday, December 8, 2010 at 11:00am at the Plymouth Congregational United Church of Christ, 4 Post Office Square Plymouth, NH. In lieu of flowers the family suggests contributions may be made to the North Country Chamber Players, P.O. Box 865 Franconia, NH 03580 or Community Care Givers, P.O. Box 78, Center Harbor, NH 03226 Wilkinson-Beane-Simoneau-Paquette Funeral Home & Cremation Services, 164 Pleasant Street, Laconia, NH is assisting the family. For more information and to view an on line memorial go to www. wilkinsonbeane.com.

BELMONT — Mildred Chase Bennett, 94, formerly of 16 Spruce Drive & 13 Allegheny Drive, Cherokee Village, Arkansas died November 30, 2010 at the Community Health and Hospice at Forest View Manor in Meredith, NH. Born June 26, 1916 in Rochester, NH. She was the daughter of the late Charles Lucius and Addie Livina Chase.

She enjoyed crafts, sewing, and gardening.

She leaves behind her niece and long time caretaker Charlotte Bean of Belmont, NH. Several nieces, nephews, great nieces, and great nephews.

Her brother in law David (Junior) Aaron of Jeru-

salem, Israel. Her sister-in-law and brother-in-law Auline and Bill Hackett of Meredith, NH. She was preceded in death by the love of her life, her husband Major Robert Bennett. Her three sisters Hattie (Hatch) Annis, Mary Brown, and Doris Hackett. Her three brothers Charles, Clarence, and Fred Brown.

A graveside service will be held in the Rochester Cemetery, Rochester, NH in the spring.

Arrangements are under the direction of the R. M. Edgerly & Son Funeral Home, 86 S. Main Street, Rochester, NH 03867 Please view/sign our online guestbook at www. edgerlyfh.com

Mildred C. Bennett, 93

Free, professional pictures with Santa at E. M. Heath’s in Center Harbor on Friday evening CENTER HARBOR — Santa Claus will be visiting the E.M. Heath Supermarket here on Friday evening, Dec. 3, from 5 to 7 p.m. The store will be handing out free gifts to all kids and free cookies and milk will be served to all who attend.

PUBLIC NOTICE: ATTENTION GILMANTON RESIDENTS The Gilmanton Transfer Facility will be closed on Saturday, December 25th and on Saturday January 1st

Pictures are professionally taken and are FREE! They will be available by Monday, Dec. 6 and will be hanging at the supermarket for each child to take their own picture home with them.

GIFTS FREE DS! FOR ALL KI !

BE A STAR S& IE OK FREE CO ALL! MILK FOR

E. M. HEATH SUPERMARKET 12C Main St., Ctr Harbor Senter’s Marketplace 253-4312

The Facility will be open on Sunday December 26th and on Sunday, January 2nd at 11:00 a.m. and closing at our regular time of 5:00 pm.

Normal business hours will resume on Wednesday January 5th.

We would like to wish everyone a Merry Christmas & a Happy New Year.

As always, thank you for Recycling.

The Facility Staff

Additionally, a professional photographer will be on hand to take free photos of kids with Santa. They will be available by Monday of next week and will be hanging at the the supermarket for each family to identify and take home.

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Franklin Outing Club receives Franklin Savings Bank Grant for Veteran’s Memorial Recreation Area

FRANKLIN — With a $7,500 grant from the Franklin Savings Bank (FSB) Fund for Community Advancement, the Franklin Outing Club (FOC) is now much closer to their capital improvement campaign goal. The grant money will assist the continuation of various capital improvement projects which began in 2009 at the Veteran’s Memorial Recreation Area for skiing and snowboarding (VMRA).

The advanced age of lift equipment and machinery, combined with sizeable increases in the cost of insurance, has made the survival Pictured left to right are Jeff Savage of Franklin Savings Bank; Kathy Fuller, Tamara Colpack and of the VMRA ski area Jason Grevior, officers of the Franklin Outing Club.(Courtesy photo) a critical concern,” said FOC President Tamara Colpack. “The existence of goal would not this close to being met.” The FOC has the VMRA is a boon to the City of Franklin that very raised a total of $90,436 of their $100,000 goal. few other communities can claim. In a society where Offering reasonably priced skiing since 1961, the children are not getting enough outdoor exercise, VMRA has served visitors from communities throughand in the State of New Hampshire where skiing is out the Lakes Region and beyond. Thanks to the Frankthe official sport, it is more important than ever to lin Outing Club in partnership with other volunteers, keep this resource as a viable part of the Franklin visitors can also enjoy free lessons, Winter Carnival community. That’s why in addition to volunteers, events, and more. Anyone looking to get involved with donations and other help we have received, we are FOC and VMRA can visit franklinskiarea.com. thankful to receive funding from FSB in support of The Franklin Savings Bank Fund for Community our efforts,” Advancement grant was formed in 1997 to provide “We are pleased to be a part of this project, which support for substantial projects that enhance the is so valuable to the area community and is being lives of people in the communities that make up the successfully achieved through the efforts of so many primary market area of the Bank. The Fund has individuals and families,” said Franklin Savings awarded over $628,000 to local organizations since Bank President & CEO Jeff Savage. its inception. Applications for the upcoming grant FOC Treasurer Kathy Fuller commented, “The period are due by 2 p.m. on December 31.

Franklin Outing Club recognizes FSB as the largFor more information on how to apply for a grant est contributor with a total of $21,100 provided in award, call Dorothy J. Savery at 934-8316 or visit funding for our projects. Without their support, our www.fsbnh.com.

Free program to explain ABC & Ds of Medicare and Medicare Advantage plans at Laconia Senior Center LACONIA — A free program explaining the ABC & Ds of Medicare and Medicare Advantage will be presented at the Senior Center at 10:30 a.m. on Tuesday, December 14.

Now is the time to inquire about Medicare options as the Annual Open Enrollment period to make changes in current health insurance programs closes December 31.

Attendees will learn about the Part ABC & D’s

of Medicare and the UnitedHealthcare® Medicare Advantage program — Secured Horizons. These Medicare health plans are designed to offer more benefits and services than Original Medicare Parts A and B. If you are new to Medicare, losing your Medicare plan, or are unhappy with your current plan, this is an opportunity to learn more about the differences between Original Medicare and Medicare Advantage.

United Baptist Church in Lakeport

Silver Bells Fair

Christmas Village Fair

Saturday, December 4th 9am - 1pm

Morning Coffee & Donuts Cookie & Fudge Walks

Bake Table Jewelry ~ Cookbooks ~ Cutlery Hand Painted United Baptist Church Christmas Cards Craft Tables

A luncheon wll be served starting at 11:30am In the vestry, 23 Park Street, Lakeport, NH For Information: Call 524-8775

Come For Gifts, Food & Fun! Now i.

Open Fr! Night

Friday, Dec. 3 • 5pm-7:30pm & Saturday, Dec. 4 • 9am-3pm

• Greens • Santa’s Attic • White Elephant • Baked Goods • Decorations • Toys • Jewelry • Arts & Crafts • Mrs. Claus’ Cafe • Books Gilford Community Church 19 Potter Hill Rd., Gilford, NH 524-6057

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Every year for nearly a decade folks have gathered in the fireside room of the church to share punch, appetizers, and Christmas carols followed at 1 p.m. by a traditional dinner of roast ham with all the fixings.

“Holidays are about community and family and sharing remembrances of years past and wishes for the future,” said Jessica Alward, dining room and volunteer coordinator whose father, Mac Keysar, runs the kitchen end of the event. Dinner is not just for people who can’t afford a good meal but also for folks who would otherwise be alone on the holiday.

“There is nothing sadder than being alone on what is supposed to be the happiest day of the year. We don’t anyone to sit at home eating soup out of a can.”

Funding for the supper is provided by donations from businesses and individuals all around the Lakes Region. Company’s like Don Morin Associates, Matt Lahey Attorney at Law, Laconia Savings Bank, Meredith Village Savings, and Lakes Region Environmental Contractors; civic groups such as the Laconia Lodge of Elks; and several local residents donate money, goods, and services to help make the meal possible. Many of these folks have been sup-

porting the event since its beginning “Without these great people this meal would not be possible year after year,” said Keysar. “ We are truly in their debt and they have helped to make the holiday brighter for many, many people.”

Alward added that the money donated is put to its best use. “We do this dinner up grand — linen table cloths and napkins, holiday centerpieces, live music, and decorations are just the beginning. The food is great!”

Many families both from the church and the community volunteer at the dinner every year. Parents bring their children to work on the meal and tell the dinner committee that their family looks forward to Christmas Dinner all year Volunteers at the meal get as much out of the experience as those who come to eat.

Keysar, rembering watching his own grandsons as they poured punch and coffee said, “It’s really important to teach our kids to give something back and what they get working on projects like this they will carry with them into the world when they grow up. “ To volunteer to work on the dinner — help is needed on Christmas eve afternoon and on Christmas Day — call Jessica Alward at 520-3910.

To make reservations, call Mac Keysar at 524-6190 before December 20. Transportation will be available for those who need it but must be requested at the time of reservation.

MEREDITH — Granite State celebrity Fritz Wetherbee will visit Innisfree Bookshop to meet fans and autograph copies of his latest book from 2 — 4 p.m. on Sunday, December 5.

Wetherbee has six published books including his most recent — “Fritz Wetherbee, As Seen on Television.” The books are collections of stories he has written for WMUR-TV’s “New Hampshire Chronicle.”

“With this latest book I will have published 730 stories about New Hampshire,” Wetherbee said. “Three

more books and I’ll have over a thousand stories.”

Born in 1936, Wetherbee grew up in Milford the oldest of five children. Over the years he has worked at everything from tree climbing to being the creative director in an ad agency. For 10 years, he was the host of “New Hampshire Crossroads” on NH Public Television. For the past eight, he has written and presented a different nightly story on “Chronicle.”

For more information about Wetherbee’s appearance at Innisfree Bookshop, call 279-3905.

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On Thursday, December 2 at 7 p.m., “Literary Flash” will be at the Common Man Restaurant in Plymouth. Contestants sign up on a first-come, first-served basis, with a limit of 8-10 contestants per location. Each contestant has three minutes to wow the judges, who provide instant feedback and a numeric score out of five. The highest scoring contestant wins a slot in the finals, free one-year NHWP membership, and will be featured on NHWP’s web site. The judges at the Common Man are: award-winning author Richard Adams Carey; NHPR arts cor-

respondent Sean Hurley (AKA “Sherwin Sleeves”); and The Citizen’s arts correspondent Krista Marrs.

“With Concord and the Upper Valley behind us,” said NHWP’s program director, Carla Gericke, “We’re looking forward to being in the North Country. I’ve heard good things about the writers in this area.”

The winners in each region will compete at a final showdown at NHWP’s annual Writers’ Day conference on March 5, 2011, where the 2010 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction winner Paul Harding, author of Tinkers, will be the keynote speaker.

Contestants can sign up at the door, or email info@ nhwritersproject.org (put “Literary Flash” in the subject line and specify the location). Save the date for Portsmouth (Jan. 13) and Keene (Feb. 10). Visit www.nhwritersproject.org or call 603-314-7980 for more information.

GILFORD — When holiday music is being heard in stores, everyone should know that it is time for the Annual Craft Fair at both the Gilford Middle and High School. This year’s fair is on Saturday, December 4, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. and will be held even in the event of inclement weather.

The 2010 craft fair will be another exciting one this year! Over 150 crafters from a variety of states in New England, along with school sponsored clubs and organizations from both the middle and high school will be selling their wares. There is something for everyone!

Candles, pet related items, holiday decorations, baked goods, jewelry, scarves, T-shirts and sweatshirts, fudge, and a variety of gift baskets are just a few of the items

for sale. Grab a quick snack or dine with friends in the food court located at the middle school. The senior class of 2011 will be raffling gift certificates to the Gateway Spa, T-Bones Restaurant, and the Wine’ing Butcher. They will also be selling coffee from Awakenings, donuts from Dunkin’ Donuts and meatball grinders throughout the day.

While the items purchased from outside vendors goes to those individuals, the renting of the booth space goes to the senior class. In addition, all monies raised by the senior class will fund their senior class trip and offset graduation expenses. Based on the number of vendors at this year’s fair, the class hopes to raise $8,000. Come support the Class of 2011!

MANCHESTER — T-BONES Great American Eatery and Cactus Jack’s Great West Grill raised $18,000 through their annual month-long “Thanks for Giving” fundraiser.

The event benefited the Easter Seals of NH’s Veterans Count Program, which provides emergency assistance to any United States veteran, service member, or their family in the Granite State who is either pre-deployed, deployed, or has returned home from active duty.

Anyone who dined at any T-BONES or Cactus Jack’s restaurant from October 18 — November 14 and donated $5 to the Easter Seals Veterans Count Program received a $5 dinner certificate valid at their next visit. All funds raised went directly to the foundation.

Easter Seals of NH’s Veterans Count Program was chosen because it ensures NH veterans and their families do not have to endure personal struggles

after sacrificing for our country. The Easter Seals Veterans Count Program does not receive any state or federal funding and must rely on private donations and fundraising efforts to support its cause.

“Veterans have given so much of themselves for our country, so choosing the Veterans Count Program as the charity for this year’s ‘Thanks for Giving’ is just one way we can thank them,” said Tom Boucher, owner and CEO of Great NH Restaurants.

T-BONES and Cactus Jack’s are in the sixth year of fundraising with their annual “Thanks for Giving” program, which has raised more than $103,000 for NHbased charities. To learn more, visit T-BONES.com.

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By Holiday Mathis SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). It’s one thing to think something and tell someone about it. It’s quite another thing to write your thoughts down.

There is magic and power when you commit your ideas to writing.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21).

The distractions you try to set up will not work out. That’s because you’re supposed to be doing one thing and one thing only. You know what it is, so get to it!

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19).

You’re pretty good at something, but not great. You could master this skill and put yourself in a prime position to gain the recognition and money you deserve. Go the extra mile to hone your expertise.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18).

You’ll gain confidence as you dedicate yourself to improving your work. You’ll notice that the more confident you get the less you care about what others are thinking.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). Just because you feel something is true doesn’t make it so. Feelings are not facts. The more you accept this the better you will be at staying positive and productive no matter what mood may come over you.

TODAY’S BIRTHDAY (Dec. 2).

You’ll do terrific work -- don’t forget to give yourself full credit. Someone who believes in and cares about you will give you praise in January, and a financial bonus follows. The entertainment is excellent in 2011, and your friends facilitate humor, adventure and fun. New technology and skills make life easier in May. Pisces and Gemini people adore you. Your lucky numbers are: 4, 2, 11, 19 and 40.

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ARIES (March 21-April 19). You commit yourself to doing the absolute best job with what you have. Others may be just trying to get by. But then they’ll see how hard you are working, and this will inspire them to do more.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20). Sometimes the one who has a novel take on things or can talk about a little-known subject is considered quite interesting -- in small doses, that is. As Voltaire noted, “The secret of being boring is to say everything.”

GEMINI (May 21-June 21). There’s the sudden feeling that you simply must follow your creative muse. This may strike you as funny since it wasn’t long ago that you didn’t even know this particular muse existed.

CANCER (June 22-July 22). The reason why carts should not be placed before horses is that horses are better at pulling than pushing. Things go well when you take into account the nature of the beast with whom you are working.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). You’ll enjoy dealing with those who are humble and compassionate. These types often have more reason to boast than the boasters, and yet they remain modest and hardworking.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). You will go for the high stakes again. This is a tough game, and there will be many innings. Each time, hope for the best and then resolve to stay calm and play as well as you can whatever happens.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). Though you are curious as to what everyone is talking about, some conversations are best avoided, especially the ones that center around gossip and scandal. It’s difficult to un-know once you know.

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––––––– ALMANAC ––––––– Today is Thursday, Dec. 2, the 336th day of 2010; with 29 days left in the year.

Today’s Highlight in History: On Dec. 2, 1970, the newly created Environmental Protection Agency opened its doors. (Its first director was William D. Ruckelshaus.)

On this date: In 1804, Napoleon crowned himself Emperor of the French.

In 1823, President James Monroe outlined his doctrine opposing European expansion in the Western Hemisphere.

In 1859, militant abolitionist John Brown was hanged for his raid on Harpers Ferry the previous October. Artist Georges-Pierre Seurat was born in Paris.

In 1927, Ford Motor Co. formally unveiled its second Model A automobile, the successor to its Model T. In 1939, New York Municipal AirportLaGuardia Field (later LaGuardia Airport) went into operation as an airliner from Chicago landed at one minute past midnight.

In 1954, the Senate voted to condemn Wisconsin Republican Joseph R. McCarthy for conduct that “tends to bring the Senate into disrepute.”

In 1980, four American churchwomen were raped and murdered outside San Salvador. (Five El Salvador national guardsmen were later convicted of murdering nuns Ita Ford, Maura Clarke and Dorothy Kazel, and lay worker Jean Donovan.)

In 1990, composer Aaron Copland died in North Tarrytown, New York, at age 90.

One year ago: A day after President Barack Obama announced plans to deploy 30,000 more troops in Afghanistan, leading congressional Democrats said they had serious misgivings but would not try to stop the deployments while Republicans said they supported the force increase even as they questioned Obama’s July 2011 deadline to start bringing troops home. Tiger Woods issued a statement saying he’d let his family down with “transgressions” that he regretted “with all of my heart,” and that he would deal with his personal life behind closed doors.

Today’s Birthdays: Character actor Bill Erwin is 96. Actress Julie Harris is 85.

Former Attorney General Edwin Meese III is 79. Actress Cathy Lee Crosby is 66. Actor Ron Raines is 61. Country singer John Wesley Ryles is 60. Actor Keith Szarabajka is 58. Actor Dan Butler is 56. Broadcast journalist Stone Phillips is 56. Actor Dennis Christopher is 55. Actor Steven Bauer is 54.

Country singer Joe Henry is 50. Rock musician Rick Savage is 50. Rock musician Nate Mendel is 42. Actress Rena Sofer is 42.

Rock singer Jimi (cq) HaHa is 42. Actress Lucy Liu is 42. Tennis player Monica Seles is 37. Singer Nelly Furtado is 32. Pop singer Britney Spears is 29. Actress Daniela Ruah is 27. Actor Alfie Enoch is 22. Actresses Deanna and Daniella Canterman are 18.

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Plymouth State University Jazz Combos and Jazz Band in classic to contemporary concert at the Silver Center for the Arts. 7 p.m. $6 for adults and $4 for seniors and youth. For tickets visit silver.plymouth.edu.

“Penguins on Parade” at the Goss Reading Room at 188 Elm Street in Lakeport (Laconia). Noon to 5 p.m. each Tuesday and Thursday in December. Kirk Dougal’s collection of penguins includes brass, wood, ceramic, stuffed, great and small. Each young reader who visit the exhibit will receive a penguin gift, while supplies last. 524-7683, “Pride & Prejudice” on stage at the Laconia High School auditorium. 7 p.m. A production of the school’s Theatre Arts group. $7 adults and $5 students and seniors.

“Financing Energy Projects” workshop at Lakes Region Community College in Laconia. 1 p.m. in room 216 of the Center for Arts & Technology building. The public in cordially invited to attend this presentation by the college’s Energy Services Department.

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

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

Tales for Tails story time at the Gilford Public Library.

3:15 to 4 p.m. Ben the golden retreiver will be in the Storytime Room. Bring your favorite book to read to him or pick one out when you get here.

Foreign Movie Night at the Gilford Public Library. 7 p.m. The first movie produced by Afghan filmmakers after the fall of the Taliban (“Osama”, 2004 PG-13) is a searing portrait of life under the oppressive, fundamentalist regime.

Knit Wits meeting at the Gilford Public Library. 1:30 to 3 p.m. Knitting and conversation.

Al-Anon Meeting at the Congregational Church Parish House (18 Veterans Square) in Laconia. 8 to 9:15 p.m. each Thursday. Al-Anon offers hope and help to families of alcoholics. No dues or fees. All are welcome. Call 645-9518.

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

Free hot meal and great company brought to the Bristol community by Food for Friends. 5 to 6 p.m. at the Tapply Community Center on the first Thursday of every month.

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

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 3 36th Annual Santa’s Village at the Laconia Community Center. Free. 6 to 8 p.m.

2nd Annual Santa Land Program hosted by the Gilford Parks & Recreation Department. 5 to 8 p.m. at the Gilford Youth Center. Featuring fun activities and games with holiday themes for children. All participating kids will have the opportunity to have their picture taken with Santa, the guest of honor.

“Pride & Prejudice” on stage at the Laconia High School auditorium. 7 p.m. A production of the school’s Theatre Arts group. $7 adults and $5 students and seniors.

Free, professional pictures with Santa at E. M Heath Supermarket in Center Harbor. 5 to 7 p.m. Free gifts for all kids. Free cookies and milk for all.

Gilford Community Church Christmas Village Fair. 5 to 7:30 p.m. Greens, Santa’s Attic, White Elephant, baked goods, decorations, toys, jewelry, arts & crafts, Mrs. Claus’ Cafe, books.

Altrusa Club of Meredith’s Festival of Trees. 2 to 8 p.m. at the Waukewan Golf Club in Center Harbor. $3 admission. $50 spectacular, decorated trees on display.

see CALENDAR page 22

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THE (Answers tomorrow) Jumbles: SLANT IDIOT LAVISH MISHAP Answer: The garbageman was popular because the neighbor said he was — AT HIS “DISPOSAL”

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ANNIE’S MAILBOX

Dear Annie: For my entire life, my parents have favored my younger sister, “Erin,” their only biological child. (My older brother and I are adopted.)

When I turned 16, my parents told me to get a job. When Erin turned 16, they paid for everything. Erin is now in college and engaged to a guy my parents adore. I dropped out of college, have a job and am engaged to a guy my parents hate. When I first started dating “Dwayne,” he had a conflict with my parents, and I took his side. They kicked me out, so I moved in with him. The conflict has been resolved, but my parents won’t forgive me for living “in sin.”

Dwayne recently lost his job. His parents are helping us with rent, but my parents refuse any assistance, saying they do not support our living together. But apparently it’s OK for Erin and her fiancee to live with my parents. I am told they have separate bedrooms, but my parents spend a lot of time out of town, so who are they fooling?

I am devastated that my parents only care about a piece of paper. They would rather I live on the street than with Dwayne. My fiance says I should cut off contact because it’s obvious they don’t care about me. Should I? Should I invite them to the wedding? -- Devastated and Hurt in Idaho Dear Devastated: We worry about a fiance who gets into a major conflict with your parents and encourages you to cut off contact with your family. He may think he is being supportive, but he will not help you reconcile. Please invite your parents to the wedding. They are entitled to their views on cohabitation and may relax once things are legal. As for their favoritism, this is something you should discuss with them, preferably with a neutral third party who can make them understand how unfair and hurtful it is.

Dear Annie: My husband and I have been together for 18 years. He has two married children and four grandchildren. I

have one married daughter and two grandchildren.

My husband is planning to take his children and grandkids to Disney World next year and wants me to come, but refuses to include my daughter and her family. He says he can’t take everyone. I told him to go without me.

I cannot tell my daughter and grandkids that we are taking his family and not mine. She would be so hurt. What do you think? -- Beside Myself Dear Beside: Is this about the money or the crowd? Your husband cannot be expected to pay for more people than he can afford. If you have money of your own, contribute toward your daughter’s share. If it’s the size of the crowd, perhaps your husband would be willing to do a second trip another time. Although, frankly, it’s less expensive to do it all at once.

And you can all wear matching T-shirts so you are easier to spot.

Dear Annie: Your reply to “Mike in Alabama” was lame.

He was the 26-year-old who woke up while being pawed at by his 45-year-old neighbor on a fishing trip. He asked how to handle it due to his wife’s friendship with the neighbor’s wife, “Sophie.” You said to pretend it never happened and gradually pull away.

Why in the world should Mike ever be subjected to the lecherous creep next door? He should avoid him like the plague and, if Sophie questions it, tell her to ask her husband.

-- Indiana Common Sense Dear Indiana: We treated this as we would a man who made a pass at his neighbor’s wife: Politely keep your distance, and let him know that if it happens again, you’ll inform his spouse. We weren’t suggesting that Mike continue to socialize with the neighbors, only that he not make it more difficult for his wife, who wishes to maintain a friendship with Sophie.

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

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Animals

Autos

AKC Registered English Springer Spaniel Puppies. Shots & health certificates. 603-723-7627

CASH FOR junk cars & trucks.

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

Happy, healthy, home raised.

253-6373

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

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

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

Autos 1980 Cutlass Supreme 2-door, 260-V8, 98K original miles. Runs excellent. $2,500. Good restoration project. 455-8610 1985 Honda Prelude DX, 115K original miles. 5-speed with electric sun roof. Excellent engine, transmission. Needs some work. $800 obo. 2nd owner.. 455-9437 1985 Honda Prelude DX, 115K original miles. 5-speed with electric sun roof. Excellent engine, transmission. Needs some work. $800 obo. 2nd owner.. 455-9437 1997 Ranger 4.0 v6 Auto, 103K mi, Many new parts. 2 sets tires. $3,400 obo. 293-2496.

1999 Cadillac Deville: Only 41k miles, front wheel drive, always garaged, showroom condition, $5,000 firm. 366-4905.

2001 4WD Mitsubishi Montero Sport, 105K, Well-maintained, great in snow, current sticker/title. $2500. 527-1787.

2007 Chevy Impala LS: 77k, asking $8,250. No reasonable offer refused. Ask for Jerry, 293-7969.

98 Dodge Neon. 4 cylinder, automatic, AM/FM/AC, 4-door. $1,200 FIRM. 603-539-5194 BUYING junk cars and trucks

Top Dollar Paid. Available 7 days a week. 630-3606

CONVERTIBLE Chevy Cavalier1999 81,000 miles. Front wheel Drive, current sticker/title. $3,500.

Call Laurie 603-630-3058

For Rent BELMONT 2BR manufatured home on one half acre. Town water and sewer, newly renovated and energy efficient. Nice location.

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

Child Care

BELMONT: 2-Bedroom apt., quiet area, big yard. Heat included, $225/week. Section-8 accepted.

520-1431 or 267-0545.

CHILD CARE In my Belmont home. 20+ years experience.

Have one new opening. 2 meals, snacks & crafts. Call Linda at 524-8761.

BELMONT: Must See! Large 1-bedroom in 2-family home, just remodeled, washer/dryer hookup, no pets/smokers, $675/month, heat included. 603-387-6490.

For Rent 1 bedroom ($600) and 2 bedroom ($650) apartment for rent in Bristol. Heat and Hot water included.

Well kept building. Call 217-4141 ALEXANDRIA Rooms for rent, quiet country setting, large bedrooms and use of family room and kitchen, large backyard, beautiful open space, everything included (cable, Internet), built and designed for easier living. Please call Randy 744-6787 or 707-7295 ALTON/GILFORD Town Line: 2-Bedroom house, $200/week +utilities; . Lake/ Beach access.

603-365-0799.

ALTON: 1-Bedroom, first floor, new appliances, carpet, and bathroom floor. No smoking. $850, includes heat and hot water. Call 875-7182.

ALTON: 2-Bedroom mobile home on own land, $600/mo. +utilities.

603-534-7589.

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

BELMONT 2 Bedroom Duplex.

Newly remodeled, no pets. $190/Week + utilities.

CUTE one bedroom in Tilton, just updated, heat included, near all.

Also downstairs unit. $660/mo.

603-393-9693, 916-214-7733

Downtown Laconia Furnished Rooms Shared Facilities Make Riverbank Rooms Your Home

References Required.

$105-$125 weekly 524-1884 FRANKLIN- Riverfront, 1 Bedroom, 2nd Floor, $600/Mo. + Utilities, Security Deposit. No Pets.

387-4471.

FRANKLIN: $700/month, heated 2 Bedroom, Washer/Dryer Hook-up, garage. No pets/no-smoking, Owner occupied, Security Deposit 934-4932.

Gilford condo- 2 bedroom, 1 bath. $800/Month + utilities. Call 978-774-6674 GILFORD ON Winnipesaukee.

Large 1 bedroom w/loft directly on water. 2-years new, fully furnished/applianced. Split utilities includes cable/Wifi. Ready now until summer.

Affordable summer/year-round rate negotiable. $900/Month. 293-8237 GILMANTON LARGE 2 bedroom

For Rent GILFORD- 3 BEDROOM. Large yard for kids, walk to beach/ shopping, pet friendly, $1,250 +utilities.

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

GILFORD- Sober male to rent 1 bedroom in 5 room mobile home.

Includes laundry, heat/air/porch-deck. $125/Week includes utilities. No pets. Security deposit. 603-581-8614 GILFORD: Like new, 5 room condo, 2 bedrooms, 1 1/2 baths and full basement. Top of the line kitchen appliances, along with washer and dryer.

2 zone gas, forced hot water baseboard heat. Attached 1-car garage that any car would love to be stored in.

This is an exceptionally nice condo located in a great neighborhood. Some furnishings could be included.

Available December 1st.

No smoking and no pets allowed. First months rent and security deposit due at signing a one year lease, after favorable credit check. $1,200/month plus utilties.

Contact Tom, 603-387-7177 or 603-293-2388 GILFORD: Winter/6-Months Condo Rental, 2-bedroom, kitchen & livingroom newly renovated.

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

Contact Matthew Roy, 491-0061.

GILFORD: Cute, updated, clean, private one bedroom HOUSE. Private yard, close to all area attractions. Completely painted inside, new bathroom floor and vanity. Pets considered, $595/month. 566-6815 Laconia 1 Bedroom- Washer/dryer hookup, storage, no pets. Security Deposit & references. $600/mo. + utilities. 520-4353 Laconia –Large 2 bedroom townhouse style unit, clean and ready for move in! $845/mo. Heat/Hot

For Rent

For Rent

Laconia, Brand New 2 bedroom, 2 bath house. Washer/dryer hookups, 2 car garage under, efficient propane heat, on quiet cul-de-sac. $1,100 per month, security deposit, references, no dogs. Call Mark 387-7349

LACONIA: Close to downtown, 5 room 2BR, 1.5 baths, first floor, includes 2-car parking, snow removal, landscaping, deck, washer/dryer, 2-weeks free rent w/one year lease, Includes heat. $215/week. 4-week security deposit, first week in advance, references and credit check a must.

No pets. Leave message for Bob, 781-283-0783

LACONIA, Large 1bedroom, $160/week. Includes parking, heat and hot water. No pets. References & security. 455-6662 LACONIA- 1 bedroom next to LRGH. Quiet building, heat/hot water included. $695/month 508-217-8469 LACONIA- Large Sunny 1-bedroom. 2nd floor, off street parking, Washer/Dryer on-site. $675/Month includes heat/hot water.

Security/References. No dogs/No smoking. 387-4885 Laconia- Meredith Line, Parade Road: Studio Apartment suitable for one person. First Floor. $550/Month, heat included. No smoking, no pets. Security deposit & references required. Call 603-524-2575 after 5pm.

Laconia-Large 3-bedroom 1st floor apartment. $1000/Month. 1 month security deposit required/1 year lease. Available December 1st. 603-524-3759 LACONIA-South Down, Golf Village: 3 bedroom 2 bath townhouse; Cathedral ceiling, gas heat, central air, gas fireplace, all appliances, washer & dryer, beach, trails, tennis and all SD amenities. No smoking, no pets.

Snow removal & lawn care included. $1,200 Month. Garage available. 603-387-2954 LACONIA: 1-bedroom, near downtown, $600 +utilities.

References & deposit required.

Call 387-3864.

LACONIA: 2 bedroom, 2nd floor, private parking, laundry area, heat and snow removal included. $885/month. Available Jan. 15.

Security, credit and background check required.

No pets.

603-267-6114.

LACONIA: 3 bedroom, 2 bathroom in duplex building, 1st & 2nd floors plus access to attic and basement with laundry hook-ups, $1,270/month plus utilities, 524-1234.

LACONIA: Nice & quiet one bedroom, 2nd floor, good neighborhood, lots of attic storage, laundry hookups, parking, $700/month includes heat. Accepts Section 8.

455-8789.

LACONIA: Very nice 1-bedroom apartments in clean, quiet, secure downtown building. $175/week, includes heat, hot water and electricity. 524-3892.

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

LACONIA: 150 Blueberry Lane #4. All new 1 Bedroom Handicap apartment. 1st floor, handicap bathroom too! $649/Month, available now! Red Oak Apartment Homes, Inc. Call: 520-2915 or 668-8282 LACONIA: 1BR, new carpets, parking, no pets, $140/ week + utilities, security, Sec 8, 387-6810.

LACONIA: 26 Dartmouth St. 1/2 of a Duplex; 7 Rooms, 3 Bedrooms, 1 Bath. Walkout Basement w/Laundry Hookups. Very clean, hardwood floors, private off street parking. Convenient location, walk to library, churches, downtown, Opechee Park & schools. Available November 1st $1,000/month plus utilities. Owner/broker 524-2999.

LACONIA: 2BR second floor, laundry hookup, 1-car garage, large backyard, Oak St., $750 per month plus utilities, security deposit, references. Call after 4 pm, 520-8212.

Laconia: 3 bedroom, $235/week, utilities included. Security deposit required. 524-4428 LACONIA: 3 BR two baths, Cape home, fireplace, 1 car garage, new appliances, pets OK. $1200.

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

Laconia: large 2 bedroom,small porch, $235/Week, utilities included. Security deposit required.

524-4428 LACONIA: Small 2-bedroom house near LRGH. Washer/Dryer, heat & snow removal included. $975/month. No pets. No smoking. 524-5455.

Laconia: Spacious 2 bedroom apartments (1 is handicap accessible). Heat and hot water included. For a limited time only we will pay your security deposit for you. Call Julie at Stewart Property Management (603) 524-6673.

EHO. LACONIA: 1-Bedroom, $150/ week; Includes heat, HW, electric.

Security, references. 455-4495.

LAKEPORT: 2nd floor, 2BR, 1.5 baths.

Garage parking, washer/dryer hookup, heat included. $950/month. Security deposit & references required.

524-7419.

LAKEPORT: One bedroom apt. $725/month or $175 weekly. Heat, hot water & electric included.

Off-street parking. No smoking.

Deposit & references. 387-9575.

Meredith 1-2 bedroom apartments & mobile homes. $650-$750/month + utilities. No pets. 279-5846 MEREDITH- Parade Road- 2 bed room duplex, $800/Month, heat included. No smoking, no pets. Security deposit & references required. Call 524-2575 after 5:00 pm.

MEREDITH: Lakefront loft style 1BR. Full kitchen with DW, heat and water. Deck with views and beach. Walk to town. No pets. $850. 603-279-2580 days.

MEREDITH: Large 2BR second floor. Main St, newly painted, off-street parking, no pets/ smoking, first mon. and security, references required. $825 + heat/ utilities. 603-630-2381.

NEW Hampton - stunning quality!

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

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

Call today 603-744-3551.

NEFH...Come on Home!!

New Hampton: 2-bedroom apartment. Close to Rt. 93. Heat & Hot water included. $750/mo.

279-5577.

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

NORTHFIELD: 2-bedroom, open concept kitchen/livingroom, deck off kitchen, $750 +utilities.

455-9189.

NORTHFIELD: 3 bedroom, 2nd floor, coin-op laundry in basement. $255/week including heat, electric & hot water. 524-1234.

NORTHFIELD: 1 bedroom, 1st floor, separate entrance, coin-op laundry in basement. $200/week

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For Rent

For Sale

Help Wanted

Roommate Wanted

PLYMOUTH Cottage or motel room, microwave and fridge, cable and high-speed Internet, all util incl, local transportation provided. $199 weekly. 536-1319

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

ADULT person to share house in Laconia. $140/wk. includes everything. Pets okay. Female preferred. 524-1976

RUMNEY –Spacious 1 bedroom!

Heat included, large yard, plenty of parking! Close to PSU $595/month. New England Family Housing 603-744-3551

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

Call 934-5671.

WATERFRONT Townhouse Southdown Shores. 2 bedroom, 2-1/2 bath, $1,150/ month, + Utilities. (617) 254-3395.

BED Orthopedic 10” thick pillowtop mattress & box, new in plastic cost $900, sell Queen $285, King $395, Full $260. Can deliver.

235-1695

OFFICE CLERK - Community Ac tion Program Belknap-Merrimack Counties, Inc. is seeking a motivated individual for a full-time position in the Laconia Area Center.

Duties include answering a busy phone, maintaining accurate records and files, scheduling of appointments, stock and assist with food pantry, and other general office assistance. Person must be able to multitask, work with little supervision, be organized, have good people skills, work well under pressure, computer literate and able to lift 35 pounds. Own reliable transportation and insurance required. Flexible hours (8:30 to 4:30) 37.5 hours per week. Start immediately. Salary range $7.57-$8.65. Send resume by 12/17/10 to Community Action Program Belknap-Merrimack Counties Inc.(LAC), P.O. Box 1016, Concord, NH 03302-1016.

EOE

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

For Rent-Vacation MARCO Island, Florida Lovely 1BR WF condo/ amentities. Low special monthly rates/ st. Owner 603-393-7077

For Rent-Commercial Laconia: 687 Union Ave. $700/Month plus utilities. Approximately 1,000 sq ft. retail, plus 1,500 sq. ft. storage, Security deposit required. 524-4428 LACONIA Prime retail. 750 sf., parking, includes heat. $550 per month. Security deposit & references. 455-6662.

RETAIL Space for Lease: 450 square feet, $800 (util. included).

Route 3, Tilton (539 Laconia Road). Located in building occupied by Northeast Metal Roofing and Fire and Stove Stove Shop, 630-2332.

For Sale 10” radial arm saw, 2.5 hp, Craftsman on roll around table, asking $200. 528-3828 leave message for Dave 1953 Golden Jubilee Ford tractor w/bucket $3500, 5hp air compressor $250, 400 amp electric panel, all fuses $250, 286-8020. Between 4-7 pm.

3 TV s: 26 inch $50, 20 inch $35 & 13 inch $35. 630-7942 AMANA refrigerator 18 cu ft, very clean, runs great, $100. 293-7815 Antique gray enamel kitchen range. Wood or Coal $175 or B.O. 1979 Toyota Camper, 60K original miles, good tires. $650 or B.O. 344-4504 Beautiful enameled woodstove, work of art, rare. 2 ft. logs. You move. $250 BO. 267-8880

BEDROOM 6 piece solid cherry wood Sleigh bed, all dovetail drawers, new in boxes, cost $2100, sell $750. 235-1773 HOT tub Mp3/ ipod dock, speakers, led lights, 5/6 person. All options with cover. New in wrapper.

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

MAPLE/ Antique white and cherry cabinets, never installed, solid wood, dovetail soft close drawers.

Inventory reduction! Cost $7250, sacrifice $1775. 235-1695.

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

Can deliver. 603-305-9763 MATTRESS sale! Overstocks and Closeouts! Buy Mattress get Foundation FREE! Free Frame or Delivery! Plush Firm or Pillowtop!

Memory Foam, Latex, Pocket Coil all Beds $199-$999! Call Art 603-996-1555 or email bellacard@netzero.net for remaining inventory and details...

STOREWIDE SALE! New Mattress sets as low as $150/twin.

Twin Euro Matt only $100. Shop Jeff s Discount Furniture & Bedding & Save Big! Route 3, Laconia, NH. (across from Funspot). 603-366-4000.

Help Wanted Kidworks Learning Center Now accepting applications for Full Time Toddler Teacher. Applicants must have at least 18 Early Childhood Credits. Call 279-6633 or fax resume to 677-1009 or e-mail kworks@metrocast.net. EOE

Services Construction • Irrigation Excavation • Maintenance Spring and Fall • Clean up's.

Free estimates and fully insured

603-524-3969 Bill s Small Engine Repair- Snowmobiles, Snowblowers, Generators, ATV s and more. Free pick-up & delivery. 267-8766.

PIPER ROOFING & VINYL SIDING

Lost SMALL black & white dog. Lost in West Alton. Missing 11/18.

Purple collar. Call 520-7705

Quality Work Reasonable Rates Free Estimates Metal Roofs • Shingle Roofs

Motorcycles

528-3531

Buy • Sell • Trade www.motoworks.biz

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

LACONIA Tire Tech/ Mechanic

12 or 16 inch, cut and split $275 a cord or $175 half cord with 2 free bags of kindling and free delivery. Extra kindling $5 a bag at our farm stand.

435-9385 • Pittsfield

strathamtirelaconia@yahoo.com

RENTALS

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

Rodeway Inn

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

MASONRY

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

All Trades Landscaping

FALL-CLEANUPS & Mowing: 15 years experience. Call Rob, serving Laconia Gilford area.

393-4470.

SNOWPLOWING MEREDITH AREA Reliable & Insured

Our Customers Don t get Soaked!

Michael Percy

677-2540

CALL Mike for fall clean-ups, snowblowing, scrapping and light hauling. Very reasonably priced.

603-455-0214

HANDYMAN SERVICES Small Jobs Are My Speciality

The Profile GM Store is looking to expand our service team.

We are looking for Qualfied Technicians WE OFFER:

• Competitive wages commensurate with experience • Paid holidays and vacation • 401K retirement program • On going factory training • A chance to grow with a company committed to quality repairs and customer satisfaction.

YOU NEED:

• Positive and team oriented attitude • GM experience preferred but will train right individual • Motivated to exceed our customers’ expectations.

Call or stop by today and see Peter (603)447-3361

For auto and light truck tire installation/ repair and some light mechanical work. NH State inspection license required.

Contact Bill Salta 603-524-9030 or

EARLYBIRD FARM

LACONIA 3-roomates wantedClean, quiet, sober environment.

All inclusive, must see, will go fast. $129/week. 455-2014

PROFILE MOTORS INC.

Drums, Base, 2 Tom Toms CB 700. International -Remo Heads black, excellent condition. Snare with case, stand, practice pad, Holton, never used. $300.

524-5979.

ALL DRY FIREWOOD

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

998-1419

Services

LACONIA off north Main, Share one woman, $450/ Mon. includes heat. Non-smoker, call 527-1474.

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

Casio Keyboard with stand & chair $65, Antique Radio $100, & many power tools. 744-6107

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

Instruction

Services

Join a Retirement Community proudly serving Seniors in the Lakes Region.

Activities Assistant Part-Time or Full-Time

We are looking for a caring and capable person to join our Forestview Activities Team.

The successful person will be cheerful and love working with Seniors; will be highly energetic, outgoing and full of positive energy.

Professional or personal experience with dementia or memory loss a plus.

Please apply in person.

153 Parade Road in Meredith www.forestviewmanor.com “Come Home to Forestview”

Rick Drouin 520-5642 or 744-6277

NEED FINANCIAL HELP with the spaying, altering of your dog or cat? 224-1361 Before 2pm.

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

603-293-0378

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Local talent to be featured at annual Local United Ways receive $100,680 open house at Belknap Mall on Saturday donation from Laconia Savings Bank

BELMONT — The Belknap Mall will be hosting its annual open house and celebration of local talent on Saturday, Dec 4., starting at 10:30 a.m. with a performance by the Belmont 4th grade choir. Also on the performance list are the Edgewater Academy of Dance, Broadway North Dance Studio, Creative Steps and the Music Clinic’s talented musicians. Beyond the Belt karate studio will perform a choreographed demonstration and there will be special performances

by Miss Derryfield and Miss Weirs

Beach! The Boys and Girls Club will have artwork on display to be enjoyed by all.

Children of all ages will be able to visit with Santa and have their photo taken. All stores will be offering holiday specials. Santa will be at the Belknap Mall for photos every Saturday from 10 a.m. - 6 p.m. and Sundays from noon- 4 p.m. for the month of December, until returning to the North Pole to get ready for making his deliveries! Please call the Belknap Mall office for more information, 524-1928

LACONIA — Randy Brough, director of Laconia Public Library, reports that for the first 10 months of 2010, 7,000 more people visiting the library than during the same time frame in 2009. He attributed the 6.4-percent increase — to 113,310 people — to more items of interest on library shelves.

Monthly visits to the library vary from 10,550 to 13,550 people.

A decrease in the new book budget (which has reduced the purchase of new best-sellers) has motivated the staff to feature and promote reading of the many interesting, informative, and entertaining previously featured books in the library’s collection. The staff has selected and written book reviews of not-so-new books that readers may have missed seeing recently.

Brough said the local library’s

numbers compare favorably with the recent report from Concord Public Library which showed a large decrease in library interest. Many continue to use the library’s computers and high-speed connection to the Internet for research, communication, and entertainment, Brough added.

Laconia Public Library programs are another source of increased visits.

Programs for children include story times, gingerbread-making workshop, movies and more for kids, and special holiday parties. Teen programs include teen advisory council, Yu-Gi-Oh gatherings, and teen movies. Programs for adults include N.H. Humanities Council sponsored book discussions – the latest on Philip Roth’s ‘The Human Stain’, and a special feature program – ‘And Now. . .Mark Twain!’ see next page

Traffic on upswing at Laconia library

CALENDAR from page 19

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 3 Holiday Book Sale at the Gilford Public Library. 4 to 6 p.m. A wonderful gift selection with something for everyone on your holiday list.

“Really Rosie”, a Youth Ensemble production of the Winnipesaukee Playhouse at Weirs Beach. 7 p.m. Call 366-7377 for tickets, or visit www.winniplayhouse.com.

“Wash Their Hands, Save Their Lives”, a local initiative collecting soap to help fight the cholera epidemic in Haiti, is accepting soap and cash donations during Artsfest’s production of Rick Morten’s Christmas Spectacular at The Middle (Opera House) in Franklin. 7:30 p.m.

Services

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

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

524-5453. GYN and reproductive services.

STD/HIV testing. Sliding fee scale.

Tot Time at the Meredith Public Library.

9:30 to 10:20 a.m. Stories, songs and crafts for toddlers 1-3. Sign-up is helpful.

Indoor climbing wall drop-in time at Meredith Community Center. 6 to 8 p.m.

Climb Mt. Meredith, a 24-ft. indoor climbing wall. $1 per person. Please pay at the front desk.

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Yard Sale THE Hungry Painter: Painting, small tree work, dump runs, odd jobs, drywall work. 455-6296.

Snowmobiles 2002 MXZ 600 Sport, 1900 miles, recent skis, good shape. $2600.

848-0014.

Storage Space LACONIA: 2-story barn for rent.

15 ft.x 20ft., 600 sq ft. $175/month including electric. 524-1234.

(L-R): Front - Jack Terrill, president of Lakes Region United Way; Margo Field, executive administrative assistant for Laconia Savings Bank and United Way committee member; Tiffany Benton, marketing administrator for Laconia Savings Bank and United Way committee member; Elaine Braley, bank office support for Laconia Savings Bank and United Way committee member. Back: Cindy Bodah, vice president – Quality Service Manager for Laconia Savings Bank and United Way committee chair; Donna Harris, assistant vice president – Customer Service Center for Laconia Savings Bank and United Way committee co-chair. (Courtesy photo)

LACONIA — Mark Primeau, president & CEO of Laconia Savings Bank (LSB), has announced that the Bank has donated $100,680 to the Lakes Region United Ways.

LSB employees raised $49,159 — increasing their contribution by 22.8-percent compared to last year. The $100,680 campaign sets a new high for the Bank. “In this difficult economic environment, to give a six-figure contribution is remarkable. I am very proud of the employees at Laconia Savings Bank.” stated Primeau.

In addition to employee contributions, the LSB United Way Committee — Cindy Bodah, Donna Harris, Tiffany Benton, Candice Carrier, Lindsey Ball, Karen Seymour, Margo Field, Elaine Braley, and Jennifer MacDonald — coordinated fundraisers such as an intranet auction and bake sales to raise an addi-

tional $2,362. Cindy Bodah, vice president of Quality Service and Training, volunteered to be the campaign chair for the Bank. Through creativity and hard work, the employees delivered a record level of funding and participation.

“I would like to congratulate the United Way committee and employees at Laconia Savings Bank. We sincerely appreciate their support.

Laconia Savings Bank is a staple in our community and one of the reasons we have had so much success at United Way,” stated Jack Terrill, president of the Lakes Region United Way. The Lakes Region United Way mobilizes and invests resources back into the Lakes Region community, with emphasis on successful children, family stabilization, and community engagement. For more information, call 524-6864 or visit www.lruw.org.

Teens & tweens featured in “Hector, The Magic Elf,” to be presented by Meredith’s Youth Theatre Workshop MEREDITH — Local teens and tweens will be featured in “Hector, The Magic Elf,” a Youth Theatre Workshop presentation to be staged at The Community Center at 7 p.m. on Friday December 10 and 2 p.m. on Saturday, December 11.

This original play by Rachel Witkovsky of Tuftonboro was inspired by the tradition of “the elf on the shelf,” and includes Christmas music as well as an arts and crafts activity with the cast.

The production stars Lauren Eifert and John Findlay of Meredith, Kelly Gilcreast of Moultonboro, Rebecca Turmel of Alexandria, Holly and Skylar Alexander of Grantham, and Brooke Solomon of Wilmot.

Admission for children is $5. All adults will be admitted free.

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Carter Mountain Brass Band will perform holiday concert on Saturday GILFORD — The sounds of the season will ring joyfully on Saturday, Dec. 4 (7 p.m.) at the First United Methodist Church when the Carter Mountain Brass Band performs its traditional holiday concert. Under the direction of John Beyrent, the band will enchant its audience with a program that’s filled with traditional carols and seasonal songs, including “Sleigh Ride”, “Joy to the World”, “Parade of the Wooden Soldiers”, and

“O Tannenbaum”, among many others.

The concert is entitled “Christmas Delights”, and concert goers will be treated to dessert during intermission.

Tickets for the concert are $10 per person ($5 for children 12 and under) and can be reserved by calling the church at 524-3289. Some tickets will be available at the door. For more information about the concert, or about the band, you can call at 524-3289 or visit www.cartermountainbrass.com.

Tilton Masons sponsoring Christmas Holiday Sale on Saturday and Sunday TILTON — The Masons will be hosting a Christmas Holiday Sale on Saturday, Dec. 4 (8 a.m. to 2 p.m.) and Sunday, Dec. 5 (10 a.m. to 2 p.m.) at the Masonic Building at 410 West

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The exhibits on the library’s upper level, featuring the history of baseball in Laconia and the police and fire departments, among others organized

by Laconia Historical and Museum Society, have attracted much interest.

Laconia Public Library is open 70 hours each week (10 of which are at the Lakeport branch Goss Reading Room) to serve the needs of the community.

Upcoming Library events can be found on the Library calendar at www.laconialibrary.org.

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