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Arson suspect walked up to police chief & confessed

LACONIA — Police Chief Christopher Adams said he was sitting at the gate headed into the South Down Shores/ Long Bay community Monday afternoon when a young man approached him and told him he had set the fire in his family home.

He said at that point he only knew it was a two-alarm blaze and was headed into the lakeside community to assist.

“I had no idea it was arson,” Adams said yesterday, adding he see ARSON page 8

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Car that wrecked on Parade Road was stolen in Laconia

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MEREDITH — Police continue to investigate a three-car accident on Parade Road on Christmas night that involved a Dodge Caravan that had been stolen minutes earlier on High

Street in Laconia.

Meredith Police said the driver of the stolen car was Charles McWilliams, 44, of 388 Daniel Webster Highway in Meredith.

He apparently was driving north on Parade Road at 6:53

p.m. when he crossed into the southbound lane hitting cars driven by Richard Tinsley of Gilford and Corey Carroll of Ashland.

Tinsley was treated at the scene for a head laceration and Carroll was transported to

Lakes Region General Hospital, treated for a foot injury and released.

Lt. Keith True said McWilliams was taken from the scene to Lakes Region General Hospital and then taken by DHART see STOLEN CAR page 9

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Measured by fuel consumption, traffic at Laconia Airport up 7%

BY MIKE MORTENSEN FOR THE LACONIA DAILY SUN

GILFORD — For the aviation industry, the Great Recession has been a very rough ride through lots of turbulence with the Fasten Seat Belt sign turned on for almost the entire flight.

Diane Cooper, manager of the Laconia Municipal Airport, says the facility has

felt the impact of the economic downturn just like other sectors of the economy.

But as the economy shows signs of turning around, the Laconia Airport, too, is seeing indications that general aviation is making a slow come-back.

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There are no firm figures on the volume of traffic. The airport does not log takeoffs and landings. But Cooper says that the state has calculated that Laconia Airport sees 35,000 flight operations annually, see AIRPORT page 8

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NY newspaper prints names & addresses of handgun permit holders NEW YORK (AP) — A newspaper’s publication of the names and addresses of handgun permit holders in two New York counties has sparked online discussions — and a healthy dose of outrage.

The Journal News, a Gannett Co. newspaper covering three counties in the Hudson Valley north of New York City and operating the website lohud.com, posted a story Sunday detailing a public-records request it filed to obtain the information.

The 1,800-word story headlined, “The gun owner next door: What you don’t know about the weapons in your neighborhood,” said the information was sought after the Dec. 14 school shooting in Newtown, Conn., about 50 miles northeast of the paper’s headquarters in White Plains. A gunman killed his mother, drove to an elementary school and massa-

cred 20 first-graders and six adults, then shot himself. All the weapons used were legally owned by his mother.

The Journal News story includes comments from both sides of the gun-rights debate and presents the data as answering concerns of those who would like to know whether there are guns in their neighborhood. It reports that about 44,000 people in Westchester, Putnam and Rockland counties are licensed to own a handgun and that rifles and shotguns can be purchased without a permit.

It was accompanied online by maps of the results for Westchester and Rockland counties; similar details had not yet been provided by Putnam County.

A reader clicking on the maps can see the name and address of each pistol or revolver permit holder.

Accompanying text states that inclusion does not necessarily mean that an individual owns a weapon, just who obtained a license.

By Wednesday afternoon, the maps had been shared about 30,000 times on Facebook and other social media.

Most online comments have criticized the publication of the data, and many suggest it puts the permit holders in danger because criminals have a guide to places they can steal guns. Others maintain it tells criminals who does not have a gun and may be easier to victimize, or where to find law enforcement figures against whom they might hold a grudge.

Some responded by publicizing the home addresses and phone numbers of the reporter who wrote the see HANDGUNS page 5

MOSCOW (AP) — Defying a storm of domestic and international criticism, Russia moved toward finalizing a ban on Americans adopting Russian children, as Parliament’s upper house voted unanimously Wednesday in favor of a measure that President Vladimir Putin has indicated he will sign into law.

The bill is widely seen as the Kremlin’s retaliation against an American law that calls for sanctions against Russians deemed to be human rights violators. It comes as Putin takes an increasingly confrontational attitude toward the West, brushing aside concerns about a crackdown on dissent and democratic freedoms.

Dozens of Russian children close to being adopted

by American families now will almost certainly be blocked from leaving the country. The law also cuts

off the main international adoption route for Russian children stuck in often dismal orphanages: Tens of thousands of Russian youngsters have been adopted in the U.S. in the past 20 years. There are about 740,000 children without parental care in Russia, according to UNICEF. All 143 members of the Federation Council present voted to support the bill, which has sparked criticism from both the U.S. and Russian officials, activists and artists, who say it victimizes children by depriving them of the chance to escape the squalor of orphanage life. The vote comes days after Parliament’s lower house overwhelmingly approved the ban.

The U.S. State Department said Wednesday it regretted the Russian parliament’s decision. see RUSSIA page 12

Bush 41 in intensive Russian parliament endorses anti-U.S. adoption bill care at Houston hospital HOUSTON (AP) — Former President George H.W. Bush has been admitted to the intensive care unit at a Houston hospital “following a series of setbacks including a persistent fever,” but he is alert and talking to medical staff, his spokesman said Wednesday.

Jim McGrath, Bush’s spokesman in Houston, said in a brief email that Bush was admitted to the ICU at Methodist Hospital on Sunday. He said doctors are cautiously optimistic about his treatment and that the former president “remains in guarded condition.”

No other details were released about his medical condition, but McGrath said Bush is surrounded by family. Bush has been hospitalized since Nov. 23.

Earlier Wednesday, McGrath said a fever that kept Bush in the hospital over Christmas had gotten worse and that doctors had put him on a liquids-only diet.

“It’s an elevated fever, so it’s actually gone up in the last day or two,” McGrath told The Associated Press earlier in the day. “It’s a stubborn fever that won’t go away.”

But he said the bronchitis-like cough that initially brought the 88-year-old to the hospital has improved.

Bush was visited on Christmas by his wife, Barbara, his son, Neil, and Neil’s wife, Maria, and a grandson, McGrath said. Bush’s daughter, Dorothy, was expected to arrive Wednesday in Houston from Bethesda, Md. The 41st president has also been visited twice by his sons, George W. Bush, the 43rd president, and Jeb Bush, the former governor of Florida.

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Froma Harrop

A phony crisis The people are sad. If holiday shopping is any measure of public mood, the joy vanished this year. The grade-school massacre depressed everyone, and now our rapid approach to the Fiscal Cliff has many scared and afraid to spend money.

The Fiscal Cliff is a phony crisis dropped on us by the politics of threat. Rather than further their goals through the normal process, so-called conservatives are using threats against the economy to get what they want. They tried it during the debt-ceiling fiasco of 2011. They’re trying it now.

The Cliff is itself the result of that scandalous threat by the Republican right to let the United States go into default as a “negotiating tool” to force cuts in programs. To avoid economic catastrophe, the sides agreed to automatic tax increases and spending cuts, starting on Jan. 1, if budget deficits haven’t been dealt with by then. They haven’t.

Removing $500 billion from a stillweak economy could send us back into recession.

Republican House Speaker John Boehner seemed ready to deal before Christmas, but the rightwingers in his caucus wouldn’t let him. His Plan B proposal would have let tax rates rise only for those making over $1 million, and “conservatives” in his party still rejected it. Heaven forfend that folks with seven-figure incomes be asked to pay more in taxes.

Obama doesn’t seem to have much to negotiate over and, in any case, is politically stronger this time. For one thing, if the Bush-era tax cuts expire (as was written into the law by Bush-era Republicans), Democrats could try to restore them for the middle class. For another, Republicans lost the last election. For a third, some responsible Republicans are finally standing up to their own extortionist, Grover Norquist, and his threats of political annihilation against any Republican willing to raise tax rates.

They’re telling him to take a hike.

Threats, threats, threats. One major tea party website is promoting a “Fax Blast” to end the “political cancer” of deficit spending. The recent election showed the tea partiers to be a menace mainly to the Republican Party, and the party elders are speaking up about it. The movement’s power-of-the-threat is clearly not what it was, which is why the site blusters: “Just about the time they thought the Tea Party is growing weak from battle, giving up, WHAMMY! They get fax hammered with boiling hot faxes!”

Guess what. I don’t care for deficit spending, either, and neither do most Americans. But we’re not running deep deficits because we have unsustainable programs, as Republicans claim. Programs are sustainable if you sustain them. Things are paid for with tax revenues, and federal taxes as a percentage of the gross domestic product are at their lowest level in six decades.

No one likes a profligate government, and savings are there to be found. ObamaCare starts to address the enormous waste in the biggest source of entitlement spending, Medicare. Republicans want to slash its spending deeper through a voucher system. Fine, if they can sell Americans on their voucher plan, they should go ahead and do it. But note that they haven’t, because the people want more medical security.

Since the right can’t get what it wants through normal channels, it is trying the back door of threats to the American economy. We can all go over the Cliff, and everyone suffers.

That’ll teach us a thing or two. After Plan B went down, congressional Republicans’ approval rating inched even lower to 26 percent. Perhaps the public is getting tired of being threatened.

(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.)

We’re proud to have been part of Pub Mania & Chilren’s Auction To the editor, Our Cafe Deja Vu Pub Mania Team has been working very hard all year to raise money for the WLNH Children’s Auction. We held two big events and several small events. Last spring we hosted the Bucky Lewis adult comedy show. In the fall we hosted The Eric Grant Band. Both were held at Blackstone’s Lounge at The Margate. We had raffles, silent auctions and 50/50 raffles. They were a lot of fun and very successful.

With your generous donation, our

team raised $18,884! Pub Mania raised $165,300 and the Children’s Auction totaled $416,500! This money helps kids and families all over the Lakes Region in a variety of ways.

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LETTERS I can have gun only if we’re invaded by another country? Or zombies?

To the editor, In 49 years I have never written to a newspaper, but can’t resist a reply to Mr. Joe Laurendeau and his bizarre ideas about controlling gun violence.

Yes,I am a firearms owner and biased somewhat, but Joe, you bring to the table an argument that has little actual merit. I will debate ,NOT argue with most anyone this issue if they at least take the time to hold an informed opinion.

Your “suggestions” are ludicrous — to be polite.You seem to advocate keeping police chiefs busy 24/7 babysitting gun owners, their households and occupants ,pretty much everybody’s “mental health”, their travel, etc. What qualifies as a “heavy safe”?

And how is a police officer going to “approve” your installation of same?

Is he liable if someone gets into your safe and uses a gun in a crime? That makes the town liable also I suppose?

So, when I buy a new truck I submit my papers (is this 1938 Germany?) for an alarm as I must take my guns with me wherever I go by your warped logic. Well I’ll tell you Joe, gun collectors are going to make a lot of folks mighty nervous carrying around an arsenal. And WHY in the world would you lose your permit if you lost your drivers license? Logic in that stipula-

tion please?

So now I get in an argument with a co-worker or boss and I lose my gun license until my boss says it is okay to reinstate it? Then we have another brainstorm of yours: arm “some” teachers with a small handgun. Define small if you will. And we of course arm the principal and janitor — good thinking there, Joe. Sorry, but you have absolutely no knowledge whatsoever of firearms yet you choose to embarrass yourself publicly by writing that letter? Perhaps you might research a bit before ranting and spewing forth this drivel.

ANY idea what an assault weapon even is? I surmise the answer is no, or you would also know they have been under extremely strict government control for decades. BUT, you say I may have one if we are invaded by another country, SPACE INVADERS or ZOMBIES? My Lord, that’s funny!

I will say, however, that I cut out your letter to share with friends and such — too funny not to.

My intent is not to insult you Joe, only to point out that most anyone can shoot holes (pun intended) in your world saving list of ideas.That is quite easy, be it by a gun owner or not.

Andrew Engler Bristol

Putting armed officers in all schools is crazy? Compared to what?

To the editor, Oh dear, here on Saturday morning I read where L.J. Siden is displeased with Don Ewing and myself for voicing our objections to the narrow minded, politically motivated, progressive, media driven hysteria reaction and non solutions to school murders by crazy nut jobs. Once again Siden resorts to his personal attacks and smear tactics, refusing to engage in meaningful debate. He and his left wing allies have a long history of this and yet he refers to Don and myself as being in the gutter. Of course when he and company refer to the Tea Party as “all racists” and that “fundamental Christians are the source of all the worlds violence” or that “Fox News is all lies”, we are not supposed to smell the stink on them.

Once again the left-driven media reacted to the NRA suggestion that

in every school in traditional negative fashion. “Crazy”, “recipe for disaster” were typical. I ask, compared to what?

Don’t we see disaster now? Oh yes let’s by all means collect all the semiautomatic firearms in America. Now there’s a practical plan. Only some 84 million gun owners in this country and Siden and company think gun owners are just going to march in and hand over their guns. Seriously I doubt it.

That to me sounds like the receipt for disaster and the beginning of civil war. But oh, those progressives on the left they know it all, what’s best for everyone, just look how well all their other programs and plans have done.

Readers remember the first rule of the left, “let no disaster go to waste” and you can understand Siden and company.

Steve Earle Hill

Children’s Auction trustees taking seriously the job of distributing proceeds

BY MICHAEL KITCH

LACONIA — After raising $416,500, topping its previous mark of $331,240 by 25-percent, the non-profit corporation that runs the WLNH Children’s Auction has begun distributing the proceeds to local charities according to a new criteria developed by the Board of Directors during the past year.

Christopher Boothby, who co-chairs the Distribution Committee of the board, said yesterday that as the auction has grown at a rapid pace in recent years — nearly doubling in proceeds between 20007 and 2012 — the directors decided steps should be taken to ensure that the funds are put to their best use. “It is a matter of good stewardship and accountability,” he said. “Donors should have confidence that their dollars are being put to work in the community. We must be faithful to our donors as well as to those they expect us to help.”

Shortly after the 2011 auction, a committee, consisting of two directors, two members of the public and a representative of the Lakes Region United Way, began developing a process and criteria for distributing the funds. He said that the committee delineated three categories of beneficiaries, designated simply as A, B and C and designed an application process for each.

Category “A,” Boothby said, consisted of organizations, like the Salvation Army, local Santa Funds, and police relief associations that address immediate needs for food, clothing, toys and the like to assist needy families celebrate Christmas. The Distribution Commit-

tee reviews the applications from the different organizations and presents its recommendations to the board. Boothby said that approximately 40-percent of all proceeds are allotted to these organizations and were distributed before Christmas.

Another 40-percent of the proceeds are designated for the second category, “B,” which includes organizations providing services and programs to alleviate poverty and support children.

“These are groups working to eliminate or reduce the need for immediate assistance by making long-term investments in the community and its children,” Boothby explained, offering visiting nurse associations, Genesis Behavioral Health, Greater Lakes Child Advocacy Center and the Boys and Girls Club of the Lakes Region as examples. He said that the committee has completed an initial review of the applications it has received and will conduct a round of interviews next month before distributing the funds.

The remaining 20-percent of the proceeds are earmarked for capital projects, including capital campaigns already underway. For instance, Boothby recalled that last year a day care provider discovered it had to replace all its cribs.

“I’m very proud of the process,” Boothby said. “This has been by far the most thorough, complete review I have ever been part of. As we raise more money, we have to raise our game.” He said that once the distribution is complete the board will announce the amounts awarded to the individual recipients.

HANDGUNS from page 2 piece, along with other journalists at the paper and even senior executives of Gannett. Many echoed the idea that publicizing gun permit holders’ names is tantamount to accusing them of doing something wrong, comparing the move to publishing lists of registered sex offenders.

The Journal News is standing behind the project. It said in the story that it published a similar list in 2006.

“Frequently, the work of journalists is not popular. One of our roles is to report publicly available information on timely issues, even when unpopular,” Janet Hasson, president and publisher of The Journal News Media Group, said in an emailed statement.

“We knew publication of the database (as well as the accompanying article providing context) would be controversial, but we felt sharing information about gun permits in our area was important in the aftermath of the Newtown shootings.”

Roy Clark, a senior scholar at the Poynter Institute, a Florida-based journalism think tank, said publishing the data was “too indiscriminate.”

He, too, compared the maps to similar efforts involving sex-offender registries or lists of those arrested for driving under the influence, noting that such a move is usually done to indicate a serious problem that requires a neighbor or parent to maintain vigilance.

“You get the connotation that somehow there’s something essentially wrong with this behavior,” he said of the gun permit database.

“My predisposition is to support the journalism,” Clark said. “I want to be persuaded that this story or this practice has some higher social purpose, but I can’t find it.”

Also common among the comments on the lohud.com were suggestions about suing the paper for violating permit-holders’ privacy rights. Such a move would likely be unsuccessful.

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Inter-Lakes released on cash bail after series of alleged thefts, including laptop computers from the high school MEREDITH — A local teen was ordered held on $1,000 cash bail, payable in installments of $100 per month for allegedly stealing two laptops from Inter-Lakes High School, a laptop, an iPod, and some jewelry from a friend’s house and using his mother’s debit card without her knowledge.

Affidavits obtained from the 4th Circuit Court, Laconia Division said Jacob S. Linville, 19, of 448 Daniel Webster Highway say he is charged with two felony counts of theft, one misdemeanor count of theft, and one misdemeanor charge of criminal mischief.

They also say Linville has two additional felony charges waiting for the next Belknap County grand jury to act on.

Police said two of Linville’s relatives came to the Meredith Police on November 30 and reported that he had stolen two laptops from InterLakes High School. One relative said she found one of them in the bottom drawer of his bureau.

Affidavits said Vice-Principal William Athanas confronted Linville at the high school and found the second laptop. Linville made a statement to Meredith Police saying he had taken them on November 28.

Affidavits said Linville is suspended from school pending a expulsion hearing. Part of Judge Jim Carroll’s bail order was that he continues his education with the Laconia Academy.

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Affidavits said Linville gave the items to his girlfriend whose mother called the victim after speaking with her daughter. The victim’s son went to the house and retrieved the laptop, which had been broken in half, and the iPod. The girlfriend said she thought the items were Linville’s and that she had broken the laptop because she was mad at him. Affidavits said when the girl’s mother told her the items had been stolen and who they were stolen from, the girl gave her mother the opal ring saying she believed it was also stolen.

When police interviewed Linville he told them he had taken the things while he was visiting the victim’s home and that he had taken the laptop and iPad to his girlfriend’s house. He also told police he gave her the ring.

True said that when he argued for cash bail, he told Carroll that Linville was troubled but that as a police officer, it was his job to ensure the safety of the community. Ture’s affidavits said Linville’s mother had moved from Meredith leaving him behind to stay with friends or his sister.

He said Carroll ordered the cash bail to be paid in installments and ordered Linville to live with his sister and continue his education. He has to appear every Friday in district court for a meeting with Judge Carroll and a report on how his counselling and education is progressing.

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Final phase of Nature’s View subdivision ready for build-out after 14 homes sold in 2012

LACONIA — For the past several years the Planning Board has granted a parade of developers extensions for projects stalled by the sluggish real estate market, but Romeo Lacasse said yesterday that construction of the final phase of Nature’s View at Paugus Bay in Lakeport is underway. Lacasse said that construction has also continued at Willow Pond at Long Bay, where one lot remains.

Lacasse said that 13 open lots remain in the subdivision, which consists of 51 homes on Natures View Drive and Port Way off Van Buren Road. The threebedroom, vinyl-sided homes include two styles of cape, one of 1,775 square feet and another of 2,230 square feet, and a 1,400-square foot ranch. The capes feature three-bedrooms, three baths, laundry and attached garage for two cars. The ranch offers open concept living room, dining area and kitchen with a full basement and attached garage. The prices of the units have been reduced, with the ranch starting at $219,900 and the capes at $239,900 and $259,900.

In 2012, Lacasse said, 14 homes were sold at Nature’s View and Willow Pond after closing on 18 properties in 2010 and 2011. “We build a good home at a good price,” he said, anticipating sales to resume at a brisker pace come spring “knock on wood.”

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— Michael Kitch UNH from page 2 Her body has yet to be found.

Four days after Marriott was last heard from, 30-year-old Seth Mazzaglia of Dover was charged with second-degree murder in her death.

Prosecutors say he either strangled or suffocated Marriott.

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As ‘Fiscal Cliffs’ looms, Washington doesn’t appear to be going anywhere in a hurry

WASHINGTON (AP) — When it comes to the nation’s budget challenges, congressional leaders are fond of saying dismissively they don’t want to kick the can down the road.

But now, a deadline hard ahead, even derided half-measures are uncertain as President Barack Obama and lawmakers struggle to avert across-theboard tax increases and spending cuts that comprise an economy-threatening fiscal cliff.

Congressional officials said Wednesday they knew of no significant strides toward a compromise over a long Christmas weekend, and no negotiations have been set.

After conferring on a conference call, House Republican leaders said they remain ready for talks, urged the Senate to consider a House-passed bill that extends all existing tax cuts, but gave no hint they intend to call lawmakers back into session unless the Senate first passes legislation.

“The lines of communication remain open, and we will continue to work with our colleagues to avert the largest tax hike in American history, and to address the underlying problem, which is spending,” the leadership said in a statement.

A short while later Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev. countered that the House leadership should allow action on a Senate-passed bill that lets income tax rates rise only on incomes above $200,000 for individuals and $250,000 for couples. The measure could “pass tomorrow” if put to a vote, he said.

The Senate is due in session Thursday, although the immediate agenda includes legislation setting the rules for government surveillance of suspected spies and terrorists abroad, including Americans, as well as a measure providing $60 billion for victims of Superstorm Sandy.

Obama decided to cut short his Hawaii vacation for an overnight flight expected to get him back to

the White House on Thursday.

Apart from the cliff, other financial challenges loom for divided government, where political brinkmanship has become the norm. The Treasury disclosed during the day it would take accounting measures to avoid reaching the government’s borrowing limit of $16.4 trillion by year’s end. The changes will provide about two months of additional leeway.

Separately, spending authority for much of the government will expire on March 27, 2013.

After weeks of negotiations, the president urged lawmakers late last week to scale back their ambitions for avoiding the fiscal cliff and send him legislation preventing tax cuts on all but the highestearning Americans and extending unemployment benefits for the long-term jobless. Longer, term, he said he still supports deficit cuts that were key to the earlier talks.

“Everybody’s got to give a little bit in a sensible way,” he said at the White House.

The House has no plans to convene, following last week’s rebellion in which conservatives torpedoed Speaker John Boehner’s legislation to prevent scheduled tax increases on most, while letting them take effect on million-dollar wage earners.

“How we get there, God only knows,” the Ohio Republican said of efforts to protect the economy — and taxpayers — from the tax increases and spending cuts.

“Now is the time to show leadership, not kick the can down the road,” Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., said a little over a week ago after Boehner announced he would shift his own focus from bipartisan talks to the approach that eventually was torpedoed by his own rank and file.

It’s a phrase that political leaders use when they want to suggest others want to avoid tackling major problems, and one that Boehner, House Majority

Leader Eric Cantor of Virginia and even Obama as well as Reid have used.

“We have a spending problem. We have to address it, And we’re not going to address it by kicking the can down the road,” the speaker said at a news conference late last week when he was asked about setting a vote on a plan that Democrats find acceptable.

Cantor recently used the same approach in challenging Obama to agree to savings from Medicare and other benefit programs. “This has to be a part of this agreement or else we just continue to dig the hole deeper, asking folks to allow us to kick the can down the road further and that we don’t want to do,” he said on Nov. 28.

In fact, it’s a phrase that has been in use for over a year as Obama and Republicans jockey for position on pocketbook issues.

In July 2011, when he was struggling with Republicans over the threat of a first-ever government default, Obama said he had “heard reports that there may be some in Congress who want to do just enough to make sure that America avoids defaulting on our debt in the short term. But then wants to kick the can down the road when it comes to solving the larger problem, our deficit.”

A few months later, an extension of a payroll tax cut was the issue, and Boehner was insisting on a year-long renewal rather than the temporary plan that passed the Senate with votes from lawmakers in both parties.

“How can you do tax policy for two months?” he asked on Dec. 18, 2011. “I believe that two months is just kicking the can down the road.

“The American people are tired of that.”

At issue now is series of tax increases and spending cuts scheduled to kick in with the new year that economists caution could send the economy into a recession.

from preceding page criminal process.”

McDonough and Mazzaglia conspired to give investigators a false alibi about their whereabouts the night of Oct. 9 and told them they had no interaction with Marriott that night, prosecutors said in court documents.

Hinckley said he is seeking an extension until late February to get a grand jury indictment of Mazzaglia so investigators can interview additional witnesses and process evidence.

Prosecutors won’t say what evidence they have to support their convictions that Marriott is dead and that Mazzaglia killed her.

The arrest warrant affidavits for both McDonough and Mazzaglia remained sealed and Hinckley would not elaborate Wednesday on the alibi they provided or other details of the investigation into Marriott’s death.

Hinckley said McDonough was Mazzaglia’s girlfriend at the time of Marriott’s disappearance.

McDonough’s lawyer, Ryan Russman, who sat

alongside his client during the arraignment, said she is “obviously concerned. Who wouldn’t be?” Her parents, Peter and Denise McDonough, declined to comment when they left the brief court hearing.

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GILFORD — Selectmen passed the new sewer rates with the caveat that Town Administrator Scott Dunn look into the ordinance provision that calls for each residence to have its own administrative fee.

The administrative fee was brought to the board’s attention during a public hearing held on the rate changes two weeks ago by Mark Corry who is the treasurer of the Gilford Meadows condominium complex.

Corry argues that his complex is charged 40 administrative fees but has only one meter. He told the board that his complex and others in Gilford are charged many times more in administrative fees than warranted.

He said if each unit was to install its own meter, then the sewer department would have to stop at 40 meters in seven buildings.

As it is now, said Corry, “he drives in, goes to the back of the utility house, reads the meter and leaves.”

Corry also said that when he brought up the same objection two years ago, he was told then selectmen

would look into it.

According to the town ordinance, each “sewer user” defined as a “living unit” shall pay a quarterly administrative fee. Scott Dunn said as it stands now, the imposition of the meter fee for each living unit is consistent with town ordinances and would require a change in the ordinance to change the policy.

The new rates are a drop in the administrative fee from $17.55 to $14.60 per quarter. The drop reflects a decrease in staff at the Sewer Department.

The flow rate will increase from $5.73 to $5.99 per 1000 gallons per quarter.

In other business, selectmen voted unanimously to spend an amount not to exceed $16,399.11 in maintenance repairs and improvements to the geothermal heating system at the Gilford Public Library.

Dunn told selectmen at the last meeting that the system had broken down and last night told them $3,378.61 was for repairs already completed and the balance would go to improvements to decrease the chances of future breakdowns.

ARSON from page one was surprised when Jordan Feaster, 22, of 17 Croft Way approached him and told him he set the blaze.

Adams kept him in his custody and called for a patrol unit to take Feaster to the Laconia Police Station where he was read his rights and questioned about the fire. He was charged with arson and released on $10,000 personal recognizance bail. He then went voluntarily to Lakes Region General

Hospital, presumably for a mental health evaluation.

Fire Chief Ken Erickson said smoke was billowing from the rear and eaves of the home when firefighters arrived.

He said they went to a second alarm.

Erickson said the house is uninhabitable as it is and he estimated the damage to be about $75,000.

Laconia’s online appraisal data base lists Shawn L. Feaster as the owner.

He bought the house in 2008.

— Gail Ober

AIRPORT from page one which average out to almost 100 a day.

One calculation that seems to bear out Cooper’s cautiously optimism is that the aviation fuel consumption at the airport is up almost 7 percent in the past year.

Cooper says Laconia Airport’s impact on the region’s economy amounts to an estimated $50 million a year. Laconia Airport is one of five regional general aviation facilities in the state — the others being Nashua, Concord, Lebanon and Berlin.

“There are only a handful of airports (in the state) that can handle jets and have the type of instrument navigation system that allows planes to land in even low visibility which is so critical to general aviation,” says Cooper.

The importance of general aviation to the nation’s economy is significant.

In 2009, general aviation generated 496,000 jobs nationally and its total economic contribution to the U.S. economy was valued at $76.5 billion, according to a report issued this past summer which was based on the findings to two researchers at MIT. Cooper says that the “incremental increase” in activity at Laconia Airport is occurring as the airport in the process of drawing up a new master plan. The first element of updating the

plan — an inventory of the airport’s facilities, infrastructure, deficiencies and issues that need addressing — is about 90 percent complete. The second part will entail preparing a forecast of what steps the airport will need to take in order to “serve the community and aviation public,” in the next 10 years or so. Cooper hopes that the final draft of the new master plan will be completed by the late next summer.

Cooper said that as the work on the master plan moves forward the she and the Laconia Airport Authority are reaching out to the wider community to get ideas and suggestions.

A 20-member advisory committee has been put together to. Members include Laconia and Gilford officials, regional groups such as the Lakes Region Planning Commission and the Belknap County Economic Development Council, the state Department of Transportation, businesses located at the airport, and airport abutters like Meadowbrook U.S. Cellular Pavilion and Patrick’s Pub & Eatery.

“We’re trying to get everyone’s perspective,” says Cooper.

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By Michael Kitch THE LACONIA DAILY SUN

LACONIA — The New Hampshire Department of Transportation (DOT) this week approved the final plans for the reconstruction of the Main Street bridge over the Winnipesaukee River prepared by Dubois & King, Inc., consulting engineers.

The Department of Public Works will be coordinating with representatives of Dubopis & King to put the project out for bid early next month to ensure that work begins in the spring of 2013.

City Manager Scott Myers said that the project will be undertaken in four stages, each estimated to take 10 to 12 weeks to complete. He said that

the first three stages are expected to be completed before Thanksgiving 2013 and the final stage completed in the spring of 2014.

The bridge, Myers said, will remain open to twoway traffic throughout the construction.

Keeping the bridge open will require different traffic patterns for each of the four stages of construction. Planning Director Shanna Saunders said that arrangements were reached in a series of meetings with officials from the DOT and representatives of Dubois & King with contributions from property and business owners whose fortunes will be affected by the project. She expects the final plans will be available shortly.

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WASHINGTON (AP) — District of Columbia police say they are investigating an incident in which NBC News journalist David Gregory displayed what he described as a high-capacity ammunition magazine on “Meet the Press.”

Gun laws in the nation’s capital generally restrict the possession of high-capacity magazines, regardless of whether the device is attached to a firearm.

Gregory held up the magazine as a prop for Sunday’s segment, apparently to make a point during an interview, even though D.C. police say NBC had already been advised not to use it in the show.

“NBC contacted (the Metropolitan Police Department) inquiring if they could utilize a high capacity magazine for their segment. NBC was informed that possession of a high capacity magazine is not permissible and their request was denied. This matter is currently being investigated,” police spokeswoman Gwendolyn Crump said in a written statement. She declined to comment further.

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from preceding page the problems wildlife are causing. Already the airport is looking at ways to put perimeter fence around the entire airport to keep animals like deer, coyote and bobcat out. Deer are particularly troublesome, Cooper explained. The animals regularly cross the airport land as they move about in search of food.

And some even bed down in grassy areas not far from the east end of the main runway.

Since becoming airport manager in 1999, Cooper has played a key role changes to the facility. There have been 28 capital improvement projects totaling $15 million. The biggest and most expensive project was an $8.5 million improvement to the runway and construction of taxiway which occurred in 2007.

Although federal grants — most through the FAA’s Airport Improvement Program — have covered most of the cost of the capital projects, Cooper points out

that no local tax dollars go toward the operations of the airport. The airport’s $297,000 operating budget is funded by rents paid by tenants with buildings on airport land, and by a 12 cent fuel flowage fee charged for every gallon of aviation fuel delivered to the airport’s two fix-based operators, Sky Bright and Emerson Aviation, which provide refueling services for planes going in or out of the airport.

Looking ahead, Cooper sees Laconia Airport continuing to be a “niche airport” serving the aviation industry and helping to bolster economic activity.

Another mission she sees the airport fulfilling is foster support for aviation activity, and foster an interest in flying among young people who are the next generation of pilots.

That is why Cooper says that public education and making the airport open and accessible to the general public is so important.

STOLEN CAR from page one helicopter to Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center in Lebanon for additional treatment.

True said the accident remains under investigation but he expects McWilliams, who he said has a criminal record, will be charged with felony receiving stolen property.

As to if there was alcohol involved, True said his department is waiting for test results and paperwork.

Laconia Police Chief Christopher Adams said his officers responded to High Street for a report of a stolen car at 6:48 p.m. He said the victim told police that she had gone outside and started the car to

warm it and gone back inside her home to get her pocketbook.

“When she got back outside, boom, it was gone,” said Adams.

He said shortly after the theft was reported his officers received multiple reports of an erratic driver on North Main Street and Parade Road. He said the crash happened over the boarder into Meredith just north Rollercoaster Road on Parade Road.

Adams said his officer assisted initially at the scene and helped Meredith with traffic control.

He said Laconia and Meredith Police are working together but all criminal charges will likely come from Meredith.

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MORTGAGEEʼS NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE

By virtue of the Power of Sale contained in a certain Mortgage Deed given by KHANH C. PHAM (the “Mortgagor”) to NORTHWAY BANK (the “Mortgagee”) dated July 23, 2008 and recorded in the Belknap County Registry of Deeds at Book 2508, Page 766, the undersigned holder of said Mortgage Deed, pursuant to and in execution of said powers, and for breach of the conditions of said Mortgage Deed (and the Note secured thereby of near or even date, and related documents), and for the purpose of foreclosing the same, shall sell at PUBLIC AUCTION On Friday, January 25, 2013, at 11:00 in the morning, pursuant to NH RSA 479:25, at the mortgaged premises located at 89 Union Avenue, City of Laconia, County of Belknap, State of New Hampshire, being all and the same premises more particularly described in the Mortgage Deed (the “Mortgaged Property”).

TERMS OF SALE AND DEPOSIT: The property will be sold to the highest bidder who complies with the terms of sale. To qualify, bidders must register and present to the Mortgagee or its agent the sum of TEN THOUSAND DOLLARS ($10,000.00) by money order, bank check, or other form of payment acceptable to the Mortgagee or its agent prior to the commencement of the public auction. The balance of the purchase price shall be paid in full by money order, bank check, or other form of payment acceptable to the Mortgagee upon tender of the Mortgagee’s Foreclosure Deed within forty five (45) days after the sale, TIME BEING OF THE ESSENCE. The successful bidder shall also execute a purchase and sale contract with Northway Bank immediately after close of bidding. If the successful bidder fails to complete the purchase of the Mortgaged Property within forty five days, the Mortgagee may, at its option, retain the deposit as liquidated damages. Deposits of unsuccessful bidders shall be returned at the conclusion of the public auction.

The premises will be sold “AS IS, WHERE IS,” without any express or implied warranties of any kind, and subject to: (a) any condition which a title search would reveal, (b) all unpaid real estate taxes and liens therefore, whether or not of record, (c) any facts which an inspection or survey of the premises might show, (d) mortgages, tax or other liens, attachments and all other encumbrances and rights, title and interest of third persons of any and every nature whatsoever which are, or may be entitled to precedence over the Mortgage Deed, and (e) subject to any existing tenants, tenancies or persons in possession.

The Mortgagee reserves all rights, including, but not limited to, the right to bid at the sale, to continue, postpone or cancel the sale, to reject any and all bids, and to alter, amend or modify the terms, conditions or procedure for the proposed sale, either orally or in writing, before or at the time of the proposed sale, in which event such terms as altered, amended or modified shall be binding on all bidders and interested parties, and to convey the mortgaged property to the next highest bidder should any successful bidder default.

ORIGINAL MORTGAGE DEED: A copy of the Mortgage Deed may be examined by any interested person at the offices of Cooper Cargill Chant, P.A., 2935 White Mountain Highway, North Conway, New Hampshire, during normal business hours.

TO THE MORTGAGOR AND PERSONS HAVING A LIEN ON THE PREMISES OF RECORD: YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED THAT YOU HAVE A RIGHT TO PETITION THE SUPERIOR COURT FOR THE COUNTY IN WHICH THE MORTGAGED PREMISES ARE SITUATED, WITH SERVICE UPON THE MORTGAGEE, AND UPON SUCH BOND AS THE COURT MAY REQUIRE, TO ENJOIN THE SCHEDULED FORECLOSURE SALE. Failure to institute such petition and complete service upon said Northway Bank, or its undersigned attorneys, prior to the sale shall thereafter bar any action or right of action of the mortgagor based on the validity of the foreclosure. Reference is made to the provisions of RSA 479:25 (II).

For further information respecting the aforementioned foreclosure sale, contact auctioneer Paul McInnis, Paul McInnis, Inc., One Juniper Road, North Hampton, NH (03862), 603-964-1301. Other terms to be announced at the sale.

Dated at North Conway, New Hampshire this 6th day of December, 2012.

NORTHWAY BANK By and through its attorneys, COOPER CARGILL CHANT, P.A. Rebecca J. Oleson 2935 White Mountain Highway North Conway, NH 03860 Phone: (603) 356-5439

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Sick days said running out for officers traumatized by Newtown HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Some of the police officers who responded to the school shooting in Newtown are so traumatized they haven’t been working, but they have to use sick time and could soon be at risk of going without a paycheck, a union official said Wednesday.

The union, Council 15 of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, is seeking more generous assistance in talks with the town’s insurer. It is also reaching out to lawmakers and the governor’s office with proposals to modify state law and expand workers’ compensation benefits for officers who witness horrific crime scenes.

“The insurer for the town has taken a position that these officers are entitled to only what the statute allows. Unfortunately for these officers, the statute doesn’t allow any benefits,” said Eric Brown, an attorney for the union, which represents nearly 4,000 officers around Connecticut.

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The full text of the amendment is on file for public inspection at the Town Hall, 41 Main Street, Meredith, NH 03253. Copies may be obtained by contacting the Meredith Planning Office at 677-4215.

Written comments may be directed to Angela LaBrecque, Town Planner, 5 Highland Street.

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Storm arriving here today has killed at least 6 in South & Midwest

(AP) — A powerful winter storm system pounded the nation’s midsection Wednesday and headed toward the Northeast, where people braced for the high winds and heavy snow that disrupted holiday travel, knocked out power to thousands of homes and were blamed in at least six deaths.

Hundreds of flights were canceled or delayed, scores of motorists got stuck on icy roads or slid into drifts, and blizzard warnings were issued amid snowy gusts of 30 mph that blanketed roads and windshields, at times causing whiteout conditions.

“The way I’ve been describing it is as a low-end blizzard, but that’s sort of like saying a small Tyrannosaurus rex,” said John Kwiatkowski, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Indianapolis.

The system, which spawned Gulf Coast region tornadoes on Christmas Day and a historic amount of snow in Arkansas, pushed through the Upper Ohio Valley and headed toward the Northeast. Forecasts called for 12 to 18 inches of snow inland from western New York to Maine starting late Wednesday and into Thursday and tapering off into a mix of rain and snow closer to the coast, where little accumulation was expected in such cities as New York and Boston.

The storm left freezing temperatures in its aftermath, and forecasters also said parts of the Southeast from Virginia to Florida would see severe thunderstorms.

Schools on break and workers taking holiday vacations meant that many people could avoid messy commutes, but those who had to travel were implored to avoid it. Snow was blamed for scores of vehicle accidents as far east as Maryland, and about two dozen counties in Indiana and Ohio issued snow emergency travel alerts, urging people to go out on the roads only if necessary.

Some 40 vehicles got bogged down trying to make it up a slick hill in central Indiana, and four state snowplows slid off roads as snow fell at the rate of 3 inches an hour in some places.

Two passengers in a car on a sleet-slickened Arkansas highway were killed Wednesday in a headon collision, and two people, including a 76-year-old Milwaukee woman, were killed Tuesday on Oklahoma highways. Deaths from wind-toppled trees were reported in Texas and Louisiana.

The day after a holiday wasn’t expected to be particularly busy for AAA, but its Cincinnati-area branch had its busiest Wednesday of the year. By mid-afternoon, nearly 400 members had been helped with tows, jump starts and other aid, with calls still coming in, spokesman Mike Mills said.

Jennifer Miller, 58, was taking a bus Wednesday from Cincinnati to visit family in Columbus.

“I wish this had come yesterday and was gone today,” she said, struggling with a rolling suitcase and three smaller bags on a slushy sidewalk near the station. “I’m glad I don’t have to drive in this.”

Traffic crawled at 25 mph on Interstate 81 in Maryland, where authorities reported scores of accidents.

“We’re going to try to go down south and get below” the storm, said Richard Power, traveling from home in Levittown, N.Y., to Kentucky with his wife, two children and their beagle, Lucky. He said they were well on their way until they hit snow in Pennsylvania, then 15-mph traffic on I-81 at Hagerstown, Md. “We’re going to go as far as we can go. ... If it doesn’t get better, we’re going to just get a hotel.”

More than 1,400 flights were canceled by evening, according to FlightAware.com, and some airlines said they would waive change fees. Delays of more than an hour were reported Wednesday at the three New York City-area airports, the Federal Aviation Administration said.

In Arkansas, some of the nearly 200,000 people who lost power could be without it for as long as a week because of snapped poles and wires after ice and 10 inches of snow coated power lines, said the state’s largest utility, Entergy Arkansas. Gov. Mike

Beebe sent out National Guard teams, and Humvees transported medical workers and patients. Snow hadn’t fallen in Little Rock on Christmas since 1926, but the capital ended Tuesday with 10.3 inches of it.

Other states also had scattered outages. Duke Energy said it had nearly 300 outages in Indiana, with few left in Ohio by early afternoon after scores were reported in the morning.

As the storm moved east, New England state highway departments were treating roads and getting ready to mobilize with snowfall forecasts of a foot or more that was expected to start falling late Wednesday and through Thursday.

“People are picking up salt and a lot of shovels today,” said Andy Greenwood, an assistant manager at Aubuchon Hardware in Keene, N.H. As usual, winter-sports enthusiasts welcomed the snow. At Smiling Hill Farm in Maine, Warren Knight was hoping for enough snow to allow the opening of trails.

“We watch the weather more carefully for crosscountry skiing than we do for farming. And we’re pretty diligent about farming. We’re glued to the weather radio,” said Knight, who described the weather at the 500-acre farm in Westbrook as being akin to the prizes in “Cracker Jacks — we don’t know what we’re going to get.”

Behind the storm, Mississippi’s governor declared states of emergency in eight counties with more than 25 people reported injured and 70 homes left damaged.

Cindy Williams, 56, stood near a home in McNeill, Miss., where its front had collapsed into a pile of wood and brick, a balcony and the porch ripped apart. Large oak trees were uprooted and winds sheared off treetops in a nearby grove. But she focused instead on the fact that all her family members had escaped harm.

“We are so thankful,” she said. “God took care of us.”

from preceding page affected” by the tragedy is below 15 and that a small number of them are not currently working.

A spokesman for Newtown police, Lt. George Sinko, said the officers are generally holding up well.

“A couple of them are taking it harder than some of the other ones,” he said. “The things that the officers had to experience underscores the need to support them in every way possible.”

Officials with the town’s insurer, the Connecticut

Interlocal Risk Management Agency, did not immediately respond to requests for comment.

Authorities say the victims were shot with a highpowered, military-style rifle loaded with ammunition designed to inflict maximum damage. All the victims had been shot at least twice, the medical examiner said, and as many as 11 times. Two victims were pronounced dead at a hospital, while all others died in the school.

In the past, advocates have pushed to change the

statutes on workers’ compensation, which currently include provisions for officers who suffer mental impairment as the result of using or being subjected to deadly force — but not for those who witness crime scenes with mass casualties.

Concerns about the potential cost to cities and towns have been an obstacle, but the issue is likely to resurface in the next legislation session, said state Rep. Stephen Dargan, a West Haven Democrat who is cochairman of the legislature’s public safety committee.

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Richard E. ‘Dick’ Waitt, 83

GILFORD: Richard E. “Dick” Waitt, 83, of 6 Cumberland Rd., Gilford, died early Monday morning, December 17, 2012, at the Laconia Rehab Center Genesis Elder Care, Laconia.

He was born September 19, 1929, in Melrose, MA, the son of the late Elmer and Florence (Pike) Waitt. He was a graduate of Concord Community College with an Associates Degree in Business and Accounting; University of NH with a Degree in Business, Marketing and Retailing; the Advertising Specialty Institute with a CAS Rating in Promotional Products and Hampshire College for an Update in Computers.

He was a longtime resident of Brattleboro,VT, before moving to Gilford in 1992.

While living in Brattleboro, he was the owner and president of the Casual House, a high quality women’s fashion shop; Vermont Gift Center, which offered a full range of china, silver and crystal; principal owner of Datatronics Corporation and was a licensed realtor with R & W Realty Corp., which leased commercial real estate. He went on to be president of Mary Meyer Corporation of Townshend, VT, which manufactured and distributed plush toys over the world. Later, he was president of Faucher Paper Company in Hinsdale,VT, which oversaw all operations of paper production for the electrical wire industry.

When he moved to Gilford, he founded Corporate Images, which marketed and distributed promotional products in NH, VT and ME. Dick was an active part of the community. While he was in Brattleboro, he served on the Vermont State Board of Health as a director and past chairman; Brattleboro Developement Credit Corp as vice president and director; Brattleboro Area Chamber of Commerce as past president; Brattleboro Board of Selctmen for six years, four as chairman; Brattleboro Planning Board; the Jaycees on local, state and national levels; Brattleboro Board of Civil Authority; United Way; Brattleboro Winter Carnival as past president; Brattleboro Kiwanis as past president; Vermont State Board of Recreation; Brattleboro Merchants Assoc. and Brattleboro Lodge #102

F&AM. In Gilford, Dick was active with the Gilford Community Church, having served on the Finance Board as chairman, and Chairman of the Church Council; Gilford Rotary Club, past president and chaired several committees. He was awarded the Paul Harris Fellow Award, the highest honor that can be bestowed by Rotary International; Gilford Planning Board for 15 years; Lakes Region Planning Commission for 12 years, representing the Town of Gilford; Winnipesaukee Yacht Club; Lake Winnipesaukee Sailing Assoc., especially loved sailing and supported the Youth Sailing School; Helping Hands Ministry and Board of Directors, which alots scholarship funding to students in Gilford High School; and was past president of Mineral Springs Condominium Assoc. for four years.

He was an avid hunter, enjoyed reading inspiring poetry and painted many seascapes.

Dick is survived by his wife, Doreen A. Waitt of Gilford; a daughter, Jane Waitt-Croteau and her husband Steve and their children, Alyssa and Brianna Croteau of Keene; three stepdaughters, Lisa M. Zotto and her husband Joe Wilusz of N. Hero, VT, Angela M. Zotto of Loudon and Toni M. Zotto-Choate of Claremont; a sister, Gail Ericson of Phoenix,AZ; several nieces and nephews. He was predeceased by a sister, Barbara Waitt of Savannah,GA. Friends and relatives are invited to attend memorial services on Saturday, December 29, 2012, at 1pm in the Gilford Community Church, 19 Potter Hill Rd., Gilford, with the Rev. Michael C. Graham, pastor, officiating. Burial will be in the Wixson Memorial Garden in the spring.

In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to either the Gilford Community Church, 19 Potter Hill Rd., Gilford, NH 03249, gilfordcommunitychurch.org, or to the Gilford Rotary Club, PO Box 7091, Gilford, NH 03247, clubrunner.ca.

The Dewhirst Funeral Home, 1061 Union Ave., Laconia, has been entrusted with the care of Mr. Waitt’s services.

Please visit us at www.dewhirstfuneralhome.com, to send on-line condolences or for more information.

George A. Oickle, 43

GILMANTON — George A. Oickle, 43, of 45 Winter Street, died Tuesday, December 25, 2012 at Concord Hospital.

He was born in Winchester, Massachusetts, the son of George A. Jr. and Donna (Tucci) Oickle. He worked as a Network Administrator for Coca-Cola of Northern New England in Bedford, NH. George loved snowmobiling, ATV’s, camping, playing cards and spending time with family and friends.

In addition to his mother of Greenfield, he is survived by his wife of fifteen years, Desma R. (Cook) Oickle of Gilmanton, one son, Colby Tyler Oickle of Gilmanton, one sister, Elieen Oickle of Tucson, Arizona, father and mother in-law Daniel and Debra Cook of Norwich, VT, sister in-laws Moriah Tidwell of Windsor, VT and Katherine Cook of Norwich, VT and many nieces, nephews, as well as

a large extended family and close friends.

He was predeceased by his father in 2005 and his son, Ryan Jacob Oicke in 2009.

Calling hours will be held from 2PM to 4PM on Saturday, December 29, 2012 at the Wilkinson-Beane-Simoneau-Paquette Funeral Home, 164 Pleasant Street, Laconia, using the Carriage House entrance. A private celebration of life will be held at a later date.

For those who wish, memorial contributions may be made to the Childhood Cancer Lifeline, PO Box 395, Hillsborough, NH 03244.

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

RUSSIA from page 2 “Since 1992, American families have welcomed more than 60,000 Russian children into their homes, providing them with an opportunity to grow up in a family environment,” spokesman Patrick Ventrell said in a statement from Washington. “The bill passed by Russia’s parliament would prevent many children from enjoying this opportunity ...

“It is misguided to link the fate of children to unrelated political considerations,” he said.

Seven people with posters protesting the bill were detained outside the Council before Wednesday’s vote. “Children get frozen in the Cold War,” one

burg, Russia’s second largest city.

The bill is part of larger legislation by Putin-allied lawmakers retaliating against a recently signed U.S. law that calls for sanctions against Russians deemed to be human rights violators. Although Putin has not explicitly committed to signing the bill, he strongly defended it in a press conference last week as “a sufficient response” to the new U.S. law.

Originally Russia’s lawmakers cobbled together a more or less a tit-for-tat response to the U.S. law, providing for travel sanctions and the seizure of financial assets in Russia of Americans determined to have violated the rights of Russians.

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OBITUARIES

Kenneth B. Durgin (Lt. Colonel, USAF, Retired), 87

SANBORNTON — Kenneth Bernard Durgin took his last flight from this world on December 23, 2012. He was airlifted from Franklin Hospital to the Dartmouth Medical Center, Hanover, NH where he passed away, with his family at his side.

Ken was born in Laconia, NH on September 18, 1925.

He grew up in Laconia, living many years with his grandfather on Avery Street. He graduated from Laconia High School in 1943, where he was known as “the man about town in his jalopy”. Ken married Helen Brodhead in Laconia on September 9, 1950. They had two daughters: Nancy, born in 1954, and Elaine, born in 1957.

Ken joined the US Army Air Corps in November 1943 and was commissioned a 2nd Lieutenant pilot in May 1945. He trained in the southeastern US, served in Germany, and then entered the reserves in January 1947. Ken graduated from Bentley School of Accounting and Business in Boston in June 1950 and was re-activated in the military the next month.

He was a pilot and later an auditor in the US Air Force, serving in Denver, CO; Levittown, NY; Greenville, SC; Wiesbaden, W. Germany; Montgomery AL; Boston, MA and Bedford, MA. While working at Boston Army Base, he obtained his BS degree in accounting. He served two extended tours of duty away from his family: the first in 1952 in Korea where he flew 100 missions; the second as an auditor in 1966 in Saigon, Vietnam. He retired as a Lt. Colonel in 1967. Throughout his military career he was always home for Christmas.

After retirement from the military, Ken became an auditor for the Defense Contract Audit Agency in Waltham, MA. In 1972, he took a 5-year position at Rhein Main Air Base near Frankfurt, W. Germany. When he and Helen returned to the States, they lived in Hudson, NH. Ken continued to work and travel in the States for DCAA until he retired in 1987. Ken and Helen built their retirement dream home on Tower Hill Road, Sanbornton, NH in 1990, shortly before her death.

In the 1960’s, Ken was a developer of Sunray Shores Association and Alpha Color. Ken was a member of the 1st Baptist Church of Sanbornton,

where he served as church auditor and trustee. He was also on the Sanbornton Senior Housing Board.

On May 31, 1998, Ken married Cheryl “Cherrie” Bowles Allen. Throughout his life, Ken’s greatest loves were his family and traveling with them. Ken was a generous man of great faith, integrity and fun. He loved to joke with everyone he met, and was always singing some silly, often made-up song, slightly off-key. Perhaps you remember him as the “young” old man who asked if you would give him change for his million dollar bill, or maybe you heard him asking for his curly hair discount. He loved using his tractor to till the garden, mow the grass, and plow the driveway. He had lived and traveled all over the world, but his favorite place was “up on the hill”.

Ken is survived by his wife, Cherrie; daughters, Nancy Durgin and her husband Jonathan Farr of Sanbornton, and Elaine Hoff and her husband Joseph of Greeley, Colorado; grandchildren, Eric and Kelly Hoff, Tasha Durgin, Alex and Benjamin Hoyt, Jason and Trevor Allen, Connor, Eliza, and Addison Allen; sisters Arzelia (Zee) Jones of Rochester, NH, and Jennie Frisella of Dover, NH; numerous nieces, nephews, great-nieces and great-nephews, and many friends. He was pre-deceased by his first wife, Helen Brodhead Durgin, brothers David, Lewis and Maurice Durgin, and sister Lillian Tilton.

Calling hours will be held Friday, December 28 from 10:00 AM to Noon in the Carriage House of the Wilkinson-Beane Funeral Home, 164 Pleasant Street, Laconia, NH. A Memorial service will follow at 1:00 PM at the 1st Baptist Church of Sanbornton, 17 Church Lane, followed by a meal in the church fellowship hall.

Memorial donations can be made to the 1st Baptist Church of Sanbornton, 17 Church Lane, Sanbornton, NH 03269.

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

Bruce W. Hodgkins, 73

LACONIA — Bruce W. Hodgkins, 73, of Laconia, NH, passed away on Saturday, December 22, 2012, from complications of Parkinsons and Alzheimers.

Bruce was born January 17, 1939, in North Conway, NH. Bruce, a Vietnam War Veteran, retired from the U.S. Air Force as a Master Sergeant in 1981 after more than 22 years of service. He then went to work for Lewis & Saunders of Laconia, and then Wyman Gordon of Tilton. Bruce, an avid train enthusiast, who owned and operated South Waterville Shops, was often found ‘rail fanning’ with his son, son-inlaw and friends.

Bruce is survived by his son Michael Hodgkins and his wife Michelle of Saint Leonard, MD, and his daughter Tracey Brown, and her husband Christopher, of Westmoreland, NH, as well as multiple nieces and nephews and his two cats Bonnie and from preceding page But it was expanded to include the adoption measure and call for a ban on any organizations that are engaged in political activities if they receive funding from U.S. citizens or are determined to be a threat to Russia’s interests.

Russian children’s rights ombudsman Pavel Astakhov told the Interfax news agency that 46 children who were on the verge of being adopted

by Americans would stay in Russia if the bill is approved — despite court rulings in some of these cases authorizing the adoptions.

The ombudsman supported the bill, saying that

Clyde.

He is predeceased in death by his wife Beverly Ann, of Jackson; his parents, William and Elsie Hodgkins of Bartlett; his brother, Frederick of Bartlett and his sister, Nancy Kuster of Big Lake, AK. Services are being held at Union Congregational Church, 14 Albany Avenue, in Bartlett, NH, on Friday, December 28, 2012, at 1 pm.

In lieu of flowers, the family requests monetary donations be made to Genesis Healthcare-Westwood Center (formerly Westwood Care and Rehabilitation Center), Attention: Activities Department, located at 298 Main Street, NH, 03431.

The family wishes to thank the extraordinary staff at Genesis Healthcare-Westwood Center for providing outstanding and personable care during Bruce’s last years.

foreign adoptions discourage Russians from adopting children. “A foreigner who has paid for an adoption always gets a priority compared to potential Russian adoptive parents,” Astakhov was quoted as saying. “A great country like Russia cannot sell its children.”

Russian law allows foreigners to adopt only if a Russian family has not expressed interest in a child being considered for adoption.

Some top government officials, including the foreign minister, have spoken flatly against the adoption law, arguing that the measure would be in violation of Russia’s constitution and international obligations.

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OBITUARIES

Leo Belanger, 73

LACONIA — Leo Belanger, 73, of Laconia passed away on Saturday, December 22, 2012 at the Genesis Health and Rehabilitation Center.

Born in Laconia, NH on July 2, 1939, he was the son of Paul and Rose (Picard) Belanger. After graduating from Laconia High School in 1957, he worked as a knitter in local hosiery mills. He also worked as a house painter.

He is predeceased by his mother and father, a brother, Edward Belanger of Laconia and a sister, Dolly Haskell of Gilford.

He is survived by a brother, Emile Belanger of Gilford, a sister, Yvonne Chamberlain of Laconia, two nephews; Mark Chamberlain of Laconia and Paul

Haskell IV of Gilford and three nieces; Linda Harper of Gilmanton, Sue Robie of Holderness and Sharon Warner of Eleuthera, Bahamas.

Services and interment will be private.

In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the American Cancer Society, Two Commerce Dr, Ste 110, Bedford, NH 03110 .

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

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Patrick K. Bolduc

LACONIA — Patrick Kenneth Bolduc, 90, formerly of 9 Bois Circle, Taylor Community, died at Forestview Manor, Meredith, N.H. on Tuesday, December 18, 2012.

Mr. Bolduc was born March 17, 1922 in Laconia, N.H., the son of the late Charles H. & Aurore (Theberge) Bolduc.

Mr. Bolduc resided in Gilford for most of his life, moving to Laconia in 2008. He served in the U.S. Army with the 340th Combat Engineers. He had been employed at Scott & Williams for forty-one years, retiring in 1986.

There will be no calling hours.

A Memorial Service, with military honors, will be held on Thursday, January 3, 2013 at 1:00 PM at the

N. H. State Veterans Cemetery Chapel, 110 Daniel Webster Highway, Rte. 3, Boscawen, N.H. For those who wish, the family suggests that memorial donations be made to the New Hampshire Humane Society, PO Box 572, Laconia, N.H. 03247 or to the Bolduc Park Association, PO Box 7273, Gilford, NH 03247-7273.

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Red Sox get All-Star closer Hanrahan from Pirates BOSTON (AP) — If Joel Hanrahan can do for the Boston Red Sox what he did against them, they should be very happy with their new closer.

In the first of his two All-Star seasons, the righthander posted back-to-back saves for the Pittsburgh Pirates with perfect ninth innings against the Red Sox in June 2011. He struck out Adrian Gonzalez, who entered the series batting .359, to end the second game.

“When people look back on me as a Pirate, that’s the one that stands out the most to them,” Hanrahan said Wednesday after being obtained in a sixplayer trade.

People such as Red Sox assistant general manager Brian O’Halloran.

“It definitely made an impression on me,” he said.

“It was not fun to be in the batter’s box against Joel Hanrahan.”

Now American League hitters will see what it’s like.

Boston completed the deal Wednesday, also receiving infielder Brock Holt. The Red Sox gave up right-

handers Mark Melancon and Stolmy Pimentel, infielder Ivan DeJesus Jr. and first baseman-outfielder Jerry Sands.

The Red Sox also announced the signing of free agent shortstop Stephen Drew, who agreed to a oneyear contract early last week. That reported $9.5 million deal was contingent on the former Oakland Athletic and Arizona Diamondback, who broke his ankle in 2011, passing a physical.

“We feel that he’s going to be fully healthy for us,” O’Halloran said.

The acquisition of Drew and Hanrahan are the latest in a series of moves designed to improve on a 69-93 record and a last-place finish in the AL East. The Red Sox already have obtained right-handers Ryan Dempster and Koji Uehara, outfielders Shane Victorino and Johnny Gomes and catcher David Ross.

Over the past two seasons, Hanrahan had 76 saves, fourth most in the National League, and a 2.24 ERA. Last season, he was 5-2 with a 2.72 ERA and 36 saves.

‘Hire Right the First Time’ seminar to be held in Plymouth on Jan. 4 PLYMOUTH — Robert Nadeau, Director of the Professional Sales Program at Plymouth State University (PSU), willpresent the seminar The Hiring Process-Hire Right the First Time, on Friday, January 4 from 9-11 a.m. at the White Mountains Community College located at the Littleton Learning Center.

This program has been created to teach business owners, managers, and Human Resource professionals the tools to help them choose the best employee for their business.

In this information-packed seminar people will learn how to perform the Behavioral Interview and discover the secrets to the Selection Matrix, a useful process when choosing between similar candidates.

Seating for this event is limited, so reserve a spot today by contacting the Center office at 535-3222 or kim@enterprisecenternh.com. There is a $25 fee per person for this event.

Robert Nadeau is the Director of the Professional Sales Program at Plymouth State University teaching marketing, sales, and sales management, empowering students with leadership mechanisms to select, develop, and lead organizations. His career as a sales manager for a Fortune 100 company earned him multiple awards, keynote speaking engagements, and a reputation as a results-driven consultant. In his spare time, he teaches motorcycle safety courses for Harley-Davidson As part of their ongoing commitment to business growth and development, the Enterprise Center at Plymouth brings educational seminars and professional skills training to Grafton County. Managed by Plymouth State University, the ECP is an incubator in your community complete with services to assist business owners and entrepreneurs through one-on-one counseling, resource referrals, and hands-on learning. For more information about programs or the ECP, contact the Center office at 535-3222 or email kim@EnterpriseCenterNH.com.

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First Day Franklin features kayak runs through rapids FRANKLIN — New Year’s Day will mark the 32nd anniversary of kayakers from the Merrimack Valley Paddlers and Friends of the Winnipesaukee River splashing and slicing through snow and icefilled class IV rapids of the Winnipesaukee River on their annual run into downtown Franklin.

Choose Franklin invites all businesses, organizations and groups to be a part of the festivities. Participants can reserve an event table in the heated tent, free of charge, by calling 934-2789.

Paddlers will take to the water between 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. with novice and intermediate boaters paddling the “Upper” Winnipesaukee from Route 140 to the Train Station in Northfield. Advanced boaters will paddle the “Lower” Winnipesaukee from Cross Mill Road in Northfield to downtown Franklin taking out at Trestle View Park. Video of last year’s event is available on YouTube via the following link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aOE11pDzQao. Spectators are encouraged to attend with best viewing at Trestle View Park which is the take out for paddlers on the lower section. The park will

Epiphany celebration at United Methodist on Jan. 6

GILFORD — Church choirs from Gilford and Laconia will come together on Sunday, January 6 at First United Methodist Church of Gilford on Rt 11A at 7 p.m. for a an Epiphany celebration. The evening of music will end with a massed singing of the “Hallelujah Chorus”.

The Christmas season in the church ends with the coming of the wise men to the infant Jesus. Called Epiphany, it is celebrated on January 6. Musicians will be coming from the Gilford Community Church, St. Joseph’s Roman Catholic Church, Good Shepherd Lutheran, the Unitarian-Universalist Society, First United Methodist Church and other churches.

Two churches are bringing hand bell choirs, and there will also be instrumental accompaniment to the “Hallelujah Chorus – flutes, brass, and strings.

This tradition began decades ago and has involved between five and twelve churches every year – and every year someone new brings a group to sing or play. The music presented may be familiar or may be new to the listeners, but it is always a spirited time.

For answers to any questions, contact Vickie Wood Parrish at First United Methodist Church, 5243289.

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NEWFOUND AREA SCHOOL DISTRICT The Budget Committee of the Newfound Area School District will conduct a public hearing on the proposed school district budget for 2013-2014 on Friday, January 11, 2013 at 6:30 pm in the Newfound Regional High School Auditorium, 150 Newfound Road, Bristol, NH. The make-up date in the event of an emergency cancellation is Tuesday January 15, 2013 same time and place.

Fran Wendelboe, Chair Newfound Area School District Budget Committee

feature a heated tent with coffee, cocoa, chili and “Hoppin’ John”, provided by Choose Franklin, the Franklin Rotary Club and Franklin Savings Bank, along with information about the wealth of activities being put on by area organizations this winter.

Spectators can walk, snowshoe or ski on the Winnipesaukee River Trail to watch paddlers coming down the class III and IV rapids.

Choose Franklin is the main sponsor of First Day Franklin and is seeking co-sponsors for the event. Last year Franklin Savings Bank provided refreshments for the tent set-up crew. The Franklin Democratic Committee and Franklin Rotary Club delivered the hot food for the warming tent and the Franklin Fire Department, Franklin Recreation Center, Aubuchon Hardware and Franklin Storage Company provided tables, heat and electricity for the event tent.

For more information contact Delaney Carrier at Franklin Storage Company (603) 934-2789; or Sarah Stanley at Franklin Savings Bank (603) 934-8343.

Magic Blades offering skate lessons in Tilton on January 7 TILTON — The Magic Blades Figure Skating Club will open again on January 7 for its final session of the winter skating season at the Tilton School Ice Arena.

Beginning skaters can join the club for lessons on Monday nights, from 6-7 p.m. in Tilton. Experienced skaters will prepare for the February 16 show, Magic On Ice, which will be free and open to the public.

Magic Blades is a member of US Figure Skating’s Basic Skills Program and has been serving the Lakes Region since 1997. Skating Director, Barbara Adams, and her USFS registered coaching staff have been working at the Tilton School Ice Arena since 2006, serving the local skating population.

Those with questions can contact Rose Marie Marinace, Magic Blades Figure Skating Club, http:// magicblades.org, 603-344-5848 cell, 603-528-1369 home or rmmarinace@magicblades.org

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SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). A feeling of “let’s get this over with” may lead you into action, but you’ll soon get with the program -- and not because you have to, but because you want to.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21).

Your impulse to move on comes with mixed feelings. Sure, a rolling stone gathers no moss. But maybe that’s a good thing. Who said that stones need moss to be awesome?

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19).

What’s appropriate in one situation is terribly wrong in another. The nuanced nature of etiquette makes it difficult to determine what is best for today’s scene, so follow the lead of someone who’s been there before.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). Your capacity to love keeps getting bigger.

You’re not exactly learning something new about your family, but you’ll come to understand what you know in a new light.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). Often the difference between true and false depends on whom you ask. You’ll have a very different opinion about what occurs today than the others around you.

TODAY’S BIRTHDAY (Dec. 27).

Your focus on home, family and closer ties will bring success on many levels.

Desire will be fulfilled in March. Emotional attachments change, and relationships grow through April. June brings a most favorable working arrangement. You could buy or sell a home in August. Aquarius and Scorpio people adore you. Your lucky numbers are: 3, 2, 14, 38 and 40.

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ARIES (March 21-April 19). There’s not just one way to feel good. Your good feelings will take many forms today, including a thrill in your belly, a spark in your mind and the warm buzz of social acceptance.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20). Your confidence may dip for no good reason. Chalk it up to a combination of social circumstances, weather, chemistry and your general mood. A small achievement will be all it takes to buoy you anew.

GEMINI (May 21-June 21). You like creative people because they get your humor, solve your problems and easily relate to their own kind, namely you.

You’ll explore a few of the many ways there are to be creative.

CANCER (June 22-July 22). Everyone’s a critic, but not everyone is qualified to be one. Only listen to feedback from those who know you and your work well and have an honest interest in seeing you improve.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). What motivates people to behave the way they do? What motivates you? These questions will be answered in some regard.

Where there was vagueness, you will now have clarity.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). Caution is not the same thing as pessimism.

Your realistic assessment of a situation may inform you that it’s unwise to rush in, especially when you can easily test the waters.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). It will take one small move to change a situation. But which one? If only there were an expert you could call. Alas, trial and error is the only way to figure this one

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––––––– ALMANAC ––––––– Today is Thursday, Dec. 27, the 362nd day of 2012. There are four days left in the year.

Today’s Highlight in History: On Dec. 27, 1932, New York City’s Radio City Music Hall opened to the public in midtown Manhattan. (Opening night, consisting of several hours of live acts, was considered a disaster, prompting the owners to shift to a format of showing a movie followed by a stage show.)

On this date: In 1512, King Ferdinand II issued the original Laws of Burgos, which were intended to regulate the treatment of indigenous people on Hispaniola

by Spanish settlers.

In 1822, scientist Louis Pasteur was born in Dole, France.

In 1831, naturalist Charles Darwin set out on a round-the-world voyage aboard the HMS Beagle.

In 1904, James Barrie’s play “Peter Pan: The Boy Who Wouldn’t Grow Up” opened at the Duke of York’s Theater in London.

In 1927, the musical play “Show Boat,” with music by Jerome Kern and libretto by Oscar Hammerstein II, opened at the Ziegfeld Theater in New York.

In 1945, 28 nations signed an agreement creating the World Bank.

In 1947, the original version of the puppet character Howdy Doody made its TV debut on NBC’s “Puppet Playhouse.”

In 1949, Queen Juliana of the Netherlands signed an act recognizing Indonesia’s sovereignty after more than three centuries of Dutch rule.

In 1968, Apollo 8 and its three astronauts made a safe, nighttime splashdown in the Pacific.

In 1970, the musical play “Hello, Dolly!” closed on Broadway after a run of 2,844 performances.

In 1979, Soviet forces seized control of Afghanistan. President Hafizullah Amin (hahFEE’-zoo-lah ah-MEEN’), who was overthrown and executed, was replaced by Babrak Karmal.

In 1985, Palestinian guerrillas opened fire inside the Rome and Vienna airports; 19 victims were killed, plus four attackers who were slain by police and security personnel. American naturalist Dian Fossey, 53, who had studied gorillas in the wild in Rwanda, was found hacked to death.

One year ago: Tens of thousands of defiant Syrian protesters thronged the streets of Homs, calling for the execution of President Bashar Assad shortly after his army pulled its tanks back and allowed Arab League monitors in for the first time to the city at the heart of the anti-government uprising.

Today’s Birthdays: Rockabilly musician Scotty Moore is 81. Actor John Amos is 73. Actress Charmian Carr is 70. Rock musician Mick Jones (Foreigner) is 68. Singer Tracy Nelson is 68. Actor Gerard Depardieu is 64. Jazz singer-musician T.S. Monk is 63. Singer-songwriter Karla Bonoff is 61. Actress Tovah Feldshuh is 60. Rock musician David Knopfler (Dire Straits) is 60. Country musician Jeff Bryant is 50. Actor Ian Gomez is 48. Actress Theresa Randle is 48. Actress Eva LaRue is 46. Actress Tracey Cherelle Jones is 43.

Bluegrass singer-musician Darrin Vincent (Dailey & Vincent) is 43. Rock musician Guthrie Govan is 41. Musician Matt Slocum is 40. Actor Wilson Cruz is 39. Singer Olu is 39. Actor Masi Oka is 38. Actor Aaron Stanford is 36. Actress Emilie de Ravin is 31.

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CALENDAR TODAY’S EVENTS Ice Skating event for Alton’s Youth and Families hosted by the Alton Community Youth Activities (CYA) team and the Alton PSTA organization. 6-7:30 p.m. at the Laconia Ice Arena. Features music and ticket drawings. Non-perishable food for donation appreciated. Tickets on sale at Alton Profile Bank and the Alton Central School Library. For more information call 875-8221.

Lego Buddies at the Meredith Library 1:30-2:30 p.m.

Daily events at the Gilford Public Library. Conversational French, 3:30-4 p.m. Crafter’s Corner, 6-7:30 p.m.

Hall Memorial Library daily happenings. Drop in Origami. Food for Fines. Donate non-perishables at the library for a local food pantry and have your fines forgiven. Does not include fees for lost materials.

Laconia Indoor Market. 3-6 p.m. at Skate Escape on Court Street in Laconia. Various farmers, food vendors, artisans, and independent sales representatives will be present. For a full list of vendors and specials go to http:// laconiaindoorwintermarket.weebly.com/index.html.

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.

Plymouth Area Chess Club meets Thursdays from 7-9 p.m. at Starr King Fellowship, 101 Fairgrounds Road. Form more information call George at 536-1179.

American Legion Post #1 Bingo. Every Thursday night at 849 N. Main Street in Laconia. Doors open at 4 p.m.

Bingo starts at 6:30.

Knitting at Belmont Public Library. 6 p.m.

Chess Club at the Goss Reading Room (188 Elm Street) in Laconia. 2:30 to 4:30 p.m. each Thursday. All ages and skill levels welcome. We will teach.

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

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 28 Family Movie Night at the Gilman Library in Alton. 7 p.m. Free popcorn and drinks provided. Attendees encouraged to bring camp chairs or pillows. Children under 10 years of age must be accompanied by an adult. For more information call 875-2550.

Tot Time at the Meredith Public Library. 10:30-11:30 p.m. Ages 0-3.

Gilford Public Library Daily Events. Social Bridge 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Knit Wits 1:30-2:30 p.m.

Hall Memorial Library daily happenings. Sit and knit 2-5 p.m. Drop in origami and food for fines. Clever Crafters adult craft time 4-5:30 p.m.

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

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

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

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 29 Al-Anon Meeting at the Lakes Region General Hospital in Laconia. 8 to 9:15 p.m. each Saturday in the first-floor conference room Al-Anon offers hope and help to families of alcoholics. No dues or fees. All are welcome. Call 645-9518.

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

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

The New Horizons Band of the Lakes Region meets every Saturday at 1 p.m. at the Music Clinic on Rte 3 in

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ANNIE’S MAILBOX

Dear Annie: My friend “Rachel” is very dear to me. We’ve been best friends since the 11th grade. Now that we’ve entered the adult world, however, she’s encountered some difficult situations. She had a drug problem, has always had family problems, lost her license, owes back taxes and has been unemployed for a year.

Rachel has two male roommates who I’m pretty sure were recently homeless. She feeds them and cleans up after them.

She has always had an extraordinarily generous heart, and while I admire this, I can’t help feeling a little concerned. Not only are these men taking advantage of Rachel, but they aren’t very clean, and they cough all over everything. They have a dog who hasn’t been bathed in some time, but is eager to give kisses. Rachel allows this dog to lick up leftovers from dinner, and the plates are left in the sink for days before she washes them.

Am I simply being too judgmental about her living situation, or am I right to worry about her health? Another friend mentioned that she confronted Rachel about her two roommates, and Rachel became defensive and angry. How can I approach her about this? I find myself not wanting to step foot in her house again. -- Worried and Confused in California Dear Worried: As long as the dishes are eventually washed with soap and water, it doesn’t matter that the dog licked them and they are piled in the sink. And if Rachel likes to feed and clean up after her roommates, that is her choice. The coughing is an issue only if it is causing Rachel to become ill.

(And if there is a possibility of pneumonia or TB, we hope the roommates have been checked.)

But it seems to us that Rachel is at loose ends and is possibly using her caregiving skills as a means to avoid finding a job.

You can express your concern and suggest she talk to a pro-

fessional, but beyond that, she has to steer her own course.

Dear Annie: We are very private people and do not have, nor do we want, a Facebook account. Our friend knows this, but when we sent her a picture of our newest grandchild via e-mail, she posted this picture with full details on her Facebook page without our permission.

We didn’t say anything to her, but of course, we no longer send her any photographs. Please tell your readers that posting such things without permission is a violation of someone’s trust in you. Do you agree? -- Not a Facebook Fan Dear Not: Yes -- and no. Many people don’t mind and don’t care. The fact that your friend knows you don’t have a Facebook account doesn’t mean she has any idea that you object to her posting your grandchild’s photograph. She may have thought she was doing you a favor. Please don’t be silent. Tell her you would appreciate it if she would remove the photo immediately and not post any others without permission.

Dear Annie: “Disappointed in Ohio” complained that the husband of one of her friends kept attending their regular all-girl get-togethers. You printed a response from “Omaha,” who said that she and her friends have been having lunch for several years. Since one of their friends has Alzheimer’s, her husband brings her to the luncheon and stays to enjoy lunch with the ladies. “Omaha” said they enjoy his company, and when his wife can no longer attend, they will still invite him.

I want to say hats off to those ladies for including their friend, despite the fact that she has Alzheimer’s, and for their willingness to include her husband. This speaks volumes for the kind of friends they are. And hats off to the husband for going the extra mile to make sure his wife doesn’t miss out on social gatherings. “Omaha” really touched my heart. -- Minot, N.D.

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875-2292.

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524-4428 LACONIA: Large 1 bedroom 2nd floor. heat & hot water included. $150/week. 832-1639 LACONIA: Large 3 & 4-bedroom apartments. Parking. $850/mo + utilities. 603-781-6294.

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For Sale 1 Reddy kerosene Space Heater on wheels. 165,000 BTU, $150. 1 Reddy kerosene heater 10,000 BTU, $75. 677-2865 10-inch Bosch Contractor s table saw. Portable fold up stand. $399.

Like new. 603-387-7100 7ft snowplow with lights & hydrolic lift $400. 524-4445 8’ HD Blizzard snowplow. Brand new, in original pkg., fits 20082013 F-250 through F-550. $3000.

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AMAZING! Beautiful Pillowtop Mattress Sets. Twin $199, Full or Queen $249, King $449. Call 603-305-9763 See “Furniture” AD. Firestone Winter Force Snow Tires. 215/65/17. Four tires, like new, $250 firm. 387-8051 FOUR 215 55 R 16 General Altimax Arctic directional snow tires mounted on alloy rims. About half wear remaining. $199.

674-7302 GREEN FIREWOOD: Cut, not split $140/cord; Cut & split $175/cord. Seasoned wood, $225/cord. Dry pine, cut & split, $135/cord. 1/2 cords available.

Also, logging, landclearing & tree work (all phases). 393-8416.

HD TV- Sceptre LCD 23", used as backup TV w/LG Blue Ray Player $100. 267-0977 Honda Snowblower- Track drive, 2-stage, 21 inches, runs great. $375. 393-7846

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

NONCOMPETITIVE female year-round runner wanted to train with over 40 runner for marathon.

Laconia/Gilford area. Mornings or afternoons. 978-807-1450

2004 CHEVY 2500 XCab 4X4 pick-up. White with fisher plow, 8’mm. Truck in good condition, all highway miles. $11,800 or B/O. HK Powersports, Union Ave., Laconia

HAIR SALON: Concord area.

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ROI Business Brokers.

GILFORD 2 - One bedrm, street level units available. 1 at $875/ month & 1 at $1000/ month. All utilities included, 1st & sec required. Sorry no pets or smoking.

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MAHOGANY Antique rocker, antique pie crust table, Call 267-1964 Barbara

2009 Toyota Camry- 4 cylinder, automatic, 40K miles, excellent condition, loaded. $15,000/OBO. 290-2324

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

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

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

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

Selling due to illness. $4,500.

279-7455 8am-8pm.

1998 Volvo S-70: 175K, good condition, dark green, leather seats. $1,500. 508-560-7511 Laconia 2000 Volvo S80- 141K, great condition, just inspected, loaded, moon roof, beige. $3,300.

267-8493 BUYING junk cars, trucks & big trucks ME & NH. Call for price.

Martin Towing. (603)305-4504.

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

630-4737

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

MUST GO : 2000 Town & Country Chrysler Van. 1 Owner, 124K miles, snow tires. $1,200/OBO, Laconia raddietz@yahoo.com 603-455-2967

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

340-6219 BRISTOL: 2BR apartment, newly renovated. $725/month, includes heat & hot water. 217-4141.

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

603-366-4468.

GILFORD 3 BEDROOM Large yard, close to school, downtown. $1,250 + utilities. Great condition, available soon.

617-780-9312

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

Great condition, available soon.

617-780-9312 LACONIA 1st floor 2-3 bedroom apartment on Pleasant St. Walk to town & beaches, recently repainted, carpeting, appliances, full bath. $1,000/Month includes heat & hot water. 524-3892 or

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

524-5455 LACONIA2-ROOMMATES wanted to share personal home.

Clean, quiet, sober environment.

All inclusive, $110-$150/week.

455-2014 LACONIA 3 BR Apartment, car peting/Pergo floors, plenty of storage, very fuel efficient, porch and yard (yard work rent reductions available). NH Housing Qualified, $925/mo. plus one month s security.

603-528-1850 or 603-486-3966.

LACONIA House to share- 2 room w/full bath, shared kitchen & washer/dryer, TV included.

Parade & Elm St. Separate entrance. $700/Month + 1/2 utilities. No security/References required. 303-746-0336 Leave Message LACONIA- 1 bedroom home. $850/Month + utilities. $850 deposit, available immediately.

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

LACONIAHuge 2-bedroom.

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520-6931 LACONIA- Large Rooms for rent.

Private bath, heat/hot water, electric, cable, parking included.

SMALL Heating Oil Deliveries: No minimum required. Eveningweekend deliveries welcome.

Benjamin Oil, LLC. 603-731-5980

TILTON: Spacious 2 and 3 bedroom apartments available. Heat and hot water included. Please call Mary at Stewart Property Management (603)641-2163.

EHO. STUDIO apt 15 minutes to Laconia, 20 minutes to Concord, all utlities included $675. 267-7129.

TILTON: Large room for rent downtown. $150/week includes all utilities. 603-286-4391.

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

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

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

603-305-9763 NEW trailer load mattresses....a great deal! King set complete $395, queen set $249.

603-524-1430.

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Furniture

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

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

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524-7978 Belknap Independent Business Alliance (BIBA) Director position available: 20 hours per month. Exciting opportunity to support local independent businesses and the community. Email your resume to info@bibanh.org

CASHIER & DELI

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

20K. Buying Daily. 603-765-8217

Automotive Office Assistant AutoServ of Tilton is looking for an office assistant. Automotive office experience is a must. Pay plus benefits package including Health and Dental options, 401K, and more.

No phone calls please email resumes to DoreT@AutoServNH.com.

5 years experience, open & close shifts. Weekends & open availability a must. Friendly and outgoing, must be a people person. Apply in person, no phone calls. Ellacoya Country Store & Deli, 2667 Lakeshore Rd., Gilford.

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

Professional Floor sanding, refinishing. Repair: remodeling, painting, cleaning. 603-986-8235

Services

Instruction GUITAR LESSONS

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

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

387-6524 1995 Honda 80 Dirt Bike. $700.

527-8962

Roommate Wanted

PLOWING Commercial & Residential. Call 630-3511.

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TREE WORK: Serving the Lakes Region, insured. 998-5339.

WEIRS Beach Area: To share house, $500/month, everything included. Beach rights. 393-6793.

Services

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Excellent references. Weiler Building Services 986-4045 Email: weilbuild@yahoo.com SNOW PLOWING: Commercial, residential, Meredith & surrounding towns. Insured. 998-5339.

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