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Official tinue to pour into the police.

He said he has redirected the He said the suspect is white, B G O He said a lone man wearing a detective bureau as well as a approximately 5-feet 8-inches TILTON — Chief Robert mask pointed what he said looks number of officers to investitall with a thin build. He was count from Cormier said yesterday that like a Colt 1911 .45 caliber handgate the robbery. He said police wearing a dark colored hooded into Thursday evening’s gun at the lone female clerk. interviewed people who had sweatshirt or jacket and dark Thursday’s leads brazen armed robbery at the “She was alone. She was been at the store just before colored pants. He also work a Food and Beverage pretty shaken up,” Cormier the robbery and just after the dark or black mask and a dark storm was Stafford see rOBBEry page 8 Store on West Main Street consaid. robbery.

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LACONIA — Thursday’s snowstorm may not have been all it was built up to be but it still dropped eight and a half inches of snow on Laconia according to meteorologist Russ Hobby, who says that snowfall for the month of December now totals 15 inches, which is four inches higher than the historic average for December.

Hobby says that the record snowfall for the see sNOW page 6

BELMONT — The Planning Board voted 4-to-0 last week to place an amendment on the annual town warrant that would allow solid waste transfer stations in the town’s

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The vote came after a public hearing that was sparsely attended and was prompted by a memorandum from Town Administra-

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MILWAUKEE (AP) — A Wisconsin couple says clucks, not fire trucks, helped them escape a blaze at their home.

Dennis Murawska, 59, said a pet chicken named Cluck Cluck woke his wife Susan Cotey, 52, with loud clucking from its cage in the basement two floors below about 6:15 a.m.

Thursday. The couple’s two cats also were running around the main floor.

Murawska said he had been half awake but didn’t know about the fire because the smoke alarms hadn’t gone off. He realized something was wrong when his wife got up.

“The chicken gets quite vocal when she gets excited,” he said.

Cluck Cluck came from a nearby farm in Alma Center, about 135 miles east of Minneapolis, Murawska said. When the chicken began wandering over to his house, his neighbor said he could kill it because it wasn’t producing any eggs. But Murawska felt sorry for see CHICKEN page 8

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WASHINGTON (AP) — The end game at hand, the White House and Senate leaders took a final stab at compromise Friday night to prevent middle-class tax increases from taking effect at the turn of the new year and possibly prevent sweeping spending cuts as well.

“I’m optimistic we may still be able to reach an agreement that can pass both houses in time,” President Barack Obama said at the White House after meeting for more than an hour with congressional leaders.

Surprisingly, after weeks of postelection gridlock, Senate leaders sounded even more bullish.

The Republican leader, Sen. Mitch McCo-

nnell of Kentucky, said he was “hopeful and optimistic” of a deal, adding he hoped a compromise could be presented to rankand-file lawmakers as early as Sunday, a little more than 24 hours before the yearend deadline.

Said Majority Leader Harry Reid: “I’m going to do everything I can” to prevent the tax increases and spending cuts that threaten to send the economy into recession. He cautioned, “Whatever we come up with is going to be imperfect.”

Officials said there was a general understanding that any agreement would block scheduled income tax increases for middle class earners while letting rates rise at upper income levels.

SINGAPORE (AP) — A young Indian woman who was gang-raped and severely beaten on a bus died Saturday at a Singapore hospital, after her horrific ordeal galvanized Indians to demand greater protection for women from sexual violence that impacts thousands of them every day.

She “passed away peacefully” with her family and officials of the Indian embassy by her side,” said Dr. Kevin Loh, the chief executive of Mount Elizabeth hospital where she had been treated since Thursday. “The Mount Elizabeth Hospital team of doctors, nurses and staff join her family in mourning her loss,” he said in a statement.

He said the woman had remained in an extremely critical condition since Thursday

when she was flown to Singapore from India.

“Despite all efforts by a team of eight specialists in Mount Elizabeth Hospital to keep her stable, her condition continued to deteriorate over these two days. She had suffered from severe organ failure following serious injuries to her body and brain. She was courageous in fighting for her life for so long against the odds but the trauma to her body was too severe for her to overcome.”

The woman and a male friend, who have not been identified, were traveling in a public bus in the Indian capital, New Delhi, after watching a film on the evening of Dec. 16 when they were attacked by six men who raped her. They also beat the couple and inserted an iron rod into her body

Democrats said Obama was sticking to his campaign call for increases above $250,000 in annual income, even though in recent negotiations he said he could accept $400,000.

The two sides also confronted a divide over estate taxes.

Obama favors a higher tax than is currently in effect, but one senior Republican, Sen. Jon Kyl of Arizona, said he’s “totally dead set” against it. Speaking of fellow GOP lawmakers, he said they harbor more opposition to an increase in the estate tax than to letting taxes on income and investments rise at upper levels.

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Indian police have arrested six people in connection with the attack, which left the victim with severe internal injuries, a lung infection and brain damage. She also suffered from a heart attack while in hospital in India.

Indian High Commissioner, or ambassador, T.C.A. Raghanvan told reporters that the scale of the injuries she suffered was “very grave” and in the end it “proved too much.

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Gov. Lynch cleans out his office after 8 years Dockworkers strike averted

CONCORD (AP) — The pictures came off the walls and desk in New Hampshire Gov. John Lynch’s office Friday as he cleared the way for Gov.-elect Maggie Hassan to move in.

The popular Democrat retired after serving four consecutive two-year terms. Hassan, also a Democrat, is a former state senator who will be inaugurated as governor on Thursday.

Lynch says he wants to slip into the background to give Hassan the spotlight. He and his staff cleared the office Friday of paintings, clothing, memorabilia and other items. Painters had already begun preparing the walls for a fresh coat of paint.

Hassan’s inauguration will be at noon Thursday and will feature poetry, prayer and music, including performances by the Cecilia Ensemble, a choir of high school girls from Peterborough, and Briana Nadeau, a singer-songwriter from Durham who will

sing the national anthem.

Hassan was one of the architects of New Hampshire’s gay marriage law and has asked New Hampshire Army National Guard Chief Warrant Officer Charlie Morgan to lead attendees in the Pledge of Allegiance. Morgan, who has terminal breast cancer, is fighting to repeal the federal Defense of Marriage Act that bars her wife from receiving federal benefits that would help care for their 5-year-old daughter.

After the ceremony, Hassan will greet well-wishers in a receiving line.

At 4:30 p.m., volunteers will serve as guides for visitors touring the Statehouse as part of an open house. Students from around the state will perform music. There will be exhibits by participants in a robotics competition started by inventor Dean Kamen. New Hampshire LEGO League teams also see LYNCH page 6

CONCORD (AP) — New Hampshire’s Attorney General says a 25-year-old Manchester man found shot in his car has died, and his death has been ruled a homicide.

Officials say Daniel Langlois died at Elliot Hospital in Manchester Thursday night. Investigators say he was killed by a single shot to the head.

Manchester police discovered Langlois inside his sport utility vehicle early Thursday morning at the intersection of Jane and Nashua streets, after responding to a report of a hit-and-run accident.

The homicide is still under investigation. No one has been charged to date with killing Langlois.

Manchester man found shot in his car has died

Mass. teen dead after nighttime sledding run at Wildcat Mountain PINKHAM NOTCH, N.H. (AP) — New Hampshire officials say an 18-year-old Massachusetts man has died after he and friends went on a midnight sledding excursion at Wildcat Mountain ski area.

Searchers found the body of Joseph Murad of Hanson, Mass., at about 8 a.m. Friday in the woods off the side of one of the ski trails a half mile below the summit.

Fish and Game conservation officers say two

friends reported him missing at 3:30 in the morning, after their search for him failed.

Authorities say they believe injuries sustained when his sled crashed were the major cause of Murad’s death.

Fish and Game officials stress that Wildcat was closed at the time the trio hiked to the summit, and that sledding is not allowed on ski trails even when the mountain is operating.

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NEW YORK (AP) — Dockworkers along the East Coast and the Gulf of Mexico agreed Friday to extend their contract for more than a month, averting a weekend strike that could have crippled major ports from Boston to Houston and bottled up billions of dollars’ worth of cargo.

Talks aimed at reaching a new contract covering the 14,500 longshoremen will continue during the extension, which runs through Feb. 6.

The dockworkers’ union and an alliance of port operators and shipping lines agreed to the extension after resolving one of the stickier points in their negotiations, involving royalty payments to longshoremen for each container they unload. Details were not disclosed.

Federal mediator George Cohen said the agreement on royalties was “a major positive step forward.”

“While some significant issues remain in contention, I am cautiously optimistic that they can be resolved,” he said.

The contract between the International Longshoremen’s Association and the U.S. Maritime Alliance originally expired in September. The two sides agreed to extend it once before, for 90 days, but it had been set to expire again at 12:01 a.m. Sunday.

As recently as Dec. 19, the president of the longshoremen’s union, Harold Daggett, had said a strike was expected.

A walkout would have crippled the loading and unloading of a vast number of products, including electronics and clothing, and made it more difficult for U.S. manufacturers to get parts and raw materials at a time when the economy is in shaky condition. The ports involved handle about 40 percent of all U.S. container cargo.

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Susan Estrich

The perfect & the good What happened to that millisecond after the election when both the president and the speaker said they’d heard the message that Americans wanted the two parties to work together, wanted to make divided government work, and that they would do everything they could to make that happen?

Gone? Shall we spend a lot of time pointing fingers and figuring out who is to blame? On the other hand, let’s skip it for now.

What happened to that millisecond after the Newtown shooting when it looked like we might actually turn the heat down on the paralyzing gun debate in this country, that keeps us shouting past each other? I know where I’d point the finger of blame on that one (hello, Wayne LaPierre), but there were also people playing along with his absolutist game, on both sides.

Plenty of blame there, too.

Shall we look back on 2012 as the year we managed to survive a presidential campaign most people hated before climbing back into our separate cars for a trip over the fiscal and political cliff?

We’ll survive the fiscal cliff impact — eventually. Not without some pain and probably most for those who are already in the toughest shape — isn’t that always the way.

But the political cliff — that I’m not so sure of.

The perfect, Voltaire said, is the enemy of the good. Truer words were never spoken.

I don’t know any law Congress could have passed to stop a crazy, evil guy from setting a trap for firefighters on Christmas Eve. Evil. And I’m willing to concede that tougher background checks would not have kept a gun out of Adam Lanza’s hands, since it was his mother’s gun, she had it legally, she was trained, and she paid for her failure to keep it behind lock and key and get mental health help for her son with her life. Had she known what he was going to do, she would have tried to stop it.

And it would not have been easy, by the way. I helped a friend get help for her son after he threatened her. I can’t tell you how difficult it was. And I am very, very good at accomplishing such things. It took

months to find him a safe (for him, his mom and God knows who else) placement.

So no, I don’t have perfect solutions. But I know bad ones — and bad gamesmanship — when I see it.

Put an armed guard in every school, at a cost of about $8 billion, when schools are the safest place young people can be? No. Every school security guy you talk to will tell you that if you want to spend money, put counselors in schools. A school can expect a homicide every 6,000 years. Lightning strikes are more likely to kill your kid.

Does that mean we should do nothing about gun violence except keep screaming at each other as soon as the funerals are over? Of course not. To this day, I don’t understand why those who handle guns responsibly aren’t leading the fight to ensure that everyone must do the same. I know Mr. La Pierre’s logic, if you can call it that: the old “toe of the elephant in the door” thinking.

But I also know that the only way to protect responsible gun ownership, in the long run, is to take on the plague of irresponsible gun ownership, and who better to do that than those who know the difference.

What an opportunity squandered.

What a failure of leadership.

What a familiar sight.

Maybe it will turn out that the fiscal cliff is not as steep as we thought. Maybe our taxes will go up and down, like poll ratings. Maybe we got back to business as usual without even knowing it.

But what a shame. If we learn nothing from school shootings and fiscal cliffs, from crazy people and evil in front of us, then shame on us.

We can’t stop evil, but we can still do our best. Compromise. Reason.

Steps in the right direction.

Good, if not perfect.

Isn’t that what we teach our kids every day?

Happy New Year.

(Susan Estrich is a professor of Law and Political Science at the University of Southern California Law Center. A best-selling author, lawyer and politician, as well as a teacher, she first gained national prominence as national campaign manager for Dukakis for President in 1988.)

Benefit of prison privatization goes strictly to the financiers To the editor, Prison privatization is bad for N.H. In any form. The latest iteration of this idea is that corporations can provide the funding for new prison construction and save dollars for N.H. taxpayers. It is simply not true. These leaseback programs save a few dollars in up front costs, but long term costs, interest rates and insurance on the bonds are all higher for taxpayers.

It was hopeful to hear that Governor-elect Hassan and Executive Councilors-elect Van Ostern and Pappas all

indicate that they would need to study a lease revenue bond plan carefully before making a decision. The governor-elect went a step further and said that she would need to see real savings for taxpayers. There aren’t any.

The benefit goes strictly to the financiers and taxpayers get left lifting the load.

Stay the course, N.H. Prison privatization does not work. In any form.

Joe Cicirelli Strafford

LETTERS Plenty for Congress to do without meddling in executive affairs To the editor, There’s not a day that goes by that I don’t hear about another congressional foray into the executive’s responsibilities under the Constitution. It’s like a recurring rash.

This morning, I learned that Congress passed a bill that punishes Russian citizens suspected of human rights violations. The reaction of their counterparts in Russia was to enact a law banning adoptions of Russian orphans by American citizens, including pending adoptions. American adoptive families will suffer, as will thousands of of nearly a million Russian orphans.

Then, I heard that Representative Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL) is outraged by the State Department’s removal of several senior diplomatic personnel, saying that the measures taken are not sufficiently harsh given the individuals’ failure to secure our Embassy in Libya.

I “get” that Congress has certain prerogatives when it comes to foreign affairs — mainly budgetary control.

Human rights abuse around the world is a serious matter, and it’s appropriate that America lead the worldwide effort to thwart it. I understand that the management decisions regarding federal employees can prompt head scratching and dismay.

What I can’t fathom is why the

people we elect to attend to a wide array of constitutional duties — largely domestic in focus — seem fixated on doing everything but their own jobs. Our Nation has been under economic duress for years now, with Congress authorized to provide for the “General Welfare of the United States.” (Art. I, Sect. 8) and attend to all things financial including taxes, credit, borrowing, and commerce. It strikes me that our “recession” falls squarely within the job description of Congress.

Constitutionally, it is the president who is “the principal officer in each of the executive departments, upon any subject relating to the duties of their respective offices.” (Art. 2, Sect. 2). The head of the executive branch — the President — is the one who handles diplomatic matters under the Constitution, with treaties reviewable by the Senate, not Congress.

Diplomats are responsible to the president. Members of Congress are accountable to the American electorate, as is the president. How I wish voters would replace representatives who waste their time meddling in things bureaucratic (for political gain?) with people who are willing and able to do what they’re supposed to be doing in Congress.

Bruce Van Derven Bristol

Wind energy less economically viable than it was 20 years ago To the editor, Wind may be free in nature but it is one of the most expensive forms of energy to harness on earth. Both wind and solar have major systemic flaws. Solar is not very effective on cloudy days and wind fails when days are still. Both forms of energy require the same highly EXPENSIVE back up systems to replace them. The economic reality of wind energy costs are a disaster.

The cost of wind subsidies are very high — $52.48 per 1-million watt hours

generated. By contrast the subsidies for generating energy from nuclear is $3.10, 84 cents for hydro, 64 cents from coal and 63 cents from natural gas.

Many states have further subsidies and mandates that drive the actual cost of wind energy even higher.

And it is not just the prohibitively high cost of wind subsidies that are the concern. The real cause for alarm is wind is DISPLACING other much LESS costly forms of energy. The wind subsidies are so high wind farm see next page

There has been no need for superstitions since 1868 (Darwin) To the editor, Kudos to Mirno Pasquali for his voice of reason regarding immunizations.

Since 1868 (Darwin), there should

be no need for superstitions of any kind.

Donald E. Carey, MD, MPH Gilford

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Paintings with homosexual overtones outrage Islamic hard-liners in Pakistan

LAHORE, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistan’s leading arts college has pushed boundaries before in this conservative nation. But when a series of paintings depicting Muslim clerics in scenes with strong homosexual overtones sparked an uproar and threats of violence by Islamic extremists, it was too much.

Officials at the National College of Arts in the eastern city of Lahore shut down its academic journal, which published the paintings, pulled all its issues out of bookstores and dissolved its edito-

rial board. Still, a court is currently considering whether the paintings’ artist, the journal’s board and the school’s head can be charged with blasphemy.

The college’s decision to cave to Islamist pressure underscores how space for progressive thought is shrinking in Pakistan as hardline interpretations of Islam gain ground.

It was also a marked change for an institution that has long been one of the leading defenders of liberal views in the country.

from preceding page owners could actually pay utilities to take the electricity they produce and still make a PROFIT. The net result is the federal subsidies are triggering an inefficient and costly transformation of GRID resources from low-cost mega producers to ultra high cost low wattage “maybe” producers generating only when the WIND BLOWS. Wind energy is an ANCIENT technology. The first windmill was built 2000 years ago. No one has figured out how to make wind cost effective in places where cheap, reliable power is needed most. It has yet to be proven commercially effective without subsidies that distort it’s true cost.

In 1992, the government decided it would GLAD HAND subsidies to wind in the hopes it would spur technology that would overcome it’s flaws and cut the cost of production. The $24 billion handed out have done nothing whatsoever in that regard. In fact the legislation that began wind subsidies had a “sunset provision” for the purpose of

“pulling the plug” if efficiencies did not appear. But the sun has NEVER SET. People living on the government dole always have a reason why the money cannot be stopped. BOTH PEOPLE AND CORPORATIONS! Wind energy is actually LESS ECONOMICALLY VIABLE TODAY that it was 20 years ago, when the subsides began. There has not been a single major breakthrough that would reduce the production and delivery of wind generated power. Meanwhile the cost of natural gas has shrunk by 75 percent over recent years and offers the U.S. the ability to become one of the lowest cost producers of electricity in the world. The implications for low cost electricity is enormous as it cuts the costs to produce aluminum, glass, iron, steel, cement and petrochemicals. The possibilities from low cost electricity to help the economy and JOBS is incalculable.

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Pakistan is an overwhelmingly Muslim nation, and the majority of its citizens have long been fairly conservative. But what has grown more pronounced in recent years is the power of religious hardliners to enforce their views on members of the population who disagree, often with the threat of violence.

The government is caught up in a war against a domestic Taliban insurgency and often seems powerless to protect its citizens. At other times it has acquiesced to hardline demands because of fear, political gain or a convergence of beliefs.

“Now you have gun-toting people out there on the streets,” said Saleema Hashmi, a former head of arts college.

“You don’t know who will kill you. You know no one is there to protect you.”

The uproar was sparked when the college’s Journal of Contemporary Art and Culture over the summer published pictures of a series of paintings by artist Muhammad Ali. Particularly infuriating to conservatives were two works that they said insulted Islam by mixing images of Muslim clerics with suggestions of homosexuality, which is deeply taboo in Pakistan.

One titled “Call for Prayer” shows a cleric and a shirtless young boy sitting beside each other on a cot. The cleric fingers rosary beads as he gazes at the boy, who seductively stretches backward with his hands clasped behind his head.

Mumtaz Mangat, a lawyer who petitioned the courts to impose blasphemy charges, argued the image

implied the cleric had “fun” with the boy before conducting the traditional Muslim call for prayer.

A second painting shows the same cleric reclining in front of a Muslim shrine, holding a book by Brazilian novelist Paulo Coelho in one hand as he lights a cigarette for a young boy with the other. A second young boy, who is naked with his legs strategically crossed to cover his genitals, sits at the cleric’s feet. The painting has caused particular uproar because verses from Islam’s holy book, the Quran, appear on the shrine.

Aasim Akhtar, an Islamabad-based art critic who wrote an essay accompanying the paintings in the journal, wrote that Ali’s mixing of images was “deliberately, violently profane,” aimed at challenge “homophobic” beliefs that are widespread in Pakistani society.

“Ali redefines the divine through a critique of authority and the hypocrisy of the cleric,” wrote Akhtar, an Islamabad-based art critic who is also listed as a potential defendant in the blasphemy complaint.

Jamaat-ud-Dawa, widely believed to be a front for the Lashkar-e-Taiba militant group, issued a statement after the paintings were published demanding the college issue a public apology and withdraw all issues of the journal.

College staff members also began receiving anonymous text messages threatening violence, said a member of the journal’s editorial board. They were afraid to push back for fear of being killed, he said, speaking on condition of anonymity for fear of being targeted.

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Stocks tumble for a 5th consecutive day as ‘fiscal cliff’ deadline nears

NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks fell for a fifth day on concern that Washington lawmakers will fail to reach a budget deal before a self-imposed year-end deadline.

The five-day losing streak for the Dow Jones industrial average was the longest since July.

The Dow dropped 158.20 points to 12,938.11 points, with losses accelerating in the last 20 minutes of trading as reports circulated that President Barack Obama would not be making a new budget proposal in a meeting with congressional leaders.

The Standard & Poor 500 index fell 15.67 points to 1,402.43, its longest losing streak in three months, and the Nasdaq dropped 25.59 points to 2,960.31.

“The reality, late in the day, is that a deal is just not going to get done,” said Ryan Detrick, a senior technical strategist at Schaeffer Investment Research. “We could be greeted by a big sell-off at the start of January.”

President Barack Obama returned from a Christmas break in Hawaii to meet with congressional leaders at the White House to try thrash out the terms of a deal that would prevent across-the-board tax increases for millions of Americans as well as simultaneous government spending cuts beginning Jan. 1. Those measures, if implemented, could push the economy back into recession, economists say.

Stocks closed lower Thursday but erased most of an early loss after Republicans said they would reconvene the House of Representatives Sunday in hopes of piecing together a last-minute budget deal.

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And he expects that the winter of 2102-2013 won’t see a a repeat of last winter’s low precipitation totals and mild temperatures. ‘’Looking ahead, I see more cold and more snow than last winter. For the year we were 20 inches below the average normal precipitation and I don’t see that happening again soon,’’ says Hobby.

Traders have been focusing on Washington, and the budget negotiations, since the Nov. 6 presidential election returned a divided government to power.

“I can’t wait till this is done, so we can start talking about markets again and not just about politics,” said Doug Cote, chief market strategist at ING Investment Management. Cote doesn’t expect lawmakers will manage to reach a deal before the deadline and says that when people assess the extent of tax increases on the way, “the market is going reel.”

Cote also expects slowing earnings growth to hit stocks.

Despite the fiscal gridlock in Washington, major stock indexes are holding on to gains for the year.

The Dow is up 5.9 percent, the S&P 500 index is 11.5 percent higher and the Nasdaq is up 13.6 percent.

Stocks rose in 2012 on optimism that a housing market recovery, coupled with an improving job market, will support economic growth. The Federal Reserve has also extended its bond purchasing pro-

gram, which is intended to lower borrowing costs and encourage spending and investment.

Stocks declined despite reports that suggested the outlook for the economy is improving.

A measure of Americans who signed contracts to buy homes increased last month to its highest level in two and a half years, the latest sign of improvement in the once-battered housing market. The National Association of Realtors said Friday that its seasonally adjusted pending home sales index rose to its highest since April 2010.

The Institute of Supply Management’s Chicagoarea purchasing managers index for December came in at 51.6, beating estimates for a gain to 51.

Bond prices rose as investors moved money into defensive investments. The yield on the benchmark rise 10-year Treasury note, which falls when bond prices rise, dropped to 1.70 percent from 1.75 percent late Thursday.

FISCAL CLIFF from page 2 tions are taxes on dividends and capital gains, both of which are scheduled to rise with the new year.

Also the alternative minimum tax, which, if left unchanged, could hit millions of middle- and upperincome taxpayers for the first time.

In addition, Obama and Democrats want to prevent the expiration of unemployment benefits for the long-term jobless, and there is widespread sentiment in both parties to shelter doctors from a cut in Medicare fees.

The White House has shown increased concern about a possible spike in milk prices if a farm bill is not passed in the next few days, although it is not clear whether that issue, too, might be included in the talks.

One Republican who was briefed on the White House meeting said Boehner made it clear he would leave in place spending cuts scheduled to take effect unless alternative savings were found to offset them. If he prevails, that would defer politically difficult decisions on government benefit programs like

Medicare until 2013.

Success was far from guaranteed in an atmosphere of political mistrust — even on a slimmed-down deal that postponed hard decisions about spending cuts into 2013 — in a Capitol where lawmakers grumbled about the likelihood of spending the new year holiday working.

In a brief appearance in the White House briefing room, Obama referred to “dysfunction in Washington,” and said the American public is “not going to have any patience for a politically self-inflicted wound to our economy. Not right now.”

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A filled recycling bin awaits transfer at the Bestway Disposal facility on Route 140 in Belmont. General trash storage is not permitted under the town’s zoning ordinance but that prohibition will change if a proposal ordinance change is approved by voters in March. (Laconia Daily Sun photo/Gail Ober)

BELMONT from page one “As you know the cost of solid waste collection and disposal continues to rise each year; the budget as proposed for 2013 is in excess of $500,000 and the town will be facing additional costs in the future as the Concord Regional Solid Waste Cooperative’s contract expires with Wheelabrator in 2014,” wrote Beaudin.

As it stands today, solid waste transfer stations are not permitted by the town of Belmont said Land Use Technician Rick Ball yesterday. The Bestway Disposal facility on Route 140 is for demolition disposal and recyclables only.

Ball said Waste Management, Inc. currently holds the solid waste contract for Belmont and it takes trash collected directly to the Wheelabrator incinerator in Penacook.

Minutes reflect that George Condodemetraky attended the December 17 meeting and wanted to know if voter’s approve the proposed warrant

article in March, will there be garbage dumping in industrial zones.

Daigle explained to him that even if Belmont voters were to change the ordinance and permit solid waste in industrial zones, the N.H. Department of Environmental Services would need to inspect and permit any proposed solid waste plan and the Planning Board would still need to do a site plan review.

She said the proposed zoning ordinance change that will appear on the March ballot, if it passes, would only permit solid waste transfer stations in industrial zones and eliminates the need for any future proposal to get a variance from the Zoning Board.

Beaudin’s memorandum also said the present operators on Route 140 (Bestway) have “always been good environmental neighbors to the town and any future proposals for use of the facility would need to meet the same high standards for protecting the environment.”

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City determined to recoup some of boat fee registration money lost to state

By Michael Kitch

LACONIA — The City Clerk will begin registering boats for 2013 when her office opens on Wednesday, January 2. City Clerk Mary Reynolds said that boat owners need only show photographic identification and their prior year’s registration, if they have it, to register in person.

“You will be ready to put your boat in the water before ice-out,” she said.

After previously refusing to consider Reynold’s application to serve as a boat agent, the Department of Safety (DOS) approved it midway through the boating season last year. The five marinas in the city

— Channel Marine, Irwin Marine, Lakeport Landing, Paugus Bay Marina and Thurston’s Marine — are also agents authorized to process registrations and collect fees.

For the past six years the state and its municipalities have wrestled over the proceeds from boat registrations, which may be collected by either. Two fees are collected. The registration fee ranges from $24 to $92 according to the length of the vessel, and the boat fee varies from $10 to $1,761 with the type, length, engine and age of the vessel. Both fees may be collected either by the state or its agents, both municipalities or marinas.

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from preceding page quiet and not report it to authorities for fear of exposing their families to ridicule. Also, police often refuse to accept complaints from those who are courageous enough to report the rapes and the rare prosecutions that reach courts drag on for years.

After 10 days at a New Delhi hospital, the victim was brought to the Mount Elizabeth hospital, which specializes in multi-organ transplant. But by late Friday, the young woman’s condition had “taken a turn for the worse” and her vital signs had deteriorated. It was clear then that she would not survive long.

Indian attitudes toward rape are so entrenched that even politicians and opinion makers have often suggested that women should not go out at night or wear clothes that might be seen provocative.

Other politicians have come under fire for comments insulting the protesters and diminishing the crime.

On Friday, Abhijit Mukherjee, a national lawmaker and the son of India’s president, apologized for calling the protesters “highly dented and painted” women, who go from discos to demonstrations.

“I tender my unconditional apology to all the people whose sentiments got hurt,” he told NDTV news.

Separately, authorities in Punjab took action Thursday when an 18-year-old woman killed herself by drinking poison a month after she told police she was gang-raped.

State authorities suspended one police officer and fired two others on accusations they delayed investigating and taking action in the case. The three accused in the rape were only arrested Thursday night, a month after the crime was reported.

“This is a very sensitive crime, I have taken it very seriously,” said Paramjit Singh Gill, a top police officer in the city of Patiala.

The Press Trust of India reported that the woman was raped Nov. 13 and reported the attack to police Nov. 27. But police harassed the girl, asked her embarrassing questions and took no action against the accused, PTI reported, citing police sources.

Authorities in the eastern state of Chhattisgarh also suspended a police officer on accusations he refused to register a rape complaint from a woman who said she had been attacked by a driver.

CHICKEN from page 2 Cluck Cluck because she had a mutated foot and decided to keep her. He fed the bird and built a coop, and then his wife let Cluck Cluck into the basement on cold nights.

“I spent way more money than I ever should’ve,” Murawska said by telephone. “I guess it paid off.”

The couple escaped, and firefighters found the chicken in its cage and one of the cats alive in the basement. Another cat hasn’t been found and is presumed dead, Murawska said. The couple and their

surviving cat checked into a Black River Falls hotel, while Cluck Cluck is staying with the neighbor who used to own her.

Alma Center Fire Chief Jeff Gaede said the fire started in the attic of the attached garage and was not suspicious. The house was a total loss, but it could have been worse — if not for the chicken.

“We are used to hearing about a dog or cat or something, but we never heard of a chicken waking up a resident for a fire,” Gaede said. “That’s pretty amazing.”

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BOSTON (AP) — Top Democrats including U.S. Sen. John Kerry signaled their support Friday for U.S. Rep. Edward Markey in a special election that would be held if Kerry becomes the nation’s next secretary of state.

Markey, the dean of the state’s congressional delegation, also was endorsed by Victoria Kennedy, the widow of the late U.S. Sen. Edward Kennedy, and by U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet, of Colorado, chair of the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee.

The apparent closing of ranks behind Markey came one day after the Malden Democrat, who has served in the House since 1976, announced his intention to run for Kerry’s Senate seat if it becomes vacant. Kerry was nominated by President Barack Obama to replace Hillary Clinton as secretary of state and is seen as likely to be confirmed by his Senate colleagues.

Also Friday, U.S. Rep. Niki Tsongas, the widow of former U.S. Sen. Paul Tsongas, announced that she would not run for the Senate. But another potential candidate, U.S. Rep. Michael Capuano, a Somerville Democrat, said party leaders would not dictate his decision on whether to run.

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In supporting Reynold’s efforts to become a boat agent, the City Council expected that with the clerk’s office, together with the five marinas registering vessels, the decline in proceeds from boat registrations could be halted or reversed, especially since the DMV closed its office at the Belknap Mall in Belmont.

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CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — He’s getting better.

He’s getting worse. He’s already dead. The whole thing is a conspiracy and he was never sick in the first place.

The obsessive, circular conversations about President Hugo Chavez’s health dominate family dinners, plaza chit-chats and social media sites in this country on edge since its larger-than-life leader went to Cuba for emergency cancer surgery more than two weeks ago. The man whose booming voice once dominated the airwaves for hours at a time has not been seen or heard from since.

His lieutenants have consistently assured Venezuelans over the last week that Chavez is slowly on the mend and will be back at the helm of the country he has dominated for 14 years. But when will he be back? Will he be well enough to govern? What type of cancer does he have? Is it terminal? If so, how long does he have to live?

Government officials have not answered any of those questions, leaving Venezuelans to their own speculations. The wildest conspiracy theories run the gamut from those who say there is no proof Chavez is even still alive to those who believe his illness is a made-up play for sympathy.

“Everything has been a mystery. Everyone believes what they want about the status of his health,” said Ismael Garcia, a leftist lawmaker who belonged to the Chavez movement until a falling-out a few years ago.

Vice President Nicolas Maduro read out a New Year message from Chavez to Venezuelan troops on Friday, but for the fourth day in a row offered no updates on the president’s health. Maduro had announced Monday night that Chavez was walking and doing some exercises.

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because Chavez is scheduled to be sworn in for a new six-year term Jan. 10. The government and opposition disagree on what should happen if Chavez can’t show up, raising the threat of a destabilizing legal fight. Beyond that, nobody knows if Chavez’s deputies, who have long worked under his formidable shadow, can hold the country together if he dies.

Like everything else in this fiercely divided country, what people believe usually depends on where their political loyalty lies. Chavez opponents are mostly convinced that the president has terminal cancer, has known it for a long time and should not have sought re-election in October. His most fervent supporters refuse to believe “El Comandante” will die.

“Chavez is going to live on. He is a very important man. He has transformed the world with his ideology,” said Victor Coba, a 48-year-old construction worker standing outside a Caracas church as government officials held a Mass to pray for the leader.

“Anyone of us will die first before Chavez.”

Coba scurried off to a street corner where officials were handing out a book of photographs of Chavez’s recent presidential campaign. The comandante’s grinning face looked out from the cover, alongside the slogan “Chavez, the heart of my country.”

The same image looms from billboards erected all over Caracas, from freeway medians to the lowincome apartment towers being built with Venezuelan oil wealth. Such services for the poor have helped Chavez maintain a core of followers despite high inflation, rampant gun violence, trash-strewn cities and other problems he has failed to fix.

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Holiday Basketball Tourney semi-finals to be played today GILFORD — Laconia, Kingswood, Gilford and Newfound Regional girls advanced to the semi-final round of play in the Lakes Region Holiday Basketball Tournament at Gilford High School Friday night while the Belmont, Prospect Mountain, Gilford and Winnisquam boys teams won.

Tournament play was delayed a day by Thursday’s snow storm. All 16 teams will play again today, with only the semi-final winners returning on Monday for championship games. The girls’ final will be at 4:30 and the boys’ final will tip off at 6.

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Lindsey Ball, Executive Administrative Assistant for Bank of New Hampshire; Captain Sally Warren, Salvation Army; Linda Matson, President of the Salvation Army Woman’s Auxiliary; Santa; Mary Ann Foley, member of the Salvation Army Women’s Auxiliary; Marge Wilkinson, Salvation Army Woman’s Auxiliary Helper. (Courtesy photo)

Dressed to the nines teddy bears distributed to children LACONIA — In conjunction with the Salvation Army each year the employees of Bank of New Hampshire dress teddy bears to brighten the holidays for local children. This year 110 teddy bears were on display enjoying the Holiday Parade at Bank of New Hampshire’s 62 Pleasant Street, Laconia office. Each well-appareled teddy bear was chosen and brought home by a very special boy or girl.

The bank has been involved for more than 20 years in this very worthy project which supports the Salvation Army’s annual “toy basket” distribution project for area children. “Each year the Bank’s employees look forward to dressing the bears and each year the bear’s attire is more creative. Some

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“Chavez is this cable car. Chavez is this great mission. The children are Chavez. The women are Chavez.

The men are Chavez. We are all Chavez,” Maduro said recently while inaugurating a cable car to bring people down from one of the vast slums that creep up Caracas’ hillsides. “Comandante, take care of yourself, get better and we will be waiting for you here.”

Crowds of red-clad supporters roar their approval each time Maduro reassures them. But on the streets, confusion reigns.

“People say he’s going to get better,” said Alibexi Birriel, an office manager eating at a Chinese res-

taurant on Christmas Day. Her husband Richard Hernandez shook his head.

“No. Most people say Chavez is going to die and that Nicolas Maduro is going to take power.”

Birriel paused, chiming in, “Well, some think this whole thing is theater and that there’s nothing wrong with him.”

Hernandez, who described himself as a Chavez supporter but “not a fanatic,” shrugged. “The opposition thinks that if Chavez died they are going to win the elections. That is not going to happen.”

There have been some official details. Chavez, 58, first underwent surgery for an unspecified type of pelvic cancer in Cuba in June 2011 and went back this month after tests had found a return of malignant cells in the same area where tumors had already been twice removed.

Lakes Region Jewelers at the Belknap Mall

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The Laconia Antique Center Open 10-6 New Year’s Day 601 Main St. Laconia • 603-524-9484

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‘Godfather’ of modern ice fishing to give free seminar in Concord on January 16 CONCORD — Meet the Godfather of the Modern Ice Fishing Revolution, Dave Genz, at a free ice fishing seminar on Wednesday, January 16, at 7 p.m. at the State Police Standards and Training Building, 17 Institute Drive Concord, N.H. (watch for “ice fishing seminar” signs as you enter the N.H. Technical Institute campus). No pre-registration required. For more information, contact Mark Beauchesne at 603271-6355.

Dave Genz is legendary in the world of ice angling – an ice fishing expert who has taught techniques to thousands of anglers. He is credited with many innovations in ice fishing, including the portable ice fishing shelter. A native of Minnesota, Genz has become a big fan of New Hampshire’s ice fisheries. This will be his fourth trip to fish in the Granite State. “The ice fishing is so good in New Hampshire, I just had to come back for more,” Genz says.

Gilford Community Church 19 Potter Hill Road “In the Village”

524-6057

www.gilfordcommunitychurch.org Childcare in Amyʼs Room The Reverend Michael C. Graham

Join Us for Sunday Worship at 10:00 am

ST. JAMES CHURCH 876 North Main St. (Rt. 106) Opp. Opechee Park The Episcopal Church Welcomes You

524-5800 Standing up for the innocent

Holy Eucharist & Sunday School at 10AM

St. James Preschool 528-2111

The Rev. Tobias Nyatsambo, Pastor

www.stjameslaconia.org

Weirs United Methodist Church 35 Tower St., Weirs Beach 366-4490 P.O. Box 5268

9am Bible Study 10am Sunday School & Services Reverend Dr. Festus K. Kavale

Childcare available during service

First United Methodist Church “Serving the Lakes Region” 18 Wesley Way (Rt. 11A), Gilford ~ 524-3289 Rev. Dr. Victoria Wood Parrish, Pastor

First Sunday of Christmas 9:15AM - Adult Sunday School 10:30AM - Worship & Faith Quest “Open Hearts, “Open Minds, “Open Doors”

Sermon “And a Child Shall Lead Them” Professional Nursery Available

At the free seminar, Genz will explain his “Modern Ice Fishing System” – strategies he developed to increase angler success on any species fished for through the ice. He will talk about many helpful tools and tactics, including the vital role electronics plays in modern ice fishing. Most important -- getting the most out of your fish finder. “Using the right equipment, you could double your success,” says Genz.

Genz has been called “Mr. Blue Gill” for his love of this fighting panfish, but his seminar is wide-ranging. From trout to crappies, Genz will take guests through his jigging techniques and tactics. He will also discuss proper jig selection, tipping jigs with live bait or the exciting new soft plastics that are gaining in popularity with ice anglers.

Lakes Region Flag Football registration opens Jan. 1 MEREDITH — Registration for the Spring 2013 Season of the Lakes Region Flag Football League (LRFFL) begins at 12:01 a.m. on New Year’s Day. The LRFFL is a National Football League affiliated youth flag football league and is open to all boys and girls in the Lakes Region area between the ages of 4-17, with 5 age divisions: ages 4-6; ages 6-8; ages 9-11; ages 12-14 and ages 15-17. All divisions are co-ed.

Sign up is easy and only available online at: lrffl.com The registration fee for the Spring 2013 season is

First Church of Christ, Scientist

First Congregational Church 4 Highland Street, off Main Street, Meredith The Reverend Dr. Russell Rowland

136 Pleasant St., Laconia • 524-7132

Join us Sunday at 10 a.m. for worship Sunday School every week ~ Grades K-12

10:30am Sunday Services and Sunday School 7 pm Wednesday Services

Sermon - In Our Father’s House

All Are Welcome

Scripture Readings:

Colossians 3: 12-17 • Luke 2: 41-52

Reading Room Open Mon, Wed, Fri 11am-2pm

279-6271 ~ www.fccmeredith.org

Good Shepherd Lutheran Church WORSHIP SERVICES AT 8AM & 10:15AM

www. goodshepherdnh.org ~ All Are Welcome!

Pastor Dave Dalzell 2238 Parade Rd, Laconia • 528-4078

The Lakes Region Vineyard Church

LifeQuest Church

Sunday School, 9:30am • Worship Service, 10:30am A Christian & Missionary Alliance Church 115 Court Street – Laconia 524-6860 Pastor Barry Warren A/C

www.lifequestchurchnh.org

CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH OF LACONIA Veterans Square at Pleasant St.

175 Mechanic St. Lakeport, NH • 603-527-2662

Rev. Dr. Warren H. Bouton, Pastor Rev. Paula B. Gile, Associate Pastor

Empowered Evangelicals, who proclaim the Kingdom of God, minister in the power of the Spirit and keep Christ at the center of life.

“It feels like coming home.”

Sunday morning celebration ~ 8:30am & 10:30am Contemporary Worship Sunday School & Nursery • Tuesday night Youth Mid-week Bible studies.

Christ Life Center Food Pantry Thurs. 9 am– 12 noon • 524-5895

www.lakesregionvineyard.org

THE LORD WILLS James 4:13-17 Pastor Dan Lyle

Discover the Riches of Reformed Christianity!

$55 before March 1; $60 after March 1. Credit card payments are accepted online, and checks are also accepted.

Practices are one hour per week, typically on Wednesday nights, and games in the spring are played on Saturdays at the Inter-Lakes High School turf field.

The LRFFL also offers a women’s spring flag football league and a men’s summer flag football league.

Questions? Email lrffl@metrocast.net.

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Grace Presbyterian Church 174 Province Street, Laconia • www.gracepcanh.org

“If you are looking to step up your ice fishing game, this is a must-attend seminar. Fishing with Dave has helped me bring my ice fishing to a whole new level,” says Mark Beauchesne, an avid ice angler and marketing and promotions coordinator for N.H. Fish and Game See a video of Dave Genz and Mark Beauchense as they rediscover the thrill of ice fishing on Lake Winnipesaukee, along with other short, full-screen video stories on ice-fishing, on the Fish and Game website at http://www.fishnh.com/Media/video_icefishing.html.

To buy a fishing license online, download the new 2013 New Hampshire Freshwater Fishing Digest, see lists of ice fishing tournaments and more at http://www.fishnh.com.

Sunday Worship Services 8:45 & 10:30 am

‘Mere’ Christianity is like a hall out of which doors open into several rooms... But it is in the rooms, not in the hall, that there are fires and chairs and meals. (C.S. Lewis)

Evangelical Baptist Church

Sunday worship services at 10:15am and 6pm

www.ebclaconia.com

12 Veteran’s Square, Laconia 603-524-2277

Amazed Luke 2: 22-40 8:00am - Early Worship www.laconiaucc.org 9:30am - Family Worship & Church School Elevator access & handicapped parking in driveway

Wherever you may be on life’s journey, you are welcome here!

Social Fellowship follows the 9:30 service.

Nursery Care available in Parish House

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Over 100 children & adults attend Family Resource Center holiday celebration LACONIA — Lakes Region Community Services (LRCS) in Laconia was a fun place to be on December 18 as families connected to the Family Resource Center of Central NH (FRC) gathered to celebrate the holiday season. Over 100 excited children and adults enjoyed a pot luck dinner, holiday craft making, music and children’s book readings courtesy of the Laconia Library.

Toys of all sorts- action figures, model dinosaurs, books, games, jewelry, knick knacks, stuffed animals, sports collectables and assorted gifts for moms and dads adorned the pennybuy gift tables. Children carefully explored the treasure trove of gifts looking for that special gift for their siblings, moms, dads and other important people in their lives. The children, escorted by helpful Elves from the Laconia High School Sachem’s Pride leadership group, then moved on to a wrapping table to get their gifts ready

to be placed under the tree.

“What a wonderful event organized by the Family Leadership Council parent group. It was so meaningful for the kids and their parents to be together, to have fun and just enjoy what the season is about. The kids loved the penny-buy gift tables and the Laconia HS student volunteers made the process a joy for everyone,” commented Karen Welford, Director of the Family Resource Center.

Parents who have completed parenting classes at the LRCS Family Resource Center have a lot to offer. A group of ‘alumni’ committed to staying involved and continuing to grow their skills, have come together to form a Family Leadership Council and to reach out to other parents as peer supporters. Family Fun Night was the Council’s first sponsored event.

Speaking of her personal experience, council member Tricia Martel stated, “I didn’t want any part of

Energy Efficiency Council names LRCC a preferred provider program

LACONIA — Lakes Region Community College (LRCC) and the Northwest Energy Efficiency Council (NEEC) are pleased to announce that LRCC has been granted Approved Provider status for NEEC’s Building Operator Certification (BOC®) program. This new partnership will enable both organizations to further benefit building engineers, technicians, and operators by awarding the certification to students enrolled in the College’s Energy Services and Technology (EST) certificate program.

By holding the Approved Provider status, LRCC will further their existing commitment to educate building and energy management professionals on the subjects of energy efficient building operations and maintenance.

Nationally recognized, the BOC training delivers the skill-enhancing education that facility professionals need.

Students who earn the BOC creden-

tial acquire energy-efficient management strategies proven to transform workplaces by saving an estimated $.03/square foot on electric utility costs per year.

“We are confident this partnership between LRCC and NEEC will contribute to better building performance and to job preservation in the facilities management profession,” said Stan Price, Executive Director of NEEC. BOC certification provides operators with a means of distinguishing themselves to employers through improved job skills. Certification not only establishes a professional credential for the operators, but also illustrates their commitment to the profession and promotes opportunity for advancement in the workplace.

Similarly, the existing EST program at LRCC prepares students to utilize knowledge and skills gained see LRCC page 16

— WORSHIP SERVICES — St. Joseph Parish Roman Catholic Church 96 Main St. Belmont, NH • 267-8174

Mass Schedule Saturday 4:30 pm Sunday 8 am & 10:30 am Reconciliation Saturday, 3:30-4 pm Weekday Masses Mon., Tues., Thurs. - 8am; Wed. 6pm Rev. Paul B. Boudreau Jr., Pastor

The United Baptist Church 23-35 Park St., Lakeport 524-8775 • Rev. John Young, Pulpit Supply Minister

Scripture Text: Romans 12 Message : “Using Your Gifts” Morning Worship - 10:30am (child care provided) ~ Handicap Accessible & Devices for the Hearing Impaired ~ Food Pantry Hours: Fridays from 10am to 12 noon

parenting classes at first but once I started attending I couldn’t stop.

What I have learned has changed me as a person. I listen, take care of myself and have empathy. I can see the results of my parenting knowledge and skills at work through my kids. I am proud of them - they understand the importance of family and of giving back. Family Leadership Council members all want to stay involved with the Family Resource Center and reciprocate our experience by helping other parents and families.”

The Family Resource Center of Central NH (FRC-CNH), a part of Lakes Region Community Services, (LRCS) uses family support principles to strengthen families and communities through social connections and by providing a wide array of educational programs, support, services, and resources.

Roman Catholic Faith Community of St. André Bessette Parish, Laconia Sacred Heart Church

291 Union Ave. Laconia, NH 524-9609 MASS SCHEDULE Saturday....................................4:00pm Sunday............8:00am, 9:30am & 5:00pm Confession Tuesday.....................................5:30pm Saturday....................................3:00pm

Rev. Marc Drouin, Pastor

St. Joseph Church

30 Church St. Laconia, NH 524-9609 MASS SCHEDULE Saturday..............................5:00pm Sunday..............7:00am & 10:30am Confession Saturday..............................4:00pm

Rev. Alan Tremblay, Associate Pastor

Sunday Worship 10:00 am

Services held at Laconia High School Auditorium

Pastor John Sanborn

Where Miracles Happen!

(603) 273-4147 WWW.FAITHALIVENH.ORG

Immaculate Conception Catholic Church

(Traditional Catholic Latin Rite) The Traditional Latin Rite Mass has been celebrated and revered by the Popes of the Church from time immemorial to POPE JOHN PAUL II who requested that it have “a wide and generous application.”

500 Morrill Street, Gilford 524-9499 Sunday Mass: 7:00 a.m. & 9:00 a.m.

Daily Mass: 8:00 a.m.

Mass on Holy Days of Obligation: 7:00 a.m. & 7:00 p.m.

Lakes Region Community Services (LRCS) is a nonprofit, comprehensive family support agency with a primary focus of providing supports to individuals with developmental disabilities and/or acquired brain disorders and their families. A dynamic human services organization, LRCS also offers other essential and critical services to individuals in our Greater Lakes Region communities from birth throughout their lifespan. At the core of LRCS’ work are inclusion, acceptance, and building strengths and partnerships – whether at the individual, family or community level.

LRCS has offices in Laconia and Plymouth which combine to serve families residing throughout Belknap and Southern Grafton Counties. For more information contact Joanne Piper Lang at 603-5224-8891or visit www.lrcs.org

Confessions: One Hour Before Each Mass Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament and Rosary each Wednesday: 7:00 p.m.

Marriages & Baptisms by Appointment

Inspiring Message Contemporary Worship Local & Missions Outreach Refreshments & Fellowship Word of Faith - Full Gospel Church Teen & Children’s Ministry

Wednesday Night Services are held at 7 pm at the Church Office (Alphacolor Building) 21 Irving Street, Laconia.

FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH OF BELMONT Sunday School 9:00am Sunday Worship 9:00am & 10:00am

Rev. James Smith - 49 Church St., Belmont 267-8185

The Unitarian Universalist Society of Laconia 172 Pleasant Street • Laconia www.uusl.org

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524-6488

We are a Welcoming Congregation

THE BIBLE SPEAKS’ CHURCH 40 Belvidere St. Lakeport, NH

Tel: 528-1549

Dial-A-Devotional: 528-5054

Head Pastor: Robert N. Horne PUBLIC ACCESS TV - LACONIA SUNDAY/MONDAY 11AM CHANNEL 25

Sunday School Classes 9:30 am Morning Worship Service 10:45 am Evening Service 7:00 pm

Worship Service 10:00am

Sunday, December 30th Guest Speaker Glenn Smith

Wedding Chapel Available

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By Holiday Mathis SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). You’ll get good answers, accurate and thorough. Now that you know what’s going to make a project work, the question becomes: Are you willing to do that?

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21).

You’ll meet those with a common purpose. Combine resources. You’ll achieve together what you couldn’t do alone. You’ll be especially compatible with Leo and Aries.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19).

Many people will take a break now, but not you. A relentless inner drive has you soldiering on with ambitious work. This is exactly why you’ll prevail in 2013.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). Are you getting used to the nervy excitement caused by Mars in your part of the sky? You may feel like you need an outlet for your aggressive energy, and exercise will be a good temporary fix.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). List making is lucky, and you’ll enjoy crossing things off, adding things and crossing more things off. The activity gets you organized, makes you aware of your priorities and may even make you rich.

TODAY’S BIRTHDAY (Dec. 29).

Strip away some of your self-imposed rules, and a spark of new energy sends you unstoppable through the first three months of the year. In April, reassess.

You’ll likely need to refresh your skills and assemble a different team for the next turn of events. Loved ones want your attention and some travel time in June. Aries and Libra people adore you.

Your lucky numbers are: 48, 27, 19, 43 and 11.

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ARIES (March 21-April 19). Typically, there is all kinds of guilt and shame around being selfish, but should there be? You count, too. If you delight yourself, you’ve made one person happy, and that’s a start.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20). Don’t be fooled into thinking that your surroundings don’t offer what you need to thrive and grow your talents. There is more to mine there, and today will be proof of it.

GEMINI (May 21-June 21). Just relax. What’s broken will be fixed, what’s missing will be found, what’s done is done. There’s no need to run.

Your easygoing stride will take you as far as you want to go.

CANCER (June 22-July 22). The moon in your sign magnifies your emotions. With so much extra feeling to share, you’ll wake up sleepwalkers and bring sensation to the numb. Dates are favored tonight.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). A cozy, predictable relationship will be much less so now. You may not be sure of how to take the change in tone just yet, but let this develop more before you weigh in.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). It’s still too early to position yourself as an expert in some regard, but you can help others with what you know. Just be sure to qualify the help by saying, “I’m not an expert, but...”

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). You’ll be proactive in relationships, teaching people how to treat you. You’ll reward loved ones when they are behaving, and you’ll avoid having to put up with misbehavior.

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––––––– ALMANAC ––––––– Today is Saturday, Dec. 29, the 364th day of 2012. There are two days left in the year.

Today’s Highlight in History: On Dec. 29, 1972, Eastern Air Lines Flight 401, a Lockheed L-1011 Tristar, crashed into the Florida Everglades near Miami International Airport, killing 101 of the 176 people aboard. (Investigators determined that the crew was distracted by a burned-out indicator light, and failed to notice that the autopilot had become disengaged, sending the plane into a slow descent leading to the late-night crash.)

On this date: In 1170, Thomas Becket, the Archbishop of Canterbury, was slain in Canterbury Cathedral by knights loyal to King Henry II. In 1808, the 17th president of the United States, Andrew Johnson, was born in Raleigh, N.C. In 1812, during the War of 1812, the American frigate USS Constitution engaged and severely damaged the British frigate HMS Java off Brazil.

In 1845, Texas was admitted as the 28th state.

In 1890, the Wounded Knee massacre took place in South Dakota as an estimated 300 Sioux Indians were killed by U.S. troops sent to disarm them.

In 1916, Grigory Rasputin, the so-called “Mad Monk” who’d wielded great influence with Czar Nicholas II, was killed by a group of Russian noblemen in St. Petersburg.

In 1934, Japan formally renounced the Washington Naval Treaty of 1922.

In 1940, during World War II, Germany dropped incendiary bombs on London, setting off what came to be known as “The Second Great Fire of London.”

In 1957, singers Steve Lawrence and Eydie Gorme were married in Las Vegas.

In 1975, a bomb exploded in the main terminal of New York’s LaGuardia Airport, killing 11 people.

In 1986, former British Prime Minister Harold Macmillan died at his home south of London at age 92.

One year ago: Fed-up voters in Jamaica threw out the ruling party and delivered a landslide triumph to the opposition People’s National Party and its leader, former Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller.

Today’s Birthdays: Actress Inga Swenson is 80. ABC newscaster Tom Jarriel is 78. Actress Mary Tyler Moore is 76. Actress Barbara Steele is 75. Actor Jon Voight is 74. Country singer Ed Bruce is 73. Rock musician Ray Thomas is 71.

Singer Marianne Faithfull is 66. Jockey Laffit Pincay, Jr. is 66. Actor Ted Danson is 65. Actor Jon Polito is 62. Singer-actress Yvonne Elliman is 61.

Actress Patricia Clarkson is 53. Comedian Paula Poundstone is 53. Rock singer-musician Jim Reid (The Jesus and Mary Chain) is 51. Actor Michael Cudlitz is 48. Rock singer Dexter Holland (The Offspring) is 47. Actor-comedian Mystro Clark is 46. Actor Jason Gould is 46. Movie director Andy Wachowski is 45. Actress Jennifer Ehle is 43.

Actor Patrick Fischler is 43. Rock singer-musician Glen Phillips is 42. Actor Kevin Weisman is 42.

Actor Jude Law is 40. Actor Mekhi Phifer (mih-KY’ FY’-fuhr) is 38. Actor Shawn Hatosy is 37. Actress Katherine Moennig is 35. Actor Diego Luna is 33.

Country singer Jessica Andrews is 29.

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CALENDAR TODAY’S EVENTS 7th grade class at Ashland Elementary School hosts breakfast at the American Legion Post. 7:30 to 11 a.m. $7 ($5 for children 10 and under). Money raised will go toward cost of class trip.

Al-Anon Meeting at the Lakes Region General Hospital in Laconia. 8 to 9:15 p.m. each Saturday in the firstfloor conference room Al-Anon offers hope and help to families of alcoholics. No dues or fees. All are welcome.

Call 645-9518.

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

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

The New Horizons Band of the Lakes Region meets every Saturday at 1 p.m. at the Music Clinic on Rte 3 in Belmont. All musicians welcome. For more information call 528-6672 or 524-8570.

Open Door Dinners offer free weekly meal in Tilton.

4:30 to 5:30 p.m. An outreach housed at Trinity Episcopal Church on Main Street, downtown. provides a free hot meal open to all members of the community. All are welcome to eat and all are welcome to help out. For more information, especially about volunteering, please call Pastor Mark at 286-3120 or e-mail him at markk@trinitytilton.org.

SUNDAY, DECEMBER 30 Line Dancing at Starr King Fellowship Sundays from 4-5 p.m. $5 per person. For more information call George at 536-1179.

MONDAY, DECEMBER 31 5th annual performance of the a cappella singing group Tuckermans at 9 performing for First Night Wolfeboro. Shows begin at 6:30 p.m., 7:30 p.m., and 8:30 p.m. in the 500-seat Anderson Hall on the campus of Brewster Academy in Wolfeboro. Admission by First Night button only. For more information call 569-2200 or visit firstnight. wolfeboro.net.

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

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

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

Mahjong at the Gilford Public Library. 12:30-3:00 p.m Adult Pick-up Basketball offered by Meredith Parks & Recreation Department held at the Meredith Community Center Monday nights from 6 p.m. to 7:45 p.m. $1 per person - sign in and out at the front desk.

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

TUESDAY, JANUARY 1 New Year’s Day Trap Shoot at the Pemi Fish and Game Club in Holderness. Registration begins at 9 a.m. followed by the shooting at 10 a.m. Fee is $40; includes match and prizes. Free food and drinks. Those planning on taking part are encouraged to call 707-7170 or 745-3679.

Edward J. Engler, Editor & President Adam Hirshan, Publisher Michael Kitch, Adam Drapcho, Gail Ober Reporters Elaine Hirshan, Office Manager Crystal Furnee, Jeanette Stewart Ad Sales Patty Johnson, Production Manager & Graphics Karin Nelson, Classifieds Now arrange the circled letters to form the surprise answer, as suggested by the above cartoon.

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“Seeking the truth and printing it” THE LACONIA DAILY SUN is published Tuesday through Saturday by Lakes Region News Club, Inc. Edward Engler, Mark Guerringue, Adam Hirshan, Founders Offices: 1127 Union Ave. #1, Laconia, NH 03246 Business Office 737-2020, Newsroom 737-2026, Fax: 527-0056 News E-mail: news@laconiadailysun.com CIRCULATION: 18,000 distributed FREE Tues. through Sat. in Laconia, Weirs Beach, Gilford, Meredith, Center Harbor, Belmont, Moultonborough, Winnisquam, Sanbornton, Tilton, Gilmanton,

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OBITUARIES

Mary Lou Sanad, 83

LACONIA — Mary Lou (Defosses) Sanad, 83, passed away on Monday, December 24, 2012 at Belknap County Nursing Home. She was a lifelong resident of Laconia.

Born August 7, 1929 to the late Leonard and Phyllis (Colby) MacQuarrie. Prior to her retirement, she worked at various jobs in the Lakes Region including bookkeeper at Norm Marsh’s Garage, Quality Foods and Pike Industries.

Mary Lou was a member of both the VFW and American Legion Women’s Auxiliary in Laconia. One of her favorite things was Monday night bingo at the VFW. In her younger years she enjoyed motorcycle riding and snowmobiling.

She was married to the late Richard Defosses Sr. of Laconia.

She is survived by two sons; Tony and Nathan Defosses of Laconia, one daughter, Missy Defosses and her husband Ron Judkins of Belmont, seven grandchildren; Crystral Defosses and Bob Scerra

Tragic number: Chicago reaches 500 homicides CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago Police Superintendent Garry McCarthy says the city has logged its 500th homicide of the year.

McCarthy issued a statement Friday calling the milestone a “tragic number that is reflective of the gang violence and proliferation of illegal guns that have plagued some of our neighborhoods.”

The police department went back and forth Friday, first verifying the 500th killing, then backing off and

saying an earlier death was still being investigated.

By late Friday, police confirmed 40-year-old Nathaniel Jackson had become the 500th homicide victim when he was fatally shot in the head outside a convenience store on the city’s West Side.

The last time Chicago reached the 500-homicide mark was in 2008, when the year ended with 512 killings. City records show Chicago had 435 homicides last year.

LRCC from page 13 in the areas of energy efficiency, energy economics, electricity, HVAC, technical communications, and to optimize the production, delivery, and use of energy resources. LRCC is the third institution to join the BOC Approved Provider roster.

“Participation in the BOC program enables the College to enhance its EST program,” says LRCC Academic Affairs VP Tom Goulette. “The EST program provides students with the knowledge and skills to participate in the expanding field of energy efficient operations and maintenance.” The first Approved Provider BOC classes at LRCC begin January 25, 2013.

For more information, or to register in the BOC program through LRCC, e-mail Andy Duncan at aduncan@ccsnh.edu, or call 603-524-3207 ext 6629.

The Northwest Energy Efficiency Council (NEEC) is a non-profit trade association of the energy efficiency industry advocating for an affordable, energyefficient future for commercial, industrial, and

residential building owners and operators. NEEC administers the national Building Operator Certification (BOC®) program, which has been educating, training, and certifying building operators to perform energy-efficient operations and maintenance since 1996.

National partners with NEEC in the BOC program include the Midwest Energy Efficiency Alliance, New York State Energy Research & Development Authority, City University of New York, Northwest Energy Education Institute, Gwinnett Technical College, North Carolina Community College System, Sacramento Municipal Utility District, South Carolina Technical College System, Santa Fe Community College, University of Hawaii, and Wisconsin Focus on Energy. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) named NEEC as a winner of the 2012 ENERGY STAR Award for Excellence for its contributions through the BOC. For more information, visit www.theBOC.info.

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of Gilford, Ashley Defosses of Laconia, Skyler Judkins of Belmont, Frank, Stewart, Alana and Samantha Defosses, all of Laconia, one sister, Judy Shanley of Connecticut, sisters in law Beverly, Lee and Sharon MacQuarrie, one daughter in law, Caroline Defosses and many nieces and nephews. In addition to her parents, she was predeceased by her husband Ahmed Sanad, one son, Richard Defosses Jr. and three brothers; Walter, James and Robert MacQuarrie.

There will be no calling hours. Services will be held at a later date.

In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the Veterans of Foreign Wars Ladies Auxiliary, Court Street, Laconia, NH 03246.

Wilkinson-Beane-Simoneau-Paquette Funeral Home, 164 Pleasant Street, Laconia, NH 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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ANNIE’S MAILBOX

Dear Annie: My husband and I have been married for 23 years, and we have two teenage daughters. Our biggest issue is disciplining the kids. I think they should do more household chores. My husband agrees in theory, but does nothing to hold them accountable when they don’t cooperate, so the burden of discipline falls on me. I’m sick of being the bad guy and living in a slovenly house that no one else cares about.

I’ve talked to them until I’m blue in the face. I’ve tried letting things go to see whether they’d eventually do something, and that doesn’t work either. Usually, I end up so frustrated that I throw a big hissy fit and clean it myself.

I’m ready to move out. To me, it’s more than the mess. It’s teaching the kids to be independent, to have some work ethic and to be accountable for their actions. To them, I’m being a nag. What should I do? -- Tired in Rural Oregon Dear Tired: Nagging is part of your job as a parent. And it’s OK to let some things go. The girls’ rooms are theirs. Leave their clothes on the floor and their beds unmade. Tell them those things are their responsibility, and show them how to use the washer and dryer. If you can’t stand the sight of the mess in their rooms, close the doors.

Common areas will be tougher, but they are counting on you to give up. Firmly and repeatedly remind your husband and children to do whatever chores you assign. Do not do these things for them out of exasperation, and try not to become angry. Offer incentives in the form of increased or decreased allowance. Help them understand that you are not a servant. Being a member of the family means doing your share. If your husband won’t help, discuss hiring outside cleaning assistance.

Dear Annie: I am a senior in high school and plan to have a family graduation party next spring. However, I haven’t spoken to my maternal grandparents in six months. They have

never been a part of my life and have said and done some hurtful things over the years. They often start fights at family get-togethers.

I have no desire to invite them, but my mom says I should because I would otherwise regret it later. Honestly, I’d be happy never to see them again, but I don’t want to hurt my mom by not inviting her parents. Should I? -- East Coast Senior Dear Senior: Yes -- not only because it would please your mother, but also because it will give your grandparents a chance to behave better. One should take advantage of opportunities to reconcile when possible.

Dear Annie: “Washington” said her mother was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis 30 years ago. She had been active in her church and had lots of friends, but at age 49, she was in a nursing home. Now the only person who visits is her daughter.

I was diagnosed with MS in 1961 at age 19. In 1962, I became wheelchair bound. I’m fortunate to have a loving, caring husband of 52 years who does the things I cannot do for myself. This disease turns your life upside down. It makes the MS patient feel like a burden to society. But disabled people want to be loved, too.

I have a chin-controlled power chair to move around in.

I can use the computer with a voice-activated system, and I listen to books on tape. I stay as active as my limitations will allow. But with everything I do, someone has to assist me. I am blessed to have my husband.

For people who say they’re bored: How about volunteering for the disabled? -- Faithful Follower in Florida Dear Florida: A wonderful suggestion. Approximately 400,000 Americans are currently diagnosed with MS. For those who want more information, please contact the National MS Society at nationalmssociety.org.

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

$1-A-DAY CLASSIFIEDS • CALL 527-9299 DOLLAR-A-DAY: Private Party ads only (For Sale, Lost, Autos, etc.), must run ten consecutive days, 15 words max. Additional words 10¢ each per day. does not apply to yard sales. REGULAR RATE: $2.50 a day; 10¢ per word per day over 15 words. PREMIUMS: First word caps no charge. Additional bold, caps and 9pt type 10¢ per word per day. Centered words 10¢ (2 word minimum) TYPOS: Check your ad the first day of publication. Sorry, we will not issue credit after an ad has run once, and we do not offer refunds. DEADLINES: noon the business day prior to the day of publication. PAYMENT: All private party ads must be pre-paid. We accept checks, Visa Mastercard and Discover credit cards and of course, cash. $10 minimum order for credit cards. CORRESPONDENCE: To place your ad call our offices at 527-9299 between 9 am & 5 pm, Monday through Friday; Stop by our office or send a check or money order with ad copy to The Laconia Daily Sun,1127 Union Ave, Laconia, NH 03246. You can email ads to ads@laconiadailysun.com, we will contact you for payment. OTHER RATES: For information about display ads or other advertising options, call 527-9299.

Animals

For Rent

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FREE Parakeet: Young. To a good home only. Cage not included. 524-6653.

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

524-0348 or visit M-W-F, 12-5, at our new location, 142 Church St. (Behind CVS Pharmacy.)

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.

Immediate occupancy. Mineral Spring Realty 603-293-0330 or Fred Nash Broker 603-387-4810.

LACONIA2-ROOMMATES wanted to share personal home.

Clean, quiet, sober environment.

All inclusive, $110-$150/week.

455-2014

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

P3 s Towing. 630-3606

BELMONT

1998 Volvo S-70: 175K, good condition, dark green, leather seats. $1,500. 508-560-7511 Laconia

2 bedroom apartment, heated, walking distance to the Belknap Mall. $195.00/wk, Four weeks security deposit, no pets. Call:

2000 Volvo S80- 141K, great condition, just inspected, loaded, moon roof, beige. $3,300.

267-8493 2009 Toyota Camry- 4 cylinder, automatic, 40K miles, excellent condition, loaded. $15,000/OBO. 290-2324 BUY Vehicle from me, new or used by December 31st & get your choice of 2 of 3 prizes. Snow Blower, TV or laptop. Call Tom for details, 387-0629 Buying junk cars, trucks & big trucks ME & NH. Call for price.

Martin Towing. (603)305-4504.

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

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

Business Opportunities HAIR SALON: Concord area.

Profitable, award-winning, great lease, equipment & staff. Call for details. 781-682-6209, ext. 208.

ROI Business Brokers.

RETIRING! Great part time busi ness for sale. $7200. Only 2 to 3 days per month.

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527-9221 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 GILFORD: Spacious 2 bedroom, 2 bathroom condo near Gunstock.

Enclosed porches, great views, no smoking, no dogs. $1,200 in-

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

GILFORD: 2-bedroom units avail able. Heat & electricity included.

From $240/week. Pets considered. 556-7098.

LACONIA 1-Bedroom Apartment.

Includes Heat, Hot Water, Electric.

Nice location., No pets/ No smoking. $650/month 603-630-4198.

LACONIA 1st floor 2-3 bedroom apartment on Pleasant St. Walk to town & beaches, recently repainted, carpeting, appliances, full bath. $1,000/Month includes heat & hot water. 524-3892 or 630-4771

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 subsidized apartment. Must be elderly or disabled. Preferece given to elderly applicants with extremely low income. ($14,800 or lower).

EHO. Please call Mary at Stewart Property Management 603-641-2163

For Rent LACONIA Small 1-bedroom second floor apartment close to LRGH. $150/weeek, includes heat & hot water. Smoke free, no pets & security deposit required. Call 524-9240

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

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

For Rent MEREDITH Ultra-nice Studio.

Private country setting. Very convenient location, separate entrance. $800 includes all utiliites plus cable and high speed Internet. No Smoking. 279-4376 NEWFOUND Lake Area, 3 BR, 3 B, 15 acres, fields and woods, 1835 ft on the river, mountain views. $1400/mo. 1 plus year lease, Roche Realty Group, ask for Chuck 603-279-7046 ext 342 anytime day or evening.

LACONIAHuge 2-bedroom.

Bright, sunny & clean, nice area of town. $800/Month + Utilities.

520-6931 LACONIA- Large Rooms for rent.

Private bath, heat/hot water, electric, cable, parking included. $145/week 603-781-6294 LACONIA- 3 bedroom, 2nd floor washer/dryer hook-up, basement storage, all new carpet, $800/Month + utilities. 455-6983 LACONIA: 2 bedroom, 1st floor.

Separate entrance, coin-op laundry in basement. $230/week, including heat, electric & hot water.

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LACONIA: 2 bedroom, 2nd floor in duplex building. $230/week, including heat, electric & hot water. 524-1234, www.whitemtrentals.com.

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

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

LACONIA: 1st Floor, Large 3BR, 2-bath apartment. Deck and parking. No pets, no smokers. Security deposit, references and lease required. $900/month plus utilities.

875-2292.

LACONIA: Gilbert Apartments.

Call for available apartments.

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

LAKEPORT: 5-room, 2-Bedroom.

Includes snow removal, washer/dryer, lake view. 2nd floor unfurnished. $180/Week. Leave message for Bob, 781-283-0783

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.

TILTON/LOCHMERE - Two bedroom duplex apartment. Garage & washer/dryer available. Just 3 miles from Exit 20. Ideal for couple/single parent. $750/month + utilities. No smoking/no pets.

Call 527-6283.

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

For Rent-Commercial BELMONT: Route 106, 3-bay garage, 2-lifts, excellent location, great condition, plenty of parking. $2,000/month. (603)630-4198.

For Sale 10-inch Bosch Contractor s table saw. Portable fold up stand. $399.

Like new. 603-387-7100

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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 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.

603-539-6902, 978-808-8315.

AMAZING! Beautiful Pillowtop Mattress Sets. Twin $199, Full or Queen $249, King $449. Call 603-305-9763 See “Furniture” AD. CAPTAIN S BED: Pine, twin with bookshelf headboard and three drawers below. Mattress not included. Great condition. $80.

455-3686.

FOUR 215 55 R 16 General Altimax Arctic directional snow tires mounted on alloy rims. About half wear remaining. $199.

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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

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

1995 Honda 80 Dirt Bike. $700.

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CASHIER & DELI 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

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BUY • Sell • Trade www.motoworks.biz (603)447-1198. Olson s Moto Works, RT16 Albany, NH.

Roommate Wanted ADULT person to share house in Laconia. $130/week. includes everything. Pets okay. Female preferred. 603-524-1976 WEIRS Beach Area: To share house, $500/month, everything included. Beach rights. 393-6793.

Motorcycles

Services

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

387-6524

CAGGIANO TREE SERVICE, Trusted for over 30 years in the Lakes Region. We will meet or beat any price. Call for your free estimate today. 603-253-9762.

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

Our Customers Don!t get Soaked!

528-3531 Major credit cards accepted CALL Mike for snowblowing, roof shoveling, scrapping and light hauling. Very reasonably priced.

603-455-0214

HD TV- Sceptre LCD 23", used as backup TV w/LG Blue Ray Player $100. 267-0977

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

603-717-6682 CUSTOM STONEWORK: Walls, patios, granite, ponds and waterfalls. Free Estimates, insured 998-5339.

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

HANDYMAN SERVICES

Honda Snowblower- Track drive, 2-stage, 21 inches, runs great. $325. 393-7846

Small Jobs Are My Speciality

IBANEZ Gio electric guitar, mint, $89, Peavey Special 130W amplifier, Scorpion, $129. Both $199 286-4012.

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

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

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

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

SNOW PLOWING: Commercial, residential, Meredith & surrounding towns. Insured. 998-5339.

PATRIOTS playoff tickets for sale!

(603)356-5775, (603)548-8049.

QUALITY Firewood: Seasoned, dry hardwood. Pine or green available.

Call for details.

393-1708.

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

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

Automotive Office Assistant

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

Benjamin Oil, LLC. 603-731-5980

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.

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Lakes Region Leadership Class hosts Social Issues Day Gay couples in Maine poised for first weddings

LACONIA — The Lakes Region United Way recently sponsored Leadership Lakes Region’s Class of 2013 Social Issues Day. The day began at Lakes Region Community Services. LRCS recently moved into the former Federal Building located at 719 North Main Street in Laconia. Executive Director Chris Santaniello gave the class an overviewof the organization and the many area agencies that they partner with. Sanataniello also gave a PowerPoint presentation detailing the extensive work that was done to revitalize the building to its present condition.

The LLR class then split into groups of two and visited local agencies that answer a social need in thecommunity. The students interviewed agency directors to find out more about the organizations and their missions. Participating agencies included: CareNet, LRCS, Laconia Area Community Land Trust, Central VNA Health & Hospice, Lakes Region Child Care, Horizons, HealthFirst, Carey House, Genesis, Lakes Region United Way and New Beginnings.

The day continued with a presentation and tour at the Belknap County House of Corrections. Superintendent Daniel Ward spoke of the history of the facility, their goals of expansion and answered questions from the class.

Social Issues Day progressed to an exercise cosponsored by the Lakes Region United Way. The Walk A Mile experience is a simulation exercise designed to draw attention to the day-to-day complications faced by families who are living at or near poverty level. During the simulation, Walk A Mile participants assume the role of a family or that of a business or service provider. In the course of the 3 hour simulation, participants journey through five days and participate in a closing conversation about

Leadership Lakes Region participants Joe Oullette and Mary MacDonald join Chris Santaniello of Lakes Region Community Services during Social Issues Day. (Courtesy photo)

their experience.

The day concluded with the class learning of volunteer opportunities in the Lakes Region. The panel facilitated by LLR alumni Cheryl Carter of Meredith Village Savings Bank, included Pam Paquette, Day of Caring Coordinator, Lakes Region United Way; Bob Leda, Training & Volunteer Coordinator, Lakes Region Community Services and Sandy Marshall, Director of Volunteer & Community Relations, LRGHealthcare.

The next program day is Educational Issues Day scheduled for January 8.

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For more information contact: Jennifer McLean,Program Coordinator, LLR 603-393-9116 or info@leadershiplakesregion.org

Sant Bani School schedules open house for January 10

SANBORNTON — Sant Bani School in Sanbornton will be hosting its second in-school Admission Open House of the year on Thursday, January 10, for interested parents from 8:30 – 10:30 a.m.

Tours of the campus will begin at 8:30 a.m.; parents who would like to explore Sant Bani Schoolnmfor their children are encouraged to attend. There will be opportunities to observe students and teachers during class time. Coffee and refreshments with current teachers and Deans from eachof the divisions will take place after campus tours with time for questions and

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PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Chris Kast and Byron Bartlett already consider themselves married after a 2010 ceremony overlooking Portland Harbor, but now they’re doing it all over again — planning to be among the first to get a marriage license when Maine’s samesex marriage law goes into effect at midnight.

After waiting years for the opportunity, gay couples in Maine’s largest city won’t have to wait a moment longer than necessary to get married, with Portland City Hall opening at midnight when the law goes into effect to issue the first marriage licenses under the new law.

With their four daughters home for the holidays, Kast and Bartlett, both formerly married to women, decided they would wed on the spot after getting their marriage license. They didn’t see the need for another big ceremony.

“This is putting a period on an important sentence for us,” said Kast, 52, who has been with Bartlett, 42, for more than six years. “We’re going to finish it, and put it behind us.”

Voters approved gay marriage in November, making Maine and two other states the first to do so by popular vote. The law is already in effect in Washington state; Maryland’s takes effect on Tuesday, the first day of 2013.

Gay marriage was already legal in New York, Connecticut, Iowa, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Vermont and the District of Columbia, but those laws were either enacted by lawmakers or through court rulings.

The Maine Legislature had once approved samesex marriage, but it was overturned by a statewide referendum three years ago, crushing couples who had already made wedding plans. Gay marriage supporters collected signatures to put it on the ballot again, and this time it was easily approved.

Gov. Paul LePage signed off on the certified election results on Nov. 29, so the new law was to go into effect 30 days from that date. In addition to gay marriage becoming legal, same-sex marriages in other states will now be recognized by the state of Maine.

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