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BRISTOL — Three finalists have been identified for the position of superintendent of the Newfound Area Co-operative School District, the school board has announced.

The candidates are: Stacey Buckley, currently superintendent of the multi-district SAU including Goffstown, Dunbarton and New Boston; Antonio Fernandes, a retired administrator who until 2011 served as superintendent of the Mendon-Upton Regional School District in Massachusetts; and Timothy Richard, who grew up in the Lakes Region and who currently serves as principal of Woodward High School in Mesa, Ariz.

The finalists will travel to the district next week for a day of learning about the district and its communities. The school board is hoping to gain as much community interaction as possible during the visit.

The district will devote one full day to each candidate. Fernandes will visit on Feb. 18. The district will host Richard on Feb. 20.

Buckley’s visit will take place on Feb. 21. newFOUnd p. 6

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LACONIA — The City Council appears bent on incorporating changes to the curbside collection of trash and recyclables in the 2013-2014 municipal budget that takes effect on July 1 in order to reduce the cost of collecting, transporting and disposing of solid waste. But, a majority, let alone a consensus, has yet to merge on what changes

to introduce.

When the council met this week Archie St. Hilaire, the former president of Bestway Disposal Services who joined Casella Waste Systems when it acquired his firm, outlined two options, an automated collection system and a pay-as-you-throw (PAYT) program.

Councilor Henry Lipman (Ward 3) called the presentation “a waste of our time”

while Councilor Bob Hamel (Ward 5) said “I don’t see how we’re going to get there without doing pay-as-you-throw,” adding “I’m almost ready to make a motion.” Councilor Brenda Baer (Ward 4) has openly stated her misgivings about PAYT and Councilor Ava Doyle (Ward 1) said “I really don’t want to see pay-as-you-throw.”

Reticent during much of the discussee ReCyCLe page 14

Nor’easter stowaways

A flock of robins stopped to rest in a tree on Massachusetts Avenue about an hour after the Saturday snow storm ended. Observed local photographer Gordon King, “It could be a sign of spring or the robins arrived with the winds which brought the snow. Either way it was nice to see them.” (Gordon D. King photo)

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have been diagnosed with curable kidney cancer.” He went on to say that he expected to undergo treatment for between two and BATH —Following newspaper reports three months. While undergoing treatthat he is suffering from cancer, longtime ment, he said, “I will temporarily reduce Executive Councilor and Grafton County my travel and meetings schedule.”

Commissioner Ray Burton of Bath issued a Burton represents 108 towns — nearly statement about his health yesterday. half the 234 in the state — and four cities “After months of tests,” Burton began, “I in the seven northernmost counties and is well known for regularly visiting them all, by automobile, airplane and railroad train.

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In his 35 years as an executive councilor he has only missed one meeting and has rarely missed meetings of the Grafton County Commission during his 19 years as see BURTOn page 8

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Calif. manhunt believed over after body found in cabin

BIG BEAR LAKE, Calif. (AP) — The extraordinary manhunt for the former Los Angeles police officer suspected of three murders converged Tuesday on a mountain cabin where authorities believe he barricaded himself inside, engaged in a shootout that killed a deputy and then never emerged as the home went up in flames.

A single gunshot was heard from within, and a charred body was found inside.

If the man inside proves to be Christopher Dorner, as authorities suspect, the search for the most wanted man in America over the last week would have ended the way he had expected — death, with the police pursuing him.

Thousands of officers had been on the hunt for the former Navy reservist since police said he launched a campaign to exact revenge against the Los Angeles Police Department for his firing. They say he see HUNT page 23

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Obama: 34,000 U.S. troops leaving Afhanistan WASHINGTON (AP) — Uncompromising and politically emboldened, President Barack Obama urged a deeply divided Congress Tuesday night to embrace his plans to use government money to create jobs and strengthen the nation’s middle class. He declared Republican ideas for reducing the deficit “even worse” than the unpalatable deals Washington had to stomach during his first term.

In his first State of the Union address since winning re-election, Obama conceded economic revival is an “unfinished task,” but he claimed clear progress and said he prepared to build on it as he embarks on four more years in office.

“We have cleared away the rubble of crisis, and we can say with renewed confidence that the state of our union is strong,”

Obama said in an hour-long address to a joint session of Congress and a television audience of millions.

With unemployment persistently high and consumer confidence falling, the economy remains a vulnerability for Obama and could disrupt his plans for pursuing a broader agenda, including immigration overhaul, stricter gun laws and climate change legislation.

Still, fresh off a convincing re-election win, Obama made clear in his remarks that he was determined to press his political advantage against a divided, defensive and worried Republican Party. Numerous times he urged Congress to act quickly on his priorities — but vowed to act on some issues on his own if they do not.

Obama also announced new steps to

reduce the U.S. military footprint abroad, with 34,000 American troops withdrawing from Afghanistan within a year. And he had a sharp rebuke for North Korea, which launched a nuclear test just hours before his remarks, saying, “Provocations of the sort we saw last night will only isolate them further.”

In specific proposals for shoring up the economy in his second term, an assertive Obama called for increased federal spending to fix the nation’s roads and bridges, the first increase in the minimum wage in six years and expansion of early education to every American 4-year-old. Seeking to appeal for support from Republicans, he promised that none of his proposals would increase the deficit “by a single dime” see UNION page 11

BEIJING (AP) — China’s foreign minister called North Korea’s ambassador in for a dressing-down and demanded his country cease making further threats, in a show of Beijing’s displeasure over its ally’s latest nuclear test.

Yang Jiechi delivered a “stern representation” to Ji Jae Ryong on Tuesday and expressed China’s “strong dissatisfaction and firm opposition” to the test, the ministry said in a statement posted to its website.

“Yang Jiechi demanded that the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea side cease

talk that further escalates the situation and swiftly return to the correct channel of dialogue and negotiation,” the statement said. It did not say if Ji made any response.

Calls to the North Korean Embassy rang unanswered Tuesday.

Yang reiterated China’s desire for peace and stability on a nuclear-free Korean Peninsula and said issues should be resolved within the framework of long-stalled denuclearization talks involving North Korea, China, the U.S., South Korea, Japan and Russia.

The appeals were contained in an ear-

lier statement from the ministry calling on North Korea to abide by its denuclearization pledge, and not to “take additional actions that could cause the situation to further deteriorate” — echoing the wording of China’s responses to previous North Korean nuclear tests in 2006 and 2009.

Yang’s meeting with the ambassador shows China’s anger and frustration over North Korea’s actions since the ministry calls in foreign diplomats only in cases of extreme pique, such as U.S. arms sales see next page

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Papal campaigning begins NH will seek partnership on health exchange VATICAN CITY (AP) — It’s a political campaign like no other, with no declared candidates or frontrunners and a strict taboo against openly gunning for the job. But the maneuvering is already under way, with one African contender declaring Tuesday it was time for a pope from the developing world — and he was free if God wanted him.

A day after Pope Benedict XVI stunned the world and announced he would retire on Feb. 28, Berlin’s archbishop urged mercy for the victor, given the terrible weight of the office. Mexico City Cardinal Norberto Rivera asked for prayers so that the best man might win.

It’s all part of the ritual of picking a pope, the mysterious process that takes place behind closed doors at the Sistine Chapel, where the “princes” of the church, the 117 or so cardinals under age 80, vote in next month’s conclave.

Once sequestered, they cast secret ballots until they reach a two-thirds majority and elect a new leader of the world’s 1.2 billion Catholics, sending up smoke signals from the chapel’s chimney to tell the world if they have failed (black) or succeeded (white).

In the run-up to the conclave, cardinals engage in a delicate dance, speaking in general terms about the qualities of a future pope and the particular issues facing the church. It’s rare for anyone to name names, much less tout himself as a candidate.

If asked, most cardinals routinely invoke the refrain: “He who goes into a conclave a pope comes out a cardinal.”

Such genteel public platitudes, however, belie the very real factions within the College of Cardinals that determine the outcome of the vote.

Just because the cardinals all wear the same red cassock and recite the same prayers doesn’t mean they all think alike. They have different visions of what the church needs, different views on critical issues and different allegiances: geographical, sensee POPE page 8

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — The state will partner with the federal government to operate the new insurance markets required under President Barack Obama’s health overhaul law, according to a declaration letter Gov. Maggie Hassan is sending out this week.

“I think the fear that we have, and we share with many of you, is that if we do not right now tell the federal government what we want control over, we will lose it,” Hassan’s legal counsel, Lucy Hodder, told a legislative oversight committee Tuesday. “We’ve lost a lot already, and it’s incredibly important to make sure we’re doing what’s best for New Hampshire residents.”

A major component of the federal law requires the creation of exchanges, which are marketplaces that will offer individuals and their families a choice of private health plans resembling what workers at major companies get. States have until Friday to declare whether they are establishing their own exchanges, creating regional exchanges with other states, running exchanges in partnership with the federal government or letting the federal government operate exchanges for them.

New Hampshire lawmakers last session passed a law prohibiting the state from establishing its own

exchange, so its decision came down to whether to have a partnership, and, if so, what kind. According to Hassan’s letter, the state will pursue two types: a planned management partnership that would make the state responsible for regulating insurance companies and the plans they offer under the exchanges and a consumer assistance partnership that would involve helping consumers access the exchange.

Taking that route is in keeping with goals set forth by the Legislature, Hassan wrote, which include preserving to the greatest extent possible the state’s insurance regulatory authority.

“Our goal on Friday is to protect New Hampshire’s ability to preserve its authority and help our consumers make the best choices available to them,” Hodder told lawmakers.

The letter also specifies that the partnership will not impose a cost on the state’s general fund or create new state programs, that the state may terminate the partnership at any time once it has properly accounted for any federal grant funding and that details going forward are subject to the approval of the legislative committee. see EXCHANGE page 7

LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) — For wrestling, this may have been the ultimate body slam: getting tossed out of the Olympic rings.

The vote Tuesday by the IOC’s executive board stunned the world’s wrestlers, who see their sport as popular in many countries and steeped in history as old as the Olympics themselves.

While wrestling will be included at the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, it was cut from the games in 2020, which have yet to be awarded to a host city.

2004 Olympic Greco-Roman champion Khasan

Baroev of Russia called the decision “mind-boggling.”

“I just can’t believe it. And what sport will then be added to the Olympic program? What sport is worthy of replacing ours?” Baroev told the ITARTass news agency. “Wrestling is popular in many countries — just see how the medals were distributed at the last Olympics.”

American Rulan Gardner, who upset three-time Russian Olympic champion Alexander Karelin at the Sydney Games in an epic gold-medal bout see WRESTLING page 9

from preceding page to Taiwan or Japan’s nationalization of a disputed island group. However, neither statement pointed to any specific actions Beijing would take in response to Tuesday’s nuclear test, the North’s third.

The meeting also followed a warning from North Korea that the test was merely its “first response” to what it called U.S. threats, and that it will continue with unspecified “second and third measures of greater intensity” if Washington maintains its hostility.

Despite being the North’s biggest source of aid and dip-

lomatic support, Beijing has been reluctant to back more severe measures that could destabilize the North’s hardline regime, which serves as a buffer between China and democratic South Korea backed by U.S. forces.

China’s patience appears to be wearing thin, however, and Beijing reacted in unusually strong terms to the North’s December rocket launch by agreeing to tightened United Nations sanctions on the country, a move that brought criticism from Pyongyang.

China had repeatedly called on the North not to conduct a test, and Pyongyang’s decision to proceed anyway

will likely strengthen Beijing’s arguments that it has little power to influence its neighbor and that harsh actions against the regime will have only a negative effect.

Although Beijing hasn’t proposed any concrete plans to punish the North, disgust with Pyongyang’s defiance and lack of gratitude is growing in. Tuesday was a public holiday in China, but the nuclear test was widely criticized on the country’s popular Twitterlike Weibo microblogging service, with users calling it inhuman and anti-social and urging the government to reconsider its assistance to the regime.

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A Godly man in an ungodly age “To govern the bark of Saint Peter and proclaim the Gospel, both strength of mind and body are necessary, strength which in the last few months, has deteriorated in me to the extent that I have had to recognize my incapacity to adequately fulfill the ministry entrusted to me.”

With those brave, wise, simple words, Benedict XVI announced an end of his papacy. How stands the Church he has led for eight years?

While he could not match the charisma of his predecessor, John Paul II, his has been a successful papacy. He restored some of the ancient beauty and majesty to the liturgy. He brought back to the fold separated Anglican brethren.

The Church is making converts in sub-Saharan Africa. And in America, new traditionalist colleges and seminaries have begun to flourish.

That is looking back eight years.

Looking back half a century, to that October day in 1962 when Pope John XXIII declared the opening of Vatican II, the Church appears to have been in a decline that, in parts of the world, seems to be leading to near extinction.

At Vatican II, the Rev. Joseph Ratzinger, the future Benedict XVI, was among the reformers who were going to bring the church into the modern world.

The encounter did not turn out well. In 1965, three in four American Catholics attended Sunday mass. Today, it is closer to one in four. The number of priests has fallen by a third, of nuns by two-thirds. Orders like the Christian Brothers have virtually vanished. The Jesuits are down to a fraction of their strength in the 1950s.,Parochial schools teaching 4.5 million children in the early 1960s were teaching a third of that number at the end of the century. Catholic high schools lost half their enrollment. Churches have been put up for sale to pay diocesan debts.

And the predator-priest sexabuse scandal, with the offenses dating back decades, continues to suppurate and stain her reputation and extract billions from the Sunday collections of the abiding faithful.

The highest-ranking Catholic politicians, Vice President Joe Biden and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, support same-sex marriage and belong to a party whose platform calls for funding abortions to the day of birth.

Catholic teaching on contraception, divorce and sexual morality is openly mocked.

Yet, while colleges like Georgetown appear Catholic in name only, others — like Christendom

in Front Royal, Va., St. Thomas More in Merrimack, N.H, and St. Thomas Aquinas near Los Angeles — have picked up the torch.

Among Catholics, there has long been a dispute over the issue: Did Vatican II cause the crisis in the Church, or did the council merely fail to arrest what was an inevitable decline with the triumph of the counterculture of the 1960s?

As one looks around the world and back beyond the last halfcentury, it seems that Catholicism and Christianity have been in a centuries-long retreat. In the mid19th century, Matthew Arnold wrote in “Dover Beach”: The Sea of Faith Was once, too, at the full, and round earth’s shore Lay like the folds of a bright girdle furled.

But now I only hear Its melancholy, long, withdrawing roar ...

In Christianity’s cradle, the Holy Land and the Near East, from Egypt to Afghanistan, Christians are subjected to persecution and pogroms, as their numbers dwindle. In Latin America, the Church has been losing congregants for decades.

In Europe, Christianity is regarded less as the founding faith of the West and the wellspring of Western culture and civilization, than as an antique; a religion that European Man once embraced before the coming of the Enlightenment. Many cathedrals on the continent have taken on the aspect of Greek and Roman temples — places to visit and marvel at what once was, and no longer is.

The Faith is Europe, Europe is the Faith, wrote Hilaire Belloc.

And when the faith dies, the culture dies, the civilization dies, and the people die. So historians and poets alike have written.

Surely that seems true in Europe. In the 16th, 17th, 18th and 19th centuries, Western Man, under the banners of God and country, conquered almost the entire world. But now that Christianity has died in much of the West, the culture seems decadent, the civilization in decline.

And the people have begun to die. No Western nation has had a birth rate in three decades that will enable its native-born to survive.

Dispensing with Christianity, Western peoples sought new gods and new faiths: communism, Leninism, fascism, Nazism. Those gods all failed. Now we have converted to even newer faiths to create paradise in this, the only world we shall ever know. Democratic capitalism, consumerism, see BUCHANAN next page

LETTERS Should we also count Ronald Reagan among the anti-gun loons?

To the editor, Today I write with questions for the true looney tunes, talking about revolution. I realize that you live in the past, but this is just plain nuts. Do you intend to revolt against our true militia, you know the Army Reserve and the National Guard who do an outstanding job protecting all our citizens...good luck with that one. As far as gun control is concerned, nobody is advocating taking away anyone’s hunting rifles or hand guns used for sport or self-protection. What is being advocated is keeping military style weapons out of public hands. No one needs them to hunt or protect themselves. Your own favorite Supreme court Justice Anton Scalia said, “M16’s and the like have no place in the 2nd Amendment.” Also, your favorite President, Ronald Reagan was against assault weapons for public use. And don’t forget he and others were shot by one. And then there is the idea that our current President shouldn’t have Secret Service protection. How crazy is that! In my 61 plus years, all of our Presidents and their families have had Secret Service Protection even

after they leave office.

I hear these same wing nuts that refer to Democrats or Human Rights advocated called loons. I hear a couple bird names that fit these people that are doing the name calling, how about as in Jim Crow. And some that I know and see around the area that resemble old buzzards sitting on their perches.

Picking apart the Constitution to suit their agenda.

Regarding immigration, unless you are 100% Native American, then you are an immigrant yourself, and are of multiple races and cultures. So who are you to make the decision on who gets deported. I understand the need to register aliens and have them pay their fair share of taxes, which most of them do. I agree we need to do something for them to become legal citizens so why don’t we all work together to get them there, instead of making it more difficult. These same people seem to think that this is a Christian country only...wrong! We are a melting pot for all. To quote John Lennon, Give Peace a Chance.

Ray Corliss Laconia

I’ve never seen or heard of a ‘no questions asked’ table a gun show To the editor, Saturday morning and I’m hoping everyone is safe and warm after last night’s snow. I’m reading the paper on my PC today. You see I’m retired and do not have to go out.

So, I see James Veverka is presenting himself as an expert on of all things gun show. He tells readers these gun shows sometimes have tables of “no questions asked”. Gray loop holes, I think he said. It’s ridicules to think criminals will always find ways to get guns, he says. This is very strange to me because I’ve been to hundreds of gun shows in my life and never once have I seen or heard of a “no questions asked” gun sellers table, not once. Makes me think James is blowing smoke. Let me be clear so that non gun owners that have never been to a gun show can understand. Any gun dealer selling firearms at a gun show must do a background check just like they do at their store. No exceptions, no if ands or buts.

Now as for James’ anti NRA rant,

let’s be clear that yes, most NRA members are for background checks.

Most states have background checks in place but what the NRA questions is the wisdom of allowing the federal government to run such a system.

James probably would agree that on many other subjects having the Feds run some huge invasive records on private citizens would be a bad idea.

After all political pressures from all sides have in the past led to abuses. I just have to ask James, why is it ridiculous to think criminals will always get guns? I give readers the example of, Chicago. Drug gangs, criminals, have made Chicago the murder capitol of America. These guys are not going to gun stores or gun shows to get their guns yet they seem to have an abundance of them. History has shown that people, for good or evil can get anything they really want. Prohibition could not stop the importation of booze. The war on drugs has been ongoing for more then five decades

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LETTERS Pitman’s Freight Room is an outstanding asset for Lakes Region To the editor, The Lakes Region has yet another outstanding asset.

Friday evening, January 25, I attended for the first time, a performance at Pitman’s Freight Room in Laconia. What a great idea that was (probably my wife’s). I had periodically seen local publicity for the music venue but hadn’t yet made the leap to give it a try. The Bruce Marshall Group was advertised for Friday and although I had not researched their credentials, the thought of some good live blues was appealing. So, my wife and I went with a couple of friends.

The performance by the Bruce Marshall Group in that rustic almost living room BYO setting might have been the most enjoyable show I’ve ever seen. I don’t say that lightly. Years ago I had season tickets for four different major venues in the Los Angeles area. In

years more recent I attended numerous outstanding shows in NY, NJ and PA and have many great memories of fantastic quality performances. Maybe it’s partly because it was in my own back yard, maybe it’s partly because it took me by surprise, maybe it’s partly because of the friendly hospitality of Dick and Connie Mitchell (the Freight Room proprietors), or maybe it was really the combined musicianship, showmanship, sincere gusto and real world wholesomeness of this four man group that produced one great song after another that was exactly what I wanted that night. Whatever. These are subjective things.

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In gun control politics, Government has a credibility problem To the editor, Many thanks to Mr. Rodgers for pointing out last week what an idiot I am. It’s okay, I get that a lot. And I don’t have any problem at all with the truth of anything. But excuse me if I continue to have questions when the facts have changed over time. It shouldn’t matter what kind of gun was used and I’m willing to drop the whole thing if some one can explain this. On December 15, NBC News and MSNBC were running the report that first responders found the AR-15 in the trunk of the car. Here is the clip if anyone cares to watch it. (http://video.today.msnbc. msn.com/today/50208495#50208495) Shortly after that, agents from the ATF and such arrived and locked down the crime scene. Many days later, the new version of what happened came out with the rifle as the main gun that was used. This from the people who walked hundreds of rifles over the Mexican border in operation Fast and Furious for some twisted

political gain. To walk just one gun across a parking lot would be a piece of cake. It’s one of the oldest tricks in the world, to throw down a gun and alter a crime scene. When it comes to the politics of gun control, the government has a credibility problem.

As to the question of why would anyone want a military style rifle, It is simply because we can. That right is most clearly defined in the 1939 Supreme Court case U.S. V. Miller, 307 U.S. 174, where the arms referred to as in “the right to keep and bear arms” are described as weapons suitable for military use that are in common use at the time. That is the way it has always been and that is the reason why AR-15’s are the most popular gun in America. That case also draws the line about what guns are civilian legal and which ones are controlled by special permits, like automatic machine guns and short barreled rifles. You can’t blame the NRA for that.

Alan Moon Tilton

Belknap County will be poorer and little wiser after lawsuit To the editor, With regard to Mr. Tardif’s lawsuit against the Belknap County Convention: He must be a man of poor spirit who is preoccupied with the form of a thing to the exclusion of the sub-

stance. We will be the poorer and little the wiser after this case is heard.

Rep. Richard B. Burchell Belknap District 5 Gilmanton

from preceding page and so far failed. During WW2, partisans all over Europe got guns to fight back against the invaders. Really now how does James propose to prevent criminals from getting guns?

What is ridiculous is this uninformed, misleading left-wing misinformation campaign being waged by the anti-gun crowed. Most of those advocating this have never been closer to a gun then at

the movies or on their TV’s. Still they present themselves as experts after listening to one politician or another telling them “the facts”. Most of which are laughable. So James, why not try getting the facts from, say the FBI crime statistics or Justice Department studies. And remember, no fair culling these files for only the facts you want to use.

Steve Earle Hill

BUCHANAN from preceding page globalism, environmentalism, egalitarianism.

The Secular City seems to have triumphed over the City of God. But in the Islamic world, an ancient and transcendental faith is undergoing a great awakening after centuries of slumber and seems anxious to reengage and settle accounts with an

agnostic West.

As ever, the outcome of the struggle for the world is in doubt.

(Syndicated columnist Pat Buchanan has been a senior advisor to three presidents, twice a candidate for the Republican presidential nomination and the presidential nominee of the Reform Party in 2000. He won the New Hampshire Republican Primary in 1996.)

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LETTERS We’d better learn how the Earth works if we’re going to survive To the editor, The Chinese can now buy air, in cans — air for breathing. It’s hard to breathe in parts of China, where many of the world’s 2400 coal plants are located. Ain’t Free Enterprise wonderful?

Coal plants emit heat, too, like the 800,000,000 vehicles and 7,000 planes that zoom around the earth 24/7. Contributing even more to global warming is the meat industry, surprisingly.

Sea level is rising along with the world population, and corporations are dishing out misinformation.

There is small but growing aware-

ness that we’d better learn how the Earth works if we’re going to survive, much less prosper. Transition Towns and Permaculture have started making a difference, and can be found online.

How do you feel about global warming? In the U.S., Alarmed are 16 percent, Concerned are 29 percent, Cautious are 25 percent, Disengaged are 8 percent, Doubtful are 13 percent, Dismissive are 8 percent, the loudest group.

Gasoline Alley has a dead end.

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To the editor, I was pleasantly surprised to read that a member of the Shaker Regional School Board is suggesting that perhaps there should be a budget committee formed to oversee the budget.

This is something i have been calling for for several years! I applaud Rich Bryant’s courage in even suggesting this. The taxes in Belmont now in both the school as well as perhaps the town have kept the town tax rate near the highest of any town/city in the entire state. The town has done a much better job overall in keeping the town portion down as compared to the school district. I would only hope that should this idea actually come to fruition that any member of the

said school budget committee have no connection to the school by way of employment, etc.

This is a step in the right direction if it is done right. I still feel, though, that the school district needs to be dealt with under SB-2, the same as the town. The run away spending of the Shaker District needs to be stopped. Last years approval of the teacher’s contract was a terrible slap in the face of taxpayers as a whole.

Shame on the union that represents the teachers of the Shaker District! SB-2 would certainly make it more difficult for the union, which has little problem stacking the meetings in order to get what they wish. fear can do that!

Don Irvin Belmont

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To the editor, For as long as I can remember, Republicans have always maintained that: “They represent the heartland and they believe in personal responsibility, family values, and ‘getting the government off our backs’”. This indeed has been their mantra which seems to work in “red states”. Social scientists and economists have long questioned whether Republicans practice what they preach.

The statistical reality according to these learned men is that: “the red states are, on average less prone to pay income taxes, more prone to receive subsidies from the federal government, less physically fit, less responsible in their sexual behavior, more prone to inflict harm on themselves and on others through smoking , drunk driving, and misuse of firearms and more prone to “free ride” on the health care system compared to “blue staters”.

Economists have long known that in spite of the rhetoric about “getting the government off our backs” , the red

states receive more federal spending net of taxes than the blue states. Alaska, Mississippi, Louisiana, West Virginia, and North and South Dakota top the list of what Mitt Romney labeled as “moochers”. Republicans fall far short of “practicing what they preach”. Democrats in blue states on the other hand are guilty of “not preaching what they practice”. ObamaCare, better known as the Affordable Care Act, champions personal responsibility. The states that hate it don’t!! Establishing personal responsibility, not socialized medicine is the reason why conservative think tanks such as the Heritage Foundation proposed the idea of a “universal mandate” in the first place and why Mitt Romney enacted it in Massachusetts when he was governor.

In order for Republicans to have any chance at all in reclaiming legitimacy they are going to have to quit being the “stupid party”; quit believing their own rhetoric , and of course, marginalize the Tea Party.

George Maloof Plymouth

NEWFOUND from page one At 2 p.m. on each day, parents and community members are invited to Newfound Regional High School for a meet and greet with the candidate. There will also be an evening meet and greet held each day at 6:15 p.m., held at different locations each day. On Feb. 18, Fernandes will meet parents and community members at Groton Town Hall. Richard, visiting on Feb. 20, will be present at the

Regional High School. On the evening of Feb. 21, Buckley will be at the Danbury Elementary School.

At the conclusion of each day, the school board will conduct a formal interview with the candidate. The interviews will be open to the public for observation purposes only.

The Newfound Area Co-operative School District is made up of the following towns: Alexandria, Bridgewater, Bristol, Danbury, Groton, Hebron

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LETTERS In push for greater gun control, Obama’s goal isn’t to save lives To the editor, President Obama says, “If it only saves one life....” Then he promotes gun restrictions that will kill more law abiding Americans than they save.

If it were really his goal, President Obama could do many things that actually save lives.

Closing the border and removing the incentives for people to come or stay here illegally would annually save hundreds of lives and thousands from becoming violent crime victims.

He could lead the charge against smoking which kills approximately 449,000 Americans annually, including approximately 44,000 who die from second hand smoke (source: Centers for Disease Control). Thus, about four times as many people are killed

by America’s 43 million smokers as

by America’s 80 million gun owners.

Guns also often save innocent lives, smoking only harms people.

He could lead the charge against alcohol which causes about 100,000 deaths annually. And, according to an NIDA report, about half of vehicle accident deaths and about 60 percent of all homicides are attributed to alcohol.

I don’t advocate outlawing smoking or drinking, but presidential leadership for reduced smoking and drinking could save lives.

Increased CAFÉ standards are true “blood for oil.” Many studies, e.g., by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, indicate that higher CAFÉ standards increase highway deaths by about 2000 deaths annually. A Department of Transportation study indicated that each mile per

gallon increase results in approximately 7,000 additional deaths. Thus, president Obama’s increased CAFÉ standards from 27.5 to 54.5 MPG will cause approximately 189,000 additional traffic deaths (the equivalent of about 18 years’ worth of gun homicides).

President Obama could save lives by enforcing current gun laws. Most crimes are committed by people known to law enforcement or their associates, but the politicians can’t or don’t care enough to make law enforcement protect law abiding people from these criminals.

In 2010 only 44 of the 80,000 people who lied (when trying to purchase guns) on background check forms were prosecuted!! Overall Federal gun prosecutions are down 40-45 percent from the Bush years. Enforcing existing laws could save lives!

If President Obama displayed concern for unborn Americans, if he promoted adoption, if he promoted more responsible sex, then just a 1 percent reduction in abortions would save as many lives as are taken annually by guns.

With so many things that he could do to save lives, why does President Obama only focus on gun control, restricting the constitutional rights of law abiding citizens and probably making more innocent victims than it saves?

It seems that gun control is the focus, not because it saves lives, but because it supports President Obama’s political agenda of increasing government power and reducing citizens’ rights.

Don Ewing Meredith

Pro-gun community is motivated by the fear of unseen threats To the editor, Based on recent letters to this forum, it’s become quite apparent that paranoia is running rampant within the gun community. As witnessed in Mr. Moon’s letter, he writes of a hypothetical situation in which his gun is going to be taken by the government and he is going to be “raided by heavily armed soldiers or police ... and members of my family shot and killed in the name of public safety.” He ramps up his paranoia by suggesting that the government could possibly declare war on otherwise peaceful gun owners.

While no one really believes the United States is in danger of a military invasion by any foreign power, a good many gun worshipers believe that they need to be prepared for a social cataclysm of sorts, like mass unrest or a catastrophe that leads to widespread looting and depredation.

EXCHANGE from page 3 Though Hassan apparently did not need the committee’s approval to send the letter, the committee voted on it anyway Tuesday. Democratic Sen. Peggy Gilmore and the three House members — Republican John Hunt and Democrats Cindy Rosenwald and Edward Butler — voted in favor of the declaration, though Hunt said his vote was meant to affirm the committee’s authority and to move the process forward.

Republican Sens. Jeb Bradley and

The gun is also used by many as a tool for projecting personal power.

This social paranoia, a dread of unseen threats against one’s personal safety, feeds the demand for automatic assault rifles and handguns — much to the delight of obliging firearm manufacturers.

What many people are now talking about is not banning guns or taking them away, but putting in place some reasonable restrictions that would provide a line of defense against mass killings without infringing on what most people consider reasonable uses for guns.

It is not going to be easy to erase the prevalent social delusions that fuel gun ownership in America, but stricter laws and regulations can and should start preventing its lethal consequences.

L. J. Siden Gilmanton Andy Sanborn opposed it. They voiced concerns about the regulatory burden and sustainability of a partnership and said they worry that the state will be left with paying for costly programs when federal money runs out.

“There are just a huge number of unanswered questions, unknown commitments, unknown costs, possible benefits, potential problems,” Bradley said. “I am afraid by moving forward we’re assuming burdens, assuming costs, and that pre-emption will be the norm even in a partnership.”

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Gas leak closes Cannon Bridge in Northfield

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NORTHFIELD – A natural gas leak forced the evacuation of about three homes and an apartment block last night on Elm Street, sending residents into the cold from about 9:15 p.m. to midnight.

Tilton-Northfield Fire Chief Brad Ober said Liberty Utilities was notified after a passerby reported the smell of natural gas coming from a man hole.

He said Cannon Bridge was closed and will remain so until the leak is fixed.

Northfield Police Lieutenant John Raffaelly said yesterday that Workers and equipment from Liberty Utilities work to repair gas lines that are well below the frozen the gas company crews surface of Elm Street yesterday afternoon. The leak was noticed Monday night. Cannon Bridge, which are being hampered by is to the left in this photo is closed until the repairs are complete. (Laconia Daily Sun photo/Gail Ober) cold weather and about three feet of permafrost on Elm Street. or stayed in their cars.

He said Monday evening’s evacuation was for the Raffaelly said the gas company will be working safety of all the residents in the immediate area. to repair the problem and could be on Elm Street One woman told the Sun she and her boyfriend through today. He said the best way to get to that were getting ready to go to bed when the police came portion of Elm Street is to go down to Park Street and asked them to leave. and take a left at Summer Street.

She said the two drove in their car over Cannon He said residents in the ares can return to their Bridge and waited in the Big Apple Convenience homes, however, they may not be able to drive down Store. She said others waited in the store with them that section of Elm Street.

BURTON from page one a commissioner. He said that he will be participating in meeting “via electronic hook-up.”

Burton reminded constituents that Ben Belanger, a senior at Plymouth State University and the 142nd intern to serve with him, can be reached at 271-3632 and will respond to any inquiries.

“I expect to be back under full steam shortly,”

Burton said. “I thank my constituents, family and friends for their outpouring of support, but fear not.

Ray Burton will be back to 100-percent before you know it, passing out business cards and combs! I am forever humbly at your service.”

Burton, who is 73, has begun his 18th term on the Executive Council, where he has served for 34 of the past 36 years.

POPE from page 3 timental and theological.

And this time around, it seems geography is very much front and center, at least in the public debate that was in full swing Tuesday, the first day of the conclave campaign.

One of Africa’s brightest hopes to be the next pope, Ghanaian Cardinal Peter Turkson, said the time was right for a pontiff from the developing world, and that he’s available for the job “if it’s the will of God.” In an interview with The Associated Press inside his Vatican offices, Turkson said the “young churches” of Africa and Asia have now become solid enough that they have produced “mature clergymen and prelates that are capable of exercising leader-

ship also of this world institution.”

Catholics in the developing world don’t need a pope from their region to thrive, he said. They have done just fine, growing exponentially with European pontiffs. But Turkson, who heads the Vatican’s justice and peace office, said a pope from the global south would “go a long way to strengthen them in their resolve.”

Whether Turkson would have a shot at the papacy, though, is an open question. Last year he screened an alarmist video at a meeting of the world’s bishops, warning of the inroads Islam is making in Europe and the world.

He apologized, but the gaffe may have cost him a chance at the papacy. Even Vatican Radio called the film a “4-year-old, fear-mongering presentation of statistics” that have been widely debunked.

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Jury selection near for trial of man accused of 2011 rape

By Gail OBer

LACONIA – As jury selection nears for a local man accused of 12 counts of aggravated felonious sexual assault in Gilford in September of 2011, some details of the alleged rape are being made available.

While the original affidavits were sealed by the 4th Circuit Court, Laconia Division regarding the arrest of Michael Hilson, 44, of 665 Union Ave., documents filed in Superior Court indicate Hilson allegedly repeatedly raped a woman who was a guest in a home of a Gilford couple.

In January of 2012, Hilson was indicted on 12 counts of aggravated felonious sexual assault, two counts of attempted aggravated felonious sexual assault, and one count of simple assault.

The Daily Sun reported on October 1, 2011 that Hilson was arrested the next day by Gilford Police after an investigation but that affidavits supporting his arrest were sealed by the court.

Police alleged that on or about September 28, 2011, Hilson was visiting the Chestnut Drive home of a relative. After an evening of visiting, the couple’s female house guest went to sleep in a guest room.

She said she awoke to allegedly find Hilson on top of her and already inside her.

The victim said she immediately tried pushing him off by using her legs and feet but Hilson continued to assault her by penetrating her with his fingers and penis.

She said at one point he allegedly got up, went to a nearby refrigerator and got a beer. She told police she remained motionless in bed, in fear, but he returned to room and began raping her all over again.

The victim said he sat on her chest and attempted oral sex but she clenched her teeth.

She said when he finished, Hilson allegedly got a cloth, cleaned her and then lay down and began playing with his phone.

She said she waited until she thought it was safe and ran upstairs to where her hosts were sleeping and told them what had happened.

The victim sought medical assistance and reported the alleged rape to the Gilford Police, who in turn notified Hilson’s probation officer.

To date, Judge James O’Neill has ruled that Hilson’s prior criminal record will not be admissible at trial and that his actions after the alleged crime — involving an alleged conversation with his probation officer — will also not be admitted.

Hilson’s attorneys, Public Defenders Jesse Friedman and John Bresaw, have also asked for the right to voir dire — or to question the potential jurors with their own questions — but were told by O’Neill that he would ask the questions with input from both the Assistant County Prosecutor Carley Ahern and the defense team.

O’Neill also denied Friedman and Bresaw’s request for 15 peremptory challenges of potential jurors and limited them to the standard three. A peremptory challenge is when an attorney can bypass any potential juror for nearly any reason.

Hilson is being held on $100,000 cash-only bail and is at the Belknap County House of Corrections awaiting trial.

On Thursday, there will be a hearing to determine of one of the prosecution’s witnesses may be compromising himself by testifying. The witness allegedly assaulted Hilson after he heard about the alleged rape.

WRESTLING from page 3 known as the “Miracle on the Mat,” was saddened by the decision to drop what he called “a beloved sport.”

“It’s the IOC trying to change the Olympics to make it more mainstream and more viewer-friendly instead of sticking to what they founded the Olympics on,” Gardner told The Associated Press in a telephone interview from Logan, Utah.

The executive board of the International Olympic Committee reviewed the 26 sports on its summer program in order to remove one of them so it could add one later this year. It decided to cut wrestling and keep modern pentathlon — a sport that combines fencing, horse riding, swimming, running and shooting — and was considered to be the most likely to be dropped.

The board voted after reviewing a report by the IOC program commission report that analyzed 39 criteria, including TV ratings, ticket sales, antidoping policy and global participation and popularity. With no official rankings or recommendations contained in the report, the final decision by the 15-member board was also subject to political, emotional and sentimental factors.

“This is a process of renewing and renovating the program for the Olympics,” IOC spokesman Mark Adams said. “In the view of the executive board,

this was the best program for the Olympic Games in 2020. It’s not a case of what’s wrong with wrestling; it is what’s right with the 25 core sports.”

According to IOC documents obtained by the AP, wrestling ranked “low” in several of the technical criteria, including popularity with the public at the London Games — just below 5 on a scale of 10. Wrestling sold 113,851 tickets in London out of 116,854 available.

Wrestling also ranked “low” in global TV audience with a maximum of 58.5 million viewers and an average of 23 million, the documents show. Internet hits and press coverage were also ranked as low.

NBC, which televises the Olympics in the U.S., declined comment.

The IOC also noted that FILA — the international wrestling federation — has no athletes on its decision-making bodies, no women’s commission, no ethics rules for technical officials and no medical official on its executive board.

Modern pentathlon also ranked low in general popularity in London, with 5.2 out of 10. The sport also ranked low in all TV categories, with maximum viewership of 33.5 million and an average of 12.5 million.

FILA has 177 member nations, compared to 108 for modern pentathlon.

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HILL — No name is more famous nor person more revered in this small town than Jenny D. Blake, for whom the town’s elementary school is named.

A legendary teaching-principal who taught school for 50 years until she retired in 1945, Blake started her teaching career at the age of 17 in the small district schoolhouse on Murray Hill Road that she had attended as a child.

She later taught in the Hill Village School in Old Hill Village, where she and her husband, Bert lived after their marriage in 1899. In 1909 a new school was built not far from where they lived and she continued to teach there until the village was relocated in 1941 to accommodate the the construction of the Franklin Falls Dam, a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers flood control project.

The school which was built in the new village was named in her honor and the present school, which has been located in the former town hall since 2001, still bears her name.

But it’s the not the only building in town which is known by her name.

There’s a residence on New Chester Road known by long-time residents as the Jennie D. Blake House and it’s the same home that Blake and her husband inhabited in Old Hill Village, one of 14 homes which was relocated to higher ground using railroad winches and teams of horses.

Current owners of the Victorian style home are Steve and Elaine Earle, who moved to Hill from Northfield in 1984 and got to see in their first year there why Hill had been relocated. ‘’There was record high water and you could go down into Old Hill Village and see just the tops of some 50-foot high trees,’’ said Steve.

He says that the house, which has many Victorian features, including a long front porch and several stained-glass windows, was extremely well-built with high-quality wood work and even has panel doors, which could be used to separate the rooms, recessed in the walls between the rooms. ‘’They used horses to pull it up here and put it on the brick foundation they had already built. They were very ambitious and determined,’’ said Steve, who said that townspeople had formed an association to manage the transition and had built a new school and town hall along with 30 houses by the time the move took place in 1941. ‘’It was the first planned community in New Hampshire,’’ says Steve, who says that he and his wife spent a lot of time riding horses through the Old Hill Village area from 1984 through 1999 and got very familiar with its old landmarks. ‘’They razed all of the old homes that weren’t moved so there were only cellar holes left. But the roads and sidewalks were still visible and the fields

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Steve and Elaine Earle live in what is known locally as the Jennie D. Blake home in Hill, one of 14 homes which were relocated from Old Hill Village when a flood control dam was built in Franklin in 1941 to control the spring runoff in the Pemigewasset River.

(Roger Amsden photo for the Laconia Daily Sun)

were still being hayed so that everything wasn’t overgrown.’’

Steve recalls that Leon King, who offered Western Trail rides from an area near Profile Falls, used to mow the fields under an arrangement he had with the Army Corps of Engineers, which manages the recreation area.

In addition to the home there is a building now used as a garage and workshop which was also moved from Old Hill Village and is next to the Earles’ house.

He says that the building was originally used as a butcher shop and slaughterhouse and had a U-ring in its ceiling which was used to hoist the slaughtered animal.

One window was used for ice blocks which were deposited at the back of the cold room where the carcasses were stored before being cut up and a section of the building still has the shelves which were used for display of items offered for sale. ‘’We’re the fifth family that we know of to own this house,’’ says Elaine, who says that other families included the Blakes, the Wadleighs, the Henry’s and see next page

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Police responded yesterday afternoon to a report of a snow machine rider who had been ejected from his machine while riding along the railroad tracks near the Mosquito Bridge.

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UNION from page 2 although he didn’t explain how he would pay for his programs or how much they would cost.

In the Republican response to Obama’s address, rising GOP star Marco Rubio of Florida came right back at the president, saying his solution “to virtually every problem we face is for Washington to tax more, borrow more and spend more.”

Sen. Rubio said presidents of both parties have recognized that the free enterprise system brings middle-class prosperity.

“But President Obama?” Rubio said. “He believes it’s the cause of our problems.”

Still, throughout the House chamber there were symbolic displays of bipartisanship. Rep. Tammy Duckworth, D-Ill., arrived early and sat with Sen. Mark Kirk, R-Ill., just returned in January nearly a year after suffering a debilitating stroke. As a captain in the National Guard, Duckworth lost both her legs while serving in Iraq in 2004.

A few aisles away, the top two tax writers in Congress, Rep. Dave Camp, R-Mich., and Sen. Max Baucus, D-Mont., sat together.

But as a sign that divisions still remain, three of the most conservative Supreme Court justices skipped Obama’s speech. Six of the nine attended.

Missing were Justices Clarence Thomas, Antonin Scalia and Samuel Alito.

Jobs and growth dominated Obama’s address.

Many elements of his economic blueprint were

repacked proposals from his first term that failed to gain traction on Capitol Hill.

Standing in Obama’s way now is a Congress that remains nearly as divided as it was during the final years of his first term, when Washington lurched from one crisis to another.

The president implored lawmakers to break through partisan logjams, asserting that “the greatest nation on Earth cannot keep conducting its business by drifting from one manufactured crisis to the next.”

“Americans don’t expect government to solve every problem,” he said. “They do expect us to forge reasonable compromise where we can.”

Yet Obama offered few signs of being willing to compromise himself, instead doubling down on his calls to create jobs by spending more government money and insisting that lawmakers pay down the deficit through a combination of targeted spending cuts and tax increases. But he offered few specifics on what he wanted to see cut, focusing instead on the need to protect programs that help the middle class, elderly and poor.

He did reiterate his willingness to tackle entitlement changes, particularly on Medicare, though he has ruled out increasing the eligibility age for the popular benefit program for seniors.

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The Earles were both nurses and worked at the Laconia State School in the 1980s. He later worked for 10 years at Freudenberg-NOK in Laconia and she finished her working career at the New Hampshire Soldiers Home in Tilton. ‘’We worked hard to get what we wanted and we found it here,’’ says Steve, who says that he continues to remain active as a nurse by helping out at blood drives in the area.

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Winni Players presenting Huck Finn musical at Inter-Lakes Feb. 15-17

MEREDITH — Huck Finn, Jim, Tom Sawyer, the Widow Douglas and Miss Watson are just a handful of Mark Twain’s beloved characters who will be taking audiences on a musical journey when the Winni Players present Big River: The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn at the Inter-Lakes Community Auditorium in Meredith from February 15-17.

Big River was a huge hit on Broadway when it opened in 1984, winning seven Tony Awards including Best Musical and running for over two years.

The show closely follows Twain’s story about Huck Finn, who is taken from the comfortable home of his two carers, the Widow Douglas and her sister, Miss Watson, by his no-good father.

Seeking an opportunity to escape, he teams up with Jim, Miss Watson’s runaway slave, for an adventure on the Mississippi River. As Jim attempts to gain his freedom by finding his way North, Huck grapples with his conflicting feelings of respect for Jim which goes against the mores of the society in which he was brought up.

The serious subject matter is livened up by Roger Miller’s catchy country music, along with comic relief from some of Twain’s most colorful characters including the fraudsters knows as the King and the Duke. A country music star, Miller is best known for “King of the Road”, “Dang Me” and “England Swings”.

The Winni Players is the community theatre wing of The Winnipesaukee Playhouse and over 40 members of the local community have been rehearsing this production since November.

Director Neil Pankhurst has teamed up with Musical Director Christine Chiasson and Choreographer

RECYCLE from page one Councilor Matt Lahey (Ward 2) once observed that his daughter lives in Concord, where PAYT was introduced in 2009, and remarked that it seems to work very well.

Although the pressures on the budget have spurred councilors to contemplate overhauling the collection regimen, a majority apparently prefers to pursue relative modest savings. Lipman said that reducing the property taxes required to fund the disposal of solid waste would enable the council to avoid the difficult choices of cutting other programs, services and project in order to budget within the bounds of the tax cap. On the other hand, City Manager Scott Myers said that if it were necessary to introduce PAYT, he would recommend that the savings be eliminated from the solid waste budget, rather than fund other appropriations, in order to offset the cost of shifting solid waste costs to residents.

St. Hilaire told the councilors that recycling is the only way to reduce and control solid waste costs.

“Rates are not going down,” he said, “so it’s got to be recycling.”

In 2012, it cost $150.73 to collect, transport and incinerate each ton of trash, or $1,452,046 a year, of which $924,046 is funded by property taxes and the balance by fees collected at the transfer station.

On the other hand, recyclables are collected for a flat fee of $10,427, or $125,124 a year, regardless of the tonnage. In 2012, 1,342 tons of recyclables, representing about 11-percent of all solid waste, were removed from the waste stream. Recycling spared $204,310 in collection, transport and disposal costs, which less the cost of collecting recyclables trimmed $79,975 from the solid waste budget.

St. Hilaire stressed that incentives are required to increase the number of households recycling and the volume of recyclable material. Noting that the city collects recyclables every other week, he said that weekly collection alone would have little effect, citing Old Orchard Beach, Maine where recycling inched from 15-percent to 17-percent with weekly collection.

“You need a limiting device,” St. Hilaire said, explaining that people are encouraged to recycle by limiting the amount or placing a cost on the trash they put at the curb.

St. Hilaire said that an automated collection system that relied on limiting the amount of trash would increase recycling to between 30-percent and 32-percent of the solid waste stream and reduce dis-

Tara Little to bring the story to life. Gilford resident Ben Kace takes on the role of Huck while Bruce Smith (last seen on the Winni Playhouse stage as Tom Robinson in To Kill a Mockingbird) plays Jim. Kace has been performing with the Winni Playhouse Youth and Community groups since middle school and has performed with the company many times since his Playhouse debut in 2005.

The remaining company is made up of kids as

young as seven and adults well into retirement age.

Many parents have been working on the show with their own children which has added much to the fun of the rehearsal process.

Marketing Director Lesley Pankhurst says, “traditionally our February community theatre show has been a piece of classic American literature and we’re pleased to continue this with Big River. This time around we’re excited to present a large-scale musical which is also family-friendly. My family saw the original Broadway production of Big River when I was around eight and it quickly became a staple of the musical reviews my siblings and I subjected our relatives to during family get-togethers. It’s fun to be sharing the stage with my own daughter and passing on my enjoyment of this show.”

The play is recommended for ages 8 and above.

Middle and high schoolers who have read the novel will get an extra kick out of how playwright William Hauptman has incorporated Twain’s own dialogue into the script. Adults of all ages, whether they’ve read the novel or not, will enjoy the timeless tale of how a young boy puts aside his own prejudices to help someone in need.

Big River will be performed at the Inter-Lakes Community Auditorium while the Playhouse prepares to open their new theatre in Meredith in the Spring. Performances are Friday and Saturday at 7 p.m. and Saturday and Sunday at 2 p.m.

Tickets cost $16 for adults, $14 for seniors and $12 students. Tickets can be ordered by calling 366-7377 or online using a credit card at www.winniplayhouse.org. They will be available at the door, payable by cash or check.

posal costs by about a third.

However, the system would require a significant capital investment. Each of the 5,200 stops where trash is collected would be provided, by either the city or the contractor, with a pair of toters, one of 64 gallons or 90 gallons for trash and another smaller container for recyclables at a cost of about $50 apiece, or $520,000. Trucks fitted with a robotic arm would empty the toters. St. Hilaire said that although the trucks require only one operator and can make a third more stops in day, collection costs would not be reduced because the trucks cost more to purchase and maintain.

Lipman was quick to point out any operational savings would be dwarfed offset by the capital investment in trucks and toters.

“It sounds like you need pay-as-you-throw,” St. Hilaire said, noting that the program generally boosts recycling to near 40-percent of the total volume of solid waste. The PAYT program would shift most of the cost of collecting, transporting and disposing of solid waste from property taxes by requiring residents to place their trash in specially marked bags purchased from local retailers, and applying the proceeds from the sale of the bags to the solid waste budget.

St. Hilaire emphasized that to maximize the recycling rate would have to be collected weekly along with the trash, explaining that because they tend to be bulky people would be more likely to put them in the weekly trash than to store them for two weeks.

Weekly collection would raise the annual cost of collecting recyclables by $90,000, from $125,000 to $215,000.

Approximately 50 municipalities in New Hampshire, including the cities of Dover, Lebanon, Somersworth, Claremont and Concord, operate PAYT programs.

Chip Chesley, director of public works in Concord, said that since the program was introduced in July, 2009, the amount of solid waste has shrunk by about 40-percent and the volume of recyclable material has grown at the same pace. “It has reduced our dependency on property taxes,” he said. “Tax dollars pay for the curbside collection of recyclables and revenue from the sale of bags pays for solid waste disposal.”

According to projections prepared by Ann Saltmarsh of the Department of Public Works (DPW) based on 2012 solid waste volumes, if a PAYT pro-

gram increased recycling to 40-percent of all solid waste, collection, transportation and disposal costs, including the additional cost of weekly recycling, would be reduced by approximately $253,000, from $1,452,046 to $1,199,018.

Solid waste costs are defrayed by revenue from property taxes and transfer station fees, which consist of a charges of $60 per ton and $60,000 for stickers. Currently property taxes account for $924,046 and fee income for $528,000 of the total of $1,452,046.

On July 1, the transfer station fee is set to increase to $90 per ton, which despite a reduction in the volume of trash with increased recycling, would generate revenue of $579,480.

Meanwhile, with PAYT revenue from fees would be supplemented by proceeds form the sale of trash bags, which would depend on their price. If 40-percent of trash is recycled, about 3,330 tons would be bagged and if each bag held 20 pounds of trash, 333,000 bags would be sold. At $1 per bag, the revenue would be $333,000 and $499,500 at $1.50 a bag.

Taken together, the revenue from fees and sales of $912,480 or $1,078,980 would be applied against the $1,199,018 in reduced collection, transportation and disposal costs. The outstanding balance of $286.538 or $120,038 to be funded by property taxes would be $286,538 with bags at $1 and $120,038 with bags at $1.50, reductions of $637,500 and $804,008 respectively.

The council is also considering a third option, a species of mandatory recycling. With the mandatory program trash would not be collected at the curbside unless recyclable material was placed at the curb at the same address. It is not clear if a minimum amount of recycling would be required to qualify for trash collection. But, as long as trash is collected weekly, recyclables would also have to be collected weekly at the additional cost of $90,000 a year.

The program would require monitoring and enforcement, most likely on the part of both the solid waste contractor and the DPW, at a cost still to be estimated. And no evidence has yet been offered to demonstrate that such a program would increase the recycling rate to 30-percent. With a recycling rate of 30-percent and a $90 per ton fee at the transfer station, a mandatory program would spare about $175,000 in property taxes, with the higher transfer station fee accounting for three-quarters of the savings.

The Winni Players will present Big River: The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn at the Inter-Lakes Community Auditorium in Meredith from February 15-17. (Courtesy photo)

Young melanoma survivors speak to teens in NH about tanning risks LACONIA — As part of a growing national effort to prevent melanoma in teens and young adults, students from throughout New Hampshire will be taking part in educational programs offered by the Melanoma Foundation of New England (MFNE) in collaboration with the New Hampshire Comprehensive Cancer Collaboration (NH CCC) A ‘Teens on Tanning’ Forum will be held on Friday, Feb. 15 at Pitman’s Freight Room, Laconia, from 3-7 p.m.

The Teens on Tanning Forums are designed to educate high school students about sun safety and the risks associated with tanning. At the forums, several young melanoma survivors will share their first-hand experiences about the effects of tanning. Participating teens will receive information and training to help them identify, plan and implement key initiatives at the community grassroots

level to raise awareness about the dangers of tanning and adopt sun safe behaviors. Attendees will receive a community service certificate, healthy skin goody bag, T-shirt, pizza, and more.

Melanoma is the second most common cancer in teens and young adults age 15-29. The American Cancer Society estimated 470 new cases of melanoma would be diagnosed in New Hampshire in 2012, and the most likely causes include unhealthy tanning practices and exposure to the harmful UV rays of tanning beds. People who use a tanning bed just once a month before the age of 35 increase their risk of melanoma by 75 percent.

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Alline M. Floyd, 87 TILTON — Alline M. Floyd, 87, died Monday, February 11, 2013 at the Laconia Rehabilitation Genesis Center following a period of failing health.

She was born in St. Louis, Missouri, May 13, 1925, daughter of Joseph E. Wheeler, M. D. and Alline (Maxville) Wheeler.

Mrs. Floyd’s mother, Alline, died shortly after giving birth to Mrs. Floyd. She was later brought up by her stepmother, Jane (Cannell) Wheeler.

Alline spent her youth and grew up in Togus, Maine. She later graduated from the University of Missouri and then went on to study for a degree in social work. She married in Washington, D. C. and moved to Concord in 1956. She lived in Warner from 1970 to 1985, moving to Sanbornton where she resided for 15 years. She then moved to Tilton, living there for 6 years before moving to Franklin, living there until her husband’s death.

She moved to Concord in 1994. Alline worked as a secretary for many years with the NH Employment Security Office in Concord, NH State House and later with the NH Health and Human Services in Concord. For several years she volunteered as a nursing assistant at the St. Francis Home in

Laconia. She was a member of the Congregational Christian Church, UCC in Sanbornton. Alline was predeceased by a daughter, Cynthia Floyd, her husband, Benjamin G. Floyd who died in 1994 and twin sister Martha W. Smith who died in 2008.

Her family includes daughter Karen E. Floyd Shepherd and husband James of Tilton; sons Benjamin A. Floyd and wife Susan of Northfield, Peter M. Floyd of Brighton, MA; grandchildren Frank H. and Elizabeth Alline Shepherd, Benjamin N. and Alexander J. Floyd; half-sister Elizabeth Harrington of Louisiana; nieces and nephews.

A calling hour will be held Saturday, February 16th from 1:00 to 2:00 PM with a service following at the William F. Smart Sr. Memorial Home, FranklinTilton Road in Tilton.

Burial will be later in the spring at Park Cemetery in Tilton.

Expressions of Sympathy may be made in Alline’s name to the Franklin VN A and Hospice, 75 Chestnut Street, Franklin, NH 03276.

For more information go to www.smartfuneralhome.com

Sandra L. Wyman, 64 MOULTONBOROUGH — Sandra L. Wyman, 64, of 43 Lacano Street Moultonborough, died at Genesis Health Care in Wolfeboro, N.H. on Tuesday, February 5, 2013.

Mrs. Wyman was born on October 21, 1948 in Newburyport, Massachusetts, the daughter of Barbara (Sprague) and James Lowe. She lived in Merrimack, New Hampshire before moving to her home in Moultonborough twenty-five years ago.

Mrs. Wyman was the proud owner for ten years of “Angels in my kitchen” restaurant located in Center Harbor prior to her retiring in 2004. She always very much enjoyed cooking and gardening.

Survivors include her husband and best friend for many years, Allen Wyman, of Moultonborough; two daughters, Heidi LaRoche and Holly Sylvester; four grandchildren, Ashley LaRoche, Seth LaRoche, Scott Sylvester and Rachael Sylvester; two great grand-

children, Chase Emery and Olivia Adkins; her mother, Barbara Lowe; two sisters, Arlene White and Donna Perez and three nephews and eight nieces. She was predeceased by her father, James Lowe, and by her three brothers, Gary Lowe, Bobby Lowe and William Lowe.

A Funeral Service will be held on Saturday, February 16, 2013 at 1:00PM at Meredith Congregation of Jehovah’s Witnesses, 10 E. Holderness Road, Holderness, N.H. 03245.

For those who wish, the family suggests that memorial donations be made to Meredith Congregation of Jehovah’s Witnesses, 10 E. Holderness Road, Holderness, N.H. 03245.

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

Evelyn ‘Lynn’ Grant, 88 CONCORD — Evelyn Mills Collins Grant, 88, wife of Richard Grant, died on February 7, 2013 after enduring, with grace and dignity, many years of ill health. She was blessed to have her family by her side for several days at her residence in Concord, New Hampshire. Evelyn was born on July 21, 1924 in Providence, Rhode Island and was the third daughter of Annie and Frederick Mills and sister of the late Ella Louise Mills.

Lynn and Dick spent their summers at Lake Shore Park on Lake Winnipesaukee in New Hampshire. On this beautiful property they celebrated their “Everything Day”, (July 21) which included their wedding anniversary for the past 33 years and both Lynn and Dick’s birthdays and even their oldest great grandchild’s birthday. Lynn was well known for her yummy baking and cooking, superior dressmaking skills and crafting. Both Lynn and Dick would love to go out for a square dancing night, always in outfits that she created. Lynn loved spending many days on their boat named Bubbles and brought home the daily catch for supper. Countless evenings and rainy days she hosted a lively card game. There would be “good for you” walks with friends, family and little ones. During their retirement the Grants enjoyed wintering in Florida, cruising and traveling

to many vacation spots in North America. For the past several years Lynn and Dick have enjoyed the benefits of residing at Havenwood/Heritage Heights in Concord and being with their new friends.

Evelyn is survived by her husband Richard Grant of Concord, NH, her sister Dorothy Carstensen of Providence, Rhode Island and her children Joan and Austin McGuigan of Columbia, Connecticut, Richard and Christine Collins of Ipswich, Massachusetts and Charles Collins of Portsmouth, New Hampshire. She also leaves behind Richard’s family: Catherine Raulick of Gilmanton IW, NH, Sandra Grant and Jimmy Burgess of Gilmanton, NH and Peter Grant of Nashua, NH and their children. Evelyn is survived by grandchildren: Kerry Hoffman, Ryan McGuigan and Erin Parker; Jacqui and Morgan Collins, Julie Hoyt and Brendan and Siobhan Collins and by six great-grandchildren: Theodore, Lindsey, Elena, Cate, Eibhlin and Shane. Lynn was “Nams” to them all.

A family memorial service will be held at a later date. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to the American Arthritis Foundation in her memory.

Condolences to: Richard Grant, 33 Christian Ave., Concord, N.H. 03301-6128

Greater Meredith Program hears from economist Dennis Delay

MEREEDITH — The Greater Meredith Program Board of Directors will host its annual meeting on Thursday, February 21 at Church Landing in Meredith.

The meeting will begin at 6 p.m. with a cash bar and hors d’ oeuvres, followed by a brief program from 6:45 to 7:45 p.m. The celebration is free and all are welcome to attend, but an RSVP is required

by February 14 to gmp@metrocast.net or 279-9015.

Dennis Delay, an economist, from the New Hampshire Center for Public Policy Studies will speak on the topic “Tailwinds to Headwinds: Coming Changes in the New Hampshire Economy.” In addition to being an economist at the Center,. Delay is also New Hampshire State Forecast Manager for the New England Economic Partnership, a non-profit association of economists that have monitored and forecast regional economic trends for more than three decades.

GMP President Chris Kelly and Design Committee Chairman, Chris Williams will highlight the programs, projects, and accomplishments of 2012 followed by award recognitions for Volunteer of the Year and Board Member of the Year. The meeting will end with a raffle drawing at 7:45 p.m.

The Greater Meredith Program is a non-profit community economic development organization seeking to enhance economic vitality, historical and cultural heritage, and town-wide beautification. The GMP Board of Directors is comprised of community leaders and town officials who volunteer their time and expertise to advance the mission of the organization.

For more information on GMP, call 279-9015, email GMP@metrocast.net or visit the website at www.greatermeredithprogram.org.

Country legends Willie Nelson, Charlie Daniels Band coming to Meadowbrook in June

GILFORD — Meadowbrook is bringing two legends to one stage when Willie Nelson and the Charlie Daniels Band hit the Meadowbrook stage on Friday, June 14 for a spectacular night of outlaw country.

Tickets go on sale this Friday, February 15 at 10 a.m. and range from $31.25-$77. To order, call (603) 293-4700 or log on to www.Meadowbrook.net.

As a songwriter and a performer, Willie Nelson played a vital role in post-rock & roll country music.

Nelson spent the ‘60s writing songs that became hits for stars like Ray Price, as well as releasing records that earned him a small cult following. He borrowed from a wide variety of styles, including traditional pop, Western swing, jazz, cowboy songs, honky tonk, rock & roll, folk, and the blues, creating a distinctive hybrid. Following the breakthrough success of The Red Headed Stranger, Outlaw Country became a sensation.

Willie continued to have hits throughout the 70’s and ‘80s. He had major crossover success in 1982 with a cover of Elvis Presley’s hit “Always on My Mind.” After the release of Across the Borderline, Nelson continued to work steadily, releasing at least one album a year and touring constantly. In 1993, he was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame, but by that time, he had already become a living legend. Nelson’s most recent release, entitled Heroes, debuted in the summer of 2012.

From his Dove Award winning gospel albums to his genre-defining Southern rock anthems and his CMA Award-winning country hits, few artists see next page

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Comedy tripleheader at Pitman’s Freight Room on Saturday evening

LACONIA — High level stand up comedy returns to Pitman’s Freight Room in Laconia, Saturday, Feb. 16 at 8 p.m. with a tripleheader all star lineup, headlined by Las Vegas regular Jim Lauletta who have multiple appearances on Comedy Central, and has been Jim Lauletta (Courtesy photo) seen HBO, NBC, cruise ships and the top clubs around the country. Also appearing will be Graig Murphy, who is a Boston headliner known for his voices and comedy on WEEI radio, along with Chris D, a New England favorite.

Tickets are $15 and seats may be purchased in advance by contacting Pitman’s at (603) 527-0043 or ticket can be obtained at the door the night of the show. Pitman’s is a BYOB venue.

This will be Pitman’s fourth monthly comedy night which, to this point, has averaged 110 persons per show.

“We are thrilled by the turnouts for the first few shows,” said Pitman’s owner Dick Mitchell. “We thought it might take a while for the shows to catch on, but the word is getting out as to how good the shows are.

Obviously, it’s our hope that the people continue to support these events,” added Mitchell. “We want to keep bringing this caliber of comedian to the room.”

As for the show, Lauletta is one of Boston’s top comedians and is one of the most popular headliners in New England. Lauletta’s television credits include numerous Comedy Central appearances such as, “Two Drink Minimum,” “Stand-up Standup,” “Comic Re-mix,” “Shorties Watchin’ Shorties,” and “Make Me Laugh.” Lauletta is a regular in Las Vegas and on cruise ships as well as having been seen on Comcast Comedy Spotlight, and HBO’s U.S. Comedy Arts Festival “Best of the Fest,” “Comedy Showcase” and NBC’s “Friday Night”.

Murphy rapidly shot to comedic fame in part due to his hilarious work on WEEI radio followed by the realization that Murphy’s comedy reaches virtually everyone in the crowd. Murphy now performs across the country including stops at some of the country’s top rooms including The Riviera in Las Vegas, Comix at Foxwoods, the Comedy Connections and more. Murphy is featured on Sirius XM Radio, and has been seen on Comcast Comedy Spotlight.

Chris Dimitrakopoulos (Chris D) is the second son of Greek immigrants and uses his family background to become a rising star in the Boston standup comedy scene. Performing at all the top clubs and venues all over New England, he was recently voted as Boston’s second best young comedian by the Boston Comedy Scene Examiner. With his blend of jokes about his quirky, Greek father and his unique perspective on the world around him, Chris has left audiences laughing.

Pitman’s works in conjunction with Laugh Riot Productions which books comedy shows and fundraiser throughout New England. from preceding page have left a more indelible mark on America’s musical landscape than Charlie Daniels. An outspoken patriot, beloved mentor to young artists and still a road warrior at age 76, Charlie has parlayed his passion for music into a multi-platinum career and a platform to support the military, underprivileged children and others in need.

Over the course of his career, Charlie has received numerous accolades including induction into the Grand Ole Opry and Musicians Hall of Fame. He’s been presented the Pioneer Award by the Academy of Country Music and was honored as a BMI Icon in recognition of his songwriting. He’s also received a star on the Music City Walk of Fame.

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SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21).

Someone near you may be in a crabby mood, and there’s nothing you can say to make it better. The most supportive move of all is to give this person space.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21).

Your genuine interest in a subject makes learning about it very easy. This is also true of an intriguing person. With your curiosity in the lead, you always know what to say next.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19).

Human nature being what it is, very few people know how to make a cool exit.

It takes a fair amount of self-control to quit while you’re ahead and leave them wanting more.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). The chemical reactions between you and the people in your environment may be particularly strong now. You can’t help who you like or don’t like, but you can still choose how to act on the feeling.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20).

Facing your challenges dead-on makes you powerful. And you’re relatively fearless today, too, so stare your problem in the eyeballs until it blinks or flinches.

TODAY’S BIRTHDAY (Feb. 13).

You’ll make yourself more visible over the next five weeks and jump-start your star power in the process. Knowing more people leads to the discovery of your talents, because each person brings out something new in you. In April, you’ll start to earn more. Someone falls in love -- or more deeply in love -- with you in June. Pisces and Capricorn people adore you. Your lucky numbers are: 3, 19, 21, 4 and 7.

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ARIES (March 21-April 19). You’ll have doubts about whether you can accomplish what’s being asked of you, but try to believe in yourself anyway.

Your training will kick in just when you need it the most.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20). You love a challenge, and the one you face today will be life-altering. You’ll be forced to show a different side of you, and this new personality is surprisingly effective at getting people to move.

GEMINI (May 21-June 21). You can’t change another person, but you can inspire a person to change, and that’s precisely what you’ll do. You’ll be an example of the change you want to see in someone else.

CANCER (June 22-July 22). You strive to be accepting. It’s not easy when you’re around people who don’t give you any obvious incentive for kindness, but those are precisely the people who most need an open heart.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). No matter how long you have known a person, you can always learn something new about him or her. Today you’ll ask the questions that invite surprising answers.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). Social skills are like any other skill set in that if you don’t put them to good use, they will atrophy. The mixing and mingling you do now will keep you strong for upcoming events.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). Whenever you start, you feel like you should have begun sooner, but this is just one of time’s ways of playing tricks on you.

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––––––– ALMANAC ––––––– Today is Ash Wednesday, Feb. 13, the 44th day of 2013. There are 321 days left in the year.

Today’s Highlight in History: On Feb. 13, 1943, during World War II, the U.S. Marine Corps Women’s Reserve was officially established.

On this date: In 1542, the fifth wife of England’s King Henry VIII, Catherine Howard, was executed for adultery.

In 1741, Andrew Bradford of Pennsylvania published the first American magazine. “The American Magazine, or A Monthly View of the Political State of the British Colonies” lasted three issues.

In 1861, Abraham Lincoln was officially declared winner of the 1860 presidential election as electors cast their ballots.

In 1920, the League of Nations recognized the perpetual neutrality of Switzerland.

In 1933, the Warsaw Convention, governing airlines’ liability for international carriage of persons, luggage and goods, went into effect.

In 1935, a jury in Flemington, N.J. found Bruno Richard Hauptmann guilty of first-degree murder in the kidnap-slaying of the son of Charles and Anne Lindbergh. (Hauptmann was later executed.)

In 1945, during World War II, Allied planes began bombing the German city of Dresden. The Soviets captured Budapest, Hungary, from the Germans.

In 1960, France exploded its first atomic bomb in the Sahara Desert.

In 1972, the 11th Winter Olympics ended in Sapporo, Japan.

In 1980, the 13th Winter Olympics opened in Lake Placid, N.Y. In 1988, the 15th winter Olympics opened in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.

In 1991, during Operation Desert Storm, allied warplanes destroyed an underground shelter in Baghdad that had been identified as a military command center; Iraqi officials said 500 civilians were killed.

One year ago: President Barack Obama unveiled a record $3.8 trillion election-year budget plan, calling for stimulus-style spending on roads and schools and tax hikes on the wealthy to help pay the costs. Gov. Chris Gregoire signed into law a measure making Washington state the seventh to legalize same-sex marriage.

Today’s Birthdays: U.S. Air Force Maj. Gen. Charles E. “Chuck” Yeager (ret.) is 90. Actress Kim Novak is 80. Actor George Segal is 79.

Actress Carol Lynley is 71. Singer-musician Peter Tork (The Monkees) is 71. Actress Stockard Channing is 69. Talk show host Jerry Springer is 69. Actor Bo Svenson is 69. Singer Peter Gabriel is 63. Actor David Naughton is 62. Rock musician Peter Hook is 57. Actor Matt Salinger is 53. Singer Henry Rollins is 52. Actor Neal McDonough is 47.

Singer Freedom Williams is 47. Actress Kelly Hu is 45. Rock musician Todd Harrell (3 Doors Down) is 41. Singer Robbie Williams is 39. Singersongwriter Feist is 37. Rhythm-and-blues performer Natalie Stewart is 34. Actress Mena Suvari (MEE’-nuh soo-VAHR’-ee) is 34.

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CALENDAR TODAY’S EVENTS Belknap County Republican Committee meeting. 6:30 p.m. at Top of the Town Restaurant in Belmont (88 Ladd Hill Road). Guest speaker will be State Senate Majority Leader Jeb Bradley of Wolfeboro. Open to all Republicans and likeminded independents.

Pulic Forum on the Belknap County Budget hosted by Belknap County Democrats. 7 p.m. at the Laconia Police Department Community Room. Program will feature Democratic members of the county House delegation.

Screening of documentary film “Genetic Roulette: The Gamble of Our Lives”. 7 p.m. at the Prescott Farm Environmental Education Center (928 White Oaks Road) in Laconia. Sponored by Sustainable Sustenance. For more information call Karen at 528-8560 or write barker@alumni. unh.edu.

Belknap Mill Quilters monthly meeting held at the Conference Center at Lake Opechee in Laconia. 6:30 p.m. social hour followed by the meeting at 7 p.m. Nonmembers welcome to attend.

Interactive workshop that simplifies the process of starting a business conducted by SCORE Lakes Region in conjunction with Meredith Village Savings Bank. 5-8 p.m. at the Lakes Region Chamber Conference Room in Laconia. Tuition is $25. To register visit www.lakesregion. score.org or call 524-0137.

Huot Technical Center open house showcases renovations. 9:30 a.m., 11 a.m., 1 p.m., 2-3 p.m., 5-7 p.m. at the Hout Center in Laconia.

ABC and ME at the Meredith Library. 10-11 a.m. or 1-2 p.m. Preschool class ages 3-5.

Mom and Me free family film at Smitty’s Cinema in Tilton featuring the movie Chicken Little. Doors open at 11 a.m. followed by the movie at 11:30 p.m.

Gilford Public Library events. Check-out-an-expert! 10 a.m. to noon. Social Bridge 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Gilford Write Now Writers’ Group 3:30-5:30 p.m. Friends of the Library monthly meeting 6:30-7:30 p.m.

The Thrifty Yankee (121 Rte. 25 - across from (I-LHS) collects donations of baby clothes, blankets and hygiene items for Baby Threads of N.H. every Wednesday through Saturday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. 279-0607.

Potluck Soup and Bread Supper followed by a Worship Service with Taize music. 6 p.m. at the Sanbornton Congregational Church-UCC. For more information call 286-3018.

Laconia Elders Friendship Club meeting. 1:30 p.m. at the Leavitt Park Clubhouse. People 55 and older meet each Wednesday for fun, entertainment and education. Meetings provide an opportunity for older citizens to to meet for pure social enjoyment and the club helps the community with philanthropic work.

Country Acoustic Picking Party at the Tilton Senior Center. Every Wednesday from 7-9 p.m.

Duplicate bridge at the Weirs Beach Community Center. 7:15 p.m. All levels welcome. Snacks.

Preschool story time at Belmont Public Library. 10:30 a.m.

Overeaters Anonymous offers a program of recovery from compulsive eating using the Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions of OA. Wednesday nights at 5:30 p.m. at St. Joseph Church in Belmont. Call/ leave a message for Elizabeth at 630-9969 for more information.

Free knitting and crochet lessons. Drop in on Wednesdays any time between 10 a.m. and 3 p.m. at Baby Threads workshop at 668 Main Street in Laconia (same building as Village Bakery). 998-4012.

Hall Memorial Library events. Story Time 10:30 and 11:30 a.m. Scrabble 1-3 p.m. Arts and Crafts featuring Paper Hearts project 3:30 p.m.

Narcotics Anonymous meeting. 7 to 8:30 p.m. at 18 Veterans Square in Laconia.

see CALENDAR page 23

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.

(Answers tomorrow) Jumbles: TWEAK LEAVE DROOPY BUTTON Answer: When she got new glasses, she — LOOKED BETTER

“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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LACONIA HIGH SCHOOL CAPITAL CAMPAIGN

LHS Class of 1948

Ed Emond

Norman and Patricia Dahlbo

LHS Class of 1950

Ed Engler

Phelps Family Trust

LHS Class of 1951

Eileen Ladieu

Philip and Katherine Estes

LHS Class of 1952

Elizabeth Ballantyne

Reginald Clarke

LHS Class of 1962

Elizabeth Squires

Richard Kelly

LHS Class of 1967

Ethelyn Nutter

Richard Schultz

LHS Class of 1971

Gail Hannabury

Robert Hamel and Family

LHS Class of 1972

Gayle T Green

Rodney Roy

LHS Class of 1979

George, Nick, Mary & Jim Noucas

Sally Veazey

LHS Class of 1983

Jack Jones

Sandra Mazzaschi

LHS Class of 1991

James and Patricia Chase

Stephanie Ewens

Alan Beetle

James Gorse

Stewart Dickson

Alan Wool

Jayme Duggan

Subway

Alex Emery

Jeannette Giguere

Tara Columb

Altrusa of Laconia

Jeffrey Perkins

The Champlin Family

Amanda Amidon

Jennifer Wallace

The Lou Athanas Jr Family

Ann Kaligian

Joan Distefano

The Michael Pond Family

Applied Economic Research

John Heney

The Murray Family

Barbara Luther

Jack & Shirley Woodward & Family

The Selig Family

Beane Family

Joseph Sack

The St. Lawrence Family

Betty (Clow) Hjermstad

Kathleen & David McCabe

The Touart Family

Brad Geltz

Laconia Rotary Club

Thomas and Eleanor Volpe

Bruce Shumway

Lori Groleau

Thomas and Kristine Malkoski

Carmel Gill

Lorna McEwen

Virginia Wakeman Trust

Carol Rawson

Lou Athanas Youth Basketball

Vivian and Donald Doherty

Carroll Stafford

LuAnn Walsh

Charlene Monroe

Lucien Bouley

Dawn Graves

Lyman Jackson

Dennis Doten

Marcia Houle

For more information please contact::

Don & Judy Minor

Mary Vandernoot

Doug Whittum

Matt Lahey and Family

Dr. John Grobman

Michael J Emond Jr.

Drake Electric

Mike Seymour and Family

The LHS Athletic Field Capital Campaign P. O. Box 309 Laconia, NH 03247 603-524-5710

DW Bell

Mrs. John Veazey

How reliable are our memories?

LACONIA — Dr. Angela Kilb of Plymouth State University will discuss memory research on Monday, Feb. 18 at 11 a.m. in Taylor Community’s Woodside Building.

We’ve all experienced forgetting in our lives and have observed that human memory is imperfect. Yet, certain memories remain vivid for many years.

Doctor Kilb will show how easy it is to implant a false memory, as well as the implications this has on everyday life, including the impact of false memories on eyewitness testimony. She received her PhD in Cognition and Neuroscience from the University of Missouri, where she studied the effects of aging and divided attention on memory performance. She is currently an assistant professor at PSU and the director of the Lifetime Learning Laboratory.

The program is part of collaboration between Meredith Village Savings Bank, Taylor Community and Plymouth State University, designed to bring educational and entertaining programs to Taylor residents and the greater Lakes Region area.

This event was rescheduled from Feb. 8 due to the snowstorm and is free and open to the public. Space is limited. Make reservations by calling 524-5600.

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ANNIE’S MAILBOX

Dear Annie: My brother, “Jay,” and his wife have an adopted daughter, “Anna,” who is now 3 years old. We adore her.

Jay and I recently got into an argument. He said they were angry that we didn’t call Anna on her birthday. I was surprised by this, as we had already wished her a happy birthday in person, with a gift and a card at her party a few days prior to her actual birthday. When Jay and I were kids, we were always happy to receive a card and a gift from our aunts and uncles. We never expected them to call, as well.

In addition, Jay said that they were angry that my husband and I didn’t take time off of work to be at the courthouse to celebrate the “official” adoption six months after Anna was born. We told him at the time that we couldn’t take time off of work and would celebrate with them at their home, which we did. At that time, Jay said it was fine, but now, it apparently wasn’t good enough. When my husband and I adopted our oldest child, we never demanded that anyone take the day off of work to be at the courthouse, nor to be at the hospital when our younger kids were born.

Annie, we celebrated Anna’s adoption multiple times -right after her birth, at her baptism, when we gave them a baby shower and then at their home after the courthouse. I reminded Jay of these things and told him we love Anna and don’t like his implication that we don’t care. My brother used to be easygoing until he married his wife. Now they expect a parade every time Anna opens her eyes. Are Jay’s expectations reasonable? Should we call Anna on her birthday even when we’ve already celebrated with her? They act as if the world revolves around them. -- Can’t Keep Up Dear Can’t: Attending Anna’s birthday party and giving her a gift was sufficient. It’s also lovely to call on the actual birthday, but it is not an obligation. The rest of Jay’s complaints are irrational and self-centered. We don’t recommend

arguing with him. He won’t see things your way. Placate and ignore.

Dear Annie: Our daughter is getting married in July. We decided to give her a lump sum for the wedding, and she created a budget to handle all aspects of the event.

Unfortunately, she selected a wedding gown based on the price, and it does not flatter her figure. My wife and I would like to offer to purchase a more attractive gown, but we don’t know how to approach the subject. Any suggestions? -- North Carolina Dear North Carolina: Are you certain that your daughter selected this design solely because of the price? Your financial assistance might only serve to purchase an equally unflattering gown in a more expensive fabric. Keep in mind that alterations can work wonders, and Mom could enlist the help of the seamstress to ascertain whether your daughter is unhappy with her gown. If so, it’s perfectly fine to say you want her to have something closer to the dress of her dreams.

Otherwise, please repeat the old saying that “all brides are beautiful.”

Dear Annie: This is for “Tired in Nebraska,” whose husband has sleep apnea and refuses to wear a CPAP. I’m an orthodontist who has successfully fit many patients with a dental sleep appliance that is very comfortable to wear.

Sleep centers do not always mention their availability, but it should not be difficult to find an orthodontist or general dentist who will fit her husband. These appliances are covered by insurance with a prescription from a physician and are the next best treatment to CPAP devices, which many people cannot tolerate. -- Sympathetic Orthodontist Dear Sympathetic: Many readers recommended a dental appliance that can help with apnea and is easier to wear.

Thanks to all who suggested it.

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

Announcement

Autos

For Rent

GOLDEN Retriever puppies, born 12/10/12. First shot, home raised, cat friendly. 2 males, 1 female. $500. Ready 2/4/13. 832-6494

IF YOU USED THE MIRENA IUD between 2001-present and suffered perforation or embedment in the uterus requiring surgical removal, or had a child born with birth defects you may be entitled to compensation. Call Johnson Law and speak with female staff members 1-800-535-5727.

2001 Nissan Altima GXE -4 Door Sedan. 5-Speed, 182K, A/C, All power, snow tires/all weather tires-good condition. Service records available. $3,000.

744-5644

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.)

Rottweiler puppies for sale in Canterbury. One time litter being raised in-home. $800/per pup.

491-3526

Antiques CHAIR CANING Seatweaving. Classes. Supplies.

New England Porch Rockers, 10 Pleasant Street in downtown Laconia. Open every day at 10, closed Sunday. 603-393-6451.

MANY size booth spaces available in new eclectic group shop opening in Downtown Laconia March 1st. Call 603-393-6451

Announcement MAKE EXTRA CASH by consigning your unwanted furniture and home decor items. Please call 524-1175 or stop in at Too Good To Be Threw, 84 Union Avenue, Laconia.

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

P3 s Towing. 630-3606 1992 Bravada, 63,000 miles, garaged, excellent condition One owner, $19,000. Nonnegotiable, 603-356-3934.

1999 Subaru Legacy- AWD, 150K miles, new tires, battery, brakes. $1,850./OBO. 603-267-7227 2001 Mercury Sable LS 4-Door Sedan. 3.0L V-6 Engine, 74,400K, Power driver seat, power windows, leather seats, cruise control, sun roof. $4,000. Sanbornton, NH. 603-731-2398 or 603-731-2322

KEN BARRETT AUCTION Sunday, Feb. 17 @ 10am • Preview at 8am Log on to: www.auctionzip.com ID#5134, for 375 photos This is a massive train and vintage toy auction.

We will be selling over 400 lots; consisting of hundreds and hundreds of rolling stock cars, loads of engines both steam and diesel also some electric, Gages: O,HO,S,G,STD,TO INCLUDE; LIONEL,MARX,AMERICAN FLYER,MTH,BACHMAN, TYCO,MODEL POWER,RIVER, AHM,LOTS OF RAIL KING, AND OTHERS also SEVERAL BOX SETS, boxes of accessories,Lionel Irvington Factory with box, also loads of Matchbox & Hotwheels,13 metal lunchboxes, many steel trucks, HUNDREDS of mint in box die cast, 10 railroad lanterns, RR signs, trolley & RR books, wind-up toys,cast iron, Star Wars, GI Joe, Annalee dolls, models, cap guns, Nascar, Coke, & Corgi collectibles and so much more!

Held At 274 Main St. Tilton, N.H. (same location - 23 years!)

603-286-2028 • kenbarrettauctions@netzero.net Lic # 2975, Buyers premium, cash, check, credit cards.

2002 Mercury Mountaineer Premier 6-cylinder, AWD, loaded, tow package. 7 passenger, great condition $5,900. 978-270-2814 2008 Ford Fusion $8600.603-528-2595

SE.

2009 Toyota Avalon XLSExcellent condition, 29K, good tires, power everything. All service records. $19,500. 524-7685 2010 Toyota Scion XD- Hatchback, 5-speed, red. Remainder of 3 year/36,000 and 5 year/60,000 mile warranties, with no transfer fees. Power windows/locks, tilt/cruise, ABS and traction control. Pioneer AM/FM/CD/MP3. 30K miles, great gas mileage. $12,900.

603-707-9220 evenings/weekends 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.

BOATS KAYAK Wilderness Systems, 2002, 15.5 ft., yellow/ green, steering rudder, good condition, $599. 253-6163 WANTED: Boat Dock/Slip on Winnipesaukee, 2013 season, for a 20ft. Century Runabout. Mature couple, mostly weekday use.

Kevin or Karen 802-263-5700

Employment Wanted COMPASSIONATE LNA/Care Giver. 30 years experience. Great references. Will travel, do overnight. 603-875-1232 or

For Rent

For Rent LACONIA first floor, big 4 room, 2 BR. $190/wk.Leave message with Bob. 781-283-0783 LACONIA Waterfront- 2-Bedroom condo, quiet location, Clean/renovated, furnished-optional. No smoking/pets. $995/month.

603-630-4153.

LACONIA- 1 bedroom, utilities included. $170/Week, no pets.

603-781-6294 LACONIA- Large Rooms for rent.

Private bath, heat/hot water, electric, cable, parking included. $145-160/week 603-781-6294

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. $1,600 month includes all utilities.

Great condition!

617-780-9312 GILFORD : 1 & 2 -bedroom units available. Heat & electricity included. From $190/week. Pets considered. 556-7098.

LACONIA 1 bedroom apartment.

Beach rights, Heat & lights, $175/Week + security & references. No pets. 603-528-5940 LACONIA 2-bedroom 2nd floor on Province St. Clean, sunny, lead safe. Good neighborhood with private parking. Washer/dryer access, no pets, $750/Month + utilities. 508-423-0479

LACONIA- Wingate Village, 103 Blueberry Lane. 2-Bedroom townhouses for rent. $825 Washer/ Dryer hookups, private yard, full basement, dishwasher & A/C, in convenient location. Heat & hot water included. Call us today at 603-524-4363. EHO, FHO. LACONIA: 2 bedroom, 1st floor.

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

524-1234 www.whitemtrentals.com.

LACONIA: 2 bedroom, 2nd floor in duplex building. $225/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.

NORTHFIELD: 2BR mobile home on own land, near Exit 19. Pets considered. $695 per month plus utilities. Call 286.4624.

BELMONT 2 Bedrooms $700/month + utilities, washer/dryer hookup. LACONIA 2 Bedrooms starting at $800/month +utilities. 3 Bedrooms $1,000/month + utilities. Call GCE @ 267- 8023

BELMONT

• Large 1 bedroom, 1st floor apt. Heat, hot water, electric & extended basic inc. $225 per week.

• Large 1 bedroom 2nd floor apt. with small computer room. Heat, hot water included. $200 per week.

SECURITY REQUIRED

998-4728 BELMONT house- 2-bedroom 1-bath Small office, storage, large yard. $900/Month + utilities, security deposit. 455-7353 BELMONT NH Rooms for rent in large Victorian mansion overlooking Lake Winnisquam, $550-700 per month includes all utilities & internet. First and last. Call 527-8496.

Apartments Available NOW! Section 8 Voucher Holders Welcome!

Rental Assistance Available • Spacious units with a lot of storage area • Low utility costs • On-Site Laundry & Parking • Easy access to I-93 • 24-hour maintenance provided • 2 bedrooms with a 2 person minimum per unit.

BELMONT- Renovated, quiet, Rte. 3. First floor, one bedroom $750. Two bedroom $800, Includes heat/hot water. No pets.

528-1991

Rent is based upon 30% of your adjusted income.

Hurry and call today to see if you qualify or download an application at:

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

Housing@hodgescompanies.com

www.hodgescompanies.com 603-224-9221 TDD # 1-800-545-1833 Ext. 118 An Equal Opportunity Housing Agent

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For Rent

For Rent-Commercial

LACONIA: Weirs Beach, year-round, recently renovated 2-bedroom, 1.5 bath apartment.

Ideal setup for roommates. $700/month plus utilities. References required. (978)973-3618.

LACONIA: Gilbert Apartments.

Call for available apartments.

524-4428 MINUTES from Concord2-bedroom 1-bath completely renovated energy efficient apartment complex. $795, including hot water with free WiFi. Secured building access, onsite laundry and more. Military discount available. Convenient Rte 3 location in West Franklin!

Must See, Call today!

603-744-3551

For Sale INSIDE GARAGE SALE TO BENEFIT LOCAL NON-PROFIT SATURDAY, 2/16, 8-12 107 INDUSTIRAL PARK, UNIT 40, LACONIA Household, office furniture, chairs & more!

PHONE 393-7143

SHAPPELL S2000 Portable Ice Fishing Shelter. Excellent condition, will sell half price. $125.

Derby on the way. 267-6934

For Sale

Furniture

For Sale 2 Mens extra large bib style snowpants new, in plastic, bought $100 each. Asking $65 each.

603-393-3840 after 6 pm

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

Benjamin Oil, LLC. 603-731-5980 VINTAGE wrought iron table with glass top and 4 chairs. $425.

279-6515.

7-1/2 Ft. Curtis Snow Pro Poly Plow: New cutting edge, all the controls, $1,000. 707-9934.

AMAZING! Beautiful Pillowtop Mattress Sets. Twin $199, Full or Queen $249, King $449. Call 603-305-9763 See “Furniture” AD.

ROOMMATES

TILTON, charming Victorian car riage house weekly or monthly rentals. $200/wk $800/mo, cable, Wi-Fi, microwave, coffee maker and refrigerator. Call or text 603-998-7881 or 603-455-5350 or email: info@blackswaninn.net TILTON: Downstairs 1-bedroom. $600/Month. Heat and hot water included. No dogs, 603-630-9772 or 916-214-7733.

WINNISQUAM: Small efficiency and a cottage including heat, hot water, lights and cable. $175-$225 per week. $500 deposit. No pets. 387-3864.

BIRD Cages: 1-Lg metal cage on wheels, $50; 1-Lg Parakeet cage, $20. 267-8970.

Brown electric lift chair-recliner.

Perfect! Aeriens electric start snow blower. Perfect. $275 each.

528-2488 CHINA: Lenox Hayworth. Eight 5-piece place settings, sugar & creamer, gravy boat, 2 platters, 1 serving bowl, 8 extra dessert plates, salt & pepper shakers. $700/OBO 744-6107 Dry Firewood- 1/2 cord $125, Full Cord $225. Cut, split, delivered Laconia/Gilford. 387-2900 DUTCHWEST Woodstove: Fits up to 18” pieces of wood, very good condition. Asking $600/b.o.

707-9934.

GREEN floral sofa, like new, barely used! $200. Black tray coffee table, excellent condition $100. 293-8116 Steam dryer- Gilford, GE Profile large capacity. Nearly new, $500/OBO. Will trade for electric range of equal value.

207-949-4993 Top Performer Hot Water Tank50 gallon, 2 years old, in great shape. $275. 603-387-0147

KITCHEN DESIGN SALES- CONWAY

Full time, kitchen sales & 20/20 design experience preferred, will consider other candidates, email resume valb@chicklumber.com

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

4 Weather Master snow tires, 215/65R16, used lightly one winter $150. New $124 each.

250-8066

Home near Tilton/I-93. unfurnished $115/Week. Furnished $125/Week. Utilities included, No drugs or drinking. Smoker/Pet okay. 603-286-9628

CUSTODIAN

WOODSPLITTER: Craftman, heavyduty, 27-ton, used once, roadworthy, mint condition, $900.

707-9934.

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

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

603-305-9763

Integrity ~ Quality ~ Respect ~ Resident Centered

Director of Finance/Controller Taylor Community is looking for a dynamic leader and qualified candidate to join the management team and to oversee the entire finance department of a non-profit Continuing Care Retirement Community (CCRC) in Laconia, NH. The Director of Finance/Controller supervises the business office staff, administers and manages the day to day activities of the finance/accounting functions. They include: financial accounting, fiscal reporting, budget preparation/administration, policies and procedures, investment tracking banking and bond compliance.

Specific experience in the area of bond financing, amortization of income corresponding to continuing care (life care contracts) and the corresponding accounting practices related thereto is essential.

A minimum of a Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting/Finance with a strong emphasis on financial and managerial accounting is required. Demonstrated experience in a similar position is essential. The qualified candidate must have good interpersonal skills and must be able to work with staff, residents and the Board of Trustees.

If you are interested in joining the caring staff of a well established leader in a continuing care retirement community, please apply at our website:

www.taylorcommunity.org.

Applications will be accepted through February 22, 2013.

Taylor Community is an EOE

Help Wanted For the Department of Parks and Recreation, Alton, NH. Part-time with a minimum of 20 hrs. per week. Second Shift time period, year round, weekends required.

Duties include: trash removal; cleaning town buildings, offices and public restrooms; floor cleaning and maintenance and shoveling snow. Valid NH Driver sLicense, Background check and physical capacity exam required. Applications available at the Alton Parks and Recreation Department or www.alton.nh.gov.

Position will remain open until filled. EOE.

AMAZING!

30 gal. fish tank and stand (everything included) $60. 556-9276.

NORTHFIELD: 3 Bedroom House close to downtown/park.

Security deposit/references. No pets/No smoking, available 2/18. $1,200/Month +utilities (603)455-8873.

Furniture

WALL TILES: Ceramic, Glazed, 74 sq. ft., American Olean, 6”x6”, Sandy Ridge (color), $25; PRINTER: 3 in 1 Lexmark P4330, used one semester at college, needs ink. $15. BOOKSHELF: Orion, 4-shelf, black, new in box, 9.5”Lx24.75”Wx47.5”H, $15. Call 455-3686.

FLOORING SALESCONWAY

Full time, flooring sales experience preferred but will train right candidate, email resume sal@chicklumber.com

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HUNT from page 2 threatened to bring “warfare” to officers and their families, spreading fear and setting off a search for him across the Southwest and Mexico.

“Enough is enough. It’s time for you to turn yourself in. It’s time to stop the bloodshed,” LAPD Cmdr.

Andrew Smith said at a news conference held outside police headquarters in Los Angeles, a starkly different atmosphere than last week when officials CALENDAR from page 19

TODAY’S EVENTS TOPS (Taking Off Pounds Sensibly) group meeting.

5:30 p.m. at the First Congregational Church in Meredith.

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 14 Meredith Library daily happens. Mystery Book Group featuring the book The Paperwhite Narcissus by Cynthia Riggs. 10:30 a.m. to noon. Knotty Knitters held from 10 a.m. to noon.

Valentine’s Day special performance by the the Heather Pierson Trio. 8 p.m. at Pitman’s Freight Room in Laconia. Admission is $10 at the door. BYOB. Lakes Region Genealogy Interst Group holds its monthly meeting. 6:30 p.m. at the Wolfeboro Public Library. Free and open to the public. For more information

Help Wanted NEW YEAR, NEW LOCATION, NEW OPPORTUNITIES The number one resort marketing company in the Lakes Region with a proven track record in growth; is seeking highly motivated, success driven individuals. Potential earnings average between $17-$40 an hour. Daytime and evening shifts available. No experience necessary, onsite training provided. Call for application information:

603-581-2450 EOE

Help Wanted

briefed the news media under tight security with Dorner on the loose.

A short time after Smith spoke Tuesday, smoke began to rise from the cabin in the snow-covered woods near Big Bear Lake, a resort town about 80 miles east of Los Angeles. Flames then engulfed the building — images that were broadcast on live television around the world. TV helicopters showed the fire burning freely with no apparent effort to extinguish it.

“We have reason to believe that it is him,” said San Bernardino County sheriff’s spokeswoman Cynthia Bachman, adding that she didn’t know how the fire started. She noted there was gunfire between the person in the cabin and officers around the home before the blaze began.

Until Tuesday, authorities didn’t know whether Dorner was still near Big Bear Lake, where they found his burned-out pickup last week.

call 630-8497.

Gilford Public Library events. Toddler Time 10:30-11:15 a.m. Brown Bag Book Discussion 12:30-1:30 p.m. Conversational French 3:30-4:30 p.m. Crafter’s Corner 6-7:30 p.m.

Evening Book Discussion 6:30-7:30 p.m.

Valentines Day movie showing featuring the film “Beastly”. 3 p.m. Popcorn served.

Valentine’s Day Potluck Lunch and Ice Cream Social at the Tilton Senior Center. 11:30 am. Bring a dish to share and a list of ingredients for those with food sensitivities. Beverages, ice cream, and toppings provided. For more informaiton or to RSVP call 527-8291.

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

Al-Anon Meeting at the Congregational Church Parish

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

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

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

Bingo starts at 6:30.

Knitting at Belmont Public Library. 6 p.m.

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

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

Services

Services

Services

Services

MAINTENANCE LABORER For the Department of Parks and Recreation, Alton, NH. Seasonal: April –October, 40 hours per week. Duties include: maintenance of town buildings and parks, mowing, raking, landscaping, rubbish removal, shoveling, and plowing. Carpentry, electrical and plumbing experienced preferred. Valid NH Driver s License and Criminal Background Check required. Applications available at Alton Parks and Recreation Department or www.alton.nh.gov. Position will remain open until filled. EOE.

MONRO MUFFLER/BRAKE & SERVICE Automotive Technician Base pay 20-45k Great benefits package available.

Full time & PT

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

BILL!S Small Engine Repair: *Winter Blues Special* Save 20% on all service on snowmobiles, snowblowers, generators, ATV s and all other equipment. Call now for free pickup & delivery. Bill @ 267-8766 or 387-3404.

603-387 0487

PIPER ROOFING

SUMMER EMPLOYMENT

Quality Work Reasonable Rates Free Estimates Metal Roofs • Shingle Roofs

For the Department of Parks and Recreation, Alton, NH. Seasonal, FT, PT. June-August 2013: Lifeguards and Summer Program Staff. Applications available at Alton Parks and Recreation Department or www.alton.nh.gov.

EOE.

Lost

FREE Scrap Metal Removal: Looking for junk cars, old engines, lawnmowers & any other scrap steel. Will pick up and remove.

Call Bill @ 387-3404.

HANDYMAN FOR SALE Travel time 293-0683

528-3531

CALL Mike for snowblowing, roof shoveling, scrapping and light hauling. Very reasonably priced.

603-455-0214

per

mile.

HARDWOOD FLOORING DUST FREE SANDING 25 years experience. Excellent references. Weiler Building Services 986-4045 Email: weilbuild@yahoo.com

Our Customers Don!t get Soaked!

Major credit cards accepted

$.50

MR. JUNK Attics, cellars, garages cleaned out. Free estimate.

Insured.

455-6296

PROFESSIONAL PAINTING Affordable price. Interiors are my specialty. Michael Marcotte 455-6296

ROOFS SHOVELED Experienced roofer. Reasonable rates. Insured. Call Dan 279-5806 or cell 677-6763.

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

Lost men s Coach wallet.

REWARD! 603-581-4257

Motorcycles 2003 HD Softail Standard. New tires, many extras, jack stand and cover included. $5000 firm.

603-393-7487 after 4 pm.

Buy • Sell • Trade www.motoworks.biz

(603)447-1198. Olson’s Moto Works, RT16 Albany, NH. NICE 83 Honda V45 Magna750cc, water cooled shaft drive, 16K miles, book value $2,900 selling $1,275/OBO. Will hold till spring in storage with 1/2 down.

455-2430

TWO MARINE TECHNICIAN OPENINGS Due to continued growth in our boat repair service business Channel Marine will be adding a new experienced Marine Technician to our service team (year-round). Experience and/or certifications with Mercruiser and/or Yamaha a plus. Forward resume to: admin@channelmarine.com or call Kelly at 603-366-4801, X214.

Recreation Vehicles 2012 ITASCA Sunova 33C Fully Loaded 3600 mi. $119,500 see RVTrader for details call 603-493-3222

Roommate Wanted ADULT person to share house in Laconia. $130/week. includes everything. Pets okay. Female preferred. 603-524-1976.

Snowmobiles 3 Snowmachines & enclosed trailer. 99 Arctic Cat, 02 Polaris & 98 Polaris. All for $5,000/OBO. Call 387-9763

Storage Space LACONIA: 20' x 18' two car ga rage for rent, $195/month including electric, 524-1234.

NORTHFIELD: 10' X 10' storage shed for rent, $50/month, 524-1234.

Home Care EXPERIENCED CAREGIVER WILL assist the elderly in their own home. Excellent training with outstanding references. Your loved one will be treated with respect and c are. Will prepare meals and do light housekeeping while providing companionship.

603-630-2018.

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