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Scant criticism of $1M project at Center Harbor public hearing By michael Kitch THE LACONIA DAILY SUN

CENTER HARBOR — There was little discussion and less criticism when the Board of Selectmen and Building Advisory Committee presented a plan to expand and renovate the Town Hall to a sparsely attended public meeting last night.

The plan calls for adding 3,284-squarefeet — 2,377-squarefeet at the front and 907-square-feet at the back — and reconfiguring and renovating another 1,940-squarefeet of the building. see CENtEr page 8

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LACONIA — Teachers, police and firefighters had a few anxious moments around noon yesterday when a 7-year-old boy wandered away after recess at Pleasant Street Elementary School.

Superintendent Robert Champlin said the boy was outside with his classmates and when the rest of the students returned inside, the boy decided he had other plans.

“We knew he was gone right away,” said Champlin who said teachers and school staff began looking for him immediately on the

school grounds after notifying the police.

In a unified command at Pleasant Street School were Police Chief Chris Adams and Fire Chief Ken Erickson. It was one of the police officers who found the young boy on Pleasant Street not far from the school.

Adams said it looks like the boy walked through the woods before surfacing back on Pleasant Street.

Erickson and Adams said police and firefighters were combing the woods behind the school as well as walking up and down Pleasant Street. Adams said N.H. State Trooper Chuck George and his K-9 had

reported to the command center but the child was found before George and his dog were needed.

Champlin said he wanted to thank the police and fire department for their quick response.

“They were just unbelievable,” he said.

He said the boy was wearing his outside jacket and boots and was unlikely aware that so many people were looking for him.

Champlin said in this case it appears the child just wanted to be somewhere else other than school but the district and first responders take all cases like this very seriously. see BOy page 8

No give in that guardrail

Laconia emergency responders gathered on Elm Street remove Jason J. Dostie from his Toyota Tacoma pickup at about 4 p.m. yesterday. Dostie, 30 years old and a resident of Moultonborough, was reported to be in stable condition yesterday evening at Lakes Region General Hospital after being involved in a single-vehicle accident. A witness reported seeing Dostie’s truck driving at an unusual rate of speed for the area before slamming into the roadside steel barrier above the Lake Opechee Inn & Spa parking lot. Police said they did not immediately know what caused the accident, though alcohol did not appear to be a factor. (Laconia Daily Sun photo/Adam Drapcho)

Got Lunch! program gearing up to feed as many as 600 kids this year By adam drapchO THE LACONIA DAILY SUN

LACONIA — John Walker spends all day thinking about lunch. Specifically, he’s trying to figure out how he and the rest of the Got Lunch! organizers are going to provide lunches for as many as 600 city children this summer.

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The idea for the program popped into Walker’s head when he was considering how, last year, nearly two-thirds of school children in Laconia come from families

with low enough income that they qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. He worried that those kids might not have access to a nutritious lunch during summer vacation.

That concern gave birth to Got Lunch!

There’s no application or income threshold for Got Lunch!, any family that wants to can benefit from the program.

Walker expects the size of Got Lunch! to nearly double this year. He figures it costs his organization about $110 to prosee GOt LuNCh! page 8

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Obama calls for tax breaks for American factories & higher taxes for firms that move jobs overseas

MILWAUKEE (AP) — President Barack Obama is using the resurgence of U.S. manufacturing to make an economic case for his reelection, touring factory floors and promoting a made-in-America message that seemed to fit his political campaign like, as it turned out Wednesday, lock and key.

Most presidents like to surround themselves with proud workers at factories, but Obama has gone further by making the rebounding manufacturing a key plank of his electionyear agenda, arguing that the increasingly service-oriented U.S. economy needs to make things in order to prosper in the long run. He opened a three-day political trip with a stop in Wisconsin, a state he won handily in 2008 but is expected to pose more difficulty for him this year.

Obama called for tax cuts for American manufacturers and higher taxes for companies see OBAMA page 9

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356 die in inmate-set fire at overcrowded Honduran prison COMAYAGUA, Honduras (AP) — Honduran officials confirmed Wednesday that 358 people died when a fire tore through an overcrowded prison, making it the world’s deadliest prison fire in a century.

With 856 prisoners packed into barracks, the farm prison in the Comayagua province north of the capital was at double capacity, said Supreme Court Justice Richard Ordonez, who is leading the investigation.

Ordonez told The Associated Press the fire started in a barracks where 105 prisoners were bunked, and only four of them

survived. Some 115 bodies have been sent to the morgue in the capital of Tegucigalpa.

The fire started by an inmate tore through the prison, burning and suffocating screaming men in their crowded barracks as rescuers desperately searched for keys to unlock the doors.

The local governor, who was once a prison employee, told reporters that an inmate called her moments before the blaze broke out and screamed: “I will set this place on fire and we are all going to die!”

Comayagua Gov. Paola Castro said

she called the Red Cross and fire brigade immediately. But firefighters said they were kept outside for half an hour by guards who fired their guns in the air, thinking they had a riot or a breakout on their hands.

Officials have long had little control over conditions inside many Honduran prisons, where inmates have largely unfettered access to cell phones and other contraband.

Survivors also told investigators that the unidentified inmate yelled “We will all die see PRISON FIRE page 8

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — In defiant swipes at its foes, Iran said Wednesday it is dramatically closer to mastering the production of nuclear fuel even as the U.S. weighs tougher pressures and Tehran’s suspected shadow war with Israel brings probes far beyond the Middle East.

Iran further struck back at the West by indicating it was on the verge of imposing a midwinter fuel squeeze to Europe in

retaliation for a looming boycott of Iranian oil, but denied reports earlier in the day that six nations had already been cut off.

The uncompromising messages from Iran, however, came with a counterpoint.

The official IRNA news agency said Iran’s top nuclear negotiator, Saeed Jalili, told European Union foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton that Iran is ready to return to talks with the U.S. and other world powers.

The dual strategy — taking nuclear steps while proposing more talks — has become a hallmark of Iran’s dealings for years and some critics have dismissed it as a time-buying tactic. The advances claimed Wednesday could likely feed these views.

In a live TV broadcast, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was shown overseeing what was described as the first Iraniansee IRAN page 6

Defiant Iran claims major steps taken in developing nuclear fuel

China’s president in waiting wraps up highly scripted visit to Washington WASHINGTON (AP) — For Americans looking at the U.S. visit of China’s likely future leader for a clue about where relations between the two nations might be headed, the signal has been clear: No change in substance, but perhaps a change in style.

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State would be required N.H. Senate votes 17-7 for constitutional amendment to to provide some school require 60% majority to raise spending above inflation aid under constitutional amendment passed by Senate by a 17-7 margin CONCORD (AP) — New Hampshire would have more power over school funding, but would be required to provide at least some aid under a constitutional amendment the Senate approved Wednesday and passed to the House for its consideration.

The Senate voted 17-7 to replace a House proposal with one of its own.

A few words separate the two chambers from putting a constitutional amendment on school aid on the November ballot, but the words are enough to divide them.

The House rejected amendments in November proposed by the governor and the Senate because they did not give the state full discretion to decide how much, if anything, to distribute in aid.

The Senate’s latest proposal says the state has the responsibility to help poor communities pay for education. But the proposal also gives the state full power and authority to determine the amount of aid and how to raise and distribute it.

Supporters argue that the Senate proposal would allow the state to target aid to needy communities without being required to provide an “adequate” amount for every pupil as the state must now under the Supreme Court’s landmark ruling in 1997.

“Targeted aid allows scarce resources to go to the communities that need it the most,” said Senate Republican Leader Jeb Bradley of Wolfeboro.

Bradley said that if the amendment passes, the see ED FUNDING page 9

GOP lawmakers want Legislature to have final say on all union contracts

CONCORD (AP) — New Hampshire legislators are looking for more control over public union contracts. The House passed a bill 232-119 on Wednesday requiring legislative approval for all collective bargaining contracts entered into by the state. The governor’s bargaining team currently negotiates the eight different state employee contracts on behalf of the state before the governor signs off.

The measure now goes to the Senate.

The Legislature already has some say over employee salaries through the budget, but supporters say the bill provides more control over aspects of contracts that don’t require the spending of state money.

Supporters of the bill equated it to the process towns and counties undergo to ratify other union contracts, while opponents contended the process would be much lengthier and more difficult.

“It’s pretty tough to get anything done as it is,” said Rep. Benjamin Baroody.

Opponents also objected to the hearing process for the bill, which underwent a complete change while in the committee.

The original bill set limits to state employee health benefits based on pay, while the amendment the Finance Committee created simply gives the legislature the final word over union contracts.

Baroody, who wrote the minority report for the committee, said the bill went beyond its original scope.

“It changes not really the benefits, but the way we do business,” the Manchester Democrat said.

Supporters voted down motions for another hearing, calling them “unnecessary.”

“It will just fill the room with people who want to make a fuss,” said Rep. Kenneth Weyler.

CONCORD (AP) — New Hampshire’s Senate passed a proposed constitutional change Wednesday that would require a 60 percent vote by the House and Senate to increase spending in the state budget above the rate of inflation.

The Senate voted 17-7 to send the proposed constitutional amendment to the House, where it was met immediately with criticism by House Republican Leader D.J. Bettencourt.

The House-passed version of the amendment would require 60 percent of lawmakers to vote in favor of bills to borrow or raise taxes. The Senate amended the House proposal to instead require the supermajority to limit spending increases in the budget to the rate of inflation. The Legislature would set the inflation rate.

The House version is a top priority of Republican

House Speaker William O’Brien.

“Simply put, the Senate’s amendment to (the constitutional amendment) makes it easier for your taxes to be increased,” said Bettencourt.

Bettencourt said the Senate’s decision to change the House-passed amendment jeopardizes House support for other measures, including legalizing casino gambling and a constitutional amendment to shift control over school aid from the courts to the Legislature. The Senate amended the House’s version of the school funding amendment Wednesday and sent it back to the House.

Senate President Peter Bragdon was behind the change to the spending cap amendment. He said the House and Senate share the same goal of limiting government spending, but he felt a tax cap would see SPENDING page 10

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Pat Buchanan

On to Damascus?

Our War Party has been temporarily diverted from its clamor for war on Iran by the insurrection against the Syrian regime of Bashar al-Assad.

Estimates of the dead since the Syrian uprising began a year ago approach 6,000. And responsibility for the carnage is being laid at the feet of the president who succeeded his dictator-father Hafez alAssad, who ruled from 1971 until his death in 2000. Unlike Egypt’s Hosni Mubarak who buckled, broke and departed after three weeks of protests, Bashar is not going quietly.

And, predictably, with the death toll rising, those champions of world democratic revolution — John McCain, Joe Lieberman and Lindsey Graham — have begun beating the drums for U.S. aid to a “Free Syrian Army.” Last week, the three senators jointly declared: “In Libya, the threat of imminent atrocities in Benghazi mobilized the world to act.

Such atrocities are now a reality in Homs and other cities all across Syria. ... We must consider ... providing opposition groups inside Syria, both political and military, with better means to ... defend themselves, and to fight back against Assad’s forces.”

“The end of Assad’s rule would ... be a moral and humanitarian victory for the Syrian people” and “a strategic defeat for the Iranian regime.”

Danielle Pletka of the American Enterprise Institute, Neocon Central, is also pushing the Iranian angle. “Syria is the soft underbelly of Iran, Tehran’s most important ally, conduit for arms and cash to terrorists. ... A unique confluence of American moral purpose and America’s strategic interest argue for intervention in Syria. ... It’s time to start arming the Free Syrian Army.”

What are the arguments against U.S. intervention?

First, there is no vital U.S. interest in who rules Syria. If we could live with Hafez al-Assad for decades — Bush 1 enlisted him as an ally in Desert Storm — and his son for a dozen years, what threat does Bashar’s rule pose to the United States?

Answer: none.

Second, while McCain & Co. insist that “the bloodshed must be stopped and we should rule out no option that could help save lives,” arming the rebels would cause a geometric increase in dead and wounded.

Should America start funneling arms to the rebels, Assad will realize that, like Moammar Gadhafi, he is in a fight to the death. In 1982, his father, to crush a rebellion centered in the city of Hama, rolled up his artillery and leveled the town, killing an estimated 20,000.

This is what we are risking if we start arming the rebels.

Syria is not Libya. Assad’s arsenal of missiles, tanks, planes and guns is far superior. He has a 270,000man army and thousands of secu-

rity police. And with a tiny Shia Alawite sect dominant in Syria, and the rebellion rooted in a Sunni Muslim majority, Assad and his loyalists know that if they go down, they go to the wall.

“Christians to Beirut and Alawites to the wall,” was an early slogan of the resistance.

And after seeing the atrocities visited upon the Christians in Iraq when Saddam went down, and on Copts when Mubarak went down, do we want to depose another secular dictator — only to empower another regime of Islamic fundamentalists?

In Libya, the British and French led us in. Those NATO allies want no part of a Syrian civil war.

In Libya, a third of the country was rebel-held territory. With a single coastal road leading from Gadhafi’s command post in Tripoli to Benghazi, NATO planes could easily interdict convoys trying to reach the rebel base. In Syria, the rebels have no “liberated” territory.

The U.N. Security Council authorized a no-fly zone over Libya. But Russia, burned by what NATO did in Libya, stands ready to veto a no-fly zone over Syria. U.S. military aid to the rebels could bring Russian military aid to its client regime in Damascus.

U.S. intervention could also trigger a proxy war and a regional war.

Assad’s ally, Hezbollah, is already battling Syrian rebels in Lebanon. Sunnis in Iraq’s Anbar province are shipping guns to their fellow Sunnis in Syria.

And if Assad falls, who rises?

Would a triumphant Muslim Brotherhood in Damascus keep the peace on the Golan Heights, as the Assads did for 40 years?

According to U.S. sources, alQaida was behind the four suicide bombings that killed scores of Syrian soldiers and officials in Damascus and Aleppo. Osama bin Laden’s successor, Ayman al-Zawahiri, has called on Sunnis from all neighboring countries to join the war against Assad’s “pernicious, cancerous regime.”

If the ouster of Assad is good for al-Qaida, can it also be good for America?

As for the Free Syrian Army to whom U.S. military aid would go, it is divided with itself, and one ranking colonel has described the Syrian National Council, with whom we have been working, as “traitors.”

Iraq, Afghanistan, Libya — none has turned out as was predicted when we plunged in. And other than neoconservative ideology, what makes us think intervening in Syria will?

(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.)

LETTERS I was expecting Kay Anderson to resign because she’s moved To the editor, The Valentine’s meeting of the Inter-Lakes School Board was a kumbah-ya moment to be sure, and should have culminated with a group hug, but for Chair Richard Hanson, calling an unexpected second non-public session, without, I might add, citing a N.H. RSA or calling for a vote. Call me picky, but the school board can be comforted by the fact that every time they break a N.H. Statute that I am aware of, I will not apologize for bringing it to their attention. (N.H. RSA 91 really is good reading.)

Since there are still quizzical looks when I mention the legal roles of the current SAU 2 and I-L Chairs concerning committees, I would like to quote the New Hampshire School Board Association’s article titled, “Role of a School Board Member.” It says, “The board may empower, with a vote, the chair or subcommittee to take action outside of the board meeting but such power is only given by the full board.” Contrary to current belief, the chairs really are not allowed to just empower themselves, and I hope that this information is used when the SAU 2 Superintendent’s Search Committee is formed, including the representation of members from the school board.

My big surprise of the night came

from the words from Kay Anderson. I admire her easy and eloquent way of public speaking, but was not expecting the sanctimonious lecturing she gave Jack Carty and Mark Billings for their tone and words at the recent public hearing. Because of the trust she lost in them during that hearing, she spoke of her intent to resign from the I-L long range strategic planning committee, but after listening to their heartfelt apologies earlier in the evening, her trust was coming back just a little, and she did not intend to resign after all. When she stood to speak, I was actually expecting her resignation from the committee because it was well known by most in the room, including her friends on the board and also those of us who follow local real estate transactions, that she has moved out of the district and really is not qualified to remain on the committee since she is no longer a resident. Awkward...

Last, thanks to Rebecca Alosa for choosing to run again for the InterLakes School Board. I’m quite sure that her definition of “transparency” is more in line with that of Webster, or Wikipedia for you techies, than those of her opponent, Lisa Merrill, and I look forward to hearing more from her.

Karen Sticht Meredith

We’re lucky to have Carla Horne & Lisa Merill step forward To the editor, Meredith residents are lucky to have such qualified individuals as Carla Horne and Lisa Merrill who are willing to volunteer their time, energy and expertise on behalf of the town.

Carla, who is running for a position on the Meredith Board of Selectmen, is a life-long Meredith resident with a deep respect for what residents here hold dear: Our people, our environment, our schools and our traditions. Running her own business for the past 20 years, Carla knows how the economy affects businesses and individuals as well as how important realistic budgeting is.

With her expertise in construction, code enforcement, septic design, shoreland protection and water quality assurance, Carla would bring a wealth of pertinent

knowledge to issues before the Meredith board.

Lisa is running for her second term on the Inter-Lakes School board because she knows there is more work to do on behalf of the students, teachers and community. She led the group of middle school students, known as the Weedbusters, to success as they won the $10,000 prize in the nationwide Lexus Eco-Challenge.

As a parent and concerned citizen, Lisa has vowed to make Inter-Lakes schools the very best they can be.

I am glad both Carla and Lisa have stepped up in our community and I urge voters to go to the polls on March 13th and support their candidacies.

Cathy Merwin Meredith

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LETTERS

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GOP & Catholic Church continue their war against poor women To the editor, Would someone please explain to me why MEN think they have a right to an opinion about women’s reproductive rights, medications and women’s bodies. MEN do not even deal with the same health issues we do. MEN do not have debilitating menstrual cramps, ovarian cancer, cervical cancer, etc.

All treatable with preventative care if caught early and some with proper medications. Seems like a “War on Women” has been declared.

Then you have a man like Rick Santorum going so far as to say, in a case of rape, the women should carry the child she had no say in conceiving to term. He said the woman should “make the best out of a bad situation”. Is it his opinion this woman should be punished and has forgot that she is the VICTIM. He seems to feel that she should be made to carry this unwanted child for nine months and be reminded every day of what happened to her. In a case of incest does he honestly think this young girl should be made to carry to term her own brother or sister? He seems not to have any concern for these females’ emotional and mental health. Does he not understand that access to the morning-after pill eliminates one factor of these issues and allows these females the ability to deal more quickly with what has happened to them. It seems the Catholic Church

shares his beliefs as well.

I also would like to know why Catholic bishops feel they have a right to decide for women, Catholic or not, whether they can use birth control.

I realize this church believes women should reproduce and be subservient to men but the days of keeping “women barefoot and pregnant” are over. People can no longer afford large families. Also, in a case of rape, the rhythm system doesn’t work. The women has no say in whether it is the safe time or not because her rapist took her say away.

It seems to me that the Republican Party and the Catholic Church will do anything to keep low-income and poor women from getting preventative health care and medications they need. They will use any back-door reason to continue the fight to make abortion illegal again even if that means using religious freedom as the basis for the attack on women. I realize the Catholic Church is one of the richest, and a very powerful, organization but what happened to the separation of church and state? Why does one religion have the right to make decisions for all women even those not Catholic? And, lets not put aside the fact that cost to the church is another factor easily forgotten when you make it a religious belief issue.

Nancy Parsons Laconia

Ballot votes are spiteful way to keep meeting attendance low To the editor, Disclaimer, I am a Gilford School District employee who attended both the town and school deliberative sessions this year. As a taxpaying resident (since 1986) I am also entitled to speak out on the issues at hand.

“Since the deliberative sessions are 99-percent attended by direct recipients (employees and spouses) of each respective budget, it’s not a mystery how spending cuts to “their own kingdoms” are easily restored.”

According to Mr. Stewart in his letter on Feb. 14, I apparently am one of the 99-percent who attended the session which is a part of the SB-2 process. The process that is designed to level the playing field, and allow folks to have discourse and conversation regarding the issues, but still have the privacy of voting in secret.

The process those who campaigned for SB-2 wanted. (Personally, I miss Town Meeting, where decisions are made at the meeting, but until the Town Meeting format is returned to, I will continue to attend/participate in the deliberative session).

I believe one of the reasons there is low turnout at the deliberative sessions is that the flavor of the meeting has changed. I also believe that,

while it is perfectly legal to have paper ballots on votes, the option to do so, is spitefully put forward just because it is there, and in hope that people will get tired of the process and leave. I believe that voters in this town, who have children in our schools (and many who do not), value the education the children receive. I believe that people recognize that somewhere along the way, someone else paid their taxes so WE would all be educated, working and participating in town affairs today. I believe that people recognize we need a new fire truck and we would be penny wise and pound foolish to delay the inevitable. I believe that we cannot operate efficiently, on either the town or school side, with money appropriations taking place in May, as it will impact the bidding and hiring process, and put us at a distinct financial disadvantage.

And, as I stated at the meeting, I believe we need to protect our citizens and pay for a fraction of the services that our townspeople receive from Community Action Program (fuel assistance), New Beginnings, and Central NH VNA and Hospice to name a few.

What do you believe?

Meg Jenkins Gilford

28 states already have contraception laws identical to Obama’s To the editor, Every day I open the morning paper to see that the state is under attack by glassy-eyed American theocrats.

Speaker O’Brien is overseeing attacks on education, womens’ rights, gay rights, and womens’ health. Isn’t it about time Mr. O’Brien grows his

who he really is? He is New Hampshire’s very own screaming, bullying, Ayatollah O’Brien.

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LETTERS House-bound people don’t have option of attending town meeting To the editor, In his letter of Feb. 14, Mr. Jensen misrepresented the differences between SB-2 and the traditional form of town meeting. With all due respect to Mr. Jensen, he is mistaken by insinuating that the voter who sits in a traditional town or school meeting and listens to the auction-like atmosphere of amending and rearticulating the meaning and intent of an article, sometimes back and forth several times, will be wholly informed as to what he/she is voting on as the final product a moment later.

With SB-2 those wanting or able to attend, challenge, debate and amend the merits of the warrant articles do so at the Deliberative Session. Then over the next 30 days those who debated and those who did not get, will have the chance read letters in the paper favoring one side or the other, read the warrant and ask questions and then vote, in the privacy of a voting booth (or by absentee) just as they have voted for their elected officials; those same officials who have and will continue to vilify and misrepresent SB-2.

The facts remain, of all the towns that are able to choose SB-2 as their form of governance in N.H. only three have rescinded their decision. Two of from preceding page constitutional.

And how about Harry Accornero’s “Fatherland” bill to force kids to stand to say the pledge of allegiance. Heil Harry!

May I remind Harry and his minions that the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in 1943 in WV State Board of Education v. Barnette that public school students

those three, Orange (pop. 331) and Dorchester (pop 355) are so small that town meeting is more like a family reunion. There are more people in N.H. using SB-2 as their form of governance than either charter or traditional for town and school district.

Last week the papers were filled with the area towns and their successful deliberative sessions. There was plenty of debate and amending and now those folks have the next few weeks to ready themselves to vote… educated and un-intimidated. I have faith in voters who are going to the poles to vote for their candidate, that they will take just as seriously the vote they are casting for the warrant articles.

Mr. Jensen also offers that the voter “may decline all OPTIONS to attend” meetings that would discuss and amend issues. He has forgotten that many voters do not have an “option” to decline. They are those who are house bound, out of town, in the military, working or what have you. That is a benefit of SB-2. They may vote by absentee ballot.

I urge Moultonborough voters to vote “YES” on article 2 on the School District Ballot either by absentee or on Tuesday March 13th.

Rick Heath Moultonborough are not required to say the pledge. The court ruled “compulsory unification of opinion” violates the First Amendment. In a later opinion, the court ruled students are not required to stand for the pledge.

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BARNSTEAD — In light of the upcoming public hearing and town meeting vote to disband the police department and subcontract police duties to the Belknap County Sheriff, selectmen have requested a non-public meeting will all of the members of the current police department.

The request was made from selectmen to Chief Kenneth Borgia who in turn sent letters to each of the members of his department.

“As the hiring authority, it is our duty and obligation to be absolutely sure that our employees fully understand the implications of this proposal and the transformations that would take place if the town should vote to accept this,” wrote selectmen to Borgia in a letter dated February 7.

Chair Robert LaRoche said last night that the board felt a non-public session with the members of the existing department was warranted because selectmen wanted to make sure each employee understood the ramifications of a yes vote by the town’s people.

He said there are no plans at present for selectmen to meet individually with members of the police department.

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Selectmen formed an independent Police Study Committee, which had earlier advised selectmen that there would not be any cost savings.

At a subsequent meeting with Wiggin and County Administrator Debra Shackett, Selectmen learned Wiggin could provide five full-time police officers, four leased cruisers, uniforms and equipment for $489,000, approximately $80,000 less than what is budgeted by Barnstead in the 2012 budget.

Selectmen decided to put it on the Town Meeting warrant.

Wiggin also acknowledged at the meeting that sheriff’s deputies earn more money than do individual Barnstead police officers but said he thought it would help in the long run because the costs of hiring, training, and equipping a constant turnover of police officers would be eliminated.

LaRoche said there there is a public hearing scheduled for February 28 at 6 p.m. at the Barnstead Elementary School to discuss the vote. Wiggin and Shackett are both expected to attend the public hearing.

As to the vote itself, he said he believes the issue will be decided by a simple majority of those who attend town meeting but said Selectmen will be meeting with legal counsel to be sure.

He also said there is no plan to hold the vote by secret ballot but, as with all Town Meeting votes, it could be requested.

IRAN from page 2 made fuel rod inserted into a research reactor in northern Tehran. Separately, the semiofficial Fars agency reported that a “new generation” of Iranian centrifuges — used to enrich uranium toward nuclear fuel — had gone into operation at the country’s main enrichment facility at Natanz in

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In Washington, the assistant secretary of state for International Security and Nonproliferation, Tom Countryman, dismissed the Iranian claims of reaching a pivotal moment.

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GILFORD — The Paugus Bay Condominium Association intends to offer a proposal to the Zoning Board of Adjustment that would address the concerns of town officials about the long-term rental of units at 131 Lake Street that are in apparent violation of the zoning ordinance.

Attorney Craig Donais, who represents the association, said yesterday that an overture to the ZBA is “on my radar,” stressing that “we want to reduce and eliminate the issues with the town.”

The 63 residential condominium units were approved by the Planning Board as a hotel/motel and limited to “transient occupancy,” defined as not more than 30 consecutive days or 30 days in any 60 day period. But, some years ago the reception desk was abandoned along with any outward indication in the form of signage or advertising that the units are available to travelers or transients. Instead, the individual owners let their units. Moreover, the deeds restrict the right of owners to rent to the same tenant as well as to occupy their units or house their guests for more than two consecutive weeks between September 1 and June 1.

Donais indicated that the association is considering a request that the units be designated for extended stays rather than seeking to change the use of the building from a hotel/motel.

Earlier this month Code Enforcement Officer Dave Andrade ordered David Akridge, president of the association, to remove the tenant from the unit he owns within seven days or face penalties, including legal fees, court costs and a $275 fine for each day the tenant has lived in the unit beyond the 30 days permitted by the ordinance. Andrade has since issued a handful of similar orders to other unit owners. from preceding page factual developments,” he said.

White House press secretary Jay Carney said Iran’s “defiant acts” seek to “distract attention” from the damage brought by international sanctions.

Meanwhile, Iran is facing major new international complications: Accusations of bringing an apparent covert conflict with Israel to points stretching from Thailand and India to the former Soviet republic of Georgia.

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Stewart’s Ambulance first private service to be named N.H. EMS of the year in more than 20 years

BY MICHAEL KITCH THE LACONIA DAILY SUN

MEREDITH — Stewart’s Ambulance Service has been named the Emergency Medical Service of the Year for 2011 by the New Hampshire Bureau of EMS, becoming the first private service to earn the honor since it was first awarded more than two decades ago.

Justin Van Etten, chairman of Stewart’s Ambulance, said yesterday that the honor reflected the exemplary performance of the firm’s employees as well as its partnership with LRGHealthcare and relationships with fire-rescue departments in the Lakes Region. “It wasn’t just us,” he said.

Van Etten said that Stewart’s was recognized for saving the lives of 26-percent of its cardiac arrest patients, which he described as “one of the highest rates in the nation and too good to be true.” Stewart’s performance, he noted, was virtually matched by the 24-percent save rate for LRGHealthcare’s entire catchment area, which is a testament to the proficiency of the EMTs working in the region.

In particular, Van Etten said that Stewart’s and its employees invested in the equipment and training that enables EMTs to not only diagnose and monitor the condition of cardiac patients but also to share CHINA from page 2 administration. “He obviously wasn’t here to make policy, or make decisions or alter positions on issues.

He is not the No. 1 yet and he doesn’t want to prejudice his chances of being No. 1.”

But while Xi, 58, has said little new — and did little to narrow the gaping differences that exist between the U.S. and China on issues such as human rights — he made a conscious effort to appear less remote than the stiff and aloof Hu. “He’s more interactive than past Chinese leaders. He looks you in the eye, and you feel he’s conversing with you,” said Bader, who spoke briefly with Xi on Wednesday.

Mindful that Xi likely will lead China for the next decade, Washington pulled out the stops to make him feel welcome. He held a long meeting with Obama and received a 19-gun salute at the Pentagon — unprecedented for a visiting vice president.

His two-day swing through the power centers of Washington was followed by a trip Wednesday to Muscatine, Iowa, where Xi visited in 1985 as a 31-year-old, county-level official to learn about crop

this information with physicians who determine whether immediate treatment is required. When it is the ambulance bypasses local emergency rooms to take the patient directly to the Concord Hospital or the nearest hospital offering cardiac catheterization treatment that opens severely blocked arteries.

“With cardiac patients there is a golden hour,” Van Etten said, explaining that timing makes the difference between life and death as well as between a full and partial recovery. “We pursued this program very aggressively,” he said. “Every truck was fully equipped and every EMT thoroughly trained.” He said that employees worked and trained “on their own time without getting a dime” to ensure the success of the program.

“They love medicine,” Van Etten said, “and they love challenges. I can count seven or eight people who are walking and talking because they were treated in time.”

Stewart’s Ambulance Service employs 70 people, 38 of them full-time and many who also work with local fire-rescue departments. The company operates eleven ambulances that serve six towns — Meredith, Center Harbor, Sandwich, Moultonborough, Tuftonboro and Wolfeboro.

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In Muscatine, Xi visited with some of the people he’d spent time with during the 1985 trip. He also was greeted by Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad, and sat down for tea with the residents while photographers and video crews recorded the interaction.

Participants said they were impressed with Xi’s memory of his earlier trip and his genuine fondness for Iowa and rural Americans.

“The guy has a clairvoyant memory. It was unbelievable,” said Tom Hoopes, a vegetable farmer who showed Xi his asparagus and sweet potatoes during a tour of his farm in 1985.

The Iowa trip in particular was an opportunity for Xi to show a more personal side. Those who attended the Muscatine meeting said Xi shook everyone’s hand, was quick to smile and even made a couple light remarks.

“I’m flabbergasted that he would take time out of his busy schedule and come back to Muscatine,” said Eleanor Dvorchak, whose family hosted Xi for two nights during the visit 27 years ago.

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CENTER HARBOR from page one Most of the additional space would be created by bringing the wing housing the town offices and meeting room flush with the apparatus bay of the fire department.

Jackie Baker of the Building Advisory Committee said that since the Town Hall was built in 1970 the population of the town has doubled.

Randy Mattson, who chairs the Board of Selectmen, said that while the police department has been at the forefront of the discussion, the space needs committee foresaw that the crowded conditions at town hall would also have to be overcome. The plan, she said, would address both issues at a reasonable cost.

“Rarely does an opportunity come along to kill so many birds with one stone,” said selectman Charley Hanson. “It’s a win, win, win, win.”

The project is estimated to cost $1-million, of which the selectmen propose to borrow $860,000. Mattson said that Meredith Village Savings Bank has offered a 10-year note bearing an interest rate of 2.15-percent, which represents annual principal and interest payments of $96,115. Moreover, Mattson said that the

bank was willing to rewrite an outstanding borrowing of $520,000 for a sewer project bearing interest of 4.89-percent at the lower interest rate.

Architect Gary Goudreau expressed confidence in the estimate and anticipated that competitive bidding could lower the cost of the project.

“You should really jump on it,” Steve Condojani told the board.

The Police Department, which currently occupies 400-undivided-square-feet at the rear of the fire department, would be allotted 2,457-square-feet, of which 1,550-square-feet is within the existing building and the rest, consisting of a sallyport and booking room, would be added to the back of the building.

There would be separate spaces for the chief’s office, interview room, record keeping, evidence storage, patrol room and locker room.

“It’s tight but it works,” said Chief Mark Chase.

Last year voters soundly rejected a proposal to build a free-standing police station of 3,600-square-feet.

Chase said that although the square footage was less, as part of Town Hall there was less need for space for mechanicals and other facilities all depart-

ments would share.

“I see lots of wants, not needs,” said Duke Klein, a persistent critic of the project. “It’s the million dollar thing that bothers me.” He questioned the necessity of providing the police chief with a private office and suggested that officers could share a restroom and locker room with other town employees.

Chase said that he needed a private office to hold sensitive conversations and keep confidential records. As for the restroom, he rose from his seat and said “I wear a gunbelt and I don’t want to throw it over the stall.”

Town offices would be housed in 1,860-square-feet in the addition to the front of the existing building.

The Cary Mead Meeting Room would be expanded by 50-percent to accommodate larger meetings and partitioned to enable two meetings to be held at once.

The Fire Department would occupy the remaining 4,100-square-feet, or approximately half, of the expanded building, including the space that currently houses the police department.

“It is the right thing to do and the right time to do it,” declared Baker. “Let’s not kick the can down the road.”

GOT LUNCH! from page one vide lunch groceries for an individual child for the duration of summer, meaning that this winter and spring he and his cohorts are tasked with building their war chest up to $60,000. They hope to do this through individual donations and through fund raising events, such as a St. Patrick’s Day party held at the Beane Conference Center.

Scheduled for Saturday, March 17, and sponsored by the local Kiwanis Club, the St. Patrick’s Day event will feature corned beef dinner served by Contigiani’s Catering Service and live entertainment

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Tickets will cost $20 and will go on sale Friday at Greenlaw’s Music, NAPA on Union Avenue and Sunflower Natural Foods.

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eries this summer will include twice as much fruit and soups and stews will be included to give kids a break from sandwiches. Also new this summer will be a voucher redeemable for products from the dairy case at Vista Foods.

In May, several local eateries will participate in the 2nd annual “Eat Out for Got Lunch!” fundraiser.

In August, Tavern 27 will host a barbecue, tapas and golf tournament to benefit the program.

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PRISON FIRE from page 2 here!” as he lit fire to his bedding late Tuesday night in the prison in Comayagua, 53 miles (86 kilometers) north of Tegucigalpa. The lockup housed people convicted of serious crimes such as homicide and armed robbery, but also people awaiting trial.

“We couldn’t get them out because we didn’t have the keys and couldn’t find the guards who had them,” Comayagua fire department spokesman Josue Garcia said.

Other prisoners were set free by guards but died from the flames or smoke as they tried to flee into

the fields surrounding the facility, where prisoners grew corn and beans on a state-run farm.

Rescuers carried shirtless, semiconscious prisoners from the prison by their arms and legs. One hauled a victim away by piggyback.

Comayagua was built in the 1940s for 400 inmates.

Unlike U.S. prisons, where locks can be released automatically in an emergency, Honduran prisons are infamous for being old, overcrowded hotbeds of conflict and crime.

Once inside, rescue workers found piles of bodies so badly burned they looked like piles of charred mannequins. Some bodies fused together, and officials said it could take weeks to identify them.

Outside the prison family members gathered late into the afternoon, some crying and some demanding justice, “We want to see the body,” shouted Juan Martinez, whose son was reported dead. “We’ll be here until we get to do that.”

Survivor Ever Lopez, 24, who was serving time for homicide, said he was sleeping when the fire broke out about 11 p.m.

“I saw the smoke from cell block 6 and it spread

throughout the prison,” he said. “The other prisoners and I broke through the roof with our bare hands and fled. Thank God I’m alive.”

Officials said 272 people were confirmed dead, but many prisoners were unaccounted for and the death toll could go to 300 or more. Among the dead were six prisoners who drowned after trying to seek refuge in a water tank. There were 852 people in the prison at the time of the blaze.

A prisoner identified as Silverio Aguilar told HRN Radio that he first knew something was wrong when he heard a scream of “Fire! Fire!”

“For a while, nobody listened. But after a few minutes, which seemed like an eternity, a guard appeared with keys and let us out,” he said.

He said there were 60 prisoners packed into his cell.

National prison system director Danilo Orellana defended the guards’ decision to keep firefighters out as flames lit up the night sky.

“The guards first thought they had a prison break, so they followed the law saying no one could enter to prevent unnecessary deaths,” he said.

BOY from page one “Its cold out there and there is a lot of water and streams nearby where a small child could get hurt,” he said.

Champlin said the boy was thoroughly checked out by an ambulance crew and was unharmed.

“He was released to his parents who took him home,” Champlin said.

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LACONIA — Members of the Belknap Mill Society gathered for an annual luncheon meeting on Wednesday, where they discussed themes of “renewal and collaboration” and marked the passing of one of the mill’s closest friends.

Outgoing president Steve Cotter invited those in attendance to observe a moment of silence for Todd Frazier, a long-time employee of the mill who died unexpectedly on February 8. Frazier was a custodian, caretaker and expert tour guide at the mill.

Cotter announced at the meeting a plan to raise enough funds to purchase a replica of the mill’s bell and display it in Frazier’s honor.

“He did everything here, that was his true

strength,” said Cotter, estimating that it would take two people to fulfill the tasks that Frazier handled.

Pressing onward, members approved bylaw amendments aimed at assuring transparent operation of the board of trustees, improving efficiency of communication within the organization, improving leadership cohesion and capabilities and utilizing electronic means to achieve the above. For example, belknapmill.org has been overhauled and society members will now be able to vote via the Internet.

Incoming president George Roberts said, “One thing I hope to do is get more participation from surrounding towns.”

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ED FUNDING from page 3 state’s education property tax could be repealed.

Critics said the amendment does not guarantee that all communities getting aid now will get it in the future.

“The amendment does not set any floor for education funding such as any minimum amount,” said Sen. Molly Kelly, a Keene Democrat.

Kelly pointed out that the proposal would reduce the court’s ability to hold the Legislature accountable as long as lawmakers’ actions were reasonable.

The current “strict scrutiny” level of review used for education funding issues is much higher and treats education as a fundamental right, she said.

Senate Democratic Leader Sylvia Larsen of Concord said she was in the Senate when lawmakers shirked their responsibility to fund public schools and the amendment could mean a return to the days when local property taxpayers funded the lion’s share of public education.

“We will have legislatures that take their responsibility seriously. We will have legislatures that downshift” education costs onto local property taxpayers, she said.

After the vote, Gov. John Lynch, Senate President Peter Bragdon and the lone Democratic senator who voted for the amendment, Manchester Sen. Lou D’Allesandro, met with reporters to urge the House to support it.

“It’s an important milestone here in New Hampshire, and it’s an amendment I can support,” said Lynch.

The House was in session and no House leaders were present at the news conference.

“House leadership had to thread a needle to get the constitutional amendment out of the House last year. Out of over 80 constitutional amendments on the (court’s) Claremont decisions, ours was the first to ever pass the House. So with the alteration of that language today, I don’t know where the votes in the House will come from at this point in time,” House Republican Leader D.J. Bettencourt said in a statement.

The Senate has passed amendments in the past only to have them die in the House. This time, the Senate and House have each passed amendments.

Lynch had wanted to be sure the amendment made the state responsible for public education. see next page

OBAMA from page 2 that move overseas, pressing what he hopes will be a winning campaign issue. He also acknowledged that many factories have closed, their jobs have gone overseas and a lot of them “are not going to come back.”

“In a global economy, some companies will always find it more profitable to pick up and do business in other part of the world. That’s just a fact,” Obama said at the Master Lock plant in Milwaukee. “But that doesn’t mean we have to sit by and settle for a lesser future.”

When Obama talks up the economy, his focus on manufacturing is an essential ingredient, from his decision to rescue automakers General Motors and Chrysler to efforts to modernize plants and retrain workers. That message matters in places like Wisconsin.

Steve Cotter, at left, is the outgoing president of the Belknap Mill Society, which held its annual meeting yesterday. At right is new president George Roberts. (Laconia Daily Sun photo/Adam Drapcho)

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from preceding page “I don’t want to see the state walking away from that responsibility,” he told reporters.

The House amendment, authored by Republican House Speaker William O’Brien, would give the state full discretion to decide how much, if anything to pay for aid.

If an amendment is placed on the ballot, twothirds of voters would need to pass it for the change to take effect.

The Supreme Court ruling required New Hampshire to provide all public school children with an “adequate” education. After the ruling, the state began providing a base amount per pupil to all communities, funded by state taxes and a new state property tax.

New Hampshire lawmakers have tried and failed dozens of times over the years to nullify the ruling.

The Supreme Court’s rulings require the state to pay the full cost of an adequate education, which means every community gets some aid. The rulings do not prohibit the state from sending additional aid to communities, but Lynch and other critics say the state has little extra money to spare after complying with the court mandate to pay for adequacy.

SPENDING from page 2 not be as effective as a spending cap.

“We should more appropriately be dealing with the issue of spending, not taxes,” he said.

Bragdon, R-Milford, said it would be too easy to re-label a tax or fee something else and bypass the constitutional prohibition the House proposed.

“Rather than chase the symptom around the state, let’s focus on the issue at hand and that’s spending,” he said.

He said that of the 30 states with similar caps on taxes or spending, 23 cap spending while four cap tax increases and three cap both.

Opponents said both proposals would handcuff the state and result in communities picking up costs for programs the state cut.

“In a word, this amendment will cause downshifting,” said Senate Democratic Leader Sylvia Larsen of Concord.

Larsen predicted the supermajority hurdle needed to approve spending increases would force future Legislatures to make drastic budget cuts. She said limiting spending increases to increases in inflation would not keep pace with government’s needs to care for the state’s neediest.

“How would we pay for the poor, the elderly, the disabled?” she said.

But Bragdon pointed out that in the past 20 years, the Senate had passed budgets by vote margins exceeding the amendment’s threshold 80 percent of the time and the House had done it 70 percent of the time.

“We’re not locked into any spending level,” he said.

State Sen. Jim Luther, R-Hollis, said the public is demanding accountability from lawmakers.

“This is the theme of the land — that governments do not have the discipline to manage spending,” he said.

But state Sen. Russell Prescott, R-Kingston, called the amendment a joke. He said voters elect lawmakers to make spending decisions and if voters disagree with what their representatives do, they can vote them out of office.

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From New York to Asia, Jeremy Lin is hoops sensation NEW YORK (AP) — Bigger than Shaq? Larger than LeBron? The Knicks as NBA champions?

(Don’t laugh too hard at that last one. The odds are getting better, according to one online sports book.)

Nothing seems too Lin-possible now after Jeremy Lin’s incredible first week as an NBA starter, and the story keeps getting better.

The undrafted player from Harvard made a 3-pointer with five-tenths of a second left Tuesday night to give the Knicks a 90-87 victory at Toronto.

The Knicks returned home Wednesday to host Sacramento, looking for a seventh straight victory that would get them back to .500 after an 8-15 start.

Lin joined the rotation only then, starting the last five games, so hold off on making him a Michael Jordan, Shaquille O’Neal or LeBron James just yet.

But the Knicks have seen enough to believe this ride may last a while longer.

“I don’t know when there’s an ending, maybe there won’t,” coach Mike D’Antoni said.

Lin’s story has blown straight past the New York sports pages and all their cute headlines like “VaLin-tine’s Day,” all the way to a basketball-crazed continent on the other side of the world, where he’s been “kind of like the great Asian hope,” said Orin Starn, professor and chair of Cultural Anthropology at Duke.

Lin has done wonders for shares of Madison Square Garden Inc., the company that owns the Knicks, the Garden and the namesake sports network. The stock has surged 9 percent since Lin began his heroics Feb. 4, reaching an all-time high of $33.18 earlier this week before retreating slightly to close at $31.91 Wednesday.

“Rangers and Knicks fans do tend to buy the stock when the teams are doing well,” said Miller Tabak analyst David Joyce.

And Linsanity has reached America’s most powerful basketball fan, with President Barack Obama talking about Lin’s winner Wednesday.

White House spokesman Jay Carney called Lin “just a great story, and the president was saying as much this morning.”

Lin arrived in New York in December with no guarantee he’d last more than a few weeks. Already cut by Golden State and Houston this season, he was so hesitant to get comfortable in his new home that he refused to even get his own.

Instead, he slept at his brother’s place in the city, and had crashed on teammate Landry Fields’ couch the night before his breakout game against New Jersey on Feb. 4.

Even an Ivy League education couldn’t help Lin explain what’s happened since — the most points in any player’s first five games as a starter since the NBA merged with the ABA in 1976, and a contract that’s guaranteed for the rest of the season.

“No, but I believe in an all-powerful and all-knowing God who does miracles,” Lin said.

If that sounds familiar, yes, Lin has been frequently compared to Denver quarterback Tim Tebow. Both relied on their faith as much as their previously overlooked skills to guide them through hot streaks that made them sensations even beyond

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Tebow carried the Broncos right into the playoffs, and now there are some who believe Lin can do the same with the Knicks.

The Knicks were 40-1 odds to win the NBA championship on Bovada.lv before Lin’s run began. Now, they’re down to an 18-1 shot and conjuring up memories of another New York team.

“A guy like this is great for the game and has drawn a lot of interest from bettors on the Knicks games also,” Kevin Bradley, the sports book’s manager, said in a statement. “I am having visions of how the public was treating the Giants going into the Super Bowl being the hottest team in the NFL and costing us a mint, and right now the Knicks are by far the biggest loser for the book.”

Not everybody is convinced. Boxer Floyd Mayweather Jr. played down Lin mania on Twitter, saying that Lin is just doing what plenty of black players do but is getting more attention because of his Asian heritage.

And Lin is certain to cool off. It’s one thing to beat teams such as the Nets and Wizards when they’ve barely had time to learn your name. It’s another when NBA defenses are prepared to stop you.

“He’s a marked man now, he’s not going to sneak up on anybody, and every night’s going to be tough,” D’Antoni said.

Then again, Kobe Bryant had said he wasn’t familiar with Lin’s game and would have to study up on him. The next night, Lin burned the Lakers for a career-high 38 points in a nationally televised victory.

That was a huge moment in Taiwan, which Lin’s parents left in the 1970s. Asia lost its biggest basketball star when Yao Ming retired last summer, but ratings are up in China, and TV stations around the continent have rushed to add Knicks games to their broadcasts.

“I like Jeremy Lin (more than Yao Ming) because Yao Ming was already famous (when he started playing in NBA). For Lin, it’s like nobody had heard of him before. Kobe gave an interview saying he did not know who Lin was. So this is truly a rising star,” Taiwanese university student Zhang Gan-yu said.

Lin has been gaining followers on social media and had the NBA’s top-selling jersey online in the first week it was available. With Knicks games blacked out to many New Yorkers because of a local cable dispute, the Knicks held their first viewing party in Chinatown on Wednesday night.

Lin is the NBA’s first American-born player of Chinese or Taiwanese descent. Starn called his emergence sort of a “coming-out party for Asian-Americans,” who he said haven’t had a significant presence in entertainment despite their growing population. And certainly not on the basketball court.

“I think it is appealing to a lot of Americans when somebody comes along that seems to break out of this set of stereotypes — and in this case, an AsianAmerican from the heart of the Silicon Valley,” Starn said. “I think Jeremy Lin has this special kind of attraction because he seems to capture this visibility of Asian-Americans.”

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Cynthia Burns to receive Unsung Hero Award from Children’s Trust LACONIA — Cynthia A. Burns, who completed her studies at in the Medical Office Assistant program at Lakes Region Community College in December, is one of 29 people who will be receiving the 2012 Unsung Hero Award from NH Children’s Trust, Inc. at the State House on February 21.

“I am truly honored to receive the State’s Unsung Hero Award,” says Burns.

“Thanks are in order to all of the agencies, the College, my family, and others that have supported Lakes Region Community College Medical Office Assistant gradme over the past uate, Cynthia A. Burns is shown with LRCC President, Dr. Scott several years. All Kalicki. Burns will receive the 2012 Unsung Hero Award from NH have contributed Children’s Trust, Inc. at the State House on February 21. Burns is one of 29 individuals who will be honored with the distinguished to my success.”

More than 50 award. (Courtesy photo) individuals statewide were nomitor, Julie Day to Burns, states, nated for the Unsung Hero Award.

“Thanks for all you do for your A letter of congratulations from family, school and community. You Strengthening Families Direcmake a difference.”

Public invited to join Audubon staff for bald eagle count on February 23 HOLDERNESS – Squam Lakes Natural Science Center is inviting people to join Iain MacLeod for a day of field work as he takes part in the New Hampshire Audubon mid-winter eagle survey — Thursday, Feb. 23 from 7 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Every winter, bald eagles from Maine and Canada join the growing resident eagle population who winter in the Lakes Region. Each year, Audubon staff and volunteers survey the likely areas and count the eagles.

During the morning, participants will follow a set route around Squam Lake

and portions of Lake Winnipesaukee in Meredith. Groups of volunteers will meet for lunch to swap stories and sightings before going out in the afternoon to cover areas missed in the morning.

The group will carpool, departing from Squam Lakes Natural Science Center. Participants should dress warmly and prepare to be outside.

Registration is required by calling 603-968-7194 or email info@nhnature.org. The costis $20/member; $30/ non-member.

GHS Student Council hosting town & school candidates night Tuesday

GILFORD: The High School Student Council is hosting a Candidate’s Night forum on Tuesday, Feb. 21 in the GHS library, from 6 to 8 p.m. Each candidate for town and School District office will be allowed four minutes to speak and questions for the candidates will be taken from the floor.

The forum will be moderated by Student Council President Rachel Sanborn and Vice-President Koko Clark.

Restoration tours of the Gatehouse planned at Castle in the Clouds MOULTONBOROUGH — In the past few years restoration work has been going on at Castle in the Clouds, off season and usually high up on the mountain, well out of public view. This year, however, the Castle Preservation Society has turned its attention to the Lower Gate House, at the road edge on Mountain Road, Rt 171, offering an exceptional opportunity for the general public to see first hand what is involved in the specialized and delicate work of restoration.

The Castle Preservation Society is offering the public a peek at the progress and process on Wednesday, February 22 and Saturday, March 10 between 10 a.m. and noon. These free visits will be scheduled every half hour and limited to 8 per group.

Reservations are required, so call 4765900 x207 or email jcromwell@castleintheclouds.org to sign up. Be sure to include a contact phone number so you can be reached in case the tour is canceled due to inclement weather.

Thanks to a recent grant of $60,000 from the New Hampshire LCHIP fund, the Castle Preservation Society now has sufficient funds to proceed with this important project and the very visible work created a lot of buzz after the tiny stone and wood building was enclosed in a large wood and plastic structure which protects the building and the workers for this winter-long project.

Over the years the historic Lower Gate House, originally called “Brook Lodge”, had been slowly deteriorating, as many have observed traveling Rt. 171 or arriving for a visit to the Castle. An important component of the landmark “Lucknow” estate, this small gatehouse is the first building

a visitor sees, a prelude to the Castle itself mirroring many of its features: timbering, stonework, tile roof, leaded casement windows, decorative hardware, fireplace window, to name but a few similarities.

The location of the Gate House on a much traveled public road presents a wonderful opportunity for the public to experience first hand the meticulous restoration work being conducted to the Secretary of the Interior’s standards for restoration. These standards guide all restoration at the Castle complex.

Bedard Preservation and Restoration of Gilmanton has been doing most of the restoration work at the Castle and is doing this project as well.

The Castle Preservation Society is a non-profit organization dedicated to the restoration and preservation of the nearly 100 year old buildings at Lucknow, the former estate of millionaire industrialist Tom Plant. The property, which has been operated as Castle in the Clouds for several decades, consists of the Lucknow Estate buildings, striking examples of American Arts and Crafts architecture and grounds, surrounded by the magnificent mountains and forests protected by the Lakes Region Conservation Trust. The Castle Preservation Society hopes to have the most crucial building restoration work completed for the 100 year anniversary of the estate in 2014, but has a long list of projects which will keep it busy for many years. Anyone interested in contributing to the Castle Preservation Society should contact the Castle headquarters at 476-5900 or through the web site at www.castleintheclouds.org.

GILFORD — The Gilford Parks and Recreation Department is sponsoring a Community Ice Skating Party on Friday, February 24 to kick off February Vacation Week.

This skating party will be held from 6–7:30 p.m. at the Arthur A. Tilton Ice Rink located on Varney Point Road.

This will be a family oriented, open skate party (no sticks and pucks) with music and hot chocolate. Par-

ticipants should bring their own ice skates and dress appropriately for the weather. As there is limited parking available at the ice rink, participants are reminded that there is additional parking in the lot adjacent to the rink (boat trailer lot) and at the Town Beach.

For more information, contact the Gilford Parks and Recreation Department at 527-4722.

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NEW HAMPTON — Thomas O. Schlesinger, MAJ, USA (Ret) died Sunday, 12 February 2012, at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, NH. A Professor Emeritus of Political Science, he taught at Plymouth State University for 25 years and State University of New York, Fredonia, 19671970.

Son of the late Fritz Werner Schlesinger and Charlotte Kornfeld Schlesinger, Tom was born 11 June 1925 in Berlin, Germany and came to the U.S. in 1940. World War II service included Battle of the Bulge and Remagen Bridge; he was a “Ritchie Boy” assigned to the Counter Intelligence Corps. Following service in the Korean War, Tom participated in Upshot Knothole atomic test (1953). Assignments included interpreter to Lt. General Wm Arnold, U.S. Forces Austria; Southern European Forces (SETAF) Italy; Germany; Ft Holabird, MD, and Green Beret instructor, John F Kennedy Special Warfare Center, Ft Bragg, NC. Tom earned his Bachelor’s Degree from University of Maryland (1958), Master’s (1966)

and Doctorate (1967) from American University.

Dr. Schlesinger is survived by his wife, Patricia Powers Schlesinger, New Hampton, NH; daughter, Annie Schlesinger Brock and husband, Jeffrey, Bel Air, MD; son, Peter Schlesinger, Lima, Peru; grandchildren, Kristen and Amanda Brock, Bel Air, MD, and Samuel and Andrea Schlesinger, Sandwich,MA. Surviving inlaws are Ruth Ann Schlesinger, Moorestown, NJ; Ruth Spiegel Schlesinger, Bergenfield, NJ; Kathryn and James Hall, Monte Sereno, CA, and Philip and Joan Murphy Powers, Ft Stuart, FL; 19 nieces and nephews.

He was predeceased by brothers, Judge Jan M Schlesinger and Gerhardt Schlesinger.

Contributions to the Professor T. O. Schlesinger Endowed Scholarship Fund, Plymouth State University, MSC 50, 17 High Street, Plymouth, NH 03246; or the World Affairs Council of New Hampshire, Campbell House, 2500 North River Rd, Manchester NH 01306, will be appreciated.

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ASHLAND — Jay Bluhm, 32, of Ashland, NH, died on Sunday, February 12, 2012 as the result of a car accident.

Jay was born in Scranton, PA and graduated from Plymouth High School, named “Best Musician” by his classmates. He was a seeker of truth and beauty, and he experienced his happiest years in Ashland with his family Emma and Lori, the lights of his life. Jay performed professionally as a bass player for several area bands, including Powerlock, Running With Scissors, and Delivered. He also worked at Rochester Shoe Tree for the past 5 years.

Jay was survived by his wife Lori Anders Bluhm, his beautiful daughter Emma Rose Bluhm, mother Kathleen O’Boyle Lantry and husband Dennis of Scranton, PA and father Bernie Bluhm and wife Terry of Meredith, NH, Sister Christina Whittlesey and husband Roger, Step-siblings Tracie Williams, Adrienne

Caroulo and husband Robert, Leah Smart, and Ian Smart, and Carlos Lantry, as well as a large number of loving Family and Friends. Jay was pre-deceased by Maternal Grandparents Mildred and Joe O’Boyle and Paternal Grandparents Evelyn and Bernard Bluhm.

Jay was a loving Father, Husband, and Son, a talented musician, and a friend to all who knew him.

Services will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday, February 18,2011 at the First Free Will Baptist Church 11 Main Street Ashland. . Burial will be in the spring at Blair Cemetery in Campton, NH. There will be no calling hours.

In lieu of flowers, please make donations to the Emma Bluhm Trust, c/o Meredith Village Savings Bank (MVSB) 24 State Route 25, PO Box 177, Meredith, NH 03253.

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LACONIA — Citizen’s Bank and Laconia Area Community Land Trust’s HomeBuyer Resource Center are working together to present a free seminar for people considering purchasing their first home and for anyone interested in learning about the home-buying process.

The 8-hour seminar will be held on Saturday, February 25 from 8 a.m.-4 p.m. at the Laconia Police Department Community Room in Laconia. The seminar is a practical guide to buying a home. Issues covered include budgeting and financial management, credit issues, shopping for a home, obtaining a mortgage, home inspections, special financing programs, what to expect at the closing and other help-

ful information. more. Participants will also receive the “Realizing the American Dream” text binder and other useful materials in their quest for home ownership. Lunch will be provided at no charge.

To register or obtain additional information, call Debra Drake, Homeownership Director, of the Laconia Area Community Land Trust at 524-0747. Seating is limited and advance registration is required.

Laconia Area Community Land Trust (LACLT) is a non-profit affordable housing provider and is a chartered member of NeighborWorks America. The Homebuyer Resource Center also provides support and assistance to potential homebuyers after completion of the educational seminar.

Indoor triathlon to benefit NH Humane Society LACONIA — Teams are signing up now for the 8th annual Indoor Triathlon which will be held Saturday, March 17 at the Funspot Family Entertainment Center and will benefit the New Hampshire Humane Society.

Teams of four will compete in bowling, golf and arcade games in competition which gets underway at 10 a.m. and will see trophies and prizes awarded at the end of the competition.

Teams are encouraged to bring in a minimum of $1,000 in pledge dollars with the top three teams with the highest pledge amounts awarded bonus

points in the final scoring. A limited number of team spots are still available with a registration fee of $140 per team.

All team members get a Triathlon T-shirt, goody bag and a free lunch of pizza and soda. Teams can sign up by calling 366-4377 or stopping by Funspot.

A 50-50 cash raffle will be drawn the day of the event. For tickets contact the New Hampshire Humane Society at 524-8236.

The triathlon is sponsored by Franklin Savings Bank, Funspot and radio stations Planet 100.1, Mix 94.1 and WCSY 106.9.

Solar Energy open house at Pemi Valley Laundry PLYMOUTH — With a perfectly pitched south facing roof it made good business sense for a local laundry service to harvest the power of the sun for water heating. Hidden on the back roof of Pemi Valley Laundry on South Main Street are eight evacuated tube solar collectors that heat up three 120 gallon water tanks located in the laundromat’s basement.

“I got in touch with the Plymouth Area Renewable Energy Initiative (PAREI), said Sheridan Buhrman of Buhrman Enterprises, to explore the idea of heating our water with solar energy. I learned that if we covered part of our roof with solar panels we would stop burning over 900 gallons of propane a year. So I said, sign me up!”

Sandra Jones, Co-Director of PAREI, there are many rebates and incentives available to homeowners and business owners that make installing solar energy affordable. According to Jones, “The cost of the installation at Pemi Valley Laundry was reduced considerably by cash rebates from NH Electric Coop, Better Buildings and the Public Utilities Commission, not to mention the federal government’s 30%

tax credit that is still in effect.”

To showcase this installation and the benefits of solar energy the PAREI and Plymouth Better Buildings are co-sponsoring an open house at the laundry on Wednesday, February 22 at 4:30 p.m. This one hour event is free and open to the public. Refreshments will be provided. PAREI staff will be giving a short presentation on solar water heating, tours of the system and will be unveiling the web based monitoring system that hangs in the entrance way showing the temperature of the solar collectors and water tanks.

The Pemi Valley Laundry solar installation is one of 175 renewable energy installations that have taken place in the Plymouth area over the last six years.

The Plymouth Area Renewable Energy Initiative (PAREI) is a non-profit organization formed in 2004 in response to the nation’s need to prepare for a lower energy world. Their mission is to encourage energy conservation, energy efficiency practices and the use of renewable energy in the Plymouth region.

For more information call 536-5030 or visit www. plymouthenergy.org or www.localfoodsplymouth.org

LACONIA — Meredith Village Savings Bank will present the 2012 Plymouth State University (PSU) Lecture Series, a joint effort with PSU’s Frost School of Continuing & Professional Studies and the Taylor Community of Laconia.

This year’s series features three lively and engaging presentations led by members of the PSU community. Designed to educate, enlighten and entertain, all three presentations will be held at the Woodside Building at the Taylor Community, 435 Union Avenue in Laconia.

Programs include: — Safe, Not Sorry: Staying updated and safe in today’s world on Wednesday, February 22 from 11 a.m. to 12:15 p.m.

Jennifer Frank, a special investigator with the Plymouth State University Campus Police, will highlight safety issues for seniors including recognizing internet and phone scams, keeping your cash and medications safe, and protecting your identity from fraud and manipulation. A dynamic and entertaining speaker, Frank has been honored as a “Hero for Justice” by the Manchester YWCA and is a recipient of a Hometown Hero award and the Beverly B. Seavey Community Service Award. She was commended for bravery with a citation from the Governor of New Hampshire and was recently named to the New Hampshire Union Leader’s “Forty Under 40” list of young professionals

shaping the future of the Granite State.

— Saving the Mountains: New Hampshire and the Creation of the National Forests, Wednesday, March 14, 11 a.m. to 12:15 p.m.

In 2011, New Hampshire and the nation celebrated the 100th anniversary of the Weeks Act – the law that created the eastern national forests.

Dr. Marcia Schmidt Blaine, an associate professor in the History and Philosophy Departments at Plymouth State University, will explore the relationship between New Hampshire’s White Mountains and the visionary individuals who worked to protect them. An engaging, educational and entertaining speaker, Dr. Blaine is featured in the New Hampshire “Humanities To Go” Program.

— Are you Afraid of Opera?, Wednesday, 11 a.m. to 12:15 p.m.

Professor Emeritus Manuel Marquez-Sterling has taught history at PSU for 35 years with a specialty in medieval history and culture. He also broadcasted the popular radio program “History in the Music of the Great and not so Great Composers” over WPCR, the PSU radio station. For the last 26 years, he has taught a popular PSU community course “Are You Afraid of Opera?” He is also a featured lecturer for “Opera New Hampshire.”

For more information, or to reserve a spot at one of these lectures, call the Taylor Community at 524-5600.

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Dollars for Scholars program accepting applications PLYMOUTH — The New Hampshire Electric Cooperative Chapter of Dollars for Scholars is pleased to announce that applications are now being accepted for 2012 scholarships. In its 10th year, the program will be offering six $1,500 scholarships.

The scholarships are available to high school seniors, students returning to college, and non-traditional students. One scholarship will be reserved for a student entering a vocational or technical institution. All applicants must be a Co-op member, or a legal dependent of a Co-op member. Complete details and applications are available online at www.nhec.com/community_ nhecdollarsforscholars, or by calling 1-800-698-2007.

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NHEC is a member-owned electric distribution cooperative serving 80,000 members in 115 New Hampshire communities. Scholarship funding is provided by the NHEC Foundation, a non-profit 501(c)(3) fund that receives contributions from NHEC members who agree to have their monthly electric bill rounded up to the next dollar with the proceeds benefitting the Foundation.

Winter Wildlife Hike at Camp Bell on February 25 GILMANTON — The Belknap Range Conservation Coalition (BRCC) and UNH Cooperative Extension staff, Emma Carcagno and Andy Fast, will join forces for a winter wildlife hike on Hidden Valley conservation land from 9-11 a.m. on Saturday, Feb-

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By Holiday Mathis have to sleuth a bit in order to understand the dynamics that affect your social life. Sometimes it’s what a person doesn’t say that says the most. Listen between the lines, and you’ll hear the real story.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21).

You’ll make sure your loved ones stay out of trouble. It’s a noble pursuit that may not seem to be working at first, although time will prove your efforts most effective.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19).

Generous souls abound. Mostly, they come out of the woodwork ready to give because they recognize you as one of their own. It will feel good to be seen for who you really are.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18).

You’ll be the steady torchbearer, bringing light to a situation that has been in darkness for a long, long while. Don’t be surprised if no one knows what to do next. For now, it’s enough to take it all in.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). In order for an organization to function, the work can never be fully completed.

So don’t worry too much about the unfinished edges.

TODAY’S BIRTHDAY (Feb. 16).

This year is a real mix-up to your routine, and your life brightens with the challenges that come with the unexpected twists and turns. Over the next 10 weeks, you’ll concern yourself with the well-being of others and will blossom personally. You’ll manage your money well and fund a June adventure.

Aries and Sagittarius people adore you.

Your lucky numbers are: 40, 2, 33, 49 and 18.

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ARIES (March 21-April 19). Whoever said there are two sides to every story was thinking incredibly small.

Without too much effort, you can think of a dozen sides to today’s story, and you’ll choose the most positive version for your own records.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20). You’ll be caught between wanting things to occur in a predictable manner and knowing that would be a sure recipe for mind-numbing boredom. Liberate yourself. Let go of the controls.

GEMINI (May 21-June 21). You love a quirky old friend better than you could ever love any idealized version of friendship. You find the flaws endearing. In fact, they just might be the glue that holds this relationship together.

CANCER (June 22-July 22). Being well rested will make a great difference in your attitude. When your body feels strong, there is a crisp freshness to your general experience of life.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). Go for excellence, not perfection. The first will motivate you to be your best self.

The second will drive you crazy, make everything take too long and cause much to go unfinished.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). Don’t be afraid of being an outsider. Such a position could give you a distinct advantage now. You see all kinds of things from the outside that you could never see if you were in the thick of it.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). What would you do if you knew you were protected by a supernatural insurance policy that kept you from any physical, emotional or financial harm or liability?

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––––––– ALMANAC ––––––– Today is Thursday, Feb. 16, the 47th day of 2012. There are 319 days left in the year.

Today’s Highlight in History: On Feb. 16, 1862, the Civil War Battle of Fort Donelson in Tennessee ended as some 12,000 Confederate soldiers surrendered; Union Gen. Ulysses S. Grant’s victory earned him the nickname “Unconditional Surrender Grant.”

On this date: In 1804, Lt. Stephen Decatur led a successful raid into Tripoli Harbor to burn the U.S. Navy frigate Philadelphia, which had fallen into the hands of pirates.

In 1868, the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks was organized in New York City.

In 1918, Lithuania proclaimed its independence from the Russian Empire. (Lithuania, which was occupied by the Soviet Union, then Nazi Germany, then the Soviet Union again during World War II, renewed its independence in 1990).

In 1923, the burial chamber of King Tutankhamen’s recently unearthed tomb was unsealed in Egypt by English archaeologist Howard Carter.

In 1937, Dr. Wallace H. Carothers, a research chemist for Du Pont who’d invented nylon, received a patent for the synthetic fiber.

In 1945, American troops landed on the island of Corregidor in the Philippines during World War II. In 1959, Fidel Castro became premier of Cuba a month and a-half after the overthrow of Fulgencio Batista.

In 1961, the United States launched the Explorer 9 satellite.

In 1968, the nation’s first 911 emergency telephone system was inaugurated in Haleyville, Ala. In 1977, Janani Luwum, the Anglican archbishop of Uganda, and two other men were killed in what Ugandan authorities said was an automobile accident.

In 1987, John Demjanjuk went on trial in Jerusalem, accused of being “Ivan the Terrible,” a guard at the Treblinka Nazi concentration camp.

(Demjanjuk was convicted, but the conviction ended up being overturned by the Israeli Supreme Court.)

In 1998, a China Airlines Airbus A300-600R trying to land in fog near Taipei, Taiwan, crashed, killing all 196 people on board.

One year ago: Bookstore chain Borders filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection and said it would close nearly a third of its stores. (Borders closed all of its remaining stores in Sept. 2011.)

Huge crowds called for a political overhaul in Bahrain, and leaders appeared to shift tactics after attempts to crush the uprising stoked protesters’ rage.

Today’s Birthdays: Singer Patty Andrews is 94. Actor Jeremy Bulloch is 67. Actor William Katt is 61. Rhythm-and-blues singer James Ingram is 60. Actor LeVar Burton is 55. Actor-rapper Ice-T is 54. Actress Lisa Loring is 54. International Tennis Hall of Famer John McEnroe is 53. Rock musician Andy Taylor is 51. Rock musician Dave Lombardo (Slayer) is 47. Actress Sarah Clarke is 41.

Rock musician Taylor Hawkins (Foofighters) is 40.

Olympic gold medal runner Cathy Freeman is 39.

Singer Sam Salter is 37. Rapper Lupe Fiasco is 30. Pop-rock singer Ryan Follese (FAHL’-eh-say) (Hot Chelle (SHEL) Rae) is 25. Actress Elizabeth Olsen is 23. Actor Mike Weinberg is 19.

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CALENDAR TODAY’S EVENTS Harper Lee’s “To Kill A Mockingbird” on stage at the Winnipesaukee Playhouse at Weirs Beach. 7 p.m. Ticket information at 366-7377. www.winniplayhouse.org.

Program on “1000 Miles of Solitude: Driving the Baja California Peninsula” hosted by the Lakes Region Chapter of the N.H. Audubon Society. 7:30 p.m. at the Loon Center in Moultonborough. Refreshments.

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.

Lakes Region Chamber of Commerce Business After Hours networking event. 5 to 7 p.m. at AutoServ’s new Nissan showroom at exit 20 in Tilton.

Saxophonist Dave Liebman at the N.H. Jazz Center at Pitman’s Freight Room in Laconia. 8 p.m. $10. BYOB. British poet, playwright and novelist Simon Armitage reads at Plymouth State University. 7 p.m. in Smith Recital Hall at the Silver Center for the Arts. Free and open to the public.

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 6459518.

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 (635 Main Street). Free group for parents children from birth through age 5. For more information call 524-1741.

Foreign Movie Night at the Gilford Public Library.

“East/West” (PG-13) “BEE’ Mine! Valentime’s Week celebration at the Meredith Public Library. 1 to 2 p.m. Stories, crafts and songs for children 3-5.

Knotty Knitters meeting at the Meredith Public Library. 10 a.m. to noon. Open to all experience levels.

Toddler Time at the Gilford Public Library. Songs, stories and a take home craft for ages 18 to 36 months.

Tales For Tails time at the Gilford Public Library. 3:15 to 4:15 p.m. A chance for children to read to one of our therapy dogs.

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 17 Harper Lee’s “To Kill A Mockingbird” on stage at the Winnipesaukee Playhouse at Weirs Beach. 7 p.m. Ticket information at 366-7377. www.winniplayhouse.org.

Open climbing wall at the Meredith Community Center. 5:30 to 7 p.m. $10 family rate or $5/adult and $3/ child.

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

Giggles & Grins playgroup at Family Resource Center in downtown Laconia (635 Main Street). Free group for parents children from birth through age 5. For more information call 524-1741.

Warm & Snug Tot Time at the Meredith Public Library.

9:30 to 10:20 a.m. A story, art project and snack for children to 3 years old.

Beginning quilting class at the Gilford Public Library.

10 a.m. to noon.

Drop-in Storytime at the Gilford Public Library. 10:30 to 11:15 a.m. Ages 3-5.

Knit Wits gathering at the Gilford Public Library. 1:30 to 2:30 p.m. All knitters welcome.

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

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Sold-out Red Dress Gala raises over $56,000 for LRGH Cardiac Services

LACONIA — The LRGHealthcare Red Dress Gala held Friday, Feb. 3 at The Conference Center at Lake Opechee Inn & Spa was an enormous success, raising $56,800 for cardiac services at LRGHealthcare.

Presented by MB Tractor & Equipment and coinciding with American Heart Month, the Red Dress Gala helps to raise awareness about heart disease and prevention. Over the past eight years the event has raised more than $342,000 for cardiac services, programs, and technology at LRGHealthcare.

With the theme A Journey to Africa the ballroom at The Conference Center was transformed to create a feel of the Serengeti, complete with a huge backdrop of a warm sunset sky, textured patterns of leopard and zebra throughout, and silhouettes of elephants, gazelles, monkeys, and lions at every turn. Lakes Region Floral Studio created and donated exotic centerpieces, which also helped to bring the theme to life.

O Steaks & Seafood presented a delicious meal with an African twist and Paul Warnick & Phil ‘n the Blanks had the dance floor spilling over well into the night.

In addition to the 362 guests, over 100 business and individuals supported the event and cause.

Joining presenting Sponsor MB Tractor & Equipment in supporting the Red Dress Gala were Gold Sponsors Evroks Corporation and Meredith Village Savings Bank. Silver Sponsors: DiGiorgio Associates Inc./Monitor Builders, Inc., Laconia Savings Bank, Lakes Region General Hospital Auxiliary, and Lovering Volvo; Bronze Sponsors Akibia, Decorative Interiors, Franklin Savings Bank, Hinckley, Allen & Snyder LLP, Pain Solutions, and Sealite USA/

High-level sponsors of the Red Dress Gala included Kathie Feltus, Controller of Lovering Volvo; Nancy Paterno, President of the LRGH Auxiliary; Mark Primeau, President & CEO of Laconia Savings Bank; Brad Cardoso, representative of DiGiorgio Associates, Inc./Monitor Builders, Inc.; Rick Wyman, Executive VP & CFO of Meredith Village Savings Bank; Michael Ferrari, Vice President of Evroks Corporation; Heidi and Marc Bourgeois of MB Tractor & Equipment; Susan Brown, owner of Lakes Region Floral Studio & event co-chair; and Liane Champagne of Meadowbrook U.S. Cellular Pavilion & event co-chair. (Courtesy photo)

Watermark Marine Construction. Corporate Sponsors included EPTAM Plastics, Franklin Regional Hospital Auxiliary, Granite State Glass, and Landmark Benefits, Inc. Other high-level event support-

ers include: 98.3 LNH, Comcast Spotlight, Crown Design, Kellerhaus, Lakes Region Floral Studio, O Steaks & Seafood, Tylergraphics, and Walnut Street Productions, LLC.

Nathan J. Babcock Scholarship applications available PSU to host N.H. Young Women’s Conference GILFORD — Nathan J Babcock was a senior at Gilford High School when he found out the biggest battle of his life was upon him in the form of a rare type of cancer. Nathan battled with dignity and grace, but had to leave us on Sept., 28, 2005.

His wish was to go to college, and planned to attend the University of Rhode Island, but he never got the chance.

The purpose of the Nathan J. Babcock Scholarship fund is to financially assist students with their endeavors towards post-secondary education, to help them with opportunity Nate never got. Nathan was known for his positive demeanor, his great enthusiasm for life, and his ability to light up a room. Those who knew him best remember him for all these things, but more importantly, for his extremely kind and giving nature, his constant reaching out to others in need without any concern for acknowledgment.

It is these qualities The Nathan Babcock Fund is most interested in. The concepts of kindness and compassion in one’s daily life and how one contrib-

utes to others are the key criteria we use in awarding Nathan Babcock Scholarships.

Students who are graduating from Gilford, and Laconia high schools are eligible to apply, if they are planning to attend a post-secondary educational program in the fall of 2012. Post- secondary educational programs inc;lude, but are not limited to, 4 year college, 2 year college, apprenticeship, and technical programs. Students who have graduated in past years from one of the two high schools listed, and who are still pursuing an education, may apply.

Application forms are available in the Guidance Departments at Gilford and Laconia high schools, or by contacting the Babcocks, at 41 Haywagon Rd., Gilford, NH, 03249, calling 528-2820, or by E-mailing jcox@metrocast.net. Application forms must be turned in to the appropriate Guidance Department or mailed directly to the Babcocks by Monday, April 30. All scholarships will be awarded at Awards Night at each high school by a member of the Babcock family.

Vacation Winter Carnival Programs on Feb. 29 GILFORD — The Gilford Parks and Recreation Department is planning some Winter Carnival activities for the whole family on Wednesday, February 29. These activities will include a Cardboard Box Sled Derby and Curling Games.

The Cardboard Box Sled Derby competition will be held on February 29 from 10 a.m. to noon at the Gilford Outing Club sledding hill on Cherry Valley Road. Participants in this program will build their own sled ahead of time and compete in a variety of races at the sledding hill the day of the event. This program is open to participants ages 5 and up. All interested must pre-register by Monday, February 27 and should contact the Parks and Recreation

Department for Derby design guidelines.

The Curling Games will be held at the Arthur A Tilton Ice Rink starting at 2 p.m. The fun introduction to the sport of curling is open to any interested participants. A game for children ages 6-17 will be held from 2-3 p.m. and a game for adults ages 18 and up will be held from 3-4 p.m.

Curling is the sport of sliding stones down the ice in an attempt to get your stones closer to the target than your opponent. Although this activity is held on the ice, participants do not wear ice skates. Participants should dress to be outside and should wear sneakers or boots.

For more information on any of these programs, contact the Gilford Parks and Rec. at 527-4722.

Open house & wine tasting Feb. 21 at Wesley Woods GILFORD — An Open House and Wine Tasting will be held Thursday, February 23 from 5-7 p.m at unit 7 Wesley Court in Wesley Woods.

The wine tasting will featuring wine from Stone

Gate Vineyards in Gilford and there will be hot and cold appetizers. RSVP to Stace 603-528-2555 or sdhendricks@wesleywoodsnh.org by February 21.

PLYMOUTH — The New Hampshire Young Women’s Conference which will be held Saturday, March 10, at Plymouth State University is dedicated to empowering and educating adolescent girls throughout the state of New Hampshire.

Stephanie Halter, Criminal Justice professor and Chair of the President’s Commission on the Status of Women, said the event is a great opportunity. “Young women who attend this conference will have the opportunity to meet other young women from all over the Granite state and spend a fun-filled day sharing experiences with their friends and discussing issues that are relevant to their lives”, said Halter.

This one-day event will be held from 10 a.m.–1 p.m. with registration beginning at 9:30 a.m. at the Hartman Union Building at Plymouth State University. Cost is $5 with lunch included.

For more information and to register visit https:// www.events.unh.edu/psu or check Facebook https:// www.facebook.com/events/148417698603788/ or call 603-535-2387

Laconia Family Planning offers reproductive health care services

LACONIA — Melissa Walsh, community educator at Laconia Family Planning, is reminding people that her organization continues to offer women reproductive health services with fees based on ability to pay. “No one will be denied services based on their ability to pay,” she said. “We accept Medicaid and we are welcoming new patients at this this time.”

Family Planning , Prenatal and RESPECT Teen Clinics are a part of the Community Action Program of Belknap-Merrimack Counties. The office is located at 121 Belmont Road (Rte. 106 South) in Laconia. To schedule an appointment call 524-5453.

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ANNIE’S MAILBOX

Dear Annie: After eight years at my job, I was let go. I have a felony record. The CEO who knew of my background retired last year. He felt I had proved myself and had no problem with me. When he retired, we got an interim CEO. I told him about my record as soon as he came on board. Today, he decided our company would have a zero-tolerance policy for any criminal records, so I was fired.

Annie, I voluntarily told my supervisors of my conviction. I worked hard to show that I had overcome my record.

Was this a fair thing for the temporary CEO to do? Shouldn’t I have been “grandfathered” in? I was told if I kept to the straight and narrow, I would be fine. I have not done one thing out of line and don’t plan to. My conviction was more than eight years ago. But apparently, my honesty didn’t pay off. No one forgives. No one believes me. I am devastated.

What can I do? -- Think I’m a Good Person Dear Good Person: If a company fires you because of your race, sexual preference, gender or religion, you would be able to sue them for wrongful termination. If the zero-tolerance policy was implemented solely to skirt around one of the reasons listed above, you might have a case. Otherwise, there doesn’t seem to be much recourse, although you could consult an attorney. Please know that your eight-year record as an exemplary employee should help you land another job at a more tolerant company. Also contact the Safer Foundation (saferfoundation.org) for suggestions and assistance.

Dear Annie: My longtime boyfriend and I recently married. My entire family was there. They adore my husband.

But not a single member of his family attended our little church wedding.

The morning of our wedding, one of his sisters texted my fiance and asked whether it was “done yet.” When I

made a comment on my Facebook page about how amazing my new husband is, this same sister rudely commented, “Enough already.”

My boyfriend finally told me that this sister thought we should marry in a Catholic church, despite the fact that I am not Catholic and both of us attend a non-Catholic church. I believe this is why his family didn’t recognize our special day. I am really hurt. Should I say something or simply ignore this? -- Biting My Tongue in Colorado Dear Colorado: Your husband should have told you about his family’s religious objections before you married.

An intermarriage is hardly a trivial matter, and if you have been with this man for a long time, we are surprised you were not aware of the issue. If his family is otherwise accepting, we would let this go. We also suggest you discuss the problem with your clergyperson and ask for guidance.

Dear Annie: The letter from “Put Out in Peoria,” whose family members boycott one another’s weddings, is a sad but classic example of the many petty family feuds that make their way into your column. Everyone has flaws, and family members hurt one another’s feelings, usually unintentionally, perhaps because of conflicts or envy going all the way back to childhood. Bad behavior and selfishness should not be condoned.

However, I’d like to suggest that anyone who is fuming about her young children not being invited to a wedding or about her cousin’s claiming Grandma’s garnet ring that was promised to her should pause to consider all the real suffering there is in the world -- such as the person down the block with terminal cancer or the friend whose child was killed by a drunk driver. Just grow up and get over it. -Rude in Redway, Calif.

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

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One bedroom apartment, second floor. No pets/smoking, includes basic cable & utilities. References & security deposit required. $700/Month. 603-364-3434

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

BOATS DOCKS for Rent: 2012 season, Lake Winnisquam Point. Parking, bathrooms, showers, launch on site. 603-524-2222.

For Rent Alton room w/private bath in quiet country location, ten minutes from Alton Circle and Wolfeboro. $450/Month includes utilities.

Outside smoking OK. 875-6875.

Must Love pets.

APARTMENT in Gilford, 3 Bedrooms $1100/ month, 2nd floor available 3/1/2012 Includes all utilities. No Dogs, Security Deposit $500. Call 528-5540 ask for Megan.

E-Mail: spindriftrealty@aol.com APARTMENTS, mobile homes. If you need a rental at a fair price, call DRM Corp. Over 40 years in rentals. We treat you better!

524-0348 or visit M-W-F, 12-5, at 373 Court Street, Laconia.

BELMONT-Available Immediately.

2-bedroom townhouse-style.

Quiet, heat included. $225/week.

All housing certificates accepted.

267-0545-or 781-344-3749 CENTER Harbor 1-bedroom apartment. Includes utilities, washer dryer. Quiet neighborhood. Dog/cat okay $775 mo.

254-9551 CENTER Harbor, one bedroom house in desirable downtown location. Safe- private- well maintained- all utilities $875/ month.

Write to: Boxholder PO Box 614, Center Harbor, 03226.

Mon, Feb 20 at 6 PM Leavitt Park, Laconia Antiques, Native American Silver & Turquoise, etc.

GILFORD

Buyer Premiun * D Cross Lic 2487 * 528-0247 200+ photos on auctionzip.com (ID 4217)

Lease to Own - $1,100/Mo. 5% or $10k Down 2001 Dodge Maxi-Van. 15 passenger, 126K miles. Asking $3,995. 520-4864

3 bedrooms, oversized garage/ workshop, need 5% or $10k down and owner will finance the rest.

For pictures and more info, Call 393-5756.

2002 Mazda B-4000, pick up, 4 wheel drive, 4 door, auto, 56K miles, cap with rack, all power. tow package, excellent cond.

Book value $10,200 will sell for $9,500. 603-279-5599.

GILFORD 3 bedroom condo, $1,300/monthly. Parking garages available. Heated pool, tennis court. Close to shopping and lake.

Boat slip available. Washer/Dryer hook up available. NO PETS. References & security required.

781-710-2208.

LACONIA - 26 Dartmouth St., low traffic area near schools, park & downtown. 1/2 of a duplex, 8 rooms, 3 bedrooms, walk-out basement w/washer-dryer hookups, large open porch, level lot for outside activities & ample off street parking. On the sunny side of the house, clean w/hardwood floors.

Non-smoking. $1,000/month plus heat & utilities. Call owner/broker 396-4163 LACONIA 1 Bedroom- Washer/ dryer hookup, storage, no pets.

Security Deposit & references. $600/month + utilities. 520-4353 LACONIA 1 BR, heat & electricity included. $750/mo. 603-781-6294.

LACONIA 1-Bedroom Apartment.

Includes Heat.

Hot Water, Electric. Nice location., No pets/ No smoking. $650/month 630-4198 LACONIA 2 bedroom $180/ week includes heat & hot water, references and deposit. 524-9665.

LACONIA 3 bedroom house, 2 full baths, FHA Oil, non-smoker, no pets, $1000/month. Jim 279-8247.

LACONIA 3-bedroom apt.near park & Beach. Washer/dryer hook-up, off-street parking. $900/Month + utilities. 455-6983 LACONIA One bedroom, $135-150/ weekly includes heat & hot water, references and deposit.

528-0024.

LACONIA: 1-bedroom, 1-bath.

Freshly painted, off street parking. $135/Week, hot water included.

No pets/smoking. $500 deposit.

524-4771.

LACONIA- BIg 1-bedroom close to downtown. Includes plowing, 2-car parking & washer/dryer.

Plenty of closet space. 2nd floor. $200 heat credit, no dogs/smoking. $170/Week + 4-week security deposit. Credit & criminal background check required. Section 8 approved.

Leave message for Rob 617-529-1838 Laconia- Clean, spacious 2 bedroom. Includes heat/hot water, washer/dryer hookups, no pets/smoking. $875/Month.

528-1829

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For Rent

For Rent

Laconia- Great downtown Location. Rooms for rent. Share kitchen & bath. Utilities included. $107-$115/Week.

524-1884

NORTHFIELD: Large 2 bedroom on 2nd & 3rd floors, $245/week including heat, electric & hot water, 524-1234, www.whitemtrentals.com.

Laconia- Lakeport Area, 4-room apartment. 2nd floor in quiet neighborhood. Off-Street parking, storage area in attic. No pets/smoking. $750/Month plus utilities. 603-293-0393 LACONIA- Large Rooms for rent.

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

NORTHFIELD: 3 bedroom trailer with additions and storage shed in small park with on-site laundromat, $235/week including heat, electric & hot water.

524-1234. www.whitemtrentals.com.

For Rent-Commercial Laconia Office Suite 3 furnished offices, bathroom, shared conference space, all Utilities, HEAT, snow plowing included.

High traffic count and easy parking for your clients.

Second floor of Boothby Therapy Services at 806 North Main Street, Laconia, (at the corner of North Main and Oak).

$499 per mo. / 500 ft.

Call Christopher Boothby

603-524-9090 cboothby@msn.com

LACONIA- New price-Spacious 2 bedroom, hookups, garage, porch, no pets. $700/Month + utilities. 603-455-0874

For Sale 10” Table Saw on stand. Excellent condition, $75/OBO. Black & Decker bench grinder $15.

528-5202

LACONIA- Second floor, 3 large rooms. $165/Week, heat/hot water included. 832-3535 or 524-7218 LACONIA- Very nice one bedroom apartment in clean, quiet, downtown building. Carpeting, completely renovated. $175/Week, includes heat, hot water & electricity. 524-3892 or 630-4771

AMAZING! Beautiful pillowtop matress sets, twin $169, full or queen $249, king $399. See AD under “Furniture”.

BEDROOM-SOLID Cherrywood Sleigh bed. Dresser, mirror, chest, night stand. New! Cost $2,200 sell $895. (603) 235-1773

LACONIA-DUPLEX 2 bedroom 1 bath, washer/dryer hookups, garage. $900/month, heat included. References & security deposit. No pets or smokers.

524-8886 LACONIA: 2 bedroom, 2nd floor in duplex building. $235/week including heat, electric & hot water, 524-1234 www.whitemtrentals.com.

LACONIA: Prime 2-bedroom apt. on Gale Avenue. Walk to town and beaches. Very large rooms.

Beautiful hardwood floors, loads of closets. Private porch and garage. $1,000/month, includes heat and hot water. 524-3892 or 630-4771.

LACONIA: 2+ Bedrooms, washer/dryer hook-up. $225/Week includes heat and hot water.

References/deposit required. No pets/No smoking. 528-6205.

LACONIA: Charming sunny small 2-bedroom, 2nd floor no smoking/dogs. $200/week. includes heat/ hot water.

455-5569.

LACONIA: Gail Avenue, 3rd floor, 1BR heat and h/w included, no pets, no smoking. $725.

524-5837.

LACONIA: Gilbert Apartments.

Call for available apartments.

524-4428 LAKEPORT- Freshly painted, big 5-room, 2-bedroom apartment with lake view. Includes washer/dryer, hardwood floors, cabinet kitchen, 2 car parking, plowing and landscaping. Huge, bright and sunny master bedroom overlooking lake. Section 8 approved. $185/Week + 4-week security deposit. No utilities, no dogs, no smoking. Proper I.D., credit check and background check required. Showings on Friday only. Call Rob, 617-529-1838

BUREAU: Maple, 11-drawers, comes with large matching 3-sided mirror, quality construction, 66”W x 19”D x 34”H. $250.

496-8639.

TILTONTWO CLEAN, UPDATED one bedrooms.

Heat/Hot Water included, no dogs. $640-$660/Month.

603-393-9693 or 916-214-7733.

TILTON: 3-bedroom spacious apt., 2nd floor, convenient location, no pets. $850/mo. plus utilities. Security deposit, references.

286-8200 WINNISQUAM: Small efficiency and a cottage including heat, hot water, lights and cable. $175-$185 per week. $400 deposit. No pets. 387-3864.

WINTER RENTAL CEDAR LODGE Weirs Beach, Open Year Round ... Studios, 1-bedroom or 2-bedroom condos starting at $575 per month.

Please call Wendy at 366-4316.

For Rent-Vacation Aruba- 1 bedroom 2 full bath villa.

Located at Divi Phoenix. Steps away from water, 3 pools and swim-up bar. Available April 14-21st, $500. Call for more info.

603-686-0803

CLASSIC Wooden Motorola stereo phonic console LP and 45 player 44”X30”X18” with AM/FM radio from the 1950's still works, $100, 723-4032.

Coca-Cola Canoe one of 50 made for New England. Excellent Condition $1,200. Coleman canoe, $300. 603-235-1519

CUSTOM Glazed Kitchen Cabinets. Solid maple, never installed. Cost $6,000 sacrifice $1,595. (603) 833-8278 FIREWOOD: Green. Cut, split and delivered (Gilmanton and surrounding area). $190/cord.

(603)455-8419.or (603)267-1934.

FURNITURE-QUEEN size bed, $400; Maple Bureau, $250; Sleeper Couch, 3-seat, $250; Recliner, $25; Kitchen Table, $50.

496-8639 GREEN FIREWOOD- cut, not split $130/cord; cut & split $175/cord.

Seasoned firewood. $250. Also, logging, landclearing & tree work (all phases). 393-8416

KABOTA TRACTOR- B8200-HST front-end loader, front & rear PTO, full cab, tire chains, 300 hours, like new condition. $9500/obo.

875-5502

Meredith- Nice, open concept w/cathedral ceilings. 1-bedroom apartment in quiet area, walking distance to town & park. Parking, plowing, dumpster, 16X22 ft. deck, utilities, included. $850/Month. Cats? 455-5660

MILWAUKEE 0-500 rpm right angle heavy duty drill: Brand new, in box, $125. Call 293-2026.

MEREDITH: 1-bedroom apartment. Oil forced hot water, 1.5-bath, washer/dryer hook-up, nice yard. No smoking/pets. $750/Month 279-8247, Jim.

LACONIA- Prime Location. 1200 sq. ft., with heated garage showroom/office. $650/month plus utilities, parking. 455-6662.

New, never installed, complete with paperwork.

Elderly and Disabled Housing Now Accepting Applications for Project-Based Section 8 Subsidized Apartments HUD Income Limits Apply One & Two Bedroom Units Available Located in Tilton, Franklin & West Franklin

Apartments Available Now For more information, please contact 603-286-4111

RUGER 10-22: Stainless steel rifle with scope, in original box, new. $275/best offer.

Call 293-2026.

SLEEPER Couch: 3-seats wide, jewel pattern (have to see), 80”W x 34”D x 32”H, very good condition, never used as sleeper. $250. 496-8639.

SOLID Oak 6! Hutch: Beveled glass, lighted top, best offer.

524-6082.

SPEAKERS: Paradigm Home Audio/Theater, Model Studio 100 V.3, (3)7” Woofers, (1)7” Mid-Range, (1)1” Dome Tweeter, 44Hz-22kHz +/-2dB, light maple color (must see), dark brown removable grills, excellent condition. $1,250/pr. 496-8639.

Stereo Equipment- Paradigm Speakers, $1,250; Pro-Studio Speakers, $250; Pioneer 301 D Mega-Changer, $80. 496-8639

Furniture AMAZING! Beautiful Queen or Full-size mattress set. Luxury Firm European Pillow-top style.

Fabulous back & hip support.

Factory sealed - new 10-Yr. warranty. Cost $1095, sell $249.

Can deliver 603-305-9763.

Help Wanted

FLOOR TECHCLEANER This is a year round permanent full time position. Experience preferred, must have a valid drivers' license, and be able to pass a security background check.

Must be in good physical condition and able to lift 50 lbs. Apply in person to:

Joyce Janitorial Service

14 Addison St. Laconia, NH

524-8533 FT/PT DIESEL MECHANIC A Family owned business is looking for a FT/PT Diesel Mechanic with their own tools to service, maintain and provide emergency service for our fleet of commercial vehicles. Candidate should have 3-5 years of experience, multiple references and the ability to complete the necessary repair work.

Forward resumes to mandiehagan@yahoo.com

Marketing/ Closing Position NH owned and operated Title Company looking for outgoing person to help establish new business and maintain current business. Looking for someone outgoing and good with the public.

Knowledge of real estate a plus. debbie.lurvey@accuratetitlenh.com

OFFICE ASSISTANT/ RECEPTIONIST High-volume law firm seeks experienced OfficeAssistant/ Receptionist for 30 hours per week. Duties primarily include handling phone calls, file management, word processing, staff support and client interaction. Candidate must possess strong office skills, confidence on the telephone, complex filing capabilities, word processing skills, and be reliable, accurate, organized, detail oriented and able to work independently. Must be a team player. We are a professional office with a casual atmosphere.

Please send your resume and letter of intent to: Laconia Daily Sun Box A 1127 Union Avenue, #1 Laconia, NH 03246

Now Hiring - Evenings

Servers & Bartender (with experience)

SUMMER positions. Some April thru October. All departments.

Contact Greg at Geneva Point Center. greg@genevapoint.org 630-3292.

Apply in person, 4:30-6pm:

CJ Avery’s

Lakeport (closed Mon & Tues)

Contemporary dinette set 8 person with elegant matching wall unit. Have brand new seat cushions, excellent condition. $1,300. 781-710-2208

FIREWOOD: 1/2 cords seasoned, split wood. $125 cash and carry.

Delivery extra. 524-8028.

LACONIA - 1,200 Sq. Ft. of light and airy 1st class, 2nd floor professional office space with exposed brick walls and beamed ceilings; in downtown overlooking the Winnipesaukee River and Rotary Park in the Historic Belknap Mill. $1,400/mo. plus electricity and A/C. Call 524-8813 for an appointment to see.

New Franklin Apartments, LLC

Riteway Air Tight wood stoveGood condition, takes up to 24 ” logs. $400. Ken-Coal stove, $250. Franklin fireplace stove $150. 603-235-1519

Help Wanted Dependable Male or Female LNA in private home.

20-40 hours per week.

Some overnights & weekends.

Send Resume to: Laconia Daily Sun BOX L 1127 Union Avenue, #1 Laconia, NH 03246

COOK Healthy with a Black & Decker Food/ Rice cooker w/ instruction booklet, hardly used, $15, 723-4032.

I buy old stuff. House, barn, attic contents. 528-0247.

For Rent-Commercial

For Sale QUEEN-SIZE Bed w/Boxspring & metal frame, Lady Englander, Model 1650 1, Dacron, rated firm, excellent condition. $250.

496-8639.

New Yorker Cast Iron Oil Fired Boiler model# CL3-140-PWT-TBWIZ Serial # 65232257

$1,800 O B O MUST SELL! 707-9879

Sheet Metal Mechanic for Aerospace Work 40 hr week Position

Machinist Couch & Love Seat. $700 for the set. New, barely used.

(Was in 2nd living room that is never used) no pets excellent condition. 781-710-2208

MATTRESS & FURNITURE CLOSEOUTS AND OVERSTOCKS! 20% OFF ENTIRE STORE! RECLINERS $299, FUTONS, $299 BUNKBEDS, $399 SOFAS, $599 RUSTIC FURNITURE AND ARTWORK TOO! COZY CABIN RUSTICS AND MATTRESS OUTLET 517 WHITTIER HWY. (RTE 25) MOULTONBORO CALL JAY 603-662-9066 WWW.VISCODIRECT.COM

AEROWELD, INC. 49 Blaisdell Avenue • Laconia, NH 03246

(603)524-8121

Free Body by Jake Ab Scissor, good condition. 603-677-6528 FREE Pickup for your unwanted, useful item garages, automobiles, etc. estates cleaned out and yardsale items. (603)930-5222.

T&B Appliance Removal. Appliances & AC’s removed free of charge if outside. Please call (603)986-5506.

nyboiler123@gmail.com

Help Wanted

PELLET Stove: Santa Fe, with smoke pipe, good condtion, $500/ best offer. Call 524-4848.

MAINTENANCE: Part-time (15-20 hrs/week) available immediately, St. Charles Church, Meredith.

Salary will be negotiated based on experience. Send resume to: Steve Nedeau, St. Charles Church, PO Box 237, Meredith,

PISTOL: Semi-auto H&K .40Cal. USP-C Model, stainless slide, extra mags, holsters, photos, $595.

for Aerospace Work CNC milling equipment capabilities would be a plus 40 hr week Position Benefits available

Integrity ~ Quality ~ Respect ~ Resident Centered

Taylor Community has a career opportunity for

GROUNDSKEEPER This is a year round full time position performing routine grounds maintenance and landscaping throughout Taylor Community property. The ideal candidate should have 3 to 5 years experience with zero turn mowers, pruning, snowplowing, general landscaping, irrigation systems and is mechanically inclined.

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

www.taylorcommunity.org A valid NH Drivers license, criminal background check and drug testing are required.

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LRGHealthcare raises more than $109K for United Way Campaign LACONIA — The employees of LRGHealthcare, from both Laconia and Franklin locations, have completed their fundraising drive for the United Way, boosting community care by over $109,000.

Over the last five years the healthcare organization and its employees have raised over $579,000 in support of the social services, going well beyond their daily commitment to improve the health and well-being of those who depend on their services.

This participation was coordinated by the LRGHealthcare employee team of Ruth O’Hara, Tracie Fitzpatrick, Darcy Peary and Andy Patterson, with the help of over 50 department leaders.

“We are truly proud of our employees and their community commitment. With employee financial support and direct participation in so many organizations, we continue to work together to address local health and human service needs,” said President Tom Clairmont. “Our campaign leadership and department representatives were instrumental in informing employees about how the Lakes Region United Way puts their donations right back into locally funded programs. Employees also gain an expanded understanding of those programs, which helps them to better serve people receiving services

at our facilities.”

President of Lakes Region United Way Jack Terrill was thankful for the efforts of LRGHealthcare.

“For years, LRGHealthcare and its employees have taken responsibility for the community’s well- being

and have been a core supporter of the Lakes Region United Way. When we have them working with us, it makes a huge difference to address local needs. Congratulations to all employees for another successful fundraising effort.”

high schoolers present movements from the piano concerto literature.

Each student will perform one movement of a selected concerto, and one will perform a concerto with only a single movement.

First-year student Alicia Dale, a music education major from Claremont, will perform a movement of the Haydn D Major Concerto.

Elizabeth Hodges, a first-year music major from Bow, will play from the Mozart Concerto in C Major, K. 415.

Sophomore Jack Bresnahan, a music education major from Longmeadow, Mass., will perform a movement of the Beethoven Concerto No. 2 in Bb Major, Op. 19.

Alex Heinrich, a music major from Charlton, Mass., will perform from the Shostakovich Concerto No. 2 in F Major, Op. 102.

Music minors Eric Burns, a sophomore from Brooksville, Maine and senior Anne Kelly of Campton will

the program. Kate Brownstein of Campton will perform the third movement of the Mozart Concerto in F Major, K. 413. Katie Roukes of Holderness will play Mendelssohn’s Capriccio Brilliant, Op. 22.

Department collaborative pianists Constance Chesebrough or Allan DiBiase will play the second piano part for each student.

Professor Carleen Graff, coordinator of piano performance studies at PSU, says this program gives piano students exposure to a huge body of wonderful piano repertoire that is not frequently performed, since playing with orchestra is not readily expected today. “Performing with another musician is an enjoyable and educational experience for pianists who perform solo music most of their lives,” Graff said.

Free tickets for the performance are available at the Silver Center Box Office, (603) 535-2787 or (800) 779-3869.

NEW HAMPTON — You won’t read about Betsey Phelps in history books. She’s not especially important, just the mother of a Civil War soldier who died at Gettysburg.

On Thursday, February 23 at 7 p.m. at the Gordon Nash Library New Hampshire Humanities Program Scholar Sharon Wood of Claremont will weave together stories from Phelps wartime letters with memories and local anecdotes to make a dramatic presentation of New England life in the 1860s to the New Hampton Historical Society.

The New Hampton Historical Society received a grant award for the program. The New Hampshire Humanities Council nurtures the joy of learning and inspires community engagement by bringing life-enhancing ideas from the humanities to the people of New Hampshire. Learn more about the Council and its work at www.nhch.org.

LRUW President Jack Terrill (far right) stopped by to congratulate LRGHealthcare management and employees on the successful completion of their annual fundraising efforts to support Lakes Region United Way. (Courtesy photo)

Free evening of piano concertos at PSU on February 24 Civil War mother’s PLYMOUTH — The Department of Music, Thealso perform. Burns will perform a movement from the letters tell story of New atre, and Dance at Plymouth State University will Peskanov Concerto No. 1 and Kelley will play the third present a free evening of piano concertos at 7 p.m. movement of the Bauer American Youth Concerto.

England life in the 1860s Friday, February 24, as department students and Two local high school age students will also join

Instruction TAI CHI Experience the gentle art of Tai Chi. Improves balance, joint health, coordination, bone density, blood pressure, strength and flexibility.

Ongoing classes held in Laconia, Gilford, Meredith and Moultonborough. All ages welcome.

524-4780

Land BUILDING LOTS FOR SALE: All surveyed & soil tested with good test pits & no wetland. Belmont, 3 acre lots in vicinity of high school, one with driveway already in, $54,900 & $59,900. Gilford, 1 1/4 acre lots conveniently located just over line from Laconia, $79,900.

Owner/broker, 524-1234.

Motorcycles Buy • Sell • Trade www.motoworks.biz

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

Real Estate FOR Sale By Owner: 2-Bedroom house, 1-1/4 bath. 180 Mechanic Street, Laconia. 524-8142.

Real Estate

Services

Services

WANTED: Plus 55 couple relocating to the Meredith area seeking to rent or purchase waterfront home or land within 15 minutes of Meredith Center. Please call 860-874-6936

Services

BLUE RIBBON PAINTING CO. Interior/Exterior Since 1982 ~ Fully Insured

Paper Hanging

Services

279-5755 630-8333 Bus.

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

Our Customers Don t get Soaked!

Cell

Services Meridian Stretching Open your body for optimum health with this Japanese-style yoga using the 12-main meridians used in Acupuncture. Gentle, joint-opening exercises plus meridian stretch sequence following the breath.

One hour class $5, Thursdays at 11:00 in Gilford. Learn a 15-minute sequence you can do at home. Call Heidi Eberhardt, Licensed Acupuncturist at 617-894-0178, for more information and to make an appointment.

528-3531 Major credit cards accepted

HANDYMAN SERVICES

Storage Space

Small Jobs Are My Speciality

GILFORD garage for rent near Airport. One large lighted garage. $170 monthly. 781-710-2208.

Rick Drouin 520-5642 or 744-6277

Wanted

MR. Junk. Attics, cellars, garages cleaned out. Free estimate. Insured. 455-6296

Older female Siberian Husky for a loving home. Prefer companion dog. Consider ex-team dog.

524-3603

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