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NORTHFIELD — Police are investigating the circumstances surrounding an unconscious 26-yearold man they found lying on Elm Street Thursday afternoon.

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GILFORD — Those grown weary at the annual deliberations of the Budget Committee will welcome the petitioned warrant article on the March ballot to impose a property tax cap, which will render the

committee nearly as irrelevant as the blush on a dead man’s cheek.

Ironically, the woman responsible for the article, Barbara Aichinger, is also a candidate for election to the Budget Committee.

Last year the Legislature added a provision to the Municipal Budget Law (RSA 32:5-b) authorizing towns to adopt tax or spending caps. The statute requires that

the board of selectmen or the budget committee present a budget that limits the increase in the amount to be raised by local property taxes, or tax commitment, to either a fixed dollar amount or fixed percentage, specified when the cap is adopted by a municipality.

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Mark Lesnewski of Gilford takes aim at the Owl Brook Hunter Education Center in Holderness, which this winter has added an indoor archery league. (Laconia Daily Sun photo/Adam Drapcho)

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HOLDERNESS — The boars, foxes and squirrels aren’t real, and there’s more laughter than stealthy stalking, but the skills being learned and honed at a new indoor archery league this month are real. The league is an attempt to get more people to visit the Owl Brook Hunter Education Center this winter

with the hope that some of them will take up the sport of hunting.

The center is located on a nearly 500-acre parcel located on Perch Pond Road and operated by the state’s Fish & Game Department. Though it held see arCHEry page 11

Condodemetraky says aim of special article is simple; a flat budget

By Gail OBer

spending cap petitioned by a group of voters and spearheaded by one of three candidates for selectman.

“I just wanted a flat budget,” said George Condodemetraky who gathered the signatures for Warrant Article 36. “There’s a lot of people out there who can hardly make it.”

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Both the sewer pumps and the state highway grant have offsetting revenues and would not affect the tax rate.

Article 36 states that if passed, the town could spend no more than $9,418,558 — the number of total appropriations — including separate warrant articles — that was see BELMONt page 10

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(AP) — Peter Kantorowski wanted his 98-year-old mother to move into a nursing home or live with him.

She wouldn’t go; she didn’t want to leave her home of nearly 60 years.

Finally, Kantorowski went to court — and served his mother with an eviction notice shortly before her 98th birthday in December.

Mary Kantorowski says she won’t leave the small yellow house she’s been in since 1953, raising her two sons and cooking for the church she attended daily. The house her late husband wanted her to stay in until she died; the house she says is her “everything.”

“I don’t know why he wants me to leave,” she said Friday.

The epic mother-son feud is headed to court next month.

Peter Kantorowski, 71, became the owner of the Fairfield home several years ago when his mother transferred see MOM page 3

WASHINGTON (AP) — Americans are getting an election-year tax present.

Congress voted with rare speed and cooperation Friday to extend a Social Security payroll tax cut for 160 million workers and to renew unemployment benefits for millions more who haven’t seen a paycheck in six months.

With lawmakers’ ratings in the gutter, the legislation sped through both the House and Senate and was on its way to President Barack Obama, who saluted the quick passage.

Taxpayers have grown accustomed to the

2 percentage point cut in the payroll tax over the past year — around $80 a month for someone earning $50,000 a year — and the reduction now will be continued. So will jobless benefits averaging about $300 a week for the long-term unemployed, though the aid will be cut off sooner than before for many recipients.

Both provisions, which were to expire in less than two weeks, had been extended only two months during a December congressional fight that seared Republicans.

They were determined to avoid a repeat in campaign season.

The hard-fought — but ultimately bipartisan — measure contains the core of Obama’s jobs agenda and promises to pump more than $100 billion into the economy before Election Day. It hands the president a political victory as well, as Republicans called a tactical retreat in hopes of minimizing the gains for Obama and his Democratic allies on Capitol Hill.

The Senate approved the measure on a bipartisan 60-36 vote minutes after the House passed it on a sweeping 293-132 vote. Obama is expected to sign it shortly see TAX GIFT page 9

LONG BEACH, Calif. (AP) — It had all the ingredients of workplace violence: a manager, an angry employee, a discussion about job performance and at least one gun.

But in this case, both people were federal agents. And when gunfire erupted in a government office building, a third agent drew his handgun and took out the shooter, helping save the manager’s life.

Investigators on Friday were still piec-

ing together the details of Thursday’s chaotic scene at the Immigration and Customs Enforcement office in Long Beach.

The confrontation apparently began during a discussion involving Kevin Kozak, the agency’s second-in-command for the Los Angeles area, and a lower-ranking supervisor agent named Ezequiel Garcia.

At some point, the discussion escalated, and Garcia pulled out his weapon and fired.

Kozak was hit six times, in the upper torso, legs and hands. He was hospitalized in stable condition but was alert and talking.

“He is a fighter, and I believe that’s why he’s alive today,” said Claude Arnold, the ICE agent in charge in Los Angeles. “He refused to succumb to his injuries, and in law enforcement, that’s what makes the difference between people who go home at see SHOOTING page 3

WASHINGTON (AP) — A 29-year-old Moroccan man, who believed he was working with al-Qaida, was arrested Friday near the U.S. Capitol as he was planning to detonate what he thought was a suicide vest given to him by undercover opera-

tives, officials said.

Amine El Khalifi of Alexandria, Va., was taken into custody with a gun that didn’t work and inert explosives, according to a counterterrorism official. He arrived near the Capitol in a van with the two under-

cover operatives, and walked toward the building, according to court papers. He was arrested before he left the parking garage.

El Khalifi made a brief appearance on Friday afternoon in federal court in Alexsee TERROR page 7

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Wakefield retiring after 17 N.H. House to vote on motorcycle noise compromise averages, Alexander said.

(AP) — A bill to fix motorcycle noise probyears on mound for Red Sox lemsCONCORD “It’s looking at the practicality of it as well as is roaring into the House next week for a vote.

FORT MYERS, Fla. (AP) — Tim Wakefield is retiring after pitching the last 17 seasons for the Boston Red Sox. The 45-year-old knuckleballer made the announcement at the team’s spring training facility Friday.

After two seasons with the Pittsburgh Pirates, the right-hander signed as a minor-league free agent in April 1995. He was 186-168 with a 4.43 ERA with the Red Sox. Only Roger Clemens and Cy Young had more wins (192) with the team.

Wakefield is first in team history with 3,006 innings and 430 starts, and second in games and strikeouts.

For his career, Wakefield was 200-180 with a 4.41 ERA He was 7-8 with a 5.12 ERA last season in 23 starts and 10 relief appearances. He won two World Series championships in Boston.

“There were a few seasons I didn’t know if I was coming back, but I kept coming back and proving myself year after year,” Wakefield said. “I was fortunate enough to play 17 years here. It’s been a great one. I’ve been very blessed.

“I am just very grateful.”

Wakefield was the oldest player in the majors last season.

On Sept. 13, Wakefield earned his 200th win on his eighth try, in an 18-6 rout of the Toronto Blue Jays at Fenway Park. It turned out to be his last victory.

“Now,” he said, “I’ll have a lot of time to really reflect on all of the accomplishments I have been able to do.”

what’s acceptable,” Alexander said.

Motorcyclists gathered at the Statehouse earlier this month at the bill’s hearing to protest the original bill. The initial version would have required an Environmental Protection Agency stamp on the exhaust system and would have lowered the legal noise level to 82 decibels for motorcycles or motorcycle exhaust systems built starting next year.

The original bill would have restricted motorcycle noise to unreasonable levels and wouldn’t solve the problem, amendment supporters say.

Bill sponsors say they support anything that keeps noise levels down. All four bill sponsors are from the Seacoast region, where motorcycles have a heavy presence.

The primary sponsor, Rep. Michelle Peckham, R-North Hampton, said she supported the amendment but worried about enforcement. Many police departments still need the necessary testing equipment, she said.

“This is a great start, a great beginning. We’ll just have to see how it goes,” Peckham said.

MOM from preceding page ownership to him but retained the right to live there, in what’s known as a quit claim, Mary Kantorowski’s attorney said.

The retired taxidermist said he’s concerned about her well-being, that she’s seemed disoriented and has been living in poor condition.

“I’m not throwing her on the street,” he told WTNH-TV in New Haven. “At her age, at 98, I’m sure that she should be with people of her peers. She should have her meals on time.”

Peter Kantorowski and his attorney didn’t return telephone messages left by The Associated Press on Friday.

Mary Kantorowski’s attorney, Richard Bortolot Jr., said she can take of herself, still does some of her own cooking and is seen regularly in her home by doctors and nurses. A judge ruled she was competent and appointed Bortolot to represent her in the eviction.

Her younger son, Jack Kantorowski, says his mother is in relatively good health. He’s on his mother’s side of the family feud.

“If there is a money problem or anything else, he should have said something a long time ago instead

of just trying to get rid of his own mother,” Jack Kantorowski said.

Peter Kantorowski, who lives about 20 minutes away in Trumbull, hasn’t seen his mother for eight months, her attorney said.

“I’m appalled a son would do this,” Bortolot said.

Jack Kantorowski said his father worked multiple jobs to buy the house and built additions over the years.

“He was always trying to protect my mom; she’d always have a place to live,” he said. “If something happens to me, there was always going to be a home for her to stay for the rest of her life.”

Peter Kantorowski filed a complaint against his mother in December after she refused to follow an eviction notice filed Nov. 30 to vacate the premises

by Dec. 7. A trial is set to begin March 2 in Bridgeport Superior Court.

Bortolot says a probate court stopped Peter Kantorowski from trying to sell the house, valued at $330,000, after the eviction papers were served.

Asked where she might live next, Mary Kantorowski’s voice catches.

“I don’t feel very good about it,” she says. “I want to stay right here in my own home.”

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After Garcia fired, a nearby agent drew his own gun and fatally shot the attacker. The third agent, whose name was being withheld, was placed on administrative leave.

Arnold said he wasn’t aware of any issues between Garcia and Kozak. “We are doing everything humanly possible to understand why it happened and to ensure it will not happen again,” he said.

A federal official with knowledge of the investigation told The Associated Press that Kozak had denied a request for an internal transfer request by Garcia. The official spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to discuss the investigation publicly.

A new compromise would change the testing standard for motorcycle exhaust rather than lower the permitted decibel level as the original bill did.

Amendment supporters say the current noise test was designed for off-road motorcycles and is inaccurate and impractical for quick, roadside tests.

Because police aren’t able to accurately test for noise violations, some motorcyclists have continued to ride the loud bikes that residents complain about.

The new test from the Society of Automotive Engineers International allows a police officer to test a bike propped on a kickstand. The bill allows for 92 decibels while idling and either 96 or 100 decibels while revving the engine at a certain speed, depending on the engine type.

The current law allows for 106 decibels at 2,800 revolutions per minute. The higher level reflected the inaccuracy of the testing method at the time it was instituted, said Candy Alexander, vice president of the New Hampshire Motorcycle Rights Organization.

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Michelle Malkin

Taxing medical progress to death Two years ago this month, as public debate over Obamacare raged, former President Bill Clinton rushed to the hospital because of a heart condition. He immediately underwent a procedure to place two stents in one of his coronary arteries. It was a timely reminder about the dangers of stifling private-sector medical innovation. No one listened.

Stents don’t grow on trees.

They were not created, developed, marketed or sold by government bureaucrats and lawmakers. One of the nation’s top stent manufacturers, Boston Scientific, warned at the time that Obamacare’s punitive medical device tax would lead to worker losses and research cuts.

The 2.3-percent excise tax, the company said, “would be very damaging to Boston Scientific, and the medical device industry as a whole. In a nutshell, it would raise costs and lead to significant job losses. It does not address the quality of care but the political scorecard of savings.”

Two years later, Bill Clinton’s doing just peachy. But many medical device manufacturers are suffering, and many more are preparing for the worst as the White House gears up to collect on an estimated $20-billion from the lifesaving industry. In typical Obama-transparent fashion, the Internal Revenue Service quietly released a complex thicket of medical device tax implementation rules in a Friday document dump earlier this month. Barring congressional intervention, the medical device tax will go into full effect in 2013.

Cook Medical, which manufactures products for everything from endovascular therapy, critical care medicine and general surgery, to diagnostic and interventional procedures, to bioengineered tissue replacement and regeneration, gastroenterology and endoscopy procedures, urology, and obstetrics and gynecology, has called for the levy’s repeal. Cook Group chairman Stephen Ferguson noted the tax burden amounted to a whopping 55-percent of its profits.

“For a company like ours, which pays 35-percent of our net earnings in federal corporate taxes and another 4- to 5-percent in state and local corporate taxes, the excise tax translates to another payment that will consume 15-percent more of our earnings,” he estimated.

“This creates tremendous pressure for us to move manufacturing to Europe and other parts of the world.” According to the trade publication Mass Device, the company has already canceled plans to build a new factory in the U.S. because of

the Obamacare tax burden.

Stryker, a maker of artificial hips and knees based in Kalamazoo, Mich., announced in November that it would slash 5-percent of its global workforce (an estimated 1,000 workers) this coming year to reduce costs related to Obamacare’s taxes and mandates.

Covidien, a N.Y.-based surgical supplies manufacturer, recently announced layoffs of 200 American workers and plans to move some of its plant work to Mexico and Costa Rica, in part because of the coming tax hit.

Mass.-based Zoll Medical Corp., which makes defibrillators and employs some 1,800 workers in the U.S. and around the world, says the medical device tax will cost the company between $5-million and $10-million a year. Its profit in 2009 was $9.5 million. “Running our company at close to break even would not be a sustainable position for us,” CEO Richard Packer said in a public statement, “so we will be forced to look at alternatives.”

Those “alternatives” include cutting payroll, cutting R and D and passing on the costs to patients, of course. Industry estimates put the tax-induced job losses at 43,000.

So far, the number-crunchers at 1600 Pennsylvania are mum on the number of potential jobs — and lives — destroyed by the medical innovation death tax.

In fact, the Obama administration’s response so far has been a flippant shrug. Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner, whose only manufacturing claims to fame are faulty tax returns and near-double-digit unemployment figures, brushed off concerns this week about the medical device tax. Obamacare’s expanded access to health care, he argues blithely, will create more consumers for their products. “On balance, it is a good package for people in the health care business,” he told Bloomberg News.

Fewer jobs. Fewer entrepreneurs.

Fewer medical advances. Only with a gallon of self-delusion does the Obamacare medical tax medicine amount to anything other than economic and medical malpractice.

Obama 2012: Winning the future ... by killing it.

(Syndicated columnist Michelle Malkin is the daughter of Filipino Immigrants. She was born in Philadelphia, raised in southern New Jersey and now lives with her husband and daughter in Maryland.

Her weekly column is carried by more than 100 newspapers.)

LETTERS Women weren’t invited to sit & discuss issue that concerns them To the editor, I read you letter Mr. Lemay in response to mine. You seem to think I am unintelligent and condescending. You seem to be basing that simply because I spoke to women’s contraceptive issues and health issues — not to men’s. I am well aware men have different health issues to deal with but as a woman who doesn’t deal with those issues it would be condescending on my part to voice an opinion. If it means I am not intelligent for not speaking to something I know nothing about, so be it. The point of my letter was how it was inappropriate for men to be discussing women’s health and contraception when, in fact, they aren’t even aware of all the problems birth control pills are used for.

Think about what happened yesterday and that will clarify my point. A Congressional panel was held to discuss this issue. But the only humans sitting on this panel were men. Women were not invited to sit and discuss the very issue that concerns them.

Now tell me that isn’t condescending.

Seems to me that just indicates these men seem to think women have nothing valid to say on the subject or is it simply because they don’t really want to deal with the pertinent facts?

Women are angry and we have a right to be. We have men trying to tell us what we can and cannot do with our bodies and who seem to think that we are incapable of making decisions

regarding issues that concern us and our health. They are implying that we are not capable of sitting with our doctors and discussing our options and then choosing.

I do not see these men discussing a vasectomy, which is also a method not endorsed by the Catholic Church but is a covered expense under health insurance and would mean the church is paying the premium to allow this to take place (even though the church does not endorse it) and not making an issue about. For some reason paying premiums for insurance that covers a vasectomy is acceptable but paying premiums for contraception for women is not. In my opinion this is just a bit hypocritical.

Like it or not it is men who are making insulting statements not women. Yesterday a man said “putting an aspirin between a women’s knees was a cheap birth control method”. And this man is giving Rick Santorum money for his campaign. That wasn’t funny years ago and is totally not funny now and highly insensitive. But it clearly shows the issue for women’s contraception use is not taken seriously by many men, especially those with power.

As to my choice of news shows and to my religion that has nothing at all to do with the point of my letter so I have no idea why you interjected these into your letter.

Nancy Parsons Laconia

Center Harbor needs to take serious look at tax impact of this project To the editor, Currently, the Center Harbor Selectboard and its Building Advisory Committee are proposing a $1.16-million dollar police department/town office addition and renovation to the town’s municipal building. A project of this magnitude has hidden costs of increased insurances, increased maintenance, increased utilities, along with many other unknown financial consequences.

The million dollar proposal also precipitates additional town staff and police personnel, along with pension and benefits and another police vehicle — according to the town’s master plan. All this will have a huge impact

on individual property taxes and one’s ability to pay them.

For example, in 2006 my home on 5-acres was taxed $2,624.98. In 2011, the tax was $4,921.29, for the same home on 5-acres! This is a whopping increase of 87.47-percent!

Shouldn’t we stop and slow down and perform some due diligence on this issue? The townspeople need to take a serious look at the tax impact a project of this magnitude may have on them. The million dollar proposal, combined with its hidden costs, is a formula for high taxes and expansive government, well beyond our means.

Duke Kline Center Harbor

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LETTERS Is Doug Lambert someone you really want on the school board?

I will never forget such compassion & graciousness. Thank you

To the editor, Attention Gilford voters: Do you know who is running for School Board and Budget Committee?

Sue Allen and Kurt Webber are running for re-election.

Both Sue and Kurt are parents of Gilford graduates and are also very much involved in the community. I urge supporters of the Gilford schools to vote for Kurt and Sue. I would also encourage voters to support Phyllis Corrigan (a current budget committee member) along with new comers Allen Voivod and Richard “Rags” Grenier. These three individuals would help change the look of the Budget Committee to one that not only will scrutinize the budget, but will do so in a manner that is professional and respectable.

Running against Kurt and Sue for school board is Doug Lambert.

Remember him? Two years ago he resigned from the Gilford Budget Committee stating, “I am retiring fully to private life!” Well, he’s baaaccck!

Why did he resign? Let me refresh your memory! On Gilford Grok — live — he went on a tirade referring to Ray Buckley as a “reprobate” and another word that shouldn’t be printed in the newspaper. Also stating, “I said it and I meant it!” In the background, the person laughing hysterically was Skip Murphy, who is running for reelection to the Budget Committee (do you really want to re-elect him?).

Is Doug Lambert someone you want to be on the Gilford School Board, making decisions that could affect your child’s education? I don’t think so!

Below is a link to an audio of the

To the editor, They say it takes a village to raise a child. I find the village is also most important during the final stages of one’s life on this earth. From VNA, Hospice, the WLNH Children’s Auction, Hearing Enhancement Center in Gilford, Roberts Laundry of Belmont and MetroCast, I am most grateful for all their support throughout my Mom’s passing. This is how it played out: When my 83 year old mother received the diagnosis of bladder cancer last June, she knew her tired body wouldn’t stand up to the radiation and chemo as it did 27 years ago with breast cancer. She gave it a shot anyway, I think for us, her four daughters. Two weeks into the radiation treatments it became apparent that the treatment would probably kill her faster than the disease did so she stopped at that time. The VNA transferred her home support over to hospice care. That very same night, a hospice nurse came over to our house and “accepted” her into hospice’s care.

The social worker came the next day and when she left mom had a new living will and A DNR (do not resuscitate) order. The physical therapist had a commode, a walker and a hospital bed delivered along with a med-alert was installed. Hospice set up a team for mom. A nurse team leader, LNAs and a volunteer came to sit with Mom a few times a week as I continued to work. Spiritual support from both St. Joseph’s for Mom and John Davies for us continues to bring comfort to us remaining on this earth.

It is said that the hearing is the last sense to leave a person as they die.

My Mom was extremely hard of hearing and her hearing aids no longer worked. I saw a certificate for $500 on the WLNH big board toward hearing

“incident” that I highly encourage you to listen to. It is extremely offensive but I feel people need to know about these two men in order to make an informed decision regarding the elections. http://www. youtube.com/watch?feature=player_ detailpage&v=14j6uBp3Zvo If you do not want to type in the URL, simply go to www.youtube.com, type in “Doug Lambert” and the audio will come up. You listen, you make the decision!

Barbara Aichinger is also running for a spot on the Budget Committee.

Again, another person with no ties whatsoever to the town or schools other than being involved in numerous petitioned warrant articles on the town and school ballot. Barbara is another individual who is not concerned with supporting the town and schools but with cutting the taxes on her rental properties in town.

Before voting in March, be aware of the numerous petitioned warrant articles on both the town and school ballots. They are way too lengthy to describe and discuss in this letter!

I moved to Gilford 23 years ago because of its reputation of being a great place to raise children. The services we get from the town and schools are second to none! Please get out to vote for the candidates who you feel will help Gilford continue to be the best place to live in the Lakes Region, the ones who are involved in the community, not the ones who just want to cut their own tax bills!

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I called the auction, explained my situation and wanted to know if any more certificates were going to post on that board during the rest of the auction. They said they would check and call me in the morning. The next morning the auction called me. There were no more certificates that would be posted for bidding but they gave me a name and the number for the Hearing Enhancement Center in Gilford. When I called them, they offered me a “loaner” set of hearing aids that Mom could use until she passed.

This generous offer was huge to me and my sisters. It gave us comfort to know we could still communicate with mom when she was no longer able to respond.

The type of cancer mom had generated a huge amount of laundry. Roberts Laundry in Belmont went above and beyond to make sure the laundry was disinfected, cleaned and always neatly folded. Their team leader Patti always had a comforting hello and hug waiting for me when I came to pick the laundry up.

Most importantly, I want to express my thanks to my employer MetroCast during this emotional time of my life.

The concern and support from management and my peers was second to none when it came time to stay home during mom’s final last days and still continues as I proceed through the grieving process.

For all of the above, I will never forget such compassion and graciousness.

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LETTERS Reasoning does not work right with the lunacy of the birther To the editor, Steve Earle and Jack Stephenson need to know a couple of things about life. The first is that it is not up to a person to prove a negative in most debates or trials. In a court of law, one is usually brought up on charges of what one did according to evidence obtained. In a scientific debate, evidence must be provided for the hypothesis. Birthers provide

zero evidence and ignore the evidence that debunks them. Reasoning does not work right with the lunacy of the birther alternate reality. Any person making an accusation or claim has the responsibility to “prove” his positive assertion. It is much like the argument over the existence of God. It is up to those who say there is a God to show evidence. Until evidence is shown, the logical default position of a

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critically thinking person is that there is no evidence for God — yet — so one should remain unconvinced but open.

People convinced by non-evidence in any matter are people who don’t think clearly nor long enough about things.

And so it is with the birther insanities and the flawed reasoning of people like Harry Accornero, Jack Sephenson and Steve Earle. They have not shown one solid molecule of evidence for any of their cases so why should we take anything they say seriously? All this secrecy nonsense only appeals to the soap opera types. And they wonder why we mock them as fools and tools.

If they believe this kkkrap, what other craziness to they embrace?

In June of 2008, Mr. Obama released the only legal document used in Hawaii, a Certificate of Live Birth. If Obama had been white and had a Christian father, that would have been good enough. But for the right wing fascists and racists of the birther movement, it was not enough. In 2011, Hawaiian officials also inspected and certified the legitimacy of the president’s long-form birth certificate. Loretta Fuddy, director of Hawaii Department of Health certifed the

document. Was that enough? Of course not because these people are mentally unbalanced and can’t face reality.

Although his birth certificate prove his Hawaiian birth, another ridiculous claim is made by the crazies that Obama was born in Kenya. The problem with that is that Kenya did not exist until 1963 so no document at the time of Obama’s birth could have said Kenya on it. Duh! Two newspapers from the time of Obama’s birth printed the news of his birth, too. Was that enough for the wackjobs? Nope! Space aliens went back in time and planted those articles in those newspapers! Just ask Orly, Jack, Steve, and Harry.

As far as Obama’s college records, he certainly did fine in saw school.

Obama graduated from Harvard Law School, Magna Cum Laude, which is awarded to the top 10-percent of Harvard Law School students.

Birther nuts should find something important to think about for a change but I doubt they have the intellectual capability for it — as THE EVIDENCE clearly shows.

James Veverka Tilton

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Public rants and unfounded accusations at School Board meetings requiring public apologies at subsequent meetings followed by poison pen letters to the editor. What possible use can all this be to the goal of providing an excellent education for our children?

I am a longtime resident of Meredith and education and the environment are two of my passions so I am taking advantage of this time in my life to participate. Recently I was chosen as a member of the Inter-

Lakes Long Range Strategic Planning Committee. I could and probably should write an entire letter on how fortunate Inter-Lakes is to have Kay Anderson’s participation. I have also attended several board meetings and am particularly impressed with the student member of the board. She is a wonderful reminder of what this is really all about. THE STUDENTS! I read Rebecca Alosa’s letter to the editor and was intrigued with her credentials and ties to the community. I am, however, deeply concerned about the nastiness that is being generated

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3 finalists selected for Moultonborough school superintendent job MOULTONBOROUGH — The School District (SAU #45) has named three finalists for superintendent to take over for Michael Lancor, who will be retiring at the end of June after serving as the school district leader for 13 and one-half years. A search committee of administrators, teachers, parents, and community members recommended the finalists after they thoroughly reviewed 17 applicants from across the country, conducted interviews and made on-site visitations.

The finalists are Dr. Robert Gadomski of SAU 9 in Conway, Dr. Christopher Lord of Pawtucket, Rhode Island and Susan Noyes of Concord.

A day for the three finalists to visit the town and to meet with students, teachers, parents, community members and School Board members will be held on Thursday, February 23.

Dr. Gadomski presently holds the position of assistant superintendent in SAU 9, which is headquartered in Conway and serves seven school districts (Conway, Bartlett, Jackson, Eaton, Albany, Harts Location and Chatham). Dr. Gadomski’s responsibilities include curriculum advancement, budget management (in excess of $50-million), professional development, strategic planning and working with nine school boards.

In his 25 plus years in education, along with working as an assistant superintendent, Dr. Gadomskihas held principal and assistant principal positions in Belmont and Farmington. In addition, he has worked with Plymouth State University, New

from preceding page on behalf of her candidacy. I have seen Lisa Merrill at work on the School Board and am amazed at what she has accomplished with our students for the Lexus Eco-Challenge. The work of the school board is arduous and for the most part thankless so it

Hampshire Technical Institute and the N.H. Department of Education as an adjunct professor and online professional development professor.

Dr. Gadomski’s educational background includes an Ed.D. from Argosy University, a C.A.G.S. from Plymouth State University, a M.Ed. from Notre Dame College, a M.S. from Adelphi University and a B.S. from the University of Massachusetts.

Dr. Christopher Lord is currently the principal of the Shea High School (940 students) in Pawtucket, RI, where he has worked for the last eight years.

He has experience with curriculum/ instruction/assessment, teacher evaluation, professional and program development including the implementation of a performance based diploma system, advisories, and individual learning plans for students at a nationally recognized government academy.

He has previously served as an assistant principal (five years in Rhode Island, two in New Hampshire), science teacher and track and field/cross-country coach (seven years). He also has a background as an education technology consultant working with over 40 schools throughout New England building master schedules, attendance procedures, standards based report cards and on-line parent portals. He also has experience as an assistant chair for the New England Association of Schools and Colleges performing decennial site visits for accreditation of New England High Schools.

Dr. Lord holds a B.S. in Biology and Masters degree in Education from Tufts University. He earned

is encouraging that we have two candidates willing and eager to take on the task. It is not necessary to attack one to promote the other.

Where is all this negative energy coming from and what is the purpose?

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community outreach for the schools, Noyes has been instrumental in working with staff in the areas of literacy and curriculum development and assessment for learning. She was the driving force behind the unification of two schools and the building project for the new Christa McAuliffe Memorial School.

This focus on literacy served her well as the district-wide Title 1 Coordinator. Her career in teaching began as a high school and middle school English teacher (seven years) in other districts.

Noyes has also been a clinical faculty supervisor for Plymouth State University for the last eight years.

Noyes achieved a Certificate of Advanced Graduate Studies from the University of New Hampshire, after earning her Masters’ degree and Bachelor of Arts from UNH Manchester.

TERROR from page 2 andria, where a judge set a bail hearing for Wednesday. After his arrest, FBI agents raided a red brick rambler home in Arlington, Va. A police car blocked the entrance.

A criminal complaint charges him with knowingly and unlawfully attempting to use a weapon of mass destruction against property that is owned and used by the United States.

The charge carries a maximum penalty of life in prison.

El Khalifi, who was under constant surveillance, expressed interest in killing at least 30 people and considered targeting a building in Alex-

andria and a restaurant, synagogue and a place where military personnel gather in Washington before he settled on the Capitol after canvassing that area a couple of times, the counterterrorism official said. During the investigation, El Khalifi went with undercover operatives in January to a quarry in West Virginia to practice detonating explosives, according to court documents.

He believed he was working with an al-Qaida operative on the plot, according to an affidavit.

El Khalifi came to the U.S. when he was 16 years old and is unemployed and not believed to be associated with al-Qaida.

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The answer to that question will forever elude us at New Hampshire Humane Society.

When Amigo arrived at our door we immediately sort out medical care for him.

His tail was beyond the reach of even the most gifted veterinary surgeon to save, and the shattered bone in his front leg dug mercilessly into muscle, needed to be pinned back together. In spite of injuries that would cause humans to writhe and scream in pain, Amigo simply laid quietly.

He is so affectionate, so sweet, he drools when petted gently.

Thanks to Dr. Chris Jaques at Interlakes Animal Hospital his leg has been reconstructed,

his second Masters degree in Educational Administration from Cal State Los Angeles and his Ph.D. from the University of Connecticut in Educational Leadership. He serves on the Rhode Island Principals Executive Board and the Friends of Shea Parent Group nominated him for R.I. High School Principal of the year in 2011, for which he was runner-up.

Noyes is an elementary school principal (six years) in Concord, where she has served as a school administrator for the last 12 years. She also served as the middle school assistant principal (two years) and high school assistant principal (four years).

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AutoServ unveiled its new Nissan showroom at Exit 20 in Tilton Thursday evening during a Business After Hours event with the Lakes Region Chamber of Commerce. Among those taking part were Cynthia Reinartz, Tilton town clerk-tax collector; Michael Seymour, mayor of Laconia; Ryan Robinson of Mainstay Technologies, Laconia; Donna Gaudet-Hosmer of AutoServ; Robert Cormier, Tilton police chief, and Andrew Hosmer of AutoServ. (Roger Amsden for The Laconia Daily Sun

AutoServ debuts new Nissan showroom, praises Town of Tilton’s pro-business outlook & attitude

By RogeR Amsden FOR THE LACONIA DAILY SUN

TILTON — AutoServ’s Dennis Gaudet is full of praise for the town of Tilton for it’s pro-business approach, which over the last 20 years has seen the Exit 20 area become one of the fastest growing commercial and retail areas in the state.

“The town has partnered with businesses and doesn’t work from a one size fits all mentality.

They’re willing to work with each business individually. They’re very pro-business and have worked with us to make this happen,’’ Gaudet told about 100 people who turned out to see AutoServ unveil its new 6,000-square-foot Nissan showroom Thursday night at a Lakes Region Chamber of Commerce Business After Hours networking event.

Gaudet said that the addition to the existing 45,000-square-foot AutoServ complex features the latest in energy efficient technologies, from a roof top natural gas heating system, a white roof, insulation which is five times higher than the recommended level and LED lighting which greatly reduces electrical use.

He said that AutoServ, which offers Ford, Volkswagen, Chrysler, Dodge, Jeep and Nissan from its Tilton location, has developed a mall concept for its

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auto lines which will enable customers to compare and choose from different manufacturers at one convenient location, with each make having its own showroom. “’There’s more on the horizon. Within a few months we’ll be breaking ground at the other end of the building for our next expansion, a new Volkswagen showroom,” said Gaudet.

He said that a major reason for the dealership‘s success is it’s AutoServ for Life program, which was started four years ago and, among other benefits, provides free state inspections and oil changes for the life of any auto purchased from the dealership.

“We were spending $1.3-million in advertising and decided that was no way to run a dealership. We cut the ad budget in half and gave the rest to our customers. It created a loyal customer base and we gained more in market share,” said Gaudet, who said that before the program started only 30-percent of customers had their vehicles serviced at AutoServ and that is now up to 60-percent and continuing to rise.

He said that 2011 was the best year ever for sales, with an average of 225 vehciles sold per month and that is projected to increase to 260 per month this year.

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2 to 1 majority of Belknap reps vote to allow cities & towns to keep taxing telephone poles

CONCORD — Of the 18 Belknap County representatives — all Republicans — more than half voted with the majority when the New Hampshire House of Representatives this week rejected a bill (House Bill 1305) to restore the exemption of telecommunication poles and conduits from property taxation.

Five members of the delegation — Dennis Fields of Sanbornton, Bob Greemore and Colette Worsman of Meredith, Jeffrey St. Cyr of Alton and Elaine Swinford of Barnstead — voted in support of the exemption while 10, including four of the five representatives from Laconia, voted against it and three — Guy Comtois of Barnstead, Bob Luther of Laconia

and Robert Malone of Alton — did not vote.

Voting with the majority were Harry Accornero, Bob Kingsbury, Frank Tilton and Don Flanders of Laconia, Peter Bolster of Alton, Alida Millham of Gilford, Jim Pilliod of Belmont, Dave Russell of Gilmanton, Tyler Simpson of New Hampton and Bill Tobin of Sanbornton.

Laconia would forgo approximately $16,000 in property tax receipts a year if the exemption were restored. FairPoint Communications lobbied aggressively in support of the exemption while the New Hampshire Municipal Association equally aggressively opposed it.

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TAX GIFT from page 2 after returning from a West Coast fundraising swing.

The hope is that the dual measures will inject consumer demand and support a fragile recovery from the worst economic downturn since the Great Depression. The legislation would also protect doctors treating Medicare patients from a steep cut in their reimbursements under an outdated funding formula, a reduction that threatened to make it harder for seniors to find physicians.

The tax cuts, jobless coverage and higher doctors’

payments will all continue through the end of the year.

Many Republicans opposed some or all of the legislation but were eager to wipe the issue from the election-year agenda. The measure would pack $141 billion onto the federal deficit over 2012-2013 and slowly recoup more than $50 billion of that over the coming decade.

It may also be the last major bipartisan legislation to make it through a bitterly divided Congress before Election Day.

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The company also makes $150,000 a year in charitable donations and features an innovative AutoCafé serving healthy meals six days a week prepared by Chef Michael Moore.

It’s latest community venture is the indoor Tilton Winter Farmers’ Market just down the highway in the former Agway store that it purchased last year. The market, which runs every Saturday from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m., features more than 40 regional vendors and has been attracting 1,500 customers per day.

“We think it’s a great way to help local farmers get their products before the public and to help the local economy while encouraging people to include

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AutoServ dealerships is one of the largest retail automotive dealer groups in New Hampshire.

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TAX CAP from page one town meeting or, in towns with official ballot voting (SB-2), the deliberative session may set aside the cap by a simple majority vote. Moreover, voters may increase or decrease the amount of any appropriation or the total of all appropriations, except in towns, like Gilford, with an official budget committee where the increase may not exceed 10-percent.

The petitioned warrant article, authored by Aichinger, would adopt a cap in accord with RSA 32:5-b and forbid, seemingly forever, any increase at all in the amount to be raised by local property taxes.

The article prescribes that the Board of Selectmen or Budget Committee “shall not submit a recommended budget that increases the amount to be raised by local taxes, based on the prior year’s actual

amount of local taxes raised by more than 0-percent.” In other words, the article would limit the tax commitment projected by all future budgets to the amount raised in 2012.

A supermajority of three-fifths, or 60-percent, is required for the article to be adopted. The Board of Selectmen has unanimously recommended against the article.

The authority of the Budget Committee is confined to setting the gross appropriation — the bottom line — and does not reach to the funding of particular line items or departments while the selectmen may transfer funds between lines and departments.

Consequently, by capping the increase allowed, let alone precluding any increase, in the tax commitment, the article would leave the Budget Committee

with only the option of reducing expenditures. With operating costs sure to rise and property taxes kept in place, the range of options open to the committee is likely to be severely limited.

While a tax or spending cap would draw the fangs of the Budget Committee, it would transform the deliberative session, where the cap could be overriden and the budget increased by majority vote, into the semblance of a traditional town meeting.

An identical proposal is on the School District warrant.

The selectmen and School Board have jointly scheduled a public hearing on Aichinger’s petitioned warrant articles for Wednesday, Feb. 22, beginning at 7 p.m. at Town Hall.

BELMONT from page one spent in 2011. At the town’s attended deliberative session two weeks ago attended by about 50 people, those who attended were told by town counsel that the warrant article would not affect the vote on this year’s budget.

The actual operating budget recommended by the Budget Committee is $6,921,955 and is $21,500 less than the recommended by the selectmen. The cuts appear to be spread throughout the budget although the Budget Committee didn’t recommend an additional part-time police officer as was initially requested by the police chief.

Selectmen and the Budget Committee recommended the same raises for the town administrator — $84,267.77 in 2012 from $81,813.16 in 2011 and the fire chief — $80,292.88 in 2012 from $78,637.81.

Likely due to contractual agreements, the default budget includes the same number of both salaries.

Selectmen and the Budget Committee also recommended raises of around three percent for the remaining non-union employees but the default budget reflects lessor amounts.

Condodemetracky said top administrator raises is one area where he would have liked to see no raises, although he said he supported the three per-

cent negotiated in past years by the unions because, “Those guys aren’t making $80,000 or so a year and are paying for more of their health insurance.”

This year the Budget Committee recommends $10,767,629 in total expenditures but that number includes the $1.5-million sewer bond that will be paid from revenues generated from user fees.

Other warrant articles include contributions to the town’s variety of revolving funds and special purpose capital funds.

Overall, if the budget and all the warrant articles is passed as presented by the budget committee, the anticipated town portion of the tax rate will fall by 11-cents.

K2 from page one or synthetic forms of THC — one of the naturally occurring substances in marijuana.

Adams said, in his experiences, the smoking or inhalation of K2 and like products significantly raises blood pressure, causes heart palpitations and can cause hallucinations, long-term psychological problems, and breathing difficulties.

Until the Federal Drug Agency banned many of the synthetic chemicals used in manufacturing “Spice and K2,” Adams described it as a growing threat in the tri-

community area of Tilton, Northfield and Franklin.

In 2010, the city of Franklin spearheaded eliminating the drug by banning its sale in local stores and, somewhat following Franklin’s lead, other communities set out to enact similar local prohibitions.

Tilton Det. Matt Dawson said members of his department saw five overdoses in 2010 but, after contacting federal and state authorities about the problem, were told the federal government was including some of the key ingredients in the Controlled Substances Act as of March of 2011.

According to a paper issued by the DEA, sophisticated marketing have led to people believing the use of these synthetic cannabinoids are legal alternatives to marijuana. They are typically advertised as herbal salts and or incense and packages are typically labeled “not for human ingestion.”

Both Dawson and Adams said the synthetic cannabanoids are more difficult to get since the federal prohibitions but are still problems within their communities.

Adams said Major was taken by ambulance to Frankin Regional Hospital. Police continue to investigate.

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ARCHERY from page one its grand opening in 2001, facilities and program manager Tom Flynn said many people aren’t aware of its existence.

“We were trying to find a way to increase our activity in the winter time,” said Flynn. “What better way than to have an archery league indoors?”

On Tuesday and Thursday evenings, members of the league show up to the center’s archery range and try to be the most accurate archer of the night. They aim at critter-shaped targets 20 yards down range.

Hitting a silver dollar-sized target centered over the animal’s vital organs earns five points. Landing an arrow in a slightly larger circle is good for three points, and hitting the animal elsewhere is worth a point. Archers keep their own score in a league that Flynn said is competitive yet fun.

Participants in the league range drive from as far as an hour away, said Flynn, and range in skill from intermediates to life-long archers. That range is demonstrated by Dave Dillon and Mark Lesnewski, friends and Gilford residents, who decided to join the league together. Dillon has been around bows since he was a kid and joined the league because it sounded like more fun than merely practicing at home. “This is a lot better than the basement,” he said.

For Lesnewski, though, the league is a chance for him to exercise his still-developing skills. He picked up archery a couple of years ago and so far has only practiced with targets, fearing that he wasn’t yet accurate enough to attempt bow hunting. By participating in the league, shooting shoulder-to-shoulder with other archers, he has a chance to test his abilities. “I’m doing alright,” he said. “I’m already increasing as we speak. The more you shoot, the better you know your bow.”

“Hunting is a tool for wildlife management,” said Flynn. Those uneducated about the sport, he’s found, often harbor unfair stereotypes about hunters and their effect on wildlife population. However, Flynn said the real picture of the sport is one that supports wildlife.

Of course, unregulated hunting has had devastating effects. The passenger pidgeon’s extinction, Flynn said,

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is one notorious example. Another is the eradication of turkeys from New Hampshire. However, thanks to a re-population effort taken by his department in the 1970s, turkeys are now found in every corner of the state. Their prevalence leads Flynn to recommend that beginner hunters set out for them instead of white-tail deer, which remain elusive though the statewide population is estimated at a healthy 85,000, according to the Fish & Game website.

The health of the two game species is evidence in Flynn’s eyes that management works. If it is to work, though, hunters are required, both as a means to keep populations in check as well as a source of funding for the department’s operation. The department doesn’t get any funding from the state’s general fund. Instead, its funds come partly from federal sources but mostly from license fees paid by hunters and fishermen.

According to Flynn, there are about 60,000 licensed hunters in the state, a figure that has been stable for several years. However, with about 1.3-million living

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in the state, there’s plenty of room for growth. Flynn said, “I’d like to see more hunters. Without hunters, who else is going to fund the department to manage the resources?”

The Owl Brook Hunter Education Center’s reason for existence is to further that goal. Many of its programs and facilities are designed to make the traditions and techniques of hunting, for generations passed down from parent to child, available to those who were raised in a suburban lifestyle. The center runs a popular program for youth during the summer. This weekend, the center will be hosting an installment of the “Becoming an Outdoorswoman” program. On March 3, the facility will host a workshop to explain how to hunt snowshoe hares with beagles. Another upcoming workshop explains how to field dress an animal. The most popular offerings are workshops on turkey hunting.

Flynn said many of the people who sign up for programs are simply curious about hunting. He’s okay with that, even if people don’t sign up for a hunting license he feels good to have removed a few misconceptions from the general population. Still, he hopes to inspire a few people to gain the necessary skills and head out into the woods for sport.

It’s working, at least in Lesnewski’s case. In past hunting seasons he hasn’t felt comfortable enough with his accuracy to take aim at a live animal. For ethical hunters, the least desirable outcome is a non-lethal strike, one which will cause the animal great pain and suffering. At the Owl Brook range, Lesnewski said, “I can see what I’m doing is adequate,” adding that he’s looking forward to the next bowhunting season. “I’ve got the confidence that I can take down a kill cleanly, I want to be sure that I can get a clean death.” The league, he said, “Is a great opportunity to come out during the winter time. This is awesome.”

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Gunstock Ski Club hosts 28th annual Tony Buttinger Memorial Slalom

Klaus Buttinger (far left) and his daughter Anneliese (far right) present trophies for the fastest time on the hill on Sunday at the 28th annual Tony Buttinger Memorial Slalom held by the Gunstock Ski Club. Award winners (center left and right) were Chad Hamblet and Maureen Shumway, both from the Gunstock Ski Club. The race is held annually by the Gunstock Ski Club to raise funds to support the GSC and to keep Tony’s memory alive. Donations from the Gilford Rotary and Pike Industries, Inc., as well as many ski club families, made this race possible. (Courtesy photo)

GILFORD — On Sunday, February 12, the Gunstock Ski Club hosted the 28th annual Tony Buttinger Memorial Slalom. This event attracted almost 160 junior racers from all over New Hampshire and a few from nearby states.

The race was held on the Cannonball trail at the Gunstock Mountain Resort, beginning at 9:30 AM. Racers got two runs and winners are calculated using combined run times.

The race honors the son of Klaus Buttinger of Gilford, who died in a skiing accident following a race at Gunstock in 1984. Tony was 13 at the time of the accident, and a plaque hangs in his memory at the GSC Clubhouse. This annual race raises money to help the GSC, and in turn to help young

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The top 3 finishers in each age group received beautiful handcrafted crystal trophies and from Pepi Hermann Crystal in Gilford.

Places 4 through 10 received unique glass medals from Native Son Studio in Belmont. These traditional awards are a hallmark of this event and were made possible through the generosity in particular of Pike Industries, Inc., and the Gilford Rotary, as well as many ski club families and friends who donated to the fund to make this event possible.

The top three finishers in class J-6 girls (ages 8 and under) were: Sophie Scerbin,Jacklyn Tracy, and Emily Charleston. Boys winners were James Davis, Kyle Rivard, and Christopher Bennett.

The winners in class J-5 girls (ages 9 and 10) were: Elese Sommer, Zoe Zimmermann, and Ella Davis. Top three boys finishers were Ben Charleston, Drew

Curtis, and Maxx Parys.

Award winners in class J-4 girls (ages 11 and 12) were: Maureen Shumway, Nicole Gonya, and Hanna Bancroft. Boys receiving top three awards were Chad Hamblet, Thomas Turpin, and Fletcher Robbins.

Trophies given for the fastest time on the hill for girls and for boys went to Maureen Shumway and Chad Hamblet, both from the Gunstock Ski Club.

The Gunstock Ski Club was created in 1918 and is the oldest organized ski club in the state of New Hampshire. Sanctioned by the US Ski Association (USSA) and the NH Alpine Racing Association (NHARA), GSC is a parent managed non-profit program designed to offer young skiers (ages 6 to 18) onslope training promoting individual as well as team competition and a life long respect for the sport. To learn more about the GSC program and to find out how to join, visit their website at www.gunstockskiclub. com.

Native American lecture next Tuesday evening at Laconia Public Library

LACONIA — The Laconia Historical & Museum Society will host a Native American Lecture Program as presented by Linda Perkins on Tuesday, February 21 at 7 p.m. at the Laconia Public Library.

Perkins is a member of the NH Inter-Tribal Native American Council and is of Abenaki descent. She was born in Laconia and is the great grand-daughter of Walter Torrey, for whom Torrey Park in Lakeport is named. She will discuss New England tribes and how they differ from other tribes and will be presenting many examples of New England tribal art forms.

Refreshments will be served. Admission is free and donations are gratefully accepted.

For more information about the Native American Lecture call the Laconia Historical and Museum Society at 527-1278, email www.lhmslpl@metrocast. net or visit www.laconiahistorical.org.

Gilmanton School hosting Candidates’ Night on Wednesday

GILMANTON — Gilmanton School’s Student Leadership Team will be hosting Candidates’ Night on Wednesday, February 22 at 6 p.m. The event will take place in the cafeteria at the Gilmanton School.

Residents are invited to come and learn more about each candidate before voting at the polls.

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Lakes Region Real Estate Market Report / Roy Sanborn

Indicating indicators As I was compiling the sales numbers for January, I was a little disappointed in the totals until I looked at January of 2011, which was actually pretty abysmal. While 48 single family homes changing hands at an average sales price of $148,500 doesn’t seem like a banner month, compare that to the 37 sales last January (at an average of $185k) and it looks like things are really rocking! That’s a 30-percent increase in sales. The average days on market also dropped from 192 to 165 this past month. There were a number of pretty quick sales at, or very close to, full price.

There were also several sales that came in over the asking price. That seems like a pretty good indicator to me that things might be looking up

just a bit.

There are lots of economic indicators that are tracked by everyone from way up high in the government right on down to mom and pop businesses that might be thinking about making investments in their business. Things like the gross domestic product forecasts, durable goods orders, factory orders, retail sales, construction spending, and of course new home sales to name just a few. It seems like one month the news is better and the next month it is down. Sometimes some indicators are strong and other are sucking wind. I guess it all depends on which way that wind is blowing. And it always seems like this month’s numbers are revised down-

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Even in the local real estate market things are up and down but overall things “feel” like they are getting a little stronger. Agents are busy right now. That’s a good indicator to me.

I did a little research to see if I could find some economic indicators that people would have a little more faith in. You know, something that means something to the average guy on the street.

Who understands pork belly futures and the GDP anyway? I cranked up the old Apple II (you know, the one that had the floppy disks) and did an in depth search of the web for some little talked about indicators that you can really count on.

The first is men’s underwear. The “Undies Indicator” states that the sales of men’s underwear typically are very stable because they are considered a necessity (other than for the guys that work at Chippendales.) When the economy slows down, guys will stretch things a little and wear their undies until they’ve gotten pretty thin. Even Alan Greenspan has referred to this indicator. I’m not sure if that gives it more or less credence. Anyway, sales have been on the upswing since 2009 so that’s a good sign. If you think I’m making this stuff up, “Google” it.

Another indicator is that in tough times people sell their cemetery plots. Hey, you gotta eat, right?

A cemetery manager in Florida told the Wall Street Journal that he has even had a widow sell her plot next to her spouse because she needed to pay the rent. Well, he was probably a pain in the butt anyway.

I checked Craig’s list to see if I could find any plots for sale in Laconia and didn’t find one. That must mean things are going good locally, right?

They say another good indicator is how many people hike the Appalachian Trail! The theory is if the economy is bad there are more people headed into the woods. Your boss tells you to take a hike, you take it literally, and try to make the 2,180 mile trek from Georgia to Mt. Katahdin in Maine. Hey, it probably beats pounding the pavement looking for a see SANBORN page 16

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SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21).

Sometimes popularity causes you to seem noncommittal. There are so many faces to greet that you have to keep moving along. Everyone enjoys your company for a short time.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19). The chaos subsides, if only long enough to let you take part in a quiet, gentle pastime. For a while, you’ll find inner peace and change your experience of the world.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). You have passion working in your heart, and you’re not afraid to show it. Your conviction is the one factor that will make the difference between getting the job done or not.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). You’ll hear news about someone you used to know well. There’s no time to waste in being jealous. Get busy creating the kind of success that is the cruelest revenge!

TODAY’S BIRTHDAY (Feb. 18).

You’ll focus on issues of identity and discover who you are at deeper levels.

You have a knack for surrounding yourself with good people. Partnerships bring pleasure and delight. In March, you’ll do a new job well and be met with approval. You will economize in April so that you can enjoy luxury later.

Capricorn and Sagittarius people adore you. Your lucky numbers are: 4, 14, 3, 29 and 6.

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ARIES (March 21-April 19). There are things you did because at the time it felt as though it was your only option.

You didn’t know any better then, and now you do. So forgive yourself, and get on with your brand-new day.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20). Waste no time in wishing you were more like so-and-so. You’re not. You’re you -equally wondrous and different from any person in the world. Each path is unique.

GEMINI (May 21-June 21). It feels as though you’ve lived many lifetimes.

Friends remember funny incidences from your past. You’ll likely be caught off guard by the memories, which is what makes them so funny.

CANCER (June 22-July 22). Theoretical knowledge is just the beginning of learning. You have to experience a task fully to understand how it works.

Make arrangements to get into a job and get your hands dirty.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). It’s true that not everyone can wrap their head around who you are. But embrace your contradictions anyway. They make you more attractive. And cherish the person who delights in your complexity.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). You’ll be like the tortoise now, plodding slowly along. Your pace doesn’t matter as much as your direction and determination. As long as you don’t stop, you’ll be victorious.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). However you think things should be, there will be someone who thinks otherwise. A compromise might work, but you’ll be happier doing things your way today.

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––––––– ALMANAC ––––––– Today is Saturday, Feb. 18, the 49th day of 2012. There are 317 days left in the year.

Today’s Highlight in History: On Feb. 18, 1861, Jefferson Davis was sworn in as provisional president of the Confederate States of America in Montgomery, Ala. On this date: In 1546, Martin Luther, leader of the Protestant Reformation in Germany, died in Eisleben.

In 1564, artist Michelangelo died in Rome.

In 1735, the first opera presented in America, “Flora, or Hob in the Well,” was performed in present-day Charleston, S.C. In 1885, Mark Twain’s “Adventures of Huckleberry Finn” was published in the U.S. for the first time.

In 1930, photographic evidence of Pluto (now designated a “dwarf planet”) was discovered by Clyde W. Tombaugh at Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff, Ariz.

In 1953, “Bwana Devil,” the movie that heralded the 3D fad of the 1950s, had its New York opening.

In 1960, the 8th Winter Olympic Games were formally opened in Squaw Valley, Calif., by Vice President Richard M. Nixon.

In 1970, the “Chicago Seven” defendants were found not guilty of conspiring to incite riots at the 1968 Democratic national convention; five were convicted of violating the Anti-Riot Act of 1968 (those convictions were later reversed).

In 1972, the California Supreme Court struck down the state’s death penalty.

In 1977, the space shuttle Enterprise, sitting atop a Boeing 747, went on its maiden “flight” above the Mojave (moh-HAH’-vee) Desert.

In 1984, Italy and the Vatican signed an accord under which Roman Catholicism ceased to be the state religion of Italy.

In 2001, auto racing star Dale Earnhardt Sr. died in a crash at the Daytona 500; he was 49.

One year ago: The United States vetoed a U.N. resolution that would have condemned Israeli settlements as illegal and called for a halt in all settlement building; the 14 other Security Council members voted in favor of the measure.

Today’s Birthdays: Former Cosmopolitan editor Helen Gurley Brown is 90. Actor George Kennedy is 87. Former Sen. John Warner, R-Va., is 85. Author Toni Morrison is 81. Movie director Milos (MEE’-lohsh) Forman is 80. Singer Yoko Ono is 79. Singer-songwriter Bobby Hart is 73.

Singer Irma Thomas is 71. Singer Herman Santiago (Frankie Lymon and the Teenagers) is 71.

Singer Dennis DeYoung is 65. Actress Sinead Cusack is 64. Actress Cybill Shepherd is 62.

Singer Juice Newton is 60. Singer Randy Crawford is 60. Rock musician Robbie Bachman is 59. Rock musician Larry Rust (Iron Butterfly) is 59. Actor John Travolta is 58. Game show host Vanna White is 55. Actress Jayne Atkinson is 53.

Actress Greta Scacchi (SKAH’-kee) is 52. Actor Matt Dillon is 48. Rapper Dr. Dre is 47. Actress Molly Ringwald is 44. Actress Sarah Brown is 37.

Actor Kristoffer Polaha is 35. Singer-musician Sean Watkins (Nickel Creek) is 35. Actor Tyrone Burton is 33. Rock-singer musician Regina Spektor is 32. Actor Shane Lyons is 24. Actress Maiara Walsh is 24.

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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.

Winterfest at Prescott Farm Environment Education Center in Laconia. 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. More information at www.prescottfarm.org.

Benefit spaghetti supper at the First United Methodist Church in Gilford. 5 to 6:30 p.m. Proceeds will be used to support Jessica Alward and her son Braeden, who will be traveling to Haiti for worth with Experience Mission in April. $10, with kids under 5 eating for free.

Laconia Little League registration session. 8 a.m. to noon at the Community Center on Union Avenue. Any boy or girl from Laconia, Belmont & Gilford who is age 5-12 is welcome to play.

Gilmanton Year-Round Library “Icebreaker”. 6:30 p.m. at the Gilmanton Academy. Hearty appetizers and desserts in a cafe-style atmosphere. (BYOB mixers provided.) Entertainment by jazz pianist Tom Robinson. Silent auction. $15 per person at the door.

Open Door Dinners offer free weekly meal in Tilton.

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

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

Lakes Region Lyme Support Group meeting. Third Saturday of each month from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Laconia Middle School. For victims and support people of those with chronic Lyme and other tick-borne diseases. Questions? Leave message for Nancy at 1-888-596-5698.

Separated/Divorced Persons Support Group meeting.

6 to 8 p.m. on the first and third Saturdays of each month at St. Joseph Catholic Church in Belmont. Compassion and affirmation in a confidential atmosphere. Refreshments.

Scholarships available. For more information call the rectory at 267-8174 or Ginny Timmons at 286-7066.

Tilton Winter Farmers’ Market. 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. every Saturday through March across Rte. 3 from Tilton AutoServ.

27 vendors. www.TiltonWinterFarmersMarket.com.

Artsy Saturday at the Meredith Public Library. 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Drop by the Children’s Room to discover how to build and take home a Lincoln Penny Pendant. Bring a shiny penny from home. For all ages.

SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 19 Harper Lee’s “To Kill A Mockingbird” on stage at the Winnipesaukee Playhouse at Weirs Beach. 2 p.m. matinee.

Ticket information at 366-7377. www.winniplayhouse.org.

Super Snowflakes program at the Squam Lake Natural Science Center in Holderness. 1 to 2:30 p.m. Participants will investigate shapes, learn when they can make with snow and create a snowflake craft An outside adventure. Adult must accompany child. Registration required at 968-7194 or info@ nhnature.org. $7/member of $9/non-member.

Moultonborough Meet the Candidates Night. 6:30 p.m. at the Lions Club. Town and school candidates, moderated by Jerry Hopkins.

Buffet breakfast featuring omelettes offered in Alton

by Masons. 7 to 11 a.m. At lodge on Route 28 South.

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Overeaters Anonymous offers a program of recovery from compulsive eating using the Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions of OA. Monday nights at 7:00 p.m. at the Laconia Congregational Church Parish Hall. Call and leave a message for Elizabeth at 630-9969 for more information.

Parish of Blessed Andre Bessette Respect Life Committee meeting. 7 p.m. at the Sacred Heart School Gym in Laconia, front room. Public welcome. For more information call 528-2326 or 524-8335.

Laconia Chapter of Barbershop Harmony Society meeting. 7:15 to 9:30 p.m. at the Gilford Community Church. Guests and singers of all ages and skills are invited to attend these Monday night rehearsals. For more information call Guy Haas at 279-2230.

18+ pick-up basketball at the Meredith Community Center. 6:30 to 8 p.m. $1 per session.

Mahjong game time at the Gilford Public Library. 12:30 to 3 p.m. New players welcome.

Open pinochle game at the Good Shepherd Lutheran Church (Parade Road) in Laconia. 6:30 p.m. All are welcome.

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Three employees promoted at The Inns & Spa at Mill Falls in Meredith MEREDITH — The Inns & Spa at Mill Falls has announced the promotion of three employees: Jack Widmer to Corporate Controller, Andy Lamoureux to Assistant General Manager of Finance and Operations, and Natalie Cournoyer to Rooms Division Manager.

A resident of Tuftonboro resident, Widmer has served as Controller since 1995 for Hampshire Hospitality Holdings, Inc., parent company of The Inns & Spa at Mill Falls. In his new role as Corporate Controller he will be responsible for all financial reporting and banking relationships.

Widmer graduated with an accounting degree from SUNY New Paltz and Nassau Community College. Active in the community, Widmer serves on the Governor Wentworth Regional School Board, the New Hampshire School Boards Association, and is treasurer for the town of Tuftonboro, Carroll County

and the Melvin Village Community Church.

He also serves as an advisory board member for the Lakes Region Humane Society. He lives with his wife of 40 years, and has a daughter and three-year-old grandson.

Andy Lamoureux was promoted from Guest Services Manager to Assistant General Manager of Finance Jack Widmer and Operations at The Inns & Spa at Mill Falls. A resident of Gilford, Lamoureux started at The Inns & Spa at Mill Falls in 2001 as Front Desk Associ-

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ate. He was promoted to Supervisor, then to Guest Services Manager. A native of Woonsocket, Rhode Island, he graduated from Providence College. He has spent his career in the hospitality industry, and has worked as the General Manager at the Manor on Golden Pond, and was the interim manager at The GunAndy Lamoureaux stock Inn. Natalie Cournoyer, who has worked for The Inns & Spa at Mill Falls for more than 13 years, was promoted from Reservations Manager to Rooms Division Manager. Cournoyer was born in Laconia, raised in Gilmanton, and graduated from Gilford High School.

“These three employees have brought leadership, commitment, and integrity to the Inns,” said Gail Batstone, General Manager of the Inns. “They are a constant source of motivation and inspiration to the other employees and we are proud to recognize them for their outstanding service.”

Natalie Cournoyer

SANBORN from page 13 job and you might not walk as many miles either. They say the number of hikers is up on the trail so this is really not the positive indicator that I am looking for.

But at least we now know where some of the 2.8-million people that stopped looking for work went. It must be crowded out there on the trail. Maybe some of the unemployed will turn into entrepreneurs and set up hot dog stands along the way?

The Hemline Index is a well known economic indicator which has been fairly accurate. When hemlines are up and mini-skirts are in vogue the economy is generally doing pretty darn well. Right after the stock market crash in 1929 hemlines dropped overnight. Hemlines are currently both up and down at the same time. So are stocks and everyone’s moods.

The number of divorces are also an indicator of how well the economy is doing. Between 2006 and 2009 the number of divorces dropped about 7-percent nationally. With a bad economy battling spouses can’t afford the legal costs to get unhitched and they don’t have the ability to buy out each other’s interest in the family farm. I couldn’t find the divorce rate published for 2011, but several articles stated there was an uptick in the number indicating that things might be getting better on the economic front.

But the best economic indicator I can think of is the number of cement trucks you see on the road.

When things were booming you couldn’t drive anywhere without seeing a half dozen cement trucks on the road. Now, not so much. But I did see one just the other day and it was pretty exciting. There is another plausible explanation though to their rather conspicuous disappearance on our byways. It could be just possible that all the trucks could be out pouring cement walkways on the Appalachian Trail to accommodate the huge influx of unemployed hikers.

Log on to my blog at www.lakesregionrealestatenews.com and leave me your thoughts on this report or the real estate market in general.You can also receive these reports by email. Roy Sanborn is a REALTOR® for Roche Realty Group, at 97 Daniel Webster Highway in Meredith and can be reached at 677-8420. Data was compiled as of 1/15/12 using the Northern New England Real Estate MLS System.

THE LACONIA DAILY SUN, Saturday, February 18, 2012 — Page 17

Meadowbrook Foundation planning to bring SmartMusic to Gilford schools GILFORD — The Meadowbrook Charitable Foundation is pleased to announce that it will be leading the charge and providing the funding for the addition of state-of-the-art music education software, SmartMusic, to Gilford schools.

SmartMusic is award-winning software that provides the ideal practice environment for students involved in band or chorus. With a subscription to

SmartMusic, students can do assignments at home given to them by their teacher and get an instant assessment of how they did. They can then record and listen to each performance until they are satisfied and send to their teacher who will assess, score and build a portfolio to track the student’s progress over time.

Thanks to funds raised at their Annual Meadowbrook Foundation

LACONIA — Laconia Area Community Land Trust (LACLT) and Franklin Savings Bank are teaming up to offer a free two-hour ‘’Debt Triage’’ workshop on Thursday evening, February 23, from 6-8 p.m. at the Laconia Police Dept. Community Room.

A certificate is presented upon completion. To register call Debra Drake, Homeownership Director of Laconia Area Community Land Trust, 5240747. Space is limited.

LACLT, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, is a member of NeighborWorks America and is supported in part by membership donations and the Lakes Region United Way. Its mission is to assist low and moderate income families achieve economic self-sufficiency through the development of permanently affordable housing opportunities and associated support programs. For more information about LACLT and its programs, call 524-0747, or visit www.laclt.org.

Free debt workshop set for Feb. 23

Golf Tournament, the Foundation is happy to lend its support with up to $30,000 in funding to get the program up and running. Working closely with Paul Warnick, Gilford’s Middle School music teacher, they hope to have the program rolled out as soon as possible.

The Foundation will fund all set-up costs including up to six new computers to run the system, three projection boards for classrooms, all the teachers’ annual subscriptions for SmartMusic, as well as scholarships for any children who are not able to cover the $30 a year subscription fee.

“With SmartMusic loaded onto a computer, a music student never has to practice alone. Music is a language and just as young children learn to read and speak with the daily guid-

Environmental project grants available MOULTONBOROUGH— The Miller Environmental Education Fund (MEEF) is now accepting applications for grant funding for 2012.

These grants are meant to support interested applicants who will have direct contact with Moultonborough children through environmental projects and learning experiences.

Projects that qualify may include: construction of nature trails, wild life monitoring, water quality monitoring or climate change awareness, outdoor classroom activities and supplies, funds can be used to support operations for projects of this type (transportation, supplies, etc.)

Projects previously funded by MEEF have included: Project Home Butterfly

SANBORNTON — The Sanbornton Congregational Church plans a Lenten series ‘’Healing: The Journey toward Wholeness’’ which will be facilitated by Ruth Martz.

The series will be held 6-8 p.m. on Wednesday nights at the church on Meeting House Road with a soup and bread supper served 6-6:45 p.m. followed by a presentation and discussion of the weekly theme from 6:50-8 p.m.

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Garden, Outdoor Classroom Natural Garden, Moultonborough Academy Outing Club, and 5th Grade Growing Space.

MEEF was developed in 2007 out of a profound appreciation for the service and dedication of Michele Miller, former principal of Moultonborough Central School and the 2006 NH Environmental Educator of the Year award recipient. Because this fund was so recently established, grants this year will be available in amounts up to $2400.

Those who have any questions or would like to receive an application call Frances Strayer, Project Manager, at 476-5535, or e-mail fstrayer@sau45. org. Electronic applications must be received on or before March 20.

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ance and example from their parents and families, music students need reinforcement and feedback in order to progress as musicians,” commented Warnick.

Gilford will be the pilot school system where there are over 400 students enrolled in either band or chorus grades 4-12. The Foundation’s hope and vision, however is to one day provide SmartMusic in all Lakes Region schools.

Meadowbrook Foundation President, Cassandra Bradley said “We couldn’t be happier to provide such top of the line software to our local school system. Music is very near and dear to our hearts and we truly believe in the importance of music education for children of all ages.”

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ANNIE’S MAILBOX

Dear Annie: My 20-year-old nephew has been a troubled youth, despite all the attempts of his family to help him, including counseling and rehab. When he was 18, he became involved with a messed-up 14-year-old girl who used drugs, alcohol and sex to get her way.

A year ago, my nephew’s family moved out of state, but last fall he reconnected with the old girlfriend via Facebook. The girl’s father bought my nephew a plane ticket to come visit. She is now a spoiled 17-year-old dropout who refuses to get a job. Worse yet, while visiting, my nephew also reconnected with all their former drug-using “friends.” My nephew is now back with his family, but the girl constantly texts and calls. It seems she is planning to run away and join him. His family is furious. They hadn’t known about the plane ticket and never wanted him involved with this girl. They are trying to get him back into rehab, but he refuses to do anything to help himself. Any ideas? -- Florida Dear Florida: It is terribly sad when a child is so self-destructive that you can only sit and watch. But your nephew is a legal adult, and there isn’t much the family can do to change his behavior. Please urge them to contact Families Anonymous (familiesanonymous.org) and Because I Love You (bily.org) for help, suggestions and emotional support.

Dear Annie: Several years ago, you printed an essay about a dog who had lived a long life and had become old and sickly and wanted his master to do him a favor and let him die. It was written from the dog’s viewpoint, and I think of it often. Would it be possible to rerun it? -- Rockford, Ill.

Dear Rockford: Thank you for asking. We last printed this in 2007, and several readers have requested it since then. Here it is: A Dog’s Plea by Beth Norman Harris Treat me kindly, my beloved friend, for no heart in all the world is more grateful for kindness than the loving heart of me.

Do not break my spirit with a stick, for though I might lick your hand between blows, your patience and understanding will more quickly teach me the things you would have me learn.

Speak to me often, for your voice is the world’s sweetest music, as you must know by the fierce wagging of my tail when the sound of your footstep falls upon my waiting ear.

Please take me inside when it is cold and wet, for I am a domesticated animal, no longer accustomed to bitter elements. I ask no greater glory than the privilege of sitting at your feet beside the hearth.

Keep my pan filled with fresh water, for I cannot tell you when I suffer thirst.

Feed me clean food that I might stay well, to romp and play and do your bidding, to walk by your side and stand ready, willing and able to protect you with my life, should your life be in danger.

And, my friend, when I am very old, and I no longer enjoy good health, hearing and sight, do not make heroic efforts to keep me going. I am not having any fun.

Please see that my trusting life is taken gently. I shall leave this Earth knowing with the last breath I draw that my fate was always safest in your hands.

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

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

Animals

Auctions

Autos

Autos

LABRADOR RETRIEVER

David Cross Auction

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.

2003 GMC Sierra 2500 HD with plow, 33k miles. Needs transmission & drive shaft. Sandwich $8000. (603)476-2200 weekdays.

Puppies AKC bred for quality and temperament. All 3 colors.

In home raised. Taking deposits. (603)664-2828.

Announcement ALZHEIMER SUPPORT GROUP Looking to start Alzheimer patient group to meet, to eat, to talk and to have some fun. Need a place to Call Jordan at meet.

603-968-4088.

IF you used Yaz/ Yazmin/ Ocella birth control pills or a NuvaRing contraceptive between 2001 and the present and developed blood clots, suffered a stroke, heart attack or required gall bladder removal you may be entitled to compensation. Call Attorney Charles Johnson 1-800-535-5727.

PAT is back! Superclean Laundromat. Clean & Restored.

Right next to LHS. 7am-7pm, 7 days.

PELVIC/ Transvaginal Mesh?

Did you undergo transvaginal placement of mesh for pelvic organ prolapse or stress urinary incontinence between 2005 and present time? If the patch required removal due to complications, you may be entitled to compensation. Call Johnson Law and speak with female staff members 1-800-535-5727.

SCUBA LESSONS! Start now with online videos and pool sessions. Great exercise! Call Central NH Divers 279-9099 WE Pay CA$H for GOLD and SILVER No hotels, no waiting.

603-279-0607, Thrifty Yankee, Rte. 25, Meredith, NH.

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

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

Autos

BUYING junk cars and trucks ME & NH. Call for price. Martin Towing. (603)305-4504.

2002 Nissan Sentra Spec-V, 4 cylinder, 6-speed, good gas mileage, $2995/ obo. Call Shane 603-848-0530

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

2003 Dodge Dakota SLT 4x2: Single cab, V-6, 5-Speed, red, Florida truck with no rust. Great shape, 121k miles. $2,995. Call Phil, 393-7786.

OUTBOARD MOTOR DISPLAY, Belknap Mall opposite CVS, or visit www.outboardrepower.NET

BOATS

BOATS

For Rent

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

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.

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.

GILFORD Lease to Own - $1,100/Mo. 5% or $10k Down 3 bedrooms, oversized garage/ workshop, need 5% or $10k down and owner will finance the rest.

For pictures and more info, Call 393-5756.

GILMANTON Iron Works Village.

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

GILFORD- One-bedroom, second floor includes heat/HW, electricity. $740/Month. One month!s rent & security required. 603-731-0340.

Gilford- 1 bedroom, includes all utilities, washer/dryer. TV, Internet. Great view! No smokers/pets. $850/Month. 293-8976 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 subsidized apartment. Must be elderly or disabled. Preferece given to elderly applicants with extremely low income. ($14,800 or lower).

EHO. Please call Mary at Stewart Property Management 603-641-2163 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 apt.near park & Beach. Washer/dryer hook-up, off-street parking. $900/Month + utilities. 455-6983

New Franklin Apartments, LLC 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 Or TTY 1-800-735-2964 1997 Volkswagen Golf. Runs good, great on gas. $1,895 or best offer. 630-0957 2000 Pontiac Grand Prix GT 4-door, 160K runs great, good shape, $2000 takes it. 393-9954.

2001 Dodge Maxi-Van. 15 passenger, 126K miles. Asking $3,995. 520-4864

Home Sweet Home With Affordable Housing UNITS WIHT RENTAL ASSISTANCE AVAILABLE NOW! at PRINCE HAVEN APARTMENTS All utilities included Plymouth, N.H. (Prince Haven has an elderly preference) If you are 62, disabled or handicapped, (regardless of age), and meet annual income guidelines, you may qualify for our one-bedroom apts.

Call today to see if you qualify.

603-224-9221 TDD # 1-800-545-1833 Ext. 118

or Download an application at www.hodgescompanies.com Housing@hodgescompanies.com 40% of our vacancies will be rented to applicants with Extremely Low Income.

Rent is based on your household size and income.

An Equal Opportunity Housing Agent

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For Rent

For Rent

For Rent

LACONIA Large 2-bedroom, WD hook-up, no pets/smokers. References & security, parking & storage. $850/month +utilities.

528-5945

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

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

LACONIA, NH Three Bedroom Apartments $700.00 per month, utilities Not Included. NEW YEAR SPECIAL Security Deposit, $700. First “full months rent is free”. Section 8 Welcome, Income Restrictions Apply. Well Maintained Units, Off Street Parking, No Pets Allowed.

CONTACT US TODAY FOR MORE INFO! 1-800-742-4686, The Hodges Companies 201 Loudon Road Concord, NH 03301 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 Laconia- Great downtown Location. Rooms for rent. Share kitchen & bath. Utilities included. $107-$115/Week.

524-1884 LACONIA: 2 bedroom, 2nd floor in duplex building. $230/week including heat, electric & hot water, 524-1234 www.whitemtrentals.com.

LACONIA- Large Rooms for rent.

Private bath, heat/hot water, electric, cable, parking included. $145/week 603-781-6294 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 LACONIA-DUPLEX 2 bedroom 1 bath, washer/dryer hookups, garage. $900/month, heat included. References & security deposit. No pets or smokers.

524-8886 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.

MEREDITH: 2-bedroom, 1st floor, nice apartment. Walk to docks/village. Washer/dryer hookups, Non-smoking, utilites not included. $750. 279-7887 or 781-862-0123.

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

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

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

Hillside Apartments Meredith, NH Call today to see if you qualify.

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

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

496-8639.

For Rent-Vacation

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

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

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

For Rent-Commercial AFFORDABLE upscale new Laconia space +/- 400 SF over Subway. Heat, elec., a/c included Lease 1 year. (603)279-6463.

DESIRABLE location, easy access, good traffic count, many national franchises +/-950 SF attractive Laconia building Lease $800 mo. (603)528-0696.

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.

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).

NORTHFIELD: 3 bedroom trailer with additions and storage shed in small park with on-site laundromat, $230/week including heat, electric & hot water.

524-1234. www.whitemtrentals.com.

Spacious units, on-site laundry and parking, all utilities included, 24-hour maintenance, rent based on 30% of your Adjusted Gross Income, deductions for medical expenses.

For Sale

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.

3 furnished offices, bathroom, shared conference space, all Utilities, HEAT, snow plowing included.

LACONIA: Gilbert Apartments.

Call for available apartments.

524-4428

One Bedroom Units Designed for Elderly (Over 62), Handicap, or Disabled Individuals, Regardless of age.

For Sale

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.

Laconia Office Suite

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

455-5569.

Accepting applications for our waiting list (Rental Assistance)

For Rent

$499 per mo. / 500 ft.

Call Christopher Boothby

603-524-9090 cboothby@msn.com

TILTON

2-Bedroom, 2-Bath, 2nd floor apartment, offstreet parking, locked storage & basement, beautifully renovated including washer and dryer. $975/month includes heat, hot water, a/c & snow removal.

No pets/smoking.

934-2788

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.

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

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

528-5202 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 BUREAU: Maple, 11-drawers, comes with large matching 3-sided mirror, quality construction, 66”W x 19”D x 34”H. $250.

496-8639.

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

Delivery extra. 524-8028.

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.

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

Seasoned firewood. $250. Also, logging, landclearing & tree work (all phases). 393-8416 I buy old stuff. House, barn, attic contents. 528-0247.

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

875-5502 MILWAUKEE 0-500 rpm right angle heavy duty drill: Brand new, in box, $125. Call 293-2026.

New Yorker Cast Iron Oil Fired Boiler New, never installed, complete with paperwork.

model# CL3-140-PWT-TBWIZ Serial # 65232257

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

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

TIRES: (4) Michelin Harmony 89T, 3k miles, P195/65R15, $480 new. Asking $300. 524-5117, days.

WOODSTOVE, Vermont Casting Defiant $800, large soapstone $500 or $1000 for both. 387-1367.

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.

nyboiler123@gmail.com PELLET Stove: Santa Fe, with smoke pipe, good condtion, $500/ best offer. Call 524-4848.

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

603-491-7017.

SNOWBLOWER, rear mount for tractor, 7-ft. wide, adjustable chute, $1900. 387-1367.

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

Applications Engineer Full Time Candidate must have knowledge in the machine tool industry as well as a mechanical background. Strong CAD and problem solving skills are required. This is a great opportunity to travel and grow within our company.

This is a full time position with an impressive benefits package available along with paid vacations and holidays. Salary is commensurate with experience. If interested, please send resume to the address below. All qualified candidates will be scheduled for an interview. EOE

Mitee-Bite Products LLC PO Box 430, Ctr. Ossipee, NH 03814 • (603)-539-4538

LACONIA SCHOOL DISTRICT LEDGEWOOD ESTATES

Get your name on our waiting list Rental Assistance Available

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

Rent is based upon 30% of your adjusted income.

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

www.hodgescompanies.com

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

2011-2012 ANTICIPATED PARAPROFESSIONAL OPENING HUOT TECHNICAL CENTER

Huot Child Development “Pre-School” Center Position is 3-4 hours per day Contact: Scott Davis, CTE Director Huot Technical Center at Laconia High School 345 Union Avenue Laconia, NH 03246 Please send Letter of Intent, Resume, Transcripts, Certification, and three Letters of Reference. Please visit our web site for information about the Laconia Schools at: www.laconiaschools.org E.O.E.

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.

Taylor Community is an EEOC employer.

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Furniture

Help Wanted Construction Company looking for temporary office person for light office duties including answering multiple phone lines, filing ,etc.

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

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.

Help Wanted ATTENTION Full-Time work available immediately with an up & coming marketing company in the Lakes Region.

Applicants must be motivated and goal oriented with a can-do attitude! All positions are entry level. A background in customer service is desired but not necessary. For an interview, please contact Ian or Allie at 603-528-2237.

Job is temporary starting end of March 2012 and running into Mid June 2012 pay $10-$11 hour based on experience.

Must be able to pass background check. Preemployment drug test also required.

Please apply on person to: Quality Insulation 1 Pease RD Meredith, NH 03253 NO PHONE CALLS PLEASE!!!!

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 DRIVERS: Getting Home is Easier. Chromed out trucks w/ APU's. Chromed out pay package! 90% Drop & Hook CDL-A, 6mos Exp. (888)247-4037.

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 PART TIME ACCOUNTS PAYABLE CLERK wanted for busy Belmont Steel Distributor. Duties include verifying daily receiving and matching with invoices, entering invoices into A/P and preparing weekly check runs. Please send resume to: hpaiva@allmetind.com

Help Wanted

Help Wanted

FULL-TIME year-round office position, 9am-5pm. Will need to perform light bookkeeping, purchasing, filing, customer service, etc. This is a fast-paced business, that requires an energetic fast-paced employee. Quick Books and Customer Service experience are a huge plus.

Health insurance is offered.

Email resume to bodycovers@metrocast.net NO PHONE CALLS PLEASE. 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, NH, 03253.

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

Now Hiring - Evenings

Servers & Bartender (with experience)

Apply in person, 4:30-6pm:

CJ Avery’s

Real Estate

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

BLUE RIBBON PAINTING CO.

Services

279-5755 630-8333

Interior/Exterior Since 1982 ~ Fully Insured

Paper Hanging Bus.

Lakeport (closed Mon & Tues)

Cell

SUMMER positions. Some April thru October. All departments.

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

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.

LOW PRICE ~ QUALITY WORK

Rightway Plumbing and Heating Over 20 Years Experience Fully Insured. License #3647

Call 393-4949

524-4780 OFFICE ASSISTANT/ RECEPTIONIST

Land

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

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.

CONWAY LAKE LOT.Will subordinate to construction loan or other offer. 207-754-1047.

WILL TRADE lAKE LOT, or subordinate to construction loan.

207-754-1047.

Meridian Stretching

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

Our Customers Don t get Soaked!

528-3531

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.

Major credit cards accepted

Motorcycles Buy • Sell • Trade www.motoworks.biz

(603)447-1198. Olson’s Moto Works, RT16 Albany, NH. PURCHASING/SENIOR BUYER wanted for growing New England Industrial Supply Distributor. Experience is helpful but no necessary. Please forward resume with references to: jjones@johnsonsupplycompany.com

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

Sheet Metal Mechanic for Aerospace Work 40 hr week Position

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

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

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