The Laconia Daily Sun, February 24, 2011

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Sherrif readying proposal for policing Barnstead

By Gail OBer

THE LACONIA DAILY SUN

LACONIA — County Commissioners last evening gave Sheriff Craig Wiggin permission to contact the county’s lawyer before presenting his plan to possibly take over the town of Barnstead’s policing needs.

Sheriff Craig Wiggin told commissioners that he had “some hard numbers to present to the folks in Barntead” but needed permission to talk to Atty. Paul Fitzgerald about transferring assets and other legal agreements.

“I don’t think it’ll be a real big deal,” Wiggin said. “It’s pretty straight forward.”

Barnstead’s selectmen have said they would be interested in learning how much taxpayers could save if the town were to contract its community policing to the Belknap County Sheriff’s Department.

Wiggin said the five-member Board of Selectmen, two of whom, including the chairman, are up for re-election in two weeks, are ready to judge his completed evaluation and open the topic for public discussion.

He recommended the commission invite the five members of the Barnstead board to their next meeting on March 23.

“We need to be sure of the process,” said County Administrator Deb Shackett, who supported Wiggin’s request to consult with Fitzgerald.

“It is less expensive to get legal advice in the beginning than in the end if it’s not done right,” said Commissioner Chair Edward Philpot.

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LACONIA — Chinburg Builders, Inc. of Durham plans to convert the last large building that remains on the former Allen-Rogers factory site into 26 residential housing units as well as to extend its approval to replace the building that straddled the Perley Canal before it collapsed two years ago.

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The building, with 20,058 square feet of space — most of within a 212-foot by 89-foot rectangle — was originally intended as commercial space.

Although the downtown condominium units at what is now called Beacon Street West sold briskly, the remaining building attracted neither a tenant nor a buyer. Then came the recession.

Between 2003 and 2006

Chinburg, doing business as Laconia Millworks, LLC, built 70 condominiums — 50 in one building and 20 in another — together with an adjoining parking garage.

According to plans now on file with the city’s Planning Department, the planned units will likely resemble the 20 condominiums along Water Street, which are ranged evenly along

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Gadhafi’s hold on Libya being whittled away as revolt spreads BENGHAZI, Libya (AP) — The scope of Moammar Gadhafi’s control was whittled away Wednesday as major Libyan cities and towns closer to the capital fell to the rebellion against his rule. In the east, now all but broken away, the opposition vowed to “liberate” Tripoli, where the Libyan leader is holed up with a force of militiamen roaming the streets and tanks guarding the outskirts.

In a further sign of Gadhafi’s faltering hold, two air force pilots — one from the leader’s own tribe — parachuted out of their warplane and let it crash into the eastern Libyan desert rather than follow orders to bomb an opposition-held city.

International momentum was building for action to punish Gadhafi’s regime for the bloody crackdown it has unleashed against the uprising that began Feb. 15.

President Barack Obama said the suffering and

bloodshed in Libya “is outrageous and it is unacceptable,” and he directed his administration to prepare a full range of options, including possible sanctions that could freeze the assets and ban travel to the U.S. by Libyan officials.

French President Nicolas Sarkozy raised the possibility of the European Union cutting off economic ties.

Another proposal gaining some traction was for the United Nations to declare a no-fly zone over Libya to prevent it using warplanes to hit protesters. U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay said that if reports of such strikes are confirmed, “there’s an immediate need for that level of protection.”

Italy’s Foreign Minister Franco Frattini said estimates of some 1,000 people killed in the violence in Libya were “credible,” although he stressed information about casualties was incomplete. The New

York-based Human Rights Watch has put the death toll at nearly 300, according to a partial count.

In Tripoli, Gadhafi’s stronghold, protest organizers called for new rallies Thursday and Friday, raising the potential for a more bloody confrontation.

Militiamen and Gadhafi supporters — a mix of Libyans and foreign African fighters bused in — roamed the capital’s main streets, called up Tuesday night by the Libyan leader in a fist-pounding speech in which he vowed to fight to the death. The gunmen fired weapons in the air, chanting “Long live Gadhafi,” and waved green flags. With a steady rain, streets were largely empty, residents said.

In many neighborhoods, residents set up watch groups to keep militiamen out, barricading streets with concrete blocks, metal and rocks, and searching those trying to enter, a Tripoli activist said. see LIBYA page 10

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — On a prank call that quickly spread across the Internet, Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker was duped into discussing his strategy to cripple public employee unions, promising never to give in and joking that he would use a baseball bat in his office to go after political opponents.

Walker believed the caller was a conservative billionaire named David Koch, but it was actually the editor of a liberal online newspaper. The two talked for at least 20 minutes — a conversation in which the governor described several potential ways to pressure Democrats to return to the Statehouse and revealed that his supporters had considered secretly planting people in pro-union protest crowds to stir up trouble.

The call, which surfaced Wednesday, also showed

Walker’s cozy relationship with two billionaire brothers who have poured millions of dollars into conservative political causes, including Walker’s campaign last year.

Walker compared his stand to that taken by President Ronald Reagan when he fired the nation’s airtraffic controllers during a labor dispute in 1981.

“That was the first crack in the Berlin Wall and led to the fall of the Soviets,” Walker said on the recording.

The audio was posted by the Buffalo Beast, a leftleaning website based in Buffalo, N.Y., and quickly went viral.

Ian Murphy told The Associated Press he carried out the prank to show how candidly Walker would speak with Koch even though, according to Demo-

crats, he refuses to return their calls.

Murphy said he arranged the call Tuesday after speaking with two Walker aides, including the governor’s chief of staff. He placed the call using Skype and recorded it.

Walker spokesman Cullen Werwie confirmed that it was Walker’s voice on the call. At a news conference, Walker acknowledged being deceived but stuck to his message that the union changes were needed to balance Wisconsin’s budget.

“I’m not going to let one prank phone call be a distraction from the job we have to do,” Walker said.

“The things I said are the things I’ve said publicly all the time.”

On the call, the governor said he was ratcheting see WISCONSIN page 13

CONCORD (AP) — The New Hampshire House voted Wednesday to end the state’s participation in a cap-and-trade program aimed at reducing carbon emissions at the end of the year.

The House voted 246-104 for a bill that would repeal the law under which the state joined the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative.

New Hampshire is one of 10 Northeastern states participating in a cap-and-trade program for carbon dioxide. Under the program, generators must reduce

pollution or bid at auction for allowances giving them the right to produce certain amounts of carbon dioxide.

Proceeds from the auction are used for energy efficiency programs. Critics complain electric users are funding efficiency programs that don’t directly benefit them.

But Gov. John Lynch, who supports the initiative, says repealing the law would cost ratepayers up to $6 million a year while the state forfeits $12 million a year in funding.

New Hampshire belongs to a regional power pool and that affects the electric rates paid by pool members. If New Hampshire withdraws from RGGI, New Hampshire’s rates would still reflect cap-andtrade costs included in rates by RGGI members that belong to the pool.

Under the bill, Public Service of New Hampshire, which owns three of the five power plants covered by the law, could not recoup from ratepayers costs see CAP & TRADE page 10

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Government policy skews house values everywhere Not Seattle! Home prices in the “Queen City” of the Northwest were not supposed to go south. This isn’t Miami, Phoenix or Las Vegas, where suntanned speculators built big, borrowed big and went bust with a bang.

Yet just as the bubble markets seem to be settling (though on a still sandy bottom), property owners in formerly confident places like Seattle, Minneapolis and Atlanta are seeing their own late-in-the-downturn downturn.

Seattle home prices have fallen 31-percent from their 2007 high, according to economists at Zillow, the real estate website. Zillow thinks Seattle residential property has another 10-percent to go.

If sharp price drops can happen in Seattle, Minneapolis and Atlanta, then real estate is an even riskier investment than previously imagined. But while this development is not good for sellers, it offers a valuable lesson to us all.

Government policies have helped whip up home prices in both bubbly and seemingly froth-free markets.

If Washington, D.C., really wants to help people buy homes — and I don’t see why that should be a public goal — it should let house prices fall as they may.

I’m not normally a government-isthe-problem type, but in this fiasco, it was. Ironically, the government program that many on the right blame for the disaster, the antiredlining Community Reinvestment Act, was not at fault. Most of the bad subprime loans issued at the height of the frenzy were made by institutions outside CRA rules.

Where conservatives and smart liberals rightly point fingers is at Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. These privately owned companies had quite a scam going. They would buy and repackage risky loans that the taxpayers, in effect, guaranteed.

Their executives spared no expense in lobbying Congress to preserve the deal and in paying themselves.

The time has come to wind down the twins, though not too quickly.

They and the Federal Housing Administration now back 90-percent of all new mortgages. The housing market would totally collapse

were this government support to be suddenly withdrawn. We must act with care.

Another government subsidy that needs to go: the tax deduction for mortgage interest. Many homeowners regard this deduction as something a white-bearded man brought down from Mount Sinai. But it does several unwanted things. It favors homebuyers over renters. It encourages people to borrow more money simply to get a tax advantage. It deprives the Treasury of needed revenues — an estimated $500-billion from 2010 through 2013.

President Obama’s deficit reduction commission recommended capping the mortgage interest deduction for home loans exceeding $500,000 (the limit is now $1 million). It would bar such deductions for second-home mortgages and home equity loans.

Let’s stop it altogether.

Would that be the end of homeowning as we know it? Hardly.

Canada doesn’t allow any deductions for mortgage interest, and its housing market is far healthier than ours. Indeed, that could be a reason.

Shellshocked private lenders are now demanding that borrowers put more skin in the game. They’re requiring about 20-percent of the sales price upfront. Obama recently called for raising the down payment on conventional mortgages guaranteed by Fannie or Freddie to 10 percent.

Buyers who can’t come up with the dough are stampeding the FHA, whose mortgages require a down payment of only 3.5-percent. Small wonder that half the home loans issued last year were FHA-backed.

Taxpayers should worry about being on the hook for them.

Government housing programs may yearn to help people buy homes.

In practice, they make homes more expensive and therefore less affordable. They are also why a housing bust that started in Vegas, didn’t stay in Vegas.

(A member of the Providence Journal editorial board, Froma Harrop writes a nationally syndicated column from that city. She has written for such diverse publications as The New York Times, Harper’s Bazaar and Institutional Investor.)

SB-27 should be voted ‘inexpedient’; leave what’s worked well alone To the editor, We see on WMUR-TV this evening (Feb. 22, 6 p.m.) that the Senate Transportation Committee is planning on amending Senate Bill 27 to keep the 45/30 mph speed limits on Lake Winnipesaukee and opening up the Broads for unlimited speeds. The only amendment acceptable to over 5000 signers of petitions will be to lower the speed limits on all lakes to 40/20 mph in all areas.

SB-27 will screw up speed limits already in place, in RSA 270, for many lakes as well as in Saf-C-400 lakes and areas previously approved by the Department of Safety. It would also violate RSA 270:1 II, making it impossible for Marine Patrol to do it’s job.

Get real, vote “Inexpedient to Legislate”, and leave what has worked well for over two years alone.

Bill Bertholdt Gilford

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LETTERS Contest for Inter-Lakes member-at-large has long-range implications To the editor, The contest for Member-At-Large on the Inter-Lakes School Board is potentially far more important than just a single seat. The candidates are Richard Hanson from Center Harbor, the current board chairman, a retired guidance counselor, a former National Education Association teachers’ union member, and a long-time member of the board. His opponent is Mark Billings from Meredith whose professional career was in the financial services industry and who is a fiscal conservative. Mark has been an active volunteer locally in conservation efforts including the Page Pond acquisition, the Conservation Commission, and the Meredith Energy Committee.

After the election, the reconstituted board has the immediate task of selecting an applicant from Sandwich to fill the position vacated by Dan Cunningham’s recent resignation. Then, a new teachers’ contract must be negotiated beginning with school year 2011-2012 followed by another negotiation with the support staff union for the following year. Ongoing will be the manage-

ment of new regulations and policies created by both state and federal governments, many with significant fiscal implications.

Without question, however, the challenge to the board will be to maintain and continually improve an outstanding school system in a manner that can be supported by the whole community. A slowly declining enrollment and increasing competition for resources will require active and creative management. Some of these efforts have already begun with sharing courses and sports activities with Moultonborough.

Because teachers are the ultimate providers of public education, the maintenance, training, and recruiting of the best staff is paramount, along with the technology to support them Done right, the rewards for our students will extend for a lifetime. All voters from the three towns in the School District can vote for all candidates for School Board. Please consider each candidate carefully and vote accordingly.

Jack Carty Meredith

Just another D.C. pol? Guinta took the easy way out on F-35 vote To the editor, Is Congressman Guinta a savant?

A few weeks ago I attended the Congressman’s first Town Hall meeting in Laconia and listened to what I believed to be a very sober explanation of the hard work he had ahead in cutting the budget. Budget cuts of $100-billion a year were coming.

So I was a little surprised when in his first vote that might affect 30 jobs in Hookset he voted to continue funding the alternative engine for the F-35 fighter plane. Given that the Pentagon has been trying to get rid of this program since 2006, Secretary Gates testified he doesn’t want it, the president doesn’t want it, and Senators Shaheen and Ayotte are not in favor of it, why does he want it?

To give him the benefit of the doubt, maybe our freshly minted congressman with all of seven weeks on the job was a savant. One of the smartest people in the world.

I searched the web for evidence that this was true, even went to the Savant International site but to no avail.

So if our congressman isn’t smarter than the Secretary of Defense and the president who like him or not is a very smart person, why did he vote for it?

I believe the simple answer is, he having one eye on re-election had a safe vote, funding was cut from the budget by a vote of 233-198, his vote was to head off a future campaign ad saying he voted to kill jobs in New Hampshire.

His excuse that it’s a job creator and saves $21-billion based on $100-billion of engine sales over 30 years really doesn’t hold water. First of all we can’t afford it. Second we are borrowing 40-percent of the money. Even an idiot knows the interest alone will eat up the savings not to mention there hasn’t been a government contract since the they built Old Ironsides that came in on budget.

This was the same old sleazy politics as usual move that of all people he should know we are tired of.

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LETTERS Moultonborough Milfoil Committee hosing meeting on Monday night To the editor, On Monday, February 28, the Moultonborough Milfoil Committee will sponsor a meeting at the Moultonborough Public Library starting at 7 p.m.. The purpose is to review two important programs that are critical for the control of milfoil: the Lake Host Program and the Weed Watcher Program.

The Lake Host Program is a courtesy boat inspection program implemented by NH Lakes Assoc. in cooperation with local participating groups to prevent the introduction and spread of exotic aquatic invasive plants such as variable milfoil.

Weed Watchers monitor waterbodies on a periodic basis, for the invasive plants normally on-site at their own water front area – then report the results to NH Dept. of Environmental Services (NH DES) so they may schedule corrective actions.

When Milfoil or other exotic weeds grow unchecked, the negative effect on our economy and our real estate is significant. In these times we should be doing all we can to help improve our local economy and real estate values.

Moultonborough, along with a number of other towns along Lake Winnipesaukee, is providing significant funding to control the spread of

these invasive exotic weeds. For our treatment programs to be effective, it is important that we support the treatment programs with successful Weed Watcher and Lake Host programs. Both depend upon local volunteers.

During the meeting, experts from NH DES and NH Lakes Assoc. will talk about the significance of the town wide approach being employed

by Moultonborough and describe the importance of complementing a treatment program with volunteers.

You can help! Please join us on Monday, February 28. If you are unable to attend but would like to help, the most important support you can provide is volunteer to attend Moultonborough’s March 12 Town Meeting and vote YES on Warrant Article 13.

This will provide our program with funding for the 2011 season. If you can do more, then we ask that you help the effort by contributing a minimum of half a day per month to one of these programs.

The Moultonborough Milfoil Control program depends on your help as we move to year two of our five year milfoil control program. Please continue your support!

Paul Ardito Moultonborough Milfoil Committee

Laconia taxpayers shouldn’t be forced to contribute to Colonial project To the editor, Laconia’s public servants are knowingly committing unauthorized acts, which they purport to be an act of their office. The action by the city manager, mayor and council has and can only bring financial benefits to private parties and harms Laconia’s property taxpayers.

The intended outcome of the Colonial Theater is not the issue. The question is whether it’s so essential to Belknap County that Laconia taxpayers must be forced to contribute tens of thousands of dollars to this endeavor.

New Hampshire’s law enforcement community is taking a blind eye, hands off approach knowing that the actions by Laconia’s public servants rise to the level of official oppression, the misuse of power. Those involved have abused the powers inherent in

the nature of their office by the signing an 18-month agreement, in April of 2010, pledging taxpayer dollars for private purposes. That agreement contained a caveat that the sellers could be entitled to an offset of up to $50,000 if the option to purchase is not exercised.

This council has now bound the next council to what clearly will be a $100,000 expense. Of the first $50K, approximately $27,000 has been spent and possibly much more in undocumented employee wages and benefits.

Our elected and appointed officials are abrogating the jurisdiction of our tax dollars to every Tom, Dick and Harry from who knows where to determine the uncertain outcome of what ultimately will bring financial harm to Laconia’s property taxpayers.

Thomas A. Tardif Laconia

If you’ll start an SB-2 petition for Sanbornton, I’ll be happy to sign it To the editor, In response to David Beasley’s letter to the editor in The Citizen entitled “SB-2 would stop the spending spree”: David, if you start a petition to place the SB-2 question on the town election day ballot I would be most happy to sign it. Please let us all know when we can sign up!

Last year only 151 Sanbornton voters showed up for the “traditional” town meeting and guess what, the

budget passed. If you feel that those 151 people represented your views then you are not in favor of SB-2 .

If you want the opportunity to vote on the budget in the privacy of the voting booth and not allow the minority of town residents to determine at the “traditional” town meeting how your tax dollar will be spent then you should vote for the adoption of SB-2.

Bill Whalen Sanbornton

from preceding page the economic times require shared sacrifice he took the tried and true method of trying to be all things to all people and showing a side of himself that makes me wonder who the real Frank Guinta is? True reformer or

just another politician looking for a big fat Congressional pension.

In order to have the courage of your convictions you first have to have convictions.

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LETTERS Learn to live a lifestyle of agreement with your spouse & your kids To the editor, Strife has many dangers. But one serious consequence to walking in strife is that it will hinder your prayers by robing you of one of the greatest promises ever given to us. You can find that promise in Matthew 18:19.

The devil hates an agreement between two believers. Agreement opens the windows of heaven to us, and it closes the door on every destructive thing he can do. Still he will continually try to disrupt that agreement by causing strife and divison in the two places where believers come together in the most powerful way the family and the church.

Until now, you may not have thought of your family as a powerful force for God, but it is if your in agreement with one another. So make it your goal to stay out of strife and walk in love at home.

Oddly enough, home is the most difficult place to be loving. I think that’s because we don’t have our guard up when we’re at home. We’re not worrying about reputation or trying to impress anyone. At home, nothing will stop you from being selfish — except your commitment to walk in the love of God.

But don’t be fooled into thinking it doesn’t matter how you act at home.

It matters a great deal. In fact, years ago, the Lord Jesus said this to me and I have never forgotten it: If you allow Satan to stop you with strife at your front door, you’ll be no threat to him anywhere else.

So make the commitment to keep strife out of you home.

Learn to live a lifestyle of agreement with your spouse and your children. See to it that your prayers prevail by being in harmony with the members of your family. The moment you mess up and get in strife, make it right. Say to the other person,”please forgive me. I love you. I don’t want to be in strife with you.” Then say to the Lord, “Father, I repent of that. I’m not going to be a strife person. I refuse to yield to strife. I choose to walk in love.”

You may have to repent quite a bit at first because you’ve probably developed habits that will take a while to change. But don’t get disgusted with yourself and give up. Just keep acting on the Holy Word of God, and you’ll continue to mature on love.

Bishop Paul W. Blake Laconia

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Mubarak is how did he acquire such massive wealth. Maybe someone here should determine how Obama went from no money to a multi-millionaire, with no visible signs of earning that! Obviously his gross “stimulus” plans mostly went to unions, his biggest backers, and we can be sure his wealth came from kickbacks from that, the good old Chicago way! The Chicago Mafia still rules supreme, with Obama their head thief.

I suspect that the U.S. is too big for Obama to silence all who are willing to reveal him. We shall soon see. Hitler had opposition, which he silenced.

Can Obama do the same?

Jack Stephenson Gilford

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To the editor, The overthrow of Mubarak in Egypt was largely due to support from Obama, our current socialist, wouldbe dictator! Obama supports ALL Islam wars and takeovers, not surprising since he is an avowed Muslim, and NOT a U.S. citizen.

Sure there are liars who claim to have seen an authentic U.S. birth certificate for him, but ALL of them are well known to be far leftist LIARS, and Obama still refuses to allow public disclosure of the non existent “birth certificate”. But the official African certificate has been available to anyone, and is what Obama has used for his passport to several countries.

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To the editor, After reading Scott Cracraft’s take on the 2nd Amendment, I have to assume he majored in psychology and not history. First of all how could our Founding Fathers have been referring to a government controlled national guard when one didn’t exist at the time they wrote the amendment? The fact of the matter is that they wanted to be sure that the population had the ability to arm themselves against their own government if said government became overbearing and tyrannical. That is what the “ the security of a free state” refers to.

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this country was founded by people who came here to rid themselves of oppressive governments. As far as the punctuation marks are concerned, a few seconds of research will show him where they were placed when the amendment was approved by Congress, which overrides the placement as sent to the states. I realize that a radical liberal wouldn’t know the truth if it slapped him up side the head but he really should consider engaging brain before putting mouth in gear. Oh my god, was that last sentence politically correct?

Dave Schwotzer Meredith

The education of our children is Richard Hanson’s top priority To the editor, Please support Richard Hanson in his re-election bid to the Inter-Lakes School Board. Education must be our top priority, and Richard Hanson has placed our children’s education as his

top priority in his decisions as chair of the Inter-Lakes School Board.

Please vote for Richard Hanson.

Thank you.

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I will help sustain the passion & support for our community schools To the editor, My name is Richard Hanson. I am a candidate for the member-at-large position on the Inter-Lakes School Board. I have been a resident of the Lakes Region, along with my wife, Alice, for 32 years and have been an active and engaged citizen during that time.

I live in Center Harbor and have been a member of the Zoning Board of Adjustment for many years. I also served as a part-time police officer from 1992 to 2002.

In 1999, I was elected to the member-at-large position on the InterLakes School Board. In my 12 years on the board, I have served in a variety of capacities and have been active on numerous committees. I am currently chairman of the board and vicechairman of the SAU 2 School Board.

I served many years on the policy review committee. I recently chaired the board’s negotiation team, which just recently concluded its work with the Inter-Lakes Education Association. I was the sole board representative to the ad hoc District Elementary Enrollment Committee. This committee met for over a year as it worked to resolve the significant declining enrollment issue within the district.

I am recently retired from the PemiBaker School District, where I worked as a guidance counselor for approximately 30 years, helping our young people prepare both academically and personally for post-secondary education and hopefully, meaningful and productive lives. My greatest skills are in the human sciences. I possess a bachelor’s degree in philosophy and sociology, a master’s degree in counseling/psychology and a Juris Doctorate in law. I have been a member of the New Hampshire Bar Association since 1991.

I am somewhat quiet and reserved by nature and possess the ability to see two sides of an issue to help disparate parties reach a common ground.

I have received training in conflict resolution, and in today’s adversarial and conflicted times, I believe I see more clearly the things that bring us together than those that separate us.

I believe in the phrase, “a little less barking and more wagging,” as this concept can help us reduce tension in today’s world.

During my 12-year tenure on the board, I played a role in supporting our schools transformation from the 20th to the 21st century. Great strides were made in improving the availability and application of integrating technology within the classroom; and updating and increasing efficiencies in the heating, ventilation and electrical

operations in our buildings through the Honeywell project. When faced with unsatisfactory state-mandated test score results, the administration and teachers came together to change how and what we teach to address deficiencies in our students’ performance. In the past five years, our schools and educators have received statewide recognition: “Elementary School of the Year,” “Guidance Counselor of the Year,” “Christa McAuliffe Sabbatical Award,” and “Elementary Principal of the Year.”

On the board, I have been part of the team that hired the right superintendent, who in turn hired the right administrators and teachers, and set goals for those educators to provide excellence in education to our young people. Approximately 80-percent of our school district’s graduates attend post-secondary institutions.

The district faces many challenges: a declining student population, outof-control health insurance costs, unfunded and underfunded mandates from the federal and state level, an economically disadvantaged student population and an ever-increasing burden on the local taxpayer. Whether or not we succeed in meeting these challenges ultimately depends upon whether or not we can sustain the passion and support that this community has exhibited for its children and schools. As a board, we have challenged our superintendent to provide quality leadership and set high expectations for excellence from the administrators, teachers and students.

In closing, I would like to state that I am proud to have been part of the Inter-Lakes School District for the past 12 years. Our school district is not perfect but is constantly striving to better meet the needs of students.

Our school board is made up of seven individuals who each contribute their own perspective and skills in overseeing the management of the school district. I see my role not as an educational specialist, but as someone who assures that the district attracts and maintains the highest caliber of educational leaders. We on the board are keenly aware that our school district is in constant pursuit of improvement.

As a board member, my primary role is to sustain that continuous improvement in the most efficient and costeffective manner.

I would appreciate your vote on March 8th so that I can continue to support and be part of the work to provide the best possible education to our community’s youth.

Richard Hanson Center Harbor

A big thank you to nurses and doctors on 3rd floor south at LRGH To the editor, Just a short note to say thank you to the nurses and doctors at LRGHealthcare on the 3rd floor south for the great care they gave my husband when he was in the hospital last month. Also a thank you to the nurses and doctor on call in the emergency ward who took very good care of him.

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LACONIA — Christopher Marden started playing football early in his life, beginning with Laconia’s Pop Warner program and playing for Laconia Middle School before suiting up for the high school team. It wasn’t until his junior year of college, though, that he realized what it meant to be a football player.

Marden, a Laconia native who expects to graduate from Norwich University in Vermont this year, has already taken his football career further than most thought he could. On March 6, he’ll have the chance to go even further, as he’s been invited to participate in a National Foot- Shown here are the Mardens of Laconia: Rachel, Lesley, Christopher and Mike. Christopher, a senior ball League-sanctioned at Norwich University, received notice last week that he had been invited to participate in a National combine, where he’ll dem- Football League combine, a chance for him to earn the interest of professional scouts. (Laconia Daily onstrate his abilities to Sun photo/Adam Drapcho) professional scouts who, he hopes, will advise a NFL team to draft him. it was on the practice field, the weight room or the Six years and a half years ago, though, Marden classroom. was a junior and a lineman playing for the Laconia Marden identified his goal – to attend college and Sachems and coach Craig Kozens. By his own admiscontinue playing football – and achieved it, although sion, Marden said he approached the game with a just barely. Norwich University, where Marden has cavalier attitude and although he had learned at earned a 3.2 grade-point average and will graduate practice one day that he would be making his first with a degree in criminal justice, was the only school start at the next game, he continued to goof around to recruit him for their football program. “As I was during practice and walked through the drills. growing up, in high school, I was always telling my Kozens wasn’t impressed. He pulled the young parents that I was going to play further, somewhere, man out of a drill and said, “We don’t think you’re after high school. No one believed me, so when the ready to start yet,” Marden recalls. “Right then, opportunity came up I had to grab it,” he said. things changed for me... Ever since that day I’ve At Norwich, the six foot, three inch Marden arrived changed.” Marden said the reprimand caused him to weighing 270 pounds. However, he realized in the realize the importance of practice and he resolved to weight room that his strength was not on par with be the best-conditioned player on the field. his teammates. So, he worked to transition his body.

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BELMONT — Candidates for a variety of offices including Selectboard, Planning Board and Budget Committee told the public why they should be elected or reelected to their positions at a BHS Student Council-sponsored candidates forum last nights.

Vying for selectman are two-term incumbent Ronald Cormier and former selectman and town administrator Donald McLelland Sr. “I’m asking for one more term to see us through the river walk and pavilion project,” said Cormier.

Questions to him and McLelland, who couldn’t be there and was represented by his daughter, including ones about recycling and a vision for Belmont 10 years down the road.

Cormier said in a perfect world he would support single-stream curb-side recycling because it’s easier and more effective, but knows it’s very expensive to implement.

“I prefer that to pay-per-through,” he said.

Both newcomer Parker Caldrain and perennial candidate George Condodemetraky are running for one one-year term on the Planning Board.

“I like everything about Belmont but I believe there is some room for growth,” Caldrain said.

While admitting he was new to the political world and had a lot to learn about planning and politics, he said he was grateful to the community of Belmont and saw this as his chance to contribute.

Not to be outdone, Condodemetraky, interrupted Budget Committee candidate Susan Harris’s time to say he thought the lack of sewers along Route 106 would hinder it from commercial development.

“The Planning Board decides who comes into town and then we have to pay for it,” he said ignoring the people who objected to him jumping in front of Harris.

“Thank you for showing me why I shouldn’t vote for you,” said one man from the audience who was infuriated with Condodematraky’s interruption.

Also making a pitch for local office was Glenda Hill who hopes to be returned to the Budget committee, Pret Tuthill and Gretta Olsen-wilder who are two of the three candidates who hope to be elected to the Shaker Regional School Board, (School Resource Officer and candidate Richard Bryant couldn’t see next page

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Marden started his first game in his sophomore year and kept that position, starting every game since. He’s started 32 games, including two post-season games, as the left guard. Effective in both the running game and while protecting the quarterback, Marden was named the c0-MVP of his team and was twice selected for the all-conference second team.

Although his collegiate career has ended, Marden kept training, and on the advice of a friend he applied to be invited to participate in one of the regional combines the NFL holds for players from the NCAA’s Division III schools such as Norwich.

The letter responding to his application arrived at his parent’s house in Laconia on Friday. After Marden got back from his classes that day, he called his parents, who opened the letter while on the phone with him. Together they learned that he had been invited to participate in the Baltimore Combine, held at Johnny Unitas Stadium, on March 6.

“When I heard it, I was speechless. I started shaking. I said, oh crap, this is really happening,” he said.

“Now, it’s hitting me, I’m getting nervous. It’s setting in to me that this is my one shot, I can’t let it go.”

At the combine, Marden’s abilities will be tested in the 40-yard dash, athletic agility, bench press and vertical leap. Those scores, combined with his height and weight, will result in a cumulative score. If it’s good enough – which he thinks it will be – he will be invited to a second combine in April, where his performance could translate into a reality that count-

less American children have dreamed about.

For Kozens, the opportunity couldn’t be presented to a more deserving player. “He’s a great kid, comes from a great family.”

Marden’s mother Lesley is a paraeducator working at Woodland Heights Elementary School and his father Mike, a corrections officer, helped coach his son for much of his younger years. Rachel Marden, Christopher’s younger sister, is a student at Mount Ida College in Newton, Mass.

Kozens continued, “He’s a very respectful kid, very courteous to everyone. He never had an enemy in high school, except the guy playing across from him,” he said. “We’re very proud of him, very happy for him.”

Kozens, who said Marden’s play combines good technique and consistency, said he should be attractive to professional coaches. “He plays every play with everything he’s got. Coaches call it a motor, he’s got a motor.”

It’s a heady time for Marden, though he recognizes that odds of success are increasingly against him as he progresses toward his dream. If he doesn’t get drafted, the service-minded Marden would like to work for a police department near his home city and join Kozens’s coaching staff. If that’s where Marden’s path takes him, he’ll accept it with the satisfaction that he did all he could to realize his potential.

“My entire life, I’ve dreamed of playing in the National Football League. If the opportunity presents itself, I’ve got to take it. If it doesn’t, I gave it my best shot.”

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LIBYA from page 2 Gadhafi’s residence at Tripoli’s Aziziya Gates was guarded by loyalists along with a line of armed militiamen in vehicles, some masked, he said. The radio station building downtown was also heavily fortified. In one western neighborhood, security forces stormed several homes and arrested three or four people, a witness said, while tanks were deployed on the eastern outskirts, witnesses in at least one neighborhood said.

“Mercenaries are everywhere with weapons. You can’t open a window or door. Snipers hunt people,” said another resident, who said she had spent the night in her home awake hearing gunfire outside. “We are under siege, at the mercy of a man who is not a Muslim.”

But below the surface, protesters were organizing, said the activist. At night, they fan out and spray-paint anti-Gadhafi graffiti or set fires near police stations, chanting, “The people want the ouster of the regime,” before from preceding page attend and submitted a prepared statement) and Peter Harris the chair of the Planning and Zoning Board who hope to return to a position on the Planning Board.

The laugh of the evening went to Suzanne Roberts who is running for a three-year spot on as Trustee of the Trust Fund.

She said on the last day of the sign up period she heard no one had signed up “she rushed down and filed so George (Condodemetraky) didn’t have to.”

Town elections are March 8 at the Belmont High School. Polls are open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.

running at the approach of militiamen, he said. The Tripoli residents, like other witnesses around the country, spoke on condition of anonymity because of fear of retaliation.

In opposition-controlled Benghazi, the eastern city where the uprising began, residents held a mass rally outside the city’s main courthouse, vowing to support protests in the capital, said Farag al-Warfali, a banker. They also called a one-day fast in solidarity with them. Afterward, young men went into the courthouse to register to obtain weapons, which had been looted from police stations and military bases and then turned over to the city’s new rulers, he said.

The idea is to “take their weapons and march toward Tripoli,” al-Warfali said, although Benghazi lies 580 miles (940 kilometers) east of the capital, and territory still loyal to Gadhafi lies between them.

There were similar calls in Misrata — several hours’ drive from Tripoli, the closest major city to the capital to fall to anti-government forces. A mosque called residents to come to “jihad,” or holy war, in support of the anti-Gadhafi camp, said one resident, Iman.

“We are going to join forces with our brothers in Tripoli,” she said.

The extent of Gadhafi’s control over the country he has ruled for 41 years had been reduced to the western coastal region around Tripoli, the deserts to the south and parts of the center.

After Gadhafi’s speech Tuesday night, militiamen flooded into Sabratha, a town west of Tripoli famed for nearby ancient Roman ruins, and battled government opponents who had taken over, said one resident.

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SHERIFF from page one asked Commissioner John Thomas.

Wiggin said he wasn’t sure and that would be one of the subjects he wants to ask Fitzgerald while the Barnstead officials discuss it with their lawyer.

“Do we want to move forward now knowing we might get kicked back,” asked Commissioner Stephen Nedeau, expressing concern that a newly elected Barnstead Board of Selectmen may not support the current board’s inquiry.

Wiggin said he had already done the number crunching and was fairly confident that the people of Barnstead, regardless of the election outcome, would want to know at least the costs involved.

The Barnstead proposal stems from the past two years of “county conversations” whereby commissioners visited individual county communities to learn how county could better serve them.

The Barnstead request, along with

a 2010 request from the town of Gilford for the sheriff’s department to take over midnight shift police dispatching, are two of the suggestions to come from those conversations.

While the Sheriff’s Department said it was unable to assume the dispatching duties on short notice, the request has opened the discussion about how individual communities pay for services rendered by the county and if the model should be reevaluated to one of an a la carte or pay for services system.

“Have you heard from Center Harbor?” Philpot asked Wiggin, alluding to the division in that small community about building a new police station.

“No,” Wiggin replied while noting the numbers and the model he has put together for Barnstead could be applied to any other community interested in using the Sheriff’s Department for its policing.

“If we do get a similar request, we won’t have to recreate the wheel,” he said.

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House Science, Technology and Energy Chairman James Garrity said the utility could sell the allowances on the carbon market.

Garrity, R-Atkinson, argued lawmakers adopted RGGI based on unproven science about greenhouse gases.

“Three years ago when RGGI was approved, the rallying cry was that we must join RGGI or the planet will dry up. Here we are three years later ... and the rallying cry is we can’t lose RGGI or the money will dry up,” he said.

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a stealth tax on electric users.

Last year, New Hampshire raided its fund to help pay for other state spending — a move Lynch supported and defended by saying the overall goal of reducing energy demand was being met through a mix of state and federally funded programs.

The House Finance Committee next reviews the bill, but the two-to-one vote margin reflects November’s Republican takeover of the House since Democrats were in charge and adopted New Hampshire’s RGGI law in 2008.

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BY MICHAEL KITCH THE LACONIA DAILY SUN

GILFORD — The Board of Selectmen last night accepted the recommendation of Sheldon Morgan, director of Public Works, to remove the asphalt surrounding the Veterans Memorial and landscape the junction of Potter Hill Road and Tannery Hill Road.

The plan originated with David Stowe of 16 Potter Hill, who in November wrote to the board saying that the presence of the asphalt detracted from the view in the heart of the village and suggesting it be replaced with green space.

Morgan discovered that the paved area remained from when the town hall was in the village and it served as parking for both the town hall and Gilford Community Church. He proposed removing the asphalt and landscaping the space, which will be divided by a sidewalk connecting to a crosswalk on Potter Hill Road and leading to the Tannery Hill Covered Bridge and town hall campus.

Selectman John O’Brien has donated a new flagpole that will be placed amid flowers and shrubs and serve as an accent to the Veterans Memorial, which will be surrounded by grass.

NOTES: Without discussion the Board of Selectmen amended the personnel policy to set guidelines for the using of social media websites — Facebook, Twitter, MySpace,and YouTube, etc. — by town employees. . . . . . . The board also approved amendments to

the Glendale Regulations, which stipulate that the first half of dock 1-A — about 98 feet — (and the first third of dock 1-B— about 65 feet — will be reserved for loading and unloading boats and the remainder of both docks limited to three hour docking. Boats may not be unattended for more than 15 minutes while being loaded and unloaded. Currently all of dock 1-A is reserved or loading and unloading and all of dock 1-B is reserved for docking. . . . . . The selectmen are seeking comment from seasonal residents about the information they would like to have posted on a section of the town’s website dedicated to their specific interests. Seasonal residents can direct their comments and suggestions to the Board of Selectmen by e-mail (selectmen@gilfordnh.org), fax at (603) 527-4711 or mail to Gilford Town Hall, 47 Cherry Valley Road, Gilford, NH 03249. . . . . . . Director of Public Works Sheldon Morgan expects to repair the collapsed chimney on the department’s building in the spring when the cost will be less. If the work is undertaken during cold weather, the need for tenting and heating will add to the price, which is estimated at $11,475. Without the tenting and heating, the estimate is $7.950. . . . . . . Finance Director Geoff Ruggles reported that fees from motor vehicle registrations continue to decline. In January, the town collected $92,618, compared to $102,828 in the same month a year ago, a drop of about 10-percent.

Chinburg Builders of Durham has filed plans with the City of Laconia to convert this building on the former Allen-Rogers factory grounds, downtown, into 26 housing units. The development, which already boasts 70 condos, is know known as Beacon Street West. (Laconia Daily Sun photo/Michael Kitch)

CONDOS from page one building will be on Beacon Street West, where a staircase and walkway, along with a footbridge crossing the Perley Canal, will be built linking the entry way to the parking area.

Initially Chinburd anticipates that the units will be rented. However, the application with the Planning Department indicates that provision will be made to convert the units to condominium ownership like the others on the site.

When the property was originally developed Chinburg also expected to redevelop a building on the river, which sat atop the Perley Canal in the shadow of the Main Street bridge, as a restaurant. However, after the roof of the bare-bones structure collapsed under the weight of snow in 2008, what remained of the building was demolished. Meanwhile, the Planning Department approved Chinburg’s plan to build on the site, which the company has applied to extend.

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LACONIA — The Save the Mill’s Society, predecessor to the Belknap Mill Society, was signed into life on February 10, 1970. Every year since the members of the Belknap Mill Society have met in February for the Annual Members’ Meeting.

This year the group celebrate a milestone, the successful conclusion of 40 years of providing fine art exhibits, musical concerts, historic programs and public symposia, all in the preserved one-of-a-kind mill building.

All current and perspective members are invited to to be guests of the Mill on this auspicious occasion. Please join them Monday, February 28, 2011 at 5 p.m. at the Historic Belknap Mill for a brief business meeting, and to share a slice of birthday cake, a slice of the past, and a slice of the future.

Please RSVP by calling the Belknap Mill at 524-8813 or send an email to information@belknapmill.org. There is no admission fee for this celebratory occasion.

Car gets hung-up in Meredith Bay slush MEREDITH — There were no injuries yesterday when a truck sank into soft ice near the public boat ramp in Meredith Bay yesterday.

Fire chief Ken Jones said the front tires of the pickup sank and the truck needed to be yanked out by a tow truck. It did not go through the ice. He said the town has taken some steps to warn people against venturing onto

the ice via the public boat ramp and has put up warning signs.

Jones said as the weather progressively gets warmer people should be aware of the ice conditions before venturing on to the lake especially in vehicles and snow machines.

“As spring comes and the sun gets warmer the ice changes daily,” he said.

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Ward Bird’s accuser now in jail herself CONCORD (AP) — The New Hampshire woman who accused a Moultonborough farmer of waving a gun at her when she trespassed on his property is headed to jail herself.

Christine Harris of Salem has rejected a plea deal that would have resulted in a suspended sentence on two felony convictions for animal cruelty in 2008.

WMUR-TV reports that Harris balked at the deal when a judge said

one condition would be that she could not own dogs indefinitely.

Harris will be sentenced to serve one month in jail when she returns to court at a later date.

Harris is the woman whose accusations against Ward Bird landed him a three-year sentence. The Executive Council this month commuted Bird’s sentence and freed the father of four from jail, saying they questioned Harris’s credibility.

CONCORD (AP) — New Hampshire’s House has voted to continue requiring public schools to offer kindergarten.

The House voted 213-134 Wednesday to kill a bill that would have repealed the kindergarten requirement.

Repeal supporters argued the bill wasn’t about eliminating kindergarten but about giving local voters the control over whether to offer programs.

Opponents said all communities began offering kindergarten in 2009

and the state should not go backward.

They said the bill also would mean districts that got state help specifically to build kindergarten classrooms could drop kindergarten and use the classrooms for other grades without refunding the aid to the state.

Gov. John Lynch signed a law in 2007 that included kindergarten in the state’s definition of an adequate education. He submitted a letter to the committee opposing the repeal bill.

N.H. House supports kindergarten mandate by a vote of 213 to 134

March 18 Northern Pass hearing in Plymouth CONCORD (AP) — The U.S. Department of Energy has announced a sixth public hearing to be held in Plymouth on a proposed power project in New Hampshire, acting on a request from Sen. Jeanne Shaheen.

Shaheen and Sen. Kelly Ayotte, who had sought another hearing in the western part of the state, also expressed concern about a potential conflict of interest involving Normandeau Associates, a company hired by the department to conduct an envi-

ronmental assessment and hired by the Northern Pass project for testimony and professional services.

A federal permit is required for the project, which would provide hydroelectric power from Canada to New England.

The hearing has been scheduled for Friday, March 18 at the Plymouth Regional Senior Center. Other hearings are planned that week in Pembroke, Franklin, Lincoln, Whitefield and Colebrook.

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Charles Frazier, of School Street, was steering his 2008 Honda Ridgeline from Parade Road onto Elm Street when he collided head-on with a city fire engine that had pulled into the oncoming lane to pass a group of stopped cars. Frazier was not seriously injured. (Laconia Daily Sun photo/Adam Drapcho)

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LACONIA — A city fire truck responding to an alarm activation call collided head-on with a Honda Ridgeline at about 4:40 yesterday afternoon at the intersection of Elm Street and Parade Road. Despite the disparity between the masses of the two vehicles, there were no serious injuries resulting from the incident.

Lieutenant Timothy Woods, who was riding in the passenger seat of the engine, was taken to Lakes Region General Hospital for treatment of leg injuries.

Fire Chief Ken Erickson said the city’s Engine 5 was driving on Elm Street while responding to a fire alarm activation at Turner Way yesterday afternoon. When the engine approached the intersection WISCONSIN from page 2 up the pressure on Senate Democrats to return to the Capitol a week after they fled to block the legislation. He said he supported a move to require them to come to the Capitol to pick up their paychecks rather than have the money deposited directly.

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“Thank God, thank God there is not major injury here, because that is a lot of fire truck to hit,” said Erickson. He reported the engine weighs 33,000 pounds. A 2008 Honda Ridgeline, according to cars. com, weighs about 6,050 pounds. Erickson said the fact that the fire engine was traveling slowly at the time accounted for the lack of major injury.

Neither driver, Frazier nor Beaudoin, was injured.

Erickson said all parties involved were wearing seat belts at the time of the collision.

Democrats seized on Walker’s recorded comments as evidence that the governor plans to go beyond budget cuts to crushing unions.

“This isn’t about balancing the budget. This is about a political war,” Rep. Jon Richards of Milwaukee yelled Wednesday on the floor of the state Assembly.

The governor’s plan would strip most public employees of their collective bargaining rights and force them to pay more for their health care and retirement benefits. Unions could not collect mandatory dues and would be forced to conduct annual votes of their members to stay in existence.

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LACONIA — Charles “Chuck” William Jesson II, 54, of Garden Circle, died suddenly February 18, 2011, at his home.

Born in Boston, MA on December 27, 1956, he was the son of the late Charles W. and the late Patricia Anne [Nichols] Jesson.

He grew up in Wayland MA and graduated from Wayland High School, class of 1975. He also attended the New Hampton Prep School, in New Hampton, NH. He has been a resident of Laconia for many years.

Chuck has worked in the restaurant business, as a chef, for most all his life.

He has worked at such restaurants as the Hathaway House, the Galley, both in Laconia, and most recently at the O Steak and Seafood Restaurant, in

Lakeport.

He loved the outdoors and enjoyed, mountain biking, hiking, skiing, and spending time with his dog, Shannon.

Chuck is survived by his brother, Robert M. Jesson and wife Nancy of Milton, MA, sisters, Diane J. O’Rourke and husband Martin of Millville, MA, Betsy Anne Gilgallon and husband Paul of Framingham, MA, several nieces and nephews.

There are no calling hours. A Celebration of Life will be held at the O Steak and Seafood Restaurant, 62 Doris Ray CT, Lakeport, NH on Saturday, Feb. 26, from noon to 2 p.m. The Mayhew Funeral Homes, Meredith and Plymouth, are assisting the family with the cremation and arrangements. www. mayhewfuneralhomes.com

Cypress String quartet to perform at Plymouth State University Silver Center for the Arts March 3 PLYMOUTH — The Cypress String Quartet will perform in concert at Plymouth State University’s Silver Center for the Arts at 7 p.m. on Thursday, March 3.

Known for their elegant performances, the Cypress String Quartet’s sound has been called “beautifully proportioned and powerful” by The Washington Post who also raved that “Dvorak has rarely sounded so good!”

The ensemble has been singled out by Chamber Music Magazine as “a Generation X ensemble to watch.”

The quartet — Cecily Ward, violin; Tom Stone, violin; Ethan Filner, viola; and Jennifer Kloetzel, cello— formed in 1996 in San Francisco and during its first rehearsals together created a now-signature sound through intense readings of J.S. Bach’s Chorales. Built

up from the bottom register of the quartet and layered like a pyramid, the resulting sound is clear and transparent, allowing the texture of the music to be discerned immediately.

They are celebrated for the power of their performances and passionate dedication to chamber music.

With a busy schedule of over 90 concerts each year at venues such as the Kennedy Center, Library of Congress, Wolftrap and Ravinia Festivals, the Cypress String Quartet has returned to the Silver Center for a second time after a wildly enthusiastic appearance in 2005.

The American-themed program will include Dvorak’s American quartet and a composition by Elena Ruehr inspired by the Ann Patchett novel Bel Canto.

For tickets, call 535-ARTS or (800) 779-3869.

Beginning and Intermediate ESOL classes offered by Laconia Adult Education LACONIA — Enrollment is open for free Beginning and Intermediate ESOL (English Speakers of Other Languages) classes offered by the Adult Education program at the high school from 6 — 8:30 p.m. on Tuesday and Thursday evenings.

ESOL classes enable new learners of the English language to speak, read, and write English. Foreigners making their home in the Lakes Region will be taught

to communicate in emergencies and in everyday living situations such as shopping, making doctor appointments, filling out job applications, relating with their child’s school and teachers, and everyday expressions of common courtesy.

Anyone who knows of someone who might benefit from an ESOL class, but who may not be able to read this article, is encouraged to call the Adult Education office at 524-5712 to enroll.

GILFORD — The Parks and Recreation Department will sponsor a six-week Cultural Exploration class for children age 2 — 6 at the Community Church from 10 — 11:15 a.m. on Friday mornings beginning March 11.

Each week children will be introduced to a different country and will

learn many of its unique characteristics through movement, music, crafts, literacy, and cuisine.

Cost is $54, which includes all necessary materials. Space is limited, so early registration is encouraged. For more information, call the Parks and Recreation office at 527-4722.

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Is that Sponge Bob on Lake Winnisquam?

No, it’s a bob house owned by Harold McCormack, a tenant of the Bishop Bradley Senior Living Community at the St. Francis Healthcare Center in Laconia. He is a man that loves to fish. All year around you can find him fishing local or up north in Pittsburg or Colebrook when he visits his family. His little yellow Sponge Bob, lake house has been the talk of the town and the talk of Bishop Bradley. So if you should be riding by St Francis, and see him off shore fishing be sure to give a honk to say hello.

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Application deadline for 2011 Miller Environmental Education Fund grants is March 18 MOULTONBOROUGH — The Miller Environmental Education Fund (MEEF) is now accepting applications for grant funding for 2011.

Electronic applications must be received on or before March 18.

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. Projects previously funded by MEEF have included Project Home Butterfly Garden, Out-

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LACONIA — Free Basic Math, Reading, and GED Preparation Classes are being offered by the Adult Education program at the high school from 6 — 8:30 p.m. on Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday evenings.

Participants will have the opportunity to improve math and reading skills and eventually work toward a GED Certificate or high school diploma.

On Monday nights, the Writing Skills class will help people with grammar, punctuation, and essay writing, which is a requirement of the GED Exam. On Tuesday and Thurs-

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Classes are individualized; each student progresses at his or her own pace. There are no tests and no fear of failing.

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LACONIA — The Lakes Region Scholarship Foundation (LRSF) celebrate its 55th anniversary by reviving its 50th anniversary theme of “Sharing Success Stories” from past recipients.

Susan Brown, Lakes Region Floral Studio owner, floral designer, and new trustee for LRSF, said, “I am pleased to be a part of the Lakes Region Scholarship Foundation, which reinforces the importance of college and helps students achieve their educational goals. The foundation gave me a helping hand in my freshman year and senior year at Rivier College. I feel fortunate to be able to run a successful business in my home town, as well as to give back to the local community. By being involved with worthwhile fundraisers, such as the Red Dress Gala, St. Baldrick’s, Children’s Auction Ball, and the WOW Ball, I am also teaching my children how important it is 141 Water Street Downtown Laconia 524-4144

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Joan Cormier, executive director of LRSF explained, “Although our official anniversary of incorporation is February 16, spring of 2010 actually marked 55 years of awarding scholarships. The zealous efforts of a handful of concerned citizens, along with the generosity of local organizations and individuals, gave birth to the Lakes Region Scholarship Foundation in 1956. That first year a total of $2,650 was awarded to 16 students by eight donors.

Since then, nearly $3.9 million has been awarded to 3,825 college-bound students — thanks to the generosity of 470 donors or donor funds, not including the thousands of individual donors, who have contributed to special memorial funds or specific fundraisers. Wouldn’t the original organizers be impressed with that proud record!”

Cormier added, “The American Heritage Dictionary defines success as: ‘To accomplish something desired or attempted.’ We realize that not all of our past recipients were able to achieve their initial goals, and some may have altered the course of their original plans, but we hope that being given an opportunity to attend college did make a difference.

The responses received five years ago were heartwarming proof of that. We were also pleased to learn that most of our past recipients were involved in their community, like Susan Brown, and giving back to others. Throughout the coming year, we hope to share more success stories with the donors who made it possible for us to fulfill our mission in the Lakes Region, as well as recognize past recipients, who made it all worthwhile.”

To participate in LRSF’s Sharing Success Stories campaign, visit www.scholarship.org and complete the attached form. For a list of the donors, call 5273533 or e-mail scholarship@metrocast.net.

Junior Picasso preschool art program sponsored by Gilford Parks and Recreation

GILFORD — The Parks and Recreation Department will sponsor a six-week art class for children age 2 — 6 at the Community Church from 1 — 2:15 p.m. on Friday afternoons beginning March 11.

Each week children will have an opportunity to work with different art styles and mediums based on a famous artist’s preferred method.

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Meredith Village Savings Bank awards nearly $50,000 in grants MEREDITH — Meredith Village Savings Bank (MVSB) has announced that the charitable fund that carries its name has awarded $48,292 in grants to 18 area non-profits.

These grants are in addition to the bank’s contributions in the form of sponsorships, donations, and scholarships, as well as the volunteer efforts of its employees.

“Providing support to the communities and people we serve has been a central part of our mission as a mutual savings bank since we opened in 1869,” said Rick Wyman, executive vice president and chief financial officer at MVSB and one of the trustees of the Meredith Village Savings Bank Fund. “While the profits of stock banks often benefit their stockholders, our charter as a mutual savings bank allows us to invest in ways that provide benefit to our communities, our employees, our customers, and to the long-term success of the Bank. We are pleased to support these very deserving organizations as part of that longterm commitment.”

MVSB established the Fund in 1997 under the leadership of John Starrett, who was then president and CEO of the Bank. Since then, 184 grants totaling more than $718,000 have been awarded to a wide range of environmental, social, educational, and historic projects throughout the Lakes Region and Plymouth area. Over the years, the Fund has supported literacy programs, after-school programs, environmental monitoring and education, restoration of historic structures, organizations

that provide support for individuals and families in challenging circumstances, and equipment that helps save lives.

“Each grant cycle is highly competitive and it’s very hard to choose which projects to fund,” says Wyman. “The common point in them is that they absolutely need the support and will provide tremendous benefit to the community.”

The recently-selected 2010 MVSB Fund recipients are Appalachian Mountain Teen Project of Wolfeboro; Baby Threads of New Hampshire of Belmont; Boys & Girls Club of the Lakes Region of Laconia; Campton Area Resource Center of Campton; The Carey House of Laconia; Community Food Center of Sandwich; First Congregational Church of Meredith; Genesis Behavioral Health of Laconia; Gunstock Ski Club (GSC) of Laconia; Lakes Region Child Care Services (LRCCS) of Laconia; Meredith Public Health Nursing Association (MPHNA) of Meredith; New Hampshire Jobs for America’s Graduates (NH-JAG) of Manchester (to benefit students from Laconia Middle School); Samuel H. Wentworth Library of Center Sandwich; Tamworth Caregivers of Tamworth; The Bridge House of Plymouth; Voices against Violence of Plymouth; Wolfeboro Area Children’s Center of Wolfeboro; and Wolfeboro Senior Center and Meals of Wolfeboro.

The deadline for consideration for the next grant cycle is October 15, 2011. Applications are available at www.mvsb.com as well as from any MVSB office.

Shelly Brewer of Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage chosen to market Split Rock Preserve MEREDITH — Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage has announced that sales associate Shelly Brewer has been selected to market and sell the Split Rock Preserve development on Meredith Center Road.

The development consists of 11 lots on 40 acres. The lots range from 1.49 — 6.29 acres and are being offered at $75,000 — $110,000 each. The price includes a drilled well, a three-

bedroom septic system, and underground utilities.

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NH Soccer Association to hold meeting in Milford

MILFORD — New Hampshire Soccer Association will be hold its annual General Meeting and Coaching Symposium at Hampshire Hills Complex on Sunday, March 27.

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Healthy eating can be fun, as proven by Jordan and Simon, two local children in the After School Program sponsored by Meredith Parks and Recreation and held at the Community Center. After learning about healthy eating, the kids created — then ate — cucumber cars and veggie flowers.

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Restaurant/Theatre Rewards Program presented by Summer Theatre in Meredith Village and 18 area eateries MEREDITH — The Summer Theatre in Meredith Village has teamed up with 18 area eateries to offer a Restaurant/Theatre Rewards Program, which will run from now until the end of the 2011 summer season.

The new program will allow customers to earn “theatre credits” whenever they eat at a participating restaurant.

For every five different restaurants visited, patrons will receive a free theatre ticket. Those who fill their entire card by visiting all 18 eateries will earn a gift certificate for dinner at their favorite.

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Receipts should be presented to the box office where staff will punch the Rewards Program card. For more info and to receive a card, call the Theatre at (888) 245-6374.

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Samyn-D’Elia Architects of Ashland wins 2 statewide design awards

Saymn-D’Elia Architects recently won two design awards from the NH Chapter of the American Institute of Architects — a Merit Award for their work on the historic Ashland Schoolhouse and the People’s Choice award for the Alpine Clinic in Franconia. Pictured is the Clinic patient waiting area with views to Cannon Mountain Ski Area. (Courtesy photo)

ASHLAND — Saymn-D’Elia Architects has received two design awards from the NH Chapter of the American Institute of Architects for their work on the historic Ashland Schoolhouse and the Alpine Clinic in Franconia.

At the annual AIANH (Architects Institute of America – New Hampshire) Excellence in Architecture Awards banquet held at the Manchester Institute of Art in January, Samyn-D’Elia Architects received a Merit Award for the renovation of the historic Ashland Schoolhouse and the People’s Choice award for the new Alpine Clinic.

The AIANH Excellence in Architecture Awards program was instituted in 1983 to providing public and professional recognition for exceptional architectural projects by NH architects. Each entry is judged on overall design excellence including aesthetics, clarity, creativity, appropriate functionality, sustainability, building performance, and appropriateness with regard to fulfilling the client’s program.

The town of Ashland has been actively working to save the 19th century Schoolhouse since it closed as a public high school in 1991. Things became critical in the mid-1990s when the building was almost torn down to make way for additional parking. At that time, Tri-County Action Program Inc. (Tri-Cap) came forward, and with funding support from the NH Land and Community Investment Program (LCHIP), began making plans and raising additional funds for a renovation of the historic structure. By the time the finds were in hand — almost 16 years later — the building had deteriorated and was in poor condition.

Tom Samyn of Samyn-D’Elia Architects worked with Tri-CAP, a non-profit development group, and Milestone Engineering to renovate the schoolhouse into offices, a Head Start pre-school, and additional space for future tenants. The design goal was to renovate the building in a historically accurate way, replacing and renovating all features, details, and surfaces as required. Guidance, historical perspective, and new ideas for the project came from Ashland’s historical society, school children, town elders, and local business people.

Ward D’Elia worked with the three orthopedic physician owners and Lyman Millworks Construction Management to design the 16,488 square-foot Alpine Clinic, which provides orthopedic, physical therapy, rehabilitation, MRI, and X-ray services. The layout of the Clinic is unique to the program requirements of this medical facility, however the style is reminiscent of a historic New England ski lodge. The design reflects the clients’ enthusiasm for sports and the clinic’s mountain setting, and acts as a soothing non-clinical surprise for athlete and non-athlete patients alike.

Sitting into the slope of a reclaimed gravel pit allows for full lower level exposure to daylight and beautiful views of Cannon Mountain Ski Area to the south. It also minimizes the building’s exposure to prevailing winter winds. The use of insulated concrete forms, stress skin panels, and an Acadia heat system contribute to the building’s energy efficiency and climate comfort. Exterior materials and colors for the clinic were selected to compliment the surrounding area of tall pine trees, loose boulders and natural fauna.SamynD’Elia Architects has been providing awardwinning, green-rated commercial, medical, municipal, and residential design services since 1980. For more information, visit www. sdarchitects.com. from preceding page tional clinics by Region 1 Olympic Development Program coaches along with informational workshops for the Adult, Competitive, ODP, and Recreation levels will be part of this free event.

For more information and to register, visit www.soccernh.org.

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Uncle Hilde’s announces opening of Tilton location Food for Thought Cafe expands hours of operation at Belmont Mill TILTON — Mark Hildebrand, owner & managing partner at Uncle Hilde’s Lumber Outlet has announced a third location now open in Seabrook.

In business since June 2006 in Tilton, the company successfully expanded into a second store in Merrimack in May 2009.

“We are very excited to be able to bring the same great mix of first quality building materials includ-

ing flooring, decking, siding, and trim in both exotic and domestic woods from around the world … as well as composite decking, railings, and trim boards to the NH Seacoast,” said Hildebrand.

Uncle Hilde’s has established a reputation for having first quality building products at bargain prices. Hildebrand is proud of having industry veterans, averaging more than 20 years experience, on staff in all locations.

MEREDITH — The Meredith Area Chamber of Commerce will sponsor a series of Technology Seminars for local businesses to be held at the Inn at Mill Falls at 3:30 p.m. on March 2, March 23, and April 6.

Veronica Francis, president of Notchnet, Inc., a web marketing firm in Littleton, will share her expertise with Chamber members in the areas of Social Media Marketing and Growing Your business with Google Tools. The March 2 seminar, Social Media Marketing, will review tips for promoting business on the popular networks such as Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and Foursquare. The March 23 seminar will

review how to get one’s business listed with Google and tips for using Google marketing programs such as Google Places, Adwords, Blogger and Analytics.

Ryan Barton from Mainstay Technologies in Laconia will lead the April 6 workshop. He will offer practical actionable steps that any manager — no matter what their technological knowledge — can take to maximize IT budgets, reduce the stress of managing IT, and improve the use of technology in one’s organization.

All seminars are open to members of the Meredith area Chamber of Commerce. For more information, call 279-6121.

Technology Seminars presented by Meredith Area Chamber of Commerce March 2, 23, and April 6

Lakes Region Community College’s Food for Thought Café at the Belmont Mill has expanded its hours of operation on Thursday evenings from 6:30 — 8:30 p.m. Gourmet luncheons continue to be offered from 11:30 a.m. — 1 p.m. on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays. Baking and Pastry student Kayla Harper (pictured) displays a Butter Cream Apricot Tort prepared in LRCC’s U.S. Regional and Infusion Cuisine class. (Courtesy photo)

Leprechaun Hop to feature discounts and door prizes at 6 of New Hampshire’s quilt shops March 3 — 5 NEW HAMPSHIRE – Quilters throughout the state are invited to participate in the Leprechaun Hop, a “shop hop” featuring six of the Granite State’s finest quilt shops from 9 a.m. — 6 p.m. Thursday, March 3 — Saturday March 5.

Participating quilt shops include Apple Tree Fabrics in Hillsboro, The Constant Quilter in Andover, The Country Heart Quilters in Plymouth, Pine Tree Quilt Shop in Salem, The Quilted Frog in Weirs Beach, and The Quilting Corner in Tilton.

Those interested in joining the fun may purchase a passport for $7.50 at any of the six participating quilt shops. Upon payment, hoppers will receive a Pin Tuck, information booklet, and a passport.

“Shop hoppers” will get their passports stamped at each shop, register to win door prizes, and receive one step to a quilt pattern.

In order to receive a completion gift and be eligible for the grand prizes, which include Janome sewing machine donated by Bittersweet Fabric Shop, hoppers must visit all six shops during the allotted time period.

Besides great shopping, there will also be refreshments and contests at the quilt shops. This year, participants will try their luck at Leprechaun Bingo as well as winning daily door prizes. Quilters will also receive coupons, which will entitle them to 10% off designated items at the different shops.

For additional information, including contact information of the shops, visit www.NHShopHops.com.

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By Holiday Mathis SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). You are usually empathic to the needs of those around you, but you have to draw the line somewhere. Today, if you walk a mile in the other person’s shoes, you’re likely to get a foot ache -- it’s just not a good fit.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21).

You’ll be working on an important project. Even if you feel good about the details, there are simply too many of them to carry around with you and still feel calm and relaxed. Make lists, and you’ll feel lighter.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19). It’s not too late to make a New Year’s resolution. Make a declaration to your loved ones about what you intend to do this year. This will help you gain the focus and clarity you desire.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18).

Unload the issues on your mind into a journal or to a counselor or friend. This exercise will remind you of your positive qualities. Tonight, you’ll feel friendly and open to making new social contacts.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). You could save yourself years of struggle by asking for help from the right person.

Hint: It’s a person who has been where you are and turned the situation into a success story.

TODAY’S BIRTHDAY (Feb. 24).

You’ll get a public forum in which to communicate your ideas and put them into practice. Mental pursuits ignite your energy. You could simultaneously succeed at more than one career, making you the envy of your friends. Your love life will be fun-filled in July and August.

September brings a glamorous adventure. Cancer and Taurus people adore you. Your lucky numbers are: 24, 2, 10, 49 and 17.

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ARIES (March 21-April 19). When you feel pressured, you act out of fear.

That’s why it will be useful to stomp out your own impatience because it will only lead to regret. Have more fun, and it will be easier for you to have patience, too. , TAURUS (April 20-May 20). It will benefit you to keep communication short and to the point. You will be heard, understood and respected. People will know that you’re not a person who will waste their time.

GEMINI (May 21-June 21). Even when you think people understand what you are saying, it’s important to ask for clarification. As a bonus, you’ll be helping others to get clearer in their intention.

CANCER (June 22-July 22). There is a positive purpose behind your communication and behavior, though someone you are close to might not understand what it is. Spell it out, and you’ll get the support you need.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). You value honesty and don’t see the need to sugarcoat your response to the world.

Try to be gentle, though. People around you will be more sensitive than usual.

Let your tone of voice convey compassion.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). You know the result you want to get from each and every interaction. This makes you purposeful in all of your dealings.

Your confidence will help you attract money this afternoon.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). You are willing to make an effort for a special relationship. You are even willing to change in some small way in order for things to work well. The other person will mirror this gesture.

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––––––– ALMANAC ––––––– Today is Thursday, Feb. 24, the 55th day of 2011. There are 310 days left in the year.

Today’s Highlight in History: On Feb. 24, 1761, Boston lawyer James Otis Jr. went to court to argue against “writs of assistance” that allowed British customs officers to arbitrarily search people’s premises; citing English common law, Otis declared: “A man’s house is his castle.”

(Although Otis lost the case, his statement provided a source of inspiration for American independence.)

On this date: In 1582, Pope Gregory XIII issued a papal bull, or edict, outlining his calendar reforms.

(The Gregorian Calendar is the calendar in general use today.)

In 1711, the opera “Rinaldo” by George Frideric Handel premiered in London.

In 1803, in its Marbury v. Madison decision, the Supreme Court established judicial review of the constitutionality of statutes.

In 1821, Mexican rebels proclaimed the “Plan de Iguala,” their declaration of independence from Spain.

In 1863, Arizona was organized as a territory.

In 1868, the House of Representatives impeached President Andrew Johnson following his attempted dismissal of Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton; Johnson was later acquitted by the Senate.

In 1920, the German Workers Party, which later became the Nazi Party, met in Munich to adopt its platform.

In 1942, the Voice of America went on the air for the first time.

In 1981, A jury in White Plains, N.Y., found Jean Harris guilty of second-degree murder in the fatal shooting of “Scarsdale Diet” author Dr. Herman Tarnower. (Sentenced to 15 years to life in prison, Harris was granted clemency by New York Gov. Mario Cuomo in Dec. 1992.)

One year ago: Testifying before Congress, Toyota CEO Akio Toyoda apologized personally and repeatedly to the United States and millions of American Toyota owners for safety lapses that had led to deaths and widespread recalls.

Today’s Birthdays: Actor Abe Vigoda is 90. Actor Steven Hill is 89. Actor-singer Dominic Chianese is 80. Movie composer Michel Legrand is 79. Actor James Farentino is 73. Sen. Joseph Lieberman, I-Conn., is 69. Actor Barry Bostwick is 66. Actor Edward James Olmos is 64. Singer-writer-producer Rupert Holmes is 64. Rock singer-musician George Thorogood is 61. Actress Debra Jo Rupp is 60. Actress Helen Shaver is 60.

Apple CEO Steve Jobs is 56. News anchor Paula Zahn is 55. Singer Michelle Shocked is 49. Movie director Todd Field is 47. Actor Billy Zane is 45. Actress Bonnie Somerville is 37. Rock musician Matt McGinley (Gym Class Heroes) is 28.

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CALENDAR TODAY’S EVENTS 4th Annual Best Pizza in Town Contest at Laconia High School. 6 to 8 p.m. (during basketaball games).

Silent auction at Lakes Region Community College in Laconia to benefit student trip to Haiti. 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. in Bennett Library.

Inter-Lakes Fifty Plus Club meeting. 1:30 p.m. at St. Charles Parish Hall in Meredith. Anyone 50 or over is welcome. For more information call 253-9916.

Pick Up Basketball at the Meredith Community Center. 6 to 8 p.m. For age 18+. $1 per person.

Better Together meeting at Laconia Middle School. 4 to 6 p.m. Help make the Lakes Region the best place for families and children. For more information call Sharon at 524-1741 X15.

Giggles & Grins Playgroup meets Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays for parents and children through 5-years-old. Free. 9 to 11 a.m. at the Family Resource Center of Central N.H. (635 Main Street in Laconia.) For more information call 524-1741.

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

Affordable Health Care at Laconia Family Planning and Prenatal. 4 to 6 p.m. at 121 Belmont Road (Rte. 106 South). 524-5453. GYN and reproductive services. STD/ HIV testing. Sliding fee scale.

Weight Watchers meeting. 6:30 p.m. at the Center Harbor Christian Church.

Knotty Knitters group meeting at the Meredith Public Library. 10 a.m. to noon. All levels of experience welcome.

Brown Bag Book Group meeting at the Meredith Public Library. Noon to 1 p.m. “In the Woods” by Tana French. Bring a lunch. Desserts and beverages will be provided.

Preschool Story Time at the Meredith Public Library. 1 to 2 p.m. Stories and crafts fro ages 3-5. Sign-up is helpful.

Lakes Region Sled Dog Club Vice-President Russ Armstrong to speak before the Friends of the Goss Reading Room. 6 p.m. Armstrong is expected to discuss the success of the 82nd Laconia World Championship Sled Dog Derby as well as the local history of the sport. For more information, or to arrange for a ride, call 524-7638.

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 25 Community ice skating party sponsored by Gilford Parks and Recreation. 6:30 to 8 p.m. at the Arthur A. Tilton Ice Rink. The event will be family-friendly and will feature music and hot chocolate. Participants should brink their own skates, dress for the weather and avoid parking along the road. No hockey sticks or pucks.

Giggles & Grins Playgroup meets Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays for parents and children through 5-years-old. Free. 9 to 11 a.m. at the Family Resource Center of Central N.H. (635 Main Street in Laconia.) For more information call 524-1741.

Tot Time at the Meredith Public Library. 9:30 to 10:20 a.m. Stories, songs and crafts fro ages 1-3. Sign-up is helpful.

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

Affordable Health Care at Laconia Family Planning and Prenatal. 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at 121 Belmont Road (Rte. 106 South). 524-5453. GYN and reproductive services.

STD/HIV testing. Sliding fee scale.

Indoor climbing wall drop-in time at Meredith Community Center. 6 to 8 p.m. Climb Mt. Meredith, a 24-ft. indoor climbing wall. $1 per person. Please pay at the front desk.

Silent Auction at Lakes Region Community College extended through noon on Monday February 28 in Bennett Library. All Proceeds to benefit student building trip to Haiti. Public welcome!

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ANNIE’S MAILBOX

Dear Annie: My boyfriend and I have been together for three years. We are compatible in every way but one. He feels compelled to run to the aid of his single, female neighbor, even though she has a boyfriend. He watches her dog, fixes her fence, helps with clogged drains, etc. I’ve told him this makes me uncomfortable. I feel he is sending the wrong message, enabling her to rely upon him and creating a bond. I want him to stop volunteering his services. He thinks I am making a big deal out of nothing. He says he likes to help people. A similar situation happened two years ago with a different single, female neighbor, and I found a flirtatious note from her on his door. I don’t believe anything happened between them, but the neighbor apparently hoped something would.

I think he craves the adoration and wants women to idolize and praise him for coming to their rescue. Am I being petty, or is my boyfriend playing me for a fool? -- Concerned Girlfriend Dear Concerned: Neither. You are probably right about your boyfriend’s need for admiration and praise, and it has nothing to do with playing you for a fool. This is simply part of his character. The problem, as you say, is that some women will get the impression that he is interested in them romantically. If he is unwilling to accept this fact, your choice is to trust him and put up with it, or break it off.

Dear Annie: I am a 21-year-old female looking for my mother’s approval. My biological mother left when I was a baby, and my stepmother has been my mom since I was 6 months old. We never really got along while I was growing up. I have tried repeatedly to have a relationship with her, but I always catch her saying bad things about me to my family.

Now they all think ill of me. I wasn’t even welcome at last year’s Christmas party.

Due to all the nasty things my stepmother has my family

believing, I made the decision to stop speaking to her. But now my father and I hardly ever talk to each other. I know she is still saying things behind my back, because my younger sister gets into arguments with her about it. Do you have any suggestions? -- Desperate for a Mother’s Love Dear Desperate: Since you and your stepmother have had a contentious relationship for years, it will be difficult to improve it, but not impossible. Talk to your stepmother in your father’s presence. Say gently that you want her to be in your life, that you care very much about her and that you want to make your relationship better. Ask her to come with you for counseling. You could talk to your clergyperson or get a referral from your doctor. If your stepmother sees that you are genuinely interested in making the effort, she may agree to work on it. Either way, your father needs to see that you are trying.

Dear Annie: I am a Nationally Certified School Psychologist (NCSP) and would like to offer a suggestion on how to correct a child’s manners. To change behavior, research indicates it is more effective to do so with positive reinforcement.

One reader suggested giving a child 25 pennies at the beginning of each meal, losing a penny for each infraction, such as chewing with his mouth open. A much more effective plan would be to reinforce the child for correct table manners, like chewing with his mouth closed or using a napkin. Each time, he would receive a penny for the desired behavior. The stack of pennies would build up.

It is easier to catch negative behavior. However, when we make the conscious effort to notice and reward desirable behavior, the positive behavior will replace the negative sooner and will be more lasting. -- Ann Steele, NCSP, Wausau, Wis. Dear Ann Steele: We greatly appreciate your expertise.

Thank you.

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, 5777 W. Century Blvd., Ste. 700, Los Angeles, CA 90045.

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BELMONT: 1 bedroom, 2nd floor, coin-op laundry and storage space in basement. $195/week including heat, electric & hot water, 524-1234

LACONIA Weirs Blvd 2 Bedroom, 2 bath, one level newly renovated condo year-round. Balcony with view of lake, pool, no smoking/pets, refs/dep required. $900/month. 366-4341

We lend on anything of value.

Tools, Jewelry, Electronics, DVD s, More.

CASH FOR YOUR ITEMS Buy, Sell, Trade, Loan Call 998-7926

Autos 1996 Jeep Grand Cherokee132K, 4-Wheel Drive, leather, automatic, loaded with options! $2,995 OBO. Call Scott at 603-369-0494 1999 Chevy Cavalier, 4 dr, 4 cyc, air, auto, CD, 89K mi., $3495 obo.

934-2221.

2007 Toyota Tundra, dbl. cab, SR5, 65K miles, maroon with black interior $17,500/ bro.

455-8987.

ABLE to pay cash, cars average $300, trucks full-size 4x4 up to $500, truck batteries $8 each, alloy $9 each, in Epping we have scale, $1/ lb. for coded Copper wire, $3.00/ lb. for copper pipe.

(603)502-6438 BUYING junk cars and trucks ME & NH. Call for price. Martin Towing. (603)305-4504.

CASH FOR junk cars & trucks.

Top Dollar Paid. Available 7 days a week. 630-3606

Top Dollar Paid- $150 and up for unwanted & junk vehiclies. Call 934-4813

BOATS DOCKS for Rent: 2011 season, Lake Winnisquam Point. Parking, bathrooms, showers, launch on site. 603-524-2222.

Child Care CHILD CARE in my home.

Laconia/ Belmont/ Gilmanton. 20+ years experience. One opening. 2 meals, snacks & crafts. Linda 524-8761.

BRISTOL: 2BR apt, heat and hot water included. $675 a month.

217-4141.

CUTE 1-bedroom remodeled apartment in Tilton. 1/2 month rent free! Heat/Hot Water included. $660/Month. 603-393-9693 or 916-214-7733 FOR RENT OR SALE- Weirs Beach Condo. 2-bedroom, 2-bath, fully renovated. $900/Month + Utilities & Security deposit. Or, $1,000/Month utilities included + security deposit. Sale $110,000.

Many amenities. 603-279-5991

For Rent

LACONIA 1-Bedroom - Washer/ dryer hookup, storage, no pets.

Security Deposit & references. $600/mo. + utilities. 520-4353

APARTMENTS, mobile homes. If you need a rental at a fair price, call DRM Corp. Over 40 years in rentals, 524-0348 or visit M-W-F, 12-5, at 373 Court Street, Laconia.

LACONIA 3 rooms nice quiet area, sunny, 2nd floor $525+.

Parking, storage. No smoking 528-3649.

BELMONT Condo: 2-bedroom, 2-bath, single-level, washer/dryer hookup, garage. Non-smoker, Near LRCC/LRGH, security deposit. $995/month. 528-1432.

Laconia 1 room for rent. 118 Court St. 1st floor, $120/Week includes everything. Own bathroom, 524-7218 or 832-3535

KEN BARRETT AUCTIONS Monday, February 28, 2011 @ 6pm • Preview at 4pm www.auctionzip.com ID#5134, for 425 photos Coin collection, hundreds of old comics, large selection of Railroad paper, dozens of famous autographs, rifles, RW officers sword, postcards, military, old mags, Lincoln scrapbook, lots of early clown photos & rare set of clown flop shoes, 10 cast Iron banks, mini portrait on Ivory, 3 sets nice snowshoes, glass, china, lots more!

Auction Held at 274 Main St. Tilton, N.H. • 603-286-2028 kenbarrettauctions@netzero.net Lic # 2975, buyers premium, subject to reserves, errors, omissions & Auctioneer’s terms. Catered by Bev.

LACONIA ONE bedroom efficiency apartment, partially furnished, second floor, close to hospital. $130/week, Includes heat/hot water, lights. Very clean, owner lives in the home. Security deposit and references required.

No pets/smoking. 524-5437 LACONIA Pleasant St. 1-Bedroom, $750. Studio apartment $650. Heat/hot water included, no pets/smoking. 524-5837 LACONIA Prime 2 bedroom apartment on Gale Ave. Walk to town and beaches. Carpeting, just repainted, private entrance, Garage. $900/month includes heat and hot water. 524-3892.

LACONIA Waterfront- 2-Bedroom condo, quiet location, ample parking, Clean/renovated, furnished optional. No smoking/pets. $850/month. 603-366-4655.

LACONIA- Large Rooms for rent.

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

LACONIA, New in-town open concept loft condo, hardwood floors, hidden 3rd story room with library ladder, granite countertops, washer and dryer, ground level, cable Internet included, very low utility costs, references, security required, non-smoker no pets, $875/ month. 455-4075.

Laconia- 3-Bedroom, 2nd Floor, Washer/Dryer, Attic Storage, Sunroom, $950/month + Utilities & Security Deposit. No Pets/No Smoking. 387-4471 LACONIA-DUPLEX 3 bedroom 1/1/2 bath, washer/dryer hookups, garage. $950/month, heat included. References & security deposit. No pets or smokers.

524-7419 LACONIA: Efficiency apartment, $135/week includes heat & hot water. References and deposit.

524-9665.

LACONIA: Near downtown, 1-Bedroom, $600 +utilities and 2-Bedroom, $750 +utilities.

References & deposit required.

387-3864.

LACONIA: 1-bedroom apartments in clean, quiet, secure downtown building. Very nice and completely renovated. $175/week, includes heat, hot water and electricity.

524-3892.

LACONIA: Close to downtown, 5 room 2-Bedroom, 1.5 baths, first floor, includes 2-car parking, snow removal, landscaping, deck, washer/dryer. $180/week. 4-week security deposit & 1st four weeks in advance, references and credit check a must. No pets. Leave message for Bob, 781-283-0783 LACONIA: Gilbert Apartments. Efficiency, 1, 2 and 3 bedroom

For Rent

For Sale

LACONIA: Large 4 bedroom apartment. Second floor, new paint and flooring, parking. $850 + utilities, security and references required. 603-781-6294.

Craftsman snow blower $175, Vintage racing snowmobile, extra parts $500. 91 ArtcticCat Snowmobile $500. 603-343-3753

LACONIA: Two 1 bedroom apartments available, both on 2nd floor. $180 & $190/week including heat, electric & hot water, 524-1234.

LACONIA: 1-2 Bedrooms starting at $550/Month. Includes Heat/Hot Water & Electric. No dogs.

496-8667 or 545-9510.

LAKEPORT: Tiny 1-Bedroom, includes utilities and heat. 1-car parking. $155/week. Leave message for Bob. 781-283-0783.

MEREDITH- In-Town Efficiency apartment. 1-bedroom, 1-bath.

Kitchen, large living room with dryer. Quiet location, no pets/no smokers $800/Month + utilities.

Rick (781)389-2355

NORTHFIELD Are you tired of living in run down, dirty housing, then call us we have the absolute best, spotlessly clean and everything works. We include heat & hot water and all appliances, Townhouses & apartments, in Northfield one block from I-93 Call 630-3700 for affordable Clean living.

PREMIER Gated Community Meredith Bay. 3500 sqft custom 4BDRM single family home, 2-car garage. Grand Winnipesaukee Views! Beach Club, Pools, Tennis! $3750/mo./yr lease. Call 800-559-4141 or jshea@meredithbaynh.com. www.MeredithBayNH.com SANBORNTON New Large 1 bedroom condo; 2nd floor; parking, plowing & electric included; No smoking/pets. $765/mo. 455-0910 TROPICAL Paradise: Marco Island, Florida waterfront condo.

Dare to compare, from $500/week and up. (603)393-7077.

WINNISQUAM: Small efficiency apartment and a cottage including heat, hot water and lights. No pets. $150-$175/week. $400 deposit. 528-2757 or 387-3864.

26” JVC television including shelf for DVD. $40. 524-4604.

Amana Microwave late model, $40, Antique radios & many power tools. 744-6107 AMAZING Beautiful queen or full pillow top mattress set only $249.

See ad under “furniture”.

BED- Orthopedic 11 inch thick super nice pillowtop mattress & box.

10 Yr. warranty, new-in-plastic.

Cost $1,200, sell Queen-$299, Full-$270 King-$450. Can deliver.

235-1773 BEDROOM- 7-piece Solid cherry sleigh. Dresser/Mirror chest & night stand (all dovetail).

New-in-boxes cost $2,200 Sell $895. 603-427-2001 Cole Brook & Co. ladies leather jacket. Size 3X. Black, not worn much. $65. Call 524-8306 Custom Glazed Kitchen Cabinets.

Solid maple, never installed. May add/subtract to fit kitchen. Cost $6,000 sacrifice $1,750. 433-4665 Diesel fuel tank with electric pump. $300. 630-0957 FIREWOOD-ALL quantities available. Green also. Bundles, 1/8, 1/4 & 1/2 cords. Full cord/$180.

Pick-up/delivery. 998-7337/Leave Message KENMORE 30” range, in working order and good condition. $25.

After 6 pm 528-6928.

LAMB -RAISED locally. Hormone & antibiotic free. Vacuum packed, frozen. Custom cuts available.

528-5838 MEADOWBROOK Inner Circle Membership 2011 Season, cost $300, sell $100. Call for details.

630-2440 Miller Big 40 Welder & Generator powered by 4 cyl. gas motor.

Mounted on 7 X 14 ft. Dual axle trailer. $1,200/OBO. 630-0957 MOVING Sale in Gilford, office furniture, household furniture, books, & etc. Call anytime 524-4740.

For Rent-Commercial

Palmer Scooter Brand new $6,000-OBO. Pace Saver Premier Plus scooter, approx. 4-years old. $600. 528-0788

MEREDITH

PARADIGM Studio 100 v.3 full range home audio/ theater tower speakers. $1650. 496-8639.

31 Foundry Ave. Off Route 104

ROTEL RB-1090 380 w/ch stereo home audio/ theater power amp $1200. 496-8639.

Great Location!

(Behind Olde Province Common)

1,500 Sq. Ft. with 17’ ceiling & 14’ overhead door. Partial 2nd level balcony space. Finished office cubicle on 1st floor.

Perfect for graphic, woodworking, artistry, retail, storage, etc.

$750/Month + Utilities 279-0142 (Business) 677-2298 (Cell) LACONIA/BELMONT LINE- Retail Showroom at Rt. 106 & Bypass.

1500+ Sq. ft., 10X12 overheaed door, security & fire system. $1,900/Month. 603-502-6437 LACONIA Prime retail. 750 sf., parking, includes heat. $550 per month. Also 1325 sf. $675/month Security deposit & references.

455-6662.

Tappan 30 inch electric range.

Panel lighted-cooks great! Remodeling kitchen. $100. 524-6653

Furniture AMAZING! Queen or full mattress set. Beautiful Luxury firm European-pillow-top, new in plastic, costs $1,095, sell $249. Can deliver. 603-305-9763 PROMOTIONAL New mattresses starting; King set complete $395, queen set $239. 603-524-1430.

Twin bed. Head board is cloth with red & white thin stripes. Comes with frame, foundation & mattress. $65. Large living room chair bought at Giever Furniture. Asking $175. Call 524-8306

RENTALS

One and two bedrooms: Starting at $200/wk * All utilities, cable and Internet included

Rodeway Inn

788 Laconia Rd., Tilton 603-524-6897 gm.nh043@choicehotels.com Go to www.rodewayinn.com and enter “Tilton, NH” *Taxes and Some Conditions Apply.

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Guest speakers highlight aspects of White Mountain Fundraising dinner for paintings exhibition at Plymouth State University Gilmanton girl selected

PLYMOUTH — Guest speakers will highlight aspects of “As Time Passes Over the Land,” an exhibition of 29 White Mountain paintings by 20 artists on display at the Karl Drerup Art Gallery through April 9.

Film producer Andrea Melville will introduce “Pen and Brush,” a documentary about the 19th- and 20th-century writers and artists who worked in the White Mountains to be screened in Hyde Hall at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, March 9.

The hour-long documentary features White Mountain painters such as Champney, Cole, Gerry, and Shapleigh as well as period writers Thoreau, Whittier, and Hawthorne, all of whom visited and wrote about the area. The program will also feature the little-known female artists and writers of the period.

Richard Hunnewell will present “Nature into Landscape: Changing Perceptions of the American Wilderness” at the Karl Drerup Art Gallery at 4 p.m. on Tuesday, March 15.

Framed by the unfolding panorama of 19th-century landscape in the northeastern United States, this talk will focuses on defining aspects of landscape painting’s emergency and development, contextualized against the background of the history and culture of the White Mountains.

Gallery events are presented free of charge. Gallery hours are 10 a.m. — 4 p.m. Monday — Saturday; 10 a.m. — 8 p.m. Wednesdays; and by appointment.

The gallery is closed during University holidays and vacations, including March 19 — 27.

Help Wanted

Help Wanted

ADVERTISING Sales for tourism publications and website, must have solid ad sales experience.

Lakes Region, North Conway to Canadian Border. Commission only. Resume and references required. (603)356-7011.

for People to People Ambassadors Program at Community Church

GILMANTON — A fundraising community dinner in support of Miranda Bushnell, who has been selected to participate in the People to People Ambassadors Program, will be served at the Commnity Church from 5 — 7 p.m. on Saturday, February 26.

The daughter of Mr. & Mrs. Richard Bushnell of Gilmanton Iron Works, Miranda will have an educational travel adventure that will give her the opportunity to learn about foreign cultures, explore historical landmarks, and build confidence as a leader. She will visit various countries in Europe in the summer program.

One of a series of community dinners Miranda has chosen to host to raise funds for her trip, Saturday’s dinner will consist of ham, beans, and pasta. Cost is $8 for adults, $7 for seniors, $6 for children age 6 — 12 years old, and a $25 maximum for an immediate family (parent/s and their children).

B. Edward Hill’s “Horseback Rider at Echo Lake” is one of 29 White Mountain paintings featured in “As Time Passes Over the Land,” an exhibition presented by Plymouth State Universitys Karl Drerup Art Gallery and the White Mountains Institute through April 9. (Courtesy photo)

Real Estate

Services

New Durham 9 rooms, 2 baths $98,000. $1000 down

Rick Drouin 520-5642 or 744-6277

For more info

LACONIA HARLEY-DAVIDSON

Roommate Wanted

PIECE OF MIND $30/ hour. Let me clean, organize or restyle your home. Dependable and trustworthy, impeccable references. Call Cindy at 520-2150.

MEREDITH: Private bedroom and bathroom. All utilities included.

Pets allowed.

(603)707-9036.

Instruction

REMOVAL: Sheds, garages, junk/trash, fences and cellar & attic cleanups. Laconia/Gilford area. (978)618-3712. Call Tom anytime.

Services

FLYFISHING LESSONS

on private trout pond. FFF certified casting instructor. Gift cert. available. (603)356-6240. www.mountainviewflyfishing.c om

ROOF SHOVELING Fully Insured Laconia, Gilford, Belmont & Surrounding Areas Residential & Commercial

Mobile Homes GILFORD: 55+ Park, 2BR w/carport, beach access, excellent condition, updated furnace, with appliances, $25,500. 524-4816.

MAINTENANCE TECHNICIAN Part-time maintenance technician needed for Wingate Village Apartments in Laconia. Experience in electrical, plumbing, interior/exterior building repair and maintenance. Pay starts at $13.00 per hour, 20 hours per week (Monday – Friday, 8AM-12 PM) With on-call rotation. Previous experience in maintenance preferred. Limited travel for training required. Email resumes to calbert@winnco.com.

EOE. EHO.

MEREDITH: Established salon with booth rental available. Located on Main Street. Choose your own hours. Full or part time 731-5041.

SALES Representative for the Lakes Region Symphony Orchestra to sell ads for the 2011-12 season program.

April-August, set own hours, 20% commission on ads plus expenses. Call 279-0142.

Motorcycles Buy • Sell • Trade www.motoworks.biz

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

Real Estate

Howland • 524-2009

GILFORD, Lake Breeze Park, For sale by owner, 12x60 mobile home, fully applianced, deck and shed, nice lot, 2 car driveway. $8900. Call 527-1163.

TAX PREPARATION Individuals and Businesses No return is too small.

E-Filing available Accounting and Auditing Roger Marceau, CPA 387-6844 or e-mail rlmarceau@metrocast.net THE HUNGRY PAINTER: Roof Shoveling, Painting, small tree work, dump runs, odd jobs, drywall repairs. 455-6296.

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

Our Customers Don t get Soaked!

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

603-455-0214

DESROCHERS Burner Service Meredith, NH (603) 677-2666. Oil Heat Tune-ups, Repairs, Installations Emergency service. Free Estimates.

SNOWMOBILE Repair: All makes & models, 25-years experience.

No job too small. Mobile service.

393-1087.

Belmont- 2 Bedroom Manufactured Home on its own 1/2 acre lot Town water & sewer, newly renovated and energy efficient, nice location. For Sale owner financing available call for details.

For Lease - $1000/month. Call 2678023 GC Enterprises Property Management

By Owner- 4-Bedroom, 3-season porch, 2-car garage plus shop. 1/2 acre, dead-end street, prime location. 603-528-5254, Leave message.

Services

Small Jobs Are My Speciality

Call 603-397-2694

is offering an Exciting Sales Opportunity for Motivated and High Energy People. Sales experience is preferred but not required.

Great pay with Benefits available. Please apply online at www.laconiaharley.com.

Services

HANDYMAN SERVICES

Yard Sale CANCELED! EVERYTHING SOLD! INDOOR Yard Sale. Saturday, Feb. 26th. 9am-2pm.

Books, toys, dolls, furniture, dishes, cutglass, folding-chairs, many items priced to sell at $1/ each. 22 Boyd Hill Road, Gilford off Morrill Street.

EXTREME ROOF SHOVELING • Fully Insured • Ice Dam Removal

455-8370

SWG CONSTRUCTION FRAME • ROOF • SIDE Snow Shoveling • More Green Valley Lawn Care- Snow removal, roofs, driveways, parking lots. Fully Insured. Dan 524-5295

Fully insured Reasonable Rates

393-6215

ESTATE Sale. Saturday, Feb. 26 9am - 1pm. 352 Lower Bay Rd. Sanbornton. Kitchen, diningroom and office furniture, freezer, refrigerator, new men s big and tall clothing and shoes, vintage women s clothes, handicap supplies, computer, frames, linens, stereo, cassette tapes, antiques.

Questions? 387-2509 after 3 pm.

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1.9%

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Low Rates Aren’t Just for New Cars!!

2009 Chevy Impala LT 1.9%*

1) $

#10004PA

2009 Chevy Malibu LTZ

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2007 Chevy Silverado 1500 Ext. Cab 4WD

2007 Pontiac Solstice GXP Convertible Roadster!

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2005 Chevy Silverado Crew Cab 2500HD 4WD #11193T

2007 Chevy Trailblazer LS 4WD #10054PA

2007 Chevy Trailblazer LS 4WD #10021PA

2008 Toyota Highlander #11191A

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2009 Chevy Cobalt

2008 Ford Fusion SE AWD

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2005 Buick Lacrosse

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2003 Malibu LS

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2006 Malibu Maxx LTZ

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View Our Website For Complete Inventory: www.cantins.com 623 Union Avenue, Laconia, NH 603-524-0770 or 1-800-226-8467 “When other dealers can’t ... Cantin can!”

SHOWROOM HOURS: Mon., Tues., Wed. & Fri. 8:00-7:00pm Thursday - 8:00-8:00pm • Saturday: 8:00-5:00pm

Disclaimer: Photos for illustration purposes only. Not responsible for typographical errors. *Payment based on 60 months at 1.9% APR, $3,000 cash or trade equity