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Residential drug & alcohol rehab company looking to establish facility in the now bank-owned Gunstock Inn

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GILFORD — The Phoenix House of New England is looking to relocate into the Gunstock Inn on Cherry Valley Road, which, as of yesterday, became the property of Northway Bank.

Representatives from the residential drug and alcohol rehabilitation company met with the Gilford Planning Board in

a workshop meeting last night to see if the relocation was possible under existing zoning ordinances.

Former owner Richard Bastille recently shuttered the inn and fitness center he and his partners operated on the property, indicating the poor economy of recent years had taken a toll.

During last night’s presentation at Town Hall, Paul Laval-

lee said he was looking to buy the Gunstock Inn from the bank and lease the the top floor to the Phoenix House. He said the plan is to create separate entrances and utilize the first floor for a recreation and fitness center that would be open to the public. The building houses a heated indoor pool.

The Phoenix House is the nation’s largest not-for-profit drug treatment and prevention

organization according to the information provided at last night’s information session.

Neil Gaer, senior program director of Phoenix House, said the proposal for Gilford would be residential treatment for people who want to be there. He said the clients would be a combination of private pay, insurance pay, and state subsidized.

He said there would be no see INN page 8

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Belknap Commission offers counter proposal with $449k in cuts

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LACONIA — “We have a lot of work left to do,” said Rep. Colette Worsman (R-Meredith), who chairs the Belknap County Convention, after the Belknap County Commission presented the convention with a proposal to trim the amount to be

collected in county property taxes in 2013 by $1.2-million last night.

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NEW YORK (AP) — Don’t blame Beyonce for blowing the lights out at the Super Bowl.

NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell said Monday that the halftime show was not the cause of the power outage that darkened the Superdome for half an hour during Sunday’s broadcast.

“There’s no indication at all that this was caused by the halftime show. Absolutely not.

I know that’s been out there that this halftime show had something to do with it. That is not the case,” Goodell said.

Beyonce was the halftime performer at Sunday night’s game and used plenty of power to light up the stage. Some had joked that her electrifying performance was to blame for the outage.

But the halftime show was running on its own generator, said Goodell and Doug Thornton, a vice president of SMG, the company that manages the Superdome.

“It was not on our power grid at all,” Thornton said, adding see BLACKOUT page 7

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Police storm bunker, kill kidnapper & rescue boy MIDLAND CITY, Ala. (AP) — Authorities stormed an underground bunker Monday in Alabama, freeing a 5-year-old boy and leaving his increasingly agitated captor dead after a week of fruitless negotiations that left authorities convinced the child was in imminent danger.

Jimmy Lee Dykes, 65, had taken the child off a school bus after fatally shooting the driver. He was known by neighbors for his anti-government rants and for patrolling his property with a gun, ready to shoot trespassers. He had stayed for sev-

eral days in the tiny bunker before.

“He always said he’d never be taken alive. I knew he’d never come out of there,” said an acquaintance, Roger Arnold.

Dykes had been seen with a gun, and officers concluded the boy was in imminent danger, said Steve Richardson of the FBI’s office in Mobile. It was not immediately clear how authorities determined the man had a gun, or exactly how Dykes died.

Late Monday, officers were sweeping the property to make sure Dykes had not set up any bombs that could detonate. Full details

of the bunker raid had not yet emerged.

However, neighbors described hearing what sounded like gunshots around the time officials said they entered the shelter.

Michael Senn, pastor of a church near where reporters had been camped out since the standoff began, said he was relieved the child had been taken to safety.

However, he also recalled the bus driver, Charles Albert Poland Jr., who had been hailed as a hero for protecting nearly two dozen other children on the bus before see RESCUE page 11

Despite long odds, Obama standing firm on gun control measures MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — President Barack Obama declared Monday on his first trip outside Washington to promote gun control that a consensus is emerging for universal background checks for purchasers, though he conceded a tough road lay ahead to pass an assault weapons ban over formidable opposition in Congress.

“We should restore the ban on militarystyle assault weapons and a 10-round

limit for magazines,” Obama said in a brief speech, standing firm on his full package on gun-control measures despite long odds.

Such a ban “deserves a vote in Congress because weapons of war have no place on our streets or in our schools or threatening our law enforcement officers.”

The president spoke from a special police operations center in a city once known to some as “Murderapolis” but where gun vio-

lence has dropped amid a push to address it from city leaders. Officers stood behind him, dressed in crisp uniforms of blue, white and brown.

The site conveyed Obama’s message that a reduction in violence can be achieved nationally, even if Americans have sharp disagreements over gun control. That includes among members of his own party see OBAMA page 14

CONCORD (AP) — A legislative committee created to oversee how New Hampshire implements President Barack Obama’s health care overhaul law may have little say in the next key decision.

Gov. Maggie Hassan has until Feb. 15 to declare whether the state will partner

with the federal government to operate the new insurance markets required under the law. According to her spokesman, she doesn’t like the idea of leaving everything to the federal government and doesn’t need to include lawmakers in her decision. But he stopped short of saying she would act

without them.

“Leaving control of New Hampshire’s exchange solely to the federal government is not in the best interest of our people and businesses,” spokesman Marc Goldberg said. “Though the governor has full see N.H. HEALTH page 14

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U.S. stocks down on first trading day after Dow’s rally to close above 14,000 (AP) — Stocks hit a big milestone, then promptly spun off the road.

Major indexes dived the most this year Monday, the first trading day after the Dow broke 14,000 and closed at its highest level since the financial crisis.

The Dow Jones industrial average dropped as much as 143 points in afternoon trading. It closed down 129.71, or 0.9 percent, at 13,880.08.

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Obama sings bill raising nation’s debt limit to go beyond $16.4T WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama has signed into law a bill raising the government’s borrowing limit, averting a default and delaying the next clash over the nation’s debt until later this year.

The legislation temporarily suspends the $16.4 trillion limit on federal borrowing. Experts say that will allow the government to borrow about $450 billion to meet interest payments and other obligations.

The Senate gave the bill final approval last week and sent it to Obama, who signed it Monday shortly after returning from Minneapolis.

Democrats and Obama had warned that failure to pass the bill could set off financial panic and threaten the economic recovery.

The bill includes a provision attached by House Republicans that temporarily withholds lawmakers’ pay in either chamber that fails to produce a budget plan.

Monday’s declines were the biggest drops this year for all three indexes. They followed a surge Friday that pushed the Dow over 14,000 for the first time since 2007, before the financial meltdown that routed world markets.

Friday was only the tenth time in its history that the Dow closed above 14,000. The first was in July 2007; the rest were in October of that year. The index closed Friday just 155 points shy of its record high, set that October.

The rally was powered by solid economic data, including a January jobs report that showed the labor market is strengthening gradually. A broad measure of manufacturing also rose sharply.

The Dow is up nearly 6 percent this year. Yet Wall Street’s celebratory mood was a distant memory Monday, as U.S. stocks followed European markets lower. France’s CAC-40 closed down 3 percent, Germany’s DAX 2.5 percent.

“It started to look like things in the market are maybe getting a little ahead of themselves, compared to some of the data we’ve seen,” said Bill Stone, chief investment strategist at PNC Asset Management Group. He said problems in Europe are also beginning to affect U.S. markets after several quiet months.

Borrowing costs for Italy and Spain rose Monday, Stone noted, reflecting concerns among bond investors that those countries may be unable to meet their financial obligations.

“It kind of restarts some of the old worries that we’ve been able to ignore for quite some time,” Stone said.

In New York, Merck & Co. was among the Dow’s biggest losers, dropping 98 cents, or 2.3 percent, to $40.85. The pharmaceutical company said Friday that its earnings declined in the fourth quarter and 2013 might be weaker than analysts had hoped. see STOCKS page 12

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Hassan nominates Republican to head Economic Development CONCORD (AP) — New Hampshire Gov. Maggie Hassan is nominating a nine-year employee of BAE Systems to head the Department of Resources and Economic Development.

Jeffrey Rose of Goffstown is currently director of public affairs for BAE’s Electronic Systems Sector.

He also has served as chair of the Greater Nashua Chamber of Commerce and played active rules in the Business and Industry Association and New England Council.

“The Department of Resources and Economic Development serves as the face of our state to the business community,” Rose said Monday. “With our high quality of life, strong workforce, beautiful natural resources, tax-friendly environment and commitment to providing support businesses need, New Hampshire has a great potential for business and job growth.”

Rose said he will advocate for the educated workforce needed for businesses to succeed and work to protect the state’s natural resources. The department will provide technical support to companies to help them grow, he said.

Rose began his work in New Hampshire as a special assistant to former Congressman John E. Sununu and served as projects director for former U.S. Sen. Bob Smith and state director for former Congressman Jeb Bradley.

Rose’s nomination is subject to confirmation by the Executive Council. Hassan plans to nominate Rose at Wednesday’s Council meeting.

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Bob Meade

What difference does it make?

When Senator Johnson asked Secretary of State Clinton about her department’s time line reporting of the Benghazi attack, she responded with what can best be described as faux outrage, as she said (paraphrasing), what difference does it make if it was in response to the video or if it was some guys out for a walk who decided to attack the consulate and kill four Americans.

That outrageous and insensitive response was used to shield Ms. Clinton from providing an honest answer to the senatorial committee and the American people. An honest answer may have shown that information on the attack was withheld or manipulated to shield the president during an election period.

Secretary Clinton’s callous response prompts other similar “What difference does it make?” questions. For example: What difference does it make that, after almost four months, the current administration has still not provided Congress or the American people with an honest report on who crafted the words that Ambassador Rice said on five different Sunday morning talk shows?

What difference does it make that the administration told the world the attack was prompted by an obscure U-tube video that almost no one watched? And, what difference does it make that the person who produced that little video has been put in jail for exercising his free speech?

What difference does it make that the survivors of the Benghazi attack have not been identified and have, apparently, been hidden away so as not to give their report on what actually happened?

What difference does it make that an ambassador of the United States was repeatedly raped and his body dragged through the streets of Benghazi? (Note: the American press disputes reports by the French and Lebanese press of the rape.)

What difference does it make that during a presidential debate, a CNN reporter, in an effort to support the president, misrepresented what he had previously said?

What difference does it make that the D.C. Circuit Court has ruled the president has violated the Constitution with his unlawful “recess appointments”?

What difference does it make that the president has chosen not to comply with court rulings concerning the recess appointments and his arbitrary decisions during the gulf oil spill, choosing to continue operating illegally while appealing the court’s rulings?

What difference does it make that the president continually works to by-pass the legislative process through use of departmental regu-

lations and executive orders?

What difference does it make that the president’s Justice Department has arbitrarily decided what duly enacted laws they choose not to enforce?

What difference does it make that the president has made two appointments to the Supreme Court, one of whom had no judicial experience and the other with some experience but a history of having her rulings overturned on appeal over 60 percent of the time?

What difference does it make that the president chose to bypass constitutional restrictions and opted to impose regulations on religious organizations that would require them violate their principles and their religious beliefs?

What difference does it make that the president uses the nationwide broadcast of his State of the Union message, to single out and try to humiliate the Supreme Court justices?

What difference does it make that the president’s own party in the Senate has refused to meet its budgetary obligation for four years?

What difference does it make that college professors are actively trying to get the citizenry to ignore or scrap the Constitution?

What difference does it make that the regulations for the Affordable Care Act (a/k/a ObamaCare) already exceed thirteen thousand pages and it is estimated it will take up to 10 years to complete writing all the regulations that will be enforced?

What difference does it make that the Affordable Care Act includes sixteen thousand new Internal Revenue Service agents to ensure all taxes associated with the act are paid?

What difference does it make that businesses are changing workers hours simply because they can’t afford the cost of full time employees under the Affordable Care Act? What difference does it make that the middle east and Africa are virtually in flames and we simply watch as tens of thousands of people are getting slaughtered?

What difference does it make if our country continues to incur trillions of dollars of deficits?

What difference does it make that fewer people are in the workforce now than when President Obama took office?

What difference does it make that citizens have seen their home value plunge 30 or 40 percent?

What difference does it make if the fourth estate, the free press, has forgotten the “who, what, when, where, how, and why” of reporting, preferring to be sycophants rather than reporters?

What difference does it make if the president attacks and wishes to see next page

LETTERS No. of county employees has gone down but pay has gone way up To the editor, Many citizens have questioned why the Belknap County Delegation has made an issue of the 2013 county budget that is only a few percentage points higher than in 2009. Well, it’s not about just the overall spending; it’s about where it is being spent and why it is being spent. In fact, over the past few years the county commissioners have done an admirable job controlling spending and maintaining almost level budgets. But, they have let spending on salaries climb dramatically.

First, let’s look at the number of county employees. In 2009 there were 208 full time, and 26 part time employees. In 2013 there will be 171 full time, and 46 part time employees.

For the sake of comparison we need to convert these numbers to full time equivalents (FTE) based on part time employees working 30 hours per week (some may work less). Although an approximation, this will give a more accurate picture of how employment has changed. At 30 hours a week, 26 part time employees would equal 19.5 FTE and 46 part time convert to 34.5 FTE. Addition will show 227.5 FTE in 2009, and 205.5 FTE in 2013. In summary, since 2009 the county work force has decreased by the equivalent of 22 full time employees.

The county commissioners have been saying that the county payroll has remained essentially flat, up only eight percent in four years. That is true, but what is also true is that we are now paying 22 fewer employees, about 11

percent fewer than we were paying in 2009. If you adjust today’s payroll to account for the reduced number of employees you will see that the payroll has increased almost exactly 20 percent. That is, county pay has been going up at about five percent each of the last four years, during a time when most of our citizens, both working and retired, have seen almost no increases at all. I do not intend to imply that all county employees have benefited equally from these 5 percent per year increases.

Indeed, the additional payroll may have been expressly focused on segments of the employees, but it remains that the county taxpayers are paying for some fairly large increases in payroll. So, that is the way I see the situation and why I, and much of the county delegation, has tried to draw a line in the sand.

Another point to ponder: Although we have only glimpsed the top flag on an approaching ship (a $45 million jail and its attendant staff of more than 25 new employees) please keep in mind that those new employees will start at these newly increased wage levels, adding at least two million dollars to the annual budget, and that will be on top of the roughly two million in yearly payments on the bond. If I may continue my maritime analogy, to change the direction of a large ship requires small navigational adjustments well before you get close to shore.

Rep. Herb Vadney Belknap District 2 Gilford-Meredith

It was discouraging to see the wasteful spending by the county To the editor, I read with amazement the letter from the Belknap County Commissioners in your paper dated the 29th of January. They would make you believe that they are watching out for the taxpayers.

Nothing could be further from the truth. For the last two years I had the privilege of serving Belknap County in District 1 as your state representative. It was very discouraging to see the wasteful spending at the county

— like the rainy day funds and stimulus funds from the feds. They spent about $ 800,000 on renovations and gave sizable salary increases when many of our citizens were struggling to make ends meet.

I urge the taxpayers of Belknap County to get involved. Write to your state rep with a copy going to the paper and demand we see no increase in county taxes.

Tyler Simpson New Hampton

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LETTERS How far are you willing to go to get guns from peaceful owners?

To the editor, I enjoyed the letter from on Mr. Rogers in Saturday’s Sun. His is typical of the of the “good people against bad guns” mentality. Since he has offered his opinions on the subject, let us explore his thought process a bit.

All of the hysteria against AR-15’s began with the hideous Newtown School attack. We were told from the outset that a scary Bushmaster rifle was used so we must get rid of them. That was a the first big lie that has been perpetuated and never challenged. The truth is that the insane shooter used four common handguns for his rampage, the rifle was found afterward in the trunk of his car, unfired. This inconvenient fact did not support the argument for new sweeping gun control laws so it has been ignored. We can’t hold this against you Mr. Rogers as you, like most people, want to believe that we are getting the straight story from our government and our news reporters. Most of your other facts are indeed accurate, however based on the Big Lie. People are indeed buying up all manner of guns and ammunition as if preparing for war. Many new gun owners have limited experience with them true, but that does not make them bad people, when their motive is to protect themselves, their family, their neighborhood and their country from attack by common criminals and other enemies, foreign or domestic. These are all legitimate purposes to own military style weapons as described in Article 2 of the Bill of Rights. This is what was intended to be an unalienable guarantee in the U.S. Constitution, that no matter how small of a minority an individual may find themselves in, even if they are the only one who chooses to exercise that option,

that no one can take that away from them. And many millions of Americans have submitted to personal background investigations and paid good money to legally own their guns.

So Mr. Rogers, based on your incorrect understanding of the law and being duped by lies and misinformation, you have concluded that no one should own certain types of firearms and therefore the government should “buy them all back”, and that will make everything okay again. Let us continue with your line of thinking and how that might play out. And let’s use me as an example of the gun owner that I have just described.

So the government passes a law which I have understood all of my life would violate my civil rights, and says that I must give up my gun for which they will pay me some money. And what if I tell them no, my guns are not for sale and Ill just keep them but thanks for the offer. Now Mr. Rogers, how far are you willing to go with this? If it were up to you, would you favor having me be raided by heavily armed soldiers or police, and perhaps have me and members of my family shot and killed in the name of public safety?

If the government were to declare war on otherwise peaceful gun owners, how many people like me would it be acceptable to kill or put in prison for refusing to submit? Do you really think Americans would tolerate such attacks by our own government or would it light the fuse on a civil war? How many? Would you yourself risk your life and your family to disarm the rest of us? Think carefully on your answer, and remember, I’m just minding my own business, enjoying my hobby and bothering nobody. You are the one that is threatening me.

Alan Moon Tilton

Please attend Saturday’s Deliberative Session for Gilmanton schools To the editor, In accordance with the requirements of SB-2, Gilmanton held its Deliberative Session on the town budget on Saturday, February 2.

141 voters or 6 percent of the registered voters, about half of the usual attendance at Town Meeting, attended and the session was quiet but productive. Voters were able to hear from the Budget Committee, the selectmen, and the fire and police chiefs and make informed decisions about the town’s finances. Some articles were amended to $0 after discussion of whether funds were actually needed.

141 voters decided for all of us what will be on the ballot on March 12.

Please attend the Deliberative Ses-

sion for the school budget on Saturday, Feb. 9 at 10 a.m. at the Gilmanton School. The school budget needs the attention and scrutiny just as the town’s budget did, with the goal of keeping our taxes under control.

Remember that more than 60 percent of your tax dollars goes to fund the school. The current budget has been created by the administrators, none of whom live in our town or are impacted by the projected tax increase.

Be part of the group that determines what will be on the school ballot on March 12.

It’s your money.

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What difference does it make if the separation of powers is ignored and the Executive Branch assumes dictatorial powers?

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CITY OF LACONIA BOARD & COMMISSION VACANCIES The following Boards and Commissions either have current vacancies or terms of current members will be expiring and up for renewal at the end of March 2013: Board of Assessors Planning Board (Ex-Officio Members) Highway Safety Committee Putnam Fund Trustees of the Trust Fund Library Trustees Parks & Recreation Commission If you are interested in applying for one of these positions, please contact the City Manager’s office at 527-1270 (or by e-mail at brownn@city.laconia.nh.us) for further information or to request an application. Applicants must be residents of Laconia. Service on more than one Board or Commission is acceptable as long as it is a non-conflicting Board. The deadline for receipt of applications is Thursday, February 7, 2013.

LETTERS Towing Engine 2 the way it was done was illegal & dangerous To the editor, I am compelled to respond to several articles that ran in the last week or so in both The Sun and The Citizen, because it has become obvious that the local media just cannot get the facts straight, or more likely, the people that have been interviewed is skipping the facts to push a political agenda born out of bitterness. Yes, once again I am talking about fire trucks!

About 10 days ago, Gilford’s Engine 2 was towed, leaving Gilford without a primary attack engine, as Engine 4 is still up in Tamworth having the pump installed. This could have been avoided if the Fire Engineers and the selectman just obeyed the will of the voters and repaired Engine 4 after the warrant article for its replacement was rejected at the March 2012 Town Meeting. Instead they let the truck sit in disrepair for another six months while they played politics with public safety by trying to take a second bite out of the same rotten apple. Had the repairs commenced in March rather than October there would not be an issue today because Engine 4 would be available.

Also even if the voters approved a new engine in March the likelihood is that Gilford would not take delivery until this March at the earliest as E-ONE has a 10 month back log and a two month production time on custom chassis pumpers (that’s 12 months, Bill).

The paper quoted Fire Engineer Chief Akerley as saying Engine 2 is a 2002 and is 11 years old, and Engine 4 is a 1987 and is 27 years old. But in reality Engine 2 has just turned 10 as it is a 2003 model year, and Engine 4 is a 25 year old 1988 model. When we first started talking about Engine 4 a mere 14 months ago, both Mr. Akerley and Chief Carrier described it as being 23 years old (I have video of this). . . and now, 14 months later, they are publicly exaggerating the age to be 27! Wow! This truck aged four years in 14 months. . . NO. . . but I feel like I’ve aged quite a bit during that same time period!

Also what was not reported at first, and has only started to dribble out, is that this truck was damaged during the 1.9 mile tow. What has not been reported was that Chief Carrier authorized the wrecker operator to tow this truck in an illegal manor.

RSA 266:64 states that all towed vehicle must be fitted with a tow bar, the only exception would be for emergency tow of less than 1 mile, and the law also does not allow for the use of a tow strap, such as was used in this case. When the wrecker operator couldn’t figure out how to hook up to this truck he proposed disconnecting the driveshaft and flat towing the truck (with all wheels on the ground), while someone rode in the disabled Engine 4 with the engine running to steer and operate the brakes. Now you don’t have to be a truck expert to know how unsafe this is. Mr. Pat LaBonte a man with over 50 years of experience dealing with heavy trucks was present and advised that this was not safe or legal, and could potentially damage the vehicle further if the transmission was to engage and spin the driveshaft.

He was right on all accounts; unfortunately his advice fell on the deaf ears of Chief Carrier, who told Mr. LaBonte that as chief, HE would decide what is best. Well the chief’s poor judgments has caused severe damage to the antilock braking system, air lines and fittings, a universal joint, and potentially even the driveshaft and transmission. Way to go chief!

The chief, Mr. Akerley, and their pet selectman, John O’Brien, had a lot to say in the papers, placing the blame on the voters and indirectly on Mr. LaBonte and me. They claimed that if the voters only listened to the experts we wouldn’t be in this situation. Well the problem with that is that a locksmith, attorney, and retired coast guardsman, can hardly be considered truck “experts”. And considering Chief Carrier’s reckless approach to decision making when it comes to the trucks, I would argue that he is novice at best.

Remember all that talk about how the chief was spearheading change down at the firehouse and they were putting a comprehensive preventative maintenance program in place that includes daily vehicle inspections? Well that hasn’t happened!

The chief now claims that as emergency vehicles his trucks are exempt from Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration rules. How do I know?

Because that’s what he told me a few weeks ago when I inquired how they could have missed a major deficiency that Mr. LaBonte and I discovered on the tanker truck that rendered it unsafe and illegal to operate on public roads. We had to persuade the reluctant fire chief to send this truck to the DPW to be repaired. It’s a good thing we discovered that before GFD had three trucks down at the same time.

On another note, Mr. LaBonte and I had a chance to inspect Engine 4 prior to it being sent out to have the pump installed. We are both extremely pleased with the quality of the DPW mechanic’s work. They re-engineered the cab mounting system so the cab will now be able to flex independent of the chassis. They replaced the brakes, springs, tires and a cross-member.

They had the radiator and heater core re-cored. They relocated an air tank and associated air lines. They re-wired much of the truck and fitted it with all new LED lights. The best part is they spent only about $14K. . . not $70K as Selectman O’Brien falsely claimed.

The pump will cost $36K as the Fire Engineers decided on the most expensive option and were not even open to any alternatives that could have saved the tax payers some money. In the end the town will have spent about $50k to rebuild this truck and reverse years of neglect. I seem to remember the estimate being as high as $150k. . . but that came from the “experts”.

I truly believe that the town did the absolute right thing by rebuilding Engine 4, when it is done I predict that it will be the best truck GFD has and would be ready for frontline service once again.

Kevin Leandro Gilford

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Now, it looks as though Gilford’s Engine 2 needs a new transmission

Chief denies there was anything illegal about tow to repair shop or that tow caused the damage now at issue

BY GAIL OBER

THE LACONIA DAILY SUN

GILFORD — Fire Chief Steve Carrier said yesterday that his department’s primary attack vehicle, Engine 2 likely needs a new transmission and will be out of service until it is repaired.

With both of its attack trucks still down, Carrier’s department is using Laconia’s Engine 1 — a 1998, for its front line vehicle, with Gilford Engine 1 (pumper/hose truck) and Gilford Tanker 1 in support roles.

When asked if he could use Gilford Engine 1 and Tanker 1 in tandem, without Laconia’s engine being housed in Gilford, Carrier said “it’s possible” but the advantage to having an attacking engine is that is has room for more than two people in the cab and 1,000 gallons of water — as opposed to 500 in Engine 1.

“Eighty percent of Gilford has rural water sources so we need the water,” he said.

On Friday morning, Carrier had been told that Engine 2 would be able to return to service over the weekend but he said when Repair Service of New England went to take it for a test drive, there were multiple diagnostics codes displayed suggesting problems and the vehicle wouldn’t go into any forward gears.

When Engine 2 failed on January 25, Carrier had it towed by a professional towing company from the fire house to RSNE, located off Lake Shore Road. During the approximate 2-mile trip, Engine 2 was pulled, by a strap, behind a wrecker, with all of the engine’s wheels on the ground. The engine was manned for steering and braking purposes.

In a letter to the editor, Budget Committee member Kevin Leandro has charged that Carrier “authorized the wrecker operator to tow the truck BEYONCE from page 2 that the metered power consumption went down during halftime because the house lights were down.

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in an illegal manner” and suggested the transmission damage is the result.

N.H. RSA 266:64 governs equipment needed for towing and says: “Except for duly registered wrecking vehicles and transporters or motor vehicles towing with a chain or cable for no more than one mile another motor vehicle which is disabled and unable to proceed under its own power, no motor vehicle shall be used to tow another motor vehicle upon any way unless the 2 vehicles shall be connected by a tow bar of sufficient strength to control the movement of the vehicle being towed without manual steering of said towed vehicle.”

Carrier said yesterday the fire department used a “duly registered wrecking vehicle” and he authorized nothing illegal.

He also said that the damage done to the undercarriage and brake lines by the towing company, when the drive shaft engaged while the tow was underway, will be paid for by Rusty’s Towing and RSNE will directly bill them.

He also said RSNE told him the estimate for the replacement transmission for Engine 2 is about $6,000 before labor but that the transmission supplier will be billing the town directly for the cost of the transmission so there will be no mark-up.

When asked if he thought the transmission was damaged further during the tow, Carrier said he didn’t think it was. “It was doing the same thing before we had it towed,” he said.

He said Engine 2 could be back in service by the end of the week.

In a update on Engine 4, the departments back-up attack vehicle, Carrier said late last week the mechanic from Lakes Region Fire Apparatus in Tamworth said the pump repairs are going well and are ahead of schedule.

Carrier said they hope to be test driving it within a week or so. was proud to be among those female talents, which included her Destiny’s Child bandmates Kelly Rowland and Michelle Williams.

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The tour’s North American stint starts June 28 in Los Angeles and ends Aug. 3 in Brooklyn, N.Y., at the Barclays Center.

It was also announced Monday that a second wave of the tour is planned for Latin America, Australia and Asia later this year.

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GILFORD — Fire Chief Steve Carrier said one of two men who were inside a bob house that exploded on Smith Cove early Sunday morning received burns to his esophagus, face,legs and hands. He was taken to a hospital in Boston for treatment.

He said the other man was taken to Lakes Region General Hospital, where he was treated.

Both men were able to get to the shore and Carrier said the call that came in at 1:54 a.m. was from a woman on shore who heard the commotion.

The victims said they were lighting a gas heater in the 8 foot-by-8 foot bob house when it exploded. He said one wall and the door were blown out and the wall landed nearly 15 feet from the bob house.

He said there was a lamp, a stove, and a heater that were all fueled by propane.

Carrier said there are no regulations regarding bob houses but there are relatively few fire problems with them considering the number of them on New Hampshire’s lakes.

He said his department filed a report with the New Hampshire Fire Marshal’s Office.

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He said the building would house between 32 and 34 people — all adults.

The average stay is 22 days and when asked, he said there is no opportunity for the clients to become Gilford residents. He also said it would employ between 20 and 25 people.

“It is living, eating, recreating and education,” said Gaer, who added the education part is more teaching recovering addicts to live drug- and alcoholfree, healthy lives.

The Phoenix House in Franklin is forced to relocate, said Gaer, who explained that the five-year lease is expiring on April 1 and the Easter Seals is taking over the entire Webster Farm complex. Ideally, Gaer said he would like to relocate at the former Gunstock Inn but said the agency is looking at other properties.

There are two other Phoenix Houses in New Hampshire — one in Dublin that has been operating since 1971 and one in Keene operating since 1977.

Police Chief Kevin Keenan said earlier in the day that he has spoken with Franklin Police Chief David Goldstein, who sits on the Phoenix House community board, and said Goldstein told him the Phoenix House was a excellent neighbor.

For the Planning Board, the decision seems to be one of whether or not the proposed use requires a special exception — which is a use not permitted outright but can be accepted under certain conditions — or a variance, which is a deviation from a specific requirement that typically involves a hardship that cannot be self-created.

Planning Board Chair John Morgenstern said that getting a special exception shouldn’t be “too onerous” but he was unsure what special exception the project should request.

He added that the hardship requirements involved in a variance can be difficult to meet.

“It’s only onerous if the ZBA — the Zoning Board of Adjustments — denies this,” he said.

Planning Director John Ayre said there are a number of special exceptions listed in the ordinance and he is looking at to find one that would accommodate a mixed-use rehabilitation-fitness center. One possibility, he said, would be cottage colonies or temporary season lodging.

All of the members of the board seemed to welcome to the idea of the Phoenix House but agreed the project should officially start with the ZBA. Both Selectboard representative Kevin Hayes and member Chan Eddy said they favored the project but want to make sure it is done properly and by the rules.

When LaVallee suggested a continuation of use might be in order — meaning no special exception or variance would be needed, Hayes balked. “I struggle with a continuance of use,” he said. “The public perception is short-term rental.”

Morgenstern said he didn’t see any reason why the Phoenix House and the property’s potential owner couldn’t put together a few special exceptions, treat it as a package, and present it to the ZBA. He also suggested, in the interests of time, that the LaValley and Gaer also request a variance for the same meeting and let the ZBA determine which is appropriate.

LaVallee and Gaer have one week from today to request either a special exception a variance or both from the ZBA, which is scheduled to meet February 28 and must have applications in time for posting and getting on the agenda.

If the ZBA grants either or both, Ayre said the project would have to come back before the Planning Board at a minimum for site inspection and reconfigured parking. He also said the Planning Board would have to decide on the mixed-uses of rehabilitation and fitness.

Less Schuster, owner of the Lazy E Inn and Lakes Side Getaway in Laconia and the Bear Tree Lodge in Meredith has also publicly expressed interest in buying the Gilford inn. He was continue to operate it as a lodging facility.

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SPORTS Two more wins for LHS girls The LHS girls’ varsity basketball team is now 12 and two on the season after a couple of recent games.

On Tuesday of last week, Laconia beat Plymouth by the score of 51-41. Sami Hicks led LHS scoring with 11 points and seven rebounds. Ashley Marsh scored seven and grabbed 15 rebounds.

Then, on Friday, the LHS girls hosted Berlin and won 48-33. Coach Jeff Greeley said, “Great game, everyone played.”

The LHS boys’ team wasn’t so successful, losing 49 to 66 at Berlin, dropping to two wins, ten losses for the season.

Cook & Gingrich representing GHS at state swim championship Two Gilford High Schoo swimmers will advance to the State Championship meet on Saturday, Februaary 9. Rebecca Cook will be swimming the 200 and 500-meter freestyle, Katie Gingrich will be swimming the 50 free. The girls will work to place in the top six for Division II on Saturday morning, which will allow them to move on to the Meet of Champions on Sunday, February 10.

GHS girls’ basketball team takes win over White Mountains Gilford High School girls’ varsity basketball team led from start to finish to earn a 39-29 win over topranked White Mountains. The Eagles employed a strong defensive effort to hold the Spartans throughout the contest. The game was a defensive struggle for both squads early on as Gilford took a 6-5 lead after the first quarter. The second quarter was all Eagles as they outscored White Mountain 13-6 to take a 19-11 advantage at the break. White Mountain could gain no ground in the second half as the Eagles pushed the lead to 10 and led 29-19 at the end of three. Gilford would maintain the lead and controlled the ball in the fourth quarter to pick up their tenth win of the season.

For White Mountain it was their first divisional loss of the season. For Gilford, Hayley Jakubens led all scorers with 12 points and nine rebounds followed by Abby Harris with seven points and Sarah Veazey with six points. Cassidy Bartlett and Paige Laliberte led the defensive efforts with four steals apiece. Laliberte and Veazey also added seven rebounds each in the winning effort.

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LACONIA — After two games against Berlin last week, the Belmont-Gilford hockey team was unable to give Division III’s leading team its first loss of the season. Bulldogs coach Jay Londer hopes his team will have a third chance to beat the Mountaineers, a matchup that is likely to occur if BelmontGilford returns to its winning ways in postseason play.

Belmont-Gilford had been having a great season through January 21, when the team Belmont-Gilford goalie Calvin Davis deflects a shot by Berlin captain Connor Jewett during Saturday’s traveled to Portsmouth game at the Laconia Ice Arena. (Alan MacRae/for the Laconia Daily Sun) for a 7-0 victory that improved the Bulldogs’ record to eight wins, two Gilford then had an opportunity to answer when losses. The next three games were against two of the Berlin’s Justin Vien was sent to the penalty box for division’s strongest, though. Belmont-Gilford lost high-sticking, but it was Jewett who would score to Souhegan by one goal on January 26, then came during the power play, stealing the puck and scoring close to stealing a game at Berlin on Wednesday of on a breakaway with 6:16 left. last week. So, with the chance to host Berlin on SatBelmont-Gilford was given yet another opportuurday, Londer and his team were hoping to make nity when Berlin was called for tripping, with 6:09 a statement by spoiling the Mountaineers’ perfect remaining, giving the Bulldogs a two-man advanrecord. tage. Again, though, it was a Berlin player – this For 35 minutes, it was looking like Belmont-Giltime Trevor Leborgne – who forced a turnover and ford would have that chance, staying either tied or broke toward the net for a goal, widening the margin within a goal of the visitors for most of the game. to three goals. From there, things “got out of hand,” With 9:29 remaining in the third, defenseman said Londer. Berlin scored a total of six goals in the Brogan Hurst fired a shot from near the blue line final seven and a half minutes, including a third that made its way past the Berlin keeper to tie the score by Jewett. The final score was eight goals for score, 2-2.

Berlin and two for Belmont-Gilford.

Londer said his team had come into the game with The first goal for the Bulldogs was scored by forthe strategy of neutralizing Connor Jewett, Berlin’s ward Andrew D’Amour, assisted by defenseman Will leading scorer and whom Londer considers the diviMahoney, which tied the game at 1 goal each during sion’s best player. Jewett was kept quiet for most of the first period. Belmont-Gilford came out strong for the game, which Belmont-Gilford had accomplished the second period, keeping the puck in Berlin’s zone by constantly keeping a defender on him. With 7:28 and finding several quality shots, including a couple of breakaway opportunities by Jeremy D’Amour. “If he remaining in the third period, though, Jewett broke free from his captor and ended the tie. Belmontsee next page

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The entire team played well defensively, employing a suffocating 1-3-1 defense. Parker Minor, Dalibor Kresovic, and Ryan McCrea each had two steals apiece.

The Sachems dropped a hard-fought battle on Friday against their Inter-Lakes counterparts, 40-36. Carter Doherty led his team with a double double, recording 15 points and 14 rebounds. Dalibor Kresovic was big off the bench scoring six points, two boards and three assists. Defensively, Drew Muzzey played well getting six steals. Laconia had a tough time hanging onto the ball as Inter-Lakes was able to force 37 turnovers.

LMS girls’ A team wins 2 in a row

Playing without star point guard Jake Filgate, the LMS boys’ A team took on a tough Moultonboro squad on January 31 and was able to pull out a thrilling 25-23 victory. Carter Doherty led his squad with seven points and six boards. Nick Murray, despite playing with a broken nose, was able to come up with six points and

The Laconia Middle School girls’ A basketball team earned two wins last week.

Playing on January 31, Laconia beat Moultonborough Academy by the score of 40 to 18. Amelia Clairmont and Cheyanne Zappala each scored six points, Helen Tautkus and Rylee Littlefield scored four points apiece.

LMS girls’ A team picked up a 47-14 win the following day against Inter-Lakes. Leading scorers were Cierra LaGarde and Jara Kirk with eight points each, Zappala scored six and Delia Cormier scored five. Tautkus said Allyssa Miner, Clairmont and Abby Crowell helped their team with strong reounding. Bella Smith played a strong floor game, dishing out several key assists”

from preceding page gets in the clear, ninety-nine percent of the time it’s in the back of the net,” Londer said about his speedy forward. Jeremy was frustrated on Saturday night by the Berlin keeper’s glove, and by the end of the third period his frustration was mounting. With 40 seconds left in the game, Jeremy laid a check on Chris Fortin that left the Berlin player on his back, spread-eagle and unconscious for several tense moments. Fortin was ultimately able to skate off the ice, with assistance. Jeremy was called for a major penalty, excluding him from participation in Belmont-Gilford’s upcoming game against Con-Val on Saturday.

Looking back on the game, Londer is able to take encouragement from his team’s most lop-sided loss of the season. For most of the game, his players were able to make Jewett a non-factor. “Our goal was to limit what he did.” And, as long as Belmont-Gilford was able to keep Jewett away from the net, the Bulldogs were a match for the Mountaineers.

Another lesson for Belmont-Gilford, Londer added, was the significance of momentum. The Bulldogs seemed to be in a strong position, out-shooting the Mountaineers in the second period and looking at a power-play advantage in the third. Certain events can act as a hinge, though, swinging favors in the other direction. Such was the case with the Mountaineer’s

goal, scored when Berlin had two players in the penalty box. “The momentum shifted, they were on fire, and we hung our heads down and stopped playing.”

Ironically, the Bulldogs now find themselves cheering for Berlin, at least for the remainder of the season. Belmont-Gilford is finding itself in a fight for the third seed in the playoffs. Other contendors for that spot include Kennett, MoultonboroughInter-Lakes and Souhegan, all of whom play Berlin before the start of the playoffs. Londer has a week of practice to prepare for Con-Val, a team that has only one win this year. If Belmont-Gilford finishes in the top four Division III teams, the Bulldogs will host a playoff game.

With less than a month left in the regular season, it appears that the Division III title is Berlin’s to lose. Therefore, if Belmont-Gilford can find its stride again in the playoffs, they’ll likely find themselves opposing Berlin again.

“We’re just trying to get back on track,” Londer said, likening regular-season games to pop quizzes, revealing areas where the team needs to make improvements to prepare for a run at the divisional title. “We’re chipping away, it’s a quiz. We’re going to study and work hard and be ready to go come Saturday... We’re getting ready for the final in March, get the ‘W’ when it counts.”

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Cold temps allowing Gunstock to recover from rain GILFORD — Although rain last week nearly washed the slopes clean, Greg Goddard, general manager of Gunstock Mountain Resort said yesterday that with snow making and falling temperatures “we bounced back and enjoyed a strong weekend.”

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“As we rejoice tonight for (the boy) and his family, we still have a great emptiness in our community because a great man was lost in this whole ordeal,” Senn said.

The rescue capped a long drama that drew national attention to this town of 2,400 people nestled amid peanut farms and cotton fields that has long relied on a strong Christian faith, a policy of “love thy neighbor” and the power of group prayer. The child’s plight prompted nightly candlelight vigils.

Throughout the ordeal, authorities had been speaking with Dykes though a plastic pipe that went into the shelter. They also sent food, medicine and other items into the bunker, which apparently had running water, heat and cable television but no toilet. It was about 4 feet underground, with about 50 square feet of floor space.

Authorities said the kindergartner appeared unharmed. He was taken to a hospital in nearby Dothan. Officials have said he has Asperger’s syndrome and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.

Melissa Knighton, city clerk in Midland City, said a woman had been praying in the town center Monday afternoon. Not long after, the mayor called with news that Dykes was dead and that the boy was safe.

“She must have had a direct line to God because shortly after she left, they heard the news,” Knighton said.

Neighbors described Dykes as a menacing, unpredictable man who once beat a dog to death with a lead pipe. Government records indicate he served in the Navy from 1964 to 1969, earning several awards,

including the Vietnam Service Medal and the Good Conduct Medal.

He had some scrapes with the law in Florida, including a 1995 arrest for improper exhibition of a weapon. The misdemeanor was dismissed. He also was arrested for marijuana possession in 2000.

He returned to Alabama about two years ago, moving onto the rural tract about 100 yards from his nearest neighbors.

Arnold recalled that, for a time, Dykes lived in his pickup truck in the parking lot of the apartment complex where Dykes’ sister lived. He would stay warm by building a fire in a can on the floorboard and kept boxes of letters he wrote to the president and the unspecified head of the mafia, Arnold said.

Dykes believed the government had control of many things, including a dog track he frequented in the Florida Panhandle. Arnold said that Dykes believed if a dog was getting too far ahead and wasn’t supposed to win, the government would shock it.

Ronda Wilbur, a neighbor of Dykes who said the man beat her dog to death last year with a pipe, said she was relieved to be done with the stress of knowing Dykes was patrolling his yard and willing to shoot at anyone or anything that trespassed.

“The nightmare is over,” she said. “It’s been a long couple of years of having constant stress.”

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PUBLIC NOTICE NEWFOUND AREA SCHOOL DISTRICT Public hearings will be held in each of the seven towns on the following petitioned warrant articles: ARTICLE 6: TAX CAP RESCISSION: Shall we rescind the provisions of RSA 32:5-b, known as the tax cap, as adopted by the Newfound Area School District on March 13, 2012, so that there will no longer be a limit on increases to the recommended budget in the amount to be raised by local taxes? By petition (Passage requires a 3/5 majority ballot vote) PUBLIC HEARING SCHEDULE: Bristol - Monday, February 11, 2013 Newfound Regional High School at 6:00 pm Hebron – Wednesday, February 13, 2013 Hebron Town Offices at 6:30 pm Bridgewater - Thursday, February 14, 2013 Bridgewater-Hebron Village School at 6:30 pm Groton – Monday, February 18, 2013 Groton Town Hall at 6:00 pm Alexandria – Tuesday, February 19, 2013 Municipal Building at 7:00 pm Danbury - Thursday, February 21, 2013 Danbury Elementary School at 6:00 pm New Hampton – Friday, February 22, 2013 New Hampton Community School at 6:30pm

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Rollovers: Moving Your Retirement Account

If you work for a company or if you are self-employed chances are you have 401k, 403b, or other tax qualified account. Naturally, when you retire you will want to be careful with what may be your largest cash asset. These Qualified Accounts the government has allowed you to grow without any tax encumbrances until you reach the ripe old age of retirement. There are a lot of rules and responsibilities that come with these types of monies so be extra careful when repositioning this type of asset.

Choices You have three options when moving your monies.

You can leave the 401k behind with your employer’s plan if you desire. This is not generally recommended as a retiree’s investment choices are not usually as good in the 401k. Leaving it in the 401k may incur fees and costs. There are, however, exceptions to this rule too! If you are going to need this money soon, leaving it with your prior employer could be wise. Many folks don’t realize they can withdraw funds from an old 401k without getting hit with the early withdrawal penalty as long as they have reached their fifty-fifth birthday. Also important to note is that you still have to pay Federal and State taxes (Not in NH) on any withdrawal from a 401k or other work place plan.

Take the money, pay the tax.

Sure you can take your money now and get “clobbered” in taxes plus pay the 10% excise tax. However, wasn’t the purpose of the money designed for income that would enable you the ability to enjoy your life.

Think about the true cost of cashing in these monies, it can be as high as 40%. This is legal confiscation of your money. Remember the purpose of your retirement monies is to receive an income stream to offset known and unknown living expenses. So with this in mind let’s look at the more practical approach and that is the “Rollover”.

Rollover For most people creating an IRA account just makes sense! Once the tax qualified monies are moved over into the IRA they are sheltered from taxes as long as it remains undisturbed. It’s nice to establish an account like this because once it’s setup you can put other tax qualified accounts together by consolidating them. When transferring money into an IRA, don’t request a check from your company directly. If you do this you are most likely to get a 20% withholding tax levied against your retirement account. What we are trying to achieve in a direct rollover is a “trustee to trustee transfer”. This means your company will send out the money directly to the financial institution that you designate. Lastly, be aware that the IRS is very strict on the guidelines for these types of transactions. Taxes can be minimized when you understand the rules of the road. When possible seek the assistance of a competent financial advisor. That’s all for now, hope to see you on the ice during the Ice Fishing Derby!

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Former chief Lt. Jeffrey Marston retired in 2012.

A conservation officer with Fish and Game for the past 12 years, Eastman was promoted to the rank of lieutenant and assumed his new duties on January 11. In his new role, he supervises a working unit of Conservation Officers assigned to Fish and Game’s District Six Coastal Patrol areas, which include several southeastern New Hampshire towns and the entire New Hampshire coastline. In addition to the enforcement of Fish and Game laws and regulations, Eastman administers vital cooperative federal-state coastal enforcement programs related to the Joint Enforcement Agreement and Atlantic States Marine Fishery Commission initiatives.

“We consider ourselves fortunate that Lieutenant Eastman has decided to take on this exciting challenge,” said Fish and Game Law Enforcement Chief Martin Garabedian. “He will actively work to maintain public and professional relationships throughout New Hampshire’s seacoast that are crucial in our success as a wildlife agency.”

Eastman graduated from Unity College in 1998 with a BS in Environmental Studies with an emphasis in Conservation Law Enforcement. He began

his law enforcement career with the Laconia Police Department, where he worked for two years before joining Fish and Game. His primary Fish and Game patrol area was in the Lakes Region.

After successfully completed the intensive fourweek Marine Law Enforcement Training Program conducted at the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center in Glynco, Georgia, Eastman also logged many hours helping coastal officers enforce marine regulations.

Eastman has been a Field Training Officer, a background investigator, a member of the Advanced Search and Rescue Team, the Coastal Joint Enforcement Team, and the Fish and Game Dive Team. He earned the Lifesaving Congressional Award in 2007, the Looking Beyond the Traffic Stop Award presented by the New Hampshire Police Standards and Training Council in 2008, and he was honored as the 2008 Shikar-Safari International “Wildlife Officer of the Year.”

“Eastman has demonstrated great success in the areas of major case investigations, OHRV/ATV accident investigations and search and rescue capabilities,” said Garabedian, acknowledging Eastman’s “six sense” for apprehending wildlife violators and other criminal activity.

Lt. Eastman resides in Gilford with his wife Serene and children Madison, Sydney and Morgan.

STOCKS from page 3 Boeing was the only rising stock among the 30 in the Dow. Corporate earnings reports continue this week.

Health insurer Humana leapt $3.51, or 4.7 percent, to $78.86 after its results beat Wall Street’s forecasts.

Cruise operator Royal Caribbean fell after reporting a quarterly loss related to its Spanish cruise line, Pullmantur. Prices and bookings have plunged since the Spanish government imposed strict austerity measures, limiting Spaniards’ ability to spend.

Royal Caribbean shares dropped $1.26, or 3.4 percent, to $35.53.

Media company Gannett Co Inc. fell $1.33, or 6.7 percent, to $18.51. Gannett’s earnings beat Wall Street’s expectations, but the company warned that its TV ad revenue will be hurt this quarter by the

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McGraw-Hill Cos. plunged $8.04, or 13.8 percent, to $50.30 after midday news reports that the Justice Department plans to file civil charges against the company’s Standard & Poor’s credit rating unit. The government charges are expected to question S&P’s high ratings of mortgage bonds that helped fuel the financial crisis.

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There’s about an even split between horror and comedy themes – and there is fertile ground for both.

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NH HEALTH from page 2 ity to communicate with the federal government about the approach the state would like to pursue for our marketplace, Gov. Hassan is always open to collaboration with legislators from both parties.”

A major component of the health overhaul law requires the creation of exchanges, which are marketplaces that will offer individuals and their families a choice of private health plans resembling what workers at major companies already get. States can establish and operate their own exchanges, create regional exchanges with other states, run an exchange in partnership with the federal government or let the federal government operate the exchange for the state.

The first option is off the table because New Hampshire lawmakers passed a law last session prohibiting the state from establishing its own exchange. They also created an oversight committee to approve policy changes related to the health overhaul law, and that committee met Monday for the first time this session.

During that meeting, the state insurance and health commissioners described the recommendations they’ve made to Hassan — that New Hampshire enter two types of partnerships that would make the state responsible for both regulating insurance companies and the plans they offer under the exchanges and helping consumers access the exchange. But much of the discussion focused on whether the state could move forward without the committee’s approval.

Insurance Commissioner Roger Sevigny said he couldn’t speak for the governor, but from his perspective, a state law passed last year requires his department to retain as much regulatory authority as possible over the insurance markets or exchanges, which could only happen with a partnership model.

He said the partnerships would be a step toward

preserving states’ rights.

But committee members pointed to another section of the law that puts the committee in charge of determining all policies regarding implementation of the federal law.

“To me, the legislative intent was very clear that any steps going forward in implementing the Affordable Care Act were going to come before this committee,” said Rep. John Hunt, R-Rindge.

He and the other Republican members of the committee said they have great concerns about the regulatory burden and sustainability of a partnership and urged Hassan, a Democrat, to delay making a declaration that would start the process of creating one.

Democrats on the committee said they agreed with Hassan that the state shouldn’t leave everything up to the federal government. And they accused Republicans of playing political games with their request that Hassan delay action, pointing out that the Republican-controlled Senate caused a delay by waiting until Friday to appoint its committee members.

Under a plan management partnership, the state would regulate and resolve complaints about the insurance plans offered through the exchange and the insurance companies offering them.

Under a consumer assistance partnership, the state would help individuals and businesses learn about and access the exchange. State agencies would regulate organizations receiving federal grants to assist consumers or could set up their own shortterm outreach programs using federal funds.

Department of Health and Human Services Commissioner Nicholas Toumpas said while he respects lawmakers’ concerns about whether a partnership model could prove costly to the state, the consumer assistance partnership would help make sure people can get face-to-face help in making insurance decisions rather than rely only on the federal government website or hotline.

OBAMA from page 2 in Washington.

Suggesting he won’t get all he’s proposing, he said, “We don’t have to agree on everything to agree it’s time to do something.”

The president unveiled his gun-control plans last month after the shootings at a Newtown, Conn., elementary school. But many of the proposals face tough opposition from some in Congress and from the National Rifle Association.

Democratic Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid has said he wants to give the bans on assault weapons and high-capacity magazines a vote. But he will not say whether he will support either, and advocates and opponents alike predict they are unlikely to pass.

Putting the controversial measures up for a vote could put some Democratic senators in a tough spot. That includes some from conservative-leaning see next page

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from preceding page states who are up for re-election next year and face the prospect of voting against either fervent gun-rights supporters or Obama and gun-control supporters in the party’s base.

Reid himself came in for criticism for declining to stand with the president by Minneapolis’ Democratic mayor, R.T. Rybak, who accompanied Obama while he was in town. “He’s dancing around this issue and people are dying in this country,” Rybak said of Reid on MSNBC. Democratic lawmakers and aides, as well as lobbyists, say an assault weapons ban has the least chance of being

approved by the Senate Judiciary Committee that is working up the legislation. They say a ban on high-capacity magazines is viewed as the next least likely proposal to survive, though some compromise version of it might, allowing more than the 10-round maximum that Obama favors.

Likeliest to be included are universal background checks and prohibitions against gun trafficking, they say.

One lobbyist said other possible terms include steps to improve record keeping on resales of guns and perhaps provisions that would make it harder for mentally ill people from obtaining firearms.

COUNTY from page one in the amount of fund balance — surplus revenues and unspent appropriations from previous years — being used to help offset the tax burden.

The commission said it needed to keep a healthy fund balance to appease bond rating agencies. The county has a $40+ million jail project on the horizon it will need to borrow money for.

The commission now proposes eliminating a juvenile prosecutor at the County Attorney’s office at a cost of $31,000, an additional position at the Corrections Department at a cost of $52,000, improved communications and an additional vehicle at the Sheriff’s Department at a cost of $70,000 and a position at the Youth Services bureau at a cost of $31,000. Another $150,000 in expenses would be pruned from the nursing home budget.

Furthermore, following the lead of the convention, the commissioners struck $115,000 designated for a 3-percent step raise for eligible employees from the budget. Altogether these measures would spare $449,000 in expenses.

The spending cuts would be complemented by $270,500 in revenue adjustments. These include $2,000 in income from the commissary at the county jail, $150,000 in increased Medicaid reimbursement rates at the nursing home, $100,000 in proceeds from filings at the Registry of Deeds and $15,000 in higher fees from the Sheriff’s Department.

Finally, the commissioners, who initially recommended applying $2.1-million of fund balance to offset the amount to be raised by property taxes, proposed adding another $500,000, to complete the package of $1,219,500.

When the convention met two weeks ago, members voted for revenue adjustments and spending cuts totaling some $745,000, which included some $197,000 in increased revenues. The centerpiece of the package was adjustments to compensation and benefits of some $372,000. These included the elimination of the threepercent step raise along with bonuses for longevity and unused sick days. At the same time, employees would be required to bear the entire 7.3-percent increase in the cost of health insurance premiums.

While Worsman sought time to weigh the commissioner’s proposal, Representative Frank Tilton (R-Laconia) asked Finance Director Glen Waring to prepare a comparative analysis of the positions of the commission and the convention, complete with the account numbers of the line items contained in each.

Representative Ruth Gulick (D-New Hampton) was surprised at the reluctance of the Republican majority of the convention to discuss the plan.

“We asked them to cut $1.3-million and they’ve done that,” she remarked.

Representative Guy Comtois (R-Barnstead) reminded Gulick that Worsman had directed the commission to trim $1.3-million without increasing the amount of fund balance used to supplement revenue.

Representative David Huot (D-Laconia) noted that the commission was in the process of negotiating collective bargaining agreements with the unions representing county employees, explaining that the costs of compensation and benefits included in those contracts represented legal obligations that must be met.

“We have no control over union contracts,” Worsman replied.

At the outset of the budget process, the convention asserted its authority to adjust line items throughout the budget as well as to limit the authority of the commission to transfer funds within the budget. Subsequently the convention voted to remove funding for increases in wages and salaries and health insurance premiums as well as longevity and sick bonuses from the budget. The commissioners indicated their willingness to drop the pay raise, but not to eliminate funding for either the longevity and bonuses or increased health insurance premiums, issues that could test the respective authority of the convention and commission.

Meanwhile, prior to the convention, the Executive Committee of the convention authorized the commission to borrow up to $10-million in anticipation of tax receipts. County Administrator Debra Shackett explained that because the county does not collect property taxes from the municipalities until December, it would run short of cash by March 28.

Tilton, the newly elected chair of the executive committee, was reluctant to authorize the borrowing before the adoption of the budget. Waring said that apart from 2011 and 2012, when federal funds allotted by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act buoyed the fund balance, the county has usually borrowed in March. He said that between four and six weeks may elapse between authorizing the borrowing and drawing the funds.

Representatives Don Flanders (R-Laconia) and Herb Vadney (R-Meredith) said that they saw no harm in authorizing the borrowing in advance of the budget and Huot offered a motion that carried by six-to-one vote with only Tilton dissenting.

Experts find remains of Richard III LEICESTER, England (AP) — He was king of England, but for centuries he lay without shroud or coffin in an unknown grave, and his name became a byword for villainy.

On Monday, scientists announced they had rescued the remains of Richard III from anonymity — and the monarch’s fans hope a revival of his reputation will soon follow.

In a dramatically orchestrated news conference, a team of archaeologists, geneticists, genealogists and other scientists from the University of Leicester announced that tests had proven what they scarcely dared to hope — a scarred and broken skeleton unearthed under a drab municipal parking lot was that of the 15th-century king, the last English monarch to die in battle.

Lead archaeologist Richard Buckley said that a battery of tests proved “beyond reasonable doubt” that the remains were the king’s.

Lin Foxhall, head of the university’s school of archaeology, said the discovery “could end up rewriting a little bit of history in a big way.”

Few monarchs have seen their reputations decline as much after death as Richard III. He ruled England between 1483 and 1485, during the decades-long battle over the throne known as the Wars of the Roses, which pitted two wings of the ruling Planta-

genet dynasty — York and Lancaster — against one another.

His brief reign saw liberal reforms, including the introduction of the right to bail and the lifting of restrictions on books and printing presses.

But his rule was challenged, and he was defeated and killed by the army of Henry Tudor, who took the throne as King Henry VII and ended the Plantagenet line. Britain’s current monarch, Queen Elizabeth II, is distantly related to Richard, but is not a descendant.

After his death, historians writing under the victorious Tudors comprehensively trashed Richard’s reputation, accusing him of myriad crimes — most famously, the murder of his two nephews, the “Princes in the Tower.”

William Shakespeare indelibly depicted Richard as a hunchbacked usurper who left a trail of bodies on his way to the throne before dying in battle, shouting “My kingdom for a horse.”

That view was repeated by many historians, and Richard remains a villain in the popular imagination. But others say Richard’s reputation was unjustly smeared by his Tudor successors.

Philippa Langley of the Richard III Society — which seeks to restore the late king’s reputation and backed the search for his grave— said that for centuries Richard’s story has been told by others, many of them hostile.

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Taylor Community president & CEO talks with Gunstock GM Greg Goddard on LRPA

LACONIA — Tim Martin, President and CEO of Taylor Community and host of “Today’s Living, brought to you by Taylor Community” and broadcast on Lakes Region Public Access Television sat down recently with Greg Goddard, Gunstock Mountain

Resort General Manager.

Topics ranged from programs and services provided by Gunstock to include Senior Ski Packages, to seasonal information about the Mountain and offerings post ski season.

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PLYMOUTH — A Button Up NH workshop will be held Thursday, February 7 from 6:30-8 p.m. at the Pease Public Library.

The Plymouth Energy Commission, Plymouth Better Buildings and Plymouth Area Renewable Energy Initiative (PAREI) are hosting a free Button Up NH weatherization workshop where participants will learn basic building science concepts and learn how to undertake basic air sealing, insulating, and conservation measures to reduce fuel and electricity use.

The workshop will lead participants through how to sign up for Home Performance with Energy Star (HPwES)* – a program that provides financial incentives and technical expertise to assist homeowners with buttoning up their homes.

Plymouth residents that attend will be entered in a raffle to win up to $2,000 towards home energy improvements. Better Buildings will contribute half of the Home Performance with Energy Star (HPwES) customer co-pay up to $2,000. Normally customers who qualify for HPwES incentives receive 50% of the cost of recommended energy efficiency improvements up to $4,000. The recipient of this additional Better Buildings incentive would receive an additional 25% of improvements – totaling 75% of project costs, which would enable them to receive

$8,000 worth of energy efficiency improvements for just $2,000 out of pocket.

Qualifications for the winner of the Better Buildings ½ Customer Co-pay incentive up to $2,000 must: - Be a Plymouth resident - Attend the February 7th Button Up NH workshop - Either be current HPwES participant that has not yet completed a project OR be a new HPwES participant - Commit to completing their projects by April 15, 2013 Refreshments provided by Local Foods Plymouth.

The raffle will be drawn the night of the February 7 Button Up NH workshop. All Button Up NH workshops are free to attend and open to the public. Visit www.betterbuildingsbuttonup.eventbrite.com for registration information (registration is encouraged but not required) or contact Zak Brohinsky, zak@ plymouthenergy.org, or call PAREI at 536-5030 or just show up. *The HPwES program is run through Public Service of New Hampshire (PSNH) and New Hampshire Electric Co-op (NHEC). More information on HPwES can be found at http://www.nhec.com/residential_homeenergysolutions.php.

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Blues icon Curtis Salgado playing Pitman’s Friday

LACONIA — On Friday, February 8 at 8 p.m. Pitman’s Freight Room at 94 New Salem Street in Laconia, hosts the Blues Award-winning vocalist/songwrite/ Curtis Salgado. (Courtesy harmonica icon Curtis photo) Salgado, who sings and plays with soulful authority.

The 2012 Soul Blues Artist of the year, Curtis tours heavily and has performed at Blues Festivals all over the world. Curtis comes to Pitman’s with the East Coast Rhythm Aces comprised of some of the Northeast’s most formidable Blues talent. With Bruce Bears (Duke Robillard, Little Milton, Susan Tedeschi) on keys, Josh Fulero (John Nemeth, Jerry Portnoy, Boyd Small) on guitar, Brad Hallen (Duke Robilliard, Roomful of Blues, Susan Tedeschi) on

bass, & Chris Rivelli (Roomful of Blues, Junior Watson, Janiva Magness) on drums.

Curtis played with up-and-coming guitarist/vocalist Robert Cray and recorded the album “Who’s Been Talking.” Six years with Robert, led to Curtis sitting in with the likes of Muddy Waters, Bobby “Blue” Bland, Albert Collins and Bonnie Raitt.

Aside from being a tremendous vocalist, Curtis is one of the finest blues harmonica players in the country. In 1979 when John Belushi was filming Animal House, he saw Curtis’ Act and loved what he saw. Curtis took the actor under his wing and schooled him on R&B history. Beluschi used a good portion of Curtis’ show as the basis for the Blues Brothers Act and their first Blues Brothers Album was dedicated to Curtis.

Admission is $12, doors open at 7:15 p.m. and Pitman’s is a BYOB venue. For more information visit www.pitmansfreightroom.com or call 527-0043 or 494-3334.

LACONIA — The Hawk Composite Squadron, New Hampshire Wing Civil Air Patrol, will hold its Winter Open House at the Laconia Municipal Airport on February 7, from 6:30 until 9 p.m.

Civil Air Patrol, the official auxiliary of the United States Air Force, is a non-profit, volunteer organization dedicated to training youth (12 to 18 years old) in the areas of aerospace education, leadership, character development and emergency services, while instilling the values of integrity, volunteer service, excellence and respect.

The squadron is also open to adult members interested in air crews and ground search and rescue teams. Anyone interested in joining this organization as either a cadet member or adult member, should attend this meeting. Any questions they may have will be answered, including information

regarding flight training and scholarship opportunities. Refreshments will be provided.

NH Wing, Civil Air Patrol will have several displays to include a Cessna 182 aircraft, emergency services vehicles and equipment to further demonstrate its search and rescue capabilities. Aerospace Education will display model rockets and aircraft built by members.

There will be a recruiting booth for those ages 12 to adult interested in the three missions of Civil Air Patrol which are Cadet Programs, Aerospace Education and Emergency Services.

For more information regarding the Open House, contact either Robert W. Shaw, Lt Col (CAP) at CP@ nhwgcap.org or Dana E. Hylen, Captain (CAP) at DP@ nhwgcap.org. For more information on the Civil Air Patrol check http://hawksquadron.nhcapcadets.org.

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February classes offered at Artistic Roots Co-op in Plymouth include acrylic painting, glass fusing

PLYMOUTH — Artistic Roots Co-op is a located on Main Street in Plymouth and features the work of over 40 local artists.

Every month throughout the year the artisans offer a variety of classes. To sign up for a class, visit the gallery or the website: artisticroots.com.

This month’s classes include: — Painting: Beginner Acrylics (February 9, 16, 23 and March 2) $15 a week The class is taught by Jeannette McArthur. The adult class is designed to introduce the beginner acrylic painter to the medium in a relaxed learning atmosphere. Step-by-step instruction will result in a finished 8 X10 panel. Materials are

included in the cost. Bring an inexpensive sketch pad for method practice. Class runs from 10 to noon.

— Glass Fusing: Glass Suncatchers (February 21, 6-8 p.m.) Members $50, Non-members $65. This class is taught by Lynn Haust. Materials and firing are included in the cost of the class. This class will allow you to explore the world of cutting and melting glass by creating a design of your choice. You will learn several techniques of glass cutting including cold working, to shape and work the glass into your realistic or abstract design.

Artistic Roots, Inc. is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit corporation managed and run by the member artists.

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Edward Gibbs, III, 97

OBITUARIES

MEREDITH — Edward Gibbs, III, 97, of 21 Upper Mile Point Drive and formerly of the Taylor Community, Laconia, N.H. died at the Golden View Health Care Center, Meredith, N.H. on Thursday, January 31, 2013.

Mr. Gibbs was born July 19, 1915 in Saugus, Mass., the son of Blanche ( Petts) and Edward Gibbs, Jr. He resided at the Taylor Community in Laconia for ten years before moving to the Meredith Bay Colony Club, Meredith in 2011.

Mr. Gibbs received his A. B. from Harvard University in 1937 and his Ed.M. from Harvard University Graduate School of Education in 1949. In 1938, Mr. Gibbs was a social studies teacher at Saugus (Mass.)

High School and was the Director of Guidance in 1941.

He served in the U. S. Army during WWII, entering as a private on the first anniversary of Pearl Harbor.

He served in North Africa and Italy where he was directly commissioned a second lieutenant. Mr. Gibbs was awarded the bronze star and mustered out of the service as a first lieutenant in 1946.

Mr. Gibbs returned to his guidance position at Saugus High School. In 1951, he became principal of the Tilton-Northfield High School in Tilton, N.H. and in 1952 was principal of Attleboro (Mass.) High School.

In 1955, Mr. Gibbs became principal of South Plainfield (N.J.) High School and in 1956, he became viceprincipal of North Plainfield (N.J.) High School and principal in 1958. He was active in the New Jersey Association of High School Principals, serving as president in 1969. He retired from education in 1974.

Mr. Gibbs joined two of his brothers in the manufacture of endless belts at Arthur S. Brown Manufacturing Company in Tilton, N.H. and was Chairman of the Board there until retiring in 1983.

Mr. Gibbs was president of the Saugus, Massachusetts Teachers Association in 1947, was president of the Saugus Community Y.M.C.A. in 1949, a member of the New Jersey Association of Secondary School Prin-

cipals, serving as president in 1969 and the Plainfield (N.J.) Area Y.M.C.A. from 19691970. He was a former trustee of the , Belle Peabody Brown Foundation, Tilton, N.H., a former director of the Belknap Mill Society, Laconia, N.H. and a member of the Gilford Community Church, Gilford, N.H. Survivors include two sons, Edward “Ted” Gibbs IV and his wife, Ynette, of Pacific Beach, Washington and David Gibbs and his wife, Cheryl, of Algonquin, Illinois; daughter, Orry Gibbs of Laconia, N.H.; a step-daughter, Cyndy Weeks, her husband, Larry, and family of Pinehurst, North Carolina and family; two grandchildren, Edward “Ward” Gibbs V, and Geoffrey B. Gibbs; a brother, Charles Gibbs, of Franklin, N.H.; a sister, Alice Head, of Epsom, N.H. and many nephews and nieces. In addition to his parents, Mr. Gibbs was predeceased by his second wife of twenty-five years, Beatrice M. (Gosselin) Gibbs, who died in 2002, by his first wife of thirtyfour years and mother of his children, Violet O. (Arnold) Gibbs, who died in 2009, by three brothers, Berthier Gibbs, Walter Gibbs, and, Ralph Gibbs, and by a sister, Dorothy Nelson.

Calling hours will be held on Wednesday, February 6, 2013 from 3:00-5:00 PM in the Carriage House of the Wilkinson-Beane-Simoneau-Paquette Funeral Home, 164 Pleasant Street, Laconia, N.H. A Memorial Service will be held on Thursday, February 7, 2013 at 12:00 PM (Noon) at the Gilford Community Church, 19 Potter Hill Road, Gilford, N.H. Spring burial will be in the Raymond C. Wixson Memorial Garden, Gilford, N.H. For those who wish, the family suggests that memorial donations be made to a charity of one’s choice.

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

TILTON — Mary Theresa (Twombly) Pucci, 80 died at the Merrimack County Nursing Home on Sunday February 3, 2013.

Theresa was born in Tilton, October 15, 1932. She was the daughter of Arthur Leo and Alexandrine Marie (Montambeault) Twombly. She resided in the Tilton and Northfield area all of her life.

She attended Tilton Northfield High School, active in music and cheerleading, a graduate of 1950. After graduation she spent the summer working in the White Mountains with her friend Mary Lou Robert. She later was employed at Holmes and Nelson Department Store in Franklin as a clerk and window dresser. She married Richard Pucci in 1954 and joined him while he served in the United States Air Force, settling in Northfield in 1957. The family moved to Tilton in 1967. Mary, referred to as Theresa or “Tweet” by most that knew her, was a homemaker for many years. She loved to knit and cross stitch and used these skills to make many presents for children, relatives and friends. She was gifted with an exceptional voice and enjoyed singing in the church choir and was often asked to sing at weddings, funerals and special events. Her children recall their father would often times talk her into singing at family events to the joy of all. She volunteered her time to the Cub Scout organization, hosting meetings and serving as a den mother. Once her youngest child reached middle school, Mary began volunteering and working outside of the home. She spent several years volunteering at the Franklin

Regional Hospital and at the Winnisquam Regional Middle School as a library aide before dedicating many years as a volunteer and employee at Hall Memorial Library. One of her favorite pastimes was playing cribbage.

She was a communicant of St. Mary of the Assumption Church in Tilton.

She was predeceased by an infant son, Michael Richard Pucci and her husband of 41 years Richard Anthony Pucci who died April 5, 1996 and also by her sisters Anita Kelly and Madeline Gilbert and brothers Joseph, Paul and Phillip Twombly.

Family members include her children: Kathleen Anne Brooks and husband Gary of Gilmanton; Anthony Joseph Pucci and wife Gale of Northfield; Alfred Henry Pucci and wife Debbie of Belmont; Thomas Arthur Pucci and wife Connie of Tilton and Eileen Marie Pucci of Tilton, eleven grandchildren, ten great grandchildren, many nieces and nephews.

Visiting hours will be held on Thursday, February 7, 2013 from 5:00 PM to 8:00 PM at the William F. Smart Sr. Memorial Home, Franklin-Tilton Road, Tilton, NH. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated on Friday at 11:00 AM, at St. Mary of the Assumption Church, Chestnut St., Tilton, NH. Spring burial will be held in St. John Cemetery in Tilton, NH. Expressions of sympathy may be made in Theresa’s name, to the Hall Memorial Library, at 18 Park St., Northfield, NH 03276.

For more information go to www.smartfuneralhome.com.

Mary T. Pucci, 80

Anita O. Dunn, 83 LACONIA — Anita O. Dunn, 83, of 136 Pine Street, died at Lakes Region General Hospital on Sunday, February 3, 2013 after a period failing health.

Ms. Dunn was born March 26, 1929 in Laconia, N.H., the daughter of Arthur Joseph and Ida Marie (Clairmont) Lavoie.

Ms. Dunn was a lifelong resident of 136 Pine Street, in Laconia, N.H. She attended Saint Joseph School (Sacred Heart Parish) in Laconia, after elementary school she attended Assumption Academy in Nicolet, Province of Quebec, Canada. She received her Associates Degree from Belknap College in Center Harbor, N.H. Ms. Dunn was a Cub Scout Den Mother for Troop 62 at Sacred Heart Church for six years. She was employed by Mr. Herbert Tuchman as Business Manager of Golden View Health Care Center, in Meredith, N.H. for a period of ten years. She then worked for Mr. Thomas Matzke as Business Administrator at Mountain Ridge Health Care Center in Franklin, N.H. until her retirement in 1991. She was an Ombudsman for the State of New Hampshire for over five years. She worked part-time for Attorney Scott D. McGuffin in an administrative position until she reached the age of 70.

Survivors include her six sons and daughtersin-law, Calvin and Tammy Dunn of Laconia, N.H., Clayton and Rosemary Dunn of Belmont, N. H., Raymond and Darlene Dunn of Chesterfield, N.H., Richard Dunn of Laconia, N.H., David Dunn and Carol Dow of Meredith N.H., Daniel Dunn and Tonya Rapter of Gilford, N. H.; one daughter, Annette M. Dunn, of Laconia, N.H.; fourteen grandchildren, Calvin III, Amy, Laura and Brandon Dunn, Christy and Casey Dunn, Michael and Karah Dunn, Justin and Brianna Dunn, Cadie and Carrie Dunn, Travis and Kelsey Dunn, ten great-grandchildren, Steven Dunn, Calsey and Morgan Fontaine, Dominic, Alexander and Danika Ballou, Ashlynn Ida Marie and Connor Dunn, Aubree Dunn and Parker Ashton. She was predeceased by her sister, Annette M. Lavoie, in 1927, her father in 1968, her mother in 1990 and her brother, Arthur, in 2008.

According to her wishes, there will be no calling hours.

A Private Burial Service will take place at a later date.

In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to the WLNH Children’s Auction, PO Box 7326, Gilford, NH 03247.

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

Wild winter walk: Guided tour of the Gephart Exhibit Trail at Science Center HOLDERNESS — Squam Lakes Natural Science Center invites adults and children ages 6 and over for a guided tour of the Gephart Exhibit Trail the next two weekends.

The walks will be held Saturday, February 9 from 10 a.m. to noon, Saturday, February 16 from 10 a.m. until noon, and Sunday, February 17 from 1 until 3 p.m.

Cost: $8/member; $10/non-member.

These are opportunities for visitors to see the animals at the Science Center in the winter. A staff naturalist will guide the walk and discuss how native see next page

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Program on memories at Harry & David retail store hosting Lakes Region Taylor Community Friday Chamber of Commerce Open House Thursday LACONIA — Dr. Angela Kilb of Plymouth State University will discuss memory research Friday, Feb. 8 at 11 a.m. in Taylor Community’s Woodside Building.

We’ve all experienced forgetting in our lives and have observed that human memory is imperfect.

Yet, certain memories remain vivid for many years.

However, the vivid memories we confidently remember may disagree with those of a sibling or spouse.

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

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

The event is free and open to the public. Space is limited. Make reservations by calling 524-5600. from preceding page animals are well-adapted for winter in New Hampshire. Be ready to snowshoe and see beautiful wild animals in their winter fur coats.

Snowshoes are available at no extra cost or participants may bring their own. Adult must accompany children. Registration is requested in advance by emailing info@nhnature.org or calling 603-968-7194.

For details about this event, upcoming programs, and membership go to www.nhnature.org or call 603-968-7194.

TILTON — Harry & David is hosting a Lakes Region Chamber of Commerce Open House. The event will held on Thursday, February 7, from 4-6 p.m. at the Tanger Outlet Center in Tilton.

Harry & David is America’s largest multichannel marketer of gourmet premium fruit gifts, fine chocolates, baked goods, confections and home décor accessories.

Elizabeth Lawton, the store manager, is inviting all Chamber members to join the celebration. Liz we will showcasing Gift Giving Made Easy and Office Entertaining solutions.

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SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). Figuratively speaking, unless you show up with your paints and brushes, the world around you will lack color. If you can say or do “your thing” without hurting another person, you should.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21).

Just because an action is within the law doesn’t make it right. You hold yourself to a higher and self-created standard.

Usually, you’re quiet about this, but the world will be better off if you speak up.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19).

Instead of asking “why,” you will ask “why not” and go forward. You will never get an answer to that second question, mostly because there is no reason why you shouldn’t act today.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). You do have a way of putting things. So don’t be surprised if you hear your own words echoed in the conversation of loved ones -- proof that they are listening to you even when they don’t show it.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). If you react without knowing your reasons, the effect will be minimal. But if you know your reasons before you make a move, you’ll create your desired effect.

TODAY’S BIRTHDAY (Feb. 5). It’s your year to bridge the gaps. Where there is a lack of understanding or knowledge, you’ll learn. The cycle of relationship luck over the next seven weeks starts the ball rolling. March shows a lifestyle upgrade. Like a poker shark, you’ll use your talent for reading people to make great money in April.

Taurus and Gemini people adore you.

Your lucky numbers are: 1, 13, 20, 44 and 9.

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ARIES (March 21-April 19). It seems that lately authority figures are constantly throwing down limits or telling you what to do. It’s a sign that you’re on the cutting edge and a threat to the old guard. Don’t back off now; you’re on to something.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20). It’s pretty clear that you need more stimulation. There’s not enough in your environment now to motivate your hard work. Put yourself in a more demanding or risky situation.

GEMINI (May 21-June 21). The natural world holds many mysteries and much intrigue should you choose to give it your attention. Today the elements will be kind to you, so step outside to make some detailed observations.

CANCER (June 22-July 22). Before you do the dull thing, like dive into your work to the exclusion of all social interaction, fresh air and fun, remember this: Pleasure is useful. All of the most amazing creators you know would concur.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). The response you get from people, animals and technology will be of an unexpected if not downright weird variety.

Also, they may seem to know you better than you know them, which is a little weird.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). Sometimes a partner makes you feel better about yourself and at other times worse. Either way, you must admit, you feel more alive, and that’s what it’s all about for you right now.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). You like to think you’re a regular kind of person, but like the “regular” people in movies, today you wind up in unusual circum-

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––––––– ALMANAC ––––––– Today is Tuesday, Feb. 5, the 36th day of 2013.

There are 329 days left in the year.

Today’s Highlight in History: On Feb. 5, 1973, services were held at Arlington National Cemetery for U.S. Army Col. William B. Nolde, the last official American combat casualty before the Vietnam cease-fire took effect.

On this date: In 1783, Sweden recognized the independence of the United States.

In 1811, George, the Prince of Wales, was named Prince Regent due to the mental illness of his father, Britain’s King George III. In 1887, Verdi’s opera “Otello” premiered at La Scala.

In 1917, Congress passed, over President Woodrow Wilson’s veto, an immigration act severely curtailing the influx of Asians. Mexico’s constitution was adopted.

In 1922, the first edition of Reader’s Digest was published.

In 1937, President Franklin D. Roosevelt proposed increasing the number of U.S. Supreme Court justices; the proposal, which failed in Congress, had critics accusing Roosevelt of attempting to “pack” the nation’s highest court.

In 1940, Glenn Miller and his orchestra recorded “Tuxedo Junction” for RCA Victor’s Bluebird label.

In 1953, Walt Disney’s animated feature “Peter Pan” was first released.

In 1967, “The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour” premiered on CBS-TV. In 1971, Apollo 14 astronauts Alan Shepard and Edgar Mitchell stepped onto the surface of the moon in the first of two lunar excursions.

In 1983, former Nazi Gestapo official Klaus Barbie, expelled from Bolivia, was brought to Lyon (lee-OHN’), France, to stand trial. (He was convicted of war crimes and sentenced to life in prison; he died in 1991.)

In 1988, the Arizona House impeached Gov. Evan Mecham (MEE’-kuhm), setting the stage for his trial in the state Senate, where he was convicted of obstructing justice and misusing funds.

Ten years ago: Secretary of State Colin Powell urged the U.N. Security Council to move against Saddam Hussein, saying Iraq had failed to disarm, was harboring terrorists and was hiding behind a “web of lies.” Longtime CBS News radio reporter Larry LeSueur died in Washington at age 93.

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CALENDAR TODAY’S EVENTS Central N.H. Amateur Radio Club meeting. 7 p.m. at Gilford Community Church. Topic: Extreme fire hazards lurk in your home if you have common lead-acid and regular household batteries. Public welcome. Details at www. cnharc.org.

Laconia Lacrosse Club holds informational and sign up meeting for the upcoming spring season. 7 p.m. in the community room of the Laconia Police Department. For more information call 528-5449.

Gentle Chair Yoga with Darlene Nadeau at the Tilton Senior Center. 9:30 a.m. Cost is $5/person. Please call 527-8291 for more information.

The Lakes Region Camera Club meets on the first and third Tuesday of the month at The Trinity Episcopal Church on Route 25 in Meredith at 7:30 p.m. The program will be Lightroom 4: Enhancing Your Images presented by Forrest Seavey. Persons of any experience level are welcome. For more information, visit our website at www.lrcameraclub. com or call Phyllis Meinke at 340-2359.

Gilford Public Library daily events. Drop-In Rug Hooking, 10:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m. Storytime (18 mo. – 5 years), 10:30–11:15 a.m. Babygarten (Birth – 18 Months), 11:1511:45 a.m. Knitting for Beginners 1-2 p.m. Gilford Clickers, 6:30-8 p.m.

Storytime at Belmont Public Library. 3:30 p.m.

Chess Club meets at the Laconia Public Library on Tuesdays from 3 to 7 p.m. All ages and skill levels welcome.

We will teach.)

Hands Across The Table free weekly dinner at St. James Episcopal Church on North Main Street in Laconia.

5:30 to 6:30 p.m.

The New Horizons Band of the Lakes Region meets every Tuesday at 7 p.m. at the Music Clinic on Rte 3 in Belmont. All musicians welcome. For more information call 528-6672 or 524-8570.

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

Lakeport Community Association meeting. 7 p.m. at the Freight House.

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 6 Lakes Region Planning Commission Transportation Technical Advisory Committee meets. 2 p.m. at the Humiston Buliding in Meredith. For more information call 279-8171.

Music and Art Class with Martha Shepp. 10 a.m. at the Tilton Senior Center, 11 Grange Rd., Tilton. No experience necessary. For more information call 527-8291.

Country Village Quilt Guild meeting featuring a special Valentines Day Block project. 1:30 p.m. in the Moultonborough Life Safety Building. For more information call 2795682 or email karen@dsticht.com.

The New England Winds woodwind quartet presented as part of the Silver Series at Plymouth State University.

7 p.m. in the Smith Recital Hall at the Silver Center for the Arts. Free tickets available by calling 535-2787.

Repeat showing of “Mad City Chickens” held by the Lakes Region Food Network. 6 p.m. at the Laconia Public Library. Soup dinner served. To RSVP for the dinner or for more information call 528-8560 or email karen.barker@lrfn.org.

Film Series featuring “Bonhoeffer” sponsored by the Sanbornton Public Library and the Sanbornton Congregational Church. 6:30-8:30 p.m. Discussion will follow the film. For more information call 286-3018.

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

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ANNIE’S MAILBOX

Dear Annie: After two months, I am still upset with my father-in-law. My two daughters recently married, and the weddings were six weeks apart. My in-laws gave us a nice sum of money to help us with the weddings. We were very grateful and told them so.

Right before the first wedding, my husband lost his job.

In order to finish paying for the second wedding, we had to ask my father-in-law to lend us more money. He said, “Sure. I want to give the girls what they want.” We didn’t tell our kids about my husband’s job situation because we wanted them to soak in all the glory of being brides without any stress.

Here’s what happened: At Christmas, my father-in-law sent small amounts of money to me, my husband and our son with a note saying, “We thought it would be OK to pass on the girls this year.” The money is such a small amount that it didn’t matter, but I cannot get over the fact that he took out our financial difficulties on them. The girls have no idea why their grandfather didn’t give them holiday gifts, and so far, I haven’t told them.

I am so mad, I could scream. I have to see my father-inlaw at a family event this weekend and don’t think I can be civil. This man showered his daughter’s children with cars for graduation that mine never got. I slept on this before writing and am angrier now than when I went to bed. At the moment, I don’t want to ever see him again. Please advise. -- Washington Dear Washington: The fact that Dad is unfair in his gift giving is a legitimate issue, but that doesn’t mean your children are entitled to receive gifts from him. You refer to the wedding money as “loans,” but Dad apparently considered them his wedding gifts to his granddaughters. If so, he was generous, and the girls should know. If they were actual loans and you are repaying the money, we agree that Dad should have

treated your family equally at Christmas.

Either way, it serves no purposes to stew in silence. Talk to your husband and then to Dad, together. Try to be nice.

We doubt he intended to be unkind, and he probably doesn’t realize that his behavior disturbed you.

Dear Annie: My family recently planned a special, catered, expensive celebration. We gave much thought to our guest list.

One couple told us they wanted their grown children invited. Then the grown children asked if they could bring their children. Some guests simply assumed their children were invited and brought them.

Please tell them again, Annie: If the invitation is addressed to “Mr. and Mrs.,” it is only for them. It does not include children, grandchildren or friends. What has happened to manners? I hope this will enlighten some folks. -- Roanoke, Va. Dear Roanoke: Some people believe all invitations are casual and open. They are not. Guest lists are limited by space as well as cost. It would be nice if your letter helps people understand this so they can be more gracious when responding.

Dear Annie: I can relate to the letter from “No, I Am Not Trying for a Boy,” who had two girls and was still carrying baby weight.

When I was carrying twins, a woman I knew only casually asked me whether I was having a baby elephant. After the girls were born, I overheard a friend saying, “It looks like she still has one left in there.”

However, a true friend visited me in the hospital after my fifth girl and said, “How many people can say they have five beautiful girls?” Some people know what to say and some don’t. That was 35 years ago, and all of our girls have been true blessings in our lives. -- South Dakota Mom

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LACONIA: Pleasant Street, 1BR, $750. Heat/hot water included, no pets/smoking. 524-5837.

22 Cu. Ft. Almond Refrigerator, top freezer $100. LH interior fan top glass door & frame with hardware & keys. $75. 3 storm doors and 6 storm windows. Call for sizes/prices. 630-8282 or 455-1058

MIDDLE aged Woman to share house. Washer/Dryer, cable TV, New room. $500/Month. 290-2324 Call Al MINUTES from Concord2-bedroom 1-bath completely renovated energy efficient apartment complex. $795, including hot water with free WiFi. Secured building access, onsite laundry and more. Military discount available. Convenient Rte 3 location in West Franklin!

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NEW HAMPTON: Nice 1-bedroom apartment, sliders to private deck, 5 minutes from I-93. $620/month. + security., cat okay.

(603)217-0373.

CHINA: Lenox Hayworth. Eight 5-piece place settings, sugar & creamer, gravy boat, 2 platters, 1 serving bowl, 8 extra dessert plates, salt & pepper shakers. $700/OBO 744-6107 Dry Firewood- 1/2 cord $125, Full Cord $225. Cut, split, delivered Laconia/Gilford. 387-2900 GREEN floral sofa, like new, barely used! $200. Black tray coffee table, excellent condition $100. 293-8116

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DACHSHUNDS puppies. Heath & temperament guaranteed.

Parents on premise, $375-$450, (603)539-1603.

2010 Toyota Scion XD- Hatchback, 5-speed, red. Remainder of 3 year/36,000 and 5 year/60,000 mile warranties, with no transfer fees. Power windows/locks, tilt/cruise, ABS and traction control. Pioneer AM/FM/CD/MP3. 30K miles, great gas mileage. $12,900.

603-707-9220 evenings/weekends

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

528-1991

LACONIA- Large Rooms for rent.

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

GOLDEN Retriever puppies, born 12/10/12. First shot, home raised, cat friendly. 2 males, 1 female. $500. Ready 2/4/13. 832-6494 LABRADOR Retriever puppies, AKC, gorgeous litter of outstanding pups. Exceptional bloodlines, great temperaments, inhome raised.

(603)664-2828.

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

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

P3 s Towing. 630-3606 1994 GMC Sierra 4X4 truck. V6, $1,500/OBO. 1987 Chevy Suburban 3/4 Ton 4X4 W/8ft.

Plow system. Great yard truck, $1,500/OBO 630-8282 or 455-1058 2001 Nissan Altima GXE -4 Door Sedan. 5-Speed, 182K, A/C, All power, snow tires/all weather tires-good condition. Service records available. $3,000.

744-5644 2002 Mercury Mountaineer Premier 6-cylinder, AWD, loaded, tow package. 7 passenger, great condition $5,900. 978-270-2814

BUYING junk cars, trucks & big trucks ME & NH. Call for price.

Martin Towing. (603)305-4504.

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

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

Kevin or Karen 802-263-5700

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

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

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

2010 Subaru Forester 2.5X, premium, auto, loaded, highway miles, full maintenance $14,500.

630-4737

BELMONT NH Rooms for rent in large Victorian mansion overlooking Lake Winnisquam, $550-700 per month includes all utilities & internet. First and last. Call 527-8496.

VOLKSWAGEN Beetle- 2010, 29K miles, yellow, leather interior, immaculate condition, standard

GILFORD : 1 & 2 -bedroom units available. Heat & electricity included. From $190/week. Pets

GILFORD 3 BEDROOM Large yard, close to school, downtown. $1,600 month includes all utilities.

Great condition!

617-780-9312 LACONIA 1st floor 2-3 bedroom apartment on Pleasant St. Walk to town & beaches, recently repainted, carpeting, appliances, full bath. $1,000/Month includes heat & hot water. 524-3892 or 630-4771 LACONIA 2-bedroom 2nd floor on Province St. Clean, sunny, lead safe. Good neighborhood with private parking. Washer/dryer access, no pets, $750/Month + utilities. 508-423-0479 LACONIA Waterfront- 2-Bedroom condo, quiet location, Clean/renovated, furnished-optional. No smoking/pets. $995/month.

603-630-4153.

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

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

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

603-781-6294 LACONIA- 2 bedroom house near LRGH. Includes heat & hot water, washer/dryer, and snow removal. $1,000/Month. No pets/smoking.

524-5455 LACONIA- Large 3 bedroom 1st floor apartment. Newly painted ,Washer/dryer. $1,100/Month + utilities. 1 month security deposit and lease required. Available now. Call 603-524-3759 and leave

LACONIA- Large Rooms for rent.

Private bath, heat/hot water, electric, cable, parking included. $145-160/week 603-781-6294 LACONIA- Nice 1 bedroom. No pets/no smoking, $130/week plus utilities 387-6810 LACONIA: 2 bedroom, 1st floor.

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

524-1234 www.whitemtrentals.com.

LACONIA: 2 bedroom, 2nd floor in duplex building. $225/week, including heat, electric & hot water. 524-1234, www.whitemtrentals.com.

LACONIA: Spacious two bedroom apartment for rent. Rent is $702. per month with heat and hot water included. On-site laundry, storage room and off-street parking. Close to pharmacy, schools and hospital. Please call Julie at Stewart Property Mgt. (603) 524-6673 EHO. LACONIA: Very nice 1-bedroom apartment in clean, quiet, downtown building. Recently painted.

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

LACONIA: 1st Floor, Large 3BR, 2-bath apartment. Deck and parking. No pets, no smokers. Security deposit, references and lease required. $925/month plus utilities.

875-2292.

LACONIA: Gilbert Apartments.

Call for available apartments.

524-4428 LACONIA: Open 2-bedroom 1-bath duplex. Basement w/storage, washer/dryer hook-ups. Big yard, parking. No pets/no smok-

BOWLING Balls (4), Candlepin, Ram-Pro-Rubber, EPOD 72D, come with bag, used six strings, cost $220, asking $170. 496-8639 Bowling Shoes, Dexter SST8, 9-2W, top of the line with interchangable heels and sliders.

Used three times, cost $180, asking $130. 496-8639

Got trees need CA$H?

455-6100

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

NEW HAMPTON: 2-bedroom apartment. Close to Rt. 93. Heat & Hot water included. $750/mo.

279-5577.

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

Animals

26 inch Troy Built Snow Blower in new condition. $350. 286-8281

KENMORE Washer: Large, only 1 1/2 years old, works very well. $150/best offer. (603)279-5598.

LAMB -RAISED locally. Hormone & antibiotic free. Vacuum packed, frozen. 528-5838

ROOMMATES Home near Tilton/I-93. unfurnished $115/Week. Furnished $125/Week. Utilities included, No drugs or drinking. Smoker/Pet okay. 603-286-9628 SANBORNTON: Efficiency apartment, close to Route 3. Clean, bright, newly painted. Heat & electric included. No smoking/ pets. $700/month.

Security deposit and references required.

520-0859.

TILTON, charming Victorian car riage house weekly or monthly rentals. $200/wk $800/mo, cable, Wi-Fi, microwave, coffee maker and refrigerator. Call or text 603-998-7881 or 603-455-5350 or email: info@blackswaninn.net

PIANOS: What greater gift to give a child than a piano?

Call 524-1430.

PRINTER: 3 in 1 Lexmark P4330, used one semester at college, needs ink. $30. 455-3686.

RECORD Collection, 136 assorted vinyl albums and 430 45 s from the 50 s, 60 s and 70 s, $249.279-6515.

Remodeling- Kitchenaid dishwasher, butcher block top, older model, works beautiful. Entertainment center, hardwood 54inX54in with glass doors, on coasters for easy moving. Couch with matching chair. Please ask about other furniture. 630-4523 SEASONED Firewood for SaleCan deliver in Laconia area. $225./Cord 603-387-0147

TILTON: Large room for rent downtown. $150/week includes all utilities. 603-286-4391.

SET of 4 Mastercraft snow tires for Ford Escape, used one season. 23570R16, $300. 387-3083

TILTON: Downstairs 1-bedroom. $630/Month. Heat and hot water included. No dogs, 603-630-9772 or 916-214-7733.

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

Benjamin Oil, LLC. 603-731-5980

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

SNOWSHOES 2 pairs. Snowcraft wood and traditional bearclaw design, 10” x 36”. 528-1260.

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TREADMILL Power Incline, time, speed, distance, calorie counter, safety shutoff. $175. 279-4668.

WALL TILES: Ceramic, Glazed, 74 sq. ft., American Olean, 6”x6”, Sandy Ridge (color), $30. Please call 455-3686.

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

Compare Cost $1095, SELL

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Pitman’s Freight Room presenting Zeke Martin Project on Thursday

LACONIA — The Zeke Martin Project will return to Pitman’s Freight Room on Thursday February 7 at 8 p.m.

Born in Brussels in 1973, Zeke Martin entered the world with a pair of drumsticks in his hands. His unique and soulful style has enabled him to secure endorsement deals with Creation Drums, Murat Diril Cymbals, Evans Drumheads, Mono Cases and Vic Firth Sticks.

The Zeke Martin Project has performed in many locations throughout the northeast region, including the Berklee Performance Center, The House Of Blues CALENDAR from page 21

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 6 Gilford Public Library happenings. Check – Out – An – Expert! 10 a.m. to noon. Social Bridge 10:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m. “Wonder”ful Clothespin Creations (K-Grade 4) 2:30– 3:30 p.m. Let’s Light Up the Library (Teens) 3:30-4:30 p.m.

Gilford Write Now Writers’ Group 3:30-5:30 p.m.

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

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

Country Acoustic Picking Party at the Tilton Senior

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in Boston, The Black Repertory Theater in RI, Minton’s Playhouse and Sweet Rhythm, in NYC and tours Malaysia yearly.

Additionally, The Zeke Martin Project has shared the stage with Zeke Martin (Courtesy photo) such star performers as The Neville Brothers, The Funk Brothers, Ali-Ollie

Center. Every Wednesday from 7-9 p.m.

Hall Memorial Library Happenings. Story Time 10:30 and 11:30 a.m. Arts and Crafts featuring Kind Bombing the Library beginning at 3:30 p.m.

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

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

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

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

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

TOPS (Taking Off Pounds Sensibly) group meeting.

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

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Woodson from the Temptations, three time Grammy nominee Ski Johnson and Regina Bell to name a few.

The Zeke Martin Project was just reviewed in the April issue of Jazz Times Magazine and just won New England Urban Music Award Best Jazz CD 2010.

Currently, The Zeke Martin Project resides in Boston, MA and continues to perform along the east coast and in Asia. Joining Zeke are Scott Tarulli on Guitar, Tucker Antell on Sax, and Daniel Day on Bass.

Admission is $10, doors open at 7:15 p.m. and Pitman’s is a BYOB Venue. For more information visit www.pitmansfreightroom.com or call 527-0043 or 494-3334.

I-L After Prom Committee holding Fundraiser at Mame’s on Sunday

MEREDITH — The Inter-Lakes High School Class of 2013 After Prom Committee is having a Valentine’s Dinner Fundraiser at Mame’s Restaurant on Sunday, Feb. 10 from 5-7 p.m.

The cost is $25 per person for a buffet of beef tips, chicken marsala, and wild mushroom ravioli with 50% of the proceeds going to the class.

Entertainment will be provided by Phil and Janet Sanguedolce. There will also be a raffle for a gift basket.

Reservations are appreciated.

Services

Services

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

FULL TIME LEGAL SECRETARY needed for central NH firm.

Prior personal injury experience preferred. Must have knowledge of Microsoft Word, Excel law, Outlook and Quickbooks. Candidate must be able to follow instructions consistent with firm practice, work independently, transcribe legal documents, prepare monthly reports, answer phones, order supplies and file maintenance.

NEW trailer load mattresses....a great deal! King set complete $395, queen set $249.

603-524-1430.

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

Services

Please Send Resumes To: Laconia Daily Sun Box A 1127 Union Avenue, #1 Laconia, NH 03246

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

Insured.

455-6296

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

Free

QUALITY Firewood: Seasoned, dry hardwood. Pine or green available. Call for details, competative prices. 393-1708.

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

Instruction

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GUITAR LESSONS

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

BOOKKEEPER Construction Company seeks a full charge bookkeeper to manage multiple company books.

Responsibilities include but not limited to payroll, accounts payable/receivable as well a month and year end transactions.

Must be a team player and able to multi-task. Knowledge of Quick Books Accounting Software and Excel is preferred. Email resumes to norm3@gilfordwell.com.

FULL TIME AUTO TECHNICIAN Must have own tools, NH State Inspection License. AS certification, valid driver s license and clean driving record required.

Apply in person at Union Ave. Auto, 415 Union Ave. Laconia

FULL TIME TOW DRIVER Must have clean driving record, medical card and pass a background check. Call 524-7441 LICENCED Cosmetologist wanted for small residential salon. Must have 3+ years experience & some clientele. 527-8980.

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

Get the Best Help Under the Sun! Starting at $2 per day Call 737.2020 or email

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Land

30% off now through February. I nterior Painting & odd jobs, repairs, Snow removal. Experienced, insured. Very reasonable, free estimates. Dan 677-6763 BILL S Small Engine Repair: *Winter Blues Special* Save 20% on all service on snowmobiles, snowblowers, generators, ATV s and all other equipment. Call now for free pickup & delivery. Bill @ 267-8766 or 387-3404.

PIPER ROOFING

TWO Acres prime deep water oceanfront. Cleared, soil tested.

Driveway in. Location Lubec Maine. $75,000 Firm. For more information, call 603-527-2607

Quality Work Reasonable Rates Free Estimates Metal Roofs • Shingle Roofs

Motorcycles

Major credit cards accepted

Our Customers Don t get Soaked!

528-3531

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

Call Bill @ 387-3404.

HANDYMAN FOR SALE Travel time 293-0683

$.50

per

mile.

HANDYMAN SERVICES Small Jobs Are My Speciality

Rick Drouin 520-5642 or 744-6277

Buy • Sell • Trade www.motoworks.biz

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

NICE 83 Honda V45 Magna750cc, water cooled shaft drive, 16K miles, book value $2,900 selling $1,275/OBO. Will hold till spring in storage with 1/2 down.

455-2430

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

HARDWOOD FLOORING DUST FREE SANDING 25 years experience. Excellent references. Weiler Building Services 986-4045 Email: weilbuild@yahoo.com DELETED YOUR PHOTOS? We can get them back! Call 524-4042.

Housecleaning, reasonable rates, dependable, references. Call Nikki 520-4348

WET BASEMENTS,

cracked or buckling walls, crawl space problems, backed by 40 years experience. Guaranteed 603-356-4759 basementauthoritiesnh.com.

Snowmobiles 1985 Polaris Indy 500. Runs well, new track, boogies, windshield. $700/OBO 630-8282 or 455-1058

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