The Laconia Daily Sun, February 8, 2012

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Again, bad reviews for 2-way downtown traffic plan

BY MICHAEL KITCH THE LACONIA DAILY SUN

LACONIA — Consideration of a proposal to open Beacon Street East and Beacon Street West to two-way traffic appears to be fast approaching a dead end following a second public meeting before the Planning Board last night.

“I have not heard anyone other than professional from out-of-town advocating for two-way traffic,” said Bob Sawyer of Sawyer’s Jewelry. Like other downtown mer-

chants, Sawyer appreciated that the plan was intended to benefit their businesses, but said “this is not a positive way to go.”

Michael Foote of Rollercoaster Road came closest to endorsing the plan. He rejected the notion that the traffic pattern was stifling downtown commerce. “What’s killing this town,” he said, “is Section 8 (subsidized) housing and antique shops.

We’re sitting around selling our grandmother’s old stuff.” But, in the next breath he asked everyone to keep an open mind

and consider the plan on its merits.

Dandrade’s plan would provide for twoway traffic southbound on Beacon Street East between Church Street and Hanover Street. Below Hanover Street Beacon Street East would be one-way northbound from the Main Street bridge to Hanover Street with a turning lane for vehicles entering the parking garage as well as narrower roadway lined with green space. The entire length of Beacon Street West would see 2-WAY page 8

Accornero promises school board he’ll work to keep state in ‘No Child’ program, pending study

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GILFORD — After hearing from Town Clerk/TaxCollector Denise Gonyer and selectmen, voters at last night’s deliberative session of Town Meeting narrowly voted to increase the budget that will appear on the March 13 warrant by $12,200.

The money should allow for a part-time employee to stay in the Town Clerk Tax Collector’s Office. The amendment makes the recommended budget $11,077, 312.

But should the budget pass as amended, there is no guarantee the selectmen will spend the money in the Town Clerk Tax Collector’s Office.

Gonyer said the Budget Committee has supported keeping a one-half time position in her office and taking $12,200 from the Department of Planning and Land Use, dropping that department to two full-time and one parttime employee.

Supporting the see GILFORD page 9

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Lawmaker told Laconia will lose $2.2M in federal funds if pending bill is passed into law

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Students in the Huot Regional Technical Education Center’s Building Construction Trade program, left to right, Tyler Blake, Nethaniel Sweeney and Nick Lamprey work on a foot bridge which will soon be placed along a trail in a town forest in Belmont. (Laconia Daily Sun photo/Adam Drapcho)

A bridge just far enough

Huot student’s latest project will open Bemont forest trails to many more LACONIA — The footbridge being built by students in the Building and Construction program at the Huot Regional Technical Education Center might not seem very long. But to a person with limited mobility, the bridge will double the accessible size of the Jeff Marden Town Forest in Belmont.

The bridge is being built as a cooperative project between the technical center and Bel-

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Rick Ball, Belmont Land Use Technician, said the bridge will be installed in the 65-acre see BRIDGE page 10

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LACONIA — State Rep. Harry Accornero told the School Board last night that he doesn’t want to see either of two bills which would withdraw the state from the No Child Left Behind program and potentially cost the state $61.6-million in federal funds passed during this year’s legislative session.

“I’ll vote for an interim study and lobby my fellow legislators to overturn the Education Committee’s recommendation,’’ Accornero said.

“Hopefully we can get an interim study.’’

Accornero, who was the only member of the city’s House delegation to accept an invitation from the School Board to discuss their concerns over the legislation, which comes before the House today, said he would probably have accepted the committee report and voted for the bill had he not heard from the School Board.

Board Chairman Bob Dassatti said that the School Board had never liked the provisions of the No Child Left Behind Act but stood to lose $2.2-million in federal funds if either of the bills pass.

“That would leave a big hole in our budget,’’ he said. see NO CHILD page 7

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ATLANTA (AP) — A vice president at the Susan G. Komen for the Cure resigned Tuesday, saying the breast cancer charity should have stood by its politically explosive decision to cut off funding for Planned Parenthood.

Karen Handel, a Republican who opposed abortion as a candidate for Georgia governor, said she was actively engaged in efforts to cut off the grants and said the charity’s reversal hurt its core mission.

“I am deeply disappointed by the gross mischaracterizations of the strategy, its rationale, and my involvement in it,” Handel said in her letter. “I openly acknowledge my role in the matter and continue to believe our decision was the best one for Komen’s future and the women we serve.”

The grants, totaling $680,000 last year, went to breast-screening services offered see KOMEN page 3

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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Same-sex marriage moved one step closer to the Supreme Court on Tuesday when a federal appeals court ruled California’s ban unconstitutional, saying it serves no purpose other than to “lessen the status and human dignity” of gays.

A three-judge panel of the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals gave gay marriage opponents time to appeal the 2-1 decision before ordering the state to allow same-sex weddings to resume.

“I’m ecstatic. I recognize that we have a ways to go yet. We may have one or two more legal steps,” said Jane Leyland, who was gathered with a small crowd outside the federal courthouse in downtown San Francisco, cheering as they learned of the ruling.

Leyland married her longtime partner, Terry Gilb, during the five-month window when same-sex marriage was legal in California.

“But when we first got together, I would have never dreamed in a million years that we would be allowed to be legally married,

and here we are.”

The ban known as Proposition 8 was approved by voters in 2008 with 52 percent of the vote. The court said it was unconstitutional because it singled out a minority group for disparate treatment for no compelling reason.

The justices concluded that the law had no purpose other than to deny gay couples marriage, since California already grants them all the rights and benefits of marsee CALIFORNIA page 10

WASHINGTON (AP) — Ben Bernanke says the job market isn’t as strong as the steadily declining unemployment rate might suggest.

Responding to questions at a Senate hearing Tuesday, he noted that the unemployment rate doesn’t capture the plight of millions of people who have stopped looking for work or part-timers who can’t find full-time jobs.

His cautious view helps explain why the Federal Reserve plans to hold interest rates

at record lows until late 2014. Many economists were looking to see if Bernanke might waver on that stance after Friday’s news that hiring surged in January and the unemployment rate to a three-year low of 8.3 percent.

The Fed chairman stuck with the threeyear time line.

None of the senators asked Bernanke whether the encouraging job figures were reason enough for the Fed to rethink holding interest rates low for that long.

And Bernanke didn’t tout the hiring data

during the two-hour hearing.

If anything, Bernanke maintained the Fed’s position: the economy is improving at a frustratingly slow pace and that low rates are necessary to boost growth.

Bernanke agreed with Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, that an unemployment rate of 8.3 percent is understating the jobs problem.

“It’s very important to look not just at the unemployment rate, which reflects only people who are actively seeking work,” Bernanke said.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Reversing an earlier stand, President Barack Obama is now encouraging donors to give generously to the kind of political fundraising groups he once assailed as a “threat to democracy.”

He had little choice, his campaign says, if he was to compete with big-money conservative

groups that are sure to attack him this fall.

Obama’s campaign is urging its top donors to support Priorities USA, a “super PAC” led by two former Obama aides that has struggled to compete with the tens of millions of dollars collected by Republicanbacked outside groups. Campaign officials

said Tuesday the president had signed off on the decision.

The president is already facing criticism that he is compromising on principle and succumbing to Washington political rules he pledged to change. Yet in a plea to supsee next page

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House considering bill to bend rules to allow for-profit N.H. lawmaker leads Statehouse grounds rally cancer treatment center to be built without review for gay marriage repeal CONCORD (AP) — More than 200 people rallied Tuesday outside the Statehouse to repeal New Hampshire’s gay marriage law and replace it with civil unions for any unmarried adults, including relatives.

State Rep. David Bates, a Windham Republican, told the crowd there is no truth more self-evident under the federal Constitution than men and women were created for each other.

“Other arrangements are unnatural and incapable of sustaining the human species,” he said.

The rally was to support Bates’ bill to repeal the law. No date has been scheduled for a House vote.

Democratic Gov. John Lynch has repeatedly said he will veto attempts by the Republican-controlled Legislature to repeal the law, which he signed in 2009. New Hampshire enacted civil unions in 2007 for same-sex couples and two years later replaced that with the marriage law. Lynch also signed the civil unions law.

Supporters said the proposed repeal bill would not apply to gay marriages that have already occurred, but would stop new ones. Since 2010, 1,866 New Hampshire gay couples have married, according to the state division of vital records.

Repeal opponents say Bates’ bill has conflicting provisions that appear to bar the courts from recognizing same-sex relationships as valid, while declaring gay marriages in effect before the repeal took effect to remain valid.

Bates has said he is working on an amendment to clarify that and several other issues.

Republican House Speaker William O’Brien called the gay marriage law an attack on the family that must be reversed.

from preceding page porters, campaign manager Jim Messina said it would be unfair and unwise for the president’s reelection effort to live under one set of rules while the Republican presidential nominee benefits from a new supercharged campaign finance landscape.

“We decided to do this because we can’t afford for the work you’re doing in your communities, and the grassroots donations you give to support it, to be destroyed by hundreds of millions of dollars in negative ads,” Messina said.

The Supreme Court opened the door to the “super” political action committees, stripping away some limits on campaign contributions in its 2010 decision in the Citizens United case, a ruling that Obama has spoken against. The new super PACs can’t coordinate directly with candidates or their campaigns, but they have played a major role in the Republican primary contests by raising millions of dollars for negative advertising in early contests in Iowa, South Carolina and Florida.

Messina said senior campaign officials, along with some White House officials and members of Obama’s Cabinet, would attend and speak at fundraising events for Priorities USA but would not directly ask for money.

CONCORD (AP) — Supporters of allowing a for-profit cancer center to bypass New Hampshire licensing requirements praised it Tuesday as a virtuous job creator, while opponents accused it of peddling false hope.

A bill before a House committee would allow Cancer Treatment Centers of America to open a New Hampshire facility without proving its services are needed and undergoing the same review other hospitals face. It also would exempt the facility from paying Medicaid taxes other hospitals pay, because the center would not take Medicaid patients.

House Majority Leader D.J. Bettencourt told the House Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs panel that he supports any successful organization seeking to invest millions of dollars in the state, particularly one that would help cancer patients.

“This Legislature has been tasked with creating jobs. It astonishes me that some of the same voices who are asking for jobs are attacking this legisla-

tion. Do we want jobs, or do we only want jobs that certain people approve of?” he said. “This is a jobs bill in one of its most virtuous forms.”

But Dr. Patrick Clary, who specializes in palliative and hospice care at several New Hampshire hospitals, said the last thing the state needs is a for-profit facility specializing in advanced cancer treatment.

Clary, of Portsmouth, said he has treated former patients of Cancer Treatment Centers of America and is concerned about the quality of care they received. Some arrived with only one page of notes summarizing years of cancer treatment, he said.

“In general when I’ve taken care of these patients, I’ve had the sense they were abandoned to my care.

There’s no follow-up, effectively, for patients who go to one of their centers and come back to care where they live,” he said.

What the centers tout as innovative and investigative approaches, Clary called “code words for unproven.”

MANCHESTER (AP) — Promising to protect the rights of women, gays and workers, former Democratic state Sen. Jackie Cilley announced a run for New Hampshire governor on Tuesday.

The 60-year-old Barrington Democrat said she knows the value of education, having grown up in a tenement and gone on to teach at the Whittemore School of Business and Economics at the University of New Hampshire for 20 years. She pointed to her grandfather, Elwood Currier, who carried a silver lunchbox to work for years at the former Brown Paper Co. in Berlin as setting an example for her on the value of work and the opportunity his work provided for his children and their children.

“So, here is my commitment to you: to give you bold leadership rather than simplistic pledges; to give you candor and plain talk rather than sound bites; and to work tirelessly in the interest of the citizens of New Hampshire in a way that Elwood Currier would be proud of,” she said.

Cilley said she would not take New Hampshire’s traditional pledge to veto general sales or personal income taxes.

“Pledge politics is not leadership,” she said.

Cilley said the Republicans in control of the Legislature are attacking education, women, gays and public employees. She said that isn’t what New Hampshire stands for.

KOMEN from page 2

by Planned Parenthood, which provides a range of women’s health care services including abortions.

Under criteria developed by Komen during Handel’s tenure, Planned Parenthood would have been disqualified from future grants because it was under a congressional investigation launched at the urging

of anti-abortion activists.

Komen, the nation’s largest breast-cancer charity, reversed course after its decision ignited a threeday firestorm of criticism. Members of Congress and Komen affiliates accused the group’s national leadership of bending to pressure from anti-abortion activists.

Cilley, ex-senator from Barrington, running for governor

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LETTERS

Pat Buchanan

Who wants war with Iran?

The Republicans do Appearing alongside CIA Director David Petraeus before the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence last week, James Clapper, the director of national intelligence, said of Iran: “We don’t believe they’ve actually made the decision to go ahead with a nuclear weapon.”

Before the hearing, as James Fallows of The Atlantic reports, Clapper released his “Worldwide Threat Assessment.” It read, “We do not know ... if Iran will eventually decide to build nuclear weapons.”

Clapper thus reaffirmed the assessment of 16 U.S. intelligence agencies in 2007, reportedly repeated in 2011, that the U.S. does not believe that Iran has decided to become a nuclear weapons state.

In December, when Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said that if Iran went all out, it might be able to build a nuclear weapon in a year, Pentagon spokesman George Little hastily clarified his comments: “The secretary was clear that we have no indication that the Iranians have made a decision to develop a nuclear weapon.”

On Jan. 8, Panetta himself told CBS: “(Is Iran) trying to develop a nuclear weapon? No. But we know that they’re trying to develop a nuclear capability. And that’s what concerns us. And our redline to Iran is: Do not develop a nuclear weapon.”

On Super Bowl Sunday, President Barack Obama told NBC’s Matt Lauer that he hopes to solve the Iranian problem “diplomatically.”

From the above, we may conclude that the administration does not believe that Iran has crossed any redline on the nuclear issue — and President Obama does not want war with Iran.

Who, then, does want war? Ayatollah Ali Khamenei? Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad? From their actions, it would appear not. If Iran wanted war with the United States, any terror attack inside this country or on U.S. forces in Iraq or Afghanistan could bring that about in an afternoon.

Expulsion of the International Atomic Energy Agency inspectors from the Natanz enrichment facility, covering up the IAEA cameras, breaking the seals on the lowenriched uranium stockpiled there, or removing the LEU would be a fire bell for the Pentagon. But the IAEA inspectors and LEU are still there.

When the alleged plot by a usedcar salesman in Texas to hire Mexican cartel criminals to blow up a D.C. restaurant and kill the Saudi ambassador was revealed, Iran denied it emphatically and demanded to interview the alleged mastermind. Moreover, Tehran has yet to retaliate for the assassinations of five of its nuclear scientists and four terror attacks by Jundallah in Sistan-Baluchistan and PJAK, a

Kurdish terrorist organization operating out of Iraqi Kurdistan.

Iran has alleged Western and Israeli involvement in these attacks.

Now that Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has denied any U.S. involvement, Mossad is the prime suspect behind the killing of the nuclear scientists. And U.S. writer Mark Perry, in Foreign Policy, alleges that Mossad agents posed as CIA and used U.S. dollars in London to recruit Jundallah. If this is true, this would be a false flag operation to provoke Iran into lashing out at America. Apparently, Iran did not take the bait.

Why have the Iranians not followed through on their threat to close the Strait of Hormuz and begun to dial it back? War with the United States would be a disaster. Though the Tehran regime might survive — as Saddam Hussein’s survived Desert Storm — Iran’s navy, most of its armor, anti-aircraft and anti-ship defenses, and its strategic missile force would be destroyed, as would much of the country’s infrastructure.

Iran would be set back years.

Who, then, wants war with Iran?

All those who would like to see exactly that happen to Iran.

And who are they? The Netanyahu government and its echo chamber in U.S. politics and media, the neoconservatives, members of Congress, Newt Gingrich and Rick Santorum.

And as the Obama administration is the major force in U.S. politics opposed to war with Iran, its defeat in November would increase, to near certitude, the probability of a U.S. war with Iran in 2013.

Yet if the Pentagon and U.S. intelligence community are correct — Iran does not have a bomb and has not decided to build a bomb — why should we go to war with Iran?

Answer: Iran represents “an existential threat” to Israel.

But Israel has 200 atomic bombs and three ways to deliver them, while Iran has never built, tested or weaponized a nuclear device. Who is the existential threat to whom here?

And though a U.S. war on Iran would be calamitous for Iran, it would be no cakewalk for Americans, who could become terrorist targets for years in the Gulf, Afghanistan, Baghdad’s Green Zone, Lebanon and even here in the USA. Year 2012 is thus shaping up as a war-or-peace election, with Republicans the war party and Democrats the peace-and-diplomacy party. And as the months pass between now and November, this will become clear to the nation.

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

Vast majority of American citizens wanted the war with Iraq To the editor, I’m aghast again at the letters of Leo Sandy, and even though any attempt to change his abhorrent way of thinking would be an exercise in futility, I had a few observations.

First off, I love his conclusions that America is “a rogue state” because we finally decided on action after the inept U.N. sat back and let Iraq break dozens of sanctions for years. I also enjoy how he turns a blind eye to the corruption and immorality that has plagued the United Nations since its inception.

The United States Congress, as well as the Senate, White House and the vast majority of citizens wanted war with Iraq because not only had we been attacked, but Iraq was a truly rogue nation, breaking all international laws as well as killing hundred of thousands of their own people. The gas attacks were well documented and absolutely happened. So therefore you can not dispute that Iraq at some point had weapons of mass destruction. The U.N. dragged their feet for almost a year, allowing unfair votes from countries like China and Russia who had interests in Iraq’s oil and weapons for them not to take military actions. This gave Iraq ample time to transport or hide their weapons. There is no doubt in my mind this is what happened. So shame on us, trying for diplomacy with the thugs of the tainted U.N. while other countries worked against us to shield Iraq and help them get rid of their WMDs. Secondly Mr. Sandy, it makes me

uneasy that you feel it is so wrong to break “international” laws while you compare a law widening the constitutional right to bear arms to the Jim Crow laws of yesteryear. It’s okay for you to break laws that you feel are outside of your own moral compass, yet when our country rightly tries to be a beacon of hope for other less fortunate countries, or even just protect our own citizens from clear and present danger, you scream foul.

I’m begging the lawmakers to allow firearms on college campuses, despite the fact that would probably mean we will have to read more of your rants about how anything outside of a utopian society with everybody holding hands and singing, skipping naked through fields of poppies, strumming the banjo on the beach with your arms around Than Shwe, Hun Jinatao, Fidel Castro and Omar Al-Bashir (all mass-murderers). It would also mean you wouldn’t be teaching this to our kids any more.

The world peace thing is, I’ll admit, a nice dream. But it is just that, a dream. Human nature is complex and although most people live peacefully, the notion of disarming ourselves and relying on a collection of third-world countries to decide what direction the U.S. is to go in, is alarmingly unintelligent. I guess that you got the lion’s share of pacifist genes in your DNA, overriding whatever common sense (if any) you used to have.

Thomas Lemay Laconia

Komen switch is great example of the intolerance of liberalism To the editor, In the resent news of Komen for the Cure dropping Planned Parenthood from receiving grants from moneys raised by them and then bowing to pressure put on them by Planned Parenthood and pro-abortion activists, shows who the intolerant extremist really are.

Planned Parenthood is the largest provider of abortions in the U.S. They also provide breast cancer screening for women. Komen is about finding a cure for cancer, not abortion.

Many people who rightly believe that having an abortion kills a human life, also share Komen’s desire to find a cure for breast cancer, yet may find it unconscionable to support Komen for

the Cure if it provides grant money to Planned Parenthood. When Komen dropped Planned Parenthood, as grantees they exempted Planned Parenthood chapters in locations where there are not other options for women to get breast cancer screenings. If this is just about finding a cure for cancer; Komen drops Planned Parenthood, so what? Then Planned Parenthood flexes it’s considerable political muscle and Komen has to change its mind and rescind its decision to make Komen for the Cure more inclusive.

If you think liberalism and tolerance go hand in hand, you better think again.

John Demakowski Franklin

Carla Horne would add a fresh voice to Meredith Selectboard To the editor, I am happy that Carla Horne has “thrown her hat in the ring” for consideration as a member of the Meredith Board of Selectmen.

I know Carla to be an honest, caring and hardworking individual. She would be willing to listen to and consider all viewpoints to provide a thorough thought process for decisions that would be in the best interests of our community.

As a local business person she understands the economic challenges

that face many in our community as well as the need to balance a budget.

I feel that she would add a fresh voice to the board who give so much of their time to come to hard decisions that need to be made to govern our town.

I applaud all who have served and all who will serve as it truly is a devotion of an individual’s time and energy to benefit the greater good. As my father used to say, vote your choice, but vote!

Ann W. Sprague Meredith

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LETTERS Why would Prof. Sandy think he is responsible for his students?

To the editor, I see that Dr. Leo must own a farm in order to cobble up his straw man arguments. Given what his writings have shown over the years, one marker has been well established even as he tries to have it both ways in his latest letter — he does not care for America as it is structured now and he has made it quite clear that he believes that America’s interests should be subordinated to the U.N. as the oneworld government. He’s having a cognitive dissonance moment here, for sovereignty is like pregnancy — you can’t just be a little bit of either. It is a black or white situation; either you are sovereign or you are not pregnant.

Being the former doesn’t mean that you cannot cooperate with other sovereign nations but that lack of “total sovereignty”, as he puts it, by definition means no sovereignty as there is always the possibility of being overruled. It IS that “little bit of sovereignty” that Prof. Sandy seemingly requires to be happy so that America would be unable to do anything without the U.N. (or his) stamp of approval in advancing or protecting our interests. That state of being is nothing less than subordination and make no mistake that no nation, U.N. member or not, has ever surrendered its sovereignty to that corrupt body.

I also note that he continuously brings up Jim Crow to buttress his arguments. I know that leftists often accuse conservatives of being “unconscious racists” or have “latent racism”, but if this is the best he can bring to the fore with just another version of “Halliburton!”, “he might be a problem” (with all due respect of paraphrasing Jeff Foxworthy poorly).

Especially in terms of his classroom.

I do wonder why he believes that he is responsible for his students — who mostly are of are of majority age.

Or, do we see the patronizing side of the left in his words, that everyone is simply to be treated as a child? If I was auditing his class, I certainly would have a problem in accepting he was responsible for me.

I also see his lack of attention to what I pointed out — ignoring of the fact that his university said he cannot turn his class into an online one.

Often, professors believe that they are the Kings of the Classroom — rather small fiefdoms. I guess that is why all academic politics loom large as the stakes are so low. Tell me, amongst your bluster, how can you realistically keep all guns out of your classroom?

You literally have no legal remedy for what you disdain, right (except quit)?

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It’s odd; Sen. Forrester’s stepping up to fill a void she created The the editor, As huge fans of public-private partnerships and strong believers in charitable giving as a means to meet some of our fellow citizens’ needs, we applaud the individuals organizing the Turn the Heat Up fundraiser in Meredith. Adding to the funds available to allow more local families to receive fuel assistance is such a deserving mission.

What is curious, however, is that one of these individuals — Jeanie Forrester — is the State Senator who has voted consistently to cut services to the underserved, including fuel assistance. State funding for this program is down $20,000 this year and nearly $10,000 next year in the budget Senator Forrester supported.

We wonder if these same charitable individuals will jump in to fill in the other gaps left by this budget. Senator

Forrester not only voted for a budget that denied funding for “Children in Need of Services,” foster grandparents, guardians ad litem, and catastrophic illnesses, but she voted against specific opportunities to restore funding for Alzheimer’s services, congregate housing for seniors, the hospitals’ uncompensated care fund and community mental health services, among others.

The countless individuals hurt by these budget cuts would obviously welcome any assistance they can receive. It just seems odd to us that the very person who cut the services in the first place is now attempting to step in and fill the void she participated in creating.

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AutoServ has provided an outlet for many small local businesses To the editor, In my opinion, the owners of AutoServ in Tilton have given locals and visitors alike some delicious and healthy reasons to stop by and enjoy some very special happenings. The rest of us now have some extra incentive to get off I-93 at exit 20. Are you are aware that the new farmers’ market, run on weekends by Joan! It has been an immediate and smashing success story. Wow ! You will not believe the comments from the local vendors and numerous visitors encouraging the continuation of this market as most of us struggle in this tough economy.

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If you have not yet checked out this new happening, get yourself over there and enjoy all the unusual treats.

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According to police reports, the department was alerted at 9:37 p.m. of an armed robbery in progress.

Two calls came in simultaneously; a woman called 9-1-1 to report the incident at the same time that the store’s alarm was activated.

Officers arrived after the suspects fled from the scene. There, witnesses reported that two suspects, both white males estimated to be between the ages of 18 and 20, had entered the store and appeared to work together in the robbery.

One suspect was described as being about five feet, seven inches tall, weighing 140 to 150 pounds and wearing a gray hooded sweatshirt, red bandana covering his face, dark sun glasses and pink gloves. He is

Gillette St. man charged with shoplifting razor LACONIA — A city man was ordered held on $500 cash bail for allegedly shoplifting some male grooming items from Vista Foods.

Henry J. Lamontagne, 50, of 77 Gillette Street. allegedly stole a pair of tweezers and, ironically, a Gillette Fusion Razor at 1:45 p.m. on February 3.

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Lamontagne was free on bail while awaiting trial for a December 2011 accusation of receiving stolen property.

Part of his bail conditions were that he commit no crimes while on bail.

He is charged with one felony count of willful concealment and one misdemeanor count of breach of bail.

Fourth District Court, Laconia Division Jim Carroll ordered Lamontagne held on $500 cash for the new shoplifting charge and $1,000 personal recognisance bail on the bail violation.

Correction: Wanda Tibbetts was 69 at time of death An article about the death of Wanda Tibbetts of Lakeport that appeared in our Saturday, Feb. 4 edition contained a couple of errors. Tibbetts was 69-years-old at the time of her

death and family members say she had previously had a stent placed in a coronary artery but had not had heart surgery, as the story stated.

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reported to have held a knife in his hand and ordered to clerk to open the register and hand over the cash. He may have also had a handgun hidden under his sweatshirt.

The second suspect, witnesses said, was about five feet, nine inches tall and weighing 150 to 160 pounds, and wearing a blue hooded sweatshirt, blue bandana over his face, blue jeans and black gloves. While his accomplice robbed the cashier, the second suspect reportedly ordered customers against one of the store’s walls.

Both suspects escaped on foot toward Academy Street, where police believe they may have entered a vehicle and drove toward Franklin.

No one was injured in the incident.

Police are asking anyone who may have seen the suspects before or after the robbery to call police at 286-4442 or the department’s crime line at 855286-6565.

— Adam Drapcho

this delicacy. I featured it at Sunday’s Super Bowl party and everyone loved its taste. It may even have helped us all tolerate the unthinkable pain inflicted on us when the Patriots lost to the hated New York Giants.

Before or after you visit the farmers’ market in Tilton you could stop in at the AutoServ dealership and get a great breakfast or lunch inside from Michael, Kristina, or Bailey. Open daily Monday-Saturday, the specials change regularly and include great omelets, soups, salads, sandwiches, pastas, coffee, and creative chef’s delights. This little operation serves very fresh food at the absolute best prices in the area. The only problem

location of the crime. The theft took place in the HeathlLink parking lot, not at ServiceLink, which is located off Water Street.

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Inter-Lakes board reaches accord with teachers’union in time for tonight’s hearing MEREDITH — The Inter-Lakes School Board and Inter-Lakes Education Association (teachers’ union) announced on Tuesday, a day prior to the budget hearing scheduled for 6:30 tonight, that the two parties had brought to conclusion a negotiation over a collective bargaining agreement that will cover the coming three school years.

The contract, which will be discussed at the hearing and presented to voters as a stand-alone warrant article at the School District Annual Meeting in March, represents an increase in fixed costs and salaries of $97,178 for the 2012-2013 school year.

Subsequent years will see increases of another $241,074 and $231,698.

If approved by voters, the contract will increase teacher base pay by 0.5 percent in the first year and 1.5 percent in each of the two subsequent years.

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Another significant area of change was in health care coverage. Teachers will have the option to stay with their current plan, though they will be asked to pay more for it. New options in the contract include a so-called point of service (POS) plan and an HMO plan, each of which cost less for the district to provide. The contract is structured such that both the district and the teacher would benefit from the savings realized by choosing one of the two new options.

The district’s conservative estimates predict that the first year of the contract would results in savings of $56,880 through the new health care scheme, a savings which was included in the contract’s increased costs as listed above.

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The school board announced in midDecember that it had come to terms with the Shaker Regional Education Association but declined to release any of the details contained in the new collective bargaining agreement at that time.

Last week, board member Tom Goulette, who chaired the negotiating team, released details and said the contract “is a fair agreement for both the district voters and our teachers.”

He said the agreement was the result of eight months of bargaining.

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Goulette reported the new contract will cost taxpayers an additional $291,963 the first year, another $238,883 the second and another $245,651 the third.

NO CHILD from page one Assistant Superintendent of Schools Terry Fostern said that city schools would lose over $1.1-million in Title I funds alone and have to lay off at least nine teachers.

Business Manager Ed Emond said that all of the district’s special education funding would be lost and that “we will lose all of our after school programs.’’

Accornero said that he was “‘pro school and pro teacher’’ and said that he was pleased with the education that his granddaughter was receiving at Laconia Middle School.

“I wish we had gotten together sooner. I will lobby in your behalf’’ he told the School Board members, telling them that he wasn’t sure if the state was losing or saving money by withdrawing from NCLB. ‘’Nobody knows for sure. The minority (Democratic Party) report says it’s over $61-million. But some people say it costs us $90-million to implement it. And the feds could decide not to fund it.’’’

Dassatti said that it would be scary for the legislature to vote New Hampshire out of the program without having a true number on the cost of the program.

Board member Beth Arsenault, a former legislator, said that if the bill does pass the House she hopes Accornero and his fellow Laconia

legislators will lobby against the bill when it gets to the State Senate.

Dassatti noted that the School Board has been against NCLB since day one because it put everything on a high stakes test which is not a good way to see how kids are doing but had to live with it because it was tied to all of the funding provided by the provisions of the 1965 Elementary and Secondary Education Act, including Title I programs.

Arsenault said that withdrawing from NCLB would have the biggest impact on the state’s poorest communities, noting that Title I funding allocations are determined in large part by the number of children who qualify for the subsidized meals program in the chool district and that Laconia has one of the highest rates in the state.

One of the bills, HB-1413, sponsored

by Rep. Michael Weeden (R-Dover) which has several co-sponsors would restrict the state from accepting federal funds for the purpose of implementing the law.

A second education bill, HB-1517, sponsored by Rep. Michael Balboni (R-Nashua) chairman of the House Education Committee, would terminate all contracts between the state and the federal government having to do with No Child Left Behind and requires that future contracts would have to be approved by the Legislature.

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“He did it by working hard, he did it by commitment,” Kozens said.

Hollis’s hard work was recognized by the Easton, Mass. college, which offered a near complete scholarship. In addition to playing defense for the Skyhawks, Hollis will be majoring in business management. He will be the first member of his family to matriculate directly from high school to college.

Principal Steven Beals told the dozens of students, coaches and staff members at the ceremony that while Hollis, along with friend and teammate Billy Mahoney, was one of the “bruise brothers” on the playing field, he was a “gentle giant” in the corridors and classrooms of the school. “He was always the largest, and frequently the kindest,” said Beals.

Flanked by his coach and his parents Jen and Dallas, Hollis thanked those who helped him through the years. “I couldn’t have done it without everybody,” he said. In particular, he said he’s been guided by the philosophy of his coach. “Good people first, good players second. That’s how I’ve tried to live my life.”

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2-WAY from page one carry two-way traffic. A four-way stop would control traffic where Pleasant Street, Veterans Square and Beacon Street West join and the entrance to Laconia Savings Bank near the intersection would be relocated. Main Street north of its intersection with Main Street and Pleasant Street south of Veterans Square would remain one-way.

Dandrade estimated the plan would cost between $500,000 and $600,000 to implement, in addition to the city’s share of the cost of widening the Main Street bridge to accommodate the changed traffic pattern.

Presenting a visual simulation comparing the current and proposed flows of traffic, Dandrade said that “the two-way flow doesn’t create any situation that isn’t already there.” But, no one among the three dozen business owners and local residents attending the meeting shared Dandrade’s confidence in the plan.

“It doesn’t feel right,” said David Stamps, who as president of the Main Street Program nearly a decade ago weighed several proposals to reconfigure downtown traffic. He was one of several speakers to warn that two-way traffic would increase congestion at the intersection of Beacon Street East and Church Street, where vehicles entering and leaving the Post Office would add to the bottleneck.

Conceding that the traffic pattern confused those unfamiliar with it, Stamps said “this is changing one confusion for another” and suggested “looking at some of the alternatives,” particularly opening a route to the downtown off Church Street at the site

of the abandoned police station.

Another veteran of the Main Street Program, Warren Clement recalled the impact of urban renewal, wryly remarking that “downtown was designed by experts in the 1970s,” then hastened to assure Dandrade “that’s not a shot at you.” Stressing that “the real problem is getting people in and out of downtown,” he, like Stamps, suggested providing access via the old police station.

John Curtis of Laconia Savings Bank, who expressed grave concerns when the plan was first discussed last month, said that despite some changes intended to assuage the bank the proposal remains “a very serious issue for the bank.” He said that now motorists leaving the drive-up “hope for the best and take a left” and warned that two-way traffic would add to the risks. “We’re not in favor of it,” he said flatly.

“Two-way streets will be good for the wreckers and tow trucks,” said Tom Kudzma, “but not for the people of the city.” He warned of the hazards of making a left turn from Beacon Street East into the Post Office. He was echoed by Larry Guild of the Planning Board, who said that with two-way traffic the Post Office and bank drive-up would pose severe challenges for elderly motorists.

Drew Seneca of the Downtown Deli said that apart from the bank drive-up there were a number of other curb cuts on Beacon Street West that would make two-way traffic dangerous.

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from preceding page pattern that diverted traffic around downtown and away from Main Street would fail to improve the fortunes of the merchants. Calling for opening Main Street to two-way traffic, he charged “you’re killing Main Street.”

Sawyer wondered if something short of opening Beacon Street East and West to two-way traffic could be done to improve access to the downtown parking lots, prompting attorney Pat Wood to suggest allowing traffic in both directions on Beacon Street West

south to Water Street.

Planning Director Shanna Saunders assured the crowd that no decisions were being made quickly.

She said that Lakes Region Listens, a new group that facilitates public dialogue on controversial issues, plans to host another discussion of the traffic plan in the coming weeks. She emphasized that ultimately the decision rests with the community, not with either the Planning Board or the Planning Department.

GILFORD from page one selectmen’s final decision to keep the position in land use was Selectman Kevin Hayes who explained to the just over 100 people attending that his board’s recommendation was to share the secretary in the Land Use office with the Town Clerk’s office but Gonyer had declined.

Gonyer said she declined because it wasn’t practical nor fair because the Land Use office secretary makes $18 per hour while most of her people make $12 or $13 per hour and that it “wasn’t a fair use of tax dollars.”

Speaking of behalf of the Budget Committee, David “Skip” Murphy said his committee felt the Land Use office could be reduced to 2 1/2 employees not three because the number of building permits was significantly lower due to the prolonged bad economy.

Former Police Chief and Town Administrator Evans Juris said he heard that one of the selectmen had made a statement that they wanted to “put

pressure on the taxpayers (buy cutting services).”

Juris also said the skill sets for the two positions was quite different and he would support adding the $12,200 to the Town Clerk’s office.

Selectmen’s Chair John O’Brien said most of the town’s departments have seen personnel cuts while Gus Benavides said the selectmen chose to reduce the size of the government as the voters have consistently asked the selectmen to do.

In other action, voters overwhelmingly defeated two amendments to the $450,000 fire truck article — one that would have specified which trucks are to be retired when and a second one that would have told voters that the total tax dollars spent over the course of the bond schedule would be approximately $510,000.

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BRIDGE from page one town forest located near Belmont High School and accessed via Wildlife Boulevard. The forest was named after a resident who, despite becoming paralyzed in his 20s, did not allow his physical limitations to curb his civic engagement or interest in the outdoors and wildlife. The forest was named for Marden’s memory shortly after his death in 2007.

Ball said it was a goal of the Conservation Commission to develop a trail system throughout the forest that would be accessible to all residents. However, a section of trail was washed out through the breaching of a beaver dam on the property. Ball said the breaching is likely a regular occurrence, so the commission installed a device that will allow for a regular discharge of the beaver pond.

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Benefits of the bridge are already being reaped.

Towle said his students are able to use the project as a learning device while knowing their labors are going to benefit others. He said it’s a philosophy that runs throughout the technical center: “Pretty much anything we do, I consider a benefit for a common cause.”

In building the bridge, his students will learn how to translate a design, developed by the U.S. Forest Service, into a sturdy structure. Not only will they learn construction techniques, Towle noted, they’ll also exercise geometry, science and engineering skills. “It’s an extension of education,” he said.

“That’s Huot in general.”

Nethaniel Sweeney, a senior from Belmont, is one of the students working on the project. He plans to enlist with the U.S. Marine Corps after graduating.

Until then, he’s glad to have the opportunity to work

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from preceding page ers, Barbara Aichinger, said the first should pass so that the Budget Committee could not place a budget on the warrant that raises more taxes than the year before and the second should pass because, in her mind, the Budget Committee would be more fiscally responsible than the Selectboard.

Selectmen objected to Article 26 because they said their town’s finance director has the necessary expertise to prepare the default budget. Town Atty.

Walter Mitchell said the change was allowed by law but the default budget is developed according to a

specific formula, regardless of who develops it.

To the second, selectmen opposed it because the new law regarding tax caps doesn’t prohibit the deliberative session from modifying what the Budget Committee place on the final budget warrant article.

Mitchell added that it would tie the hands of the Budget Committee from recommending any budget or warrant articles that add up to more than was raised by the previous years taxes.

Both of the two petitioned warrant articles and the bond for the $450,000 fire truck must pass by 3/5 of the people who cast ballots on March 13.

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on a project to benefit his home town. “It’s giving back to the community. I’ve got the time, might as well put it to use,” he said.

Joe Caiazzo, also of Belmont, said he’s familiar with the town forest property, having ridden his bicycle through the trails. “It’s great to give back to the community, it’s a trail the school visits a lot,” he said, adding that he’s considering construction as his career. “’I’ve always liked building, ever since I was young,” he said. He started with building blocks and Legos, soon he moved on to tree houses and larger structures. About the bridge, he said, “It’s good to know that it’s going to be used, it’s going to work.”

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Howe said Justin Washburn admitted stealing the drills because he was cashstrapped.

LACONIA — A city man faces one Amanda Washburn said she didn’t felony count of organized retail crime know anything about her brother allegenterprise for allegedly conspiring with edly stealing the drills and told police he one of his relatives and stealing two drills had gone into Boulia Gorrell to buy some from a local hardware store. hooks. She also denied speeding away Affidavits filed in circuit court said on from the lumber store parking lot.

Jan. 24, at 3:12 p.m., Justin Washburn, The owner of the pawn shop also told 21, of 15 Howard St. Apt. 2 went into police the two had been into his shop earBoulia Gorrell Lumber on Fair Street and lier and tried to sell the drill kits still in told the clerk he was looking for hooks.

Justin Washburn their original packaging. He told police he She said he ran out of the store with two (Laconia Police photo) had sent them away.

Mikita drill sets valued at $554.99.

Police said Justin Washburn had been She said she saw him jump into a grayish blue Camry-type sedan that had left its pasfree on bail for an arrest in October of 2011 on condisenger front door open. She said the person driving tion he not commit any crimes and not associate with the car, who police identified in their affidavit as his Richard McNeil — who was allegedly in the backseat of the car during the alleged Boulia Gorrell theft. sister Amanda Washburn, drove from the parking He is charged with two misdemeanor counts of lot at a “faster speed than normal.” breach of bail and organized retail crime. His total Officer John Howe’s affidavit said he later found the car in front of a Union Ave. pawn shop and said cash bail in $10,000 and should he post it, he is he saw the Washburns inside trying to sell the drills. ordered to stay away from his sister and McNeil.

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from preceding page The lone dissenting judge insisted that the ban could help ensure that children are raised by married, opposite-sex parents.

The appeals court focused its decision exclusively on California’s ban, not the bigger debate, even though the court has jurisdiction in nine Western states.

Whether same-sex couples may ever be denied the right to marry “is an important and highly controversial question,” the court said. “We need not and do not answer the broader question in this case.”

Six states allow gay couples to wed — Connecticut, New Hampshire, Iowa, Massachusetts, New York and Vermont, as well as the District of Columbia. California, as the nation’s most populous state and home to more than 98,000 same-sex couples, would be the gay rights movement’s biggest prize of them all.

The 9th Circuit concluded that a trial-court judge had correctly interpreted the Constitution and Supreme Court precedents when he threw out Proposition 8.

The measure “serves no purpose, and has no effect, other than to lessen the status and human dignity of gays and lesbians in California, and to officially reclassify their relationships and families as inferior to those of opposite-sex couples,” Judge Stephen Reinhardt, one of the court’s most liberal judges,

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Opponents of gay marriage planned to ask the Supreme Court to overturn the ruling, which came more than a year after the appeals court panel heard arguments in the case.

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Classic American novel ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’ takes to Winnipesaukee Playhouse stage beginning Friday LACONIA — The Winni Players, the award-winning community theatre arm of The Winnipesaukee Playhouse, is continuing its’ Winter tradition of presenting a modern classic by bringing Harper Lee’s “To Kill a Mockingbird” to the stage beginning Friday, February 10.

Christopher Sergel’s adaptation of the novel runs February 10-12 and 15-19 at the Playhouse which is located in Weirs Beach.

Set in Alabama during the Great Depression, “To Kill a Mockingbird” follows the journey of Jem and Scout Finch, whose father has been Photo shows the trial of Tom Robinson (Bruce Smith). The children, Scout (Jaydie Becket Halperin), Dill appointed to defend (Nevis Van Ooijen) and Jem (Nathan Boutwell) sit in the “colored” section of the courtroom. (Courtesy Tom Robinson, a black photo) man framed for a crime he didn’t commit. As the trial progresses, Jem and Peck or the book itself. We’re proud to bring this Scout witness their community in a tense tug of war story to the Lakes Region, and the message of the between justice and racism. This timeless classic play remains as timely as ever. We still don’t always compels us to take an honest look at our nation’s do a very good job of trying to view things through past and our moral responsibility to each other. The the eyes of people we disagree with and often still book was an instant success when it was published judge people based on race, religion, or sexual oriin 1960, winning a Pulitzer Prize for literature. entation. If Jem, Dill and Scout can learn Atticus’ The story is told by Jean Louise Finch, the grownimportant lesson, maybe we can too.”

“To Kill a Mockingbird” will be performed in traverse, up Scout (played by Gilford’s Tamara McGonagle) who meaning the audience is on two sides of the performremembers how events unfolded during the course of ers. “This is a great way to really bring the audience her 10th year. The cast includes 33 local actors ranginto the story and make them feel a part of Maycomb, ing in age from 10 to 70+. However, the play hinges Alabama circa 1935. We’ve had a lot of success with on three youthful performers as the play’s lesson, that these types of plays in this formation including ‘Our you should try to put yourselves in other people’s shoes Town’ and ‘Twelve Angry Men’,” says Halperin. before judging them, is emphasized through their eyes.

Performances will be at the Winnipesaukee PlayInter-Lakes students Jaydie Halperin and Nevis house, Rts. 3 and 11b, Weirs Beach and will be at 7 Van Ooijen take the roles of Scout and her neighbor p.m. with the exception of Sunday, February 12 and Dill respectively, and Gilford student Nathan BoutSunday, February 19 at 2 p.m. well plays Jem. Atticus Finch will be played by the Tickets are already selling briskly and early reservavoice of the Playhouse, Steven Richmond. tions are encouraged. Tickets can be reserved by calling The rest of the cast is made up of Playhouse regu366-7377. Visit www.winniplayhouse.org for more details. lars (John Piquado, Matt Finch, Jim Rogato, Patte Sarausky, Doreen Sheppard, Kris Snow, Ginny Barunas, Howard Amsden, Ken Chapman, Charles Fray, Johan Anderson, Diane Nickerson, Ursula Boutwell, Michael Baker, Heather Hunt, and Emily Hanf) as well as talented newcomers (Bruce Smith, Jennifer Summers, TJ Davis, Doug Embree, Sandy MEREDITH — The Inter-Lakes High School McLaughlin, Sandra Barnes, Tom Mann, John EverClass of 2012 will hold an after prom fundraiser at ett, Simone Henderson, Sammy O’Neil, Francine Mame’s Restaurant on Sunday, Feb. 12 from 5-8 p.m.

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Rebecca J. LaVay, 75 LACONIA — Rebecca J. LaVay, 75, of 50 Pheasant Road, Peterborough and formerly of 25 Union Avenue, Laconia died at Pheasant Wood Nursing Home on Saturday, February 4, 2012.

Rebecca was born July 2, 1936 in Laconia, N.H., the daughter of Charles and Rena (Marsh) Little. She resided in California for a few years, graduating in 1956 from Redlands High School in Redlands, California and attended the Long Island Bible Institute in Oyster Island, New York. After moving to Laconia, she had been employed as a CNA at the Belknap County Nursing Home for four years, McKerley Health Care Center for two years and the St. Francis Home for three years.

Rebecca was a volunteer for the Laconia Salvation Army for over twenty-five years.

Survivors include a son, John Davies, of Gilmanton; four daughters, Renee Matese of Northfield, Angela Temple of Gilmanton, Ruth Swain of Francestown

and Lydia Davies of Laconia; eleven grandchildren; seven great grandchildren; three sisters, Myra Blanchard and Ruth Nugent both of Virginia and Betsy Virgin of Bow, N.H. and many nephews and nieces. She was predeceased by her parents and by two brothers, David Sanborn and Lyman Sanborn.

There will be no calling hours.

A Memorial Service will be held on Friday, February 10, 2012 at 11:00AM in the Carriage House of the Wilkinson-Beane-Simoneau-Paquette Funeral Home, 164 Pleasant Street, Laconia, N.H. For those who wish, the family suggests that memorial donations be made to the Salvation Army of Laconia, 177 Union Avenue, Laconia, NH 03246.

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

Alfred S. Torressen, 82 MEREDITH — Alfred S. Torressen, 82, of Meredith, NH, formerly of Kingston and Weymouth, MA, went to be with Christ his Savior, peacefully, after a long illness on February, 2, 2012 with his family close by his side. Al was born at home in Weymouth July 5th 1929. As a boy he lived on Grape Island in Boston Harbor where he developed his love for the ocean and sailing.

He served in the Army after WWII, taking part in the occupation of Japan, a soldier of the 8th Army 24Th Infantry Division. Al worked for Bethlehem Steel. The First ship he worked on was the USS Salem. He also worked for General Dynamics Fore River Shipyard in Quincy; he was also a member of the Boston Painters Union.

Alfred was devoted to his wife Lorna and his family and friends. He loved sailing, golf, horseshoes, and most of all, his family. He was always proud of everyone as he would proudly express “I’m busting my buttons”. Alfred traveled with his wife Lorna to Norway and took many memorable cruises. He was always available to listen to, and offer encouragement to everyone, many times with an impromptu song. He will always be remembered as a source of inspiration through his work ethic, compassion, and courage in all circumstances.

He is predeceased by his son, Terry Torressen; a brother, John Torressen; two sisters, Dorothy Jones and Edith Torressen.

Al is survived by his devoted wife, Lorna Parry-Torressen, of Meredith; his 8 children, James Torressen and wife Ellen, Linda Olsen, Brett Torressen, Kerry Ricciardi, all of Weymouth, MA, Lori Reardon-Roche and husband Michael, of Greenville, SC, Gary Torressen and wife Melissa, Kristen Anderson and husband Norman, all of Moultonborough, NH; 14 grandchildren; 4 great-grandchildren; a daughter-in-law, Mary Lou Torressen; and many nieces, nephews and friends.

Calling hours were held at Mayhew Funeral Home (Rtes. 3 and 104) Meredith, on Saturday, February 4, 2012, from 1:00 through 3:00 pm. A Memorial Service will be held at Fort Square Presbyterian Church, Quincy, MA. on Wednesday, February 8, 2012 at 11 a.m. The Rev. Roger Brown, pastor of the Calvary Bible Church, in Meredith, will officiate.

Interment will be held at NH Veterans Cemetery, Boscawen, at a later date In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Calvary Bible Church, of Meredith, NH, or Fort Square Presbyterian Church Missions Fund, Quincy, MA. Mayhew Funeral Homes and Crematorium of Meredith and Plymouth are handling the arrangements. www.mayhewfuneralhomes.com

Alton Community Church hosting Italian dinner Saturday ALTON —On Saturday, Feb. 14, the Community Church of Alton will host an Italian Dinner prepared by Tom Natale, a member of the church with culinary training. It was on this same Valentine’s from preceding page Cost is $20 per person, tax and tip not included, and the meal will feature a garden salad, herbed rice, roast beef au jus, lemon chicken, mushroom ravioli and dessert. Musical entertainment will be provided.

For reservations call 279-4361 or email mames@ mamesrestaurant.com.

Day weekend, 10 years ago, that the church hosted its first dinner in the new addition.

The evening will kick-off at 5 p.m. with light appetizers and music. The meal will include Natale’s homemade sauce, ravioli, lasagna and pasta, garlic sauté fresh green beans, salad and dessert.

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SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21).

There are those who want you when they need something and until then are quite scarce. You know the type, and you’re careful not to present yourself in such a manner to anyone else.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19).

Enthusiasm and determination are traits that will carry you far in any endeavor.

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AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). You have friends and well-wishers, but even the best of them will sometimes fall down on the job. Take steps to further develop a spiritual belief and practice that supports you in good times and bad.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). Stay aware. There are those who will give you gifts that are more beneficial to them than they are to you. You’ll feel good around the ones who really do appreciate you.

TODAY’S BIRTHDAY (Feb. 8). Satisfaction is close at hand. You’ll feel free to express your true feelings, and you’ll use your talents for a high purpose. The shoes you are asked to fill in March may not be big exactly, but they sure are fancy. In June, spontaneous travel brings good fortune. A secret admirer becomes known in August. Pisces and Taurus people adore you. Your lucky numbers are: 43, 1, 22, 36 and 14.

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TAURUS (April 20-May 20). Games are favored. Instead of competing on a subconscious level, bring it out in the open. Consider setting up a kind of contest, complete with real rules and rewards.

GEMINI (May 21-June 21). You’ll enjoy the bit of pretention here and there that spices up today’s social interactions. It adds just the element of ridiculousness that will have you remembering this time and talking about it for years to come.

CANCER (June 22-July 22). You may be feeling shyer than usual, which produces an attractive glow of mystery around you. You’ll love how someone draws you out of your shell and makes you feel special and valued.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). A friend will figure strongly into the day’s action.

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––––––– ALMANAC ––––––– Today is Wednesday, Feb. 8, the 39th day of 2012. There are 327 days left in the year.

Today’s Highlight in History: On Feb. 8, 1587, Mary, Queen of Scots was beheaded at Fotheringhay Castle in England after she was implicated in a plot to murder her cousin, Queen Elizabeth I. On this date: In 1693, a charter was granted for the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg in the Virginia Colony.

In 1837, the Senate selected the vice president of the United States, choosing Richard Mentor Johnson after no candidate received a majority of electoral votes.

In 1862, the Civil War Battle of Roanoke Island, N.C, ended in victory for Union forces led by Gen. Ambrose E. Burnside.

In 1904, the Russo-Japanese War, a conflict over control of Manchuria and Korea, began as Japanese forces attacked Port Arthur.

In 1910, the Boy Scouts of America was incorporated.

In 1922, President Warren G. Harding had a radio installed in the White House.

In 1942, during World War II, Japanese forces began invading Singapore, which fell a week later.

In 1952, Queen Elizabeth II proclaimed her accession to the British throne following the death of her father, King George VI. In 1968, three college students were killed in a confrontation with highway patrolmen in Orangeburg, S.C., during a civil rights protest against a whites-only bowling alley.

In 1971, NASDAQ, the world’s first electronic stock exchange, held its first trading day.

In 1989, 144 people were killed when an American-chartered Boeing 707 filled with Italian tourists slammed into a fog-covered mountain in the Azores.

In 1992, the XVI Olympic Winter Games opened in Albertville, France.

In 2002, The Winter Olympics opened in Salt Lake City with an emotional tribute to America’s heroes, from the pioneers of the West to past Olympic champions to the thousands who’d perished on Sept. 11.

One year ago: Wael Ghonim (WY’-uhl gohNEEM’), a Google executive who’d helped ignite Egypt’s uprising, appeared before protesters in Cairo’s Tahrir Square for the first time after being released from detention; he told them, “We won’t give up.”

Today’s Birthdays: Composer-conductor John Williams is 80. Newscaster Ted Koppel is 72. Actor Nick Nolte is 71. Comedian Robert Klein is 70. Actor-rock musician Creed Bratton is 69.

Singer Ron Tyson is 64. Actress Brooke Adams is 63. Actress Mary Steenburgen is 59. Author John Grisham is 57. Actor Henry Czerny is 53. Rock singer Vince Neil is 51. Rock singer-musician Sammy Llanas is 51. Environmental Protection Agency administrator Lisa P. Jackson is 50.

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CALENDAR TODAY’S EVENTS Free screening of documentary film “Deaf Jam” as part of Community Cinema program at Plymouth State University. 7 p.m. in Boyd Hall (adjacent to Highland Street). Open to the public. For more information call Dan at 535-2525.

Laconia Democratic Committee caucus to elect officers and delegates to the 2012 state Democratic Party Convention. 7 p.m. in the Busiel Community Room at One Mill Plaza in downtown Laconia.

Belknap County Republican Committee meeting. 6:30 p.m. at the Shang Hai Restaurant on South Main Street in Laconia. Guest speakers include Kevin Smith, candidate for governor, and Juliana Bergeron, candidate for N.H. RNC National Committeewoman. Optional dinner and social hour at 5:30.

Free Mom & Movie at Smitty’s Cinema in Tilton. “101 Dalmations” at 11:30 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 and leave a message for Elizabeth at 630-9969 for more information.

TOPS (Taking Off Pounds Sensibly) group meeting.

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

Free community meal of hot soup and bread at Trinity Episcopal Church on Main Street in downtown Tilton.

4:30 to 5:30 p.m. every Wednesday. For more information call Pastor Mark at 286-3120 or e-mail him at markk@trinitytilton.org.

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.

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.

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

Check out a computer expert at the Gilford Public Library. 10 a.m. to noon. First-come, first-served service for library card holders only. 20 minute limit if others are waiting.

Storytime at the Gilford Public Library. 10:30 to 11:15 a.m. Songs, a story and a craft to take home for ages 3-5.

Sign-up required.

Cozy Corner in the Children’s Room at the Gilford Public Library. 10:30 to 11:15 a.m. Learn a new skill while your child is in Storytime. This month Alexandra Bickford will teach cake decorating basics. Sign up required.

Afterschool Art Adventure at the Gilford Public Library. 1:30 to 2:30 p.m. Create a bird seed heart for your feathered friends. Sign up in the Children’s Room.

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 9 Screening of documentary film “Made in Pakistan” at Boyd Hall (001) at Plymouth State University. 7 p.m.

Hosted by the filmmaker, Ayesha Khan. Free. A rare glimpse into life in Pakistan.

Winter Farmer’s Market at the Skate Escape on Court Street in Laconia. 3 to 6 p.m. Vendors offering local farmraised meats, fresh-baked breads, organic tea, cofree, fudge, pastries, pies, cakes, fresh produce, jellies & jams, local wines, herbs, oils, plants, jewelry, wood workers, and fine art.

Al-Anon Meeting at the Congregational Church Parish House (18 Veterans Square) in Laconia. 8 to 9:15 p.m. each Thursday. Al-Anon offers hope and help to families of alcoholics. No dues or fees. All are welcome. Call 6459518.

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

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Vocalist Phillip Hamilton. (Courtesy photo)

Vocalist Philip Hamilton to perform at NH Jazz Center on Thursday

Sweet, silly or sentimental, Love Lines are the perfect way to tell the people you care about exactly how you feel. To send a Love Line, simply fill out this entry form and submit it, along with payment, to the Laconia Daily Sun by Friday, February 10, 2012 at noon. All Love Lines will be published in full color in the newspaper on Tuesday, February 14, 2012. And can also be viewed online at www.laconiadailysun.com

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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 9 George & Nancy, We are so greatful for everything you’ve done for us. Thank you for being there when we needed you.

Happy Valentine’s Day! Love, Pam & Rick

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I love you with all my heart! Thank you for being in my life. ~Love, Hunny

Violet, We’ve had our ups and downs,but our friendship has stood the test of time.

Thank you for always being there for us Bob & Mary

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LACONIA — NH Jazz will present vocalist Philip Hamilton on February 9 at 8 p.m. at Pitman’s Freight Room. General admission is $10 (doors open at 7:30 for the BYOB venue).

Hamilton is revered as one of the most exciting contemporary vocalists on the international jazz and world music stages. With a rich voice that conveys a “warrior’s strength, a blues man’s soul and a romantic’s heart” Hamilton is a true original who has performed or recorded with Pat Metheny, Spyro Gyra, Steely Dan’s Donald Fagan, Greg Osby and others. The New York Times called Hamilton’s innovative singing and composing style “contemporary and cutting edge” while the Village Voice has celebrated his music as simply “masterful.”

Hamilton will perform in Laconia with veteran NH guitarist Paul Bourgelais and his group.

For reservations: jon@nhjazz.com (518) 793-3183 NH Jazz shows have a listening policy, which prohibits talking, texting, cell phones, video/ audio recording, laptop computers, gaming units, and photos.

Upcoming NH Jazz Shows: 2/16 Dave Liebman; 2/23 The Chronicles; 3/1 Danny Heath & Telophase; 3/8 Swing Caravan; 3/15 Mike Dillon Band featuring members of Yojimbo Funk!; 3/22 Andrew D’Angelo’s Merger; 3/29 Joan Watson-Jones; 3/5 Mark Shilansky’s Join the Club Sextet; 4/12 Chris Humphrey; 4/19 Teri Roiger Group featuring Kevin Harris, John Menegon & Yoron Israel; 4/26 Kenny Werner; 5/3 Michael Benedict & Bopitude; 5/10 Todd Clouser’s Love Electric featuring Steven Bernstein; 5/17 TBA; 5/24 Warren Vache; 5/31 Giacomo Gates; 6/7 Eugene Uman’s Convergence Project; 6/14 TBA; 6/21 Judi Silvano; 6/28 Countryman & the Buffalo Band.

1x1.5 Color = $12.50 2x2 = $30

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

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

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

Mystery Book Group Meeting at the Meredith Public Library. 10:30 a.m. to noon. “To Darkness and to Death” by Julia Spencer-Fleming. Refreshments.

Gift From The Heart Valentine-making session at the Meredith Public Library. 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. For ages 10 and up. Cards will be provided, along with glitter, glue, paint, markers, colored pencils and stickers. Punch and Valentine cookies served.

Toddler Time at the Gilford Public Library. 11:30 a.m. to noon. Songs, a story and movement to music for ages 18-36 months. Sign up in Children’s Room.

Tales for Tailes time at the Gilford Public Library. 3:15 to 4:15 p.m. Share a story with one of our reading buddies, “Brady”, a 3-year-old Cockapoo.

THE LACONIA DAILY SUN, Wednesday, February 8, 2012— Page 17

ANNIE’S MAILBOX

Dear Annie: I have been married to “Clifford” for 36 years.

He recently told me he is in love with his secretary and wants to be with her. Did I mention she is 23 and in the process of getting a divorce?

Clifford is the last person I would have expected to do this.

I know I can be difficult, but he’s not perfect, either. I love him and thought he felt the same. He says he doesn’t know whom he wants to be with, but he spends all his time with his girlfriend, so I don’t have much of a chance of getting him back.

We have two grown children who are totally disillusioned and disappointed in their father. Do I wait for him to decide?

For how long? -- Crushed Heart Dear Crushed: See a lawyer immediately. Whatever Clifford decides, you must protect yourself financially in the interim. Make the necessary arrangements to manage on your own should that turn out to be the case. We also recommend you get some counseling to help you deal with the uncertainty of your situation and prepare for the possibility that your marriage is over. How long you are willing to stay in limbo is up to you, but don’t feel pressured to rush into anything.

Clifford may ask for a divorce, he might return to you, or you could get tired of waiting and want out.

Dear Annie: My husband and I both work and make good incomes. He has two daughters, now aged 16 and 19, and I have been their stepmom for 12 years. I love them dearly.

Last Christmas, each child received nearly $400 in cash gifts from the extended family. A week later, both girls saw jackets they wanted. I said we would pay half and they could use some of their Christmas money to contribute the other half. One chose to buy a $140 jacket. The other decided not to buy anything. I find that they are choosier when they chip in.

My husband was irked that I required them to pay half. He prefers that they have minimal financial pressure so they can concentrate all their time and effort on schoolwork and not worry about getting a job. What do you think? -- Stepmom Dear Stepmom: We’ve got your back on this one. It’s not as if the girls needed the money to buy food. Asking them to help pay for nonessential luxury items, especially when they have plenty of cash to do so, teaches them something about financial responsibility and delayed gratification. Overindulgence, no matter how tempting, may make the parents feel good, but it can cripple the children in the long run.

Dear Annie: “Understands in Nebraska” was the most recent of several letters from women who have lost their desire for sex and can’t understand why their husbands still want intimacy. That was me a few years ago.

I had no desire for sex, but complied, as I felt it was my “duty.” Eight years ago, we moved to a new city, which meant new doctors. I found a wonderful ob-gyn who was compassionate and intuitive. She asked about my libido, and I told her the truth. She explained in depth about how hormones can become depleted after menopause. I had taken synthetic hormones, but stopped due to health concerns. She said they now have safer alternatives and suggested I try a low dose. Of course, there is always a slight risk involved with any medication, but I was willing to try.

That first month was amazing. Not only did I have more energy, but my libido came back and sex was better than ever. I want these women to know they can feel healthy and energetic again. Bio-identical hormones and testosterone changed my life. -- Still Frisky at 60 Dear Frisky: Thanks for the testimonial. Readers should understand that bio-identical hormones are still hormones, and everyone reacts differently.

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

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Announcement

Autos

For Rent

For Rent

ALZHEIMER SUPPORT GROUP

2006 Nissan Sentra- 1.8 Ltr., 16-Valve, front wheel drive, 30 MPG, new tires & brakes. Have the CARFAX-No issues. Fully undercoated, great car for $5,900.

603-455-8941

CENTER Harbor House- One bedroom, year-round, propane central heat, tenant pays utilities, tenant does yard maintenance.

No pets/Smoking. credit report required, verified income, references. $400/Month, security. Call between 5PM-8PM $25 fee 603-253-6924.

LACONIA 2 bedroom $180/ week includes heat & hot water, references and deposit. 524-9665.

Looking to start Alzheimer patient group to meet, to eat, to talk and to have some fun. Need a place to meet.

Call Jordan at 603-968-4088.

LACONIA Indoor Winter Market seeking new vendors: Farmers, crafters, independent sales representatives. For more information, contact Penny , 455-7515.

WE Pay CA$H for GOLD and SILVER No hotels, no waiting.

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

2011 GMC Sierra 2500 HD pickup, 8900 miles, mint condition. Call (603)356-3301 or myusedcars.info CASH in your hand for junk cars & trucks. Available 7 days a week.

603-393-3712.

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

Appliances

BOATS

Washer & Dryer- Fisher & Paykel.

Energy star rated. 5 years used, 1 person. sold duo, $350.

603-851-2272

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

Autos

1996 Toyota Corolla, $1800.

Good MPG, A/C. PW, PL, no rust, runs well, good tires, 228K.603-630-3877.

1997 Volkswagen Golf- Runs good, great on gas. $1,895 or best offer. 630-0957 1999 Chevy Cavalier, 4 dr, 4 cylinder, air, auto, CD, 94K mi., $2,495 obo. 934-2221.

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

BUYING junk cars and trucks ME & NH. Call for price. Martin

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

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

CONDO in Lake Winnipesaukee/Laconia area: Nice condition 1-Bedroom, Fully furnished, lake views, utilities + cable/internet included, $825/month. Available immediately. Call 860-558-3052.

GILFORD

Employment Wanted

Imagine home ownership for less than monthly rental!

FT/PT LNA/Caregiver services offered. Ill or need help with adult daily living, household chores, call 344-9190 great references.

3 bedrooms, oversized garage/ workshop, need 10% down and owner will finance the rest, for pictures and more info 393-5756.

For Rent

GILFORD, 2-Bedroom, 2-Bath, Balconies, no smoking/pets, $890/month plus utilities, Security deposit and references, 603-455-6662

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

Outside smoking OK. 875-6875.

Must Love pets.

APARTMENTS, mobile homes. If you need a rental at a fair price, call DRM Corp. Over 40 years in rentals. We treat you better!

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

BELMONT 2 bedroom, 1500 sq. ft. Sunny clean quiet, full basement wash/dryer hookup, $1000/ mo. heat and hot water included.

603-859-4011 Gilford- One-bedroom, second floor includes heat/HW, electricity. $740/Month. One month s rent &

GILFORD: 1 or 2-bedroom apartments from $175/Week includes heat & utilities. Pets considered. Security/References.

556-7098.

GILFORD: Fully furnished condo, master bedroom, livingroom, diningroom, kitchen, water view.

Heat, hot water, electric, cable tv, internet included. Short term lease available. $850/month.

(860)614-5866.

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

Security Deposit & references. $600/month + utilities. 520-4353 LACONIA 1 BR, heat & electricity

LACONIA 2nd floor, very large rooms, heat & hot water included $170/ week. 60 Pearl St. 524-7218.

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

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

CONTACT US TODAY FOR MORE INFO! 1-800-742-4686, The Hodges Companies 201 Loudon Road Concord, NH 03301 LACONIA One bedroom, $135-150/ weekly includes heat & hot water, references and deposit.

528-0024.

Laconia- 3 bedroom near park & Beach. Washer/dryer hook-up, off-street parking. $900/Month + utilities. 455-6983 LACONIA- BIg 1-bedroom close to downtown. Includes plowing, 2-car parking & washer/dryer.

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

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

528-1829 Laconia- Great downtown Location. Rooms for rent. Share kitchen & bath. Utilities included. $107-$115/Week.

For Rent

For Rent

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

MEREDITH 1 bedroom apt. Open concept partially furnished, easy walk to downtown and public beach. $650/mo. Call 476-8405.

LACONIA- New price-Spacious 2 bedroom, hookups, garage, porch, no pets. $700/Month + utilities. 603-455-0874 LACONIAVery nice studio apartment in clean, quiet, downtown building. Carpeting, completely renovated. $175/Week, includes heat, hot water & electricity. 524-3892 or 630-4771 LACONIA: 2 bedroom, 2nd floor in duplex building. $235/week including heat, electric & hot water, 524-1234 www.whitemtrentals.com.

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

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

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

524-5837.

LACONIA: Gilbert Apartments.

Call for available apartments.

524-4428

MEREDITH Huge. clean 2-bedroom. Bright & Sunny. Walk to town. $800/ month + utilities.

520-6931 Meredith- Nice, open concept w/cathedral ceilings. 1-bedroom apartment in quiet area, walking distance to town & park. Parking, plowing, dumpster, 16X22 ft. deck, utilities, included. $850/Month. Cats? 455-5660 MEREDITH: 1-bedroom apartment. Oil forced hot water, 1.5-bath, washer/dryer hook-up, nice yard. No smoking/pets. $750/Month 279-8247, Jim. NORTHFIELD 2 BR Mobil Home. $195?week plus utilities. Call 603-235-6901.

NORTHFIELD: 1 bedroom, 1st floor, separate entrance, coin-op laundry in basement. $190/week including heat, electric & hot water, 524-1234, www.whitemtrentals.com.

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

524-1234. www.whitemtrentals.com.

LACONIA: Messer St., 3 Room, 1 bedroom with sunporch, 2nd floor. $165/Week. Includes heat/ electric. $500 security. 524-7793 LAKEPORT- Freshly painted, big 5-room, 2-bedroom apartment with lake view. Includes washer/dryer, hardwood floors, cabinet kitchen, 2 car parking, plowing and landscaping. Huge, bright and sunny master bedroom overlooking lake. Section 8 approved. $185/Week + 4-week security deposit. No utilities, no dogs, no smoking. Proper I.D., credit check and background check required. Showings on Friday only. Call Rob, 617-529-1838

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

Please call Wendy at 366-4316.

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

Apartments Available Now For more information, please contact 603-286-4111 Or TTY 1-800-735-2964

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

Call today to see if you qualify.

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

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

Rent is based on your household size and income.

An Equal Opportunity Housing Agent

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For Rent

For Sale

Help Wanted

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

496-8639

ADVERTISING Sales for tourism publications and websites. Must have solid sales experience.

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

HECKLER Koch Semi Auto .40Cal. USP Compact Pistol, extra Mags, Holsters, photo available $625. 603-491-7017 TILTONTWO CLEAN, UPDATED one bedrooms.

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

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

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

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

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

603-686-0803

For Rent-Commercial

Jett III-Ultra Power Wheelchair with oxygen carrier. Like new. $1,850. Professional roller skates, ladies size 7 $50. 744-6107

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

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

$2,000 O B O MUST SELL! 707-9879 nyboiler123@gmail.com

Laconia-O’Shea Industrial Park 72 Primrose Drive •10,000 Sq, Ft. Warehouse / Manufacturing. $5,800 • 3,000 Sq. Ft. Office Space $2,800 • 3,340 Sq. Ft. Warehouse / Manufacturing - $1,800

FHA Heat/AC 3 Phase Power 72 Primrose Drive, Laconia

(603)476-8933 LACONIA- Prime storefront or office in center of Laconia.

Carpeting, great exposure. 1,000 sf. + basement. $1,000/Month, includes heat. 524-3892 or 630-4771 LACONIA- Prime Location. 1200 sq. ft., with heated garage showroom/office. $650/month plus utilities, parking. 455-6662.

For Sale

NOMA Snow thrower. 10 HP27 inch wide, 6 speeds. 528-2730 Salon Closed- 1 hydraulic black leather chair, dryer leather chair, 2 floormats, cast iron shampoo bowl wall station. (Towel cabinet, towel hamper, back bar inventory) cutting station, wall display case. All Good Condition. Best offer. 603-851-2272

DAVID’S AUCTIONS Of Laconia seeking quality items: Antiques & Estates, coins, jewelry, decorated crocks, old toys, guns, knives, vintage fishing, collections.

Buy * Sell * Consign D. Cross, license 2487 Serving NH since 1988

528-0247 Stereo Equipment- Paradigm Speakers, $1,250; Pro-Studio Speakers, $250; Pioneer 301 D Mega-Changer, $80. 496-8639

1 Bretton Woods Ski Lift ticket a $70 value, only $40/obo. Good any day. Call (603)723-4032.

Furniture

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

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

Fabulous back & hip support.

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

Can deliver 603-305-9763.

AMAZING!

BEDROOM-SOLID Cherrywood Sleigh bed. Dresser, mirror, chest, night stand. New! Cost $2,200 sell $895. (603) 235-1773 Black & Decker 10” Radial Arm Saw w/stand $200. Makita 10” Table Saw w/stand $200. Makita 10 ” miter/cut-off saw w/stand $175. Call Franklin, NH 603-934-2121 Brand New Elliptical Exercise Machine- Originally $350 from Dick!s in Concord. $200.

934-9086

Brother Fax Machine Brand new cartridge just put in.

Needs cleaning, $10. FREE Sharp 30” TV. Older Model, heavy. New waffle iron $5, Body

by Jake Ab Scissor, good condition, Free. 603-677-6528 Case 220 Compact Tractor with 38” snow blower, 44“ snowplow & 40” 3-blade mower deck, weights & chains. $995/OBO. 455-0442 CLASSIC Wooden Motorola stereo phonic LP player with AM/FM radio from the 1950's still works, $100, 723-4032.

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

CUSTOM Glazed Kitchen Cabinets. Solid maple, never installed. Cost $6,000 sacrifice

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

Help Wanted

Are You Looking For

a Full Time Job !!!

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 as month and year end transactions.

Must be a team player and able to multi-task. Knowledge of Peachtree Accounting software is preferred. Email resumes to norm3@gilfordwell.com.

Building Products company looking to hire several people

• Looking for insulation installers with experience or willing to learn.

• Must have valid NH Drivers License with clean driving record.

• We offer paid vacations, holidays, health insurance and 401K with match.

Dependable Male or Female LNA in private home.

20-40 hours per week.

Some overnights & weekends.

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

Apply in person to: Quality Insulation FT/PT DIESEL MECHANIC

1 Pease Rd. Meredith, NH

NO PHONE CALLS PLEASE !!!

BOAT SALES SUPPORT a new position open for an experienced boating person to support the sales team at Channel Marine. Duties will include; conducting boat demonstrations for prospective buyers, boat deliveries, training customers on boat operations, assisting customers and various other sales support duties. The position requires excellent boating skills, interpersonal skills, customer sales/support experience and a team player. Forward application or resume to admin@channelmarine.com.

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

Forward resumes to mandiehagan@yahoo.com

JERI Ann!s Cleaning Service is looking for part-time help days doing residential cleaning. More hours the closer we get to summer. Must be dependable and pass a criminal background check. Apply at j eriannscleaningservice@gmail.com

GILMANTON SCHOOL DISTRICT GILMANTON SCHOOL VACANCY

Substitute Custodian Wanted We need a person with a flexible schedule to substitute for custodians on various shifts, including the 12-8:30 p.m. shift and the 3-11:30 p.m. shift.

Principal Carol Locke c/o The Gilmanton School 1386 NH Rte. 140 Gilmanton I.W., NH 03837 A Family Owned Sewer & Drain Company

Pine Trees, yours for the taking.

You cut/haul. Must have insurance. 279-7795 after 2:30 pm.

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

Heavy Equipment Kabota Tractor- B8200 HST front end loader, 3 point hitch, front & rear PTO, full cab, lights front & rear, tire chains, low hours, like

LOOK HERE

Marine Technician an established full service Mercruiser & Yamaha boat dealership has opened a new position seeking an experienced technician. Eight years + of experience with certification completed or in process in one of these brands is desired. Excellent pay & benefits in a professional work environment that values teamwork. Forward resume to admin@channelmarine.com or visit Channel Marine in Weirs Beach to complete an application (ask for Greg).

MOWING TEAM LEADER Belknap Landscape Company is now hiring experienced leaders for mowing positions.

The candidate will have 3 yrs. verifiable commercial mowing experience and good supervisory skills. Starting salary DOE. All applicants will be required to pass a pre-employment drug screen & physical.

Apply in Person to HR at: Belknap Landscape Co., Inc., 25 Country Club Rd, Unit 302, Gilford, NH 03249.

Phone: (603) 528-2798 Fax: (603) 528-2799 email: rblackey@belknaplandscape.com

On-Call Substitute Library Assistant The Gilmanton Year-Round Library has an immediate opening for an on-call Substitute Library Assistant to cover the circulation desk and perform other duties as needed on an irregular basis.

Customer service experience and experience in an automated library environment preferred, but will train the right candidate.

Basic computer literacy and a flexible schedule are essential.

Position requires availability during the day Tues.-Fri., and occasional work on Saturdays from 10-3. $10/hour. To apply, please e-mail resume and cover letter to gyrla@metrocast.net, or mail documents to Gilmanton Year-Round Library, 1385 NH Route 140, Gilmanton Iron Works, NH 03837.

Help Wanted Now Hiring - Evenings

Cook, Waitstaff & Bartender (with experience)

Apply in person, 4:30-6pm:

CJ Avery’s

Lakeport (closed Mon & Tues) SUMMER positions. Some April thru October. All departments.

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

BELKNAP LANDSCAPE COMPANY is hiring numerous temporary, on-call positions for its Snow Removal Division to include: Equipment Operators, Route Leaders & Shovelers. Prior experience in snow removal a plus. Must be dependable & flexible. All applicants must be at least 18 years of age, have a valid driver!s license & reliable transportation, able to lift heavy objects, able to work long shifts and able to drive in snowstorms to get to jobsite.

All applicants will be required to pass a pre-employment drug screen & physical.

Apply in Person to HR at: Belknap Landscape Co., Inc., 25 Country Club Rd, Unit 302, Gilford, NH 03249.

Phone: (603) 528-2798 Fax: (603) 528-2799 email: rblackey@belknaplandscape.com

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

Owner/broker, 524-1234.

Motorcycles Buy • Sell • Trade www.motoworks.biz

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

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

is looking for a

Full-Time Technician Laborer Candidate must be self motivated, professional and avail. to work O/T. Must have CDL Class B and be in good physical condition. Benefits include a competitive salary, 8 paid holidays and retirement plan. Forward Resumes to: mandiehagan@yahoo.com Call

934-4145

Free FREE Sharp 30” TV. Older Model, heavy. Body by Jake Ab Scissor, good condition.

603-677-6528

Help Wanted Tired of living paycheck to paycheck? If you have a good attitude and like people, we want you to become part of our team.

Fun team atmosphere; vacations; $500/week but not limited to; bonuses; advancement; start this week. Call for more information Mon. thru Fri. (603)822-0220.

HOMEMAKER COMPANION Up to 35 hours a week available. Reliable and insured automobile required. Perfect job for mothers & retirees. Flexible hours providing assistance with laundry, cleaning and meal preparation. Applications available at:

Central New Hampshire VNA & Hospice 780 N Main St., Laconia, NH. 03246 9AM to 4 PM. Please, no phone calls.

EOE

LOCAL EMPLOYER JOB FAIR at NH Employment Security Office in Laconia!

WE ARE HIRING!

Come see why Lakes Region Community Services is the employer of choice for Belknap and Southern Grafton County. If you are caring and have the desire to provide support for the diverse needs of individuals and their families living with developmental disabilities or acquired brain disorders, we want to meet you! Bring your resume, complete an employment application and meet our staff.

Date: Wednesday, February 8th Time: 1-3 pm Location: NH Employment Security 426 Union Ave, Laconia

Lakes Region Community Services is currently recruiting for the following positions:

Direct Support Professionals Mon.-Fri. 32.5 hrs. per week, benefits eligible!

Come to Learn about Shared Family Living Opportunities!

Would you consider having a Developmentally Disabled individual move into your home to be an extended family member?

Program is similar to Adult Foster Care.

A Representative will be present to discuss this exciting program.

Qualified candidates must have a minimum of High School diploma or GED, clean criminal record, good driving record, reliable vehicle, auto insurance & a valid NH driver’s license.

For more information, go to www.lrcs.org

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Kettle Korn sale at LRGH benefits Employee Assistance Program

‘Paint Along’ workshop follows soup & salad lunch

LACONIA — The Kettle Korn King will be at Lakes Region General Hospital’s atrium entrance of Thursday, Feb. 9 (7 a.m. to 3 p.m.) selling four exquisite flavors of freshly popped Gourmet Kettle Korn.

Twenty percent of every sale will be donated to the hospital’s Employee Assistance Program.

Each flavor will be packaged in Valentine gift bags.

Offered that day will be a choice of “Dazzling Carmel Apple”, “Heavenly Chocolate Raspberry”, “Famous Original Recipe” and a surprise fourth flavor. The will be samples of flavor available for tasting, while supplies last.

Services

Larry Frates and Drew & Elisa Seneca are blending their creative palettes together in the first Downtown Laconia Lunch and Paint Along event being held on Saturday, Feb. 18 from noon to 2 p.m. at the Downtown Deli. Tasty soups, salads, sandwiches, cookies, and a beverage will be available prior to a Paint Along workshop, which includes all supplies, with artist, Larry Frates.This fun filled event is sure to give your winter afternoon a creative boost. Reservations are available on a first come first serve basis and can be made by calling 528-7651.

(Courtesy photo)

Services

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

Paper Hanging

279-5755 630-8333 Bus.

Cell

LACONIA PUBLIC LIBRARY

Browsing 695 Main Street, Laconia • 524-4775

Visit our website for additional information. www.laconialibrary.org

This Weeks Activities

Children: Preschool Storytime

Wednesday, February 8th @ 10:00 Thursday, February 9th @ 9:30 & 10:30 Valentine’s Party! Bring a snack to share.

Goss Reading Room Storytime

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

Our Customers Don t get Soaked!

528-3531 Major credit cards accepted

PACKAGING Plus Shipping. Any household item, anywhere. Domestic or International. 24/7.

524-1430 PRIVATE 24/7 Personal Caregiver. Large, private room in my spacious home. 20+ years experience. Excellent references, affordable. Marion 568-7125 Rubbish Removal - Scrap Metal Removal. Cellar, garage and attics cleaned out. 528-4169.

SAVE 30% ON PAINTING SAVE 30% on Interior Painting.

Insured, references. Troy Turcotte Painting 455-9179.

Tuesday, February 7th @ 3:30, at our Goss branch, 188 Elm St. in Lakeport for storytime. For more information, call 524-3808.

Booktalks for Kids

Thursday, February 9th @ 3:30 for gr. 6-8; 5:00 for gr. 3-5.

Movies & More for Kids

Friday, February 10th @ 3:45 Laconia Rotary Hall “The Smurfs” PG Children under 10 must be accompanied by a responsible caregiver 14 or older. Admission is free.

Adults: Adult Book Discussion

Tuesday, February 7th @ 7:00 Laconia Rotary Hall “The Devil in the White City” by Eric Larson The true tale of the 1893 World’s Fair and the cunning serial killer, Dr. H.H. Holmes, (aka Herman Mudgett from Gilmanton) who used the fair to lure his victims to their death.

History of Gunstock with author Carol Anderson

Thursday, February 9th @ 7:00 Laconia Rotary Hall Anderson pays tribute to those who have worked, skied, or played a part of this iconic mountain in the Lakes Region. Carol will be available to sign books after her discussion. Admission is free.

M.A. SMITH ELECTRIC: Quality work for any size electrical job. Licensed-Insured, Free estimates/ 603-455-5607 PIANO TUNING- Goodwin Piano, experienced tuner/pianist. Call 603-366-1904

Future Activities

Children: Preschool Storytime

Wednesday, February 15th @ 10:00 Thursday, February 16th @ 9:30 & 10:30

Goss Reading Room Storytime

Tuesday, February 14th @ 3:30, at our Goss branch, 188 Elm St. in Lakeport for storytime. For more information, call 5243808.

LEGO® Club

Friday, February 17th @ 3:30 Laconia Rotary Hall Kids 512 supply the imagination – we supply the LEGO blocks!

Adults: Klondike Gold Rush

Mike McKinley, historian and lecturer, will bring into focus the adventurers and adventuresses who, in 1897 and 1898, headed north to Alaska and the Canadian Yukon’s Klondike region in the last great gold rush in North America. A rollicking saga of the prospectors, miners, mushers, Mounties, madams, floozies and bawds who made up the social fabric of the gold fields and boom towns of Alaska and the Klondike.

The lecture will include a reading of two of Robert W. Service’s Klondike Gold Rush classics, The Cremation of Sam McGee and The Shooting of Dan McGrew and there will also include a pictorial display of the Klondike Gold Rush.

Hours: Monday - Thursday 9am - 8pm • Friday 9am - 6pm Saturday 9am - 4pm Wanted Older female Siberian Husky for a loving home. Prefer companion dog. Consider ex-team dog.

524-3603

For more information, call 524-4775.

We have wireless ... inside & out!!

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IRWIN AUTOMOTIVE GROUP PRESIDENTS’ MONTH

603-524-4922 | www.irwinzone.com Bisson & Union Avenues Laconia, NH 0%

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WE’LL MAKE YOUR FIRST 3 CAR PAYMENTS ON TOP OF MANUFACTURERS REBATES/INCENTIVES

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NO PAYMENTS UNTIL JUNE!

603-581-7133 | www.irwinzone.com 93 DW Highway Belmont, NH

SALES HOURS: MON-THUR 8am - 7pm FRI 8am - 6pm SAT 8am - 5pm & SUN 11am - 3pm

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