The Laconia Daily Sun, March 11, 2011

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New home fire prompts warning about chimney installation work By michAel Kitch THE LACONIA DAILY SUN

MEREDITH — A fire at a newly built home on Wall Street in January has prompted the Office of the State Fire Marshall to issue a bulletin warning of the risks arising from the improper installation of metal asbestos chimneys.

The homeowner, Bruce Reichlen said that by telling of his misfortune he hoped to alert others, whose homes, belongings and lives may be at risk because a home builder or chimney installer failed to follow the manufacturer’s specifications and the building code.

Reichlen’s 2,100square foot, two story, four-bedroom home was completed in August 2010, when the town issued an occupancy permit. The house is heated by forced hot water from a wood-fired boiler in the basement, which is vented by one of two metal asbestos chimneys. The other chimney serves a fireplace.

Around 11:30 p.m. on Jan. 27, Reichlen awoke to the sound of fire — crackling wood and lapping flames — see CHiMNEy page 9

Keith Hall arranges a pile of hot coals on the hearth of his historic Laconia home. On winter weekends, Hall prepares meals the way Colonial settlers would have. (Laconia Daily Sun photo/Adam Drapcho)

Stoking the centuries-old tradition of hearth cooking

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LACONIA — During the work week, Keith and Lilo Hall take advantage of the conveniences offered by contemporary kitchen devices. On weekends when they’re able to disentangle themselves from modern dis-

said, standing in front of an open hearth in a room he and Lilo have furnished to appear as it would when their house was built 200 years ago.

Keith grew up in Plymouth in a family that embraced modern cooking techniques.

Some of his friends, however,

lived a more rural and traditional life. One of his friends, specifically, had a mother who prepared meals the way they were made for generations. “She was an old-time New England cook,” he said.

The experience of eating at see HEarTH page 8

Town clerks fighting move to allow dealers to register cars

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tractions, and when their historic home is buffeted by winter weather, they prefer to light a fire and prepare a meal using techniques that pre-date their electric oven and even their wood-fired cook stove.

“This is how people cooked since the Roman times,” Keith

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Gonyer, and other area town clerks, are concerned that if passed, at least as it is now written, the bill will open a flood gate of problems that, she told selectmen Wednes-

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‘Remember Wisconsin!’: Dems hope epic defeat launches counterattack MADISON, Wis. (AP) — With the labor movement suffering an epic defeat in Wisconsin and perhaps other states, union leaders plan to use the setback to fire up their members nationwide and mount a major counterattack against Republicans at the ballot box in 2012.

Wisconsin’s measure stripping public employees of most bargaining rights swiftly advanced to GOP Gov. Scott Walker on Thursday, and he promised to sign it as soon as possible. But labor leaders say the events in Wisconsin have helped galvanize support for unions across the country. They hope to use the momentum to help fight off other attacks and grow their membership.

Said the president of the AFL-CIO: “I guess I ought to say thank you particularly to Scott Walker.

We should have invited him here today to receive the Mobilizer of the Year award from us!”

As several states seek to follow Wisconsin’s lead, newly invigorated public unions are looking ahead

to the next election. Democrats are pressing to recall Republican opponents of organized labor and turn the debate into a focal point of next year’s campaign.

The Wisconsin Assembly voted 53-42 Thursday to pass the bill after about three hours of discussion, far less than the 61-hour, three-day marathon it took to approve a previous version two weeks ago.

The passage drew shouts of “shame, shame, shame” from protesters in the gallery and came only a day after dramatic action in the Republican-controlled Senate, which used a legislative maneuver Wednesday to quickly adopt the bill without any of the 14 Democrats who fled to Illinois three weeks ago.

Democrats said their counterattack efforts were already beginning to bear fruit in the form of donations: The party’s Wisconsin chapter said it raised $300,000 overnight and has collected $800,000 from 32,000 donors in just five days.

Party chairman Mike Tate said Senate Democrats have raised $750,000 over the past month alone.

Republicans said they were simply doing what voters wanted.

In last year’s election, “people spoke very clearly and very loudly and said they wanted government to change here in Madison,” Republican Assembly Speaker Jeff Fitzgerald said. “It’s a tough vote, but it’s the right vote. People are sick of the status quo.”

Shortly before the vote, police had to move dozens of protesters who were sitting just outside the Assembly chamber doors, blocking the way for lawmakers. Officers dragged many of them away, but there were no arrests.

The protesters have been a constant presence in the building for more than three weeks, with their numbers swelling to more than 80,000 for one weekend rally. About 1,800 were in the building Thursday, and hundreds screamed outside the chamber doors before the vote.

Walker had repeatedly argued that ending collective see WISCONSIN page 12

Congresswoman Giffords hopes to attend husband’s shuttle launch next month HOUSTON (AP) — Rep. Gabrielle Giffords has shown so much progress in her recovery from a bullet wound to the head that friends and family are making plans for her to attend the launch of her husband’s space shuttle mission next month in Florida, a person close to the family told The Associated Press on Thursday.

The person spoke on condition of anonymity because the family and doctors have not yet publicized the decision. A news conference was scheduled for Friday morning at the Houston hospital where Giffords is undergoing rehabilitation.

Giffords was shot in the head Jan. 8 at a political event outside a grocery store in an attack that killed

six people and wounded 12 others.

Family and friends of Giffords have been expressed optimism in recent weeks that she will be able to attend the launch of her astronaut husband, Mark Kelly. The topic has also been of great speculation in the media and the general public amid hope that she would be able to beat the odds from her horrific injury and see her husband rocket into space.

While doctors have said attending the launch is the goal, they have tempered the optimism with important medical considerations about the congresswoman’s health.

Dr. Gerard Francisco, the head of the team of doctors overseeing Giffords’ rehabilitation, said last

month that a decision would be based on the progress of her recovery, how independent her movement is, and whether she could handle the commotion of traveling.

TIRR Memorial Hermann, the rehabilitation center where she is being treated, and her doctors declined to confirm Thursday whether she would attend the launch. C.J. Karamargin, a spokesman for Giffords in Arizona, said getting her to Cape Canaveral was still the goal as she continues to recover in the time from now until the launch next month.

“The plan has always been for the congresswoman to attend. If that is possible, it will happen,” he said. see GIFFORDS page 13

CONCORD (AP) — The resort where the first-inthe-nation presidential primary ballots have been cast for 50 years was sold Thursday to a company that owns more than 100 hotels across North America.

The 150-year-old Balsams Grand Resort Hotel in Dixville Notch, about 20 miles from Canada, was put up for sale in July. The Tillotson family, which has owned the northern New Hampshire resort since 1954, said it was selling the property to Ocean Properties Ltd. Hotels and Resorts of Portsmouth.

The price was not immediately disclosed on the 7,700-acre property, which has four private lakes, two golf courses a ski area and hiking trails.

Its tradition of hosting the first votes began in 1960 by Neil Tillotson, who also operated a rubber factory and is credited with inventing the latex balloon. Before he died in 2001 at age 102, he specified that the resort, as with other assets, be sold or given away and the proceeds go to charities.

The sale, which is expected to be completed before

the summer, followed an exhaustive search in which more than 90 potential bidders expressed an interest. The Tillotsons said Ocean Properties has an impressive record in the preservation and management of historic hotels such as the Wentworth by the Sea Hotel and Spa in New Castle, which had been placed on the National Trust list of Most Endangered Sites in the 1990s.

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Michael Barone

Why NPR should urge Congress to ends its subsidy What do they put in the water cooler over at NPR? First, they fire Juan Williams in October for comments he made on Fox News Channel — and Vivian Schiller, the CEO of public radio, smilingly suggests he needs to have his head examined.

This week, a sting video shows NPR Foundation President Ron Schiller (no relation) saying that tea party activists were “seriously racist” and telling two purported Muslim program underwriters that there aren’t enough “non-Zionist” news organizations.

Vivian Schiller and Ron Schiller both have been forced to resign. But, with a new, large Republican majority in the House of Representatives, NPR leaders could hardly have done a better job of persuading Congress to zero out public radio funding.

NPR’s response to defunding threats has been incoherent. Its spokesmen point out that NPR itself receives relatively little public money. But then they saying defunding would be disastrous because more money goes to the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, which funds public radio stations that buy NPR programming.

Let me offer what is intended as a helpful suggestion to NPR: Don’t fight defunding. Instead, work with Congress to get NPR and CPB off the public payroll.

It may be painful in the short run.

But in the long run, you’ll be a better organization — and you won’t have to worry about pleasing politicians.

There’s a precedent pretty closely on point: the National Trust for Historic Preservation. Back in 1994, when Republicans unexpectedly won majorities in both houses of Congress, the National Trust was suddenly threatened with a fund cutoff.

The organization had been campaigning against a proposed theme park near the Manassas battlefield in Northern Virginia, which made some congressional Republicans angry. Congress seemed likely to cut off the one-third of National Trust funding that came from the federal government.

Rather than fight that effort, Dick Moe, then head of the National Trust and before that a longtime top aide to Walter Mondale, decided to join it. He approached Ralph Regula, the chairman of the House Appropriations subcommittee with jurisdiction, and proposed a threeyear draw-down of federal funding.

That would give his organization enough time to develop alternative sources of funding, he thought. And, as he correctly judged, it took the

wind from the sails of those Republicans who wanted funds cut off immediately.

In retrospect, Moe has said, it was the best thing that could have happened to his organization. It prompted the National Trust to reach out to citizens and donors who shared its vision. And it allowed the organization to take politically controversial stands without fear of political retribution.

The National Trust is thriving today. It has undertaken major projects, like a splendid restoration of James Madison’s home, Montpelier.

It publishes a first-rate magazine. It has developed a large constituency of contributors (I give a few bucks every year) who appreciate its work.

It does not have to do the bidding of political masters.

NPR today has a much larger constituency than the National Trust had 16 years ago and much less dependence on federal support.

It has a news product of great distinctiveness and, many believe, high quality. It has millions of loyal followers, many of them already contributors.

Much if not all of NPR’s programming already attracts thinly (and irritatingly) disguised advertising.

I’m sure the NPR demographic is one many other advertisers would like to target.

At the same time, the case for government support of public broadcasting is far weaker than it was in the 1960s and 1970s, when there was far less variety in broadcasting and more reason to doubt that public radio could come up with a commercially viable product.

“It is very clear that in the long run we would be better off without federal funding,” Ron Schiller told the pretend Muslims in the sting video.

“I just think and believe and totally expect that they can survive in the private market,” says Rep. Doug Lamborn, who is leading the move to defund NPR in the House.

When you have both sides in such agreement, it’s obviously time to make a deal. The Schillers’ hamhandedness has made defunding likely. NPR and CPB have a window of opportunity to shape the terms and conditions of defunding. If they have any doubts, they should call Dick Moe. (Syndicated columnist Michael Barone is a senior writer with U.S. News and World Report and principal co-author of The Almanac of American Politics.)

LETTERS N.H. Republicans don’t understand our children are our hope To the editor, Anyone who raises a family, or has been part of one, knows what the most important responsibility is: it’s the kids. When New Hampshire Republicans campaigned last year they often claimed that their policies were aimed at protecting our state’s children. It was easy to talk, but look what they’re really doing now that they are in office.

Since January, Republican legislators in Concord have introduced bills that take aim at every child in New Hampshire. If they are passed, every child in the state faces a tougher future.

Among other things, Republican legislation would: — eliminate the guaranteed access every child has to kindergarten, — drastically reduce the subjects required for an adequate education, dumbing down the curriculum, and dropping subjects, such as languages and technology, that are especially important in the 21st century, — remove any oversight over home schooling, as well as prevent the state’s Department of Education from making sure that children even are receiving an education, — prohibit vaccinations in public school. (Maybe Republicans believe in the joy of measles or the fun of smallpox?), — repeal core elements from antibullying protections, — lower the dropout age to 16, reversing the 50-percent reduction in N.H.’s dropout rate over the last few years. They want to do this despite the

fact that students who graduate high school earm approximately 50-percent more than dropouts, are less likely to be teenage parents, get in trouble with the law, need Medicaid, food stamps or other public services.

— take away food stamps from innocent kids whose parents fail a drug test, — drastically cut state support to all levels of education, including 2-year and 4-year college, — dismantle health care reforms, including those that enable kids to remain on their parent’s insurance until they turn 26, — take away students’ right to vote in their college towns, — reduce the minimum wage to one of the six lowest of any state in the country.

If this Republican agenda succeeds, New Hampshire’s children will be sicker, less educated, more vulnerable to bullies, hungrier, less able to afford a college education (and not able to vote there), and can then look forward to working for lower pay. Does this sound like a state where the companies of the future will want to set up shop? Of course, this is assuming that the kid isn’t unlucky enough to cross the path of some nut who no longer needs a license to get a gun and ammo.

We must contact our state legislators and speak out in our communities.

Our children are New Hampshire’s hope. Don’t cut them off at the knees.

Ed Allard Laconia

Stop blaming Sandwich & CH for having high voter turnouts To the editor, Don Ewing’s recent letter (Thursday) stated a “special interest group” primarily from Sandwich changed the school budget last year by voting at the 2010 I-L School District meeting. First of all, what he calls “special interest groups” are just ordinary voters comprised of parents and ordinary taxpayers. There also were plenty of voters from Meredith and Center Harbor at that same meeting who voted for the budget. It’s only a few people who keep writing in to this

and false information to misinform the uninformed.

Please stop blaming Sandwich and Center Harbor for having a much larger proportion of people who get out and vote. I agree with Mr. Ewing that many citizens fail to show up at town and school district meetings, but his using “special interest groups” six times in one letter to describe plain old voters from Sandwich is just a baseless “Glenn Beck” and “Rush Limbaugh” style of free speech.

Martin Carney

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LETTERS Let’s let the people decide the RGGI issue, not the polluters To the editor, I recently testified at the Statehouse in Concord regarding the RGGI (Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative) program in N.H. Before the meeting began, I was speaking with one of our state representatives in the hallway, and he informed us that the legislators had already made their decision: on the 18 member House Committee on Science, Technology, and Energy, 13 would vote to repeal RGGI and five would oppose the bill to repeal.

I found it disturbing that they would bother having a public hearing on this issue, if its destiny had already been pre-determined by representatives who had not yet heard from those whom they represent.

For some reason, our legislators decided that there was a very urgent need to repeal N.H.’s participation in RGGI this year, instead of waiting until next year when the Public Utilities Commission will finish their study on the efficacy of this program, as it has been put into practice. They rushed this bill (HB-519) so quickly through the legislative process and into the public hearing, that there was no time to attach the Fiscal Note (explaining its financial impact) to this bill before the hearing or the committee vote.

According to the testimony of another former legislator at that hearing, the original legislation to become one of the 10 Northeast states to participate in RGGI took three years of careful study to determine whether or not it would benefit New Hampshire, and it passed with bipartisan support. Now they (the current legislators) plan to pull us out of this program after a single day of testimony at this public hearing!

And then I read in the Nashua Telegraph: Americans for Prosperity, a conservative group with financial support from the oil industry, made automated robocalls over the long holiday weekend, attacking RGGI as guaranteeing further increases in electricity bills.

Studies had concluded that RGGI has added 6.5 cents per month to an average consumer’s bill. (Other testimony during the hearing concluded that the cost for RGGI was 36 cents per month for a household that consumes 600KWH of electricity.)

Rep. Sandra Keans, D-Rochester, attacked AFP’s calls as “sleazy” and deliberately false. “I have never seen such a cowardly perpetration pulled on the citizens of New Hampshire,” Keans said.

According to sourcewatch.org, Americans for Prosperity is a front group started by David Koch and Richard Fink, of Koch Industries.

Yes, the same Koch industries that we keep hearing about in the news regarding their corporate campaign sponsorship of the Governor of Wisconsin and his effort to bust the public employee Unions; the same Koch Industries that the University of Massachusetts at Amherst’s Political Economy Research Institute named as one of the United State’s top ten air polluters; the same Koch Industries that own and operate oil pipelines that reported over 300 oil spills between 1995 and 1997. It is estimated that Koch Industries is responsible for over 300 million tons of greenhouse gas emissions per year!

One of the main purposes of the RGGI program is to cut down on pollution caused by burning fossil fuels, and to make the polluters pay for their pollution.

Aside from its impact on climate change, burning fossil fuels also contributes to acid rain, and to mercury contamination of every body of water throughout the state; both of which affect the health of our lakes, forests, wildlife, and citizens.

Our state’s economy is directly tied to our state’s environmental quality. I find it absurd that we are allowing corporate polluters to influence our policies, when so much is at risk. Why should polluter’s desire for ever-increasing profits be at the expense of our health, and the economic well-being of our state?

Other testimony at the hearing revealed that New Hampshire drains $2.6-billion dollars per year from its economy, by importing fossil fuels.

If, as is one of the many goals of the RGGI program, we were able to wean ourselves from our dependence on foreign fuels, that money would stay in New Hampshire, offering a multiplier effect on our local economies.

The RGGI program has offered many great benefits to the residents of New Hampshire. Since 2008, RGGI has brought $28-million (which has been leveraged to much greater effect by private industry and by the volunteer efforts of Local Energy Committees and others) into the state which has been used to weatherize the homes of low income and elderly residents; created jobs that cannot be exported, and initiated job training programs (an excellent program for energy auditors and building envelope professionals right here at Lakes Region Community College); it has aided municipalities, through the RGGI-funded Municipal Energy Assistance Program, with guidance for energy efficiency upgrades and retrofits of municipal buildings, and helped communities develop energy plans to reduce energy consumption and save taxpayers money. In my own community, the projects we have taken on are projected to save taxpayers more than $5-million over the next 25 years.

If the legislators get their way and repeal RGGI, New Hampshire residents will still continue paying for this program as part of their electricity bill, because New Hampshire purchases their electricity from the New England Power Pool, and the other member states in this pool will still be charging the costs for the RGGI program. However, if this bill passes, New Hampshire will forfeit all of the auction proceeds it currently receives from RGGI. Why would we want to pay for a program and not receive its benefits?

While the RGGI program may not be perfect, the benefits far outweigh the costs. There is plenty of opportunity to make adjustments to the program to increase its effectiveness, without legislating a total withdrawal from the program.

Let’s let the people decide, not the polluters. Please call your state senators and tell them to oppose the bill that repeals New Hampshire’s participation in the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative. And call Governor Lynch, who opposes this bill, and give him your support.

Ian Raymond, Sanbornton

Will Gilford School accept the decision of the people this time?

To the editor, Today the people of Gilford have spoken. Or should I say we have spoken, again. We have spoken to reduce our tax burden. This is a reaffirmation of the vote of 1998. Both votes exceeded 60-percent of the vote.

We do not want this excessively burdensome school system. The people of Gilford have voted for the second time to say we do not want a costly system or a superintendent when we have a LEGAL alternative that saves us money and can benefit the children.

I appreciate the hard work that our elected officials do such as our school board. Sometimes they get lost in the forest and forget the will of the people.

I also hope that in their wisdom as representatives of the people of Gilford that they accept the mandate of the people just as I accept the decision of the people of every elective office or warrant article that was on the ballot on Tuesday. Or perhaps “We the people” should deem the school warrant of $24-million as advisory only and not pay the school portion of our taxes. Is the will of the people meant to be treated so trivially?

This mandate should be incorporated immediately or certainly no

later than the beginning of the school session, July 1 of this year.

We have spoken. The decision to operate our school system in the manner legally outlined in 1998 is our way forward. I trust that our school board will not go forward with the fallacious idea that our vote was simply advisory. I trust that they were wise enough to not enter into a contract with a superintendent unless he is willing to fill the role of business manager at a much lower, acceptable level of compensation. I trust that they were smart enough to leave themselves an escape clause in the contract if they forced the deal. They obviously thought that they were smart enough to accelerate the decision to influence Tuesday’s vote as evident by all the stories in the local papers. They were wrong on that count.

THE PEOPLE HAVE SPOKEN AGAIN. To our elected School Board Officials accept the decision of the people this time.

To the CITIZENS of GILFORD, THANK YOU. David R. Horvath, Sr. Gilford

Everyone who signed Declaration was aware of whence they came To the editor, In response to Marty Valengavich, I’d like to say I didn’t need to look up the definition of treason as I learned it many years ago. Now I’ll move on to Thomas Jefferson.

In a speech on April 6, 1859 Abraham Lincoln had this to say: “All honor to Jefferson, the man who, in the concrete pressure of a struggle for national independence by a single people, had the coolness, forecast, and capacity to introduce into a merely revolutionary document an abstract truth, applicable to all men and all times, and so to embalm it there that today, and in all coming days, it shall be a rebuke and a stumbling block to the very harbingers of reappearing tyranny and oppression.”

The following are quotes by Thomas Jefferson: “The strongest reason for the people to retain the right to keep and bear arms is, as a last resort, to protect themselves against tyranny in gov-

ernment.”

“Laws that forbid the carrying of arms… disarm only those who are neither inclined nor determined to commit crimes… Such laws make things worse for the assaulted and better for the assailants; they serve rather to encourage than to prevent homicides, for an unarmed man may be attacked with greater confidence than an armed man.” (He was quoting Ceasare Beccaria.)

“The beauty of the Second Amendment is that it will not be needed until they try to take it away.”

I believe everyone involved in the writing of the Declaration of Independence was well aware of whence they and their forefathers came and used these memories while crafting the Declaration. My hope is that Marty will read this and absorb the meanings within, it will make him a more learned person.

Dave Schwotzer Meredith

How would we benefit from having this eyesore in our state?

To the editor, Just trying to understand what N.H. and its land owners and its residents would benefit by having Northern Pass proposal.

What is the actual name of the company involved, and their shareholders?: The American people have had the screws put to them so many times by big conglomerates, that all are concerned when they appear. Beware of those bearing gifts!

Will the people who own the property have their land taken by eminent domain or R.O.W. Will they receive any money for their land? Will they receive a yearly stipend, stock, shares, profit sharing and still own their land, etc.?

In regards to oil companies. In Alaska, the people receive yearly

taking of oil from the land of the people of Alaska, but the people who live on the of Gulf coast, receive no profits from the oil that is drilled in the Gulf Coast.Will this happen to N.H. land owners? Will this happen to the N.H. State Forest, the National Forest land, will the states involved benefit from accumulated profits from Northern Pass?

The Ski Areas involved in National Forest Usage, pay very little for its use and send no money to the N.H. State Funds, to help in the funding of the Fish and Game nor the Forest Service, for the use of state forest land and the national forest land.Would you contribute to the use of these government lands?

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To the editor, Lynn Rudmin Chong only sees the world only through “blue colored glasses” supplied to her by local Democrats. Tuesday, Lynn unloaded her venom on the Koch brothers, owners of multiple, large businesses enterprises. The Koch’s have given vocal support to Republican Governor Scott Walker in Wisconsin, who is trying to balance that states budget and lower the tax burden on hundreds of thousands of Wisconsin’s taxpayers who have not fared nearly as well as the public UNION EMPLOYEES who average $100,000 in wages and benefit packages the rest of the world can only dream about (public union employees in Wisconsin have the highest average compensation of any state in the country) and they still want more.

Lynn indicates she does not like shouting or caustic people on the political scene. Well, she must HATE the Democrats protesting in Madison, banging drums and pans and shouting four letter profanity at anyone in ear shot. Democrats carry signs with the governors picture in rifle cross hairs.

Now that is caustic. Didn’t Obama just plead for a more “civil discourse” in America after the Tucson shooting?

It is 100-percent pure total, hypocrisy as Obama’s own election-arm bus and truck in thousands of protestors to raise the political tension in Madison.

Why is Lynn not condemning these unruly actions? Answer: These are caustic Democrats acting badly, not Republicans.

We all should stop buying toilet paper and paper towels the Koch’s manufacture because they lobby, they support tea party candidates, they want lower personal taxes and they want lower corporate taxes with less government regulation. Did you ever hear of such an irrational and idiotic reason to ask people to stop buying any product? It is sheer lunacy.

Maybe it is news to Lynn? Unions lobby. GET THIS unions represent three of the top 10 financial contributors to the Democratic Party, throwing tens of millions their way. Democrats want to “buy” an outcome. Why? Because Democrats who get elected “grease the skids” and become rubber stamps for union employees, enabling them to negotiate contracts with always higher wage concessions,

improved benefits, and job security with lax work rules that place unending financial burden and lower the living standards of every taxpayer in Wisconsin.

All I can say is every time Lynn Rudmin Chong writes a letter to the editor it is good for Republicans because she almost always makes no sense and her ratings are so purely politically motivated and without logic they are DOA. Lynn does not like the Kochs because they are among the most successful families in America and rich beyond description. They are business innovators and tough competitors in the businesses they operate in. They employ about 50,000 people, many in high paying jobs. The Koch’s employees pay tens of millions of dollars in income taxes and the Koch’s themselves pay many millions more in corporate and personal taxes.

Money that helps fund every wasteful, crackpot, bailout, handout, and stimulus package Lynn Rudim chong and Barack Obama can dream up.

The Kochs contribute countless dollars to philanthropy of every type and hate government subsidies to any business. Subsidies distort the real market price for all goods and services receiving government dole. The Kochs dislike government regulation because it raises the price of every product produced. All government regulation is passed on to the consumer in the form of higher prices. Lynn and the Democrats love more government regulation and the higher prices that go with them that you pay for.

In summary, I guess Lynn wants 50,000 people to lose their jobs (that’s what happens when people stop buying a company’s products) so we can add them to the 9-percent unemployment rate we already have.

And she wants the government to lose tens of millions in tax revenues because the USA’s budget is in such good shape. This so typifies Democrats thinking and why unemployment remains unbelievably high and why we can not get our hands around our deficit problems. Republicans now control more state legislatures than at any time since 1928. You can now understand why.

Tony Boutin Gilford

Important for Meredith to make strong showing at school meeting To the editor, Thank you for printing the letter from Don Ewing of Meredith. It is of great importance for Meredith to have the biggest showing at the school meeting. We pay the greatest share of the school taxes. Let’s wake up, Meredith, and show our strength — 0rr we’ll have less and less money to show .Don’t forget we have a 64-percent raise in our water bill for a single dwelling for two and increasing accordingly by size

of home and number of occupants. I, for one , cannot afford for school taxes to increase.

I have to be out of town this weekend, unfortunately. I pray that Meredith will wake up and participate where their participation is extremely important.

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from preceding page Why is it a good idea? How would N.H. benefit by having this power line in our state, besides an eyesore?

This is just some of the questions I

am concerned with for the people of N.H. and the land owners involved. . . so far.

Nancy Leclerc North Woodstock

THE LACONIA DAILY SUN, Friday, March 11, 2011 — Page 7

LETTERS ‘Fast speed’ is cause of a fraction of a fraction of boat accidents To the editor, I keep reading letters describing the speed limit on Lake Winnipesaukee as common sense, for all of our safety, for the safety of our children at camps and “has worked well for two years”.

Even a “if it isn’t broke don’t fix it” was thrown in.

I can’t help but see these statements as subjective based on nonfacts or facts as the authors make in order to “prove” their point. A statement such as “many accidents are not being reported” is a non-fact.

Now I can understand a law that was enacted based on hard data that presents a safety problem that needs to be addressed. However, if we take a close look at the Coast Guard data mentioned in a previous letter and address only the facts presented we will find that there was no safety issue present for “fast speed” that is predominant enough to spend either the money to enact the law, nor the continuing cost of upholding it. If the law has in fact “worked well” then I’m sure that the N.H. Marine accident log can be published showing the data before and after the speed limit was enacted showing a dramatic decrease in accidents above 40 mph.

If you take the time to look through all of the Coast Guard 2009 data and not just pick out pieces of data that will push your agenda you will find that indeed… excessive speed is a “primary” and “contributing” factor in boating accidents and fatalities.

On page 7 you will find speed to be #3 in contributing factors for “Number of Accidents, #2 in “Injuries” and #6 for “Number of Deaths”. Ironically, “Operator Inattention” and Operator Inexperience” are the top known primary contributing factors of accidents and of course, alcohol for #1 factor of deaths. This report covers 12.7-million registered boats and reports 4,730 total accidents. That’s

a reported accident rate of .4-percent (4 tenth of a percent) for this activity.

Keep in mind that this does not cover how many excursions or trips on vessels have occurred during this time period. It looks to me like boating is already a very safe activity without adding any further legislation.

As for the speed issue let’s look at “excessive speed” data. We will find that the highest numbers for “Vessels Involved”, “Deaths” and “Injuries” are all in the “Under 10 mph” category.

If you compare speeds greater than 40 mph to all of those less than 40 mph you will find that “Over 40 mph” speeds contributes 4-percent to total “Vessels Involved”, 2.7-percent in “Deaths” and 7-percent in “Injuries”.

To find out just how this can be, we need to revisit the Coast Guard definition of excessive speed. It is basically when a craft is operated at a rate in which it cannot navigate safely within the surrounding environment, conditions and circumstances. The Coast Guard data indicates that “excessive speed” has very little to do with “fast speed”. In any given year that the Coast Guard has published data you will find that “fast speed” is a fraction of a fraction of a percent of accidents.

In general the original speed limit law was written to appease a desire to illuminate a certain class of boats (bass boats as well) from using the lake as they were designed to do.

None of my vessels are capable of attaining the daytime speed limit, nor am I interested in owning such a vessel. I do know, however, that every time that we as a society try to legislate out “Inexperience and Inattention” that we continue to take away freedoms from the citizens of this great country with very little impact on what we are trying to legislate for the sake of safety.

Dave Nix Belmont

It’s nice to have a forward looking newspaper but . . .

To the editor, It’s good to have a forward looking newspaper in Laconia. In the upper left hand corner of the front page on Wednesday, March 9, was the following headline: “Laconia Housing Authority opens wait list for rent sub-

sidies for first time since 2088.”

That’s what I would call a forward looking newspaper. Hey! we love you, anyway.

William Roberts Gilmanton

Moultonborough voters have again rejected SB-2 form of govt.

To the editor, Moultonborough voter speak: SB2 - Town 696 (60-percent) No School - 611 (55.4-percent) No I think that this follows recent trends showing that in fact, the

MAJORITY of Moultonborough voters do reject SB2 as their chosen form of government.

Kim Dubuque Moultonborough

We had best ‘cull’ radical Islam now, before they ‘cull’ all infidels To the editor, I would like to offer my assistance to Professor Leo Sandy. This is in response to his request in the March 1st edition of the Sun. Here is my humble attempt to discern Mark Steyn’s meaning of “cull em” in reference to Muslim over-breeding regarding what happened to Bosnian Serbs after they lost the demographic battle to Bosnian Muslims after the breakup

quoted were “if you can’t out breed the enemy, cull em”.

Radical Islam is a dangerous enemy that our country’s leaders are reticent to identify. In addition, Muslim nations in the Middle East and North Africa are adherents to Islamic law and the Quran. They believe in Sharia Law as commanded by Allah through Gabriel.

Islamic Law as taught by Muhammad contains many harsh rules and punsee next page

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HEARTH from page one her table captured his imagination and wouldn’t let go.

Keith enrolled at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston with the intent of becoming a metal sculptor. He graduated, though with a degree in Colonial jewelry restoration.

He bought the oldest home on Pickerel Pond Road in 1974 and went to work for Sawyer’s Jewelry, where he would meet his future wife and business partner.

Lilo grew up in Zürich, Switzerland and first came to Laconia while on vacation in 1979, during her final year of her jewelry training. She made a lot of friends and contacts during her vacation and returned a year later to work at Sawyer’s.

The two started Kramer & Hall Jewelers 23 years ago and married seven years later.

Cooking at the hearth was something Keith had in mind when he bought his home. However, it took some work to get to the point where he could.

They estimate the home was built around 1810, when the section of Laconia it’s in was known as “Meredith Parade.” The house was initially built with a cooking heath but it was removed in the late 1800s to make way for more sophisticated cooking and heating technologies. When Keith bought the home, he spent two and a half years building its hearth, using a design discovered by Benjamin Thompson, who in the early 1800s discovered a hearth-building technique that improved up-draft and prevented the living quarters from becoming filled with smoke.

After finishing the hearth, Keith

and Lilo turned their attention to creating a room appropriate to the period the home was built, complete with reclaimed Colonial floor boards and Windsor chairs made by a craftsman who stays true to period design. It wasn’t until the late 1980s that Keith felt ready to use the hearth.

Utensils and cooking vessels are a mix of centuries-old antiques and faithful recreations, some of which Keith made at the New Hampshire Farm Museum’s blacksmith shop. He prefers the old equipment to the new.

“They work better. The new stuff has a thick, heavy cast iron wall to it. The old stuff is thin. Because they’re so thin, they transmit heat faster.”

Equipment specific to hearth cooking includes a “tin kitchen,” which is shaped like a half-barrel where one side is open to the flame, in which chicken or other meat could be roasted. There’s also a “spider,” a castiron frying pan with three two-inch legs designed to stand atop a pile of hot coals. A Dutch oven is a cast iron pot that also has the spider’s legs as well as a lid designed to hold hot coals so that heat is absorbed from the top as well as the bottom.

Keith said the secret to hearth cooking is fire management. There’s no buttons, dials or themometers, and as a result hearth cooking is more of an art and less of a science. It’s important for the cook to have a ready supply of hot embers throughout the process.

On Sunday evening, Keith created a meal that could have been served on March 6, 1811, using tools and techniques of that day. A loaf of spelt bread, venison steaks grilled over hot embers, pan-roasted potatoes, boiled see next page

from preceding page ishments in sharp contrast to societies of reason and fairness. Muslims are already outbreeding citizens of Europe while attempting to institute pockets of Sharia Law. For now, they will continue to use peaceful, stealth means to infiltrate governments.

So assuming the inquisitive professor isn’t pulling our leg as another writer suggested, let me be blunt.

Without having read Mark’s book, here is what I think he meant. We had best cull radical Islam now before it

creetly and then violently culled all infidels from their evil sphere of influence. Oh, and professor, there is no doubt in my mind that there are millions of moderate Muslims who feel exactly the same way.

Now let me ask you a question professor. How do we get our government to have an epiphany by realizing when someone shouts, “Allahu akbar” while murdering our citizens and soldiers, they are radical, Islamist terrorists committing and act of war against this country?

Russ Wiles

Leafs will play championship series game here Sat. LACONIA — The Laconia Leafs “B” team will play a best of three series this weekend for the Metropolitan Junior Hockey League (MJHL) Francis League title against the Walpole Express. Game one is Friday night at the Iorio Arena in Walpole, with the scene shifting to the Laconia Ice Arena on Saturday night (7:30) for game two. If a third game is necessary it will be played back down in Walpole on Sunday.

The Leafs advanced to the championship series last weekend by upsettingthe number one seeded Connecticut Wolfpack two games to one. All three games were played on the Wolfepack’s home ice.

Connecticut took the first contest in the series, 5-4, but Laconia rebounded to take game two, 4-3.

Laconia took the series deciding game, 3-2, behind goals from Griffin Meader (Conway), Cam Clairmont (Belmont) and Bryan Hamilton (Belmont).

Leafs’ general manager Will Fay said the “B” team’s triumph in Connecticut was the Laconia club’s first playoff series win since 2006 and represented “a new vision for the program”.

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Gilford & Franklin girls pick-up wins on day 2 of Francoeur/Babcock

GILFORD — On the second day of play in the 18th Annual Francoeur/Babcock Memorial Basketball Tournament at the Middle School, teams from Gilford and Franklin earned victories in the Senior Girls’ Division (Grades 5 & 6). In the first game, the home team beat Belmont 30-10 and in the second game Franklin defeated Sanbornton 30-13.

At the conclusion of each day’s play, tournament officials recognize one player from each team with a

“Hustle Award”. Winners on Thursday were Olivia Harris (Gilford), Chloe Sottak (Belmont), Emma Atherton (Sanbornton) and Ann Sylvestre (Franklin).

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CHIMNEY from page one in the attic, roused his wife, left the house and called 911. The Meredith Fire Department responded quickly and efficiently, extinguishing the fire and limiting the damage.

After investigating the fire, the State Fire Marshall reported the cause as “undetermined.” Meredith Fire Chief Ken Jones said that there were three possible causes of the fire, none of which could be conclusively eliminated — a flaw in the electrical wiring, overheating of the wood-fired boiler and improper installation of the chimney.

Reichlen turned to the installation manual for the chimney and immediately suspected that the attic insulation shield had not been installed and the chimney fell short of the minimum height requirements. Jones and Code Enforcement Officer Bill Edney of Meredith, along with Tom Riley of the Office of the State Fire Marshall, returned to the house and confirmed that the attic insulation shield had not been installed. Reichlen’s records showed that he had been billed for both the parts and labor.

The attic insulation shield is a one-piece metal collar that slides over the chimney to ensure that there is at least two inches of air space between the chimney itself and any combustible material. Without it, heat from the chimney causes the insulation to smolder.

While the smoldering might cease, it can resume and spread to ultimately reach temperatures exceeding the temperature at which wood ignites.

Reichlen said that because the chimney was enclosed in a chase, when Jones visited the home a visual inspection was not possible. Meanwhile, his records indicated that the shield had been installed.

Jones said that although the cause of the fire cannot be determined, the failure to install the attic insulation shield represented a serious risk.

“It’s definitely a risk,” he said. “You’ve got to follow manufacturer’s recommendations when doing these installations. With this in mind, we are trying to look at all other installations.” As in Reichlen’s case, Jones said that it was sometimes difficult to inspect before they were enclosed, but that he was taking see next page

from preceding page parsnips, an apple-raisin salad and followed by a venison-mincemeat pie baked in the Dutch oven.

Another favorite is bear stew. When he’s feeling non-traditional, he’ll cook a pizza in the bread oven.

There are reasons why hearth cooking was replaced with wood-fired cook stoves and then with electric or gas ovens and ranges. Keith starts building his fire

two hours before he can begin to cook, and in the process heats the room up to 90 degrees – hence why they only use the hearth during the winter.

Yet, when they’ve got the time and winter’s winds are knocking on the window panes, hearth cooking continues to capture Keith’s imagination in a way modern techniques cannot. “I’ve always liked old stuff,” he said. “I’ve always enjoyed it.”

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There were so many voters in attendance at the Center Harbor Town Meeting on Tuesday that organizers had to open the Fire Station’s overhead doors so all voters could hear the proceedings. (Laconia Daily Sun photo/Adam Drapcho)

What if you called a town meeting and too many people came?

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CENTER HARBOR — With attendance well above the limit the fire code will allow, voters at Tuesday night’s town meeting had the option of returning the next night, when town officials would have aquired a tent large enough to shelter everyone, or to simply open the fire station’s four overhead doors and conduct the annual meeting in the brisk March evening air.

“Open the doors,” moderator John Kimball instructed after hearing the assembly’s preference.

Town officials could be excused for being caught unprepared for such a large crowd. Last year’s town meeting featured the same hot-button issue on its warrant: a proposal to spend about $1.3-million to build a new police station. 173 voters weighed in on the question last year. Twice as many people showed up on Tuesday night, apparently motivated by the same question.

Fire Chief John Schlemmer said at the meeting that the hall was rated to hold 240 people and that 243 chairs were set up. All those chairs were full and he estimated there were at least 100 more people standing.

The 26-degree air that flooded the meeting as soon as the doors were open caused some to leave but did little to cool the tensions among those who

remained. Kimball said he was surprised that so few seemed interested in debating the question. When Derek Klein, the one person to testify against passage, criticised the lack of “green” technologies in the plan, a member of the audience asked Kimball if the architect, who is not a registered voter in the town, to testify to that point.

Kimball asked the audience if he should allow the architect to speak. Although there seemed to be more no voices than yes, he asked the architect to come to the microphone.

“Then why’d you ask us,” could be heard among the grumbling his decision elicited. Kimball, who said afterward that he heard expletive names called in his direction, warned that such responses could get one “excluded” from the meeting.

“I may be old and senile but I don’t think I qualify for that office,” he joked about the vulgar description hurled his way. Kimball acknowledged, “there was a feeling that I don’t think I had experienced before with the populace.”

Part of the crowd’s animosity could have been due to an error he accepted as his own. Kimball hadn’t noticed that voter registration and the distribution of voter cards hadn’t been performed until he opened the meeting. With such an overwhelming crowd of see next page

from preceding page steps to overcome the problem.

After corresponding with Reichlen Bill Degnan, the State Fire Marshall, informed him this week that he has asked his deputy to prepare “an information bulletin on the installation of these engineered chimney installations” aimed at building inspectors, fire chiefs, chimney installers, chimney

sweeps, insulation contractors and home builders.”

Meanwhile, Reichlen chose to tell his story to encourage homeowners, who had had metal asbestos chimneys installed, to ensure that the work was done according specifications. “During this difficult time following your loss,” Degnan wrote to him, “I commend you for raising awareness for safe installations.”

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from preceding page people on hand, the process of verifying each voter’s registration and providing them with cards took more than an hour, an hour spent in below-freezing temperatures.

“That would have aggravated me. Frankly, that was nobody’s fault but mine,” he allowed.

However, Kimball thought there was more fueling the tensions than a procedural snafu. The town had been boiling with what he called “rumor, innuendo” and bombastic letters to the editors of local newspapers. He felt the result of some of the personal accusations, levied from each side of the issue, prevented the debate and distracted from the facts of the question.

After only a handful of voter testimonies, a member of the audience “called the question,” a procedural move which, with enough support from other voters, ends debate. Although the vote at the meeting in 2010 came within a dozen votes of achieving the two-thirds majorty, the voters on Tuesday night easily defeated the measure, with 151 voting no and 138 voting yes.

“I was a little disappointed that over a hundred of them left after they voted for Article II,” Kimball said. Indeed, enough voters left the meeting that the overhead doors could again be closed and the envi-

ronment returned to a temperate climate. Article III, which asked voters to spend $330,000 on a new fire truck, was passed with 148 voters in favor and 33 against.

REGISTRATION from page one her fellow clerks are not convinced independent car dealerships will properly fulfill that role.

On it’s face, Senate Bill 156 seems simple. Through training, electronics and strict monitoring, a New Hampshire resident who buys a car can get all of his or her paperwork done in the same place and at the same time.

Lead by Andy Sanborn (R-Henniker) and sponsored by a cadre of Republican senators including Jeb Bradley (R-Wolfeboro) and Jim Forsythe (R-Strafford), the bill enjoys wide support — from the New Hampshire Automobile Dealers Association to many larger Southern N.H. cities. It establishes the process by which New Hampshire can join with about 30 other states that already allow car dealers to do this and establishes the parameters and standards that must be kept.

Notably, Jeanie Forrester (R-Meredith) is not one of them.

“I contacted all 31 of my town clerks and it’s fair to say the feedback is very negative,” she said. “There are concerns that need to be addressed and, so far, they are not.”

According to Laconia City Clerk Mary Cote, the state and especially the Lakes Region, already has “many residency issues.”

A good portion of N.H. property is owned by people who do not reside in New Hampshire. And because establishing residency in N.H. can save someone tons of money, especially in sales taxes imposed by neighboring states and in lower insurance premiums, there is every reason to “cheat the system.”

As an example, Cote said it is nine-times more expensive to insure a car in Brooklyn, N.Y. that it is in Laconia. But if that car is driven mostly in New York the likelihood of it being stolen or otherwise damaged are much higher and over time the number of claims against N.H. policies will click up the state’s rates.

Cote, along with Gonyer, Meredith’s Kerri Parker and Sanbornton’s Jane Goss, say every week, in Cote’s case nearly every day, someone will try to register a car as a N.H. resident when they legally are not.

Non-residents who own property can have one car registered in their name as a temporary registration, but the car needs to be housed in New Hampshire for at least 358 days a year said Goss.

She said the clerks understand a number of people own cars that are used seasonally. Most are either summer residents here or winter residents in another state and nearly all of them are good, honest people. And she said she would like to see those cars see next page

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But actually establishing residency is a task that, by state law, is delegated to town and city clerks she said.

Even given that car dealerships can meet the state residency stantdard, she said even more critical is careful detail to the town or city where a state resident lives.

“People move all the time,” Cote said. “Are the car dealerships going to take the extra step to make sure a car buyer lives in Belmont or Laconia?”

Where are person legally lives determines how much revenue the community will get for motor vehicle taxes and fees. Every time, for example, a Laconia resident moves to a neighboring town and doesn’t change his or her address on their driver’s license, Cote wants to know if the dealership, every time, is going to check an electric bill or other means of establishing residency other than that lone driver’s license.

The NHADA thinks this is absurd.

“Your grassroots phone calls and e-mail will be critical to passing the legislation, “ wrote Peter McNamara, an attorney for the auto dealers association encouraging them to contact their legislators about supporting SB-156.

“The town clerks right now are attacking the bill on the basis that dealerships cannot be trusted to collect fees because of fraud concerns and that you and your staff are simpletons who can’t fill out paperwork,” he continued in a legislative alert available on the NHADA Website.

McNamara echoed the positions of the advocates of the bill. The towns won’t loose any revenue, all the applicable fees will be collected, the money will be quickly and safely transmitted electronically and the communities, especially the larger ones, can “finally streamline operations.”

Meredith Ford Dealer Peter French said for him it’s all about how he can better serve his customers.

“I can see the advantage to the customer,” he said.

But he is lukewarm about the bill.

“I suppose if the guy down the road gets it, I’ll have to,” he said noting the service will be voluntary

and not mandated.

French said he worries most about liability — he said car dealers groan everyday under an increasing litany of liability and legal challenges.

Mostly he is concerned about mistakes and whether his dealership will have the ability to help the customer if there is a problem.

French, who is 72, said he’s been in the car business a long time and said it has changed dramatically from the days of the 1960s and 1970s when transparency in the industry, especially in pricing, was lacking.

“Now the customer knows everything,” he said, adding he thinks its a good thing that many of the old-style sales people are gone and the more customer-oriented sales people are in.

“If something goes wrong and I can’t fix it, then that customer will never come back to me,” he said.

“Do I think my people are capable?” he asked rhetorically. “Absolutely.”

“Do I want the additional responsibility? Maybe not,” he said.

Despite the uproar among many of the individual communities, the New Hampshire City and Town Clerks’ Association — NHCTCA has taken a neutral position.

In a memorandum issued Wednesday by Executive Board Director Sue McKennon, she urged the members to wait out the process and be assured they will have a “seat at the table” when the nuts and bolts of the bill are “hammered out.”

District 4 Sen. Jim Forsythe, who represents Laconia and Gilford, believes that by the time SB-156 is passed legislators will have worked out the kinks.

“I know Andy [Sanborn] is working very hard on this,” Forsythe said.

“This is good for the car dealers and it’s a convenience they can offer their customers,” he said.

But Forrester, who sits on the powerful Finance Committee through which this bill must pass because of the financial component, is not convinced.

“I’ve got to rely on the folks who have been working with me,” she said. “If their concerns are not met, I won’t support it.”

WISCONSIN from page 2 bargaining would give local governments the flexibility they needed to confront the cuts in state aid necessary to fix Wisconsin’s deficit, which is projected to grow to $3.6 billion deficit over several years.

“This is ultimately about a commitment to the future, so our children don’t face even more dire consequences than what we face today,” Walker said at a news conference in the West Allis community of Milwaukee. He said the bill would prevent layoffs of 1,500 state workers.

His proposal touched off a national debate over labor rights for public employees, and its implementation would be a key victory for Republicans, many of whom have targeted unions in efforts to slash government spending.

Labor organizations have already pledged to pour more than $30 million into efforts to stop legislation in dozens of states seeking to limit public workers’ bargaining rights or otherwise curb union power.

Union officials are helping to mobilize protesters in Wisconsin, Ohio, Indiana and other states to keep

the pressure on.

“Gov. Walker’s overreaching has brought us to this moment to be able to talk about jobs, to be able to talk about the right to collective bargaining,” AFLCIO President Richard Trumka said Thursday in Washington. “This is the debate we’ve wanted to have for 25 years. Well, guess what? Suddenly the debate came to us.”

In Ohio, the Republican-led state Senate has passed similar legislation to restrict collective bargaining, and a House panel is considering the measure.

The debate is sure to sow opposition to the GOP agenda, said Ohio Democratic Party spokesman Seth Bringman, and it was “also encouraging many Republican, middle-class voters who have not voted for our candidates in the past to maybe come over to our side.”

Walker and Republicans argued from the outset that the collective bargaining measures were directly related to balancing the budget. For weeks, they refused to separate the two ideas.

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Police open investigation of on-ice hit by Bruin N.H. lawmaker suggests sending BOSTON (AP) — Montreal police desire for him to be prosecuted legally. I state’s disabled population ‘to Siberia’ started a criminal investigation feel that the incident, as ugly as it was, Thursday into the on-ice hit by Boswas part of a hockey game.

CONCORD (AP) — A 91-year-old freshman Republican state lawmaker suggested New Hampshire’s mentally disabled should be shipped to Siberia and said he is unapologetic about the comment.

State Rep. Martin Harty of Barrington said he was kidding around with an unidentified woman caller who supported funding for the homeless when he raised the issue of eugenics and the world’s population growth.

“I was kidding with her and it kind of got away from me,” he said of the conversation. “It was a girl that wanted money for the crazy people, the people ... a good percentage of the homeless people are mentally disturbed.”

He said he didn’t know what to do with them.

“I said maybe they can rent a spot in Siberia off of Russia,” he said. “She called me an Adolf Hitler and hung up on me. I never mentioned Hitler.”

The comment came to light during a hearing Thursday on the state budget. It’s not clear when the woman spoke to Harty.

Laurie McCray, a Portsmouth mother of a boy with medical needs who was testifying, told the House Finance Committee she was shocked when a friend told her a state representative from Barrington espoused shipping “defective people to Siberia to freeze.” She did not name the friend or the lawmaker, who was later identified as Harty.

Harty did not deny making the comment or apologize later in a meeting with reporters.

Republican House Speaker William O’Brien said he hopes Harty considers his comments more carefully in the future. O’Brien said that at Harty’s age, he has earned the right to say what he thinks, but “he needs to appreciate that as a representative, he will be held to a higher standard.”

LEBANON (AP) — DartmouthHitchcock and Catholic Medical Center have called off their proposed partnership nearly a year after New Hampshire’s attorney general said the affiliation was prohibited by state law and needed court approval.

In a joint news release Thursday, the boards of trustees for both medical groups said they withdrew their filing in Hillsborough County Probate Court that requested approval of the partnership. The trustees said

the evolving changes in health care reforms have prompted both groups to re-evaluate the nature of the proposal and reassure the public of their priorities.

Attorney General Michael Delaney said the proposal amounted to an acquisition by Dartmouth-Hitchcock that would diminish the fiduciary duties of the Catholic hospital’s board of directors and give too much control of its core functions to DartmouthHitchcock.

BALSAMS from page 2 erties, said the company plans some expansions and renovations. One priority is putting in an improved heating and air conditioning system. He also said the company hopes to hire more staff; the hotel has about 300 full and part-time employees, depending on the season.

Ocean also has restored The Sagamore Resort on Lake George, N.Y.; the Harborside Hotel & Marina in Bar Harbor, Maine; the Sunset Key Resort in Key West, Fla.; and The Latham Hotel in Philadelphia.

“Ocean Properties brings an impressive track record, with a portfolio of hotels, commitment to new Hampshire, and management team to the table,” said Tom Deans of North Conway, managing trustee of the Neil Tillotson Trust. “They have the same passion for The Balsams that the Tillotsons had.”

Criteria for a new owner included the continued employment of North Country residents at the resort, the capability to develop The Balsams’ reputation as a premier destination resort and a continued commitment to environmental preservation.

“We are committed to burnishing the Balsams’ reputation as an international treasure whose rich history is intertwined with the prosperity of the Great North Woods and the great political tradition of the nation,” said Varley said.

Neil Tillotson had arranged for the early elections by having Dixville incorporated solely for voting purposes. In doing so, he stole some of the spotlight from another tiny northern New Hampshire community, Hart’s Location, which began midnight voting in 1948 because most residents were railroad workers who couldn’t make it to the polls during normal hours. Hart’s Location stopped the early voting after the 1964 election but revived the tradition in 1996.

Tillotson, who also was the moderator at the annual Town Meeting, was a lifelong Republican. During the 2008 presidential primary, there were three registered Republicans, two Democrats and 12 undeclared voters in Dixville Notch.

The ballot room was recently renovated. Photos of visiting presidential candidates through the years grace its walls.

“That’s a great tradition at that property and something we’ll never want to change,” Varley said of the first votes.

The resort started as an inn in 1861 named for the town’s first landowner, Col. Timothy Dix, who died in the War of 1812. In 1895, industrialist Henry Hale bought the Dix House and renamed it The Balsams. He completed a major renovation in 1918, doubling the resort’s capacity to 400 guests.

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ton’s Zdeno Chara that left the Canadiens’ Max Pacioretty with a severe concussion and cracked vertebra.

Police said they are acting on a request by Quebec’s director of criminal and penal prosecutions, Louis Dionne. After evidence is collected, it will be determined if there are grounds for prosecution, they said.

But Pacioretty said he doesn’t want Chara prosecuted.

“I sincerely appreciate all of the support that I have received since my injury,” he said in a statement. “I was disappointed that the NHL did not suspend Zdeno Chara. However, I have no GIFFRODS from page 2 Kelly will be the commander of Endeavour when it launches in April, and his identical twin brother Scott is the current leader of the International Space Station crew. Mark Kelly has been training for the mission and said earlier he hoped his wife would be able to see him off.

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Chara said the statement was “a nice gesture. It’s something that, for sure, shouldn’t go that far.”

He also said after the Bruins’ 4-3 overtime loss to Buffalo that he will “try to reach out” to Pacioretty and talk with him by telephone or in person “when the time is right.” For now, Pacioretty “probably needs time and space” to be around his family, Chara said.

The news conference on Friday will be the first official update from the hospital since Jan. 26, when Giffords was moved from a Houston intensive care unit to the nearby rehabilitation center.

Friends and family have described Giffords as making steady progress, showing emotion on various occasions, singing “American Pie” with her stepdaughters as part of music therapy and pushing a shopping cart down the hospital corridors as she regains her walking abilities.

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BELMONT — Madeline M. Marden, 82 , of Seavey Road, died at her home on Thursday, March 10, 2011.

Mrs. Marden was born March 5, 1929 in Laconia, N.H., the daughter of Edmond and Marie (Roy) Camire and had lived in Laconia for several years before moving to Belmont twenty-three years ago. She had been employed at Scott & Williams for forty years.

Survivors include her husband of fifty-seven years, Carroll F. Marden,; five sons, Raymond Marden, Roger Marden and his wife, Carol, Francis Marden and his wife, Barbara, Robert Marden and his wife, Goldie, Michael Marden and his wife, Kathryn,; a daughter, Sandra Morley, and her husband, Chet, ; a stepson, James Marden,; a stepdaughter, Barbara Binnette, and her husband, Richard; thirteen grandchildren; seven great grandchildren; two brothers, Roland Camire and Lucien Camire and his wife, Judy, and two sisters, Pauline Gagne Doris Sharp. In addition to her parents, Mrs. Marden was prede-

ceased by a son, Richard D. Marden, by a granddaughter, Jasmin Marden, and by a sister, Theresa Page.

Calling hours will be held on Saturday, March 12, 2011 from 3:00-6:00PM in the Carriage House of the Wilkinson-Beane-Simoneau-Paquette Funeral Home, 164 Pleasant Street, Laconia, N.H. A Funeral Service will be held on Sunday, March 13, 2011 at 2:00PM also in the Carriage House of the Wilkinson-Beane Simoneau-Paquette Funeral Home.

Spring burial will be in the family lot in Sacred Heart Cemetery, Laconia, N.H. For those who wish, the family suggests that memorial donations be made to Community Health & Hospice, Inc., 780 North Main Street, 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.

David R. Sallies, Sr., 81

MEREDITH — David R. Sallies, Sr., 81, died on Tuesday, March 8, 2011 at Genesis Eldercare-Laconia Center, Laconia, N.H. He was born in Cleveland, Ohio on March 14, 1929, the son of the late Dorritt Sallies and Mabel Osgood Sallies.

David attended Laconia High School and prepared for a career in meat cutting in Cleveland, Ohio. He was an ardent gardener and lover of pets.

He was predeceased by his wife, Katie Stevens Sallies; a daughter, Linda Sallies Clemons, of Sandown, N.H.; a son, David Michael Sallies, of Belmont, N.H. and five brothers.

He is survived by five sons and four daughters, Steve B. Sallies of Sarasota, Fla., Carol Sallies Mahoul of Fall River, Mass., David R. Sallies, Jr. and his wife, Lola, of Laconia, N.H., Bonny Sallies Morris and her husband, John, of Colorado Springs, Colorado, Darlene Sallies Ballou and her husband, Ronald, of New Hampton, N.H., Tammy Sallies Belyea and her husband, George, of New Hampton, N.H. , Peter M. Sallies and his

wife, Kelly, of Meredith, N.H., Paul R. Sallies of New Hampton, N.H., Scott T. Sallies of Meredith, N.H.; one brother, Rev. Robert C. Sallies, and his wife, Margie, of Norway, Maine and Meredith, N.H.; one sister-inlaw, Vera Pierce, of Laconia, N.H.; twenty-seven grandchildren and many great grandchildren.

There will be no calling hours.

A Spring Graveside Service will be held on Saturday, May 21, 2011 at 2:00PM at the family lot in Oakland Cemetery, Meredith, N.H. For those who wish, the family suggests that memorial donations be made to the New Hampshire Humane Society, PO Box 572, Laconia, NH 03247 or to Genesis Eldercare Network – Laconia Center, Resident Activity Fund, 175 Blueberry Lane, 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.

Central Force girls AAU program to hold tryouts at Belmont High School March 26 and 27

BELMONT — The Central Force girls AAU program will holding a twoday tryout at the High School on Saturday, March 26 and Sunday, March 27.

Saturday’s schedule: 2 — 3:30 p.m. for age 12; 3:30 — 5 p.m. for age 14; 5 — 6:30 p.m. for age 15 — 16; 6:30 — 8 p.m. for age 17. Sunday March 27: 8

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LMS Math Team off to great start

LACONIA — The Laconia Middle School (LMS) Math Team is off to a great start this season and is currently tied with one other team for first place.

In addition to three local competitions, the LMS team participated in the recent MathCounts Competition at Plymouth State University.

The team, including Lily Chanthasak and Annie The Laconia Middle School Math Team recently participated in the Dionne (both 8th graders), MathCounts Competition at Plymouth State University. Coached Taylor Gagne (7th grade), by Amanda Stefanik, the team is currently tied for first place. and Lejla Alic (6th grade) (Courtesy photo) earned 2nd place and now advance to Emilie Maddocks, Panthavy Prathe state level competition dachith (all in 8th grade) and MackChanthasak also placed 3rd in enzie Howe (7th grade). Additionally, the Countdown round of individual the members competing in the local competitors and came in 3rd overall. competitions include 8th grade stuDionne placed 6th overall. Alic came dents Katey Fecteau, Meaghan in 11th overall and had the distincDoherty, Alana Persson, Michaela tion of being the highest scoring 6th Sorrell, Megan Long, MJ Bordeau, grade student at the event. and 6th grade students Garrett Pitt The other members at the Mathand Logan Bell. This year’s math Counts meet were Emily George, team coach is Amanda Stefanik.

Laconia Savings Bank presents check in support of NH Army Monument CONCORD — At a recent Executive Council meeting, Laconia Savings Bank presented a check for $20,000 in support of the New Hampshire Army Monument.

“The New Hampshire Army Monument Committee is very pleased that Laconia Savings Bank has become our lead sponsor to construct a fitting tribute to the brave men and women who have served in the United States Army, Army Reserve, and the Army National Guard,” stated retired Brigadier General Steve Curry, committee chairman. “The generous support provided by LSB is very much appreciated by all who have served in the United States Army.”

The proposed design of the Army Monument at the NH State Veterans Cemetery in Boscawen will honor soldiers of many generations with the theme “Lest we forget, ALL GAVE SOME, SOME GAVE ALL.” Fundraising has been underway for the $150,000 needed to complete construction by Memorial Day. Additional funding of nearly $30,000 is needed.

Laconia Savings Bank currently employs nine military veterans and one active member.

For more information or to make a donation, contact the New Hampshire Army Monument Committee at P.O. Box 1016, Nashua NH 03061 or visit http://nharmymemorial.org/.

Common Man Family of Restaurants expands hours & offerings at 7 locations ASHLAND — The Common Man Family of restaurants has expanded hours and offerings at seven of its 22 Granite State locations to accommodate guests seeking expanded event space, entertainment, online shopping, and increased dining options.

The Airport Diner in Manchester is now open 24 hours a day. The Common Man restaurant in Merrimack now serves lunch beginning at 11:30 a.m.

Also newly-opened for lunch is Foster’s Boiler Room in Plymouth, also serving every day of the week beginning at 11:30 a.m. Common Man Lincoln is now serving lunch at noon on weekends.

Common Man Ashland, the original Common Man location, expanded its Step Above Lounge to provide more evening and weekend entertainment options. The restaurant also added a Billiards Room, flat screen television,

and foosball table and invites players to join them every weeknight beginning at 3 p.m. and on Saturday and Sunday at noon. A King of Pubs pool league now takes place at 1 p.m. every Sunday.

The Common Man Inn & Restaurant in Claremont celebrated its one year anniversary by expanding its events space for business functions, reunions, weddings, and more. The new 2,500 square foot event room can accommodate groups of up to 200 guests for seated events, and even more for lecture or other event set ups. The room boasts stunning views of the Sugar River, high ceilings, inverted trusses, and exposed brick walls that enhance the natural beauty of the historic mill building.

Common Man logo hats, fleece, bags, and mugs are available, as well as homemade food items, at the online storefront www.thecman.com.

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SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). It will seem to those around you that you are getting all of the good luck. And though they won’t exactly point at you like surly kindergarteners declaring “no fair!” they’ll do the grownup equivalent.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21).

You will be drawn in by complicated people. There’s a spark of excitement and creativity there that holds your interest. Complicated isn’t negative, but it will be tricky to navigate this relationship without too much stress.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19).

You’ll get the feeling that someone is watching over you and protecting you.

Indeed, you can go about your business in a relatively fearless fashion because someone does have your back.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). If you’re late, you’ll cause another person to be late, as well, and that will affect yet another and another. Be on time, and you’ll contribute to the peace and order of the universe.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). Listen up for negativity so that you can avoid getting dragged into situations that are clearly bad news. Stick to those who praise what is good and seek out what is beautiful.

TODAY’S BIRTHDAY (March 11).

You will know that you are loved. Your year is made joyful through simple pleasures and heart-warming gestures.

You’ll reconnect with old friends and make new ones this season. After May, you’ll better your fortunes by connecting with colleagues after work hours and also at conferences and conventions. Libra and Sagittarius people adore you. Your lucky numbers are: 19, 32, 22, 17 and 49.

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ARIES (March 21-April 19). You need a viable strategy for turning your idea into an event on everyone’s calendar. You would be wise to spend at least two hours planning. If the planning takes more time than the actual work, it’s a great plan!

TAURUS (April 20-May 20). All predictions, even the ones made by the most seasoned authorities, are merely opinions. You’ll take the reins and lead the action in spite of, or perhaps because of, what the “experts” say.

GEMINI (May 21-June 21). It will be challenging to slip into work mode.

If only you could send an avatar to do your job for you. Alas, there are certain things that require your human touch, which is unlike any other.

CANCER (June 22-July 22). You will teach someone what it means to be responsible. This you’ll mostly do through example, though it would also help to give clear instructions about what the other person needs to do in order to fulfill his duty.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). You’ll get the first small sign that magic is on the horizon. A love grows inside you and will blossom into a great affection.

When you put your feelings into action, something wonderful is set in motion.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). It may feel as though you are in the wrong lane fighting the oncoming traffic. Remove yourself from the road and assess the situation. It only makes sense to travel with those who are headed in the same direction.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). You’ll get news that affects you so directly, it’s almost as though it has been catered especially for you. It won’t be enough to hear things once. Pore over new information several times to make sure you

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––––––– ALMANAC ––––––– Today is Friday, March 11, the 70th day of 2011. There are 295 days left in the year.

Today’s Highlight in History: On March 11, 1861, the Constitution of the Confederate States of America was adopted by the Confederate Congress in Montgomery, Ala. On this date: In 1810, French Emperor Napoleon I was married by proxy to Archduchess Marie Louise of Austria.

In 1888, the famous Blizzard of ‘88 began inundating the northeastern United States, resulting in some 400 deaths.

In 1930, former President and Chief Justice William Howard Taft was buried in Arlington National Cemetery.

In 1941, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed the Lend-Lease Bill, providing war supplies to countries fighting the Axis.

In 1942, as Japanese forces continued to advance in the Pacific during World War II, Gen. Douglas MacArthur left the Philippines for Australia. (MacArthur, who subsequently vowed, “I shall return,” kept that promise more than 2 1/2 years later.)

In 1965, the Rev. James J. Reeb, a white minister from Boston, died after being beaten by whites during civil rights disturbances in Selma, Ala. In 1977, more than 130 hostages held in Washington, D.C., by Hanafi Muslims were freed after ambassadors from three Islamic nations joined the negotiations.

In 1985, Mikhail S. Gorbachev was chosen to succeed the late Soviet President Konstantin U. Chernenko.

In 2004, ten bombs exploded in quick succession across the commuter rail network in Madrid, Spain, killing 191 people and wounding more than 2,000 in an attack linked to al-Qaida-inspired militants.

One year ago: A federal appeals court in San Francisco upheld the use of the words “under God” in the Pledge of Allegiance and “In God We Trust” on U.S. currency.

Today’s Birthdays: Media mogul Rupert Murdoch is 80. ABC News correspondent Sam Donaldson is 77. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia is 75. Musician Flaco Jimenez is 72. Actress Tricia O’Neil is 66.

Actor Mark Metcalf is 65. Rock singer-musician Mark Stein is 64. Singer Bobby McFerrin is 61. Movie director Jerry Zucker is 61.

Actress Susan Richardson is 59. Singer Nina Hagen is 56. Country singer Jimmy Fortune is 56. Singer Cheryl Lynn is 54.

Actor-director Peter Berg is 49. Actor Jeffrey Nordling is 49. Actress Alex Kingston is 48. Actor Wallace Langham is 46. Actor John Barrowman is 44. Singer Lisa Loeb is 43. Singer Pete Droge is 42. Actor Terrence Howard is 42. Rock musician Rami Jaffee is 42. Actor Johnny Knoxville is 40. Rock singer-musicians Joel and Benji Madden are 32. Actor David Anders is 30. Singer LeToya is 30. Actress Thora Birch is 29.

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“Chicago”, a Broadway musical extravaganza presented on stage by students of Music, Theatre, and Dance at Plymouth State University. 8 p.m. at the Silver Center for Arts. For tickets call 535-2787.

Mother/Daughter Night Out at the Laconia Community Center. 6 to 9 p.m. Girls and their moms are invited to wear comfy pajamas, made a craft, manicure their nails, style their hair, eat pizza and watch a movie together. $20 per couple. To register call 524-5046.

Belknap County Area Committee of Aging meeting.

10 a.m. at Wesley Woods (First United Methodist Church) in Gilford. Dietitian and diabetes educator Diane Hawkins will spak about nutrition tips and Bill York will discuss sleep disorders.

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

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

STD/HIV testing. Sliding fee scale.

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

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.

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Irish folk group Makem & Spain Brothers in concert at Brewster Academy in Wofleboro. 7:30 p.m. Presented by Wolfeboro Friends of Music. Tickets $20 at the door. www. wfriendsofmusic.org.

Admissions Open House at Sant Bani School in Sanbornton. 10 a.m. Openings in grades K through high school for the 2011-12 school year. For more information call 9344240 or visit www.santbani.org.

Annual meeting of the Inter-Lakes School District. 10 a.m. at the high school in Meredith. I-LES PTO providing free child care, including healthy snacks. (Donations will be accepted but not required.)

“Chicago”, a Broadway musical extravaganza presented on stage by students of Music, Theatre, and Dance at Plymouth State University. 2 p.m. matinee and again at 8 p.m. at the Silver Center for Arts. For tickets call 535-2787.

Al-Anon Meeting at Lakes Region General Hospital in Laconia. 8 to 9:15 p.m. each Saturday in the first-floor conference room. Al-Anon offers hope and help to families of alcoholics. No dues or fees. All are welcome. Call 6459518.

Open Door Dinners offer free weekly meal in Tilton.

4:30 to 6 p.m. An outreach housed at Trinity Episcopal Church on Main Street, downtown. provides a free hot meal open to all members of the community. All are welcome to eat and all are welcome to help out. For more information, especially about volunteering, please call Pastor Mark at 286-3120 or e-mail him at mark@trinitytilton.org.

Wild Winter Walk at the Squam Lakes Natural Science Center. 10 a.m. to noon. Participants should be prepared for outdoor winter conditions and snowshoeing. Showshoes are available at no extra cost if conditions warrant. $8/member. $10/non-member. www.nhnature.org.

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Laconia Police Relief Association - Family Fund presents donation to Child Advocacy Center LACONIA — The Laconia Police Relief Association - Family Fund recently presented the Greater Lakes Child Advocacy Center with a $2,000 donation.

The LPRA Family Fund provides assistance to children and families in need throughout Laconia.

The Greater Lakes Child Advocacy Center is a non-profit organization that serves child abuse victims between the ages of 2 and 18 in Belknap County.

CAPTION: Meghan Noyes, director of the Greater Lakes Child Advocacy Center accepts a $2,000 donation for the organization from the Laconia Police Relief Association - Family Fund, represented by Officer Jon Howe.

(Courtesy photo)

Grant pre-proposals for Winnipesaukee River Watershed projects now being accepted CONCORD — The New Hampshire Aquatic Resource Mitigation (ARM) Program at the Department of Environmental Services is currently accepting grant pre-proposals for projects within the Winnipesaukee River Watershed. Up to $255,000 is available for eligible projects in the watershed.

The Fund provides an in-lieu fee payment alternative for permit applicants to consider when striving to meet state and federal wetland mitigation requirements. Payments are deposited into 16 watershed accounts, which then can be used for aquatic resource restoration projects or to permanently protect wetlands with high conservation value.

An example of a successful project is one that provides restoration of functions and values and once restored, will retain increased functions over the longterm. Protection of the surrounding upland buffer through a conservation easement elevates its ability to meet the goals of the program. Restoration includes wetland fill removal, culvert removal/replacement, elimination of ditching and other hydrologic modifications, invasive species control only if hydrologic modifications indicate long-term success, installation of water quality BMPs, habitat enhancement opportunities for threatened or endangered species, and planting buffers to promote habitat.

The Winnipesaukee River Watershed will be the

latest ARM Fund account to be ready for release. As these funds are tied to wetland mitigation requirements, the proposal ranking criteria will favor those projects that restore and permanently protect the functions and values of aquatic resources that were lost within the watershed during the grant cycle. The primary functions lost include wildlife habitat, sediment/nutrient retention and floodflow alteration.

Applicants are required to submit a one to two page summary detailing their watershed proposal no later than 4 p.m. on April 30. The pre-proposal summary will be reviewed by DES and the Site Selection Committee and feedback will be provided as to why the project may not meet the program criteria or how the proposal could be strengthened for formal application submittal.

Projects must take place within the boundaries of Winnipesaukee River Hydrologic Unit Code 8 (HUC 8) watershed. Applicants are also encouraged to pursue partnerships as much as possible. Reviewers will favor proposals that clearly demonstrate how the project’s wetland protection, restoration, enhancement, or creation will be sustainable over the long-term.

For assistance and electronic submission, contact Lori Sommer, Mitigation coordinator, at 271-4059 or lori.sommer@des.nh.gov.

‘Dinner Concert Series’ at Giuseppe’s starts with national touring artist David Francey

MEREDITH — Giuseppe’s Pizzeria & Ristoranté will launch a new Dinner Concert Series in “The Grotto” with national touring artist David Francey on Wednesday, March 16.

The restaurant already features well-known local and regional musicians seven nights a week, and has become a popular destinations in the Lakes Region. With the addition of its new room, “The Grotto,” Giuseppe’s can now host even more special events, and has lined up some national touring acts for its exciting

new Dinner Concert Series.

“This room has character with old stone, brick, wood, wrought iron and canvas,” said Julie Gnerre-Bourgeois, who has owned and operated Giuseppe’s for 21 years along with her mother Annelle, and husband Michael. The Grotto is in the original foundation of the old Linen Mill at Mill Falls.

The Grotto is available for private parties and wine dinners, and is regularly hosting Karaoke nights, DJ nights, and Live Band nights. For more information, call 279-3313.

National touring artist David Francey will perform at “The Grotto” at Guiseppe’s Pizzeria & Ristoranté, the first of a new Dinner Concert Series to premiere Wednesday, March 16. The Grotto is in the original foundation of the old Linen Mill at Mill Falls. (Courtesy photo)

THE LACONIA DAILY SUN, Friday, March 11, 2011— Page 19

ANNIE’S MAILBOX

Dear Annie: I’m 15 and have the greatest boyfriend. “Dane” is 17. He shows me so much respect and is so sweet. He loves me, I can tell. We practice safe sex. We just celebrated our halfyear anniversary.

Sometimes, though, Dane is scary. When he’s angry, he punches walls and breaks things. But he’s never hurt me.

He also can be really controlling. He says things like, “If you cheated on me, I’d kill the guy” and “I’d die without you.” He is really clingy and jealous of my guy friends. But that works for me.

Right now, everything is great, but I understand that those are signs of a potentially abusive relationship. So I was wondering if I should get out now. I really don’t want to break up, because I care about him. But I also don’t want to be hurt.

What should I do? -- -Cautious and in Love Dear Cautious: You are smart to be concerned. If Dane scares you, it is time to get out of the relationship. Punching walls can easily escalate into something else. It shows Dane has difficulty restraining himself when he’s angry. Threatening to kill other guys or himself is not only controlling, it is manipulative. It is intended to make you feel special and at the same time responsible for his happiness. Please talk to your parents about this relationship, and find a safe way to extricate yourself before it’s too late.

Dear Annie: How do I politely decline the frequent birthday parties my siblings have for their children? My kids are grown, but when they were young, I limited their parties to the grandparents because I didn’t want to impose on my siblings.

However, these same siblings have children of their own -- some of them are twins and triplets -- and it’s looking like they will each have annual birthday parties until they are 18

years old. I cannot afford all those gifts. Can I do anything, or am I just a -- Scrooge in Nebraska?

Dear Nebraska: Stop thinking of these parties as expensive gift-giving occasions, and think of them as a way to celebrate with your nieces and nephews. Give an inexpensive book as a present. Or offer to be the photographer. These family occasions are opportunities to be a regular part of their lives. And if the point is solely to rake in the gifts, your siblings will soon stop inviting you.

Dear Annie: I read the letter from “Wisconsin,” whose husband died and her friends seem to have deserted her. I was in her shoes seven years ago and would like to give her some advice.

My late husband was everyone’s friend, and we were involved in all sorts of activities. Everyone shows up for a funeral, but afterward, they get on with their lives. With our family all scattered and no one close, I wound up feeling isolated, unwanted and forgotten. “Wisconsin” should not hibernate, feel guilty for being a survivor or go into a tailspin.

Instead, she should stay busy, exercise, go back to work, tell her friends what she needs (they can’t read her mind), find a compatible group of lady friends (they don’t have to be widows) and get involved. If her friends see her trying to cope, they will be more likely to assist. Yes, there are many friends who may not reconnect because she is no longer part of a couple, but I guarantee she will find a core group with whom she is comfortable on her own.

Recovery from the death of a loved one cannot be measured in months. Sometimes, not even in years. -- Winter in Florida Dear Winter: Thank you for your words of wisdom. We received a great many responses to “Wisconsin” and will print more as space allows.

Annie’s Mailbox is written by Kathy Mitchell and Marcy Sugar, longtime editors of the Ann Landers column. Please e-mail your questions to: anniesmailbox@comcast.net, or write to: Annie’s Mailbox, c/o Creators Syndicate, 5777 W. Century Blvd., Ste. 700, Los Angeles, CA 90045.

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BOAT SLIPS For Rent At the Winnipesaukee Pier Weirs Beach, NH Reasonable rents installments payments for the season. Call 366-4311.

ASHLAND: One bedroom duplex, 2nd floor, offstreet parking, stove, refrigerator, storage, one/two people, no smoking, no pets, security deposit & references. $675 plus utilities. 603-293-7663

Announcement

2000 Ford Taurus SE WagonVery reliable, good condition.

104K miles, grey with grey interior. 4 new tires, current on all maintenance. $2,800/OBO. 603-341-1529 2005 Suburu Forrester 5-speed, Great condition, 190K miles, have all service records. $4,900 OBO. 455-6977 BUYING junk cars and trucks ME & NH. Call for price. Martin Towing. (603)305-4504.

CASH FOR junk cars & trucks.

Autos 1996 Jeep Grand Cherokee132K, 4-Wheel Drive, leather, automatic, loaded with options! $2,995 OBO. Call Scott at 603-369-0494 1998 Buick Century- 150K miles, remote start, new tires, $1200 or Best offer, inspectable. 524-9011 1998 Ford Expedition- 113,500 miles, 4-WD, $1,500. Call 366-6209 1999 Chevy Cavalier, 4 dr, 4 cyc, air, auto, CD, 90K mi., $3,000 obo. 934-2221.

Top Dollar Paid. Available 7 days a week. 630-3606 CASH paid for unwanted or junk cars and trucks. Same day service possible. 603-231-2859.

GREAT Condtion! 2000 E-350 Box Truck with 7.3 Diesel engine. $5,300. 455-9269.

MUST sell!!! 2004 Buick Rendezvous. Asking $5,600 all offers considered. 455-8844 Top Dollar Paid- $150 and up for unwanted & junk vehiclies. Call 934-4813

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

Business Opportunities LACONIA- Unique opportunity.

Laundromat in well established location; Dryers, some equipment needs repairing or replacing. Free rent to get started. $3,000.

603-455-6662

RESTAURANT FOR LEASE

WEIRS BEACH Ideal for pizza. On Lakeside Ave., Weirs Beach, adjacent to the boardwalk. Most restaurant equipment included.

978-373-3685

For Rent $500 OFF FIRST MONTH S RENT at Mountain View apartments. 2-bedroom apartment, $700 + utilities; 2-bedroom townhouse, 1.5 bath, large deck, $775 + utilities; Quiet location with laundry and playgrounds. Integrity Realty, Inc. 524-7185.

ALTON/GILFORD Town Line: Studio, $200 per week, includes utilities, cable and internet.

Lake/Beach access. 365-0799.

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.

ASHLAND: 1-Bedroom, 2nd floor apartment. Only apartment in building. Main Street location.

Utilities & WiFi included. Washer & Dryer. Non-smokers. No pets. $175/week or $750/month. Secu-

CUTE 1-bedroom remodeled apartment in Tilton. 1/2 month rent free! Heat/Hot Water included. $660/Month. 603-393-9693 or 916-214-7733 FRANKLIN 1 bedroom heat & hot water included, $550/ mo. First month rent and security deposit, 630-2614 FRANKLIN- Riverfront, 1 Bedroom, 2nd Floor, Storage. $650/mo + Utilities, Security Deposit. No Pets, 387-4471.

GILFORD, as/of 4/1 Great one bedroom, waterfront apt. laundry, views, balcony, private. $700/ month. 603-393-7077.

GILFORD: 1BR apartment over country store. $800/month, everything included. Contact Sara, Monday-Friday, 6am- 2pm for appointment, 293-8400, or leave message after 2pm at 455-0461.

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

LACONIA Waterfront- 2-Bedroom condo, quiet location, Clean/renovated, furnished-optional. No smoking/pets. $850/month, 2nd Month Free. 603-998-9694.

LACONIA Weirs Blvd 2 Bedroom, 2 bath, one level newly renovated condo year-round. Balcony with view of lake, pool, no smoking/pets, refs/dep required. $900/month. 366-4341 LACONIA- 3 room apartments. $500 + utilities. Great area with

For Rent

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LACONIA- Large Rooms for rent.

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

FREE WiFi Internet. $145/week, 603-781-6294

LACONIA: 1-2 Bedrooms starting at $130/Week. Includes Heat/Hot Water & Electric. No dogs.

496-8667 or 545-9510.

LACONIA- ROOMMATE wanted to share large apartment. 1 private room, washer/dryer, large yard, walk to downtown. $125/Week including Heat/Hot-water. 630-9226 LACONIA-Large 1 bedroom apartment. Newly reduced to $650/Month. Newly painted, off street parking. Utilities not included. Available immediately.

References & Security deposit (1 month rent) required. 1 Year lease. 603-524-3759 LACONIA: 2-Bedroom, 1.5-bath condo, finished walkout basement, washer/dryer hookup, pool, $925 +utilities. 603-986-3601.

LACONIA: 2-Bedroom, 2nd floor apartment. No pets/smoking. $650/month +utilities. Security deposit and references required.

875-2292.

LACONIA: Downtown, 875 sq.ft.

1-bedroom condo, includes parking, dishwasher, washer/dryer, hot water, gym, cable TV and internet. $1,100/month + gas and electricity. No smoking. 387-1638.

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

524-9665.

LACONIA: Large efficiency, hear hospital, $150/week. Security deposit required. 603-573-5800.

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

References & deposit required.

387-3864.

LACONIA: 2 bedroom, heat/hot water included. Private entrance.

No smoking/pets. References and security. 524-0329.

MEREDITH 1 bedroom first floor, carpeted, washer/dryer hook-ps, parking, near town, non-smoking, $600/Month no utilities 279-7887 or cell 781-862-0123 MEREDITH- In-Town Efficiency apartment. 1-bedroom, 1-bath.

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

Rick (781)389-2355 MEREDITH: In-town 1-bedroom, includes heat, $600/month. Parking w/plowing. No Smoking. No pets. Security deposit. 387-8356.

Moultonboro non-smokers 2 bedroom first floor apartment in log home. Dog allowed, newly remodeled. Much storage/Big closets.

Washer/Dryer, Kayak/fish on pond. $975/mo + deposit. Utilities included 630-2348 630-2095 chapmanagogo@gmail.com

NORTHFIELD

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

LACONIA: Sunny, 1-Bedroom, hw floors, 3rd floor, washer/dryer hookup, heat, $600. Security & references. (603)293-7038.

NORTHFIELD: 2BR mobile home on own land, near Exit 19. Pets considered. $695 per month plus utilities. Call 286.4624.

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

524-3892.

OPEN HOUSE!

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

Laconia Timberlake Apartments Saturday, March 12 11 am to 3 pm

at 150 Blueberry Lane #12 2 Bedroom$709 -1 Bedrm $639

Balcony, Parking, Laundry

$500 off 1st Month’s Rent! $25 Gas Card Raffle Refreshments!

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LACONIA: Gilbert Apartments. Efficiency, 1, 2 and 3 bedroom apartments available. 524-4428.

520-2915 or 668-8282

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

SUNNY large Victorian, 2 bedroom, kitchen, livingroom, diningroom and den, hardwood floors, tin ceilings, beautiful, $850/ month including heat, 494-4346.

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

Ask about our Referral Bonus Rent is based upon 30% of your adjusted income Hurry and call today to see if you qualify, or download an application at:

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

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For Rent

For Sale

Help Wanted

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Instruction

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ONE aluminum extension ladder $15, Three unopened boxes 2 ft.X4ft. ceiling panels 36-pieces $15. 527-0873

FIVE STAR GOLF CARS has an immediate opening for an experienced mechanic. Must have valid driver!s license with clean driving record, strong communication skills and be able to lift 75lbs.

Inquire within, 1165 Union Ave., Laconia, 527-8095.

MACHINIST wanted with 5 or more years experience on Manual mills, Prototrak equipped mills or similar equipment. Job shop in Conway featuring air conditioned comfort. Paid employee health insurance, retirement plan and paid overtime while on vacation based on your last 50 weeks work average. 1 week vacation after 1 year and 7 paid holidays.

Salary based on experience, range of $16. to $20./hr. Apply by e-mail, fax, . carl@teeenterprises.com Conway NH 03818.

(603)447-5662, Fax (603)447-1717. Tee Enterprises, 71 Hobbs Street, Conway, NH

Part Time / Potential Full Time Salesperson

New Hampshire Aikido -Tuesday and Thursday evenings at the Barn, Wadliegh Rd. Sanbornton.

998-1419

Meredith Bay. 3500 sqft custom 4BDRM single family home, 2-car garage. Grand Winnipesaukee Views! Beach Club, Pools, Tennis! $3750/mo./yr lease. Call 800-559-4141 or jshea@meredithbaynh.com. www.MeredithBayNH.com

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

RASCAL 326 Power Chair: Like new, $3,900. Includes ramp. Call John at 253-9863 or 455-9863.

RED Sox Tickets: April games, tickets $70-$120 (except New York games). Call for details.

630-2440

OFFICE MANAGER PLYMOUTH/FRANKLIN

TILTON- DOWNTOWN. Large room in 3-bedroom, 2-bath apartment, shared with 2 other responsible adults, $150 weekly, includes all. 286-4391.

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

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

SNOWBLOWER Craftsman 24 inch 7.5 HP, electric starter. Like new, needs lower-unit. $250 OBO 253-7746

Furniture

LACONIA HARLEY-DAVIDSON

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

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

Full-time position (34 hours/week) for Family Planning, Prenatal and Teen Clinic Program. Responsible for day-to-day management of busy clinic environment including medical records management, patient and insurance billing systems, patient education, appointment scheduling and general oversight of facility. Previous experience in reproductive health care services working with low--income women and teens. Must be flexible, able to work independently and also function as part of a health care team. AA or BA in Social Services required. Please forward resume to Community Action Program Belknap-Merrimack Counties, Inc. (FP), P.O. Box 1016, Concord, NH 03302-1016.

E.O.E.

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For Rent-Vacation

For Rent-Commercial LACONIA/BELMONT LINE- Retail Showroom at Rt. 106 & Bypass.

1500+ Sq. ft., 10X12 overheaed door, security & fire system. $1,900/Month. 603-502-6437 Meredith- Office studio space. 2nd floor 3 rooms, carpeted 1,000 sq. ft. heated, near town, non-smoking. $625/Month.

Cell 781-862-0123 home 279-7887

For Sale 215 55 17 low profile- 4 Goodyear tires, $150. Value $400.

343-3753.

3 Piece sectional sofa includes queen sleeper and 2 recliners for $400. Solid wood oval dining table with 2 leaves and 6 chairs $400.

279-4788 AMAZING! Beautiful queen or full pillow top mattress set $249, king $399. See ad under “furniture”.

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

10 Yr. warranty, new-in-plastic.

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

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

New-in-boxes cost $2,200 Sell $895. 603-427-2001 Custom Glazed Kitchen Cabinets.

Solid maple, never installed. May add/subtract to fit kitchen. Cost $6,000 sacrifice $1,750. 433-4665 Firewood: Green or dry, 998-7337. Self-serve, various quantities, 18 Arlene Drive, Belmont (off Union Road).

Generator- 3600 W. Craftsman,

WATER Jet Operator: Successful candidate should possess a strong cad-cam background and have basic machine shop knowledge. Familiarity with water jet operation a definite plus but will train the right person.

Must be able to lift 50 pounds.

Tee Enterprises is a precision machine shop in Conway, NH, featuring climate controlled comfort year round, excellent work environment and a benefit package including 100% paid health insurance for the employee. Apply in person to Carl or Corey at 71 Hobbs Street in Conway.

Instruction FLYFISHING LESSONS

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

KARATE

Adult and Children's Karate (Ages 4+) classes held in Laconia, Gilford, Meredith and Moultonborough.Improves balance, coordination, focus, strength and flexibility.

524-4780.

TAI CHI

Experience the gentle art of Tai Chi. Improves balance, joint health, coordination, bone density, blood pressure, strength and flexibility. Ongoing classes held in Laconia, Gilford, Meredith and Moultonborough. All ages welcome.

524-4780

Mobile Homes GILFORD: 55+ Park, 2BR w/carport, beach access, excellent condition, updated furnace, with appliances, $23,900. 524-4816.

OPEN HOUSE SAT. APRIL 2nd SUN. APRIL 3rd

Bring this ad and get added $1,000 off!

WWW.CM-H.Com Open Daily & Sunday Camelot Homes Rt. 3 Tilton, NH Exit 20 on Rt. I-93, Across from Lakes Region Factory Mall

Motorcycles Buy • Sell • Trade www.motoworks.biz

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

WINNISQUAM REGIONAL SCHOOL DISTRICT

Beautiful Queen or Full Mattress Set. Luxury firm European pillow-top. New in plastic, costs $1,095, sell $249. Can deliver.

603-305-9763

HIGH SCHOOL Full-Time Evening Shift Custodian Position.

Full-Time Evening Shift Maintenance Position DISTRICT WIDE Substitute Custodians

PROMOTIONAL New mattresses starting; King set complete $395, queen set $249. 603-524-1430.

DREAM COME TRUE Marco Island, waterfront condo/amenities.

SW Florida/Naples area $700/week. 603)393-7077.

Wanted for real wood furniture store.

E-mail resume to bikercook77@yahoo.com

Applications are available on our website www.wrsdsau59.org. Interested candidates should submit a letter of interest and a resume to:

Small chrome 5 piece kitchen set.

Excellent shape, upholstered chairs with leaf. $100 firm.

528-7984

Superintendent, Winnisquam Regional School District 433 West Main Street, Tilton, NH 03276 (603) 286-7739 EOE

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

Help Wanted AUTO Detailer Wanted: I am looking for an experienced detailer to work at my facility in Meredith. Call Ken at 279-0775.

BOOMING INDUSTRY

is expanding due to record high production & demand for more JCS tours! Average rep. pay $21/hr, PT. Night shift 4:15pm-10:00pm, Also full-time available. Must have good communication skills. Lots of fun, no experience needed. JCS is the industry leader, providing tours to Inn Season, Sterling, Tradewind, Windham, and FantaSea Resorts.

603-581-2741, Laconia. Ask for Carlos.

BUS DRIVERS NEEDED

Full-time positions available for Concord Area Transit, Winnipesaukee Transit Systems, Rural Transportation Services and Head Start Program. Work performed throughout Merrimack and Belknap Counties includes fixed-route and demand-response passenger transit ($10.71/hr, 30 hours/week with benefits. Must be available for a.m. and p.m. shifts.) All positions require CDL B with air brakes and passenger endorsement, DOT medical card and good driving record. Applications will begin to be reviewed on March 14, 2011. Call 225-1989 for an application/information. Community Action Program Belknap-Merrimack Counties, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

HEALTH care worker, for Monday and Tues., 16 hours, plus more available in summer for male stroke patient. Help with personal care. Very pleasant surroundings.

Deburr – 2nd shift Adventure Park Operations Manager Seasonal Position Seeking energetic person to supervise the New Gunstock Mountain Resort Adventure Park. The person filling this position will be charged with creating a memorable outdoor experience for all guests visiting the park. Park activities will include some or all of the following: Aerial Treetop Adventure Course, Summit to Base Zip Tour, Off Road Segway Tours, Children’s Play Area, and more.

Responsibilities will include hiring, scheduling, assisting in training, and supervision of staff members for this 7 day per week operation. This position will also be instrumental in the creation of the financial plan moving forward.

Qualifications include 5 years of leadership experience and/or education in outdoor recreation. Leadership, problem solving, above average organizational skills and communication skills required. CPR/First Responder certificates required. Basic knowledge of high ropes adventure courses and zip lines preferred but not required. The job entails physically working quickly and accurately for long periods of time with the ability to climb, walk, and stand for the entire shift.

Work Schedule will require flexibility based on business levels.

This position will require weekends, evenings, and holidays.

This position is subject to a criminal background check.

Please forward your resume and cover letter to: Human Resources Department,

Responsibilities include cleaning and removing all burrs and loose material from finished product, bagging and/or marking of product and ensuring product conforms to customer specific handling requirements.

Candidate must possess 3+ months manufacturing experience.

5-Axis Machinist 2nd & 3rd Shift Responsibilities include completing own set-ups, operating various pieces of equipment to meet production requirements and performing in-process inspection of parts produced. Candidate must possess 2+ years related experience.

We provide competitive wages, shift differential, clean work environment, medical insurance, life insurance, short and long term disability insurance, dental insurance, vacation and holidays, flex benefits, tuition reimbursement plan, profit sharing and 401-k plan with company match.

Please apply in person, via email or fax resumes.

EPTAM Plastics 2 Riverside Business Park Northfield, NH 03276 Phone: 603-729-5014 • Fax: 603-286-3977 Email: kdubois@eptam.com Applications will be accepted until March 25th

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Lakes Region Singers get new director, need additional men’s voices GILFORD — Lakes Region Singers has announced a new director, Karen Jordan, who has taken over the role from Betty Welch, who retired at Christmastime.

Jordan will make her directing debut at the

Karen Jordan is the new director of Lakes Region Singers, making her debut with the community chorale at the upcoming Spring Concert in May. Jordan is familiar to Lakes Region residents as a Streetcar Company performer and soloist with the swing/jazz quartet Swell Party. (Courtesy photo)

Motorcycles LACONIA MOTORBIKE THINK SPRING! BEAT THE RUSH! Have your motorcycle serviced now!

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Real Estate $19,000 Small park in Belmont 14x70 Singlewide. no dogs. Call Brenda 603-393-7713 Exit Realty Laconia.

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group’s Spring Concert in May. She is familiar to Lakes Region residents as a frequent performer in Streetcar theater productions, a soloist with the swing/jazz quartet Swell Party, past choral director at Inter-Lakes High School, and current choir director at First United Methodist Church.

“This is a great group of community singers, fun to be with, and dedicated to their music,” said Jordan.

“We are a bit light on men’s voices this season, since many of our male singers go south in winter, so I hope other men in the community will take the opportunity to join us. We need both tenors and basses, and it’s not too late to get on board before the Spring Concert.”

Jordan came to New Hampshire soon after she

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Our Customers Don t get Soaked!

Male/Female, clean/sober. References Required, utilities included. $125/Week or $500/Month. Contact 707-9794 WEIRS Beach Area: To share house, $500/month, everything included. Beach rights. 393-6793.

Small Jobs Are My Speciality

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AFFORDABLE Handyman: Good old fashioned service at a fair price. Central NH. Call Keith, 603-998-9428.

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Roommate Wanted DANBURY: 1 Bedroom, new $400/ month includes all utilities, no security deposit, references required, no pets/smoking.

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M.A. SMITH ELECTRIC: Quality work for any size electrical job. Licensed-Insured, Free estimates/ 603-455-5607

ALTERATIONS: Spring Special, 2nd alteration 1/2 price. Custom sewing projects welcome. Passion For Fashion, 393-5878.

BRETT’S ELECTRIC Fast, Reliable Master Electricians.

No Job Too small, Lowest Rates, Top Quality. SAVE THIS AD and get 10% OFF JOB. Call 520-7167.

MILES COMPUTER REPAIR

Virus Removal, Computer Tune-ups, Hardware Install, Network Install, Same Day Service.

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

ROOFS CLEARED: Snow & Ice Removal: 29 years experience, insured. Call Eric, (603)387-4996.

TAX PREPARATION Individuals and Businesses No return is too small.

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

HAN S Hauling: Big and small clean ups. Your job ... name your price. Han, 527-8620.

graduated from Ithaca College with a major in vocal music, and has sung professionally for many years.

While raising four children and teaching private voice lessons at home, she found time to do summer stock in Boston and to perform as a soloist with the NH Music Festival. It was during her audition for the local Streetcar production of “HMS Pinafore” back in 1988 that she first met Welch, who later became her frequent accompanist for solo performances.

“If you’re interested in joining Lakes Region Singers,” said Jordan, “rest assured that we don’t need professional voices, or even soloists, just people who can blend with the group and have a desire to sing.

We can always use more men, but women are welcome too, and you’ll find the social atmosphere here just as rewarding as the musical one.”

Lakes Region Singers’ next rehearsal will be held at the First Methodist Church at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday, March 8.

The Middle Arts & Entertainment Center announces creation of Music Academy

FRANKLIN — The Middle New Hampshire Arts & Entertainment Center has announced the creation of The Middle Music Academy.

The program reflects the organization’s ongoing commitment to provide cultural and artistic enrichment experiences for the region beyond. The Middle Music Academy will focus on offering individual lessons in voice, piano and guitar. The school’s repertoire will grow to include brass instruments, percussion, strings, show choir, and more.

The faculty includes experienced teachers like Christine Chiasson, a graduate of Berklee College of Music with a B.A. in vocal performance and recipient of the Arion Award, John Philip Sousa Award, Louis Armstrong Award, Fitchburg State Jazz Festival Award, and Solo Ensemble Festival First Prize in voice for four consecutive years.

Adam Stewart will also be teaching at the Middle Music Academy. He graduated from Elon University with a B.A. in Music Education and has worked at Andover Elementary School, Merrimack Valley Learning Center, Stratford Public School, Winnisquam Regional Middle School, and Turrentine Middle School in North Carolina.

To provide structure to the Music Academy, local resident Zac DeFosses has taken on the role of program coordinator. DeFosses has worked for Casey Family Services, Franklin Middle School, Tobey School, YDC Manchester, and Winnisquam Regional High School.

The Middle Music Academy will enroll students of all ages. For more information, call 934-1901 or visit www.themiddlenh.org.

‘Sugaring Off with the Bolducs’ at Goss Reading Room, March 17

LACONIA — The Friends of Goss Reading Room will host “Sugaring Off with the Bolducs” at 6 p.m. on Thursday, March 17.

Anyone who is a sap for maple syrup or maple sugar is sure to enjoy learning about the history and the process of maple sugaring from brothers Ernie and Armand Bolduc of the landmark Bolduc Farm in Gilford.

All are invited to learn how many gallons of sap it takes to make a gallon of maple syrup — and to try a sample of the Bolduc’s legendary brew.

Call 524-7683 for more information or a ride.

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Talk to the “Factory Reps” about rebates & customizing and “Bank Reps” for low rates and instant approvals.

At the open house “Bring in This ad and give it to the salesperson at time of purchase and get another $1,000 from the price.” “previous sales excluded”.

See our ad at: WWW.CM-H.com Camelot Homes Rt. 3 Tilton NH Exit 20 on Rt. 1-93, across from Lakes region factory mall

Rotary Club donates $2,000 to Laconia Area Community Land Trust

The Laconia Rotary Club recently donated $2.000 to the Laconia Area Community Land Trust (LACLT).

Jim Lowell (left), past president Laconia Rotary, and Diane LaBrie, president-elect, present a check to Nancy McCurry, LACLT deputy director as as matching funds toward replacing the furnace at the LACLT administration building. (Courtesy photo)

Bridge House partners with United Way to fund installation of cameras

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PLYMOUTH — The Bridge House and Lakes Region United Way have teamed up to install a camera safety system to help provide assurance and security for both staff and participants.

The Bridge House, a nonprofit homeless shelter serving Grafton County and beyond since 1989, partnered with Lakes Region United Way to procure the funds necessary for the project.

The Bridge House and Lakes Region United Way have joined According to Cathy Bent- forces to fund and install security cameras at the homeless wood, Bridge House director, shelter. Left to right: Nancy Russell, House counselor; Holly “This is an important step to Cormiea, House manager; Brenda Boudreau, case manager; creating the kind of environ- Craig Stevenson, owner NorthEast Security Agency; Cathment where everyone can feel erine Bentwood, director; Donna Davis (seated), House counsafe and focus on our mission, selor. (Courtesy photo) which is helping people get back on with Lakes Region United Way and their feet again. We are pleased to we are thankful for their support.” have a strong working relationship

Deadline for Meredith Altrusa Club scholarship applications is March 25 MEREDITH — The deadline for submitting Altrusa Club scholarship applications is March 25.

Scholarships are geared to the “nontraditional” student, age 23 years and older, who are continuing their education. Scholarships are intended for individuals upgrading their job skills or acquiring skills for job entry; candidates enrolled for a minimum of three college credits at an accredited facility; graduate students; and/or applicants living or working in Meredith, Moultonborough, Center Harbor, New Hampton, or Sandwich.

One of the scholarships will be awarded in memory of Professor Jea-

nette Ritzenthaler, Ed.D,, founder of the Meredith Altrusa Club. Another scholarship will be given in memory of Mrs. Marion Touhey, a long-time member, past Treasurer and co-chair of the Scholarship Committee.

Applications may be picked-up at the public libraries in Meredith, Moultonborough, Center Harbor, New Hampton, and Sandwich; at Plymouth State University and Lakes Region Community College; or by e-mailing jwilson@metrocast.net.

For further information, contact chairperson Phyllis Hamblet at 2796794 or co-chairperson, Jodi Wilson at 556-7743.

Gunstock Freestyle Academy ‘Jam’ attracts 32 participants from around New England GILFORD — The Gunstock Freestyle Academy’s Jib & Jump Slopestyle Jam attracted 32 articipants from around the New England region.

The Phelps Progression Park provided the rails and jumps for participants ages 8 — 18. Athletes were awarded medals and prizes provided by Piche’s Ski and Sports Shop, HK Powersports, the Wagner family, SteezinTV, and professional fisherman Jim Gildea.

River Richer took home the Gold in the Under 13 Boarder category while Casey Towne gained the Gold in the Over 14 group. Callie Dawson claimed Gold among the Girl Boarders. Two local Gilford participants earned Gold — Nick Imhof, Under 13 Skier, and Bryce Quigley, Over 14 Skier. Madison Ashworth’s first competition brought her a Gold medal in the Girls Ski category.

A day fishing with Gildea, ski poles, Skull Candy, tuning tools, goggles, sweatshirts, T-shirts, hats, and more were awarded in a bib raffle following the medal ceremony.

GFA is a non-profit designed to promote freestyle skiing and snowboarding by providing safety and education skill based training in a positive learning

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Gunstock Freestyle Academy’s recent ‘Jam’ attracted 32 boys and girls from throughout New England, who competed in snowboarding and skiing events. Prizes and a bib raffle were part of the festivities, which included a photo opportunity for young athletes to proudly display their medals. (Courtesy photo)

environment. For more information, visit www.GunstockFreestyle.com.

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Renowned Irish quintet Altan to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day in concert at PSU’s Silver Center March 16 PLYMOUTH — Renowned Irish quintet Altan will celebrate St. Patrick’s Day in concert at the PSU Silver Center for the Arts at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, March 16.

Praised by The Boston Globe as “the hottest group in the Celtic realm,” Altan plays the music of Donegal and Northern Ireland tinged with the drive of time-honored Scottish music.

Propelled by the acclaimed vocals of Mairéad Ni Mhaonaigh and backed by double fiddle, flute, guitar, accordion, and the lute-like bouzouki, Altan has earned three Celtic/British Isle Album of the Year Awards from the National Association of Independent Record

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MORTGAGEE’S SALE OF REAL ESTATE

AT PUBLIC AUCTION March 24, 2011, at 4:30 PM on the premises SINGLE FAMILY HOME 192 HILLCROFT ROAD

LACONIA, NH

PER TAX RECORDS: 2 STORY CONTEMPORARY STYLE HOME WITH 5 BEDROOMS, 2 BATHROOMS, FIREPLACE WITH 2 STORY CHIMNEY, CENTRAL VAC, JET TUB, FINISHED BASEMENT, OPEN FINISHED PORCH, WOOD DECKS, SHED WITH LIGHTS AND RES TYPE DOCK MORTGAGE REFERENCE: Recorded in the Belknap County Registry of Deeds at Book 1959, Page 268 TERMS FOR THE SALE: $10,000.00 deposit must be presented in cash, certified check or banker’s check satisfactory to the mortgagee at the time and place of sale. Balance due within 30 days from the date of sale.

Attorney Thomas Haughey Haughey, Philpot & Laurent Attorneys at Law 816 North Main Street Laconia, NH 03246

Distributors and Manufacturers. Band members have accompanied the Irish President on state visits and the group was invited to play at the White House by President Bill Clinton. Altan has even been honored with an official Irish postage stamp, one of the highest honors bestowed on any living artist in Ireland.

Tickets are $35 — $25 for adults; $33 — $23 for seniors; and $25 — $15 for youth. Call 535-ARTS (2787) or (800) 779-3869.

LAkE WiNNiPESAUkEE Willow Pond Village at Long Bay, Laconia

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Moultonboro $5,395,000

Center Harbor $899,000

Stunning Winnipesaukee waterfront w/ westerly exposure that guarantees full sun & picturesque sunsets. #2826327

Unique 1907 church that has been blended with an architecturally designed home added in 2004 is a must see! #4037599

Meredith $799,000

Gilford - $449,900

Susan Bradley 581-2810

Susan Bradley 581-2810

Waterfront 3 BR home on Tommy’s Direct WF unit w/gorgeous views of “The Broads”. New kitchen, SS Cove w/ sandy beach & covered boat appliances & laminate flooring. slip for 3 boats. #2760530 #4047527 Debbie Cotton 581-2883

Ellen Mulligan: 603-253-4345

SAT. 3/12, 11:00 - 2:00 10 Surrey Lane, Laconia

Willow Pond prices start at $279,900. Directions: Follow Parade Rd. to entrance of South Down Shores (Outerbridge Dr.). Stop by our office at the entrance or call either (603) 528-0088 or 520-1057 to get through the gate. Follow Outerbridge Dr. straight to Willow Pond. See sign.

528-0088 279-7046

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MORTGAGEE’S SALE OF REAL ESTATE

Laconia $225,000

Gilmanton $199,000

Abby Russell 581-2876

Judy McShane 581-2800

Laconia $149,900

Laconia $149,900

Nancy LeRoy 581-2830

Debbie Cotton 581-2883

Campton - $127,000

Northfield - $108,900

Kay Huston: 603-253-4345

Barbara Mylonas: 603-253-4345

This wonderful home has been totally Lovely country Cape in “turn-key” renovated! All new windows, condition w/ loads of windows in the electrical, plumbing, insulation, bright open concept floor plan. furnaces & more. #4008502 #4047548

AT PUBLIC AUCTION April 5, 2011, at 4:30 PM on the premises SINGLE FAMILY HOME 58 SKI HILL DRIVE

NORTHFIELD, NH PER TAX RECORDS: RANCH STYLE HOME WITH 2 BEDROOMS, 1 BATHROOM, WOOD STOVE, WOOD DECK, CHAIN LINK FENCE AND SHED ON 1 ACRE OF LAND

3-4 BR, 2 full bath, single family home in Bring your rocking chair & relax on great condition w/ large kitchen, wood the covered porch of this 4 BR home floors, vinyl siding & windows. #4047470 w/ large 2 level barn w/ direct entry. #4009898 Kathy McLellan 581-2821 or

MORTGAGE REFERENCE: Recorded in the Merrimack County Registry of Deeds at Book 2622, Page 1153 TERMS FOR THE SALE: $5,000.00 deposit must be presented in cash, certified check or banker’s check satisfactory to the mortgagee at the time and place of sale. Balance due within 30 days from the date of sale.

Attorney Thomas Haughey Haughey, Philpot & Laurent Attorneys at Law 816 North Main Street Laconia, NH 03246

Great year round or vacation home close Lovely 3bdrm, 2ba home abuts 50ac to Waterville Valley. Level yard & private farm. Snowmobile trails nearby. 15 deck. 1-car detached garage. #4019362 min. to Concord or Laconia. #4047391 ©2010 Coldwell Banker Real Estate LLC. Coldwell Banker is a registered trademark licensed to Coldwell Banker Real Estate LLC. An Equal Opportunity Employer. Owned and operated by NRT, LLC

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