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Plant tours organized to shine new light on local manufacturing LACONIA — Midway through Lakes Region Manufacturing Week, Carmen Lorentz, executive director of the Belknap Economic Development Council, said yesterday that the program to throw the spotlight on the opportunities offered by manufacturing firms, which anchor the regional economy, has exceeded modest expectations.

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MOULTONBOROUGH — N.H. State Fire Marshals continue to investigate an explosion that leveled a home off Route 25 early Wednesday morning and shook the area for miles around.

Police Chief Leonard Weatherbee said the first one to arrive at the top of Linda’s Way — located on the east shoulder of Red

Hill — was an on duty Moultonborough Police officer. He said the officer quickly determined no one was in the house and stayed to assist firefighters.

Weatherbee said he drove to the scene from his home shortly after 3 a.m. He also said Sgt. Peter Beede was home sleeping and responded when he heard the explosion.

“We had no idea what was going on. You

could see balls of flames on the side of the hill,” Weatherbee said.

The Moultonborough online appraisal service identified the owner as Stephen Vigeault of Marlborough, Mass. Pictures showed the house still has insulation on the outside and one of Vigeault’s neighbors said he just finished building the home. The 1,500-square-foot house was built in 2012. see EXPLOSION page 7

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Defiant commission makes plans to transfer money from line to line

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LACONIA — Belknap County Commissioners are reasserting their authority over line items in the county

budget and are prepared to go ahead with a plan for dealing with a $600,000 cut in their proposed $26.2 million budget for 2013 by transferring funds within each department’s total

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Salem voters would be happy to see casino in their town

SALEM, N.H. (AP) — Voters in the town of Salem overwhelmingly endorsed allowing a casino at Rockingham Park Tuesday night.

More than 80 percent of those voting, or 4,598, voted in favor of the plan in a non-binding referendum. Voting against it were 1,074.

Voters were asked if they favor video lottery machines and table games to be operated in a commercial casino at the race track, where charitable bingo is held but live horse racing ended in 2010.

A bill legalizing a casino is up for a vote in the state Senate on Thursday. It’s expected to pass easily. It faces a harder time in the House, which has rejected many similar bills over the years.

Legalized gambling in New Hampshire is limited to the lottery and charitable games.

Simulcast races at Rockingham also are allowed.

Gov. Maggie Hassan supports the legislation, which would legalize up to 5,000 video slots and 150 table games.

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Argentina’s Jorge Bergoglio elected Pope Francis VATICAN CITY (AP) — Jorge Bergoglio of Argentina was elected pope Wednesday, becoming the first pontiff from the Americas and the first from outside Europe in more than a millennium. He chose the name Francis, associating himself with the humble 13th-century Italian preacher who lived a life of poverty.

Looking stunned, Francis shyly waved to the crowd of more than 100,000 people who packed a rain-soaked St. Peter’s Square for the announcement, marveling that the cardinals needed to look to “the end of the earth” to find a bishop of Rome.

In choosing a 76-year-old pope, the cardinals clearly decided that they didn’t need a vigorous, young pope who would reign for decades but rather a seasoned, popular and humble pastor who would draw

followers to the faith and help rebuild a church stained by scandal.

The cardinal electors overcame deep divisions about the future of the church to select the 266th pontiff in a remarkably fast, five-ballot conclave.

Francis asked for prayers for himself, and for retired Pope Benedict XVI, whose stunning resignation paved the way for the conclave that brought the first Jesuit to the papacy. Francis also spoke by phone with Benedict after his election and plans to see him in the coming days, the Vatican said.

“Brothers and sisters, good evening,” Francis said to wild cheers in his first public remarks as pontiff from the loggia of St. Peter’s Basilica.

“You know that the work of the conclave is to give a bishop to Rome. It seems as

if my brother cardinals went to find him from the end of the earth, but here we are.

Thank you for the welcome,” he said.

In one of his first acts as pope, Francis on Thursday morning planned to visit Benedict at the papal retreat in Castel Gandolfo south of Rome.

American Cardinal Timothy Dolan said Wednesday night at the North American College, the U.S. seminary in Rome, that Francis told fellow cardinals following the conclave that made him pope: “Tomorrow morning, I’m going to visit Benedict.”

The visit was significant because Benedict’s resignation has raised concerns about potential power conflicts emerging from the peculiar situation of having a reigning pope and a retired one. see POPE FRANCIS page 13

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Florida’s lieutenant governor resigned and nearly 60 other people were charged in a scandal involving a purported veterans charity that authorities said Wednesday was a front for a $300 million gambling operation.

The organization, Allied Veterans of the World, runs nearly 50 Internet parlors with computerized slot machine-style games, which have come under scrutiny in Florida but are in a gray legal area.

Even so, investigators said the charity was a fraud and executives gave precious little to veterans while lavishing millions

on themselves, spending it on boats, beachfront condos and Maseratis, Ferraris and Porsches.

Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi called the alleged scam “callous” and “despicable” and said it “insults every American who ever wore a military uniform.”

Lt. Gov. Jennifer Carroll was not among those charged but resigned a day after she was questioned by investigators.

The public relations firm she co-owned, 3 N&JC, did work for St. Augustine-based Allied Veterans. A Navy veteran who served in the Gulf War, Carroll also appeared in

a TV ad in 2011 promoting the organization’s work on behalf of veterans and their families.

Authorities refused to discuss any ties between the 53-year-old Republican and the investigation. Her aides had no comment.

Carroll said in a statement Wednesday that neither she nor the public relations firm was targeted in the probe, and she stepped down so that her ties to the organization would not be a distraction for Republican Gov. Rick Scott’s administration.

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Froma Harrop

Demographic panic talk is just silliness If you drove to work today, did you worry about too few cars on the road? Do you wish more people were waiting in line at the public tennis courts? Are you eager to see new housing developments replace your favorite truck farm?

If your answer to all three questions is “no,” you’re like most people.

And America’s falling fertility rate would seem to have its benefits.

But if you’re scraping for new ways to undermine Social Security and Medicare, portraying this demographic reality as a major disaster offers new opportunity to stampede the public into turning against these entitlements.

Here’s the argument: In 1950, we had almost 17 workers for every retiree. Now the ratio is 2.8 workers for every beneficiary. By 2030, it will be only 2.0 workers for every retiree.

Social Security and Medicare are doomed, so let’s pull the plug now.

Let’s not. Why will follow, but first some background. The fertility rate is the number of children women bear over their lifetime. Rates are falling almost everywhere. They’re down in Europe, Asia and Latin America. Mexico is now at the replacement level.

How do you keep programs like Social Security going when the ratio of workers to beneficiaries keeps dropping? Productivity. Productivity measures a worker’s output in a unit of time. If computers help a worker produce four car batteries in the time it took to make two, that worker’s productivity has doubled.

Productivity gains traditionally result in higher pay for workers (though workers have seen little of those benefits recently). This is why Social Security remains afloat as the ratio of workers to retirees continues downward. Also helping, Social Security payroll taxes were raised in the early 1980s to provide a cushion of savings for now, when the baby boomers start retiring.

As for the future, Dean Baker at the Center for Economic Policy and Research supplies the math. If productivity grows at an average rate of 1.5 percent a year, as it has over the last two decades, productivity will be almost 40 percent higher in 2035

than it is today. Thus, workers in 2035 will be spending only about a quarter of their productivity-driven pay increases on retirees and keeping the rest. Not a bad situation.

Baker also reminds us that the ratio of workers to retirees is expected to stabilize around then for the rest of the century, while productivity will continue to grow.

So the demographic heavens are not crashing down on Social Security.

Medicare is a somewhat different story. Its rising costs need curbing.

But even here, there are many ways to cut waste. We don’t have to eviscerate the program with voucher schemes or turn it into welfare through means-testing.

Scaremongering over demographics is a divide-and-conquer strategy: Convince younger workers that they are paying for plush programs sure to collapse by the time they get old, and they’ll bring them down. And as a double-scoop, say that these programs make the “demographic winter” worse by having government replace the children who traditionally supported their elders.

For example: “The most insidious effect of the Social Security and Medicare regimes is that they actually shift economic incentives away from having children,” Jonathan V. Last, a writer for the conservative Weekly Standard, says in his book, “What to Expect When No One’s Expecting: America’s Coming Demographic Disaster.”

Here’s a counter-argument: These programs reassure parents bearing the considerable expense of raising children that they won’t be destitute if they can’t save enough for their old age.

But love or hate these programs, setting off false alarms is not an honest way to win converts. Today’s demographic changes require adjustment, not running-in-the streets panic.

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

Everyone at LRGH did their job with professionalism & kindness To the editor, I have just had an operation and would like to express my gratitude for the wonderful care I received from my surgeon, Dr. Jeremy Hogan, and let everyone know how fortunate we are to have access to Lakes Region General Hospital.

Everyone I encountered did their job with such professionalism and kindness.

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Thank you all. I truly admire the work you do. But most of all I owe so much to my husband Don. It was wonderful to be able to depend on his loving care and support.

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LETTERS We’ll have to reduce domestic spending for years to pay for wars To the editor, Appraising our history for this past 10 years is elementary to understanding where we are today. We need to take a good, long look at our decisions on the national front to understand how it’s affecting our economy and our way of life. This is more fact and less opinion, I hope!

We, as a nation, have taken our military might overseas to make war with third-world countries we have claimed as our enemies. Our national policies, since the event of 9/11 has been to seek out and kill combatants we have claimed as dangerous to our national security. We have been reminded repeatedly, almost daily, of the potential threat these insurgents pose to us! Call them terrorists, or anything for that matter — they must be destroyed. The ensuing years of war, that we initiated, we have run up a bill that has spent more of our treasury than our first flights to the moon and the development of the A bomb, 60 years ago. As of recent estimates, the amount spent is about five trillion dollars. At least 6,500 brave and dedicated military personnel have paid with their precious lives to eradicate enemies in two nations beset by internal disorder and chaos.

Many historians and military experts now agree Vietnam was a war we had no business to be in. Early on we used the “Gulf of Tomkin Reso-

lution” as our excuse to invade and occupy military forces in that country.

Later it was refuted. We lost our alibi, and 58,000 men because our blunder.

Yet the war went on!

Since all the dire predictions of potential attacks from Iraq and Afghanistan have proved to be false, how can we now justify the loss of life and revenue we have forfeited. Did we really expect these corrupt governments we helped support to have the means to harm us? Neither country has a military, or the will, or the way — and 9/11 did nor originate there!

We have been duped by a government that is top-heavy with weapons contractors and politicians who have been their ardent supporters and sales-persons.

Arms sales all over the world have been, and still is, our biggest business.

Spokesmen promoting overseas wars far outnumber statesmen who seek to prioritizing domestic needs, first and foremost. Five trillion dollars would pay for Medicare costs and Social Security payments well into the future. But no, that money is gone!

We will have to reduce domestic spending for many, many years to pay for these protracted wars. Wars that we gained nothing from, and wars that will be paid for by future generations of working people — like you and me!

Leon R. Albushies Gilford

Alton kids lost because school board would not compromise To the editor, At Alton’s elections last night it was the kids who came out the losers. At the school, after the results were read, it was sad to see the parents and the teachers there blaming the people of the town who voted down the $18 million ACS renovation. One of the first things you teach your kids is to share, to compromise. Well, maybe they should listen to themselves. Their refusal to compromise and reduce the amount of the renovation, or better yet, offer the town’s people an alternative to their astronomical $18 million, left the kids with nothing! Many people spoke up during the delibera-

people with the all or nothing mentality, that they were risking the kids coming out on the losing end.

Well, it happened. By refusing to compromise and remaining stubborn with the “my way or the highway” attitude, the kids lost out. It is so sad that these caring people couldn’t see past their own egos or hatefulness to think of the kids first. Hopefully the money that has been set aside these past years will finally be put to use and repair what we can for now. Next year, with everyone’s egos in check, maybe we can put the children first, and give them what they deserve.

Edie Miller

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LETTERS

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Pres. Obama had a plan: divide America in every way he could To the editor, Well March is here and Obama is again on the campaign trail. This time he is running to avoid responsibility for yet another brilliant political move. He’s trying to rewrite history and blame Congress (read Republicans) for his own sequester plan. But he’s not getting away with it. No less then the liberal hero, Bob Woodward from the Washington Post, has outed the president. Well you don’t “out” a Chicago thug politician without repercussions. Woodward has revealed that he has been threatened by high ranking White House adviser David Plouffe and former Obama campaign spokeswoman Lis Smith. I’m not sure it’s a good idea taking on Bob Woodward, even Obama my have bitten off more then he can chew there.

On the other side of the issue, John Boehner has promised to pass a continuing resolution in the House to maintain current government programs. Well at least someone is looking out for we regular people. But don’t count are chickens yet it still must go to the senate where Ed Reed has refused to allow any Republican bill to even see the floor. That Little rat!

Back to Obama now. Read today that the president has issued orders to cut programs designed to impact

our middle class families most. That’s right, instead of cutting redundant, overlapping government agency programs, cutting back on waste he decided to use the middle class American families for his punching bag.

Well voters, you elected him, hope your pleased.

But one thing you can say about Obama, he set about his presidency with a plan. He planed to divide the American people in every way he could. Race, religion, class, ethnicity and he’s done a bang up job of it. He promised to make the cost of energy sky rocket and just look where our gas and oil prices are. And don’t think he’s done, oh no. He plans to reduce our nations military to a second rate power. Our economic wealth will be used to fund the third world nations.

That’s your tax dollars going abroad making that sucking sound readers.

He will trust the Muslim Brotherhood government in Egypt by giving them F-16 fighter jets and M-1 Abrams tanks but does not trust honest American citizens to own firearms.

Where did he learn his history and values from I’d like to know? With a president like him we don’t need enemies abroad.

Steve Earle Hill

HB-276 intended to deal with problem of wildlife getting into trash To the editor, Good citizens of the state of New Hampshire and the sportsmen, if there are any left: There is a house bill that needs your support and it has to with the issue of wildlife resistant solid waste storage and disposal — HB-276. Rep. Reilly (Grafton-9) is the sponsor.

This bill will require wildlife resistant containers be provided, if it is determined that a solid waste container has attracted nuisance wildlife.

The USDA (Wildlife services) has seen the need to hire two seasonal employees to deal with this issue. In the years 2009, 2010, and 2012 this department had spent some 562 man hours on this one issue. That comes out to 14 months at 40 hours a week paid for by federal taxpayer monies.

At the same time the Department of Fish & Game has spent the same amount of time between the Wildlife and Enforcement Divisions, paid for by the sale of hunting and fishing licenses. I can’t tell you how many

times I’ve heard the complaint that these licensing fees should not go to the shortfalls of the search and rescue efforts. Why then are these same fees going to baby-sitting bears in dumpsters? Hunting and fishermen take notice. Contact your reps. and senators that HB-276 needs to pass.

The opposition to this bill comes from the waste companies who feel that the cost of upgrading containers to bear-proof status could bankrupt a company. True the bill requires the owner of said containers to be responsible for the upgrade, but let’s be real that any and all cost of said upgrade would be passed on to the consumer. This bill is intended to reverse the ongoing problem that our towns, campgrounds, local state and fed. enforcement personnel have been dealing with for years. This bill doesn’t require every container in the state to be addressed, only the ones that are identified as wildlife magnets.

Eric Rottenecker Bristol

I will work to keep quality of life in Gilford high, at reasonable cost To the editor, I would like to thank all the supporters who elected me to the Budget Committee in Gilford. It will be my hope that I can work with the other

members of this committee to keep the quality of Gilford what it is, at the most economical cost.

Bob Henderson Gilford

I will do my best to represent all citizens of great town of Meredith To the editor, I am honored that the voters of Meredith have elected me as a selectman.

I thank those who supported me and will do my best to represent all citi-

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LETTERS I used to do Irish step dance to tunes by dad & his friends played To the editor, I would like to first thank the editor of The Daily Sun for printing my stories, and also thank Cynthia Lepre of Laconia for the reply to my last story.

I have another story that you may enjoy. I have been told by some people I should write a book but I’m getting on in years, so I can only write short stories.

My Pa was born in Abendeen, Scottland, from Irish parents, and he worked in the Edinburgh Castle as one of the landscape gardeners. My mom was born in London, England from Irish parents, and she learned to cook. When she got older she traveled to Scottland, where she learned to be a line cook. Then Ma and Pa fell in love and were married. They came to America on a large ship of immigrants and settled in Brockton, MA., at 928 Montello St., across from St. Margaret’s Rectory. It wasn’t long before we came to know Father Hamilton. Us kids attended mass on Sunday mornings, and Father Hamiliton would ask “Who has been putting pennies in the collection box?” At that, my brother

Joe and I glanced at each other and smiled. When we were to noisy, Father Hamilton would call out the window to tell us to quiet down, so we tried but to no avail.

Saturday nights we had kitchen parties. My father played the fiddle he had. Two of his friends played music too, one played the banjo and the other played the guitar. I used to do the Irish step dance to the music they played. A couple of my brothers who enjoyed singing sang the Irish songs, we couldn’t leave mom out. She baked homemade bread and biscuits in the oven of the old black stove.

It was on St.Patrick’s Day when I grew up. I will never forget the young lady who sang on St. Patrick’s. She sang. . . May the road rise to meet you. . . may the wind be always at your back. . . and until we meet again, may God hold you in the palm of his hand.

If I’m not mistaken the young ladies name was Chirs Minnoc. I doubt there is anyone to verify her name, so may God hold you in the palm of his hand.

Liz O’Neil Laconia

‘Chained CPI’ will most hurt women counting on Social Security To the editor, Are you a retired woman who has worked most of your life while raising children and keeping up with house work? Do you count on the Social Security that you paid into as you worked for your retirement income? Have you appreciated the Cost of Living Adjustments (COLA) that have been made to keep up with the ever-increasing costs of living? Then you should be aware that some folks in Washington are pushing a proposal that would reduce COLAs over the next 10 years.

The longer you have been retired the more your COLA would be cut. This proposal is called a “Chained CPI” (Consumer Price Index) and it is a terrible idea and especially harmful to women, who rely more on Social Secu-

rity to meet their basic needs.

Typically, women receive less in benefits because they earn less than men and are more likely to have gaps in their employment. The burden of health care spending is also greater for women — nearly 19 percent of their income vs. 14 percent for men. To reduce Social Security benefits even more through the proposed Chained CPI would be wrong for all and especially unconscionable for women AARP has developed a handy online tool that shows exactly the impact this COLA change would have on New Hampshire women (and men).

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Shame to leave M’borough Neck pathway in present condition To the editor, On Saturday, March 16, Moultonborough Town Meeting attendees will take up the town warrant. Article 14 on the warrant asks the voters to raise and appropriate money for various capital improvements and expenditures and equipment. Among the seven items covered by Article 14 is “Recreation Dept. (Pathway Repairs) .”

This expenditure would cover repairs to parts of what is called “Phase II” of the multi-use Moultonborough Pathway that runs along Moultonborough Neck Road.

Along this section, the northern most part of the pathway, most of the paved pathway surface is separated from the roadway by a narrow gravel strip. In a number of places, notably at hills and curves along the road, sand and stone from the gravel strip have been washed by heavy rains or scattered by vehicle tires onto the pathway pavement. This creates a hazardous situation for those

using the pathway for travel on foot and by bike. The original design seemed reasonable at the time of construction, but human nature and Mother Nature have shown its shortcomings. A plan has been devised to address the worst of these locations, and approval of the plan has been received from the state DOT. The pathway represents a wonderful recreation resource for town residents year round and for visitors during the heavy vacation season. It would be a shame to leave this section of the pathway in its present condition.

We really need to do the necessary repairs to this section before moving forward (hopefully) with Phase III, which would connect the first two sections and complete the pathway. We ask your support for this repair effort in Article 14 at town meeting this Saturday morning.

Dick Russell, Treasurer Moultonborough Pathway Association

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Gilmanton Year-Round Library funding fails to survive first SB-2 vote

GILMANTON — Voters narrowly rejected the $45,000 petitioned article on Tuesday’s SB-2 ballot that would have funded the operating costs for the Year-Round Library.

Often one of the most controversial articles on the Gilmanton warrant, voters voting for the first time by official ballot, rejected funding by 401 against to 322 for the library.

Turnout for the election — about 30 percent — was twice that experienced in the banner years of 2009 and 2010, when Town Meeting interest for and against funding the library was at its peak.

The library, was opened in 2008 after years of private fund-raising that generated $675,000 according to the New York Times which was attracted to writing a story about the facility in 2008. It took the Year-Round-Library-Association 10 years to raise the money.

The first time the library operations were partially funded with public money was in 2010. Each year since 2009 the selectmen have chosen to put its operational costs — this year pegged at $45,000 — directly to the voters with out the recommendation of selectmen or the Budget Committee. Voters also approved an allocation in 2011 and 2012.

Voters also narrowly passed a warrant article that would require the separation of recyclables at the transfer station and to ask selectmen to develop rules that maximize costs savings as soon as practical.

The warrant article passed with 383 votes yes to 346 votes against. The newest Board of Selectmen has not convened since the vote and at press time it is not know how the board will proceed.

— Gail Ober

Shipp beats Patten in M’boro

MOULTONBOROUGH — Laconia Fire Department Lt. Chris Shipp topped incumbent Betsy Patten by 58 votes, 407 to 349, to win a three-year term on the Board of Selectmen on Tuesday. Patten served two terms on the board and represented the town in the New Hampshire House of Representatives for 18 years before retiring in 2012.

The Annual Town and School District Meetings are scheduled for Saturday, March 16 at 9 a.m. at Moultonborough Academy.

Above is a photo snapped by Ed Geary of the sky over Red Hill in Moultonborough lighting up early Wednesday morning after an explosion at a home owned by Stephen Vigeault. At right is a photo of the home as it appears on the town website.

EXPLOSION from page one Appraisal records show the house was heated with gas.

Vigeault couldn’t be reached for comment.

The neighbor, who didn’t want his name used, said the explosion was so loud he thought it came from his house.

“I jumped out of bed and ran around looking to see if it was my furnace,” he said, noting his windows were rattling.

Describing the explosion as a “slow rumble” he said he’s only previously heard an explosion like that from TNT or gas.

He said his neighbor came to Moultonborough regularly and was fond of snowmobiling. Aside from that, he said he didn’t know him well.

Five miles away, John Eichhorn — a detective

Ashland voters express fondness for BudCom ASHLAND — In an SB-2 election where 300 people came to the polls on Tuesday, all but 66 of them chose to keep an elected Budget Committee in the mix and not allow the Board of Selectmen to develop the annual budget and hold its own public hearings without review.

The article, placed on Tuesday’s warrant by the selectmen, was publicly opposed by Budget Committee Chair Steve Felton who labeled the initiative a power grab by the selectmen “We believe that the current process allows for a transparent and effective budget review and preparation with prospective from the departments, the governing bodies, and the Budget Committee,” Felton wrote to local newspapers, adding that the real decision voters needed to make was whether or not two

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with the Meredith Police Department — said the explosion woke him from a “dead sleep.”

“I really thought it was an earthquake,” he said noting his house was shaking.

When he heard the second explosion, he said it was not as loud and, since it was raining, he thought it was a bad thunderstorm.

Pictures from the scene shown on local television stations show wood a debris strewn about the entire building site. Fire Marshal John Southwell told WMUR he has not determined the cause of the explosion.

Associated Press reported that firefighters had limited access to the home, which as a 2,500-footlong driveway, but they were able to establish a water supply at the intersection of Linda’s Way and Rte. 25. Firefighters cleared the scene at 10 a.m.

members of the three-member Board of Selectmen should be empowered to create the entire budget.

To that end, voters also chose to increase the size of the Board of Selectman from three members to five. The vote was 177 in favor to 149 against.

According to Chapter 41:8-e of the N.H. RSAs, should a community choose to expand its governing board, at the next meeting (in 2014) three seats will be one the ballot — one for one year and two for three years.

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Bristol voters decide to Newfound voters support teacher contract, oust 1 incumbent seat 2 new selectmen

BRISTOL — Voters on Tuesday elected to make a pair of changes to the make-up of the Board of Selectmen. Incumbents Philip Dion and Richard Alpers will be replaced by Betsy Schneider and Janet Cote on the five member board.

Schneider captured the most votes, 279, in the five-way race, with Cote next at 183. Dion was third with 175 votes and Alpers was fourth with 162.

Mark Chevalier came in fifth, with 83.

Ann Fitzpatrick defeated Shrley Yorks (168 to 157) in a close race for library trustee.

Carol Huber, Ernie Richards, Kerrin Rounds and Ronald Preble were elected to three year terms on the Budget Committee.

The annual Town Meeting will be held on Saturday, March 16, starting at 9 a.m. at Newfound Regional High School.

Shaker School Board picks Gretta Olsen-Wilder to replace Pret Tuthill

BELMONT — The Shaker Regional School Board voted unanimously Tuesday night to seat Gretta Olsen-Wilder to replace outgoing chair Pret Tuthill, who resigned effective yesterday.

Olsen-Wilder has served on the board before. The other interested person who sat through an open interview session last week was Sunday Dearborn.

Superintendent Maria Dreyer said the board also reorganized and elected Heidi Hutchinson of Canterbury as chair and Sean Embree of Belmont as vice chair.

The board meets tonight at 6 p.m. at the Belmont High School and Rep. Beth Arsenault (D-Belmont) Laconia, who sits on the N.H. House Education Committee, will address the board. from preceding page On Tuesday, incumbent Phil Preston was reelected to a three-year term by a vote of 176 to 120, over Arron Rochette. Christine Austin and Francis Newton were elected to the Budget Committee.

— Gail Ober

BRISTOL — Voters in the Newfound Area School District on Tuesday agreed to fund a new collective bargaining agreement covering the teachers’ union and made it clear they wanted to keep in place a cap on property taxes. The winning margins in both cases registered at the 66 percent level.

Newfound voting is conducted under the official ballot (SB-2) system.

In elections conducted for school board members, Jeff Levesque ousted incumbent Jim Hajek for the Groton seat by a vote of 920 to 374. Incumbents Sue Cheny (Alexandria) and Vincent Migliore (Bridgewater) were re-elected without opposition.

Harold Reilly (Alexandria) and Jeff Bird (Bridgewater) were elected to the budget committee without opposition.

The new teachers’ contract is a one-year agreement the school board promoted as granting employ-

ees a modest raise in return for concessions in the area of health insurance. The additional cost for the 2013-2014 school year was estimated at $56,793.

Enacted last March, the tax cap limits the increase in property taxes collected in support of schools in the seven-town district to 2 percent per year.

Voters overwhelmingly approved the proposed $21.7.million operating budget for the next school.

The vote was 1,431 to 459.

By a 1,293 to 691 margin, voters also agreed to allow the school board to retain up to 2.5 percent of the amount collected in property taxes in an undesignated fund balance derived from monies appropriated but not spent. Until a recent change, New Hampshire law did not allow school district’s to retain unspent, undesignated funds from year to year, though townships have always been able to do so.

3 incumbents re-elected to Winnisquam School Board TILTON — Three members of the Winnisquam Regional School Board were re-elected on Tuesday, two without opposition.

Timothy Lang will again represent Sanbornton, Jason Stock will continue to represent Tilton and Patricia Sawick will again represent Northfield.

Sawick was the only one of the three who drew an official opponent and she defeated John Cilley 458 to 286.

The school board consists of three members elected from each community. Voters in all three townships are allowed to vote for all positions.

The school district also has a budget committee

and there were no official candidates for two open seats representing Sanbornton and one open seat representing Tilton. There were a number write in votes cast for each position.

Timothy Pearson was re-elected to the budget committee as a representative of Tilton and Keith Murray will take a seat representing Norhtfield that has been occupied by Wesley deSousa. Both were elected without opposition.

The annual Winnisquam Regional School District meeting will be held on Saturday, March 23, beginning at 9 a.m. at the high school.

TOURS from page one and Lakes Region Community College, seven manufacturers — Titeflex Aerospace, Aavid Thermalloy, New Hampshire Ball Bearings, Freudenberg-NOK, Eptam Plastics, Scotia Technologies and EFI — are holding open houses and scheduled tours at their facilities during the week.

All are “advanced manufacturers,” firms that apply sophisticated technologies, use complex materials and employ skilled people to produce a diverse range of products and components for a broad range of markets and industries. In the Lakes Region, advanced manufacturers employ approximately 4,000 people, representing about 10 percent of the workforce, whose average weekly wage of more than

$900 is 36-percent more than that of all private and public sector employees.

Lorentz said that finding enough people with the aptitudes and skills to seize the opportunities these manufacturing firms offer is proving a challenge. The open houses and facilities tours, she explained, aim to dispel the perception that manufacturing jobs promise only a monotonous routine in return for meager wages in dreary, dirty, stuffy surroundings.

“We are trying to raise awareness in the community of the opportunities in manufacturing,” Lorentz said.

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Mark Bartram, plant manager of Aavid Thermalloy, Inc., holds one of the myriad of heat sinks, products that cool all sorts of electronic products and components, manufactured at the company’s facility at the foot of Primrose Drive, after hosting an open house during Lakes Region Manufacturing Week, sponsored by the Belknap Economic Development Council, whose executive director, Carmen Lorentz (right) joined the tour. (Laconia Daily Sun photo/Michael Kitch)

from preceding page tics was seeking to recruit employees, the firm held an open house and found itself swamped with more than 300 visitors. So far this week firms have drawn between 40 and 50 visitors, Lorentz estimated, adding that “they are happy with number. Not too few, but not too many.” She described the visitors as “a mixed bag” of people of all ages, including students contemplating the world of work, working people eying a second career, parents weighing the future of their children.

“When I tell you we struggle,” said Mark Bartram, the plant manager at Aavid Thermalloy, welcoming a group for a tour, “we really struggle. This is not the dirty, greasy, minimum wage opportunity in manufacturing any more.”

Begun on Court Street, where Aubuchon Hardware operated, in 1972, Aavid employs 1,700 at numerous facilities in North America, Europe and Asia. The company designs and manufactures thermal cooling solutions for electronic components with applications in a broad range of industries, including defense, aerospace, telecommunications, energy , transportation, medicine.

During the tour Bartram displayed a small sample of “heat sinks” used on cell towers, magnetic resonance imaging machines, solar panels, locomotives and computers.

“This is a clean shop,” Bartram said. Noting that the facility has been without an accident for 621 consecutive days, he pointed out that every incident, even a carton toppling from a shelf, is recorded. “Safety is our number one priority.” All the waste, down to the water left from scrubbing the shop floor, is captured, treated and disposed of according to standards set by the United States Environmental Protection Agency. Bartram said that these same standards are followed throughout the company, wherever

the facility is located.

If the shop floor is not what it was generations ago, neither are the employees. “We have difficulty hiring employees with the right skill set,” Bartram said, explaining that apart from computer programming Aavid looks for experience with computeraided design, including “solid works” or manipulating 3-D models, and product engineering. Above all, the firm seeks those willing and able to continue learning to keep pace with rapidly changing technologies and processes. Bartram said that the company provides constant on-the-jobtraining and will pay for the cost of further education, including college, as long as the curriculum matches positions within the company, from engineering to accounting.

Stressing the dynamic character of advanced manufacturing and the importance of continuing training and education, Bartram told a handful of students from the Huot Technical Center “what you do today will not be what do do next year.”

Lorentz said that all the participating firms compete successfully in the global marketplace, offer perhaps the most attractive employment opportunities in the region and have the potential for significant future growth.

“The sky is the limit,” she said. “The only constraint is finding the people to work.”

Eptam Plastics in Northfield has tours scheduled for today at 9 a.m. and noon.

EFI in Meredith will hosts tours today at 11 a.m. and 2 p.m.

The Huot Technical Center at Laconia High School will hold an open house for its manufacturing program between 7:30 and 8:30 a.m. on Friday.

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Retiring Selectman Miller Lovett tells Meredith residents that everyone can & should ‘keep getting better’ at conclusion of brief Town Meeting

BY ROGER AMSDEN FOR THE LACONIA DAILY SUN

MEREDITH — Miller Lovett, who has served for seven years as a selectman here, took the occasion of his retirement from public office last night to speak to his fellow townspeople about the increasing polarization of American political life. ‘’We have a recession which is being made worse by a Congress which can’t work together. In our local paper we see letter after letter from people who say that ‘anybody who doesn’t believe what I do is stupid.’ It’s an illness. We have an epidemic of people who can’t listen to other people,’’ said Lovett, who will celebrate his 90th birthday next Monday while traveling in China.

Lovett was addressing the annual Town Meeting at Inter-Lakes High School.

Lovett, who was senior minister at the Congregational Church in Laconia from 1965 through 1970 and later taught business management at the University of Massachusetts in Boston for 20 years, urged townspeople to adopt the theme that ‘’everybody can be better tomorrow than they are today if they’re learning, if they’re growing.’’

Lovett has been chair of the board for the past year, said that he is proud of what the board has accomplished through its management of the town budget in recent years, He said that that over the past five years of difficult economic times the town had been able to actually build its fund balance by $1 million even though it had used the fund balance to stabilize the tax rate. ‘’The tax bills have remained level. That hasn’t happened by accident,’’ said Lovett, who said that the town needs a long-range philosophy of financial management with plans for both the long and short terms,. ‘’I have a theory, The amount of the average tax bill should remain consistent and only go up though inflation,’’ said Lovett.

He was presented with a sundial by his fellow members of the board of selectmen at the conclusion of last night’s meeting and praised by his colleagues for his service to the community.

Voters approved a $13,005,004 operating budget for the town, an increase of $743,918, or 6.8 percent higher than last year’s.

Additional warrant articles for expendable trust funds earmarked for future capital expenses which were approved raised the total budget to $13,627,664,

Miller Lovett, who served seven years as a selectman in Meredith, was honored by his colleagues at the Meredith town meeting where he was presented with a sundial to show their appreciation for his service to the community. (Roger Amsden photo for the Laconia Daily Sun)

which is $892,344, or seven percent more than the $12,735,319 approved last year.

Revenues from sources other than property taxes remained flat at $4,471,410. but selectmen have used the town’s undesignated fund balance to limit the amount raised by property taxes by applying $725,000 to supplement revenues and another $750,000 to fund capital projects.

The total tax commitment for the town is projected to rise by approximately $193,000 to $7,986,504, or by ten cents per $1,000 of assessed value, increasing the town portion of the tax rate from $4.20 to $4.30.

The budget features approximately $1.7 million in funding for capital expenditures that were deferred during the past four years.

That includes two police cruisers, a command vehicle for the Fire Department, a Bobcat front loader for the DPW-Solid Waste, an F-350 pick-up truck for the DPW Highway Department and a CCTV inspection trailer for the Sewer Department.

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Authorities said they seized about 300 bank accounts containing $64.7 million, as well as sports cars and other property.

Bondi said that when charges are formally filed next week they will include racketeering, conspiracy, money laundering and possession of slot machines.

“It is shameful that Allied Veterans of the World allegedly attempted to use the guise of charitable organization to help veterans in order to lend credibility to this $300 million gambling scheme,” she said.

A telephone number listed for Allied Veterans was disconnected. Emails to an address on the group’s website were not returned. The address Allied listed as its headquarters appeared abandoned, the long, gray cinder-block building bare inside.

Gerald Bailey, commissioner of Florida’s Department of Law Enforcement, said the arrests are only the first wave of the investigation and the second wave will look at the “large sums” of money spent on lobbying and donations to political campaigns. He would not give details.

Allied Veterans was founded in 1979 and evolved from a charitable organization that ran bingo games and held bake sales for veterans to a group suspected of widespread illegal gambling around Florida, according to an Internal Revenue Service affidavit.

COUNTY from page one that define departments, such as the nursing home. ‘’We’ve found a way to operate within the delegation’s budget with only a $52,000 transfer,’’ County Administrator Debra Shackett told commissioners John Thomas and Steven Nedeau at a Wednesday morning work session on the budget. (Commissioner Ed Philpot was absent.)

Shackett termed the proposal “Plan C” as she outlined it for them and said that transfer which would need to be approved by the convention would be $52,000 from a contingency fund in order to retain a full-time position at the Department of Corrections.

She said commissioners, armed with a legal opinion from an attorney they consulted, are confident that they do have the power to move the funds within each department in order to meet the contractual obligations the county has in funding health insurance, sick day bonus and longevity which are specified in the union contracts with employees which are still in force.

Shackett said the convention did not allocate enough money to cover the level of health insurance the county is obligated to pay for each employee. If transfers are not allowed into the health insurance accounts, the only other option would have been layoffs to get the number of employees down to a level where each receives the required level of benefit.

She told the commissioners that Plan C would most likely be the most palatable to the delegation and would appear to accomplish its intent of cutting the budget.

Another option which was presented was a Plan A, which would seek a supplemental appropriation of $219,670 for the unfunded benefit costs, but commissioners said that they would not want to approach the convention with that plan, feeling it would be rejected out of hand.

Another option would be Plan B, which the commission considered last week, and involved spending reductions totaling $198,606 and budget transfers of $258,606 for which county convention approval would be sought.

Shackett said that cuts from the administration

budget, which included a $20,000 reduction in her pay from $106,000 to $86,000, would be restored by allocating part of the costs for her office to the nursing home.

If the pay cut did take effect, Shackett would become the fourth highest paid county employee, behind Human Resources administrator Norm O’Neill, $96,635, Nursing Home Administrator Mathew Logue at $90,000 and County Attorney Melissa Guldbrandsen at $89,164.

County Commissioner Steve Nedeau asked Shackett if there was any way the get around going to the convention and asking for the $52,000 and she said that in going over the corrections’ budget they had been able to get it down to within $23,000 of matching the amount allocated by the convention but couldn’t risk deeper cuts to a department which was already understaffed.

Shackett said that getting through the year with the current budget wasn’t her only worry and she was concerned over what the county convention had in store for the future. ‘’It’s like a war and if we’re still standing at the end of this year they’re going to knock us down again,’’ she said.

Nedeau said that the cuts which the convention made were arbitrary and not based on knowledge of the every day workings of the county. ‘’We’ve come a long way in the last four years and it’s all gone out the door in the last three months. In doesn’t do Belknap County any good to go downhill the wrong way. I don’t feel comfortable going to the delegation and working it out with them, so I think Plan C is our only option.”

Nedeau wondered if the request for the transfer of funds would be made to the convention as a whole or just to its executive committee, prompting Thomas, the commission chairman, to say it should go the entire convention. ‘’We know that the whole delegation is not getting all the information from the executive committee.

There’s no other way to say it, but we really need the whole delegation to be included so that they’ll understand what’s going on’’ said Thomas.

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ice. When we got there, the individual was out of the water, soaking wet up to his waist.” Vaillancourt said the juvenile had fallen through ice that was near a railroad trestle, and had apparently removed himself from the river before responders arrived.

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Jason Wright wins only contested race on Tilton ballot TILTON — Incumbent Selectman Katherine Dawson was re-elected to the board for a fifth term without opposition with 267 votes out of 343 total ballots cast on Tuesday.

Three members were elected to the Budget Committee, all without opposition. Incumbent Wayne Brock was re-elected to a three-year term with 273 votes while Jon Bossey was elected to a two-year

term with274 votes and Stanley Brown to a oneyear term with 282 votes.

In the only contested race on the ballot, incumbent Jason Wright kept his seat on the sewer commission, topping Robert Hoey by 50 votes, 168 to 118.

The Annual Town Meeting will begin at 8 a.m. on Saturday morning at Winnisquam Regional High School.

Bolton & McIver claim seats on Plymouth Selectboard PLYMOUTH — William R. Bolton, Jr. and Neil F. McIver were the winners of a five-way race for seats on the Board of Selectmen on Tuesday. Bolton led the field with 379 votes and McIver was next with 316.

Omer C. Ahern, Jr. came in third with a total of 268 and incumbent W. Ray Gosney, Jr. was next with 237. Peter E. Martin attracted 218 votes.

The annual Town Meeting was held Wendsday night but results were not available at press time.

All articles pass on New Hampton warrant; only 265 vote NEW HAMPTON — Only 265 of the 1,554 voters on the checklist — 17-percent — went to the polls in Tuesday’s election, which featured a ballot without a single contested race.

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LACONIA — There will be two free organ concerts at the Laconia Congregational Church this month.

The concerts will be at noon on Friday, March 15 and Friday, March 22. The church is located in Veterans Square in downtown Laconia. For more information, call the church office at 524-0668.

On March 15, the organist will be Brian Jones. A graduate of Oberlin Conservatory Of Music and Boston University, Brian Jones is among America’s most celebrated church musicians. Organist Emeritus of Trinity Church, Copley Square, Boston, where he played

from 1984-2004, he has since served in three interim positions including Old South Church in Boston and Memorial Church, Harvard University.

Currently, he is Director of the Copley Singers, a Boston-based choir he founded in 2006, and he is in rigorous demand as a concert organist throughout the United States and Europe. Having been heard in such venues as St. Thomas Church, New York City; The National Cathedral, Washington, DC; Grace Cathedral, San Francisco; Yale University, New Haven; and Westminster Abbey and St. Paul’s Cathedral, London, he has been widely recorded, published and acclaimed.

On March 22, Robert Couchon will perform. Robert, a native of Worcester, Massachusetts, studied piano from the age of seven, and pursued a degree as a foreign language major before finally majoring in Organ at the Boston Conservatory of Music. While at the Conservatory, he was accepted as one of a very limited number of students of the late Dr. Virgil Fox, the legendary concert organist, with whom he studied for five years. During that time, he also pursued advanced piano study in New York City with the late Mary Louise Boehm, a concert pianist and pupil of the legendary German pianist Walter Gieseking. Mr. Couchon is currently Organist and Music Director of St. Michael Roman Catholic Church in Brattleboro, Vermont and is also Organist of Temple Sinai in Worcester, Massachusetts, a position he has held for twenty three years. He is also a frequent recitalist in the New England area and teacher of piano and organ.

PLYMOUTH — Plymouth State University’s Center for the Environment (CFE) hosts the 2013 New Hampshire Water and Watershed Conference, Friday, March 22 in PSU’s Hartman Union Building.

The event features more than 30 talks addressing current water related research as well as effective strategies at the local, regional, state, and federal levels about changing environmental and societal conditions and their effects on New Hampshire’s water resources and aquatic environment. Specific topics to be covered include watershed planning, restoration, and management; education and outreach; ecosystem services of lakes, rivers, and watersheds; coordinating a response to climate change; and water quality and quantity.

The plenary speaker is Linwood Pendleton, director of the Ocean and Coastal Policy Program at the Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions and acting chief economist for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).

His talk will be on Clean Water and the New Hampshire Economy.

Governor Maggie Hassan is also expected to

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CFE Director Dr. Joe Boyer stated the conference will provide an extensive amount of information about the region’s water resources.

“Water is a common denominator in the environment, society and economy of this region,” Boyer said. “This meeting will help further the research and management of water resources for the benefit of both nature and people.”

The sessions and talks at the conference are designed to meet the information and networking needs of a broad audience. In past years, scientists; educators; consultants; students; lake, river, and watershed groups; environmental organizations; volunteer monitors; municipal board and staff members; elected officials; local and regional planners; and policy makers have all found the conference to be full of valuable information addressing current water and watershed topics in New Hampshire.

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Franklin Democrats elect delegates at March 26 caucus FRANKLIN — The Franklin City Democrats will meet at 6:30 p.m. March 26 at 3 Morning Glory Drive, to elect city Democratic officers and delegates to the New Hampshire Democratic Party’s 2013 Midterm and 2014 State Convention. Local Democratic Committee officers and delegates have a vote at the annual conventions, to approve the party platform.

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LACONIA — Laconia Adult Education is offering a Water Color Painting Studio Class, taught by Mary Lou John, beginning on Monday, March 25. The class will meet from 6:30 8:30 p.m. for six weeks. This class is open to students at all levels of water color painting. No previous water color painting experience is required.

The class will examine the fundamentals of water-

color painting, including basic approaches to color and value. Through a series of landscapes and other subjects of your choosing, participants will develop their sensitivity to the medium, and begin to understand how to use watercolor to achieve the best results, learning the basic elements of composition as a basic foundation for painting.

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Opening reception for ‘Terra Vegrandis’, current exhibit at The Studio, held on Saturday LACONIA — Artist Kirk Membry sees things in a big way. In his professional photography practice he is contracted by organizations such as the Mount Washington Observatory and NBC Sports to do 360 degree panoramic photos or “panos”.

In “Terra Vegrandis”, his current exhibit at The Studio, 50 Canal Street in Laconia, he takes the big picture and shrinks it to create the “tiny earth” prints that are featured.

In images that may conjure the familiar cover illustration of “The Little Prince”, Membry gives viewers a playfully disorienting look at the world.

The scale and perspective are both delightful and a little disarming, and Melissa McCarthy, owner of The Studio, is gleeful at the prospect of showing the work from now through April 13.

“Every picture has detail that surprises, and it’s a treat to explore them visually - things are turned upside down, stretched, shrunk. We get the opportunity to play in our heads with familiar sights,’’ says McCarthy.

There is an opening reception for the artist this Saturday, March 16, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. The public is invited, and light refreshment will be provided.

“Terra Vegrandis” is installed at The Studio, 50 Canal Street, Laconia through April 13. Regular hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Wednesday through Friday, Saturday 10 a.m.-3 p.m. For an appointment at another time, or with any questions, call 455-8008

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GILFORD — Gilford Parks and Recreation in conjunction with the GHS Performing Arts, is sponsoring a Dinner and Theatre evening for participants of

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This activity is scheduled for Wednesday, March 20. Participants will meet in the Gilford High School Lobby at 5 p.m. for a pasta dinner, followed by the High School Drama Clubs’ performance of “Twelve Angry Jurors” at 6 p.m.

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FRH Auxiliary members continue to support hospital & community initiatives FRANKLIN — Members of the Franklin Regional Hospital Auxiliary recently met to review initiatives of the past year and ways to best support the hospital and community services moving forward.

Inspired by a long history of philanthropic projects and giving the group is always happy to welcome new ideas, new requests, and new members.

Held in November at Franklin Regional Hospital the Auxiliary’s Annual Craft Fair raised just shy of $2,300. Each year the fair proves to be a great opportunity to purchase hand-made gifts and everything needed for the holiday season, while supporting local artists and crafters.

In early December the Auxiliary’s not-to-miss fundraising event brings countless community members together for the annual Lights of Memory celebration. In its 29th year this past year’s cerAt left: Franklin Regional Hospital Auxiliary President Christine Dzujna (left) and Vice President Linda Finnie show off a state-ofthe-art wheelchair which the Auxiliary purchased and donated to the Emergency Department at Franklin Regional Hospital. This is one of many ways the FRH Auxiliary gives back to their local hospital and community. (Courtesy photo)

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The Gift Shop at Franklin Regional Hospital is a hidden gem in the town of Franklin. Run by volunteers the gift shop offers everything from flowers and cards to beautiful jewelry and unique gifts. As an extra incentive, every purchase supports important initiatives at Franklin Regional Hospital, ultimately benefitting patients and staff.

Franklin Regional Hospital Auxiliary is also involved in the Lifeline program – a community and FRH initiative that offers seniors in surrounding towns special access to emergency services. The Auxiliary is proud to donate the Lifeline service to select community members who may otherwise be restricted by financial barriers.

Auxiliary members very thoughtfully map out how to best spend the funds they have raised. They are proud to support community initiatives through events such as the Red Dress Gala; Tanger Fit for a Cure 5K; the LRGHealthcare Golf Classic; and members also support the hospital’s involvement at Franklin Community Day. In addition, the Auxiliary has made a $5,000 Cornerstone Level gift to the LRGHealthcare Capital Campaign.

Aside from support of events and programs the Franklin Regional Hospital Auxiliary has purchased crucial equipment for hospital departments over the past year. The most noteworthy purchases were state-of-the-art gifts of a bariatric scale (valued at $4,000) and two patient wheelchairs (total value of just over $4,000) at Franklin Regional Hospital.

The FRH Auxiliary’s Annual Meeting will be held in April. Those interested in learning more can call 934-2060 ext. 8780 or email: dzujna@metrocast.net.

Flag Football breast cancer fundraiser set for St. Patrick’s Day at InterLakes High School field MEREDITH — On Sunday, March 17, the Lakes Region Flag Football League will be holding its first annual Flag Football Breast Cancer Fundraiser to benefit Stacey Dickinson of Meredith.

The event, “Pulling For Hope And A Cure” will be held from 11 a.m.-3 p.m. on the Inter-Lakes High School turf field and will be held whether snow, rain or shine.

The turf field will be ready to play, as the field never freezes and once cleared of snow will be ready to go. The field will be cleared of snow for the event.

LRFFL is inviting all of our former players, current players (including Men’s Summer League teams and Women’s Spring League teams) to participate.

The league is also inviting all those who just want to give flag football a try to come out and have some fun and support Stacey and raise money and awareness for breast cancer. Anyone from age 4-and up can play flag football! NFL Flag Football is played 5-on-5 and is a non-contact sport.

Adults who wish to play will be asked to make a $10 donation and kids will be asked to make a $1 donation.

Those interested in playing can register at lrffl. com. For those who are bringing a team, only one person needs to register, and then inform the league who else will be playing.

The league asks all who will be playing to wear some pink & green in celebration of breast cancer awareness and St. Patrick’s Day. Concessions will be served; there will be a 50-50 raffle, and we will be raffling off gift certificates from local businesses.

For more information and updates, go to the league’s website: lrffl.com; visit Facebook: lakesregionflagfootball and follow on Twitter: @LRFFLcom.

Registration is now open online for the Spring 2013 season of the Women’s Flag Football League.

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Anyone who asks you a question will get more than they bargained for.

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SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21).

You won’t seek a dangerous position, and yet there is no such thing as complete safety in this world, either. Adventure would not be adventure without the element of risk.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19).

Everything will progress whether or not you have a plan. This is an excellent day for watching the way things work naturally without your interference.

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AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18).

Committing to one choice means closing the door on any other choice that is not in line with it. You’ll spend most of the day trying to figure out which choices go together.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). Some will push their luck to explore the unknown. You’d like to think things over awhile. How badly do you really want to know? Maybe not badly enough to tempt fate.

TODAY’S BIRTHDAY (March 14).

The next six weeks feature amusing developments, including public singing or dancing. You owe April’s victory to family and excellent training. Ardently follow your interests, and in May you’ll make a rather dazzling new friend.

Consider going into business together.

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ARIES (March 21-April 19). You may realize that you could improve in some areas, but don’t use this as an excuse to pick on or abandon yourself.

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TAURUS (April 20-May 20). You will decipher complex problems almost magically. Your intuition will guide you brilliantly. You won’t need to hear each side or get proof of what is really going on. The answer will be clear.

GEMINI (May 21-June 21). Your style of communication is like a universal language all its own. With Mercury cheering on your efforts, you will bring a diverse group of people together.

CANCER (June 22-July 22). You will thrive in a group setting. Excellent sportsmanship and skillful teamwork are specialties of yours. Don’t be surprised if the group can’t function without you.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). You don’t have to do anything active to change the world now. Everything is changed just because you exist. You may choose to be active anyway, or you may sit back and enjoy just being alive.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). It’s said that shared joy is multiplied; shared grief is divided. Wherever people are, you join them and make the emotional landscape come alive with positive feeling.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). When the cosmos send you an invitation, be sure to R.S.V.P. When you make your intentions known, things start to happen. Even if you don’t yet have what you need to move forward, move forward anyway.

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––––––– ALMANAC ––––––– Today is Thursday, March 14, the 73rd day of 2013. There are 292 days left in the year.

Today’s Highlight in History: On March 14, 1923, President Warren G. Harding became the first chief executive to file an income tax return, paying a tax of $17,990 on his $75,000 salary.

On this date: In 1743, a memorial service was held at Faneuil Hall in Boston honoring Peter Faneuil, who had donated the building bearing his name.

In 1794, Eli Whitney received a patent for his cotton gin, an invention that revolutionized America’s cotton industry.

In 1885, the Gilbert and Sullivan comic opera “The Mikado” premiered at the Savoy Theatre in London.

In 1900, Congress ratified Gold Standard Act. In 1932, photography pioneer George Eastman, founder of Eastman Kodak Co., died by his own hand at age 77 in Rochester, N.Y. In 1951, during the Korean War, United Nations forces recaptured Seoul (sohl).

In 1962, Democrat Edward M. Kennedy officially launched in Boston his successful candidacy for the U.S. Senate seat from Massachusetts once held by his brother, President John F. Kennedy. (Edward Kennedy served in the Senate for nearly 47 years.)

In 1964, a jury in Dallas found Jack Ruby guilty of murdering Lee Harvey Oswald, the accused assassin of President John F. Kennedy, and sentenced him to death. (Both the conviction and death sentence were later overturned, but Ruby died before he could be retried.)

In 1980, a LOT Polish Airlines jet crashed while attempting to land in Warsaw, killing all 87 people aboard, including 22 members of a U.S. amateur boxing team.

In 1991, a British court overturned the wrongful convictions of the “Birmingham Six,” who had spent 16 years in prison for a 1974 Irish Republican Army bombing, and ordered them released.

One year ago: President Barack Obama and his wife, Michelle, hosted a White House state dinner for British Prime Minister David Cameron and his wife, Samantha. Earlier, the two leaders announced that NATO forces would hand over the lead combat role in Afghanistan to Afghan forces in 2013 as the U.S. and its allies aimed to get out by the end of 2014.

Today’s Birthdays: Former astronaut Frank Borman is 85. Actor Michael Caine is 80. Composer-conductor Quincy Jones is 80. Former astronaut Eugene Cernan is 79. Actor Raymond J. Barry is 74. Movie director Wolfgang Petersen is 72. Country singer Michael Martin Murphey is 68. Actor Steve Kanaly is 67. Comedian Billy Crystal is 65. Country singer Jann Browne is 59. Actor Adrian Zmed is 59. Prince Albert II, the ruler of Monaco, is 55. Actress Laila Robins is 54.

Actress Tamara Tunie is 54. Actress Penny Johnson Jerald is 52. Producer-director-writer Kevin Williamson is 48. Actor Gary Anthony Williams is 47. Actress Megan Follows is 45. Rock musician Michael Bland is 44. Country singer Kristian Bush is 43. Rock musician Derrick is 41. Actress Betsy Brandt is 40. Actress Grace Park is 39. Actor Jake Fogelnest is 34. Actor Chris Klein is 34. Actress Kate Maberly is 31. Singer-musician Taylor Hanson (Hanson) is 30. Actor Jamie Bell is 27.

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CALENDAR TODAY’S EVENTS Last registration event held by the Belmont Baseball Association. 5-6:30 p.m. at the Belmont Elementary School. Open to children in Canterbury and Belmont ages 4-12. For more information visit www.belmontbaseball.org.

Beginning/Intermediate Genealogy Workshop offered by the Lakes Region Genealogy Interest Group. 6:30 p.m. at the Wolfeboro Public Library. For more information call 569-2428.

Squam Speaker Series presents ‘The Mooseman’ with Rick Libbey hosted by the Squam Lakes Association. 7 p.m. For more information call 968-7336 or visit www.squamlakes.org.

March birthday’s soup and bread potluck followed by cake and ice cream. 11:30 a.m. at the Tilton Senior Center in Tilton. For more information call 527-8291.

Meredith Public Library events. Knotty Knitters 10 a.m. to noon. Mystery Book Group featuring the book Bleeders

by Bill Pronzini 10:30 a.m. to noon.

Laconia Indoor Market. 3-6 p.m. at Skate Escape on Court Street in Laconia. Various farmers, food vendors, artisans, and independent sales representatives will be present. For a full list of vendors and specials go to http:// laconiaindoorwintermarket.weebly.com/index.html.

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

Plymouth Area Chess Club meets Thursdays from 7-9 p.m. at Starr King Fellowship, 101 Fairgrounds Road. Form more information call George at 536-1179.

American Legion Post #1 Bingo. Every Thursday night at 849 N. Main Street in Laconia. Doors open at 4 p.m.

Bingo starts at 6:30.

Knitting at Belmont Public Library. 6 p.m.

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

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

FRIDAY, MARCH 15 Lecture presented by UNH historian Hetty Startup entitled “Historic Tea Traditions”. 1:30-2:30 p.m. at the Gilford Public Library.

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.

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

Sit and Knit at the Hall Memorial Library in Northfield.

2-5 p.m.

Mount Meredith 24ft. high indoor climbing wall open to the public at the Meredith Community Center. 5:30 to 7 p.m. Open to all ages. Admission is $3 for children under 10 and $5 per adult. Family rate is $10 per visit. Equiptment provided. For more information call 279-8197.

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Laconia Adult Education offering Inter-Lakes Chem-Free Prom Committee holding live auction March 21 at Mame’s free Basic Math, Reading and GED Preparation Classes LACONIA — Laconia Adult Education is offering free Basic Math, Reading and GED Preparation classes on Tuesday and Thursday evenings from 6-8:30 p.m.

Peggy Selig, program director, says the reading comprehension classes cover the subject areas of Science, Social Studies and Literature which are pre-requisites for the GED Exam.

Math Skills are also reviewed covering the subject areas of basic math, fractions, decimals, measurement,

Geometry and Algebra functions.

The classes are individualized; each student progresses at his or her own pace.

There are no tests and there is no fear of failing. Participants can improve their reading comprehension skills and learn basic math skills from fractions, percentages, decimals to Pre- GED math skills.

To enroll in the reading, math and GED classes call the Laconia Adult Education Office at 524-5712 or stop by the Adult Education Office located in Room 108 at Laconia High School.

MOULTONBOROUGH — The Lakes Region Tea Party will meet on Wednesday, March 20 at 7 p.m. at the Moultonborough Public Library.

The main topic will be ‘’Obamacare:

What it means to you’’ with a presentation led by Vince Merola. Contact Tim at stainsolver.com for more details.

Lakes Region Tea Party taking up Obamacare at meeting on March 20 MORTGAGEE’S NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE

By virtue of a power of sale contained in a certain mortgage deed given by ERNEST AVERY and JONI AVERY, husband and wife, whose mailing address is 190-192 Franklin Street, Franklin, New Hampshire 03235, to LAKES REGION HABITAT FOR HUMANITY, INC., (hereinafter “LRHH”), a New Hampshire non-profit corporation, having a mailing address of 66 Route 25, #3, Meredith, New Hampshire 03253, dated 27 May 2004, and recorded on 3 June 2004 in the Merrimack County Registry of Deeds at Book 2663, Page 1980, (the “Mortgage”) the holder of said mortgage, pursuant to and in execution of said powers, and for breach of conditions of said mortgage deed, (and the Note secured thereby of near or even date, and related documents) and for the purpose of foreclosing the same shall sell at PUBLIC AUCTION On April 5, 2013 at 11:00 o’clock in the morning, pursuant to N.H. R.S.A. 479:25, on the premises herein described being located at 190-192 Franklin Street, Franklin, Merrimack County, New Hampshire, being all and the same premises more particularly described in the Mortgage.

TERMS OF SALE: Said premises will be sold subject to (i) all unpaid taxes and liens, whether or not of record; (ii) mortgages, liens, attachments and all other encumbrances and rights, titles and interests of third persons which are entitled to precedence over the Mortgages; and (iii) any other matters affecting title of the Mortgagor to the premises disclosed herein.

DEPOSITS: Prior to commencement of the auction, all registered bidders shall pay a deposit in the amount of Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00). At the conclusion of the auction of the premises, the highest bidder’s deposit, if such high bidder’s bid is accepted by LRHH, shall immediately be paid to LRHH and shall be held by LRHH subject to these Terms of Sale.

All deposits required hereunder shall be made in cash or by check to the order of LRHH, which is acceptable to LRHH in its sole and absolute discretion.

WARRANTIES AND CONVEYANCE: LRHH shall deliver a Mortgagee’s Foreclosure Deed of the Real Estate to the successful bidder accepted by LRHH within forty-five (45) days from the date of the foreclosure sale, upon receipt of the balance of the Purchase Price in cash or check acceptable to LRHH. The Real estate will be conveyed with those warranties contained in the Mortgagee’s Foreclosure Deed, and no others.

FEDERAL TAX LIEN: If the property to be sold is subject to a tax lien of the United States of America Internal Revenue Service, unless said lien is released after sale, the sale may be subject to the right of the United States of America to redeem the lands and premises on or before 120 days from the date of the sale.

BREACH OF PURCHASE CONTRACT: If any successful bidder fails to complete the contract of sale resulting from LRHH’s acceptance of such successful bidder’s bid, such successful bidder’s deposit may, at the option of LRHH, be retained as full liquidated damages or may be held on account of the damages actually suffered by LRHH. If such deposit is not retained as full liquidated damages, LRHH shall have all of the privileges, remedies and rights available to LRHH at law or in equity due to such successful bidder’s breach of the contract of sale. Notice of the election made hereunder by LRHH shall be given to a defaulting successful bidder within 50 days after the date of the public auction. If LRHH fails to notify a defaulting successful bidder of which remedy LRHH has elected hereunder, LRHH shall be conclusively deemed to have elected to be holding the deposit on account of the damages actually suffered by LRHH. Upon any such default, LRHH shall have the right to sell the property to any back up bidder or itself.

AMENDMENT OF TERMS OF SALE: LRHH reserves the right to amend or change the Terms of Sale set forth herein by announcement, written or oral, made prior to the commencement of the public auction.

NOTICE TO THE MORTGAGOR, ANY GRANTEE OF THE MORTGAGOR AND ANY OTHER PERSON CLAIMING A LIEN OR OTHER ENCUMBRANCE ON THE PREMISES: YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED THAT YOU HAVE A RIGHT TO PETITION THE SUPERIOR COURT FOR THE COUNTY IN WHICH THE MORTGAGED PREMISES ARE SITUATED, WITH SERVICE UPON THE MORTGAGEE, AND UPON SUCH BOND AS THE COURT MAY REQUIRE, TO ENJOIN THE SCHEDULED FORECLOSURE SALE. For further information respecting the aforementioned foreclosure sale, contact James R. St. Jean Auctioneers, 45 Exeter Rd., PO Box 400, Epping NH 03042, (603) 734-4348.

Dated this the 8th day of March, 2013.

Lakes Region Habitat for Humanity, Inc.

By Its Attorneys Minkow & Mahoney Mullen, P.A. By: Peter J. Minkow, Esq. 4 Stevens Ave., Suite 3 P.O. Box 235 Meredith, NH 03253 (603) 279-6511 Publication Dates: March 14, 21 & 28, 2013.

MEREDITH — The Inter-Lakes Chem-Free Prom Committee has announced the 2013 Live Auction scheduled for Thursday, March 21 at Mame’s Restaurant on Plymouth Street in Meredith.

The festivities will begin at 5:30 p.m. Many community businesses and local residents have donated a wide range of fun items to raise funds to host the Chemical Free After Prom Party for Donated items ready for the Auction on March 21 at Mame’s ResInter-lakes Seniors and taurant. (Courtesy photo) their guests. The party will include food, games, entertainally, there are gift certificates and gift ment and prizes and is free to all parbaskets, golf packages, clothing and ticipants. jewelry that will all go to the highest Some of the donated items that will bidder. be auctioned include a signed and In 2012, the auction raised $5,300 framed photograph of Shawn Thornfor the After Prom Party. Tickets are ton of the Boston Bruins; a down jacket not necessary, simply come to Mame’s from US Skiing and Snowboarding; on March 21 to join the fun. Those who and a custom designer handbag from have an item or would like to donate Eric Javitz and a landscape design to the auction or make a cash donapackage from PlanetGreen. Additiontion can call 279-6752.

Belknap EDC holding annual meeting on March 28 at Church Landing MEREDITH — Belknap EDC will host its annual meeting on Thursday, March 28 at Church Landing. Registration and cocktail reception begin at 4:15 p.m. The business portion of the meeting begins at 5 p.m. Registration for the event is required by March 14.

Those who have received an invitation can RSVP using the link in the e-mail. Otherwise, e-mail carmen@ belknapedc.org.

Attendees at this year’s annual meeting will hear a presentation about workforce development initiatives with which Belknap EDC is involved and, specifically, will hear about a project to create an online searchable database of internship and job shadow opportunities for high school students that is being created by the 200 by 2020 Initiative.

Belknap EDC is sincerely grateful to its annual meeting sponsors for their generous support and continued commitment to Belknap EDC’s mission. Bank of New Hampshire is the Gold Sponsor this year, with Meredith Village Savings Bank, Cross Insurance, and The Laconia Daily Sun as Silver Sponsors.

The annual meeting also features the presentation of Belknap EDC’s annual awards. This year, the Board of Directors has aligned the awards with

Belknap EDC’s strategic plan and has renamed some of the awards accordingly. The Belknap EDC Community Impact Award, formerly the “Directors Award” is presented to an individual, business or organization that has had a significant impact on economic development in the region. The Norman Marsh Leadership Award, named in honor of the late County Commissioner and businessman who was instrumental in the founding of Belknap EDC, recognizes outstanding leadership on economic development issues.

The Corporate Soul Award recognizes a business or organization with a deep commitment to the essence of community, one which continuously works to make a difference in local community and economic development efforts.

Belknap EDC is a non-profit regional development corporation.

Belknap EDC provides technical assistance and alternative financing to local businesses and works to address the region’s long-term economic development challenges by attracting young talent, supporting creative entrepreneurs, and enhancing workforce development programs in the region.

Visit www.BelknapEDC.org for more information.

SANDWICH — “One Minus One,” a novel by Ruth Doan MacDougall, has just been published as part of Nancy Pearl’s Book Lust Rediscoveries series.

This series is devoted to reprinting some of the best (and now out

of print) novels originally published between 1960 and 2000. The books are selected by Nancy Pearl, who is a nationally known librarian, an author, an NPR commentator, and a “Publishers Weekly” columnist. For each book in see MACDOUGALL page 23

Local author Ruth Doan MacDougall’s novel ‘One Minus One’ republished

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ANNIE’S MAILBOX

Dear Annie: What do you do when your husband controls the money? I’m 68 years old, and for the past 10 years, “Robert” has paid the bills and has hidden the checkbook from me.

Robert told me I need to pay my own bills. He has a retirement income, and he still works. I receive Social Security. I have always been thrifty, and although I have a debit card, I am only allowed to use it for necessary things like groceries.

I pay for my clothes, haircuts, etc. I bought a new coat yesterday with my own money. Robert scolded me and told me to watch my spending.

Robert does not see how his controlling behavior affects me. Is coping all I can do? -- Craving Trust Dear Craving: Controlling the finances can be a form of abuse. Hiding the checkbook also keeps you in the dark about where Robert’s money is going. There is no reason to tolerate such behavior. You are a full partner in this marriage and are entitled to see the checkbook, the bank statements and any other financial business that concerns you. If you are afraid of Robert’s reaction, please contact the National Domestic Violence Hotline (thehotline.org) at 1-800-799-SAFE. Dear Annie: I’m in a quandary about my little girl. She believes her mom’s boyfriend is her father, but a DNA test proves that I am her true biological father. The boyfriend does not know, but just about everyone else does.

My daughter is now 6 years old, and I want to tell her the truth. Will I be doing more harm than good? -- Perplexed in Poughkeepsie Dear Perplexed: If the little girl has a solid and loving relationship with the man she believes is her father, your sudden assumption of that role might be traumatizing for her. You also will be responsible for child support. However, if “everyone else” knows, it’s only a matter of time before the current

boyfriend and your child learn the truth.

It is better if this information comes from her mother in a gentle and compassionate way, so Mom’s support is crucial in making this easier. Please ask the mother to come with you for mediation to see whether you can work on being a part of the child’s life. You can discuss it with your clergyperson or a trained counselor, or contact your local family court for a referral to a family mediation program.

Dear Annie: I read the letter from “A Good Man Gone Celibate,” who has given up relationships because he can’t find any good women among the gold diggers, scheming manipulators, entitlement princesses, Toxic Thelmas and serial divorcees.

I don’t think it’s fair to blame all women for what is on the dating sites. Most of us are not like that. I own my own home and car and love the job I’ve had for 16 years. My kids are all grown and on their own. I have little drama in my life.

My girlfriends and I have been on most of these sites, and all we get are men who only want sex or those who want to marry you the first time they meet you. We are tired of this. It seems that most men don’t want to take the time to establish any kind of relationship that doesn’t end up in bed after a couple of hours of talking.

My profile says, “If you can carry a conversation for more than 10 minutes without using sexual innuendos or sending naked pictures, please contact me.” Needless to say, I don’t get a lot of contact.

I have been off and on these sites for six years. I, too, get frustrated and disgusted, but I will walk away for a while and come back with a different attitude. Also, Annie, if he takes your advice and chooses more wisely, he may find what he’s looking for. -- Lady with Morals

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

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2005 Volkswagen Jetta GLPower windows, doors, sunroof, keyless entry. Heated leather seats, 118K, just inspected, in great shape. Asking 5,800 Call 528-3330

36' x 12' Bulkhead Boat slipMountain View Yacht Club - Slip H-17 at MVYC, Gilford, NH, is a bulkhead slip with adjacent parking and lawn space for a grill and/or picnic table. The slip was recently acquired through a bankruptcy sale, and is available for resale. The slip is priced to be the best value at Mountain View Yacht Club. Taxes approx. $1,350/yr Association Fee = $1,500 /yr plus a one time $1,000 membership fee. Visit mvyc.biz for club details. Price = $54,500 firm.

Contact 387-6916.

Seatweaving. Classes. Supplies.

New England Porch Rockers, 10 Pleasant Street in downtown Laconia. Open every day at 10, closed Sunday. 603-393-6451.

Auctions OPEN TO THE PUBLIC: Auction at M a m e ’s to benefit the Inter-Lakes High School Chem-Free After Prom party.

Lots of great stuff! Thursday, 3/21 at 6pm. Preview at 5:30. PK Zyla, auctioneer. Mame’s, 8 Plymouth Street, Meredith.

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

P3 s Towing. 630-3606 1976 Chevy C-10 Longbed3-speed on column. Very good condition, $3,000. 603-524-1283 1987 FWD Chevy Silverado with plow. 3/4 ton, 130K, no rust. $2,800/OBO. 603-759-2895 2001 Mercury Sable LS 4-Door Sedan. 3.0L V-6 Engine, 74,400K, Power driver seat, power windows, leather seats, cruise control, sun roof. $3,850. Sanbornton, NH. 603-731-2398 or 603-731-2322

2006 Jeep Cherokee Laredo- 17K original miles, V-8 auto, AC, 4WD, Sunroof, White, New MS Tires, Airbags front & sides, CD, Extras. $15,000. 603-524-9491 2008 Cadillac EXP- Gold, 78K, oversized rims, moon roof, navigation, backup camera, good condition. $21,000. 759-2895 2010 Subuaru forester 2.5X, AWD, loaded, 112K highway miles, full maintenance records, excellent condition. List price $20K a steal will sell for $13.5K negotiable. 630-4737 BUYING junk cars, trucks & big trucks ME & NH. Call for price.

Martin Towing. (603)305-4504.

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

BOATS 29 slip available for rent at Meredith Yacht Club. $3,000 for season.Call 455-5810.

SLIPS: Paugus Bay for 2013, up to 18ft. $900. 455-7270.

LIVING ESTATE AUCTION Fri., March 15 @6 PM Leavitt Park, 334 Elm St., Laconia, NH Decorated stoneware, Hummels, Salmon Falls Collection.

D. Cross lic. 2487 Laconia, NH tel 603-528-0247 gavelcross@yahoo.com Details & 200 photos on auctionzip.com ID 4217

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BOAT SLIPS for Rent Winnipesaukee Pier, Weirs Beach, NH Reasonable Rates Call for Info. 366-4311 DOCKS FOR RENT 2013 season, Lake Winnisquam Point.

Parking, Bathrooms, Showers, Launch on Site. 603-524-2222.

Child Care CHILDREN S Garden Childcare:

Year-round, reliable, clean, structured, environment, central location, one acre yard 528-1857

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

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

BRISTOL- 2 bedroom second floor, quiet neighbors! Great location near Freudenberg and not too far from I 93. $900. per month includes heat and hot water. Will consider a small pet.

387-6498 for more information.

Security deposit and first months rent.

BELMONT1 bedroom + loft, private large deck with view, heat/hot water included,

For Rent BELMONT

•

1 bedroom, 1st floor

For Rent

For Sale

LACONIA- Wingate Village, 103 Blueberry Lane. 2-Bedroom townhouses for rent. $825 Washer/Dryer hookups, private yard, full basement and dishwasher, in convenient location. Heat & hot water included. Call us today at 603-524-4363. EHO, FHO. Income Restrictions Apply.

We accept Section 8 Vouchers. www.wingatevillage.com

BOWFLEX Treadclimber 3000Like new, only 65 miles. Asking $1,400. Gary 293-4129 or 455-8763

LACONIA: 1BR Apartment on Jewett Street, 1st floor, off-street parking, $600/month includes all utilities, security $280.

Call 934-7358.

LACONIA: 2 bedroom, 1st floor.

Separate entrance, coin-op laundry in basement. $225/week, including heat, electric & hot water.

524-1234 www.whitemtrentals.com.

LACONIA: 2 bedroom, 2nd floor in duplex building. $220/week, including heat, electric & hot water. 524-1234, www.whitemtrentals.com.

LACONIA: Gilbert Apartments.

Call for available apartments.

524-4428 MEREDITH Parade Rd., Large 1-bedroom apt., second floor, clean, newly painted, $750/month, heat included, no smoking/ no pets. For additional information call 524-2575 after 5 p.m.

MEREDITH: Small 1- bedroom house, Jenness Hill Road. $625/Month +utilities. 1-Month security deposit. Available now.

Call 279-5674.

MEREDITH: 1-2 bedroom apartments and a 3 bedroom mobile home. $575-$800+ utilities, security deposit required, no dogs, 279-5846.

MINUTES from Concord2-bedroom 1-bath completely renovated energy efficient apartment complex. $795, including hot water w/free WiFi. Secured building access, onsite laundry and more. Military discount available. Convenient Rte 3 location in West Franklin!

Must See, Call today!

603-744-3551

apt. Heat/Hot water included, $175/Week.

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Heat/Hot water included. $175/Week.

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LACONIA first floor, big 4 room, 2 BR. $190/wk.Leave message with Bob. 781-283-0783 LACONIA Waterfront- 2-Bedroom condo, quiet location, Clean/renovated, furnished-optional. No smoking/pets. $995/month.

603-630-4153.

LACONIA- Fabulous 1,200 sq. ft.

2 bedroom on quiet street.

LaundryHook-ups/No pets $825+ utilities 455-0874 LACONIA- Large Rooms for rent.

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

FOUR B.F. Goodrich R15 Tires.

Great buy $200. 393-7884 or 455-8112 GE Water Softener- 40 gallon Model GXSF40H. excellent condition. Cost $499, $150 or best reasonable offer. 293-7641 HAY for sale- $5 per bale, free delivery. Call 957-7401 LOG Length Firewood: 7-8 cords, $900. Local delivery. 998-8626.

MARTIN HD28 1997 Action, was set up by professional. Beautiful sound, like new condition. Hard Case $1,650. 603-524-9491 ONE man sled-style portable bob house with towbar, $150. Three man Frabill Ranger sled-style portable bobhouse with towbar $250. 524-4445 RIDING Lawn Mower SearsCraftsman LT 2000, with mulching deck - bagging attachment - trailer attachment. Recently serviced. $550 firm. Pick up in Sanbornton.

Call 603-860-6420 SMALL college refrigerator $75, 20 ft. Extension ladder $75, HP Photosmart printer $60, Two professional pool sticks 25oz Break, 20oz Maili $75 each with cases.

455-6296.

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

Benjamin Oil, LLC. 603-731-5980

Furniture

FURNISHED Room with private bathroom. Heat, hot water & cable included. $150 per week.

603-366-4468.

Laconia 3 bedroom 2nd floor $210/Week, heat/hot water included. Call 603-235-6901

Firewood- $175/Cord. Green ash with some seasoned cherry to improve burning.

Dan 603-455-5848

AMAZING!

998-4728

LACONIA 2 bedroom apartment, 2nd floor. $790/Month, includes heat, close to downtown.

998-0954

FASHION JEWELRY

Wholesale & retail. Bargain Basics, North Conway. Unbeatable prices. (603)327-4039.

WOOD STOVE Fisher Baby Bear, cast iron, good shape, priced to sell at $375. 387-8051

SECURITY REQUIRED No Pets

GILFORD: 2 bedroom + exercise/utility room, one bathroom, and one car garage. W&D hookup, refrigerator and stove.

Large backyard. $850/Month + heating oil & electric. Owners pay water, sewer, trash and snow removal. No smoking on premises and no pets. 524-1467

DOWNSIZING INSIDE MOVING SALE March 16, 8:30a.m.-4:00p.m.

COLLECTIBLES (Precious Moments, Willi Raye), FURNITURE, Refrigerator, TOOLS, Home Decor, Cookware, Utensils and Much More. Most Items in brand new condition. 141 RIVERWOOD DRIVE, NEW HAMPTON, NH.

NORTHFIELD: Large, clean 3 bedroom house. $1,250/Month + utilities/security deposit. No pets/no smoking. Convenient, in town, near school/library.

(603)455-8873.

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

Compare Cost $1095, SELL $249. Can Delivery and Set-up.

603-305-9763

TILTON: Downstairs 1-bedroom. $600/Month. Heat and hot water included. No dogs, 603-630-9772 or 916-214-7733.

For Rent-Commercial 1800 Sq. Ft. Building with 2 offices and garage/warehouse space. Conveniently located near Busy Corner. $700/month.

603-998-0954.

SOUTH Tamworth- 60’x30’ heated garage with toilet, large work room, 2 bays over head doors, showroom/ office. Great exposure on busy Rte. 25. Suitable for many uses. Available Immediately. Rent $800/mo plus security. Call owner, 323-7065.

For Sale AMAZING! Beautiful Pillowtop Mattress Sets. Twin $199, Full or Queen $249, King $449. Call

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

603-524-1430.

TWO hope chests, $60 each. One kids roll top desk, $100, 2 Two Star brand wood heaters, small metal, great for garage or bob house $50/each, Frigidaire upright

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Free

Help Wanted

FREE Pickup for of unwanted, useful items. Estates, homes, offices, cleaned out, yardsale items.

(603)930-5222.

Help Wanted BUSTLING OUTBOUND CALL CENTER SEEKING HIGHLY MOTIVATED AGENTS to schedule appointments for brand name resorts across the country; we are the leading marketing office in the region, constantly growing and seeking new talent to add to our crew! Pay commensurate with production- goal based, average pay $17+ an hour.

We recently moved to a NEW location at the Paugus Bay Plaza, immediate openings are available, 1st shift 8:30am to 1:00pm M-SAT (4 openings), 2nd shift 4:15pm to 10:00pm SUN-FRI (5 openings)

Call now to apply 581-2450 ask for Tina Landscape Maintenance and Construction Crew Members Wanted Must be motivated and have a positive attitude.

Call Pete (603) 279-1378 American Pride Landscape Company

Help Wanted

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JOIN our family. The Fireside Inn & Suites is looking for a Night Auditor. Experience within the field is helpful but not necessary.

Persons should be able to maintain a professional attitude and be self-motivated. To be considered for this job, persons must possess excellent computer skills, knowledge of Excel is a plus, accounting experience or adequate math capabilities. Great communication skills and dependability is a necessity. This is a third shift position; ability to work the overnight shift is required.

Applicants must be flexible and have weekend availability. This position is year round. Please apply in person or mail your resume to: Fireside Inn & Suites, 17 Harris Shore Road, Gilford NH, 03249.

The Fireside Inn & Suites located at 17 Harris Shore Rd. in Gilford NH is looking for people to fill the following positions: Housekeeping Personnel, Laundry Attendants, and a Housekeeping Supervisor. All persons applying should be reliable, dependable and know what clean is. Experience within the field is helpful but not necessary. Persons should be able to maintain a professional attitude while at work and be ready for the busy season to come. Applicants must be flexible, weekend availability a must. All positions are year round, part time in off peak season with the ability to obtain full time hours in the busy summer months. Please apply in person.

Gilford Elementary School Paraeducator (Remainder of 2012-2013 School year) Send letter of intent, resume, application and 3 letters of recommendation to: Esther Kennedy, Gilford School District 2 Belknap Mountain Road, Gilford, NH 03249

Master Electrician Major construction company seeking qualified electrician with experience, responsible for all electrical diagnosis and repair of crushing, concrete, and building related equipment. Must be capable of working alone and be a self-starter. Mon-Fri year round position with possibility of some weekends. Health benefits and 401K available.

Please send or drop off resume to:

The Coleman Companies Rt. 16, Conway, NH EOE 603-447-5936

WANTED! Experienced Swim Instructors Laconia Athletic & Swim Club is looking for enthusiastic, outgoing and dedicated individuals with good communication skills and a genuine love of children. The ideal candidate will be American Red Cross certified with previous teaching, lifeguarding, or competitive swimming background. Must be 17 years of age, Part time position, required training.

Applicants should fill out an application on LASC's website: www.lascfit.com/need-a-job/ Contact: Anna Swanson, Aquatic Director, aswanson@lascfit.com

EXPERIENCED LINE COOK

MARINE TECH WANTED

603-279-7921

Help Wanted KIDWORKS Learning Center. is now accepting applications for an Afternoon Float 12-5:30pm, Monday - Friday, Year Round. Must have 18 Early Childhood Credits.

E-mail resume to kworks@metrocast.net EOE

PAUGUS Bay Marina Is seeking experienced marine lift operators.

Apply within, 41 Sheridan Street, Laconia, NH 603-524-1233

MOULTONBORO insurance agency seeking licensed applicants for sales and service positions, available immediately.

Base pay, commission, incentives, bonuses and benefits negotiable. Resume and cover letter to LREIA, LLC PO Box 884 Moultonboro, NH 03254 or email to Mike.Torrey@horacemann.com.

seeking full-time marine mechanic. Mercury, Volvo Yamaha experience a plus. Lakes Region.

Help Wanted PAUGUS Bay Marina Is seeking experienced marine techs with G-3 training. Apply within, 41 Sheridan Street, Laconia, NH 603-524-1233

OWNER Operators Wanted!

85% of Gross, 40% Advance. No forced dispatch, trailer rental program. O/OP's with own authority welcome. Flatbed.

866-572-7297.

NURSE NEEDED RN FOR KIDNEY DIALYSIS Dialysis experience preferred, but not a must.

Senior nursing students may apply.

Please send resume to: Central NH Kidney Center 87 Spring Street, Laconia, NH 03246 or Call

603-528-3738

Minimum 3 years experience with fast paced, high volume line cooking in all stations. Requires a strong team player with the ability to work with others.* *All positions require availability to work nights, weekends and holidays. Pay commensurate with experience and Benefits available.

Please email resumes to: harts@hartsturkeyfarm.com or mail to: Hart s Turkey Farm Restaurant P.O. Box 664, Meredith, NH 03253

MARINA FORKLIFT OPERATOR Shep Brown’s Boat Basin, a Premier Full Service Marina, has a rare opening for a full time, year round forklift operator. MUST HAVE: Marina forklift experience, general boat mechanical skills, forklift maintenance experience and excellent organizational & time management skills. Valid Drivers License, NH Boating Certificate & DOT Medical Card are required. Must be able to work weekends.

Competitive pay plan, vacation & health benefits are available.

Please email your resume to service@shepbrowns.com or call Stephen Hinchey, Service Manager at 603-279-4573

LACONIA SCHOOL DISTRICT

CORMIER BUILDERS, INC. EQUIPMENT OPERATOR Seeking seasoned operator proficient on multiple pieces of equipment. Ideal candidate will be a quality minded, hands on person who can perform layout & shoot grades TRUCK DRIVER Seeking experienced triaxle dump truck driver who can run loader & labor when necessary. Ideal candidate will be a CDL-A driver who can move equipment.

LABORER Seeking construction laborer to assist on job sites & perform landscape maintenance.

270 Tilton Rd., Suite 1 Northfield, NH 03276 Phone: (603) 286-1200 Fax: (603) 286-1201 Email: kipco@metrocast.net

LONG TERM SUBSTITUTE KINDERGARTEN TEACHER Woodland Heights School is seeking a KindergartenTeacher. Candidate must be New Hampshire certified in either Elementary or Early Childhood Education.

Position will run from May 6, 2013 until the end of the school year in June.

Information must be sent in by April 1, 2013 (or until filled) For the above opening please send Letter of Intent, Resume, Transcripts, Certification and three Letters of Reference to:

Dennis Dobe, Principal Woodland Heights School 225 Winter Street Laconia, NH 03246 Visit our website for information about the Laconia Schools at:

www.laconiaschools.org

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Jeremi Snook joins Spaulding Youth Center as chief operating officer

Meredith Village Savings Bank signs on as ‘Trade Wind Sponsor’ of Margaritaville in Meredith Meredith Village Savings Bank employees Carrie Jordan, AVP Main Office (left) and Marcus Weeks, AVP Wolfeboro and Meredith Area Chamber Board Vice President (right) present a $1000 check to Susan Cerutti, Executive Director for the Meredith Area Chamber of Commerce (center). This check represents a trade wind sponsorship for the Chamber’s “Margaritaville in Meredith” fundraiser, which will be held on Friday, April 12 at 6 p.m. at Church Landing in Meredith. This event will feature the music of Annie and the Orphans, auctions, a raffle, margarita tasting, and Caribbean style cuisine.

Tickets are $45 per person and can be purchased at the Chamber Office. For more information, call 279-6121. (Courtesy photo)

MACDOUGALL from page 20 the series she writes an introduction as well as book-group discussion questions and a list of recommended reading.

“One Minus One” is MacDougall’s third novel and was first published in 1971 by G. P. Putnam. It is set in 1969–70, a time of turmoil for the United States—and for its main character, thirty-year-old Emily Bean who, after her devastating divorce, leaves her home in New Hampshire’s mountains to work as a teacher in the state’s coastal region, trying to make a new future but longing to recapture the past. As Nancy Pearl writes in her introduction, “Who’s to say which offers the best guide to how to live

your life, your heart or your head?”

A Laconia native, MacDougall has lived in Center Sandwich for 36 years.

She is the author of thirteen other novels, including The Snowy Series, and she also updates her father’s hiking books, “50 Hikes in the White Mountains” and “50 More Hikes in New Hampshire.” On www.ruthdoanmacdougall.com, she writes about life in New Hampshire. She is a recipient of the New Hampshire Writers’ Project’s Lifetime Achievement Award.

“One Minus One” is published by Amazon Publishing as a paperback, a Kindle e-book, and an audiobook. The paperback is also available at brickand-mortar bookstores.

Home Improvements

Services

TILE INSTALLATIONS

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Custom showers, backsplashes, floors, etc. 15 + years installing tile everyday. Mark at American Pride Tile. (603)452-8181. Find us on Facebook!

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NORTHFIELD — Spaulding Youth Center’s CEO Susan Calegari is pleased to announce that Jeremi Snook has been hired to fill the position of Chief Operating Officer.

Snook has an array of nonprofit administrative, managerial and supervisory experience formerly serving as Interim Executive Director and Director of Operations for a residential treatment facility for men in recovery and has held other nonprofit Jeremi Snook photo) leadership roles.

He holds a BS in Family, Youth & Community Science with a concentration in Organizational and Nonprofit Management from the University of Florida in Gainesville and an MBA from Queens University in Charlotte, NC. Calegari commented, “In this newly created position, Jeremi is uniquely

skilled to lead Spaulding’s administrative and program operations, help implement an ambitious strategic plan and position Spaulding for future growth. I am very pleased to welcome him to the Management Team and know he will be a real asset to the Spaulding community.”

Spaulding Youth Center leverages professional expertise to help young people with autism or (Courtesy other developmental and/ or behavioral challenges learn the academic and life skills needed to be successful in their homes, schools and communities.

For information about Spaulding Youth Center, contact Gail Mayhew, Director of Development at 286-7500 ext. 532; gmayhew@spauldingyouthcenter.org or visit www.spauldingyouthcenter.org.

First lady’s private info leaked online LOS ANGELES (AP) — The first lady and the vice president are among the latest public figures to have their private information posted on a mysterious website, and the Secret Service has joined the investigation into the postings that include documents from people ranging from rapper Jay-Z to the head of the FBI. The site includes Social Security numbers, credit reports, addresses and phone numbers.

It bears an Internet suffix originally assigned to the Soviet Union, and many of the pages feature unflattering pictures or taunting messages of the person featured. Others whose information is posted include pop star Britney Spears, Attorney General Eric Holder, former Alaska governor Sarah

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Palin and former California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger.

Both the FBI and the Secret Service said Tuesday they were investigating the site.

White House Press Secretary Jay Carney said he had “no assessments to offer” on the situation and referred questions to the Secret Service, which wouldn’t provide further details.

The site grew from 11 names to 20 in the first 24 hours since it became public, with its operator adding additional features to count the number of visitors and a link to a Twitter account. It offers no explanation about why the targets were selected or how the information was obtained.

The Twitter account includes an antipolice message in Russian.

Services

Services WHITE MTN BUILDERS

State registered, fully insured.

Building, remodeling, restoration, concrete work, roofing, painting, home cleaning, etc.

No job too big or too small, give us a call (603)723-4861.

Home improvements and interior design. Free estimates. hourly rate. Call 603-832-4000, Laconia area.

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

Mobile Homes

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Motorcycles

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

LACONIA: 20' x 18' two car ga rage for rent, $195/month including electric, 524-1234.

Hardwood Flooring. 25 years experience. Excellent references.

Weiler Building Services 986-4045 Email: weilbuild@yahoo.com

BELMONT park 14ft. x 60ft., 3 bedroom, totally remodeled, asking $10,500 best offer, must sell.

(603)520-3203

1980 FLH HD/Project bike. Runs, wiring needs to be finished, lost eyesight. All original equipment included, plus jack. $4,000.

387-6524

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DOWNSIZING INSIDE MOVING SALE

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CALL THE HUNGRY PAINTER: Painting, small tree work, dump runs, odd jobs, water damage/drywall repairs. 455-6296.

SPR Property ServicesTime to plan spring projects. Apt. & basement cleanouts, hauling, painting, dump runs & much more.

Call Shannon 603-998-6858

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COLLECTIBLES (Precious Moments, Willi Raye), FURNITURE, Refrigerator, TOOLS, Home Decor, Cookware, Utensils and Much More. Most Items in brand new condition. 141 RIVERWOOD DRIVE, NEW HAMPTON, NH.

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