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Church Landing to expand south, along lakefront

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CONCORD — A divided Senate Transportation Committee on Thursday approved a measure that would modify the current boating speed limits on Lake Winnipesaukee to allow for more latitude on the part of the lake known as The Broads. SB-27, as

amended would keep the current 45 mile per hour daytime and 30 mile per hour nighttime limit for most of the lake but the daytime limit in the broad expanse at the south-center of the lake would increase to 55 miles per hour.

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The amended bill is expected to go to the full Senate for a vote next week.

Voting for the compromise were Sen. Jim Rausch (R-Derry), chairman, Sen. David Boutin (R-Hoodset) and Sen. Jim Forsythe see BOaT SPEEd page 10

Study finds downshifting weighs heaviest on New Hampshire’s ‘poorest’ towns

By Michael Kitch THE LACONIA DAILY SUN

LACONIA — As state lawmakers, trying to plug a huge budget gap, weigh withholding revenue and transferring expenses to cities and towns, a report issued this week by the New Hampshire Center for Public Policy Studies indicates that the burden would fall most heavily on municipalities where property values are lowest and poverty rates are highest.

The report measures the increase in local property taxes that would be required to offset the impact of four proposals advanced by Governor John Lynch in his budget address last month. The analysis does not take into account reductions in expenditures that municipalities might make to offset the loss of state funding.

First, the governor recommended reducing school building aid by 60-percent. The state reimburses school districts between 30-percent and 60-percent of the principal costs of construction and renovation in payments over the see dOWNSHifT page 10

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Diet Coke moves past Pepsi into 2nd place in U.S.

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(AP) — Coca-Cola is winning the fight for America’s soda drinkers.

Diet Coke bubbled up into the second spot in the U.S. soft drink market, ending Pepsi’s decades-long run as the perennial runner-up to regular Coca-Cola.

Coca-Cola sold nearly 927 million cases of its diet soda in 2010, to Pepsi’s 892 million, a report by trade publication Beverage Digest released Thursday said.

Diet Coke was nearing a virtual dead heat with Pepsi a year earlier.

Regular Coke remains the undisputed champion at 1.6 billion cases.

For Coke, wresting the No. 2 spot from Pepsi capped a year in which it took more of the soda business from its rival.

Diet Coke’s rise reflects a long-term trend toward diet sodas.

Ten years ago, only two of the top 10 were sugarfree. Now, four are on the list: the diet versions of Coke, Pepsi, Mountain Dew and Dr Pepper.

Overall, U.S. softdrink sales have fallen see COKE page 12

U.N. approves no-fly zone over Libya UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. Security Council voted Thursday to impose a no-fly zone over Libya and authorize “all necessary measures” to protect civilians from attacks by Moammar Gadhafi’s forces, hours after the Libyan leader vowed to crush the rebellion with a final assault on the opposition capital of Benghazi.

The U.N. vote paved the way for possible international air strikes on Gadhafi’s advancing military and reflected the past week’s swift reversal of the situation in Libya, where once-confident rebels are now in danger of being obliterated by an overpowering pro-Gadhafi force using rockets, artillery, tanks, warplanes. That force has advanced along the Mediterranean coast aiming to recapture the rebel-held eastern half of Libya.

The resolution establishes “a ban on all flights in the airspace of the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya in order to help protect civilians.” It also authorizes U.N. member states to take “all necessary measures ... to protect civilians and civilian populated areas under threat of attack in the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, including Benghazi, while excluding a foreign occupation force of any form on any part of Libyan territory.”

The vote was 10-0 with five countries abstaining including Russia and China, which have veto power in the council, along with India, Germany and Brazil. The United States, France and Britain pushed for speedy approval.

In Benghazi, Al-Jazeera satellite TV channel showed a large crowd watching the vote on an outdoor TV projection burst

into celebration as green and red fireworks exploded in the air.

In an interview broadcast just before the Security Council voted, Gadhafi dismissed its actions. “The U.N. Security Council has no mandate. We don’t acknowledge their resolutions,” he told the Portuguese public Radiotelevisao Portuguesa. He pledged to respond harshly to U.N.-sponsored attacks.

“If the world is crazy, we will be crazy too,” he said.

U.S. officials have said the authorization for “all necessary measures” provides a legal basis for countries to carry out air strikes to protect civilians from Gadhafi’s forces.

“We had said all along that Gadhafi must go,” said British Foreign Secretary William Hague. “It is necessary to take these measures to avoid greater bloodshed.”

ZAO, Japan (AP) — Japan deployed military helicopters, high-pressure water cannons and fire trucks in an increasingly desperate attempt to cool an overheated nuclear complex as U.S. officials warned the situation was deteriorating.

While the choppers flew combat-style missions to dump batch after batch of seawater onto a stricken reactor, plant operators said they were close to finishing a new power line that could restore cooling systems and ease the crisis at the Fukushima Dai-ichi complex on the country’s north-

east coast.

The top U.S. nuclear regulatory official gave a far bleaker assessment of the crisis than the Japanese, and the U.S. ambassador warned U.S. citizens within 50 miles (80 kilometers) of the complex to leave the area or at least remain indoors.

The Japanese government said it had no plans to expand its mandatory, 12-mile (20-kilometer) exclusion zone around the plant, while also urging people within 20 miles (30 kilometers) to stay inside.

The troubles at the nuclear complex

were set in motion last week’s 9.0-magnitude earthquake and tsunami knocked out power and destroyed backup generators needed for the reactors’ cooling systems.

That added a nuclear crisis on top of twin natural disasters that likely killed well more than 10,000 people and left hundreds of thousands homeless.

Four of the plant’s six reactors have faced serious crises involving fires, explosions, damage to the structures housing reactor cores, partial meltdowns or rising see JAPAN page 12

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Jim Hightower

Leadership, or lack thereof The greatest problem our nation faces can be summed up in one word: leadership. okay, make that three words: lack of leadership.

America’s corporate, political, media, academic and other leaders aren’t. They’re not leaders — because they refuse to stand tall, be bold, offer vision, inspire and ... well, lead. We’ve got too many 5-watt bulbs sitting in 100-watt sockets. They’re squishing the historic can-do spirit of the American people, reducing it to a dispiriting ethic of surrender that says weshouldn’t-even-try.

Start with our leaders’ willful abdication of the American dream.

They’ve given up on the notion of producing a shared prosperity that creates a broad middle class. For more than a decade now, Wall Street and Washington have let millions of jobs disappear and pushed wages down.

They now yawn at the entrenched jobs crisis that is eating the middle class, and rather than responding to the plight of millions of hard-hit families, they’re trying to bust unions and kill minimum-wage laws.

They call it “the new normal,” in which the workaday majority of folks should simply ratchet down their hopes and expectations. A national commitment to quality education, health care for all and a decent retirement has been reduced to a “YO-YO” program: You’re on Your Own. What about creating a vibrant new green economy based on renewable energy? Let China build it, they shrug. How about constructing a bold, nationwide, job-creating network of high-speed trains? Spain built a great one and even France has one, but we’re told it’s too much for America. Our deteriorating and dangerous infrastructure? Better that we cut taxes for the super-rich and pray for God to take care of infrastructure.

These people are pathetic. And shameful. You can’t call yourself a leader if you’re too weak and too afraid to lead.

One of the worst examples of their inability to lead is the new Securities and Exchange Commission’s crackdown on the egregious pay packages that the elites of Wall Street keep grabbing. By a three-to-

two vote, SEC commissioners socked the money-grubbing bankers with a new “say on pay” rule. Rather than let top executives lavish money on themselves unchecked, the new rule lets shareholders of those financial giants vote on extravagant salaries, bonuses and perks. That’ll rein in the excess, right?

Probably not. You see, the SEC has long been a gentle regulator, never wanting to hear a Wall Streeter say “ouch.” Thus, the sayon-pay rule has no bite. Shareholders can indeed have their say, but it’s a non-binding vote! Bank bigshots can simply ignore it. Yet even this velvet harness was too rough for the two soft-on-greed Republican commissioners, Kathleen Casey and Troy Paredes. Both voted no, with Casey explaining that the new rules “are unduly restrictive and impose unnecessary burdens” on bankers.

Don’t despair, though, for justice still might be served. The SEC has since approved another compensation crackdown, this time specifically targeting outrageous multimillion-dollar bonuses. For the first time, big banks will henceforth be compelled to restrain themselves.

How? By filing detailed annual reports about the bonuses they pay.

Ouch, that’ll sting, won’t it?

Again, though, even this tiny pinch was too harsh for the compassionate Republican members.

Both sided with the poor bankers, wailing that requiring reports is a big-government intrusion into the private sector, overreaching the SEC’s authority.

Real leaders aren’t in Washington — they’re fighting for us on Main Street. Luckily, a public interest group named Bankster USA is rallying grass-roots support to curb banker greed. To find our nation’s real leaders and have your own say and push for real reform, contact www.banksterusa.org.

(Jim Hightower has been called American’s most popular populist.

The radio commentator and former Texas Commissioner of Agriculture is author of seven books, including “There’s Nothing In the Middle of Road but Yellow Stripes and Dead Armadillos” and his new work, “Swim Against the Current: Even Dead Fish Can Go With The Flow”.)

If America is to ever have another chance, Donald Trump is it To the editor, Here is hoping the 2012 election people will be smart and vote for someone who is not in government, same old ones that are running again, and not a LAWYER. They are the ones who make laws on top of laws for their own agenda. Vote for a smart businessman who has not been in any part of government. That would be DONALD TRUMP. If we ever have another chance he is it.

So you better start thinking of that now and get ready for a change we all can relate to. As you know the same

B.S. are running. Promises they never keep. Donald Trump does not like the direction Mr. Obama has taken the country. If he gets in again just say goodbye to everything we know. There is no turning back after that. We will go down just like Rome did. I am sure we do not want that. Just someone with guts who can take our nation in the right direction. Just a thought to put in everyones head who loves AMERICA. Anna DeRose Moultonborough

LETTERS I nuclear power were safe we’d see plants right in New York City To the editor, At the U. S. Department of Energy’s Northern (Tres)Pass hearing in Franklin this week, a Franklin resident, area teacher, said “no” to the Quebec hydro-power lines taking electricity through New Hampshire to the populous states south of us.

He objected because the communities where the immense river damming was done lost out. Cree/Inuit communities were overridden as not important. From an online legal document: “The Crees and the Inuit have been displaced continuously, pushed higher and higher North as Canadians discovered valuable natural resources.

Their right to self-determination has been compromised by the needs of a wealthy society of consumers and by nationalist tendencies of the Quebecois embodied in Hydro-Quebec” (James Bay Dam - Electricity and Impacts - American University).

The admirable young teacher choosing to live and work in New Hampshire rather than commercialized Rhode Island where he was born, asks that with our community spirit we respect others’ communities. Though that damage is done to the Cree and Inuit people, we should choose now not to participate.

He ended his statement with saying, though, he’d rather have a nuclear

power plant in his backyard. He doesn’t know that many of our poorer American communities who host nuclear power plants were easy prey. They were desperate for tax money and jobs; their education didn’t include critical thinking about cons and pros — in this case, a tricky energy source.

If nuclear power truly were safe, we’d see Indian Point nuclear plant closer than 24 miles from New York City. In New York City we’d see the number it’d take to satisfy the remaining two-thirds of their electricity needs. We’d see two or three in Washington, D.C. Why have long, vulnerable-to-weather, expensive power line corridors away from nuclear plants? They’re safe? Locate them in those big-user cities. That won’t happen.

They’re not safe.

Another objector to Northern (Tres) Pass , Ruth Niven of Franklin said the monopoly represented by this massive influx of foreign electricity would “be the death knell for many small energy producers.” She raises something to be mindful of: a profiteering corporation is going to give the least it can, in order to profit the most. “Buy it for less; sell it for more.” We need to be healthily suspicious of what beads and baubles we’re offered in exchange for irreplaceable natural wealth.

Lynn Rudmin Chong Sanbornton

I vote ‘no compromising’ with self-absorbed boat speedsters To the editor, Please don’t raise the speed limit on the Broads.

Every June through September, as a hyperactive boating enthusiast, I’m in a sailboat nearly every day. My sailing is exclusively in Winnipesaukee’s Broads, because that’s where the long reach of winds needed for sailing exists.

Prior to the speed limits, I couldn’t be certain that a speedboat “closing” at 70+MPH was paying any attention to what was ahead. (And “what was ahead” was too-often ME!) I also own a powerboat and a few “manually-powered” boats for the amusement of visiting relatives, guests and the occasional seasonal-renter.

Monkeying with Winnipesaukee’s speed limits was solicited via the Internet: hundreds of e-mails arrived at your desk from many distant states—and a few foreign countries!

and safest boating season in memory, I vote “no compromising” with selfabsorbed speedsters.

Boat-renters are criticized for their lack of grasp of NH boating laws, so laws shouldn’t be changed upon the arrival of every new season. If anything, night limits should be lowered. (BoatTest magazine recently wrote that even 20-MPH was too fast after dark.)

Please urge your state senators and representatives to vote “ITL” (Inexpedient To Legislate) on SB-27 and on any changes to the current 45/30 mph law, including raising the Broads’ limit to 55 mph.

All lake enthusiasts have been safer over the past two years and have much more enjoyable lake outings with the 45/30 law — why change what is working?

R. Kennington

THE LACONIA DAILY SUN, Friday, March 18, 2011 — Page 5

LETTERS I’ll be running for a seat on the Gilford School Board next March To the editor, The reason I first became interested in Gilford politics was that I was tired of opening up the twice annual white envelope that said “pay up” — along with the double digit increases it heralded. I tired of seeing government valuing its spending habits more than it did seeing those dollars remaining where they belonged — in taxpayers’ wallets. Much of that growing taxation was a direct result of the School Board spending beyond our means – $10,892,633 in 1998 and now doubled without a proportional increase in results — a very tiresome truth.

Tired of the profligate spending, I ran for the Budget Committee with but one agenda: government should not grow faster than the average family’s income.

Since then, I’ve helped to slow down those increases; last year, both the town and the school budgets were essentially flat. Taxpayers, too, grew tired of the School Board increases; twice in three years, they agreed with the Budget Committee and voted down the School Board’s budgets.

John Goodhue’s letter in The Laconia Sun has it right: the School Board is arrogant and that is unacceptable!

Karen Thurston’s letter remembered the School Board’s refusal to implement the will of the people when Gilford left Laconia to form its own district. We saw it again over the football program. The ‘tude reared its head again this year when the School Board members decided to pay themselves their stipends (even as the selectmen abstained as tokens of shared sacrifice).

I grew even more tired of the aloofness of the School Board as they refused to accede to any cuts in their budget – always maintaining that they deserved the financial growth of

over three times the rate of inflation and their recalcitrance in considering a different management structure that could save the Joe and Jane Sixpack a buck or few.

Aren’t you growing tired off these haughty demonstrations by the board, as shown again during the “presentation” of the three superintendent candidates to the general public (as Sue Allen decided NOT to allow audience questions after her softball ones were hit out of the park)? Or the “We know what is best” demeanor by dismissing the voters’ leadership again this year by hiring the new superintendent — the day before the vote to reject such? Are you, too, tired of this lack of basic respect?

Terry Stewart’s letter rightfully castigated Chairman Kurt “Let them eat cake” Webber’s for his gaffe of “we make the rules here”. Mix in that famous line from “Cool Hand Luke: “... we have a failure to communicate...”; aren’t you tired that we are simply to shut up and do what we are told?

I am – and it is time for change. I am announcing that I will be running for the Gilford School Board next year to replace either Kurt Webber or Sue Allen (if they choose to run for re-election). The choice? An expensive status quo, or a change to demanding excellence for the money and basic frugality (taxpayers come first, Big Government second).

And make no mistake, the School Board in its current incarnation is Big Government in outlook — after all, at $19K/student/year and standardized scores scarcely better than the state average, one cannot say that it is exceptionally small nor provides exceptional results for that cost.

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To the editor, Professor Sandy is demonstrating righteous indignation over the word “cull”, as used once by New Hampshire resident Mark Steyn, in his best selling book “America Alone”. In Sandy’s view, using the word cull was tantamount to using the word “kill”.

Never let it be said that facts could alter the professor’s previously held views on anything.

Steyn’s book is over 200 pages, and deals primarily with the demographic changes in the world; how the populations are dramatically shifting. For example, he points out how, within a generation or two, the native populations in many European countries will become the minority in their own native lands. That’s an irrefutable fact.

There are multiple reasons for the demographic shifts that have, and are occurring. The first reason is that the native populations are not birthing at 2.1 children per family unit. Anything lower than that number reduces the population. Countries like Russia have only an average of 1.1 births per family. That will cut their population

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The next reason for the shift however, is that the swell of immigrants from north Africa, mainly Muslims, are averaging birth rates about four times that of their host country populations. Ergo, a serious demographic shift. It is predicted that within about fifty years, the majority populations in most, if not all, European countries will be Muslim.

In the Tuesday issue of The Daily Sun, Pat Buchanan wrote an exceptional column on the topic of dying populations. Please take a few minutes to read it. http://www.laconiadailysun.com/story/pat-buchanan-japan The bottom line in all this is that Professor Sandy has picked a single word out of Mark Steyn’s book, erroneously substituted his own meaning for that word, and has otherwise ignored all the facts that were presented. He ignored the value of the message.

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To the editor, There are people with a Tea Party attitude speaking out more and more.

This does not mean we have a group.

As for me, I have stated many times in the past couple of years that I am obviously a Tea Party of One. No groups or organizations. Just me and my belief that government must be open and honest (transparent) — that government spends too much of our money — and if not slowed, government will control us and possibly ruin our nation!

What in the heck leads a writer from Meredith to complain about a funeral home and building/code enforcement issue with this: “This is America under the Republican control of the house.” This sounds like she wanted to attack non-political folks in Meredith and somehow blame the Republicans

in the N.H. House or Congress.

Reading the letters and quotes from meetings does my heart good. The public will no longer be silent. You are the government — God Bless ya!

Sort of like “Advocates for Honest & Open Government”. We are not a group or club — we are individuals who have been questioning government for the past 17 years. This Saturday many interesting discussions will take place during my radio program with callers and guests Rep. Paul Hopfgarten, Franklin Mayor Ken Merrifield, Tony Giunta, Diane Grassi, Tom Brown, and Laconia Mayor Mike Seymour.

Friday morning: Rep. Harry Accornero and George Hurt. You know what we’ll be discussing.

Niel Young Laconia

A school voucher system would bring choice back to the people To the editor, From where I sit, it seems to me that public education is an evil that America can ill afford.

Let me explain: Even if we make a shift in the make up of the U.S. Supreme Court and come to have a majority of justices who are originalists or textualists, not to mince words — someone who believes in our constitution, a view that should frankly be a prerequisite for serving on the court. I doubt that the decisions that have banned scripture reading and prayer from our public schools would be revisited by the court and even if they were and over turned I doubt that it would make much difference considering the character of the American people today.

Short of a Christian revival such as none who have ever lived has seen — one is coming, but I’m not sure that it will be in time to save the American experiment, (I hope I’m wrong.) The only path that I can see for America to return to the greatness that she once knew is for us to cut loose the public school systems near monopoly on education. Why should we allow such a near monopoly on such an important service as the education of our future generation, as we would not allow, and should not allow it in any aspect of commerce? Yet we turn the education of our children over to a system that is failing miserably and jealously guards its near monopoly, from competition that would vastly improve the quality of education in this country. Why should the U.S. Supreme Court decide what the majority of young Americans are to be taught?

Why should any American because of financial hardship have to enroll their

children into a school system that is failing in its obligation to properly educate children? This is especially onerous when the parents don’t believe many of the doctrines being taught there, and don’t want their children learning them.

Every American in every state should support a school voucher system that would bring the choice in education back to the people. Public education has failed in its mission if its mission is to provide an adequate education for our children. If you think that that should be the mission of the school system, that you want your children in, then let’s take back the right to educate our children, let’s bring that right back to the people. If you think that education is the key to the future, then make a school voucher system work here in NH. If you feel that the mission of our school system should be to indoctrinate our children into an atheistic world view and to keep them ignorant of actual history, they have succeeded in that mission and you should disregard this letter, otherwise please make a school voucher system happen here.

Please no offense is meant to the many dedicated teachers stuck in this system. I still admire many of the men and women who made sure that I learned many of the things that I have needed to learn.

One parting thought: the rule of law can only endure when our laws line up with natural law. Not believing in natural law is like not believing in gravity, for it will have its effect whether you believe in it or not.

John Demakowski Franklin

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To the editor, Prime wetlands are one of the very rare natural resources in Gilford, and it was our fortune last year to have been gifted 62-acres of land by the Philip Roux Trust, adjacent to Swain Road, that contains some of those rare prime wetland habitats.

Incredibly, this year Steve Grant donated a 16-acre parcel to the town of Gilford off Waterford Place that also contains one of those few remaining prime wetlands. The land makes up the northwest corner of Lily Pond,

and includes over 825 feet of shoreline. Thanks to Steve, a major portion of the Lily Pond watershed and ecosystem are now protected.

On behalf of the Gilford Conservation Commission, the Land Conservation Task Force, and the citizens of Gilford, we wish to thank Steve for his generosity and caring in protecting this rare and important resource.

Thank you, Steve!

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THE LACONIA DAILY SUN, Friday, March 18, 2011— Page 7

LETTERS Congress needs to defund Planned Parenthood & toss idea of eugenics on trash heap To the editor, About 100 years after the birth control movement began in America, government officials are again arguing about whether or not to end federal funding of Planned Parenthood, the nation’s largest provider of abortions.

The issue is currently a hot one in Washington – but it would probably not be if most Americans knew the blatantly racist principles behind the founding of this multimillion-dollar “charitable” organization.

Margaret Sanger, the founder of Planned Parenthood, was a believer in “eugenics,” a pseudo-science that was popular among some intellectuals at the beginning of the 20th century. It held that humankind could be improved (and in fact, some believed, made perfect) by allowing only people who had “positive” traits – healthy bodies, good intellects, etc. – to reproduce. (All others would be discouraged or, if necessary, legally stopped by means of sexually sterilization.)

If the idea sounds vaguely familiar it’s because it’s the same one that powered Nazi Germany. The Nazis believed in the propagation of a “master race,” which would be achieved largely by eliminating all “undesirables” – including Jews, homosexuals, gypsies – and eventually anyone who was not smart enough to agree with their idea of what was a “desirable” trait.

Sanger, who was an American white woman, was particularly repulsed by what she saw as large ethnic families living in squalid conditions in America’s cities.

But rather than being moved to support charitable efforts, as some philanthropists of her age did, she mocked their efforts and instead viewed many of the suffering people as “mentally unfit” and of “inferior racial character.”

An article in an 1919 issue of her Birth Control Review journal decried the plight of mothers of handicapped children as “bearers of the unfit,” and said birth control would “make it possible for them to cease populating the world with children that are physically below normal (and) burdens to society.”

The same publication also praised a “scientist” named Havelock Ellis. Never heard of him? Too bad, since the Review editors called him “a genius who is to be congratulated for helping (woman rise) above the subservient breeder of undesired and unfit children.”

(Guess Sanger never had the chance to check her theories against people like Albert Einstein, who did not speak as a young child and was considered quite dull; inventor Thomas Edison, who was labeled “stupid” and “unteachable” as a youngster; Ludwig Van Beethoven, who continued to write musical masterpieces after he was legally deaf; or the American dancer Fred Astair, who, after one Hollywood audition in, was dismissed as someone who “can’t

sing, can’t act; dances a little.”)

The journal praises Ellis’ work by noting that if widespread birth control were allowed, “the first giant step will have been taken towards wiping out poverty, disease and the appalling sum of human wretchedness.”

Well, as we all know now, birth control is now widely available in the western world – and so far “human wretchedness” has not yet disappeared. (In fact, crimes against women and children may be more prevalent in the West than ever before – perhaps the result of viewing both only in terms of their eugenically-defined “social productivity.”)

Still it’s Sanger’s “Negro Project” that most taints her Planned Parenthood organization.

She was somehow able to influence a few influential black preachers to support her birth control movement – which called for the same kind of “reproductive management” Hitler and his storm troopers enforced.

“The ministers work is important…(because) we do not want word to go out that we want to exterminate the Negro population, and the minister is the man who can straighten out that idea if it ever occurs to any of their more rebellious members,” Sanger wrote.

Ironically, through our taxpayer-funded Planned Parenthood organization, the “Negro Project” has found success, according to the website toomanyaborted.com. “Nearly 40-percent of all AfricanAmerican pregnancies end in induced abortion…

(And) abortion kills more black people than the seven leading causes of death combined… The African-American abortion rate is three times that of the white population and over twice that of all other races combined.”

(Supporters of funding Planned Parenthood say federal dollars cannot be used to fund abortions, according to law. But the organization can still use the money to cover overhead and operational costs, which frees up other funds for abortions.)

So our parents and grandparents fought to defeat Nazi’s corrupt ideals. But our taxes continue to fund an organization founded on the same ideas – that certain people with “undesirable” traits – including perhaps our “inferior” black neighbors and friends – are “unfit” to reproduce because they’ll be just become a “burden” to us all.

It’s time to end the impact of Sanger’s inhuman lies. Tell Washington to defund Planned Parenthood – and help throw the idea of eugenics on the same ash heap of history where Nazism and communism now lay.

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Witnesses describe Bucking trend, N.H. GOP lawmakers Mont Vernon murder proposing a cut in state tobacco tax suspect as ‘creepy’

NASHUA AP) — The word “creepy” was used by two defense witnesses Thursday to describe the behavior of a man who has admitted being part of a deadly knife and machete attack on a woman and her 11-year-old daughter.

Christopher Gribble has acknowledged his role in the killing of Kimberly Cates and the maiming of her 11-year-old daughter, Jaimie, in an October 2009 home invasion in Mont Vernon, but he’s asking a jury to rule he was insane.

Gribble’s father, Richard, testified that his son struggled to see other people’s points of view and would twist events to defend his positions. The elder Gribble, a software engineer, said he and his wife raised their son in the Mormon faith.

Aside from raising their voices on occasion, they did not abuse him physically or emotionally, he said, contradicting earlier testimony from his son.

Asked if his efforts to instill good values had been successful, Richard Gribble’s voice fell. Given the crimes his son had confessed to, “I would have to say no, they were not,” he said softly.

Gribble and others who testified Thursday agreed that Christopher Gribble was awkward in many social situations.

“He’s eloquent. He knows how to speak well,” Richard Gribble said. “But he’s not good at recognizing when someone wants to end the conversation.”

Jillian Baptist, the former girlfriend of co-conspirator Steven Spader, said she used to call Gribble “Creepy Chris.”

She said Gribble had tried to flirt with her and another girl and didn’t immediately get the message that the flirting was unwelcome. see next page

CONCORD (AP) — As some cash-strapped states are looking to hike their tobacco tax, lawmakers in New Hampshire are looking to drop the state’s tax rate, saying, “If you smoke ‘em, we got ‘em.”

The House passed a bill Thursday cutting the tobacco tax 10 cents to $1.68 per pack of cigarettes, and Senate Finance Chairman Chuck Morse says he believes the Senate will support the cut.

Supporters hope the cut will attract smokers across the border from nearby Maine, Vermont and Massachusetts, which have higher tax rates.

“I think it’s a positive sign for business. I think it will provide revenue in the long run,” said Morse, a Republican who lives in Salem, on the border with Massachusetts.

New Hampshire has historically looked to export its tax burden — and any resulting health costs — to other states through taxes on products like tobacco and alcohol it sells to its residents.

“That’s always been the way we run our tax structure,” said Mike Rollo, spokesman for the American Cancer Society in New Hampshire. “We’ve always tried to tax people from out of state.”

Danny McGoldrick of the Campaign for TobaccoFree Kids said other states aren’t cutting their tax rates in these tough fiscal times because they need the money. Raising the tax produces revenue despite resulting in a desired decrease in the number of smokers, he said.

“These smoking declines, of course, save lives and health care dollars, as well,” he said.

David Sutton of Altria Group, the parent company for Philip Morris USA, said he knows of a handful of other states considering similar approaches, including New Jersey and Rhode Island.

But McGoldrick said the trend is to raise the tax, not lower it.

New Hampshire has raised its tax repeatedly since Democratic Gov. John Lynch took office in 2006 — increasing the tax from 52 cents per pack in 2005 to $1.78 currently.

The New Hampshire Grocers Association has consistently criticized the increases as hurting small businesses, particularly along the border. Association President John Dumais said Thursday that cutting the rate a dime will cost the state tobacco tax revenues, but will result in an offsetting increase in state taxes collected from people renting hotel rooms, eating in restaurants, buying alcoholic beverages, buying lottery tickets and buying gasoline. The net result will be no loss of revenue to the state, but an incentive for tourists to come to the state to shop, he said.

“People coming from out of state are going to have an empty gas tank. They’re going to be hungry.

They’re going to be tired,” he said. “It’s going to help every business.”

State Rep. Patrick Abrami, R-Stratham, made that argument successfully during the House debate.

“We have reached the tipping point. We are hurting our merchants. We are losing sales on our borders,” he said.

But state Rep. Christine Hamm, a Hopkinton Democrat, called the move “fiscally stupid.”

“No state has cut their tobacco tax and seen a revenue increase,” she said.

The House voted 236-93 to send the bill on to the Senate anyway.

Lynch spokesman Colin Manning said the governor does not support the tax cut. Manning pointed out New Hampshire’s tax rate already is the lowest in the region.

Massachusetts’ tobacco tax rate is $2.51; Maine’s is $2; Vermont’s is $2.24; Connecticut’s is $3; and Rhode Island’s is $3.46. Unlike the other states, New Hampshire has no sales tax.

THE LACONIA DAILY SUN, Friday, March 18, 2011— Page 9

Rare to find female professional firefighters, except in Laconia

By AdAm drApcho THE LACONIA DAILY SUN

LACONIA — When Ken Erickson became the chief of the city’s fire department 10 years ago, he said it was unlike any other department he had ever worked for in one regard – there was a female firefighter on staff.

That woman was Lisa Baldini, who is now a lieutenant and is one of four women currently working for the 36-member department, which makes Laconia’s fire service one of the most gender-diverse in New England. That’s Erickson’s perspective, noting that Deputy Chief Deborah Pendergast could well be the highest-ranking female firefighter in the state.

It’s notable to Erickson, who said that as recent as 1980, female firefighters were practically unheard of. “Women have made huge, huge progress in an area they’ve just gotten into,” he said, observing that there are female chiefs in several major U.S. cities.

Baldini said she wasn’t the first woman hired in Laconia but acknowledged that she was the sole female firefighter in the city when she was hired. “I didn’t think twice about it,” she recalled.

Baldini has been successful by working hard, she said, and was rewarded with her recent promotion.

Her goal, she said, has always been to make enough of an impression on her colleagues so they don’t see her as a “girl” but as Lisa, the capable firefighter.

“I don’t care that she’s female, I do care that she can do the job,” said Firefighter Bruce Barrett, adding that his well-being depends upon those around him being capable. “It’s not a job for everybody, male or female.”

Indeed, many would-be firefighters of either gender fail to pass the physical agility test. Erickson said both male and female candidates are required to perform above the same threshold and once a member of the department, are expected to perform whatever task is required, whether it’s positioning an extension ladder against a building, dragging fire hoses or carrying someone out a window and down the ladder.

“They proved they can,” said Erickson. With three firefighters staffing the Weirs station, and five at the main firehouse, he said there’s no room for the department to shelter anyone. “You either have to be able to do it all or you’re not going to stay here.”

Perhaps because of their longer traditions, New England departments, especially those in larger cities, seem to have much smaller percentages of female firefighters than in firehouses in western states. By her count, there are only about a dozen full-time female firefighters in New Hampshire, and Laconia has about a third of them.

Because of female firefighters are rare in the Northeast, and female ranking officers even more rare, Baldini doesn’t take it personally when she and Barrett arrive on a scene and members of the public sometimes assume that the man is the one in charge. “You

Laconia’s Fire Department boasts four full-time female firefighters, an unusually high amount for the region. At right is Lieutenant Lisa Baldini, who was the department’s only woman when she was hired. She’s pictured with Firefighter Heidi Beaulac, who was hired in November. (Laconia Daily Sun photo/Adam Drapcho)

can’t get upset about it,” she said, shrugging.

The tide is clearly turning, though. Helping the trend along is Camp Fully Involved, a week-long residential camp held at the New Hampshire State Fire Academy in Concord. The camp, in which Baldini is heavily involved, is designed to give girls the chance to explore firefighting, including real equipment, real training and realistic scenarios. (See www.campfullyinvolved.com for more information.)

To Erickson, the inclusion of more women is something the firefighting industry should celebrate.

From a practical level, there are many medical calls,

especially those involving female patients, where a woman responder can be more effective. Their presence has brought a welcome change to the firehouse as well, he added. “When you’ve got a place filled with nothing but men, it can be unbearable to work in. They just bring a balance to the whole place. I think it’s made it a better place to work,” he said.

Heidi Beaulac, a probationary firefighter who was hired by the department in November, encouraged young women to consider firefighting as a possible career. “Try it out, you’re not going to know until you try it,” she said.

from preceding page Ramona Burgess, a mother of three who took Gribble in after he temporarily left his family home in early 2009, said he lacked social skills, came across as too intense and had to be told to leave the room when she was doing a dress fitting for a young woman.

Although Gribble left the room and later thanked her for explaining that it was inappropriate for him to stay, Burgess said, “The whole thing was just a little creepy.”

Prosecutors returned repeatedly to Gribble’s ability to follow rules when he wanted to and to control his feelings of anger against his mother and others.

“He could demonstrate an emotion — gratitude,” Senior Assistant Attorney General Jeffery Strelzin said, getting confirmation from Burgess.

He could also demonstrate disappointment, said Autumn Savoy, who’s in prison for helping Gribble and Spader get rid of their blood-soaked clothes and providing a false alibi to police.

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INN from page one front lot abutting the inn to the south a year ago, which together with existing property compromises the four acres for the expansion.

“It was a great opportunity to acquire a beautiful piece of property,” he said. The lot fronts on Lake Winnipesaukee and is reached by Lake Shore Drive, a dead-end street running through the parking lot of Church Landing to the Symphony Motel. Lake Shore Cottage, which is being converted to provide two rooms, is near the center of the lot.

One building, with seven rooms, an indoor/outdoor swimming pool, and a rooftop gazebo, will be constructed between the cottage and the inn, on land that once housed the rectory adjoining the St. Charles

Church the inn was built around in 2004. Three boat slips are planned to accompany the building.

The second building, with six rooms, will stand to the south of the cottage. All three of the buildings will be connected to one another and to the inn itself by a covered walkway.

Designed in the Adirondack style by Samyn-D’Elia Architects of Ashland, the buildings will feature stone and shingled sidings, fieldstone fireplaces and chimneys and rustic balconies overlooking the lake.

Less than half the four acres will be developed, well below the 65-percent lot coverage permitted, and only one of the mature trees on the property will be removed.

— Michael Kitch

BOAT SPEED from page one (R-Strafford). Voting to preserve the status quo were Sen. Nancy Stiles (R-Hampton) and Sen. Molly Kelly (D-Keene).

Forsythe’s District 4 includes the lakefront municipalities of Laconia, Gilford and Alton.

SB-27 has been pushed hard by a group made of performance boat owners who call themselves Safe Boaters of New Hampshire. The original language of

the bill called for the replacement of the two-year-old speed limits with a “reasonable and prudent” standard.

Opposition to changing the law, which applies only to the state’s largest lake, has been led by a group that calls itself the Winnipesaukee Family Alliance for Boating Safety (Winn FABS).

Both sides have bombarded lawmakers with correspondence and phone calls dedicated to the issue.

— Ed Engler

DOWNSHIFTING from page one term of borrowings to finance the project. Most of the annual payments apply to projects, like the renovated elementary schools and new middle school in Laconia, already completed. Therefore, the impact would be greatest on those districts that undertook the most expensive projects in recent years.

Second, Lynch proposed reducing so-called catastrophic aid for special education. Currently, the program applies to those students whose education plan costs are more than three times the state average. He recommended disbursing catastrophic aid only to those students costing more than 10 times the state average.

Third, the governor recommended withholding the state’s share of the retirement costs for local school teachers, firefighters and police officers.

Between 1977 and 2009, municipalities paid 65-percent of the employer contribution and the state paid the remaining 53-percent. In 2009, the Legislature reduced the state’s share to 30-percent and a year later trimmed it to 25-percent. Lynch proposed eliminating the state’s share altogether.

Finally, Lynch proposed suspending fixed revenue sharing for the 2012-2013 biennium. Fixed revenue sharing was introduced in 1970 when the Legislature enacted the Business Profits Tax, which replaced several local taxes, including levies on machinery and inventory. Fixed revenue sharing was intended to offset offset the loss of revenue to municipalities, particularly those like Laconia with large commercial and manufacturing operations.

The report tabulates the revenue each city and

town would forego if the Legislature accepts the governor’s recommendations and calculates the percentage increase in the amount raised by property taxes. Then the property tax increase was matched against property values and poverty rates.

The impact of foregone state funding would be relatively greater on cities than towns. Laconia, with a median household income of $57,102, a poverty rate of 9.8-percent and median home value of $205,700, would forgo $2.4-million in state funding, which represents a 6.3-percent increase in property taxes.

Foregone state funding would represent property tax increases of 14-percent in Berlin, 8.9-percent in Somersworth, 8.8-percent in Franklin, 7.6-percent in Keene, 7.3-percent in Manchester, 6.9-percent in Rochester, 5.9-percent in Nashua and Claremont, 5.7-percent in Concord, 5.2-percent in Portsmouth, 5.1-percent in Lebanon, and 4.7-percent in Dover.

In Belknap County the loss of state funding to Tilton and Belmont, both with relatively low household incomes and home values and high poverty rates, would represent property tax increases of 5.9-percent and 4.7-percent respectively.

Sanbornton, where the median household income and median home value are relatively high and the poverty rate of 0.7-percent is the lowest in the county, foregone revenue of $379,100 — almost half of it school building aid — would represent a property tax increase of 4.6-percent.

Of the remaining towns, foregone revenue would represent property tax increases of 3.6-percent in Gilford, 3.4-percent in Gilmanton, 3.3-percent see next page

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Kentucky neighbors shocked to learn Croatian refugee charged with war crime STANTON, Ky. (AP) — If Azra Basic needed a place to run from the bloody aftermath of the breakup of Yugoslavia, her small-town Kentucky neighbors said she found it. The Croatian woman locals knew as “Issabella” settled years ago in this rural, hilly area and took jobs bathing elderly nursing home patients and working at a sandwich factory.

This week, acquaintances were shocked to hear the secret that Bosnian war crimes investigators said Basic has been hiding for two decades. As a soldier

RAMOS from page one Jr. sentenced her to 2 1/2 to 5 years in the New Hampshire State Prison for women. She was also ordered to undergo counseling and pay $3,000 restitution to her victim as well as court fees.

O’Neill rejected Ramos’s initial agreement to serve 2 to 4 years for her crime because about five months of her senTiffany Ramos tence would be served con(Laconia Police photo) currently with the time she is serving now in the Belknap County House of Corrections for an unrelated drug offense that occurred within weeks of the December robbery.

“I’m not sure this should run concurrent,” O’Neill said after her initial appearance, ordering her instead to appear for trial in June.

According to court and police documents, Ramos and her alleged co-felon, Norge O’Flaherty, robbed a Grant Street man of $3,000 while they were in his home.

According to the account offered by Assistant Prosecutor Carley Ahern, O’Flaherty held a knife to the victim’s throat after realizing the man was holding about $3,000 in cash.

The victim was able to knock the knife to the floor, after which O’Flaherty allegedly screamed and ordered Ramos to pick it up and stab the victim.

Through her attorney, Ramos admitted picking up the knife but said she only pointed it in the victim’s direction.

O’Flaherty allegedly took the money, bit the victim, and jumped through a window to get away from the scene.

Police arrested Ramos at the scene and caught up to O’Flaherty a few weeks later. He is awaiting trial.

With the victim’s wife watching, Ramos told O’Neill she had a drug problem for which she still hadn’t received treatment.

“I don’t ever want to be part of that life-style again,” Ramos said beginning to weep.

Turning and looking at her victim’s wife, she said she had been a victim before and realized what a terrifying position she put him in.

“I shouldn’t have been there but it’s too late and I accept responsibility,” she said.

“Drugs make you a very selfish person,” she said again turning to the victim’s wife and saying she was sorry.

After the sentencing, Ahern explained that should O’Flaherty be convicted the two will split reimbursing the victim. If Ramos is the only person held culpable, she will pay it alone.

— Gail Ober from preceding page in Barnstead, 3.2-percent in Alton, 2.5-percent in Center Harbor, 2.4-percent in New Hampton, and 2.1-percent in Meredith.

Of these towns, Barnstead, Gilford, Gilmanton and Meredith have household incomes above the median for the county. Alton, Barnstead, Gilford, Gilmanton, Meredith and New Hampton have poverty rates below the county rate of 5.4-percent. And median home values in Alton,, Center Harbor, Gilford, Gilmanton, Meredith and New Hampton exceed that of the county.

The disparate impacts of across the board reductions in state funding lead the authors of the report to suggest that they are intended to reduce state expenditures, not spread the pain equitably.

in the Croatian army, she killed a prisoner and tortured others by forcing them to drink human blood and gasoline, authorities said. She was arrested on Tuesday by federal agents.

“She’s a lovely person, very diligent in her work,” said 88-year-old Henrietta Kirchner, who was one of Basic’s patients at the Stanton Nursing Center for about a week when she was recovering from a broken leg.

According to court documents, the 52-year-old Basic

(BOSH) is charged with fatally stabbing a prisoner in the neck in 1992 during the bloody conflict in eastern Europe. Court documents accuse her of numerous other atrocities, including: setting a prisoner ablaze, pulling out prisoners’ fingernails with pliers, ripping off a man’s ear with pliers and carving crosses and the letter “S” into another man’s flesh.

The accusations were “very shocking” to 44-yearold former neighbor Brian Rice. see REFUGEE page 13

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JAPAN from page 2 temperatures in the pools used to store spent nuclear fuel. Officials also recently announced that temperatures are rising in the spent fuel pools of the last two reactors.

Two Japanese military CH-47 Chinook helicopters began dumping seawater on the complex’s damaged Unit 3 at 9:48 a.m. (0048 GMT, 8:48 p.m. EDT), defense ministry spokeswoman Kazumi Toyama said. The choppers dumped at least four loads on the reactor in just the first 10 minutes, though television footage showed much of it appearing to disperse in the wind.

Chopper crews were flying missions of about 40 minutes each to limit their radiation exposure, passing over the reactor with loads of about 7,500 liters (about 2,000 gallons) of water.

The dousing is aimed at cooling the Unit 3 reactor, as well as replenishing water in that unit’s cooling pool, where used fuel rods are stored, Toyama said.

The plant’s owner, Tokyo Electric Power Co., said earlier that pool was nearly empty, which would cause the rods to overheat and emit even more radiation.

Defense Minister Toshifumi Kitazawa told reporters that emergency workers had no choice but to try the water dumps before it was too late.

U.S. officials, meanwhile, said Unit 4 also was seriously at risk.

U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Chairman Gregory Jaczko said at a congressional hearing in Washington that all the water was gone from that unit’s spent fuel pool. Jaczko said anyone who gets close to the plant could face potentially lethal doses of radiation.

“We believe radiation levels are extremely high,” he said.

Tokyo Electric executives said Thursday that they believed the rods in that pool were covered with water, but an official with Japan’s nuclear safety agency later expressed skepticism about that and moved closer to the U.S. position.

“Considering the amount of radiation released in the area, the fuel rods are more likely to be exposed than to be covered,” Yuichi Sato said.

Chief Cabinet Secretary Yukio Edano said that along with the helicopter water drops, special police units would use water cannons — normally used to quell rioters — to spray water onto the Unit 3 storage pool. The high-pressure water cannons will allow emergency workers to stay farther away.

Military vehicles designed to extinguish fires at plane crashes will also be used, said Gen. Ryoichi Oriki.

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losing precious time. While the levels later dropped, they were still too high to let workers get close.

The storage pools need a constant source of cooling water. Even when removed from reactors, uranium rods are still extremely hot and must be cooled for months, possibly longer, to prevent them from heating up again and emitting radioactivity.

A core team of 180 emergency workers has been at the forefront of the struggle at the plant, rotating in and out of the complex to try to reduce their radiation exposure.

But experts said that anyone working close to the reactors was almost certainly being exposed to radiation levels that could, at least, give them much higher cancer risks.

“I don’t know any other way to say it, but this is like suicide fighters in a war,” said Keiichi Nakagawa, associate professor of the Department of Radiology at University of Tokyo Hospital.

Experts note, though, that radiation levels drop quickly with distance from the complex. While elevated radiation has been detected well outside the evacuation zone, experts say those levels are not dangerous.

U.S. officials were taking no chances, and Prime Minister Naoto Kan and U.S. President Barack Obama spoke about the crisis early Thursday.

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Laconia Housing Authority would like to start flying a little higher on community’s radar screen

By Michael Kitch THE LACONIA DAILY SUN

LACONIA — “We want the community to know more about us,” said Charlotte DuBois, executive director of the Laconia Housing Authority (LHA), in announcing the launch of the agency’s new website — laconiahousing.org.

The LHA was established as the Laconia Housing and Redevelopment Authority by a vote of the City Council in 1950, but fell dormant after three years before being revived in 1962. Since when it has operated without interruption under a joint agreement between the city and the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD).

Originally formed to assist in relocating those displaced by the urban renewal project in the late 1960s, for the past quarter century the agency has been the major provider of affordable housing for low-income families, senior citizens and handicapped individuals.

The LHA owns and manages 311 subsidized housing units in Laconia, Belmont and Northfield.

In Laconia there are 98 units for the elderly at Sunrise Towers, 60 at Normandin Square, and 35 at Blueberry Place. There are 32 one and two bedroom units at Orchard Hill in Belmont and 36 one bedroom units for the elderly at Northfield Village.

In addition, the agency administers the Housing Choice Voucher or “Section 8” program, which provides assistance to low-income renters.

In addition to providing a significant share of the affordable housing stock in the region, Charlotte DuBois, executive director, stressed that the LHA has developed and pioneered several innovative programs to provide its residents with an array of support services. She explained that in the 1990s, as life expectancy increased and health care costs rose, the agency began a congregate housing services program to meet the changing needs of senior citizens.

Claire Lemay, the director of support services, said that the program provides residents with cooked meals, housekeeping, laundry service, personal care and transportation, which enables the elderly to live independently in their own homes. In 2002, the LHA complemented its support services by creating a home health agency to address the medical needs of its residents. Roughly half the LHA’s staff of 40 is engaged in providing support services.

REFUGEE from page one “She’s a pretty nice person,” said Rice, who lived near her for about two years until she moved in November. “If I was standing here right now and ... she drove by, she would throw her hand up and if the window was down, she would speak and say ‘hi’ by my name.”

It’s unclear why Basic chose to settle down in Stanton, a town about 45 miles east of Lexington known for its annual corn festival. But Rice said if she was looking for a place to get away from her past, she had found it.

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Dubois emphasized that the supportive and healthcare services have enabled senior citizens to live independently in their own homes, foregoing the far more expensive alternative of a nursing home.

For the past decade the LHA has operated a family self-sufficiency program for tenants receiving rental assistance, in which 15 families are currently enrolled. Participants are required to enter a contract for a term of five years. The contract is tailored to the circumstances of particular families and specifies the objectives they must pursue and the services they will receive. Above all, the contract stipulates that the family must comply with the terms of their lease, become independent of welfare and that the head of the family seek and maintain suitable employment. In return the housing authority provides an escrow account on behalf of participating families.

Families continue to pay rent in accordance with their income, but instead of raising the rent as the family income grows, the incremental rent is escrowed. When the head of the family certifies that no member is receiving federal or state welfare assistance in the form of cash payments for ongoing needs for a year, the contract is fulfilled and the escrow account distributed.

Meanwhile, the LHA has contributed to a variety unertakings and projects in the community. The agency assisted in the development of the Laconia Area Community Land Trust and Open Arms, a support group for homeless families. In partnership with the Belknap-Merrimack Community Action Program and LRGHealthcare, the agency converted the mini-mall on Canal Street to the Senior Center.

Recently, DuBois told city officials that the LHA was eager to contribute to the effort to reopen the Colonial Theater. “We want to help the community with its redevelopment,” DuBois said.

DuBois, who joined the LHA in 1989 and became executive director in 2008, said that although “money is much, much tighter than it was five, 10 or 20 years ago, we have been able to sustain our programs and services. It’s been a struggle,” she said, fearing that as the agency concentrated on maintaining its properties and operating its programs, it escaped the eye of the public. DuBois hopes that the new website will heighten the visibility and strengthen the presence of the LHA. said. “We don’t have no neighborly get-togethers. We speak if we know you.”

Basic was an employee at the Mount Sterling, Ky., Nestle Prepared Foods plant that makes Hot Pockets-brand sandwiches, the company said, declining to provide additional details.

Jo Epperson, a clerk at the local smoke shop where she said Basic bought a carton of Kentucky-made 24/7 Menthol cigarettes once a week, said she once asked Basic what brought her to the area.

Epperson said Basic responded vaguely that “she was part of the war,” but didn’t elaborate.

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Gayle M. Collins, 37 FRANKLIN — Gayle Marie ( Johnson) Collings , 37, died suddenly Tuesday, March 15, 2011 of natural causes at her home in Franklin. She was born in Middletown, Ohio on November 8, 1973 the daughter of Charles Johnson and Mary (Cross) Johnson.

She was predeceased by her brother Charles (Bubba) Johnson January 15, 2009.

Gayle is survived by two sons, Jeffery Viana and Ted Viana of Tilton; a daughter Kaoro Ann Collings of Orem, Utah; her

mother and step-father Mary F. (Cross) Poisson and Wayne T. Poisson of Franklin; a sister, Melissa Johnson of Franklin; her grandmothers, Gladys Robinson and Dorothy Johnson of Ohio; numerous aunts, uncles, nieces and nephews in New Hampshire and Ohio.

Memorial services will be held at 11 a.m. on Sunday, March 20, 2011 at the H.L. Young & Company Memorial Home, 175 South Main Street, Franklin.

Carlton C. Ham is assisting the family with the arrangements.

John B. ‘Jack’ Murphy, 88

MOULTONBOROUGH — John B. “Jack” Murphy, 88, died Thursday, March 17, 2011 at Golden View Health Care Center after a period of declining health.

He was born in Brockton, MA the son of John and Helen (Boudreau) Murphy. Following graduation from High School, Jack entered the Naval Reserves.

He then began what would be a 40 year career with New England Telephone Company and their affiliates. He worked in Brockton, MA from 1945-1969.

In 1969 he and his family moved to Bristol. Jack continued to work for the NE Telephone Co, serving from 1969-1970 in Manchester, 1970-1977 in Plymouth and 1977 until retirement in 1984 in Laconia.

Jack was a member of the Telephone Pioneers of America. In his free time, he enjoyed snowmobiling, hunting, fishing and camping. After retirement, Jack found he needed to keep busy. Up until two years ago, he worked for Fred Fuller Ford and Bay View Auto Body as a driver.

Family members include his wife, Virginia “Ginny” Murphy of Moultonboro; three sons: John B.

Murphy III of Northfield; Robert J. Murphy of Pittsburg; Michael B. Murphy of Bristol; three daughters: Maureen A. Huber of Bridgewater; Karen M. Evans of Northfield; Colleen T. Cyr of Franklin; one setp son Michael T. Harvey of Gilford; 12 grandchildren; 12 great grandchildren; nieces and nephews.

He was predeceased by his first wife, Agnes T. Reid Murphy; a daughter Kathleen A. Murphy; a stepdaughter, Jennifer L. Cotton and a sister H. Barbara Murphy Marshall.

Services-Calling hours will be Sunday, March 20, 2011 from 5-8 pm at Emmons Funeral Home, 115 South Main St, Bristol. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated Monday March 21 at 11:00 am at Our Lady of Grace Chapel, 2 West Shore Rd., Bristol. Burial will be in the Spring in Homeland Cemetery, Bristol. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made in his memory to Community Health and Hospice, 780 North Main St., Laconia, NH 03246 or the Moultonborough Visiting Nurse Service, PO Box 138, Moultonborough, NH 03245

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Young skiers from 9 states to compete in 2011 Francis Piche Invitational Race

GILFORD — The Gunstock Ski Club will host the 2011 Francis Piche Invitational Race at the Gunstock Mountain Resort on Saturday, March 19.

Sponsored by Piche’s Ski and Sport, the race is essentially an Eastern Championships for racers age 9 — 14 years old. Racers will compete individually and by state for medals and a state team title in two runs of Giant Slalom.

Nearly 300 racers from nine states have been invited to compete in three age groups. Awards will be given for top 10 places in all three groups for boys and for girls. In addition, the state team with the most points will receive a winning team award and medals. States participating include Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and the Southern Alpine Racing Association (SARA) consisting of Virginia, West Virginia, and North Carolina.

Racers qualify in their home state for this United States Ski Association (USSA) sanctioned event by placing in the top of their age groups in their home state racing associations’ events. Claudia Cantin, Maureen Shumway, and Zane Zimmermann will represent the Granite State in the J5 (ages 9 and 10) group; Christopher Yopp, Angela Tidd, and Caitlyn Houston qualified to compete in the J3 (ages 13 and 14) group.

The Gunstock Ski Club is responsible for all of the technical aspects of the training days and for making sure the race day and scoring is done following USSA rules and conditions. More than 45 parent volunteers are required for each race, some of whom are certified Alpine Officials and Race Administrators.

The race commemorates Francis Piche, who founded Piche’s Ski Shop and did much to promote the sport of skiing in the Lakes Region. An accomplished skier and racer himself, Piche also coached local youth and worked at the Belknap Recreation Area (now Gunstock

Gunstock Ski Cub racers will be well represented at the Francis Piche Invitational Race Saturday, March 19. Pictured are Patrick Bolduc (left) of Piche’s Ski and Sport, with qualifying racers (front row) Claudia Cantin and Maureen Shumway and (back row) Christopher Yopp, Zane Zimmermann, Julia Cantin, Caitlin Houston. Racers from 9 eastern states will be compete for individual and team awards in two runs of Giant Slalom on the race trail at the Gunstock Mountain Resort. (Courtesy photo)

Mountain Resort) in the late 1930s. After returning home from WWII in 1945, he ran his shop on nights and weekends and was active in local skiing groups such as the Gilford Outing Club and the Winnipesaukee Ski Club (now the Gunstock Ski Club). Piche’s Ski Shop opened full time in 1951. Originally called the

Tompson Trophy Race, the Francis Piche Invitational was renamed in 1995.

For more information about this race or USSA ski racing, visit the NH Alpine Racing Association (NHARA) Web site www.nhalpine.com or the Gunstock Ski Club site www.gunstockskiclub.org.

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Since 2009, the Opechee Garden Club has opened this award up to local not-for-profit organizations who wish to apply for an environmentally-based project that will benefit the greater Laconia-Gilford community. Groups eligible for consideration are non-profits or area organizations including those devoted to conservation, landscaping, restoration of historic gardens, in-school education in nature

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LACONIA — Applications for the Opechee Garden Club 2011 EverGreen Awards are now available for interested applicants and not-for-profit organizations.

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GEMINI (May 21-June 21). Part of you really wants to be included in a situation you don’t easily fit into. You don’t know why -- that is a mystery and probably not worth getting into. You will eventually make your way in, though.

CANCER (June 22-July 22). People study to learn what you already know instinctively. You will influence others without thinking, persuade them without talking, comfort them without putting yourself out in the least.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). Whatever you want to do, it will be accomplished today through your network. You’ll see where you could add a few people, as well -- people who have different skills and extensive reach in a world of which you know little.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). You value family to such an extent that you feel the impetus to raise and teach relatives who aren’t your children. Perhaps this has to do with taking care of your parents or another extension of your clan.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). You like people who explore and experiment, especially if they come back to you with the highlights of their discoveries. You would do the same if you had the time, but lately your schedule won’t allow for it.

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Fill in the grid so that every row, every column, and every 3x3 box contains the digits 1 thru 9.

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ACROSS 1 Correct 6 Still slumbering 10 Painting and sculpturing 14 Near the center 15 Grizzly, for one 16 Hindu teacher 17 Entrap 18 Naked 19 Middle East nation 20 Valued highly 22 Acquire 24 Remain 25 In a perfect world 26 Deep valley 29 First stage 30 Gobbled up 31 Landing places 33 __ on Wheels; delivery service 37 City by the sea 39 Puff __; African snake 41 Trade 42 Go bad

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––––––– ALMANAC ––––––– Today is Friday, March 18, the 77th day of 2011. There are 288 days left in the year.

Today’s Highlights in History: On March 18, 1911, Irving Berlin’s first major hit song, “Alexander’s Ragtime Band,” was first published by Ted Snyder & Co. of New York. The Theodore Roosevelt Dam in Arizona was dedicated by its namesake, the former president.

On this date: In 1766, Britain repealed the Stamp Act of 1765.

In 1837, the 22nd and 24th president of the United States, Grover Cleveland, was born in Caldwell, N.J. In 1861, Sam Houston stepped down as governor of Texas after refusing to accept the state’s decision to secede from the Union.

In 1910, the first filmed adaptation of Mary Shelley’s novel “Frankenstein,” produced by Thomas Edison’s New York movie studio, was released.

In 1931, Schick Inc. marketed the first electric razor.

In 1940, Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini met at the Brenner Pass, where the Italian dictator agreed to join Germany’s war against France and Britain.

In 1959, President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed the Hawaii statehood bill. (Hawaii became a state on August 21, 1959.)

In 1965, the first spacewalk took place as Soviet cosmonaut Aleksei Leonov went outside his Voskhod 2 capsule, secured by a tether.

In 1974, most of the Arab oil-producing nations ended their embargo against the United States.

In 2009, Tony-winning actress Natasha Richardson, 45, died at a New York hospital two days after suffering a head injury while skiing in Canada.

One year ago: President Barack Obama signed into law a $38 billion jobs bill containing a modest mix of tax breaks and spending designed to encourage the private sector to start hiring again.

Today’s Birthdays: Composer John Kander (“Chicago”) is 84. Nobel peace laureate and former South African president F.W. de Klerk is 75. Country singer Charley Pride is 73. Actor Kevin Dobson is 68. Actor Brad Dourif is 61. Jazz musician Bill Frisell is 60.

Singer Irene Cara is 52. Movie writer-director Luc Besson is 52. Actor Thomas Ian Griffith is 49. Singer-songwriter James McMurtry is 49. Singer-actress Vanessa L. Williams is 48. Olympic gold medal speedskater Bonnie Blair is 47. Country musician Scott Saunders (Sons of the Desert) is 47. Rock musician Jerry Cantrell (Alice in Chains) is 45. Rock singer-musician Miki Berenyi is 44. Rapperactress-talk show host Queen Latifah is 41.

Actor-comedian Dane Cook is 39. Rock musician Stuart Zender is 37. Singers Evan and Jaron Lowenstein are 37. Singer Devin Lima (LFO) is 34. Actor Adam Pally is 29.

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

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

STD/HIV testing. Sliding fee scale.

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

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

Drop-In Storytime at the Gilford Public Library. 11:30 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. Children ages 2-5 are invited to come sign songs, listen to a story and create a craft. No sign-up necessary.

Knit Wits gathering at the Gilford Public Library. 1:30 to 2:30 p.m. All knitters welcome.

SATURDAY, MARCH 19 “Down Under” spaghetti dinner and raffle to benefit student ambassadors’ trip to Australia. 6 to 9:30 p.m. at the Pheasant Ridge Country Club in Gilford. Proceeds will be used to support Belmont High School students Samantha Mackes and Bridget Annis, who will travel “down under” as part of the People to People program. $12 per person ($8 for six and under). For more information call Irene at 524-3389.

Open Door Dinners offer free weekly meal in Tilton.

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

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

Call 645-9518.

Drop-In Craft Time at the Gilford Public Library. 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. All children invited. No sign-up necessary.

Ice skating for Alton youth and families at the Laconia Ice Arena. 4 to 5:30 p.m. Hosted the the Alton Community Youth Activities team and the Centennial Rotary Club.

Price is minimal per person with youth under 5 skating for free. Skates may be rented or sharpened free of charge. For more information call Dick Wallace at 875-8221.

Presentation on how to make your own maple syrup.

1 to 3 p.m. at Just Maple in Tilton. Pre-registration is helpful.

Call Belknap County Cooperative Extension at 527-5475.

Lakes Region Lyme Support Group meeting for sufferers and support for people with Chronic Lyme Disease and other tick-borne diseases. 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Laconia Middle School. For more information call Nancy at 1-888-596-5698.

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ANNIE’S MAILBOX

Dear Annie: My neighbor “Linda” has been single and lonely for years. A few months ago, she told me that she was communicating with a man she met on a personals website.

I was initially happy to hear this, but quickly changed my mind.

Over the past few weeks, Linda has told me they have lengthy phone conversations every day, although they haven’t met. He originally told her he lived nearby but travels a lot on business. Now she says they will meet as soon as he gets home, but that keeps getting delayed.

I am positive this guy is a con man, but nothing I say convinces her. I don’t know if Linda has already given him money, because every time I bring it up, she gets angry. Will you please share with your readers the dangers of these romance scams? -- Concerned Friend Dear Concerned: We don’t know if this guy is taking money from Linda or if he’s simply a married man, but we agree that something doesn’t seem right. A legit romance allows you not only to meet each other in a public place, but to be introduced to family and friends. A man who finds excuses to avoid meeting you is hiding something. One who never lets you meet his friends or relatives is probably married. And asking for a loan is completely off limits until a genuine commitment is in place.

You cannot protect Linda from her own risky impulses, but you can warn her that not all such relationships are honest and tell her you hope she will be careful.

Dear Annie: Two of my daughter’s friends are joining us in planning a party for her 30th birthday. The invitation they printed states: “Please bring $37 cash per person for the meal.

Alcoholic beverages will be an additional cost. Following dinner there will be a party at one of the local bars which will require more money for drinks.”

I have always been under the impression that the hosts pay for the party. I told the other two hosts that if I ever received an invitation like that, I would not attend. Am I just oldfashioned? Is this the way things are done now? -- Confused Mother Dear Confused: The hosts should pay for the party. Otherwise, they are setting a price for the others without consulting them, which is both rude and inconsiderate. Unfortunately, many young people are unaware of this custom and see no reason to follow it. We recommend you bow out of this particular responsibility and let your daughter’s friends throw whatever party they choose. You can attend and be billed like all the others.

Dear Annie: I strongly disagree with your response to “Thrown for a Loop,” whose husband is meeting “Mary,” a former co-worker, for occasional lunches. Now the wife is moving out. You said she is overreacting.

I think that devalues her fears. Possibly, he does miss his job and wants to keep up with office gossip. But if it’s so innocent, why did he keep it a secret from his wife? How humiliating to have found out about the lunches from friends.

He doesn’t have to be having sex with this woman for it to be hurtful and devastating to his marriage. And, if Mary is signing her e-mails, “Love, Mary,” it’s obvious she is hoping for more than lunch. I think Bill enjoys the attention from his former co-worker and the thrill of meeting her without his wife’s knowledge. -- Hope You Rethink Your Answer Dear Hope: You are right that the husband should not be hiding these lunches from his wife, and we said so. But it seems an overreaction for the wife to simply walk out on her marriage instead of seeking counseling or working on other ways to remedy the situation. And we will stand by that.

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

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AKC Cairn Terrier Toto dog. 1 yr old male, neutered, microchiped cream brindle. UTD on vacs, Canadian champion sired. $700. (207)935-1320.

MUST sell!!! 2004 Buick Rendezvous. Asking $5,600 all offers considered. 455-8844

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2000 Ford Taurus SE WagonVery reliable, good condition.

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4WD. new tires, new front brakes, dark green metallic, runs great.

Registered & inspected. Looking for $5,500 or BRO Laconia: 455-1020 2005 Suburu Forrester 5-speed, Great condition, 190K miles, have all service records. $4,900 OBO. 455-6977 BUYING junk cars and trucks ME & NH. Call for price. Martin Towing. (603)305-4504.

CASH FOR junk cars & trucks.

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JUNK Cars and Trucks wanted. $100 and up CASH PAID. No titles needed. Immediate pick up.

FRANKLIN- Riverfront, 1 Bedroom, 2nd Floor, Attic Storage. $600/month + Utilities, Security Deposit. No Pets, 387-4471.

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

GILMANTON LARGE 2 bedroom Apartment. Easy commute, pets negotiable. $895/Month. 630-6812 LACONIA 1-Bedroom - Washer/ dryer hookup, storage, no pets.

Security Deposit & references. $600/mo. + utilities. 520-4353 LACONIA 1-Bedroom 1st floor, Bright & sunny newly renovated, new appliances, off street parking. $700/Month, Utilities and Heat Not included. 524-1349 LACONIA NICE 2-bedroom, quiet building. Washer/Dryer hook-ups, no dogs. $650/Month plus utilities.

Plowed parking. 527-1411

Employment Wanted RN will take care of you or your loved one in your home, days. 18 years experience in homecare.

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For Rent 2 BR very clean, bright, updated appliances with cathedral ceilings and skylights, within walking distance of downtown Laconia, off street parking, includes heat, h/w, w/d, no smoking. $900 a month.

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

LACONIA Waterfront- 2-Bedroom condo, quiet location, Clean/renovated, furnished-optional. No smoking/pets. $895/month, 2nd Month 1/2 OFF. 603-998-9694.

LACONIA Weirs Blvd 2 Bedroom, 2 bath, one level newly renovated condo year-round. Balcony with view of lake, pool, no

For Rent SANBORNTON-1 Bedroom 2nd floor, walk to Lake; all utilites included. No smoking/pets. $650/Month. 455-0910

LACONIA: Sunny, 1-Bedroom, hardwood floors, 3rd floor, washer/dryer hookup, heat, $600.

Security & references.

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

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LAKEPORT-Exceptional 1-Bedroom 1st floor. Washer/dryer room, gas fireplace, large kitchen/with dishwasher, porches, off-street parking with/snow removal. $875/Month including heat/hot water. NO SMOKING. 366-4712

Laconia- 2 bedroom 1st floor Off street parking, coin-op laundry, dishwasher. $880/Month. includes heat/hot water. No dogs/No Smoking. References/Security required. 387-4885 Laconia- 3-Bedroom, 2nd Floor, Washer/Dryer, Attic Storage, Sunroom, $950/month + Utilities & Security Deposit. No Pets/No Smoking. 387-4471 LACONIA- Large Rooms for rent.

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

FREE WiFi Internet. $145/week, 603-781-6294 LACONIA- STUDIO for one. $310/bi-weekly, includes heat, light water, no smoking, no pets, 603-630-2393 LACONIA: Efficiency apartment, $135/week includes heat & hot water. References and deposit.

524-9665.

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

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

524-3892.

LACONIA: Downtown, 875 sq.ft.

1-bedroom condo, includes parking, dishwasher, washer/dryer, hot water, gym, cable TV and internet. $1,000/month + gas and electricity. No smoking. 387-1638. cmtanguay@yahoo.com LACONIA: Gilbert Apartments. Efficiency, 1, 2 and 3 bedroom apartments available. 524-4428.

LACONIA: Large 4 bedroom apartment. Second floor, new paint and flooring, parking. $850 +

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

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

Weirs Beach Condo. 2-bedroom, 2-bath, newly renovated. $900 per month plus electric & security deposit. 279-5991 WINNISQUAM: Small efficiency apartment and a cottage including heat, hot water and lights. No pets. $150-$175/week. $400 deposit. 528-2757 or 387-3864.

MEREDITH One bedroom apartment on second floor. Open concept, cathedral ceiling, very elegant and rustic. Plowing, parking and dumpster included, Pets? $795/month 455-5660.

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

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

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For Rent-Vacation DREAM COME TRUE Marco Island, waterfront condo/amenities.

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GOLDEN Retriever puppies, first shots, health certs, ready soon, taking deposits now. $650.

491-5164

For Rent LACONIA: Nice, clean 1st floor 3 bedroom with yard, porch, family room, office, Washer/Dryer hook-up. No dogs. $875 monthly.

527-1411

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NORTHFIELD: Large 2 bedroom on 2nd & 3rd floors, $240/week including heat, electric & hot water, 524-1234.

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

1500+ Sq. ft., 10X12 overheaed door, security & fire system. $1,900/Month. 603-502-6437 LACONIA Prime retail. 750 sf., parking, includes heat. $550 per month. Security deposit & references. 455-6662.

For Sale 10 in. Spiral Spikes: (4) 50lb. boxes of spikes. Retails for about .50/spike @ local building supply.

Will sell all for $200 ($50/box).

Great for log home building. Laconia: 603-455-1020 2002 MXZ 600, 1900 miles, good shape, $1500. Honda EM5000 generator, 20 hours, $1800.

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

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

New-in-boxes cost $2,200 Sell $895. 603-427-2001 Bushnell “Trophy” red dot rifle scope. Used one season, for target practice only. Like new, with owners manual. Retails for over $100. Will sell for $60. Laconia: 603-455-1020 Generator- 3600 W. Craftsman, used once. $375. OBO. 934-2221

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Check it online, it retails for almost $1,200. Will sell for $400. Laconia: 603-455-1020 ONE aluminum extension ladder $15, Three unopened boxes 2 ft.X4ft. ceiling panels 36-pieces $15. 527-0873 RASCAL 326 Power Chair: Like new, $3,900. Includes ramp. Call John at 253-9863 or 455-9863.

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Responsibilities include providing leadership for adult choir, Bell choir and developing and expanding a youth music program. Keyboard/piano competency required.

Submit resume to the attention of Reverend Michael Graham, Gilford Community Church 19 Potter Hill Rd. Gilford, NH 03249 Email: gcc@metrocast.net. Job description: The Gilford Community Church is a growing ecumenical community. The over 400 members come from many spiritual backgrounds. It has a history of a strong commitment to the place of music in the life and worship of the church. Responsibilities include: Provide choral music at each regular Sunday service, Adult Choir functions from September through mid-June, Provide choral music as necessary for additional services as determined by the Diaconate and Pastor. Easter Sunday -2 services, Maundy Thursday, Christmas Eve - 2 services, One Advent service (Tree lighting). Participate in ecumenical and joint services with area churches (Epiphany) Assist lay directors of Bell Choir and Children s Choir, Develop and expand a youth music program for middle and high school youth, Conduct weekly rehearsals with Adult Choir and before Sunday services, Provide Summer music (lay or professional musicians) mid June through Labor Day including Old Home Day Sunday, Participate in planning of holiday services, Children s Sunday, Christmas Pageant, Provide accompaniment for church services in the absence of the Organist.

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Leadership Lakes Region meets Sen. Jeanie Forrester at State House LACONIA — The Leadership Lakes Region Class of 2011 recently met with District 2 Senator Jeanie Forrester at the State House during their recent “Political Issues Day.” Forrester discussed what it means to be a Senator in New Hampshire and encouraged participants to consider running for public office themselves. The group toured the State House and met with the Governor before retiring to the Executive Chambers to participate in their own debates, overseen by Scott Maltzie, the Plymouth State University debating coach.

The class debated such topics as the constitutionality of the Health Care Act, whether guns should be allowed in the State House, the death penalty in New Hampshire, gambling, and even whether or not the Granite State should have a seat belt law.

The afternoon was spent at the Belknap County Complex where the class learned more about how local government works in the Lakes Region.

Eileen Cabanel, Laconia city manager, Scott Dunn, Gilford town administrator, and Belknap County Commissioner Ed Philpot spoke about their individual responsibilities and the interconnectedness of municipal and county governments.

The day was capped off with a visit to the County Corrections Facility and the County Sheriff’s Department hosted by Superintendent Daniel Ward and Sheriff Craig Wiggin.

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The Leadership Lakes Region Class of 2011 recently visited with Senator Jeanie Forrester at the New Hampshire State House as part of the group’s “Political Issues Day.” Pictured left to right are (front row) Trudy Fletcher, William Clark, Senator Forrester, Alice Mowery, Kristen Welch, Jennie Pappas, Scott Vachon, Julie Baron, Debra Laliberte, Bill Parkinson (back row) Kirk Beattie, Ryan Robinson, Joel Arsenault, Susan Dagoumas, Charles Leonard, Jeff Twombly, Mary Ahlgren, Nick Mercuri, Susan Laverack, and Matthew Witham. (Courtesy photo)

prised of 20 participants from all sectors of the region.

Political Issues Day is the sixth in a series of eight program days mandated to educate today’s leaders in the issues facing our region focusing on History and Culture, Social Services, Education, Economic Development, Political, Health and Lakes Day.

The program runs from October to May each year and applications are now being accepted for the 2011 — 2012 program. For more information, call Marian Gill, program coordinator, at 524-6791, e-mail info@leadershiplakesregion.org, or visit www. leadershiplakesregion.org.

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GILFORD — Cantin Chevrolet Inc. has stepped up to the plate to support the Cal Ripken Baseball League through the Chevy Youth Baseball Program.

The sponsorship will include both monetary and equipment donations during the 2011 youth baseball season.

Now in its fifth year, Chevy Youth Baseball is a grassroots initiative that establishes a positive relationship between local dealers and the communities they serve. Cantin’s participation is a part of Chevrolet’s nationwide commitment to support youth sports, one community at a time. Over the course of the season, the Lakes Region automobile dealership will donate equipment to the league including baseballs, softballs, catcher’s gear, batting helmets, ball buckets, umpire’s equipment, coach’s kits, and

first aid kits.

Sponsored leagues can take part in the “Chevy Youth Baseball Double Play Giveaway,” a fundraiser that can earn each league up to $10,000. The Grand Prize is a 2011 Chevrolet Cruze. League participants will also have a chance to attend a Youth Baseball Instructional Clinic with a professional baseball team in the area.

“We are looking forward to a great season with Gilford Cal Ripken Baseball League that will be filled with exciting games and an enhanced experience for the teams through the equipment and cash donations,” said Tom Cantin. “Chevy Youth Baseball is just one example of how committed our dealership is to supporting the youth and families in the Gilford community.”

FRANKLIN — The New Horizons Jazz Band will make an appearance as part of the Community Talent Show at the Middle New Hampshire Arts and Entertainment Center at 7:30 p.m. on Saturday, March 19.

The band, under the direction of music educator Mary Divers, is a 17-piece ensemble featuring adult

musicians age 45 years and older — though younger members are welcome, as well. The ensemble plays swing, pop, jazz, and classical music. Among the familiar favorites to be featured during Saturday night’s performance are “Light My Fire” and “Traces.”

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LACONIA — The LHS Class of 1961 is completing plans for their 50th Reunion.

Organizers are trying to locate class members Carl Granger, Marcia Wood, William Sister, and Gerald “Jerry” Freeman. Anyone with contact information is encouraged to contact Bev Bagley Charest at 651-9001.

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‘Baseball’ is theme of Lakes Region Tourism Association’s annual ‘Sweepstakes by the Lake’ event at Church Landing on April 1 TILTON — The Lakes Region Tourism Association (LRTA) will hold its 4th Annual Sweepstakes by the Lake event at Church Landing at the Inns & Spa at Mill Falls in Meredith from 6:30 — 11 p.m. on Friday, April 1.

“Baseball” will be the theme of the evening, which will feature entertainment, a silent auction, food from the Common Man Family of Restaurants, and desserts from the Restaurant Management Program at Lakes Region Community College. A variety of prizes will be up for grabs and the last raffle of the night will be for $10,000.

Sweepstakes by the Lake sponsors include T-Bones Great American Eatery & Cactus Jack’s Grill & Watering Hole, The Inns & Spa at Mill Falls, The

Scott Lawson Companies, New Hampshire Employers Insurance Company, Common Man Family of Restaurants, Martignetti Wine and Spirits, Waste Management, Weirs Action Committee, Steele Hill Resort, Gunstock Mountain Resort, Tylergraphics, Amoskeag Beverages - Coors Light, Sadler Insurance, Metrocast, NPC, Laconia Savings Bank, Steven E Geer, CPA, Perkins, norecob Imprimeurs.

Printers, The Boston Globe, and Lakes Region Community College.

Only 225 tickets will be sold to the event. Each $100 ticket will admit two people. Funds raised will allow the LRTA to enhance their marketing efforts to bring more visitors and their subsequent spending to the area’s businesses. In addition, funds will

Free Homebuying Seminar offered by Community Land Trust and Northway Bank in Belmont on March 26 LACONIA — The Laconia Area Community Land Trust (LACLT) HomeBuyer Resource Center and Northway Bank will present a free seminar about the home-buying process from 8 a.m. — 4 p.m. on Saturday, March 26.

This educational seminar, presented in cooperation with NeighborWorks America, will offer practical guidance in buying a home. Presentations will include budgeting and spending plans; understanding credit and credit reports; working through the purchase and sales process and paperwork; the “how-to”s of obtaining a mortgage, pre-approval steps and lending programs; working with a homebuying team; home-shopping; why home inspections are important; final walk-through, closing, moving, and more.

The seminar will be held at the Northway Bank next to the Belknap Mall. Participants will receive their own complimentary copy of the training manual “Realizing the American Dream” and other materials for use in their quest of home ownership.

Participants will also receive a certificate from the HomeBuyer Resource Center that is recognized by the New Hampshire Housing Authority, the Federal Housing Administration (FHA), Rural Development (formerly the Farmers Home Administration), VA and Fannie Mae (FNMA).

Lunch and snacks will be provided. Seating is limited. Advance registration is required. To register or obtain additional information, call Debra Drake, LACLT Homeownership director at 524-0747.

also be used to increase the association’s financial contribution to the annual Mildred Beach Hospitality Scholarship awarded each fall to an area college student.

The Inns & Spa at Mill Falls will offer discounted rooms for the evening. Guests should mention Group Code #20J9F6 when making reservations. To purchase a ticket, become a sponsor, or contribute a raffle or silent auction prize, e-mail Kim Sperry at ksperry@lakesregion.org or call 286-8008.

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Gilmanton School 7th and 8th grade ‘Boston Newspaper Accounts of Ireland’s Great Hunger’ topic of Boys’ Basketball Team crowned presentation at Meredith Library Suncook Valley League champs MEREDITH — The Public Library will welcom guest speaker James Farrell of the UNH Speakers’ Bureau as he discusses “Reading The Famine: Boston Newspaper Accounts of Ireland’s Great Hunger, 1846-47” at 4 p.m. on Wednesday, March 23.

The devastating famine in Ireland in the late 1840s was worldwide news, and many newspapers in America reported on the suffering. Yet those newspaper accounts often framed the events in Ireland, and the arrival of

The Gilmanton School’s 7th and 8th grade Boys’ Basketball Team proudly displays the trophy they recently earned as Suncook Valley League Champions. Pictured left to right (front row) are Dylan Tiede, Nathan Mule, Sam Potter, Desi Kirwan, Nate Davis, Justin Bellissimo, Jacob Forst, Cameron Haradon, (middle row) D.J. Carkin, (third row) Coach Cammarota, Owen Trindade, Hunter Stevens, Eric Potter, Michael Laflam, Michael Ball, Parker Plourde, Michael Bugnacki, Zach Hancock, and Coach Potter. (Courtesy photo)

GILMANTON — The Gilmanton School’s 7th and 8th grade Boys’ Basketball Team has been crowned the Suncook Valley League Champions.

Under the leadership of Coach Cammorata and Coach Potter, the Spartans capped an outstanding season by winning the title for the second straight year.

Wine Tasting Seminar and Gourmet Dinner at Fratello’s Ristorante Italiano LACONIA — The Adult Education program will present a Wine Tasting Seminar and Gourmet Dinner at Fratello’s Ristorante Italiano from 6 — 9 p.m. on Thursday, March 24.

The evening will focus on the different aspects of wine culture including an overview and history of the

wine that accompanies each course.

The various culinary creations to be served will enhance the flavor of the wine with which it is paired.

Cost is $45 per person. Reservations for this event are required and can be made by calling the Adult Education office at 524-5712.

famine immigrants in America, from distinct political perspectives that tended to blame the Irish themselves for their own misery.

This presentation will take a close look at the newspaper coverage of the Irish Famine, paying special attention to the way the various Boston newspapers reported on the tragic events.

Sponsored by the UNH Speakers’ Bureau and the Friends of the Meredith Libraryno sign up isnecessary.

Refreshments will be served.

Sant Bani School’s ‘Lessons Outside the Classroom’ on display at Sanbornton Public Library until April 1

SANBORNTON — Independent work marking the end of Sant Bani School’s offcampus Projects Period will be on display at the Sanbornton Public Library until April 1.

Providing an alternative educational experience, these ‘Lessons Outside the Classroom’ explored such topics as art or photography; making models of various kinds; science; comSant Bani School tenth grader Alina Eseneeva, an exchange stuputer; movie-making; dent from Russia, researched what makes people smile and predance; sewing; crafts; sented her findings, one of the ‘Lessons Outside the Classroom’ music; construction on display at the Sanbornton Public Library until April 1. The or painting; family School’s Projects Period provides students with an opportunity to vacations and travels; expand their learning in new directions. (Courtesy photo) research, report, and display; cabinetry; visiting and workoriented project; and in their high ing at various types of institutions; school years, they must do at least one and working with animals. service project. Senior Saran Savane, Senior Ethan McQueen built a maga student from Ivory Coast, volunnetic levitator and junior Max Dunteered at the Institute for Justice and canson learned how to weld, making Democracy in Haiti, whose mission it both fanciful sculptures and practiis to work with the people of Haiti in cal objects. Younger students built their non-violent struggle for the conbirdhouses, sewed cat toys, learned to solidation of constitutional democracy, whittle, and created desserts. Some justice, and human rights. Sophomore explored Mayan ruins, made sushi, Colby Clark worked on a sheep farm and learned to bake bread. in Ohio, shadowing and assisting an Students, grades K — 12 choose and experienced farmer. design their projects, but must meet All are invited to view the student two requirements: some time from work upstairs at the Sanbornton grades 7 — 12 they must do a careerPublic Library.

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2005 GMC G3500 Cargo Van 4.8L V8, Auto, Air, AM/FM, Trailer Tow, 26k, Red.

# 7573 (75 mos. @ 5.49% APR)

25,991 OR ONLY $399/mo

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# 7705 (72 mos. @ 5.99% APR)

14,994 OR ONLY $235/mo

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2006 Chevrolet 1500 XC LS 4x4 V8, Auto, Air, AM/FM, Tilt, Tow Haul, Red, 92k. # 7697 (60 mos. @ 6.39% APR)

13,991 OR ONLY $259/mo

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# 7704 (60 mos. @ 6.99% APR)

12,993 OR ONLY $239/mo

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2010 Chrysler Sebring LTD Sedan 2.4L 4 Cyl, Auto, Heated Leather Seats, Alloys, Cruise, Tilt, Power Windows, Locks & Mirrors, Keyless Entry, AM/FM/CD, 17k, Black

2009 Chevrolet Silverado 2500 HD Crew Cab Diesel 4x4

2008 Pontiac G6 Sedan 4 Cyl, Auto, Air, Power Sunroof, Remote Keyless Entry, Cruise, Tilt, Power Windows, Locks & Mirrors, AM/FM/CD, Rear Spoiler, 48k, Blue-Gray.

B a cked by a P ow ertra in W a rra n ty for Life!

2006 Dodge Ram Crew Cab Power Wagon 8’ Fisher Minute Mount Plow, 5.7 Hemi, 6-Speed Manual, Air, Cruise, Tilt, Auto Lock Front/Rear Axles, AM/FM/CD, Power Windows, Locks & Mirrors, Remote Keyless Entry, # 7707 (66 mos. @ 6.39% APR) Bedliner, 52K, Silver.

18,991 OR ONLY $329/mo

$

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MPG!

# 7713 (72 mos. @ 6.99% APR)

11,991 OR ONLY $189/mo

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2007 Chevrolet Avalanche LT 4x4 V8, Heated Leather Seats, Power Sunroof, Chrome Wheels, AM/ FM/CD, Remote Keyless Entry, Cruise, Tilt, Power Windows, Locks & Mirrors, White, 66k. # 7706 (72 mos. @ 5.99% APR)

24,994 OR ONLY $399/mo

$

2005 GMC Sierra 1500 XC 4x4 V8, Auto, Air, Fog Lights, Power Driver’s Seat, AM/FM/CD, Cruise, Tilt, Power Windows, Locks & Mirrors, Alloys, Beige, 52k.

# 7712 (60 mos. @ 6.39% APR)

15,995 OR ONLY $295/mo

$

2005 Chevrolet Silverado 2500 XC 4x4 V8, Auto, Air, Power Seat, Cruise, Tilt, Locking Tool Box, Trailer Tow, Power Windows, Locks & Mirrors, 73k, White. # 7689 (60 mos. @ 6.39% APR)

15,993 OR ONLY $289/mo

$

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21,766

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$18,100 -585 -3,000

14,515

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$23,025 -893 -2,500 -3,000

16,632

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