The Laconia Daily Sun, March 7, 2012

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Planning board recommends old police station be torn down

N.H. hospitals Move would give Church Street motorists direct access to parking lot between City Hall & Post Office win round in B M K on Church Street and the widening of the Likewise, improved directional signage in the downtown area also commanded wideMain Street bridge, to the City Council. federal court Mike Persson of Lakes Region Listens, the spread support.

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CONCORD — As 10 hospital companies, including LRGHealthcare, have charged, a federal judge last week found “persuasive evidence” that the state reduced reimbursement rates for Medicaid patients in a manner “inconsistent” with federal law. He did not, however, stop the state from enforcing the rates.

Judge Steven McAuliffe wrote that the hospitals “make a strong case that the reduced Medicaid reimbursement rates . . . are far below the

of the community conversation about the flow of vehicular and pedestrian traffic downtown on Monday night, the Planning Board last night unanimously agreed to recommend several improvements, including the demolition of the old police station

group hosting the conversation, told the board that there was general agreement among the participants that the long vacant police station should be demolished to open a passageway to the parking lot located between City Hall and the Post Office.

However, Persson acknowledged that when asked what would be an ideal traffic pattern there was “ little consensus” as discussion strayed to “issues that did not relate to mobility.” He said that “visitabilsee DOWNTOWN page 14

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Bestway employee Tyler Smith holds up a purple “Barney Bag” he picked up while making a trash pick-up run on Sarah Circle in Laconia on Tuesday. The bags, which cost $1 each, are required by the City of Concord as part of their pay-as-you-throw thrash program. Pay-as-you-throw programs are designed to encourage recycling by attaching an extra out-of-pocket expense to every bag picked up at the curb. Thus far, City Council has shown no inclination to introduce a similar program here. (Courtesy photo)

3-alarm fire does heavy damage to Holderness home

BY ROGER AMSDEN FOR THE LACONIA DAILY SUN

HOLDERNESS — A three-alarm fire which broke out at mid-afternoon yesterday destroyed a threecar garage and heavily damaged a seasonal home on White Ash Road, collapsing the entryway and a part of the home where an indoor pool was located.

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the garage area and into the ceiling and roof of the main structure.

“The flames went up into the ceiling area and the roof,’’ said Eastman, who said that once the flames from the garage had been brought under control firefighters used power saws to vent the roof and went inside to tear out burning insulation and toss it out through upstairs windows.

No one was at home at the time of the fire.

Neighbors said that the home belongs to Craig and Cary Best of Weston, Mass., both of whom are doctors, and who have owned it for about two years and use it see FIRE page 13

BELMONT — If the voters who attended Tuesday’s candidate night take away one thing it’s that some people in town don’t think there is enough communication between the town’s Selectboard and the Shaker Regional School District.

Selectmen candidates George Condodemetraky and Ruth Mooney both said if they became selectmen, improving that communication would be paramount during their terms.

“I’m not sure we’re even invited,” said Mooney when pressed by former Budget Committee member Ken Knowlton about whether her role a selectman in regards to the Shaker Regional School District would be “active or passive.” see SHAKER page 12

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CRANSTON, R.I. (AP) — An 81-year-old woman from Newport won last month’s $336.4 million Powerball jackpot, sleeping with the winning ticket in her Bible before coming forward to claim the sixthlargest U.S. prize on Tuesday, a family representative said.

At a news conference at state lottery headquarters in Cranston, Louise White said little, calling herself “very happy” and “very proud.”

“This will make my family very happy.

We are truly blessed,” White said.

Her attorneys said she was a regular lottery player who bought the winning ticket at a Stop & Shop supermarket in Newport where she had stopped for rainbow sherbet, her son’s favorite flavor. The ticket is being claimed in the name of the Rainbow Sherbert Trust.

White kept the winning ticket in a Bible after she realized she won and later locked it up in a safe-deposit box. see JACKPOT page 15

Romney & Santorum tied in Ohio, split other states WASHINGTON (AP) — Rick Santorum and Mitt Romney split six states and dueled in an almost impossibly close race in Ohio on a Super Tuesday that stretched from one end of the country to the other in the most turbulent Republican presidential race in a generation.

A resurgent Santorum broke through in primaries in Oklahoma and Tennessee and in the North Dakota caucuses, raising fresh doubts about Romney’s ability to corral the votes of conservatives in some of

the most Republican states in the country.

Romney had a home-state win in Massachusetts to go with victories in Vermont and in Virginia, where neither Santorum nor Newt Gingrich qualified for the ballot.

He also led in early Idaho caucus returns and — most important — padded his lead for delegates to the Republican National Convention.

On the busiest night of the campaign season, Ohio was the marquee matchup,

a second industrial state showdown in as many weeks between Romney and Santorum. It drew the most campaigning and television advertisements of all 10 Super Tuesday contests and for good reason— no Republican has ever won the White House without carrying the state in the fall.

After trailing for much of the night, Romney forged ahead in a count that stretched toward midnight. With votes tallied in 91 percent of the state’s precincts, see SUPER TUESDAY page 15

HOPE MILLS, N.C. (AP) — A decorated Green Beret who returned from his fifth deployment to Afghanistan last summer died Tuesday trying to rescue his two young daughters from their burning home near Fort Bragg. The girls were also killed in the blaze.

Edward Cantrell and his wife escaped from the 1 a.m. blaze by jumping from the home’s second floor, the Cumberland County sheriff’s office said. Cantrell then

wrapped himself in a blanket and reentered the burning home in Hope Mills, about 10 miles from the Army base that is home to the Green Berets and other Special Forces units, sheriff’s spokeswoman Debbie Tanna said.

Cantrell, 36, was trying to reach 6-yearold Isabella and 4-year-old Natalia, who were trapped in second-floor bedrooms, Tanna said.

“He never made it back out,” Tanna said.

Firefighters found their bodies inside the home, Tanna said.

The house was built in 1920. Tanna said the old home’s timbers were likely very dry, causing a fast-moving blaze. The cause of the fire is still under investigation.

A sign at the end of the driveway blocked with yellow police tape says “The Cantrells Est. Feb. 7, 2004.” Bouquets of flowers and two teddy bears had been placed nearby. see SOLDIER page 13

CONCORD (AP) — New Hampshire State Prison officials say a man serving a life sentence for killing his girlfriend in 2002 has committed suicide.

Thirty-one-year-old Joseph Sawtell of Plaistow was found unresponsive in his cell Monday. Corrections and Concord Fire

Department staff attempted to resuscitate him but were unsuccessful. An autopsy showed he died by hanging himself.

Sawtell, in prison since November 2003, was in a single-man cell in the prison’s special housing unit.

He was convicted of first-degree murder

for shooting 19-year-old Crystal Sheehan.

Police documents said Sawtell was annoyed when the couple’s baby son cried and demanded that Sheehan take the 2-monthold and leave. After shooting Sheehan, Sawtell turned the gun on himself and fired shots into his chest, but survived.

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Plaistow man serving life sentence hangs himself at state prison

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LETTERS Merrill has more than earned my vote for re-election to I-L board To the editor, I attended the school board portion of the “Meet the Candidates” forum held in Meredith It was well attended, informative , respectful and civil. The participating candidates: Rebecca Alosa, Carol Baggaley, Lisa Merrill and Sally Whalen all deserve our thanks, as does the moderator, Lee Quimby, for hosting this event with a format that created a fair and equitable setting.

It became clear that Lisa Merrill’s experience on the school board for the past three years has proven invaluable.

In responding to questions presented by audience members, her knowledge of the issues was impressive. She has also demonstrated a devotion to the InterLakes students and to their education.

With a willingness to go the extra mile, Lisa has made significant contributions. Inter-Lakes recently received national recognition in a science competition called The Lexus Eco Challenge in which participating students would be judged on their ability to identify environmental issues and seek solutions with an emphasis on making a difference in the world in which they live.

Lisa is always searching the Internet for grants that might possibly be beneficial to the students and to the school.

It was during one of those searches that she found this contest, evaluated its merits, presented it to administration and the decision was made to go forward with it A sizable cash prize was the ensuing result. It was a win for the seventh grade students and teachers

who participated, a win for the school in general and an honor for the district.

She and her students are now participating in the second phase of this challenge and winners will be announced later in the school year.

Lisa volunteered to assist in “The Three Cups of Tea” Reading Project that took place in 2011. The theme of the fore-mentioned book was about making a difference in the world, coincidentally the same theme as that of the Lexus Challenge. The students proceeded to bake 650 loaves of bread which were then distributed to food pantries throughout the community.

Lisa is also chairperson of the SAU and is responsible for forming a committee to initiate a search for a new superintendent to replace Dr. Phil McCormack who will be retiring this June. In addition to these responsibilities and contributions, Lisa is also a member of the Booster Club with its emphasis on fundraising. As a mother of three, a real estate agent and, with her husband Steve, a small business owner, she works tirelessly to perform her many duties. She has accomplished a great deal in these three years and like the theme mentioned above, she is “making a difference”.

Lisa has more than earned my vote in her re-election bid to the InterLakes School Board. Please vote for Lisa Merrill and allow her to continue to positively impact the district.

Alice Hanson Center Harbor

Don’t miss this opportunity to stop reckless Shaker school spending To the editor, I read with interest a recent letter submitted by Colleen Ackermann of Belmont speaking against SB-2 for Shaker Regional Schools. I can only suggest to Ms. Ackermann that under SB-2 there is a greater chance for voters to speak their respective minds on the various costs that the Shaker School Seems to wish for. As usual, the district does a very nice job in sending out mailings as well as suggestions on their website as to the way they want the voters to vote... and as usual it is a very very expensive wish list.

She indicates that the poor teachers have been working without a contract this school year. Many other teachers in other districts have not asked for nor received a pay raise in several years as is true for many municipal employees as well! Credentials are the same for district meeting or SB-2.

The difference is the district can’t stack the vote as is now done with the district meetings which many of us do not wish to have to put up with. Under

SB-2, the Shaker Regional School District can’t control the vote and the playing field would be more level. It has worked very well in this town as well as others. One must ask themselves what is the Shaker Regional School Board so afraid of? SB-2 is a more fair and more representative of all the voters rather than simply the school union and parents of students etc. I have to ask is Ms. Ackermann an employee of the Shaker School District?

I urge all voters not to miss this opportunity to gain more control over the reckless spending of the Shaker Regional School District and to say no to this teachers’ contract which is huge pay increase for the next three years — unheard of in other towns in this time of belt tightening. I, for one, have not seen a pay raise in five years and can’t afford this tax increase now or in the future. Vote yes on SB-2 and take better control over you money and taxes!

Don Irvin Belmont

Julie Lonergan will continue to do great job on Winnisquam board To the editor, I am writing to endorse the reelection of Julie Lonergan to the Winnisquam School Board. Julie is a dedicated and committed School Board member who, as recreation coordinator for the Town of Sanbornton, has the day-to-day contact with students, teachers and parents. In operating a before and after school program, Julie sees first-hand the needs of students and the fiscal responsibility essential

Tax dollars for education need strong oversight and wise investment.

Julie has been doing this and more.

She has served the voters and the district well and if re-elected, I’m confident that she will continue to do an outstanding job.

Please go to the polls on Tuesday, March 13th, and vote to re-elect Julie Lonergan to a second term on the Winnisquam School Board.

Patsy Wells

LETTERS Do you see why there is lack of trust in the Gilford School Board?

To the editor, At the forums held in town last week I heard glowing praise and passionate pleas for the children of Gilford.

Our kids are treated well and generally achieve well and I too am proud of them. It’s agreed that we should provide academic and extracurricular opportunities when properly vetted and voted upon. We have given our children a lot in the few short years we have been a stand alone SAU. Did I mention that we have all-day kindergarten, too? Do the taxpayers of Gilford remember voting for and approving it? I don’t. So let me tell you what has happened because you probably don’t know.

In 2005 the Gilford School Board placed this warrant article on the ballot: “Shall the School District raise and appropriate the sum of Two Hundred Nineteen Thousand, Five Hundred Dollars ($219,500.) to be added to the operating budget for the purpose of extending the current half-day kindergarten program to a full day kindergarten program. (If this article is approved, the additional cost for the full day program will be included in the operating budgets for future years.”

The warrant article failed by a vote of 1,534 NO votes to 497 yes votes. By a margin of over 3 to 1 the voters of Gilford said an emphatic NO. And now we have all-day kindergarten against the will and overwhelming vote of our citizens.

The Gilford School Board, led by Kurt Webber, without voter input, instituted all-day kindergarten. The Budget Committee was told that they are able to do this because it does not increase the budget. The savings they say comes from reassigning a teacher and not having to run a few midday busses. Are we to really believe that there is no cost impact?

At the joint hearing of the selectmen and School Board, I asked a series of questions that included, if this truly is being done at no cost now, how do we eliminate the full day sessions when they start costing us money in the future? Will Kurt Webber and the School Board identify when this hap-

pens? Will there be a warrant article to eliminate it? If it is presented as a taxpayer warrant article will we be told it is advisory only? What could the voters do if Kurt Webber decided that they were going to institute all day pre-school because “studies” that the School Board liked concluded it was beneficial for the children. None of these questions were answered by Kurt Webber. The only defense he made was that “they didn’t think the previous warrant article mattered now because it was a money issue then.

HUH? Does anyone see a severability clause in the above warrant?

Do you, the taxpayers and voters of Gilford see the conundrum that the School Board has put us in again?

How many times must we “digest” what they feed us with this kind of arrogance? Do you see why there is a discussion about “lack of trust”? I ask, no matter what your viewpoints are, shall we abide this fiat by an elected body? If you were on the other side of an issue and this happened again and again would you accept it? Is this the “Gilford Advantage” that you want and is this how you want to get it?

Oh, by the way, the RSA’s of N.H. tells us that “NO MEANS NO.” Consider the potential ramifications.

The citizen petitioned warrant articles on this year’s ballot are a direct result of this continuing method of operation by Kurt Webber that runs contrary to the sacred, secret ballot that we hold as part of our constitutional right of free speech. I ask that you examine these issues and decide for yourself if they are right for Gilford. I also ask you to vote for those candidates that are sure to respect the will of, and trust in the will of the voters.

These candidates are Doug Lambert for School Board, David “Skip” Murphy for Budget Committee, Stuart Savage for Budget Committee and Barbara Aichinger for Budget Committee.

If the people elected to carry out the will of the people do not, we must elect people who will.

David R. Horvath, Sr. Gilford

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LETTERS Vote ‘no’ on SB-2 for Shaker district & ‘yes’ for teachers’ contract To the editor, I am writing to encourage residents in Belmont and Canterbury to vote NO on SB-2 at the Annual District meeting on Friday, March 9th, 2012.

SB-2 is a process that allows government bodies to hold a deliberative session and then ballot voting at a later date. SB-2 has not been shown to be a successful means of government because SB-2 is continually in need of “fixes” in the legislature as it is a flawed form of government. This session there are SEVEN bills to make corrections to the rules for SB-2. There have been many corrections in the past 14 years as well. There are many communities and school districts in New Hampshire that have regretted the decision to convert to SB-2 government and it has been a difficult process to convert back to meeting-style government.

One of the major problems with SB-2 is the deliberative session.

Attendance at these sessions is so low that a small number of voters are able to determine what will be on the ballot. Other problems include what should be taken out of or included in the budget. The “default budget” is generally last year’s budget, but that creates problems with contractual obligations as well as short-term expenses.

Another major problem with SB-2 is the ability of voters to know and under-

stand what all of the warrant articles encompass. The Town of Belmont recently moved to SB-2 and voters here turned down $300,000 in FREE money from a grant because they either did not read the ballot or did not understand the warrant article.

All of these problems can be avoided by maintaining the meeting form of government for the Shaker Regional School District. Voters would attend ONE meeting, with the opportunity for hearing explanations, speaking their peace, asking questions and voting all at one time; rather than attend a deliberative session, and then have to go back for voting. There is lag time between the deliberative session and voting, which could make it confusing to remember the details of the articles and which way you want to vote.

I would also like to remind our voters that one of the warrant articles this year is for a three-year teacher contract that has taken many months to negotiate. Our teachers have worked this school year without a contract.

The school board and teachers’ union both feel that the proposed contract is fair for all parties.

Please take a few minutes to cast your NO vote on SB=2 on Friday evening, March 9th at Belmont High School.

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Shaker meeting encourages minority control of school affairs To the editor, To all Belmont voters: Official Ballot Voting means democracy for everyone.

Vote YES to RSA 40:13 on March 9 if you want all future school district voting to be by official ballot If you don’t vote at all, someone else will decide what’s right for you.

Official Ballot Vote: — Everyone can vote on all school warrant articles with all day voting, and absentee ballots.

— A written ballot and voting booths. All amendments are added before voting starts. No late night surprises and reconsiderations.

— Increases local control, everyone gets to vote on all local school issues.

— Everyone gets to vote on the budget. If it passes, that’s great. If majorities reject it, then the school board can amend the budget and you can vote on it again.

Legally, the ballot bill is NH law RSA40:13, popularly known as Senate Bill 2 (SB-2). NH had official ballot voting up until 1979 when the law

was changed.

Vote NO to RSA 40:13 on March 9tif you want to continue school district voting as we do now.

How We Vote Now: — Limits voting on most articles only to those who can attend meetings.

— Most voting is done in public, in a crowded auditorium by raising your hand. Counting votes accurately is very difficult.

— Encourages minority control, only some people get a chance to vote.

— Only a few vote on the budget. You have voters sit for hours on end and wait until eleven o’clock or midnight for the budget to come up for a vote.

In 1996, 63 N.H. towns adopted SB-2. Now, more than 50-percent of N.H.’s population exercises the right to the Secret Ballot.

A 60-percent majority is required for Passage of RSA 40:13. “Vote yes SB2” CAST YOUR VOTE FOR DEMOCRACY! Claude “Sonny” Patten Belmont

As taxpayers we are sometimes givers and sometimes takers To the editor, As I sit here pondering how to write this letter, I feel a need to digress approximately 25 years in my life. I purchased my first house as a single, women. The economy was good at the time and it was easy to pay the mortgage. The economy changed however, the housing market dried up and jobs of any kind were hard to find. I continued to pay my bills, working odd jobs, cleaning houses, whatever it took to pay the bills.

During those hard economic times I

town services that I hardly used in hopes that I would someday have children that would walk the halls of our fine schools. Today my husband and I live that dream and want to make sure that the dream does not end for our children and the children of the future. As taxpayers we are sometimes givers and sometimes takers of the services provided by the town. As Americans, we all agreed to pitch in and support our government’s efforts to provide services for all citizens. I would ask my fellow townspeople to see next page

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LETTERS Population of Center Harbor is about same but town has really changed To the editor, I respect everyone’s right to free speech but I detest propaganda, which is what I consider the mailings that my son received a few days ago. I beg all Center Harbor VOTERS to research the numbers that have been written regarding the amount of taxes to be raised and the comparisons with other towns that has been done by certain people within the town. Our tax rate (2011 DRA) is $10.96 per thousand dollars of assessed value. The rates of a few of the towns we are being compared to are: Franconia $16.21, Hill $19.01, Washington $15.92, Harrisville $14.60, and the list goes on.

Now, take the time to research each and every town listed in the mailing and see what those towns offer their residents for their tax dollars. You might be surprised on how much our town of Center Harbor provides to our residents! If our town is going to be compared to other small towns across the state, at least make sure the comparisons are “apples to apples”!

Yes, in 2011 our amount raised is $5.15-million BUT we have little to no control over $2.15-million that the local school and state school tax takes, and $.6-million that the county takes.

That leaves us with approximately $2.4-million to provide police and fire protection, public works services, selectpersons and town office services, transfer station services, library services, and numerous other services! I am a native of N.H. who has lived for the last 37 years in this town! Contrary to what has been written, the town has changed a lot! Maybe the population has stayed about the same, but the number of houses, amount of traffic, crime, and development by both locals and out-of-state people has increased dramatically.

As far as wages goes, the numbers

shown INCLUDE all benefit costs!

These amounts are not what the individuals gross for pay. Also, remember that the town is mandated to pay 20-percent of all police department officers pay into the state retirement system. Regarding having 60 people on the payroll, that number includes all of our 25+ volunteer firefighters as well as some people who get one paycheck a year! Very deceptive! I might add that those people living in glass houses should walk a few miles in the shoes of the people on the writer’s “list”!

On to the “need” for an up-dated municipal building! I have to chuckle at the naysayers that only come out at this time of year.. Two years ago it was “we have to save the park!”, last year it was “we don’t need to buy a separate piece of property when we should be looking at the municipal building that we have!”, now we are doing just that and lo and behold “that’s too much money, we don’t need it,” and on and on with more lame excuses. These people are just looking for a reason to cause a split within the town. Well, I am sick and tired of it! Maybe someone should talk to the Meredith town manager and see what they are going to charge us to keep using their Police Department facilities! You can rest assured that the day is coming, in the not so distant future, when this will happen! If it is set up the same as the transfer station, we could be seeing $300,000.+ going to Meredith for RENT each year! And what would we have to show for that? That’s only about three times what the annual cost for the municipal building modification loan would be! Not very good financial sense!

Jeannie L. DeGrace, Treasurer Center Harbor

Population of Center Harbor is about same but town has really changed To the editor, To my fellow residents of Meredith: Town elections are a week away, it is very important that you exercise your civic duty.

Go out and vote on Tuesday, March 13 and attend town hall meeting on Wednesday, March 14.

Running for public office is exciting and it can also be somewhat challenging. Sometimes we take slanderous remarks; we chase signs around town and sometimes even have sleepless nights trying to think of the perfect speech or answers to questions. I commend each and every candidate who is running.

If elected, I will take my experience, knowledge and skill set to the Meredith Board of Selectmen and will conduct myself in an open minded and attentive manner.

Negativity and defamation is not

only counter productive, it is also unacceptable in my book and I will not participate in that kind of behavior. As a matter of fact, if people were just a little bit more thoughtful of others we would all be better off. I do accept what I believe to be an apology from Mr. Marino.

I am not running to “take someone out” or because I have a personal or political agenda. I am running simply because I want the opportunity to serve my town and lead us into the future as a strong, healthy and prosperous community.

Thank you to each and every one of you who have been so helpful and supportive!

I ask for your consideration of support on March 13, please vote Carla Horne to the Meredith Selectboard.

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from preceding page first and foremost to educate yourself of the facts, vote your conscience, and most of all think of the children, our

future, on Tuesday, March 13.

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LETTERS To the editor, On Thursday evening, February 23rd, I attended the Inter-Lakes School Board Candidates Night. I was particularly impressed with the information presented by the Lisa Merrill, a current member of our school board.

Lisa’s opening and closing statements defined her approach to and accomplishments as a member of the Inter-Lakes School Board. She described her approach as seeking a balance between the academic needs of the students and the financial realities of the present economy while recognizing that education is an investment. Her accomplishments included: — Improving school safety.

— Sharing resources with Moultonboro Academy to cost effectively expand athletics and Advanced Placement opportunities.

— Deciding to videotape school board meetings in order to improve communication.

— Initiating participation in the Lexus Eco-Challenge which resulted in our Middle School winning a $10,000 grant.

Her responses to the questions

showed a solid grasp of the facts and the ability to deal with the issues facing parents, tax payers, teachers, administrators and students.

Lisa is an experienced school board member having served for three years.

She is also a small business owner in the area.

I am supporting Lisa because as a property owner I care about my investment and the quality of our schools is a major factor in protecting property values. More importantly, I believe education is under attack and the pact between the community and students that I benefited from during my school years is being threatened.

I think that providing a quality education to our students is a long-term investment that makes our communities, state and country strong and prosperous. I am confident that with her leadership the Inter-Lakes School Board will fulfill their part of the deal.

I ask that you give careful consideration to her candidacy and hope that you will join me in reelecting Lisa Merrill to the Inter-Lakes School Board on March 13th.

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Democratic presidents used to be protective of working class jobs To the editor, Does anyone remember that during the last presidential campaign Barack Obama promised that “within 10 years America would no longer be dependent on middle east or Venezuelan oil”? He did, so what has he done to try to make that happen? Stopping much of the production in the Gulf doesn’t help though the big spill there makes for an explanation. Strange though that he gave Brazil two billion dollars to develop deep water offshore drilling and wants to give them another 32-billion in the next 10 years. Very strange. So then how about the Keystone pipeline stoppage.

Danger to an aquifer that extends under a dozen states? Come on, that area over the aquifer has hundreds of

oil pipe lines criss-crossing it already so what’s really the deal here?

Actions like these often have unintended consequences that should have been considered. Principally the loss of tens of thousands of jobs in both these areas. Along with the job losses was and will be the regional impacts to the economies of each area as well as the national economy. Democratic presidents have historically been very aggressive protecting the jobs of working people. What’s changed, why are working people forced to collect unemployment checks instead of pay checks? Heck the oils still there, the workers are ready all that’s necessary to fix this is for Obama to give the go ahead, but will he?

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LETTERS We can provide services we need & avoid destructive tax rate

I will work diligently to conduct myself in open, transparent manner

To the editor, Hello Gilford, greetings from Communist China, the country that now owns your children’s future debt payments. As the United States slips closer and closer to financial ruin we are faced with some of our fellow citizens who simply don’t like the message of smaller government and taxation reform. So if you don’t like the message you simply shoot the messenger?

To my detractors I would pose the following: WHERE ARE YOUR SOLUTIONS? The status quo is clearly not the answer. As an engineer, I am trained to examine the problem and propose solutions. Unconstitutional zoning ordinance? Repeal it.

Problem state wide? Change the state laws. Runaway tax rate? TAX CAP! Low voter turnout? Study the local demographics and propose a change.

Local government jobs growing in compensation while the private sector sinks? Expose it! Default budget too high? Petition the citizens for more Budget Committee control and then run for the Budget Committee. U.S. dollars flowing to China at an alarming rate? Go to China, sell your products to the Chinese and bring some of that money back home. Some people sit home and advocate more ways to tax and spend and some go out and fix problems. Viva la Difference!

Do we have some hardworking and valuable public sector employees in Gilford? YES. The problem is we can no longer afford the government to which we have become accustomed.

What good is your gold-plated school district administrative compensa-

To the editor, My name is Jonathan Tolman and I am a candidate for the Moultonborough Board of Selectmen. As I have campaigned around town for the past several weeks I have been frequently asked if there was a particular issue that has prompted me to cast my hat into the ring. In fact, there is not one particular issue, but rather a sense that we can improve the communication and transparency in conducting our town’s affairs.

I believe, if given the chance, I can help improve the ability of our Selectboard to effectively communicate with those around them. Clear lines of communication between the board and the various departments, employees and citizens are essential in effectively governing any municipality.

Communication is the vehicle through which good working relationships can be established between the board and their departments, who exist for the benefit of the taxpayer. If we want our various departments to be effective, efficient and responsive to the needs of the citizens they serve, then there

tion packages when the Gilford High School students can’t find jobs locally?

Do you see the closed storefronts? Do you see the lack of hiring by the local businesses? Do you see the foreclosures? Do you understand that the public sector gets much better health care benefits that the private sector, paid for by the private sector? Where is the logic in that? Our seniors have had only one raise in their Social Security in the past three years but many in our local government and School District get 2- to 4-percent increases every year! If their health care costs go up? Most if not ALL of those increases are passed onto the taxpayer.

It is a downward spiral that cannot continue. We are not spending the money protecting the taxpayer’s infrastructure or innovating our education so our graduates can compete better for jobs, we are simply giving it to the employees in the form of compensation packages that exceed the going rate offered in the private sector. We live in one of the most beautiful towns in the state. We can provide the services we need and protect our real estate values from this destructive too high and ever increasing tax rate. Vote in the petitioned reforms for BOTH the town and the School District and put Murphy, Savage and myself, Barbara Aichinger, on the Budget Committee and Doug Lambert on the School Board. Want more information? Check out www. GilfordGrok.com.

Barbara Aichinger Governor’s Island Gilford

Mr. Lambert is unfit because he goes beyond mere conservatism To the editor, Gilford residents may want to think twice before electing Doug Lambert to the School Board.

First, while Mr. Lambert is a Gilford taxpayer and certainly has the right to run for that office, his interests do not lie with the public schools. On the contrary, he has frequently expressed great contempt for public education.

To my knowledge, he has never had kids in the Gilford schools. He strongly dislikes the public schools and chose to educate his children privately. This is one reason he resents paying taxes for education. Of course, Mr. Lambert has no problem participating in frivolous lawsuits against the same School Board on which he wants to serve which will also cost the taxpayers!

This is sad. There are some of us who have never had kids in the Gilford system either but who nonetheless don’t mind paying taxes for local education because it is an investment in the nation’s future. One cannot help but conclude that, from his previous words and actions, Mr. Lambert is running for School Board not in the interest of the kids but in order to undermine our public education system, cause conflict, and pursue a very narrow agenda. It IS about the kids, Mr. Lambert!

While there is certainly room for disagreement on a School Board, Mr. Lam-

bert goes beyond mere conservatism. His are fringe ideas that are often hostile to the very principle of public education.

People who serve on a School Board may disagree politically but they should all agree that public schools are vital to our democracy. To elect Mr. Lambert to a position of responsibility for public education would be like putting the proverbial fox in charge of guarding a chicken coop.

Mr. Lambert has also shown his unfitness for the office because of his intolerance of diversity. Mr. Lambert would like us to forget the time he called a Democratic Party leader by a homophobic slur on a broadcast and emphasized that he “meant it.” If you look for that outburst on YouTube, you may find that it has been taken down because of a copyright claim by Skip Murphy. Right before the election, eh?

In addition to his hateful diatribes, Mr. Lambert has made it clear that he opposes anything in education that supports tolerance and diversity. He even warned Catholic Charities about the “company it keeps” when it participated in a community-wide effort to promote diversity and tolerance in the schools and in the community at large.

Now be honest: do we really want Mr. Lambert making decisions about public education?

E. Scott Cracraft Ellen M. McClung Gilford

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must be open lines of communication directly between them and the board that is elected to lead them.

If the voters of Moultonborough choose me to represent them on the Board of Selectmen, I will work diligently to conduct myself in an open and transparent manner, regardless of the issue. I feel that it is vitally important for the board to give the voters all the information they need to make informed decisions. It is also much easier to defend any decision one makes if you have considered both sides of the issue prior to reaching that decision. While I can assure the voters of Moultonborough that we will not always agree on every topic, I can also assure you that I will listen to both sides before making my decisions.

As I previously stated at Candidates Night: Honesty, a little common sense and the ability to communicate clearly are the most important qualities I look for in my elected officials. I think I have those qualities and if you feel the same, I hope to have your support on March 13th.

Jonathan W. Tolman Moultonborough

Carla knows quality of life in Meredith is at risk without balance To the editor, When the townsfolk of Meredith voted to change the size of the Selectboard, they increased it to five, not four, members. It is important that there be five voices to represent the varying interests of the voters, especially when there is a difference of opinion and hard choices need to be made. We need to ensure that all five votes count.

At the Candidates’ Forum, I too would have liked to ask Colette Worsman about potential conflicts of interest between her votes as our representative in Concord with their adverse impact on the town of Meredith and her votes as a Meredith selectperson. (I know she was out of town for a family trip that was arranged before the forum was organized.) In her absence Peter Brothers tried to assure us that Ms. Worsman would recuse herself from Meredith Selectboard votes that might represent such a conflict of interest.

And therein lies the rub. We need all five votes in Meredith, not four. We

need our Selectboard members to be there 100-percent for the best interests of the town. I believe that, by electing Carla Horne, we can be sure that all our voices will be heard and that Meredith’s interests will be represented fully.

Carla has spent all of her life in Meredith, in the town she loves and knows so well. As a small business owner here, she understands that the quality of life we all enjoy is at risk if there is not a balance between economic growth and the maintenance of the intangibles of that quality of life.

She listens carefully and thinks before getting into the fray. She is a learner who wants to understand all sides of an issue. She is willing to work hard to gain the knowledge needed to serve her town well and she will fight for Meredith first and foremost.

Please vote for Carla Horne for Meredith Selectboard to ensure that fifth vote!

Anne Rogers Meredith

If you have difference of opinion it means you are uninformed?

To the editor, Demands for apologies, name calling, accusations of witch hunts, OH MY GOD! Yes, I said it the “G” word.

Maybe we should give everyone on our Gilmanton School Board a trophy so they can get over their hurt feelings.

John Funk states “The School Board serves in a voluntary capacity for the benefit of this community and don’t deserve such low-handed, vindictive treatment.” Well, no, John, not exactly.

The School Board is paid with public tax payer dollars for the job that they perform. That means that they work for ALL of us, not just those who think they have better ideas for this community than the “uninformed”.

If you have a difference of opinion does that mean you are uninformed?

Does the School Board represent all of the voters, or just those who are

“informed”? Does it make sense that the entire school board lobbies against voters on an issue that the MAJORITY of Gilmanton voted in support of last year? As Carolyn Baldwin states, the article was defeated. Yes, Carolyn, it failed to get the super majority, or 60-percent of the vote. But, the devil is in the detail, isn’t it Carolyn! 290 voters supported SB-2 in 2011 and 216 voted against it. For the article to have passed it needed a total of 303 votes, or 13 additional YES votes.

Are there 13 people out there that did not make it out to vote on this article? This should be an example of just how important it is for you to GET OUT AND VOTE! Yes, Carolyn the article was defeated by the lack of the 60-percent vote last year, hopefully this year that will not be the case. see next page

THE LACONIA DAILY SUN, Wednesday, March 7, 2012— Page 9

LETTERS Belmont has gone beyond a fair day’s pay for a hard day’s work

If re-elected I will continue to balance our needs with low taxes

To the editor, Belmont voters have a clear choice for choosing the next selectman on March 13.

My candidacy is based on directness, experience and doing what’s right, even if it ruffles a few feathers.

I’ve been privileged to serve twice as a selectman, as well as Planning Board, Budget Committee, School Board and volunteered time and engineering expertise as a Sewer Commissioner and Recycling Committee member.

I believe in citizens exercising their voice and vote. There have been too many costly surprises for taxpayers, based on unauthorized policies becoming practices and too often decided behind closed doors. I have initiated recent court action, that is on going regarding the monetary award that will total over twenty thousand dollars of your taxes.

I support fair pay for a hard day’s work, but wonder how Belmont can regularly offer some of the highest annual raises in the Lakes Region, while benefits like health care escalate and represent more than 50-percent on top of exceptionally generous municipal salaries. If we have the right people in these well-paying jobs are all of the other outside experts and consultants really needed?

I think it’s time for selectmen to meet when the people of Belmont can attend.

We can’t blame our schools for doing their job. We can ask why the town didn’t plan impact fees, growth management or other land use controls

To the editor, I am Colette Worsman, one of your current selectmen, now serving as Chairman of the Board. I am completing my second term and am hoping you will choose me once again to serve you and our community for three more years.

I am a lifelong resident of New Hampshire and was raised by hard working parents along with my seven siblings. After research and discussion, my husband and I moved to Meredith with our two boys for its quality of life. Our sons both graduated from Inter-Lakes. Michael, our oldest, went on and graduated from Duke University in North Carolina and has settled there with his wife. Ryan is a senior at Worcester Polytechnic Institute in Worcester MA. He is majoring in civil engineering and has just been selected to continue on for his Master’s Degree.

My husband and I operate Gold Eagle Contracting, Inc., a small business we started over 25 years ago. Additionally, I serve Meredith as your representative to the N.H. House. Yes, indeed these commitments require a lot of hard work to balance them, but thankfully God has blessed me with a great deal of energy.

As one of your selectmen for the past six years I have worked with my

when they were needed. Watch the buses some afternoon and see which neighborhoods and housing developments have brought an influx of school-aged children.

That’s why I helped put one of two warrant articles on the March ballot.

Number 37 proposes a comprehensive growth plan. And I’ve also worked on number 36, proposing a 2012 budget the same as last year. Besides my candidacy I hope you will support both with a YES vote.

I came here in 1969 with a college degree and professional certification as a civil engineer in the states of New Hampshire, Vermont, Maine, New York and Massachusetts. Hard work and some blessings have allowed my wife Susan and I to raise our three sons in this town and build a business here, in a home we built ourselves over 20 years from a converted mobile home.

We believe strongly in government participation as a privilege and responsibility. It’s a pretty safe bet you’ve heard my questions over recent months and years. And as your selectman I will continue to question any and all “special” deals, exceptions and practices.

A vote for George Condodemetraky on Tuesday, March 13, is a vote for change leadership and experience.

It’s time to change the way business is done in Belmont. I pledge taxpayer accountability, transparency and a real plan for the community’s future.

Thank you and feel free to call me with any questions at 267-8023.

George Condodemetraky Belmont

My opponent seems caught up in smear campaign against me To the editor, A campaign full of distorted facts, innuendo and straight out lies are not my campaign tactics.

My name is Richard Drenkhahn; I am running for the position of selectman in the Town of Center Harbor.

I held this position in the past and have decided that I will run again to serve my community. I understand the responsibility that comes with being a selectman, and the thoughtful manner in which the duties of the job should be carried out.

My opponent seems to be caught up in a smear campaign not only against me, but the current Board of Selectmen as well. I have always carefully considered the facts and the outcome before

taking a stand on an issue. If elected I will not let a personal agenda or a small group of vocal activists be my guide, but rather the best interests of the citizens of the Town of Center Harbor as a whole. My opponent does not seem to approach issues the same way.

Please come to vote on March 13th from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. for me as selectman. The business session starts at 7:30 p.m. and it is your opportunity to decide how money will be spent in the coming year. I hope you will take the time to vote.

Thank you for your consideration. I would appreciate your support again so I can work for the citizens of Center Harbor.

Richard Drenkhahn Center Harbor

Olympia Snowe is retiring because of this type of campaigning To the editor, In response to Frank Marino s letter of March 3: the first half of the letter shows him to be an intelligent writer, supporting and endorsing a candidate (Colette Worseman) that he admires.

The second half shows that he has a bias toward liberals and is homophobic. This is what is wrong in today s

political climate. Support and vote for your candidate. Don t try to denigrate the others. If your person is good enough, that person will win.

Olympia Snowe is retiring because of this type of campaigning and governing.

Don t forget to vote.

Barbara Cochrane Moultonborough

from preceding page Please get out and vote and vote for SB-2 for the School District budget so that we can send our School District a very clear message. That message is

“We are tired of the non-stop spending and YES, you do work for ALL of us!”

Cindy Houghton Gilmanton

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fellow board members including Peter Brothers, also seeking your vote, to keep taxes low while maintaining services, investing in our employees, and in capital items. We have successfully opened the Community Center, worked with the citizens of Meredith to build a Police and Fire Station as well making significant investments in protecting areas of the town like Page Pond for future generations to enjoy, to name a few of our achievements. Most importantly we have worked collectively with our citizens and the town employees to do all this while navigating these tumultuous financial times and still producing a near level-funded budget.

As I have in my previous two terms, should you choose to vote for me, I will continue to serve the citizens of Meredith with the same open, honest, straightforward dedication and energy, as in the past. Further, I will continue to balance the needs of our town while keeping taxes low.

Thank you for your time. Please vote to re-elect me, Colette Worsman, as your selectman so I may continue the work of your current board of selectmen.

Colette Worsman Meredith

I will pursue greater accountability in the Shaker budget process To the editor, My name is Donna Cilley, and I am running for election to the Shaker Regional School Board. In the 30 years that I have been a resident of Belmont, I have witnessed the Shaker Regional School Board’s accomplishments, which range from building schools to funding quality education for its students. The efforts of the board should be commended.

Currently, the board is having a difficult time successfully leading the district. The last three years have been particularly trying with the failure of the board to replace our retiring superintendent with a suitable candidate. Their dysfunction was further observed last year with the budget fiasco of cutting programs, restoring programs, pink slipping ALL teachers, re-hiring all teachers, etc. Inaccurate or misleading information being provided by the business office is not an excuse. It is time for a new perspective with a different voice that can better represent the community and the children of this district. I believe that I am that candidate.

I know our community well. I have served on the Belmont Budget Committee, Planning Board, Shaker Building Needs Committee, and Economic Development Committee. I am a Belmont Rotarian. I have been the General Assistance (welfare) director for the town of Belmont for the past 18 years. I served as a selectman for nine years, three of which were during the last economic fallout. I respectfully negotiated two successful town employee union contracts that were

built on compromise and respect for both the employee and the taxpayer.

I am a team player who develops budgets based on creativity, fairness, and needs vs. wants. I am not afraid to ask difficult questions if it means a greater solution. Years ago when the Shaker Regional School District was losing its accreditation, the district needed a new high school. After too many failed bond articles, as a selectman, I requested to have the Belmont and Canterbury selectmen meet with the School Board and building needs committee to revisit needs vs. wants.

Plans were reworked, the price tag was reduced by more than one million dollars, and educators and taxpayers came together and supported the bond which represents what we are proud of today.

I am invested in our school district because of the ways in which it directly impacts my life, my work, and my community. Our kids deserve to be provided with what they need in order to receive a quality education. An honest budget can provide this; fluctuating balances and poor communication between the board and community cannot. I will pursue greater accountability in the budget process, something that has gone unaddressed even by our most veteran board members.

I ask for your confidence and VOTE at the school district meeting on Friday, March 9 in the Belmont High School gymnasium. Polls are open from 6 - 7:30 p.m. Thank you in advance for your support.

Donna J. Cilley Belmont

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LETTERS Fear of uninformed voters is greatly exaggerated & insulting

Support N.H. Electric Co-op management and the board you elect

To the editor, It was extremely disappointing to read the arrogant and uninformed editorial in the February 23 Winnisquam Echo encouraging Belmont/ Canterbury residents NOT to vote for SB-2 at the upcoming Shaker District Meeting. Many Belmont residents I spoke to were also disappointed and, in fact, outraged as well. Important facts were conspicuously omitted, possibly for the purpose of confusing and misleading voters. Read on for the rest of the story!

ONE OBVIOUS OMISSION WAS ABSENTEE ACCESS – Passing SB-2 would actually expand democracy and give absentee voters a voice.

Pass SB-2 and “snowbirds” wintering in warmer states will be empowered with a vote. Ballots will be sent to these residents upon request. Who can argue with that?! Immobile and incapacitated voters unable to attend a district meeting can also request a ballot to be sent to their homes. Who can argue with that?! AND — those unable to attend the district meeting, for whatever reason, will also be able to vote by absentee ballot through the same request or by appearing in person at the town hall. Who can argue with that?! In addition, these absentee ballots can be utilized on a range of voting days and are NOT restricted to just the one day the district meeting takes place. Who can argue with that?! So you see — there is SO MUCH MORE voter access and voting flexibility. Who would argue with giving voters more access to the democratic process? Any takers?

Just the other day I utilized the absentee ballot access in order to vote on Belmont’s town warrants — almost two weeks before the actual voting day takes place on March 13 — a day I will be away. How convenient is that?

ONE OBVIOUS MISREPRESENTATION — The Winnisquam Echo editor

To the editor, Several years ago I had the privilege of serving on the Board of Directors of the New Hampshire Electric Cooperative (NHEC), elected each time I ran, by the members. Prior to that I served representing the members during the NHEC bankruptcy. The board started after the bankruptcy to lay out plans for putting that behind us and moving forward while keeping rates as low as possible. Great strides were made and continue to be made. NHEC is out of bankruptcy, credits are accruing to members, financing is easier, and the co-op has reasonable pricing, with choices.

During my several terms the idea of “smart meters” was discussed and though it would eventually have a great payback, was just too much to bite off. “Smart meters” save by eliminating the monthly meter reading, a very expensive item on the budget.

Whether done by NHEC as was the case when I first was involved, or by a third party contractor as has been done in recent years, the cost of vehicles, maintenance and labor for several people with all the benefits that accrue, was a big expense. The most frequent issues brought to the board’s attention by individuals and/or at the annual meetings were outages and cost of the entire package, delivered to your home so that you could throw a switch and have power. After these items or while elaborating on them members suggested NHEC invest in solar energy, wind power and other “cheap” renewable sources or any other way to bring down the cost. We attempted to do that by buying reliable power from good sources at the

strongly urged Belmont voters to reject SB-2, citing lower voter participation in the towns of Gilford and Alton. HELLO! Why not present Belmont’s numbers when trying to discourage Belmont voters. Here’s why. In 2009, 632 people voted – 18 were absentee ballots. In 2010, 765 people voted – 16 were absentee ballots. In 2011, 879 people voted – 20 were absentee ballots. AND, thus far, in 2012, 36 absentee ballots have been cast (one of them is mine); and voting day on March 13 has not yet arrived!

All the above numbers have taken place under the “ballot vote” allowed when SB-2 passed for the town’s budget. Prior to its passage in 2008, only 425 voted at the open district meeting and only an additional 10 were absentee. Obviously, under the town’s ballot vote, an undeniable fact is that voter turnout has been consistently growing.

ONE COLOSSAL MISCONCEPTION— Stating the fear that voters will be uninformed if they do not attend the district meeting is grossly exaggerated and patently insulting to voters who are informed enough to vote for the President of the United States under the same conditions.

AND — with the deliberative session held before the actual voting day, along with numerous written articles, voters are quite capable of informing themselves. (School officials use the “uninformed” argument all the time, yet — interestingly enough — only one school board member followed their own advice and attended the deliberative session held to review the town’s budget.) Go Figure!

It is time in this modern world to replace the archaic, frustrating, time-consuming, and intimidating district meeting with the more efficient and erudite method of voting. CITIZENS — fear not!

This change will NOT be the end of Western civilization as we know it.

Barbara L. Garneau Belmont

14th Amendment protects us from harmful Christian religion?

To the editor, What we call constitutional today is often a euphemism which if stated more congruently would read “according to precedent”. As it regards religious liberty in schools, there is no controversy in the fact that the Bill of Rights was added to the Constitution in order to assure the states that the federal government would not interfere with the rights of the states, and firstly by their order is the “establishment of religion” and the” free exercise”of it.

The Constitution would not have been ratified by enough states for it to become the law of the land had not the Bill of Rights been added. To say that these assurances written in the Bill of Rights were really intended underneath to mean something different as some historians imply; would make it a bait and switch document and render our Constitution as a meaningless piece of paper. That over 150 years latter we find we find our federal judges applying the establishment clause of the First Amendment through the equal protection clause of the 14th amendment to the states and local school boards, to in effect overturn the freedom of religion

to turn the Bill of Rights on its head.

Think. The equal “protection” clause, who have they been protecting from what? You can’t defend this use of the 14th Amendment without coming to the conclusion that the Christian religion is harmful. This certainly was not the opinion of the founders. People can produce quotes to make it look like it was either way, yet if you study it; you will find that the founders overwhelmingly felt that Christianity was a necessary prop for maintaining the virtuous society that was necessary to maintain the type of government that they had implemented. That most state and local laws until very recently grew out of the Christian ethic is a matter of record, and that America grew to be a great nation through that time is a matter of history. How can we remain a nation under God when our government undermines parental authority and you can barely mention God’s name in the schools where we train our children? God makes nations great and He tears them down. What do you think will happen to ours, unless we repent?

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best possible contract terms. How many members know that power the co-op sells members comes from methane gas generated in land fills? Solar is not yet practical, but wind farms are and many of the same people that want “cheap” or renewable power are fighting the wind farms.

Now NHEC has acquired a $16-million grant to help defray the expense of “smart meters”, which will cut expenses, give greater information to the members and the co-op and there are people complaining. There has been a frivolous lawsuit by a few, costing NHEC Thousands of dollars to try and stop “smart meters” or at the very least let the customer chose. This costs every member! The “smart meters” neither violate any federal law nor are they dangerous. This is a given fact.

Yes, there are a lot of things available saying wireless technology is dangerous, but it has been proven that in normal use situations this is BULL! It was the same with people trying to sue NHEC because power lines gave off bad energy when I was on the board. Again proven untrue, but costing NHEC a lot to dispel the untruths. If the courts decide these people can “opt out”, I would hope they would also decide that they have to leave the system. Yes, this is extreme, but so is the fact that they are wasting the money of all the rest of us co-op members.

Members, speak up. NHEC is a co-op which means you the users, the members, are the owners and should not allow a small group to increase your costs. Support management and the board you elect.

Bob Heath Center Harbor

Pay-as-you-throw is best solution for reducing Gilmanton waste budget To the editor, Taxpayers of Gilmanton, please consider your options for disposal of solid waste: We have an opportunity to reduce the amount of tax dollars we spend to run the Transfer Station. The variable cost, 47-percent of the Transfer Station budget, is used to process our solid waste/bagged trash. We can reduce this amount by adopting either mandatory or pay-as-you-throw. Each option presents potential savings.

Please consider the options for they will be presented at town meeting on March 17th.

— MANDATORY will not create a sizable reduction of the 47-percent.

“Most towns that adopt mandatory Recycling do not experience very large increases in recycling. Without adopting an additional program such as PAYT, the recycling rate shouldn’t be expected to increase by more than 5 to 10-percent, which is a generous estimate. Some towns feel that they would like to give residents a friendly challenge, or make recycling mandatory and see how they do before switching to PAYT. While this is the politically safe thing to do, it is not the most effective or equitable way to increase recycling.” (RCAP) If we really want to maximize recycling revenues to offset the cost to run the facility then man-

datory is not the choice to make.

PAY-AS-YOU-THROW is the best solution for reducing the 47-percent. If we implement a PAYT program then we maximize the opportunity to reduce the 47-percent trash expense while increasing our revenues in recycling.

The revenue generated by the cost of the bags — $1-$2.00 range — will be used to offset the cost to run the facility. It is the most equitable way to distribute solid waste costs throughout the community because households pay for the waste they generate. Currently we all pay approximately $250 in taxes to run the facility, people who recycle do not want to pay for their neighbors who don’t. This is an expensive service and those who recycle will be rewarded with lower trash costs.

STATUS QUO. We can expect increased costs for our solid waste disposal. The cost of which falls to you.

Revenues from recycling will remain in the 20-percent range. Those who recycle will continue to subsidize those who do not. Your taxes go up!

For more information on the analysis presented by RCAP Solutions Inc. to the Town of Gilmanton ,e 435-7715 or -mail loribaldwin@metrocast.net.

I will send you the reports for your own review.

Lori Baldwin Gilmanton

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LETTERS I ask you to vote only for Doug Lambert for Gilford School Board

Putting default budgets in hands of BudCom would destroy balance

To the editor, First, the School Board decided to flaunt the will of Gilford voters, who voted 2-1 to not have a new superintendent (hiring one the day before the election). Then, the board decided to not hold the special meeting as petitioned by Gilford residents because of this action (and in violation of N.H. law). Then at the Gilford Candidates’ Night, the current chair and past chair (Kurt Webber and Sue Allen, respectively) insisted simply by saving $11,000 on busing costs was a superb reason to start up full-day kindergarten – again, showing complete disdain for Gilford voters who had previously voted NO (video at GilfordGrok.com).

Kurt Webber has further doubled down by stating he had cut the School Board’s budget (even though expenditures have grown) – and showing that the bureaucrat-ese of “Washington budgeting cuts” (where a “cut” = “increasing, but at a slower pace”) has been brought to Gilford.

Now we just had the taxpayerfunded superintendent willing to speak at a forum sponsored by the taxpayer funded Parks & Recreation Department to “educate” residents on the tax cap petition (which has already been “not recommended” by his employers, the School Board).

Although he claims ignorance of the RSA that prohibits this (lets assume to

To the editor, Please keep the checks and balances in place in Gilford!

Although I have been off the Gilford School Board for about nine months, I have been keeping a close eye on the budget process and the decisions that face our residents. After three years on the Budget Committee and seven years on the School Board, it is hard to walk away and see what can potentially happen to our district if placed in the hands of a few extremists. I am also detecting a fair amount of apathy from the supporters and parents of children in the School District, and I would like to make everyone aware of a few upcoming critical items that will come to a vote on the upcoming ballot on March 13.

Please vote NO on article 7, as it gives the Budget Committee “total control” of the budget development process. We need to keep the checks and balances in place.

If warrant article 7 passes, then total control of the budget development process will be transferred to Budget Committee. Currently, there is a “check and balance” when the Budget Committee brings their version of the School District budget to vote and the School Board provides the default budget based on the guidelines developed by the state.

Over the past few years, the School Board and Budget Committee have worked together to decelerate the costs of the district and have brought forward many reductions to decrease the overall budget, despite increasing fixed costs. Two separate groups of officials elected by the residents of Gilford have input into what goes on the ballot for the voters in March. If article 7 passes, no longer will two separate elected bodies have input

be true), just the idea that the School Board did not see the impropriety of this, RSA aside, speaks volumes.

Doug Lambert stood up against this by bringing it to the public’s attention, citing the RSA. He also corrected the School Board’s lawyer at the Deliberative Session (who read only the part of the RSA dealing the tax cap that put the School Board’s position in a positive light) by reading the REST of the RSA that contradicted the lawyer’s utterances (video on GilfordGrok. com). And yes, he is one of the Gilford residents who is using the only source of remedy available to citizens between elections by bringing the superintendent hiring before a judge.

Fed up with this public malfeasance, Doug Lambert is now running to be on the School Board. His platform: full compliance with all laws, greater transparency in deliberations/ actions, moving towards more accessibility, and forcing more budgetary openness. These are stances that I wholeheartedly endorse – as well as his stated stance of respecting the will of the voters of Gilford in all things.

Therefore, I am happy to endorse Doug Lambert to replace either Kurt Webber or Sue Allen. I ask for your vote for him (and only for him for one of the two three-year seats).

Skip Murphy Gilford

Inter-Lakes has rich history of volunteerism & community support To the editor, Lately it seems that educational issues have been at the forefront of the news media at both the state and national level. There is no doubt that these are challenging times for educators, administrators, and communities.

At times I think that it can be easy to fall into the trappings of rhetoric about education because it is something that so many of us are concerned about. We want to see the best possible opportunities presented to all of our students to ensure their future success. The positive growth and development of our communities depend on it.

Though there are challenges, and we must pay them serious consideration, this is also an enormous opportunity to really think about the direction we want to take our schools. Changes in state and federal legislation are opening up new possibilities to the ways in which we view our schools and our students. This is truly an exciting time to consider a long-term view of the future and the direction of our communities. We must not only be thinking “outside of the box” in terms of issues at the present day, but must be forward thinking about long-term goals for our district.

When considering these ideas, I return again and again to the rich history our district has been fortunate to have in terms of volunteerism.

This year marks the 30th anniversary of the I-LES PTO, an organization that has proven to be a vital force within our schools. The work that is

currently being done on behalf of students mirrors the goals and reinforces the connection between community involvement and our schools.

Thinking back to my time at I-LES, I remember playing on the Tiretanitic — a playground built by community volunteers. What stands out to me the most is that it was a symbol of community support, and also a symbol of community investment.

Our towns are rich with people of various experiences that our students can greatly benefit from. At a time when the demographics of our towns are changing, enrollments are decreasing across the board, and many are carefully considering the financial implications of unfunded mandates, let’s reach out into our community resources and consider the ways that we can enhance student learning, and at the same time, enrich the foundations of our communities.

Let’s take a long-term view and consider the opportunities that are presenting themselves to us and how we may not only strengthen our schools and enrich student experience, but also enhance our communities.

Please join me for an Open Forum at Kara’s Cafe and Cakery, Main Street Meredith. Stop by and discuss issues, concerns, and your vision for our schools — Friday, March 9 from 5-7 p.m. and Saturday, March 10 from 10-12 p.m. For more information contact me at raalosa@gmail.com.

Rebecca Alosa Meredith

in the budget development process, and there will be no checks and balances… beware.

Equally as dangerous is the idea of a tax cap, so Please vote NO on Article 8 on the School District ballot on March 13.

Being a conservative like myself, and not digging into the details, a tax cap on the surface sounds like it might have merit. But, if you dig into the details, it is a very dangerous step towards a slippery slope, and could cause unintended adverse effects on the quality of education in Gilford.

I can personally say that we moved to Gilford due to the quality of the schools, and 15 years later I’m very happy with our choice.

After looking into the data, it is easy to see that the School Board and Budget Committee have worked hard to offset fix cost increases and have been able to reduce the proposed overall budget by 1.3-percent ($326,000).

The School Board also decreased operating costs in many areas; including overall administrative salaries and a reduction of seven staff positions ($388,700). For the second year in a row, there are no salary increases for any administrative and support staff members in the School District.

The Budget Committee and School Board have worked together to reduce the school budget three out of the past four years. Despite the rhetoric, Gilford does not need a tax cap. We have two elected boards, School Board and Budget Committee, that have worked hard together to reduce school budgets.

Thanks for your continued support of our children; they are getting an excellent education in our schools, and they appreciate our financial support.

Derek Tomlinson Gilford

If you belong & believe in a religious group you have to follow rules To the editor, When I first took umbrage to Nancy Parson’s declaration that “why do MEN think they have the right to an opinion about women’s reproductive rights, medications and women’s bodies”, I did not think I was going to get a lesson in the reasoning of a liberal mind. Before I continue, it should be known that although I tend to vote on the side of conservatives, I’m really quite moderate, especially social issues and am not trying to infringe on women’s rights whatsoever. It’s 2012, and I view my wife and all women as my equal (if not more).

Nancy rips the church for it’s ways, then when I make my point that government should not mandate things which are fundamentally against a religious intuitions core values, she says, “don’t make this a religious argument”. When I debunk her assertion that Congress doesn’t scrutinize a male’s vasectomy, because it isn’t technically conception, she says my answer is nonsensical. When I bring to light that one of the main reasons why Catholics are against this insurance mandate is because abortion is included in the coverage (and yes, the morning-after pill is considered abortion to Catholics) and to most Catholics abortion is a major sin, she

says “don’t make this into an abortion debate”. This whole process of arguing with a truly progressive liberal has been a lesson in futility.

I’m actually left quite confused, especially with some of the commentary from people who wrote in to support Nancy, all of a sudden it was like I was trying to take away a woman’s right to vote, not just trying to answer the irritating question that Nancy flung out in the first place. And Bob Swett’s brilliant quote of “a lot of women I know are smarter by accident than a lot of guys are on purpose.

Go for it gals”, are you serious? I have a feeling that most of the people you know Bob seem much smarter then you in the first place, man or woman or mineral.

I’m all for women getting whatever responsible health coverage they need, but my point from the get-go was that if you belong and believe in a religious group you have to follow their rules. So I don’t know how this turned into a woman’s rights debate.

I talked to my mother about this over the weekend. She is very Catholic and was irate about the government trying to infringe on her religious rights. It made me realize what you don’t even think about… most women see next page

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Condodemetraky said he would take an active role as well.

“Every decision made by the town is a reflection of the school,” he said adding the town’s mandate is to plan the town and it has to be done in conjunction with the school district.

The two candidates for the School Board, incumbent Tom Goulette and Donna Cilley also agreed the two sending communities should have a role in the operation of the school but the key difference is that Goulette supports a budget committee but not SB-2 (the Official Ballot Act) while Cilley is a strong supporter of the act that promotes a strong budget committee.

At times, it was the non-candidates who had the most to say last night.

Selectman Jon Pike, who is not up for re-election, said he felt the school board’s outreach to the governing bodies of Belmont and Canterbury was perfunctory at best, while former Budget Committee member Ken Knowlton asked many of the questions and said that, in his opinion, there was “no cross pollination” between selectmen and the School Board.

Goulette said in his opinion, the members of the school board have had to “hunt down” members of the respective selectboards to get them to attend their annual joint meeting.

“Are there enough meetings?” he said. “No. but they helped up get together on a high school.”

Belmont High School was built 13 hears ago.

Cilley sat on the building committee while Goulette was a member of the School Board.

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There was a little ugliness when Cilley told the crowd of about 50 that she had checked the voters checklist and Goulette hadn’t voted since 2007 with the exception of one special election. Goulette responded by telling the audience that he cared for an elderly parent.

When Cilley was asked how her role as the director of General Assistance for the town would effect the school board, she said her experiences would benefit the board greatly.

“I can understand the difference between needs and wants and I have help people reorganize,” she said, adding she is also very familiar with the intricacies of special education programming.

Both her and Goulette, himself a lifelong educator, said they supported the teachers and think teaching has evolved into a great deal of social work as well as education.

“In many cases, the school is the entire support network,” Goulete said, adding that many of the programs added to the school district, most of them mandated by either state or federal law, involve social and support programming.

Elections for the Shaker Regional School District are this Friday from 6 to 7:30 p.m. the business meeting begins at 7 p.m. in the Belmont High School gymnasium.

Town elections are March 13 and the polls are also at the high school. from preceding page who belong and practice in the Catholic Church don’t want your help or criticism. They believe in their faith in God and willingly participate in no birth control because it’s part of their beliefs and lifestyle. So shame on me, you and Obama. What if the government stepped in and told you to break some rule that was sacred to you, would you just lie down and throw away your own idealism or values?

Also, yes, I was making a whimsical point about the fact that men suffer from ailments as well. I understand that we can also get breast cancer (although it’s only about 500 deaths a year vs 40,000 women) and women can get colon cancer (I’ll submit that I was shocked that over 50-percent of colon cancer deaths are women). I’m truly sorry if I struck a nerve because of your closeness to the disease, but I was only making light of this because in your initial letter you ramble on with many health issues that women suffer from, as though men do not have their own share of maladies. In fact here’s something you probably don’t know Nancy, men in the U.S. have a one in two chance of developing cancer. Women have a one in three. Throw in the fact that your average lifespan is about four or five years longer, and I’d say that from where I’m standing, you have it pretty good.

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FIRE from page one frequently on weekends.

Eastman said that the fire definitely broke out in the garage area and that the State Fire Marshal’s Office was on the scene helping to determine what caused the fire. He said that as of early last night no cause had yet been determined.

The fire was reported by a neighbor Cody DeGrace, who is a volunteer firefighter with the Holderness department and lives nearby.

“I saw a lot of smoke coming from an area near two chimneys at the back of the home and knew it was too heavy to be coming from the chimneys.

After I called in the fire I ran over to the house. The SOLDIER from page 2 Firefighters from Cotton Volunteer Fire Department, which is less than two miles away, were on the scene within four minutes of receiving the dispatch call. Assistant Chief Kevin Dove said the house was already engulfed in flames.

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White Ash Road is a dirt-road off from Shepard Hill Road and firefighters had to lay hose for about a quarter of mile to send water from the tank trucks to the pump trucks at the scene.

Sue DeGrace, who was returning from her job as a nurse at Newfound Regional High School in Bristol and was briefly unable to get to her home near the fire scene, said that she had called the owners and that they were shocked to find out about the fire and planned to come to see what had happened to their second home as soon as possible. veteran firefighter. “It was horrible.”

The three bodies were all recovered on the second floor, he said. It did not appear the father was able to reach the girls.

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DOWNTOWN from page one ity,” a term coined during the meeting to express the notion of fostering a setting attractive to visitors and favorable to businesses, eclipsed questions of traffic flow. “Maybe there are things we need to work on,” he said, “but mobility may not be one of them.”

Warren Hutchins, who took the chair when Kyril Mitchell, an employee of Laconia Savings Bank, again recused himself from discussion of downtown traffic, proposed forwarding Persson’s report of the proceedings to City Manager Scott Myers. He said that Myers could refer the recommendations to the appropriate city departments or, if necessary, to the City Council.

At the same time, Hutchins, who personally observed but did not participate in the community conversation, suggested that if the board concurred with the proposal to demolish the police station, it should make a recommendation to the City Council. He said that efforts to sell the property, including a recent offer to combine the lot with the adjacent property recently vacated by the Munsey & Brazil Insurance Agency, have met with no response. Without dissent, the board voted to recommend the building be demolished to provide access to the municipal parking lot.

Planning Director Shanna Saunders then turned the discussion to the Main Street bridge and the traffic study prepared by TEC, Inc. of Lawrence, Massachusetts. She said that the city has submitted two designs for the bridge to the New Hampshire Department of Transportation (DOT). Both would widen the bridge on the downstream side, one by between six and eight feet and the other by between 10 and 12 feet.

Saunders said that the estimated cost of reconstructing the bridge in its current form was $1.8-million while the cost of widening the bridge by eight feet would be $2.2-million and by twelve feet $2.4-million. The state will contribute 80-percent of the cost. However, she stressed that the state would only pay 80-percent of the most expensive option if it determines the design is required to improve safety.

Saunders explained that both options would enhance safety by flattening the sharp curve at the foot of Beacon Street West while the second option would also accommodate two-way traffic on Beacon Street East and Beacon Street West should the city ever choose to introduce it.

Although opening the length of the two streets to two-way traffic drew scant support at two public meetings earlier this year, she said that there may come a time when consideration my be given to allowing two-way traffic on Beacon Street West between the Main Street bridge and Water Street and on Beacon Street East between Church Street

and Hanover Street.

The board unanimously endorsed widening the bridge by up to 12 feet to accommodate two-way traffic, without however recommending any change to the traffic pattern.

In addition, Saunders reminded the board that apart from the two-way traffic pattern, TEC suggested several other improvements. The timing of the traffic signals at Busy Corner, Church Street and Veterans Square, she said, should be synchronized to ease the flow of traffic. Likewise, the report recommended improved pedestrian crossings at Veterans Square and improved signage throughout downtown. The board agreed to forward these suggestions to the City Manager for consideration by the City Council.

MEDICAID from page one actual cost of providing care, inconsistent with the state’s legal obligation to set Medicaid rates at a level that at least minimally supports their ability to deliver medical care to the most needy, and the product of a rate-setting process that is completely untethered from the methods and standards the state is obligated to apply in setting rates.”

Last year, the hospitals filed suit against the commissioner of Health and Human Services (DHHS) alleging that a 33-percent reduction in reimbursement rates undertaken in 2008 failed comply with

the federal mandate that rates must ensure quality of care while providing those enrolled in Medicaid with medical services matching those available to the general population. At the same time, the hospitals claimed that the rate-setting process failed to provide them with either proper notice or an opportunity to comment as federal law requires.

McAuliffe cited a statute enacted in 2005 authorizing the commissioner to reduce reimbursement rates to match the appropriation for the Medicaid program made by the Legislature. He found that “under this scheme, the reimbursement rate for

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Sgt. Corey O’Connor said Patrick Warden, 43, was wanted on three outstanding bench warrants.

Patrick Warden O’Connor said when he and (Gilford Police photo) a second officer went to White Birch Lane, they were initially told Warden wasn’t in the house but got permission from from the residents to search for him.

O’Connor found Warden hiding in the clothes dryer.

A clerk from the 4th Circuit Court, Laconia Division said Warden had been wanted for three bench warrants — two from Laconia and one from 6th Circuit Court, Franklin Division.

Warden appeared before Judge Jim Carroll yesterday morning and was held on $1,000 cash bail on on the outstanding Franklin warrant.

On the two Laconia warrants, Warden was sentenced to serve 13 days in the Belknap County Jail in lieu of paying an outstanding fine. He has a court date in Laconia in April to answer to the second warrant of failure to appear.

He is scheduled to appear in Franklin on Thursday morning for the disposition of that outstanding warrant.

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McAuliffe noted that courts have rejected Medicaid rates set exclusively on state budgetary considerations.

McAuliffe also found that the hospitals were denied sufficient notice and opportunity to comment before the commissioner proceeded with significant reductions in reimbursement rates. However, he declined to enjoin the state from enforcing the rates set in 2008. Instead, he ordered the commissioner give notice that he intends to continue to apply the reduced rates as well as explain the methodology

JACKPOT from page 2 The winning ticket was among three tickets with random numbers purchased on a $9 wager and was bought on the night of the Feb. 11 drawing, officials said.

“It was unbelievable,” White said in a statement released Tuesday by her attorneys. “None of us can believe it yet. We’re excited, very blessed and will determine in the coming months how we’ll spend the money but we know we’ll always have rainbow sherbert.”

White said she wrote down the numbers when they were read on television after the drawing, but missed a few — so she waited 10 minutes to hear them again. She didn’t check her ticket immediately.

When she did, each of the numbers was the same.

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Not believing she was the winner, she said, she checked the numbers online. Still the same.

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Texas Rep. Ron Paul pinned his hopes on Idaho and Alaska as he scratched for his first victory of the campaign season.

Whatever the outcome in Ohio, Romney was on track to pad his lead in the hunt for delegates to the Republican National Convention. Not surprisingly, given his mixed night, he focused on the delegate chase.

“This is a process of gathering enough delegates to become the nominee, and I think we’re on track to have that happen,” he told reporters as he arrived home in Massachusetts to vote in the primary.

Later, he told supporters, “I’m going to get this nomination.”

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NH Jazz presents Swing Caravan at Pitman’s Items needed for auction to benefit food pantries Freight Room on Thursday, March 8

LACONIA — NH Jazz will present Swing Caravan on March 8 at 8 p.m. at Pitman’s Freight Room, located at 94 New Salem Street in Laconia.

Swing Caravan plays lively, nuanced music that is rooted in Gypsy Jazz and the American Songbook.

Following in the tradition of Django Reinhardt, they make playful, improvisatory folk-jazz that blends of swing, global traditions, and original music. The bass, trumpet, drum kit and guitar/vocal quartet specializes in re-shaping songs through one unpredictable spin after another.

Already known for high energy live shows, Swing Caravan has won the Falcon Ridge Folk Festival Emerging Artist showcase and has played concerts at the Iron Horse, Club Passim, Cafe Lena, Old Colony Woodstock, the Green River Festival, and Brooklyn Djangology Festival.

Admission is $12 (doors open at 7:15). All shows are general admission, not currently accepting reservations.

Limited seating after 8 p.m. BYOB. NH Jazz shows have a listening policy which prohibits talking, and use of texting devices, cell phones, video/ audio recording, laptop computers, gaming units, and cameras.

For information call Jonathan Lorentz at (603) 2675387 during business hours or email jon@nhjazz.com Upcoming Shows at Pitman’s Freight Room: 3/12 Charlie Hilbert (Traveling Bluesman); 3/15 Mike Dillon Band (Rockin’ Percussionist); 3/19 Dave

Keller Band (Blues & Soul); 3/22 Andrew D’Angelo’s Merger (Post-Modern Sax); 3/26 Leo Blanco World Jazz Quartet (Venezuelan Pianist); 3/29 Joan Watson-Jones (Swinging Vocals).

LACONIA — The 20th Annual Tree & Shrub Sale fundraiser is underway for the Belknap County Conservation District.

Information on the sale is available on-line at www.belknapccd.org or by calling 527-5880 to request a catalog. The deadline to submit pre-paid

orders has been extended to March 19.

Don’t miss out on the extensive selection of plants to assist landowners in home food production, landscaping for wildlife, soil erosion prevention, growing Christmas trees, and improved home ‘curb appeal’. Purchases will help fund conservation efforts in Belknap County.

GILFORD — The Gilford Parks and Recreation Department will be sponsoring a Senior Momentum Scrabble Day program on Monday, March 12.

Participants will meet in the Fellowship Hall at

the Gilford Community Church at noon and should bring their lunch and be prepared for a good afternoon game of scrabble. A dictionary will be provided, as well as coffee and tea.

Swing Caravan will perform on March 8 at 8 p.m. at Pitman’s Freight Room in Laconia. (Courtesy photo)

Conservation district’s annual tree & shrub sale underway

MOULTONBOROUGH — Silent and live auctions will be held at the Moultonborough Lions Club on Saturday, May 5, to benefit the Center Harbor Food Pantry and the Moultonborough United Methodist Church Food Pantry.

These two food pantries combined serve nearly 600 families each month. Every dollar taken in will be used to purchase food items to keep the food pantry shelves, refrigerators and freezers stocked.

Local residents and businesses can support this effort by donating items to be auctioned such as gift certificates, new merchandise, handmade crafts or art work, used furniture or household items in very good condition, antiques, and any other items that are valuable enough to be included in a silent or live auction.

There will not be a flea market associated with the auctions. In addition, we cannot accept used mattresses, appliances (small or large), computer or stereo equipment, exercise equipment, televisions, or television entertainment centers.

Businesses and individuals are also encouraged to be creative by donating services (e.g. cleaning time, landscaping hours, baked goods), dinner for 2 or 4 at their home, boat rides or motorcycle rides, or any other type of exciting recreational items.

The live auction will begin at 6 p.m. sharp. The doors will be opened at 4:30 p.m. for preview and food will be available. More than 250 items will be auctioned in the balloon, silent and live auctions.

Any businesses or individuals who have one or more items they are willing to donate are asked to call Amy Norton (986-0357) or Kate and Mike Lancor (476-8409). Arrangements can be made to pick up donated items in advance.

Two free gardening Senior Moment-um ‘Scrabble Day’ is March 12 programs offered at Moultonborough library MOULTONBOROUGH — Two free horticiultural programs will be offered at the Moultonborough Public Library in the coming weeks.

— Saturday, March 10 at 10:30 a.m. ‘’Choosing Plants and Then Planting Them; The Science & Logic Behind Doing It Right.’’ This program will deal with facts, opinions, and misconceptions about proper planting instructions.

— Friday, April 6, at 10:30 a.m. “The Science behind How Plants & Soil Work: A Program for Gardeners.” Though a true botany and basic soils course would take three semesters, this lecture will give all gardeners a boost in both outcome and fun.

Bruce Roberts, the lecturer for both programs, is an irreverent storyteller and entertaining speaker with over 40 years experience as a horticulturalist at the highest levels, including Director of Horticulture for the Massachusetts Horticulture Society.

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OBITUARIES

Catherine L. DuBois, 56

LACONIA — Catherine L. “Cathy” (Bowles) DuBois, 56, of 16 Rowell St., Laconia, died Monday afternoon, March 5, 2012, in Lakes Region General Hospital, Laconia.

She was born January 14, 1956, in Laconia. She was a graduate of Laconia High School and was a life long resident of Laconia.

Prior to her retirement, she was employed as a clerk in the stock room of New Hampshire Ball Bearings for 17 years.

Cathy was a 14 year breast cancer survivor. She worked tirelessly for Breast Cancer Awareness and always had a positive attitude that she displayed with great courage.

She is survived by her husband of 38 years, Gary L. DuBois of Laconia; her daughter, Jody L. Gillis and her husband, Scott, of Laconia; grandsons, Scott E. Gillis Jr. and Joseph P. Gillis, both of Laconia; her mother, Beverly (Andrews) Moore and her husband, Courtney, of Lakeport; brothers,

Courtney Moore Jr. of Manchester, Myron Bowles of Laconia and Michael Bowles of Belmont; sisters, Donna Ardine of Belmont, Janelle Woodland of Contoocook, Dawn Kilgellon of Laconia, Leslie Cyr of Gilford and Nancy Waldron of Florida; several aunts, uncles, nieces and nephews.

Calling hour will be Friday, March 9, 2012, from 1-2pm in the Dewhirst Funeral Home, 1061 Union Ave., Laconia, followed by services at 2pm, with the Rev. Michael C. Graham, pastor of the Gilford Community Church, officiating. Private burial will be in the NH State Veterans Cemetery, Boscawen.

In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to either Central NH VNA and Hospice Laconia, 780 N. Main St., Laconia, NH 03246, or to the Oncology Dept. of LRGH, 80 Highland St., Laconia, NH 03246.

Please visit us at www.dewhirstfuneralhome.com, to send condolences or for more information.

CONCORD — Susan M. Fraser, age 55, of Portsmouth Street, died on Sunday, March 4, 2012 at Concord Hospital.

She was born in Brockton, MA daughter of Leo. W. Fraser of Concord, and the late Patricia (Murray) Fraser.

She was a graduate of Pittsfield High School class of 1974, and received her BS in Business Administration from the University of NH class of 1978.

Susan joined her father and brother in starting Fraser Insurance Services in 1976. She worked her entire career for the family business and took great pride in it’s now 35 years of success.

In addition to her father she is survived by her 10 siblings, Leo W. Fraser III and his wife, Sonia of Maplewood, NJ, William P. Fraser and his wife Jan of Mountaintop, PA, Mark S. Fraser and his wife Linnea of Laconia, Lauren P. Flanders and her husband Dana of Rochester, Lynne A. Marston and her

husband Sam of Pittsfield, Patricia A. Bourgault and her husband Michael of Concord, Douglas E. Fraser of Concord, Diane E. Hathaway and her husband Michael of Concord, Timothy S. Fraser and his wife Ginger of Bow, and John F. Fraser and his wife Sarah of Concord; many nieces and nephews.

Visiting Hours will not be held.

A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated on Thursday (3/8) at 10 AM at Christ the King, St. John the Evangelist Church, 72 South Main Street, Concord. The Rev. Richard Roberge will be the celebrant.

Burial will be held in the Spring at Floral Park Cemetery in Pittsfield, NH. In lieu of flowers donations may be made in Susan’s Memory to National Breast Cancer Foundation, 2600 Network Blvd., Suite 300, Frisco, Texas 75034 The Waters Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements.

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Belmont High School student spearheading school-wide drive to benefit St. Joseph Parish food pantry

BELMONT — A school wide food drive to collect non-perishable food items for the food pantry at Saint Joseph Parish is underway at Belmont High School.

The food drive was launched by Belmont High School senior Melissa Kiver as project for her Advanced Health class and will run through Friday.

She explained that all of the fifth block classes at the school are competing to see which can collect the most

food items and that the winning block, some 20 to 25 students, will be treated to a pizza party at Brookside Pizza.

She says that Brookside is donating the pizza and that the local Coca-Cola distribution center is donating eight two-liter bottles of Coca-Cola products.

She says that anyone who would like to contribute can drop off food items at the front office at the high school.

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SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21).

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You may even dare to sing solo in public or dance for no reason.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19).

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AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). You may be concerned about being criticized or judged harshly, but it doesn’t keep you from putting your best work out there for all to see. Your courage keeps you moving forward.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). You’ll be inspired by a person who really seems to have it all together. You’re already planning your future involvement with this person, whether or not you realize it.

TODAY’S BIRTHDAY (March 7).

Though a playfulness dominates your energy this year, make no mistake: You still get plenty of serious business accomplished. You’ll purposefully execute new facets of your will through the next 10 weeks. The cast of characters in your personal life changes a bit in May, and you’ll enjoy fresh influences.

Libra and Scorpio people adore you.

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TAURUS (April 20-May 20). The games you choose are hard enough on their own, so there’s no need to put up with team members who drag you down. Seek those who are warm, supportive and positive.

GEMINI (May 21-June 21). Multitasking will prove to be generally a rotten idea except in the instances of listening to audio books while traveling or making phone calls while you walk an unpopulated stretch of track or sidewalk.

CANCER (June 22-July 22). You’ll act in a vigorous and determined way to exert your authority and have a meaningful impact on how things turn out. You may spend a good deal of time working out how you might alter the behavior and thinking of others.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). If you’re feeling discouraged, you’ll rely too much on outer forces to shape your path. That’s why you need to make sure that you’re feeling up and enthusiastic before you ever leave the house. Call a peppy friend.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). You’ll go into the day with a take-charge attitude, and you’ll use your knowledge to alter your circumstances. Your winner’s mindset is unstoppable, though you should be warned that some will try.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). As much as you may try to avoid being the center of attention today, the eyeballs will still be trained on you. It has to be this way because you know what you’re doing

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––––––– ALMANAC ––––––– Today is Wednesday, March 7, the 67th day of 2012. There are 299 days left in the year.

Today’s Highlight in History: On March 7, 1912, Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen arrived in Hobart, Australia, where he dispatched telegrams announcing his success in leading the first expedition to the South Pole the previous December.

On this date: In 1793, during the French Revolutionary Wars, France declared war on Spain.

In 1850, in a three-hour speech to the U.S. Senate, Daniel Webster of Massachusetts endorsed the Compromise of 1850 as a means of preserving the Union.

In 1876, Alexander Graham Bell received a patent for his telephone.

In 1911, President William Howard Taft ordered 20,000 troops to patrol the U.S.-Mexico border in response to the Mexican Revolution.

In 1926, the first successful trans-Atlantic radiotelephone conversations took place between New York and London.

In 1936, Adolf Hitler ordered his troops to march into the Rhineland, thereby breaking the Treaty of Versailles (vehr-SY’) and the Locarno Pact.

In 1945, during World War II, U.S. forces crossed the Rhine River at Remagen, Germany, using the damaged but still usable Ludendorff Bridge.

In 1960, Jack Paar returned as host of NBC’s “Tonight Show” nearly a month after walking off in a censorship dispute with the network.

In 1965, a march by civil rights demonstrators was broken up in Selma, Ala., by state troopers and a sheriff’s posse.

In 1975, the U.S. Senate revised its filibuster rule, allowing 60 senators to limit debate in most cases, instead of the previously required 2/3 of senators present.

In 1981, anti-government guerrillas in Colombia executed kidnapped American Bible translator Chester Bitterman, whom they’d accused of being a CIA agent.

One year ago: Charlie Sheen was fired from the sitcom “Two and a Half Men” by Warner Bros.

Television following repeated misbehavior and weeks of the actor’s angry, often-manic media campaign against his studio bosses.

Today’s Birthdays: Photographer Lord Snowdon is 82. TV personality Willard Scott is 78. Auto racer Janet Guthrie is 74. Actor Daniel J. Travanti is 72. Former Walt Disney Co. chief executive officer Michael Eisner is 70. Rock musician Chris White is 69. Actor John Heard is 66. Rock singer Peter Wolf is 66. Rock musician Matthew Fisher is 66. Pro Football Hall-of-Famer Franco Harris is 62. Pro and College Football Hall-of-Famer Lynn Swann is 60. Actor Bryan Cranston is 56.

Actress Donna Murphy is 53. Actor Nick Searcy is 53. Golfer Tom Lehman is 53. International Tennis Hall-of-Famer Ivan Lendl is 52. Actress Mary Beth Evans is 51. Singer-actress Taylor Dayne is 50.

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Public information session hosted by the Downtown Laconia TIF District Advisory Board. 6 p.m. at the Belknap Mill. An explanation of how TIF District funds may be used, followed by an open forum to solicit ideas on how to utilize TIF funding to improve the downtown area. Light refreshments will be served.

TOPS (Taking Off Pounds Sensibly) group meeting.

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

Overeaters Anonymous offers a program of recovery from compulsive eating using the Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions of OA. Wednesday nights at 5:30 p.m. at St Joseph Church, 96 Main Street in Belmont. Call and leave a message for Elizabeth at 630-9969 for more information.

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

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

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

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

Laconia Elders Friendship Club meeting. 1:30 p.m. at the Leavitt Park Clubhouse. People 55 and older meet each Wednesday for fun, entertainment and education.

Meetings provide an opportunity for older citizens to to meet for pure social enjoyment and the club helps the community with philanthropic work.

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

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

ABC & Me time at the Meredith Public Library. 10 to 11 a.m. Stories, crafts and games for children 3-5. Children are encouraged to bring an item from home that starts with the letter of the week — “P”.

NoveList class at the Meredith Public Library. 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. Sign up at the Main Desk for this class that helps you find everything written by a favorite author.

THURSDAY, MARCH 8 Winter Farmer’s Market at the Skate Escape on Court Street in Laconia. 3 to 6 p.m. Vendors offering local farmraised meats, fresh-baked breads, organic tea, cofree, fudge, pastries, pies, cakes, fresh produce, jellies & jams, local wines, herbs, oils, plants, jewelry, wood workers, and fine art.

Health Insurance Changes & Options Workshop hosted by the Meredith Area Chamber of Commerce.

3:30 to 5 p.m.at the Community Center. RSVP to 27961221 or meredith@lr.net.

Lakes Region Lacrosse information session. 6:30 to 8 p.m. at Gilford Town Hall. Girls’ & boys’ teams for U11, U13 and U15 age groups. More information at www.lrlacrosse.org.

Gilford Girls’ Softball registration. 5 to 8 p.m. at the middle school. For ages 4-13. For more information call Melody Strout at 630-8108.

Sanbornton Democrats will caucus at the Public Library for the purpose of electing officers and a delegate to the N.H. Democratic Party Convention. 7 p.m.

Open House at Blue Heron School at the Squam Lakes Natural Science Center in Holderness. 5:30 to 6:30 p.m.

A nature-based Montessori school for children 3-6.

see CALENDAR page 23

Edward J. Engler, Editor & Publisher Adam Hirshan, Advertising Sales Manager Michael Kitch, Adam Drapcho, Gail Ober Reporters Elaine Hirshan, Office Manager Crystal Furnee, Jeanette Stewart Ad Sales Patty Johnson, Production Manager & Graphics Karin Nelson, Classifieds Now arrange the circled letters to form the surprise answer, as suggested by the above cartoon.

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ANNIE’S MAILBOX

Dear Annie: “Bill” and I have been married for 43 years.

He retired three years ago. We didn’t socialize with any of his co-workers, so I didn’t know them well.

Last Christmas, Bill got a card with no return address.

It only had Bill’s name on it. I handed it to him so he had to open it in front of me. It was a really nice card from “Betty” and a note telling him how much she missed him, their talks, their lunches and their personal conversations. She suggested they get together for a holiday lunch.

When I asked Bill why he never mentioned Betty to me, he said the lunches didn’t mean anything and he probably forgot because they were so insignificant. I don’t believe him. We have always told each other everything. He put Betty’s card on display with the others, but I asked him to take it down since it wasn’t sent to us as a couple. He said he’d throw it away because it made me unhappy. But, Annie, my instincts said he was lying, so I checked the trash. No card. The other day, I saw his old briefcase, and inside was Betty’s card. He had written her phone number on it.

If this card meant nothing to him, why keep it? Why lie to me? I love my husband. I want to trust him. I’ve never had reason not to, but I’m shaken to the core. Now I pay close attention when he leaves the house and keep track of how long he’s gone. Last week, he said he needed to run some errands and was gone for nearly two hours.

He claims he ran into “Dave,” a former co-worker, but I wonder if this was Betty’s holiday lunch.

I hate feeling this way. My kids say to forget about it before I make myself sick. Are they right? Am I just paranoid? -- Card Woes Dear Card: No. Your husband is not being totally truth-

ful about Betty, and this creates suspicion and distrust, both of which undermine your relationship. You need to have a long talk with him and explain why his behavior is hurting you. If he cannot reassure you sufficiently, the next step is counseling.

Dear Annie: Recently, my wife and I were in Las Vegas and had a terrible experience at a buffet at one of the top hotels. I sent an email to the manager, and she forwarded it to the executive chef. The executive chef apologized, invited us to dine at any of the hotel’s restaurants and suggested the most expensive one. He met us at the restaurant and said to order anything we wanted on the menu, starting with wine. The total bill came to $350.

I said we should leave a tip, but my wife (who has a restaurant background) said that when the management invites you, you do not tip. Who is right? -- Comped Bill Dear Bill: You are. The waitstaff still had to work to serve you, no matter who paid the bill. Unless there was an added service charge that was then picked up by the owner, the waitstaff should not be penalized because you had a bad experience at another location.

Dear Annie: “Hurt in California” felt bad that she called the police on a brother who might be raising children in a neglectful, possibly abusive environment.

As a person whose childhood was very similar to that scenario, I would have been rescued many times over if an adult had had the courage to call Child Protective Services. I cringe when I hear my aunts say they still wonder whether they should have done the same, but “didn’t want to interfere.”

Please take the risk of sticking up for those kids. They will remember for the rest of their lives that someone was paying attention. -- Shouldawouldacoulda

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

$1-A-DAY CLASSIFIEDS • CALL 527-9299 DOLLAR-A-DAY: Private Party ads only (For Sale, Lost, Autos, etc.), must run ten consecutive days, 15 words max. Additional words 10¢ each per day. does not apply to yard sales. REGULAR RATE: $2 a day; 10¢ per word per day over 15 words. PREMIUMS: First word caps no charge. Additional bold, caps and 9pt type 10¢ per word per day. Centered words 10¢ (2 word minimum) TYPOS: Check your ad the first day of publication. Sorry, we will not issue credit after an ad has run once, and we do not offer refunds. DEADLINES: noon the business day prior to the day of publication. PAYMENT: All private party ads must be pre-paid. We accept checks, Visa Mastercard and Discover credit cards and of course, cash. $10 minimum order for credit cards. CORRESPONDENCE: To place your ad call our offices at 527-9299 between 9 am & 5 pm, Monday through Friday; Stop by our office or send a check or money order with ad copy to The Laconia Daily Sun,1127 Union Ave, Laconia, NH 03246. You can email ads to ads@laconiadailysun.com, we will contact you for payment. OTHER RATES: For information about display ads or other advertising options, call 527-9299.

Animals

Autos

Autos

DACHSHUNDS puppies. Heath & temperament guaranteed.

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

1993 F150 Extended Cab with cab. 6-cylinder, all new brakes & shocks. Not a rust bucket, totally inspectible, truck in good shape! $1,500. 603-677-2865

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

Martin Towing. (603)305-4504.

LABRADOR RETRIEVER

1998 Buick Century. 67K miles, from Florida. Runs great, good condition. $3,500. 998-7337

Outstanding yellows, blacks and chocolate Puppies AKC In home raised. Taking deposits.

(603)664-2828.

Announcement

2000 Dodge Van- V-6, good on gas, good condition. Come check it out! 85,000 miles. $3,700.

524-8092

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

2002 Nissan Sentra R Spec-V, 4 cylinder, 6-speed, good gas mileage, $2500/ obo. Call Shane 603-848-0530

For Rent

2005 Subaru Impreza 2.5RS AWD: State inspected, $6,995.

Guigere Auto, 524-4200.

KEN BARRETT AUCTIONS Monday, March 12 @ 6pm • Preview at 4pm Log on to: www.auctionzip.com ID#5134, for 350 photos WWI posters, Royal Doulton collection,stamp collection,1930 s medical office suite & instruments, Lg lots of sterling, old magazines,artwork,1930 s Coke Ice chest, tools,vintage lightning pendants, floor grate 37x37, autographs, 1932 Zeppelin portfolio, 1973 Peter Max 40 card album,books, ephemera, 350 lots for an exciting full country public auction!

Auction Held At 274 Main St. Tilton, N.H. (1 mile off I-93N) 603-286-2028 • kenbarrettauctions@netzero.net Lic # 2975, Buyers premium, cash, check, credit cards.

BELMONT- 1.5 bedroom mobile home , appliances, Located in a 55+ park - no pets, no smokingfirst + security, references. $700.00/month + utilties, storage shed, large lot. 528-1463 or 524-6162 email-lad1@worldpath.net.

AVAILABLE April 1. Large 1 bedroom apt. 2nd floor, quiet street, off-street parking, furnished or not, small pets OK, walk to park & beach includes basic cable, WiFi, hot water. You pay elec. $750.

630-1250.

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

Security Deposit & references. $600/month + utilities. 520-4353

BRISTOL- House on private lot.

Two rooms for rent. $110/Week, heat & electricity included.

530-2261 FURNISHED Room with own bathroom. $150 per week.

603-366-4468.

LACONIA Lg. 3-room refurbished, 2nd floor apt. inc. heat/ parking, $175 week, no pets/ smoking.

Refer. & Security deposit required.

524-1874 or 524-4590

GILFORD GREAT LOCATION

LACONIA Union Ave. 3 Bedroom, fresh paint, urethane hardwood floors, private entrance, on-site plowed parking, private playground. Heat/ hot water incl. No pets. $210/week. 455-6115

3 bedrooms. Large working garage, large yard. Close to school, downtown. $1250/ Month.

LACONIA- 1 room for rent. 118 Court St. 1st floor, $120/Week includes everything. Own bathroom, 524-7218 or 832-3535

393-5756 GILFORD 3 bedroom condo, $1,300/monthly. Parking garages available. Heated pool, tennis court. Close to shopping and lake.

Boat slip available. Washer/Dryer hook up available. NO PETS. References & security required.

781-710-2208.

GILFORD, 2-Bedroom, 2-Bath, Balconies, no smoking/pets, $890/month plus utilities, Security deposit and references, 603-455-6662 Gilford- 1 bedroom, includes all utilities, washer/dryer. TV, Internet. Great view! No smokers/pets. $850/Month. 293-8976 GILFORD: 4-bedroom, 3-bath house, garage, decks, hot tub, walk-out basement, lake view, W/D. No smoking. Pet negotiable. $1,650/month +utilities. References, security deposit, one year lease. 603-455-6269.

GUNSTOCK Acres Home: Private entrance, deck & livingroom.

No pets or smoking. $525/month.

603-759-2895.

LACONIA - 26 Dartmouth St., low traffic area near schools, park & downtown. 1/2 of a duplex, 8 rooms, 3 bedrooms, walk-out basement w/washer-dryer hookups, large open porch, level lot for outside activities & ample off street parking. On the sunny side of the house, clean w/hardwood floors.

Non-smoking. $1,000/month plus heat & utilities. Call owner/broker 396-4163 LACONIA - Old Mill Building. First floor, 2 bedrooms, 1 bath condo.

Wood floors, granite, stainless steel appliances $1000 per month includes cable. Washer/dryer in unit. No smoking/ no pets 524-1799.

Child Care CHILD care in my home, all meals and snacks provided, reasonable rates full or part-time. Twenty-six years experience as pediatric nurse. 369-1824 or 393-0164.

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

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

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

CASH FOR junk cars & trucks.

2002 Chevy Prizm- 90,000 miles.

Good condition, have maintenance records. $3,000.

968-5179

2003 Chevy Silverado 1500- 4X4 Ext. Cab. 6 1/2 ft. bed, Automatic, 4.8 V8. A/C, 64,500 miles, tow package, one owner, excellent condition. $12,995. 393-1408

For Rent

For Rent BRISTOL2 bedroom new everything inside. $750 per month plus utilities. Call 231-9894.

LACONIA- 2-Bedroom & 3-Bedroom Townhouses for rent $825/ $875. Washer/Dryer hookups.

Private yard, full basement, dishwasher & A/C in convenient Laconia location. Heat & hot water included. Call us today at 603-524-4363. EHO, FHO. LACONIA- BIg 1-bedroom close to downtown. Includes plowing, 2-car parking & washer/dryer.

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

Leave message for Rob 617-529-1838 Laconia- Charming large 1 bedroom first floor apartment in quiet neighborhood. Large yard, parking, washer/dryer hookups. $685/Month + Utilities. 524-2453 LACONIAGreat downtown Location. Rooms for rent. Share kitchen & bath. Utilities included. $107-$115/Week.

524-1884 LACONIA- Large Rooms for rent.

Private bath, heat/hot water, electric, cable, parking included. $145/week 603-781-6294 Laconia- Spacious 2 bedroom.

Laundry hookups, no pets/smoking. $875/Month. photos/info. at: 140courtstreet.blogspot.com.

528-1829 LACONIA- Spacious 3 bedroom duplex. Laundry hookups, two porches. No pets. $950/Month + utilities. 603-455-0874 LACONIA: 2 bedroom, 2nd floor in duplex building. $225/week including heat, electric & hot water, 524-1234 www.whitemtrentals.com.

LACONIA: 2BR townhouse, 1.5 bathrooms, w/d, attached garage. $1,300/month plus utilities. Call 387-7138.

Call Now To Apply ALTON Room w/bath in country: 10 minutes from Alton & Wolfeboro. $450/month w/utilities. Outside smoking OK. 875-6875.

Love pets!

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

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

BELMONT-Available Immediately.

2-bedroom townhouse-style.

Quiet, heat included. $225/week.

All housing certificates accepted.

267-0545-or 781-344-3749

David's Vintage Sporting Auction Saturday, March 10, 10:15 am Preview 8am Leavitt Park 334 Elm St, Laconia, NH 275 lots of fishing & hunting- rods & reels, 20 guns, knives, grizzly bear trap, paper goods, ammo, holsters, etc, etc.

300+ photos at auctionzip.com, enter ID 4217 D Cross lic 2487* phone 603-528-0247 Buyer Premium, $10 fee for modern guns * Note: Early 9:30 am tool auction

Affordable Housing Get your name on our waiting list PRINCE HAVEN APARTMENTS Plymouth, N.H. (Prince Haven has an elderly preference) If you are 62, disabled or handicapped, (regardless of age), and meet annual income guidelines, you may qualify for our one-bedroom apts.

Call today to see if you qualify.

603-224-9221 TDD # 1-800-545-1833 Ext. 118 or Download an application at www.hodgescompanies.com Housing@hodgescompanies.com 40% of our vacancies will be rented to applicants with Extremely Low Income.

Rent is based on your household size and income.

An Equal Opportunity Housing Agent

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For Rent

For Rent

For Sale

Furniture

Help Wanted

LACONIA: 2-3 bedroom on 1st floor, includes basement with laundry hookups, near hospital, $280/wk including heat, electric & hot water, 524-1234, www.whitemtrentals.com.

TILTON: 3-bedroom spacious apt., 2nd floor, convenient location, no pets. $850/mo. plus utilities. Security deposit, references.

286-8200

I buy old stuff. House, barn, attic contents. 528-0247.

NEW mattresses ...always a great deal! Starting; King set complete $395, queen set $249.

603-524-1430.

FRONT DESK

LACONIA: Large, sunny 3BR, first floor. $1,000/month plus utilities. Central air, washer/dryer hookup, hardwood floors, walk to the lake and downtown with space for your garden. Available June 1st.

Pet friendly.

Contact Heather, 998-3174.

LACONIA: 1-bedroom, $135$150/ weekly includes heat & hot water. References and deposit.

528-0024.

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

LACONIA: Charming sunny small 2-bedroom, 2nd floor no smoking/dogs. $200/week. includes heat/ hot water.

455-5569.

LACONIA: Gilbert Apartments.

Call for available apartments.

524-4428 LACONIA: 1-2 Bedrooms starting at $175/Week, utilities included.

No pets. 496-8667 or 545-9510.

LAKEPORT- Freshly painted, big 5-room, 2-bedroom apartment with lake view. Includes washer/dryer, hardwood floors, cabinet kitchen, 2 car parking, plowing and landscaping. Huge, bright and sunny master bedroom overlooking lake. Section 8 approved. $185/Week + 4-week security deposit. No utilities, no dogs, no smoking. Proper I.D., credit check and background check required. Showings on Friday only. Call Rob, 617-529-1838 LITTLE HOUSE, Ashland. This guesthouse is tiny, but cozy.

Climb up ships ladder to 2 small bedrooms. Bath has shower only.

Nice porch. All utilities included plus basic cable & internet. $175/wk or $750/mo, plus security deposit. References. No pets, non smokers ONLY. 968-7800 MEREDITH lakefront studio, utilities included, no pets, no smokers, single person, $850/mo. Call 279-1472.

Newly Renovated Apartments, Meredith, NH New two bedroom apartment: $1,100/month, New three bedroom apartment: $1,200/month.

Great parking, close to town, brand new appliances heat and air conditioning included in rent. Call for more information and appointment to see. Joyce Janitorial Service 603-524-8533

WINNISQUAM: Small efficiency and a cottage including heat, hot water, lights and cable. $160-$185 per week. $400 deposit. No pets. 387-3864.

For Rent-Commercial LACONIA - 1,200 Sq. Ft. of light and airy 1st class, 2nd floor professional office space with exposed brick walls and beamed ceilings; in downtown overlooking the Winnipesaukee River and Rotary Park in the Historic Belknap Mill. $1,400/mo. plus electricity and A/C. Call 524-8813 for an appointment to see.

Laconia- Several prime Main St. Stores in center of town. 1,000 & 2,000 Sq. Ft.+ basements. From $1,000/Month includes heat.

524-3892 or 630-4771 LOCATION LOCATION. If your business needs exposure this may be your perfect fit. Real estate, legal, dental, eye care, office or retail business seeking. Visibility, should take a look at this 750 sq. ft. office/store front with high traffic count and plenty of parking.

Just steps away from the Common Man in Ashland. $850/mo. All utilities included. 968-7800.

MEREDITH Great Location!

31 Foundry Ave. Off Route 104

(Behind Olde Province Common)

1,500 Sq. Ft. with 17’ ceiling & 14’ overhead door. Partial 2nd level balcony space. Finished office cubicle on 1st floor.

Perfect for graphic, woodworking, artistry, retail, storage, etc.

$750/Month + Utilities 279-0142 (Business) 677-2298 (Cell)

For Sale AMAZING FOUR WHEELER DEAL! 2012 Polaris Sportsman HO with brand new trailer. Both never used! Title, Warranty, Manuals. Sell both for $6500 or four wheeler for $5800, trailer for $800.

NEED TO SELL! 603-387-2630.

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

AMMO: 30-06, 360 rounds; 16 guage, 260 rounds; 22 cal., 1660 rounds; 12 guage, 945 rounds; Call 496-8639 for details.

LARGE LOT women s clothing, brand new with tags, mostly plus sizes, 600 to 700 pieces, racks also. Retail value $16.000 sell for $1200. 603-930-5222.

LACONIA MOVING SALE Fri. 3/9 - Sun. 3/11, 10-4. Stop by check it out, buy something, take some free stuff.

White wicker set, canoe, chairs, dressers, table, computer, and other household items. 581-8963 MOVING SALE- Leather chair, round kitchen table/chairs-$50.

Desks, glass coffee (2) end tables - $75. Air conditioner (10,000btu) -$75. snow blower -$95. 387-4516 PANAMAX M5400-PM Voltage Regulator for home audio/theater.

11 outlets. $450. 496-8639.

PINE dining room set, (table and 4 chairs), hutch, and a dry sink. $400 or BO. Sears Electric Dryer $40. Call 528-5454.

Save 10% off first order with Avon. Call Katie at 603-387-1650.

Host an Avon Party Today!!

Help Wanted Be Part of the

MADEIRA USA Sales Team As a full-time Sales Team Lead you will generate new business, nurture existing business and mentor a team of Sales Professionals. Candidates must have a Bachelors degree along with 3-5 years consumable sales experience. Valid driver s license, ability to travel and a proven record of leadership and dependability. Salary + commission.

CBH Landscape Looking for Landscape Maintenance Foreman & Crew Members to finish the winter season and continue into the summer. Valid NH drivers license & Positive attitude required.

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

TILTONUPDATED one bedroom. Top-floor, quiet.

Heat/Hot Water included, no

• Field superintendent • Lay down crew foremen • Lay down crew paver and roller operators & laborers/rake men • Low bed driver/laborer • Truck driver/laborer • Grader operator

524-0200

Contractors, LLC

Call 528-6126 for Appointment PHEASANT Ridge Golf Club.

Seasonal positions Available. Full time Snack Bar Supervisor, Full & Part-time Snack Bar staff, Full time Golf Course Maintenance.

Call 524-7808 or pick up application at the golf club, 140 Country Club Rd. Gilford.

KITCHEN Dining room help needed, 20hrs per week. Call Donna (603)476-5110.

Newfound Area School District School Board Clerk The Newfound Area School Board is seeking a reliable individual who excels in dictation with impeccable ability to accurately scribe. The responsibilities are taking minutes of the meetings and providing a final draft for 15 evenings per year. Interested candidates should send a letter of interest and experience by March 21st to:

Openings Available New Boat Rigger Prepare new boats for delivery. Basic mechanical and accessory installation experience required.

Forklift Operator Launch boats with a Marina forklift and/or travelift and other miscellaneous boat year duties.

Experience preferred.

Seasonal Boat Cleaner/Detailers Energetic and motivated individuals to clean and detail boats.

Apply to Jason Marceau jasonmarceau@irwinmarine.com

Newfound Area School District, c/o School Board Chair 20 North Main Street, Bristol, NH 03222 or Contact the SAU office by phone at 744-5555, ext: 221 EOE

SERVICE WRITER

Tilton- Large 1 bedroom. Newly renovated kitchen. Features washer/dryer, dishwasher, attached greenhouse. $750/Month including utilities. No dogs.

524-7315

is presently taking applications for asphalt lay down crew positions, aggressive pay & health benefit.Must have 5 years’ experience for all positions working with asphalt lay down crews and valid license.

Please call for appointment at

BOOTH Rental Available: Downtown Laconia, designer salon, $100/week. Please email resume to onebelieving@yahoo.com

Furniture

COUCH and matching oversized chair, dark green, $250. 2 sage green recliners $75 each. Clean, no rips Call 528-0287.

17 Harris Shore Rd. Gilford, NH 03249

Send resumes and cover letters to: hr@madeirausa.com

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

Fabulous back & hip support.

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

Can deliver 603-305-9763.

Fireside Inn and Suites is looking for a person to fill a front desk position. Willing to work full-time in peak season and part-time in off-peak season, weekends a must.

Must be energetic, reliable, flexible and good with people, also must have good skills with calculator, computer and be able to multi-task. Experience in hospitality industry a plus.

Come in and fill out an application today.

Help Wanted

SALES CONSULTANT

Full time position as a member of our award winning Service Department.

Would you like to control your income?

Well you can at Ippolito!s!

CLASSIC Wooden Motorola stereo phonic console LP and 45 player 44”X30”X18” with AM/FM radio from the 1950's still works, $100, 723-4032.

Responsibilities include customer contact by phone and in person, work order writing, assignment, tracking and close out. Position requires ability to perform multiple tasks, attention to detail and a positive attitude. Some weekend availability is required.

We have an immediate opening for a commissioned Sales Consultant. Experience is not necessary, we will train you and you will receive a salary while you are in training.

FIREWOOD Kiln dried, 16 inch cut and split, $300 a cord or half a cord $200, clean, no bugs, incl free bag of kindling and delivery.

Early Bird Farm. 435-9385

Year round position with benefits.

Call or apply to Jason Marceau jasonmarceau@irwinmarine.com

FIREWOOD: Green, Cut, split and delivered (Gilmanton and surrounding area). $190/cord.

(603)455-8419 or (603)267-1992.

FIREWOOD: Green. Cut, split and delivered (Gilmanton and sur-

Good references are a must, must be self-motivated and reliable.

Working Saturday and Sunday are a must. Control your income.

The more you sell the more you make. Health insurance available after 90 days of employment.

E-mail resume to ippfurn@metrocast.net or bring it in person or mail to:

Ippolito s Furniture 193 Daniel Webster Hwy Meredith, NH 03253 No phone calls!

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Goodwin to Retire from Meredith Village Savings Bank; Mardin promoted PLYMOUTH — After 12 years of dedicated service, Susan Goodwin will retire from Meredith Vil-

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THURSDAY, MARCH 8 Free workshop on starting a vegetable garden. 6 to 8 p.m. at the Gilman Library in Alton. Presented by Kelly McAdam, agriculture educator for Cooperative Extension Service. Registration not required but helpful. Call 527-5475.

Final 2012 registration session for Laconia Little League.

6:30 to 8 p.m. at the Community Center on Union Avenue.

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

Bingo starts at 6:30.

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

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

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

ABC & Me time at the Meredith Public Library. 1 to 2 p.m. Stories, crafts and games for children 3-5. Children are encouraged to bring an item from home that starts with the letter of the week — “P”.

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

Mystery Book Group meeting at the Meredith Public Library. “The Widow’s Mate” by Ralph McInery. Refreshments. Copies at the main desk.

Help Wanted PLATINUM Salon and Spa is looking for an experienced stylist with clientele to join our team. Call 524-7724.

PART-TIME LNA to work with an elderly male veteran in the Gilford area. Hours Mon-Sun 6:30-8:30 am or 4:30-6:30 pm, at $18/ hour.

Call Sandi 524-2328.

lage Savings Bank on Friday, March 9.

A native of Long Island, Goodwin moved to New Hampshire as a teenager. She has worked in the banking industry for more than 25 years.

Goodwin joined MVSB’s Plymouth Hannaford office as assistant vice president and branch manager in May of 2000 with more than 14 years of banking experience. She has continued to manage the Plymouth Hannaford office since her arrival.

Goodwin will continue to live in Plymouth, but says she will spend her summers at Wellington Beach. “I plan to spend my days doing the things I always wanted to, but never had time for,” she said.

“I want to do some traveling, and to spend more time with my children. I’ll miss seeing my colleagues at MVSB every day, but I certainly won’t be a stranger.”

Nancy Mardin, who most recently held the position of branch operations manager at MVSB’s Plymouth Hannaford office, has been promoted to branch and business development manager at the same office, and will assume Goodwin’s role. Mardin began working for MVSB seven years ago as the assistant branch manager of MVSB’s office in downtown Plymouth, and was promoted to branch operations manager several years later. She was transferred to the Plymouth Hannaford office in the same role in October of 2011. Mardin has worked in the banking industry in various capacities since 1973.

“I’m so excited about this great new opportunity,” said Mardin. “I look forward to continuing to develop connections in the local community and furthering my knowledge of the unique characteristics of the Plymouth Hannaford office.”

Meredith Village Savings Bank, founded in 1869,

Help Wanted

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DRUM Lessons taught by experienced instructor. All ages/levels.

Very reasonable rates. Call 603.520.5671 for Jared Steer

Fast growing, small publisher in North Conway needs experienced print & web ad sales person. Full/ part-time, territory from Lakes Region to Canadian Border. Make your own schedule for new and existing accounts. Salary plus commission. Equity position potential for the right person. Resume and references required.

(603)356-7011.

Building Products Company Looking to hire several people. If you have worked in the weatherization field we want you. Previous experience only.

Ideal candidate will have worked in the industry 2-5 years and have OSHA 10 card.

Professional Painting Affordable price. Michael Marcotte 455-6296

Mobile Homes

SPRING is Here! Time to Clean!

If you don!t have time, I DO! 45 Years experience, great rates!

279-7795

BELMONT-new 2 bedroom mobile home with front porch, new appliances, washer/dryer hookup.

Located in a 55+ park, no pets.

Boat dock available. References. $49,900. 528-1463 or 524-6162 email-lad1@worldpath.net.

Buy your tile from the box stores but have me install it for much less. Mark (603)452-8181 or for pictures visit myspace.com/aptile.

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

TILE INSTALLATIONS

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

Paper Hanging

NO PHONE CALLS PLEASE !!!

Roommate Wanted

CARPENTER- 10 + years experience. Finish work, sheet rock & painting. No job too small. Scheduling now. 998-0269

Immediate Part Time Position

LACONIA 2-roomates wanted clean, quiet, sober environment.

All inclusive, must see, will go fast. $110-130/week. 455-2014

CLEANING Service from Jennifer Harwood. Over 17 years of experience. Great references, free estimates. 603.524.9407.

Team LE is looking for an energetic, dependable self starter who enjoys working with the public. The successful candidate must have a positive attitude, good communication skills and be detailed oriented.

Previous sales/customer service and general office experience required. Computer experience preferred.

Candidate must be available to work up to 30 hours a week including Saturdays 8-12.

Come join TEAM LE! Apply in person or send resume to: Chris Resca Laconia Electric Supply 935 Union Avenue Laconia, NH 03246

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

524-1430

www.mountainviewflyfishing.com

Buy • Sell • Trade www.motoworks.biz

Residential Lighting Showroom/Office Assistant

Services

FLYFISHING LESSONS

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

Quality Insulation, 1 Pease Rd., Meredith, NH

is an independent mutual savings bank with 11 offices serving individuals, families, businesses and municipalities in the Lakes Region and the Plymouth area.

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

Must have valid NH Drivers License with clean driving record, pass background and pre-employment drug screening.

Apply in person to:

Services

Susan Goodwin (left), assistant vice president and manager of MVSB’s Plymouth Hannaford office, will retire from the bank on March 9. Nancy Mardin (right) has been promoted to branch and business development manager at the Plymouth Hannaford office, and will assume Goodwin’s previous responsibilities beginning March 10. (Courtesy photo)

279-5755 630-8333 Bus.

Cell

Storage Space

Services

GILFORD garage for rent near Airport. One large lighted garage. $170 monthly. 781-710-2208.

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

Our Customers Don!t get Soaked!

528-3531 Major credit cards accepted

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

WANTED Immediately. Washer/ electric dryer in good working condition. 630-1250.

Yard Sale VENDORS wanted for indoor yard sale. Sponsored by the Belmont High School French Club.

Saturday, March 17, 2012 8 am to 2 pm Belmont High School Cafeteria. $10 rental fee, donatioms of items accepted. Contact Wendy Bordon at 387-4234 or email: wjb9kahnefan@metrocast.net

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IRWINE GROUP

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Must present coupon upon arrival at dealership

603-524-4922 | www.irwinzone.com 59 Bisson Avenue Laconia, NH SALES HOURS: MON-FRI 8am - 7pm & SAT 8am - 5pm

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MSRP........................................ $19,290 Irwin Discount........................... $1,455 MFG Rebate............................... $2,000 Cash or Trade Equity................ $1,999

MSRP........................................ $23,625 Irwin Discount........................... $1,994 MFG Rebate............................... $2,000 Cash or Trade Equity................ $1,999

MSRP........................................ $28,635 Irwin Discount........................... $2,510 MFG Rebate............................... $2,500 Cash or Trade Equity................ $1,999

MSRP........................................ $39,350 Irwin Discount........................... $5,475 MFG Rebate............................... $2,500 Cash or Trade Equity................ $1,999

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446 Union Avenue Laconia, NH SALES HOURS: MON-THUR 8am - 7pm FRI 8am - 6pm SAT 8am - 5pm & SUN 11am - 3pm

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