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Two young men — Doug Oliver (left) and Brendon Olden (Right) of Btanching Walls of Meredith — spent much of the week pursuing what Olden called “a lost art” by building a dry stone wall at a home on Massachusetts Avenue in Laconia. Olden said that they began with a pile of random rocks left on the homeowner’s front lawn by a friend, which they exhausted with half the wall built. “Patience,” Oliver said of the temperament required of a stone mason. “It’s a puzzle and sometimes the rocks don’t cooperate,” added Olden, who ensures his art is not lost by sharing with school children.(Laconia Daily Sun photo/Michael Kitch).

Women alarmed that dog that attacked her at 20 minors hold Belmont/Gilford town line has not been identified up inside Baldwin She said the dog bit her bit her buttocks and B M K Street home with left hip until she was able to able to fend it off GILFORD — A Belmont woman who was with a small water bottle she took from her suddenly attacked and badly bitten by a dog fanny pack. “It kept biting me,” she said, “I ran big supply of booze on Wednesday afternoon is concerned that screaming to one house, but no one was home. y

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police have yet to identify and locate either the dog or its owner.

Around 4 p.m. Celeste Woodbury of Durrell Mountin Road was walking from Belmont into Gilford on Cotton Hill Road just across the town line dividing the two towns — a route she has taken almost every day for two decades — when a large dog, which she thought was either a German Shepherd or a mixed breed, came on her from behind.

“It was a very large, very scary dog I’d never seen before,” she said yesterday. “It was dragging a long chain like it had broken loose.”

I ran down the next driveway and the people there drove me home.”

Woodbury said that because she had not gone far past the town line and she was attacked from behind her she believes the dog came from Belmont. She said that her husband called the Belmont Police, who told him that since the incident occurred across the town line it fell within the jurisdiction of the Gilford Police. Woodbury reported to the Gilford Police shortly after 7 p.m. on Wednesday.

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When the police arrived the youths locked themselves inside the home and refused to answer the door. Sergeant Gary Hubbard said that officers obtained a search warsee Party page 14

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Dutch ban foreigners from buying marijuana

AMSTERDAM (AP) — This country of canals and tulips is also famous for “coffee shops” where joints and cappuccinos share the menu. Now, the Netherlands’ famed tolerance for drugs could be going up in smoke.

A judge on Friday upheld a government plan to ban foreign tourists from buying marijuana by introducing a “weed pass” available only to Dutch citizens and permanent residents.

The new regulation reins in one of the country’s most cherished symbols of tolerance — its laissez-faire attitude toward soft drugs — and reflects the drift away from a long-held view of the Netherlands as a free-wheeling utopia.

For many tourists visiting Amsterdam the image endures, and smoking a joint in a canal-side coffee shop ranks high on their to-do lists, along with visiting cultural highlights like the Van Gogh Museum and Anne Frank House.

Worried that tourism will take a hit, the city’s mayor, Eberhard see POT page 12

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More taxes! Less spending! — same old songs on new front WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans defied a veto threat and the House voted Friday to prevent federal loan costs from doubling for millions of college students.

The vote gave the GOP a momentary election-year triumph on a bill that has become enmeshed in partisan battles over the economy, women’s issues and President Barack Obama’s health care overhaul.

The measure’s 215-195 passage was largely symbolic because the package is going nowhere in the Democratic-domi-

nated Senate. Both parties agree students’ interest costs should not rise, but they are clashing along a familiar fault line over how to cover the $5.9 billion tab: Republicans want spending cuts and Democrats want higher revenues.

Friday’s vote underscored how with Election Day just over six months away, much of Congress’ work and passion can be aimed as much at political positioning as it is at writing law. Both parties want to show they are trying to help college

students and their families cope in today’s unforgiving economy and, when possible, force their opponents to cast votes that might create fodder for TV attack ads.

The GOP bill would keep interest rates for subsidized Stafford loans at 3.4 percent for another year, rather than automatically growing to 6.8 percent on July 1 as they would under a law enacted five years ago by a Democratic Congress. The increase would affect 7.4 million students and, the see STUDENT LOANS page 4

WASHINGTON (AP) — Don’t panic yet.

The government reported Friday that the economy got off to a tepid start this year, but that doesn’t foreshadow a repeat of the near-standstill that happened in 2011.

“The economy is firmly on a growth trajectory,” said Sung Won Sohn, an economics professor at California State University’s Smith School of Business. “The first-quarter slowdown will be temporary.”

Still, the January-March report was dis-

couraging.

Economists had expected gross domestic product — the broadest gauge of economic output — to expand at a 2.5 percent annual rate for the first three months of the year.

Instead, the Commerce Department said it was 2.2 percent, mainly because of government budget-cutting and a slowdown in business investment.

And some of the January-March growth, meager as it was, probably came at the

expense of the current quarter. An unseasonably warm winter pulled car buyers into showrooms earlier than usual.

The same was true for housing construction. That’s one reason it jumped at a 19 percent pace from January through March.

Economists doubt consumers can keep spending as freely as they did in the first three months of this year: an annual pace that was 2.9 percent faster than in the see ECONOMY page 14

SANFORD, Fla. (AP) — Calling it an “oversight,” George Zimmerman’s attorney said Friday the neighborhood watch volunteer did not disclose that a website had raised more than $200,000 for his defense, even though his family told the judge they would have trouble coming up with his bond.

“Quite honestly, with everything he is going through over the past several weeks, if that is the only oversight committed, then we’ll deal with it,” said Zimmerman’s attorney, Mark O’Mara.

O’Mara claimed the family was not trying to be deceptive, but Florida Cir-

cuit Judge Kenneth Lester said he wanted to know more about the money. O’Mara doesn’t think the judge will change Zimmerman’s bond in light of the new information.

Zimmerman was released from jail earsee ZIMMERMAN page 13

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Lebanon High teacher shot to death with 4 kids nearby; husband arrested GRANTHAM, N.H. (AP) — The husband of a longtime educator nominated for New Hampshire teacher of the year in 2007 was charged Friday with shooting her to death inside their home with their four children nearby.

Natalie Perriello was shot multiple times Thursday night, the attorney general’s office said. Her husband, 41-year-old James Perriello, was arraigned on a second-degree murder charge Friday afternoon in Newport District Court and is being held without bond.

The couple’s children weren’t physically hurt. The state public defender’s office says no one has been assigned to Perriello’s case yet.

Natalie Perriello, 42, taught computer science and personal finance at Lebanon High School for the last four years. She also taught for 14 years at Canaan Elementary School. Grief counselors were available at both schools Friday.

While teaching at Canaan Elementary School in 2007, Perriello was one of 23 nominees for New

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Andrew said many of the teachers were so close to her that they received text messages about her death long before investigators made it official.

Being in the upper valley, Canaan Elementary and Lebanon High Schools were both in session this week because they typically follow the Vermont school calendar. Most New Hampshire schools were

on spring break this week.

Lebanon High School Superintendent Gail Paludi released a statement saying, “We are all grieving over the sudden loss of Natalie Perriello.”

Paludi said counselors were available throughout the day and would be on hand at the high school from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday to provide additional support.

She said the killing “has shaken our entire school community.”

A hearing scheduled for May 8 will determine if there is probable cause to advance the case to trial.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Seeking to shake the disgrace of a prostitution scandal, the Secret Service late Friday tightened conduct rules for its agents to prohibit them from drinking excessively, visiting disreputable establishments while traveling or

bringing foreigners to their hotel rooms.

The new behavior policies apply to Secret Service agents even when they are off duty while traveling, barring them from drinking alcohol within 10 hours see SECRET SERVICE page 15

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GILFORD – In the face of criticism leveled during the debate of whether to replace a 25-year-old fire truck, Public Works Director Sheldon Morgan said that he is confident of the caliber of service work his mechanics perform on town vehicles.

On Wednesday evening during a discussion before selectmen on whether to replace Engine 4, which has multiple mechanical and safety defects, some on hand criticized that mechanics in Public Works Department were doing shoddy repair work and were also failing to flag serious mechanical and safety defects.

“I’m very confident in my men,” Morgan said Thursday. “If we see something we were uncomfortable with we would make everyone aware of it.”

He acknowledged that Budget Committee member Kevin Leandro was “probably partially right” in saying that Highway Department mechanics failed to spot some problems on Engine 4 when the vehicle was inspected at the DPW garage last fall. But Morgan explained that based on some of the vehicle defects, which were described during the selectmen’s meeting, it is entirely possible that some

of those problems went undetected, not because of inattention but because the problems would be very hard to spot without actually removing certain parts of the truck.

Morgan explained that the DPW has one full-time mechanic and a supervisor who are responsible for performing the routine maintenance on approximately 45 town vehicles. Most are assigned to the DPW, and the Fire and Police departments, with a handful allocated to other departments.

He said the department performs inspections on town vehicles and does other routine maintenance such as oil changes, tire rotation and general repairs. They will not do specialty repair work, such as the water pump on Engine 4 which has totally failed, he said.

On Wednesday evening all three selectmen concluded that Engine 4’s problems were so severe and so costly to repair that they decided to petition the Superior Court for permission to hold a special Town Meeting at which voters will be asked to approve funds to purchase a new truck, at a cost expected to be between $441,000 and $450,000.

Voters rejected a like proposal in March.

STUDENT LOANS from page 2 Obama administration says, cost each an average $1,000 over the life of their loans.

Democrats trained their fire on the Republican plan to pay for the bill by abolishing a preventive health fund created by Obama’s 2010 revamping of the health care system. Democrats said that program especially helped women by allocating money for cancer screening and other initiatives and that eliminating it was only the latest GOP blow against women — a charge Republicans hotly contested.

“Give me a break,” roared House Speaker John

Boehner, R-Ohio, to rousing cheers from Republican lawmakers. “This is the latest plank in the so-called war on women, entirely created by my colleagues across the aisle for political gain.”

Democrats voted solidly earlier this year to take money from the preventive health fund to help keep doctors’ Medicare reimbursements from dropping. Obama’s own budget in February proposed cutting $4 billion from the same fund to pay for some of his priorities.

Since the early days of this year’s GOP presidential contest, Democrats have been accusing Repubsee next page

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from preceding page licans of targeting women by advocating curbs on contraceptives and other policies. Polls show women leaning heavily toward Obama and Democrats would like to stoke that margin.

In its veto message, the White House argued that “women in particular” would be helped by the prevention fund and added, “This is a politically motivated proposal and not the serious response that the problem facing America’s college students deserves.”

House GOP leaders abruptly scheduled Friday’s vote after Obama barnstormed around the country in recent days to accuse them of ignoring students’ needs. Presumptive GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney began the week by saying he, too, wanted cur-

New Hampton branch, most recently in February, 2007 when Corey Donovan of Laconia who rode to the bank on a snowmobile, wearing a bullet-proof vest and armed with a semi-automatic carbine, took $10,000 from tellers held at gunpoint. He said “we became concerned for the safety of our employees, adding that the location of the branch, in a rural setting near the interstate highway, “makes it an attractive target.”

Before deciding to close the branch, Seymour said that the bank took steps, including reducing its operating hours, to improve its profitability and considered alternatives. “But, nothing made sense in terms of dollars and cents,” he said. “We’ve never had to close a branch before.”

Seymour said that the Bristol office is a 10-minute drive from the Exit 23 Plaza and noted that the Circle K convenience store at the plaza offers an Allpoint ATM, which holders of ATM or debit cards issued by Franklin Savings Bank can use without a surcharge.

Apart from its headquarters in Franklin, Franklin Savings Bank will continue to maintain offices in Bristol, Boscawen, Gilford, Laconia and Tilton. rent interest rates extended temporarily, heaping further pressure on congressional Republicans to act.

Democrats said Republicans only staged Friday’s vote to remove it as an issue on which they would be vulnerable. They noted this months’ lock-step GOP vote for a 2013 federal budget that would have let Stafford interest rates double in July, and said Republicans had done little in Congress on the issue until this week.

“They’re just looking for a way to cover their rear ends,” said Rep. Henry Waxman, D-Calif.

Republicans said they were working methodically on the problem and accused Democrats of inventing a controversy to stir up their voters.

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He explained that when the bank established the branch on N..H Route 104 near Exit 23 on I-93 additional commercial development was planned for the location, including a supermarket. But, the anticipated projects were not undertaken as the town chose to manage its growth. Without the expected growth in commerce, the growth of the branch was limited to the residential market in a town with approximately 600 households. “We just never got over the hump,” Seymour said.

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Illegal immigration problem solving itself?

Those who saw mass migration from Mexico as a threat and those who did not all agreed on one thing: It was unstoppable without dramatic action by the federal authorities.

They turned out to be wrong about that. The title of a new report from the Pew Hispanic Center, “Net Migration From Mexico Falls to Zero — and Perhaps Less,” says it all.

So everyone buckle your seatbelts, if indeed more Mexicans are going back to Mexico than crossing into the United States. It would change a whole bunch of calculations in presidential campaigning. And it would make whatever the Supreme Court says about Arizona’s tough immigration law less consequential.

The reason for this changed pattern matters most, and activists on the issue have an interest in pushing their own explanations. “The antiimmigrant climate” may account for some of it, Jennifer Lee of Colorado Legal Services told The Denver Post. Ignoring, as many advocates do, the difference between legal and illegal, she fools nobody.

Immigration-control groups link the trend to a weak economy and lack of jobs. That makes it temporary and thus keeps them in business.

To see the changes as permanent, argues Mark Krikorian, executive director at The Center for Immigration Studies, is “wishful thinking by people who just want amnesty.”

Which, actually, very few Americans want. While there are those on the far left and the cheap-labor right who “just want amnesty,” they are a minority according to every reputable poll. Most who want to put illegal immigrants “on the path to citizenship” also insist that this amnesty be the last. That means it must be paired with serious workplace enforcement.

In any case, this trend is not temporary. Demographers following the plunging birthrates in Mexico have been predicting this day would come for some time.

There’s now a sharp reduction in the number of 18- to 35-year-old Mexicans — the age group most likely to come here illegally.

“Their number was a huge bulge and is receding,” Roberta Jacobson,

assistant secretary in the Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs, told the Association of Opinion Journalists at a State Department briefing on Monday. While rising unemployment is the immediate trigger for the sharp decline in immigration from Mexico, she said, the drop-off in illegal entrants “will probably continue.”

The more manageable numbers can only help advance the sort of comprehensive immigration reform that got wedged into America’s leftright divide. The lower boil could help Republicans seeking Latino votes in swing states moderate much of their party’s no-pity position. Likely presidential nominee Mitt Romney is already softening some harsh views expressed when he needed to appease the party’s base.

Another factor in stopping the wave of illegal immigration was beefed-up enforcement, the Pew report noted. President Obama was the first president in decades to start seriously going after employers hiring undocumented workers.

Rougher state laws undoubtedly played a part, but some are rather ugly. How preferable that Americans trust the federal government to enforce the immigration laws, which is its job, after all.

Could America be close to actually solving one of its vexing problems?

Smart reform of our immigration laws would do the following: It would protect our native and legal immigrant workers from unfair competition. It would let us devise an immigration program that meets our need for more skilled workers.

And it would restore some peace at the border.

Someday, Mexicans and Americans may be able to easily cross into each other’s countries for business, visiting, shopping or dinner. If the pressures at the southern border are starting to ease for sure, then that day may come sooner than we thought.

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

The NRA loves America and its people, and its Constitution To the editor, Anyone who’s been aware at all of the decline of political sanity and integrity also knows that too many potential voters do not. Ask any of them why they don’t and the most common answer is that the selection resembles the forthrightness of the defendant ant the Nuremberg trials.

Who eats in a restaurant where the menu cover is inscribed “SLOP”?

American voter enthusiasm has been badly injured and most non-voters are skeptical of even the most sincere and humble candidate.

I say we need to stop this lethargy and adopt a more adventurous point of view. We’re all human, and every one of us regardless of our good intentions is bound to fail occasionally. We need to be beware of the ones who wallow in failure and deliberate subterfuge, while they glory in how they stiffed the people with subtlety and aplomb. We need to use our brains, and read responsible research on such people and avoid them. They never honor promises to do better. They don’t intend to.

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LETTERS Ashland Class of 1955 could never thank Miss Kvedar enough To the editor, While I was still in high school in the middle 1950s I had my first newspaper story published. The story was written with encouragement from my Ashland High School teacher Miss Eva Kvedar, who later married Alfred Kodis, a fellow teacher.

When I retired from the newspaper business a few years ago, I acknowledged her support in the final news column I wrote, I thanked her for setting me off on the path which led to my career as a journalist.

Miss Kvedar as we knew her, was a member of our AHS yearbook staff and made certain our writing was the best it could be.

The AHS Class of 1955 of which I was a member dedicated our yearbook to her saying: The last two years at AHS have been fuller and richer through our contacts with her as teacher and friends. Her inherent qualities of sincerity, integrity and fair play have been a constant source of inspiration and encouragement to all of us.”

I kept in touch with her for years.

She often wrote me letters of encouragement and acknowledged the writing awards which I received thanks to her pushing me during high school.

One time after seeing a story I had written she sent me a note saying: “What’s with the creative writing 101?

Was my high school English class elevated to college status?” Fifty years after graduating from high school she continued to be a mentor to me.

We exchanged letters up until a month ago. I knew she had cancer. In her final note on the last day of March she told me that chemotherapy was not working and it was only a matter of time that the cancer would have its way with her.

In that note she said she always tried to remember the good times we had together in high school. “I hope you can recall some too,” she wrote.

I have just learned that my mentor died on April 5 at the home of her daughter in Los Altos, California. after a brief and courageous battle with cancer.

After Eva and her husband Alfred retired from teaching in 1992 they moved to Florida. He died in 2003. They had four children John, David, Martha and Diane and five grandchildren.

Dear Miss Kvedar, all members of the Ashland High School Class of 1955 could never thank you enough for what you did for us. We all miss you.

Speaking on behalf of my fellow classmates, we extend our deepest sympathies to your children, their spouses, your grandchildren and all other family members.

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Write: news@laconiadailysun.com who, in spite of past blots and blemishes, sincerely have American and her people at heart. The ones who are bonafide U.S. Citizens who will fight to defend our Constitution and its Bill of Rights. The ones who fully intend to seriously consider the wishes of their constituents. I trust a man or woman who honestly mulls over a questions and responds without overblown promises, even is the answer is something like, “Well, ...at the moment I don’t know, but I promise to look into it.” If something like that comes to pass, and I DO indeed get a thoughtful and honest rely, I admire that.

Where do we find such a selection

of people? Let me suggest the N.R.A. Now before you throw the paper into the stove, it doesn’t matter whether you agree with firearm ownership or not. If you are fed up with wallowing in the sewer of rotten politics, lost jobs, lost home, lost life savings and D.C. double talk, but you still own a computer and want to know the truth, turn that rascal on and do whatever you do to get www.NRA. org. (I don’t own one.) Now search for Brian Terry, (an American patriot) or Eric Holder (an American traitor). That’s it. Now you’ve got yourself tuned into more reliable information about candidates see next page

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LETTERS You’re the one who voted this person into office, wanting change

Everything Obama has done has been against low cost energy

To the editor, Before I pass on any information, I check it out with Snopes.com and you can certainly do the same.

As for your not liking the tax, you are the one who voted this person into office wanting a “change” — which you got — so live with it like the rest of the sheep.

Most of the sheep this guy is going after now, is the young vote, who have not been around when things were “good” in this country. If you care to look back in history, it was the young sheep in Germany that idolized their leader making a living hell over there and the young sheep are willing to do the same here. If you can remember, just five years ago this person was referred to as the “anti-Christ”.

Getting back to the 1-percent tax, the only ones this is not going to effect are those on welfare who do not have accounts of any kind and most of their transactions are done with card vouchers. So in all fairness, before you call me out again check out Snopes.com.

To the editor, Kent Warner’s letter of April 24 kind of explains itself in second paragraph, second sentence, first three words: “I can’t understand”.

President Obama, and his staff, have repeatedly SAID they want gasoline prices to go higher “to encourage green energy”. Obama proved that by blocking cheap oil from Canada and blocking drilling in the USA on known reserves, while spending OUR money to promote foreign dictators oil production! YES, Obama IS responsible for our extra high fuel costs (rising yet), and proud of it!

New natural gas finds and use were done entirely by private companies, investing their OWN money (capitalists, to help Veverka understand), with no help at all from Obama. Where that can be used for electric power it will be helpful, but that has no effect on the existing coal-fired plants, which Obama

Bev Buker Gilford Editor’s Note: I was curious about Ms. Buker’s assertion that the Obama Administration was going to propose, after the fall election, a 1-percent tax on all financial transactions so I took her suggestion and went to Snopes.com — a website that deals with debunking rumors and urban legends. According to Snopes.com, the Obama Adminstration is not considering a proposal for any such tax. One lone member of Congress, Rep. Chaka Fattah (D-Penn.) has, since 2004, championed the idea of replacing all federal taxes on individuals and corporations with a tax on all financial transactions. He calls it the “Debt Free America Act” but has not to date been able to attract the support on any other member of Congress, let alone get his bill our of committee and on to the House floor for a vote. (www.snopes.com/politics/taxes/debtfree.asp)

Last year 515 voted on election day & just 144 at Town Meeting To the editor, S-2 will be on the Sanbornton May 8th ballot and should be adopted for the following reasons: At the 2011 Sanbornton Annual Town Meeting only 144 people, out of a town population of 2895, voted on the first warrant article. Conversely, 515 people voted on the 2011 official ballot. Had SB-2 been in effect, many more citizens would have had the opportunity to consider warrant articles.

Under SB-2 controversial article supporters would have to actively promote and sell the merits of the article less voters turn it down due to lack of knowledge. Some might say, “everyone will automatically turn down a tax increase”.

Not if the article makes sense and is presented properly; to say otherwise is to admit that Sanbornton voters lack any sense of what’s good for the community.

SB-2 requires the Board of Selectmen to hold a deliberative session in February but the actual vote on financial articles does not take place until March.

The 30 day delay between the deliberative session and official ballot gives proponents and opponents of financial articles time to make their case thus affording citizens the opportunity to make a more knowledgeable decision.

Gone are the days when the majority of Sanbornton citizens turn out for the Town Meeting. SB-2 addresses this change by making easier for citizens to vote on the governmental decisions that affect us all. If you believe better government results when citizens are better informed and participate in higher numbers, then SB-2 is clearly the way to go.

Roger Grey Sanbornton

from preceding page sneaky government tactics, murder, mayhem an wild weirdness than you’ll ever find on your T.V. and it’s all true! Isn’t it great to feel you’re being informed about what’s going on and these people want to know the truth? That’s because in spite of preconceived ideas and Obama’s hopeysmoke, the NRA loves America and its people, and its Constitution.

How about the United Nations looking to USURP our sovereign right to govern ourselves? Impossible? No, not if King Obama is enthroned for four more years!

Now that’s even more exciting than the Disney Channel and its the truth!

Pray for Gods forgiveness (Psalm 12:8) and vote N.R.A. Jay Gould Penacook

has so viciously attacked to drive up cost (another of his efforts for “green” energy.) No matter how you try to twist it, EVERYTHING Obama has done has been entirely AGAINST low cost energy or helping the USA to thrive!

Kent, you are going to have to explain how you come to the backwards conclusion that city dwellers are benefiting from high gasoline prices. Seems to me that they are the ones who must commute farther to a job, so are hurt most by gasoline prices.

As for alternative sources of energy, why do you ignore the safest, cheapest, cleanest, not affected by foreigners, nuclear electric power plants? Why is the USA so far behind most European countries? Politics, just plain stupid, ignorant, backwards politics! IF it can be done wrong, that’s the way Obama and Congress will do it!

Jack Stephenson Gilford

Real problems at Bike Week occur when young punks show up To the editor, Dear Crystal Furnee: Last time I checked we still have freedom of speech. So please don’t ask me to “leave it at that.”

Every single year they have had Motorcycle Week in New Hampshire someone complaints about the noise or the way people dress; or something about the bikers. I am so tired of it. The truth is, and always has been, that the people who are drinking and getting arrested aren’t bikers at all, and the accidents are caused by people hitting motorcycles not the other way around.

I was riding with four other people when a woman biked out of her driveway and hit a 21 year old on his bike and killed him. He died with his head in my lap, so please don’t tell me about statistics. People throw cigarettes (among other things) out the window of their car and it hits us in the face.

During Motorcycle Week of course there are more arrested because there are more people there. You need you’re police logs in the newspaper though because then you will see that there are more people under 25 being arrested in N.H. every week — in every town around before Motorcycle Week even gets here. There are teen drinking parties in Gilford, stolen property, disorderly conduct, sexual assault in Tilton, driving after suspension in Laconia, juvenile problems

in Franklin, etc. Its not the bikers that cause the problems its the people that come to look on and experience bike week that do. A lot of the bikers are working all day and spend their time selling T-shirts and other things.

The real problems occur when the young punks who gets boozed up decide to come there. They start fights and harass people (most being those who live in N.H.) This happens every year. It’s the same in Daytona and Sturgis and there are always a lot more bikers at those places, believe me. There is a lot of difference between someone who rides on a motorcycle and one that wears a patch on his back: people who wear patches are likely to be doctors, lawyers, business owners, therefore they do not get drunk, cause trouble, or get arrested. There is a difference between being a “Biker” and a wanna be.

So anyways, if you check the arrests then you will see that more have addresses right in N.H. and don’t even own a motorcycle. And yes, motorcycles do make noise, but if you put a thousand cars together then that makes noise too. Anyone near the race track can hear that noise for miles.

If N.H didn’t want the money Motorcycle Weeks brings in then why do we invite them here in the first place?

Have fun.

Diana Field Franklin

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LETTERS Affordable universal health care is not a privilege, it’s a right To the editor, I hate to be the bearer of bad news to my liberal and progressive friends, but there is more than a fair chance that the U.S. Supreme Court will invalidate the entire Affordable Health Care (“Obamacare”) Act as unconstitutional because of the mandate to purchase insurance. Our current court, unfortunately, is dominated by extreme conservative ideologues that seem more interested in a political agenda than the law. If they are going to uphold the right of a corporation to be regarded as a “person,” chances are they are going to come down on the side of corporate medicine too.

The broken health care system we now have is largely the fault of the insurance and pharmaceutical companies. They spend millions to lobby against real health care reform and have for a long time. We blame the politicians but at the end of the day, we can only, blame ourselves that we are the only developed, democratic nation without a rational, affordable, and universal health care system. We accept the misinformation and outright lies promoted by these corporations and their lobbyists.

Remember when the Clintons proposed health care reform in the 1990s? Remember when opponents hired for their attack ads the middleaged woman who whined to her husband that if the Clinton reforms came to pass, “I won’t be able to choose my own doctor.” Well, that was a bit of a

lie and besides, if you are covered by an HMO you may not be able to choose your own doctor anyway!

They also lied to the American people and scared them with Canada’s “socialized medicine” and how Canadian’s hate it. This is a clever half-truth. Most Canadians DO complain about various aspects of their system but most, including the Conservative Party, accept the basic model of a single-payer plan and universal coverage. Studies DO show that very few Canadians want anything close to what we have.

Now, the same people are promoting lies that health care reform will result in “death panels” for the elderly and the end of Medicare or that illegal aliens will be covered under the plan. Of course, these are all lies too but they will tell them shamelessly to prevent any sort of rational reform to the system we have now — a system which really only insures their profits.

The industry tries to scare us into thinking that it will be horrible if the government gets involved in health care decisions. Well, right now, the people who decline or approve coverage are working for insurance companies who make a profit by denying claims.

Which is worse? Which is more corrupt?

So, the Supreme Court may well side with corporate medicine. But, there is an isotope of silver behind even this mushroom cloud. Perhaps, the American people will wake up and finally refuse to accept the broken, unjust way our country delivers health care.

Perhaps the people will decide perhaps indeed that people should not be mandated to purchase insurance from anyone anymore. Everyone could be covered under a “single-payer” plan.

That way, we could take the insurance companies out of the equation. After all, they have been a big part of “the problem” for years.

Far from being “socialistic,” Obamacare is way too generous to the private sector in general and the insurance industry in particular. I noticed how the insurance companies were upset when a “public option” was on the table but they were fine with the mandate to purchase insurance as long as that mandate requires that people purchase health insurance from them!

A public option that competed with the insurance companies would be a good start. A single-payer plan would be even better. A single-payer plan would not have to necessarily be a federal program. It could be a program like unemployment insurance which has federal involvement but is administered by the individual states,

much as the Canadian provinces and Vermont are already doing.

One final note: recently, a writer to The Sun correctly noted that Germany’s health care system was established not by the Nazis but by German Chancellor Graf (Count) Otto von Bismarck years before Adolf Hitler was even born. But why did he establish it? Bismarck was not, by any possible stretch of the imagination, a “socialist.” Bismarck reformed health care “from the top down” to undercut a strong and growing socialist movement in Germany. Under that system, by the early Twentieth Century, Germany led the world in medical research, treatment, and pharmaceuticals. American medical students used to study German so they could read the most up-to-date articles in the medical journals.

Affordable, universal health care is not a privilege. It is a fundamental human right. It should therefore be a priority for our country and our leaders.

E. Scott Cracraft Gilford

All is well with the N.H. Music Festival; join us this summer To the editor, It is important for everyone to know that all is well with the New Hampshire Music Festival. Everyone involved with the Festival, the Board of Directors, Festival Management and its many supporters, are united and focused on preparing for another exciting and successful music festival for 2012. This will mark our 60th season, making us the oldest summer music festival in New Hampshire.

Our world class musicians will soon be returning to us from all over the United States and we are eagerly anticipating their return.

With the recent signing of a 10 year agreement with Plymouth State University, we are now assured our magnificent orchestra will continue to perform the concerts in the state of the art Hanaway Theater in the Silver Center for the Arts.

Paul Polivnick, our long time Music Director, has been appointed Conductor Laureate and will be returning to

us for the first three concerts of 2012.

Having Maestro Polivnick return to conduct the three opening concerts will definitely add to the emotion, exhilaration and celebratory feeling we expect this summer.

Everything points to the 2012 season of the New Hampshire Music Festival being one of the most exciting ever. Please consider joining us at one of our Thursday or Friday evening Classical concerts, or Saturday evening Pops Concerts or our Tuesday evening Chamber concerts.

We are truly fortunate to have such a world class music festival available for our enjoyment here in the heart of New Hampshire. As the Boston Globe has said, “it is truly a hidden jewel of the Lakes Region of New Hampshire.”

Come and check it out.

More information is available at the Festival website nhmf.org.

Gene Bishop Ashland

THE LACONIA DAILY SUN, Saturday, April 28, 2012 — Page 9

LETTERS Illegal immigrants already here remains a huge problem for us To the editor, Letter writer Mike Gaumont (April 24) claims America’s problem with illegal immigration is “only getting worse,” and New Hampshire’s Representative Frank Guinta is just the man in Washington to solve it with a multi-billion dollar Berlin wall along the U.S.-Mexico border.

With all respect, Mr. Guinta and his supporters are running behind the news. Illegal immigration has been shrinking dramatically in the past few years, and now a report this week from the non-partisan Pew Foundation, based on official data from both U.S. and Mexican authorities, finds the flow of undocumented people across the border has reached a net zero – a “standstill” – for the first time in decades.

Several factors are at work, Pew says. The downturn in the U.S. housing construction industry, which draws many illegals, is a factor, but so is the dramatic increase in border

enforcement begun under President George W. Bush and accelerated by President Obama. And U.S. deportations have reached a record high. One factor decidedly not in play is Arizona’s punitive new anti-immigrant law. Thanks to federal court actions, it hasn’t gone into effect yet.

The United States still has a huge problem to resolve with illegal immigrants who are already here, who form a largely law-abiding part of our economy. Rep. Guinta’s Berlin Wall won’t fix that.

Former Rep. Carol Shea-Porter, who’s running again to reclaim her seat in Congress, has a strict but sensible and humane approach to this problem, not unlike the one Senator John McCain and President Bush supported before Tea Party extremists like Rep. Guinta captured the Republican Party.

Robert Gillette Ossipee

Public Access TV communities getting prime times dedicated to their programs

By Mike Mortensen FOR THE LACONIA DAILY SUN

LACONIA — In an effort to make showing of public meeting programs on the local public access channel more consistent and user-friendly, Lakes Region Public Access television has changed its program lineup so certain communities get prime time time slots on the same day each week.

LRPA Executive Director Denise Beauchaine said Friday that the move was approved by the LRPA Board of Directors on Tuesday and the new program format was implemented Wednesday.

Under the plan the six communities which pay dues to the public access service will have the primetime timeslot (7:30-11 p.m.) and the so-called drive-time time slot the following morning (5-9 a.m.) dedicated to the showing of their public government meetings on MetroCast Cable Channel 26.

“It should make it much more userfriendly,” Beauchaine said of the schedule change. “The same pattern and consistency will make it easier for people to know when their program is running.”

Under the new arrangement,

Wednesday will be Belmont’s prime time night. Alton’s will be Thursday, Northwood’s Friday, and Gilford’s Sunday, Beauchaine explained. Prime time lineup on Mondays and Tuesdays will be for Laconia and Meredith, with each community getting the preferred slots on each of the two nights on alternate weeks.

“So one Monday will be MeredithLaconia night and Tuesday the Laconia-Meredith night, and then the next week Monday will be Laconia-Meredith night and Tuesday MeredithLaconia night,” Beauchaine explained.

The reason for the different MondayTuesday setup is because LRPA is committed to carrying the live telecasts of the Laconia City Council and the Meredith Board of Selectmen, which both occur on Monday nights and sometimes on the same Monday nights. This new arrangement makes it possible that on those Mondays that the Laconia City Council meeting preempts the Meredith Selectmen that the Meredith selectmen’s meeting can then be repeated in its entirely the following day in prime time.

Overall, the older meetings will be shown in the drive-time period, while see next page

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One complaint from some local communities has been up until now the prime-time slots by and large went to the larger communities, like Laconia and Meredith, and the smaller towns had to settle for their meetings being shown overnight or Saturdays and other times when viewership is typically low.

The 10 communities which are in the Lakes Region Cable Television Consortium are using their upcoming cable TV franchise negotiations with MetroCast Cablevision to get the cable provider to make it possible to target local government and other community programs to cable TV subscribers in one particular community, rather than the Metro-

Cast system as a whole.

In the meantime, Beauchaine sees this plan to give LRPA member communities their own primetime night as a step forward.

“Most have indicated that they are happy with it,” Beauchaine said of the initial feedback she has received on the new schedule.

She said that she hoped by early next week to have information about the new schedule viewable on Channel 24 which is the public access community bulletin board.

Beauchaine that if more communities become LRPA then changes would be made to so they would be assured of prime-time exposure for their meetings, too.

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DOG ATTACK from page one the case is assigned to Officer Kevin Baron, who is cooperating with the Belmont Police to determine the whereabouts of the dog and the identity of its owner, so far without success.

Woodbury recalled that after the attack, when she had distanced herself from the dog, which was in the roadway, a blue pickup truck stopped to avoid the animal. She thought the driver may have recognized the dog.

Woodbury, who is without health insurance, was treated for her injuries at the emergency department of Lakes Region General Hospital, where she was given an antibiotic to prevent infection. She said that her left hip is severely swollen and badly bruised and she finds it painful to sit. “I have photographs of the teeth marks,” she said.

Above all, Woodbury said that she is seeking assurance that the dog has been vaccinated against rabies. She said that she was told at the hospital to defer immediate treatment for rabies, which is very expensive and painful, until confirming whether or not the dog has been vaccinated. “It’s been two days and I haven’t heard anything,” she said. “I still don’t know the status of the dog.”

“I’m terrified that someone else will get bit if that dog gets loose again,” Woodbury said. “That is a dangerous animal. and other people walk in that neighborhood.” from preceding page Coffee shop owners have not given up the fight. A week ago they mustered a few hundred patrons for a “smoke-out” in downtown Amsterdam to protest the new restrictions.

A lawyer for the owners, Maurice Veldman, said he would file an appeal against the ruling by The Hague District court, which clears the way for the weed pass to be introduced in southern provinces on Tuesday.

If the government gets its way, the pass will roll out in the rest of the country — including Amsterdam — next year. It will turn coffee shops into private clubs with membership open only to Dutch residents and limited to 2,000 per shop.

The Netherlands has more than 650 coffee shops, 214 of them in Amsterdam. The number has been steadily declining as municipalities imposed tougher regulations, such as shuttering ones close to schools.

But the new membership rules are the most significant rollback in years to the traditional Dutch tolerance of marijuana use.

The government argues that the move is justified to crack down on so-called “drug tourists,” effectively couriers who drive over the border from neighboring Belgium and Germany to buy large amounts of marijuana and take it home to resell. They cause traffic and public order problems in towns along the Dutch border.

ZIMMERMAN from page one lier this week, and has gone into hiding ever since over concerns about his safety. He is accused of second-degree murder for the shooting death of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin, an unarmed black teenager. Zimmerman wasn’t charged for more than six weeks, setting off nationwide protests. He claims self-defense.

Zimmerman’s father is white and his mother is from Peru.

An attorney for Martin’s family said the teenager’s parents were “offended” Zimmerman did not tell the judge about the money.

“This is a bombshell that was dropped,” Benjamin Crump said.

O’Mara said he learned about the money this week, after Zimmerman’s release. The family used $5,000 from the website as well as a second mortgage on their home to bail out Zimmerman, O’Mara said. Zimmerman has also used some of the money for living expenses.

Zimmerman disclosed the $200,000 when his defense

attorney was closing down his social media accounts and the website earlier this week, O’Mara said.

“We just didn’t have a lot of conversations around money and the website,” O’Mara said.

The defense has started a Facebook page and Twitter account for Zimmerman, and another website under O’Mara’s control, www.gzlegalcase.com . It will allow supporters to donate to a legal defense fund.

“I don’t want my client to have any Internet presence unless it is through my office,” O’Mara said.

“What I’m trying to do is limit the enormity of danger that comes into this case in places like Twitter and false Facebook accounts.”

Zimmerman’s lawyer said most donors had contributed in the range of several hundred dollars. He said he didn’t want their names publicized.

“My fear is they will be targeted for reprisals, animosities,” O’Mara said.

Also Friday, Lester refused the prosecution’s request to issue a gag order on those involved in the murder trial. He said he would not stop Zimmerman’s attorneys from talking to the media.

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Shaker board has interviewed 3 candidates for interim superintendent post

By Mike Mortensen BELMONT — The Shaker Regional School Board hopes to select an interim superintendent early next month for the 2012-13 school year.

Shaker Board Chairman Pret Tuthill said Friday that the board interviewed three candidates for the position during a non-public session Thursday evening in Canterbury.

Tuthill would not say whether the candidates were already working in the Shaker District which serves Belmont and Canterbury, or working in other districts, or combination of both. He did say, however, that he was impressed with the three candidates that were interviewed.

“I could live with all three of them,” Tuthill said, stressing that he was speaking for himself. But he

indicated that there seemed to be broad support on the board for two of the candidates. “I think there are a couple they could wrap their arms around,” he said.

Tuthill said the board plans to hold a special meeting on Monday, May 7, to select which of the three candidates they want to hire to replace interim Superintendent Tom Haley, whose contract ends on June 30. Tuthill said the board would spend the time between the May 7 meeting and the next regular meeting on May 10 to negotiate contract terms with the prospective interim superintendent; and assuming that all contract issues are settled, the board would take a formal vote at the May 10 meeting and announce their choice publicly at that time.

The Shaker School District has been without a permanent superintendent since October 2011 when Mark Blount resigned after just 15 months

on the job, citing irreconcilable differences with the School Board over educational philosophy. Haley has been serving as the interim superintendent since Blount’s departure.

In February it appeared the board was close to naming a new permanent superintendent at the culmination of a formal search process. But then one finalist abruptly pulled out of the running and the other was dropped from consideration after news report emerged tying him to apparent financial irregularities in the school district where he was superintendent.

In other business Thursday, Tuthill said the board set public hearings for May 24 on a proposal to withdraw funds from the Technology and Buildings and Grounds expendable trusts. The Technology Trust hearing is set to begin at 5 p.m. and the Buildings and Grounds Trust hearing at 5:30, said Tuthill.

PARTY from page one warrant and around 2:30 a.m. entered the building, where they found minors ranging in ages from 14 to 20 hiding through the home. Police found beer cans and liquor bottles strewn about.

Juveniles told police that several revelers drove to the party under the influence of alcohol and officers found several vehicles parked in the driveway as well as alcohol containers outside the home. They also said that police disrupted the party just as it was beginning.

Babacar Kamara, 18, of 48 Baldwin Street and Jocelyn DuBois of 99 Merrimac Street were arrested for unlawful possession of alcohol by a minor, a violation carrying a minimum fine of $300 for the first offense and $600 for the second and subsequent offenses. The juveniles were released to their parents.

Supervisor Sergeant Michael Finogle and Officers Holly Callahan, Brandy Enis and Lindsey Legere cleared the scene at 5:01 a.m.

— Michael Kitch

ECONOMY from page 2 vious quarter and the fastest in more than a year.

They probably can’t afford to. Americans’ after-tax income rose just 0.6 percent in the first three months compared with a year earlier. That was the puniest pay increase in two years.

People spent more in part because they socked away less. The savings rate fell to 3.9 percent of after-tax income. That was down from 4.5 percent.

Economists worry that people won’t keep spending more unless their income grows.

Stock prices rose Friday despite the report of weaker growth. David Rosenberg, chief economist at Gluskin Sheff, said investors might have bid up stocks because they think the Federal Reserve is more likely to pursue another round of bond buying to stimulate the economy.

Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke “has created the impression that if the economy stumbles, he’ll be there to hold your hand,” Rosenberg said.

The lackluster first-quarter growth follows gov-

ernment reports that hiring slowed sharply in March and the number of people seeking unemployment benefits reached a three-month high.

With 12.7 million people unemployed, today’s economy needs much faster growth to boost hiring.

Growth would have to be roughly 4 percent for a full year to lower the unemployment rate, now 8.2 percent, by 1 percentage point.

In 2011, a series of setbacks struck the economy.

Gas prices rose sharply. An earthquake in Japan shuttered factories there and cut off supplies to U.S. manufacturers. A standoff in Washington brought the federal government to the brink of default, rattling investors and consumer confidence. And Europe’s debt crisis threatened to diminish U.S. exports and further spook investors.

The economy slowed to an annual rate of just 0.4 percent in the first quarter of 2011. Unemployment, which had been falling, rose again last summer.

But most economists think the U.S. economy is more resilient this year.

FOR THE LACONIA DAILY SUN

First Church of Christ, Scientist 136 Pleasant St., Laconia • 524-7132

10:30am Sunday Services and Sunday School 7 pm Wednesday Services

All Are Welcome Reading Room Open Mon, Wed, Fri 11am-2pm

— WORSHIP SERVICES — Good Shepherd Lutheran Church

FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH OF BELMONT 9:00am Sunday School Worship Services at 9:00 & 10:00am

Rev. James Smith - 49 Church St., Belmont 267-8185

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The Unitarian Universalist Society of Laconia

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SECRET SERVICE from page 3 of working, according to a memorandum describing the changes obtained by The Associated Press.

In some cases under the new rules, chaperones will accompany agents on trips. The embattled Secret Service director, Mark Sullivan, urged agents and other employees to “consider your conduct through the lens of the past several weeks.”

The Secret Service said it would conduct a training session on ethics next week.

Sullivan said the rules “cannot address every situation that our employees will face as we execute our dual-missions throughout the world.” He added: “The absence of a specific, published standard of conduct covering an act or behavior does not mean that the act is condoned, is permissible, or will not call for — and result in — corrective or disciplinary action.”

“All employees have a continuing obligation to confront expected abuses or perceived misconduct,” Sullivan said.

The agency-wide changes were intended to staunch the embarrassing disclosures since April 13, when a prostitution scandal erupted in Colombia involving 12 Secret Service agents, officers and supervisors and 12 more enlisted military personnel who were there ahead of President Barack Obama’s visit to a South American summit.

But the new policies announced Friday raised questions about claims that the behavior discovered in Cartagena was an isolated incident: Why would the Secret Service formally issue new regulations covering thousands of employees if such activities were a one-time occurrence?

“It’s too bad common sense policy has to be dictated in this manner,” said Sen. Charles Grassley, R-Iowa, a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee. “New conduct rules are necessary to preventing more shenanigans from happening in the future, and whether these are the best, and most cost effective, rules to stop future misconduct remains to be seen.”

Red Sox winning streak reaches 5 in Chicago CHICAGO (AP) — Darnell McDonald hit a tiebreaking three-run double and homered to help the Boston Red Sox rally to beat the Chicago White Sox 10-3 on Friday night.

David Ortiz hit a two-run shot for the Red Sox, who are 5-0 since blowing a 9-0 lead against the New York Yankees Saturday for their fifth straight loss.

After Paul Konerko’s home run in the fifth gave the White Sox a 3-2 lead, the Red Sox responded with a five-run sixth inning, highlighted by McDonald’s bases-clearing double.

Boston starter Daniel Bard (2-2) took advantage of the run support and threw seven strong innings.

He allowed three runs, two earned, on six hits and retired 13 of the last 14 batters he faced. He struck out six and walked one. Before Friday, Bard was only backed by two total runs in 12 1-3 innings.

White Sox starter John Danks (2-3) struggled in his fifth start of the season. He allowed seven runs on six hits in 5 2-3 innings. Chicago has lost four straight.

Danks was unable to hold a lead for Chicago in the sixth inning.

He issued back-to-back walks to Adrian Gonzalez and Kevin Youkilis. Ortiz then loaded the bases with a single and Cody Ross followed with an RBI single

to tie the game. With two outs and the bases still loaded, McDonald lined a double down the left-field line. Marlon Byrd ended Danks’ night with an RBI single to put the Red Sox ahead 7-3.

The game was played in cold and windy conditions.

The temperature at first pitch was 39 degrees, but it didn’t slow the Red Sox hitters. They have hit 12 homers and scored 53 runs over the last six games.

Trailing 1-0 in the second inning, Youkilis drew a leadoff walk then Ortiz followed with a two-run shot to right. It was Ortiz’s fourth of the season and his 382nd of his career. He is tied with former Red Sox great Jim Rice and Frank Howard for 59th on the career list.

Alejandro De Aza led off the first inning with a double down the left-field line. Two outs later, A.J. Pierzynski doubled off the left-field wall to score De Aza. In the third inning, Alexei Ramirez reached on Youkilis’ throwing error and advanced to second on Konerko’s bloop single. With two outs, Ramirez came across to score on a passed ball by catcher Kelly Shoppach.

Ross and Shoppach had back-to-back RBI singles in the seventh inning to extend the Boston lead to 9-3.

McDonald homered in the ninth.

FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) — The New England Patriots selected Arkansas defensive end Jake Bequette with the 90th selection of the NFL draft Friday night.

New England traded down for the pick, sending their 62nd pick to the Green Bay Packers for Nos. 90 and 163. That No. 163, in the fifth round Saturday,

is the only pick the Patriots have left.

The 6-4½, 274-pound Bequette, the defensive MVP of the 2012 Cotton Bowl, can play either defensive end of outside linebacker. He was the second defensive end taken by the Patriots in the first three rounds of the draft. Thursday, they traded up to the 21st pick to take Syracuse DE Chandler Jones.

Patriots trade down, then take Arkansas DE in 2nd round

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35 Tower St., Weirs Beach 366-4490 P.O. Box 5268

Sunday Service & Sunday School at 10 AM Reverend Dr. Festus K. Kavale

Childcare available during service

First Congregational Church 4 Highland Street, off Main Street, Meredith The Reverend Dr. Russell Rowland Join us Sunday at 10 a.m. for worship Sunday School and fellowship

LifeQuest Church

A Christian & Missionary Alliance Church 115 Court Street – Laconia Pastor Bob Smith A/C

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First United Methodist Church 18 Wesley Way (Rt. 11A), Gilford 524-3289 Rev. Dr. Victoria Wood Parrish, Pastor

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Gilford Community Church 19 Potter Hill Road “In the Village”

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23-35 Park St., Lakeport 524-8775 • Rev. Sharron Lamothe Amy Powell & Ben Kimball - Youth Directors Emily Haggerty - Organist / Choir Director Anne Parsons - Choir Director / Emeritus

876 North Main St. (Rt. 106) Opp. Opechee Park The Episcopal Church Welcomes You

Sermon - “Gathered” Psalm 23 • John 10: 11-16

The United Baptist Church

Sunday School, 9:30am • Worship Service, 10:30am

Holy Eucharist at 10AM Sunday School at 9:30AM

St. James Preschool 528-2111

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THE BIBLE SPEAKS’ CHURCH

CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH OF LACONIA Veterans Square at Pleasant St.

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Tel: 528-1549

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Dial-A-Devotional: 528-5054

8:00am - Early Worship 9:30am - Family Worship & Church School

Head Pastor: Robert N. Horne PUBLIC ACCESS TV - LACONIA SUNDAY/MONDAY 11AM CHANNEL 25

Sunday School Classes 9:30 am Morning Worship Service 10:45 am Evening Service 7:00 pm Immaculate Conception Catholic Church

(Traditional Catholic Latin Rite) The Traditional Latin Rite Mass has been celebrated and revered by the Popes of the Church from time immemorial to POPE JOHN PAUL II who requested that it have “a wide and generous application.”

500 Morrill Street, Gilford 524-9499 Sunday Mass: 7:00 a.m. & 9:00 a.m.

Daily Mass: 8:00 a.m.

Mass on Holy Days of Obligation: 7:00 a.m. & 7:00 p.m.

Confessions: One Hour Before Each Mass Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament and Rosary each Wednesday: 7:00 p.m.

Marriages & Baptisms by Appointment

The Good Shepherd John 10: 11-18 Elevator access & handicapped parking in driveway

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Social Fellowship follows the 9:30 service.

Wherever you may be on life’s journey, you are welcome here!

Nursery Care available in Parish House

The Lakes Region Vineyard Church 175 Mechanic St. Lakeport, NH • 603-527-2662

Empowered Evangelicals, who proclaim the Kingdom of God, minister in the power of the Spirit and keep Christ at the center of life.

“It feels like coming home.”

Sunday morning celebration ~ 8:30am & 10:30am Contemporary Worship Sunday School & Nursery • Tuesday night Youth Mid-week Bible studies.

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Quiet Mobile home in lakeside Community At Newfound Lake next to the Lodges and cabin colonies along the shore is Newfound Acres Park, this 1989 Ritzcraft 14 x 60 Mobile home sets yards away from the lake . Grafton County Book 3468, pg. 525. TERMS of SALE: A deposit of $2,500 in cash or certified check will be required to bid. Balance due in 21 days.

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Redneck home seller tips- Part Deux I have received a number of calls and letters requesting more tips for rednecks who are selling their homes. It seems there are more rednecks in the area that need help than I thought. In the future when u rite me, pleeze try and rite ledgitable and dont print sew small.

Anyway, here goes. You might be a Redneck Home Seller if you have chickens running loose around your yard. Please put them in the chicken coup prior to showing your property. Chickens can distract buyers from seeing the many finer points of your home. This also goes for pit bulls, alpacas, cats, and small children. Also, please take note: despite your interpretation of the zoning regulations, livestock are not allowed in all zoning districts. Remember, where chickens are outlawed, only outlaws will have chickens.

If Billy the Big Mouth Bass, the talking fish, is the focal point of your living room, you definitely are a redneck and you will need help to sell your home. Please consult with a qualified home staging expert to arrange your home to maximize its appeal for the discerning home buyer. He or she will find a place to put Billy, your Dale Earnhardt Senior paint by number portrait, and your NASCAR die cast racecar collection. It will be someplace that will really enhance your home. That place will most likely be where the sun don’t shine.

No.... I know what you were thinking, but I meant the closet in your guest bedroom.

When your real estate agent tells you that your home is not approved by Fannie Mae, please stop arguing with him. He is not trying to pick a fight and he surely is not referring to your second cousin that married your third cousin on your mother’s side. I know she thinks your home is just wonderful, but your agent has never set eyes on her. What he is referring to is the Federal National Mortgage Association whose function is to finance the other-

wise un-financeable and to line various politicians’ pockets. At this writing, no one is sure which is more important. I think they are having some kind of hearings on that down in D.C. If you have some of those colorful signs on your property that say something like “This Property Protected by Smith and Wesson” or “My dog can make it to the gate in 2 seconds, can you?” you are definitely a Redneck Home Seller. It would be prudent to remove them while you are trying to sell your home.

Some people could erroneously think that (a) you are not a very friendly sort of guy or (b) this might not be a safe neighborhood. It does seem that most people that have seen you are kind of intimidated though.

I guess that is probably why the neighborhood is so safe. That and the fact that you shoot tin cans off the fence from the back porch. Anyway, I know they are cool signs, but please remove them.

Finally, you should remove any redneck lawn ornaments such as tractors, farm implements, and other rusty iron from your front (or back) lawn. The venerable and appropriately placed horse drawn hay rake or plow is probably the only exception to this rule.

All bathroom fixtures should be inside your house.

Toilets turned into planters are not “in” and should also be removed along with those two romantic claw foot tubs you have side by side on your yet to be completed back deck. Despite the success of the Cialis commercials they might help some things but they won’t help you sell your house...

Log on to my blog at www.lakesregionrealestatenews.com and leave me your thoughts on this report or the real estate market in general. You can also receive these reports by email. Roy Sanborn is a REALTOR® for Roche Realty Group, at 97 Daniel Webster Highway in Meredith and can be reached at 677-8420.

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OBITUARIES

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Regis Vallee, 86 LACONIA — Regis Vallee, 86, of 11 Howard Street, died Friday, April 20, 2012 at Laconia Rehabilitation Center.

He was born in Laconia on August 21, 1925 to Paul and Elizabeth (Boucher ) Vallee. He was from a large family that included brothers Aldee, Raymond, Renée, Hector and sisters Elizabeth, Rachel, Florence, Jeanette, Marilyn, Jane, and Theresa. All who predeceased him except Hector whose situation is not known.

A World War II veteran he served proudly in the U.S. Marine Corps from 1942 to 1946. Following his service he completed his bachelor’s degree in business at Laconia Business College in 1951 and went on to work as an accountant for GTE-Sylvania in Salem, MA before transferring to Camillus, NY until his retirement in 1985. Throughout his life he called many places home from Lynn and Middleton, MA to Elbridge, NY before finally returning to Laconia.

His hobbies included gardening, camping, golfing,

and bowling. He was a communicant of the Sacred Heart church He was a devoted husband, father, and grandfather of a large extended family. He recently lost his wife Jacqueline of 68 years when she passed away February 20th of this same year.

He is survived by all his children who include his daughter Kathleen Jimenez of Alameda, CA; and his sons Kenneth of Jordan, NY, and Dennis and Norman both from Laconia. He leaves a proud legacy in his children, 11 grandchildren, and 13 great grandchildren.

Graveside services for both Regis and his wife, Jacqueline will be held at 1PM on Saturday, May 12, 2012 at the Sacred Heart Cemetery in Laconia.

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

ENFIELD — William “Bill” H. Percy, 70, formerly of Laconia and Danbury, NH died Wednesday, April 25, 2012 at the Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center in Lebanon, NH. He was born May 2, 1941 in Laconia a son of Max A. and Eleanor E. (Davis) Percy. Bill grew up in Lakeport and in 1959 graduated from Laconia High School. After school he began a long career as an auto body tech working for several different garages including Lemay’s Auto Body in Laconia for many years. Most recently he has worked at Camp Wicosuta on Newfound Lake. After moving from Laconia, Bill lived in Danbury for twenty-two years before moving to Enfield this past September. Bill also served in the Air National Guard from 1963 until 1969.

He had many hobbies, which included camping and in later years woodworking, painting and reading. Bill was also a fan of the New York Yankees.

He was predeceased by his parents and a brother Loran who died in 2002.

He is survived by his wife of twenty years, Linda Percy of Enfield, NH; a son Wayne Percy of Laconia; a daughter Carla Percy of Alexandria, VA; two stepchildren Jennifer Paquette-Sullivan of Laconia and Joel Paquette of Glasgow, WV; a sister Phyllis Frew of Massillon, OH, a brother Dean Percy of Rhode Island; several grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.

At Bill’s request there will be no services. Burial will be at a later date in the Bayside Cemetery in Laconia. Ricker Funeral Home & Crematory in Lebanon assisted with arrangements. Messages of sympathy for the family can be left at www.rickerfuneralhome.com.

In lieu of flowers, donations in Bill memory can be made to New Hampshire SPCA, In Memory of William H. Percy, PO Box 196, Stratham, NH 03885.

from preceding page Estate, Civil Litigation and Personal Bankruptcy.

Born and raised in Laconia and a 2001 graduate of Laconia High School, Huot is no stranger to the area. He continues a family legacy of giving back to the community as a member of the Technical Center Renovation Committee for the J. Oliva Huot Technical Center, named in honor of his grandfather, and serves on the Board of Directors as Vice Chair for the

Laconia Endowment Education Foundation (LEEF).

Huot resides in Laconia with his wife Atty. Sarah Beth Hernandez Huot and is a parishioner of St. Andre Bessette Parish of Laconia.

Wescott, Dyer, Fitzgerald and Nichols has offices in Portsmouth, Bristol and Laconia. They can be reached at 524-2166 or by email from their website’s contact form at http://www.wdfnlawyers.com.

SALE: A $5,000 deposit by bank or certified check will be required to bid.

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LRGHealthcare was proud to announce Franklin Savings Bank’s generous gift to their Strengthening the Community’s Well-Being Capital Campaign at Franklin Regional Hospital on Friday, April 20. The celebration also served as the campaign kick-off for the Twin Rivers region. From left to right: LRGHealthcare President & CEO Tom Clairmont; Campaign Co-chair Dr. Paul Racicot; LRGHealthcare Chairman of the Board of Trustees Stuart Trachy; LRGHealthcare Director of Community Relations & Volunteer Services Sandy Marshall; Franklin Mayor Ken Merrifield; and Franklin Savings Bank President & CEO Jeff Savage.

FRANKLIN — Members of the LRGHealthcare Board of Trustees, Senior Management Team, and major donors from Twin Rivers’ communities assembled at Franklin Regional Hospital on Friday, April 20 to celebrate the regional kick-off of LRGHealthcare’s Strengthening the Community’s Well-Being Capital Campaign.

LRGHealthcare President & CEO Tom Clairmont explained that “the major focus of the Strengthening the Community’s Well-Being Capital Campaign is to raise the necessary funds, through philanthropic giving, to convert existing LRGH and FRH inpatient rooms to single patient rooms.”

Renovations will include private bathrooms and showers, family sleep sofas and state-of-the-art patient lift systems, providing the safest and easiest way to move a patient. Private rooms allow patients the opportunity to sleep better, heal faster and have private discussions with their family and health care providers. It is also crucial for infection control. In addition to private patient rooms, renovations include a new endoscopy suite at LRGH, updating medical imaging equipment at Franklin Regional Hospital and Lakes Region General Hospital, and expansion of the LRGH Emergency Department

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LRGHealthcare Director of Community Relations & Volunteer Services Sandy Marshall announced the kickoff of the campaign in the greater Franklin area, and recognized and thanked Franklin Savings Bank for stepping up to the plate with a lead gift to the campaign.

“We can always count on Franklin Savings Bank to support important community initiatives such as these crucial renovations to our healthcare system.

FSB continues to raise the bar as a philanthropic leader in our community,” stated Marshall.

Jeff Savage, Franklin Savings Bank President & CEO added, “It is important for FSB to be a part of this Capital Campaign greatly because the Central NH community - our employees and customers - all benefit from the services of Franklin Regional Hospital and LRGHealthcare. We are proud to kick off the Community Campaign to assist with improvements for quality healthcare.”

In closing Clairmont said “Now we are reaching out to all in the communities our hospitals serve to ask for their support. We hope everyone will consider giving what they can to this important cause, allowing LRGHealthcare to see next page

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Laconia Savings Bank donates $1,000 to initiative to raise funds for charities that assist visually-impaired LACONIA — Laconia Savings Bank recently presented Randy Pierce and his guide dog Quinn with a $1,000 donation towards 2020 Vision Quest. Pierce spoke recently to the Laconia Savings Bank Retail Lending Team about reaching new heights through teamwork and communication and was surprised with this unexpected donation.

Pierce founded 2020 Vision Quest with the goal to raise funds for several charities including the NH Association for the Blind and Guiding Eyes for the Blind, which both provide valuable services to visually impaired and blind individuals.

Pierce and Quinn recently entered the record books as the first blind man and guide dog to summit all of New Hampshire’s 48 highest mountains during a single winter. For more information on Pierce’s story and 2020 Vision Quest, visit www.2020VisionQuest. org. from preceding page ask for their support. We hope everyone will consider giving what they can to this important cause, allowing LRGHealthcare to continue to make upgrades to provide state-of-the-art healthcare services for many years to come.”

To date, $2.9 million has been committed to the Capital Campaign. The organization needs to raise a minimum of $4 million to begin the renovation project. For more information about the campaign, please visit www.lrgh.org.

LRGHealthcare is a not-for-profit healthcare charitable trust representing Lakes Region General Hospital, Franklin Regional Hospital, and affiliated medical providers. LRGHealthcare’s mission is to provide quality, compassionate care and to strengthen the well-being of our community.

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Volunteers from the Sanbornton Historical Society and the Doric Centre Lodge #20 F&AM joined together to construct a wheelchair ramp at the SHS’ historic Lane Tavern in Sanbornton. (Courtesy photo)

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Participating Lodge members were Ralph Carter, George Luke, Frank Viana and Bruce McLaughlin and SHS members were Dave Witham and Jack Potter.

The Lowe’s Home Center of Tilton provided construction materials on a generous cost-sharing basis with the SHS. The SHS thanks Mike Lariviere and Jeff Chandler for their support and assistance in this project.

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In 2011, the Sanbornton Historical Society installed a stairlift to make the Lane Tavern’s second floor ballroom handicapped accessible and to open the way for many others to enjoy the programs and events of the SHS. Laconia Savings Bank gave a significant donation toward the purchase of the stairlift and several SHS members and supporters provided the balance of the funds to purchase this stairlift.

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MEREDITH — Inter-Lakes High School Senior Kendall Donohoe won the Meredith Rotary Club’s Four-Way Speech Contest.

This contest was open to students from InterLakes High School, and Moultonborough Academy.

Contestants were required to write a 5-7 minute speech that was original in content and applied to the four principles of the Rotary Four-Way Test.

Those principles are: 1. Is it the truth?

2. Is it fair to all concerned?

3. Will it build goodwill and better friendship?

4. Will it be beneficial to all concerned?

Donohoe will now compete against students selected by other Rotary clubs in the Rotary District that covers the southern half of New Hampshire and Vermont, to determine the District’s four-way speech contest winner.

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SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21).

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CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19).

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AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18).

Once you fully bond with someone, it’s next to impossible to separate you permanently from that person. Temporary separations end in you being magnetically drawn back together.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). You feel a strong empathy with someone who is going through an intense experience. Your empathy is an expression of love that widens your perception and further opens your heart.

TODAY’S BIRTHDAY (April 28).

Operating in groups will be a specialty, and you’ll be an integral part of a winning team this year. You’ll visualize yourself succeeding and then create the same dynamic in your reality. A shift in perspective helps you find a way to make more money in June. November brings exciting visits with those you’ve missed. Pisces and Sagittarius people adore you. Your lucky numbers are: 3, 25, 49, 27 and 16.

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ARIES (March 21-April 19). You’re a sponge for knowledge now, and you’ll learn from those who have what you want. The best teacher, however, is experience. Dive in and go for the hands-on experience whenever possible.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20). When you have a plan and follow it, you’ll feel productive. You might get even more accomplished by just winging it; however, you won’t get the same winning feeling as you do when you follow a plan.

GEMINI (May 21-June 21). You won’t do things in the expected order, but you’ll get them done nonetheless.

A loved one might find this puzzling or even maddening. But why should you do things like everyone else?

CANCER (June 22-July 22). Most people think it’s important to be right, but they’re wrong about that. You’ll be amazed at what happens when you give up the need to be right. Your mind will quiet, and you’ll be present to the moment.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). Your standards of style come into play. You may like someone very much, but you won’t take the relationship to the next level until you’re satisfied that your styles will mesh well.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). Your skills get rusty if you don’t use them.

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––––––– ALMANAC ––––––– Today is Saturday, April 28, the 119th day of 2012. There are 247 days left in the year.

Today’s Highlight in History: On April 28, 1789, there was a mutiny on the Bounty as rebelling crew members of the British ship led by Fletcher Christian set Capt. William Bligh and 18 sailors adrift in a launch in the South Pacific. (Bligh and most of the men with him managed to reach Timor in 47 days.)

On this date: In 1758, the fifth president of the United States, James Monroe, was born in Westmoreland County, Va. In 1788, Maryland became the seventh state to ratify the U.S. Constitution.

In 1817, the United States and Britain signed the Rush-Bagot Treaty, which limited the number of naval vessels allowed in the Great Lakes.

In 1918, Gavrilo Princip, the assassin of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria and the archduke’s wife, Sophie, died in prison of tuberculosis.

In 1942, pollster George Gallup said most Americans preferred to call the current global conflict “World War II” or “The Second World War” (other suggestions included “Survival War” or “War of World Freedom”).

In 1945, Italian dictator Benito Mussolini and his mistress, Clara Petacci, were executed by Italian partisans as they attempted to flee the country.

In 1952, war with Japan officially ended as a treaty signed in San Francisco the year before took effect. Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower resigned as Supreme Allied commander in Europe; he was succeeded by Gen. Matthew B. Ridgway.

In 1967, heavyweight boxing champion Muhammad Ali refused to be inducted into the Army, the same day General William C. Westmoreland told Congress the U.S. “would prevail in Vietnam.”

In 1987, Contra rebels in Nicaragua killed Benjamin Ernest Linder, an American engineer working on a hydroelectric project for the Sandinista government.

In 1988, a flight attendant was killed and more than 60 persons injured when part of the roof of an Aloha Airlines Boeing 737 tore off during a flight from Hilo (HEE’-loh) to Honolulu.

In 1992, the Agriculture Department unveiled its pyramid-shaped recommended-diet chart that had cost nearly $1 million to develop.

One year ago: President Barack Obama reshuffled his national security team, with CIA Director Leon Panetta succeeding Defense Secretary Robert Gates and Gen. David Petraeus replacing Panetta at the CIA. Today’s Birthdays: Pulitzer Prize-winning author Harper Lee is 86. Director-actor Richard C. Sarafian is 82. Actress-singer Ann-Margret is 71. Actress Marcia Strassman is 64. Actor Paul Guilfoyle is 63. “Tonight Show” host Jay Leno is 62. Rock musician Chuck Leavell is 60. Actress Mary McDonnell is 59. Rock singer-musician Kim Gordon is 59. Actress Simbi Khali is 41. Actress Bridget Moynahan is 41. Actor Chris Young is 41.

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CALENDAR TODAY’S EVENTS Electronic Waste Collection Day hosted by the Laconia/Gilford Lions Club. 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the Lowe’s parking lot in Gilford. Disposal prices range from $5 for a laptop computer to $40 for projection TVs. Lakeport Community Association’s first yard sale of the season. 8 a.m. til? At the Freight House, located behind the Lakeport Fire Station.

Join Hal Graham and the Belknap Range Trail Tenders (BRATTS) for a day of complete trail maintenance training. 9 a.m. meet at the upper Carriage Road parking lot in Gilford. New volunteers urged to attend. Bring work gloves and lunch. Tools will be provided. For more information contact Hal Graham at halped76@metrocast.net or call 286-3506.

Lakes Region Girls’ Softball (Bake Ruth Softball) registration for 14U/16U & 18U divisions. 2:30 to 4:30 p.m. at Bryant Field in Belmont. For Belmont, Canterbury and Laconia residents ages 13-18. For more information call Candice at 560-3292.

Adult Dance hosted by the Laconia Youth Football and Cheer Association. 7 p.m. to midnight at the Laconia Elks Lodge in Gilford.

Roast Beef Supper hosted by Trinity Episcopal Church in Meredith. 5 to 7 p.m. $10/person, $25/family.

All-you-can-east spaghetti dinner hosted by the Pemi-Baker Valley Republican Committee. 5 to 7:30 p.m. at the American Legion Hall (37 Main Street) in Ashland. $10.

Spring Fever Cabaret features vocalist Elizabeth Soychak on behalf of the Main Street church’s Open Door Dinner Program. At the Trinity Church in Tilton. Light refreshments will be served. For more information and for ticket prices call 286-8269 or email trinitytilton@myfairpoint.net.

Performance of The Drowsy Chaperone presented by the Department of Music, Theatre, and Dance at Plymouth State University. 2 p.m. and 8 p.m. in the Studio Theatre at the Silver Center. Tickets are $19/adults, $17/ seniors and $15/ youth. For more information call 535-2787.

24th annual dinner banquet action held by the Daniel Webser Chapter of Ducks Unlimited. 4 p.m. at the Franklin Elks Lodge. For ticket information call 286-2461.

Fun With Felting - Learn Needle Felting & Wet Felting at Shepherd’s Hut Market at Ramblin’ Vewe Sheep Farm (637 Morrill St.) in Gilford. 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. $7/ person includes materials. Address questions to Joyce at 527-1873.

Public breakfast and bake sale hosted by the Masons of Doric-Centre Lodge #20 in Tilton. 7 to 9:30 a.m. at the Masonic Building (410 West Main Street). Full breakfast, including eggs cooked to order. $6. Lodge will be open for public tours and information.

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

Call 645-9518.

Narcotics Anonymous meeting. 6 to 7:30 p.m. at the Unitarian Universalist Society (172 Pleasant Street) in Laconia.

Open Door Dinners offer free weekly meal in Tilton.

4:30 to 5:30 p.m. An outreach housed at Trinity Episcopal Church on Main Street, downtown. provides a free hot meal open to all members of the community. All are welcome to eat and all are welcome to help out. For more information, especially about volunteering, please call Pastor Mark at 286-3120 or e-mail him at markk@trinitytilton.org.

Artsy Saturday at the Meredith Public Library. 10 to 11 a.m. 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. In the Children’s Room. Discover different art concepts, create and then take home for display.

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

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ANNIE’S MAILBOX

Dear Annie: I am 57 and single. I truly regret leaving my husband of only three years, but he never wanted to spend time with me, did not communicate, drank beer all the time and spent every day in the garage working on ship models.

My life was easy with him. I didn’t have to do anything but show him affection. I loved him and still do, but I thought I would be happier finding someone I could talk to and do things with. I was married for 34 years to my first husband, and he ended up falling in love with my sister.

How do I get over my second husband and all the regret of leaving him? I told him I made a terrible mistake, but all he said was I should have thought of that earlier. I asked whether I could have two days a month with him. He replied that we could be friends, but nothing more.

I have begun dating again and met a guy I liked initially, but everyone tells me I’d be jumping from the frying pan into the fire. He is controlling and tells me that I “need” to do this and “need” to think that. He says he loves me, but I can’t handle all the arguing over stupid things when we disagree. He thinks the world is out to get him. He doesn’t even shower unless I tell him to.

I have sought counseling, and was told not to move in with my new boyfriend. But it hurts to let him go. I am so overwhelmed and don’t know what to do. Please help -- Washington Dear Washington: Take a deep breath, and stop chasing after the men in your life. Your new boyfriend is not the right guy, and the sooner you break it off the better. Yes, it will hurt, but not as much as it would if you stayed with him. Your ex-husband has made it clear that he is no longer interested, and frankly, you didn’t seem happy with him, either. Please use this time to figure out what you want

from a relationship. You are trying too hard to have a man in your life and are making poor choices. Go back to your counselor if you think it might help you clarify things.

Dear Annie: My wife and I will be celebrating our 10th anniversary this summer. She is an incredible mother, grandmother and wife. The problem? Absolutely nothing.

We love each other more than anything and get along great.

In 10 years, we’ve never even raised our voices. We both cook, clean, do yard work and share in raising our granddaughters. We never take advantage of each other or do anything we wouldn’t want the other to do.

Basically, we treat each other the way we want to be treated. It’s been the happiest 10 years of our lives. Thought you might like getting a positive letter for a change. -- Never Been Happier Dear Happy: You’ve made our day! It’s good to hear from someone whose marriage is filled with love, respect and mutual consideration. Thank you.

Dear Annie: I can identify with the letter from “Florida,” who said the fireworks that used to accompany sex have become duds.

Two years ago, I convinced my husband to go for counseling with me, and he’s a good guy, so he went. I asked for sex twice a week, plus cuddling and affection at other times. We tried for a while, but it became more effort than it was worth. He seemed to feel ashamed that he needed a little blue pill, so the fire burned out.

I’m an attractive and interesting woman. I have many hobbies and work out at a gym with a trainer. Men notice me wherever I go. But my husband is still the love of my life, so I exercise to burn up my sexual needs. -- Southern Belle

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

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Animals

Autos

Autos

BOATS

BEAUTIFUL Puppies: Apricot, red, mini poodles. Champ background. We also have teddy bear pomapoos Good price. Healthy, happy and home raised.

253-6373.

1989 CARVER YACHTS MARINER 329/FE 30 foot: Good condition, less then 500 hours on engines. 260 horsepower. Full size refrigerator, range, TV/VCR, fully equipped, sleeps six. Must be seen to be appreciated at Breakwater, Spring Point Marina in South Portland. Pictures available upon request. Valued at $25,000. Owner will accept best offer. Call 603-449-2140, 603-723-8722.

ORANGE 4x4 2003 Nissan Xterra- 43K miles, $10,000. Cindy 998-3383

Slip & Valet Openings

Announcement

1999 GMC Suburban- 4X4, V-8 350. Good shape. $4,500.

286-7293 2009 Honda Pilot EXL- 4WD, Loaded, mint condition. 25K ,miles. $26,900. 744-6107

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

603-279-0607, Thrifty Yankee, Rte. 25, Meredith, NH. Wed-Sun, 10-4, Fri & Sat 10-6.

Autos 1971 VW Super Beetle, Calif. car, second owner, 133K, needs nothing. $4500. 267-5196

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

Martin Towing. (603)305-4504.

BOATS 29FT-0” x 10ft-6” Boatslip at Meredith Yacht Club. $3000 for season includes Club amenities, easy walk to town. Call 455-5810.

94 Crownline Cabin Cruiser- 25ft, complete galley & head. Low hours. Owner retiring. Heavy duty 2001 Sealion trailer. Reduced rate on boat slip on Winni with new clubhouse privileges if needed. $11,500. 603-344-4504.

BOAT SLIPS for Rent Winnipesaukee Pier, Weirs Beach, NH Reasonable Rates Call for Info. 366-4311 BOATSLIPS for rent- Paugus Bay up to 22 ft. 401-284-2215.

CASH FOR junk cars & trucks.

Top Dollar Paid. Available 7 days a week. P3 s Towing 630-3606

Canoe- RiverRunner, 14 foot, excellent condition, solid, stable, paddles well. $400. 603-387-9978

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

EVINRUDE 3HP Outboard MotorBuilt in gas tank 35lbs., Freshwater used. Excellent condition, runs great! $250. Call Howard at 630-0822

KEN BARRETT AUCTIONS Monday, April 30 @ 6pm • Preview at 4pm Log on to: www.auctionzip.com ID#5134, for 250 photos Miniature oil paintings,1757 map of France, 2 Maxfield Parrish prints,1905 football litho by Will Grefe, 28-WWII patriotic covers,pin-up calendars,many Western theme items: Stetson hats,pictures & prints of Kentucky Derby,cowboy books,loads of Western novelties, Millie Piscopo O/C, Loren Percy O/C,2 WWI bond posters, glass mailbox,old keys, 15” drum speaker, polo player statues, others,3 Gone With the Wind lamps,rifles, foreign coins,currency,400 wheat s, 1930 s -7 jumper skis, lots of artwork, postcards, New England pie safe,maple bureaus, commode, oak chest, sterling, Jewelry, pedal car, books, antique tools, country primatives, Victorian hanging lamp, and much more!!

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.

Kayak: Wilderness Systems 14.5ft. Cape Lookout Ruby colored. Very good condition. $450. 630-8132

LET S GO FISHING! Simple fishing with Paddle King Boats and Tohatsu Outboard motors, Call 738-2296 or visit www.outboardrepower.net OUTBOARD MOTORS: New and Used, www.outboardrepower.net or call 738-2296.

PRIVATE Boathouse slip w/ attached lounge/ storage room at Riveredge Marina on Squam Lake. $3000 for season includes Boat Club Amenities. Call

in beautiful Meredith Bay Sizes range from 17’ to 36’ For more information please call 603-279-7921 or mail us at info@meredithmarina.com

Business Opportunities Need Extra Money? Start an Avon Business for $10. Call Debbie at 603-491-5359.

Or go to www.start.youravon.com and enter reference code: dblaisedell.

For Rent

For Rent

BELMONT-Available Immediately.

2-bedroom townhouse-style.

Quiet, heat included. $225/week.

All housing certificates accepted.

267-0545-or 781-344-3749

Laconia- Finely furnished room in nice home for professional woman to share with the owner. Quiet neighborhood- No pets/smoking. $125/Week. Call 393-0105

GILFORD NEW 3 BEDROOM Available 5/1. Large yard.

Close to school, downtown. $1,250/mo. plus utilities. $300 off 1 month.

978-387-5200 GILFORD Great 1-bedroom lakefront apartment! Private, views, washer/dryer $725/month plus utilities. 1 year lease.

603-393-7077.

Gilford- 1, 2 & 3 bedroom units available. Pets considered. Heat/ utilities negotiable. References.

832-3334 LACONIA 1 Bedroom- Washer/ dryer hookup, storage, no pets.

Security Deposit & references. $600/month + utilities. 520-4353 LACONIA2-ROOMMATES wanted to share personal home.

Clean, quiet, sober environment.

All inclusive, $110-130/week.

455-2014 LACONIA Clean, newly painted 1-Bedroom. Convenient to hospital/ high school. No smoking, no pets. $150/week, heat/hot water included, security deposit.

630-0140 Laconia prime 1st floor Pleasant St. Apartment. Walk to town & beaches. 2 bedrooms + 3-season glassed in sun porch. Completely repainted, glowing beautiful hardwood floors, marble fireplace, custom cabinets in kitchen with appliances, tile bath & shower. $1,000/Month includes heat & hot water. 630-4771 or 524-3892 LACONIA- 2 Bedroom. Elm Street area, spacious, clean. first floor, porch, parking, washer/dryer hook ups. $825/month plus utilities.

References and deposit required.

603-318-5931 Laconia- 3 bedroom duplex. Great yard, quiet, close to hospital. $1,150/month. Heat/Hot water included.

Non-smokers.

603-630-5877 LACONIA- AVAILABLE NOW- 1 bedroom loft condo, near downtown Laconia, hardwood floors, granite countertops, Stainless Steel appliances, washer/ dryer. Includes Internet, cable, gym, and bike storage. No pets, no smoking. References, security and lease required. $900/month. 455-4075.

LACONIA- first floor 3 bedroom apartment.

Fresh paint, washer/dryer hook-ups. off-street parking, $850/Month + utilities.

(Cheap heat). Available May 1st.

520-4311 LACONIA- Spacious 2 bedroom.

Laundry hook-ups, no pets, no smoking. $875/Month. photos and info. at: 140courtstreet.blogspot.com.

528-1829 LACONIA: Nice & quiet one bedroom, 2nd floor, good neighborhood, storage, parking, $700/month includes heat.

455-8789.

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

LACONIA: 3-bedroom 5 room with sunporch Messer St. $210 per week includes heat, $600 security 524-7793.

LACONIA: Gilbert Apartments.

Call for available apartments.

524-4428 LACONIA: 1-2 Bedrooms starting at $165/Week, utilities included.

No pets. Please call 545-9510.

LAKEPORT 2nd floor, cozy one bedroom 2 car parking, $130/ week, no utilities, no pets, no smoking. Call Rob 617-529-1838 MEREDITH Apartment- Partially furnished, walk to downtown & beach. NO smoking/No Pets $650/month Call 476-8405 MEREDITH Next to Bay, big balcony overlooking town, 25 Pleasant St. modern two (#2) bedroom, appliances, w/d hook-up, big closets, no pets, non-smoker, $995/mo. + deposit, includes heat.

603-622-1940 or 603-867-8678.

MEREDITH- 1 bedroom apartment with kitchen and living room.

No pets.

No smoking. $700/Month, includes heat & hot water. Ideal for single person.

279-4164 NEW HAMPTON 2 bedroom 2nd floor, Beautiful old colonial, at exit 23 on I-93. $825/month with heat/hot water. No pets, no smoking. One year lease and security deposit. 744-2163.

TILTON: Spacious 2 and 3 bedroom apartments available. Heat and hot water included. Please call Mary at Stewart Property Management (603)641-2163.

EHO.

Child Care CHILDREN S Garden Childcare: Year-round, reliable, clean, structured, pre-K environment, one acre yard, central location.

528-1857.

For Rent LACONIA: 1 bedroom subsidized apartment. Must be elderly or disabled. Preferece given to elderly applicants with extremely low income. ($14,800 or lower).

EHO. Please call Mary at Stewart Property Management 603-641-2163 1 & 2-bedroom apartments $475-$800 per month. No pets.

603-781-6294.

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.

Bristol NH- 2 bedroom, completely renovated, 2nd floor. $700 per month plus utilities. Call

Rental Assistance Available Apply Now for our Waiting List

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

Rent is based upon 30% of your adjusted income.

Call today for an application, or download an application at:

www.hodgescompanies.com

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

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For Rent

For Rent-Commercial

For Sale

For Sale

For Sale

Furniture

Laconia-O’Shea Industrial Park

Evinrude 3HP Outboard MotorBuilt in gas tank 35lbs., Freshwater used. Excellent condition, runs great! $250. Call Howard at 630-0822

HOT Tub- 2012 model 6 person 40 jets, waterfall. Full warranty & cover. Cost $8,000 sell $3,800.

Can deliver 235-5218

Washer (Roper) & Dryer- Electric, (Maytag), $250. 496-8639

GRAND OPENING! NEW LOCATION! COZY CABIN RUSTICS AND MATTRESS OUTLET!

72 Primrose Drive •10,000 Sq, Ft. Warehouse / Manufacturing. $5,800

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

(603)476-8933

FIREWOOD - SANBORNTON. Heat Source Cord Wood.

Seasoned & Green. Cut, split, and delivered. Call 286-4946, leave message.

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

Seasoned available.

(603)455-8419

Commercial Space NORTHFIELD: 3 bedroom, 2nd & 3rd floors, $255/week including heat, electric & hot water.

524-1234 www.whitemtrentals.com.

NORTHFIELD: Large 2 bedroom on 2nd & 3rd floors. $245/week including heat, electric & hot water, 524-1234, www.whitemtrentals.com.

Lakeport, Elm Street

KITCHEN Cabinets- brand new, maple, cherrywood, shaker & antique white. Solid wood, never installed, cost $6,500 sell $1,650.

603-833-8278 LAMB -RAISED locally. Hormone & antibiotic free. Vacuum packed, frozen. Custom cuts available.

528-5838 Lift Chair/Recliner- Tan color, like new. Why pay $700 new? $450 takes this away! Call 393-0105 (leave message).

Oak Roll top Desk & Chair- $250, 3 cushion sofa $50. 603-279-5991

$325/mth includes heat $650/mth plus utilities

Panamax m5400-PM Home Theater. 11 outlet surge protector/voltage regulator, $250. 496-8639

Please call 524-4428 for more information

TILTON UPDATED one bedroom.

Top-floor, quiet. Heat/Hot Water included, no dogs. $600/Month.

Also downstairs 1-bedroom coming up. 603-393-9693 or 916-214-7733.

TILTON- Large room for rent downtown. $150/week includes all utilities. 603-286-4391 WINNISQUAM: Small efficiency and a cottage including heat, hot water, lights and cable. $160-$175 per week. $400 deposit. No pets. 387-3864.

For Rent-Vacation TIME share Near Disney, Florida.

One week every odd year, best offer. Evenings 603-524-7336

For Rent-Commercial MEREDITH BILLBOARD - On Route 3, between Route 104 and 106 (Rotary). Available 5/1.

279-1234

BERMUDA King pool. 24’ round w/deck. All aluminum, heater.

Asking $2,500/OBO. Paid $10,000. 286-4430

ETHAN ALLEN dining room set, cherry wood, table (2 leaves), hutch (2 piece), 4 chairs. $299.

520-7054 NEW mattresses ...always a great deal! Starting; King set complete $395, queen set $249.

603-524-1430.

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10-20% OFF IN-STOCK RUSTIC, LODGE, LOG CABIN, AND SHAKER FURNITURE, LOCALLY MADE, UNIQUE, BEDROOMS, LIVING ROOMS, DINING, FUTONS,BUNKBEDS,ARTWORK,R ECLINERS, OCCASIONAL TABLES, MUCH MORE! NOW IN SENTERS MARKET PLACE NEXT TO HEATH'S SUPERMARKET, CTR HARBOR AND 757 TENNEY MTN HWY PLYMOUTH, ACROSS FROM SEARS. CALL JASON 662-9066 OR ARTHUR 996-1555 email bellacard@netzero.net WWW.VISCODIRECT.COM

Free 18’ 1980 Glastron Boat, you haul away Free. Call 387-7019 FREE Pickup for your unwanted, useful item garages, automobiles, etc. estates cleaned out and yardsale items. (603)930-5222.

PAYING CASH FOR

contents of storage units, household, basement & barn, etc.

Free removal.

(603)730-2260.

275 gallon oil tank. 10 years old, 10 gallons K-1 remain. $100.

455-2216

BAZOOKA Navigator 26" double suspension folding bike, silver with gel seat, retails for $600, used 3 times, asking $300/obo, 723-4032.

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.

Starting at $2 per day Call 737.2020 or email

2 new Rinnai tankless water heaters. LP or NAT gas. Includes standard vent kit. $1,075 each, will deliver. 603-944-7386

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

Furniture AMAZING!

Get the Best Help Under the Sun!

For Sale 18ft. F/G Boat- 55HP & trailer.

14ft. F/G Sailboat. $1,500. (603) 539-5194

TILTON UPDATED one bedroom.

Top-floor, quiet. Heat/Hot Water included, no dogs. $600/Month.

Also downstairs 1-bedroom coming up. 603-393-9693 or 916-214-7733.

WOODWORKING Tools: Hand & Power. All kinds of wood. Please call 524-7194.

Golf Equipment-Woods, irons, wedges & bags. Also remote control for kangaroo power caddie.

528-9661 Gray pavers (114) $95, Refracting telescope (60mm) $55, 21” Sharp color TV $45. 279-6515 MOVING SALE - Queen bed, like new, kitchen set, best offer 267-7445, cell 998-5844.

Sentry Fire Safe, Model OS3470, Combination/Key entry.

17”X17”X17”, $150. 496-8639 Sharp Aquos 32in. LCD TV. 1080p, 120hz, $250. 496-8639 Ski Mobile Trailer 7ft. L X 8ft. W. $150. 14in-15in. Tires $25 and up.

(603)539-5194 UPRIGHT Piano- 1905 Ivers & Pond piano, maunfactured in Boston. Good condition, best offer.

267-8540

Classic IBM Selectric II Typewriter (blue) in excellent condition with extra font balls & extra black correctable ribbon. $275.

528-2283 DESIGNER wedding gown (never worn) Sofia Tolli Y2804 Irene size-4, Swarovski Crystal embossed, $1000, paid $2100.

455-8601 DREMEL jig saw with stand, $50.

Boat trailer spare tire with aluminum rim, $50. Harley Davidson miniskirt, size 10, $100. Branches kayak paddle, wood, $60.

366-6277 Firewood- Green $185/cord, Cut/split and delivered locally.

286-4121.

CNC Programmer – 1st shift Must possess the ability to interpret and explain complex drawings. Understanding of CNC machining processes, including; set-up, operations and control language. A thorough knowledge of all programming and companion software, including NX, Vericut and DNC. Requires a minimum of 2+ years’ CAD/CAM software exposure and 5+ years’ experience with CNC machines using Fanuc and Okuma controls.

Unigraphics/NX training and multi-axis CNC Lathes and CNC Mills preferred.

Affordable Housing Get your name on our waiting list PRINCE HAVEN APARTMENTS Plymouth, N.H. All utilities included (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

Applications will be accepted until Friday, May 4, 2012.

Family Seeking Full/Part-Time Direct Support Professionals Seeking individuals to assist family supporting a cheerful and good natured young man in his community and at home with daily living skills, personal care, volunteer and fun activities.

Candidate should possess strong interactive skills and positive, creative, and energetic attitude. Reliable transportation required. Non-smoker.

Full/part-time positions available, M-F, 7-5.

Competive wage. Excellent benefits for full time.

Submit resume and/or work history to: PO Box 7106

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

Please contact Human Resources EPTAM Plastics, 2 Riverside Business Park Northfield, NH 03276 Tel: 603-729-5014, Fax: 603-215-2971 Email: kdubois@eptam.com EOE/AA

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

Heavy Equipment

HEAVY EQUIPMENT RENTAL MINI EXCAVATOR Kubota mini excavator for rent. KX161 12,000 pound machine. Rubber tracks & air conditioning. Hydraulic thumb and push blade.

SKID STEER Caterpillar 277B skid steer for rent with bucket and/or forks.

Rubber tracks.

MAN LIFT Terex TB50 man lift for rent.

50 foot maximum platform height and 500 lbs. maximum platform capacity. Four wheel drive with articulating jib.

Free delivery and pick-up within 20 miles of Sunapee with two or more days rental. Rent by the day, week or month. $300. a day, $1,000. a week or $2,500. a month. All insurance is handled in house.

Help Wanted Busy Laconia specialty practice looking for an RN to join our team of nurses in a very diversified practice. Must be able to work independently in various roles.

We are looking for someone for 4 days per week. We offer a very competitive salary.

Please call (603) 524-7402, x 210, for more information.

Help Wanted EXPERIENCED CASHIERS Must have minimum of 5 years experience.

Flexible Hours Nights & weekends a must!

Please apply in person.

Ellacoya Country Store Gilford

WEIRS BEACH LOBSTER POUND Now Hiring For

ALL POSITIONS Experience Required.

AUTOBODY Tech/Painter needed for busy shop. 6 paid holiday, paid vacation time, paid sick and personal. No weekends! Experienced techs only. Please apply in person to Bayview Auto Body, 26 Artisan Ct., Gilford.

BOAT CLEANING & YARD/ FACILITY MAINTENANCE at Channel Marine, Weirs Beach.

Yard work, painting, some carpentry, boat cleaning, facility maintenance, work independently, forward application to admin@channelmarine.com or 366-4801 X211 Christina.

Help Wanted Laborer/Carpenter- Swift Water Construction is looking for dependable person for a small construction outfit. To qualify, must have general liability insurance, transportation. Rates start at $12-$15 per hour. Call Ben at 603-393-5352 LINE COOKS: Now hiring experienced line cooks who are energetic with a positive outlook and a team player. Full and part time positions available. Weekends a must! Pay commensurate with experience. Apply in person at Hart!s Turkey Farm Restaurant on Rte 3 in Meredith or apply o n l i n e a t www.hartsturkeyfarm.com.

HOUSEKEEPERSPart Time Help- Looking for mothers or retired ladies in need of extra cash to help in my housecleaning business, summers into fall. Fine attention to detail, reliable and dependable. Must be able to work Saturdays July & August. Flexible hours, must have car.

References/background check.

Call Bonnie 387-6708 Days.

LACONIA COUNTRY CLUB is now accepting applications for Line/Prep Cooks & Dishwasher June - September. Please apply in person 607 Elm Street, Laconia.

LEAD TEACHER Part time (Tues.-Fri.) Must have experience, love for children and 9 ECT credits. Call 528-8557.

Cross Insurance-Meredith, NH Office

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Help Wanted

FRONT DESK/SEATER- Now hiring motivated team players with positive attitudes for full and part time positions. No experience necessary, we will train the right candidate. Flexible schedules with weekends and holidays a must. Apply in person at Hart!s Turkey Farm Restaurant on Rt. 3 in Meredith or apply online at www.hartsturkeyfarm.com.

JOB FAIR - TODAY NOON-3PM

603-763-6005

$9-$15/HR for project at Berlin, NH prison. Interviews Tuesday and Wednesday at Berlin Prison. FMI (727)600-5448, email resumes gopdgroup@live.com

Help Wanted

SEASONAL POSITION The City of Laconia Public Works Department is seeking a highly motivated individual to perform seasonal roadway and sidewalk maintenance. This individual is to accomplish street and sidewalk hand-sweeping, weeding, garbage pick-up and other general “aesthetic” streetscape maintenance in three (3) key pedestrian and vehicular focal points in Laconia.

These focal points, Downtown Laconia, Elm St. /Lakeport Square and Lakeside Ave./Weirs Boardwalk will need to be maintained on a daily basis. Vehicle and tools will be provided. Valid Operator Drivers License is required.

Work duration is expected to be 16 weeks (May 21 through September 7, 2012) at 40 hours per week. Work week will be Tuesday through Saturday, 7:00 a.m. through 3:30 p.m. Pay rate will be $14./hour.

City application forms are available at the Finance Office, 2nd floor, Laconia City Hall, 45 Beacon St. East, between 8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday or on the City website www.city.laconia.nh.us under Personnel/Em ployment. Applications will be accepted until Wednesday, May 9, 2012.

EOE/ADA

We have an opening in our commercial lines department. The successful candidate must possess a current P & C agent license and have a minimum of three years experience. The position requires organization, accuracy and excellent communications skills. We are looking for someone who can work independently as well as with a team. We offer an excellent benefit package.

Please send you resume and cover letter to: WINFINGER@crossagency.com

Immediate Part Time Opening

Lighting Showroom/Office Assistant Team LE is looking for an energetic, creative self starter who is up to the challenge of building a new and exciting career in residential lighting sales while learning aspects of Marketing and Consulting. The successful candidate must have a positive attitude, be comfortable with computers and general office duties, enjoy working with the public and be able to work Saturdays 8 am -Noon. Previous sales experience helpful.

Apply in person or send resume to: Chris Resca Laconia Electric Supply 935 Union Avenue Laconia, NH 03246

Be part of the excitement and the largest sporting events in New Hampshire.

EVENT ONLY positions are available in New Hampshire Motor Speedway s Security Department. Must be 18 or older. Apply in person at New Hampshire Motor Speedway, 1122 Rte. 106, Loudon, NH 03307; online at NHMS.com; or download your application and mail attn: Wendy Leach.

Now Hiring Full Time Assistant Head of Housekeeping Experience Needed

Also Hiring Part Time Housekeepers Saturdays a Must!

Please Apply In Person 177 Mentor Ave., Laconia

The Looney Bin Bar & Grill Now Hiring PT Kitchen Help Nights, Weekends & Bike Week A Required Experience not necessary, but good work ethic & positive attitude are.

Please Apply In Person 554 Endicott St. North Weirs Beach

Belknap Subaru…

Due to tremendous growth in our service business at Belknap Subaru, we are looking to add an additional technician to our staff. We are looking to hire someone who will compliment our existing staff. We are a flat rate shop; speed and high quality work are valued skills and will be rewarded. A successful applicant must demonstrate these qualities.

A qualified applicant should possess, ASE certification. If you have recently graduated from a recognized automotive technician program, we are interested in speaking with you. If you have the right set of skills, we will train the right applicant!

If you have the qualities we are looking for, we offer a full range of benefits and a work environment that is both pleasant and financially rewarding.

Please apply online. Send resumes to mtavares@belknapsubaru.com attention Mark Tavares, Service Manager at Belknap Subaru. You may also call us at 729-1300, ask for Mark Tavares.

Belknap Subaru 35 Tilton Rd. Tilton, NH 03276 603-729-1300 or 800-358-4029 Belknapsubaru.com

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SUNDAY, APRIL 29 Performance of The Drowsy Chaperone presented by the Department of Music, Theatre, and Dance at Plymouth State University. 4 p.m. in the Studio Theatre at the Silver Center. Tickets are $19/adults, $17/ seniors and $15/ youth. For more information call 535-2787.

The Plymouth State University Symphonic Band presents a concert of music by American composers. 1 p.m. in the Hanaway Theatre at the Silver Center for the Arts.

Tickes are $8/adults and youth, $6/seniors. For more information call 535-2787.

Species in Danger program at the Squam Lake Natural Science Center in Holderness. 1 to 2 p.m. A family program that will clarify the meaning of “endangered species” $6/member & $8/non-member. Registration required at 968-7194. www.nhnature.org.

Help Wanted

Motorcycles

PART-TIME Spring clean-up help needed in Gilford. Painting, raking, mowing, etc. $7.50/hr.

556-7098.

Dirt Bike 150CC Baja 5-speed 4-stroke. New, test driven only.

Nice! $900/OBRO. 253-1804 or 393-2632

Seasonal Cleaning positions available through October. We are looking for honest and reliable employees. 279-4769

MONDAY, APRIL 30 Lakes Region Planning Commission meeting focuses on the next generation of broadband Internet access. 6 p.m. at the Meredith Community Center. Open to the public.

Gilford’s Largest Tree Contest workshop. 4 to 6 p.m. at Kitchen Cravings. Forester Andrew Fast will explain how to correctly identify and measure trees.

Trio Balkan Strings performs at the N.H. Jazz Center at Pitman’s Freight Room in Laconia. 8 p.m. BYOB. $12.

Former N.H. Agriculture Commissioner Steve Taylor presents “Cows and Communities: How the Lowly Bovine Has Nurtured N.H. Through Four Centuries”. 7 p.m. at the Taylor Community’s Woodside building in Laconia. Hosted by the Taylor Community and the N.H. Humanities Council.

American Red Cross Blood Drive at Penny Pitou Travel in downtown Laconia. 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. All donors

Services

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Buy • Sell • Trade www.motoworks.biz

QS&L Builders. Roofing, decks and more. 15 years experience.

Fully insured. Free estimates.

603-832-3850

LANDSCAPE: patios, retaining walls, stonewalls, walkways, decks email: prp_masonry@yahoo.com. 603-726-8679.

LACONIA: Come experience life in the country where you can hear the loons croon from Winnisquam from the comfort of your deck.

Watch turkeys and other birds feast, and live where the deer meet you as you drive up the driveway at dusk. Smell the blooming fragrance of honeysuckle, tulips, hydrangea, columbine, petite roses, sedum, Lady Slippers and lavender as spring turns into summer. Can quarts of peaches from your own trees.

Marvel at the turtles laying their eggs on your land as they!ve done since time was ancient. A beautiful passive solar 3-bedroom house sits on nearly 16 acres of forested and fielded land waiting for you to come Home. $259,900.

Call Sharon, 520-6160.

FLYFISHING LESSONS

www.mountainviewflyfishing.com

SCUBA LESSONS! Start now with online videos and pool sessions. Great exercise! Call Central NH Divers 279-9099

Mobile Homes DOUBLE wide mobile home For Sale on corner lot. 3-bedroom 2-bath with master suite. Open living & dining room, gas fireplace, screen porch, shed, two driveways. Lake breeze Park Call 393-6370

520-0313 Serving Belknap, Carroll & Grafton Counties

Viking Pop-up camper. Loaded, excellent condition, $4,000. Call 520-2444

Real Estate

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

RESIDENTIAL WINDOW CLEANING

24ft. Travel-lite Trailer by Honda.

Well kept, sleeps 4. Must see for $6,900. Call 524-8860

Home Improvements

Yard Sale

Gilford- Friday & Saturday, 9am-3pm. 530 Morrill St.

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

2007 Honda Recon TRX 250TM four wheeler, $2000. Please contact Sheri 520-5340

Instruction

Services

BELMONT MOVING SALE- 97 Cotton Hill Rd. 4/28 & 4/29, Sat. 8-2, Sun. 8-12. 25 years of stuff; clothing, household items, toys, books, etc.

Recreation Vehicles

TOTAL security is looking for the right person to train in our fast growing alarm business. Drivers license required. Back ground checked and drug testing. Call today 524-2833

will receive a coupon for a free regular 6-inch sub from any participating Subway restaurant.

Overeaters Anonymous offers a program of recovery from compulsive eating using the Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions of OA. Monday nights at 7 p.m. at the Laconia Congregational Church Parish Hall. Call and leave a message for Elizabeth at 630-9967 for more information.

Narcotics Anonymous meeting. 7 to 8:30 p.m. at 35 Tower Street in Weirs Beach.

Laconia Chapter of Barbershop Harmony Society meeting. 7:15 to 9:30 p.m. at the Gilford Community Church. Guests and singers of all ages and skills are invited to attend these Monday night rehearsals. For more information call Guy Haas at 279-2230.

HANDYMAN SERVICES

Saturday, April 28 8am-?

OPEN FOR THE SEASON

126 Pease Rd. Meredith Halfway between Rte.104 & Parade Rd.

Wed-Sun 10-5 603-279-4234 Kero & Electric Lamps Shades • Supplies Glassware • Tools & Collectibles

LANDSCAPING: Spring Clean-up, Mulching, weeding, seasonal mowing, fertilizing, brush cutting, bush trimming. Free estimates.

603-387-9788.

FOR SALE BY OWNER. Gjilford well maintained 1982 single wide mobile home with improvements.

Near lakes and shopping. Ed Gorman 528-2903.

LACONIA- Sat. 4/28 9am-3pm.

Motorcycle parts, car parts, 89 Sportster, old dirt bike, lots of goodies. 83 Lafayette St.

First Sale of the Season!

Rick Drouin 520-5642 or 744-6277

Services

LACONIA Yard Sale- 103 Blueberry Lane Apt. 27. 9-4 Many new items.

Lakeport Community Association

Small Jobs Are My Speciality

HARDSCAPES, Field Stone Walls, Patios, Water Features, Small Excavation Projects, Deliveries, Mulch, Loam. 25 Years Experience. Dean at Hancock Masonry. 267-6048

LACONIA Moving Sale. Saturday April 28th Rain or Shine. 9am to 1pm (No early birds). 1024 Meredith Center Road. Furniture, rugs, lamps, dishes and misc. home goods.

Lamp Repair is our Specialty alexlamp@metrocast.net DO YOU NEED FINANCIAL HELP with the spaying, altering of your dog or cat? 224-1361

BEHIND LAKEPORT FIRE STATION MARK YOUR CALENDARS for Saturday, May 5th, 8am-2pm.

Indoor Yard Sale at Inter-Lakes Elementary School, 21 Laker Lane (down the hill behind the High School). Proceeds to benefit the ILHS Chem-Free After-Prom Party! Something for everyone!

Gladly accepting donations which can be dropped off Friday 5/4, 3-8pm or Saturday, 5/5, 7-8am in the Multi-Purpose Room. No electronics please.

MEREDITH Garage Sale4/27-4/29. Cleaning out the house! Something for everyone!

Friday & Saturday 9-4, Sunday 9-1 32 Windsong Place.

STEVE’S LANDSCAPING AND GENERAL YARDWORK For all your yard needs.

524-4389 or 630-3511.

GILFORD Well maintained manufactured home with many updates located next to Glendale Docks.

(900 sq. ft. 3-bedbrooms, kitchen, living room, four season porch bathroom, 2 decks and small shed. Enjoy all the lakes region has to offer. $23,500. Frank 617-899-5731

Clearview Builders & Landscaping Property Maintenance Home Repair, Painting, Finish Work, Decks, Dock Work, Lawn Mowing, Pruning, Mulching & Tree Trimming.

Motorcycles

MOVING SALE

Call 387-9789

1999 Harley Davidson XLH 1200 Custom: 9k miles, mint condition, original owner, $8,000.

Call 729-0137.

Wanted To Buy

2000 Harley Davidson Ultra Classic, metallic green and black, new factory re-build Harley Davidson motor, looks and runs great, many extras, $7800 call Paul in Berlin at 603-752-5519, 603-915-0792 leave message.

Quality Work Reasonable Rates Free Estimates Metal Roofs • Shingle Roofs

2004 Yamaha 1100 V-Star Classic: Runs great, real nice bike, must see, $4,500/b.r.o.

603-707-7158. Leave message.

Major credit cards accepted

TOOLS

PIPER ROOFING

Our Customers Don t get Soaked!

528-3531

MOORINGS HARDWOOD Flooring- Dust Free Sanding. 25 years experience.

Excellent references. Weiler Building Services 986-4045 Email:

Dock Repairs Fast & Affordable 877-528-4104 MooringMan.com

Power, hand and cordless. Cash waiting. Call 603-733-7058

Saturday, April 28th, 8am-3pm.

57 White Rock Circle, Lochmere (near Tilton). Route 3 west, left before Winnisquam Auto. Great stuff cheap prices. Tools, collectibles, jewelry, some furnture, computer monitor, printer, sound system. NO EARLY BIRDS!!!

Yard Sale

MOVING Sale: Garage & household items. Saturday, April 27, 8am-4pm. 991 Meredith Center Road, Laconia.

Laconia Multi-Family Yard SaleApril 28, 8am-3pm. 49 Dartmouth St. Baby-Adult items, something for everyone!

SATURDAY, April 28, 2012, 8 am 13 Willow Street, Lakeport, N.H. Western and romance books and many more items.

Plymouth Regional Chamber receives $30,000 USDA Rural Business Enterprise Grant

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Pine Gardens Manufactured Homes Sales & Park

Under New Ownership

search for needed information to develop, run and PLYMOUTH — The Plymouth Regional Chamber Office Lots Lowest grow a small business in central NH. of Commerce has received a one-year $30,000 Rural (603) 267-8182 Available Prices For more information about the Technical AssisBusiness Enterprise Grant (RBEG) from USDA See our homes at: Around! tance Program or the Plymouth Regional Chamber Rural Development from July 2012 to June 2013. www.pinegardens.mhvillage.com of Commerce, contact the Chamber office at 536“This grant will allow the Chamber to continue to Park Rent - $390/Month 1001, or e-mail info@plymouthnh.org. offer technical assistance to businesses in Plymouth 6 Scenic Drive, Belmont, NH and all our surrounding regional communities that we serve until the summer of 2013, when Grafton County Economic Development’s Business EnterPUBLIC prise Center is scheduled to open its doors at 149 Main Street in Plymouth”, said Scott Stephens, execSaturday, April 28th,10am-Noon utive director at the chamber.

In 2010, the chamber was granted a two-year Sunday, April 29th, 10am-Noon RBEG from USDA Rural Development to create and Lisa Meeken implement a program offering technical assistance 603-496-2608 Sunday, April 29 • 11:30-3 Saturday, April 28 • 11-2 lisameeken@metrocast.net to small and emerging businesses in the Plymouth 26 Range Rd, Belmont 4C Duffers Dr, Laconia regional area without charge, regardless of chamListed at $184,900 ber affiliation. Since then, the program has assisted JUST UPDATED! This condo at 4 scores of businesses from the Lakes Region to the Seasons is a must see! Brand new 883 Weirs Blvd #60 foothills of the White Mountains and from Warren to kitchen, flooring, paint and a new Laconia, NH bathroom. Move in ready and a Moultonborough.

MLS #4140615 DEEDED BOAT SLIP! Beach and pool!

“We are pleased that our work with area businesses has proven successful for so many. The fact that we $271,900 $215,000 will be able to continue this program under the Directions: South Down Shores, Outerbridge Dr Directions: Rt 3 (DW Hwy), turn left at Silver funding of a RBEG shows that the USDA is seeing to Davidson Dr. Golf Village (1st Entrance) on Lake Rd, straight onto Jamestown Rd. Range Rd right. Follow Birdie Way to Duffers Dr, Unit #4C. will be on your left. Property sits back from the the benefit in the work being done.” said Stephens. road on right.

MLS#4140246 MLS#4138486 “According to the USDA, this is the only program of Abby Russell 630-3422 and Abby Russell 630-3422 and its kind in the state of Peg Thurston 455-7903 Peg Thurston 455-7903 New Hampshire that is RBEG funded and proSunday, April 29 • 2-4 Sunday, April 29 • 11:30-1:30 viding this high level of 27 Blue Boar Ln, Canterbury 136 Watson Rd #12, Gilford technical assistance to $799 a month, and you’ll own your own ranch our region. It has been home. New “over 55” land lease village. a real pleasure to part$6,000 down 240 @6.5%. or $59,995 ner with many departments at Plymouth State University, local MANSFIELD and state agencies, and area businesses for the $279,000 $159,900 WOODS Directions:Rte140 through Belmont, straight on Directions: Rte 11 to Old Lakeshore Rd to Watson benefit of our regional Shaker Rd., left on Blue Boar Lane, house on Rd to Stonewall Village on right, at the “T” take 88 North Rt 132, businesses and we are next left, home is 2nd on left #12. MLS#4150849 right. MLS#4128258 proud to be able to conKim Bertholet 393-5569 Charlene Reinauer 930-3579 New Hampton, NH tinue our work in the region.”

348 Court St., Laconia, NH The new grant will (603)524-2255 continue the technical www.NewEnglandMoves.com assistance program crecall Kevin 603-387-7463 ated by the chamber as well as offer some new benefits to businesses in the region.

E-mail: info@cumminsre.com “I’m most excited 61 Liscomb Circle, Gilford, NH 03249 about developing the online businesses Fax: 524-6810 resource center targeted towards small www.cumminsre.com and emerging businesses in central New Hampshire”, said Kim Beardwood Smith, the Business Development “National Association of Realtors” Open House Weekend Officer at the Chamber.

Sat 4/28.. 10am-12pm…205 Shore Dr Laconia Sat 4/28..10am-12pm..36 Dartmouth St Laconia Sat 4/28..10am-12pm.. 17 Lynnewood Dr Laconia Sat 4/28,,,10am-12pm…31 Collins Brook Rd Sat 4/28…10am-12pm…20 Joy Ave Cates Mobile Now $229,000 Newly Listed..$159,000 $450,000 Meredith…$875,000 Home Pk Belmont $36,000 “The scheduled launch for this resource center is the fall, so keep checking the Chamber’s website until then.”

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Artistic Roots offers free classes for veterans thanks to MVSB grant PLYMOUTH — Meredith Village Savings Bank (MVSB) is pleased to sponsor Artistic Roots in its endeavor to provide free art classes, demonstrations and workshops to all veterans. MVSB recently announced a $1,000 sponsorship of the organization’s Art for Veterans Project (AVP).

Artistic Roots is a cooperative of artists and artisans from Central New Hampshire. Its mission is to support local artists and bring art to its wider community. It operates a multidisciplinary, visual arts gallery and teaching center on Main Street in Plymouth that is handicap-accessible.

AVP offers art and craft demonstrations, classes and workshops to all veterans at no charge. Fifteen professional artists from central New Hampshire will share their skill and expertise at classes held throughout the year at Artistic Roots at 73 Main Street in downtown Plymouth.

“We are so grateful to Meredith Village Savings Bank for this generous gift to promote the arts and

honor the veterans in our community,” said Monique MacIntosh, executive director for Artistic Roots.

“In addition to giving opportunities for creative expression to the heroes who have bravely served our country, the AVP project is a way to support local artisans financially and professionally.”

The program, which starts this month, includes drawing, painting, woodworking, pottery, fiber arts, flytying, print-making, mosaics, digital photography and blacksmithing.

Instructors who are interested in participating should contact program leaders, Kathy and Tom Grabiek, at the Artistic Roots gallery.

For more information or to preregister, visit the gallery at 73 Main Street or call (603) 536-2750.

Meredith Village Savings Bank, founded in 1869, is an independent mutual savings bank with 11 offices serving individuals, families, businesses and municipalities in the Lakes Region and the Plymouth area. More information can be found at www.mvsb.com.

Artists and members of Artistic Roots prepare for the Art for Veterans Project (AVP) (Seated in front row): Kathy Grabiek, project leader for the Art for Veterans Project. (Standing in front row, left to right): Barbara McAlister and Melissa Greenawalt-Yelle. (Standing in back row, left to right): Tom Grabiek, AVP project leader, Diane Taylor-Moore, artist and member, Kelly Beebee and Janet Currier, from the downtown Plymouth branch of Meredith Village Savings Bank, and Marian Federspiel. (Courtesy photo)

Ted Nugent says he’s insulted by cancellation of concert at Fort Knox Army post LOS ANGELES (AP) — Ted Nugent said he was insulted by the cancellation of his planned concert at an Army post over his comments about President Obama.

Commanders at the Fort Knox, Ky., post nixed Nugent’s segment of a June concert after the rocker

and conservative activist said at a recent National Rifle Association meeting that he would be “dead or in jail by this time next year” if Obama is re-elected.

Nugent told The Associated Press this week that his words were not intended as a threat against the president.

“To think that there’s a bureaucrat in the United States Army that would consider the use or abuse of First Amendment rights in determining who is going to perform at an Army base is an insult and defiles the sacrifices of those heroes who fought for the U.S. Constitution, Bill of Rights,” Nugent said.

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