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By Michael Kitch THE LACONIA DAILY SUN

LACONIA — With one dissenting vote the City Council last night formally appointed Scott Myers, the four-term mayor of Dover, this city’s fourth city manager.

Myers will start work on Tuesday next

week by tackling a list of 59 items prepared by retiring finance director and acting city manager Pam Reynolds. He said he plans to formally resign as mayor of Dover next week.

Councilor Brenda Baer (Ward 4) said that she opposed the appointment because Myers’s “resume is lacking the very credentials our charter sets forth for

the city manager.” The council’s second choice, she insisted, possessed the experience and qualifications required of the position, including an impressive record of promoting economic development marked by attracting $50-million of investment in a struggling downtown and adding more see MyErS page 23

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Laconia’s new City Manager Scott Meyers gets a kiss from his wife Connie after being sworn in last night by the Laconia City Council. Looking on at the left is Mayor Mike Seymour. In the background in Ward 2 Councilor Matt Lahey. (Alan MacRae/for the Laconia Daily Sun)

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Mass. judge says Bulger entitled to a public defender

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BOSTON (AP) — Former reputed mob boss James “Whitey” Bulger, who escaped prosecution for 16 years until he was apprehended last week in California with more than $800,000 in cash, was given a taxpayerfunded attorney Thursday after a judge concluded that he is unable to pay for his own lawyer.

Prosecutors argued that Bulger’s family — including his brother William Bulger, the former Massachusetts Senate president — have the means to help pay for Whitey Bulger’s defense. Assistant U.S. Attorney Brian Kelly also suggested that Bulger, who is charged with participating in 19 murders, could have lied about his assets on the financial form he filed with the court.

“This defendant is facing a veritable avalanche of charges,” Kelly said. “He could care less” about the truthfulness of his financial disclosure, Kelly said.

But Bulger’s provisional attorney, Peter see WHITEY page 8

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Recess canceled, U.S. Senate to work next week on debt WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate canceled its planned July Fourth recess on Thursday, but partisan divisions remained razor sharp as the clock ticked on efforts to strike a deal to avoid a government default and trim huge federal deficits.

A day after President Barack Obama accused congressional leaders of procrastinating over the impasse, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., announced that the chamber would meet beginning next Tuesday. The Republican-run House

is not in session this week but had already been scheduled to be at work next week.

Despite the Senate’s schedule change, there was no indication the two sides had progressed in resolving their chief disagreement. Democrats insist that a deficit-cutting package of deep spending cuts also include higher taxes for the wealthiest Americans and fewer tax breaks for oil companies. Republicans say any such agreement would be defeated in Congress, a point Senate Minority Leader Mitch

McConnell, R-Ky., made anew when he invited Obama to meet with GOP lawmakers at the Capitol on Thursday afternoon.

“That way he can hear directly from Republicans why what he’s proposing won’t pass,” McConnell said on the Senate floor. “And we can start talking about what’s actually possible.”

McConnell’s invitation seemed almost like a taunt, since well before McConnell spoke the White House had announced see SENATE page 10

LOS ALAMOS, N.H. (AP) — Firefighters were confident Thursday they had stopped the advance of a wildfire that headed toward the Los Alamos nuclear lab and the nearby town that now sits empty for the second time in 11 years, even as they battled the blaze that crept into a canyon that descends into the town and parts of the lab.

Of 1,000 firefighters on the scene, 200 were battling the blaze in Los Alamos Canyon,

which runs past the old Manhattan Project site in town and a 1940s era dump site where workers are near the end of a clean-up project of low-level radioactive waste. The World War II Manhattan Project developed the first atomic bomb, and workers from the era dumped hazardous and radioactive waste in trenches along six acres atop the mesa where the town sits.

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Kevin Smith, the Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration site manager for Los Alamos, which over sees the lab. “Most of the materials have been dug up.”

Los Alamos Canyon runs through town and a portion of the northern end of the lab, where a weapons research nuclear reactor was located until it was demolsee LOS ALAMOS page 12

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Defense rests without Casey Anthony taking stand in her own defense

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Casey Anthony’s defense team rested its case Thursday in her high-profile murder trial without her testimony and some experts believe the strategy raised more questions than answers to support her claim that her 2-year daughter died in a tragic accident.

The jury also saw a note from a failed suicide attempt by Casey Anthony’s own

father, who wrestled with questions about what happened to his granddaughter.

Casey Anthony claimed he helped her dispose of Caylee’s body after she drowned.

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Her attorneys never produced any witnesses bolstering the claim made in last month’s opening statements that Anthony see TRIAL page 10

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Ann Reed, 32nd Judicial District Attorney, said she upgraded the charge against Carlos Rico after talking with the Sweetwater police chief.

“As the facts of the case developed it became apparent that the more serious charges were appropriate,” Reed told The Associated Press.

The first-degree felony charge replaces the child endangerment charge he faced after another man found his son along Interstate 20 near Sweetwater about 3 a.m. Tuesday. The 22-year-old father is accused of choking the boy and dumping him on the road about three hours before he was found.

Rico remained in the Nolan County jail on Thursday with bail set at $500,000. Jail officials said they did not know if Rico had an attorney and referred inquiries to the state district court, where clerks did not immediately respond to a phone message seeking comment.

Police say the boy was picked up by a local high school basketball coach and taken to a hospital, where doctors removed at least 500 cactus spines from his body.

He was released from the hospital Wednesday and has been placed into foster care.

Rico was driving from Lubbock to Saginaw when he abandoned his see TEXAS page 12

Man. man sentenced for placing 5-year-old in clothes dryer MANCHESTER (AP) — A New Hampshire man has been sentenced to at least 10 years in prison for choking and beating a 5-year-old girl and placing her in a clothes dryer.

Thirty-one-year-old Eric Zawadzki of Manchester had pleaded guilty to five counts of second-degree assault and one count of criminal restraint.

Police had said the girl’s mother left her daughter in the care of Zawadzki in August 2009 and returned a few hours later to find her beaten.

Zawadzki has been ordered to complete anger management and psychological counseling in state prison.

Upon release, he can have no contact with children under 16.

THE LACONIA DAILY SUN, Friday, July 1, 2011— Page 3

No deal: NBA to lock out players today NEW YORK (AP) — The NBA is locking out its players until a new collective bargaining agreement can be reached, the second pro sports league shut down by labor strife.

The lockout will commence at 12:01 EDT on Friday, after the expiration of the current deal that owners say has cost them millions of dollars a year.

“We had a great year in terms of the appreciation of our fans for our game. It just wasn’t a profitable one for the owners, and it wasn’t one that many of the smaller market teams particularly enjoyed or felt included in,” Commissioner David Stern said. “The goal here has been to make the league profitable and to have a league where all 30 teams can compete.”

The long-expected lockout could put the 2011-12 season in jeopardy and comes as the NFL is trying to end its own work stoppage that began in March.

“The expiring collective bargaining agreement created a broken system that produced huge financial losses for our teams,” Deputy Commissioner Adam

Silver said in a statement.

Despite a three-hour meeting Thursday and a final proposal from the players — which NBA leaders said would have raised average player salaries to $7 million in the sixth year of the deal — the sides could not close the enormous gulf between their positions.

“The problem is that there’s such a gap in terms of the numbers, where they are and where we are, and we just can’t find any way to bridge that gap,” union chief Billy Hunter said.

All league business is officially on hold, starting with the free agency period that would have opened Friday. And teams will be prohibited from having any contact with their players.

The last lockout reduced the 1998-99 season to just a 50-game schedule, the only time the NBA missed games for a work stoppage. Hunter said it’s too early to be concerned about that. see NBA page 13

Thornton woman charged with providing home nursing care without a license CONCORD (AP) — A New Hampshire woman has been arrested on charges of working as a homecare nurse after her license had been removed by the state.

Forty-nine-year-old Loretta Pinkham-Gerasimov of Thornton has been arrested on three misdemeanor charges.

The New Hampshire attorney general’s office says

the state nursing board revoked her certification in July 2010 after she failed to appear to answer an allegation that she misused a credit card belonging to a patient under her care.

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Civil Service is no way to run a business What’s the fair way to run a large organization? That’s a question that is squarely, and interestingly, raised

by Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s dissenting opinion in Walmart v. Dukes, a Supreme Court case decided last week.

The lawyers for the plaintiffs, women who work or worked for Walmart, were seeking to bring a class action charging pervasive discrimination against women. The 5-4 Supreme Court majority ruled that the group was too diverse to be given class-action status.

Ginsburg partially disagreed, saying that all female employees and former employees of Walmart might have enough in common to form a coherent class with common interests and entitled to common remedies. (We’ll leave aside the fact that much of the money in these cases ends up with the lawyers.) “A system of delegated discretion,” she wrote, can be the subject of a classaction lawsuit “when it produces discriminatory outcomes.”

There was no disagreement that Walmart’s management practices are “a system of delegated discretion.” Walmart store managers, as Justice Antonin Scalia explained in his majority opinion, have considerable discretion in deciding whom to hire and whom to promote.

The company, which employs some 1.4-million people in this country, is proud that it tends to promote from within, and it evidently holds its managers responsible for results that it famously monitors extremely closely.

It is hardly necessary to add that this formula was been successful.

Walmart is enormously profitable.

And I don’t think I’m the only one who has found Walmart greeters and sales people to be friendly and helpful every time I’ve shopped there.

But this is not a fair way to run a business, Ginsburg said, because women hold 70-percent of the company’s hourly jobs but only 33-percent of its management positions.

Women are paid less on average than men in every region, and the salary gap between men and women widens over the years.

All of which provides, Ginsburg concluded, an “inference of discrimination.” The fact that many women these days freely choose less demanding work in return for more family and free time surely couldn’t have anything to do with it.

The conclusion I draw is that Ginsburg thinks the only fair way to run a large organization is the way government runs civil service.

All jobs should be numerically classified to eliminate “arbitrary and subjective criteria.” Promotions should be determined by written tests or seniority, not by managers choosing “on the basis of their own subjective interpretations.” Managers should understand that they will face harsh scrutiny if they don’t hire and promote equal numbers of men and women and pay them all the same. Better just to figure out how to make your gender quotas and avoid any trouble.

Of course, anyone with experience in the real world can tell you that an organization run this way wouldn’t be as efficient as Walmart. It wouldn’t do as good a job of satisfying consumers’ wants. Its employees would probably not be as friendly and helpful.

If you doubt that, think back over the years about your experiences in your local department of motor vehicles. Only the most strenuous efforts by local officials, like former Washington Mayor Adrian Fenty, gets a DMV operating with anything close to Walmart efficiency.

The folks that concocted this lawsuit against Walmart want, in effect, to model the private sector of the economy on the civil service. That’s why they took on the largest privatesector company of them all. Their motives are similar to those of feminists who, in the 1970s, pushed for “comparable worth” legislation, under which bureaucrats would decide what each job was really worth and what each worker should be paid.

We’re better off if private firms allow managers to use “subjective criteria.” Which is to say, the human judgment we all use in everyday life to judge the performance of others.

Sometimes those judgments turn out to be wrong, but on balance they’re more reliable than rigid civil-service criteria.

All of which is recognized by liberals who care about government performance, like education reformers who want to give principals more discretion to weed out bad teachers. Or, as Elaine Kamarck, head of Al Gore’s Reinventing Government initiative, told me in the 1990s, “No rational person would choose civil service as the way to manage a large organization.” Justice Ginsburg notwithstanding.

(Syndicated columnist Michael Barone is a senior writer with U.S. News and World Report and principal co-author of The Almanac of American Politics.)

LETTERS Perhaps those people should sue; let some lawyer take their money To the editor, At the Tuesday, June 21 Gilford School Board meeting, several Gilford residents, taking issue with Gordon Graham’s (the board’s attorney) interpretation of state law and regulation, threatened litigation over whether the board has the power to hire a superintendent. This was in spite of Mr. Graham’s attempt to calmly, politely, and rationally explain the case and statutory law, as well as state regulations involved. In one way it is sad that we have become such a litigious society.

On the other hand, perhaps these residents should go ahead and sue. I have no doubt that some lawyer will take their case and their money. I am not an attorney but from what I do know about the law regarding this issue, my bet is that the plaintiffs will lose, both initially and on appeal. Of course, if they lose, Gilford taxpayers should not have to foot the bill for the School Board to defend its actions.

More and more, judges (and the American people) are getting tired of “frivolous” lawsuits. My hope is that if these people do sue the board, the court will not only find in favor of the board but will also rule the lawsuit frivolous and order the plaintiffs to not only pay their own attorneys’ fees but also the court costs and the legal

bills of the school district.

On another, related subject: Joe Hoffman, a Gilford resident who also wants to “go to court” over this matter, angrily and publicly accused the School Board of “embezzlement,” “larceny,” and other crimes. That was completely out of line. Mr. Cameron, the moderator, was acting properly when he asked a police officer to gently escort Mr. Hoffman away from the microphone and back to his seat.

Do you have proof to back up those charges, Mr. Hoffman? These are very serious accusations. Why haven’t we heard of these crimes before? Or, were you just making up the charges?

I don’t know many board members personally but I do know the chair, Lt. Col. Kurt Webber (U.S. Army, Retired).

While I don’t always agree with Col. Webber on a number of issues, I do find him to be a man of impeccable honor and integrity who has always done his best to serve his country and his local community. I find it hard to believe he would be a party to such a criminal conspiracy. I suspect the other school board members are men and women of similar integrity with a similar dedication to what must be an increasingly thankless (and unpaid) job.

E. Scott Cracraft Gilford

Teachers must be in charge to set standards & then backed up To the editor, A recent letter suggested that teachers are not as good as the used to be. I don’t know if that’s true or not. I can only comment on my brief experience in the classroom. I found that the teachers are dedicated, talented, hard-working professionals.

Often they teach under the most difficult and stressful circumstances, that no professional should be required to do. Student behavior is way below accepted norms. (If norms is even a meaningful term, any more.)

First off, there are many good and energetic students, that in practical day-to-day application, support up the rest of the class in their work ethic and scholastic achievements. But too many others are talkative, undisciplined, and disrespectful to any figure of authority. As a teacher’s aide I had two students who point-blank refused

to do what I asked. Classroom decorum is a thing of the past. Too many of these children just don’t care whatever the consequences of their misbehavior might bring; they are a constant problem. How good teachers can work under these conditions is a wonder to me.

On an international scale, the United States is falling further behind in percentile grades at every level.

Academic excellence is closely tied to classroom behavior and the maturity of students. Classrooms must be a place of learning once again. Teachers must be in charge to set standards, and they must be backed up by a nononsense administration that will not tolerate disruptive behavior. They also must have parental involvement.

In some countries, this is a requirement. Also, passing grades are too low. see next page

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LETTERS Unions represent the best interests of the teachers, not students To the editor, This is a response to M. Carney of Sandwich and any others irritated by my letter concerning the “Dream School”. Written in response to one submitted by devoted socialist believer (and my friend) professor Leo Sandy.

I suspected more protest letters. Not from taxpayers and people paying college tuitions but from teacher and professor types trying to defend the failure. I knew no one would be writing to challenge my allegation that KIDS have become indeed SECOND BANANAS. When union bosses were asked recently about the kids their response was “when the kids hire us we will look out for their best interests first”. It was an honest and accurate response.

They are correct. Two separate and disparate interests cannot both be represented first. UNIONS represent only the BEST interests of teachers.

The teachers UNION DUES paid in the billions keep union bosses living high off the hog as the “kids blow in the wind”. Their response precisely sums up how the teachers/professors have become the TOP BANANAS in education. If there ever was any doubt of it the teachers in Wisconsin made it 100-percent certain. Wisconsin tax payers are drowning in budget deficits and red ink, the teachers only concerns — their wages. Kids across this country are failing academically by the millions and what are teachers protesting and yelling about?

Their pension benefits and union rights being infringed on. Kids failing is someone else’s problem to protest about, not theirs.

The liberal, democratic view on health care during the Obama care debate was was we spend the most per person on medical care of any country in the the world yet the average Americans life expectancy is well below that of many other nations that spend far less. It is a LOGICAL ARGUMENT. The same LOGICAL ARGUMENT is just as VALID and LEGITIMATE against education. We spend the most money, per student of any country on earth yet we are repeatedly well down the list of top academically performing countries. Said another way “the taxpayer is getting ripped off”.

If M. Carney disputes any of my facts or logic then bring an argument forward or admit the truth. What I said about

Wisconsin teachers was they had compensation packages in wages & benefits that averaged $100,000 annually.

Most insightful is the fact their benefits equal their wages. The average Wisconsin teacher receives $50,00o annually in funded benefits including not one but three taxpayer funded pensions. Apparently it is not enough.

Could I personally do a better job than the average teacher? I am sure I could not. That is not my talent nor my chosen profession in life. You go where your interests and strengths lead you. I spent a lifetime in private business both in management and owning several businesses of my own and I sold well more than 100 businesses of every type for other people some for millions of dollars. It does not take a genius to observe and identify some of the most fundamental problems that explain why education on a macro level fails so badly both academically and economically. Teachers, professors and their unions fight almost every idea and suggestion ever put forth to improve the productivity and the accountability of education all aimed to produce better results.

Mark Huddleston, president of the UNH system of colleges recently relayed to the N.H. state Legislature that unless the business model of university education changes drastically, very soon the average main street American family will be “ priced out” of access to higher education. He intimated the sage on the stage for 50 minutes was a failing educational model that likely needed a make over for the new century. The UNH professor faculty felt their “old boy status quo network” so threatened by those remarks they immediately took a “no confidence vote” on the president with the majority voting their unhappiness with his work. Anyone and I mean anyone who threatens to change education to make it different or run more efficiently or economically becomes a demon and is demonized. Teachers and professors will even cannibalize themselves to maintain the failed business/academic model that is education is today.

A featured headline story in last weeks Daily Sun “12-percent of high school seniors tested proficient in U.S. History.”

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On June 14, Professor Sandy gave us over 1,200 words as he described what he called his “dream” school. He then followed that up on June 28 and 29 with over 1,300 words on what he called his “ethical” school. In both dissertations, Sandy chose to show he is anti-American, anti God and religion, anti business, anti competition, and anti right-to-work, and anti whatever you might hold dear. And, true to form, he showed that he is pro tenure, unwilling to allow teachers to be rated and ranked based on their performance, and thinks we should simply throw more money into education . . . no matter how abysmal the results.

Sadly, government employee Sandy is also against countries having borders (maybe he thinks tribalism is best) and thinks the flag of the United States of America should not hold the dominant position on our flagpoles, and the kids can say a pledge of allegiance to mother earth but not to this country.

His “ethical” school can best be described as a series of kumbaya moments with frequent group hugs and totally free of pressure or any hint of competition. Of course, the professor did suggest that teachers must have a Master’s degree in order to qualify for tenure. (He didn’t mention that they should be competent; probably too much to ask.)

Now compare all that tripe with the fact that businesses are claiming that colleges are graduating far too few students who have been schooled and prepared to enter the business world.

China is graduating more engineers than we are graduating total students.

According to Nationmaster.com, we are 18th in the world in Math literacy, 15th in Reading, and 14th in Science.

A full 35-percent of our students show

a “dislike” for school, which places us in the top five in the world. And, you might ask, how much does this all cost? Well, in the 2007-2008 school year, according to the Heritage Foundation, our national average was just a few dollars shy of $10,500 per pupil, per year. Urban areas have per pupil costs exceeding $15,000 per year, with their graduation rates around 50-percent.

If the Sandy’s of the world jump up and say they’re overworked, don’t believe it. The norm for this country is a minimum of 180 school days with a minimum of four hours per day. While that adds up to 720 hours per year, we know that students and teachers are together for more than that amount of time. However, in this category of teaching hours per student, the United States didn’t even rank in the top 35 countries in the world.

Let me be perfectly clear, I believe in giving children the best education possible. I’m not willing however, to pay government employees good wages to indoctrinate those students into anti American, anti God/religion ways, and I’m not willing to extend tenure to those who do.

In the past, Professor Sandy did not want to give Republicans or Abraham Lincoln any credit for the freeing of slaves and saving the union. He brushed it off as “zeitgeist”. (Meaning the will of the people at the time). The fact that 630,000 people died to bring that all about was lost on him. Well, today, the “zeitgeist”, the will of the people, is to stop throwing money at people who are part of the problem, but to use that money to find solutions to stop the steady declines that exist.

Kumbaya just won’t cut it.

If you’re not concerned, you’re not paying attention.

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LETTERS Why is state repaving a part of Rte. 106 when it has no money?

To the editor, It is time for all unemployed taxpayers to band together and show the state where to cut costs, since the people that we have voted to do this, have not a clue. Just look around you as you are trying to find some honest work to support you and your families.

The state is broke, so waste number one was what I saw yesterday on my way to Concord. They had paved about two miles of Route 106, at a cost of who knows exactly of how much per mile. I point out that there was NO NEED to waste that money on paving when the road was perfectly all right.

Waste number two. Pay attention the next time you see the senior transportation bus going around town as to how many people are on that bus. With the cost of gas, insurance, pay for the driver, it is a waste of tax money. The state cut the funding for the senior day care center last year, successfully putting most of the aides there and the people who benefited from this service so that they could work, out of work.

Waste number three, the people who run the CAP office, who are paid out of tax money, helping non tax paying people before they help the people who are out of work, still trying to pay the taxes and being told “one tank of fuel” is all you are allowed because there are so many others needing help that have never paid into the system.

These “others” that they help, most of them were brought to this country by the Lutherans “doing the Lords from preceding page Meredith Village Savings Bank and Lakes Region HEAL who sponsored the publication of the map. Donations for the gift prizes for the event were received from Hannaford’s, Woodshed Coffee Roasters, Piche’s Sport Shop, Aubuchon Hardware and the NH Boat Museum.

Special appreciation goes to Meredith resident, Fran Orenstein, of Unfed Design who volunteered her skills for the layout and design of the map. Meredith native, Ann Sprague graciously shared her historical notes and also led a tour.

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work”. That’s all well and good, but if you are going to sponsor families being brought here, then DON’T PUT THEM ON THE TAX PAYERS BACK! Pass the collection plate to your own congregation to support them which may be what you will have to do if enough unemployed, used to be taxpayers unite to close the free to non tax paying people offices.

Waste number four is the amount of money that elected officials think they are worth giving themselves raise after raise of taxpayer monies. The amount these people are being paid, WAS NOT approved by me or any other person who pays taxes. If these people were paid a fair salary of $50K a year, it would save the taxpayers of New Hampshire almost $500K a year.

It is high time for the country to take back the government. If these people want to be in the offices that they hold, the first question they should be asked when looking for your vote is would you work for $50K a year?”

And, while we are at it, put them on a contract stating if they accept “gifts” (known as bribes) would be subject to immediate dismissal from their office.

The only reason people spend so much money trying to get these perky jobs is that once in, they are paid for life.

This MUST END NOW. If the people in New Hampshire like being known as the first in the nation, then get off your backsides and show the nation how to cut costs.

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LeDuc, who served an internship in the Belknap County Attorney’s Office last year, graduated from the University of New Hampshire School of Law, where he was a Daniel Webster Scholar, in May. Graduating from Wittenberg University in Springfield, Ohio, with a major in political science, he served as an intern in the office of Congressman Tom Allen, who represented Maine’s 1st congressional district for five terms. LeDuc prepared for a teaching career at the University of Southern Maine and before enrolling in law school spent three years teaching high school English and Social Studies in Windham, Maine.

Gulbransen said that LeDuc’s experience as a teacher “set him apart from the other candidates. He has dealt with students and parents as well as school teachers and administrators,” she continued. “He is familiar with those he will be dealing with in the juvenile justice system.”

Gulbrandsen explained that she expected the juvenile prosecutor to handle the more serious and complex juvenile prosecutions and to assist municipal prosecutors with legal research and writing. She said that she intends to develop guidelines delineating the responsibilities of the position from information gathered from conversations with local police chiefs. “We want to assist local departments to achieve greater efficiencies,” she said.

Meanwhile, Gulbrandsen said that LeDuc would also be speaking to schools and civic groups about the juvenile justice system. In particular, she said that he would be explaining the the complexities of the laws bearing on drug use and sexual assault, noting that young people are seldom aware of the serious consequences of the behaviors in which they may engage. “The educational component is an important aspect of the position,” she said.

The appointment marks one of the first initiatives on the part of the Belknap County Commission to enhance the efficiency and reduce the cost of services to municipalities by placing them on a regional footing.

WHITEY from page 2 Krupp, said no one in Bulger’s family had come forward and offered to help him financially. He also said authorities have seized all of Bulger’s assets as the proceeds of illegal activity, leaving him with no way to pay for his defense.

Magistrate Judge Marianne Bowler agreed.

“I find at this time that the defendant is unable to retain counsel privately,” Bowler said.

She appointed J.W. Carney Jr., a prominent Boston defense attorney, to represent Bulger.

Carney has represented a long list of high-profile defendants, including John Salvi III, who was convicted of killing two people and wounding five others in a shooting rampage at two Planned Parenthood clinics in Brookline, Mass., in 1994. He also repre-

sents Tarek Mehanna, a Sudbury, Mass., man now awaiting trial in an alleged terror plot to shoot shoppers at U.S. malls, assassinate two politicians and kill American troops in Iraq.

Bulger, the former leader of the Winter Hill Gang, is accused of participating in 19 murders during his decades as one of Boston’s most notorious gangsters.

Krupp said he believes it will be “profoundly difficult” for Bulger to receive a fair trial, given the pervasive media coverage Bulger received during his years on the run and the recent flood of coverage since his capture last week in Santa Monica, Calif.

Carney said it is too early to say whether he will ask for the trial to be moved out of Boston.

“Our constitution guarantees every defendant the right to a fair trial, and we’re going to see that he gets it,” he said.

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Bixby, who appeared without a lawyer, was told by Judge Thomas Rappa that his request for a public defender was denied because he has assets enough to allow him to pay for his own attorney.

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According to Ashland Police Bixby was the primary resident of the manufactured home where local, county, and federal law enforcement contend four people were caught in the act of manufacturing methamphetamine — a derivative of an ingredient in cold and sinus medication that is chemically altered and either snorted or smoked.

Bixby also asked Rappa to reduce his bail — he was ordered held on $25,000 cach or surety -— because no bondsmen will accept his trailer or motorcycle as collateral.

“I can come up with $1,000 or $1,500 “ he said.

Arguing against any bail reduction was Plymouth Area Prosecutor Gabriel Nizetic, who said police found Bixby allegedly engaged in drug manufacturing and wearing gloves when the trailer was raided.

Nizetic also said there were weapons found in the trailer, that Bixby had three prior drug convictions,

was unemployed, and “a convicted and admitted drug user.”

Bixby replied that he was the one who told the police there were guns in the trailer and they belong to his grandfather. ‘I’m not even sure they still fire,” he said.

He also told Rappa he “didn’t know how bad it was to have this stuff around me.”

Rappa told him $25,000 was appropriate then and “is appropriate now.”

Bixby is scheduled for a probable cause hearing on July 7 at 1 p.m. by which time he will presumably have engaged a lawyer.

As to the misdemeanor charge of resisting arrest — police contend he refused to keep his hands above his head — Rappa ordered an Aug. 4 trial in Plymouth.

A second defendent, David Moses, 32, also of Ashland, also appeared without an attorney.

Dressed in prison orange and unshaven, Moses was told he qualified for a public defender and one

SENATE from page 2 that Obama was heading to Philadelphia to attend Democratic fundraising events.

White House spokesman Jay Carney defended Obama’s decision to attend the fundraisers, saying, “We can walk and chew gum at the same time.” He also said McConnell had merely “invited the president to hear what would not pass. That’s not a conversation worth having.”

The Obama administration has warned that if the government’s $14.3 trillion borrowing limit is not raised by Aug. 2, the U.S. will face its first default ever, potentially throwing world financial markets

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When Rappa asked him if he had anything to say about his bail — again $25,000 cash or surety — Moses said, “Nope. I’m good.”

Moses is also scheduled for a probable cause hearing on July 7.

The other two people arrested and charged with manufacturing methamphetamine are Toni Nelson, 30, who is believed to be Bixby’s girlfriend and Anathony Carr, 30 of Plymouth. Both were released on personal recognizance bail and did not appear before Rappa in court yesterday.

Should Bixby and Moses post bail, they are ordered to stay away from each other and the other two defendants, not to possess any firearms or explosives and to refrain from all use of non-prescribed drugs.

As a further condition, Rappa, at the request of Nizetic, forbade either of them from possessing or purchasing pseudoephedrine

TRIAL from page 2 had acted without apparent remorse in the weeks after her daughter’s death because she had been molested by her father as a child, resulting in emotional problems.

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Instead, the 13-day defense primarily focused on poking holes in the prosecution’s contention that Anthony killed Caylee in June 2008 by covering her mouth with duct tape. Prosecutors said the woman dumped Caylee’s body in the woods near her parents’ home and then resumed her life of partying and shopping. Their case relied on circumstantial and forensic evidence, and it did have holes: Prosecutors had no witnesses who saw the killing or saw Casey Anthony with her daughter’s body. And there was no certain proof that the child suffocated.

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A “Shoetar”, crafted from a shoe by Lisa Tetreault of Gilmanton, walked away with first place in the “Downtown Still Has Sole’’ competition. Shown above Larry Frates of Frates Creative Art Center, who helped organize the event; Ian Raymond of Ian Raymond Studio, holding the award-winning shoe; and Jan Boudreau of LaBelle’s Shoe Repair, with a shoehorn which was won by the young artist with her creation which represented Greenlaw’s Music Store. (Roger Amsden/for The Laconia Daily Sun)

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LACONIA — A shoe fashioned into the shape of a guitar by a creative 17-year-old from Gilmanton walked away as winner of the “Downtown Still Has Sole’’ competition which wrapped up last night at the Downtown Farmer’s Market.

Some 35 downtown businesses took part in the competition, in which unwanted and unclaimed shoes from LaBelle’s Shoe Repair were decorated to represent the participating businesses.

Lisa Tetreault, who just finished her junior year at Gilford High School and last month won the Gilford Old Home Day poster contest, fashioned the awards winning “Shoetar’’ on behalf of Greenlaw’s Music Store. She said that the project was more or less a labor of love, as she has spent a lot of time at Green-

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The adjustment increased the city budget to $21,629,772, which represents an increase of $966,769, or 4.6-percent, over the 2010-2011 budget.

The amount to be raised by property taxes of $17,975,482 is $318,218, or 2.7-percent more than the current tax commitment.

The city budget would add 16 cents per $1,000 of assessed value. The school district budget raises

an additional $126,386 in property taxes, or seven cents per $1,000 of assessed value. Altogether the 23 cents increase in the tax rate represents an increase of 1.1-percent to the current rate of $19.81.

The increase in the amount to be raised by taxes amounts to 73-percent of the growth permitted by the city’s tax cap.

The council will hold its first official reading on the budget at its next regularly scheduled meeting on July 11 and its second reading and final adoption when it meets on July 25.

TEXAS from page 2 son, and he was taken into custody Tuesday by police in the Fort Worth suburb, Saginaw police spokesman Damon Ing told The Associated Press on Wednesday.

Rico’s cousin called police when Rico showed up to see him without his son, and investigators determined that Rico was the boy’s father, he said.

Al Hunt, the Sweetwater High coach who found the boy, said he initially thought he was looking at a guardrail post until it moved.

“It took me seconds to realize, ‘it’s a little kid there,’” the 54-year-old said.

He said he pulled over and, not seeing a vehicle that the child might have been in, ran across the road and scooped the boy into his arms. He said the boy’s lips were cracked as if he were dehydrated, and that the only response the boy was able to give to his questions was to hold up four fingers when Hunt asked his age.

The boy’s stepmother in Lubbock came to Sweetwater to be with him. The whereabouts of the boy’s biological mother were not immediately known, and it was unclear if she is involved in his life.

Sweetwater is about 125 miles southeast of Lubbock.

LOS ALAMOS from page one ished in 2003.

Los Alamos County Fire Chief Doug Tucker said the area in the canyon was burning had been previously been thinned, providing a safe area for firefighters to attack it.

“Am I concerned? Yes. Do I feel threatened? No. But it’s fire and it’s dangerous,” Tucker said.

Tucker noted that conditions in the area are so dry that the fire, which had charred nearly 145 square miles, was burning downed trees that were scorched

in the huge Cerro Grande fire in 2000. The fire also burned through moisture-rich aspen trees to push into the canyon.

Meanwhile, residents of Los Alamos, who fled the town earlier in the week under an evacuation order, wouldn’t be allowed back home until Sunday at the earliest, Tucker said.

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It was a good competition with a lot of thinking outside the shoebox,’’ said Larry Frates of Frates Creative Arts Studio as he announced the award winners.

Genesis of “Downtown Still Has Sole’’ took place at a meeting of downtown merchants at LaBelle’s Shoe Repair at which Bob LaBelle, who is semiretired, lamented the large number of unwanted shoes that he still had, most left by customers who never returned to pick them up and some which were samples from shoe companies.

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Lester sharp as Red Sox take final game in Phila.

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Jon Lester helped Boston avoid a sweep by not getting swept up in the hype surrounding his start against Philadelphia.

“I was just trying to pitch a normal game,” Lester said.

His normal outing would’ve been a season-best effort for so many pitchers.

Lester tossed two-hit ball over seven shutout innings, Jason Varitek homered twice and the Red Sox managed to win once in the three-game series, beating the Phillies 5-2 on Thursday.

The duel between two of the top lefties in baseball was short-lived.

Lester had the starter’s spotlight to himself after Philadelphia lefty Cole Hamels was hit in the glove hand by Adrian Gonzalez’s liner in the fourth inning and soon left. Phillies manager Charlie Manuel said Hamels sustained a “real good bruise” between his thumb and his palm.

The Phillies said X-rays were negative and Hamels will make his next start. Hamels declined to talk to the media.

Lester (10-4) struck out Raul Ibanez with two runners aboard with his 120th pitch to end a gametying threat in the seventh.

“It was big to get out of the seventh,” Lester said.

This week’s matchup was hyped as a potential World Series preview. If it is, don’t look for much offense in October: Philadelphia outscored the Red Sox 9-6.

Dustin Pedroia and Varitek hit back-to-back homers in the eighth to make it 5-0.

Ryan Howard hit his 17th homer in the ninth, a two-run shot off Bobby Jenks. Jonathan Papelbon got two outs for his 15th save.

October could belong to the pitchers.

“You can’t worry about losing streaks or winning series,” Lester said.

With Hamels out, the Red Sox wasted no time scoring against David Herndon (0-2) in the fifth.

Josh Reddick hit his second triple of the season after right fielder Ben Francisco misplayed the ball and it scooted by him to the wall. Drew Sutton followed with an RBI single and Jacoby Ellsbury added a run-scoring single for a 2-0 lead.

In the sixth, Herndon allowed Varitek’s oppositefield homer into the first rows of the right-field seats.

He added his fifth homer of the season in the eighth.

Herndon allowed five hits and three runs in only two innings.

Lester made the lead stand.

NBA from page 3 “I hope it doesn’t come down to that,” he said.

“Obviously, the clock is now running with regard to whether or not there will or will be a loss of games, and so I’m hoping that over the next month or so that there will be sort of a softening on their side and maybe we have to soften our position as well.”

Despite frequent meetings this month, the sides just didn’t make much progress.

Owners want to reduce the players’ guarantee of 57 percent of basketball revenue and weren’t interested in the players’ offer to drop it to 54.3 percent — though players said that would have cut their salaries by $500 million over five years.

They sparred over the league’s characterization of its “flex” salary cap proposal — players considered it a hard cap, which they oppose — and any chance of a last-minute deal was quickly lost Thursday when league officials said the union’s move was in the

wrong direction financially.

“I don’t think we’re closer; in fact it worries me that we’re not closer. We have a huge philosophical divide,” Stern said.

The NBA’s summer league in Las Vegas already has been canceled, preseason games in Europe were never scheduled, and players might have to decide if they want to risk playing in this summer’s Olympic qualifying tournaments without the NBA’s help in securing insurance in case of injury.

The expected lockout comes exactly one year after one of the NBA’s most anticipated days in recent years, when LeBron James, Dwyane Wade and the rest of the celebrated class of 2010 became free agents.

That free agency bonanza — highlight by the James, Wade, Chris Bosh trio in Miami — got the league started on a season where ticket and merchandise sales, ratings and buzz were all up. That weakened the owners’ case that the system was broken beyond repair, but it also demonstrated why they wanted changes, with Stern saying owners feel pressured to spend as much as possible to prove their commitment to winning to fans.

from preceding page or into the town. They made progress on some fronts along its southern border Thursday even as the fire pushed northward toward land considered sacred by a Native American tribe.

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BELMONT — Richard G. Collins, 67, of 114 Hurricane Rd. died peacefully at home, after a long illness on Wednesday, June 29, 2011.

Richard was born October 8, 1943, in Bridgeport, CT, the son of Francis and Louise (Farrell) Collins.

He served in the U.S. Navy from 1961 to 1964 aboard the U.S.S. Saratoga and participated in the Cuban Missile Crisis, which was one of the most confrontational incidents in the Cold War era. The ship’s crest art and design were made aboard the U.S.S. Saratoga’s print shop in December of 1963 by Richard and Clark Bolton. He was a member of Port 5 Naval Club in Bridgeport, CT and the USS Saratoga Association.

He resided in Connecticut for 35 years before moving to Gilford where he lived for 15 years. For the last 10 years, he resided in Belmont.

He was a longtime mechanic and business owner/ operator. This included Collins Service Center, Bridgeport, CT, R. G Collins and Sons, Laconia, NH and Winnipesaukee Towing and Recovery of Belmont, NH. Richard was a communicant of St. Joseph Parish, Belmont.

His hobbies included boating, fishing, collecting antiques, and telling stories to his friends’ children and grandchildren.

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Eric Grant Band eyes title & $100k prize; plays at Meadowbrook Sun. GILFORD — The Eric Grant Band will give a live performance of the original songs they hope will win the group the national Texaco Country Showdown, when the band performs at Meadowbrok U.S. Cellular Pavilion on Sunday, July 3.

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EGB is no stranger to the series of competitions that lead to national titles. In 2010, the band swept the New Hampshire Country Music Association and New England Country Music Organization competitions in the “new country” and “vocal group” categories to earn their spot at, and eventually win, the North American Country Music Associations, International titles in March 2011.

Since then, the band has released their first CD, “Do It All Again,” to public acclaim and enjoyed regional radio airplay of the single “Once Upon A Time.”

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48 years, Annette C. Collins, of Belmont, sons Wayne R. Collins and his wife Kimberly of Laconia NH, Keith Collins and his wife Kathy of Saugus MA, daughters, Colleen Collins of Painted Post, NY and Kristin Breyfogle and her husband Jonathan of Stubenville, Ohio; 9 grandchildren, US Marine Lcpl. E3 Louise Kustis, Crystal Collins, Zachary and Tyler Collins, Patrick and Kelly Adrignola, Emily Kellar and Annette (Annie) Breyfogle, He is also survived by Sisters, Maureen Harris of Bridgeport, CT, Mary Collins of Bridgeport, CT, and Brother Kevin Collins and his wife Rosemary of Easton, Ct and many nieces and nephews.

Richard was predeceased by grandson, Francis R. Collins, of Laconia in 2007.

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Author to ‘launch’ children’s book about 4 generations on Lake Winnipesaukee in Wolfeboro on Saturday

WOLFEBORO — The Country Bookseller will host local New Hampshire author Andy Cutts at the “launch” of his new book, an affectionate tale of four generations on Lake Winnipesaukee, from 10 a.m.

— noon on Saturday, July 2.

“The Penny,” a new release for readers age six and up, features illustrations by Vermont artist Katherine Roy, and tells the story of a wooden sailboat called Penny, the grandfather who built her, and a grandson who learned dear lessons from both.

Cutts grew up spending summers visiting his grandparents at their cottage on Winnipesaukee, where he learned to sail as a young boy. It took four years for “The Penny,” which is based on true events, to emerge from a bedtime story first told to Cutts’ young daughter to the beautiful 40-page hardcover that it is today.

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Her predominantly black and white illustrations have brought Penny to life, while her deliberate use of color enhances the subtext of the narrative.

On its surface, “The Penny” is a timeless story of summer adventures on the water, with risks and rescues the will have the youngest readers reaching for their life jackets. But core themes of loss and renewal, resiliency and rebuilding, offer readers of all ages an inspiring tale of transition and new beginnings. “The

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Correction: Laconia 4th of July parade starts at 3:30

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SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21).

You have the kind of hands-on experience that can’t be bought; it must be earned. It happened because you learned the necessary steps and took them. Repeat the process with your new goal.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19).

Even the most popular performers spend a very small percentage of their life onstage. But they are in the public eye from the moment they walk outside. You also have the public’s attention whenever you want it now.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). You made an agreement long ago and were gung-ho to do it. Now the excitement wanes, but your commitment stands fast. Your efforts to drum up more excitement will be laced with luck.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). Make only empowering assumptions. For instance, assume someone likes you, and treat that person as though they already have a friendship with you -that friendship will develop quickly.

TODAY’S BIRTHDAY (July 1).

You’re headed for the top. Once you get there, stay awhile. There are always taller peaks to climb, but unless you stop and enjoy your current elevation, life will be filled with struggle and strife.

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TAURUS (April 20-May 20). You hate to ask people for anything you think you could provide for yourself.

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GEMINI (May 21-June 21). Raise your expectations. If you accept your loved ones as they are, they will relax and become less than they could be.

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CANCER (June 22-July 22). If you’re going to make an assumption, let it be one that will enhance your life. It does you no good to assume that when bad things happen, it’s “just your luck.”

Assume that fortune is smiling on you.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). You have so many more freedoms than you ever had before. Your life is filled with creative tools and flexible arrangements.

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VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). You notice when someone needs your encouragement, and you readily give it. Your sign mate Mother Teresa said, “Kind words can be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless.”

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). You are hesitant to engage those who have obvious and multiple problems because you realize that becoming involved will reduce your resistance and you’ll somehow be sucked into finding a solution.

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––––––– ALMANAC ––––––– Today is Friday, July 1, the 182nd day of 2011. There are 183 days left in the year.

This is Canada Day. Today’s Highlights in History: On July 1, 1971, the 26th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which lowered the minimum voting age from 21 to 18, was ratified.

On this date: In 1861, the first issue of the Vatican newspaper L’Osservatore Romano was published in Rome.

In 1863, the Civil War Battle of Gettysburg, resulting in a Union victory, began in Pennsylvania.

In 1867, Canada became a self-governing dominion of Great Britain as the British North America Act took effect.

In 1910, Chicago’s original Comiskey Park held its opening day under the name White Sox Park.

In 1943, “pay-as-you-go” income tax withholding began.

In 1946, the United States exploded a 20-kiloton atomic bomb near Bikini Atoll in the Pacific.

In 1961, Diana, the princess of Wales, was born in Sandringham, England.

In 1980, “O Canada” was proclaimed the national anthem of Canada.

In 1991, President George H.W. Bush nominated federal appeals court judge Clarence Thomas to the Supreme Court, beginning an ultimately successful confirmation process marked by allegations of sexual harassment.

In 2004, actor Marlon Brando died in Los Angeles at age 80.

One year ago: California lawmakers approved a $20 million settlement with the family of Jaycee Dugard, who was kidnapped as a girl and held captive in a secret backyard for 18 years by a paroled sex offender.

Today’s Birthdays: Actress Olivia de Havilland is 95. Actress-Dancer Leslie Caron is 80. Actress Jean Marsh is 77. Actor Jamie Farr is 77. Bluesman James Cotton is 76. Actor David Prowse is 76. Actress Karen Black is 72. Dancer-choreographer Twyla Tharp is 70. Actress Genevieve Bujold is 69.

Rock singer-actress Deborah Harry is 66.

Movie-TV producer-director Michael Pressman is 61. Actor Daryl Anderson is 60. Actor Trevor Eve is 60. Actor Terrence Mann is 60.

Rock singer Fred Schneider is 60. Pop singer Victor Willis is 60. Actor-comedian Dan Aykroyd is 59. Actress Lorna Patterson is 55.

Actor Alan Ruck is 55. Olympic gold medal track star Carl Lewis is 50. Country singer Michelle Wright is 50. Actor Andre Braugher is 49. Actress Pamela Anderson is 44. Rock musician Mark Pirro is 41. Actor Henry Simmons is 41. Actress Julianne Nicholson is 40. Actress Liv Tyler is 34. Actress Hilarie Burton is 29. Actress Lynsey Bartilson is 28.

Actor Evan Ellingson is 23.

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CALENDAR TODAY’S EVENTS Kelley-Miller Circus under the big top at Memorial Field in Laconia. Performance at 7:30 p.m. Advance tickets ($10 for adults and $6 for children) on sale at American Legion Post #1, Laconia Antique Center , All My Life Jewelers, AutoServ and The Citizen. Higher at the gate. Public also invited to view raising of the big top at 9 a.m.

Storyteller extraordinaire Odds Bodkin at the Sanbornton Public Library as a kick-off the the library’s “One World, Many Stories” summer reading program.

11 a.m. Young readers are invited to stay around for programs and activities after the program.

“Butterflies Are Free” at the Winnipesaukee Playhouse at Weirs Beach. 7:30 p.m. May not be suitable for children under 12. For tickets call 366-7377. www.winniplayhouse.org.

Guys and Dolls at Interlakes Summer Theatre in Meredith. 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $20 to $30. For tickets call 1-888-245-6374. InterlakesTheatre.com Car wash hosted by The Salvation Army in Laconia (177 Union Avenue) to help support youth programs. 1 to 4 p.m. $5.

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

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

Sanbornton Farmers’ Market. 3 to 6 p.m. every Friday through Oct. 7 at 520 Sanborn Road (Rte. 132) in Sanbornton Square.

Teen Summer Volunteer Breakfast at the Gilford Public Library. 10 to 11 a.m. Ages 12 and up invited to learn what being a summer volunteer is all about.

Crafter’s Corner at the Gilford Public Library. 6 to 7:30 p.m. Dawn Lemay facilitates knitting, crocheting and other needlework projects.

Knotty Knitters gathering at the Meredith Public Library. 10 a.m. to noon. All levels of experience welcome.

Computer Accessories class at the Meredith Public Library. Registratio required. 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. Wellsuited for those who have taken Introduction to Computers.

Brown Bag Book Group meeting at the Meredith Public Library. Noon to 1 p.m. “The Professor and the Housekeeper” by Yoko Ogawa. Bring your lunch and the library will provide dessert and beverages.

Drop-In Storytime at the Gilford Public Library. 11:30 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. All are welcome at this fun-filled session of stories and songs to help foster early literacy skills.

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

SATURDAY, JULY 2 Kelley-Miller Circus under the big top at Memorial Field in Laconia. Three performances, at 2, 5 and 7:30 p.m. Advance tickets ($10 for adults and $6 for children) on sale at American Legion Post #1, Laconia Antique Center , All My Life Jewelers, AutoServ and The Citizen. Higher at the gate.

“Butterflies Are Free” at the Winnipesaukee Playhouse at Weirs Beach. 7:30 p.m. May not be suitable for children under 12. For tickets call 366-7377. www.winniplayhouse.org.

Guys and Dolls at Interlakes Summer Theatre in Meredith. 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $20 to $30. For tickets call 1-888-245-6374. InterlakesTheatre.com Bristol Independence Day Parade. 10 a.m. at Bristol Central Square. Sponsored by the Bristol Lions Club.

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Bake sale after all masses at three Laconia Roman Catholic Churches: St. Joseph, Sacred Heart and St. Helena’s. Fresh breads and maple rolls. If you’re interested in helping call Phyllis Shoemaker at 455-6598.

Friends of the Ashland Town Library Annual Book & Bake Sale & Silent Auction. 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. on the library grounds.

Free vegan barbecue and picnic potluck at Pines Park in Northfield. Open to all at 1 p.m. Organized by Louisa Dell’Amico. RSVP with name of vegan dish (no meat, fish, dairy, egg or honey) you are bringing to louisa@metrocast. net or call 729-0248. (Rain date is Monday, July 4 at 1 p.m.)

All-you-can-eat Spaghetti Dinner hosted by the Pemi-Baker Republican Committee. 5 to 7:30 p.m. at the American Legion Hall in Ashland. Open to the public. $10 for adults.

Local artist Lisa Young and Company in concert at the Hebron Gazebo. 5 p.m. Plus a barbecue hosted by the town Historical Society and desserts on the Common hosted by the Cabin Fever group. Free popcorn.

Artist on the Porch at the Yikes! Gallery in Center Harbor. Noon to 3 p.m. Featuring local artist D. A. Hammond, creator of the Pigs in a Poke Collection — a series of humorous and satirical paintings of pigs engaged in humanlike activities and situations. Pig-out on free refreshments.

For more information call 253-4966.

40th Annual Gunstock Arts & Crafts Festival. 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. More than 100 juried craftsmen and artisans. www.castleberryfairs.com Ashland Town Library Book Sale and Silent Auction.

8 a.m. to 2 p.m. at 41 Main Street (intersection of Routes 3 and 35 with Rte. 132.) Sponsored by Friends of the Ashland Town Library.

Moultonborough Public Library’s 25th Annual Summer Book Sale. 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. rain or shine.

Monthly ham and bean supper in the Squam Lake Masonic Hall in Holderness. 5 p.m. Hosted by the Ellacoya Chapter #43 Order of the Eastern Star. $7 for adults.

Open Door Dinners offer free weekly meal in Tilton.

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

Al-Anon Meeting at the Lakes Region General Hospital in Laconia. 8 to 9:15 p.m. each Saturday in the first-

floor conference room. Al-Anon offers hope and help to families of alcoholics. No dues or fees. All are welcome.

Call 645-9518.

38th Laconia Farmers’ Market. Every Saturday morning from 8 a.m. to noon in the City Hall parking lot. www. laconiafarmersmarket.com

SUNDAY, JULY 3 Kelley-Miller Circus under the big top at Memorial Field in Laconia. Two performances, at 2 and 5 p.m.

Advance tickets ($10 for adults and $6 for children) on sale at American Legion Post #1, Laconia Antique Center , All My Life Jewelers, AutoServ and The Citizen.

Moultonborough Public Library’s 25th Annual Summer Book Sale. 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. rain or shine.

Guys and Dolls at Interlakes Summer Theatre in Meredith. 7 p.m. Tickets are $20 to $30. For tickets call 1-888245-6374. InterlakesTheatre.com 40th Annual Gunstock Arts & Crafts Festival. 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. More than 100 juried craftsmen and artisans. www.castleberryfairs.com Bake sale after all masses at three Laconia Roman Catholic Churches: St. Joseph, Sacred Heart and St. Helena’s. Fresh breads and maple rolls. If you’re interested in helping call Phyllis Shoemaker at 455-6598.

MONDAY, JULY 4 Independence Day festivities in Laconia. Parade from Wyatt Park up Main Street to Opechee Park begins at 3:30 p.m. Food vendors and live music featuring the Eric Grant Band in Opechee Park from 5 p.m. Fireworks display over Lake Opechee at 10 p.m.

Annual Meredith Bay Fireworks Display. 9:30 p.m.

Hosted by the Greater Meredith Program. Boat ramp and town docks will be closed at 3 p.m. Rte. 3 from Lakes Street to Rte. 25 will be closed from 8 to approximately 10:30 p.m.

Traditional chicken barbecue hosted by the Meredith American Legion Post. 11 a.m. to 9:30 p.m. or until supplies last.

Open House at the Lamprey House Museum hosted by the Moultonborough Historical Society. 10 a.m. to noon. Ice cream will be sold on the front porch, which makes a great spot to view the Fourth of July parade, which starts at 11.

Ashland Independence Day Parade. 10 a.m.

Moultonborough Public Library’s 25th Annual Summer Book Sale. 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. rain or shine.

Moultonborough Independence Day Parade. 11 a.m.

Gilmanton Independence Day Parade. 10 a.m.

40th Annual Gunstock Arts & Crafts Festival. 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. More than 100 juried craftsmen and artisans. www.castleberryfairs.com

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ANNIE’S MAILBOX

Dear Readers: We recently printed a letter from “Problem Still Here,” who asked our readers if counseling was worth it. We were inundated with replies from readers sharing their stories, and the vast majority found counseling tremendously helpful. We cannot possibly print all the letters we received, but the response was so overwhelming that we have decided to devote two days to the subject. Read on: Dear Annie: I started counseling a few weeks after my father died. It was recommended by my faculty’s office. I went in for grief counseling, but walked out with papers telling me how to properly take multiple-choice tests. A year later, I had a major breakdown and sought counseling at my new school.

After our first meeting, I knew we’d have a productive relationship, and I kept seeing this counselor even after I graduated. Talking to a counselor is a lot like talking confidentially with a really intelligent, impartial friend. Your secrets are safe, your fears are heard, and eventually -- with your help and dedication -- solutions can be discovered. -- No Name Dear Annie: I am a 22-year-old woman who has been in counseling since I was 7. I dealt with divorced parents, abuse and being socially rejected, and counseling helped me overcome these things. I found my current counselor through a Google search. What is so important is to know that you don’t need to stick with the first counselor you find. I scheduled several consultations in one day so I could compare them until I found someone I liked. -- N.N. Dear Annie: I was at a crossroads and needed help. I went to the Human Resources person at work and requested help from their Employee Assistance Program. I was referred to a counselor who helped me wade through all the muck so I was able to make clear, well thought-out decisions. And my employer paid for these sessions. -- M. Dear Annie: I was no longer happy in my marriage of 34

years and told my wife I wanted out. She suggested marriage counseling. We went to several sessions together and separately. Halfway through my first private session, the counselor asked, “What would you miss most if you no longer had your wife?” I instantly said, “Her cooking.” He considered that and said, “I think you should get a divorce.” That was 12 years ago, and I only regret not doing it sooner. -- Happy Guy Dear Annie: I had been diagnosed with a progressive medical condition that triggered an anxiety disorder. My primarycare doctor recommended counseling. The first one blamed everything on my family. Four years later, I saw a psychologist who started sharing some sordid details of her past. I tried to be supportive and kind, but I wasn’t paying to hear her life story. She also answered her cellphone all the time during our sessions. She needed a therapist more than I did.

I am sure many counselors out there are great, but I haven’t found one. -- Tired of the Games Dear Annie: Things to look for in a counselor: 1. Choose one who shares your core beliefs. A marriage counselor who stresses the personal rights of each spouse rather than the marriage as a whole is off track. If an addiction is involved, that must be treated first. 2. Your counselor should not take sides. 3. Expect change. It’s hard. It hurts. But you wouldn’t be sitting in that office if your present system were working.

-- Mom of Rebellious Teen and Wife of Retired Husband Dear Annie: Through therapy, I gained confidence, learned to take responsibility for my own actions and became empowered not to engage in anything verbally, physically or mentally with which I feel uncomfortable. I learned that we cannot change anyone by being critical. Today, I am a very happy person because I know I am in control of my own life.

-- Most Fortunate To all our Canadian readers: Happy Canada Day!

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

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1985 Formula 242LS twin 350s, 95% restored, must see, must sell, health issues. $11,400.

293-4129.

1994 23 Thundercraft Cuddy, 260 HP, GPS, Head, runs excellent, with trailer. $6,895 603-930-5222 1995 Donzi 152 Medallion Sport Jet Boat. 90HP, excellent condition, includes galvanized trailer. $3,000. 364-5260 BOAT SLIPS For Rent At the Winnipesaukee Pier Weirs Beach, NH Reasonable rents installments payments for the season. Call 366-4311.

DOCK For Rent: Paugus Bay, 10ft. beam, unlimited length. $1,800/season. 941-730-3111.

O DAY 192 Sailboat. Mainsail, jib w/furler. 4-HP Mariner, trailer.

Ready to sail. 279-6761 After 5 Princecraft Vectra 16 ft. Pontoon boat w/trailer. 25 HP Mercury engine. Excellent condition. $3,500/OBO. 617-435-0804 PRIVATE Dock Space for Rent: Up to 10x30. Varney Point, Winnipesaukee, Gilford, $2,295/ season. 603-661-2883.

TWO Boat trailers. One for 18 ft. boat $250 and the other for a 12

Employment Wanted COMPASSIONATE LNA/Care Giver. 30 years experience. Great references. Will travel, do overnight. 603-875-1232 EXPERIENCED housecleaner.

Available evenings after 4pm.

Impeccible work. 998-2601.

Man Seeking work for Drywall, Plastering, Carpentry/Decking. 20 years experience in masonry/ brick paving. Cheap rates. Call 524-6694

For Rent ADORABLE cottage in Meredith, 1 BR, study, large living room, kitchen and great screened porch.

No dogs. Refs req d. $850 month +utilities. 279-6463.

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

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

BELMONT at the Bypass, 2 bedroom, outstanding screened porch, basement storage, $850 plus utilities security and references. 630-1296.

BELMONT: 2 bedroom, 3rd floor, coin-op laundry and storage space in basement, $235/week including heat, electric & hot water, 524-1234.

BELMONT: 2-Bedroom, quiet area, big yard. Heat included, $225/week.

All housing certificates accepted. 267-0545.

BILLBOARD (8 x 16 ) Route 106, Belmont. Advertise your business. $300/mo. Call 267-1955 CUTE 1-bedroom remodeled apartment in Tilton. Heat/Hot Water included. $620/Month. No pets.

603-393-9693 or

For Rent

For Rent

Downtown Laconia

LACONIA

Furnished Rooms Shared Facilities

Large second floor 2BR with enclosed sunroom. Nice area near hospital. $850 /month includes heat. Credit check and references required. Off street park. Call 998-7156 after the 28th. Available 7/1.

Make RIVERBANK ROOMS Your Home

References Required.

$105-$125 weekly 524-1884 FRANKLIN Riverfront, 1-Bedroom, Storage. $600/ month + Util. Ref. & Security Deposit.

387-4471.

Giford- Large garage 40 ft. deep.

High electric door, perfect for cars, boats. $250/Month or 1/2 for $150. 508-596-2600

LACONIA- Large studio apartment in clean-quiet downtown building.

Nicely renovated. $175/Week includes Heat/Hot Water/Electricity. 524-3892 or 630-4771 LACONIA- SPACIOUS, in-town 2-bedroom. Garage, laundry hook-ups, porch. No pets. $750/Month + Utilities. 455-0874

GILFORD- Small 1-bedroom house w/galley kitchen, porch & private drive. $650/Month + utilities, no pets. 293-2750

Laconia- Summer St. Large 2-bedroom in clean, quiet building. Non-smokers. Security. $650/Month 528-6029

GILFORD 1150 SQ. FT. 2-Bedroom apartment for lease. Excellent condition, washer/dryer, off-street parking, front/rear deck, a/c, smoke-free, no pets/no utilities. $895/Month.

Call 1-339-222-0303

LACONIA1-Bedroom $600/month+ utilities. 1-Bedroom, $750/month utilities included. Belmont-Spacious 2-Bedroom, $800/Month + utilities. Northfield: 2-Bedroom w/on-site laundry room, $750/month + utilities. Call 267-8023 GC Enterprises Property Management. Please no pets.

GILFORD- Small 1 bedroom house. New carpet and paint, $850/Month + utilities. No pets 293-2750 Gilford-$695 fully furnished studio unit with king bed. Walking distance to shopping. Includes heat, hot water, A/C, electric & cable.

References. No deposit with credit card. Lou (203) 710-4861 GILMANTON Rt. 106 1-bedroom house. Large basement with washer/dryer hook-up. $750/Month + Utilities Call 508-359-2176 GILMANTON- 2-bedroom 1-bath.

Affordable rent. $950/Month, all utilities included. First & last. No smoking/pets. 848-2907 GORGEOUS 1-Bedroom condo in Laconia. 1st floor, hardwood floors, open-concept, new appliances. $1,100/Month includes, heat/hot water, cable, Internet, washer/dryer, fitness room access. Not smoking/No pets.

630-8171

LACONIA: 3 bedroom, 2nd floor, separate entrance, coin-op laundry in basement. $265/week including heat, electric & hot water. 524-1234.

LACONIA: Close to Downtown, 4-room 2-bedroom, 1-bath first floor. 2-car parking. No dogs/No Smoking/No utilities. Leave message for Bob. 781-283-0783.

LACONIA: Gilbert Apartments.

Call for available apartments.

524-4428 LACONIA: Rents Reduced- Two apartments for rent- Close to downtown. Heat & hot water included. One month security deposit required. No pets. One bedroom apt; second floor - $625 AND a two bedroom, two bath apt. second/third floor $795. Call 455-8762.

LACONIA: Spacious 2 bedroom apartments available. Heat and hot water included. Please call Julie at Stewart Property Management (603)524-6673. EHO.

LACONIA 3 bedroom house, nice neighborhood, $975/Mo., roommate wanted ,2 private rooms $145/week 603-520-6772.

MEREDITH 2 bedroom apt $800/ Mon. Plus utilities, Waukewan St., washer/dryer hookup, screen porch. (603)986-5745.

LACONIA house. Beautiful view of Lake Winnisquam, across from Association Beach 3BR, 2BA, 295 Shore Drive. Tennis courts, 2-car garage, fireplace, $1,500/ month.

477-3174

MEREDITH Water access home for rent. 4 bedrms 3.5 baths, 2 living rooms, 3-stall garage and entertainment room. Boat dock available. Seasonal $3,000/mo. or short/ long term $2800/mo.

603-686-0803.

LACONIA- Large Rooms for rent.

Private bath, heat/hot water, electric, cable, parking included. Free WiFi Internet. $145/week, 603-781-6294

NORTHFIELD: 3 bedroom trailer in small park with coin-op laundry on site, $235/week including heat, electric & hot water, 524-1234.

Hurry, Don’t Wait!

Rental Assistance Available Section 8 Voucher Accepted At Our Market Rate Unit Make Your Next Home At

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

Ask about our Referral Bonus Rent is based upon 30% of your adjusted income.

Hurry and call today to see if you qualify, or download an application at:

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

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For Rent

For Sale

Help Wanted

Help Wanted

Help Wanted

MOULTONBORO-SPACIOUS recently remodeled 2-bedroom 2-bath home in Suissevale.

Economical heating, additional room for office or den. Garage, washer/dryer.

References, employment & credit history required. $1,100/Month. Available August 15th. Call 757-876-9559

6-panel interior pine door slabs with hardware. Andersen 400 Series windows with screens, great price! Call Dave 630-3986

Autoserv is hiring certified flat rate technicians. Plymouth, Tilton, Laconia, Concord. Full-time with benefits. Email resume to: jobs@AutoServNH.com or call 729-1070 for more information.

Full-time clerk, cashier, stocking.

Must be 21 years old. Nights and weekends a must. Apply in person. No phone calls please. Meredith Case N Keg.

CHEF WANTED

FULL-TIME Auto Detailer/Prep: Must have 3 years experience in both detail and prep. Apply within, Bayview Auto Body, 26 Artisan Court, Gilford NH.

JCS is expanding for the second time due to record production. We are looking for self-motivated individuals with great attitude for our 2nd shift. No experience required.

This is year-round appointment scheduling position.

We are the leading marketing company in the booming vacation marketing industry. Average pay $19-$25 per hour. For interview, call 603-581-2450

MOUNTAINVIEW Apartments 2BR, 1 bath, $700 a month. 2BR townhouse, 1.5 bath, large deck, $775 a month. 3BR townhouse, 1.5 bath, large deck $850 a month. Quiet location with laundry and playgrounds. Integrity Realty Inc. 524-7185

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

NORTHFIELD: Large 1 bedroom apartment on 1st floor with separate entrance & direct access to basement with coin-op laundry. $215/week including heat, electric & hot water. 524-1234.

NORTHFIELD: Three 2 bedroom apartments available, all with coin-op laundry available, $220, $225 and $245/week including heat, electric & hot water, 524-1234.

STUDIO Apartment: Includes heat, hot water, electric and cable. $750/month. 267-7129.

TILTON- COZY 3 rooms and bath.

Utilities included, absolutely no pets or smoking. $650?month.

524-1036 or 387-3866 TILTON-ROOMMATE needed.

Large room, private entrance, shared kitchen & bath. $150/Weekly, includes cable & utilities. 603-286-4391. Pets Considered TILTON: 1 bedroom, 1st floor, $195/week including heat, electric & hot water, 524-1234 WINNISQUAM: Small efficiency apartment and a cottage including heat, hot water and lights. No pets. $150-$185/week. $400 deposit. 387-3864.

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

Bowflex TC-3000 Treadclimber. very good condition $900. ypladd@gmail.com COMPUTER with LCD Monitor, $120; XP Tower, $60; LCD Monitor, $40. 524-6815 Dining table with 2 leaves and 6 chairs. Solid oak, $300.

279-4788 DISHWASHER, maplewood top.

Rollaway bed, fold-up game/card table with felt top, half-round bar.

Call 524-0561.

DOCK Ramp- Shoremaster 4X8 ramp frame w/2 4X4 wooden sections. Used 1 year, $275.

279-4647 Firewood/Camp Wood- Mixed.

Oak, Birch, Willow, Dry Pine.

1 cord Delivered, $145. Free medium tree removal. 998-7337 FURNITURE - Best Offer Takes All! Year-old double beds with frames, futon, couch, chairs, etc.

393-2655.

GENTLY used washer & dryer.

Kenmore, large capacity. Years of life left on this pair. $175 each or $300 for the pair. Call 832-3279 Golf Clubs- Large selection clubs, bags, balls, educational tapes.

Very low prices. 528-6190 HOT Springs Prodigy model hot tub. Excellent Condition. 310 gallon capacity. Paid $4,695 asking/$1,480. 524-1583 INTEX 12-ft. Round Pool Cover: Brand new in box. Got bigger pool before cover arrived. Paid $25, will sell for $20 ... don t want to pay shipping back. Please call 455-3686.

Kubota 2009 BX-1860 with 35 hours, still likenew. Front bucket, mid & rear PTO, turf-tires. Asking $9,500. 253-3120 Model Boats For Sale. 1/8 inch scale, not motorized. Chris-Craft and other types. 286-7489 Moving Sale- Sofa Set, bedroom set, 35 inch Sony TV, odds & ends. 603-707-1019 Panasonic 42” Plasma HDTV. Complete with stand and remote $250. 528-5202

72 Primrose Drive •10,000 Sq, Ft. WarehouseManufacturing. $5,800.00 • 3,000 Sq. Ft. Office Space $2,800.00 • 3,340 Sq. Ft. WarehouseManufacturing $1,800.00

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

(603)476-8933 Space for Lease Prime retail Location downtown Meredith, visible from Route 3.

Parking available, 3,000+ sq. ft.

Contact: 677-8652

For Sale (2) 100-lb New/Full Propane tanks, $300; 2008 Scooter, 150 4-stroke, $900; Old Town Loon Kayak, $350. 340-7066.

BABY Girl Furniture Bed and bas-

Seasonal Position Lakes Region, NH

603-756-4578 EXT 99

EXPERIENCED BARTENDER Year-Round Please apply in person to: Mame s Restaurant Plymouth Street, Meredith (behind Bootlegger s) EXPERIENCED hair stylist wanted for busy salon in the Moultonborough area. Call Michelle at 253-4114 EXPERIENCED Line Cook Wanted: Apply online at giuseppes@metrocast.net or apply in person at Giuseppe s Pizzeria, Mill Falls Marketplace, 312 Daniel Webster Highway, Meredith, NH 03253.

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

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

Come in and fill out an application today.

17 Harris Shore Rd. Gilford, NH 03249

KATIE FLO S BREAKFAST

FULL-TIME KITCHEN DESIGNER For Local Lumber & Building Supply Company Experience with 20/20 design software required.

Must be organized and able to work independently.

Benefits package.

Please send resume to: Laconia Daily Sun BOX B 65 Water Street Laconia, NH 03246

IMMEDIATE NEED, ENTRY LEVEL RETAIL: The original hearth & spa center, Energysavers is looking for our next "Dedicated Advisor". We are a highly recommended 36 year old Lakes Region retailer of well known hearth and spa products. Our Advisors learn all aspects of our product lines, making them the best in our industry. You can earn while you learn! No prior experience required. You'll be able to lift and carry 50 lbs., and have a valid driver's license. Performance based compensation includes an hourly base pay, a retirement program, and paid vacation after one year. Health insurance is available. During store hours: See Nate Anderson or stop in for an application. Energysavers, Inc., 163 Daniel Webster Highway, Meredith, NH EEO.

SOLID WASTE ATTENDANT The Town of Gilmanton is seeking a Solid Waste Attendant to work part time (22-30 hrs. per week) at the recycling facility.

The normal operating hours are Wednesdays 7:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m., Saturdays 7:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. and Sundays from 12 noon to 5:00 p.m.

Please pick up application at Selectmen’s Office or submit a resume to Tim Warren, Town Administrator, P.O. Box 550, 503 Province Road, Gilmanton, NH 03237.

For Rent-Commercial

Laconia-O’Shea Industrial Park

MUST HAVE EXPERIENCE

RIVERSIDE Cemetary, Alton: 3 lots available, for sale by owner.

Call (501)624-1189.

All applications or resumes must be received in the Selectmen’s office no later than 4:30 p.m. on Friday, July 15, 2010.

TROY-BILT Rototiller. Electric Start, used rarely. $650.00 524-2630 Used Bicycle Sale. Saturday, 9am-2pm. Over 50 various models all refurbished, reasonable prices. 90 Winter St. Laconia

Furniture AMAZING! Beautiful Queen or Full-size mattress set, Luxury Firm European Pillow-top style, Fabulous back & hip support, Factory sealed - new 10-Yr. warranty. Why pay $1095, buy $249.

Can deliver 603-305-9763.

BEAUTIFUL soft green kid leather comfortable chair and ottoman $250. Large upholstered rocking chair, brand new, $200. 524-2229

Help Wanted Busy Cafe & catering now hiring

Meredith Public Library, Meredith, NH seeks a part-time library aide for Tuesdays 10AM-3PM, Wednesdays 3PM-8PM and Thursdays 12PM-2PM. May also be asked to cover Saturdays and during vacation and sick times. $13.19 per hour.

High school diploma required. The successful candidate must be computer literate.

Job duties include circulation of materials, shelving items, assisting in children’s programs, and other odd jobs. This job will require frequent bending, lifting, kneeling, carrying, pushing and standing with very little sitting.

Please send resume and list of references to: Meredith Public Library PO Box 808, Meredith, NH 03253.

Attn: Erin Apostolos.

Closing date Friday, July 15, 2011.

Now Hiring PT Kitchen Help & Wait Staff

Please call Mon.-Fri. before Noon Ask for Donna or apply in person

524-4260 LANDSCAPE LABORER Duties include brush clearing, use of trimmers and chainsaw, and general landscaping. Must have valid driver s license. Prefer some carpentry skills. This is a full time, seasonal position for a reliable dependable worker. Apply in person; Monday–Friday 9AM-5PM. Meredith Bay 421 Endicott St. North (Route 3), Laconia, NH 603-524-4141

MEREDITH MARINA

Looking for: Yard Help NH Safe Boating License A Must!

Interested candidates please apply in person at 2 Bayshore Dr., Meredith

Help Wanted Rowell's Sewer & Drain

is looking for 1 full-time Technician/Laborer. Candidate must be self motivated, professional and avail. to work O/T. Must have CDL Class B and be in good physical condition.

Benefits include a competitive salary, 8 paid holidays and IRA retirement plan. Forward Resumes to: mandiehagan@yahoo.com Call 934-4145

Now Hiring - Evenings

Servers & Part-Time Cook

Apply in person, 4-6pm:

CJ Avery’s

in Lakeport (closed Mondays) TELEMARKETING: Steele Hill Resorts seeking Phone Representatives. Flexible hours, hourly earnings plus commissions. Top 50% of reps. earn over $22/hr!

Excellent new leads daily + training. Apply in person, 516 Steele Hill Rd., Sanbornton, NH 03269.

Instruction FLYFISHING LESSONS

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

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Instruction KARATE Adult and Children's Karate (Ages 4+) classes held in Laconia, Gilford, Meredith and Moultonborough.

Improves balance, coordination, focus, strength and flexibility.

524-4780 TAI CHI Experience the gentle art of Tai Chi. Improves balance, joint health, coordination, bone density, blood pressure, strength and flexibility.

Ongoing classes held in Laconia, Gilford, Meredith and Moultonborough.

All ages welcome.

524-4780

Mobile Homes Over 55 Village Own your own home for $59,995 or $6,000 down and $799 for 240 months, inc. land lease. Apr 6.5%.

“Open House” Sunday 12 to 2 Call Kevin 603-387-7463 Mansfield Woods 60 North Rt. 132 New Hampton, NH New 14’ Wides from $26,995 Or $1,350 down 240 @ $207 Apr 7.5% Irresistible 56X28 with drop down kitchen, loaded $77,995.

Modular cape ranch and 2 story, all on display.

WWW.CM-H.Com Open Daily & Sunday Camelot Homes Rt. 3 Tilton, NH

Motorcycles 2003 Honda VTX 1800, 7k miles, 4k in extras, $7000/obro 603-752-3933.

Motorcycles

Services

Services

Wanted

2004 Harley Davidson 883 Custom. Under 9,000 miles. Many Screaming Eagle parts, new tires, $4,995/BRO. 524-9265

LAKES & Mountain Carpet & Furniture Cleaning & Restoration. Quality service since 1975.

(603)973-1667.

WOODEN TENNIS RACKET Nothing fancy, not a collectors item, just need an old woody in decent shape for a wooden racket event. 986-6511

2004 Honda Shadow Arrow, 750cc, great bike, 11,000 miles asking $3700. Free delivery to Central NH area. 998-4350.

LOW PRICE ~ QUALITY WORK

Rightway Plumbing and Heating Over 20 Years Experience

2009 Suzuki DR200 SE- On/off road. 1,100 miles, great gas mileage, $2,495. 455-2343

Fully Insured. License #3647

Call 393-4949

CASH Paid For Old Motorcycles!

Need not run. Call Greg at 520-0156.

Buy • Sell • Trade www.motoworks.biz

(603)447-1198. Olson’s Moto Works, RT16 Albany, NH. MOTORCYCLES! We rent motor cycles! HK Powersports, Laconia, 524-0100.

WANTED: We need used Motor cycles! Vstars, R6 s, Vulcans, Ninjas ... Cash, trade or consignment. HK Powersports, Laconia, 524-0100.

Personals SQUARE dancer, female looking for male dancing partner to dance MS. 603-934-3749. Please leave number.

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

AFFORDABLE ROOFING & SIDING SOLUTIONS.

Highest quality craftsmanship.

Fully Insured. Lowest prices guaranteed. FMI (603)730-2521. rockybranchbuilders@gmail.com

MR. Junk. Attics, cellars, garages cleaned out. Free estimate. Insured. 455-6296

528-3531 Major credit cards accepted

Recreation Vehicles

SHMILY S WEEKLY trash removal and Attic and basement clean outs. Call Shmily at 603-393-4679

STEVE’S LANDSCAPING

General Yardwork & Spring Cleanups.

Lawn Mowing 524-4389 or 630-3511.

AAA Barn Cleanout- Antiques, crafts, farm tools, books, you name it! Saturday, 9am-2pm, Sunday 9am-12pm. 702 Province Rd. Belmont.

Sat. 7/2 Sun. 7/3 8am-3pm Household items, furniture, books, movies, craft & stamping supplies, beanie babies & much more.

No Early Birds.

Rain or Shine!

July 2nd, 3rd and 4th.

2 Serenity Lane

8 am to 1 pm daily Lots of great stuff!!

Meredith- Make an Offer Garage/Yard Sale. July 2, 3 & 4.

9:00 am until? 22 Camp Waldron Rd. Continuation of a moving sale last summer. Some free items, something for everyone, rain or shine!

MOULTONBOROUGHMultifamily yard sale. Saturday, July 2nd and Sunday, July 3rd, held 9am-3:00pm. Everything must go!

490 Whittier Highway.

MOVING sale, Saturday July 2nd, 7 a.m. - noon 473 Brown Hill Road, Belmont, N.H. Outdoor furniture, children!s items, toys, clothes,and games,Tools, weedwhackers, fertilizer, spreader, children!s hockey equipment , clothing and much more....

Belmont Yard Sale- 254 Durrell Mountain Rd. Saturday, 9am-4pm.

Books, movies, plants, blue tent, clothes.

GARAGE SALE Saturday, July 2 8 am to 1 pm Mostly furniture

Real Estate CONWAY LAKE (CONWAY) with tri-dock for trade. 207-754-1047

Traditional Japanese Bodywork

Roommate Wanted

Experience the relaxing and medically therapeutic traditional Japanese bodywork known as Shiatsu.

Each treatment is performed fully clothed on a comfortable floor mat and takes about an hour. Sensei Russell Jones, a State Of NH licensed Asian Bodywork Therapist, schedules Shiatsu treat ments at his office in Meredith by appointment only. Please call 524-4780 for more information.

ROOM for Rent: Meredith, quiet country setting, shared living/kitchen, electric/hw/heat/gas cooking included. Smoking ok.

Candidates should be clean and sober.

References required. $125/week or $500/month.

Contact 707-9794.

SHARE Nice Home: 40 plus, available one bedroom, utilities & laundry included. (Internet, phone separate). One car space. References, $525, 524-3613

Opportunities at Canterbury Shaker Village

Tyler s Home Services would like to thank all past, present and future customers.

Please visit our website at: THScompletepropertycare.com

603-470-6125 ECOLOGICALLY RESPONSIBLE CLEANING

Rick Drouin 520-5642 or 744-6277 HOUSE CLEANING- Seasonal and Year Round Homes.

Reasonable Rates. Alton, Wolfeboro, Barnstead, New Durham, Gilmanton. (603) 387-2519

BLUE RIBBON Interior/Exterior

Powerwashing Bus.

Cell

GILFORD SATURDAY, Sunday & Monday 8am-3pm. Child care fundraiser. Between Beans & Greens and Saywers.

Storage Space CLEAN DRY Storage Easy ac-

SATURDAY July 2nd, 9 a.m.- 2 pm 74 Fellows Hill Road, from center of Belmont take Shaker Road 2 miles on left. Something for everyone!

GILFORD- Large Tag Sale. July 1 & 2, 8am to 2pm, 14 Margaret Way Gilford. Furniture, sports, toys, household items. Rain or Shine LACONIA Moving Sale, Saturday & Sunday, July 2nd-3rd, 9am3pm. 22 Belknap Street, Rain cancels.

LACONIASATURDAY, July 2nd 9am-3pm. 168 Franklin St. Spring/Summer clean out.

LACONIA-SAT. & Sun. 9am-2pm.

24 Spring St. Tools, collectibles, fishing, camping equipment, videos, books, bar with related items, & more! Rain or Shine.

MEREDITH 72 Plymouth St. Sat. July 2, 8am - 2pm, Sun. July 3 8am-12 noon. Quality items, household, and Christmas.

Small Jobs Are My Speciality

279-5755 630-8333

7 Sargent Place Tools, Antiques, Jeans, Collectibles and many home decor items

MEREDITH 15 Red Gate Lane, Sat. July 2, 9am - 3pm, Unusual items, household and others, twin beds, other furniture. No Early Birds.

HANDYMAN SERVICES

Since 1982 ~ Fully Insured

GILFORD HUGE MULTIFAMILY YARD SALE Saturday-Monday 9am-5pm

Laconia-Saturday 9am-5pm, Sunday & Monday, 8am-noon. 28 Fillmore Ave. Household items & more!

A low impact, low waste service, tailored to accommodate. Call Ingrid 603-937-0054.

PAINTING CO.

Canterbury Shaker Village is an equal opportunity employer

95 Mile Hill Road, Belmont: Saturday, 7/2, 8am-3pm & Sunday, 7/3, 8am-2pm.

Saturday, Sunday,& Monday

40 Skyline Dr., Gilford

2006 Flagstaff Pop-Up Camper.

Sleeps 8, shower, refrigerator, portable grill, screened room.

Much more, great condition.

603-528-5945

Are you an energetic, self-motivated individual who is looking for an interesting part-time or seasonal position? Then join the team at Canterbury Shaker Village, a National historic landmark and museum known for its beauty, charm and Shaker hospitality: Administrative Assistant for Development & Membership Office: To perform a number of duties including data entry, database management, scheduling meetings, generating reports, filing and more.

Museum Guides: To conduct tours, school programs, and serve as interpreter in historic buildings.

Museum Store Associates: To provide customer service and sales support in the store and admissions desk.

Event set-up Assistant: To work on special event days to help with set-up/take-down of equipment and clean-up.

For full job description and information on how to apply visit: www.shakers.org/about-us/employment

Yard Sale

BELMONT

PIPER ROOFING

Our Customers Don!t get Soaked!

WANTED Cheap Colt Python 357 Revolver 293-7894 before 8 pm.

No Dealers Please.

Multifamily Yard Sale 28 Wildlife Blvd.

BOUGHTON Landscape & Construction, LLC: Sitework, Concrete and General Contracting, 267-7129.

Quality Work Reasonable Rates Free Estimates Metal Roofs • Shingle Roofs

Wanted To Buy

Yard Sale MEREDITH MOVING SALE

YARD SALE Sat. 8am-12pm 250 Bay Hill Northfield Furniture, toys, clothes, misc.

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Lions Club’s traditional 4th of July Rubber Duckie Race starts at 4 at Mill Falls MEREDITH — The Meredith Lions Club’s 20th Annual Rubber Duckie Race will be held on July 4th at Hesky Park rain or shine. Tickets sales stop at 3:30 p.m. and the race starts at 4.

For a different prospective on the race we went right to the source. One duck was willing to talk but only with the promise of anonymity.

Question: I want to thank you for taking time out of your training to talk to me. Do you remember when you first started racing?

Duck: I raced for David’s House for a couple years and then we moved to Meredith and I’ve been racing for them for 19 years.

Question: That’s a long time. What are some of the changes you have seen?

Duck: The kids, they’ve grown up watching us year after year. It’s a tradition. One year the race was part of one wedding couple’s festivities. Some years more ducks have been entered than others. The starting gate and finish line have been upgraded over the years but the course remains the same.

Question: Tell me about the race.

Duck: We get transported in our nesting boxes to the holding tank at the top of Mill Falls after 2 p.m.

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Next we pass through the rocks. This is the tricky

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part. Some years some ducks don’t make it. They can get lost or worse damaged. You gotta ride the current here and try to get into position for traveling under Route 3. Most years the water has been high here and we can just make it under. It’s also dark with almost zero visibility. Last is the homestretch.

This is where we usually slow down. It’s also the most intense. The crowds here are the greatest and the loudest. The noise of the quackers and from yelling out our numbers is fantastic. Everywhere people are wearing yellow tee-shirts, taking our pictures and cheering us on. There is a lot of pushing and shoving going on as we fight to the finish. It looks so close and yet so far at the same time. I never know which Lions member will be there at the end but I know I’m in good hands.

Question: Have you ever been a winner?

Duck: Yes. The winners get to ride in in Royal Purple Box to the tent then our numbers are matched with the corresponding ticket and verified twice before the winners are announced. Everyone

is crowded around the tent and it gets pretty hot.

I won twice, once for Hart’s Turkey Farm and once for Annalees Mobiltee Dolls. Did you know that all those prizes are donated?

Question: Yes I did. Do you know where the monies go that are raised by the race?

Duck: The first commitment is David’s House where the club sponsors the Lion Room. They also sponsor four scholarships and assist the D.A.R.E. program. They support the local Girl Scouts, the Meredith Senior Center, the Meredith Public Nursing Association, Inter-Lakes youth Soccer and the Inter-Lakes After Prom party. They are real busy at Christmas time with decorating and donating a tree at the Festival of trees, adopting a family, singing at the nursing homes, ringing a bell at the shopping center and hosting a breakfast with Santa Claus. The best thing they do is help people who need eyeglasses or hearing aids. Being in the dark under Route 3 for that short time during the race is enough for me. They also contribute to Fidelco Guide dogs and the N.H. Sight and Hearing Foundation.

Question: What’s next after this race?

Duck: After we are sorted and tucked into our nesting boxes we wait to see where we are racing next. Some ducks will be racing in Epsom at their Old Home Days in mid August. I’ll spend time with my nesting mates and if I don’t get called up then I will be back next July.

Question: What about retiring?

Duck: I’m a little faded, showing some white. That comes with age but I plan on racing as long as I can make it through the course without an accident.

Question: Any last words to the public?

Duck: Come watch the ducks race down Mill Falls on July 4th at Hesky Park in Meredith.

For more information call Lion Sue or Marie at 279-6016.

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MYERS from page one than 200 jobs to the employment base.

She said that with the departure of Reynolds and Marie Bradley, “the right arm of the last two managers,” she preferred the candidate with the most experience.

However, Baer closed by pledging her support for Myers and declaring “I sincerely hope he will succeed because Laconia needs success.”

Mayor Mike Seymour and the other five councilors wholeheartedly endorsed Myers without qualifications. The mayor pointed to Myers’s “real collaborative style” and “quiet confidence,” which has enabled him to “bridge philosophical differences and build consensus.” Myers, he stressed, intends not only to manage and administer city government but to become engaged in the life of the entire community, “something the council feels strongly about.”

Councilor Matt Lahey (Ward 2) recalled that after the council interviewed Myers, he and Seymour left the room together and both at once blurted out “wow! That was our response to Scott Myers,” he said. In particular, Lahey recalled that during the interview” Myers said “the concept of an average work day means nothing to me.”

“We felt we needed something different from what we’d had before,” Lahey continued, explaining that “this is an enthusiasm, motivation business” and “he fit the bill of what we need in Laconia.”

“I had reservations,” admitted Councilor Bob Hamel (Ward 5), commenting that once the field was whittled down to two “either one would have

done a great job.” But, he said he did some checking of his own by calling his boss, who not only lives in Dover but is a personal friend of Myers.

After their conversation, Hamel concluded “I think we’ll be very happy with Scott. If he’s successful, so won’t Laconia and that’s what we all want.”

Like Lahey and Seymour, Councilor Armand Bolduc (Ward 6) was taken by Myers at the interview, where unlike the others candidates who came with “stacks of paper” he appeared emptyhanded. “We’re making the right choice,” Bolduc said.

Myers entered a three-year contract with a one-year extension after two years by mutual agreement. Initially he will be paid an annual salary of $90,000 with the provision that if he performs satisfactorily for six months it will be raised to $95,000. All future adjustments will be based on merit, up to five-percent at a time.

Myers immediate predecessor, Eileen Cabanel, was paid $111,427 in 2010.

Myers contract includes four weeks of paid leave per year, which may be used for any purpose at the manager’s discretion. Up to 10 unused days may be carried over to the following calendar year, but must be used within the first six months or forfeited. No days will be monetized.

Seymour lauded Myers for “leading by example.” Acknowledging that attaching cash values to accrued leave is an issue for all municipalities, Myers said that he understood the council intended to address the issue and the manager should “set the tone for others.”

Earlier this week, The Daily Sun

reported the city is facing an $855,000 liability over the next five years because of city employees who will be retiring and expecting to be paid cash for unused sick days and vacation time. Some of those payouts will be required by union contracts and others by tradition.

Cabanal was paid $44,052 for unused sick time when she left in May to become town manager in Merrimack.

Likewise, Myers offered to contribute 20-percent of the premium cost of his heath insurance, a far greater percentage than carried by any current city employee.

Seymour said that Myers will join the council in a strategic planning

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Myers, who served on the Dover Economic Development Corporation for 16 years — eight of them as chairman — will attend a meeting of the Belknap County Economic Development Council this morning, spend the holiday weekend fulfilling ceremonial duties in Dover and return to Laconia to begin work on Tuesday.

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