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WEDNESDAY, JULY 18, 2012
VOL. 13 NO. 31
LACONIA, N.H.
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101-yearold Doris Barnes is now holder of city’s Centennial Cane
BY ADAM DRAPCHO THE LACONIA DAILY SUN
LACONIA — The Laconia Historical & Museum Society presented the Centennial Cane on Tuesday to 101 year-old Doris Barnes, the city’s eldest resident. The tradition of presenting the cane to the most senior of Laconians was started in 1993, the year the city celebrated its centennial. The first recipient was Madeline Whelan. The practice was left idle for nearly 20 years, when it was revived several months ago by the Society, which underwent an exhaustive search to find the cane’s rightful recipient. Barnes was presented with the cane, a bouquet of flowers and a plaque at her home, where she lives with some help from her daughter. City residents might recognize Barnes from her 2008 run for the School Board. Others might remember her from an 80-year career as an educator, including 18 years of post-retirement tutoring. She worked as see DORIS page 10
Celebrating sunset Melissa McCarthy and Quinn Millard light sparklers for Julie Monahan and Kari Zwich during the “Sunset Party” on the top level of the Laconia parking garage Tuesday evening following the storm that raced through the city. McCarthy, owner of The Studio at 84 Union Ave., provided the inspiration for the celebration. (Karen Bobotas/for the Laconia Daily Sun)
Estranged grandson revealed as accused in Gilford gun theft BY GAIL OBER
THE LACONIA DAILY SUN
LACONIA — Taped phone conversations from jail, a concerned parent, and a safe buried in a fire pit were some of the keys that allowed the Gilford Police to charge a young Laconia man with the Sept. 5, 2011 theft of seven guns from a Saltmarsh Pond Road home in Gilford.
According to affidavits obtained from N.H. 4th Circuit Court, Laconia Division Andrew Soboleski, 20, described by police as the “estranged” grandson of victim Harry Bean III, allegedly broke into to his grandfather’s home while two of his friends waited outside in the car. Bean was on vacation at the time. Police affidavits said they in part con-
firmed Soboleski’s involvement when one of his alleged co-conspirators, Ryan Tuttle of 23 Saltmarsh Pond, told his sister over a recorded line at the Belknap County Jail that he “didn’t even want to do that (expletive),” and mentions that he was with Soboleski and a third man during the burglary. Tuttle was incarcerated after being see GUNS page 8
Forrester & Lamb trying to arrange for series of joint campaign appearances BY MICHAEL KITCH THE LACONIA DAILY SUN
MEREDITH — The two candidates for the New Hampshire Senate in District 2 — Republi-
can incumbent Jeanie Forrester of Meredith and her Democratic challenger Bob Lamb of Holderness — have agreed to a set of what he calls “debates”
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and she calls “forums,” but have yet to reach agreement on the venues or format. When the two met for the first time after Forrester addressed
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the Meredith Board of Selectmen on June 18 when Lamb asked about a round of debates. “I call them forums,” Forrester see SENATE 2 page 10