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‘Mandatory’ seems a dirty word, even with dedicated recyclers By michAel Kitch THE LACONIA DAILY SUN
GILMANTON — “That word scares me,” said Barry Howland, one of more than 30 people who gathered at the Academy last night to voice their opinions about the
Recycling Committee’s recommendation to introduce “mandatory” recycling to control the cost of transporting and disposing of solid waste. Don Guarino, chairman of the Board of Selectmen, opened the meeting by stressing that
although the amount of recyclable materials has risen under the voluntary program, the volume of solid waste has risen as well, and this year is projected to exceed the year before. Despite a general agreement that steps should be taken to
increase recycling, most echoed Howland, doubting or spurning the proposal for a mandatory program. “If we have mandatory dumping,” one man warned, “we’re going to have lots of little dumps all over see ReCyCLING page 27
BELMONT — Don Zimmer recalls how, two years ago, he brought his son Bruce, then a 7th grader, to watch a team of kids his age practice football. Seeing the build of the kid, other parents and the coach soon had Bruce on the field and running through drills. By his second year, the budding athlete was playing as a lineman on see BHs page 27
Bob Beausoleil, Corporal Larry Gilman, Kelly Hoyt, Evelyn Duffy, Bob Duffy, Captian Rick Goodwin and Private Howard Leonard assemble around the table of their Civil War encampment at the NH Veterans Association compound off Lakeside Avenue in the Weirs on Sunday morning. (Karen Bobotas/for the Laconia Daily Sun)
1st N.H. Calvary, circa 1862, sets up camp at the Weirs By RogeR Amsden FOR THE LACONIA DAILY SUN
LACONIA — A group of Civil War reenactors who portray the 1st New Hampshire Calvary held a weekend encampment at the New Hampshire Veterans Association Campground at Weirs Beach, bringing along their horses and recreating the atmosphere, down to the smallest detail, of what life was like for
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history alive for new generations. “I’m a history buff who likes horses, so this is a lot of fun for me,” says Goodwin, a carpenter by trade who is steeped in Civil War history. He said the group had a good turnout for its Saturday afternoon demonstration of Calvary tactics on Lakeside Avenue and that they strive for authenticity in what see CIVIL WaR page 8
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Godfather of capitalism calls for higher taxes on super rich OMAHA (AP) — Billionaire investor Warren Buffett is calling on the so-called “mega-rich” to pay more in taxes. Buffett said Monday in a New York Times opinion piece that he would immediately raise tax rates on households with taxable income of more than $1 million, and he would add an additional increase for those making $10 million or more. He also recommends that the 12 members of Congress charged with devising a deficit-cutting plan leave rates for 99.7% of taxpayers unchanged.
“My friends and I have been coddled long enough by a billionaire-friendly Congress,” Buffett wrote. “It’s time for our government to get serious about shared sacrifice.” Buffett noted that the mega-rich pay income taxes at a rate of 15% on most investment income but practically nothing in payroll taxes. The middle class, meanwhile, typically falls into the 15% and 25% income tax brackets and is hit with heavy payroll taxes. He said Washington legislators “feel com-
pelled to protect us, much as if we were spotted owls or some other endangered species.” Buffett said he knows many of the megarich well, and most wouldn’t mind paying more in taxes, especially when so many fellow citizens are suffering. He also said he has yet to see anyone shy away from investments because of tax rates on potential gains, even when rates were much higher in the mid-1970s, 1980s and 1990s. “People invest to make money, and potential taxes have never scared them off,” he said.
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — It may be the boldest move yet by a company known for being audacious: Google is spending $12.5 billion to buy Motorola Mobility. But the big prize isn’t Motorola’s lineup of cellphones, computer tablets and cable set-top boxes. It’s Motorola’s more than 17,000 patents — a crucial weapon in an intellectual arms race with Apple, Microsoft and Oracle to gain more control over the increasingly lucrative market for smartphones, tablets and other mobile devices. If approved by federal regulators, the
deal announced Monday could also trigger more multibillion-dollar buyouts. Nokia Corp., another cellphone manufacturer, and Research In Motion Ltd., which makes the BlackBerry, loom as prime targets. The patents would help Google defend Android, its operating system for mobile devices, against a litany of lawsuits alleging that Google and its partners pilfered the innovations of other companies. In addition to the existing trove of patents that attracted Google’s interest, Motorola, which introduced its first cell-
phone nearly 30 years ago, has 7,500 others awaiting approval. Phone makers and software companies are engaged in all-out combat over patents for mobile devices. The tussle has been egged on by the U.S. patent system, which makes it possible to patent any number of phone features. Patents can cover the smallest detail, such as the way icons are positioned on a smartphone’s screen. Companies can own intellectual-property rights to the finger see GOOGLE page 8
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STOUGHTON, Mass. (AP) — A Mississippi man who grew up in Massachusetts goes to great lengths for a good pizza. About 1,400 miles. David Schuler returned to Jackson, Miss., last weekend with 150 pies from Town Spa Pizza, a restaurant in his home town of Stoughton (STOWE’-tun), just outside Boston. It’s a tradition he started years ago when he couldn’t find a good slice in Mississippi. He returned with 150 frozen, vacuum-sealed pies. That was a record for him. They cost $1,200. He made the 16-state trek in 24 hours, munching on Town Spa pizzas he kept on the passenger seat. Restaurant manager Kerry Hughes tells The Enterprise of Brockton he ships pizzas as far as California and Florida, but Schuler is his best out-of-state customer.
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Bear in Center Ossippe road causes crash; 7 injured CENTER OSSIPEE (AP) — Seven people were hurt — two critically — in a chain-reaction crash that started when a car hit a bear in Center Ossipee, authorities said. The 225-pound male black bear was killed. According to police, the incident occurred just before 11 p.m. Sunday on Route 16 when a northbound car hit the bear and a Lincoln Town Car headed in the other direction swerved to avoid it. The Lincoln then collided with a Land Rover headed north. James Iannuzzi, 44, of Boston, who was driving the Lincoln, and 44-year-old passenger Brian Berglund, of Winthrop, Mass., were hospitalized in critical condition. A third passenger in that car, 34-year-old Jonathan Harker, of Boston, was taken to Memorial Hospital in North Conway, where he was listed in good condition Monday. A spokeswoman for Maine Medical Center in Portland said Monday that Berglund is now in serious
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Selectman upset new personnel policies not being developed by Belmont board By RogeR Amsden FOR THE LACONIA DAILY SUN
BELMONT — Selectman David Morse says that he is concerned that proposed changes in the town’s personnel policy on health insurance coverage are apparently being developed without public session input from members of the board. He made the comments at the end of a brief meeting of selectmen last night, after expressing disappointment that the proposed changes weren’t on the agenda of the meeting. “Wouldn’t this evening be a good time to talk about them?” he asked fellow selectmen Jon Pike, board chairman, and Ron Cormier, saying that it was his impression that the suggested changes in the town’s policy regarding health insurance coverage for the ex-spouses of employees “condones current practice and I find fault with that. We should be doing this as a Selectboard,” he said.
Pike said that development of the new policy would “depend on the outcome of some other things” and was then challenged by Morse to explain what “those other things” were. “I can’t answer that question in a public session,” said Pike. The insurance issue had been raised a few months ago when it was announced that Pike, who is currently covered by the policy of his ex-wife, TownClerk\Tax Collector Cynthia DeRoy, had reached a settlement with the town in June that called for a lump sum payment of $11,000 and an agreement that the town pay his premiums until he is 65. The couple was divorced in 2006. Morse had recused himself from a vote on the settlement agreement, as had Pike, leaving Cormier as the only selectman to vote. Cormier has since then said that he consulted with former selectmen Ron Mitchell and Ward Peterson before he made a deci-
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Stacie Sirois to seek 2nd term on Laconia School Board
LACONIA — Stacie Sirois, who represents Ward 5 on the School Board, yesterday filed for re-election. She was first elected in 2008 when she succeeded Mike Seymour, now Mayor Seymour, who chose to retire. Sirois is a life-long resident of Laconia. A 1987 graduate of Laconia High School, she has two children in the local public schools, one at the high school and another at the middle school. For the past 10 years, she has been employed by the Law Office of Edward Philpot, himself a former chairman of the School Board and currently chairman of the Belknap County Commission, as a legal secretary and assistant. She has served as a Girl Scout leader, a girls basketball coach and member of the LRGHealthcare Nursery Guild. Sirois, her husband Doug and their two children live on Emerald Drive. Chris Guilmett, the incumbent board from Ward 4, filed for re-election last week. With two days remaining in the filing period, non one has filed to challenge either incumbent. GOP from page 3 the GOP nomination fight next winter. While Perry entered the nomination battle, former Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty, exited, further reshuffling the deck. Over the next few months, Romney, Bachmann and Perry will try to win over a GOP electorate angry at the change Obama has brought and looking for a candidate who has the right mix of credentials to beat the incumbent Democrat. Romney, who lost the nomination in 2008, hasn’t been able to unite warring factions of the GOP electorate since entering the race earlier this year. Social conservatives and the tea party haven’t warmed to his candidacy, and he has left some economic conservatives and Republicans in the party establishment underwhelmed. He’s focused heavily on New Hampshire and has downplayed his campaign in Iowa, but that may change given that Bachmann and Perry, both of whom have support among the tea party and Christian evangelicals, are competing hard in this state where social conservatives dominate. By Monday, the three Republicans with the strongest chance of winning the nomination fanned out across early primary states, all looking for the upper hand just as Obama opened a three-day Midwest bus tour. Romney, overshadowed for much of the weekend, re-emerged in Litchfield, N.H., and, during a conversation with reporters, quickly provided a window into how he would address Perry’s entry into the race. “Understanding how the economy works by having worked in the real economy is finally essential in the White House. And I hope people recognize that,” Romney said, stressing his years of private business experience and drawing a contrast with Perry, Texas’ longest-serving governor who never has worked in see next page
Belmont selectmen approve 59% sewer rate hike to help pay for $1.5M bond issue By RogeR Amsden FOR THE LACONIA DAILY SUN
BELMONT — Selectmen have approved a 59-percent increase in town sewer rates which will increase the average user’s bill from $144 to $229 per year. The additional funds raised will be used to help pay for a $1.5-million, 15-year bond issue which will come before voters at next year’s town meeting and will pay for, among other things, the replacement of five of the sewer system’s current pumping stations, some of which are 30 years old. Replacement of those pumping stations was among the recommendations made by Underwood Enginering , which recently completed an overview of the town’s sewer system., Even with the increase the town’s sewer rates will remain among the lowest in the state according to Town Administrator Jeanne Beaudin, who says the town’s rates still rank among the lowest 25-percent. She said that the town has applied from preceding page the private sector as an adult. Even as his aides worked behind the scenes to assess the impact of Perry’s candidacy, Romney suggested a strategy shift wasn’t at hand. He said, “I’m not going to vary my speech and my vision for the American people based upon the political winds of the day.” A bit later, he returned to his strategy of assailing Obama on the economy, saying that the president should call for Congress to return from its summer break to deal with high unemployment, home foreclosures and Wall Street turmoil. Halfway across the country, Perry made clear that he would try to undercut Romney’s efforts to cast himself as the strongest candidate on jobs and that he would continue where Pawlenty had left off in questioning Bachmann’s accomplishments — or lack thereof — during her three terms in the U.S. House. “I respect all the other candidates in the field, but there is no one that can stand toe to toe with us,” Perry told The Associated Press in an interview as he began his first full day of campaigning. He didn’t name either of his rivals, but he pointed to job growth in Texas and argued that Republicans needed
for a low-interest, government supported bond issue, perhaps with an interest rate as low as 1.5 percent, to finance the project. Beaudin said the projections show that the new sewer rate of $57.25 per quarter will “hold firm for four and a half years dependent on whether or not there are any emergencies.” The town does not measure sewer discharge from individual homes or businesses nor does it factor water use into sewer bills as many of those connected to the sewer system in the lakefront area are not connected to the town’s water system. It employs a weighted formula in which a restuarant, for example, is charged for 20 units of sewer and a laundromat for nine units of sewer. In other action, selectmen applied to the State Department of Transportation for approval of a $159,000 in repairs to the Shaker Road Bridge, a project which would receive 80-percent state funding.
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a candidate who has achieved results. Bachmann, for her part, prepared for a bus tour that starts Tuesday in South Carolina, a state set to hold the first primary in the South. Since declaring her candidacy, she has shot to the top tier in GOP polling, has largely avoided mistakes, has logged two solid debate performances and has established herself as a far more serious candidate than her rivals had predicted. She’s worked to broaden her appeal beyond the tea party and evangelical wings of the party. She earned a widely publicized boost on Saturday, winning 4,823 votes, or 28 percent, of the die-hard activists who set aside a Saturday afternoon every four years for a political carnival at Iowa State University’s campus in Ames. The man they all hope to replace wasn’t taking it sitting down. In little Cannon Falls, Minn., Obama told audience members hard hit by the difficult economy, “As frustrated as you are about politics, don’t buy into this notion that somehow government is what’s holding us back.” He noted that the government is responsible for the military that defends the nation and for many other programs people embrace. He said, “When you go to the National Parks and those folks in the hats, that’s government.”
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The work of moral barbarians “You’ve damaged your own race,” said Mayor Michael Nutter to the black youths of Philadelphia whose flash mobs have been beating and robbing shoppers in the fashionable district of downtown. “Take those God-darn hoodies down,” the mayor went on in his blistering lecture. “Pull your pants up and buy a belt, ‘cause no one wants to see your underwear or the crack of your butt.” And the mayor had some advice for teenagers looking for work. “You walk into somebody’s office with your hair uncombed and a pick in the back and your shoes untied and your pants half down, tattoos up and down your arms and on your neck, and you wonder why somebody won’t hire you?” “They don’t hire you ‘cause you look like you’re crazy.” Nutter is African-American and the first leader to speak out about the racial character of the flash mobs attacking people in one American city after another. And where are our other leaders? At the Iowa State Fair last August, black thugs beat a white man so savagely he was hospitalized. Police only began to look into the possibility of a racial attack and hate crime after fair-goers said the thugs were calling it “Beat Whitey Night.” After Memorial Day, Chicago cops had to close a beach when a flash mob formed, attacked people and knocked cyclists off bikes. In Miami Beach, there were beatings and shootings that same weekend. In D.C., flash mobs of black youths have turned up a half-dozen times in stores to loot clothes and merchandise and flee. The media almost never identify the race of the thugs. Their reticence would disappear were a white mob in some Southern city to be caught beating up on black shoppers at a mall. But the flash mob scourge hitting U.S. cities has been eclipsed by the pillaging and burning of London and other British cities in the worst violence visited on that nation and its capital since Goering’s Luftwaffe executed the “Blitz.” Thousands of hoodlums, thugs and criminals have firebombed buildings, looted stores and stripped, beaten and robbed people for no reason other than that they were white. Overwhelmed cops virtually surrendered the city for three days. By the fourth night, the rampage had taken on a multiethnic caste as Asians and white trash appeared to join in the festival of criminality. Asian and black store owners, too, are victims. In Birmingham, three Pakistani men defending their neighborhood were run over and killed by a truck reportedly driven by a black rioter. In a country-and-gospel tune recalled often in the ‘60s, the one
that gave James Baldwin the title of his polemic, this couplet appears: God gave Noah the rainbow sign, No more water, the fire next time. A half-century after the long hot summers of the 1960s and two decades after the worst riot in U.S. history since the New York draft riots of 1863 — the Los Angeles riot of 1992, in which blacks and Hispanics attacked Koreans and whites — the “next time” may have arrived. In Europe, the harbinger of the new century came a half-decade ago when North African youths in the Paris banlieues went on a days-long rampage of firebombing cars and attacking police and firemen, many of whom drove off and let the fires burn out. This week, it was London’s turn. And when the fires burn out, we shall hear anew the old liberal litany about poverty, despair, inequality and unemployment, the excuses that long ago ceased to persuade. For poverty existed in far greater measure in the Depression. Yet our parents and grandparents did not form mobs to burn, beat and loot. The West is in decline because the character of its people is in decline. In Europe, Christianity is dead. The moral code it gave men to live righteously is regarded with mockery. The London riots were the work of moral barbarians with no loyalty to the people in whose midst they live and no love for the society to which they give nothing, only take. In America, millions of fatherless young seek out in gangs the familial ties they never knew. Those gangs are now almost always formed on the basis of ethnicity or race. What were the British thinking when they threw open their doors to mass immigration from the Third World? Over centuries, they had failed to assimilate a few million Irish, who were European Christians. So, having failed to assimilate the Irish, they decided to invite in millions of Hindus and Muslims from South Asia, Arabs from the Middle East, Africans from the sub-Sahara, black folks from the Caribbean. But with no common faith or culture to hold the nation together, Britain is coming apart. Multiculturalism has “utterly failed,” said Germany’s Angela Merkel, only to be echoed by Nicolas Sarkozy and David Cameron. Is multiculturalism a success here? Or does the sudden eruption of flash mobs suggest that the curtain has begun to be pulled back on diversity’s dark side here in America? (Syndicated columnist Pat Buchanan has been a senior advisor to three presidents, twice a candidate for the Republican presidential nomination and the presidential nominee of the Reform Party in 2000. He won the New Hampshire Republican Primary in 1996.)
LETTERS Unpredictability of Congress erodes confidence of investors To the editor, A former American president has been quoted as saying that “the business of America is business.” If we look at our situation today it would be difficult to imagine similar words emanating from the lead donkey’s mouth. American politicians, donkeys and elephants alike are intent, not on improving the country’s competitiveness, but rather they can think of nothing aside from terminating each other. Business people in America still enjoy huge advantages just from being in America. Business is part of our DNA. America has a disproportionate number of the world’s most innovative businesses, from 3M to Salesforce.com; from Exxon-Mobil to Apple. Americans simply have the best business management in the world. Yet America’s politicians are intent on squandering our position in the world a position which business has so painfully accumulated. And the question becomes: for what? The roots of America’s current polarization are deep. Politically it seems like a civil war is creating two obvious problems for America and by caveat her businesses: paralysis and uncertainty. The current administration is pockmarked with vacancies because Congress refuses to approve routine appointments. Important trade deals have languished. The elephants are fighting a war of attrition against the lead donkey’s health-care reforms and his new Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. All this has immediate consequences for business. The federal government not only runs basic services such as the Federal Aviation Administration. It also accounts for a quar-
ter of the economy. Scott Davis, CEO of UPS, the world’s largest packagedelivery company, has observed that the FAA funding dispute made him unsure how many of his airplanes to outfit with new air-traffic-control gear, while the failure to ratify a trade pact with South Korea weakened the case for expanding his fleet of aircraft and delivery vehicles. The direst consequences of this paralysis and uncertainty lie in the future. America’s health-care system consumes a sixth of GDP but fails to yield top length of life or quality of life statistics. American schools produce barely average quality student skill sets despite generous funding. The immigration system leaves 11-million people in the shadows and condemns many of the brightest graduates of American universities to years of groveling before bureaucrats if they want to stay in America. Many give up taking their skills back to India or China. There is a better way to do things. American companies are sitting on a gigantic pile of cash; Apple alone has $76-billion in the bank. Why won’t corporate America invest in America? It does not help that domestic demand is feeble, and that the global economy is in turmoil. But American politicians deserve some of the blame. Their unpredictability erodes confidence. The gulf between American business and the lead donkey is growing ever wider, as business-friendly insiders leave the administration. Calvin Coolidge’s statement today sounds like a reminder of an America that is in danger of disappearing. Vote early, vote often. Marc Abear Meredith
I’ll just get my credit card company to raise my debt limit To the editor, With the debt at $14-trillion and counting, we better all start learning how to speak Chinese. From my understanding,we owe 60-percent of the $14-trillion to China. If we can’t pay this back, we are going to be owned by China and become a communist country that much sooner. We’re already heading in that direction with Obama and his cronies in Congress at the wheel.
of paying back the debt we owe either. They’re just gonna keep raising the debt ceiling. On that note, I think I’m gonna go out and buy a Mercedes, a new home, clothes and whatever else I want and so what if I max out my credit card? I’ll just ask my credit card company to raise my debt limit, and never pay it. Why can’t I? The government does it! Derek Morrissette Laconia
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LETTERS Tea Party people are just you neighbors and fellow citizens
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To the editor, So many liberals, so little time. I read Professor Cracraft’s letter in the August 11, issue of The Daily Sun. As much as I have enjoyed the professor’s company in the past, I’m afraid he earned a failing grade on this one. For example, referring to Ed Allard’s previous comments, Cracraft said, “Perhaps calling the Tea Party “terrorist” was inappropriate.” And then he opined, “. . . to my knowledge, Tea Partiers have not planted bombs of killed anyone – yet.” Scott, shame on you. Do you really believe that’s “civil discourse”? Tea Party people are your neighbors, your fellow citizens, whose primary purpose in forming their loosely cobbled alliance is to get the government to stop spending beyond its means; to stop stealing from future generations. You, and Allard throw around words that can only inflame what is already a tense situation. Back in the fall, Ms./Mr. L. J. Siden wrote that I had used a number of defamatory words in my writings. I challenged her/him to provide one example in which I had used any of those words she/he cited, and I offered to give $25 to the charity of her/his choice if she/he provided the evidence to back it up. Siden never responded
To the editor, E. Scott Cracraft, I thought you were too good to write the kind of “name calling” letter of yours in The Daily Sun. I don’t recall any letter in the past 10 years with near as much “name calling”. I agree with you that Bob Meade is THE most frequent best letter writer. I believe Eleanor Iadonisi wrote the best researched and friendly letters, but where is she now? I must again point out that defining a person, or that persons writing, in accepted terms, is NOT “name calling”: it is definition. For example, if you called me an “extremely liberal extreme conservative”, that can’t be “name calling” because it accurately describes me. To call Leo Sandy a liberal socialist is NOT “name calling” since that is how he describes himself. To call Bob Meade a socialist would be malicious mislabeling, not name calling! When it comes to the terms used for various political parties or beliefs, most are fuzzy at best, and you picked out one which is the fuzziest: fascist: We all consider Hitler a fascist, but actually he rose to power as a socialist! Unfortunately ALL dictators get to that position by using politics, of any kind, to get into a position of power, then slowly assume ALL power. Our great speaking president Obama is
or provided such evidence. Now, Cracraft is offended that I don’t publicly respond to every potentially disparaging comment from a person on the “right”. To tell you the truth professor, I have all I can handle correcting the shameful writing from the left. You know, people like the one who wrote, “The Tea Party and similar movements, however, have certainly engaged in some classic fascist tactics including extreme nationalism, inflammatory rhetoric, scapegoating, hatred towards targeted groups, mindless following of charismatic populist demagogues, and the frequent use of the ‘big lie’ technique.” Professor, after reading that statement from you, any respect I had for you is gone. You, and Allard, and Professor Sandy, are part of the problem. It’s the words that you folks have written that have shown to the readers of this paper that you all have an arrogant disrespect for the people. For shame! As Ed Allard’s comment that I “. . . hide behind real heroes” is simply a lame attempt to deflect criticism from himself for his disgusting comments. Those who know me, know that I stand on principal and write factually. Too bad Allard can’t say the same. Bob Meade Laconia
Keep Meredith Thrift Store in mind when you are ‘cleaning out’ To the editor, The Meredith Thrift Store on Main Street should be recognized as the only nonprofit thrift store in the area. The contributions they have made to the needy in Meredith affects every resident. As many consignments shops open up, we need to be aware of the difference between a nonprofit thrift store and a consignment shop. Consignment shop profits go back to the owners and to those whose items are bought.
Lisa and her group of volunteers provide a wonderful service to everyone. We can rid ourselves of items we no longer need or want; we can purchase items we do need for real old fashion thrift store prices; and we can feel good about knowing our purchases are helping people in need. Why not keep her in mind when you are either “cleaning out” or just out to find a bargain? Dawn Moore Alton
a perfect example. I guess most of us hate communists due to the awful things a most brutal dictator, Stalin, did! Communism never existed in Russia, but the quaint definition of it was used as a tool to eliminate private freedom, similar to what Obama has been trying to do here. Personally, to me the worst current distortion is Democrats calling themselves “Democratic”, which they certainly are not! Why did you pick on nice Anna DeRose for telling the truth? READ that Obama evil, hate-filled dictatorial bill, passed by IDIOTS (correct definition) in Congress who never read it! Why did you pick on me for telling the truth about Obama? Are you afraid to do the research? Have you not noticed how Obama observes Muslim tradition, but NOT the USA or Christian tradition? Why did you pick on excellent writer Ed Chase for telling the truth about grossly overweight kids today? Isn’t that something Michelle Obama is most concerned about, and wants to remove parents rights to select food for their children? Oh, and I must agree with Bob about Ed Allard. I save all of Ed’s letters in a folder labeled “Always Wrong”. Jack Stephenson Gilford
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LETTERS Let’s eliminate the federal government as the middle (tax) man To the editor, The total worth of the Forbes 400 Richest People in America is about $1,566,600,000,000 (yes, that’s trillion). Liberal/progressives and those listening to them demand that the rich pay their fair share of taxes. It was suggested they could pay off the nation debt; but 1.5 trillion doesn’t equal 14+ trillion; sadly it’s only one year’s deficit. (President Roosevelt in 1942 issued a presidential edict for a 100-percent tax on income over $25,000; the Congress lowered it to 94-percent). Considering that a cup of coffee cost 5-cents back then and now $1 to $1.50 we have had at least 2,000-percent inflation since that time. Those 400’s total worth would have garnered only $15.6-billion under another tax Roosevelt had — Undistributed Profits Tax — in 1936 had it not been rescinded by Congress in 1939. In 1901 the federal budget was $588 million; by 1945, $45-billion; in 2008, $2.5-trillion, which measured by the cost of a cup of coffee is $25-billion in 1945 dollars. Many may believe that the Federal Reserve take on the economy is too much, which it is, but it is no more than was spent during the height of WWII, it had dropped slightly the year after, five years later was greater (in dollars). The question today isn’t about taxing, it is about jobs, the government doesn’t create jobs by taking money from those who do, as they are redistributing income, not creating income. The cost of plowing a field with a horse is tremendous and limited, that is why so many were farming to support the non-farming segment of the society. Using tractors increased pro-
duction and effectively lowered prices and cost. The cotton picking machine’s improvements after WWII freed thousands from what was hand labor and resulted in lower cost for cotton. Imagine going to the grocery store checkout before 1974’s first bar code scanner and especially today when standing in line is bad enough, the old cash registers would had held the economy in stagnation. Your time after all does have value and can earn or cost you money (your money). No one idea or company creates what tomorrow may bring nor does it happen overnight; Pratt & Whitney’s new jet engine took 10 years and $1.2 billion to develop. Paying it’s fair share in taxes may well have deprived them of R&D funding for it and without the engines 16-percent greater fuel efficiency we would be guaranteed only a higher price to fly. The federal government was created by the states not as a body to run the nation but to serve the nation, it has become and is striving to be the government of all the people. The people of the various states need to learn that they the people choose not only their elected federal government but also their state government (not their neighboring state or another) and it is there where government can work best and best serves the people. A lowering of federal spending would free up money. Why should it be that the federal government taxes the people of the 50 states and then redistributes it back to the states? Simply eliminating the federal government as the middle man in the taxing scenario would save several hundred billion at least. G.W. Brooks Meredith
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To the editor, What’s on your plate? Was it produced by the factory farm and food system, or by the sustainable farm and food system? And what is a food system, anyway? A food system can be linear, as in the factory farm and food model, or circular, as in the sustainable farm and food model. In the linear factory farm and food model, non-organic inputs, usually fossil-fuel based, are used to enhance the fertility of the soil or manage insect/weed problems. Large acreages are planted with the same crop (monoculture), often with little or no crop rotation. The crops are harvested, processed or shipped to distant markets, consumed, and finally the waste ends up in landfills or incinerators. Over time, the soil becomes depleted, more chemicals must be added, and the nutrient value of the food decreases. Most food dollars leave the local community and flow to large corporations. In the circular sustainable farm and food model, organic, locally-produced inputs are used to enhance the soil fertility. Crops are harvested, processed locally, sold locally, consumed locally, and waste is returned to the farm to complete the cycle. On the best run farms, fertility is created on the farm and the soil becomes healthier rather than depleted. Healthy soil grows healthy food. More food dollars remain in the local economy, creating a multiplier effect. It is important to note that organic farming is not inherently circular, such as when a large corporate organic farm supplies produce to markets nationwide. Earthbound Farms is one example of a hybrid model, combining elements of both the linear and circular models. Some people have become inten-
tional about strengthening this local, closed loop system. In northeast Vermont the town of Hardwick has taken on this challenge. They have mapped their local food system, looking at all of the elements and identifying the gaps. They then work to bring in new businesses that will plug these gaps. They are growing their local economy and creating a more secure food system for everyone in their town. Read “The Town that Food Saved” by Ben Hewitt to learn more about Hardwick’s efforts. When I first encountered the Hardwick model, I started to imagine what it would look like if we were to map Laconia’s local food system. What I saw was mostly an empty map, because nearly all of our food comes from distant places. It is processed elsewhere, sold in chain stores, and the waste is trucked “away.” Even our local food supply comes from other towns in our area. Most of Laconia’s farmland has been converted to houselots, and we send our food dollars to megacorporations located in other parts of the country. The local food system is the focus of the community conversation event we are planning for September 30. Mark the date on your calendar if you are interested in how we can grow our own local food system, build our local economy, and ensure greater access to good food for our citizens. If you would like to help plan the event join us on August 17th at 6:30 p.m. for our next meeting. For more information, contact Karen at 528-8560 or barkers@ alumni.unh.edu, or stop by the Full Basket Co-op booth at the Thursday Laconia Outdoor Market between 3 and 7 p.m. Karen Barker Tom Barker Dick Devens Dick Christopher
We need to take care of our own in Franklin & Henry does that To the editor, I’d like to tell Hillarie Goldstein that there is a man who drives a truck to the grocery stores and picks up “out of date” food every week to feed the people of Franklin and some other towns. He is almost 90 years old but he does it rain or shine at the little church located a little past the police station. Every week! We need to listen to the TV and see what’s going on and worry about the
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LETTERS Jobs require division of labor & commitment to promise keeping To the editor, If you want jobs, then socialism must be eliminated, and I’ll tell you why. The creation of jobs depends on the “division of labor” where the work necessary to produce an item is divided into its various parts. For example, in making a lead pencil some several somebodies do the lumbering to obtain the wood, some several somebodies make the paint, some several somebodies produce the rubber for the eraser, others, many others, turn out the brass for the ferrule to hold the eraser to the pencil, etcetera, for hundreds of different people doing a hundred or more different things, all to turn out, at a profit, a pencil selling for maybe nineteen cents. Turning out a pencil for nineteen cents, in turn requires, per author Robert Ringer “the absolute refusal” to break any promises. Others, like Ludwig von Mises, postulated that if one takes care of the spiritual values (like promises) the material values (like well paying jobs) will take care of themselves. “Spiritual values” include, as Robert Ringer wrote, “the absolute refusal” to break any promises. The opposite, for example, is the teaching of socialism, that promises are like pie crusts and that “pie crusts are made to be broken”. It is
the broken promises of socialism that have killed jobs, killed jobs by the millions, all over the United States. In the 1950s, before the breaking of promises became entrenched in our political fabric, essentially every male high school graduate could find a job that paid enough money for him, with a 40 hour a week job, and at 40 hours only; to buy a car, buy a house and support a stay-at-home wife. To return to that standard, we need to again become “promise keepers”. If you want jobs, and you should, then do what you can, when you can, to stop as much as you can of those who break promises. Among other things, do what you can to stop electing candidates to office who treat their oath of office as a “pie crust” and such violators when elected proceed to break their promise, “to support and defend the Constitution”. Use the ballot box to retire them to private life. To have jobs, jobs require a division of labor. The division of labor requires the absolute refusal to break any promise; therefore, to have jobs, the teachings of socialism, such as the one that promises are made to be broken, like pie crusts, must be discarded into the dust bin of history. Rep. Robert Kingsbury Laconia
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Man-made radiation exposure isn’t in the news but it’s there To the editor, More on the dangers of radioactive exposures and damage to cells: “Fly ash emitted by a power plant — a by-product from burning coal for electricity — carries into the surrounding environment 100 times more radiation than a nuclear power plant producing the same amount of energy.” (www.sciencemag.org/content/202/4372/1045.short) And “Radiation doses from airborne effluents of model coal-fired and nuclear power plants (1000 megawatts electric) are compared. Assuming a 1-percent ash release to the atmosphere (Environmental Protection Agency regulation) and one part per million of uranium and two parts per million of thorium in the coal (approximately the U.S. average), population doses from the coal plant are typically higher than those from pressurized-water or boiling-water reactors that meet government regulations. Higher radionuclide contents and ash releases are common and would result in increased doses from the coal plant.” A contention submitted to the NRC during re-licensing applications for both Seabrook and VT-Yankee nuclear plants points out that the NRC of late
has lowered standards that (enforced) would jeopardize ongoing power production by those plants. What should be a regulator actually has become a pal. Yet, the baseline work done by epidemiologist Dr. Alice Stewart (deceased in 2002) holds today: pregnant women should not be x-rayed. Her findings on fetal damage (1953-1956) caused by x-rays of pregnant women are regarded worldwide, and people avoid medical x-rays during pregnancy and early childhood when possible. Depending on one’s age, parents reading this benefited from Dr. Stewart’s suspicion and investigation of man-made radiation. A dentist will routinely ask before doing x-rays of a woman, “Are you pregnant?“ Or it may be that their grandchildren benefited. In any case, the struggle ongoing at Fukushima-Daiichi reactors in Japan to get the accident under control merits serious thoughts about the man-made radiation exposure that is Northern Hemispheric in nature. Just because it’s left our front-page news doesn’t mean it isn’t happening. Check out the website for Beyond Nuclear. Lynn Rudmin Chong Sanbornton
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those who labor in the earth are the chosen people of God. Period. Man shall not live by bread alone but by every word that’s spoken out of the mouth of God (Matthew 4:4). He inspired, even to this day, our nation. Even James Madison loved Hebrew philosophy and had a deep interest in the Bible. He wanted to become a minister but had a very weak voice so he chose politics. I could go on an on, James. I believe in the separation of church and state, not wanting any church to run our country. But let me warn all Americans that all Islam nations are under the control of that religion and support Islamic jihad (death to Christian Americans). People, be ready to defend our nation. Be ready to die for our freedom and nation against these evil people. In ending: Thomas Paine died in 1809. A social outcast, his B.S. (age of reason) became known by Americans as the “Atheists Bible”. He is buried in England. Thank God he is not buried in God-given American soil. He died poor, sick and deranged. God bless the U.S.A. William “Liam” McCoy Meredith
Redistributive economics doesn’t work, same for Keynesian policies To the editor, The politics of liberals is a ball and chain on the economic advancement of everyone; economic literacy is their nemesis. Does anyone remember Milton Friedman? Have any liberals heard of Adam Smith, the Austrian school, Von Mises, Hayek, economic principals that create wealth, not dissipate it? Ideas that unshackled the human entrepreneurial spirit 200 years ago and propelled us from an agrarian society to outer space – to the Internet, to longer, healthier and more prosperous lives? Redistributive, control economics does not work. Keynesian economics does not work. It didn’t work for FDR
— in spite of the liberal myth — and it won’t work for Obama. These statist plans are the quintessential model for Einstein’s definition of insanity: “Doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. In spite of endless failures and unintended consequences, liberals persist in these utopian schemes because they mesh perfectly with the puerile mindset and simplistic thinking of the faithful. Do you sincerely seek the best possible quality of life for your children and your grandchildren? Don’t vote for liberals. Robert E. Hood Center Harbor
FAIR from page 2 Monday, investigators and the families of the dead and injured were still seeking answers to hard questions: Was the structure safe? Why were the thousands of fans not evacuated?
Could anything have been done to prevent the tragedy? State fair officials have not said whether the stage and rigging were inspected prior to Saturday’s show. see next page
State Police investigating accident involving Alton cruiser
ALTON — Neither party was injured in a twovehicle accident on Sunday that involved a marked police SUV. According to Chief Ryan Heath, the collision occurred at about 12:30 p.m. when the unnamed officer was driving on Route 11 and a vehicle pulled out from Route 11-D and attempted a left-hand turn across the officer’s path of travel. By braking hard and swerving, the officer was
able to avoid a “T-bone” type collision, Heath noted. The two vehicles made contact between the cruiser’s right-front corner and the other vehicle’s left-front. No injuries were sustained. Heath declined to identify either party involved and referred further questions to State Police, which is investigating the accident. The trooper assigned to the investigation was not available for comment yesterday.
Collision in Lakeport causes brief Saturday power outage
LACONIA — An SUV, driven by a Gilford man, collided with a snowmobile trailer then struck a utility pole on Elm Street near Leavitt Park late Saturday afternoon, causing several nearby homes to lose power for a short spell. Driving a 200o Dodge Durango, Bernard Huard, 53, of 23 Lipscomb Circle was traveling westbound when he hit the trailer, which was being towed in the opposite direction by Robert Ferguson of Hudson. Following the the collision, Huard’s Durango crossed
the center line and struck the pole. Ferguson was unhurt and the trailer only slightly damage, but the Durango suffered substantial damage and Huard treated for minor injuries at Lakes Region General Hospital. Several homes in the neighborhood lost power, which Public Service Company of New Hampshire restored promptly. According to police, neither speed nor alcohol appear to have contributed to the accident.
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from preceding page Fair spokesman Andy Klotz said initially that the state fire marshal’s office was responsible for inspections, but he backtracked Monday, saying he wasn’t sure whose job it is. A spokesman for the Indiana Department of Homeland Security said neither the fire marshal nor Homeland Security officials conduct inspections. And the city does not have the authority to inspect items on state property. “We do have our own requirements within the city for temporary structures, and we do have our own permitting requirements,” said Kate Johnson, spokeswoman for the Indianapolis Department of Code Enforcement. “But in this situation, we don’t have that authority because it’s state-owned property.” As they investigate, inspectors for the Indiana Occupational Safety and Health Administration will be looking at the weather and any potential structural or design flaws in the stage, among other things, experts said. Another emerging issue is whether fair organizers responded quickly enough to forecasts of an
approaching storm, especially since a different concert nearby was canceled because of the weather. Just 15 miles north in the suburb of Fishers, about 6,700 people attending a performance by the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra were evacuated Saturday from the Conner Prairie Amphitheater. Tom Ramsey, the orchestra’s vice president and general manager, said the group reviews information from a private weather company and consults with the National Weather Service, with a goal of giving patrons at least 30 minutes to get to their vehicles if bad weather threatens. “We saw a storm that contained lightning dip south a little bit. Once we saw that, I made the decision to stop the concert and send everyone to their cars,” he said. At the fairgrounds, concert-goers and other witnesses said an announcer warned them of impending bad weather, but there were no warnings to clear the area. Fair officials said the stage that collapsed is erected at the start of the fair each year to provide a framework on which performers can add their own lights or other features. The roof can be raised or lowered based on the act.
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Brenda Polidoro spent five years transcribing 46 years of daily journals written by Jeremiah Smith Jewett, who died a century ago. The first published volume of her transcriptions was recently released. (Laconia Daily Sun photo/Adam Drapcho)
With publication of book, Brenda Polidoro introduces a dear 190-year-old friend By AdAm drApcho THE LACONIA DAILY SUN
LACONIA — The relationships which come to mean the most to people often begin by happenstance, and that’s the case with Brenda Polidoro and Jeremiah Smith Jewett. She was asked by the Laconia Museum and Historical Society to transcribe a journal entry recounting the day that President Abraham Lincoln was assassinated. She obliged, and in doing so was struck by the voice contained on the pages. Polidoro spent the next five years transcribing 46 years of Jewett’s daily, hand-written journals, and in doing so came to know a man of character and charity, one who filled critical roles in the town of Warren
and one who made an indelible mark on the Laconia landscape. The Laconia Historical and Museum Society and Polidoro have now published the results of her labors. “Day Book of Jeremiah Smith Jewett, Volume One,” covering period of January 1, 1854 to December 31, 1869, was recently released and is available for purchase through the historical society or through major bookseller websites. When Jewett’s journal was first presented to Polidoro, it was unknown who had written it, only that it was given to the historical society by the Jewett family and that it contained an entry from the day that Lincoln was killed. The society asked Polidoro see next page
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Assault rifle reported stolen from Laconia home LACONIA — Police are investigating a burglary at 38 Bowman Street, where several firearms, including an assault rifle, were stolen. Police were called to the address on Saturday morning and told by residents that the burglary and theft occurred sometime between June 15 and Saturday, August 13, when the weapons were found to be missing.
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Captain Bill Clary said that officers were following leads in the case while urging anyone with information bearing on the whereabouts of the missing firearms or the identity of the person or persons who took them to contact Officer Joseph Marquis at the Laconia Police Department, 524-5257, extension 521, or call the Greater Laconia Crime Line at 5241717.
Minor injuries to 4 result from 2 car collision in Laconia
LACONIA — Four people sustained minor injuries when two cars collided at the intersection of Parade Road and Elm Street around 10:30 p.m. on Saturday night. Kris Spaulding of Bristol, driving a 1996 Buick station wagon with five passengers, was traveling westbound on Elm Street and Diane Seuss of Belmont was driving alone southbound on Parade Road in a 2008 Nissan sedan when they collided in the
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from preceding page written, contained so much emotion, that I wanted to do the whole journal,” she recalled. The transcription effort revealed clues which Polidoro was able to use to flesh out the story of Jewett’s life. He was born in Laconia in 1822, when the community was known as Meredith Bridge. As a surveyor, he worked with the railroads as a young man. It was in that capacity that he came to Warren, New Hampshire, to help put in a turn table. In Warren, he fell in love with a woman, Harriet Furnham, and retired from the railroad to manage a general store and serve as the postmaster. Jeremiah and Harriet had a son, Martin Wilbur, and in his journals Jewett states that he writes to provide his son with an example of how a man should lead his life. Sadly, Martin’s life was cut short by a digestive complication. He died at the age of 19 when he was a student at the Tilton Seminary School. After his son passed, Jewett continued to write. He wrote about reading a letter from Martin six months after his passing, in which his son writes about his motivation to lead a life serving God. Jewett was moved by his deceased son’s words and became an ordained minister – the father followed in the son’s footsteps. Jeremiah and Harriet later adopted a girl from Franklin. In Jewett’s general store in Warren, he operated the town’s only telegraph, meaning that he was often the sole conduit for news coming into and out of that town. As such, the duty was his to relay information about births and deaths of residents there, he also was the first in Warren to learn of the president’s assassination. Polidoro said his journals contain much information valuable to the present residents of Warren. Jewett also played an important role in Laconia’s history. In 1905, he sold his family’s land to the hospital association, then donated the proceeds of the sale toward the construction of a hospital that would become Lakes Region General Hospital. Today, LRGHealthcare, the nonprofit organization that operates the hospital and many other local health care offices, is the regions largest employer. Unfortunately, there are at least two journals missing – the first journal and the one that recounts
Harriet’s death and the final years of Jewett’s life. That journal would also include 1903, the year of the Great Lakeport Fire. Despite those gaps, Polidoro feels she has come to know Jewett very well, perhaps as well as anyone who lived alongside him. “I am just fascinated by this man, I think everyone needs to know about him,” she said. He was a man of high principles who prided himself by following the Golden Rule, someone who lived during a time and in communities where neighbors relied upon eachother and helped one another. “Whatever people needed, he would do for them. He was always there, a kind-hearted, gentle soul. I think people should look up to him,” she said. A man of little formal education, Jewett often spelled words phonetically. Although Polidoro was initially uncomfortable with transcribing these misspellings accurately, she soon realized that it allowed the reader to better hear Jewett’s voice, thick with a northern New England accent. Completing the transcription, she said, “was sad. It was the end of our friendship.” However, publishing the journals allows Polidoro and the historical society to share her friend with others. Polidoro has given several presentations, both in Laconia and in Warren, about her findings, and plans to do more. She marvels that, prior to her transcriptions, people in neither community were familiar to Jewett’s contributions. “Had it not been for these journals, he would have been lost forever in history.”
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The Belmont Police Department Explorers and the Belmont branch of Northway Bank are holding a Toy Drive for Santa’s Lil Helpers. Every Christmas, the Explorers collect toys to give the less fortunate in town. Anyone wishing to donate a new, unwrapped toy or a money donation can do so at the Belmont branch at the Belknap Mall. Shown above are Michelle Blake, Northway Bank branch manager, and Maralyn Beauchesne. (Courtesy photo)
Annual vesper service August 21 at 1st Freewill Baptist Church in East Alton
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ALTON — The East Alton Meeting House, a.k.a. The First Freewill Baptist Church, at Gilman’s Corner in East Alton will be the site of its annual vesper service at 4:00 p.m. on Sunday, August 21. The service will be conducted by Reverend Kenneth Steigler, who has retired after 49 years serving in New York and then the New England United Methodist Conference. He and his wife, Marilyn, have four grown children and nine grandchildren. He has two master’s (theology and psychology) and has begun working on his doctorate, still unfinished, in Jerusalem at Hebrew University. Two members of The Moose Mountain Jazz Band will integrate a selection of gospel favorites into the service. Lance MacLean, is from the West Coast where he played at Disneyland, piano at Shaky”s Pizza Parlors and in various Dixieland jam sessions. He is proficient in playing
the string bass, tuba, 5 string banjo, mandolin and piano. He also has his own piano tuning and repair business and continues as a computer repair specialist. Also playing will be Doug Cady, who has lived in Wolfeboro for the past 32 years where he has played piano and trombone with several groups. While performing all over the Lakes Region, he put in a three-year gig on the steamship “Mt. Washington” back in the 1980s with the “Mink Brook Marching Society”, a Dixieland band. Along with Lance MacLean, Cady is a co-leader of the Moose Mountain Jazz Band. The vesper service will be followed by a lemonade and cookie social. The meeting house is a 200-year-old historic structure on the National Register of Historic Places and can be reached from Route 28 by traveling about 2 miles on Drew Hill Road. For more information, call 569-3745.
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OBITUARIES
Carl Hoitt, Jr., 76
GILMANTON – Carl Hoitt, Jr. , 76, died August 13, 2011 after coping for some time with lung cancer. He was born in Dover to the late Irene E. and Carl B. Hoitt, Sr. and is survived by his wife of 58 years, Daryl Breed Hoitt. Carl attended the old little school house on Back River Road, as well as grammar and high school in Dover, NH. He was always interested in Constitutional Law, even being recognized by the courts as a “lay” lawyer in one ground breaking case. During the Korean War he worked at Rockwell International on the guidance systems for both the fighter jets as well as the Minuteman missile. He and his family are members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. Together they built up the Red Fox Farm in Gilmanton, farming herbs, vegetables & fruits organically, following their dreams and love of the land. Carl’s main interest during his entire life was country music. As an accomplished professional musician, playing the dobro and pedal steel guitar, his bands won awards over the years, including winning the International Battle of the Bands competition. His music took him across the country many times, including Long Beach, CA., New York City, Nashville and Las Vegas, but always coming
back to New Hampshire. Besides his wife, Carl leaves children, Carl Hoitt III of Schertz,TX, George Hoitt of Farmington, Colleen Hoitt of Farmington, Kristin Hoitt of Los Angeles, Ernest Hoitt of Gilmanton and Andrew Hoitt of Gilmanton. He was brother to the late Irene B. Alexander, Roland L. Hoitt and Aletha E. Plickert and was also predeceased by his daughter, Susan Hoitt. He is survived by brothers, Burton W. Hoitt and George W. Hoitt and sister, Nancy A. Bisson. In addition, Carl leaves grandchildren, George, Russell, Jennifer, Jasmine, Amy, Travis, Katelyn and Izabelle, as well as great-grandchildren Samuel, Daniel, Violet, Davram, Kailei and many nieces and nephews. A memorial picnic to celebrate his life and music will be held, Saturday, August 20th, from 1 to 4 pm at the Red Fox Farm, 159 Joe Jones Road, Gilmanton, NH. 603-267-1271. In lieu of flowers, contributions can be made towards medical expenses or in his honor to the charity of your choice. Wilkinson-Beane-Simoneau-Paquette Funeral Home & Cremation Services, 164 Pleasant Street, Laconia NH is assisting the family. For more information and to view an online memorial go to www. wilkinsonbeane.com.
Francis Campbell, 86
WEYMOUTH, Mass. — Francis Campbell, age 86, entered into eternal life on June 24, 2011. Frank was born and raised in Dorchester, lived in Weymouth for many years and has lived in Belmont, N.H. for 20 years. He graduated from Boston Latin High School, Boston College and continued his education there, receiving a master’s degree in Business Administration. Mr. Campbell served in the U.S. Navy during WW II in the Naval Air Corp in the Phillipines. He was a contract Administrator with the Raytheon Company in Wayland. He supported the NATO Seasparrow Surface Missle System. Frank was a former parishioner at the Sacred Heart Church in Weymouth and was a volunteer with the from preceding page in Concord on Fridays and Saturdays, beginning October 7. Taught by Ricardo A. St. Hilaire, Esq. 3 credits. For more information about Plymouth State University’s Certificate in Historic Preservation program, visit www.plymouth.edu/graduate/ siteindex/#h and click on “Historic Preservation Certificate” or contact Dr. Stacey Yap, program coordinator, 535-2333, staceyy@plymouth.edu.
C.Y.O. and Bingo programs for many years. Mr. Campbell was the beloved husband of Ruth (Power); devoted father of Francis E. Campbell and his wife Mary of Weymouth, Robert J. and his wife Tammy of Weymouth; beloved brother of the late Robert, and the late Paul Campbell; loving grandfather of Meghan, Rebecca Ann, Joshua, Justin, Melisa, Michael, Zachary, and Andrew; great-grandfather of Owen, Kaileigh, and Jake. He is survived by his cousin Marguerite Wallace and her sons Mark and Jay. There will be a memorial Mass on Saturday, August 20th in Saint Joseph’s Church, Belmont, N.H. at 10 AM. Lunch to follow. Relatives and friends are respectfully invited. Mr. Campbell was buried in St. Joseph’s Cemetery, West Roxbury, Ma on June 30. If desired, donations may be made in his memory to St. Joseph Church, P.O. Box 285, Belmont, N.H. 03220.
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MEREDITH — The storyteller Rusty Locke, first annual “Altrusa will hold their attention Food Aid Concert” is with his enchanting stocoming to Hesky Park ries and songs. on Saturday, August 27 Starting at 2 p.m. and from noon to 10 p.m. running through 8 p.m. Co-sponsored with the popular local musicians Meredith Parks and Recwill entertain the crowd: reation Department, the Steve Hayden and John event is a benefit for the Rafuse the duet of Open three local food pantries. Tunings, then there is People attending are Natalie Hebden, Dave asked to bring any items Little, Lou Porazzo, and in the following categoJulia Velie. ries to the concert: canned From 8-10 p.m., The goods, dry pasta, cold Harley Lamas a SandDoug Hazard, Carl Howe Hansen, Tom Fleischmann, Dr. Sam Heath cereals, baby food, baking wich based ensemble and Dave Walker of the Harley Lamas will perform at the Meredith items, snacks, hygiene who will close out the Altrusa Club’s Food Aid concert on August 27. (Courtesy photo) items, cleaning products, evening with the songs and pet food. Monetary donations are welcome as well. ranging from rock and roll oldies to eclectic contemFrom noon to 2 p.m. there will be all kinds of games porary alternative music. and face painting. Clowns “Gloree and Happy” from Rain date is Sunday, August 28. the “Best Party Ever” will engage the youngsters For more info about this concert visit the web at: with some great balloon twisting and local singer/ www.altrusafoodaid.org
Meet Sheriff Coltrane at Granite State Nationals SANDWICH — Now in the 9th year, the Granite State Nationals car show will roar back into the Lakes Region on August 20-21 at its new home, the Sandwich Fairgrounds. Up to 800 hot rods, customs, muscle and classic cars are expected from eight states as well as Canada. The event will host a variety of James Best, who played the entertainment options role of Sheriff Rosco Coltrane and vendors for the in the Dukes of Hazzard, will whole family to enjoy. be at the Granite State Nationals at Sandwich Fairgrounds This year’s event will this coming weekend. (Courfeature James Best, who tesy photo) portrayed Sherriff Rosco P. Coltrane in the TV show The Dukes of Hazzard. In
addition, the Duke boy’s “General Lee” Dodge Charger along with Rosco’s Squad Car will be on display. The move to the Sandwich Fairgrounds gives the event an opportunity to feature even more vehicles than previous years as well as some exciting new attractions. New for this year will be helicopter rides, “Crimson Tide” Monster Truck ride and an Automobilia Auction featuring everything from pedal cars to antique and collectable cars. Auction begins at 12 noon Saturday. Saturday night, show cars will participate in the Greater Meredith Program’s parade, lead by the General Lee car and followed by Rosco’s Squad car. The parade cars will start at the Inter-Lakes High School and make their way through downtown Meredith. Parade starts at 6:30pm. Admission for the event will be $10 for adults and $5 for children; free for those under the age of six. For more information and event details, contact Jim Cande at 253-4199 or visit www.granitestatenationals.com.
MEREDITH — A “Perfect Pig” barbecue featuring Tennessee style smoked low n’ slow barbecued pork will be held at Hesky Park starting at noon on Saturday, August 20. The event, hosted by the Squam Valley Masonic Association and aided by area businesses, will ben-
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Annual Appraisal Day at Glidden Toy Museum is Aug. 24 ASHLAND — The Annual Appraisal Day sponsored by the Glidden Toy Museum will be held in the evening for the first time on Wednesday, August 24 from 6-7:30 p.m. Paul Hough of Waukewan Antiques will appraise any antique, book, or collectible at $4 per item or three for $10.
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MEREDITH — The Winnipesaukee Playhouse Capital Campaign received a boost at an event at the Lemongrass Restaurant and Sake Bar in Moultonborough, hosted by area residents former Ambassador to China Paul Speltz and his wife, Renee Speltz, who is a member of the playhouse board of directors. Speltz said “It is a privilege to be associated with a dedicated and professional group of people who seek to promote, educate and afford excellent performance art in the Lakes Region of New Hampshire.” Brady Lynch, who stars in the current Playhouse production of “Gigi”, belted out familiar show tunes that made the audience smile. She was accompanied on the keyboard by Samantha Prindiville, music and movement instructor for the playhouse summer camp program. Lynch is headed to New York to pursue her dreams of Broadway at the end of the summer season. Guests included enthusiastic supporters of the theatre who are familiar with the high quality and broad range of productions that are offered. Barbara Zeckhausen, Capital Campaign Chair, and Barbara Morgenstern updated guests on the progress of the building of the Theatre Arts Campus on the former Annalee Doll property. With the exception of the mainstage theatre, all the activities – rehearsals, summer camp, adult and young people workshops, costume, set building and painting and props, are already based on the
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the Meredith Fire Department and taken to Lakes Region General Hospital by Stewart’s Ambulance, where he was treated for facial injuries. In the course of investigating the accident, Officer Robert Donnelly charged Sargent with driving while intoxicated.
Boat wake on Squam Lake fractures vertebra of teenager HOLDERNESS — A Massachusetts girl suffered a back injury when the boat she was in, which was piloted by her father, struck the wake of a passing vessel near Diamond Ledge in Squam Lake around 2:30 p.m. on Saturday. The New Hampshire Marine Patrol reported that
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — A 17th century drawing by Rembrandt was snatched from a private art display at a California luxury hotel while a curator was momentarily distracted, officials said Monday. The theft of the $250,000 sketch from the lobby of the Ritz-Carlton Hotel in the upmarket seaside community of Marina del Rey happened around 10:30 p.m. Saturday night while someone who seemed interested in buying another piece held the curator’s attention for a few minutes. “When the curator turned back to the Rembrandt, it was gone,” Los Angeles County sheriff’s spokesman Steve Whitmore said. It was not clear whether the person talking to the curator was connected to the theft, though Whitmore said a team of at least two people was involved. The sketch, called “The Judgment,” was completed around 1655 and is signed on the back by the Dutch master. Rembrandt von Rijn is widely regarded as one of the finest painters in European art history and his worldwide name recognition has made his work a common target for thieves. “Rembrandt is a name that criminals know or should know,” said Chris Marinello, executive director of the London-based Art Loss Register, an international database of stolen artworks. “When they
come across one, they see dollar signs.” Marinello said the theft was likely a crime of opportunity and not an operation carried at the command of a mysterious criminal with a private art collection, as is often depicted in movies. “Hollywood would love us to believe there are paintings being ordered stolen,” he said. “We have yet to find that.” Artworks tend to surface either very quickly after they are stolen or else disappear into the underworld where they are traded between criminals at a fraction of their value for drugs and other illicit materials, Marinello said. The sketch was being displayed on an easel or wooden stand and was apparently not fastened down in any way, Whitmore said. He described the theft as well-executed, “but not executed well enough to get away with,” adding that investigators had several strong leads and that detectives were looking at video surveillance from the hotel. Ritz-Carlton spokeswoman Vivian Deuschl said she could not comment because the theft was a police matter. A sketch artist was putting together a suspect composite drawing based on witness accounts. It will be released at the end of the week.
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379-year-old N.H. farm unsold but get news farmers DOVER (AP) — It’s a good season for the beloved sweet corn on the 379-year-old Tuttle Farm. It also looks good for the crops that weren’t there a year ago, produced by a group of visiting young farmers — eggplant, peppers, pumpkins and sunflowers. The New Hampshire farm, one of the oldest continuously operated family farms in America, raised a lot of interest — and emotion — a year ago when members of the 11th generation of Tuttles announced they were putting it up for sale. Faced with debt and their own mortality, they said the 12th generation is either too young or too entrenched in other careers. A bit of history and tradition was drawing to a close. Today, the 135-acre farm is still on the market, even though the asking price has been dropped $800,000, from $3.35 million to $2.55 million. While the Tuttles wait for a buyer amid an uncer-
tain economy, a new group of farmers unrelated to the family is helping to keep the operation going, trying a variety of crops, livestock and organic farming practices, and may even stay on after it’s sold. They receive coaching and equipment from a nonprofit group that acts as a business incubator for farmers. The enterprise is a first for New Hampshire but is a type of organization that has caught on throughout the country in recent years, from North Carolina to California. New Hampshire’s was inspired in part by the Intervale Center in Burlington, Vt., which leases equipment, land, greenhouses and storage areas to small, independent farms. “We need to grow some more farmers here,” said Suzanne Brown, founder of the 2-year-old New Hampshire Institute of Agriculture and Forestry, who used to live on a small farm in Chester. “The average age is 56, and two-thirds of our farmers lose money.” She said the Tuttles’ story is a familiar one — “farmers getting to a place where they want to retire, they can’t, they just can’t keep up pace with what’s happening with the markets. They would want to transition over to family members, but there’s nobody there.” The small group of resident farmers, apprentices and interns see FARM page 27
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By Holiday Mathis find a solution. SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). You’ll bustle and sweat, running at an impressive level of productivity. Then tonight, you’ll drop your weary body into bed and enjoy the best sleep you’ve had in months. Your dreams will be heavenly. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21). You don’t have buried anger -- it’s right on the surface where you can effectively do something about it. Channel your feelings into exercise, and you’ll get a stellar workout. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19). You rate well in someone’s book of friendship. However, with that high rating comes a lot of responsibility and expectation. You’ll feel the burden of that privilege today. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). You’re looking for a spark of genius, and it will come from a certain free spirit you know. This person’s revolutionary vision will elevate you both from the realms of normality to embrace an extraordinary circumstance. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). A scene that you created, cast, set up and directed is now playing on the stage of the world, seemingly without you. You won’t mind being an invisible contributor, though. You’ll proudly haunt the background. TODAY’S BIRTHDAY (Aug. 16). Using your talents makes you feel rich, and that feeling helps you attract greater riches. A special relationship will take a turn toward deeper commitment in the next six weeks. You’ll pick up a new skill in October. Festivities abound through the fall. Family will move closer to you in the new year. Aquarius and Capricorn people adore you. Your lucky numbers are: 11, 3, 26, 36 and 41.
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ARIES (March 21-April 19). While you struggle in the trenches trying to get what you need out of life, some with less talent and heart are rising quickly. Don’t try to stop them. They will eventually be exposed. You’ll win in the end. TAURUS (April 20-May 20). It will be easy to get so carried away by a project that you lose track of time, ignore phone calls and blow off any previous goals you had for the day. That’s how you know you’re really in the zone! GEMINI (May 21-June 21). The way you see it, the world is loaded with opportunities waiting to be seized. A partner or colleague is worried that you’ll do all the seizing alone. Reinforce that you are a team player, and make this person believe it. CANCER (June 22-July 22). You will feel the worship of someone’s eyes, and you will know what it means to be adored. Time will tell whether this is really love or merely a passing infatuation. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). Your to-do list is pretty simple today. To paraphrase cartoonist Roz Chast: You need to wash some laundry, return that item you borrowed and forge the essence of your soul into the history of your people. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). You are certain of your alliances. You depend only on those who have proved to be constant in word and deed. Even then, you make sure you have a backup plan. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). Thinking too hard about a problem will only confuse you further. Distance yourself from the issue. While your conscious mind is distracted by juicy bits of life, your subconscious will work out the knots and
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––––––– ALMANAC ––––––– Today is Tuesday, Aug. 16, the 228th day of 2011. There are 137 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On Aug. 16, 1861, President Abraham Lincoln issued Proclamation 86, which prohibited the states of the Union from engaging in commercial trade with states that were in rebellion — i.e., the Confederacy. On this date: In 1777, American forces won the Revolutionary War Battle of Bennington. In 1812, Detroit fell to British and Indian forces in the War of 1812. In 1858, a telegraphed message from Britain’s Queen Victoria to President James Buchanan was transmitted over the recently laid trans-Atlantic cable. In 1920, Ray Chapman of the Cleveland Indians was struck in the head by a pitch thrown by Carl Mays of the New York Yankees; Chapman died the following morning. In 1948, baseball legend Babe Ruth died in New York at age 53. In 1954, Sports Illustrated was first published by Time Inc. In 1956, Adlai E. Stevenson was nominated for president at the Democratic national convention in Chicago. In 1977, Elvis Presley died at his Graceland estate in Memphis, Tenn., at age 42. In 1987, 156 people were killed when Northwest Airlines Flight 255 crashed while trying to take off from Detroit. One year ago: A Boeing 737 jetliner filled with vacationers crashed in a thunderstorm and broke apart as it slid onto the runway on Colombia’s San Andres Island; all but two of the 131 people on board survived. Today’s Birthdays: Actress Ann Blyth is 83. Sportscaster Frank Gifford is 81. Singer Eydie Gorme is 80. Actor Gary Clarke is 78. Actress Julie Newmar is 78. Actress Anita Gillette is 75. Actress Carole Shelley is 72. Country singer Billy Joe Shaver is 72. Movie director Bruce Beresford is 71. Actor Bob Balaban is 66. Ballerina Suzanne Farrell is 66. Actress Lesley Ann Warren is 65. Rock singer-musician Joey Spampinato (NRBQ) is 61. Actor Reginald VelJohnson is 59. TV personality Kathie Lee Gifford is 58. Rhythm-and-blues singer J.T. Taylor is 58. Movie director James Cameron is 57. Actor Jeff Perry is 56. Rock musician Tim Farriss is 54. Actress Laura Innes is 54. Singer Madonna is 53. Actress Angela Bassett is 53. Actor Timothy Hutton is 51. Actor Steve Carell is 49. Former tennis player Jimmy Arias is 47. Actor-singer Donovan Leitch is 44. Actor Andy Milder is 43. Actor Seth Peterson is 41. Country singer Emily Robison is 39. Actor George Stults is 36. Singer Vanessa Carlton is 31. Actor Cam Gigandet is 29. Actress Agnes Bruckner is 26. Actor Shawn Pyfrom is 25. Country singer Ashton Shepherd is 25. Actor Kevin G. Schmidt is 23. Actress Rumer Willis is 23.
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CALENDAR TODAY’S EVENTS “Preserving Community Character: Win-win strategies for Managing Change in the Lakes Region”. A presentation of strategies to preserve “quality of space” presented by the N. H. Preservation Alliance. 7 to 9 p.m. at the Moultonborough Public Library. Free program. Presentation by Paul Richardson on the subject of the U.S. Mail Boat Tonimar. 7 p.m. at the Gilman Library in Alton. Hosted by the town Historical Soceity. Free evening of contemporary rock and pop music from Chad Porter on the terrace at the Carriage House at Castle in the Clouds in Moultonborough. 6 to 9 p.m. No charge and no reservations needed. Lakeport Community Association meeting. 7 p.m. in the Freight House, located behind the Lakeport Fire Station. The Buddy Holly Story at Interlakes Summer Theatre in Meredith. 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $20 to $30. For tickets call 1-888-245-6374. InterlakesTheatre.com Cruise Night at the 104 Diner in New Hampton. 5-8 p.m. weather permitting. Chess Club meets at the Laconia Public Library on Tuesdays from 3 to 7 p.m. All from ages 4 to 104 are welcome, as are people of all skill levels. We will teach. Giggles & Grins playgroup at Family Resource Center in downtown Laconia (635 Main Street). Free group for parents children from birth through age 5. For more information call 524-1741. Boy Scout Troop 143 meets at the Congregational Church of Laconia (across from Laconia Savings Bank). 6:30 each Tuesday. All boys 11-17 are welcome. For information call 527-1716. Hands Across The Table free weekly dinner at St. James Episcopal Church on North Main Street in Laconia. 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. Drop-in Rug Hooking at the Gilford Public Library. 6:30 to 76:30 p.m. Carol Dale will have a small frame and project with her for anyone who might like to give it a try.
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 17 Lakes Region Flag Football information night. 6 to 7:30 p.m. in the Inter-Lakes High School cafeteria. www. nflflag.com/website/home/lrffl Brown Bag Luncheon Seminar program on “Developing Professional Selling Skills” hosted by the Plymouth Regional Chamber of Commerce. Noon to 1 p.m. at Pease Public Library. Illustrated talk by Donna and John Moody on “Abenaki/Penacook and Native Peoples in Ashland and the Pemigewasset River Valley. 7 p.m. at the Ashland School Auditorium. Free. Sponsored by the Ashland Historical Society. The Buddy Holly Story at Interlakes Summer Theatre in Meredith. 2 p.m. matinee and again at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $20 to $30. For tickets call 1-888-245-6374. InterlakesTheatre.com Divorce Care Series. 7 to 8 p.m. each Wednesday through August 24 at St. Joseph Catholic Church in Belmont. Half-hour themed video followed by a support group session. Refreshments. For information call the rectory at 267-8174 or Ginny Timmons at 286-7066. TOPS (Taking Off Pounds Sensibly) group meeting. 5:30 p.m. at the First Congregational Church in Meredith. Overeaters Anonymous offers a program of recovery from compulsive eating using the Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions of OA. Wednesday nights at 5:30 p.m. at St Joseph Church, 96 Main Street, Belmont. Call & leave a message for Elizabeth at 630-9969 for more information. Cub Scout Pack 143 meets at the Congregational Church of Laconia (across from Laconia Savings Bank). 6:30 each Wednesday. All boys 6-10 are welcome. For information call 527-1716.
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Students will give tours of Lake Waukewan landscaping projects on August 18
The NH LAKES Lakes Conservation Corps Crew at Lake Waukewan included Kristine McGurkin, John Connell, Hailey Varnum, Landon Allen and Victoria Jollimore. (Courtesy photo)
MEREDITH — A team of six high school students and a teacher from Inter-Lakes High School who spent the summer working to protect Lake Waukewan will give a guided tour on Thursday, August 18 of the landscaping projects they have completed. Working as members of the New Hampshire Lakes Association Lake Conservation Corps in partnership the Waukewan Shore Owners Association, the Waukewan Association, the Winona Forest Association, the Town of Meredith, the Hidden Cove Association, and residential property owners, the crew has just completed installing six lakefriendly landscaping projects along the shoreline of Lake Waukewan. Guided tours of the six projects start at 10 a.m. and 1 p.m. from Lake Waukewan Park on Waukewan Street by caravan or people can pick up a map and take their own self-guided tours. The projects included installing infiltration trenches and infiltration steps filled with crushed stone to slow down runoff water, rubber razors and waterbars to divert runoff away from the lake, and rain gardens and vegetated buffers to soak up diverted runoff. Together, the projects will prevent approximately 15 tons of sediment, 30 pounds of nitrogen, and most importantly, 15 pounds of phosphorus from polluting the lake each year. Phosphorus is a nutrient contained in many lawn fertilizers, septic system waste, and soil and too much of it can cause excessive plant and algae growth, making boating, fishing, and swimming unpleasant and dangerous. Excessive levels of phosphorus can also cause toxic cyanobacteria blooms. Because Lake Waukewan serves as a CALENDAR from preceding page
WEDNESDAY, AUG. 17 Duplicate bridge at the Weirs Beach Community Center. 7:15 p.m. All levels welcome. Snacks. Check out a computer expert at the Gilford Public Library. 9:15 to 11 a.m. For library card holders only. Weekly Geocache at the Gilford Public Library. 9:30 to 11 a.m. Program sign-up is for library card holders only.
drinking water source for approximately 45% of the residents in Meredith, efforts to reduce the amount of phosphorus flowing into the lake are critical. “I had no idea coming into this job what phosphorus was,” said crew member Johnny Connell. “I am now leaving this job with a plethora of information on how to keep phosphorus out and how to solve runoff problems.” Not only are the projects reducing the amount of polluted runoff that flows into Lake Waukewan, the projects have also beautified the landscape. “The crew deserves a huge applause from our association. We couldn’t be happier with the results and how it looks,” says Robert Normandy, a property owner at Hidden Cove. “While not only improving the health and enjoyment of Lake Waukewan,” says Andrea LaMoreaux, NH LAKES Vice President of Education and Communication, “we hope this program will foster a life-long appreciation of the natural world among the student participants.” These projects will be showcased to the community as examples of simple landscape projects that property owners can construct to reduce the amount of water that flows off the landscape and into lakes, ponds, rivers and streams. The NH LAKES 2011 Lake Conservation Corps Program at Lake Waukewan was funded by a grant from New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services Local Source Water Protection Program. The program was also supported by donations and discounts from local businesses including Belknap Landscape Company, Inc. and Realgreen Lawn Care, LLC of Meredith. Summer Bridge Social at the Gilford Public Library. 10 a.m. to noon. Please call Carol at 293-4400 if you haven’t played with the group before. Gilford Write Now Writer’s Group meeting at the Public Library. 3:30 to 5:30 p.m. Open to all library card holders. Writers of all levels of ability welcome at any time. Summer reading finale party at the Meredith Public Library. 3 to 4 p.m. With musical performer Steve Blunt. Create your own sundaes!
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Songs of New Hampshire presented by Jeff Warner
“His program offers the songs and stories that, in the words of Carl Sandburg, tell us ‘where we came from and what brought us along.’ These ballads, love songs and comic pieces reveal the experiences and emotions of daily life in the days before movies, sound recordings and for some, books. Songs from the lumber camps, the decks of sailing ships, and the textile mills … offer views of pre-industrial New England …” Jeff’s program is made possible by a grant from NH Humanities Council.
Thursday, August 18 Taylor Woodside Building, 435 Union Avenue, Laconia RSVP Please call to reserve a seat
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All primed for the 18th Annual Bolduc Park Golf Tournament August 19-21 are, front row, Jason Pelletier, 9, of Manchester; Lauren Thibodeau, 11, of Hampstead, rated 15th in the world and fifth in the U.S. in Optimist tournament play for junior golfers; second row, Randy Annis, golf pro at Bolduc Park; Elaine Miller, vice president and office manager of Laconia Savings Bank’s Village West office in Gilford, and Ted Foster, of Foster’s Golf Camp, Manchester. (Courtesy photo)
Bolduc Park hosting 18th Annual Golf Tournament August 19 through 21 GILFORD - A hole-in-one will win a lucky golfer a $10,000 prize at the annual Bolduc Park Golf Tournament Aug. 19-21. There will also be a closest to the pin competitions, one during tournament play and another on Sunday after the tournament ends as well as a putting contest. The tournament will played on a nine-hole course right off from Gilford Avenue in the heart of a residential neighborhood that straddles the Gilford-Laconia Town line. As many as 20,000 rounds of golf are played each year at the 30-acre park which is open from April to November and is used for cross-country skiing in the winter months. All proceeds from the event will help support the Bolduc Park Association, a non-profit, all-volunteer group which has been running the park since the summer of 1994. Over 50 people volunteer their time and the course is open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m., with a suggested donation of $6. The outline of the oval track which Leon Fortin once used for training har-
ness race horses is still visible around the wetlands area which doubles as a bird sanctuary. And the nicely laid out course is well-maintained with nicely trimmed greens that would do any commercial golf course proud. It starts with a 150 yard first hole, the longest on the course, and meanders gently around the wetlands area and includes two small ponds, one beyond the first hole and another which must be crossed on hole number seven. The $25 entry fee for golfers 16 and $20 for those 15 and under includes two rounds of golf, the post-tournament barbecue on August 21 at 4 p.m., with Patrick’s Pub doing the cooking, and the closest to the pin competition on the 10th hole. The first 50 to sign up also receive free Bolduc Park t-shirts. The public recreational park was the brainchild of Bob Bolduc, the owner of Piche’s Ski Shop. Tee times are on a first-come, firstserved basis with players teeing off at 15-minute intervals on Saturday and Sunday. Tee times are not necessary for those who choose to play on Friday. To register stop by at Bolduc Park.
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ANNIE’S MAILBOX
Dear Annie: “Ed” and I have been married for six months. He is a wonderful husband in every way except one: He refuses to discuss our financial situation with me. I know nothing about the mortgage payments, utility bills or insurance. I don’t even know Ed’s salary at his high-level government job. I have repeatedly asked him to sit down with me and talk about these matters, but he says, “Some other time,” and it never happens. I have a part-time job that does not pay a great deal, although I have told Ed I’d like to contribute toward our expenses. He brushed that idea aside, saying whatever I earn is mine to spend as I see fit. I spend some of my money on groceries and household items, but it doesn’t matter to Ed. My friends tell me I am lucky to have a husband who takes care of all the bills. But I feel like a kept woman and not an equal partner in the marriage. I have no reason to believe Ed is involved in anything shady or that we are in debt. What do you suppose is going on? -- Left in the Dark Dear Left: By keeping you in the dark, Ed controls the money in your relationship. This is unfair and potentially dangerous. Don’t let him be evasive. Ask him for a specific date to go over your finances, mark it on the calendar and remind him. Write down all your questions so you don’t forget anything. If he still avoids discussing it with you or treats you as if you have no right to know, tell him it seems suspicious and is undermining your trust in him. Next stop: a counselor or a lawyer. Dear Annie: My sensitive 26-year-old daughter mumbles and sounds inarticulate. Is there a way to let her know that she can work on this speech disorder? She doesn’t believe she has a problem. Her friends and family members simply ask her to repeat herself. In school,
people told her she was hard to understand, and a few made fun of her. In formal, professional situations, she makes an effort to be clear, but once she’s comfortable, she falls back into making mumbling noises and slurring her words. I’m just waking up to the fact that her baby-talk may not cure itself over time. I tried to get her into counseling after her father died, but it didn’t take. She has since moved to another town and is trying to support herself with temporary jobs. Her speech has affected her confidence. I’d like to help by paying for sessions with a speech therapist, but she’s likely to cringe at the suggestion. Should I just give up and continue to pretend to understand her when we talk on the phone? How do I approach this? -- A Sad Mother Dear Mom: Inarticulate speech patterns are best addressed at a young age. At 26, your daughter’s mumbling is completely entrenched and will require great effort and constant practice to change. But it can be done if she is motivated enough. Don’t be afraid to risk her anger or embarrassment. Someone needs to tell her she sounds unprofessional and childish. If she has a good friend who would be willing to back you up, that may help convince her that she needs some assistance. Dear Annie: I agree with your response to “Mother of the Bride,” whose ex-husband threatened not to walk his daughter down the aisle if she invited certain relatives. But I think you should have added that any father who cannot put aside his own desires for one day in order to make his daughter happy on her wedding day doesn’t deserve the honor of walking her down the aisle. -- Montreal Mom Dear Montreal: We don’t disagree, but it’s not up to us. It was important to the bride that Dad walk her down the aisle. She is the only one who can decide what emotional price she is willing to pay for such a “privilege.”
Annie’s Mailbox is written by Kathy Mitchell and Marcy Sugar, longtime editors of the Ann Landers column. Please e-mail your questions to: anniesmailbox@comcast.net, or write to: Annie’s Mailbox, c/o Creators Syndicate, 5777 W. Century Blvd., Ste. 700, Los Angeles, CA 90045.
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AKC Reg. West Highland White Terriers DOB Feb. 12, 2011, m/f, $550-650. Trained. Affectionate 524-4294
WE Pay CA$H for GOLD and SILVER : Call for appointment. 603-279-0607, Thrifty Yankee, Meredith, NH.
2000 ML-320 Merc SUV immaculate condition, 101K original owner, all maintenance records, $9,900. 603-279-0623.
Autos
2001 FORD Explorer sport utility 4D, 71k miles. $6,000. 476-5017
NICE German Drop-Tops! 1990 BMW 325ic, 5-speed, ready to go. 1967 VW Bug, needs restoration or drive it like it is. Very little rust on either car. (603)934-6333 or 393-6636.
1964 Chrysler Imperial. 4 door hard top, 413 eng., push button drive- 82,000 miles, very good shape. $3500. (603)539-6568, (603)986-7302.
2003 Mach I 36K miles, needs very little $7500/ OBO. 528-2294.
CUTE as a Button AKC Sheltie Pups. 1st shots & worming. Ready to go 8/12. 630-1712 Free to good home: Senior female cat, current on all shots. Would be great for senior citizen, indoor cat. 393-6415
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AKC. Outstanding English lines, bred for quality and temperament. In home raised. (603)664-2828.
LOST CAT Large grey and white Siamese mix. answers to Isaac. Please call Pam 603-505-5646. ROTTWEILER Pups, AKC, tails, shots done, parents on premises, $950. 340-6219 SENIOR Tiger Cat- Female, loving, looking for a good home. Call Paulette 603-204-0133
1981 F150 6 ft. bed, 300-6 cylinder, 4-speed overdrive. runs great. Most everything new. $2,000. 603-387-9742 1988 Chevy 1500 305 Liter V8 5 spd, standard, 75k, must sell $2,500/obo. 393-3563. 1988 Chevy K-1500 4X4 350 V-8, 5-Speed standard transmission. 33 inch tires, chrome rims, custom on-road/off-road vehicle. $2,800/OBO. 603-393-3563 1991 GMC Yard Plow truck with 7.5 plow $1,000. 267-6335. 1996 Mercury Grande Marquis. Florida car, not too bad. $6,000. 293-0683
David's Antique Auction 6 pm Friday, August 19 Preview 4 pm
Leavitt Park 334 Elm St., Laconia Highlights: Ca 1850 cutlass, 2 Rev War fascine blades, 2 scrimshaw pipe tampers, English helmet,carved wood powder measure- Jap matchlock, rare Mercury Space Program press/ visitor badge, lot of 4 early baseball cards, scarce round brass revolving stencil, 11 large Royal Doulton character jugs, 38 inch trencher, Native American- obsidian patch knife, 3 Indian photos, 1829 Andrew Jackson peace medal, 1880's book on Indian sign language/ Navajo story teller bracelet, 42 inch marble top table, 2 caramel slag glass panel lamps, paper, Northwood carnival good luck bowl in amethyst, 45 pcs green Cameo depression
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2008 Chevy Malibu LT. Like new, 4,500 miles. $14,800 603-630-2354 86 Ford F150- 6 cylinder, automatic, 4X4 with plow. Best Offer. 603-539-5194 BUYING junk cars and trucks ME & NH. Call for price. Martin Towing. (603)305-4504. CASH FOR junk cars & trucks.
Top Dollar Paid. Available 7 days a week. 630-3606 CASH paid for unwanted or junk cars and trucks. Same day service possible. 603-231-2859. TOP Dollar Paid- $150 and up for unwanted & junk vehicles. Call 934-4813
BOATS 18 Ft. aluminum 35 HP Evinrude. Spare prop, runs great! $700 279-0055
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MEREDITH grandmother offering childcare in my child-friendly home. Will transport to and from school. 393-9079
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. No smoking/No pets. 630-8171
For Rent A STUDIO in Tilton, town parking $15/year, updated, close to everything/ park. $560/ month. 916-214-7733. LACONIA 1 Bedroom Cottage. $750/Month + Utilities. No Pets. 1 month security deposit required. 524-6611 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, $865 plus utilities security and references. No dogs. 630-1296. BELMONT, 2 bedrooms, heat & hot water included, second floor, security deposit, $820/mo. 630-2614 BELMONT- 2-bedroom 2nd floor remodeled, quiet country setting. Includes washer/dryer, cable and internet, woodstove w/wood, large yard, parking and storage. No smoking/pets. $900/month. 528-1408 BELMONT: 1 bedroom in newer building in village area. 2nd floor, eat-in kitchen, coin-op laundry & storage space in basement. $195/week including heat, electric & hot water. www.whitemtrentals.com.
LACONIA -Elegant, large 1 bedroom in one of Pleasant Street s finest Victorian homes. Lots of natural woodwork, Beamed ceilings, fire place, washer/dryer, heat & hot water included. $900/Month 528-6885 LACONIA 3 large rooms, one bedrm, South Main St., first floor, $165/ week plus utlities, $500 security. 524-7793. LACONIA 3-bedroom, duplex. Drive, deck newly renovated. Laundry, new heat. No pets/smoking, $900/Month + utilities. 528-1580 LACONIA Downtown, roomy one bedroom luxury condo with study. Hardwood floors, free cable, Internet, washer/dryer, gym, and storage unit included. Low utilities. Non-smoker, no pets, security and reference required, $1000/ month. 455-4075. LACONIA Gail Avenue, 3rd floor, 1BR heat and h/w included, no pets, no smoking. $725, 524-5837 LACONIA-1 BR, $600/Month. NORTHFIELD - 2 BR with on-site laundry room; $750/month. No Pets. Call GCE @ 267- 8023 LACONIA1-bedroom 1-bath apartment. $600/Month including heat & electric. Close to Weirs Beach. 366-5525 LACONIA- 1st floor two large rooms. $150/Week, utilities included. 118 Court St. 524-7218
BELMONT: Must See! Large 1-bedroom in 2-family home, just remodeled, washer/dryer hookup, no pets/smokers, $685/month, heat included. 603-387-6490.
LACONIA- 3 bedroom house. $1,000/Month + utilities. No pets, references & deposit. 524-9665
BRISTOL: Newly renovated 2-bedroom apartment. Heat and hot water included. $700/month. 217-4141.
LACONIA- Large Rooms for rent. Private bath, heat/hot water, electric, cable, parking included. Free WiFi Internet. $145/week, 603-781-6294
CLEAN UPDATED 1-bedroom and studio apartments in Tilton. Heat/Hot Water included. $560-$660/Month. No pets. 603-393-9693 or 916-214-7733
LACONIA- Private, quiet, clean, furnished 1 bedroom apartment. Kitchen privileges. $500/Month plus utilities. Call 524-9260
COZY 1 Bedroom near Exit 20. ideal for single person, private yard and parking. $170/week includes all utilities. Pet and smoker okay. 528-0761
1985 Formula 242LS twin 350s, 95% restored, must see, must sell, health issues. $11,400. 293-4129.
FRANKLIN: Quiet modern 2BR w/carport. 1st-floor, starting at $765/Month, includes heat/hot water. Security deposit & references required. No pets. 286-4845.
1986 Corazzo 21ft. Speed boat very fast, rebuilt motor & outdrive, new interior, newer trailer. $5000 firm. 387-3824.
GILFORD studio apt, ground floor, year round, convenient. No pets, no smokers. $620 a month incl util. 293-4081.
4HP Yamaha 2 cycle outboard motor, short shaft, excellent shape. $350/ OBO. 603-387-7380 leave message.
GILFORD Waterfront furnished house with dock, 2 bedrms one bath screen porch, Sept. 1- June 1, $850 plus utilities, 293-0452
PELICAN-RIO 2 person, paddle boat currently on Winnisquam. $300 or BO. Call 524-9260
GILFORD: 2 and 3-bedroom units from $250/Week includes heat & utilities. Pets considered. Security/References. 556-7098 GILMANTON Iron Works Village. Cozy,very private, livingroom/ Bedroom combo. Kitchen, bath, Utilities included, plus basic cable. $700/mo. No smoking/ No pets. Security/ References. 364-3434.
LACONIA- Spacious 3 bedroom. Hookups, garage, 2 porches. No pets. $900/month + Utilities. 455-0874. LACONIA: 1 bedroom, 2nd floor, near hospital. $190/week including heat, electric & hot water. 524-1234 LACONIA: Large efficiency, hear hospital, $150/week. Security deposit required. 603-573-5800. LACONIA: Near downtown, 2nd floor, 2BR, $750 +utilities. References & $750 security deposit required. 387-3864. LACONIA: 2BR, 2BA fully furnished condo, $800/month, no pets. Available now. 978-423-2310 LACONIA: 2BR, 2BA fully furnished condo, $700/month, no pets. Available August to June 978-771-7831. LACONIA: Gilbert Apartments. Call for available apartments. 524-4428 LAKE Winnisquam waterfront, Sanbornton, cozy cottage beautiful views, no utilities, no pets no smoking, unfurnished, $750/ month. 524-1583.
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For Rent LACONIA: Large 3 bedroom 2 bathroom two story apartment in duplex building. Access to attic & basement with laundry hook-ups. $950/month plus utilities, 524-1234 www.whitemtrentals.com LACONIA: Large first floor one bedroom apt. with two full bathrooms, Large living room, good sized kitchen with breakfast bar. Extra room suitable for office or storage. Heat/HW included. Quiet Oppechee neighborhood. $675.00 a month call 566-6815
For Rent-Commercial
Laconia-O’Shea Industrial Park 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
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MEREDITH In Town - Fully Renovated 2 Bedroom 1.5 bath Condo with Garage. Quite location, Energy efficient. $1,095 + utilities No pets No smokers.
Help Wanted
Help Wanted
HOCKEY TEAM VOLUNTEERS NEEDED!!!
POOL Steps: White, plastic, for above ground pool; 125. Free sand filter & pump. 524-5052.
The Laconia Leafs JR Hockey team is searching for qualified volunteers. Experience not needed, but an understanding & love for hockey helpful. Positions Available: game videographer (no equipment needed), game ticket taker, score clock operator. All games are a 3 hour period, approx. 15 games in 2011-12 season from Sept-March at Laconia Ice Arena. For More info contact: Coach Will Fay, 581-7008
NEEDED CARPENTER to frame garage door rough opening and hire 6 wheel dump truck to haul asphalt, call 203-824-8199.
POOL: 18-ft.x26-ft. above ground, compete with deck and fencing. Paid $18,000, willing to sell for $3,000. Just needs liner. (603)393-5756. RUSTIC dining room light $25, Slightly used Kohler shower door $75. Sue 524-1896
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SHED: 12ft. x 16ft., 4 years old, $500. You take it away. 387-3824.
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SNOWAY 6 ft. 6 in. Plow. Light home use, steel blade, good condition, $700. Call 603-470-6131
72 Primrose Drive, Laconia MEREDITH 3BR, 2 bath, fully furnished, washer/dryer. $900/mo. plus utilities. Non-smokers, no cats. Beach access, boat slip. Sept.-June. (508)265-6817.
For Sale PETMAT Vari-Kennel Ultra- 32 in. LX22.5 in. WX24 in. H. Like new. $25. 293-8979
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1700 SF Storage/Shop 12 Drive thru Doors Heat &Elec. $750.00/Month
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TONNEAU cover fits Ford Ranger with 6 ft. bed. Silver, excellent condition. Asking $695. 253-3120. TWO large capacity window air conditioners. Rarely used, $75 each. 267-1935
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MOULTONBOROUGH 1 bedrm cottage, appliances included, large private lot, no pets, no smoking, rental references required, $700 plus utilities, first and security. (603)476-8450.
1998 Appliances (white) perfect condition from summer home gone stainless top line Kitchenaid dishwasher $350, Amana convection wall oven $400. See Craig s list for more.
Beautiful Queen or Full-size mattress set, Luxury Firm European Pillow-top style, Fabulous back & hip support, Factory sealed - new 10-Yr. warranty. Cost $1095, sell $249. Can deliver 603-305-9763.
AMAZING! Beautiful pillowtop matress sets, twin $169, full or queen $249, king $399. See AD under “Furniture”.
PROMOTIONAL New mattresses starting; King set complete $395, queen set $249. 603-524-1430.
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Nice 2BR duplex in the Weirs $855/Month + $500 security. Heat/hot water included. Call 279-3141. nsavoieinc@metrocast.net
Antique farmers sink, high back, $100. Pop-up trailer frame, good utility trailer $100. 455-9846
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.
BEAUTIFUL sectional couch. Paid $1,200 will sell $600-Best offer. Moved, must sell. 603-455-9923 BERKLINE reclining sofa. Recliners at each end, paisley cloth, 2 pillows, very good condition, asking $499, call 387-6167.
T&B Appliance Removal. Appliances & AC’s removed free of charge if outside. Please call (603)986-5506.
BODY by Jake Ab Scissor. Good condition. $30/OBO. 677-6528 CALAWAY bag and irons S to 4 and 3 woods. $190/ OBO. 293-7808.
NORTHFIELD Large 1 bedroom, 1st floor, separate entrance, direct basement access with coin-op laundry, $195/week including heat, electric hot water, 524-1234, www.whitemtrentals.com.
CASH for antiques, coins, silver & gold, guns, knives, military, etc. One item or a house full. Dave 528-0247
TILTON- Main St. 1 bedroom apartment $680 per month. Heat included. 393-7935.
ELECTRIC wheel chair, 2010 with charger, never used. Full tilt, many extras. $2500. 528-0761
TILTON/ LOCHMERE 2 bedroom duplex, garage underneath, fresh paint, 25 min. from Concord, $850 per month plus util. No smoking. No pets. 527-6283
FRIGIDAIRE side-by-side refrigerator/freezer with ice maker. Good condition $500. Kenmore Washer & Dryer. $300/pair. 527-1149 HAMMOCK- hardly used, great condition! $30. 677-6528
TILTON: 1-BEDROOM 3rd floor spacious apartment. Convenient location, no pets. $550/Month. plus utilities, heat. Available 9/1. Security deposit, references. 286-8200
HODGMAN Quality Hip Waders. Women!s Size 9. Cushion insoles, fully guaranteed. New in box, never worn. $25/BO. 677-6528
WATERFRONT Townhouse Southdown Shores. 2 bedroom, 2-1/2 bath, $1,150/ month, + Utilities. (617) 254-3395.
Jett III-Ultra Power Wheelchair with oxygen carrier. Like new. $2,500. Many power tools. 744-6107
WINNISQUAM: Small efficiency apartment and a cottage including heat, hot water and lights. No pets. $150-$185/week. $400 deposit. 387-3864.
KENMORE Portable sewing ma chine $25, Eagle Claw Antique Corner chair $75, Feudal Oak (Jamestown Lounge Co.) double pedestal table 82” L x 31” W x 30” H. $300. 528-4029 Large dark green glass Top oval patio table with 6 matching high-back chairs. Excellent condition, $85 firm. 630-5030 LOCKSMITH equipment tools & supplies, ideal for start up mobile business. FMI (603)624-2424.
For Rent-Commercial 65 WATER STREET LACONIA First floor roomy 1200+ sq. ft. suite in historic building. 4/5 offices plus common area. Available 10/1. Great location -
Free FREE Pickup for your unwanted, useful items ... attics, cellars, garages, automobiles, boats, yardsale items & whatever. Prompt removal. (603)930-5222.
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Help Wanted BENDER/WELDER/CNC MACHINING/UTILITY A growing manufacturing facility in Laconia has immediate 1st shift openings for persons with the following experience: • CNC Bender Setup/ Operators • Aerospace Tig Welder with Tube welding experience • CNC Milling & Lathe Setup/ Operators • Utility/General Shop Help Ability to use measuring tools and read blueprints is a must for certain positions. Starting pay based on experienced ability. Excellent benefit package, including 401K plan, 10 paid holidays, short and long term disability insurance, life, health and dental insurance and a great working environment. Please contact: bob.edwards@screwmatic.com EXPERIENCED HAIR SALON manager needed at Deb s Hair Salon in the Gilford Village Marketplace. Also, 3 booths available for rent. $450/Month, experienced hairstylists with own clientele. Applications available at Pizza Express in Gilford Village Marketplace. Call 630-2212 or email test56@hotmail.com GIUSEPPE S Pizzeria & Ristorante is seeking Sautee Cooks, Line Cooks and Pizza Makers. Please apply in person, or send inquiry for interview to giuseppes@metrocast.net.
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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 retirement plan. Forward Resumes to: mandiehagan@yahoo.com
HOUSEKEEPERS Wanted: We are looking for hard working people who know what clean is! Part-time positions, with potential for full-time hours available. Must be flexible, reliable and dependable. Weekends a must. Please apply in person at Fireside Inn & Suites, Junctions of Routes 11 & 11B, Gilford, NH. MASON Tenders- Commercial experience only need apply, must have license, own transportation, and be reliable. Job in Wolfeboro, NH. Pay commensurate with experience. S.D. Szetela Mason Contractor (603)986-5518.
LOOM FIXER POSITION We currently have an opening for a Loom Fixer/Mechanic. This position requires an individual with an extensive mechanical background, excellent problem solving skills and the ability to work closely with others. This is a great opportunity for the right person to join a very stable and successful manufacturing facility. This position is first shift and full time. Starting pay is negotiable and will depend on experience. Benefits are available after 90 days of service. Please stop by and fill out an application @ Amatex Corporation – 45 Primrose Dr. Laconia, NH. 03246 or call Dawnn @ 603-524-2552.
MAINTENANCE ASSISTANT POSITION We currently have an opening for a maintenance assistant. This position requires an individual with an extensive mechanical background, and the ability to complete projects independently as well as in a team environment. There would also be some machine operation required on occasion. Fork Lift and Plant Maintenance experience is a plus. This is a great opportunity for the right person to join a very stable and successful manufacturing facility. This position is first shift and full time. Starting pay is negotiable and will depend on experience. Benefits are available after 90 days of service. Please stop by and fill out an application @: Amatex Corporation 45 Primrose Dr. Laconia, NH. 03246 or call Dawnn @ 603-524-2552.
PROGRAM ASSISTANT FOR LACONIA SENIOR CENTER Seeking a Program Assistant for Laconia Senior Center – Twenty (20) hours per week to assist Director with daily activities of Center. Successful candidate will have basic computer and customer service skills. Ability to handle busy phone and complete daily reports. Cooperative spirit, flexibility, love of seniors a must. Contact Tammy Levesque at 524-7689. Community Action Program Belknap-Merrimack Counties, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
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BHS from page one oth sides of the ball, in some cases laying nearly every snap of the game. Bruce is now a 5’10”, 219-pound tudent about to enter his first year f high school. He won’t be playing ootball, at least not this year, because Belmont High School doesn’t offer the port. Zimmer, his father, is beginning campaign to create a spot on a roster or his son – if not for this season, at east for his sophomore year. As a first step in his campaign, immer is working with school adminstrators to present to students a petiion for those who would be interested n playing football. The petition will be resented to students when the school ear begins. If it seems there’s enough nterest, he plans to bring a proposal o the school board. One possibility, he hinks, would be for Belmont to create cooperative team with another disrict, similar to the hockey team the chool shares with Gilford. “We’ve got to get a dialogue going,” immer said. “If you don’t stick your ight foot out, you’re not going to walk.” Pret Tuthill, chair of the Shaker chool Board, declined to speak on ehalf of his colleagues but said, “In my own person opinion it’s (a cooperaive team) been pretty successful with ockey – it will be an interesting disussion.” It wouldn’t be the first time is board has discussed adding the port, he noted. “It’s a money issue, t’s an infrastructure issue, all of our thletic fields are overtaxed as it is.” Zimmer knows the road ahead will e plagued with issues of school board olitics and finance – and with a cooprative proposal those issues come twoold. However, he thinks it would be worthwhile if students like Bruce can lay the game of their choosing. “It’s eally important because he enjoys it.
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RECYCLING from page one town.” “I voluntarily recycle,” declared another , “but I don’t want to be told to. If I have to, I probably won’t do any.” But, apart from a shared sentiment that any proposal must be put to Town Meeting, no alternative commanded a consensus. “I’m not against recycling,” declared Brett Currier, “but I am against making a decision without a vote of the people. It’s not three people up there who should make a decision.” Andrew Stockwell, chairman of the Recycling Committee said that when the panel conducted a survey 80, or nearly half the 163 respondents, preferred to maintain the current recycling program while another 60 opted for mandatory recycling. However, as a fellow member of the committee noted, 84-percent of those completing the survey claimed they “always” recycle. “We didn’t hear from those who don’t recycle,” she said. After meeting for 14 months, Stockwell said that the committee felt bound to make a recommendation and proposed a mandatory program, which the selectmen could introduce on their own authority without a vote of Town Meeting. Several speakers said that a mandatory program would require an elaborate set of rules and regulations together with additional personnel at the transfer station to monitor and enforce them. “Mandatory recycling won’t save any money if you stack seven or eight employees at the dump,” one man insisted. However, others noted that Barnstead, Pittsfield, Chichester and Epsom have operated a mandatory recycling coop-
erative successfully for many years. Stephen Bedard suggested introducing single-stream recycling in place of the current program, which requires households to separate seven categories of recyclable materials. He conceded that the town would forego some revenue it earns by separating and marketing its recyclable materials. But, he explained that the loss would be more than offset by the reduction in the solid waste stream that would follow from easing the chore and thereby increasing the volume of recycling. Bedard estimated that a single-stream program alone would reduce annual solid waste costs by about $27,000, or 15-percent. However, several others said that since the Concord Regional Solid Waste Resource/Recovery Cooperative has yet to construct its planned single-stream recycling facility, the costs and returns of a single-stream program cannot be projected. Sarah Nichols of Rcap Solutions, who served as a consultant to the Recycling Committee, reminded the board that a mandatory program would require “a major education effort” as well as the development of appropriate regulations and enforcement mechanisms. “With pay-as-youthrow,” she said, “the user fee serves as price signal and incentive to recycle.” “Don’t drop the ball on this,” Candace Willard told the selectmen. “The Recycling Committee has done a lot of work.” “No matter what option you go with,” one woman cautioned, “not everybody will be happy.”
FARM from page 20 started a campaign this year to “Grow Tuttle’s Farm.” Jameson Small and Patrick Gale of Rollinsford, both 23, worked for the Tuttles last year, weeding and harvesting and following orders. This year, they are resident farmers, so they have more autonomy. “I’m not learning to farm; I am farming,” Small said. “That’s really the big thing that hit us — wow, we’re farmers now. ... If something goes bad, it’s our mistake. If something goes great, it’s our glory.” One of their highlights is a big patch of sunflowers. They plan to produce sunflower oil for cooking, which Small thinks he’d like to specialize in, eventually. It’s not commonly produced in New England. The Tuttles — siblings Becky, Will and Lucy — range in age from 59 to 66. They are happy to see the young farmers. With the exception of a cousin, Becky said, she never knew a young farmer while growing up. Today, she’s seeing more of them at farmers’ markets. “It’s just such a great, great trend because I really did used to wonder, ‘Who’s going to grow the food? There isn’t anybody learning how to grow food in the next generation.’” “It’s such a wonderful solution,” Lucy Tuttle said. “Where the farm has always been kind of a losing proposition on the retail side of the business,
While it’s not unusual for a farm to be on the market after a year, the Tuttles think it’s a bit of a mystery, even with the fragile state of the economy. Dover, a few miles from Maine, has grown and developed around the property, designated as conservation land since 2006, meaning the land itself can’t be developed into strip malls or condos. “One of the unique things about this farm other than the history is that a 22,000-car-a-day road goes right through the middle of it,” Will Tuttle said. “Most farms — you’ve got to work to get there.” The farm began in 1632 when John Tuttle arrived from England, using a small land grant from King Charles I to start his enterprise. The Tuttles’ grandfather, William Penn Tuttle, built the original 20-acre parcel to about 200 acres. Their father, Hugh Tuttle, was profiled in 1971 by Life magazine as the last of a dying breed of family farmers. Two investors who’ve expressed interest in the land want to continue to keep an organic farm operation, said Dan Barufaldi, the city’s economic development director. They also want to find someone who can manage a possible on-site restaurant in the barn serving the locally grown food and branding the Tuttle name on products such as tomato sauce made from the farm’s tomatoes and pesto from its basil.
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