The laconia daily sun, december 13, 2013

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Police sweep nets 13 suspects charged with drug crimes LACONIA — Police charged 13 people with various counts of sales of illegal drugs in a second annual round-up staged yesterday morning.

Capt. Bill Clary, who heads the city Bureau of Criminal Investigations or detective bureau said four detectives, four patrol officers, himself and Lt. Al Lessard got warrants and simultaneously arrested eight people in eight separate addresses early Thursday morning.

A ninth alleged drug dealer was taken into

Boehner blasts budget critics in GOP Compromise deal passes U.S. House by 332-94 count — Page 2

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By Michael Kitch THE LACONIA DAILY SUN

LACONIA — After weighing the recommendations of the Downtown Tax Increment Financing (TIF) District Advisory Board for the eighth time at a special meeting this week, the City Council inched closer to approving a borrowing to finance construction of stretches of the WOW Trail and downtown riverwalk.

After winnowing its original proposal to five projects, the board recommends investing $400,000 to extend the WOW Trail between Main Street and Fair Street, $25,000 to add signage and kiosks to the riverwalk and WOW Trail, $181,000 to connect the Main Street Bridge to the riverwalk behind the Landmark Inn, $121,800 to extend the riverwalk through the adjuacent Walgreen’s property, and $300,000 to

carry the riverwalk from behind the old police station (now Binnie Media) up to the Church Street bridge.

In August, the council agreed to spend $275,000 improving the area at the foot of Main Street, in order to ensure that the improvements were incorporated into the design for reconstructing the Main Street Bridge. In October the council approved see Tif fUNdS page 13

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Investigation of Rockingham County Attorney labeled as criminal in nature CONCORD (AP) — New Hampshire prosecutors for the first time Thursday said their investigation into veteran Rockingham County attorney Jim Reams is criminal in nature.

Senior Assistant Attorney General Jane Young made the revelation in court documents filed in opposition to Reams’ motion to obtain details of the investigation. Officials previously said only that they are investigating the management and operation of Reams’ office.

Young said her office has interviewed more than 40 witnesses and hired an independent auditor in the course of the investigation.

Prosecutors also maintain that Reams’ public comments defending his conduct and attacking the credibility of his staff are harming the investigation.

“Employees have told the attorney general’s office that they are afraid of retaliation should Mr. Reams return to the Rockingham County Attorney’s office,” Young said. “We have witnesses, and I would say victims, of Mr. Reams.” see ROCK page 15

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N. Korea executes leader’s powerful uncle as ‘traitor’ PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) — North Korea said Friday that it had executed Kim Jong Un’s uncle as a traitor for trying to seize supreme power, a stunning end for the leader’s former mentor, long considered the country’s No. 2 official.

In a sharp reversal of the long-held popular image of Jang Song Thaek as a kindly uncle guiding Kim Jong Un as he consolidated power, the North’s official Korean Central News Agency indicated that Jang instead saw the death of Kim Jong Il in December 2011 as an opportunity to challenge his nephew and win power.

Jang had been tried and executed, North Korea said, for “attempting to overthrow

the state by all sorts of intrigues and despicable methods with a wild ambition to grab the supreme power of our party and state.”

It called him a “traitor to the nation for all ages” and “worse than a dog.”

The unusually detailed announcement came only days after North Korea said it had “eliminated” Jang from all his posts.

Despite the strong language and allegations in the announcement Monday of Jang’s fall, there had been no sign in North Korean media of an imminent execution.

Kim Jong Un has overseen other highprofile purges since taking over after the death of his father, Kim Jong Il, two years ago. But none of the purges have been

as public — or as close to home — as the downfall of Jang.

Analysts say Kim Jong Un has acted swiftly and ruthlessly to bolster his own power and show strength, but there are fears in Seoul that the removal of Jang and his followers could lead to instability, a miscalculation or even attack on the South. Jang had been seen by outsiders as the leading supporter of Chinese-style economic reforms and an important link between Pyongyang and Beijing.

In Seoul, top presidential security and government ministers began an unscheduled meeting Friday to discuss Jang’s see NORTH KOREA page 10

House passes budget deal 332-94 after Boehner blisters GOP critics memorable for a partial government shutdown, flirtation with an unprecedented Treasury default and gridlock on immigration, gun control and other items on President Barack Obama’s second-term agenda.

Obama’s press secretary, Jay Carney, hailed the vote, saying it “shows Washington can and should stop governing by crisis and both sides can work together to get things done.”

Minutes after the budget action, the House approved a broad military policy bill that aims to curb sexual assaults, cover combat pay for U.S. forces and fund new aircraft and ships. That vote, too, was lopsided, 350-69, sending the bill to the Senate, which plans to adjourn for the year

WASHINGTON (AP) — Battle-fatigued and suddenly bipartisan, the House voted Thursday night to ease across-the-board federal spending cuts and head off future government shutdowns, acting after Speaker John Boehner unleashed a stinging attack on tea party-aligned conservative groups campaigning for the measure’s defeat.

The legislation, backed by the White House, cleared on a vote of 332-94, with lopsided majorities of Republicans and Democrats alike voting in favor. Final passage is expected next week in the Senate.

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THE LACONIA DAILY SUN, Friday, December 13, 2013— Page 3

Pub Mania aims to top incredible $165,300 raised for Children’s Auction in 2012

By RogeR Amsden THE LACONIA DAILY SUN

GILFORD — Laconia Mayor Mike Seymour may be stepping down from his official post early next year, but he’ll continue to serve as the honorary mayor of Pub Mania, the popular WLNH Children’s Auction event which got underway yesterday.

Speaking at the opening ceremony of the fifth annual Pub Mania at Patrick’s Pub & Eatery yesterday, Seymour agreed to a request from Alan Beetle of Patrick’s Pub that he stay on as ‘’Pub Mania Mayor.’’

Beetle made the request after Seymour had read a proclamation which proclaimed yesterday as ‘’Pub Mania Day’’ and cited Seymour’s many contributions to both as Pub Mania and the Children’s Auction during his four years as mayor.

During his opening remarks Seymour said that the work of the Children’s Auction continues year round and that the funds that are raised help deal with real problems. ‘’How many families are sending kids to school who aren’t dressed properly? And how many kids are going to bed both cold and hungry at night?

Don’t kid yourself. Those things are happening right here in our community.’’ said Seymour. ‘’Even the best fall down some time. Helping them back up by giving them a hand is something we can be proud of doing,’’ said Seymour, who added that all those taking part in Pub Mania can be proud of what they’re doing on behalf of the community.

He singled out auction volunteer Lisa Cornish for her support, noting that she had once been a beneficiary of support from the auction and was now an ambassador for the event, helping to organize and raise funds for the event.

Since Pub Mania joined the Children’s Auction, it has grown almost fourfold to become its largest single contributor. The event raised $47,000 in 2009, $60,000 in 2010, $110,700 in 2011 and $165,300 last year, a total of $384,000 in four years.

In addition to the money raised, the event col-

lected 5,724 food items for the local food pantry at St. Vincent de Paul.

Inspired by Cycle Mania at the Laconia Athletic & Swim Club, where relay teams kept the wheels of stationary cycle spinning for 24 hours, Pub Mania involves some 720 competitors, whom Beetle refers to as ‘’culinary athletes.’’ The event features 30 teams of 24 members apiece. Each team is assigned one of the stools ringing the bar at Patrick’s Pub, where each of its members sits for one hour, gathering pledges from those who support their team.

Each team must raise at least $1,000.

Meanwhile, Pub Maniacs are treated to live music, poetry readings, comedy hours, talent contests, karaoke, barstool yoga and arts and crafts. A crew of referees may award teams points for their participation and performance in contests or dock them points for leaving a stool empty or overstaying their leave as well as conduct “contrary to the spirit of Pub Mania.”

The WLNH Children’s Auction is held every December. After raising $2,100 in its first year over 31 years ago, the Children’s Auction has now raised over $2 million dollars. 100 percent of the funds are donated to local charities focusing on children’s basic needs.

Warren Bailey, who is credited with starting the

auction, said it has grown over the years from its humble beginnings to the point where it has become ‘’a snowball of love’’ each year.

He recalled one of the early auctions when it was held in downtown Laconia and was broadcast only on the radio. ‘’It was a freezing cold day and a woman and her young child were there with no boots and no winter coat. We we were able to get them clothes and someone said to me ‘by the way, her mother is a druggy.’ Some 25 years later a woman in her 30s who works at Wall Street brokerage firm in the Boston area came up to me at the auction and gave me a big check. She said ‘here’s my check. It’s time to give back.’ I realized it was that little girl from years ago. When I asked about her mother she told me that she had died some years later of a drug overdose,’’ said Bailey.

Enthusiasm remains high for the Pub Mania event according to Tony Felch of the Cafe DejaVu team, which last year topped all teams by raising $18,000. ‘’We held our first fundraiser for this year’s Pub Mania in March. Next year we’ll be starting with an event on Feb. 1 for the 2014 Pub Mania. It’s a great event, lots of fun and a wonderful way to help the community.’’

BUDGET DEAL from page 2 although it appeared he was referring to Heritage Action and Club for Growth, both of which have sought to push the House further to the right than the Republican leadership has been willing to go.

Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis., a chief GOP architect of the deal, made the conservatives’ case for support.

The measure “reduces the deficit by $23 billion.

It does not raise taxes and it cuts spending in a smarter way,” said the Budget Committee’s chairman, whose handiwork could well be challenged in the 2016 Republican presidential primaries.

The second-ranking Democrat, Rep. Steny Hoyer of Maryland, joined other party leaders in swinging behind

the measure, even though he noted that he represents 62,000 federal workers and said future government employees will pay higher pensions costs because of the bill. “This agreement is better than the alternative” of ever deeper across-the-board cuts, he said.

The agreement, negotiated by Ryan and Democratic Sen. Patty Murray of Washington — and endorsed by the White House — would set overall spending levels for the current budget year and the one that begins on Oct. 1, 2014. That straightforward action would probably eliminate the possibility of another government shutdown and reduce the opportunity for the periodic brinkmanship of the kind that has flourished in the current three-year era of divided government.

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Coke’s war on tap water Coca-Cola is running a stealth advertising campaign.

Stealth? Yes, it’s a nationwide product promotion that’s being run below the public radar! Why would a corporation as ad-dependent as Coke spend big bucks on advertising that it doesn’t want consumers to notice? Shhhh — because the campaign is a surreptitious ploy to enlist restaurants in a marketing conspiracy that targets you, your children, and — of course — your wallet.

Coke calls its covert gambit “Cap the Tap,” urging restaurateurs to stop offering plain old tap water to customers: “Every time your business fills a cup or glass with tap water, it pours potential profits down the drain.” Cap the Tap can put a stop to that, says Coke, “by teaching (your) crew members or waitstaff suggestive selling techniques to convert requests for tap water into orders for revenue-generating beverages.”

The program provides a guide for restaurant managers who agree to direct Coke’s sneak attack on customers. It also supplies a handy backroom poster to remind waitstaff “when and how to suggestively sell beverages,” plus a participant’s guide to put “suggestive selling” foremost in mind as staff confronts the enemy... uh, I mean customers.

Tactics include outflanking those recalcitrant customers who insist on water. Just switch the sales pitch to bottled water — remember, CocaCola also owns Dasani, one of the top-selling brands of bottled water in the U.S. Early in its Cap the Tap scheme, the beverage behemoth offered two incentive programs for waitstaff: “Suggest More and Score” and “Get Your Fill.” Both were competitions meant to spur servers to push more Coke on American restaurant-goers.

To add a splash of bitter irony to this campaign, Coke’s CEO recently declared that “obesity is today’s most challenging health issue,” adding piously that solving it requires “all of us working together and doing our part.” Really — by selling more Coke? That’s proof that hypocrisy is now the official rocket fuel of corporate profits.

For even more proof, check out the Beverage Institute for Health & Wellness. Sounds like a spa in

Aspen where you might enjoy a cleansing regimen of organic Aloe vera smoothies and biodynamic wine, doesn’t it? But, no, it’s a hokey “science” front owned and run by Coca-Cola. The world’s largest beverage purveyor wants you to be assured that none of its sugary, empty-calorie or artificially sweetened concoctions are a cause of obesity. Hey, shouts Coke’s instituters, three or more colas a day are simply part of an integrated, healthy diet — for children and adults alike! “There is no scientific evidence that connects sugary beverages to obesity,” snapped a top Coke executive. Uh ... actually, nutritionists disagree, pointing to all the empty calories in Coke’s syrupy concoctions. The exec had a simple response to that: “We don’t believe in empty calories.”

Oh, well, then — okay. But, in the off chance that you might want a more independent scientific source, try the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, billed as the world’s largest organization of food and nutrition professionals. But wait — while the academy is not owned by Coke, it does lease out its integrity to the cola giant. Coca-Cola is listed on the academy’s website as a generous sponsor and “partner” in its scientific work.

In fact, the academy certifies Coke’s Beverage Institute for Health & Wellness as an official provider of “continuing education” for registered dieticians. How neat — a corporation that profiteers by peddling nutritionally worthless and healthendangering products finances the academic outfit that’s most responsible for educating Americans about healthy foods. And that academy, in turn, embraces the corporate fiction that sugary drinks pose no health problems.

That’s not irony; it’s shameful corruption. The greatest obesity crisis in America is not the cola itself, but the fatheaded ethics of singleminded corporate profit-seekers and their apologists.

(Jim Hightower has been called American’s most popular populist.

The radio commentator and former Texas Commissioner of Agriculture is author of seven books, including “There’s Nothing In the Middle of Road but Yellow Stripes and Dead Armadillos” and his new work, “Swim Against the Current: Even Dead Fish Can Go With The Flow”.)

This struck me as too good a story to ignore or keep to myself To The Daily Sun, We are balanced between our customary cynicism and what, for many, is a search for some redemption in this the Christmas season. Many of us get e-mails detailing the alleged wonders of the season and may wonder if the stories are grounded in reality.

Yesterday, I stopped at Quik Laundry and Cleaners on South Main Street in Laconia just in time to hear a customer thank Sara most profusely

for turning in a very large sum of money which she found in the man’s coat pocket. The money was the result of the combined contributions of several family members who were sending an aged relative, a member of a religious order, on an extended trip.

This struck me as too good a story to ignore or to keep to myself. Merry Christmas!

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LETTERS Don’t let your heritage be stolen by short-sited corporations To The Daily Sun, Speaking in regards to the Hathaway House, I am hoping to help convince the owners of Cafua and the citizens of Laconia not to allow the demolition of this bit of your heritage. Don’t for a moment think that because there is a lake nearby that tourists will seek out your town and patronize your businesses if the soul of your town has been lost. Travelers are seeking places that have preserved that feel of a simpler, quieter time. Structures like the Hathaway House exude that feeling.

I have watched the Hathaway House, year after year, in articles in your local papers. I’ve read about the hopes and plans for saving the building. I’ve driven by. I’ve been waiting. I am a summer visitor. I live in Massachusetts but I am not from New England.

I come from a small town in New York. My little town was a spa destination for New York City vacationers back in the early 20th century. Much of my town’s heritage was completely lost in the 1950s by imminent domain when the St. Lawrence Seaway was built. The town was told that we would again become a tourist’s Mecca.

Pavilions were built overlooking the St. Lawrence River to provide a vantage point to watch ocean going ships pass by toward the Great Lakes. They

were pavilions to watch prosperity passing us by without stopping. The pavilions are now derelict or simply fallen down or razed. Since then the train of thought has been ‘tear it down and build new. New is better/cleaner/ modern and a sign of prosperity.

Unfortunately, the new buildings are now shabby and in need of replacement... and on and on it goes.

All that is left are fast food chains and prefab buildings. This is urban blight.

It is devouring our country.

There was a plan in the seventies to renovate and preserve what little was left of the history there. It never happened.

Now there is nothing left to preserve.

The last quality landmark, the mayor’s house on Main Street, was torn down to make way for a bank about 10 years ago. It is a sad little town that has died multiple times over. This is why people like me love New England.

I go to New Hampshire to seek out that feeling where there is a sense of place. A place that is undying.

Don’t let this happen to Laconia.

Don’t let your heritage be stolen by short-sited corporations whose profits don’t even stay in your town.

Your Hathaway House is a treasure.

Preserve this landmark for all future generations to enjoy.

Jean LaPoint Lowell, Massachusetts

Trust but verify: tell us where you got this info about Chicago To The Daily Sun, There has been some great letters again this past week that deserve to be addressed. I have tried to write letters that are of local interest which get off in the wrong direction. I can’t believe all the hate talk directed towards our president. I read the letter written

by Mr. Tim French of Gilford. I am responding to his letter at his request, as in the past nave been ignored and he can’t understand why. I have also put out information on the right-wing nuts that no one has an answer to.

So, first you need to explain to the folks in the Lakes Region why we should be interested in statistics from Chicago? The next thing you should explain is how all this has affected you personally? Who are you and give us the access to the sites that you got all this information from so we can check

the information you have provided? To help you in getting started, you wrote, and I quote: “There are more people in Chicago on welfare than there is that work”. A little hint, many folks on welfare work but fall below the poverty level. Please advise me to your source of information. I believe it was President Reagan who said trust but verify.

The next one I want to verify is and I quote: there have been more people killed in Chicago than Iraq or Afghanistan in the last six months, mostly young minorities.

I have responded to your letter as a member of the left-wing party, as you requested, so I expect you will return the courtesy. AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR. Henry Osmer Hill

THE LACONIA DAILY SUN, Friday, December 13, 2013 — Page 5

LETTERS Please help our Moultonborough friends find their beloved ‘Danny’ To The Daily Sun, At this time of year it is so easy to get caught up in the rush and excitement of the holidays. However, the 24 hour up-to-the-minute news channels are a constant reminder of the pain and misery of others on a global scale.

While we may keep these poor souls in our prayers, and send money or other aid when we can, it is often the case that we overlook the equally devastating pain of those close to us, our neighbors and friends.

As we sit here tonight, our neighbors — our friends — are grieving the loss of their beloved dog, “Danny”, who went missing on November 27th.

Danny is not just an integral part of their lives, but a lifeline of love to this couple and their other dog, “Ellie”.

Serious health issues are not strangers to our friends, but the disappearance of “Danny” has taken a grave toll on Kelly’s health, and likely Don’s as well. Our friends can’t smile or send a cheery “hello” across the yard these days, and little “Ellie” no longer plays outside or eats well as she too, grieves for her constant companion.

Please help us bring “Danny” home for Christmas. He is an 8-year-old yellow Labrador and was wearing his tags on his black collar the day he disappeared from his home in Balmoral.

“Danny” has “visited” Suissvale in the past and though many know “Danny”, his usual friends have not seen him recently. He loves to go on long walks and play with any new friends he meets, so he may have traveled a bit

of a distance in any direction.

It is a heart-wrenching pain to not know what has happened to “Danny”.

But with the help of a supportive and vigilant public, and animal lovers everywhere, we are hopeful that someone, somewhere will know something about “Danny”. He may be wandering, lost in an unfamiliar place, he may have gotten stuck somewhere, or has been injured by someone who may be afraid to come forward. In this case we can only assure you that the joy of “Danny’s” return is the only thing that matters. If “Danny” is being forced to reside with a new family, please search your heart. “Danny” loves his family and they in turn love and need him in a way that is beyond words. His return will be rewarded regardless of the reasons for his absence. Please look to your heart and conscience at this time of peace and love and bring “Danny” home. Be the instrument of a Christmas miracle. You’ll be blessed and rewarded for it.

“Danny’s” friends have taken up a collection of $200 for any information that leads to “Danny’s” return. You may also have seen some of the flyers we have been posting anywhere that we can. If you have any information, please call Don or Kelly at 801-664-6974.

Or call and leave a message with usat 603-476-5692.

Bless you and thank you for any help you can give us.

Tom & Diane Potwin Moultonborough

Pres. Obama is in bed with the big health insurance companies To The Daily Sun, Old saying that politics makes for odd bedfellows and this is surely the case between the Obama administration and all the big health insurance companies. Obama and company keep telling us all about the big bad insurance industry and how he is saving us all from them. So what’s in it for the insurance companies if they are so evil? Answer is money, money and more money. They stand to double or triple profits through Obamacare.

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It might be wise to consider for a moment just how many of his promises he has kept before, and how many provable lies he has told us looking us in the eye with his smooth, soothing voice. Are you and will you and your children better off now and will you be next year? Six million families have lost health insurance so far and despite assurances the system is working, it isn’t. No system is up and running that sends your check to the insurance companies. Failing that, there is therefore no insurance policy issued. Don’t worry things could be worse, just wait it will get worse.

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This unnecessary drama that hurt the economy and impacted real people finally ended when the president and the Congress came to a short term budget deal to reopen the government and extend the debt ceiling limit.

This short-term deal continued Fiscal Year (FY) 2013 spending levels until January 15, 2014 and also created a conference committee comprised of members of both parties from each chamber of Congress. By December 13, this committee aims to set funding for FY2014 and also craft a longer-term budget plan to replace the across the board “sequestration” spending cuts. Our own senator, Kelly Ayotte, is on this committee.

Many assume that much of the conference committee debate will once again be about taxes and earned benefits, or so-called entitlement programs like Social Security and Medicare. The fundamental differences between the parties on these issues could mean a stalemate yet again. There is one place to look for significant cost savings while providing funds for vital programs, and avoiding the recurring debate about taxes and entitlements.

This is also the one area where the rate of spending has risen heedless of austerity imposed elsewhere. This is where well over half of the discretion-

ary budget annually appropriated by Congress is: the Pentagon budget.

The Pentagon, like other departments and programs, is currently subject to sequestration cuts imposed by the 2011 Budget Control Act. While the “meat ax” approach of sequestration is not the best method to make cuts in any federal agency or program, strategic cuts are needed for sustainable and effective defense and security planning and budgeting. Outdated, wasteful, and unnecessary large weapons programs all need scrutiny and fiscal discipline. The Pentagon needs to be reshaped and strengthened for 21st century realities.

As a former state representative, I understand the challenges and complications in writing a budget, but I also know to be guided by the needs of my constituents. We need clean air and water, education, job training and health care, not weapons systems like a $1.5 trillion F-35 fighter jet that hasn’t proven to be remotely useful. We need funds to support veterans and military families, not more dollars poured into Cold War –era nuclear weapons programs.

I hope Senator Ayotte will work to ensure that a budget deal includes strategic cuts to the Pentagon. If Congress proves once again that it cannot compromise, the repercussions for our community, and for the country, could be disastrous. We need a common sense approach that addresses misplaced spending and prioritizes the needs of our constituents.

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How does one gain an audience with, arguably, the most power man in the free world. Can I just walk into his living room at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave? How about just calling him on the phone and telling him how I think he ought to do things? Perhaps I can reference my awareness of his kids and that is sufficient to get access into his private chambers?

I just visited DC a year ago, and given the security surrounding the White House, I suspect any of the aforementioned actions will, at best, get me the bum’s rush, and, at worst, incarceration.

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If we cannot, with impunity, impose our “selves” onto a mere man, how much infinitely less qualified are we to stand before God Almighty? He dictates how! He dictates when! He dictates IF! But the good news is that He has said, “COME! and this is the road to get to my house.” “Follow these directions and you will not get lost. Veer from them and you will not make it. Trust My words and believe in My goodness and you shall live with Me eternally!

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LETTERS 50 years ago we spent $1 on entitlements for every $3 of investment To The Daily Sun, You heard it first here. THE ENTITLEMENT SOCIETY BINGE that began with FDR IS STONE COLD DEAD, no matter who wins the election next year or the White House in 2016.

The sad and failed DEMOCRATIC epitaph of entitlement spending.

1. Since 2010 Social Security (SS) has been paying out far MORE MONEY than it has collected. That shortage gap widens to the size of the Grand Canyon every year to 2031. In that year every dollar of the trust fund will have been SPENT. At that point SS will have to SLASH its payouts by 23 percent to every beneficiary in America. The person receiving $1,000 a month will then get $770. We are FORCED with a GUN TO OUR HEAD to participate in a GOVERNMENT program with a “house of cards” operating structure that rests on actuarial quicksand. The “cards fall’ and government BREAKS its promises over and over and OVER. YOU are SHAFTED by government at every turn economically.

Private enterprise would produce such better retirement results, and without all the POLITICKING and BS. SS has ALREADY been severely diluted . Those benefits are going to be DILUTED again, in the not-far future. Every year of delay only makes the reform medicine all the more BITTER for EVERY future beneficiary. EVERY WORKER HAS BEEN LIED to regarding the amount of his or her future benefits and what the rules are or (will be) for qualification. I GUARANTEE IT! Further, the program has the worst return on assets of ANY pension plan in America, sticking every beneficiary with a much lower benefit than they should be receiving. Bernie Maddoff is a saint compared to the honesty and treatment you receive from the federal government.

2. In 2030 the average couple reaching the eligibility age of 65 will have paid into Medicare $180,000. The cost

of their expected benefits they will receive will be $664,000. Nearly half a million dollars in benefits MORE than the couple PAID FOR. It is why Medicare is BANKRUPT beyond the wildest of imaginations in the tens of trillions. So bankrupt it could

BY ITSELF bankrupt the ENTIRE COUNTRY. You have been as LIED to from government as any one ever has who has walked these lands. Like SS, every year of delay to tackle the impending Medicare monster of doom only increases the severity of the reforms required. If government were a business it would have been jailed, if not HUNG long ago. If not for lying and deception, gross INCOMPETENCE. People want to believe someone can make something from NOTHING. No one screams that LIE louder or more often, purely for CONTROL than government. Their con game always ends badly, and BANKRUPT. Tens of millions are always hurt by the lies and deceit. You can keep your doctor, your hospital, your insurance and the costs are going down are just the latest BOLD, IN YOUR face lies to the American public by DEMOCRATS that began with FDR. These people think we are all STUPID. Frankly, millions are highly GULLIBLE, you can read the uninformed ratings of many of them in this paper. That is why the lies like those from Obama NEVER STOP coming.

3. In the 1960s the American people spent $1 on entitlements for every $3 dollars it spent on public investments like education, infrastructure and college aid. In 10 short years that number will be flipped on its head. We will be speeding $5 on entitlements and $3 on public investment, substantially crowding out vast amounts of money for every other public good in America.

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GILMANTON — A new collective bargaining agreement with teachers was one of the key budget items on the minds of town Budget Committee Wednesday night when it got its first look at the proposed 2014-2015 School District budget.

The negotiated contract with the Gilmanton Teachers Association is a three-year deal that will add an estimated $26,777 to the bottom line in 201415, $55,562 to the budget in 2015-16, and $72,825 more to the budget in 2016-17.

Significant, at least to Budget Committee member Richard Bakos, is the compromise reached whereby over the three years of the contract teachers will begin paying for a portion of the premiums for their health insurance.

“We heard loud and clear that health care was a concern,” said board member Renee Kordas, recalling Bakos’s statements about health insurance costs last year.

She said one change in the 2015-2017 contract — the money portions of which will be voted on by the electorate at during the ballot portion of the annual School District meeting — is leaving the Local Government Center for health insurance and joining with School Care, which is managed by Cigna.

Key to the new plan is the elimination of the $1 three-month mail-away prescription program said Kordas — a program that Kordas said was something many teachers used and that was critical to the negotiations.

For the first time, teachers who have a single-person plan will start paying a portion of the premiums for their health coverage. In the first year of the contract single plan holders will contribute 5 percent, two-person plan holders will contribute 20 percent, and family-plan holders will contribute 25 percent.

Kordas explained that the teacher contributions to the health insurance plan will adjust annually so that by the third year every one who participates in health insurance will be paying at least 15 percent of the premium.

The teachers also negotiated a 6.09 percent pay increase over the three years of the contract — much of which for many will be offset in terms of take-home pay by the restructured health insurance plan.

Right now the School District pays 100 percent of the insurance premiums for a basic single-person plan and the rest of the teacher contributions are based on a scale that is conditioned by which plan they choose and how many people are insured under it.

Kordas also said the new School Care contract has three plans from which to choose as opposed to the “many” plans offered by the Local Government Center.

Bakos applauded the School District for “making great strides”, saying that Gilmanton town employees pay 20-percent of the premiums for their health insurance and those in the private sector average paying around 35 percent.

Kordas said the new health insurance plan will save the district $23,000 in the first year, however she said she would be reluctant to guess at the savings for years two and three because it’s too hard to predict that far out in time.

Bakos also wanted to know if the newly negotiated plan was “Obama-mandated”, meaning it meets the parameters of the Affordable Care Act and Kordas said it was.

Superintendent John Fauci said yesterday that the para-educators who are not unionized typically “don’t get as rich of a plan” as do the teachers. He said the rest of the school’s employees vary but the administration usually takes plans similar to the union’s.

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13 ARRESTS from page one custody by Gilford Police and handed over to the Laconia Police. Four of those charged yesterday are already in the Belknap County House of Corrections.

He said most if not all of yesterday’s arrests are for alleged drug sales that occurred over the past nine months. He said most of those arrested had no idea what was happening because it was something they had allegedly done months or weeks ago.

“They were all completely dumbfounded and flabbergasted,” said Clary, who noted that the surprise raids are deliberately timed to occur around 6 a.m. or just after dawn.

“I’m happy with the way it turned out,” Clary said.

“Nobody got hurt.”

This is the second drug arrest sweep in the city in less than a year. In February, city police work-

ing with other area police departments rounded up 13 different people in four different communities charging them all with a variety of drug sales.

Clary said that it’s been 18 months since the Laconia City Council added a police officer position to the department for the sole purpose of investigating and curtailing drug activity in the city.

“We want it to be very clear that this kind of action (drug dealing) isn’t going to be tolerated,” Clary said.

He said the sales charges against each person involved a variety of drugs ranging from marijuana to cocaine, heroin, and oxycodone.

Charged this morning were Melissa M. Sylvia, 34, of 31 Merrimac St. — four counts of sales of narcotics; Joshua E. Shoemaker, 35, of 54 A Spring Street — two counts of sales of narcotics; Sheila Berube, 45, of 1 Gilford Place #219 — two counts of sales of

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During his two years in power Kim Jong Un has overseen nuclear and missile tests, other high-profile purges and a barrage of threats this spring, including vows of nuclear strikes against Washington and Seoul. His father, Kim Jong Il, took a much lower public profile when he rose to power after the death of his father, Kim Il Sung, in 1994.

Although the highlevel purges could indicate confidence, Victor Cha, a former senior White House adviser on Asia, said he sees signs of “a lot of churn in the system.”

“If he has to go as high as purging and then executing Jang, it tells you that everything’s not normal in the system,” said Cha, an analyst at the Center for Strategic and International Studies think tank in Washington.

“When you take out Jang, you’re not taking out just one person — you’re taking out scores if not hundreds of other people in the system.

It’s got to have some ripple effect.”

North Korea has recently turned to attempts at diplomacy with South Korea and the United States. But tensions have remained high since Pyongyang’s threats in March and April. Those included warnings that it would restart nuclear bomb fuel production.

There was no immediate word about the fate of Jang’s wife, Kim Kyong Hui, the younger sister of Kim Jong Il. She was also seen as an important mentor to Kim Jong Un after her brother’s 2011 death.

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Round-up: Boys’ basketball starts this weekend, hockey next

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FOR THE LACONIA DAILY SUN

Local boys’ high school basketball teams will start their season tonight, while the girls’ teams are entering their second week of play. Ice hockey teams will face off to start their competitive season on Wednesday and Thursday.

Girls’ basketball The Laconia Sachems (1-1) split the first two games of the season, dropping the first game of the year 50-26 to Newfound in Bristol on Friday night.

The Sachems opened up the home schedule on Tuesday with a narrow three point victory over Winnisquam 48-45. The girls will host White Mountain tonight and travel to Franklin on Tuesday.

Belmont went 1-1 last week and will host Somersworth tonight and travel to Franklin Tuesday.

Gilford is perfect on the year with two wins and will be home vs. Franklin tonight. Gilford will next will travel to Meredith on Tuesday to take on InterLakes. Inter-Lakes dropped the first two games of the season over the last week and will host Prospect Mountain this evening. Winnisquam (1-1) will travel to Berlin tonight and play host to Belmont Tuesday.

Boys’ basketball Laconia begins its season this evening when the team travels to Whitefield to take on White Mountain Regional. The Sachems will try to improve upon the 5-13 record last season. On Tuesday Laconia will host Franklin for the home opener.

Tonight’s action will include Gilford at Franklin, Belmont at Somersworth, Inter-Lakes at Prospect Mountain, and Winnisquam will play host to Berlin.

Boys’ ice hockey The high school hockey season is set to begin Wednesday for the teams that Laconia Ice Arena home. Moultonborough-Inter-Lakes will begin the see next page At right: Gilford senior Kelsey Buckley makes her way to the basket during a match against Prospect Mountain at Gilford High School on December 10, 2013. Gilford won, 49-40, for the team’s second win of the season. (Alan MacRae/for the Laconia Daily Sun)

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Trevor Gallagher added 2 goals under his belt and Trent Fountain took credit for another. Hanaway also had a goal, assisted by Reid. Nate Cammack, a brick defensive body for the Lakers, chalked up an assist as well in the game. The Lakers prevailed once again on Sunday, when the team hosted the Plymouth Predators. It was a close game, back and forth. Jacob Maheux was in net for the first half of the game for the Lakers and stopped many of the Predators shots.

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Trent Fountain was there with a big pass from Will Roberge. Fountain took a shot on net, but the Predator goalie managed to save it. Reid got another one past the opposing team’s goalie, unassisted and it was now 3-2, Lakers. The Predators were coming on strong. Patrick Mohan, a hulk defense for the Lakers, stopped the Predator forwards from going into his team’s zone. The Predators managed to find a path to the Laker end, tieing the game up in the 2nd, 3-3. Back to the middle for the face-off, defender Camille Pollak wasn’t letting anything past her. She knew it was a close game and stood tough. Center Brendan Hanaway found the puck and entered a pathway through the Predators, with a quick, precise pass to Cole Reid, Reid put another one in the back of the net for a 4-3 win. Reid then earning himself another hat-trick for the weekend.

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Belknap Commission pitches its budget proposal in Tilton, first of 11 stops

By Michael Kitch

TILTON — John Thomas, chairman of the Belknap County Commission, pitched the commissioner’s 2014 county budget proposal to the Board of Selectmen yesterday, kicking off a campaign that will take the commissioners to all 11 municipalities in the county in the coming weeks.

Recalling the struggle between the commission and Belknap County Convention over the 2013 budget, Thomas told the selectmen that he anticipated “the process will be very tough” again this year.

Thomas said that in a series work sessions the commissioners trimmed appropriations to $26.6 million, an increase of 0.7 percent, while limiting the increase in the amount to be raised by taxes to 4 percent. “We eliminated all capital projects but one,” he said, “but we could not pare it down more than that.”

He stressed that “taking good, hard-working people and putting them on the street is the last thing we want to do in this economic climate.”

Personnel costs, Thomas said, have risen in all county departments. He explained that the budget includes a 1.6 percent cost-of-living adjustment and a 3 percent step raise for eligible employees. At the same time, the cost of health insurance premiums

will rise 13 percent while the employee contribution will remain at 5 percent or 6 percent.

County administrator Debra Shackett said that negotiations with the union representing county employees, who are currently working without a contract, are underway.

Noting that the Department of Corrections is “understaffed as it is,” Thomas said that the commissioners scrapped plans to add three correctional officers. One part-time position in the restorative justice program was converted to full-time, he said in anticipation of limiting the growth or reducing the size of the inmate population to address rising costs, particularly the expenses incurred in transporting prisoners to other county jails.

At the nursing home, Shackett said that the commissioners decided against filling four positions, two — a nurse and a cook — that have been vacant for some time and two in the activities program opened by recent resignations. She emphasized that the reduction in staff would not impact the quality of care, explaining that the facility has gone without two of the positions for most of the year with no adverse effects. two of the positions have been . “We’ve done without two of the positions for most of the year.

Pat Consentino, who chairs the Selectboard,

reminded Thomas that the appropriation for the Lakes Region Mutual Fire Aid Association (LRMFAA), which was $553,463 in 2013, has been stripped from the 2014 county budget. Consequently, she said that the actual increase in both the operating budget and tax commitment is greater than represented.

Moreover, Scott Davis, a Tilton resident, pointed out that since the LRMFAA will bill the 11 municipalities in the county directly, using a formula that includes both their property value and total population, Tilton’s share will increase by more than $4,000.

Selectman Katherine Dawson asked about the progress of planning a new jail. Thomas said that the commissioners, together with a jail planning committee, were continuing the planning process, but indicated that no major proposal was in the offing. Instead, the commission is preparing a request to $3.5 million to address immediate needs, including $1.6 million for a temporary housing unit of 48 beds and $1 million to replace the HVAC system, which was eliminated from the budget. Another $500,000 would be applied to a schematic design of a new facility.

Last night the commission met with the New Hampton Selectboard and next week will visit Belmont, Gilmanton and Gilford.

TIF FUNDS from page one spending $35,000 to extend a 10 inch water main from Main Street to Veteran’s Square to service the former Evangelical Baptist Church, which is being converted to a restaurant.

Altogether the estimated cost of the seven projects is $1,337,800. They would be funded by borrowing $1,350,000 against the annual revenue to the TIF account at an estimated interest rate of four-percent over 20 years. The TIF account has a current balance of $311,353 and projected revenue of $173,687 in 2014 and an additional amount each year thereafter for a total of $4,250,212 during the next 20

years. City Manager Scott Myers has assured the council that the revenue accruing to the TIF fund is sufficient to service the proposed debt and, within a reasonable time, support another borrowing.

The council deferred its decision on what projects to approve and expenditures to authorize, but agreed to revisit the issue when it meets on December 23.

Although the projects may be approved by simple majority vote, a two-thirds majority vote will be required to authorize the borrowing to finance them.

At the special meeting this week, Councilor Brenda Baer (Ward 4) questioned investing in the WOW Trail while Councilor Henry Lipman (Ward 3)

suggested that the riverwalk along the north bank should be completed before beginning work on the stretch on the south bank.

Although Baer expressed her support for the WOW Trail, she doubted that it would contribute to revitalizing downtown, which is the purpose of the TIF fund. Warren Murphy, past chairman of the Planning Board and resident of South Down Shores, also said that while he favored the trail, he advised against applying public funds to the project.

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from preceding page macy to the project, the next phase of which is planned to cross the western shore of Paugus Bay, where many property owners at South Down Shores are set on resisting it.

On the other hand, the Belknap Economic Development Council, which prepared a study projecting that once complete the WOW Trail would bring $1.8-million a year to the city, and the Main Street Initiative urged the council to fund the project.

Alan Beetle, president of the WOW Trail, told the council that the private WOW Trail board has raised $300,000 and with $400,000 in municipal funding could raise the additional $200,000 required to construct the second phase of the trail, from Main Street to the Belmont town line, in 2014. Without the city’s contribution, he said that the project could take between four and six years.

Lipman proposed deferring expenditure for the segment of the riverwalk running through the Walgreen’s property on the south bank of the river, explaining that it “doesn’t go anywhere” because those to either side of it are not yet on the construction schedule. His view was shared by the Main Street Initiative, which in a written statement called for completing the riverwalk on the the north bank before investing any TIF funds on the south bank.

However, Planning Director Shanna Saunders said that she since easements on two adjacent privately owned lots are being negotiated and the city owns the Meredith Bridge Cemetery the riverwalk along the south bank could be completed to Fair Street Bridge relatively soon.

The Main Street Initiative repeated its request

to complete the section of the riverwalk connecting Beacon Street West (the former Allen-Rogers property) to Main Street, intended to cross the mouth of the Perley Canal near the Main Street Bridge, which the advisory board did not include on its list. Saunders explained that the project was omitted because the original plan for the crossing was a “concept” and an alternate route was later chosen.

Saunders said that Chinburg Builders, the developer of Beacon Street West, originally intended to reconstruct a building over the canal that collapsed under a snowload and incorporate the riverwalk in the project as a cantilevered walkway over the water.

However, the firm abandoned it plan to rebuild and chose to convert the large commercial building on the property to apartments. As part of its site plan, Chinburg proposed an alternate route for the riverwalk, which the Planning Board approved in 2008.

Instead of following the riverbank, the pathway will pass through the residential complex to join Beacon Street West significantly north of the bridge.

John Moriarty, president of the Main Street Initiative, said that he learned that the route had been changed in advance of this week’s meeting but chose to present the recommendation in hopes that the original route will ultimately be followed.

Jack Terrill, a resident of the Beacon Street West condominiums, told the council that the segment of the riverwalk bordering the development should be fenced on the north side. “We have a trespassing issue until we establish a perimeter,” he said, adding that with a fence “we (residents) would have a backyard of our own.”

Saunders and Kevin Dunleavy, who chairs the advisory board, were surprised by the request. Dunleavy told the council that in designing the riverwalk fencing on the side away from the water was not anticipated. Beacon Street West is only one of a number of privately owned properties on both banks of the river where easements have accommodated the riverwalk.

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Deputy Chief Andre Kloetz said yesterday that a female adult was home alone around 11 p.m. when she smelled something unusual that could have been creosote.

She saw a fire where the stove pipe went through the first-floor ceiling and into the second floor and attic She called 9-1-1.

Kloetz said the first crews on the scene were from Meredith and Sanbornton and they were met with “a lot of fire” in the attic. He said the fire has spread through a first floor closet.

“The initial crews got a nice knockdown,” said Kloetz who said Eagle Ledge is a good distance into the rural west area of town about 3/4 of a mile from Black Brook Road and Kaulback Road in Sanbornton.

He said Sanbornton Chief Paul Dexter called for a first alarm bringing New Hampton and Holderness firefighters and water to Eagle Ledge and sending Laconia crews to Black Brook Road to set up the dry-hydrant in case more water was needed.

Kloetz said in his opinion the house is repairable. He said the fire charred the attic rafters but that much of the damage was done by heat, smoke, and water. “the skeleton of the house is still solid,” he said.

One firefighter fell through the second floor to the first floor but Kloetz said he “was pretty nimble” and fortunately landed on his feet.

Kloetz said two cats escaped the flames. He said the woman was staying with friends.

He said Chief Ken Jones and the N.H. Fire Marshal’s Office is investigating the cause of the fire, which appears to be accidental.

— Gail Ober

Vandal(s) take aim at downtown windows with BB gun(s)

LACONIA — Police said vandals shot BB gun pellets through the windows of three downtown merchants sometime Tuesday night or early Wednesday morning.

600 Main Street owner John Moriarty said yesterday that the most damage appears to have been done to Raymond Photographic Artist, a framing and photography shop, which had to replace an 8-foot by 8-foot sized window.

Moriarty said vandals also shot a hole through the window at LaBelle’s Shoe Repair and one of his

windows.

He said he was kind of hopeful that his window could be repaired but said it was unlikely the other two windows could be. He said Raymond already removed his plate glass and put a piece of plywood over the window.

“It’s too bad,” he said.

Anyone with any information is asked to call the Laconia Police at 524-5252 or the Greater Laconia Crime Line at 524-7171.

— Gail Ober

ROCK from page 2 Attorney General Joseph Foster stripped Reams of his prosecutorial authority Nov. 6 at the outset of a joint state and federal investigation. County commissioners subsequently barred Reams from entering his Brentwood office.

Reams’ attorney, Michael Ramsdell, argued in Merrimack Superior Court on Thursday that Reams needs details of the allegations against him to further his case that Foster abused his discretion by removing Reams’ power to prosecute.

“I can’t produce witnesses to refute evidence when I don’t know what it is,” Ramsdell said. “I’ve got nothing.”

Young assured Superior Court Judge Richard McNamara that the evidence would support Reams’ removal.

Ramsdell told McNamara that some of the allegations before the attorney general’s office — including sexual harassment — have been investigated at least three times since 1999. He said those inquiries were conducted by the attorney general’s office, a deputy county attorney and the county’s human resources office.

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VynnArt Gallery exhibiting work of local photographer Richard Heroux MEREDITH — VynnArt Gallery and Art Supplies is pleased to present the very first exhibition of unique photography by the Richard Heroux. The show will run from Saturday, December 14 through Sunday December 15, from 10 a.m. to 4 o.m.

In this show Richard Heroux presents photographs that represent how he feels about his passion: Photography. In 2007, Richard began photography with a group of friends in Rhode Island. It didn’t take him long to realize that it was more than just a hobby to him. He moved to New Hampshire in 2010. There his work became

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Richard has displayed his work at several shows throughout Rhode Island, Massachusettes, and New Hampshire. He belongs to the Lakes Region Camera Club and is affiliated with the Lakes Region Art Association.

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NORTHFIELD — From Monday, December 23 through Tuesday, December 31, those who donate nonperishable food items for local food pantries to Hall Memorial Library

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Advance Auto Parts opens today LACONIA — Advance Auto Parts, Inc., a leading automotive aftermarket retailer of parts, batteries, accessories and maintenance items, will open its first store in Laconia at 163 Court Street, Suite 5, close to State Farm Insurance, today.

Company officials said they chose this location for the store because it’s convenient to where their customers live and shop as well as the garages where they take their vehicles for repair.

David Armstrong is the new general manager and works with five other team members at the new Laconia location. A 15-year veteran of the automotive and retail sales industries, Armstrong has been with the Advance Auto Parts Team about three years.

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wide range of parts and recognized national brands as well as several free services. Store team members will provide free installation for new windshield wipers and also offer a complimentary check of the vehicle’s electrical system and old battery, as well as provide free installation of a new battery with purchase on most vehicles. The store offers fast parts delivery to local commercial customers such as professional mechanics and garages. During regular store hours, customers may drop off used motor oil and batteries for recycling – ensuring that these materials don’t end up in landfills where they could harm the environment.

The store is open Monday through Saturday from 7:30 a.m. to 8 p.m. and Sunday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

LACONIA — There will be an Health Insurance Marketplace Enrollment Fair on Saturday December 14, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the CAT building at the Lakes Region Community College. Certified counselors will be on hand to assist people in signing up for insurance in the Health Insurance Marketplace.

Certified Health Insurance Marketplace Navigators will hold a question and answer session about the the Affordable Care Act, from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday, December 17, at the Health First Family Care Center, 22 Strafford St., in Laconia. All are welcome to attend and participate in the session.

On Thursday, December 19, from 5:30 to 7 p.m., Ms. Toomey, a Patient Navigator, will participate in a Health Forum with state Senator Andrew Hosmer and Franklin Mayor Kenneth Merrifield, at the Franklin Opera House, which is located on Main Street in Franklin. The forum is open to the public and residents are encouraged to attend.

Organizations wishing to have an information presentation about the Affordable Care Act, may contact Ms. Toomey at Health First 603-934-1464 ext 119, or Ms. Marian Gill, at Service Link Resource Center Lakes Region Partnership for Public Health, 603528-6945.

LACONIA — The weekly Tuesday night free meal sponsored by Hands Across the Table will be served at a temporary new location on Tuesday, December 17 and 31 due to repairs being made at the Boys and Girls Club. The dinners will be served at the St. Andre Bessette Parish Hall, on Gilford Ave., Laconia.

Doors will open at 4 p.m. with dinner beginning at 5 p.m. Chef Lou Gaynor, who is responsible for planning and preparing the weekly meal stated “It’s wonderful that Fr. Marc Drouin

was able to offer us facilities to feed our guests who look forward to this hot meal each week. We are serving greater numbers of guests each week and during the cold weather and holidays it is even more important that we make the weekly dinner available to all who wish to attend. We look forward to returning to our friends and hosts at the Boys and Girls Club as soon as repairs are completed.”

For more information regarding Hands Across the Table, visit their Facebook page or call 524-5800.

WOLFEBORO — Beginning on Tuesday, January 7, 2014 the Wolfeboro Public Library in conjunction with The Lakes Region Genealogy Interest Group will be offering a series of workshops for anyone who is interested in genealogy. Each workshop in the series will be offered on the first Tuesday morning of the month from

10 a.m. to noon and will feature both manual methods and computer generated programs for recording genealogy.

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Mark Primeau, President & CEO for Bank of New Hampshire and 2013 Good Scout Luncheon Chair; Joe Lulka, Guest Speaker and Star Scout from Troop 75; Greg Goddard, General Manager for Gunstock Mountain Resort and 2013 Good Scout Honoree; Bob Durfee, Commissioner for Gunstock Mountain Resort. (Courtesy photo)

Boy Scouts honor Mark Primeau, Greg Goddard at annual luncheon LACONIA — The 22nd Annual Greater Lakes Region Good Scout Award Luncheon was held on December 4. This year’s luncheon was chaired Mark Primeau, President & CEO of Bank of New Hampshire, and raised a total of $46,000 for the Daniel Webster Council.

The Good Scout recipients at this year’s luncheon were Greg Goddard, General Manager for Gunstock Mountain Resort and Corporate Honoree Gunstock Mountain Resort. Guest speaker and Star Scout from Troop 75 in Bow, Joe Lulka, reflected on what he has learned as a patrol leader in his troop, the National Youth Leader Training course he attended, and his experience this summer at the National Jamboree at the Summit Bechtel Family National Scout

Reserve in Mt. Hope, West Virginia.

The $46,000 raised from the luncheon will benefit and enrich scouting throughout the Lakes Region. Scouting remains strong in New Hampshire and throughout the entire nation. Scouts are still guided by the ideals of the Scout Oath and Law, having come to the aid of their neighbors and communities in ways both large and small.

To find out more about the Daniel Webster Council, visit www.nhscouting.org.

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BERLIN — The Tri-County Community Action Program’s transit program is looking for volunteer drivers for its’ Dial-A-Ride and Long Distance Medical Transportation program.

Volunteer pick up our passengers in their personal vehicles, at their home,

or a predetermined pickup spot, and drive them to their destination, and then back home. These trips may be local or long distance trips to places such as Dartmouth Hitchcock, Catholic Medical Center, etc.

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The main portion of each Tuesday program will delve into not only the tried and true methods of researching family records, but will also address innovative solutions for uncovering those hidden and elusive family records, frequently known as “brick walls”, records which often baffle family genealogists.

For a short portion of each Tuesday program, the newly released version

of Family Search/Family Tree will be delved into in detail with weekly focus on mastery of just one aspect of this comprehensive research tool. Family Search/Family Tree allows the public to access a large portion of the worldwide digitized and indexed census records, birth records, death records, burial records, marriage records, probate records, land records and military records which are held in the Family History Library, the largest such library in the world. Unlike other available programs of this nature, there is no subscription fee required and no other fees charged in order to access these documented records.

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19th Annual Integrated Arts Conference held January 24 at PSU PLYMOUTH — The 19th annual Integrated Arts Conference presented by Plymouth State University’s Educational Theatre Collaborative (ETC) moves to Friday this year and uses the Common Core and the new National Core Standards as its theme.

The day of workshops and presentations will be held January 24, 2014 at the Silver Center for the Arts on the PSU campus. The conference is presented in conjunction with the New Hampshire Department of Education, with support from the New Hampshire State Council on the Arts, Arts Alliance of Northern New Hampshire and the New Hampshire Arts Learning Network. The conference is one of five aspects of ETC’s 2014 initiative, culminating with a full-scale production of Oliver! January 22-26 in the Hanaway Theatre at the Silver Center.

Elementary school teacher and integrated arts graduate student Kirsten Mohring says an education rich in the arts enhances cognitive development and student performance. “It creates a multi-sensory, integrative environment that fosters higherorder thinking skills and the essential qualities needed for the 21st century student. With the arts we can teach students to think outside the box and not be defined by it.”

After a welcome by ETC co-founder and creative director Trish Lindberg, PSU Professor of Health and Human Performance Irene Cucina will share her ideas about how the arts can be the impetus to improve academic success. Marcia McCaffrey, N.H. Department of Education arts consultant and facilitator for the National Coalition for Core Standards will follow with a broad overview of the new National Core Arts Standards. McCaffrey says the conference “is a great opportunity to learn about, imagine and inform the possibilities for the future of arts learning in New Hampshire.”

Breakout sessions with concurrent workshops will be held from 10-10:55 a.m. and 11:05 a.m.12:30 p.m. In session one, topics include exploring the new National Core Arts Standards and building understanding for the Common Core, presented by McCaffrey and Lyn Ward Healy.

Session two topics investigate what can be done with the Common Core in workshops such as Connecting Oliver to Social Class; Common Core Standards and Core Competencies for Dance and Theater; Unlocking the Heart, the Hands and the Mind; Pip, Pip, Cheerio—the Arts of the Times and Using Oliver! as a Gateway to History and the Common Core.

After lunch at the University dining hall, 2013 New Hampshire Teacher of the Year Heidi Welch will talk about why the heart needs the arts. Welch has taught music in New Hampshire since 1996. She has presented workshops in the areas of assessment and music electives, and holds a master’s degree in education focusing on instruction and curriculum.

At 2 p.m. PSU’s award-winning professional educational theater troupe, TIGER (Theatre Integrating Guidance, Education and Responsibility), will perform Bully-Free You and Me. This new TIGER production integrates research on the importance of educating bystanders about the powerful role they play in helping to stop bullying behavior in schools.

Conference participants will have an opportunity to “construct and reflect” in a post-performance discussion with presenters beginning at 2:45 p.m. and to create a Reflection Quilt with Lindberg and Kirsten Mohring at 3:15 p.m. A Conversation Café see next page from preceding page Volunteers will be reimbursed for all of their mileage at fifty five cents (.55) per mile.

For more information contact Beverly Raymond, CCTM, Director of Transportation, Tri-County Community Action Program at 603-752-1741 or braymond@tccap.org.

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Lamprey Real Estate hosting Biz After Hours The Meredith Area Chamber of Commerce and Lamprey Real Estate Associates invites members of the local business community to a “Holiday Business After Hours’’ on Thursday evening December 19 from 4:30 -6:30 p.m. To be held at the beautifully decorated Victorian office of Lamprey Real Estate Associates located on Route 25 in Center Harbor, this special Holiday After Hours is open to all in the Lakes Region business community and will provide those attending with the opportunity to come together and enjoy fellowship and special holiday refreshments and spirits during the busy holiday season. For more information contact the Meredith Area Chamber of Commerce at 279-6121. (Courtesy photo)

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Born on October 27, 1935, in Holyoke, MA, the son of Rudolph J. and Rose (Lynch) Laporte, Rudy was raised in Holyoke and graduated from the South Hadley High School. Upon graduation he attended college earning some credits before entering the U.S. Army. After his service, he enrolled at UMASS Amherst and received a bachelor’s degree in Business Accounting.

Rudy started his career at RCA before becoming the President of Mutual Data Inc., in Boston, and worked as an Information Technology Executive at the Hartford Insurance Co in Hartford CT. A long-time resident of Moultonborough, NH on Lake Kanasatka, Rudy was a beloved husband, father, and grandfather, who enjoyed all sports, was an avid golfer, and he loved photography and videography. He was always making home movies of special family events, and had a collection of every Polaroid camera ever released. He will be dearly missed by from preceding page

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Rudy is survived by his beloved wife of fifty-six years, Florence (Boyden) Laporte, of Meredith; daughters, Katherine Barnes and husband Barry Constant, of Seattle, WA, Ann Laporte and husband Tony Scotto, of Boston, MA; granddaughter, Ashley Woodford and husband W. J. Woodford III, of Marlborough, MA. In lieu of flowers donations in his memory may be made to the following: Central NH VNA, 780 Main St. Laconia, NH 03246 (centralvna.org), The Red Sox Foundation, 4 Yawkey Way, Boston, MA 02215 (redsoxfoundation.org), or to the Moultonborough Academy Athletic Scholarship Fund.

A memorial service will be held on Friday, December 13, 2013 at Meredith Bay Colony Club in the Library, at 10 a.m. Rev. John Eaton will officiate.

Relatives and friends are respectfully invited to attend.

Mayhew Funeral Homes & Crematorium of Meredith and Plymouth are assisting the family with the arrangements. For Rudy’s Book of Memories: www. mayhewfuneralhomes.com refreshments, an electronic teacher resource book, and a ticket to Oliver! Cost is $95 without performance.

Registration is available online at https://www. events.unh.edu/RegistrationForm.pm?event_ id=15739. For information or to register by telephone, call Deb Stalnaker at (603) 535-2933.

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Esther Linnea Lindsey, 68 MEREDITH — Esther Linnea Lindsey passed away December 5th at her home.

She died peacefully with her husband and golden retriever at her side. She had always approached her disease with a positive attitude and a graciousness only to be admired. “I am going to do this with grace and dignity,” was often heard once she decided to end her therapy.

Linnea was a dedicated teacher of 43 years, spending the last 26 years in Gilford fourth and fifth grades. Teaching and her many students were the love of her life. Since retiring in 2010, she had enjoyed yoga, bridge, book club and hikes around the Lakes Region. Hikes down to Squam with Marcy, Miley and Kelsey were a con-

stant source of joy. She touched many hearts with her never ending positive spirit and sunny outlook on life. She never became discouraged or complained of the many trips to Hanover.

A special thanks goes out to the Dartmouth-Hitchcock facility and very special staff in the Norris Cotton Cancer Center.

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She is survived by her husband Ted of nearly 47 years, her golden retriever Kelsey, and an extended Lindsey family along with her many dear friends.

There are no public services planned at this time.

Please remember her with a smile and a never ending positive attitude.

Bruce K. Hooker, 61 BELMONT — Bruce K. Hooker, 61, of 39 Dock Road, died at his home on Monday, December 9, 2013.

Mr. Hooker was born July 28, 1952 in Laconia, N.H., the son of Leonard and Shirley (Colburn) Hooker. He resided in Laconia for several years before moving to Belmont thirty-six years ago.

Mr. Hooker had been employed as a truck driver and mechanic for several years and had been most recently employed at the Prescott Farm Environmental Education Center. He also repaired antique clocks for over twenty years.

Mr. Hooker was a member of the New Hampshire Giant Pumpkin Growers Association and was a member of the National Clock and Watch Collectors Association.

Survivors include his wife of 34 years, Cathy A. (Twombly) Hooker, of Belmont; two sons, Benjamin Hooker and his wife, Cori, of Belmont and Todd

Hooker of Gilmanton; a daughter, Bridgette Elguero and her husband, Sergio, of Henniker; three grandchildren, Jackson and Caleb Hooker of Belmont and Santiago Elguero of Henniker; his parents, Leonard Hooker of Meredith and Shirley (Colburn) Hooker of Laconia, a brother, Alan Hooker, of Bozeman, Montana; three sisters, Diena Rae of North Carolina, Sue Mansfield of Ely, Minnesota and Wendy Hooker of Fairbanks, Alaska.

There will be no calling hours or funeral services.

In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to Prescott Farm, 928 White Oaks Road, Laconia, NH 03246.

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As ambassador of goodwill, Gayle Russell was instrumental in gathering some Moultonborough Women’s Club members to meet a few times to design and create hand made ornaments for their “Christmas in New Hampshire” tree, which was given to Meredith Altrusa’s Festival of Trees and will be donated to a needy family. This is the third year MWC has participated in helping with this colorful annual even. (Courtesy photo)

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Lakes Region Rotary Club’s inaugural car show raised $10,000 for local charities

LACONIA — The first ever Lakes Region Rotary Car Show held on July 27 at the Weirs Beach Lobster Pound, was a huge success, raising more than $10,000 to benefit several local charities.

Checks were recently presented to several local organizations at a special awards breakfast held at the Water Street Café. Local non-profit recipients included the Lakes Region Scholarship Foundation; Laconia Education Endowment Foundation; Lakes Region Child Advocacy Center; the Circle Program; the Boys and Girls Club of the Lakes Region; LHS Athletic Field; Lakes Region Youth Leadership Program; Laconia Area Community Land Trust; and LRGHealthcare.

Lakes Region Rotary members were proud to welcome 150 vehicles and more than 700 participants to their first car show. Cars from all decades ranging back to the 1910’s took part in this great event. The day welcomed beautiful weather and the perfect opportunity for enthusiasts to showcase their oneof-a-kind cars, all to benefit important Lakes Region charities.

“As of that morning we had just 37

cars registered for the event; by 11:00 the Weirs Beach Lobster Pound lot was packed with more than 150 vehicles,” explains Lakes Region Rotary President Scott Wilkinson. “Between car owner and spectators we had more than 700 people take part in the event. We exceeded all expectations we had for the first year of the event and we’re already making plans for next summer’s car show,” states Wilkinson.

AutoServ stepped up as the $2,500 Presenting Sponsor of the event, and Bank of New Hampshire and Graham & Graham CPAs in Laconia each signed-on as $1,000 Gold Sponsors. Additional supporters included Binnie Media, CG Roxane, Comcast Spotlight, EFI, The Weirs Times, Vermont Soapstone, and WEMJ 1490AM. Members are particularly grateful to the many car owners, spectators, vendors, volunteers, and the team at the Weirs Beach Lobster Pound.

The 2nd Annual Lakes Region Rotary Car Show will be held on Saturday, July 26, 2014 at the Lobster Pound. For 2014 sponsorship and vendor opportunities contact Kristian Svindland: 524-8973 or kris@hroplus.com.

Lakes Region Rotary members recently awarded several local organizations monetary donations at a special breakfast held at the Water Street Café. Club members raised more than $10,000 at the first annual Lakes Region Rotary Car Show held this past July and were happy to distribute checks to deserving organizations. From left to right: Jeff Graham of Graham & Graham, a Gold Sponsor of the Car Show; Tom Clairmont, LRGHealthcare President & CEO; Joanne Cormier of the Lakes Region Scholarship Foundation; Carole Davis of the Laconia Education Endowment Foundation; Kathy Kearns of the Circle Program; Scott Wilkinson, President of the Lakes Region Rotary; Matt Lahey, LHS Athletic Field Fund; Bob Ewell, Lakes Region Youth Leadership Program; Kamal Gosine of AutoServ, presenting sponsor of the Car Show; and Lou Guevin of Bank of New Hampshire, a Gold Sponsor of this past summer’s event. (Courtesy photo)

Gilmanton Community Food Pantry seeking items to put in Christmas baskets

GILMANTON — The Gilmanton Community Church Food Pantry and Thrift Shop is putting together Christmas baskets and items like ham, pineapple, jelly, coffee, juice, cereal, peanut butter, pickles, cake and frosting mix are some of the special items that are needed. Any item, in any amount, is genuinely appreciated.

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PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). A relationship is progressing to the point where you think you know each other well -- maybe too well. Close that open book, and build some mystery back into the equation.

TODAY’S BIRTHDAY (Dec. 13). You’ll be someone’s hero this year in big and small ways. Next month, you’ll complete a responsibility and launch into a new adventure. A benefactor will provide you with funding and help with travel. March features a thrilling partnership. Justice prevails in April, so make sure you’re on the right side. Aquarius and Aries people adore you. Your lucky numbers are: 10, 2, 22, 34 and 14.

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HOROSCOPE ARIES (March 21-April 19). There is nothing inherently wonderful, but because you have wonder inside of you, you’ll bring it to the world, and its majestic curtains will open before you.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20). You’re on the hunt for one specific thing, and this purpose will lead you through the day. When you see what you need, go after it. Hesitation only prolongs the inevitable.

GEMINI (May 21-June 21). A blunt approach often will bring direct results, but in the long term, it won’t improve a reputation the way finesse does. The one with the best manners will win today’s prize opportunity.

CANCER (June 22-July 22). People who are acting out of obligation or habit will say the same thing they said last time, but you won’t respond in the same way. This is proof that you’re present, in the moment, bringing your full fresh energy to the scene.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). You accept yourself whether or not you are fitting in with the people around you. And they will accept you, too. They were getting pretty bored with the status quo anyhow.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). The areas in which you prosper now are the very same ones that caused you suffering only a few years ago. Remember this, and be untroubled.

The issue that plagues you soon will pass.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). There’s a difference between observing and passing judgment. You’ll stay objective most of the day, but by nightfall you may decide you’ve seen enough of other people’s lives to make you love your own even more.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). You don’t have to accept the mythology of others as the only storytelling that matters. Create your own mythology. Someone will be helped by your stories.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21). You know that often it’s the people who are the hardest to love who need love the most. But why does it always seem to be your job to love the unlovable? Answer: Because you’re so good at it.

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––––––– ALMANAC ––––––– Today is Friday, Dec. 13, the 347th day of 2013. There are 18 days left in the year.

Today’s Highlight in History: On Dec. 13, 2000, Democratic presidential candidate Al Gore conceded to Republican George W. Bush, a day after the U.S. Supreme Court shut down further recounts in Florida.

On this date: In 1642, Dutch navigator Abel Tasman sighted present-day New Zealand.

In 1769, Dartmouth College in New Hampshire received its charter.

In 1862, Union forces led by Maj. Gen. Ambrose Burnside launched futile attacks against entrenched Confederate soldiers during the Civil War Battle of Fredericksburg; the soundly defeated Northern troops withdrew two days later. (It was during this battle that Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee is said to have remarked: “It is well that war is so terrible, or we should grow too fond of it.”)

In 1918, President Woodrow Wilson arrived in France, becoming the first chief executive to visit Europe while in office.

In 1928, George Gershwin’s “An American in Paris” had its premiere at Carnegie Hall in New York.

In 1937, the Chinese city of Nanjing fell to Japanese forces; what followed was a massacre of war prisoners, soldiers and citizens. (China maintains as many as 300,000 people died; Japan says the toll was far less.)

In 1944, during World War II, the U.S. cruiser Nashville was badly damaged in a Japanese kamikaze attack that claimed more than 130 lives.

In 1962, the United States launched Relay 1, a communications satellite which retransmitted television, telephone and digital signals.

In 1978, the Philadelphia Mint began stamping the Susan B. Anthony dollar, which went into circulation in July 1979.

In 1994, an American Eagle commuter plane crashed short of Raleigh-Durham International Airport in North Carolina, killing 15 of the 20 people on board.

Ten years ago: Saddam Hussein was captured by U.S. forces while hiding in a hole under a farmhouse in Adwar, Iraq, near his hometown of Tikrit. A summit to forge a European Union constitution collapsed in Brussels, Belgium.

Oklahoma quarterback Jason White won the Heisman Trophy.

Five years ago: The White House weighed its options for preventing a collapse of the troubled U.S. auto industry. Oklahoma quarterback Sam Bradford won the Heisman Trophy after guiding the highest-scoring team in major college football history to the national championship game.

One year ago: U.N. Ambassador Susan Rice withdrew from consideration to replace outgoing Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton. Rice had run into opposition from Republicans angry over her explanation of the September attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya that killed Ambassador Chris Stevens and three other Americans. Rice had said the attack stemmed from a protest over an anti-Islamic video, which later proved incorrect.

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CALENDAR TODAY’S EVENTS Open Houses and other events held at the businesses of Moultonborough Village. 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. Kid’s Night Out portion of the event held from 4:30-7:30 p.m. at the library.

59th Annual Santa’s Village held at the Tapply-Thompson Community Center in Bristol. 6-8 p.m. Canned goods for donation appreciated. For more information call 744-2713 Opening reception for the annual Lakes Region Art Association’s “Small Show”. 4-6 p.m. at the Busiel Mill in downtown Laconia.

The Pemigewasset Choral Society performs its 41st holiday season concert. 7:30 p.m. in Franklin at Saint Paul’s Roman Catholic church.

5th Annual Santa Land Program sponsored by the Gilford Parks and Recreation Department. 5-7:30 p.m. in the Gilford Youth Center. For more information call 527-4722.

Central New Hampshire VNA and Hospice holds a Tree of Memories ceremony. 11 a.m. in Wolfeboro at Huggins Hospital. For more information call 569-2729.

Lakes Region Community College Scholarly People Educating and Encouraging Knowledge for Society Club holds a conference featuring keynote speaker Robin Chase, Founder and CEO of Zipcar. 6-9 p.m. in LRCC’s Academic Commons. Open to the public and free of charge. For more information or to make a reservation call 722-0622.

Pitman’s Freight Room hosts Lisa Marie and the All Shook Up Blues Band. 8 p.m. at the Freight Room. Opening performance by the Kid’s Jazz Band begins at 7 p.m.

Admission is $12 per person. BYOB. Events at the Hall Memorial Library in Northfield. Project Teen featuring a Pick a Flick movie event 3 p.m. Library Live Chat 4 p.m. Sit and Knit 2-5 p.m.

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

Giggles & Grins playgroup at Family Resource Center in downtown Laconia (719 No. Main Street, Laconia). Free group for parents children from birth through age 5. For more information call 524-1741.

Meet Mrs.Claus at Tot Time at the Meredith Library 9:30-10:30 a.m. and 11 a.m. to noon 12. Features an ornament making activity and hot cocoa/cookies.

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 14 Clearlakes Chorale Presents “Christmas in France”.

7:30 p.m. at St. Katharine Drexel Church in Alton. Tickets are $15/adults and $10/students. For more information visit www.clearlakeschorale.org.

Santa Land hosted by the Gilford Parks and Recreation Department. 10 a.m. to noon. at the Gilford Youth Center.

Admission is free. Santa will be on site for photo opportunities.

Stand Up comedians Paul Nardizzi and Bob Seibel perform at Pitman’s Freight Room in Laconia. 8 p.m. Tickets are $15. To purchase them in advance call 527-0043. BYOB. The Meredith Fire Department Auxiliary will holds its Holiday Bake Sale. 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Aubuchon’s Hardware in Meredith.

Open House at the Lakes Region Food Pantry marking its first anniversary. 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at 61 Whittier Highway in Moultonborough. Fore more information or to make a donation call 986-0357.

Service Link Resource Center in Laconia will be cohosting an Affordable Care Act Enrollment Fair. 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Lakes Region Community College CAT Building. Certified counselors will be on hand to assist people in signing up for insurance in the Health Insurance Market. For more information call 528-6945.

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

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ANNIE’S MAILBOX

Dear Annie: Both my husband and I are on our second marriages. We have tried very hard to get along with our exes, to no avail. When we invite them to go to parent-teacher conferences with us or attend dance and piano recitals, it seems to only make matters worse. The children saw this, and it hurt them greatly. My husband and I promised each other that when our children were engaged, we would talk to them to ensure they were not making a mistake. I wish my parents had done this, even though I realize I might not have listened.

My husband’s son got engaged suddenly at the age of 21 to his first girlfriend. My husband and I thought he was far too immature to get married. His fiancee at the time was extremely loud and boorish and also inexperienced in the dating world. We spoke to our son and explained that he was young and there are many fish in the sea, and that even if he were madly in love, there is no need to rush to get married.

Well, he told his fiancee, and we were not invited to the wedding. Now, neither of them speaks to us. We tried to get his sister to pass along birthday greetings on our behalf, but she said, “I don’t want to get involved.”

It’s been nearly six years. We miss our son greatly. How do you suggest we proceed? -- Unhappy Parents Dear Unhappy: Your heart was in the right place, but disparaging a child’s intended is asking for trouble. They rarely listen and often become defensive and angry. The best you can do is swallow your pride. Phone or send a letter or email saying you were wrong to have interfered, that you can see that their marriage was the right choice for them, that you are sorry for engendering ill will and that you hope they will forgive you. Add that you miss them, and ask whether there is anything you can do to improve the relationship. We hope they respond positively.

Dear Annie: I am excited for the upcoming holiday party season, except for one thing: Please ask your readers to have respect for the non-drinking guests at their parties.

I am in my 30s, married and a mom, and I don’t like to drink, but I feel pressured every year at these parties. I never preach about it. I simply say “no, thanks” when offered. But, my response is never respected. Instead they say, “Oh, come on, it’s a party!” Or, “Just have one if you’re worried about driving home.” Some become quite aggressive in trying to get me to indulge.

What if I were a recovering alcoholic, deathly allergic or drinking were against my religion? It’s none of their business.

But people act as if I am crazy for not accepting a glass of wine. I think they are poor hosts for pressuring me. I can have a great time without drinking. -- Dry in California Dear Dry: People mistakenly think they are being friendly by cajoling you past the point of politeness. You can keep saying “no, thank you” until they give up. Or, pour yourself some water in a cocktail glass. A third option is to accept a glass of wine and hold it in your hand until the party is over.

You don’t have to drink it.

Dear Annie: I could have written the letter from “Hurt in Florida,” whose children and grandchildren don’t include her in their get-togethers.

My daughter told me they are “just too busy” for me. But they somehow have time for her dad and stepmother, as well as her in-laws and several friends. I haven’t seen them in more than a year. We don’t talk because I don’t call.

I don’t understand any of it. I just wanted to let “Florida” know that she’s not alone. I’m hurting with her. -- Midwest Grandma

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

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Animals

Autos

Employment Wanted

3 AKC female doberman puppies.

Parents on premises Ready to go 12/15. 603-581-9152

FRANKLIN- 2 bedroom 1 bath log cabin with porch. Security and 1 month deposit. No pets/No smoking. Renter pays utilities.

References and credit history required. $850/Month. 934-4596

GOLDEN Retriever puppies for sale, $500 each. Parents on sight.

Health certificates and shots.

603-998-3393 ROTTWEILER pups AKC Champion Pedigree, parents on premises $800. 603-340-6219 TWO female aussies. 11 weeks, raised with a toddler, very friendly, alert, fast. $400/each. 455-7463

Announcement GREAT BARGAINS! Thrift & Gift a unique non-profit thrift store. 80 Bean Rd. Center Harbor Christian Church. Bring a non-perishable food item, get 10% off your total. Mon-Sat. 10am-4pm 253-8008.

SANTA COMES TO LAKEPORT FOR THE 9TH YEAR Dec. 14th 10am-12pm at the LAKEPORT FREIGHT MUSEUM Gift bags, cookies and punch for all the little ones!

Autos $_TOP dollar paid for junk cars & trucks. Available 7-days a week.

P3!s Towing. 630-3606 1999 Chevy 2500 4x4, regular cab, no rust. Never plowed with but has plow. New tires, brakes, exhaust, paint. 125K miles, auto. $2500 524-9011 2002 BMW 330 Ci.- 82K miles, great condition. Second owner, well maintained, loaded. $9,000.

For Rent

2002 Cadillac Seville 72K miles.

Great condition $4,000 Or best offer. 832-3535 2002 Jetta New motor, clutch, needs to be key coded. $1200.

(603)524-9011.

2008 Suzuki Forensa- MUST SEE! 69,000 miles, automatic, no rust, new tires, excellent condition. $4,000 firm. 520-0507 CASH paid for unwanted or junk cars and trucks. Same day service possible. 603-231-2859.

Business Opportunities SALON in Meredith for sale. 3 stations or 2 with aestitions.

253-3011.

Child Care

Do you need someone to run errands or sit with adult? Call Brenda, Laconia, 207-949-4993

For Rent

FRANKLIN- 2 bedroom apartment. Living room & kitchen with cherry cabinets & new appliances, on first floor. 2 bedrooms & bath on second floor. Washer/Dryer available. $800/Month, 1 month security required. No pets/No smoking. 603-279-1385

ALEXANDRIA 2 Bedroom home w/small yard, recently renovated.

Pets considered. $800/month plus utilities. 603-744-9369

GILFORD 2-Bedroom $600/ month+ utilities. References, security deposit, no pets, laundry hookups.

Available now.

520-5171.

APARTMENTS, mobile homes. If you need a rental at a fair price, call DRM Corp. Over 50 years in rentals. We treat you better!

524-0348 or visit M-W-F, 12-5, at our new location, 142 Church St. (Behind CVS Pharmacy.)

GILFORD/ALTON Line: 2BR Cottage, $200-$245 per week +utilities; 3BR apt., $230-$275 per week +utilities. Cable & internet included. Beach access. 1st & security. 603-365-0799.

BELMONT 2 bedroom 2nd floor heat & hot water included $800/month. Housing Vouchers accepted. 781-344-3749 BELMONT 2 Bedroom Duplex on spacious wooded lot with washer/dryer hookup and parking. $850/month + utilities. Call GCE Apartments @ 267-8023 NO PETS BELMONT 2-bedroom condo, $865/month plus security and utilities. First month 1/2 off. No dogs.

630-1296.

BELMONT: Two 2 bedroom apartments available. 1 on first floor $220/week, 1 on ground floor with separate entrance $240/week, includes heat, electric & hot water, 524-1234, www.whitemtrentals.com.

BRISTOL- 2 bedroom. Renovated and sunny, second floor. Good closet space, new appliances.

New, energy efficient heating system. $700 per month plus utilities. Security Deposit and

GILFORD: 2-bedroom apts. from $225/week. Heat/electricity/hot water negotiable. Pets considered. References, security.

556-7098 or 832-3334.

HOUSESHARE: Belmont, Quiet country-home. Easy commute North and South. utilities/internet included. References required. $600/month. 630-1296.

LACONIA CHEAP TO HEAT!!! 2 bedroom apartment.

2nd floor, $750/Month + utilities.

Washer/ dryer hook-up, Off-street parking. Available Now! 520-4348 LACONIA - 26 Dartmouth St; One Half of a Duplex; 7 rooms, 3 Bedrooms, 1 Bath, Enclosed Sun Porch and Large Open Porch, Walkout Basement w/Laundry Hookups. Very clean, hardwood floors, private off street parking.

Conveniently located near library, churches, downtown, Opechee Park and schools. Available now $1,000/Mo plus utilities.

For Rent

For Rent

LACONIA 1 bedroom $650/Month. $250 credit towards first oil, Freshly painted, utilities not included. 581-6463

LACONIA: Large one bedroom, second floor, hot water included. $700/month plus security. No smoking. 528-2044.

LACONIA 1 Bedroom- $600 /monthly + utilities. 3 Bedroom units starting at $950/month + utilities Nice spaces, very clean with washer/dryer hookups Call GCE Apartments @ 267-8023 NO PETS

LAKEPORT Exceptional 2 bedrooms, 2 baths, 2 floors, basement w/washer-dryer hookups, private, porch, no dogs, no smoking, $825/ month + utilities, available Jan. 1. 366-4712.

LACONIA 1 bedroom- 3rd floor $150/week includes heat/hot water. References & deposit.

524-9665 LACONIA Roommate wanted to share personal home. Clean, quiet, sober environment. All inclusive, $140/week. 455-2014 LACONIA, big one-bedroom, no dogs, no utilities, 2-car parking, lots of closets, snow removal and washer/dryer included. Nice apartment, $165/week plus 4-week security deposit plus first week due in advance. Credit check required. 781-283-0783

LACONIA- 1st floor 2-bedroom. $175/weekly, you pay all utilities.

Monitor heat, no smoking/no pets, parking, security deposit & references. Call 286-4618 after 5:00pm LACONIA2-bedroom 2-bath apt. on quiet dead end street. $950/Month all utilities included, no pets. Call after 5:00pm.

527-8363.

Laconia- 3 room 1 bedroom 1st floor. Completely remodeled, $175/week + utilities. $600 security. 524-7793 or 832-3735 LACONIA- Sunny 1-bedroom.

Newly renovated, New washer/ dryer. Heat/Hot water included. $800/Month Plus utilities.

387-0147

LACONIA/ CONDO Convenient, quiet, 1BR, diningroom, living, kitchen, laundry rm. washer/ dryer included, garage.

No dogs, no smoking, $750/ month, 279-4376.

LAKEPORT, Lakeview. Small 1-Bedroom, $300 Heat-Credit Yearly, 2-car parking, new carpet, freshly painted, second floor, economical utilities. $160/week.

No dogs, nice area.

781-283-0783.

LAKEPORT, NH.- Brand new Duplex Apartments. Now accepting applications for qualified renters for these brand new 3 bedroom duplex apartments located on Washington Street.

First unit available for occupancy on January 1st. These all newly applianced apartments are located across from a beautiful city park and are equipped with a washer & dryer in each building.

Rent is $1200/month (with no utilities). Call (603) 524-8533 for more information MEREDITH - Nice secure second floor 2 bedroom apartment, all newly renovated and fully applianced. Includes heat and air conditioning. Tenant laundry room on premise with great parking. Available immediately at $995.00 a month. The rest of this month free.

Cats allowed, no dogs. Call our office at 455-9433

MEREDITH In Town-Fully Renovated

2 Bedroom 1.5 bath Condo with Garage.

Quiet location, Energy efficient. No smokers. $1,095 + Utilities Rick (781) 389-2355 MEREDITH- Great studio apartment. Bright, sunny, clean, walk to town. $500/month +utilities.

520-6931

LACONIA: spacious one and two bedroom apartments available (heat and hot water included).

On-site laundry, storage room and off street parking. Close to pharmacy, schools and hospital.

First month!s rent free to qualified applicant. Security deposit required. EHO. Please call Julie at Stewart Property Mgt. (603) 524-6673.

LACONIA: Cozy 1-bedroom, 2nd floor apartment. $775/Month +deposit, heat/hot-water included, small pet considered. 520-1179.

LACONIA: Gilbert Apartments.

Call for available apartments.

524-4428 LACONIA: Huge 3-bedroom, 1st floor. Bonus 3-season room.

Washer/Dryer hook-up.

No pets/smoking. $1100/month.

603-387-6810.

NORTHFIELD Townhouse style 2 Bedroom on a lovely wooded lot with exterior storage and coin op laundry room on site. $750/month +utilities. Call GCE Apartments @ 267-8023 NO PETS

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For Rent

For Sale

NORTHFIELD: 1 bedroom 1st floor $190/week, 2 bedroom 2nd floor $220/week, 3 bedroom trailer $260/week, all including heat, electric & hot water. 4 bedroom house, $1,320/month plus utilities.

524-1234 www.whitemtrentals.com.

Furniture

Help Wanted

AMAZING!

COME join the fun at Annie’ s Cafe and Catering. Now hiring full time kitchen, catering and counter help. Call 524-6400 to set up an appointment.

Beautiful Queen or Full-sized Mattress/ Box-spring Set. LUXURY-FIRM European Pillow-Top Style. Fabulous Back, Hip and Leg Support, Hospitality A+ Rating! All New Factory Sealed with 10-YR Warranty.

Compare Cost $1095, SELL $249. Can Delivery and Set-up.

603-305-9763

Help Wanted

Help Wanted

PENNSYLVANIA House Oak Bedroom, queen headboard, tripple dresser, mirror, chest, 2 night stands. Very good Condition $600. 387-3788

TILTON 2-Bedroom, 2-Bath, 2nd floor apartment, offstreet parking, locked storage & basement, beautifully renovated including washer and dryer. $975/month includes heat, hot water, a/c & snow removal. No pets/smoking.

934-2788 TILTON: 1-bedroom. Heat, hot water included., great location, no dogs. $630/month.

603-671-7481 or 916-214-7733.

VERY NiCE AND GREAT NEIGHBORHOOD 2nd floor, 1 bedroom. Heat & hot water included. $700/mo.

Off-street parking, no smoking, no pets. Looking for quiet, clean tenant. Call Jen @ 387-6167.

For Rent-Vacation ARUBA Rental- Casa Del MarAmbassador. Sleeps 4 #1234 Unit. Week 13, Friday, March 28 thru Saturday, April 5th, 2014. $950. 524-3083

For Rent-Commercial LACONIADowntown. Prime storefront. approx. 900 sq. ft., ideal for snack shop, retail, etc.

Good exposure & foot traffic. $750 includes heat. Also, in same building, sm storefront approx. 450 sq ft. $375 includes heat. 524-3892 or 630-4771

For Sale

Free DirecTV

GREEN FIREWOOD: Cut, not split $140/cord; Cut & split $180/cord. Seasoned hardwood cut & split, $225/cord. 1/2 cords available. Also, logging, landclearing & tree work (all phases).

393-8416.

FREE Refrigerator for pick-up.

Runs, but nothing to look at.

603-566-9750.

HENDERSON Chief Sander, 8!, 1.7 cu/yds, 8hp, Briggs electric start, painted stainless. $1,500.00 279-7990

Help Wanted

Hunters Paintballers waterproof camouflage hooded jackets $25, pants $15. Womens thermal underwear. $2.50. 528-3532

JOHNSTON

LOGGING FIREWOOD

Cut, Split & Delivered $200 per cord, Got trees need CA$H?

455-6100

3 Karastan Carpets- 10X14 Serapi $1,200, 4X6 Heriz, $250.

3X5 Multi-color Panel $125.

603-528-9661

MICHELIN TIRES- Two tires 175-70 R13 All weather, almost new treads. Asking $60. 293-7682

CHINA- Royal Doulton- Tiara pattern. 6 place settings, gravy boat, vegetable bowl & service platter. $300. 603-528-9661 CHRISTOPHER RADKO Christmas ornaments. $20-$75 Large Santa in metal sleigh with 4 flying reindeer $75 603-528-9661 CRAFTSMAN Snowblower- 5HP, 22 inch, electric start with cover.

Like new. Cost $500, $250.

528-5202

CBH Landscape Contractors, LLC Walkway Snow Removal Crew Members Wanted Positive attitude required

Call 528-6126 for Appointment EXPERIENCED Line Cook, Must Have Breakfast Experience. Apply in person Shooters 190 DW Highway Belmont NH

LICENSED PLUMBER WANTED

LICENSED PLUMBER WANTED Seeking a licensed Journeyman or Master Plumber Experience in Residential service and repair, new construction and remodels, and some light commercial.

HVAC experience a definite plus as well as NH Gasfitters license. Professional Work habits Excellent Customer Service Skills Valid Drivers license with Clean Driving Record

Seeking a licensed Journeyman or Master Plumber Experience in Residential service and repair, new construction and remodels, and some light commercial. HVAC experience a definite plus as well as NH Gasfitters license.

Professional Work habits Excellent Customer Service Skills Valid Drivers license with Clean Driving Record Call 603-875-1118 for more details.

IMMEDIATE OPENING PROPANE DELIVERY REPRESENTATIVE Flex schedule, CDLB, Hazardous Material & Tanker Endorsements, Steady job in a good working environment.

Stop by 1150 Union Ave. Laconia, or apply online at amerigas.com

Call 603-875-1118 for more details

MAKITA 10 inch table saw on wheeled stand. Excellent condition. $150. 528-5202

NEW Colpay Overhead Garage Doors. 9ft. X 7ft raised panel, insulated, white. Two for $450.

527-0705 QUALITY Firewood: Seasoned, dry hardwood. Pine or green available. Call for details, competative prices. 603-630-4813.

REFRIGERATOR: 25 cu ft. Energystar, $400, Workshop Dustcollector AMT, $175. 630-1296.

SANTA Claus available for your party or home visit. Reasonable rates. 603-930-5222.

SET OF 4 GOODYEAR NORDIC Studded Snow Tires. MS-P195/65 R15. Excellent Condition. $275.

603-455-3478

Dining room table, hardwood, with 6 matching chairs & built in extensions. $165. 524-6653

SMALL Heating Oil Deliveries: No minimum required. Prompt Service, FREE re-starts.

Benjamin Oil, LLC. 603-731-5980.

WWW.BENJAMINOILLLC.COM

FIREWOOD- Approx. half cord, 4ft and 2ft. Oak, maple & ash. $75 707-9365

SPODE Christmas Tree china- 14 four piece place settings, $45 each, $500 for all. 603-528-9661

FIREWOOD : Loads over 3/4 cord, green, cut, split, delivered, $175. STACKED, $200. Call Charlie, 603-455-1112.

TABLE Oak, round, 2 leaves, 4 chairs. $160. Maple coffee table $40. 774-275-0157.

FIVE 215/65R15 Tires. Excellent condition, $200. Brand New Trek FX 7.3 bike, $350. New GE dehumidifier $150/OBO. Full set square two golf clubs. Excellent condition $100. 603-524-1167 or

FREE- 27 inch stereo color TV. Excellent picture and sound.

603-387-0533

LAMB -RAISED locally. Hormone & antibiotic free. freezer wrapped, frozen. 528-5838 LOG Length Firewood: 7-8 cords, $900. Local delivery. 998-8626.

BLACK powder Jukar Flintlock 45 long riffle $300, Jagar Kentucky Flintlock 44 pistol, $200, Navy Arms 44 revolver $200, All for $600. 875-0363.

Immediate openings. No experience needed, entry level, opportunity for advancement. Earn award trips, bonuses and prizes.

Permanent & temp positions.

Call today for more information.

(603)822-0219. Call now! Call now! Call now!

KIRBY Sentria Vacuum: Includes all attachments and carpet shampoo system. Lightly used. Asking $400. 528-9661.

1992 Jeep Wrangler- 283 Chevy engine, much more. $3,000/ONO. 2012-13 Bed cover for extended cab. Nissan Frontier Pickup. Paid $400 asking $200. 603-524-1167 or 603-630-1366

AMAZING! Beautiful Pillowtop Mattress Sets. Twin $199, Full or Queen $249, King $449. Call 603-305-9763 See “Furniture” AD.

HELP WANTED

Free Installation in ME & NH. 140+ channels at $29.99. Local service.

Open 7 days.

(207)500-3334.

Full Time Level A and B Technicians Own tools, self starter, driveability a plus, computer diagnostic skills needed. State Inspection License helpful, not required.

Pay commensurate with experience.

Tow Truck Drivers I Looking for a challenging rewarding future?

We are looking for someone with the following: Clean Driving Record • No Criminal Record Able to pass DOT Physical and Drug Screen • Good work ethic We will train the right candidate

Part-time Bookeeper Knowledge of Quickbooks, 15-20 hours per week.

WALTHER TPK-380, black, mags, ammo, holster, reduced to $600.

875-0363.

Wood burning fireplace insert.

Manufactured by Better and Ben.

Please apply for these positions in person at 495 Tenney Mountain Hwy, Plymouth or email resume to kirkstire@roadrunner.com Please no phone calls!

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PERSONAL care attendant, Laco nia. Errands and support in the community. Mon & Wed, 4 hours per day. Possible other shifts.

Must be dependable, background checks mandatory. Call Maureen at 603-410-6512

BEGIN A NEW CAREER IN 2014!

GILFORD: New to the market, residential building lots. 14 to choose from, level and dry land, most with mountain views, one with lake views. 1.08 to 8.69 acres, $79,900 to $119,900.

Owner/broker, 524-1234.

NH1 News is looking for experienced radio news professionals.

Launching in early 2014, NH1 News seeks a Radio News Director and two writer/ reporter/ anchors. These positions will ultimately be part of the NH1 News Department based in Concord, but will begin in Derry, NH. The News Director should have a minimum of five years radio news experience and the two writer/reporter/anchors should have at least two years experience. Candidates should be energetic and hard-working, and excited to create a top rated news team. The successful candidates will be well-versed in radio, digital and social media. A strong audio presentation is a must and NH knowledge and contacts is a big plus. If you are interested in learning more, please forward resume and salary requirements to newsjobs@binradio.com.

SENIOR Home Care Companions needs caregivers! Are you a caring, compassionate and dependable person who enjoys working with and caring for seniors? If so, would you like to be an in-home caregiver? We are looking for caregivers who are generally seniors (50+) themselves and who will provide in-home needed services for other seniors. Join our caregiving network providing seniors with companionship, conversation, transportation, meal preparation, light housekeeping and personal care assistance. Criminal background checks and references required.

Compensation is $13 to $16 per hour.

Email us at ALKAN1941@LIVE.COM

CNA/LNA Training Classes begin: Jan 25- weekends/Concord, Feb 4- days/Franklin, Feb 11evenings/Laconia. Graduate in 5-8 weeks! (603) 647-2174 www.LNAHealthCareers.com

Sarah's Tutoring • Specialty; SAT and ACT tests • Math, English and Subject tests •All High School Subjects •!Languages; Spanish, French, German and Russian

Lakes Region/Concord

Reasonable Rates

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Mobile Homes DICK THE HANDYMAN

55+ MODEL HOMES

Available for small and odd jobs, also excavation work, small tree and stump removal and small roofs! Call for more details. Dick Maltais 603-267-7262 or 603-630-0121

“Open Sunday!s 12 to 2”

$79,995 To $139,900 YES! WE CAN FINANCE! Dir. RT 93 exit #23 right to Post office left 800 ft. or Call

HANDYMAN SERVICES Small Jobs Are My Speciality

603-387-7463 Mansfield Woods, 88 North, Rt. 132, New Hampton. NH

Rick Drouin 520-5642 or 744-6277 HOME IMPROVEMENT One call does it all. 30 years experience. References. Call Bill at 273-7338

$32,900 14’ Wide 3 Bdrm. $43,995 Double Wide 3 Bdrm. $69,995 38X26 Cape $96,995 2 Story www.cm-h.com Open Daily & Sun

PIPER ROOFING

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Quality Work Reasonable Rates Free Estimates Metal Roofs • Shingle Roofs

Motorcycles

Our Customers Don!t get Soaked!

BMW Project wanted. Have crashed bike with good motor, etc. 603-520-1765

Real Estate FLORIDA HOMES, CONDOS

528-3531 Major credit cards accepted CALL Mike for roof shoveling, snowblowing, scrapping and light hauling. Very reasonably priced.

Fully Insured. 603-455-0214

Englewood, Port Charlotte, Venice, Sarasota. Free Property Search www.suncoasteam.com Suncoasteam Realty 941-235-7474

Wanted To Buy WE buy anything of value from one piece to large estates. Call 527-8070.

Roommate Wanted CHAIR CANING BELMONT: $105/week. Share 4-bedroom home on private property. All utilities included. Free internet. Must have car and good work history. No smokers/no pets.

Call 520-4500.

Seatweaving. Classes. Supplies.

New England Porch Rockers, 2 Pleasant Street in downtown Laconia. Open every day at 10.

603-524-2700.

Services ALWAYS ODD JOBS WANTED Hauling, metal removal, snow removal, light carpentry, electrical, interior painting. 603-930-5222.

AVON: Buy or sell .... Contact Kristy Carignan, 603-937-0200.

HANDYMAN for hire. Get your house ready for the holidays Low

Yard Sale MEREDITH INDOOR YARD SALE/HOUSE SALE ~ One Day Only ~ Saturday, December 14th, 9AM–1PM. 184 Waukewan Street. EVERYTHING is for sale! Tools, rabbit hutches, ladders, freezer lawn mower, umbrella table with chairs snow blower, hammock/frame, gas grill generator, appliances, dressers, trunks twin headboards, v!s, computer/printer, gas log woodstove, wood stove, DVD collection, shot glass collection

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Boys & Girls hosting craft and bake sale Sat.

Pine Gardens Manufactured Homes Sales & Park

Used Singlewide

14 X 74, 3 bedroom, large deck, set up in park on end lot. F-17

LACONIA — The Boys & Girls Club of the Lakes Region’s Inaugural Holiday Craft Fair and Bake Sale will be held at the Saint Andre Bessette Parish Hall on Gilford Avenue this Saturday from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.

The event is made possible by the generous donation of the use of the facility by St. Andre Bessette Parish following the recent vandalism which damaged the Boys & Girls Club facility. ‘’Our club has received an outpouring of support from our community and New Hampshire artisans.

We are thrilled to have such a diverse group of crafters to share their handcrafted items and homemade confections. There is something for everyone and a dose of good cheer with holiday music by Lakes Region musician, Bill Parker. We hope you will join us and shop local this year,’’ says Dana L. Meade, Director of Arts & Media for the Boys & Girls Club of the Lakes Region.

All proceeds will be donated to the Capital Campaign at www.lakeskids.org for the benefit of the children of the Lakes Region.

$12,000

See our homes at www.pinegardens.mhvillage.com 6 Scenic Drive Belmont, NH

(603) 267-8182

MODEL HOME OPEN SUNDAY 12 to 2

The Boys & Girls Club of the Lakes Region’s First Annual Holiday Craft Fair and Bake Sale will be held Saturday. (Courtesy photo)

55+

Record turnout for 2nd Annual Orthopedics Conference LACONIA — Boasting record attendance, with participants from throughout New England, the Second Annual Practical Orthopedics for Primary Care Conference held recently in Meredith, was a huge success. Conference faculty included seven board-certified surgeons from Advanced OrthopaeCALENDAR from page 25

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 14 Public memorial service for First District Executive Councilor Raymond Burton of Bath. 1 p.m. in the Courtroom of Plymouth State University’s Hartman Union Building. Parking lots open at 9:30 a.m. All attendees are asked to be seated by 11:30 a.m.

Holiday Open House hosted by the Sanbornton Public Library board of Trustees. 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Library.

For more information call 286-8288.

Annual Holiday Bazaar at the Belknap Mill. 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Features gifts from various vendors in the area. For more information call 524-8813 or email inforamation@ belknapmill.org.

Kids Korner featuring a holiday gift project 11 a.m. to noon.

59th Annual Santa’s Village held at the Tapply-Thompson Community Center in Bristol. 2-5 p.m. Canned goods for donation appreciated. For more information call 7442713 Candlelight Stroll dedicated to Pete LaBonte and Ben Weeks. 5-7 p.m. held down Belknap Mountain Road in Gilford Village. Full list of events posted at www.gilfordlibrary.com.

CENTER HARBOR VIEWS from this 3 BR home just above the village. Walk to shops, restaurants & Winnipesaukee. Gorgeous views, 1.5 acres, finished lower level, family room, sunroom, 2-car garage, stonewalls, perennial gardens & lovely landscaping. $295,000 Bronwen Donnelly 630-2776

FOUR UNIT PROPERTY has outstanding income & location in a professional zone near the hospital, medical offices, high school & downtown. Attached 2 story barn, great traffic flow. Ideal for business or professional use. $200,000 Bob Gunter 387-8664

dics Associates, a department of Lakes Region General Hospital.

Held annually, this continuing medical education conference provides an excellent opportunity to bring together healthcare providers to further see next page Al-Anon Meeting at the Lakes Region General Hospital in Laconia. 8 to 9:15 p.m. each Saturday in the first-floor conference room Al-Anon offers hope and help to families of alcoholics. No dues or fees. All are welcome. Call 6459518.

All compulsive eaters are welcome to attend the Overeaters Anonymous meeting held each Saturday morning from 11 to 12 at the Franklin Hospital.

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

The New Horizons Band of the Lakes Region meets every Saturday at 1 p.m. at the Music Clinic on Rte 3 in Belmont. All musicians welcome. For more information call 528-6672 or 524-8570.

Santa visits Lakeport from 10 a.m. to noon at the Lakeport Freight Museum in Laconia. Gifts bags, cookies and punch available.

Open Door Dinners offer free weekly meal in Tilton.

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

WINNISQUAM ACCESS home is just 1 house removed from the association beach.

Immaculate and open with 3 BRs, spacious 1st floor BR, lake views & all the amenities that Mallards Landing has to offer. Possible docks and moorings. $179,000 Roger Turgeon 717-4851

SUISSEVALE ON WINNIPESAUKEE. 3 BR, 2 bath home on a large private lot. Cathedral ceilings, full walkout basement, garage, nice large deck & screen porch. Basketball and tennis courts, clubhouse & a beautiful sandy beach. Get on the list for a dock today. $219,900 Eric Potter 733-6062

$79,995 or $8,000 down 300 @ $469. Apr 6%

55+

$139,900 Call Kevin 603-387-7463 88 North, Rt. 132, New Hampton, NH Dir. RT 93 exit #23. Right for 1/2 mile, left at post office for 800’ Mansfield Woods.

AFFORDABLE GILFORD home with 2+ BRs, huge deck, open kitchen/living area with a hearth and fireplace & a back deck. Finished lower level offers plenty of additional living space. Great back yard & close proximity to Gunstock Mountain & Lake Winnipeasukee. $130,000 Travis P. Cole 455-0855

THE HANDY OWNER will reap the rewards with this 2-family bargain! One apartment has 6 rooms with 2 BRs, upstairs apartment has 4 rooms and 2 BRs. Hardwood floors, fireplace, full basement, great parking, city gas heat & hot water. $59,900 Bob Gunter 387-8664

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348 Court St, Laconia, NH 03246 • (603) 524-2255 32 Whittier Hwy, Center Harbor, NH 03226 • (603) 253-4345

Financing Available thru Michelle Ricciuti, NEMoves Mortgage LLC NMLS#281314 (603) 581-2893 cell (781) 956-6899

Laconia $989,000

Spacious , level lot w/ a double U-shaped dock sits this sunny home w/ great room that has fireplace & soaring ceilings. #4328480

Susan Bradley 581-2810

Center Harbor $389,000

Cute & clean 3 bedroom home in a small Squam Lake beach access community. 2/10th mile to beach & dock. #4326762

Barbara Mylonas 603-253-4345

Belmont $299,000

233 year old center chimney Cape that has been artfully preserved. Generous sized room & easy flowing floor plan. #4219340

Ernie Millette 581-2850

Tilton $239,000

Way on the hill you will find this gem w/ lake & mtn views from every room. Walkout basement w/ room for expansion. #4204175

John Silva 581-2881 & Mary Seeger 581-2880

Gilford $199,000

Well maintained Samoset condo w/ easy floor plan. Amenities inc. docks, moorings, pool, clubhouse & more. #4251351

Susan Bradley 581-2810

Moultonborough $139,000

Affordable Moultonborough living! 3 Bedroom 2 bath home. Easy access to restaurants, shops & town beach. #4326290

Kay Huston 603-253-4345

Gilford $789,000

This stunning home built and designed with unmatched quality & custom features throughout that will impress you. #4219896

Susan Bradley 581-2810

Laconia - $379,000

Charming year round 3 bedroom waterfront home w/crystal clear water, sandy beach & great views! #4327168

Barbara Mylonas: 603-253-4345

Laconia $275,900

Ideal waterfront condo w/ 2 BR, 2 BA, fireplace & screened porch overlooking the water. Private sandy beach, docks & moorings. #4314160

Tracie Corbett 581-2886

Laconia $228,000

2,800 sf home on a cul-de-sac. Nicely landscaped lot w/ 12x18 deck & large sunroom overlooking private back yard. #4327877

Debbie Cotton 581-2883

Gilford $157,900

Open concept 3 BR plus bonus room & 2 car garage. Winnipesaukee beach rights & possible mooring. #4246383

Colleen O’Riordan 581-2805

Gilford $72,500

Misty Harbor Resort end unit on 2nd floor. To be sold totally furnished, enjoy the beach on Lake Winnipesaukee. #4326403

Ellen Mulligan 603-253-4345

Moultonborough $595,000

Located on Lake Winnipesaukee, includes a three fingered dock & sandy beach that compliment this sunny, flat lot. #4326919

Bill Richards 603-253-4345

Loudon $339,000

Lovely home built in 2008 w/ Geothermal heat & cooling system, 5 spacious bedrooms & 4 baths on over 7 acres. #4328362

Meagan Bowen 581-2845

Barnstead $239,900

Enjoy all 4 seasons from this lovely home on Lower Suncook Lake featuring fabulous lake views & sunsets. #4222234

Rose Cook 581-2854

Laconia $225,000

Great in-town property zoned commercial but could be a very spacious single family or multi family. #4083738

Judy McShane 581-2800

Laconia $154,900

Spacious & updated 4 BR home located on a dead end street w/ beautiful views of Lake Winnisquam. #4328415

Luceen Bouchard 581-2884

Belmont $52,000

2 BR manufactured home on its own level corner lot. No park fees! Great location close to schools. #4328467

Brenda Rowan 581-2829

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Plymouth Rotary Club donates $1,000 to Community Closet food pantry PLYMOUTH — The Plymouth Rotary recently invited Sarah Sutherland to their morning meeting, to speak in her capacity as a board member of the Plymouth Area Community Closet.

Sutherland explained that four critical programs are organized by the Plymouth Area Community Closet to assist local families that are struggling financially and who find themselves with unmet needs. These pro- Plymouth Rotary President Kathy Kearns (left) hands a check grams include: the Food for $1,000 to Sarah Sutherland, a member of the Plymouth Area Pantry, Meals for Many, Community Closet’s Board of Directors. The donation is dedithe Financial Assistance cated toward helping eliminate food shortages during the holiday Program (for such things season. (Courtesy photo) as fuel purchase), and the Thrift Shop. Proceeds from Thrift Plymouth Rotary meets every mornShop sales help support and fund the ing at 7 a.m.. Moe urges members of other three programs. the club and like-minded community The work of the Food Pantry is of members to join him in filling the particular importance at this time of box many times over. In the spirit of year when so many are finding it diffiholiday giving and following the lead cult to put adequate, nutritious food on of the Common Man’s initiatives to the table, and the Food Pantry shelves “Do Good” in the community, the Food have emptied quickly. Learning of the Donation Box will be accessible in the dire need, the Plymouth Rotary Board lobby right through the holidays. voted to donate $1,000 to the Food If it is more convenient, commuPantry and President Kathy Kearns nity members may also send a check handed Sarah Sutherland a check to of support to the Plymouth Rotary help the cause.

Foundation, P.O. Box 393, Plymouth, However, the Rotarians didn’t stop New Hampshire with “food support” there. Rotarian Moe Lafreniere, CFO listed in the memo. At the end of the of the Common Man Family of Resfood drive, the Plymouth Rotary will taurants, created a Food Donation ensure that the food collected, and Box located at the Plymouth Common the monies received, will benefit those Man Inn and Restaurant (where who need it most.

M’boro burn permits available online MOULTONBOROUGH — Residents and Taxpayers in need of an Open-Burning permit can now obtain one 24/7 on-line. Applications for an Open-Burning permit can be made on the Town website of www.moultonboroughnh.gov.

From the home page, one should click on Departments andBoards, and then click on Fire & Emergency Services, and then click on Open-Burning Permits.

People can also go to https://nhdflweb. sovsportsnet.net, fill out the required information, and print off a permit, all without leaving their home. The cost of an on-line permit is $3.

For those who prefer they may continue to apply in person for the no cost fire permit at the Town’s Public Safety

Building at 1035 Whittier Highway or at Chick-A-Dee Station at 473 Whittier Highway. Commercial Permits still require an in person application to the local Fire Warden at the Town’s Public Safety Buildings who will process it in accord with current practice.

The Town of Moultonborough is one of 15 cities and towns across the State chosen to participate in this trial webbased fire permitting system. For more information or comments on how the on-line process might be improved, you may contact the Chief David Bengtson at the Moultonborough Fire & Emergency Services Department at 603-476-5658 or dbengtson@moultonboroughnh.gov or the Division of Forests and Lands at 603-271-2214.

from preceding page their education, and renew best patient outcomes. Conference participants, including primary care physicians, nurses, physician assistants, nurse practitioners and occupational and physical therapists enjoyed a dynamic and informative program, including discussion of back and knee pain, diagnosis of the arthritic hip and knee, sports related injuries and concussions, as well as tips and pearls on the assessment of shoulder and hand problems.

Participants gave the conference

very high marks—expressing appreciation for the clear, concise information about recent diagnostic and treatment advancements, as well as practical tips focused on helping patients to better understand treatment options.

With close to 100 attendees this year, plans are already underway for next year’s conference.

Advanced Orthopaedic Specialists offers traditional and groundbreaking orthopaedic care with offices in Gilford, Franklin, Glen, New Hampton, and Meredith. For more information, visit www.advortho.org or call 528-9100.

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“ We Sell the Lakes Region!” ™

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MLS# 4228706 Laconia: Well maintained 1 BR, 1 BA garden style condo with a private balcony and full W/D hookups. Association amenities include a pool with club house and tennis courts. Walking distance to Weirs Beach, and close to shopping, entertainment, and more! $650/month MLS# 4326174

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INTRODUCING!!! LINNY LANE IN LACONIA...A 21 LOT SUBDIVISION OF CUSTOM HOMES TO BE BUILT BY OWNER/CONTRACTOR, KEVIN MORRISETTE..CLOSE TO LACONIA COUNTRY CLUB, PARKS,BEACH AND SCHOOLS..CALL FOR DETAILS..NOW ACCEPTING NON BINDING RESERVATIONS..

MLS# 4228709

Gilford: 2 Lots of land for sale on Morrill Street in Gilford. One is a 1.27 acre buildable lot with Southern exposure. Beautiful views of Belknap Mountains, a level stone wall lot, fruit trees and convenient to all Lakes Region amenities. Build to suit or owner has plans. The other is a 1.22 acre buildable lot with Southern exposure. This lot also enjoys beautiful views of Belknap Mountains, a level stone wall lot, fruit trees and convenient to all Lakes Region amenities. Build to suit or owner has plans. $69,000 each MLS# 4228709 & 4228706

TAKE A BREAK FROM YOUR SHOPPING AND STOP IN..to preview this wonderful 3 bedrm, 2 bath Ranch offering over 1800 SF. Hardwood and tiled floors!! Master bedroom suite, spacious living rm w/vaulted ceiling, a wonderful kitchen with lots of counter space and storage, sliders to a private deck & fenced yard, lots of closets and attached 2 car garage. THE HALLS ARE DECKED!! NOW $299,000

AGENT: MITCH HAMEL

Dir: Pleasant St to Havenwood Dr, rt on Sarah Circle

Gilford: Lake Winnipesaukee water access 1st floor condo with owner financing in a year round community featuring indoor and outdoor pools, saunas, a lighted tennis court, basketball, volleyball, and 335’ of private sandy beach. $74,500 MLS# 4328802

Thornton: 3 BR, 2 BA house located in a quiet neighborhood.

The home features a large living room, formal dining room, ample kitchen, sizable master suite with 9 ft. of closet space, and a 2-car garage with a bonus room above. $174,900 MLS# 4316200

Tilton: 2.36 Acres with high traffic count near Exit 20 off I-93. Colonial reproduction Saltbox with 2 BR, 2 BA, 3,509 sqft., Rumford fireplace, hand-planed paneling, and wide pine floors. Currently an ice cream shop and restaurant. $440,000 MLS# 4319859

Moultonborough: Original 1850 Greek Revival completely remodeled. Extra large garage/ shop current owner runs his business out of. Separate attached 3-car garage. 2 BR apt. on 2nd floor.

Professional landscaping. Zone A commercial property. $999,900 MLS# 4254330

Laconia: 4 BR, 2.5 BA colonial with 3,200 sqft., central A/C, and deeded beach rights to Lake Winnisquam at Wildwood Shores nearby. Berber carpet, HW and ceramic tile floors. Sparkling maple kitchen. Large master suite with BA and walk-in closet. $398,900 MLS# 4259055

Gilmanton: Cozy Crystal Lake 2 BR ranch home on corner lot nestled in among tall pines with private back yard. 1,172 sqft. with pine wood floors, cathedral ceiling, exposed beams, an updated heating system and more. Steps to your private shared beach and assigned dock. $149,000 MLS# 4328704

PRICE REDUCED

Gilford: Mink Island on Lake Winnipesaukee! 2 BR, 1 BA, log home with a private septic system, 100’ of waterfront, an easy commute to town docks, a sandy bottom beach, and a 40’ aluminium crank-up dock. Mostly furnished. $359,900 MLS# 4118035

97 Daniel Webster Hwy Meredith, NH 03253 (603) 279-7046 | (800) 926-5253

BEST BUY

WOW

GILFORD VILLAGE

Cherry Valley Condo “Best Buy”!! NOW $89,000.. THREE bedrooms and THREE baths!!

Spacious unit offers a fireplaced LR, dining, appl’d kitchen, lots of closets and THREE screened balconys with FABULOUS views of Gunstock Ski Trails!! Minutes to Winnipesaukee Town Beach and Gunstock in your backyard!!

WOW...NOW $89,900..FESTIVE LOCATION!!

EDWARD ST.. All remodeled to include a new kitchen with SS Appl’s..Living Room/Den with a brick fireplace and HW floor, 3 bedrooms (1 on the first floor), vinyl sided ,private setting and nicely landscaped.. STILL TIME TO STRING UP THE LIGHTS!!

POTTER HILL RD ..GILFORD VILLAGE.. This Circa 1798 Antique Farmhouse has been lovingly cared for retaining it’s authenticity as well as offering the modern comforts of today. Sweeping views and beautiful sunsets from the porch. Offering 4 bdrs, 2 ba w/ a first floor Master & laundry. Exposed beams & bricks w/ 2 Fireplaces. Wide pine flooring and builts ins throughout. Custom Kitchen, Formal Dining and Breakfast Rm. 3 Car Garage w/ storage above. Feel it’s embrace!! $499,000

WEIRS BEACH AMENITIES

NEWLY PRICED

EASY LIVING

Northern Heights, a Weirs Beach destination!!

You’ll appreciate the condition of this free standing unit with attached garage and private deck. Hardwood floors greet you at the front door and are throughout the 1st floor. Charming LR with a brick fireplace, updated kitchen, 2.5 baths, 3 bedrooms, full basement, in ground pool and close to all Weirs Beach amenities.

NEWLY PRICED!spacious New England home.Move in condition with all of the major updates completed...including roof,vinyl windows, vinyl sided, and electrical. Nine rooms and 4 bedrooms..need MORE bedrooms? possible 3 more! This property has 37 yr history as a State of NH licensed day care. Fenced back yard, patio and hot tub. Security system....

A LOT HERE FOR...NOW $115,000

NEWLY PRICED!! BREAKWATER CONDO!!

NOW!! $115,000..GREAT BUY!! Neat as a pin 3 level Con-Dex unit offers 2 bedrms w/sleeping loft, 2 baths, decks off dining and master bedrm, fully appl’d kitchen/laundry, full basement, tennis, pool and day docking. Can be purchased furnished..Ready for a new owner..EASY LIVING!!

GREAT LOCATION

WATER VIEWS

MOTIVATED SELLER

INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITY!!

Lake Winnipesaukee and Mountain VIEWS, 27 ACRES and this Charming L-Shaped 2700 SF Ranch with attached 2 car garage. Classic vintage offers hardwood floors, arched doorways, pocket doors, a gorgeous LR w/ brick fireplace, family room w/fireplace and french doors to a viewside patio. Open fields..great location..Call for details $479,000

WATER VIEWS!! Classic 1950 Cape Cod home across from Lake Opechee and close to schools Great Location!! This beautiful home offers 2600SF of living space to include 4 bedrooms, 2 baths, 2 fireplaces, hardwood floors, built-ins and a 2 car garage. There is a finished playrm/ rec rm over the garage too!! Sunroom with water views!! $239,000

$2000 TOWARDS THE BUYERS CLOSING COSTS!! Gilford Village Neighborhood!! NOT A THING TO DO!! Almost ALL brand new!! You’ll love the blond bamboo floors that run throughout this pristine home. Open concept with a brand new granite and stainless steel kitchen. Gleaming!! Three big bedrooms, 2 new baths, tiled lower level family rm and 2 car garage. Private deck and at the end of a cul-desac.. $248,000

$189,000

Hill: 1 BR, 1,278 sqft. seasonal camp that was completely rebuilt in 2001 with approximately 1,000 ft. of water frontage on Sweatt Pond. The home features all gas lighting, a wood stove, and a wood cook stove. Camp could be converted for extended living. $99,900 MLS# 4253359

Laconia: 2 BR, 2 BA unit at Meredith Bridge! Washer/dryer hook-ups in the unit, a balcony overlooking a private yard, and a covered carport with a storage area. Amenities include a pool, community building, tennis courts, and gym. $87,000 MLS# 4320965

1921 Parade Road Laconia, NH 03246 (603) 528-0088 | (888) 214-0088

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