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Gilford marina damaged by Xmas Eve fire GILFORD — Firefighters extinguished a smoky blaze Tuesday afternoon that nearly destroyed the show room and main offices of the Silver Sands Marina at 103 Weirs Road (Rte. 11-B).

The fire was reported just before 4 p.m. by a passerby who noticed a fire inside the main building.

When firefighters arrived, smoke was billowing from the second floor rear portion of the main building, which houses the canvass shop.

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LACONIA — The appearance of the Belknap County Commission before the City Council this week led to a sharp exchange between Councilor Henry Lipman (Ward 3) and Commissioner Ed Philpot

over how to address the problems arising from the rising population and deteriorating condition of the county jail.

Philpot defended the commission’s determination to persevere with the process of planning a new jail. He said that complying with new fed-

eral standards, including the separation of inmates by age, gender and class of offenders, would be very difficult in light of the configuration and condition of the existing facility. He explained that while there is no funding in the proposed 2014 county budget, the commis-

sion will request a supplemental appropriation in the form of a $3.5 million bond issue to the convention early next year. The borrowing would provide $500,000 for a schematic design for a new facility, as well $1 million for replacing the see JAIL page 7

Sex offender arrested: 15-year-old tells police she exchanged sex for booze

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GILFORD — Police have charged a registered sex offender with one count of felonious sexual assault for an act allegedly

committed behind the Gilford Cinema on October 14.

David Ferland, 37, of 686 Union Avenue Apt. 2A in Laconia is being held on $250,000 cash-only bail until he can appear

in the 4th Circuit Court, Laconia Division this morning.

According to Gilford Police, the father of a 15-year-old girl discovered a cell phone see OFFENDER page 10

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LAS VEGAS (AP) — Las Vegas cab driver Gerardo Gamboa thought someone left a bag of chocolates in the back seat of his vehicle, but the stash turned out to be $300,000 in cold hard cash.

Now, Gamboa is winning honors for honesty after turning in the money he found Monday. The money was returned to an unidentified poker player. Yellow Checker Star Transportation named Gamboa its driver of the year and rewarded him with $1,000 and a dinner for two at a restaurant.

A message left Wednesday for Gamboa at the cab company wasn’t immediately returned.

Gamboa told the Las Vegas Review-Journal he had another passenger by the time he began wondering what kind of chocolates were in the brown paper bag.

He peeked inside at a traffic light.

“I told my passenger, ‘You are my witness on this,’” the 13-year taxi driver told the Las Vegas Sun, “and then I immediately called my dispatcher.” see VEGAS page 6

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Al-Quida leader targeted U.N. workers for kidnapping BAGHDAD (AP) — The shadowy leader of a powerful al-Qaida group fighting in Syria sought to kidnap United Nations workers and scrawled out plans for his aides to take over in the event of his death, according to excerpts of letters obtained Wednesday by The Associated Press.

Iraqi intelligence officials offered the AP the letters, as well as the first known photograph of the Nusra Front leader, Abu Mohammed al-Golani, the head of one of the most powerful bands of radicals fighting the Syrian government in the country’s civil war.

The officials said they obtained the information about al-Golani after they captured members of another al-Qaida group in September. They spoke on condition of

anonymity because they weren’t authorized to speak to journalists.

“I was told by a soldier that he observed some of the workers of the U.N. and he will kidnap them. I ask God for his success,” read an excerpt of a letter given by officials from Iraq’s Falcon Intelligence Cell, an anti-terrorism unit that works under Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki.

The officials said other letters planned the kidnapping and killing of other foreigners, and Syrian and Iraqi civilians.

One U.N. worker was kidnapped for eight months in Syria and was released in October. Another two dozen U.N. peacekeepers were briefly held this year. It’s not clear if those abductions had any relation to al-Golani’s letters.

Syria’s uprising began with peaceful protests, but it turned into an armed uprising after Assad’s forces cracked down on demonstrators.

Since then, hard-line Islamic brigades have emerged as the strongest rebel forces in Syria, chiefly among them the Nusra Front.

Under al-Golani’s leadership, it has dominated rebel-held parts of southern Syria, and it is a powerful fighting force in the Damascus countryside and northern Syria, with an estimated force of 6,000 to 7,000 fighters.

Al-Maliki’s Shiite-majority government is considered a quiet ally of Syrian President Bashar Assad. The officials may have see AL-QUIDA page 5

Iconic Balsams Grand Resort Hotel has been closed for 2 years now

CONCORD (AP) — Two years after the sale of the New Hampshire resort where the nation’s first presidential votes were traditionally cast, no guests ply the halls.

The doors of the Balsams Grand Resort Hotel in Dixville Notch remain shut, and a few buildings have fallen to demolition crews. None of the 200 to 300 jobs that disappeared when it closed in September 2010 have come back.

Then there is the silence. The men who bought the hotel for $2.3 million, Dan Dagesse and Dan Hebert, are looking for more investors, but communication with local business leaders has trailed off.

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Reality comes with risks The honchos at A&E, professing shock that an old Southern redneck from their reality TV hit “Duck Dynasty” made the sort of homophobic remarks one would expect from an old Southern redneck, yanked Phil Robertson off the show. A culture war skirmish ensued.

Gay rights groups condemned Robertson, who shared his raw opinions in a GQ Magazine interview.

Religious conservatives, meanwhile, accused A&E of censoring the Louisiana duck hunter. What Robertson said, they noted, is right there in scripture, in Corinthians I. Naturally, the politicians jumped in. “I remember when TV networks believed in the First Amendment,” said Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal.

“It is a messed-up situation when Miley Cyrus gets a laugh, and Phil Robertson gets suspended.”

For the record, governor, Cyrus (who gained fame for shaking her raised rear end on TV) got not a laugh from me, but a retch. And I did find it odd that A&E would suspend a rural Bible Belt dweller from a “reality” show for saying what many like him really think — as gross as was his way of putting it.

And as inconsequential. Almost no one cares about homosexuality anymore, including most young conservatives. Outside some swampy precincts, the right to gay marriage is rapidly becoming the law of the land. Last week, same-sex couples lined up to tie the knot in, of all places, Salt Lake City.

Also, for the record, Robertson’s reading of Corinthians accurately included “adulterers” among those to be denied entry into heaven. Such concerns evidently did not deter the hunter’s fellow Louisianans from re-electing Republican David Vitter, a confessed adulterer, to the U.S. Senate in 2010. (In 1999, Vitter succeeded Bob Livingston in the House, after the representative resigned for having been caught cheating on his wife.)

Adultery may ban one from heaven, but it seems a lesser barrier to holding elective office in Washington. In his tweet defending the “Duck Dynasty” patriarch, Vitter emphasized the free speech part, not the Corinthians passage. That

was wise.

Until this controversy flared, I had never seen “Duck Dynasty,” using the freed-up TV time to watch old “Frasiers.” Thus, I’ve been pondering how the hyperelitist Crane brothers would have responded to the “Duck Dynasty” to do. I envisioned Frasier making a clueless reference to a Royal Pan-Seared Duck Breast recipe using his signature pomegranate sauce.

The down-home Southern duck hunting culture would have seemed as exotic to the Seattleites as the caviar-binging Crane brothers would probably be to the bayou Robertsons. (Keeping categories straight, “Frasier” is sort-of fiction, and “Duck Dynasty” sort-of reality.) The brilliance of both shows is the characters’ comic capacities for self-mockery.

As for freedom of speech, A&E hasn’t taken anyone’s away. Its executives have every right to suspend Robertson from its programming for violating its code of conduct — or for overdoing the camouflage prints. This is business, you know, and if A&E wants to demand that its crotchety old Louisiana duck stalker be politically correct and a macrobiotic vegan besides, it may do so.

The question is why the network went this far. Why can’t it respond to what it considers offensive views by simply announcing that A&E finds them offensive? It’s hard to see the point of punishing this redneck, who seems as much no-school as old-school.

The “Frasier” brothers protected their snooty sensibilities by steering clear of shopping malls and Olive Gardens. Those jarred by Southern crackers speaking their minds might likewise try avoidance. (Was I just politically incorrect using the word “cracker”?)

Or they should make peace with the obvious risk that if you watch reality TV, reality is (sometimes) what you get.

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

Do the right thing: donate Hathaway House to Historical Society To The Daily Sun, Perhaps the person who owns the Hathaway House has no idea how much of a tax break they would get if they paid for the asbestos removal and they donated the building to the Historical Society for the Hout kids to renovate. Of course it would probably be to late for it to help their taxes this year, but it would be like winning the lottery

next year — if they would get off their butts and get the ball rolling now.

So get the hazardous waste people in there. My only hope is that there is no electricity in the building and that we have no thunderstorms before these people get a few smarts and do what is right.

Bev Buker Gilford

LETTERS Objective of Obamacare is not health insurance, it is control To The Daily Sun, Almost daily we find another way that Obamacare hurts people.

Because of Obamacare, millions fewer people will be insured in January 2014 than in January 2013.

(About six million policies have been cancelled. About 1.1 million Obamacare exchange sign-ups.) Next year it is expected that 80 million existing policies will be cancelled. (And President Obama knew this in 2010.)

Many previously insured people with cancer or other terrible disease struggle to find new doctors and/ or treatments. Some face agonizing choices of foregoing treatments or impoverishing their family.

Obamacare exchange users may get nasty surprises. Obamacare insurance has high deductibles and limited access to doctors, hospitals, drugs, etc. Treatments outside one’s home area (e.g., while vacationing or at top hospitals like the Mayo Clinic) often aren’t covered. Patients may be forced to less effective drugs or pay the full price (not counted towards their deductible). Obamacare will drive more people into bankruptcy than ever before.

Healthcare.gov’s slowness and outages are just its obvious problems. Policies for people who think they have signed-up have been erased, altered, or not delivered to insurance companies. People are being incorrectly charged or not charged, meaning they probably aren’t insured. There will be many nasty surprises when people need medical care.

Healthcare.gov contains very personal information and is a rich target

for identity theft. But its security problems are extensive and may not be fixable. Poorly trained and inadequately vetted Obamacare “navigators” access people’s personal information.

Some navigators encourage people to submit fraudulent applications. Many people will suffer.

Obamacare upended our whole health care system and harmed many millions of Americans just to insure a few previously uninsured Americans (5-10 percent of our population). This wasn’t necessary.

But Obamacare’s real objective is not to insure people; it is to increase the size of government and its control of our lives. Progressives feel that the suffering and early deaths that Obamacare causes is worth it as long as Democrats increase their control of government and people. As George Maloof tells us, “the end justifies the means”.

Most Americans know that “the end justifies the means” is immoral and un-American.

It is time that Americans reject big government and its “solutions” like Obamacare. Americans must reject the people, Democrats, who justify hurting people because it helps them achieve their big government utopia where Democrat “Masterminds” determine how people should live, for their own good of course.

Americans need to elect conservatives if they wish to return our country to the path of freedom, opportunity, and prosperity which will make our nation and the world a better place for ourselves and future generations.

Don Ewing Meredith

Can’t say enough about quality of care my wife received at LRGH To The Daily Sun, My family and I have received the best Christmas gift ever. My wife Mary and the mother of our children is home for Christmas.

In early December she wasn’t feeling well. She had severe stomach pains and could not eat. I took her to see her primary caretaker, Lisa Morrissette, ARNP. who once she examined Mary sent her to the emergency room at Lakes Region General Hospital. A few hours later she was admitted to the hospital and there for several days,

until the problem was resolved.

A few days later the problem reoccurred and she was once again taken to the ER. Later that day she under went emergency surgery. She had adhesions in her stomach which prevented her from digesting her food. She was released from LRGH last Thursday.

Mary and I cannot say enough about the care she received from the staff at the ER, the fourth floor and first floor nursing staffs. We especially want to thank Dr. Christopher Weinmann, her see next page

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GOP being coached on how to emotionally connect with women To The Daily Sun, Welcome to the Holidaze Edition of Tea Party Potty Tricks. We here at the Center for the Study of Absurdity have been in hot debate over what to put in this edition. It seems that just December alone has enough right wing nutters to fill an encyclopedia.

Shall we start? Unlike Rand Paul, John Boehner seems to have awaken from his somnambulist state because he is fed up with the wack-o-birds in his party. This kind of entertainment is rare from the speaker but he has heartened us all with his railings against the tools.

After a year of trying to make something destructive for Obama out of Solyndra, ATF Gunwalking, the IRS, and Benghazi, the right wing finally got a prize: CBS received Poynter’s “Error of the Year” award for its lying Benghazi expose on 60 Minutes.

Ta-dah! In California we saw more of what we can expect from those afflicted with Obama Derangement Syndrome when Republicans, fresh from a class on “How to be a Good Republican”, launched a fake health care site for the purposes of confusion.

Speaking of psychoses, N.C. Senator Bob Rucho recently tweeted that “Justice Robert’s pen and Obamacare has done more damage to the USA then the swords of the Nazis, Soviets and terrorists combined.” Stupid is what stupid says! Let’s not forget that our very own Pharisaical lunatic Bill O’Brien claimed that Obamacare was worse than the Fugitive Slave Act. But let’s be honest, those diminished individuals aren’t even in the same league as our “Is He On PCP?” prize winner, Everest Wilhelmsen of the “Christian American Patriots Militia”,

who called for assassinating President Obama on Facebook. Now we all know the tea party wouldn’t know the Constitution from an outhouse newspaper but this Neanderthal actually said the Constitution gives him the right. His post starts out like this: “We know have the authority to shoot Obama, i.e. to kill him”. But let’s not stop there! N.H. lawmaker J.R. Hoell (R-Dunbarton) told an interviewer just the other day that armed rebellion may be necessary if Scott Brown got elected in N.H.!

Steve Earle’s hero, Donald Trump is back again birthing his own petards for our amusement. His latest is that there is something fishy about why the only person who died in a plane crash was the person who verified Obama’s birth certificate. Heck, that’s nothing; conservative tool Jim Garrow claims Obama also murdered mad-hatter Andrew Breitbart and novelist Tom Clancy. Boink-boink!

We can’t have absurdity without mentioning the latest in the Republicans and women. Politico reports that Republicans are being “coached” on how to talk to women regarding the war on women? Iowa Senate candidate Mark Jacobs told WHO-TV’s David Price that, “I think you have to connect with women on an emotional level”. Hilarious, eh? BWA! Well that’s all we have the space for today but stay tuned. God, John Demakowski and this paper willing, part 2 of our Holidaze edition will be hot off the presses soon. We will delve into the latest crazy in science, society and religion. Its really rich lately!

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AL-QUIDA from page 2 released the letter excerpts to underscore the dominance of al-Qaida in Syria.

The intelligence officials did not where they found the al-Qaida fighters who handed over the documents.

They also would not say when the let-

ters were written, though they said it represented a tiny sample of a large cache of documents.

The officials couldn’t explain why the letter excerpts were in a sloppily written, grammatically incorrect version of an Arabic dialect used across the Levant. It is believed that alGolani was an Arabic teacher before he rose through al-Qaida’s ranks, and typically hard-line Muslims try to write in classical Arabic.

It may have been that an aide was writing down al-Golani’s speech.

Arabs typically speak in dialects that are often quite different from the classical Arabic.

“The claim by Iraqi intelligence that Jolani and by extension, Jabhat alNusra, have been behind an explicit policy of kidnapping U.N. workers should be treated with some suspicion,” said Charles Lister, a prominent see next page

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Kimon Koulet

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Plan to achieve & succeed The Lakes Region has a rich heritage: it has communities, large and small, that have contributed to New Hampshire’s growth and status as one of the best places to live in the United States. Its lakes, rivers, mountains, and forests form a landscape that draws hundreds of thousands of visitors each year. Its independent communities also understand the importance of shared responsibility and interdependence.

Before us lies the future. Will the Lakes Region build on its heritage, enhancing the lives of Lakes Region residents and make our communities strong, attractive, vibrant places to live, work, and play? We know tomorrow will be dramatically different than today. If it is to be better, coordinated local and regional planning will help to assure it is. As the planning adage goes, if we fail to plan, we plan to fail.

It has been a privilege to serve the Lakes Region for nearly 30 years and I have witnessed numerous changes: physical, economic, cultural, and political. From the tourism renaissance in Meredith to the sprawling regional shopping complex at Tilton Junction, significant alteration of the landscape has occurred. Broad state and regional plans may help portray the kind of society we want; though, specific, local community plans often make their contribution in ways that are more meaningful to its residents.

While another comprehensive watershed management plan for our largest lake waits to occur, several smaller watershed plans have emerged as communities and watershed associations have taken the lead to ensure that local water supplies are adequate for drinking and recreation. What was once a oneday four-town household hazardous waste collection has morphed into a twice a year twenty-four community summer tradition to clean up the environment, and the creation of a permanent household hazardous product facility in Wolfeboro. Where funding for regional transportation planning was nearly non-existent, the LRPC now has an essential role in the statewide process to improve our roads and promote multi-modes from preceding page analyst of Syria’s militant groups. He referred to the Nusra Front by its Arabic name. “While it might well be true, elements within Iraq’s security services have a clear interest in portraying jihadists in Syria and Iraq in a highly negative light.”

Little is known about al-Golani, including his real name. He is believed to be 39 years old. The photograph suggests a man in his thirties.

Al-Golani is a nom de guerre, indicating he was born in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights.

A Syrian native, he joined the insur-

of travel. We just completed the region’s second comprehensive economic development strategy. Countless other local and regional plans have stirred the imagination, and led to numerous incremental steps in our communities that reflect our heritage as well as our attitude and political will about the type of place we want to enjoy in the future.

Former president Dwight Eisenhower once said that the plan is nothing, planning is everything. There is truth to that. For example, if you think that the sidewalks in Gilford village, advocated by school-aged children, or the cleanliness of our lakes and rivers, or the preservation of village squares in places like Hebron or Sandwich, or the connecting trails between Laconia to Danbury, or the downtown revitalization in process in Bristol all occur by chance, please guess again. Planning is at its most elegant when positive changes seem naturally occurring, often through the steadfast work and community involvement with local planning boards and the LRPC. Town and regional planning have proven to be valuable community and regional processes year after year. In today’s highly competitive, nano-second world, it is easy to become distracted. We need to stay focused on where our future lies.

We, the people, receive the government and the rules from those we elect and appoint. My observation is that good government and planning result from visionary leadership and persistent, selfless service over many years; with many people sharing common goals and a willingness to make things happen. As my tenure as executive director draws to a close, I encourage you to remain engaged for the well-being of your community. If you are so inclined, take the next step and help your friends and neighbors living in the next town over or across the lake; there is where regionalism lives and where your stewardship is prized.

We have much to be grateful for, and more importantly, much more to do.

Best wishes meeting tomorrow’s challenges ... Go Lakes Region!

(Kimon Koulet is the retiring executive director of the Lakes Region Planning Commission.) gency after moving to Iraq.

He advanced through al-Qaida’s ranks and eventually became a close associate of Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, the Jordanian-born leader of the militant group al-Qaida in Iraq.

He eventually returned to Syria shortly after the uprising against Assad began in March 2011, where he formed the Nusra Front, first announced in January 2012.

The group gained prominence in April after Golani rejected an attempted takeover of the Nusra Front by another rival al-Qaida group, now known as the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant.

Medicaid expansion makes our mission more achievable Just last month, the Lakes Region Partnership for Public Health expressed its support for Medicaid expansion in N.H. and explained how extending health care to the identified population is aligned with the Partnership’s communitybased mission.

Now that the Legislature’s Special Session has failed to reach consensus on an expansion plan, the Partnership is reiterating its support for Medicaid expansion, given the critical impact such a move would have in the Lakes Region and on their health outcomes. The Partnership is hopeful that the Legislature can find common ground on this issue when it reconvenes in January.

Since the Affordable Care Act originally envisioned Medicaid expansion to be mandatory, no one foresaw that individuals who are not currently eligible for Medicaid but have incomes below $11,000 annually, are not eligible for health insurance subsidies on the Exchange and as a result, do not have access to affordable health insurance anywhere. The numbers are staggering. In N.H., approximately 40,000 people will be ineligible for a subsidy (In Belknap County, it’s 1,980 people). That means that a young, underemployed worker in Laconia who suffers from asthma may miss days from work, try over-the-counter remedies to manage symptoms and may eventually end up in the emergency room with a full-blown asthma attack. Were Medicaid expansion in place, this individual would receive ongoing preventive care from a physician, be able to stay at work and avoid a costly, crisis-driven trip to the emergency room.

The Legislature wisely attempted to expand N.H.’s Health Insurance Premium Payment (HIPP) program that allows individuals to stay on employer-sponsored health plans with Medicaid picking up the cost differential to make it affordable for the employee. This is a win-win for all involved: the state saves money by not fully enrolling an individual in Medicaid; the employer has a healthier workforce; the employee has continuity of care with an affordable plan. Hopefully, this proVEGAS from page 2 Gamboa took the six bundles of $100 bills to the company’s main office, where Las Vegas police and casino officials linked it to the poker player.

Gamboa said the man gave him a $5 tip after a trip from the Cosmopolitan resort to the Palms Place tower, and Gamboa then drove to the Bellagio resort, where a doorman helping a passenger into the car noticed the bag.

vision will be retained in the version of expansion that finally passes the Legislature.

The Partnership supports keeping individuals on employer-sponsored plans when possible especially because the Affordable Care Act mandates that such plans provide 10 “essential benefits”. Too many employer-provided plans are catastrophic in nature: the deductibles and co-pays are so high that, while they pay catastrophic expenses and may keep a family from losing their home, covered individuals cannot afford routine, preventive care that helps them avoid those medical catastrophes.

The Partnership is especially supportive of the inclusion of substance abuse and mental health services in the provision of care under Medicaid expansion. Our Lakes Region communities are struggling to meet these needs for local individuals.

Expanding Medicaid would not only mean our providers would receive reimbursement for services, but it would engage more underserved populations. Many of these individuals are currently being seen repeatedly in our emergency rooms.

With Medicaid coverage and continuity of care, management of their symptoms, medication and behaviors could better be achieved.

The Lakes Region Partnership for Public Health’s mission remains “to improve the health and well being of the Lakes Region.” Medicaid expansion makes that mission more achievable as health benefits would be extended to many Lakes Region residents in need of dependable, available health coverage. Medicaid expansion would be good for the Lakes Region.

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“If he doesn’t give me anything, that’s OK,” Gamboa told the Sun. “I’m not waiting for any kind of return. I just wanted to do the right thing, and I appreciate what the company did for me.”

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Key votes in March would put construction of Belmont’s Winisquam Scenic Trail on front burner for 2014

By Gail OBer

THE LACONIA DAILY SUN

BELMONT — The money for Phase I of the Belmont’s portion of the Lake Winnisquam Scenic Trail is ready to be build in the spring of 2014 said selectmen at their meeting last week.

The 1.7-mile long trail will extend from the Agway store on Route 3 near the Mosquito Bridge to the Laconia city line. It will run behind the Belknap Mall and will provide walking and bicycle route into Laconia and will cost $755,872 — 80 percent of which is being reimbursed by a N.H. Department of Transportation Highway Grant.

The Laconia City Council voted Monday night to approve a package of seven downtown enhancement projects that include extending the city’s WOW Trail from Veterans Square to Fair Street. Private trail supporters say they will soon have sufficient funds to complete the trail from that point to Belmont, which will mean about nearly four continuous miles of walking and bicycling trails in the two communities.

There are two articles that will appear on Belmont’s Annual Town Meeting warrant that must be approved so the Belmont portion of the trail can be completed. No new

additional taxpayer money is needed, however one article will require voters to re-purpose about $62,000 raised years ago by voters for a second phase of the trail that will not likely be built in the near future.

According to Planning Administrator Rick Ball, each year for three years in the mid 2000s, voters agreed to put $20,000 a year into a Capital Reserve Fund for Phase II of the trail.

Town officials said the $62,000 that is in that account must be applied to Phase 1 in order to complete it. The re-purposing of a capital account requires a 2/3 majority vote but will not require any additional money to be raised by taxpayers.

In additional voters will be asked to “gross appropriate” or raise an appropriate the sun of $142,050 for the trail — all of which is already available.

Ball said that a yes vote on both of the two warrant articles will allow the trail to be built in 2014.

He said the state Department of Transportation agreed that the Phase II money can be used to complete Phase I but the hurdle is conveying the message to the voters to the degree that they will give the town the 2/3 majority it needs to take the money from Phase II to Phase I.

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In light of the commission’s frayed relationship with the Belknap County Convention, Lipman questioned the decision to seek funding to design a new facility. He suggested instead that the commissioners request sufficient funds to ensure “minimal compliance” and shelve plan to build a new jail until the political situation becomes more favorable.

Philpot reminded Lipman that the commissioners have already invested significant time and resources in the planning process only to meet with resistance from the convention. He declared that he would continued to advocate for a new facility. Stressing the need for a new jail, he said “I don’t want to be the guy on the lawn telling parents I’m sorry your son burned to death.”

Lipman countered that there is a time for advocacy and a time for governance. He urged the commission to

drop its request to fund a schematic design and pursue a compromise with the convention and “take whatever you can get” to correct the most immediate issues with the existing facility.

Otherwise, he said that county taxpayers could find themselves faced with the rising costs of deferred maintenance and potential litigation.

Philpot conceded that “if I thought we could have a reasonable conversation, I would do it.” But, he said that when the commission has sought to open a dialogue the only response from the convention has been “thank you for your input.”

“For us it’s a lose-lose,” Lipman said.

“My plea to you and the convention is to put funding for maintenance in the budget and not put ourselves in the position to be sued.”

“I hope you will express the same thought to you representatives,” Philpot replied, adding “we are at a stalemate in governing. There is nothing we can do. We are talking to ourselves.”

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Are you in favor of the adoption of Amendment #1 as proposed by the Gilmanton Planning Board for the town Zoning Ordinance as follows: • Article III. F — Signs Add: Political Signs Political Signs: A sign that supports a candidate, party, or political ideal. A political sign shall be exempt for a period of ninety (90) days prior and seven (7) days subsequent to any Town, State, or Federal election. Unless the election is a primary and the advertising concerns a candidate who is a winner in the primary. The term “election” shall include any town or school district annual or special meeting.

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Are you in favor of the adoption of Amendment #3 as proposed by the Gilmanton Planning Board for the town Zoning Ordinance as follows: • Article XVI — Definitions “Lot of Record” Remove language after (1970) to comply with the recently enacted RSA 674:39-aa. …Also a lot or a parcel described by metes and bounds, the description of which was so recorded prior to zoning (1970).

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Are you in favor of the adoption of Amendment #4 as proposed by the Gilmanton Planning Board for the town Zoning Ordinance as follows: • Article XVI — Definitions “Setback” Second sentence: remove the word, “Town” o …The front property line is defined as the boundary between the right of way of the Town Road and the subject property.

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Are you in favor of the adoption of Amendment #5 as proposed by the Gilmanton Planning Board for the town Zoning Ordinance as follows: • Article XVI — Definitions “Street” Remove language after the RSA reference and replace with State’s definition : Street A public highway as defined in 672:13 Street. — “Street’’ means, relates to and includes street, avenue, boulevard, road, lane, alley, viaduct, highway, freeway and other ways.

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9-year-old Jet Wang is presented with a certificate naming him honorary director for the day at the New Hampshire Humane Society by Marylee Gorham-Waterman, director of development at the society. New Hampshire Humane Society. (Roger Amsden/for the Laconia Daily Sun)

Mean-spirited theft fails to stop 9-year-old’s drive to help New Hampshire Humane Society

By RogeR Amsden FOR THE LACONIA DAILY SUN

LACONIA — The Monday before Christmas, 9-year-old Jet Wang, a fourth grader at Holy Trinity School, was named honorary director for the day at the New Hampshire Humane Society.

The honor was bestowed on the youngster after he delivered $1,100 he had collected at his parents’ Shang Hai Restaurant on South Main Street in his own personal fundraiser for the society. ‘’It was a wonderful gift and it sets a great example for other children,’’ said Marylee Gorham-Waterman, director of development at the society.

She said that Wang’s family also added to the gift he brought, having gone on a shopping spree earlier that morning at BJ’s Wholesale Club in Tilton , where they spent $100 on cat and dog food, animal toys, paper towels, a dog bed and even bleach for disinfecting the animal cages at the shelter.

Wang came up with the idea for the fundraiser last summer after he and his Aunt Annie visited the Humane Society. ‘’They had been at the restaurant and he was bored. So I suggested that he and his aunt go up there to see the animals,’’ said his mother Hong Yan, who along with her husband runs the restaurant.

When Jet returned he told his mother that he would like to adopt a dog.

But Yan said that as much as she would like for him to have a pet, that it just wouldn’t be fair to the dog as both she and her husband work 12 hours a day at the restaurant and there wouldn’t be time to properly take care of a pet.

Wang was still determined to do something for the animals at the shelter and came up with the idea of raising money for the Humane Society by putting a “swear jar” on the bar. Every time one of his mother’s patrons curses, he or she has to put some money in the jar for the Humane Society.

The goal was to raise $200 for the Humane Society and one of Yan’s regular customers said he would match up to $200 if Jet and his “swear jar” could raise that much money.

Yan said she too would match Jet’s $200.

But in early September some young people stole all of the paper money the jar, which was clearly marked as a fundraiser for the Humane Society. ‘’I was kind of mad, but mostly really sad about the money being taken,’’ says Jet. But after a story about the theft ran in The Daily Sun on September 14, things turned around for the fundraiser.

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Local courts seen as last frontier in drive to legalize same-sex marriage SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Advocates on both sides of the gay marriage debate predicted that the U.S. Supreme Court ruling in June that overturned part of a federal ban on gay marriage would create a pathway for states to act.

They were right.

In the six months since the decision, the number of states allowing gay marriage has jumped from 12 to 18, a trend that started before the high court ruling that’s been reinforced since. Judges in New Mexico, Ohio and, most surprisingly, conservative, Mormon-heavy Utah all ruled in favor of same-sex marriage in just the past week. Both Utah’s case and another in Nevada will next be heard by federal appeals courts, putting them on the path toward the high court. Ohio’s case, which recognized same-sex death certificates, also will likely be appealed.

The series of court decisions has many asking: When will the Supreme Court step in and settle the issue for good?

It may not be that simple.

The cases on the path to the Supreme Court now differ little from a case justices refused to hear in June, at the same time they made their landmark ruling on the federal law denying tax, health and other benefits to legally married same-sex couples.

That case, from California, hinged on a constitutional amendment defining marriage as between a from preceding page with several even chipping in $100. ‘’People sent us checks and cash in the mail. A lot of it anonymously,’’ said Yan. ‘’One girl at school even gave me her lunch money to help the animals,’’ said Wang, who says that he learned that while there may be bad people in the world who will steal there are many more people who have good hearts and are willing to help. ‘’I feel good that I was able to do this for the animals at the shelter and that so many people helped

man and a woman.

If the justices had acted, it would have struck down gay marriage prohibitions across the country.

Instead, the justices passed, relying instead on a technical legal argument to resolve the California case and clear the way for same-sex marriage in the state, which resumed at the end of June.

That convinces some legal scholars that the high court won’t take up the issue again so soon. In a way, they’ve already passed the buck to the states, some say, including language in their Defense of Marriage Act ruling saying it relegates same-sex marriages to second-class status, and “humiliates tens of thousands of children now being raised by same-sex couples.”

That language makes it clear state bans are ripe for challenge, said Andrew Koppelman, a professor of law and political science at Northwestern University. Language from both Justice Anthony Kennedy’s majority opinion and Justice Antonin Scalia’s biting dissent have appeared prominently in subsequent court challenges and rulings, including in Utah and Ohio. A federal judge in Ohio ordered officials to recognize gay marriages on death certificates.

“The Supreme Court has given them ammunition to go there if that’s where they want to go,” Koppelman said.

Alongside state court decisions has come a shift

me,’’ said Wang.

Yan said her family has been in Laconia for 25 years and the community has been so good to them that they wanted to do something for Laconia and the Humane Society. With the $1,100 delivered Monday the earlier Bank of N.H. donation pushed the total raised to $1,300. ‘’We are so grateful to all the people who helped out, especially Harry, Nick, Donna, Annie and Rich.

We can’t say thank you enough,’’ says Yan.

in public sentiment about gay marriage. Only onethird of Americans oppose gay marriage, down from 45 percent in 2011, an AP-GfK October poll showed.

With Utah’s ban struck down, 28 states still have constitutional prohibitions on same-sex marriage.

Another four states — Indiana, Pennsylvania, West Virginia and Wyoming — do not permit it through state laws.

Attorneys and proponents say this is the civil rights issue for the current generation, comparing the scenes of gay couples marrying at county clerks offices to blacks breaking racial barriers in the 1960s.

More state rulings in favor of gay marriage could be in the works in 2014. The thinking goes, if it can happen in ultra-conservative Utah, it can happen anywhere. Utah is home to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, which still teaches its members homosexuality is a sin despite a softening of their rhetoric in recent years.

“The ruling has had a symbolic impact already,” Jon Davidson, director of Lambda Legal, which pursues litigation on LGBT issues nationwide. “It is recognition that the nation’s attitudes, from public to legislative to judicial, are changing very rapidly in all parts of the country.”

“And the opponents, many of them, are moving on,” said William Eskridge, a professor at Yale Law School. “We are not seeing the same kind of Armageddon rhetoric we saw in the 1990s.”

A federal judge in Michigan will hear testimony from experts in February before deciding whether to throw out the state’s constitutional ban on same-sex marriage. Two federal lawsuits in Virginia, including one being led by the same legal team that challenged California’s ban, are moving forward.

Eskridge disagrees with those who say the Supreme Court won’t act, predicting justices will get involved in the gay marriage dispute in the next year or two.

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BALSAMS from page 2 ter of this year,” he said. “As far as I’m aware today, the group that owns the Balsams is looking for some additional investment dollars.”

Rick Tillotson, scion of the family that once owned the resort, lamented the lack of new developments and the slow pace of the renovation.

“There are definitely rumors going around,” he said. “It’s a big topic of conversation.

“The longer it sits empty, the more likely it is to remain empty, and what I hope to see in anyone’s hands is something that employs people,” he said.

“We need those 200 jobs back; it’s as simple as that.

To everybody who stayed there, it was a wonderful place, but to everyone who lives here, it was a main-

OFFENDER from page one his daughter was not allowed to have in her possession and was concerned by the content of some of the conversations.

The girl later told police she had met a stranger (later identified as Ferland) over the Internet and had communicated with him numerous times over her cell phone.

She also told police she and David A. Ferland a female friend met Fer(Gilford Police photo) land behind the cinema and sexual acts were performed in exchange for alcohol.

Gilford Police worked with the New Hampshire Department of Corrections Parole and Probation Division of Laconia and, using various channels and methods, were able to identify Ferland.

He was initially taken into custody for a parole violation and during his interview police said he admitted having contact with the girl over the Internet and the sexual encounter.

Police said Ferland’s criminal sexual history in New Hampshire began in 2003 and he had since been convicted of nine counts of felonious sexual assault — stemming from two separate incidents, two counts of certain use of computer services, 21 counts child pornography, and one count of criminal solicitaunder 21 admitted tion. His convictions stemmed from incidents in Rockingham and Grafton Counties.

Perfect Gilford Police said additional charges are g kin Stoc expected to include, but not be limited to, the Stuffers second alleged victim.

stream anchor to the economy.”

When they bought the hotel, Dagesse and Hebert said they wanted to provide “a stable operation that we can all be proud of” and predicted an 18-month renovation schedule.

“We care deeply about restoring the Balsams Grand Resort Hotel to its full glory as a world-class destination resort and seeing it thrive for decades to come,” Hebert said then.

Hebert and Dagesse did not respond to repeated requests for comment.

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The long-term trend in favor of acceptance of same-sex marriage affects the courts. As each state’s same-sex marriage ban is struck down, it serves as a domino effect helping make the next legal challenge easier, said Jon Davidson, director of Lambda Legal, which pursues litigation on LGBT issues nationwide. The Ohio ruling this week cited the Utah ruling from last week.

“You are going to see more federal courts do what just happened in Ohio and Utah,” Koppelman predicted.

Some in Maine still without power after weekend storm LITCHFIELD, Maine (AP) — Utility crews from Maine to Michigan and into Canada worked Wednesday to restore power to the more than half a million homes in the U.S. and Canada that were left in the dark by last weekend’s ice storm and people slowly trickled out of shelters to spend Christmas Day at their finally-warm homes.

But not everyone was so lucky, including Ashley Walter, who was forced to spend Christmas at a shelter set up in a school in Litchfield, Maine, with her husband, Jacob, and their month-old daughter, Leah.

The family lost power Saturday, got it back temporarily then lost it again Sunday and have been without since. Ashley, 27, and Leah stay warm at the shelter while Jacob makes frequent trips home to check on their cats and water pipes.

“It’s definitely kind of strange but we’re hanging in there,” she said Wednesday of the challenge of being forced out of their home at Christmas. “We did our Christmas together last night. I packed little stockings and gave them to my husband, sisters and my daughter.”

The frigid temperatures that cloaked a region from the Great Lakes to New England meant that ice remained on power lines and limbs. Officials worried that wind gusts of more than 20 mph could bring down more branches and that 2 to 6 inches of snow in places on Thursday would hamper line crews trying to get to remote spots.

“We’ve had two beautiful, sunny days in Maine and the ice isn’t going anyplace,” said Lynette Miller, spokeswoman for the Maine Emergency Management Agency. “They’re very concerned about more weight coming down on trees that are already compromised by ice.”

The ice storm last weekend was one of the worst to hit during a Christmas week and repair crews were

working around the clock to restore service. States that weren’t hit were sending crews to help.

So far, authorities blame the storm for 27 deaths; 17 in the U.S. and 10 in Canada. Five people in Canada died from carbon monoxide poisoning from emergency generators powering their homes, while two people in Michigan, a man in Maine and a man in Vermont also died from the poisonous fumes.

In Michigan, police say a 73-year-old woman died Christmas Eve when she ran a stop light that was out of service because of the ice storm.

About 156,000 homes were still without power Wednesday evening in Michigan, down from more than 500,000 at the storm’s peak.

In Canada, about 160,000 customers were without power Wednesday evening. There were 72,000 customers without power in Toronto, down from 300,000 at the height of the outages, and Mayor Rob Ford said some may not have power restored until the weekend.

Back in Maine, Trudy Lamoreau was supervising the emergency shelter where about 25 people stayed Tuesday night. Lamoreau, who’s also the town manager, said they warmed the shelter with generators until the school got power back late Tuesday night.

Maine still had about 60,000 people without power, down from a high of 106,000.

“People are doing quite well considering the circumstances,” she said.

Volunteers tried to make the shelter homey, including cooking up a ham dinner with potatoes, vegetables, bread and pie for dessert for Christmas.

“They have been amazing,” Walter said, adding that the volunteers set up a separate room for her and Leah so they wouldn’t disturb others when the infant woke during the night. “They just try to make everything better for us.”

Egyptian government labels Muslim Brotherhood a terrorist group CAIRO (AP) — Egypt’s military-backed interim government declared the Muslim Brotherhood a terrorist organization Wednesday, intensifying its campaign of arrests and prosecutions targeting its members and tightening the noose on the group’s network of charities and businesses.

The unprecedented executive decision likely ends any chance of reconciliation between the government and the 85-year-old Brotherhood, still Egypt’s most organized political group. It marks a stunning reversal of fortunes for the long-outlawed from preceding page to work with Hebert and Dagesse on legal, regulatory and financial issues because they recognize how crucial the Balsams is to the region’s economy.

“Those are all jobs at the moment that have not been replaced and that can’t be replaced locally,” he said. “I think that’s the biggest issue. When an employer shuts down in that part of the state, folks can’t just walk across the street or drive 10 miles down the road and find another job. It just doesn’t happen.”

organization that saw member Mohammed Morsi reach Egypt’s highest office in the country’s first democratic election, only to be ousted in a popularly backed military coup in July. And it takes a step that not even autocrat Hosni Mubarak took in his nearly 30-year rule.

Hossam Eissa, deputy prime minister and minister of higher education, read the government’s declaration, saying the decision was in response to Tuesday’s deadly bombing in the Nile Delta city of Mansoura which killed 16 people and wounded more than 100. It was the deadliest militant bombing since Morsi’s ouster and showed growing reach of the country’s Islamic insurgency, previously concentrated in the northern Sinai.

Although Eissa and the government offered no proof of the Brotherhood’s involvement, the accusation instilled in the public mind the image of the group as being behind the surge in violent attacks.

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FIRE from page one ing from the front of the building and at one point some began seeping from the eaves along the main part of the building.

Fire Chief Steve Carrier said firefighters set up a water line near the marina but were able to extinguish the flames with the water brought in the responding firetrucks from Gilford and Laconia.

Carrier said firefighters were able to contain the fire to the canvas room, adding there is minor smoke and water damage to the remainder of the building.

“This was a great job by the ‘first-in’ crews,” Carrier said. This was a large and valuable building with valuable contents and they were able to confine the fire and extinguish it where it started.

Gilford firefighters was assisted at the marina by crews from Laconia, Meredith and Belmont. Crews from the Tilton-Northfield Fire Department and Holderness Fie Department provided station coverage.

Carrier said the cause of the fire is unknown and is being investigated by Deputy Fire Chief Brad Ober.

from preceding page the suicide bombing to avenge the “shedding of innocent Muslim blood” at the hands of Egypt’s “apostate regime” — a reference to the security forces’ crackdown on Islamists following the coup.

Brotherhood members dismissed the government label Wednesday, promising their near-daily protests against Morsi’s ouster would continue.

“The protests are in the streets despite a law restricting them — and killings and prison sentences. All this has not changed the will of the people,” said Ibrahim Elsayed, member of the Brotherhood’s political group, the Freedom and Justice Party. “The decision has no value for us and is only worth the paper it is written on.”

Another member, Islam Tawfiq, said the Brotherhood is considering whether to challenge the declaration in courts at home or abroad.

“An interim government for nine months will not stymie with terrorism a group working for (nearly)

90 years,” Tawfiq said.

Soon after the declaration, however, a state-owned print shop stopped printing the Brotherhood party’s newspaper. Tawfiq said it followed oral orders from security agencies to halt publication.

The declaration comes after another sweeping decision Tuesday aimed at draining the Brotherhood’s finances by freezing the funds of more than 1,000 nongovernment organizations with links to the group and putting more than 100 schools run by the group under government supervision. That directly attacks the grassroots strength of the Brotherhood, where it has much of its power in Egyptian life.

Eissa said Wednesday’s decision means that those who “participate in the group’s activities, in the organization or promotion verbally or by writing or by any other means or financing its activities” will be facing punishment according to the law.

“It’s not possible for Egypt the state nor Egypt the people to submit to the Muslim Brotherhood terrorism,” Eissa said.

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NEW YORK (AP) — A man arrested more than two dozen times for posing as a transit worker to steal buses and trains in New York City and drive the routes has been paroled.

Darius McCollum was released Tuesday night, after pleading guilty earlier this year to stealing a Trailways bus in 2010, when he was arrested behind the wheel on the highway that leads to Kennedy International Airport.

He had faced up to 15 years if convicted at a trial, but the Queens district attorney and his lawyer worked out a deal: McCollum will voluntarily enter a program to undergo cognitive behavioral therapy.

He was diagnosed with what was until recently called Asperger’s syndrome but is now referred to as an autism spectrum disorder, and his repeated arrests stem in part from it.

He told The Associated Press Wednesday he plans to get in touch with a nonprofit to help him find a therapist, and work or vocational school.

“I’m actually happy. It was a rough process but I finally made it,” he said, adding his outlaw days were behind him. “I can’t afford to get arrested again, I can’t deal with the jail thing — it’s too much, the gang mentality.

McCollum, 49, had the subway map memorized by the time he was 8, and tried unsuccessfully to get a job with the transit system. Instead he became

a transit impostor and has been arrested 29 times.

But he is not a violent criminal — he just drives the routes, fixes tracks and takes tolls without an official job until he’s caught by police.

McCollum has become a celebrity for escapades that began at age 15, when he piloted a subway train six stops without any passengers noticing. He grew up in Queens near a station serving two Metropolitan Transportation Authority lines, and learned the mechanics of the transit system from workers who took an interest in him.

Part of the problem is McCollum wasn’t diagnosed with the disorder until recently. He was first handed literature on the topic about 10 years ago during a Manhattan case, but the judge refused to order a psychiatric evaluation after she said she looked the disorder up online and decided he didn’t have it. A treatment program had never previously been proposed as a solution to his crimes.

Prosecutors, the judge and his attorney are all hopeful he’ll be able to stay out of trouble. McCollum said Wednesday he won’t let them down. He’s staying with friends in Queens for now, and was spending his first day of freedom in Manhattan with filmmakers making a documentary about his life.

He got to 34th street on the subway.

“I went down into the station, got a metro card, got on a train, and here I am,” he said.

ATLANTA (AP) — Republicans see the 2014 midterm elections as a chance to capitalize on voter frustration with the problem-plagued health care overhaul, but the GOP first must settle a slate of Senate primaries where conservatives are arguing over the best way to oppose President Barack Obama’s signature law.

In intraparty skirmishes from Georgia to Nebraska, the GOP’s most strident candidates and activists are insisting on a no-holds-barred approach. They accuse fellow Republicans — including several incumbent senators — of being too soft in their opposition to the Affordable Care Act and to the president in general.

The outcomes will help determine just how conservative the Senate Republican caucus will be during Obama’s final two years. And they could influence which party controls the chamber, with Democrats hoping that the most uncompromising Republican standard-bearers will emerge from the primaries and fare as poorly in general elections as their counterparts did in several 2012 Senate races. Republicans need to gain six seats for a majority.

Republican Rep. Jack Kingston of Georgia, who wants to succeed retiring GOP Sen. Saxby Chambliss, stepped into the rift recently when he seemed to scold much of his party during an interview on a conservative talk radio show.

“A lot of conservatives say, ‘Nah, just step back and let this thing fall to pieces on its own,” Kingston said. “Well, I don’t think that’s always the responsible thing to do.”

Rep. Paul Broun, one of Kingston’s rivals in a crowded primary field, pounced immediately, declaring in an Internet ad, “I don’t want to fix Obamacare, I want to get rid of it.” Conservative commentators hammered Kingston with headlines like “Kingston has surrendered on Obamacare.”

In Tennessee, state Rep. Joe Carr blasted Sen. Lamar Alexander for serving as a key GOP negotiator in the deal to end the partial government shutdown that resulted from House Republicans’ efforts to deny funding for the health care law. Alexander subsequently described himself as a “conservative problem solver,” a characterization that Carr says “typifies how out of touch he is.”

Kentucky businessman Matt Bevin is using a similar line of attack in trying to unseat Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, as is Mississippi state Sen. Chris McDaniel in his primary challenge to Sen. Thad Cochran. Carr, Bevin and McDaniel all say they’d be more like freshmen Sens. Mike Lee of Utah and Ted Cruz of Texas, tea party favorites who pushed the defunding strategy and vexed their longer-serving colleagues.

Health care issue divides some GOP rivals for Senate seats

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The application for the Recycling Facility Permit is available online as well as in the Town Clerk/Tax Collector’s office. A new application is required to obtain your new Recycling Facility decal.

The first two stickers per legal address are at no cost. Each additional sticker after two have been issued, per that address, will have a fee of $1.00.

If you need to replace a decal due to purchasing a new vehicle, scrape off the old decal and bring or mail it in with a new application and a new decal will be issued at no cost; otherwise, the $1.00 fee will be charged.

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Lucia ‘Del’ Dickson, 90 LACONIA — Lucia “Del” Dickson, 90, of 765 Union Ave., died Friday, Dec. 20, 2013, at Lakes Region General Hospital.

She was born in Laconia, the daughter of Homer and Philomene Bolduc.

Lucia worked for several years for Cormier Hosiery and also for Vernitron as a machine operator.

She was a communicant of St. Andre Bessette Parish - Sacred Heart Church in Laconia.

Del was a sweet, classy respectful lady who was viewed as quiet by most. She was a simple lady who was always pulled together, tidy and meticulous. She loved her family and was made most happy by a simple phone call or unexpected visit. She put the world before herself and always took the time to notice the simple things in life. She loved shopping and had a collection of housecoats and nylon stockings that could rival any collection out there. Del made the very best of every challenging situation or circumstance in life and was truly a remarkable woman who will be sorely missed by all who knew and loved her.

She is survived by three nieces, Cynthia Trefley and her husband Gerald of Meredith, Kathy Remal and her husband Gary of Freeport, Maine, and Diane Brown and her husband Robert of Ramsey,

N.J.; a nephew, Michael Jalbert and his wife Pam of Woodstock, Ga., and multiple great-nieces and great-nephews and multiple great-grandnieces and nephews.

In addition to her parents, she was predeceased by her husband, Ronald Dickson; her sister, Rachel Jalbert; two half brothers, Woodrow and Lorenzo; four half sisters, Alice, Anita, Julie and Dorothy.

Calling hours will be held from 9:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. Friday, Dec. 27, 2013, at the Wilkinson-Beane-Simoneau-Paquette Funeral Home, 164 Pleasant St., Laconia, using the Carriage House entrance.

A Mass of Christian burial will be celebrated also on Friday, Dec. 27, 2013, at 11 a.m. at St. Andre Bessette Parish at Sacred Heart Church, 291 Union Ave., Laconia. Burial will follow in the family lot in Sacred Heart Cemetery, Laconia.

For those who wish, memorial contributions may be made to American Heart Association, 2 Wall St., Manchester, NH 03101.

Wilkinson-Beane-Simoneau-Paquette Funeral Home & Cremation Services, 164 Pleasant St., Laconia, is assisting the family with the arrangements.

For more information and to view an online memorial go to www.wilkinsonbeane.com.

Transportation Advisory Committee meeting on Jan. 8 OSSIPEE — The Lakes Region Planning Commission (LRPC) Transportation Technical Advisory Committee (TAC) will meet at 2 p.m. on Wednesday, January 8, at the Freight House at 1 Moultonville Road, Center Ossipee.

The TAC will discuss recommendations to be included in a draft Regional Transportation Plan. A presentation by Bill Oldenburg, Administrator and Michelle Marshall, Highway Safety Engineer from the NH Department of Transportation Bureau of Highway Design, will focus on the Highway Safety Improvement Program (HSIP) and a changed format

for conducting Road Safety Audits (RSA). The purpose of the HSIP is to achieve a significant reduction in traffic fatalities and serious injuries on all public roads. The RSA process is designed to assess potential safety improvements at intersections and on road segments of concern.

The LRPC Transportation TAC encourages all members of the public who are concerned about any aspect of transportation in the Lakes Region to attend. Contact the Lakes Region Planning Commission at 279-8171 for additional information about this meeting.

HOLDERNESS — Squam Lakes Natural Science Center is bringing back the popular guided tours of the live animal trail for another winter. Wild Winter Walks begin Saturday, January 5 and runs on selected weekends through March.

Many visitors are curious about what happens to the animals at the Science Center during the winter.

Most of them stay in the same place, just as they would in the wild. A staff naturalist will guide the walk on the live animal exhibit trail and discuss how native animals are well-adapted for winter in New Hampshire.

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Lakes Region General Hospital Auxiliary reviews a busy year in 2013 LACONIA – 2013 proved to be a very busy and successful year for members of the Lakes Region General Hospital Auxiliary.

In just twelve months the group barely came up for air, jumping from one project to the next all with a mission of raising funds to support important initiatives at LRGH. The Auxiliary’s primary income source is the Gift Shop at Lakes Region General Hospital. Completely volunteer-managed and run, 50% of proceeds from gift shop purchases benefit Auxiliary projects. In

2013 this amounted to over $20,000.

“The gift shop at Lakes Region General Hospital is a constant work in-progress. Auxiliary members put so much thought into everything we put out on our shelves. Our gifts are truly unique and we’re always trying to stay ahead of the curve to be contemporary and relevant, and to keep shoppers coming back,” explains Auxiliary President Nancy Paterno.

The LRGH Gift Shop sells anything from cards to patient toiletries to small gifts, scarves, slippers, and

jewelry. They recently partnered with Heaven Scent Flowers and the case is regularly stocked with beautiful and unique arrangements. In addition, Alex and Ani (+) Energy bangle jewelry is now being sold in the gift shop.

“As a group we always try to think outside of the box when it comes to our merchandise,” states Gift Shop Chair Sue Dalton. “Whether it’s introducing a new line of jewelry or displaying something in the window that might catch the eye of a passerby, we always strive to keep things fresh. The more revenue we bring in, the more the Auxiliary can do for the patients and staff at LRGH, and we’re very proud of our hard work.”

The Auxiliary’s signature fundraising event is their annual Craft Fair, held each October.

Nearly $6,000 was raised from this past fair to benefit the Breast Health Program at LRGH and to provide Comfort Bags to countless patients.

Over the past twelve years the Auxiliary has raised over $60,000 from the Craft Fair.

From late November until early December the Tree of Love is a focal point of the LRGH Atrium. This year paper angels, created by the students at Woodland Heights Elementary School, were purchased for $3 in honor or memory of a loved one.

Angel names were read at a special ceremony held in mid-December and this year the Tree of Love raised over $1,200.

Revenue from the gift shop and these fundraisers allow Auxiliary members to support a number of hospital initiatives throughout the year. The Auxiliary was pleased to allocate $3,000 to Wish List recipients in 2013.

In many cases these are hospital departments whose staff is requesting something special that may not be covered within their budget.

The Auxiliary also supplies $1,500 annually in clothing to the Emergency Department Crisis Closet, provides $1,000 to maintain their Courtesy Cart, and funds the Doll Committee whose members craft over 600 handmade dolls and animals, bringing comfort and a smile to young patients at LRGH. Over the past several years the LRGH Auxiliary has purchased 25 Staxi Chairs, which are available for patient use throughout the hospital.

The cost of these state-ofthe-art wheel chairs range from $1250 to $6,000 and the group looks forward to purchasing three more in see next page

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Gilford ice rink now open for skating GILFORD — The Arthur A. Tilton Ice Rink on Varney Point Road is now open for the 2013-14 season. This ice rink is open daily to the public at no charge.

The skating schedule is as follows; Open Skating from Dawn – 10:00

a.m., Stick and Puck for ages 13 and under from 10:00 a.m. – 12:00 noon, Open Skating from 12:00 noon – 3:30 p.m. and Stick and Puck for ages 14 and up from 3:30 p.m. – Dusk.

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Scholarship allows for Boys & Girls Club members to take the stage Lakes Region General Hospital Auxiliary members celebrate accomplishments of 2013, and look forward to continuing their philanthropic efforts in 2014. From left to right (back row): Sheila Sullivan; Diana Goodhue; Jim Rowe; Barbara Rowe; Ernie Bolduc; Darlene Page; and Lea Tassone. Front row: Sue Dalton, Gift Shop Chair; Don Lockwood, Treasurer; Nancy Paterno, President; and Barbara Tuttle.

Absent from photo: Katherine Labrie; Judy Pattison, Secretary; and Patty Rice. (Courtesy photo)

from preceding page 2014. In addition the Auxiliary purchased a much-needed bladder scanner at a cost of $13,000. Two blanket warmers were purchased for the 3rd and 4th floors, which provide extra warmth and comfort for many patients throughout the year.

This past Spring the LRGH Auxiliary awarded $6,000 in scholarships to several deserving students who are pursuing careers in the healthcare field.

The Auxiliary is also a very proud supporter of LRGHealthcare fundraising events. For the 10th year in a row the Auxiliary stepped up as a $2,500 Silver Sponsor of the Red Dress Gala. The group also sponsors the Tanger 5K ‘Fit for a Cure’ event and the Golf Classic.

Last but certainly not least, the

Auxiliary has pledged $10,000 to the LRGHealthcare Capital Campaign, placing them at the Heritage Sponsor level.

All of these projects and opportunities to support various hospital initiatives were made possible by the hard work and dedication of members of the LRGH Auxiliary, and Gift Shop and event volunteers.

The LRGH Auxiliary is always looking to welcome new members! If you’re interested in learning more about this very rewarding opportunity call: 524-3211 ext. 3663 or email President Nancy Paterno: chipinn@metrocast.net LRGHealthcare is a not-for-profit healthcare charitable trust representing Lakes Region General Hospital, Franklin Regional Hospital, and affiliated medical providers.

Boys & Girls Club Dancers Layla Swett, Meadow Fraser and Gracie Lewis performed in the Broadway North Holiday Show. Their participation was made possible by the Elaine Quinn “For the Love of Dance Scholarship’’. (Courtesy photo)

Happy with your child’s current school experience?

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Our mission is one of faith, love and understanding, with a commitment to the potential of each student we educate.

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Streetcar Company holding auditions for Les Miserables January 5 & 7

GILFORD — The Streetcar Company community theater group will hold open auditions for their musical presentation of Les Miserables at First United Methodist Church on Rte. 11A in Gilford on Sunday, January 5 at 3 p.m. and Tuesday, January 7 at 7 p.m.

The Tony Award winning musical is a huge undertaking for the company and director J Alward is

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For more information, to inquire about rentals or to check on conditions, please contact Parks and Recreation Department at 527-4722.

looking for dozens of actors and actresses to fill the numerous roles. Those auditioning should prepare a brief musical selection to be performed a cappella or with accompaniment as well as a short dramatic monologue. Once cast there is a production fee of $30 dollars which will include the company dues.

Show dates will be April 25-27 at the Inter-Lakes Community auditorium. As well as the many on stage performers Alward, along with producer, Erin Fitzmaurice are looking for help with several production positions including, costumes, set construction, properties, sound and lights.

After receiving popular acclaim in London, ‘Les Miz’ was first produced on Broadway in 1986, and has gone on to become the second longest-running musical in the world after The Fantasticks. Several

The following local students participated in the fall 2013 Bates College Junior Semester Abroad program.

Spencer Goossens, the child of Lynda M. Goossens of Alton, studied in France through the Institute of Educational Studies. Goossens, a 2011 graduate of Prospect Mountain High School, is majoring in physics at Bates. Conor O’Brian, the child of Mr. and Mrs. Robert E. O’Brian of Gilford, studied in Australia through the University of South Wales/ Butler University - Institute for Study Abroad program. O’Brian, a 2011 graduate of Tilton School, is majoring in economics at Bates.

The following local residents were among the 2,800 students from the University of Massachusetts Boston who made the Spring 2013 Dean’s List: Sarah Morrissette, a resident of Laconia and Kaitlyn Frazier, a resident of Meredith.

Melony Rice of Center Barnstead and a student at Prospect Mountain High School in Alton was named the 2013 recipient of the Saint Michael’s College Book Award for Academic Achievement with a Social Conscience.

Abigail P. Ross of Gilford, is participating in St. Lawrence University’s International Study Program for the fall 2013 semester. Ross, a member of the class of 2015 at St. Lawrence, is majoring in mathematics. Ross graduated from Tilton School.

The following local residents began their first year at Saint Michael’s College this semester: Ryan Boquist, of Meredith, graduate of Inter-Lakes High School, and William Winkelmann of Gilford, graduate of Tilton School.

John Magliano of Tilton, has been admitted to American International College in Springfield, Mass.

Area students enrolled at Colby College in Waterville, Maine, for the fall semester, and took part in an orientation that included an introduction to Colby’s academics, cultural life, and community involvement opportunities as well as a three-day outdoor excursion. Students who participated include, Ryder J. Arsenault of New Hampton and Emery M. Lawrence of Tilton, a graduate of Tilton School.

Travis Riel, of Center Barnstead, is among the new students enrolled at the New England School of Communications (NESCom) for Fall 2013. Riel will be studying radio broadcasting, in the Bachelor of Science in Media Studies program at NESCom. The Head of Sant Bani School, Kent Bicknell, announced that Jenna Sutcliffe has been named Commended Student in the 2014 National Merit Scholarship Program. A letter of Commendation from the school and National Merit Scholarship Corporation (NMSC), which conducts the program, will be presented by the Head of School Sutcliffew.

Jessica Ruggles, of Gilford and majoring in MA Theater Education at Emerson College, was part of Emerson Stage’s production of “Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy” as assistant director.

Morgan Diltz of Moultonborough graduated from Lyndon State College on Dec. 13.

Saint Anselm College’s New Hampshire Institute of Politics & Political Library (NHIOP) recently appointed the 2013-2014 Kevin Harrington Student

Ambassadors to welcome special guests and assist in programming at the NHIOP. Alvin Nix III, a politics major from the class of 2016 from Belmont, was newly appointed. Kristine Adams, a politics major from the class of 2016 from Alton, was reappointed.

Sarah Fraser, daughter of Catherine and Wayne Fraser of Alton has been named a writing coach at Saint Michael’s College for the fall 2013 semester.

Fraser, a senior, English major, was selected from nominees submitted by the college faculty to be one of 29 student coaches at the liberal arts college located in Burlington, Vt. Michael C. Jensen of Alton, a senior majoring in mechanical engineering at Clarkson University, received the Ronald R. “Monk” Neugold ‘52 Endowed Scholarship during the 2013-2014 academic year.

Kaitlin Slippy of Moltounborough, has joined Rochester Institute of Technology’s women’s volleyball team. Slippy, a freshman studying accounting, is 5-7 and plays outside hitter.

Saint Michael’s College student Mariah Cleveland, daughter of Charles and Kelly Cleveland of Gilmanton Iron Works, is studying English abroad in Salzburg, Austria, at University of Salzburg for the fall 2013 semester.

Taylor Lacroix, a resident of Tilton, was among more than 1,080 students from Roger Williams University to receive their degree during the University’s commencement ceremony held in May. Lacroix received a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology.

First-year students participate in St.Lawrence University’s innovative First-Year Program to help make a successful transition from high school to college. Students who took part in this program include Isabel R. Bogacz of Tilton, a graduate from Sant Bani School and Joseph R. Smith of Moultonborough, a graduate from Moultonborough Academy.

Nathaniel Houran of Laconia, a member of the Bowdoin College Class of 2013, was honored for academic excellence during the college’s annual Sarah and James Bowdoin Day ceremony, held Oct. 25.

Houran is earning a major in English and theater .

The following local residents earned their degree at Saint Joseph’s College of Maine. Jordan Pelczar of Meredith, graduated in September with a Bachelor of Science in Nursing. Kyle Plante of Barnstead, graduated in September with a Master of Science in Education.

Caleb Nason of Meredith, has been named to Bob Jones University’s University Singers, BJU’s largest choral organization which is also known as the freshman choir. Nason is a freshman majoring in business administration.

The following students enrolled in Plymouth State University for the Fall 2013 Semester: From Moultonborough: Ashley Annese, Matthew Nieland, and Samantha Nightingale; Plymouth: Carrie Annis, Mackenzie Fuller, Bhola Gautam, Mary Hunter, Samuel Libby, Xugi Lin, Leah McAuliffe, Joseph Mohan, and William Bolton; Tilton: Kieth Bernier and Casey Gibbs; Gilford: Michell Boutwell, Madison Clark, Gabriela Defregger, Anthony Diamantoplos, Roland DuBois, Kendra Eldridge, Brenden Lafleur, Mariah Monahan, Samuel Prescott, and Alex Simo-

revivals, national tours, concert and a major motion picture adaptation have helped to make Les Miserables one of the most popular musicals ever staged.

The show has been produced in forty-two countries and translated into 21 languages.

Several New Hampshire theatrical companies have already presented the show since it was released to community theaters and The Streetcar Company, the oldest community theater group in The Lakes Region, looks forward to presenting it to local audiences.

Anyone with further questions, or those interested in providing help with any of the technical aspects of the show are encouraged to contact the director at alward@metrocast.net or the producer at streetcar. company@gmail.com. More information may be found at www.streetcarcompany.com.

STUDENT NEWS neau; Belmont: Chelsea Bowen, Karen Clark, Jeremy D’Amour, and Brain Spink; Northfield: Tyler Dawson; Meredith: Tricia DelRossi, Zachary Glennon, Brandon Krueger, Donna Manna, Megan Pratt, Tiffany Richards, Sarah Whitt, and Madison Roberge; Sanbornton: Evan Fillion, and Brett Hanson; New Hampton: Katherine Fitzpatrick; Laconia: Amber Gilbert, Cole Glaude, Victoria Holmes, Robert Hurley, Erma Krupic, Cameron Lyons, Sarah Phelps, Reyna Pollak, and Rachael Weeks; Center Barnstead: Rachel Kanash, Cassandra Russell, and Autumn Sanborn.

Elizabeth Rathjen, a member of the Pomfret School class of 2014 located in Pomfret, Conn., was one of 36 students honored for outstanding academic achievement in the 2012-13 school year.

Joshua Cherok of Laconia, has been awarded the 2013 Kent State Aviation Heritage Fair Scholarship. Joshua is Senior aeronautics major with an concentration in aviation management. He is scheduled to graduate in the fall of 2014.

Keeler Lapham graduated with honors on the Dean’s List from The New England Institute of Art in Boston with a degree in Audio Production on Sept. 20. He is a 2008 graduate of Inter-Lakes High School.

Michaela K. Rice earned a bachelor of arts dual degree in special education (K-12) and elementary education from Arizona State University/Tempe during their May 2013 Commencement exercises.

Rice graduated with high honors with a cumulative grade-point-average of 3.61.

This fall, Colby-Sawyer College welcomed approximately 430 first-year students to its 2017 graduating class. Students include Bonnie Campbell of Center Harbor, Elyssa Clairmont of Sanbornton, Ashley Cooper of Alton Bay, John Fownes of Moultonborough, Peter Locke of Meredith, Aaron McLelland and Kaitlyn Shaw of Belmont, Matthew Saulnier and Sarah Veazey of Gilford, and David Sykie of Gilmanton.

Shannon McQueen of Gilmanton, was selected for the 2013-2014 academic year to be a resident assistant for the Office of Student Life at Saint Michael’s College, in Burlington, Vt. MACPHERSON from page 21 along the paths of the Pasquaney River and fishes for salmon while observing Blue Herons, mink and red-winged blackbirds. Comedy and then, when least expected, tragedy, follow the lives of the various characters. From the catching of a duck on a fly made from duck feathers to the untimely death of Abigail, Bess’ sister. Then the rampage of a large four-footed animal in Belchertown and the sudden impact of a falling tree killing Alex’s old friend’s wife and unborn child.

Through it all, the novel poises begs the reader to ask whether the love of Alex and Bess can overcome the obstacles they face? One will experience laughter and tears as Alex tells about growing up and falling in love—the struggles, the joys, the bewilderment, and the discoveries he makes.

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Today’s Birthdays: Actor Donald Moffat is 83. Actor Caroll Spinney (Big Bird on TV’s “Sesame Street”) is 80. Rhythm-and-blues singer Abdul “Duke” Fakir (The Four Tops) is 78. Country musician Bob Carpenter (The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band) is 67. Baseball Hall of Fame catcher Carlton Fisk is 66. Retired MLB All-Star Chris Chambliss is 65. Baseball Hall of Famer Ozzie Smith is 59. Humorist David Sedaris is 57. Rock musician James Kottak is 51. Country musician Brian Westrum is 51. Rock musician Lars Ulrich is 50. Actress Nadia Dajani is 48. Rock musician J is 46.

Country singer Audrey Wiggins is 46. Rock musician Peter Klett (Candlebox) is 44. Rock singer James Mercer is 43. Actor-singer Jared Leto is 42. Actress Kendra C. Johnson is 37. Rock singer Chris Daughtry is 34.

Actress Beth Behrs is 28. Actor Kit Harington) is 27. Actress Eden Sher is 22. Pop singer Jade Thirlwall is 21. Actor Zach Mills is 18.

Get Fuzzy

By Holiday Mathis

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19). You’re a cosmic favorite these days, so be sure to want things for yourself and for others. Why not be greedy for love, goodness and health?

One of your minor but very fond wishes will come true.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). Despite an absence of obvious constraint, impediment or interference, you still may feel that you’re not entirely free. Consider exactly why you don’t feel at liberty to say and do as you wish, and you’ll be closer to freedom.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). Get focused, and you’ll be astounded at what you can accomplish. With unflagging energy, you’ll tackle the primary things you wanted to get finished before the end of the year.

TODAY’S BIRTHDAY (Dec. 26). You only dish out what you would like to eat. So your offerings to life are delicious, and life repays you by feeding you all that your heart, mind and body needs. What you learn about your history and family will impact your plans.

Something you own will be valued at a high price, and you’ll get a chance to cash out.

Gemini and Virgo people adore you. Your lucky numbers are: 28, 21, 4, 17 and 13.

by Chad Carpenter

ARIES (March 21-April 19). When desire is fed, the inner animal is satisfied -- but not the greedy human mind, which, once sated, only develops bigger appetites. You’ll have to convince the others to relax and be reasonable, and they may not listen.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20). You really can boost your immune system by thinking positive thoughts. But first you have to neutralize the negativity being offered up by your critical inner voice. It’s as easy as saying “shhh...”

GEMINI (May 21-June 21). You don’t know enough to tackle the project you’re considering, but that’s not a good enough reason to pass on it. You’ll learn. You always do. In fact, you can’t help yourself. You prefer to be constantly learning.

CANCER (June 22-July 22). If you expend extraordinary energy doing a seemingly ordinary thing, you’ll elevate this aspect of daily life to the realm of “art form.” This is the key to good living these days.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). Instinct has led you to your current pursuit. You’ll wake up ready to focus on a fresh initiative, though you may not know until after you get to work the significance of what you’re doing.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). You have helpers and advisers, but ultimately you’re the one who will bring a grand plan to fruition.

You are tuned in to everyone and everything that can lead to your success.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). You may not be able to remove the forces that oppose you, but once you accept that you are better for having to contend with them, you will start to see the unique advantages of your position.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). Your encouragement is potent, and those you cheer for will be moved to act confidently and accomplish what they didn’t think they could.

Use some of that supportiveness on yourself.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21). Look deeper into the things that intrigue and fascinate you. There’s a reason you are so mysteriously drawn by these pursuits, and they will connect you to good fortune.

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––––––– ALMANAC ––––––– Today is Thursday, Dec. 26, the 360th day of 2013. There are five days left in the year. The seven-day African-American holiday Kwanzaa begins today. This is Boxing Day. Today’s Highlight in History: On Dec. 26, 1776, the British suffered a major defeat in the Battle of Trenton during the Revolutionary War. On this date: In 1799, former President George Washington was eulogized by Col. Henry Lee as “first in war, first in peace and first in the hearts of his countrymen.”

In 1862, 38 Santee Sioux Indians were hanged in Mankato, Minn., for their roles in an uprising that had claimed the lives of hundreds of white settlers. The Civil War Battle of Chickasaw Bayou, resulting in a Confederate victory, began in Mississippi.

In 1908, Jack Johnson became the first African-American boxer to win the world heavyweight championship as he defeated Canadian Tommy Burns in Sydney, Australia.

In 1933, Nissan Motor Co. was founded in Yokohama, Japan, as the Automobile Manufacturing Co. In 1943, the German battleship Scharnhorst was sunk by British naval forces during the Battle of the North Cape off Norway; only 36 of its crew of more than 1,900 survived.

In 1944, during the World War II Battle of the Bulge, the embattled U.S. 101st Airborne Division in Bastogne, Belgium, was relieved by units of the 4th Armored Division.

In 1966, Kwanzaa was first celebrated.

In 1972, the 33rd president of the United States, Harry S. Truman, died in Kansas City, Mo., at age 88.

In 1973, the demon-possession horror film “The Exorcist” was released.

In 1996, 6-year-old beauty queen JonBenet Ramsey was found beaten and strangled in the basement of her family’s home in Boulder, Colo.

(To date, the slaying remains unsolved.)

In 2004, some 230,000 people, mostly in southern Asia, were killed by a tsunami triggered by the world’s most powerful earthquake in 40 years beneath the Indian Ocean.

In 2006, former President Gerald R. Ford died in Rancho Mirage, Calif., at age 93.

Ten years ago: An earthquake struck the historic Iranian city of Bam, killing at least 26,000 people. Three snowboarders were killed in an avalanche in Provo Canyon, Utah.

Five years ago: Caroline Kennedy emerged from weeks of near-silence about her bid for a New York Senate seat; in an interview with The Associated Press and NY1 television, the daughter of President John F. Kennedy said she felt compelled to answer the call to service issued by her father a generation earlier. (Kennedy later dropped her bid; Kirsten Gillibrand was appointed by New York Gov. David Paterson.)

One year ago: Toyota Motor Corp. said it had reached a settlement worth more than $1 billion in a case involving unintended acceleration problems in its vehicles. Old-guard veteran Shinzo Abe was voted back into office as Japan’s prime minister.

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CALENDAR TODAY’S EVENTS Events at the Hall Memorial Library. Food For Fines, bring in non-perishable food donations and have your fines forgiven. Project Teen featuring a Glee Marathon. 1-4 p.m.

Knotty Knitters at the Meredith Library 10 a.m. to noon.

Al-Anon Meeting at the Congregational Church Parish House (18 Veterans Square) in Laconia. 8 to 9:15 p.m. each Thursday. Al-Anon offers hope and help to families of alcoholics. No dues or fees. All are welcome. Call 645-9518.

Plymouth Area Chess Club meets Thursdays from 7-9 p.m. at Starr King Fellowship, 101 Fairgrounds Road. Form more information call George at 536-1179.

Knitting at Belmont Public Library. 6 p.m.

Chess Club at the Goss Reading Room (188 Elm Street) in Laconia. 2:30 to 4:30 p.m. each Thursday. All ages and skill levels welcome. We will teach.

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.

Visit the Gilman Library in Alton on Thursday evenings at 6 p.m. for a thought provoking game of chess and Pajama Story Time with Miss Bailey. Boards and game pieces for chess will be provided.

Families Sharing Without Shame, an open meeting for parents to discuss their child’s drug addiction, alcoholism and recovery. 7 to 8:30 p.m. on Thursdays, except Holidays, Concord Hospital’s Fresh Start Therapy Room. For more information call 568-0533.

Events at the Gilford Public Library. Conversational French 3:30 - 4:30 p.m. Crafter’s Corner 6-7:30 p.m.

Heart of the Lakes Sufi Center monthly class focusing on the Topic of Breath. 7 p.m. at the Unitarian Universalist Society in Laconia. Classes are free and run one hour. All are welcome. For more information call 832-3550 or email sufi@dunadd.net.

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 27 Events at the Hall Memorial Library. Food For Fines, bring in non-perishable food donations and have your fines forgiven. Kids Korner from 11 a.m. to Noon. Project Teen from 1-4 p.m. Sit and Knit 2-5 p.m. Library Live Chat, 4 p.m.

Tot Time Story Time at the Meredith Library. 9:30-10:30 a.m. and 11 a.m. to noon. Snacks served.

Events at the Gilford Public Library. Social Bridge 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Knit Wits 1:30-2:30 p.m. Conversational German Class 2:30-3:30 p.m.

Author signing books at Rumney cafe on Saturday

RUMNEY — Author Maxwell MacPherson, Jr., a resident of Alexandria, will be available to sign copies of his book, A Family Affair at The Common Cafe from 1-3 p.m on Saturday, December 28.

A Family Affair begins the adventures of Alex and Bess as their romance blossoms. Maxwell MacPherson Jr. weaves the families’ tales around a young man’s experiences with various forms of wildlife and other animals. Fishing, hunting, animal husbandry, and animal observation are a constant thread throughout the story.

The opening scene takes place on a river in Alex’s hometown, where Alex enjoys himself as he walks see MACPHERSON page 18

Edward J. Engler, Editor & President Adam Hirshan, Publisher Michael Kitch, Adam Drapcho, Gail Ober Reporters Elaine Hirshan, Sales Manager Crystal Furnee, Jeanette Stewart Ad Sales Patty Johnson, Production Manager & Graphics Marcy Greene, Ad Sales & Graphics Karin Nelson, Office Manager Now arrange the circled letters to form the surprise answer, as suggested by the above cartoon.

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ANNIE’S MAILBOX

Dear Annie: You often print letters from older parents dealing with rejection from their adult children. This is literally an epidemic everywhere. Anger and hatred are destroying families.

My husband and I have three adult children who were the delight of our lives. We had a typical loving family, with vacations, birthday parties and special celebrations that included friends and extended family. We had anxious times during illnesses, surgeries and accidents, but we made it through.

All three of our children have grown to be successful, wellliked and respected adults. Sadly, over the past 22 years, they all have chosen to shut us out of their lives. We’ve had minor disagreements at times, but never any major battles that might justify their choices. None of them will tell us why they are angry. They refuse to have any contact or open dialog that might heal our relationship. I know you’re probably thinking “there must be something.” If so, we don’t know what it is.

My husband is 81, and I am 78. We understand there is a real possibility that we will never hear from our children before we die. We do our best to focus on the great times we had and to hold onto the many precious memories of their growing-up years.

Holidays are the hardest, but with God’s help, we make it through. We have forgiven our children and will always pray for them. We will always thank God for choosing us to be their parents. -- Joining the Letting Go Club Dear Joining: Your letter is heartbreaking. When children are brought up by loving parents, we don’t know why some remain close and others do not. The same fire that melts butter will forge steel. If you have any family members who are in touch with your children, perhaps they could help you understand what is going on and even intercede on your behalf. In the meantime, you are wise to accept what you cannot

change and compassionate to forgive those who have hurt you.

Dear Annie: I’m a little late sending out my Christmas cards, but I hope to have them all done before the holiday season is over.

What is the proper etiquette when writing Christmas cards to families with children over 18 still living at home? Can I send one card to them all, or do I need to send the kids their own? -- Hurrying Before the New Year Dear Hurrying: It is perfectly OK to send one holiday card to the entire family if they are all living in the same house, although it would be nice to put all of their names on the envelope.

Dear Annie: “Speaking for Another Lost Veteran” said her 55-year-old bipolar niece is hanging onto her stepfather’s ashes instead of allowing him to be buried next to his late wife in a military cemetery.

When we knew that my late husband was dying, he said he would like his ashes to be scattered on the ocean. I was heartbroken because I wanted to be buried with him. And being a Vietnam veteran, he deserved a military funeral with full honors.

When he died, the funeral director placed some of his ashes in three tiny urns, one for each of his grown children and one for me. The remainder was divided in half. One half was buried at a national cemetery with full honors, and the other half was placed in a container made for scattering ashes at sea.

Our family set it afloat on the ocean that had given him so much joy through the years. In this way, I believe I satisfied everyone’s wishes, most of all, his. -- Found a Loving Solution Dear Found: Thank you for a sympathetic compromise.

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Wood burning fireplace insert.

Manufactured by Better and Ben. $400. 603-279-1385

DOLLAR-A-DAY: Private Party ads only (For Sale, Lost, Autos, etc.), must run ten consecutive days, 15 words max. Additional words 10¢ each per day. does not apply to yard sales. REGULAR RATE: $2.50 a day; 10¢ per word per day over 15 words. PREMIUMS: First word caps no charge. Additional bold, caps and 9pt type 10¢ per word per day. Centered words 10¢ (2 word minimum) TYPOS: Check your ad the first day of publication. Sorry, we will not issue credit after an ad has run once, and we do not offer refunds. DEADLINES: noon the business day prior to the day of publication. PAYMENT: All private party ads must be pre-paid. We accept checks, Visa Mastercard and Discover credit cards and of course, cash. $10 minimum order for credit cards. CORRESPONDENCE: To place your ad call our offices at 527-9299 between 9 am & 5 pm, Monday through Friday; Stop by our office or send a check or money order with ad copy to The Laconia Daily Sun,1127 Union Ave, Laconia, NH 03246. You can email ads to ads@laconiadailysun.com, we will contact you for payment. OTHER RATES: For information about display ads or other advertising options, call 527-9299.

Animals

Autos

For Rent

For Rent

CHIHUAHUA puppies & adult.

Adorable appleheads, beautiful colors & markings, pad trained, $250-$700. FMI (603)723-9973.

2007 VW Passat, 2.0T sedan, std transmission, new tires, good condition. 140,000 miles. $4,000.

524-7685

GOLDEN Retriever Shepherd Puppies, will be ready at Christmas. First shots and health certificates. Both parents on premises. $400 ea. 603-387-9433

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

EFFICIENCIES. On site laundry; parking; walk to downtown. $140/wk including heat, hot water & electric. No Dogs. References and security deposit required.

524-4428

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.

Non-Smoking. Call Owner/Broker 396-4163.

ROTTWEILER pups AKC Champion Pedigree, parents on premises $800. 603-340-6219

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.

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

P3!s Towing. 630-3606 1989 E150 work van. $800, new parts last 3 months $1,200. Runs great. 603-801-3513 1992 Jeep Wrangler- 283 Chevy engine, much more. $3,000/OBO. 2012-13 Bed cover for extended cab Nissan Frontier Pickup. Paid $400 asking $200. 603-524-1167 or 603-630-1366 1998 Chevy pickup 1/2 ton, 8 cyl, 5 spd standard, 4x4, runs good $1500. (603)726-6023.

2004

LOG Length Firewood: 7-8 cords, $900. Local delivery. 998-8626.

Crystler Pacifica- V-6

Employment Wanted WOMAN looking for elder care or housecleaning work. Experienced.

Laconia, Tilton, Franklin only.

Hillarie 998-2601.

For Rent 1 bedroom. 3rd floor. $155/wk including heat & hot water. Parking; close to downtown. No Dogs. References and security deposit required. 524-4428 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.)

BELMONT 2 Bedroom Duplex on spacious wooded lot with washer/dryer hookup and parking. $850/month + utilities. Call GCE Apartments @ 267-8023 NO PETS

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 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 FURNISHED Room with private bathroom. Heat, hot water & cable included. $150 per week.

603-366-4468.

GILFORD apartment for rent. 2 bedroom, $700/month, Heat included. No security deposit, no pets. Ask for George 832-4909 Gilford 5 bedroom house for rent, 3 car garage, huge finished basement, water/sewer included. No smoking, pets considered. Reasonable rent. 603-387-4208

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.

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.

CENTER Harbor 3+ Bedrooms House, 1.5 Bath, Interlakes School District, No smoking/No pets, $1,050/month plus utilities, 1 month security. Credit check.

738-1223

GILFORD: 1 or 2 bedroom apts.

Heat/electricity/Hot water included. From $190/week. Pets considered/References 556-7098 or 832-3334.

Center Harbor House- One bedroom, year round, central propane heat. Credit report required, security, lease. No pets/No smoking, tennant pays utilities. $400/Month, Call between 5pm and 8pm.

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

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

581-6463 or 914-826-4591 LACONIA Roommate wanted to share personal home. Clean, quiet, sober environment. All inclusive, $140/week. 455-2014 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 LACONIA- Cute 1 bedroom second floor. Just updated! No pets/no smoking, $140/week plus utilities 387-6810 Laconia- Large 3 room 1 bedroom 1st floor. Completely remodeled, $165/week + utilities. $600 security. 524-7793 or 832-3735 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.

Furniture AMAZING!

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 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.

TILTON: Large room for rent downtown. Shared kitchen & bath. $150/week, includes all utilities.

286-4391

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 2 pianos Wurlitzer and Baldwin. $500 Each or best offer. call 1-603-387-4208 205-55-R16 Two sets of 4, all on rims. Call for price. 235-65-16 Set of 4 on Saturn rims. $200.

387-4486 AMAZING! Beautiful Pillowtop Mattress Sets. Twin $199, Full or Queen $249, King $449. Call 603-305-9763 See “Furniture” AD. Beanie Babies- 40+ large and 75+ mini. Mint condition. $200/OBO for collection. 581-6915

JOHNSTON

LOGGING FIREWOOD

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

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

Free DirecTV

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

Open 7 days.

(207)500-3334.

FREE Pickup of unwanted items.

Estates, homes, offices cleaned out, yard sale items, scrap metals, appliances, batteries. (603)930-5222.

Help Wanted $$ Auto Sales Rep $$ Rare opportunity available. Looking for an aggressive self-motivated individual looking to make better than average income.

Experience good but not necessary. Good family values a must.

Call JJ or David 603-286-2886 CLEANER PART-TIME ground check. 393-6584.

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K EEP C HECKING , NEW A RRIVALS D AILY Help Wanted

Help Wanted

Help Wanted

MAINTENANCE ASSISTANT

NO EXPERIENCE NECESSARY

Fireside Inn & Suites is looking for a part time Maintenance Assistant. This is a year round, entry level position, weekend and on call availability a must. Some experience in plumbing, carpentry, landscaping, painting a plus as this position is an all-around handyman type of job. We are seeking hard working, reliable, detail oriented persons with the ability to work independently as well as with others. Applicants must show valid driver!s license and pass a background check, they also must be able to lift up to 50 pounds. Please apply in person at 17 Harris Shore Rd. Gilford, NH 03249.

PART-TIME MATERIAL HANDLER Needed for Central NH Steel distributor. Forklift experience a plus but not a requirement.

Please send resume to: tcoleman@allmetind.com

Positions available immediately $600-$800 Weekly. 18-35 people needed. Large distribution company in Rochester has finished 3rd & 4th quarter ahead of profits & behind on staff. Positions in all departments available; Set Up/ Display, Customer Service, Sales, Management Training.

Permanent positions start at $600-$800/weekly. Profit sharing plus bonuses plus paid vacations.

Call immediately (603)822-0219.

PART time attendant after school and weekends. Apply in person Laconia Car Wash. 1123 Union Ave. Laconia.

PROFESSIONAL Painters needed for quality interior and exterior work in the Lakes Region.

Transportation and references required. Call after 6 pm.

524-8011

• www.udriveitnh.com

Help Wanted

Real Estate

SENIOR HOME CARE

FLORIDA HOMES, CONDOS

Age at Home is looking for experienced top notch caregivers, day and overnight shifts available. Call Wanda 224-6100.

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

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

Roommate Wanted 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.

WEIRS Beach Area: To share house, $550/month, everything included. Beach rights. 393-6793

Services DICK THE HANDYMAN

SNOW REMOVAL

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

$15/hr starting.

Belknap Landscape Co., is currently accepting applications for route leaders, equipment operators and shovelers in our snow removal division. Must have valid drivers license and pass pre-employment drug screen. Apply at: BLC, 25 Country Club Rd. #302, Gilford, NH 03249, glennm@belknaplandscape.com

HANDYMAN SERVICES Small Jobs Are My Speciality

TRUCK DRIVER

Lead Coordinator/Volunteer Administrator Interlakes Community Caregivers, Inc. DIRECT SUPPORT STAFF Personal care for multi-handicapped woman in family home in Franklin area. Full-time, 30 hours/ week (M-F, 12:30-6:30pm).High school diploma, clear criminal record, acceptable driving history, reliable vehicle and auto insurance. Experience in field of developmental services preferred.

Moore Center Services, Inc. does not discriminate in employment decisions on the basis of race, creed, color, sex, age, national origin, disability, sexual orientation, marital status or veteran status. www.moorecenter.org to apply. Or email resume to: humanresources@moorecenter.org

LACONIA-FEMALE caregiver to provide non-medical services for my wife who has Alzheimer!s.

Services will include but are not limited to personal care, toileting, meal preparation, light housekeeping based on available time.

This is a part-time position, 12:30-5:30 Thursday.-Saturday, Sunday optional. Must be reliable and dependable and be able to transfer 115 pounds. Reliable Transportation a must! Send experience and/or resume to kathrynmoore16@aol.com

Manage ICCI’s Coordination Process to ensure delivery of services by matching requests for services with volunteers. Implement Volunteer recruitment and education programs. Part-time, year-round.

For a complete job description, email: director.caregivers@gmail.com.

Send letter of interest and resume via email or mail to

Interlakes Community Caregivers, Inc. PO Box 78, Center Harbor, NH 03226. www.interlakescommunitycaregivers.org

Tri-axle dump truck driver as needed in winter months, to become full time in the spring.

524-7078 or 620-3881.

Instruction

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

DRIVER EDUCATION CLASSES Tues & Thurs 6:00 to 8:00 pm January 6th to February 20th, 2014

April 29th to June 17th, 2014

Call 520-0865 We offer competitive salaries and an excellent benefits package!

Find Job Descriptions, additional Open Position listings, And online applications at www.memorialhospitalnh.org Contact: Human Resources, Memorial Hospital, an EOE PO Box 5001, No. Conway, NH 03860.

Phone: (603)356-5461 • Fax: (603)356-9121

Rick Drouin 520-5642 or 744-6277 AVON: Buy or sell .... Contact Kristy Carignan, 603-937-0200. www.youravon.com/kristycarignan

BEGIN A NEW CAREER IN 2014!

March 4th to April 17th, 2014

Please check our website for specific details on each position Sonographer – Imaging Services Full-time Office RN – Primary Care PT 32 hrs and Per diem Medical Assistant Cert. – Primary Care Full-time Office Assistant – Primary Care Full-time RN/Clinical Supervisor – Primary Care Full-time Certified Coder – Health information Services Full-time Physical Therapist – Rehab Services Per Diem Diet Aide – Nutrition Services PT & PD

Services CHAIR CANING Seatweaving. Classes. Supplies.

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

603-524-2700.

DALE!S DRIVING SCHOOL

Land

PIPER ROOFING

Quality Work Reasonable Rates Free Estimates Metal Roofs • Shingle Roofs

Our Customers Don!t get Soaked!

Taylor Made Electric

Major credit cards accepted

Residential • Light Commercial Reasonable • Reliable Service

528-3531

CALL Mike for roof shoveling, snowblowing, scrapping and light hauling. Very reasonably priced.

Fully Insured. 603-455-0214

520-2325

Snowmobiles

BELMONT: 3 acres of good qual ity dry & rolling land with 180' on paved town road, driveway permit, surveyed, soil tested, $49,900.

Owner/broker, 524-1234.

GILFORD: 3.16 acres with fabulous westerly views overlooking Lake Winnisquam & Laconia, driveway & underground utilities already installed to building site, $119,900. Owner/broker,

Licensed • Insured 15% Off - First Time Customers thru Jan.2014

SKIDOO 583 red, rebuilt motor, $900. 2001 Polaris 800 XC, high output twin, rebuilt engine, nice shape. $1,350 firm. 524-9011

Wanted To Buy FLUFF ‘n’ BUFF House Cleaning: Get ready for the holidays! Call for

WE buy anything of value from one piece to large estates. Call

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NEW Toyota’s Ava

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60 payments of $16.67 per month for every $1,000 borrowed. 0 sales tax for NH residents. Subject to credit approval. Offer expires 12-31-2013.

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$46/MO $199/MO SALE $ PRICE

35 MPG

16,999

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19,499

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21 MPG

25,999

RAV4 LE 4x4

$75/MO SALE $ PRICE

31 MPG

82

Rav4’s Available

$271 /MO

22,238

Stock # DJT921

25 Tacoma’s Available

Buy For

SALE $ PRICE

Focus’ Available

Buy For

$191/MO

15,654

NEW 2014 FORD

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Lease For

Buy For

SALE $ PRICE

19,999

Stock # EFC049

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25

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0% Available 60 Mos -PLUS- $2,000 MFR Rebate

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$136/MO $12,599 BUY FOR ONLY

SALE PRICE

17 Accent’s Available

28

Fusion’s Available

$63/MO $247 /MO 35 MPG

0% Available 60 Mos -PLUS- $2,000 MFR Rebate

Stock # DJT1051

Lease for 24 months with 12,000 miles per year, 1st payment, $650 acquisition fee $0 security deposit with approved credit. Lease/Buy with $2,999 cash or trade equity and $399 dealer fee due at signing. Buy: 84 months @ 4.99% with credit approval. No sales tax for NH residents. All rebates to dealer. Manufacturers programs are subject to change without notice. Ad vehicles reflect $1,000 Irwin savings voucher. Special financing subject to credit approval. Expires 12-31-2013.

HYUNDAI

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33 MPG

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22

FOCUS SE

Lease For

Stock # EJC032

NEW 2013 TOYOTA

Buy For

NEW 2014 FORD

35 MPG

0% Available 60 Mos -PLUS- $750 Bonus Cash

Lease For

TACOMA 4x4 DOUBLE CAB

Camry’s Available

$39/MO $242/MO

Stock # EJC127

41 Corolla’s Available 1.9% Available 60 Mos

66

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35 MPG

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35 MPG

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BUY FOR ONLY

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Manufacturers programs are subject to change without notice. Ad vehicles reflect $1,000 Irwin savings voucher. Special financing subject to credit approval.

Expires 12-31-2013.