The laconia daily sun, september 4, 2013

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Kiwanians irate about LHS football concessions switch By Gail oBer

THE LACONIA DAILY SUN

LACONIA — After 60 years of operating the concession stand for Friday night home games, the Laconia High School Key Club has apparently been replaced by the Laconia Youth Football Association — possibly because of a donation made to the Huot Technical Center renovation/expansion and new football stadium project. A contingent of Laconia Kiwanians force-

fully protested the decision at last night’s School Board meeting. The decision was apparently made administratively by former Superintendent Bob Champlin. “Are you telling me they gave a donation? Is that what you’re saying?” asked Kiwanis Club President Scott Laurent after listening to School Board Chair Joe Cormier explain the reasoning behind the decision by saying that when the district started

fund raising for the Huot/stadium project, Laconia Youth Football said they wanted more time in the concession stand. The community service oriented Key Club is sponsored by the Kiwanis Club and, according to Laurent, the home football game concession stand revenue is the largest source of money — about 80 percent or $3,000 — generated by the club that typically has 20 to 25 high school students as see COnCessIOns page 11

Gilford schools get $476k from Local Government Center settlement

Painting party at the Children’s Charity House

By Michael kitch THE LACONIA DAILY SUN

LACONIA — “I lost to a guy who became a fantastic mayor,” said Bob Luther, who was defeated in the mayoral election in 2009 by Mike Seymour, “and I’m running again because he’s not running.” Luther, along with Khaleif Mitchell and Ed Engler, are vying to succeed Seymour, who retired after serving two terms. One of three will be eliminated in the primary election on Tuesday, Sept. 10, and the two highest vote getters will proceed to general election in November. Raised on the South Shore of Massachusetts, Luther has lived in Laconia for the past 40 years, where he was employed as a mechanic with United Parcel Service before achieving a childhood dream by joining the Police Department as a full-time officer. After leaving the force he served as a security officer at Lakes Region General Hospital before retiring in in 2009. No stranger to polisee LUTHeR page 9

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Sandy McLaughlin and David Zebuhr are prepped and ready to paint at the Children’s Charity House “painting party” in Laconia on Tuesday. They were among the volunteers who answered the call to try and get the entire interior painted in just one day. The new home in the Windemere Ridge subdivision off Parade Road is being built by the Lakes Region Builders and Remodelers Association, with many in-ink donations of labor and materials. The home will later be sold and the entire net proceeds will be donated to the WLNH Children’s Auciton. (Karen Bobotas/for the Laconia Daily Sun)

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GILFORD — The Gilford School District has received a refund if almost a halfmillion dollars from the Local Government Center, representing excess premiums the district and its employees paid for health insurance from 2009 to 2011, the School Board was told last night. Assistant Superintendent Scott Isabelle told the board that the district received a check for $476,524 last week. The refund was issued under the terms of a state Bureau of Securities Regulations’ order that the LGC repay $53.4 million to towns and school districts overcharged by the municipal organization which operates self-funded risk pools for liability claims and health care coverage. Isabelle said a portion of the refund — $23,819 — see LGC page 11 765-767 Central St., Franklin, NH 603-934-2270

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