The Laconia Daily Sun, March 16, 2012

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Matt Swain loads the evaporator at Heritage Farm with pine slabs. He says that the maple season started early this year at the San-bornton farm and is now in full swing. (Roger Amsden photo for the Laconia Daily Sun)

Sugar season in full swing at Heritage Farm following Feb. burn-outBy RogeR AmsdenFOR THE LACONIA DAILY SUN

SANBORNTON — Maple season came early at Heri-tage Farm on Parker Hill Road here this year, where trees were tapped on Valen-tine’s Day and enough sap had been collected by Febru-ary 23 so that the first boil of the year was held.

Unfortunately for Matt Swain and his crew, which had made 30 gallons the first day, the second boil turned into a minor disaster when an evaporator pan overheated, turning the syrup into candy and melting the welds, ruin-ing the pan as well as 30 gal-lons of syrup.

‘’I called the place in Swan-ton, Vermont, where they make the pans and they told me it would take two weeks before I could get a new one. So I begged and pleaded and they finally agreed to build one in four days,’’ says Swain.

He was able to drive up to Vermont’s Northern King-dom last week and bring the pan back just in time for the

see SyrUP page 8

McNeil found guilty on shooting, gun possession charges

LACONIA — After three days of testi-mony and a few hours of deliberation, a Belknap County jury yesterday found a Belmont man guilty of one count of first degree assault and one count of being a felon in possession of a dangerous weapon.

James McNeil, 29, who has been incarcer-

By gAil oBeRTHE LACONIA DAILY SUN

ated since his capture in Sanford, Maine by the U.S. Marshal Joint Fugitive Task Force last June, will be sentenced at a later date.

“I’m very happy,” said Belknap County Attorney Melissa Gulbrandsen who pros-ecuted the case. “This sends a message that we don’t tolerate people taking matters into their own hands or possessing fire-arms when they are felons.”

McNeil was charged with shooting Gil-ford resident Tyler Twombly during a cocaine-fueled altercation in the early morning hours of April 8, 2011 at a Straf-ford Street apartment complex.

The shooting came after Twombly allegedly punched one man and stabbed another before being shot by McNeil. He is slated to be tried

see GUiLTy page 9

Environmental assessment to begin at State School PropertyBy michAel Kitch

THE LACONIA DAILY SUN

LACONIA — The city has been awarded funds by the United States Environmental Protection Agency to begin a more intensive assessment of environmental conditions at the former Laconia State School property on North Main Street.

Planning Director Shanna Saunders said that the EPA has awarded the city $40,000

through its “Targeted Brownfields Assess-ment Program” for a Phase II environmen-tal assessment of the Blood Building, one of more than two dozen structures on the site. Nobis Engineering, Inc. of Concord will per-form the assessment.

In 2010, Credere Associates, LLC of Westbrook, Maine completed a Phase I environmental assessment of the prop-erty, which was also funded by the EPA.

A Phase 1 assessment reviews the history and observes the condition of the property to identify likely risks to the natural envi-ronment and human health. A Phase II assessment is more intensive and includes sampling and testing that will measure the extent of contamination to provide a basis for estimating the cost of the steps required to remedy it.

see aSSESSMENT page 11

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Taliban talks off; Karzai tells NATO to pull backKABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — The American cam-

paign in Afghanistan suffered a double blow Thurs-day: The Taliban broke off talks with the U.S., and President Hamid Karzai said NATO should pull out of rural areas and speed up the transfer of security responsibilities to Afghan forces nationwide in the wake of the killing of 16 civilians.

The moves represent new setbacks to America’s strategy for ending the 10-year-old war at a time when support for the conflict is plummeting. Part of the U.S. exit strategy is to transfer authority grad-ually to Afghan forces. Another tack is to pull the Taliban into political discussions with the Afghan government, though it’s unclear that there has been any progress since January.

Although Karzai has previously said that he

wanted international troops to transition out of rural areas, the apparent call for an immediate exit is new. Karzai also said he now wants Afghan forces take the lead for countrywide security in 2013, in what appeared to be a move to push the U.S. toward an earlier drawdown.

A statement released by Karzai’s office said that during his meeting with visiting U.S. Defense Secre-tary Leon Panetta, the president “requested that the international forces come out of Afghan villages and stay in their bases.”

Karzai also said that the “Afghan security forces have the ability to provide security in the villages of our country,” the statement said.

But a senior U.S. official said Karzai did not make see AFGHANISTAN page 10

SEATTLE (AP) — The U.S. soldier accused of slaughtering 16 Afghan civilians last weekend had twice been injured during tours in Iraq and was reluctant to leave on his fourth deployment, a Seat-tle lawyer said Thursday.

“He wasn’t thrilled about going on another deploy-ment,” said the lawyer, John Henry Browne. “He was told he wasn’t going back, and then he was told he was going.”

Browne, a well-known Seattle defense attorney who once represented serial killer Ted Bundy, said he has been asked to represent the soldier, a 38-year-old staff sergeant from Joint Base Lewis-McChord, near Tacoma.

The soldier lives in the Seattle area and asked to be represented by Browne when he was taken into custody, the lawyer said. Browne said he has met with the staff sergeant’s family, and unless the sol-dier is returned to Joint Base Lewis-McChord in the next few days, he will travel to meet the soldier wherever he is in custody.

Browne declined to release the soldier’s name, which the Army has withheld, but said he has two young children, ages 3 and 4.

“Everybody is worried about the safety of his family, and I am honoring that,” Browne said.

Browne said he has a limited amount of informa-tion about his prospective client. He described the soldier as highly decorated and said he had twice been injured during deployments to Iraq, once suf-fering a concussive head injury and once a serious leg injury. Browne said the soldier is originally from the Midwest, but would not be more specific.

Some reports have indicated that alcohol may have been a factor in the shootings. Browne said that as far as the soldier’s family knew, he did not have a drink-ing problem. He also said reports that there may have been marital problems were not correct.

“They’ve got a fabulous marriage,” Browne said.The soldier is suspected of going on a shoot-

ing rampage in villages near his base in southern Afghanistan early Sunday, killing nine children and seven other civilians and then burning some of their bodies. The shooting, which followed a controversial Quran-burning incident involving U.S. soldiers, has outraged Afghan officials.

The suspect was flown out of Afghanistan on Wednesday evening to what officials describe as a pretrial confinement facility in Kuwait. Officials

Afghanistan shooter said to be on 4th deployment

see SHOOTER page 10

Record-seeking skydiver makes 13-mile test jumpSkydiving daredevil Felix Baumgartner is more

than halfway toward his goal of setting a world record for the highest jump.

Baumgartner lifted off Thursday for a test jump from Roswell, N.M., aboard a 100-foot helium bal-loon. He rode inside a pressurized capsule to 71,581 feet — 13.6 miles — and then jumped. He para-chuted to a safe landing, according to project spokes-woman Trish Medalen.

He’s aiming for nearly 23 miles this summer. The record is 19.5 miles.

“The view is amazing, way better than I thought,” Baumgartner said after the practice jump, in remarks provided by his representatives.

Thursday’s rehearsal was a test of his capsule, full-pressure suit, parachutes and other systems. A mini Mission Control — fashioned after NASA’s — monitored his flight.

Baumgartner reached speeds of up to 364.4 mph Thursday and was in free fall for three minutes and 43 seconds, before pulling his parachute cords, Medalen said. The entire jump lasted eight minutes and eight seconds. She stressed that the numbers are still unofficial.

With Thursday’s successful test, Baumgartner is believed to be only the third person ever to jump from such a high altitude and free fall to a safe land-

see JUMP page 12

Israeli aircraft hit Gaza in response to rocket attacksJERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli aircraft and Gaza

rocket squads traded strikes across the border on Thursday as the Israeli prime minister blamed Iran for the violence from the Palestinian territory.

Benjamin Netanyahu, going a step further in his warnings to Iran, hinted that Israel didn’t need Washington’s blessing to go ahead and attack Iran’s suspect nuclear program.

Thursday’s cross-border violence tested a shaky truce Israel and Gaza militants reached earlier this week to halt a four-day flare in fighting. Since then, sporadic rocket fire and Israeli airstrikes have persisted.

Israeli aircraft struck two militant sites in Gaza before dawn Thursday in response to rocket fire a day earlier. Gaza gunmen retaliated by launching two rockets at Israel by midday, police said. No inju-ries were reported on either side.

In a speech to parliament on Wednesday, Netanyahu accused Iran of arming, financing and training Gaza militants, and giving them their marching orders.

“Gaza is Iran,” Netanyahu declared.Israel considers Iran to be its most fearsome

enemy, in large part because it is convinced Tehran see ISRAEL page 12

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Froma Harrop

Rising gas prices don’t hurt like they used to

Here’s why I’m not panicked about rising gasoline prices, as many headlines suggest we all should be. It’s a personal story. Let me start at the beginning.

The automotive love of my life was my first. It was a 1979 Pon-tiac Grand Prix, already 10 years old when it drove to my door on that mild spring day. A cloudy ocean color, the mid-size car had a V6 engine, and boy, did it move. A whole lot of hood stood between me and the car ahead.

But ask about its fuel economy, and “economy” is not quite the word. It got about 17 miles per gallon. To obtain such low mileage today, you’d have to drive a giant Chevy Suburban SUV — which actually says a lot about how much more fuel efficient Detroit has become.

I currently drive a 10-year-old Honda Accord, four cylin-ders, manual transmission. His zippy motor runs 25 miles to the gallon. So let’s calculate what the gas price meant to me then and means now.

In 1989, a gallon of gas cost about $1.12. Driving 10,000 miles in the Pontiac would cost me $1,205 in today’s inflation-adjusted dollars. Going the same distance in the Honda at the recent “high” price of $3.75 a gallon costs $1,500. That’s about $300 more — not an insignificant sum, but not bank-rupting, either.

Let’s move on. The car I yearn to own is a new Ford Fusion Hybrid, which gets 39 miles to the gallon. I could go 10,000 miles in that for $960. Thus, driving the modern fuel-efficient car would cost me $245 less than the beloved Pon-tiac, even at the much higher 2012 price of gas. (Yes, you pay more for the high-tech car. I get that.)

The point is that as Americans find ways to burn less energy in their cars and in their homes, price increases don’t hurt as much as before.

That is why the prospect of higher gas prices this summer does not have Americans grab-bing their children and scream-ing for deliverance from the Oval Office. They have become a bit less sensitive to energy costs.

They are also somewhat more sophisticated about the reasons gas prices rise and the reality that they often fall. In a recent Wash-ington Post/Pew Research poll, fewer than one in five blamed the president for higher gas prices. A slightly larger number, nearly one in four, said they did not know whom or what to blame.

May we suggest market forces? Demand from China and India continues to rise. The American economy is improving, and driv-ing increases as the weather up north begins to turn warm.

Climbing tensions with Iran has also spiked energy costs. If things turn violent, analysts see the price of gas going up another 50 cents, to possibly $5 a gallon come summer. Today’s price already reflects much of that uncertainty, so if the tensions ease, the price could go down.

Higher gas prices are worrisome for the larger and still weak econ-omy. They eat into paychecks that could be cashed for other things. It is said that a one-cent rise in the price of a gallon of gas absorbs about $1-billion in consumer spending over a year. The broader economy is one thing that Americans, rightly or wrongly, tend to blame or thank the president for.

Today’s cars are not only more fuel efficient, they’re safer than the models of 30-odd years ago. What they lack is personality, but that’s another story. Who knows. Someone may revive the ‘79 Grand Prix with a hybrid-engine heart. Otherwise, as so much else in life, there’s no going back.

(Syndicated columnist Froma Harrop writes for the Providence Journal.)

LETTERSTo the editor,

The most recent incident in which a U.S. soldier allegedly killed 16 Afghan civilians, most of them children, and burned their bodies is reprehensible. It is debatable whether the multiple tours of duty which most members of our combat arms experience con-tribute to such an inexplicable inci-dent. Regardless families have been destroyed, including that of the U.S. soldier.

We have been violently engaged in Iraq and Afghanistan for almost 10 years. The ill-conceived, ill-prepared and poorly managed conflict in Iraq cost us dearly in blood and treasure, and was a distraction from what should have been our primary focus in Afghanistan.

War is an abhorrent activity and only those who have engaged in combat understand its insanity. During the last 10 years most Americans have

gone about their daily lives, concerned about relatively trivial things, while one percent of the American populace engaged in war on their behalf.

I salute President Obama in carrying through on his promise to disengage from Iraq and from Afghanistan (by 2014). If we are to be involved in any further nation deconstruction, then it is my recommen-dation that we re-institute the military draft in order to spread the burden and possibly elicit a national debate as to the efficacy of such action.

I am distressed at the war mon-gering talk engaged in by President Obama’s GOP rivals. It seems appar-ent to me that those who cry the loud-est for war are those who stay at home making war with their mouths…..the “summer soldier and sunshine patriot” described by Thomas Paine.

John T. GoegelCanterbury

Reintroduction of military draft would spread war’s burden

To the editor,I’d like to thank the voters from

Meredith, Center Harbor and Sand-wich for the opportunity to serve the Inter-Lakes School District for three more years. I pledge to continue to work hard for the students and the taxpayers of our district. By bring-ing the same passion, enthusiasm, and out of the box thinking that has helped me over the past three years, I

hope to build upon our successes and make our district the best it can be. I will continue to work towards imple-menting 21st century learning into our classrooms because I think these skills are critically important in an increasingly competitive world.

Thank you for the opportunity to serve our children.

Lisa MerrillMeredith

Thank you for the opportunity to serve Inter-Lakes children

To the editor,Now that the elections are over

here’s to hoping that the winners, and losers, are as energetic and enthusi-

astic in retrieving their signs as they were when placing them.

Bob O’NeillMeredith

Here’s hoping political signs go away as quickly as they appeared

To the editor,W. John Funk’s letter of March 13

states his opinion that Brett Currier was ill-advised to reference a Gilman-ton elite in speaking to the select-man’s contest in Gilmanton. I do not know Mr. Currier personally but I was shocked as well. It is most surprising that anyone seeking election would bring up the elephant in the living room — the divide between affluent folk and those of more modest means.

Mr. Funk unwittingly seems to con-firm Currier’s assessment that there is an elite in town when he states that it is resentment of the accomplish-ments of one segment of the popula-tion that spurred Currier’s comments and, also, because of the implicit ascendancy in ascribing a motive to Currier which Mr. Funk cannot, in truth, know. Condescension, it would appear, is the accompanist to hauteur.

Driving around town, one saw that the signs supporting the allegedly elite candi-

date were primarily in front of the homes of Gilmanton’s leading and affluent liber-als. One gathers that high property taxes are of little concern to these folks while, betimes, property taxes of over five thou-sand dollars a year on very modest homes strain the ability of the “great unwashed” to pay their levy.

Mr. Funk is very entitled to his opin-ion. Perhaps an opposing opinion will gain traction now that Currier has had the courage to speak a truth that is apparent to most of us: Gilmanton’s high property taxes must be addressed.

Those who are retired or otherwise live on a limited budget cannot trust gover-nance to those who do not see a problem with the direction in which the town is headed. The moderator of Town Meeting is fond of saying that we walked in as one town and that we will walk out as one town. That is fine rhetoric but unconvinc-ing in view of the pachyderm in the parlor.

Richard B. BurchellGilmanton Iron Works

Condescension, it would appear, is the accompanist to hauteur

To the editor,The new program (“Village”) by

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James CowanLaconia

Taylor Community’s well-crafted ‘Village’ program fills a need

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LETTERS

Froma Harrop

Rising gas prices don’t hurt like they used to

Here’s why I’m not panicked about rising gasoline prices, as many headlines suggest we all should be. It’s a personal story. Let me start at the beginning.

The automotive love of my life was my first. It was a 1979 Pon-tiac Grand Prix, already 10 years old when it drove to my door on that mild spring day. A cloudy ocean color, the mid-size car had a V6 engine, and boy, did it move. A whole lot of hood stood between me and the car ahead.

But ask about its fuel economy, and “economy” is not quite the word. It got about 17 miles per gallon. To obtain such low mileage today, you’d have to drive a giant Chevy Suburban SUV — which actually says a lot about how much more fuel efficient Detroit has become.

I currently drive a 10-year-old Honda Accord, four cylin-ders, manual transmission. His zippy motor runs 25 miles to the gallon. So let’s calculate what the gas price meant to me then and means now.

In 1989, a gallon of gas cost about $1.12. Driving 10,000 miles in the Pontiac would cost me $1,205 in today’s inflation-adjusted dollars. Going the same distance in the Honda at the recent “high” price of $3.75 a gallon costs $1,500. That’s about $300 more — not an insignificant sum, but not bank-rupting, either.

Let’s move on. The car I yearn to own is a new Ford Fusion Hybrid, which gets 39 miles to the gallon. I could go 10,000 miles in that for $960. Thus, driving the modern fuel-efficient car would cost me $245 less than the beloved Pon-tiac, even at the much higher 2012 price of gas. (Yes, you pay more for the high-tech car. I get that.)

The point is that as Americans find ways to burn less energy in their cars and in their homes, price increases don’t hurt as much as before.

That is why the prospect of higher gas prices this summer does not have Americans grab-bing their children and scream-ing for deliverance from the Oval Office. They have become a bit less sensitive to energy costs.

They are also somewhat more sophisticated about the reasons gas prices rise and the reality that they often fall. In a recent Wash-ington Post/Pew Research poll, fewer than one in five blamed the president for higher gas prices. A slightly larger number, nearly one in four, said they did not know whom or what to blame.

May we suggest market forces? Demand from China and India continues to rise. The American economy is improving, and driv-ing increases as the weather up north begins to turn warm.

Climbing tensions with Iran has also spiked energy costs. If things turn violent, analysts see the price of gas going up another 50 cents, to possibly $5 a gallon come summer. Today’s price already reflects much of that uncertainty, so if the tensions ease, the price could go down.

Higher gas prices are worrisome for the larger and still weak econ-omy. They eat into paychecks that could be cashed for other things. It is said that a one-cent rise in the price of a gallon of gas absorbs about $1-billion in consumer spending over a year. The broader economy is one thing that Americans, rightly or wrongly, tend to blame or thank the president for.

Today’s cars are not only more fuel efficient, they’re safer than the models of 30-odd years ago. What they lack is personality, but that’s another story. Who knows. Someone may revive the ‘79 Grand Prix with a hybrid-engine heart. Otherwise, as so much else in life, there’s no going back.

(Syndicated columnist Froma Harrop writes for the Providence Journal.)

LETTERSTo the editor,

The most recent incident in which a U.S. soldier allegedly killed 16 Afghan civilians, most of them children, and burned their bodies is reprehensible. It is debatable whether the multiple tours of duty which most members of our combat arms experience con-tribute to such an inexplicable inci-dent. Regardless families have been destroyed, including that of the U.S. soldier.

We have been violently engaged in Iraq and Afghanistan for almost 10 years. The ill-conceived, ill-prepared and poorly managed conflict in Iraq cost us dearly in blood and treasure, and was a distraction from what should have been our primary focus in Afghanistan.

War is an abhorrent activity and only those who have engaged in combat understand its insanity. During the last 10 years most Americans have

gone about their daily lives, concerned about relatively trivial things, while one percent of the American populace engaged in war on their behalf.

I salute President Obama in carrying through on his promise to disengage from Iraq and from Afghanistan (by 2014). If we are to be involved in any further nation deconstruction, then it is my recommen-dation that we re-institute the military draft in order to spread the burden and possibly elicit a national debate as to the efficacy of such action.

I am distressed at the war mon-gering talk engaged in by President Obama’s GOP rivals. It seems appar-ent to me that those who cry the loud-est for war are those who stay at home making war with their mouths…..the “summer soldier and sunshine patriot” described by Thomas Paine.

John T. GoegelCanterbury

Reintroduction of military draft would spread war’s burden

To the editor,I’d like to thank the voters from

Meredith, Center Harbor and Sand-wich for the opportunity to serve the Inter-Lakes School District for three more years. I pledge to continue to work hard for the students and the taxpayers of our district. By bring-ing the same passion, enthusiasm, and out of the box thinking that has helped me over the past three years, I

hope to build upon our successes and make our district the best it can be. I will continue to work towards imple-menting 21st century learning into our classrooms because I think these skills are critically important in an increasingly competitive world.

Thank you for the opportunity to serve our children.

Lisa MerrillMeredith

Thank you for the opportunity to serve Inter-Lakes children

To the editor,Now that the elections are over

here’s to hoping that the winners, and losers, are as energetic and enthusi-

astic in retrieving their signs as they were when placing them.

Bob O’NeillMeredith

Here’s hoping political signs go away as quickly as they appeared

To the editor,W. John Funk’s letter of March 13

states his opinion that Brett Currier was ill-advised to reference a Gilman-ton elite in speaking to the select-man’s contest in Gilmanton. I do not know Mr. Currier personally but I was shocked as well. It is most surprising that anyone seeking election would bring up the elephant in the living room — the divide between affluent folk and those of more modest means.

Mr. Funk unwittingly seems to con-firm Currier’s assessment that there is an elite in town when he states that it is resentment of the accomplish-ments of one segment of the popula-tion that spurred Currier’s comments and, also, because of the implicit ascendancy in ascribing a motive to Currier which Mr. Funk cannot, in truth, know. Condescension, it would appear, is the accompanist to hauteur.

Driving around town, one saw that the signs supporting the allegedly elite candi-

date were primarily in front of the homes of Gilmanton’s leading and affluent liber-als. One gathers that high property taxes are of little concern to these folks while, betimes, property taxes of over five thou-sand dollars a year on very modest homes strain the ability of the “great unwashed” to pay their levy.

Mr. Funk is very entitled to his opin-ion. Perhaps an opposing opinion will gain traction now that Currier has had the courage to speak a truth that is apparent to most of us: Gilmanton’s high property taxes must be addressed.

Those who are retired or otherwise live on a limited budget cannot trust gover-nance to those who do not see a problem with the direction in which the town is headed. The moderator of Town Meeting is fond of saying that we walked in as one town and that we will walk out as one town. That is fine rhetoric but unconvinc-ing in view of the pachyderm in the parlor.

Richard B. BurchellGilmanton Iron Works

Condescension, it would appear, is the accompanist to hauteur

To the editor,The new program (“Village”) by

The Taylor Community certainly fills a social need by offering seniors the assistance that makes living in their own homes viable. The scope of the program is well-crafted and compre-

hensive.We are fortunate to have admin-

istrators and trustees at the Taylor Community willing to authorize such an undertaking. Thank you all.

James CowanLaconia

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To the editor,I want to thank the voters of Gilford

for supporting me in the race for library trustee. I believe we have a vibrant, thriving library in Gilford, which plays an integral part of the lives of the com-munity. As a trustee, I look forward to being part of the process to insure the library continues to provide the best materials and services possible to all residents of Gilford.

Libraries today are so much more than just books. Reading is still fun-damental, and our library definitely encourages a love of reading and life-long learning to young children and their parents. But libraries today have the opportunity to be transforma-tional as well as informational. Our library anticipates and responds to

community interests and needs, and provides access to the world of social and cultural ideas, offering a wide variety of materials and programs.

The town of Gilford is indeed fortu-nate to have such a beautiful library, friendly and inviting, and highly functional. It is well used by Gilford residents. Built with private funds, and supported by the taxpayers, it is something our town should be very proud of. Anyone who is not taking advantage of what the library has to offer, should make the effort. They will be greatly rewarded. I believe our library enriches our lives, by provid-ing knowledge, enlightenment and enjoyment, in a most efficient way.

Daryl ThompsonGilford

I look forward to providing the best library services for Gilford

LETTERS

To the editor,I want to thank the Gilmanton

residents for coming out on a beauti-ful sunny Tuesday to cast their votes. Not only did they come out to vote for me, but for all of the candidates and warrant articles, in what proved to be a record setting town election in Gilmanton. I also want to express my sincere gratitude to the many people who made phone calls on my behalf, allowed me to place my signs on their property and for writing letters in sup-port of my campaign. Without them, I would not have been successful in my bid for selectman. I look forward to working with the other selectmen in making choices that will best serve our community as a whole.

All of my fellow candidates ran very good campaigns and I think we all enjoyed our time in front of the Town Hall greeting and joking with all of

our friends and fellow residents when they came to cast their votes.

I am very approachable and urge any of our residents to bring forward any concerns or comments they might have. Although we may not always agree, I am here to represent every-one. Again, I appreciate all the sup-port and will do my best to serve our community.

I have to commend and thank the town clerk and staff, the ballot clerks, checklist clerks, selectmen and mod-erator for the dedication and long hours in counting and verifying all votes cast. I don’t think everyone real-izes what happens at the polls once voting has concluded. These people worked into the early morning hours to come up with the final tally. A big thanks to everyone involved.

Brett CurrierGilmanton

I look forward to making choices that serve the town as a whole

To the editor,I have lived on Hatch Corner Road

since 2000 and my wife has been coming to this road since she was young, both her grandparents lived here. I am fed up with the road.

I would like to thank the crew of the Meredith Public Works for Repairing Hatch Corner road on Wednesday, March 14. I realize they can only do what the management tells them to do, but the fact remains that Hatch Corner Road is almost always last on the list of town roads to receive any attention. The section of road that is paved has been broken up and very rough for years, to the point that when it is plowed it doesn’t even look plowed. In the spring of the year, forget about getting over it even with

4-wheel drive. My wife has a Subaru all-wheel drive, and I had to go tow her out of the mud so she could get to work. If a fire truck or ambulance had to get through in an emergency, forget it, you would be on your own.

Just last summer the town repaved a lot of roads in town that were not in that bad a shape, and most all lake-front roads in town are paved and repaved. Its obvious to me that the Town of Meredith caters to the rich. Again, I don’t blame the Public Works crew because they can only do what they are told to do by the manage-ment, but the management mindset obviously favors the rich area of the town.

Larry WyattMeredith

Mindset of Meredith management obviously favors the rich

To the editor,The news media habit of citing

the “Belknap County Special Opera-tions Unit” when refereeing to critical incidents and recently a part of the Huot Career and Technical Center needs correction. No such unit, group or team is documented with the state Attorney General. To the con-trary, the Belknap Regional Special Operations Group” (BRSOG) was a former not-for profit, charitable orga-nization originally recorded as the

BELKNAP REGIONAL SPECIAL OPERATIONS PROGRAM (BRSOP), Belknap Regional Special Opera-tions Team (BRSOT) was dissolved on 11/6/2009, buying a flashlight to close out the checking account. The only commonality is that the High Sheriff was the leader. These organizations had nothing to do with the county budget. In fact the High Sheriff was reimbursed $562.85 directly from the Belknap Regional Special Operations

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Program.What exists is a handful of deputy sheriffs spe-

cially trained for critical incident emergency. There-fore, the questions that need to be answered are: under what law did the county commission pro-posed budget for FY2009 summarily create account #01.4140.0340.53 Special Operation Group, BRSOG with the “disillusionment” of the non-profi t, chari-table organization BRSOG aka, BRSOP, BRSOT? This new line item, “Special Operations Group/BRSOG, $5,000.00 became a liability of the prop-

erty taxpayers. However, the actual 2009 expense was $22,750.00. In 2010, $12,500.00 was appropri-ated and expense reported is $9,641.84. In FY 2011, $10,000.00 was appropriated and expenses were $10,222.99. In fact the High Sheriff on behalf of the BRSOG applied for and was awarded a $5,000.00 grant for reimbursement as part of the budget, which is in limbo. For FY 2012 the proposed Spe-cial Operations Group /BRSOU appropriation is $10,000.00. The delegation must delete this illegal line item in its entirety.

What the Legislature and laws allows is an “Inter-community Special Reaction Team” for a critical incident emergency. The “team” comprised of partici-pating local police departments which may include the county sheriff ’’s department. Each department having specially trained designated offi cers capa-ble of extend assistance, on an as needed basis, to any other county or municipality in times of a criti-cal incident emergency. Moreover, the requesting entity shall reimburse all expenses incurred by the responding city, town or county offi cers equipped with equipment associated with the request for assistance, unless voted otherwise. (RSA 106-C:1, I., 106-C:3-a., 106-C:5., 106-C:7)

The High Sheriff may have control of the sworn offi cers but neither the Constitution nor state law allows the High Sheriff to form a Special Operations Group, team or unit having a special line item. To have a third party group, unit or team forces all 13 municipalities to subsidize a few. Not all 13 munici-palities have “specially trained” offi cers able and available to respond to critical incident emergency — Barnstead come to mind.

The Legislature has made no provision for the county to create a SWAT Division of the Sheriff ’s Department. In fact the most recent activation of the county sheriff has led to legal action against the county. What’s the big deal? With the SWAT Divi-sion of the county, the elected High Sheriff is in charge. With an “Inter-community Special Reaction Team”, the police chief is in charge — local control not county control, and all cost is born by the town requesting assistance.

Thomas A. TardifLaconia

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LETTERS

To the editor,I took a few moments to read the column of Pro-

fessor Sandy in today’s issue of The Laconia Daily Sun. True to form, this self proclaimed “man of peace” used the words uttered by Rush Limbaugh to smear just about anyone and everyone who doesn’t subscribe to the professor’s points of view. While I don’t know anyone on the “right” who has been sup-portive of Limbaugh’s comments, I am still waiting for someone on the left, particularly self proclaimed “men of peace”, to step forward and condemn the vulgarities spewed forth by their friend and ally, Bill Maher.

Also, the professor never seems to pass up an opportunity to denigrate this country and/or the State of Israel. The professor should be mindful of

the comment by Herbert Meyer, President Ronald Reagan’s senior intelligence advisor. Speaking of the cultural transformations happening in the world

today, Meyer said “The culture war is the whole ball-game. If we lose it, there isn’t another America to pull us out.”

Also in today Daily Sun was a letter from Mr./

If America loses the culture war, there won’t be another America to pull us out

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Ms. (or is it Ms./Mr.?) L.J. Siden. As to be expected, he/she was critical of an article I wrote. Trust me, I welcome different points of view but, in this case, I found it difficult to discern his/her problem. Every-thing I wrote in that column was factually correct. However, Mr./Ms. Siden’s response seemed to over-look a very important point. He/she cited that the “Justice Department” decided that the Senate was not in session and the president could therefore, make a recess appointment. Perhaps Mr./Ms. Siden can take a moment and look up Article 1, Section 5, of the Constitution. If he/she does so, he/she will find that the Constitution gives the authority to set its own rules to the Congress, and not to the president or the president’s attorney general.

Bob MeadeLaconia

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LETTER

To the editor,One Belknap County town, Barnstead will get to

decide if the Belknap County Sheriff, who is elected by all the voters of Belknap County can take over Barn-stead’s police department at their March 17th town meeting. Barnstead residents have had a number of public hearings, selectmen meetings and Police Study Committee meetings presented by the sheriff and Belknap County administrator with information sup-plied by them. The rest of Belknap County doesn’t have a say. Where’s our public hearings?

The $441,290 for the proposed contract is not in the county budget or has any money been allocated by the county convention. The sheriff proposes that Belknap County pay $6,000 for the maintenance of Barnstead’s police station. This would require a supplemental appropriation proposed by the county commissioners approved by the county convention with a public hear-ing for all the people of Belknap County.

Sheriff Craig Wiggin in a letter to the editor in the Laconia Daily Sun on February 9, 2012 which makes a claim that his proposal has been done before saying, “Having sheriff ’s departments provide contract law enforcement services has worked effi-ciently in many other states for years. Furthermore, we have done it here in Belknap County successfully in the past.” The sheriff and administrator say there is precedence for the sheriff taking over the policing of a town but have not presented any procedures on how this was done in the past or which towns and counties had this type of Government.

Will the constitutional elected Belknap County Attorney be the prosecutor for Barnstead? Is the county administrator, clerks, dispatchers and sup-port employees going to be used to administer this contract? Here is the answer, in a Laconia Daily Sun article by Gail Ober on February 29, 2012 at a Barn-stead meeting someone asked the sheriff, “Does your budget include the part-time secretary and part-time officers.” Wiggins said, “No, who noted that with the sheriff ’s department operating the police depart-ment, the sheriff would be doing the paper work and any sick time and vacation time would be filled from his available staff and not on-call part-time staff cur-rently available to current Police Chief Ken Borgia.” Wiggins goes on to say, “ the town would be contract-ing with the county, that as an elected county official he would be the one responsible for its policing and

the Belknap County Commissioners would be the entity responsible for negotiating and executing the actual contract.” The sheriff and commissioners are going to do all this work without co-mingling their time and our money? The sheriff and county com-missioners were not elected by the county voters to manage the Barnstead Police Department.

In an article in The Laconia Sun 1/26/2012 Sher-iff Craig Wiggins said, “He dispelled the notion that the town would not have any control over overtime, saying the contract was the contract and any addi-tional costs would come from his budget.” That would mean any additional cost will come from the Belknap County taxpayer’s pockets.

Why doesn’t Barnstead do what every other city and town in New Hampshire does, have their own police department and keep the rest of Belknap County out of their politics.

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GILFORD — For the second time since the request was first made in 2011, Selectmen voted Wednesday to table a decision on granting Wesley Woods charitable tax status.

The motion was made by Selectman Kevin Hayes, who said in his opinion Wesley Woods doesn’t meet the crite-ria or he “is missing something”, in which case he would like more infor-mation.

According to Atty. Rodney Dyer, who represents the New England Deacon-ess Association and was at Wednes-day‘s meeting, Wesley Woods is entitled to tax exempt status because it meets the criteria provided under N.H. state law for a charitable organi-zation that provides community hous-ing for elderly or disabled people and none of the income generated is used for any other purpose but providing elderly housing and services.

Dyer explained the property is owned by the United Methodist Church and the New England Dea-coness Association entered into a long-term lease for Wesley Woods.

There are permits for 40 total units, 22 of which are built and, according to Dyer on Wednesday, occupied.

In its application for an abatement, Wesley Woods said the total assessed value of its property is $4,019, 780 and that according to state law it should pay to Gilford a Payment in Lieu of Taxes or PILU of the lesser of town portion of the tax rate ($4.93) times assessed value or $19,817 or 10 percent of the shelter rent ($141,866) which amounts to $14,186.

Town Administrator Scott Dunn said he estimates that Wesley Woods paid between $80,000 and $90,000 in property taxes in 2011.

If the abatement is granted for 2011 as part of the request for future charita-ble tax status, the difference will come from the town’s property tax revenues.

Dyer said anyone can live at Wesley Woods, as long as they can pay the entry fee, and that eight of the 22 units are occupied by retired Methodist min-isters who are 62-years-old or older and who are the heads of their households.

“The entrance fee is predicated on ability to pay,” Dyer said. “It is an altruistic enterprise.”

Dyer said the operating expenses in 2010 were $855,000 and the income generated was $236,000, meaning New England Deaconess had to spend or lost $500,000 on the operation.

“You’re portraying this as a chari-table loss,” said Hayes. “I’m seeing it as a business loss.”

“It really isn’t,” replied Dyer, who said the society maintains a monthly rental rate of about 50 percent of market or between $800 and $900 a month in what he described as “not a business decision but a charitable one.”

“Can I rent there if I had the money?” asked Selectman John O’Brien.

“It is not restricted to class except elderly,” said Dyer.

Replying to a question comparing Wesley Woods to the Taylor commu-nity, Dyer said they are same and the same laws apply. He also said there are two N.H. Supreme Court decisions upholding the charitable tax status of the Taylor Community and it’s satel-lites in other communities.

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Once it is hot enough and send-ing off clouds of billowing steam, the hot sap is drawn off and finished in a smaller, gas-fired evaporator which brings it to the syrup state, It is then strained and bottled, each gallon pro-duced from about 40 gallons of sap.

Swain, who last year made 600 gal-lons of syrup, has some 2,500 trees tapped, 500 of which have old-fash-ioned buckets with the rest collected through a system of plastic tubes.

‘’Most years we do 450 to 500 gal-lons,’’ says Swain, who says that there about 7,000 maple trees on the prop-erty and that his goal someday is to expand his operation so that he can tap all of the trees, nearly tripling his production.

He’s the third generation of his family to make maple syrup and grew up at the Swain Farm, about a mile away, which is the last dairy farm remaining in town .

‘’My grandfather, Frank, started making syrup in a converted ice house near Hunkins Pond. After it burned, a new one was built up above the farm and my father David and I made syrup there until 2004 when we moved it here’’ says Swain.

The Heritage Farm sugar house is

located in a timber frame barn with an attached pancake house and was built from lumber harvested on the farm property and sawed into boards with a portable saw mill.

The farm is open to the public Wednesday through Saturday from 8 a.m. until noon and offers tours of its maple syrup operations as well as pan-cake breakfasts. It also has a gift shop where it sells maple syrup and maple candy as well as home made baked goods and eggs. During the summer it offers sweet corn and vegetables.

There is also a petting farm, a corn maze and hayrides in the fall, as well as scarecrow making competitions and farm tours.

Helping out with the maple opera-tion are Brian Etchells, who works at the Swain Farm, and helps collect the sap, and Samantha Newman, who manages the restaurant at the farm and helps out with the tours for school children who visit the farm to see maple syrup being made.

The advent of warmer than normal weather this week could shorten the season according to state officials, who say that New Hampshire usually produces between 70,000 and 90,000 gallons of syrup a year. 1986 was a record year for the state with 102,000 gallons.

But that pales in comparison to Ver-mont, which produces around 500,000 gallons a year, some 60 percent of New England’s annual production of 850,000 gallons. Maine produces about 230,000 gallons a year.

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In wake of stark budget cuts, 2 of 3 Newfound school incumbents ousted

BRISTOL — Two of the three incumbents of the Newfound Area School Board lost their seats and the third was returned by 86 votes this week, just a month after the annual school district deliberative session endorsed a ten-percent cut in 2012-2013 budget recommended by both the school board and the Budget Com-mittee.

Mary Campbell of Hebron, who chaired the board on which she had served for 24 years, lost re-election to Don Franklin by 26 votes, 857 to 831. In Danbury, newcomer Ruby Hill ousted incumbent Jon Johnson by a margin of more than two-to-one, 1120 to 569.

The third incumbent on the ballot, Louis Lieto of Groton, held his seat against a challenge from Jiri Hajek, by a vote of 800 to 714.

Lieto, who confessed that interpret-ing the results was purely speculative, acknowledged that many residents, especially those with children in the

school system, expressed concern at the magnitude of the reduction in the budget. At the same time, he ventured that “a large contingent” was satisfied with the outcome of the budget pro-cess. He recalled that a year earlier, when the Budget Committee recom-mended $900,000 less than the school board, the difference was added to the budget by the deliberative ses-sion, which did not sit well with many voters. “This year we got to a place we could both agree on,” he said.

The $21.6 million budget, which was $2.3 million lower than last year’s, was adopted by a two-thirds majority with 1,331 votes cast in favor and 684 against. Likewise, voters not only soundly rejected a warrant arti-cle to rescind SB-2, or official ballot voting, by a margin of 1,416 to 568, but also enacted a two-percent tax cap on future school district budgets by a vote of 1,220 to 795.

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next week for first degree assault, second degree assault and simple assault. Asst. Belknap County Attorney Carley Ahern is prosecuting Twombly.

After the shooting, McNeil fled Laco-nia, and, after being featured on the U.S. Marshal’s fugitive Website, was arrested on June 10 in Sanford, Maine.

Gulbrandsen said she wanted to com-mend the Laconia Police Department, especially Officer Kendra Neri for her

quick response to the reported shooting and the city’s detective bureau for their follow up investigation.

“At the end of the day, the witnesses (the woman who lived in the apart-ment and one of her guests who was also related to McNeil) claimed to have forgotten what happened, but each woman’s statement was consistent with each other’s,” Gulbrandsen said, noting that responding police, she said Neri was there within minutes, separated the two witnesses immediately.

“There is no way they both could have had the same hallucination,” Gulbrandsen said.

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LACONIA — City Manager Scott Myers reported to the City Council this week that a conceptual design for the renovation of Wyatt Park will be completed by the end of the month. After soliciting public comment and selecting a final design, esti-mates of the cost of the improvements will then be obtained.

Last October, neighbors voiced their concerns and offered their visions for the park at a public meeting at which Joel St. Pierre of O’Brien & Sons, a firm experi-enced in planning parks, presented some suggestions. Several neighbors suggested relocating the basketball courts to a section of the park further removed from nearby residences. In December, the park house, which

was closed four years earlier following an inspection of the building, was demolished.

For more than a decade the budget has included an annual appropriation of $25,000 for the restora-tion of playgrounds in city parks. Kevin Dunleavy, director of parks and recreation, said the account has a balance of approximately $60,000.

Meanwhile, Myers said that the city has applied to the Foundation for Healthy Communities for a $10,000 grant through the Healthy Eating Active Living (HEAL) Community Grant Program. The Parks and Recreation Department, together with the Police Department, School Department, United Way and Partnership for Public Health, seeks to establish community coalitions in the neighborhoods served by Woodland Heights School and Wyatt Park.

By Michael KitchTHE LACONIA DAILY SUN

Plan for redesign of Laconia’s Wyatt Park underway

CONCORD — Only three of the 18 state repre-sentatives from Belknap County — all Republicans — dissented when the New Hampshire House of Representatives passed legislation to extend the number of hours employers could require employees to work without a half-hour break to eat a meal from five to six.

House Bill 1574, which was amended to allow employees to eat while working with the permission of their employers, carried by a vote of 168 to 161.

Representatives Harry Accornero of Laconia, Alida Millham of Gilford and Jeffrey St. Cyr of Alton voted against the bill. Representatives Don Flanders, Robert Kingsbury, Bob Luther and Frank Tilton of Laconia, Peter Bolster and Robert Malone of Alton, Guy Com-tois and Elaine Swinford of Barnstead, Bob Greemore and Colette Worsman of Meredith, Dennis Fields and Bill Tobin of Sanbornton, Jim Pilliod of Belmont, Dave Russell of Gilmanton and Tyler Simpson of New Hampton voted for the bill.

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have anonymously described him as a father of two who has been in the military for 11 years. He has served three tours in Iraq and began his first deploy-ment to Afghanistan in December.

A congressional source, speaking on the condition of anonymity due to the sensitivity of the informa-tion, told The Associated Press that he was with the 2nd Battalion, 3rd Infantry Regiment of the 3rd Stryker Brigade Combat Team before being assigned to a village stability operation near the vil-lages where the attack took place.

Browne recently represented Colton Harris-Moore, a youthful thief known as the “Barefoot Bandit” who gained international attention for stealing airplanes,

boats and cars during a two-year run from the law. Browne and his co-counsel, Emma Scanlan, helped Harris-Moore reach state and federal plea deals, then persuaded a state judge to give him the low end of the sentencing range: seven years in prison.

Browne said he has only handled three or four military cases before. The soldier will also have at least one military lawyer.

Military lawyers say once attorneys involved in the initial investigation of an alleged crime involv-ing a service member have what they believe to be a solid understanding of what happened and are sat-isfied with the evidence collected, they draft charges and present them to a commander.

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any demands to have U.S. troops leave villages imme-diately. The official, who spoke on condition of ano-nymity to disclose details of a private meeting, said it’s unclear that the U.S. would be able to pull all of its troops out of the villages even by 2013. He noted that

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the U.S. plans to con-tinue counterterrorism operations and advising the Afghan forces around the country.

A rapid pullout from rural areas would have a devastating effect on U.S. ability to challenge the Taliban on the battlefield.

Unlike the Iraq war, where most combat was in towns and cities, the Afghan conflict is a struggle to secure rural hamlets and remote mountain valleys used by the militants to move in and out of sanctuaries in neighboring Pakistan.

It would essentially mean the end of the strat-egy of trying to win hearts and minds by working with and protecting the local populations.

Karzai is known for making dramatic demands and then backing off under U.S. pressure. The call for a pullback — even if aimed at his domestic audi-ence — will likely become another issue of conten-tion between the Afghans and their international allies at a time of grow-ing war weariness in the United States and other countries of the interna-tional coalition.

Karzai spoke as Afghan lawmakers were express-ing outrage that the U.S. flew the soldier suspected of gunning down 16 civil-ians early Sunday in two Afghan villages to Kuwait on Wednesday night. They were demanding that the suspect, a U.S. Army staff sergeant, be tried in the country.

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Saunders said that she anticipates a Phase II assessment of each of the buildings on the site as well as other locations suspected of harboring con-taminants will be required.

Credere found that soil and ground-water have been contaminated by petroleum and other hazardous mate-rials from leaking storage tanks, floor drains and waste disposal at several locations. Moreover, there are indi-cations that the same contaminants, along with PCBs, pesticides, insecti-cides and coal ash, may have reached soil and groundwater at another half dozen places. Records shows that sewer treatment on the property included a chlorination plant with associated sludge beds.

Furthermore, the age and condition of the buildings suggest that asbestos, lead paint, mold and PCBs are likely present in many of them, though they have not been identified and invento-ried. E. coli bacteria has been repeat-

edly found in the discharge from the stormwater drainage system and is being addressed in accord with an agreement with the EPA.

Last year, the Legislature directed the Department of Administrative Services (DAS) to offer the property to the city of Laconia for $10-million and, if the city declined it, to offer it to Belknap County. If neither the city nor the county purchased the property, it would be put on the open market.

Meanwhile, last month an appraisal of the property prepared for the DAS placed the value of the site at $2.16 million. The appraisal included two smaller lots leased by the state to the city with an aggregate value of $700,000. Excluding the value of the smaller lots, there is little difference between the appraisals performed for the state and the city.

State law (RSA 4:40) stipulates that sales of state-owned real estate “shall be at not less than a current value of the subject property.”

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CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — The New Hampshire House has voted to let teen drivers take online driver educa-tion courses instead of attending driv-ing school to get their driver’s licenses.

The House voted 240-74 Thursday to send the bill to the Senate that also requires teens under age 18 to receive a total of 60 hours of super-vised behind-the-wheel training. Par-ents must provide 20 of the 60 hours

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The record for the highest free fall is held by Joe Kittinger, a retired Air Force officer from Florida. He jumped from 102,800 feet — 19.5 miles — in 1960.

Baumgartner is out to beat that record. He plans one more dry run — jumping from 90,000 feet — before attempting the full 120,000 feet. The launch window opens in July and extends until the begin-ning of October.

For comparison, commercial jets generally cruise at over 30,000 feet.

Baumgartner has jumped 2,500 times from planes and helicopters, as well as some of the highest land-marks and skyscrapers on the planet — the Christ

the Redeemer statue overlooking Rio de Janeiro, the Millau Viaduct in southern France, the 101-story Taipei 101 in Taiwan.

He’s also plunged deep into the Earth, leaping face-first into a pitch-dark cave in Croatia.

Baumgartner considers that 620-foot-deep cave jump his most dangerous feat so far, soon to be out-done by his stratospheric plunge. His mission takes its name, Red Bull Stratos, from the stratosphere as well as the energy drink-maker sponsor.

“I like to challenge myself,” Baumgartner told The Associated Press in a recent interview, “and this is the ultimate skydive. I think there’s nothing bigger than that.”

He’s caught NASA’s attention, even though space officially begins much higher at an even 100 kilome-ters, 328,084 feet or 62 miles.

Kittinger is now 83 and one of Baumgartner’s chief advisers. A former NASA flight director directs the medical team: Dr. Jonathan Clark, whose astro-naut wife, Laurel, was killed aboard space shuttle Columbia in 2003. The accident led Clark to become an expert in spacecraft emergency escape.

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is developing atomic weapons technology, despite its claims its nuclear program is peaceful.

In the U.S. last week, where he met with President Barack Obama, Netanyahu was markedly more vocal about Israel’s willingness to attack Iran’s pro-gram, alone if necessary, though he said no decision had been made on whether to strike.

On Wednesday, he ratcheted up the tough talk, suggesting Israel would be ready to attack Iran’s nuclear facilities even if the U.S. objected.

“Israel has never left its fate to others, not even the best of its friends,” he said, citing Israel’s 1981 attack on an unfinished Iraqi nuclear reactor, which at the time was condemned by the U.S.

Also Thursday, an Israeli soldier was stabbed on Jerusalem’s light rail, and police apprehended a Palestinian suspect at a Jerusalem crossing into the West Bank, police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld said. He had no further details on the suspect or a pos-sible motive for the attack on the train, which went into service in August.

A hospital official said the soldier was in serious condition with stab wounds near her heart.

Train service was halted while a preliminary

investigation at the scene of the attack was carried out, Rosenfeld said.

Also Thursday, rights activists said the health of a Palestinian detainee who has been on a hunger strike for a month is deteriorating. Hana Shalabi, 30, has refused food since her arrest by Israel on Feb. 16. She is being held without formal charges in so-called administrative detention and is demanding to be released immediately.

A doctor from Israel’s branch of Physicians for Human Rights examined her earlier this week and reported advanced muscle atrophy and wasting, along with severe dizziness and muscle pain, espe-cially in her chest and back.

Israel Prisons Authority spokeswoman Sivan Weiz-man said Shalabi’s condition is “relatively okay.” An independent ethics committee discussed her case this week and decided against force-feeding her, Weizman said. Shalabi remains in her cell, she added.

Palestinian officials said four more administrative detainees have launched hunger strikes since the beginning of March. The oldest in the group, 72-year-old Ahmed Haj Ali, a lawmaker from the Islamic militant Hamas, joined Wednesday, said Issa Kara-keh, the Palestinian minister for prisoner affairs.

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CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — A federal judge on Thursday declared a mistrial in the case of a New Hampshire woman accused of lying to obtain U.S. citizenship by denying her role in the 1994 Rwanda genocide.

Jurors had said Tuesday that they couldn’t agree on the two counts in the case of Beatrice Munye-nyezi after nearly 19 hours of deliberations over sev-eral days. They had Wednesday off, and when they returned on Thursday, Chief U.S. District Judge Steven McAuliffe instructed them to try to reach a unanimous verdict.

But they again deadlocked. Jurors sent out at note at about 3:20 p.m. saying they could not reach unanimous verdicts and all agreed that no consen-sus would be reached through further deliberations.

“You have not failed your duty as jurors,” Judge McAuliffe told them. “Sometimes no decision is the right decision.”

All 12 jurors after being dismissed declined to comment on the case or whether the majority was for guilt or innocence. Lawyers on both sides said they had not been told what the split was.

Munyenyezi, 42, who became a U.S. citizen in 2003 and moved to Manchester, did not testify during her 12-day federal trial. She had faced deportation to Rwanda if convicted, and her citizenship would automatically be stripped.

Munyenyezi buried her face in her hands when the jury foreman announced the outcome but did not cry. She remained stoic.

Her siblings and daughters declined to comment after the mistrial was declared.

Prosecutors Aloke Chakravarty and John Capin would not comment on the deadlock and said it’s too soon to say whether they will try Munyenyezi again.

David Ruoff, one of Munyenyezi’s lawyers, said he expects the government will prosecute her again.

“I think they’re understandably disappointed,” Ruoff said. “You think you have a good case and you can’t convince 12 strangers you’re right.”

He and co-counsel Mark Howard met with Muny-enyezi in the courthouse lock-up after court. He said she was emotional and confused by the verdict.

“She didn’t quite know how to interpret it,” Ruoff said. “We told her we beat substantial odds by hanging the jury,” adding that convictions are far more prevalent.

Ruoff estimates the cost of prosecuting and defend-ing Munyenyezi thus far totals nearly $3 million. More than a dozen witnesses and defense investi-gators were flown in from Rwanda and housed in hotels. Three interpreters of Kinyarwandan were hired and housed. Investigators from both sides made trips to Rwanda to prepare for trial.

Prosecutors say Munyenyezi was an extremist

Hutu who killed and ordered the rapes of untold Tutsi victims — not the innocent refugee she claimed to be in 1995, when she applied for a visa and later when she applied for and obtained citizen-ship in 2003.

To prove Munyenyezi lied on her immigration and naturalization papers, prosecutors had to convince the jury she took an active part in the genocide, con-trary to sworn statements on the federal forms. The only other similar trial in the U.S. involving immi-gration fraud related to the Rwanda genocide ended in a hung jury last May in Kansas.

Prosecution witnesses testified they saw her direct rapes and killings, but her relatives testified they never saw that, nor did they see her carry a gun or wear a military uniform. They said Munyenyezi, who was pregnant with twins at the time, mostly stayed inside the family-owned hotel that prosecu-tors said was the scene of the some of the brutality.

Defense lawyers maintain she is innocent. They argued to jurors that she was the victim of lies by Rwandan wit-nesses who never before implicated her through nearly two decades of investigations and international trials, even when testifying against her husband and mother-in-law at a war crimes tribunal in Tanzania.

Munyenyezi has been in custody at the Stratford County House of Corrections since her indictment in June 2010 that linked her to the genocide of about 700,000 Tutsis and moderate Hutus from April to July of 1993.

She will remain in custody for the foreseeable future. Her lawyers expect by month’s end to file a motion that she be released on bond.

Munyenyezi brought her three daughters to the United States in 1998 and focused on providing a life and home for them. Before long, she had a $13-an-hour job at Manchester’s Housing Authority, her children were enrolled in Catholic school, and she was on her way to financing a comfortable Ameri-can lifestyle through mortgages, loans and credit cards. However, she filed for bankruptcy protection in 2008, and had about $400,000 in debt discharged.

Federal prosecutors decline to say how Muny-enyezi came to their attention. But in court docu-ments, immigration agents describe interviews with alleged witnesses to the atrocities.

A federal affidavit says Munyenyezi and her hus-band, Arsene Shalom Ntahobali, were extremist Hutus who participated in roadblocks and ID checks that resulted in numerous Tutsi rapes and killings. Ntahobali and his mother, Pauline Nyiramasuhuko, were prominent defendants in the United Nation’s international crimes tribunal on Rwanda, both charged with genocide and crimes against human-ity. They were sentenced to life in prison last June.

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MEREDITH — The Meredith Village Sav-ings Bank Fund (MVSB Fund) is pleased to announce a $1,150 grant to the Visiting Nurses of Meredith and Center Harbor.

Grant funds will be used to purchase new equipment, including a pulse oximeter, a pedi-atric stethoscope and a geriatric 3-position reclining chair, for the Visiting Nurses’ new community facility located on Waukewan Street in Meredith.

“We are so thank-ful for this award from the MVSB Fund,” said Cheryl A. Gonzalo, executive director for the Visiting Nurses of Meredith and Center Harbor. “Purchasing this equipment for our new facility will certainly help us in our mission to provide high-quality home health care to the residents of Meredith and Center Harbor.’’

The award to the Visiting Nurses of Meredith and Center Harbor is one of 32 grants totaling $78,762 awarded by the Meredith Village Savings Bank Fund. The Fund makes grants every year to local community initiatives and non-profits that make a significant impact upon the lives of people in the

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Irwin Toyota earns award for sales and serviceLACONIA — Toyota Motor Sales has once again

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In order to qualify as a President’s Award winner, Toyota dealerships must excel in each of a series of categories, including customer sales satisfaction and customer service satisfaction.

Chris Irwin, vice president of Irwin Automotive Group, commented, “One of Toyota’s primary goals is to emphasize the entire ownership experience,

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Supervisors: Terry Steady, Elaine Lamanuzzi, Margaret LaBrecque


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Joined by representatives of the Manchester Chamber of Commerce and Mayor Ted Gatsas, Laconia Savings Bank employees hosted a ribbon cutting ceremony to formally open the new offi ce.

Later in the day WZID broadcasted live from the new offi ce while guests entered to win sev-eral raffl e prizes such as Monarchs suite tickets and ski passes. Max the Monarch also stopped by the new offi ce and waved at traffi c and posed for pictures with locals.

Laconia Savings Bank, founded in 1831, pro-vides deposit, lending and wealth management services to families and businesses throughout New Hampshire. With 21 community offi ces within the state and assets exceeding $1 billion, Laconia Savings Bank is the largest indepen-dent bank in New Hampshire.

Front Row: Robin Comstock, President and CEO for the Greater Manchester Chamber of Commerce; Mark Primeau, President & CEO for Laconia Savings Bank; Mayor Ted Gatsas, Mayor for the City of Manchester; Mary Beth White, AVP - Manchester Offi ce Manager for Laconia Savings Bank; Charlene Cesa-rini, Advertising Sales Manager for The Hippo; Back Row: Peter F. Thompson, Mortgage Loan Offi cer for Laconia Savings Bank; Darren Howcroft, Financial Consultant for Laconia Savings Bank; Barry Leonard, SVP – Team Leader/ Commercial Services for Laconia Savings Bank; Mary Mattson, VP – Commercial Services for Laconia Savings Bank; Louis H. Guevin, Jr., EVP – Com-mercial Services for Laconia Savings Bank; Christopher MacDonnell, VP - Cash Management for Laconia Savings Bank; Vickie Routhier, VP - Director of Marketing and Public Relations for Laconia Savings Bank. (Courtesy photo)

Meat Bingo Saturday at American Legion in MeredithMEREDITH — American Legion Post 33 is host-

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All proceeds from this event will go towards the post’s Inter-Lakes High School Scholarship Fund.

The event is open to the public and is a non-smok-ing event.

It will be followed by a Saint Patrick’s Day Dinner and Dance hosted by the Sons of the American Legion Post 33. The dinner will be held from 6-8 p.m. Corned beef and cabbage will be served, with all the fi xings.

Dancing will follow from 8 to midnight. Music will be provided by DJ Jim Hurd.

Cost is $7 per person, $10 per couple. It is a non-smoking event.

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LACONIA — Warmer than normal spring weather has prompted the Laconia Parks & Recre-ation Department to announce the offi cial opening of the Smith Track at Opechee Park, the WOW Trail and the Wyatt Park basketball court.

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NOTICE TILTON RESIDENTS

The Supervisors of the Checklist will be meeting on

Saturday, March 24, 2012 11:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.

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RSA 669:5

Purpose of this session: • To make corrections to the checklist • Registration for new voters for the upcoming

Water District Annual Meeting

Supervisors: Bernard Chapman, Gayle Spelman, SallyJo Baranowski


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ARIES (March 21-April 19). Be willing to ask yourself intriguing ques-tions, such as: What are you looking forward to? The answer will be like an arrow pointing to your talents, personal strengths and life ambitions. TAURUS (April 20-May 20). Telling and hearing too much may be a prob-lem. The good news is that it means people want to share with you, and you want to share with them, too. The bad news is that too much sharing gets tedious. GEMINI (May 21-June 21). Be patient enough to do what it takes to solve a problem. Go deeper. The fi rst answer that’s given to you may not be the best. Keep asking “What else?” and “How else?” CANCER (June 22-July 22). It’s a good time for introspection, honesty and attention to the quieter needs of your soul. The outside world has no other choice but to refl ect back to you what’s happening with your inner life. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). Children have to learn that life is better with fewer sweets, less television and more fresh air. And you, playful Leo, are child-like enough now to need and heed the same lessons. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). You may not be entirely pleased with your-self, but punishment is unnecessary and, in fact, would be counterproduc-tive. Emphasize your positive charac-teristics, and try to ignore the behaviors you’d like to be rid of. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). You may feel caught in between short- and long-term thinking. It’s actually a wonderful place to be. Too much long-term think-ing is no fun, and thinking only in the short term is foolish. So enjoy this in-between state for now.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). There’s an event coming up, and it will go better for you if you start making plans now. Let yourself free-associate about how you want this to go. Gather infl uences and talk with others about what’s coming. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21). Boundary issues may arise. You may feel like someone is giving unwanted advice or infringing on your privacy. Stand up for yourself. Quite simply, you want to be around people who let you be yourself. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19). Gather information. Get clarity on all communication. You are mighty intui-tive now, but you’ll learn more by asking than by assuming you already have the answers. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). You will get the chance to practice the fi ne art of compassionate detachment. You will show that you care about another person without getting overly caught up in the person’s life. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). Moodiness can be a sign of a control-ling person. If you can avoid those who ride a mood rollercoaster, do it. If not, then at least be aware of your reac-tion to those who use their moods to manipulate others. TODAY’S BIRTHDAY (March 16). You have an amazing gift of adapt-ability this year, and you’ll stretch, fl ex and grow yourself in order to meet the changing patterns of life. April shows you making money in a different way. You’ll love the artsy and intellectual infl uences that come in May. July brings your chance to show the world your talent. Gemini and Sagittarius people adore you. Your lucky numbers are: 39, 17, 26, 12 and 4.

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Today is Friday, March 16, the 76th day of 2012. There are 290 days left in the year.

Today’s Highlight in History:On March 16, 1912, future fi rst lady Pat Nixon

was born Thelma Catherine Ryan in Ely, Nev.On this date:In A.D. 37, Roman emperor Tiberius died; he

was succeeded by Caligula.In 1521, Portuguese navigator Ferdinand

Magellan reached the Philippines, where he was killed by natives the following month.

In 1751, James Madison, fourth president of the United States, was born in Port Conway, Va.

In 1802, President Thomas Jefferson signed a measure authorizing the establishment of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, N.Y.

In 1850, Nathaniel Hawthorne’s novel “The Scarlet Letter” was fi rst published.

In 1926, rocket science pioneer Robert H. Goddard successfully tested the fi rst liquid-fueled rocket, in Auburn, Mass.

In 1935, Adolf Hitler decided to break the mili-tary terms set by the Treaty of Versailles (vehr-SY’) by ordering the rearming of Germany.

In 1945, during World War II, American forces declared they had secured Iwo Jima, although pockets of Japanese resistance remained.

In 1968, during the Vietnam War, the My Lai (mee ly) Massacre of Vietnamese civilians was carried out by U.S. Army troops; estimates of the death toll vary between 347 and 504.

In 1972, in a nationally broadcast address, President Richard M. Nixon called for a morato-rium on court-ordered school busing to achieve racial desegregation.

In 1982, Claus Von Bulow was found guilty in Newport, R.I., of trying to kill his comatose wife, Martha, with insulin. (Von Bulow was acquitted in a retrial; his former wife, who was also known as “Sunny,” died in December 2008.)

In 2003, American activist Rachel Corrie, 23, was crushed to death by an Israeli military bull-dozer while trying to block the demolition of a Pal-estinian home in the Gaza Strip.

One year ago: Pakistan abruptly freed CIA contractor Raymond Allen Davis, who had shot and killed two men in a gunfi ght in Lahore, after a deal was sealed to pay $2.34 million to the men’s families.

Today’s Birthdays: Comedian-director Jerry Lewis is 86. Country singer Ray Walker (The Jordanaires) is 78. Movie director Bernardo Ber-tolucci is 71. Game show host Chuck Woolery is 71. Singer-songwriter Jerry Jeff Walker is 70. Country singer Robin Williams is 65. Actor Erik Estrada is 63. Actor Victor Garber is 63. Actress Kate Nelligan is 61. Country singer Ray Benson (Asleep at the Wheel) is 61. Rock singer-musician Nancy Wilson (Heart) is 58. Golfer Hollis Stacy is 58. Actress Isabelle Huppert is 57. Actor Clifton Powell is 56. Rapper-actor Flavor Flav (Public Enemy) is 53. Rock musician Jimmy DeGrasso is 49. Folk singer Patty Griffi n is 48. Country singer Tracy Bonham is 45. Actress Lauren Graham is 45. Actor Judah Friedlander (FREED’-lan-duhr) is 43. Actor Alan Tudyk (TOO’-dihk) is 41. Actor Tim Kang (TV: “The Mentalist”) is 39. Rhythm-and-blues singer Blu Cantrell is 36. Actress Brooke Burns is 34. Rock musician Wolfgang Van Halen is 21.

CALENDARTODAY’S EVENTS

Movie night at the Gilman Library in Alton. 7 p.m. “Thor” (PG-13) staring Chris Hemsworth, Anthony Hopkins and Natalie Portman. Children under 10 must be accom-panied by adult. Popcorn and drinks provided. Bring camp chairs or pillows if you like.

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

Giggles & Grins playgroup at Family Resource Center in downtown Laconia (635 Main Street). Free group for parents children from birth through age 5. For more infor-mation call 524-1741.

Drop-In Story Time at the Gilford Public Library. 10:30 to 11:15 p.m. Songs, a story and a craft to take home for ages 2-5.

Knit Wits meeting at the Gilford Public Library. 1:30 to 2:30 p.m. All knitters welcome.

Spring in to March Tot Time at the Meredith Public Library. 9:30 to 10:20 a.m. A story, art project and a snack for children to 3 years old.

Basic Sewing Class at the Meredith Public Library. 12:30 to 2 p.m. Sign-up required. Pick up materials list at front desk.

SATURDAY, MARCH 17St. Patrick’s Day Corned Beef & Cabbage Dinner. 6

p.m. at the Community Church of Alton. $10. For reserva-tions call 364-9670.

Sons of American Legion hosting Saint Patrick’s Day dinner and dance in Meredith. Dinner served from 6 to 8 p.m. with dancing to follow. $7 per person or $10 per couple with proceeds benefitting David’s House at Dart-mouth-Hitchcock.

Tilton Winter Farmers’ Market. 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. every Saturday through March across Rte. 3 from Tilton AutoServ. Over 40 vendors. www.TiltonWinterFarmersMarket.com.

Separated/Divorced Persons Support Group meet-ing. 6 to 8 p.m. on the first and third Saturdays of each month at St. Joseph Catholic Church in Belmont. Compas-sion and affirmation in a confidential atmosphere. Refresh-ments. Scholarships available. For more information call the rectory at 267-8174 or Ginny Timmons at 286-7066.

Lakes Region Lyme Support Group meeting. Third Saturday of each month from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Laco-nia Middle School. For victims and support people of those with chronic Lyme and other tick-borne diseases. Ques-tions? Leave message for Nancy at 1-888-596-5698.

Narcotics Anonymous meeting. 6 to 7:30 p.m. at the Uni-tarian Universalist Church (172 Pleasant Street) in Laconia.

Al-Anon Meeting at the Lakes Region General Hospi-tal in Laconia. 8 to 9:15 p.m. each Saturday in the first-floor conference room. Al-Anon offers hope and help to families of alcoholics. No dues or fees. All are welcome. Call 645-9518.

Artsy Saturday at the Meredith Public Library. 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Discover a new art conceptand take home a mas-terpiece - learn how to make leprechauns dance. For chil-dren and adults.

St. Patrick’s Day dinner to raise funds for Got Lunch! group. Seatings at 5 p.m. and 7 p.m. Hosted by Laconia Kiwanis Club at the Beane Conference Center. $20 tickets can be purchased at NAPA Auto Parts in Laconia, Sun-flower Natural Foods and Greenlaw’s.

Cabin Fever party at Sanbornton Public Library. Doors will open at 6 p.m. Free and open to the public. Party will fea-ture a tropical theme, hors d’oeurves, mocktails and games.

Lakes Region Flag Football hosting demonstration ses-sions. 1 to 3 p.m. at the Inter-Lakes High School turf field. Flag football is open to all boys and girls in the Lakes Region between the ages of five and 15. Try the sport for yourself.

Ernie Bolduc giving lecture on maple sugaring. 7 p.m. at Laconia Public Library. The Bolduc Farm in Gilfod has been sugaring since the 1700s. The Laconia Historical and Museum Society is hosting this event. Admission is free, though donations are accepted.


Spaulding Youth Center Foundation Capital Campaign receives $25,000 donation from Franklin Sav-ings Bank for construction of the new school at Spaulding. Pictured in front of the new school entrance are (left to right) : Spaulding Trustee Hali Dearborn (Campaign Co-Chair); Director Mike Ventura (Chair, Spaulding Board of Directors & Campaign Co-Chair); Rob Steady, Franklin Savings Bank Board of Trustees; Spaulding CEO & President Susan Calegari; Franklin Savings Bank President & CEO Jeffery Savage and Spaulding Trustee and Director Jim Clements, chair, Board of Trustees. (Courtesy photo)

NORTHFIELD — The Board of Trustees of the Franklin Savings Bank recently approved a $25,000 donation to the Spaulding Youth Center Foundation’s Capital Cam-paign, Success Under Construction, to fund the construction of a new school facility at Spaulding Youth Center.

Responding to the growing demand for intensive programs and ser-vices for children and youth with Autism Spectrum Disorder and emo-tional and behavioral disorders, a new school facility will open soon at Spaulding Youth Center. The new high-performance school, a center of learning for Special Education, will increase enrollment to 100 students once capacity for 36 more students is approved by the NH Department of Education. The increase in capacity will provide programs and services for additional day students from local communities.

Commenting on the donation, Spaulding Youth Center CEO and President, Susan S. Calegari said, “We are thrilled with this generous dona-

tion from Franklin Savings Bank - a NH community-minded bank with a long tradition of service to the needs of communities and families through-out New Hampshire. It means a great deal to Spaulding to have Franklin Savings Bank’s support in fulfilling our mission in the greater communi-ties we both serve.”

“The Spaulding Youth Center pro-vides vital services to families in need from New Hampshire and other New England states,” noted Jeff Savage, Franklin Savings Bank President & CEO. “We appreciate the work of this organization and are grateful that lives are being positively changed with this grant award.”

Spaulding Youth Center is a lead-ing provider of educational, thera-peutic and foster care programs and services for children and youth with autism, neurological, and behavioral challenges. Spaulding proudly serves youth and their families - transform-ing lives and helping children and youth achieve their full potential.

Franklin Savings donates $25,000 to Spaulding Youth Center’s building project

HOLDERNESS — A $4,000 grant from the NRA Foundation to the Pemi Fish and Game Club has enabled the club to purchase audiovisual equipment and eight .22 caliber target rifles.

The club has enhanced its audiovisual department with the acquisition of a large pull-down projection screen to be placed over the stage in the upstairs assembly hall as well as a tripod screen to be used for clinics and programs being held downstairs, at

the fireplace end of the hall and for events away from the clubhouse such as at sports shows.

There is also a new projection cart to carry the power point projectors recently donated by Jeff Spoor of Con-cord and by Joe Guyotte of Gilford. Spare projection bulbs were also purchased with grant funds.

Also purchased with the grant funds were .22 target rifles for use in training, safety and competition events, especially for youth and women’s programs. These

include two Kimber Model 82 government target rifles and six Savage MII FVT target rifles. All have microm-eter, adjustable, aperture rear sights and hooded front sights. The Kimbers were made available at Camp Perry through the CMP and the Savage purchases were made possible through the generosity of Skip’s Gun and Sport Shop in Bristol.

The Pemi Fish and Game Club has received over $50,000 in grants from the NRA Foundation.

Grant from NRA helps Pemi Fish and Game Club purchase rifles & equipment

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ANNIE’S MAILBOX Dear Annie: I live fi ve hours away from my parents and a married younger brother. I work two jobs and can only afford to visit my folks once a month or so. Lately, when I have driven out to see them, I am the last to discover that the four of them have already made plans. They never think to ask if I want to join them. Sometimes, I end up attending the same concert but sitting in the back, alone, while they have better seats. Or I house-sit while they spend the weekend at a casino. I have tried phoning weeks ahead to let them know when I am coming, and I’ve changed my plans if I learn they are already busy that weekend. Yet asking to join them seems to surprise everyone and invariably ends up being quite awk-ward. What drove me to tears was when they made plans to go to Mexico for a week this summer, and I found out about it when my father told me offhandedly that the four of them had booked their fl ight. When I asked why I wasn’t invited, he responded by saying that they were given paired tickets, and because I am single, it would have meant one unused ticket. My mother then said I was welcome to come if I paid for my own plane ticket and hotel room. I always thought I was close to my family, but now I see that I’m being left out because I am not married. I’d like to be with them, but if I am going to be ignored, how do I handle that? -- Exiled Fifth Wheel Dear Exiled: We don’t think this is deliberate so much as thoughtless. Your parents and brother make plans together when it is convenient for them and don’t consider your pres-ence a factor because you are usually away. You could try ex-plaining how hurt you are when they do this, but don’t expect it to change much. Let your parents know when you are plan-ning to visit, and ask whether they have already made plans.

If so, don’t try to join them. Come the weekend before or after. And in the meantime, do more things on your own or with friends. Dear Annie: My uncle (my mother’s brother) and his two sons, both of whom are in their mid-50s, are planning to visit me. Their mom died last year. While I was close to my aunt, I have never communicated much with my uncle or cousins. They didn’t even send an email when my dad passed away three years ago. Now, suddenly, these three men are planning to drive from Vermont to my house in Florida. One says he’ll make his famous chili in my kitchen. I told them, “Thanks, but no thanks.” My mother is angry with me for not welcoming this male trio. They will be at my mother’s house for several days, and my husband and I have offered to drive there (it’s three hours away) and take everyone out for dinner instead. Am I doing the wrong thing? -- Florida Daughter Dear Daughter: No, and your offer to treat them to a meal at Mom’s is lovely. Some men are notoriously poor commu-nicators, and the niceties of sending letters or emails escape them. It is obvious that Mom wishes you had a closer rela-tionship and hoped this would provide an opportunity, but welcoming them into your home is entirely your decision. Dear Annie: The letter from “Confused in Connecticut” hit home with me. I was an overweight child myself, so I feel for her. When I was 24, I decided I didn’t want to be overweight anymore, so I joined Weight Watchers. It gave me a healthy program to follow and helped me learn what triggered my eating. It taught me to eat appropriately and keep the weight off. That was 33 years ago, and I have been a lifetime member and leader since. Thank you for letting me help. -- Bremen, Ind.

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

$1-A-DAY CLASSIFIEDS • CALL 527-9299DOLLAR-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 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 fi rst 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 offi ces at 527-9299 between 9 am & 5 pm, Monday through Friday; Stop by our offi ce 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 [email protected], we will contact you for payment. OTHER RATES: For information about display ads or other advertising options, call 527-9299.

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Animals

DACHSHUNDS puppies. Heath& temperament guaranteed.Parents on premise $450(603)539-1603.

LAB X puppies; black/ blonde;health certificate. $300. Call(603)986-0536, (603)662-2577.

SHIH Tzu puppies. Heath & tem-perament guaranteed. $450.P a r e n t s o n p r e m i s e(603)539-1603.

Announcement

WE Pay CA$H for GOLD andSILVER No hotels, no waiting.603-279-0607, Thrifty Yankee,Rte. 25, Meredith, NH. Openweekends only from March 19ththrough April 1st.

Auctions

OPEN TO THE PUBLIC: Auctionat Mame ’s to benefit theInter -Lakes High SchoolChem-Free After Prom party.Lots of great stuff! Thursday, 3/29at 6pm. With PK Zyla. Mame’ s,8 Plymouth Street, Meredith.

Autos

1993 Dodge Pickup with dump-318 motor, 118K mi les.$1,500.Call 528-1676

2000 Dodge Van- V-6, good ongas, good condition. Come checkit out! 85,000 miles. $3,700.524-8092

2000 Ford Taurus SL. 4 door,dark red, inspected. $2,195.630-3482

2002 Chevy Prizm- 90,000 miles.G o o d c o n d i t i o n , h a v emaintenance records. $3,000.968-5179

2002 Ford Ranger Stepside.2WD, standard 5-speed, goodcondition. $3,800 or best offer533-0002

2005 Dodge Dakota 110K Miles,$8,800. (603)387-4761.

Autos

2002 Nissan Sentra R Spec-V,4-cylinder, 6-speed, good gasmileage, $2500/obo. Call Shane603-848-0530.

2003 Dodge Dakota SLT 4x2 :Single cab, V-6, 5-Speed, red,Florida truck with no rust. Greatshape, 121k miles. $2,995. CallPhil, 393-7786.

BUYING junk cars, trucks & bigtrucks ME & NH. Call for price.Martin Towing. (603)305-4504.

CASH FOR junk cars & trucks.Top Dollar Paid. Available 7days a week. 630-3606

CASH paid for unwanted or junkcars and trucks. Same day servicepossible. 603-231-2859.

BOATS

2000 Godgrey Sweetwater, 22�Pontoon Boat: 50hp, Mercuryoutboard, 4-stroke, seats 12, fishfinder, depth finder, must see!$7,000. 455-0404.

Dock space for 24 footer. Private-Meredith Bay. $1,700 for season.279-2580

OUTBOARD MOTOR DISPLAY,Belknap Mall opposite CVS, orvisit www.outboardrepower.NET

SEASONAL boat slip for rent.$1600/season. Glendale YachtClub. 27ft X 8ft. 772-774-8551

For Rent

BELMONT1 Bedroom Apartment,Heated, Newly painted,Walking distance to theBelknap Mall. $165.00/wk.Four weeks security deposit.No pets. No smoking.

527-9221

ALTON Room w/bath in country:10 minutes from Alton & Wolfe-boro. $450/month w/utilities. Out-side smoking OK. 875-6875.Love pets!

For Rent

APARTMENTS, mobile homes. Ifyou need a rental at a fair price,call DRM Corp. Over 40 years inrentals. We treat you better!524-0348 or visit M-W-F, 12-5, at373 Court Street, Laconia.

AVAILABLE April 1. Large 1 bed-room apt. 2nd floor, quiet street,off-street parking, furnished or not,small pets OK, walk to park &beach includes basic cable, WiFi,hot water. You pay elec. $650.630-1250.

BELMONT Condo: 2-bedroom,2-bath, single-level, washer/dryerhook-up, attached garage.Non-smoker, Near LRCC/LRGH,security deposit. $995/month.+ utilities. 528-1432.

BELMONT-Available Immediately.2-bedroom townhouse-style.Quiet, heat included. $225/week.All housing certificates accepted.267-0545-or 781-344-3749

BRISTOL- House on private lot.Two rooms for rent. $110/Week,heat & electricity included.530-2261

BRISTOL: Newly renovated2-bedroom apartment. Heat andhot water included. $700/month.217-4141. Available April 15.

For Rent

FRANKLINCozy, 2 bedroom1 bath apartment

Nice neighborhood,$600/Month + Utilities

No Smoking

455-0592

FRANKLIN: Quiet modern 2-Bed-room w/carport. 2ND-floor, start-ing at $765/Month, includesheat/hot water. Security deposit &references required. No pets.286-4845.

FULLY furnished beautifulupscale duplex. Gunstock Acres,2-3 bedroom. $1,300/Month-Fullyfurnished, $1,200/Month unfur-nished. utilities included.603-759-2895.

FURNISHED Room with ownbathroom. $150 per week.603-366-4468.

GILFORD 3 bedroom condo,$1,300/monthly. Parking garagesavailable. Heated pool, tenniscourt. Close to shopping and lake.Boat slip available. Washer/Dryerhook up available. NO PETS.References & security required.781-710-2208.

GILFORD April 1st. Your new1BR lakefront apt! Private, views,w/d, fun. $725/ month603-393-7077.

GILFORD, 2-Bedroom, 2-Bath,Balconies, no smoking/pets,$890/month plus utilities, Securitydepos i t and re ferences,603-455-6662

LACONIA- Ranch style house.Completely renovated, 3-bed-room, 2-bath. Brick fireplace,screened in porch, front & backyards, quiet neighborhood, closeto town, great for kids.$ 1 , 3 0 0 / M o n t h , i n c l u d e sw a t e r / s e w e r , e l e c t r i c .603-707-1483 No Smoking/NoPets

For Rent

LACONIA - 26 Dartmouth St., lowtraffic area near schools, park &downtown. 1/2 of a duplex, 8rooms, 3 bedrooms, walk-outbasement w/washer-dryer hook-ups, large open porch, level lot foroutside activities & ample offstreet parking. On the sunny sideof the house, clean w/hardwoodf l o o r s . N o n - s m o k i n g .$1,000/month plus heat &uti l i t ies. Call owner/broker396-4163

LACONIA - Small 2BR house onlarge private lot. W/D hookups.$900 +utilities. 556-7905

LACONIA 1 Bedroom- Washer/dryer hookup, storage, no pets.Security Deposit & references.$600/month + utilities. 520-4353

LACONIA- Great downtownLocation. Rooms for rent. Shareki tchen & bath. Ut i l i t iesincluded. $107-$115/Week.524-1884

LACONIA- Large 3 Bedroom.Sunny, washer/dryer hook-up,storage. $995/Month, first, last, +security 524-0480

LACONIA- Spacious 2 bedroom.Laundry hook-ups, no pets,no smoking. $875/Month.pho tos and i n f o . a t :140courtstreet.blogspot.com.528-1829

LACONIA: 2BR townhouse, 1.5bathrooms, w/d, attached garage.$1,300/month plus utilities. Call387-7138.

LACONIA: Large, sunny 3BR,first floor. $1,000/month plus utili-ties. Central air, washer/dryerhookup, hardwood floors, walk tothe lake and downtown with spacefor your garden. Available June1st. Pet friendly. ContactHeather, 998-3174.

LACONIA: 1-bedroom, $135-$150/ weekly includes heat & hotwater. References and deposit.528-0024.

LACONIA: Charming sunny small2-bedroom, 2nd f loor nosmoking/dogs. $200/week.includes heat/ hot water.455-5569.

LACONIA: Gilbert Apartments.Call for available apartments.524-4428

LACONIA: 1-2 Bedrooms startingat $165/Week, utilities included.No pets. 496-8667 or 545-9510.

LAKEPORT Tiny one-bedroom,first floor, 1-car parking, lake view,$125/week. No uti l i t ies-Nosmoking, No dogs. references andcredit check a must, leavemessage for Rob. 617-529-1838.

For Rent

LAKEPORT- Freshly painted, big5-room, 2-bedroom apartmentwith lake view. Includeswasher/dryer, hardwood floors,cabinet kitchen, 2 car parking,plowing and landscaping. Huge,bright and sunny master bedroomoverlooking lake. Section 8approved. $185/Week + 4-weeksecurity deposit. No utilities, nodogs, no smoking. Proper I.D.,credit check and backgroundcheck required. Showings on Fri-day only. Call Rob, 617-529-1838

LITTLE HOUSE, Ashland. Thisguesthouse is tiny, but cozy.Climb up ships ladder to 2 smallbedrooms. Bath has shower only.Nice porch. All utilities includedplus basic cable & internet.$175/wk or $750/mo, plus securitydeposit. References. No pets, nonsmokers ONLY. 968-7800

MEREDITH lakefront studio, utili-ties included, no pets, no smok-ers, single person, $850/mo. Call279-1472.

MEREDITH- 1 bedroom apart-ment with kitchen and living room.No pets . No smok ing.$700/Month, includes heat & hotwater. Convenient ResidentialLocation. 279-4164

Newly RenovatedApartments,Meredith, NH

New two bedroom apartment:$1,050/month, New three bed-room apartment: $1,150/month.Great parking, close to town,brand new appliances heat andair conditioning included in rent.Call for more information andappointment to see. JoyceJanitorial Service 603-524-8533

TILTON- UPDATED onebedroom. Top-floor, quiet.Heat/Hot Water included, nodogs. $630/Month. 603-393-9693or 916-214-7733.


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Full time & Part time LNA positions, Belknap County, Laconia, N.H. - The BelknapCounty Nursing Home, is seeking LNA’s to fill the following positions: (1) Full time40 hour and (1) Part time 32 hour on our 11-7 shift, (1) Part time 32 hour and (2)Part time 24 hour openings on our 7-3 shift along with (1) Part time 32 hour openingon our 3-11 shift. Come and be a part of our team where our mission is: “To care forour residents, as ourselves, with compassion, dignity and respect.” LNA’s are underthe general direction of the RN/LPN, are responsible for carrying out assignedfunctions as delegated in order to support and complement standards of nursingpractice and provide direct resident care as assigned.

For further information and to view a full job description, visit Current JobOpenings under the Departments/Human Resources tab at www.belknapcounty.org.

Minimum Qualifications: Must be licensed through the N.H. Board of Nursing.Application: An application is required and may be picked up during normalbusiness hours or one may be downloaded from our website. Resumes areencouraged, but will not serve as a replacement for the required application. You canfill out the on-line application and save it to your hard drive. You must print it out,sign it and submit the application to:

Deb Laflamme, HumanResources 30 County Drive, Laconia, NH, 03246

Phone 603-729-1245Positions will remain open until the close of business on March 23, 2012

with initial interviews scheduled shortly after that time.An Equal Opportunity Employer M/F/DP/V.

SALES CONSULTANTWould you like to control your income?

Well you can at Ippolito’s!

We have an immediate opening for a commissionedSales Consultant. Experience is not necessary, we willtrain you and you will receive a salary while you are intraining.

Good references are a must, must be self-motivatedand reliable. Working Saturday and Sunday are amust. Control your income. The more you sell themore you make. Health insurance available after 90days of employment.

E-mail resume to [email protected] or bring itin person or mail to:

Ippolito’s Furniture193 Daniel Webster Hwy.

Meredith, NH 03253No phone calls!

For Rent

For Rent-Commercial

LACONIA - 1,200 Sq. Ft. of lightand airy 1st class, 2nd floorprofessional office space withexposed brick walls and beamedceilings; in downtown overlookingthe Winnipesaukee River andRotary Park in the HistoricBelknap Mill. $1,400/mo. pluselectricity and A/C. Call 524-8813for an appointment to see.

LOCATION LOCATION. If yourbusiness needs exposure thismay be your perfect fit. Real es-tate, legal, dental, eye care, officeor retail business seeking. Visibil-ity, should take a look at this 750sq. ft. office/store front with hightraffic count and plenty of parking.Just steps away from the Com-mon Man in Ashland. $850/mo. Allutilities included. 968-7800.

For Sale

(12) 10ft. Environmental tubes forseptic system, includes clips,$500. (603)937-0478.

4-Goodyear Eagle PerformanceTouring al l season t ires.225/60R16. Lightly used. $300 orbest offer. 279-3980

90-GALLON Marine Fish Tank:Includes light, skimmer, pumps,live rock and fish! $800.968-7941 or 986-3540.

AMAZING FOUR WHEELERDEAL! 2012 Polaris SportsmanHO with brand new trailer. Bothnever used! Title, Warranty,Manuals. Sell both for $6500 orfour wheeler for $5800, trailer for$800. NEED TO SELL!603-387-2630.

AMAZING! Beautiful pillowtop ma-tress sets, twin $169, full or queen$249, king $399. See AD under“Furniture”.

BENJAMIN OIL LLC .603-524-6457(oils) Number 2heating oil C.O.D. 15 gallons$100, 20 gallons $125, 25 gallons$150, 30 gallons $175, 35 gallons$200. Laconia and surroundingareas. Hours of operation Mon.thru Fri. 6 pm - 10 pm, Sat. &Sund., 2 pm - 8 pm. Emergencyservice available.

GREEN FIREWOOD- Cut, notsplit $130/cord; Cut & split$175/cord. Seasoned firewood.$250. Also, logging, landclearing& tree work (all phases).393-8416.

For Sale

Eli’s Attic355 Central Street, FranklinAll your household & family

needs with prices that are hardto beat. All kids clothes

size 0 thru 20 youthjust 2 bucks top & 2 bucksbottoms regardless of brand

All Day Every DayWed. - Sat. 10am-6pm

630-9664

FIREWOOD Kiln dried, 16 inchcut and split, $300 a cord or half acord $200, clean, no bugs, inclfree bag of kindling and delivery.Early Bird Farm. 435-9385

FIREWOOD: Green, Cut, splitand delivered (Gilmanton and sur-rounding area). $190/cord.(603)455-8419 or (603)267-1992.

PANAMAX M5400-PM VoltageRegulator for home audio/theater.11 outlets. $450. 496-8639.

For Sale

SUPPORT your local logger andheat with carbon neutral woodor wood pellets. Purchase aCentral Boiler outdoor woodfurnace on sale EPA qualified to97% efficient. (603)447-2282.

YAMAHA Integrated Power Mixer(PA System), 400 watts, $100;COMMUNITY Bass Bin Subwoof-ers, 2 available, $100 each or$175/pair; SONY6-Disc CDChanger for Home Stereo, $90.393-7786.

Furniture

AMAZING! Beautiful Queen or Full-sizemattress set. Luxury FirmEuropean Pil low-top style.Fabulous back & hip support.Factory sealed - new 10-Yr.warranty. Cost $1095, sell $249.Can deliver 603-305-9763.

MATTRESS & FURNITURECLOSEOUTS AND

OVERSTOCKS! 20% OFF ENTIRE STORE!RECLINERS $299, FUTONS,$299 BUNKBEDS, $399 SOFAS,$599 RUSTIC FURNITURE ANDARTWORK TOO! COZY CABINRUSTICS AND MATTRESSOUTLET 517 WHITTIER HWY.(RTE 25) MOULTONBOROCALL JAY 603-662-9066WWW.VISCODIRECT.COM

Free

FREE Pickup for your unwanted,useful item garages, automobiles,etc. estates cleaned out and yard-sale items. (603)930-5222.

T&B Appliance Removal. Appli-ances & AC’s removed free ofcharge if outside. Please call(603)986-5506.

Help Wanted

AUTOMOTIVE Reconditioner /Detailer: Must have experience &valid NH driver�s license. Com-petitive pay. Call for interview,524-4200.

Landscape Maintenanceand Construction

Crew Members Wanted

Must be motivated and have apositive attitude.

Call Pete (603) 279-1378American Pride

Landscape Company

CARE AND COMFORTNURSING

Immediate openings for LNA, LPNand RN. 528-5020 or fax resume528-0352.

Help Wanted

CHEF MANAGERS& COOKS

SUMMER CAMPSLakes Region, NH

Letter & Resume to:[email protected]

Lot AttendantDion �s Plant Place inMoultonborough Full Timeposition including weekends.Equipment operation andmaintenance is a must.

Call Bianca at253-7111

MOWING CREW help wantedExperienced with clean driving re-cord. Please call Bruce!s Land-scaping 279-5909 A Drug-FreeEnvironment

PLATINUM Salon and Spa islooking for an experienced stylistwith clientele to join our team. Call524-7724.

Help Wanted

Seasonal Positions• window Cleaners Experienced Crew Leader Window Washers• Housekeeping 2 Crew Leaders General housekeepers• Carpet Cleaning General Carpet Cleaners

Year Round PositionGeneral cleaning position inTi l ton, NH. Mon.-Fr i .5am-10am.

For all positions,experience is preferredbut will train the right

candidate.Call:

527-2610

Help Wanted

SUPPORT PROVIDERLooking for an energetic caringpatient person to assist a friendlyyoung man to have a meaningfulday for 30 hours a week. Do youlike to swim? workout? attend mu-sical events? enjoy sports? If so,this job could be for you! Hoursare 7:30-11:00am M-F with someflexibility for the additional 13hours to scheduled, afternoons,weekends, or some evenings.$12.00/hour wage plus mileage!Must have reliable transportationand be fully insured. Non-smok-ers living close to the Mereditharea only please. Call603-279-4021 Don't delay!

WATER FILTRATIONMECHANIC

Now accepting applications for awater f i l t rat ion mechanic.Applicant must have goodplumbing skills, ability to plan &complete the installation of waterfilters, softeners, reverse osmosissystems, and radon filters. Musthave a clean appearance and theability to speak with customers.Please apply in person. GilfordWell Company. 1440 LakeshoreRd. Gilford, NH

Instruction

DRUM Lessons taught by experi-enced instructor. All ages/levels.Very reasonable rates. Call603.520.5671 for Jared Steer

FLYFISHING LESSONSon private trout pond. FFF certi-fied casting instructor. Gift cert.available. (603)356-6240.www.mountainviewflyfishing.com

Private piano lessons forbeginners of all ages. [email protected]. Studio information: www.debo-rahmstone.blogspot.com

Land


GILFORD — Baseball players ages 8-12 from the communities of Gilford and Laconia are invited to participate in the Gilford Cal Ripken baseball league’s skills assessment sessions, taking place Saturday March 24 at the Gilford Middle School gym.

Two sessions will be held, for dif-ferent divisions. From 8:30-10 a.m., Majors skills assessments will be held for 11-12 year olds, as well as 10 year olds interested in moving up from the Minors division. From 10:30 a.m.-noon, Minors skills assessments will be held for 9-10 year olds, as well as 8 year olds interested in moving up from the Farm division. These skills assess-ments will be used by league coordina-

tors and coaches to draft teams in the Minors and Majors divisions. Player participation in the skills assessment is optional, but recommended.

If you wish to register for the Gilford Cal Ripken baseball league and have yet to do so, March 24 is also the last day to submit early-bird registrations at $50 per player ($100 per family maximum). After March 25, registration increases to $60 per player ($120 per family maximum). Players who have not previously partici-pated in the Gilford Cal Ripken league must also show a birth certifi cate as proof of age to complete their registration.

For more details, contact Gilford Cal Ripken League President Jaime Boucher at 603-630-2802.

Gilford Cal Ripken Baseball skills assessment set for March 24

Lenten, Holy Week, Easter, and Spring events planned at Sanbornton UCC

SANBORNTON — The Sanbornton Congregational Church, UCC, is plan-ning a number of Lent, Holy Week, Easter and Spring events

The events include:— March 18: 10 a.m. worship with

West African drumming— March 21 & 28: 6-8 p.m. Lenten

supper and program— April 1: 10 a.m. Palm Sunday

worship— April 5: Maundy Thursday: 6

p.m. Potluck with a “Middle Eastern”

fl avor, followed by 7 p.m. worship ser-vice with communion.

— April 6 (3 p.m.) and April 8 (6 a.m.): Easter Vigil.

— April 8: Easter, 6 a.m. Sunrise Service, followed by breakfast in the Undercroft and 10 a.m. worship.

— May 6: 4 p.m. installation of Pastor Ruth Martz, and reception

— May 20: Children’s Sunday and teacher recognition

For more information contact Diane Farrell at 279-8848

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CNC’S – Lathes – VMC’sSET-UP

Must understand G Code

Ability to measure parts and interpret prints

Working knowledge of SolidWorksEdgeCam or CamWorks a plus

Supervisor Experience a plus

Send resume, references and salaryrequirements to:

Hebert Foundry & Machine113 Fair Street

Laconia, NH 03246Email: [email protected]

PLEASE - no walk-ins or call-ins

Motorcycles

Buy • Sell • Tradewww.motoworks.biz

(603)447-1198. Olson’s MotoWorks, RT16 Albany, NH.

Recreation Vehicles

2005 Four Winds Chateau 31PClass C Motorhome. 10,909m i l e s . $ 3 8 , 5 0 0 O B O .( 6 0 3 ) 3 8 7 - 2 9 5 0 o [email protected].

Real Estate

FOR Sale By Owner- 2 bedroom 1bath ranch. approx. 1,500 Sq. Ft.3-stall oversized garage, Taxes$2,300. Fixer Upper, sold as is.Pr incipals only, $95,000.603-930-5222

Roommate Wanted

LACONIA 2-roomates wantedclean, quiet, sober environment.All inclusive, must see, will gofast. $110-130/week. 455-2014

MEREDITH Area: Room for rent,$125/week, includes everything.(603)937-0478.

Services Services

PIPER ROOFINGQuality Work

Reasonable Rates

Free EstimatesMetal Roofs • Shingle Roofs

Our CustomersDon�t get Soaked!

528-3531Major credit cards accepted

Services

Creative OrganizationGet a jump on spring cleaning andspend your summer having fun!387-2536

HANDYMANSERVICES

Small Jobs AreMy Speciality

Rick Drouin

520-5642 or 744-6277

BLUE RIBBON PAINTING CO.

Interior/ExteriorSince 1982 ~ Fully Insured

Paper Hanging

279-5755 630-8333 Bus. Cell

SUPERIORDETAILING

Autos-Boats-Bikes-RV’SGet Early Bird SpecialsSAVE MONEY NOW!

387-9789

Services

M.A. SMITH ELECTRIC: Qualitywork for any size electrical job. Li-censed-Insured, Free estimates/603-455-5607

QS&L Builders. Roofing, decksand more. 15 years experience.Fully insured. Free estimates.603-832-3850

Storage Space

GILFORD garage for rent nearAirport. One large lighted garage.$170 monthly. 781-710-2208.

Wanted

WANTED Immediately. Washer/electric dryer in good working con-dition. 630-1250.

Yard Sale

LACONIA 11 Brigham St.- Sat.3/17, 8:00 am to Noon. Somethingfor everyone!


Magician Larry Frates. (Courtesy photo)

LACONIA — Magical Artist, Nascimento (aka Larry Frates) has been inducted into the Order of Merlin Shield by the International Brotherhood of Magicians for his 35 years of service to the promo-tion of magic as an art. Frates was well know to area families for 15 summer seasons at Funspot’s Story-book Forest and currently has returned to the MS Mt. Washington’s family nights as he did back in the seventies.

Two of his most memorable performances were for Margaret Thatcher in the United Kingdom and a close up performance for Ronald Regan right in Gil-ford when he appeared at the Gilford Middle High School where Frates taught art for 15 years. While at the school he established the school’s Magic Club, which grew into one of the fi rst national youth magic groups sponsored by the Society of American Magi-cians, and presented annual student magic shows to the community.

His Sayno Magic Show dealing with alcohol and drug abuse was recognized both regionally and nationally by Mother’s Against Drunk Driving and the Governor’s Offi ce of Alcohol and Substance Abuse, the Laconia, Gilford, and Meredith Rotary International Chapters, the Meredith Kiwanis Club, and the Chichester Lions Club back in the 1980s. Following that his “Get It Together” Magic Show dealt with the topic of “bullying” in the nineties and was recognized by then President Bill Clin-ton’s Regional Offi ce of Education. In the early 2ks his attention turned to developing a magic act that focused on motivating children to read and write as part of their daily lives. This show was presented at local elementary schools for two years.

“It seems like history is repeating itself,” said the magician, as he hinted that a new motivational show is about ready to be unveiled in the Lakes Region. “It may well focus on some of the previous topics in new ways, using new technologies, for a new audience.” Right now he is following the magi-cian’s code of secrecy but will reveal the name of the

show “Imagine That!”Civic groups, school districts, church groups, and

individuals wishing information as it becomes avail-able are invited to call Frates at 528-7651 or email him at [email protected]

Frates inducted into Order of the Merlin Shield

LACONIA — Lakes Region Community College Spring Semester 2012 Phi Theta Kappa (PTK) International Honor Society induction to be held Wednesday, March 21, at 6 p.m., in the Hugh Ben-nett Library on Prescott Hill.

“I am really excited to get new members of the Alpha Chi Epsilon Chapter at LRCC,” says PTK Public Rela-tions Offi cer, Aja Montague of Laconia. “The Phi Theta Kappa family is a strong one worldwide. We enjoy seeing growth in LRCC’s Honor Society Chapter.”

The featured speaker at LRCC’s Spring Semester induction ceremony will be Naomi Dias, PTK New England Regional Offi cer at Large. Dias is a candi-date for International PTK President.

For additional information contact Montague at [email protected]. The public is invited to attend. Refreshments will be served.

This year’s PTK offi cers include President, Patri-cia Wright, Holderness; Vice President, Kristine Olson-Smith, Gilford; Treasurer, Hilary Matte, San-bornton; and Public Relations Offi cer, Montague.

Honor Society induction at LRCC set for March 21

BELMONT — The Central Force girls AAU pro-gram will be holding a two day tryout on Saturday March 24 and Sunday March 25 at Belmont Middle School at the following times: Saturday March 24 grades 5-6 3:30-4:30 p.m., grades 7-8 4:30-5:30 p.m., and grades 9-11 5:30-6:30 p.m. Sunday March 25 grades 9-11 noon-1 p.m., grades 7-8 1-2 p.m., grades 5-6 2-3 p.m.

Email Amy at [email protected] or call Mark at 340-1281 with any questions or for more information. There is a $25 registration fee. Parents should accom-pany players on the fi rst day to complete paperwork and arrive early to fi ll out registration form.

Central Force AAU basketball tryouts planned for March 24 & 25

LACONIA — A meeting of the Lakes Region Chapter of the National Federation of the Blind of NH will take place on Saturday, March 24 at 10:30 a.m. at The Good Shepherd Lutheran Church at 2238 Parade Road, Laconia.

The organization helps the blind and visually impaired by sharing information, techniques, resources and providing socialization.

It is currently in need of volunteer drivers. Anyone who would like to help or would like more infor-mation about the organization can contact Tony Bonanno, president of the Lakes Region Chapter., by calling 279-3308.

Local Chapter of NH Federation of the Blind meeting March 24

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