THE LACONIA DAILY SUN, Saturday, August 24, 2013 — Page 5
Tilton Police raid nets ‘large amount’ of illegal drugs & cash & 2 arrests TILTON — Police yesterday raided a residence on Autumn Drive and report the seizure of a “large amount” of drugs and cash, along with a firearm. Placed under arrest at the home were 31-year-old Benjamin Ricks and 25-year-old Sarah Swett. Police Chief Robert Cormier said a search warrant was executed with the assistance of the Sanbornton Police Department and the N.H. State Police
K-9 Unit. Ricks is charged with illegal possession of controlled drugs/narcotics and possession with intent to sell illegal drugs/narcotics. He is being held in lieu of $10,000 cash bail. Swett was charged with illegal possession of controlled drugs/narcotics and was released from custody on personal recognizance bail.
Opechee milfoil treatment set for next week BY MICHAEL KITCH THE LACONIA DAILY SUN
Laconia City Councilor & Mayor Pro-Tem Bob Hamel came to the Laconia Senior Center on Friday to help Marie Carrigan celebrate her 100th birthday. (Laconia Daily Sun photo/Michael Kitch)
Senior Center ‘gangleader’ celebrates 100 BY MICHAEL KITCH
LACONIA — “Oh, yes, I remember the Model-T. . . I rode in one,” exclaimed Marie Carrigan as City Councilor Bob Hamel reeled off a list of milestones she had passed when the Laconia Senior Center celebrated her 100th birthday yesterday. Carrigan has been an active volunteer at the center for the past two decades. She is revered for her baked goods, particularly her renowned chocolate cake, as well as her knitting and crocheting, which have brought joy to many of her fellow seniors. Carrignan was born in Canada, but has lived nearly all her life in New Hampshire, where she worked
in hosiery mill in Franklin. She was married for 41 years with one daughter, three grandsons and two greatgrandchildren and still makes her home in the same large house where she has lived for more than 60 years. A regular at the Bingo table on Wednesdays and Fridays as well as at “Dine Around,” she is known at the center as “the gangleader.” When Hamel noted that the year she was born marked the first time a woman jumped from an airplane, someone was heard to “Marie drove her to it.” Asked what was the secret to a long life, Carrigan replied without hesitation “there’s no secret. The years just keep creeping up on you and all of a sudden you’re a hundred.”
from preceding page jurors must all agree to give Hasan the death penalty before he can be sent to the military’s death row, which has just five other prisoners. If they do not agree, the 42-year-old will spend the rest of his life in prison. Hasan, a Virginia-born Muslim, said the attack was a jihad against U.S. wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. He bristled when the judge suggested the shooting rampage could have been avoided were it not for a spontaneous flash of anger. “It wasn’t done under the heat of sudden passion,” Hasan said before jurors began deliberating. “There was adequate provocation — that these were deploying soldiers that were going to engage in an illegal war.” All but one of the dead were soldiers, including a pregnant private who curled on the floor and pleaded for her baby’s life. The attack ended when Hasan was shot in the back by one of the officers responding to the shooting. He is now paralyzed from the waist down and uses a wheelchair. Hasan planned to continue representing himself in the sentencing phase, which was expected to include more testimony from survivors of the attack inside an Army medical center
where soldiers were waiting in long lines to receive immunizations and medical clearance for deployment. Hasan began the trial by telling jurors he was the gunman, but he said little else, which convinced his court-appointed standby lawyers that Hasan’s only goal was to get a death sentence. The military called nearly 90 witnesses, but Hasan rested his case without calling a single person to testify in his defense and made no closing argument. Yet he leaked documents during the trial to journalists that revealed him telling military mental health workers that he could “still be a martyr” if executed. Death sentences are rare in the military and trigger automatic appeals that take decades to play out. Among the final barriers to execution is authorization from the president. No American soldier has been executed since 1961. Hasan spent weeks planning the Nov. 5, 2009, attack. His preparation included buying the handgun and videotaping a sales clerk showing him how to change the magazine. He later plunked down $10 at a gun range outside Austin and asked for pointers on how to reload with speed and precision.
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LACONIA — Milfoil in Lake Opechee will be treated with a chemical herbicide applied on or around Thursday, September 5. The treatment was originally scheduled for early July but was postponed when the chemical herbicide that was to have been applied was found to have produced less than optimal results at other locations. Suzanne Perley of the Lake Opechee Preservation Association said that the treatment will cover 13 acres, divided between the areas at the north end of the lake near Anthony Drive and the eastern shore below the Lakeport Dam, at a cost of $13,256. She said that DES awarded the association a
grant equal to 40-percent of the cost and the city and the association are splitting the balance evenly. On the day the herbicide is applied restrictions on the use of water will be imposed and posted. Swimming will be prohibited within 200 feet of the treated areas. Water drawn from intakes within 1,200 feet and wells within 50 feet of the treated areas should not be used for drinking, irrigating or watering plants until further notice. These restrictions will be posted on the shoreline prior to the treatment and any questions can be addressed to Marc Bellaud, Aquatic Control Technology, 11 John Road, Sutton, Massachusetts 01590-2509, (508) 865-1000 or info@aquaticcontroltech. com.
PET OF THE WEEK
Kayla & Bear
Reach for the tissues folks, this is a sad story. Kayla and Bear aged 12 and 13 years respectively, arrived at NH Humane Society, via our friends at Meadow Pond Veterinary Hospital in Moultonborough. They had been brought to the vets after their owner, a well loved teacher, died suddenly, and tragically at the beginning of the summer. Not only has the community lost someone so dedicated to education and learning, she was completely dedicated to her two constant companions. Kayla and Bear must stay together. They must be assured life in their retirement home, for whatever time they have left, it would be their departed owners last wish; to know her dogs are safe. Obviously one must be prepared for the health issues these two large, mixed breeds dogs now have, but they too mourn their owner, and deserve not to spend their final chapter on earth at the shelter. We at New Hampshire Humane Society are grateful to the friends who have stopped to visit Kayla & Bear and offer solace, and to so many who sent Memorial donations in memory of their beloved owner. Now we ask the community to open their hearts and home to Kayla & Bear. For more information about these two wonderful creatures call us at 524-3252 or check www.nhhumane.org for details.