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Stamps being canceled with image of hated turbines; postmaster stresses it’s not done locally By Michael Kitch THE LACONIA DAILY SUN

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BRISTOL — When Jim Howell, a 25-year veteran of United States Postal Service, was appointed postmaster here in February, he did not expect to become a windmill to be tilted at. Not until residents of towns around Newfound Lake, where a proposed wind farm has stirred great controversy, noticed that the stamps on their mail were cancelled with an image of wind turbines. He said yesterday that one opponent of the project who apparently assumed that the postal service was expressing support for the wind

farms in the Newfound Lake area, suggesting that with the cancellation that the wind developers had enlisted the post office in a “propaganda war.” Howell explained that the cancellation, which depicts four wind Above is sample of the stamp cancelation imprint the U.S. Postal turbines to the left of a shimmerService came up with in honor of Earth Day. It shows a show of ing sun above the message “Earth wind turbines on the left and the sun on the right. Day 2013” is a “special cancellation” authorized by USPS in Washington. “That farm made his feelings known in no uncersymbol is used nationally to indicate that tain terms. Earlier this week The Daily Sun printed we are a green company,” he said. “It has a letter from Ray Cunningham of Bridgenothing to do with us. We have zero say see WINd page 8 water, an outspoken opponent of wind

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Gracie Stephen and Lyla McSheffrey get on the balance beam during the “Gymmy’s” floor time at the Lakes Region Gymnastics Academy in Belmont on Friday evening. The season ending open house provided a chance for all of the academy’s students to perform for family and friends. (Karen Bobotas/for the Laconia Daily Sun)

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