The Berlin Daily Sun, Tuesday, October 18, 2011

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 18, 2011

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AVRRDD celebrates a 20th anniversary

BY GAIL SCOTT THE BERLIN DAILY SUN

SHELBURNE—The Androscoggin Valley Regional Refuse Disposal District celebrated a 20th anniversary at the Town and Country Inn in Shelburne Friday with a dinner attended by more than 150 people.

In these 20 years, the District has emerged as one of the area’s success stories, having installed in 2007 a gas collection system at the Mt. Carberry Landfill, with more than four miles of piping, that is expected to help heat Gorham Paper and Tissue production in the mill complex in Cascade and has been cited as one of the reasons Patriarch Partners L.L.C. has purchased the mill and set the paper machines cranking again.

This same system has enabled AVRRDD to sell carbon credits, turning area waste into not just heating energy but dollars for the community.

This road to success began, actually, 30 years ago, because

of the New Hampshire General Court which enacted new solid waste legislation, according to a quick history, prepared

by AVRRDD Executive Director Sharon Gauthier, who will have been with AVRRDD for 20 years on Nov. 4. At that time she was hired as Administrative Assistant to newly appointed AVRRDD Administrator Coordinator Robert Platt. When Platt retired in 1994, Gauthier was promoted to the executive position.

Platt came to the dinner Friday and after a brief introduction by Gauthier, gave attendees a quick look at what things were like in the very beginning.

Prompted by the new solid waste legislation in New Hampshire which “called for the establishment of solid waste districts ‘to promote area planning for, and cooperative efforts in waste management,’ a Memorandum of Understanding for the Androscoggin Valley Solid Waste Planning see AVRRDD page 7

Members of the Androscoggin Valley Regional Refuse Disposal District board look on as AVRRDD chairperson Linda Cushman, of Jefferson, hands Clara Grover, of Errol, a plaque commemorating Grover’s 20 years of service on the board of AVRRDD. (GAIL SCOTT PHOTO)

Kestrel Aircraft looking East side car break-ins escalate at Berlin for new plant

BY MELISSA GRIMA THE BERLIN DAILY SUN

BY BARBARA TETREAULT THE BERLIN DAILY SUN

BERLIN -- Cate Street Capital officials confirmed yesterday that they are hoping to attract Kestrel Aircraft Company to locate a plant near the Burgess Biomass plant now under construction.

“At this point it’s tentative and still in the preliminary stages,” said Cate Street Capital Vice President Richard Cyr. Cyr said Kestrel is the company Cate Street President John Halle referred to when he told reporters at the groundbreaking for the biomass plant earlier this month that he was working to finalize a deal with a company that would create from 150 to 300 jobs in Berlin.

Kestrel Company President Alan Klapmeier was not available to answer press inquires yester-

day and a company official said he would not be available until Wednesday.

But last week Klapmeier told N.H. Public Radio that he is considering setting up a plant in Berlin to make composite parts for Kestrel’s high performance Turboprop plane. The location near the biomass plant is attractive because the waste heat generated by the plant could be used in the production of the composite parts such as the wings and fuselage.

Kestrel is a new company that was formed in July 2010 by Klapmeier to bring the Kestrel design to production at the former Brunswick Naval Air Station in Brunswick, Maine. The prototype is a single engine six to eight seat plane that will consume less fuel see AIRCRAFT page 11

BERLIN — East Side residents have been subject to a rash of thefts from vehicles in recent weeks and this weekend things intensified with two residents witnessing the break-ins. One man was even fired upon by the alleged thief, as the assailant shot twice from the man’s own gun found in the unlocked vehicle.

The witnesses contacted police and as a result one Berlin man was arrested and charged with breaking into two vehicles

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GORHAM — A Georgia man led Gorham Police on a chase through four towns early Sunday morning but was eventually apprehended more than 20 miles from where the pursuit began.

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Berlin Police arrested James Merchant, 26, of Berlin, at 11:43 p.m. on Sunday night, Oct. 16, after a brief foot chase. He was charged with theft from a motor vehicle, attempt to commit theft from a motor vehicle, criminal trespass, and resisting arrest.

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was charged with DWI and additional offenses related to the chase, while the passengers were released.

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Hair-cutting attacks stir fear among Ohio Amish BERGHOLZ, Ohio (NY Times) — Myron Miller and his wife, Arlene, had been asleep for an hour when their 15-year-old daughter woke them and said that people were knocking at the door.

Miller, 45, a stocky construction worker and an Amish bishop in the peaceful farmlands of eastern Ohio, found five or six men waiting. Some grabbed him and wrestled him outside as others hacked at his long black beard with scissors, clipping off six inches.

As Miller kept struggling, his wife screamed at the children to call 911, and the attackers fled. For an Amish man, it was an unthinkable personal violation, and all the more bewildering because the attack was meted out by other Amish.

“We don’t necessarily fight, but it’s just instinct to defend yourself,” Miller recalled.

The attackers, according to the authorities, had traveled from an isolated splinter settlement near Bergholz, south of the Miller residence.

Sheriffs and Amish leaders in the region, home to one of the country’s largest concentrations of Amish, had come to expect trouble from the Bergholz group. It is said to be led with an iron hand by Sam Mullet, a 66-year-old man who had become bitterly estranged from mainstream Amish communities and had had several confrontations with the Jefferson County sheriff.

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RAMALLAH, West Bank (NY Times) — Israel on Sunday released the names of the first 477 Palestinian prisoners that it will exchange for a soldier held by the militant faction Hamas, and the list revealed why the country has found the trade so wrenching: a majority of the inmates were convicted of manslaughter, attempted murder or intentionally causing death.

A mastermind of the bombing of a Jerusalem pizzeria in

2001 that killed 15 people will walk out of prison as part of the agreement.

Those being freed include the founders of Hamas’s armed wing and militants who kidnapped and killed Israeli soldiers and civilians. A mastermind of the 2001 bombing of a Jerusalem pizzeria that killed 15 will walk out of prison, as will a woman who used the Internet to lure a lovesick Israeli teenager to a Palestinian city and had him

murdered.

Most of the prisoners were serving life sentences, some for being involved in attacks like the 2001 bombing of a Tel Aviv nightclub that killed 21 people and a suicide bombing a year later of a Netanya hotel in which 29 died.

The Israeli soldier in the trade, Staff Sgt. Gilad Shalit, was seized by Hamas militants in a cross-border raid more than five years ago and held in Gaza.

Islamists try to seize mantle of revolution in Cairo CAIRO (NY Times) — In one of Cairo’s most crowded quarters, where streets are so filled with trash that bulldozers scoop it up, the Muslim Brotherhood has opened not one but two offices. Its most conservative counterpart has followed suit.

An Islamist do-gooder with forearms as broad as the Nile has vowed to win a seat in Parliament.

Egypt’s parliamentary election may be more than a month away, but the contest has already begun in the neighborhood of Imbaba, where the arc of the Egyptian revolution is on display. The

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clarity of the revolt has given way to the ambiguity of its aftermath, and Islamic activists here who failed to drive the popular uprising — some, in fact, opposed it — are mobilizing to claim its mantle amid the din of protests, confusion and, last week, violence.

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ment. “However, we have an obligation to make tough decisions when necessary to improve profitability and strengthen our financial posiMANCHESTER — The retail hardtion.” ware giant Lowe’s Home ImproveMaiura said the Claremont, Hookment will lay off 279 employees as sett and Manchester stores, as well it closes three stores in New Hampas the other 17 being closed, failed shire. to turn a profit.

Colleen Maiura, spokeswoman “The stores that are closing all are at the Lowe’s corporate office in underperforming,” she said. “We did Mooresville, N.C., said the company not perceive those stores becoming will close the Claremont and Hookprofitable in the near future.” sett stores in about a month, followThe Claremont and Hooksett ing efforts to sell merchandise in stores will remain open those locations. The store temporarily to liquidate in Manchester was closed abruptly Sunday night. “It’s always hard merchandise, Maiura said.

“In markets were we Inventory at the Manchesto close stores, believe there is an opportuter store, which opened at its Huse Road loca- but it’s a business nity to sell quickly, we want take advantage of that,” tion three years ago, will decision. It was to she said. be shipped to the Bedford one we had to Yenichek said the deciLowe’s location, she said. sion to close the Manches“It’s always hard to close make.” ter location, which she said stores, but it’s a business the company leased, withdecision,” Maiura said out providing any notice to employMonday. “It was one we had to make.” ees, many of whom were in shock as According to a press release from they stood outside the store after the Lowe’s, the company is closing 20 meeting Sunday night, was not an stores nationwide and laying off easy one. about 1,950 employees. New HampShe said the company handles shire was the hardest hit - no other store closings one of two ways state had more than two stores close. either by immediately closing and Most employees were given a sevproviding severance packages or by erance package that included 60 days keeping stores open and employees of pay and benefits, Julie Yenichek, working until inventory has been Lowe’s public relations director, said sold off as much as possible. in an emailed statement. Of the 279 The Lowe’s website calls employemployees in New Hampshire, 169 ees “a strategic investment” and says were full-time, according to Maiura. the company “is fully dedicated to Three employees of the Mancheshelping our talented and committed ter store - the manager, human employees build rewarding careers.” resources manager and loss prevenYenichek said Lowe’s would “work tion officer - will remain employed with local agencies” to help laid-off and will be given jobs at other Lowe’s employees find new employment. stores, Yenichek said.

“We will do everything we can for “Closing stores is never easy, given the employees,” she said, adding that the impact on hard-working employ“they are eligible to apply for openees and local communities,” Lowe’s ings at other stores when opportuniChairman, President and CEO ties arise.”

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CONCORD — A New Hampshire woman who may have suffered a stroke while at the South Pole is now in New Zealand, where she’ll undergo medical testing.

Renee Douceur, of Seabrook, was working at a South Pole research center when she suffered a possible stroke at the end of August. It took weeks for conditions to improve enough to send a plane to pick her up.

Douceur said she slept for the entire flight to Christchurch, New Zealand on Monday morning. The city is the main destination for crews leaving

the South Pole.

Douceur was managing the science station for Raytheon when she lost some ability to speak and some vision issues. Because her condition wasn’t considered life-threatening, an emergency flight wasn’t scheduled, as conditions would have made the flight very dangerous.

Douceur said she will have tests done to determine if she suffered a stroke or if she has something like a tumor, which could have caused her symptoms.

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CAP thanks Letarte for orgnaizing food drive To the editor: Tri-County CAP would like to thank Lucy Letarte of Caron Building Center for organizing the Chamber of Commerce food drive. This group took time from their busy schedules to collect food to help the less fortunate in our community. This collaborative effort is a perfect example of how local businesses and schools pull together to

help the needy in our community. The food pantry is currently critically low and this donation helped to fill in some of the empty spots on the shelves.

Thank you again for your support and we hope your efforts will encourage others to support the local food pantries at this time of immediate need.

Cindy Baillargeon Community Contact Mgr.

I urge you to get out and vote on Nov. 8 To the editor: I write to encourage all my fellow registered voters to get out and vote in the upcoming city election on Tuesday November 8, 2011. Information about qualifying to vote is available online at http://www. berlinnh.gov/Pages/BerlinNH_Clerk/election/vote or http://www.sos.nh.gov/ vote.htm. If you qualify and are not yet registered to vote, contact the city clerk’s office 752-2340.

I also want to ask all my fellow Ward Two voters to vote for me to serve another term as your city councilor.

During the past four years, our city has made great strides towards recovering from the closing of the pulp mill, despite the national economic problems. Through unique

efforts like the Neighborhood Stabilization Program, our city pride shines through. I have had the opportunity to meet our talented city staff and dedicated employees.

These are the people who keep our city alive and well. I have been fortunate to work with Mayors Bertrand and Grenier and a diverse group of councilors. Despite differing viewpoints, we learned to pull together to achieve what Berlin needed. With the biomass boondoggle (as I once called it during one of our spirited work sessions) behind us, we can focus on the future of Berlin. Better days are ahead and I hope to be able to continue to serve. See you at the polls!

Tom McCue City Councilor Ward Two

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Losing Their Immunity

As the Occupy Wall Street movement continues to grow, the response from the movement’s targets has gradually changed: contemptuous dismissal has been replaced by whining. (A reader of my blog suggests that we start calling our ruling class the “kvetchocracy.”) The modern lords of finance look at the protesters and ask, Don’t they understand what we’ve done for the U.S. economy?

The answer is: yes, many of the protesters do understand what Wall Street and more generally the nation’s economic elite have done for us. And that’s why they’re protesting.

On Saturday The Times reported what people in the financial industry are saying privately about the protests. My favorite quote came from an unnamed money manager who declared, “Financial services are one of the last things we do in this country and do it well. Let’s embrace it.”

This is deeply unfair to American workers, who are good at lots of things, and could be even better if we made adequate investments in education and infrastructure. But to the extent that America has lagged in everything except financial services, shouldn’t the question be why, and whether it’s a trend we want to continue?

For the financialization of America wasn’t dictated by the invisible hand of the market. What caused the financial industry to grow much faster than the rest of the economy starting around 1980 was a series of deliberate policy choices, in particular a process of deregulation that continued right up to the eve of the 2008 crisis.

Not coincidentally, the era of an evergrowing financial industry was also an era of ever-growing inequality of income and wealth. Wall Street made a large direct contribution to economic polarization, because soaring incomes in finance accounted for a significant fraction of the rising share of the top 1 percent (and the top 0.1 percent, which accounts for most of the top 1 percent’s gains) in the nation’s income. More broadly, the same political forces that promoted financial deregulation fostered overall inequality in a variety of ways, undermining organized labor, doing away with the “outrage constraint” that used to limit executive paychecks, and more.

Oh, and taxes on the wealthy were, of course, sharply reduced.

All of this was supposed to be justified by results: the paychecks of the wizards of Wall Street were appropriate, we were told, because of the wonderful things they

did. Somehow, however, that wonderfulness failed to trickle down to the rest of the nation — and that was true even before the crisis. Median family income, adjusted for inflation, grew only about a fifth as much between 1980 and 2007 as it did in the generation following World War II, even though the postwar economy was marked both by strict financial regulation and by much higher tax rates on the wealthy than anything currently under political discussion.

Then came the crisis, which proved that all those claims about how modern finance had reduced risk and made the system more stable were utter nonsense.

Government bailouts were all that saved us from a financial meltdown as bad as or worse than the one that caused the Great Depression.

And what about the current situation?

Wall Street pay has rebounded even as ordinary workers continue to suffer from high unemployment and falling real wages.

Yet it’s harder than ever to see what, if anything, financiers are doing to earn that money.

Why, then, does Wall Street expect anyone to take its whining seriously? That money manager claiming that finance is the only thing America does well also complained that New York’s two Democratic senators aren’t on his side, declaring that “They need to understand who their constituency is.”

Actually, they surely know very well who their constituency is — and even in New York, 16 out of 17 workers are employed by nonfinancial industries.

But he wasn’t really talking about voters, of course. He was talking about the one thing Wall Street still has plenty of thanks to those bailouts, despite its total loss of credibility: money.

Money talks in American politics, and what the financial industry’s money has been saying lately is that it will punish any politician who dares to criticize that industry’s behavior, no matter how gently — as evidenced by the way Wall Street money has now abandoned President Obama in favor of Mitt Romney. And this explains the industry’s shock over recent events.

You see, until a few weeks ago it seemed as if Wall Street had effectively bribed and bullied our political system into forgetting about that whole drawing lavish paychecks while destroying the world economy thing.

Then, all of a sudden, some people insisted on bringing the subject up again.

And their outrage has found resonance with millions of Americans. No wonder Wall Street is whining

Androscoggin Retired Educators Assoc. announces meeting schedule BERLIN -- The Androscoggin Valley Retired Educators Association Executive Board has announced its 2011-2012 schedule of meetings.

The first meeting will be Wed., Oct. 19, at the Philbrook Farm Inn, Shelburne. Guest speaker will be Peter Kawonczyk who will discuss consumer fraud protection. On Wed., Feb., 15, 2012 the meeting will take place at the Yokohama Restaurant in Gorham. Betty Gosselin will address the group to explain Reiki and companion medicine. The group will meet at the North-

land Restaurant & Dairy Bar on Wed., May 16, 2012. Paul Robitaille will be our guest speaker to discuss the latest changes in Medicare.

All retired educators, administrators, and educational support staff who have served in New Hampshire or who have served elsewhere but are now living in New Hampshire, or retired educators from other states are eligible for membership. Spouses and guests are always welcome. Contact Betty Drew at 466-3608 for your reservation for the Oct., 19, meeting.

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Alan Lowe, fourth from left, was the 2011 recipient of the Tom Corrigan Award presented by the Coos County Republican Committee to honor his many contributions to the Party at Septemberfest in Scott and Heidi Mason’s field alongside the Conneticut River in Stratford. He posed with most members of his immediate family: wife Lucille Lowe; daughter Pattie Rousseau; grandson Philip Rousseau, and 8th grader in Gorham Middle School; granddaughter Christa Rousseau, a freshman at White Mountains Community College; and daughter Suzie Lowe-Santos, all of Randolph. Neither of his sons-inlaw, Kevin Rousseau and Gorham Police Officer Mark Santos could be on hand; both were working.

CHASE from page one

Buick, driven by Danny Chambers, 46, of Rossville, GA, did not pull over and instead attempted to elude Howry by pulling down side streets in town.

“It was smart of him to just hang back,” Lemoine said, noting that Howry thought about the situation and let Chambers make a few turns encountering some dead end streets in his travels, while Gorham’s second cruiser joined the hunt. When the Gorham officers caught up with him again, however, he increased his speed, according to Lemoine, and headed out of town.

It was that increase in speed that eventually proved to be Chambers’ downfall, as he failed to cleanly navigate the turn from Route 16 onto Lancaster Road, striking the median, a highway sign and flower box. The damage, and a hubcap from the vehicle, was found after the fact, but likely explains how the Buick was damaged and eventually lost a wheel, LemESCALATE from page one

they witnessed someone breaking into a vehicle. Police located Merchant in another vehicle on Devens Street, but he was able to escape on foot, leading police on a brief chase before he was apprehended.

While most of the break-ins have been reported the next day and have been non-violent, a man on Hillsboro Street came across a would-be thief not willing to just run. At 10:25 p.m. on Friday night, Oct. 14, a man on Hillsboro Street came upon his car being broken into, according to the police report. The alleged thief used the man’s own gun, which had been in the vehicle, to fire two shots before absconding on foot, police said. At 9:22 the next morning, police received a second report of a vehicle

oine said. That wheel was key in the vehicle coming to a stop in Carroll, after leading police through Gorham, Randolph and Jefferson at speeds in excess of 80 mph at times.

Even after his vehicle stopped, Chambers kept running, leading police on a foot chase into the woods near the Routes 3 and 115 intersection in Carroll. He was located in the woods leaning up against a pine tree, Lemoine said. Officers from NH State Police, Lancaster, Bethlehem and Sugar Hill assisted.

The two passengers in Chambers’ vehicle were determined to have no involvement in the matter and were released a short time after the incident.

Chambers was charged with aggravated driving while intoxicated, driving while intoxicated, disobeying an officer, reckless operation, and driving after suspension. He was held on $2,500 cash bail pending an Oct. 17 bail hearing. on Hillsboro Street being entered.

Compact discs were taken in that incident.

Two callers on Standard Street reported on Monday morning, Oct. 17, that five vehicles between the two residences had been entered overnight. Items stolen included a GPS unit, tools, cash and change.

Police would not immediately say if Merchant is a suspect in the unsolved car break-ins. A caller on Hillsboro Street reported on Saturday at noon, that a GPS unit had been taken from their car.

According to police, the investigation into these break-ins remains ongoing.

Merchant was held overnight on $1,000 cash bail pending a Monday bail hearing in Circuit Court.

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George A. Poirier

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BERLIN -- George A. Poirier of Hillsboro Street passed away Sunday morning, October 16, 2011 at Androscoggin Valley Hospital in Berlin. He was 58.

Born on March 20, 1953 in Berlin, NH, he was the son of George E. and Eva (Murphy) Poirier. George attended Berlin Schools.

Over the years, he was employed in the construction trade.

He was an avid NY Yankees fan and also enjoyed the mountains, making people laugh, and spending time with his family.

He leaves his parents, George and Eva Poirier of Bridgeport, Conn.; his lifelong companion, Diane Amato of Berlin; a son, George A. Poirier, Jr.; a daughter, Stacey Amato of Berlin; a step-son, Kyle Amato of Berlin and a brother, Thomas Poirier,

all of Berlin; three sisters, Georgia Fortin of Gorham, NH, Theresa Driver and Patty Poirier, both of Connecticut; four grandchildren, Jacob and Ashley Therriault and Anthony and Avery Poirier; several nieces and nephews.

A funeral service will be held at 3 p.m.

Wednesday, Oct 19, at Fleury-Patry Funeral Home, 72 High St, Berlin, NH. Calling hours will be held from 1 to 3 p.m. prior to the service at the funeral home on Wednesday, Oct George A. Poirier 19. Online guestbook at www.fleury-patry.com.

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Irving to host car wash to benefit BHS choral students BERLIN- The Glen Avenue Irving will be hosting a car wash for BHS Choral Students on Saturday, October 22, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Proceeds from the car wash will be used to defray costs for choral students traveling to New York City in April to perform at Carnegie Hall.

In June, after viewing the audition tape submitted by BHS Choral Director Kristen Bushway, the BHS Chorus was invited to perform at Carnegie Hall in April, 2012. Students will be in NYC for four days and will work with one of the leading choral conductors in the United States, Dr. Jerry Blackstone.

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AVRRDD from page one

District was prepared in Sept. 1981 and signed by the City of Berlin and the Towns of Gorham, Milan, and Dummer,” according to Gauthier’s history of AVRRDD. The first meeting of representatives from each municipality took place Nov. 24, 1981, at the Gorham Town hall, and, according to Gauthier’s history, “An outine schedule for planning with proposed completion dates was prepared, calling for an inventory of existing facilities, inventory of present and future waste generation and planning for future facilities management.

In Platt’s words, “We traveled around to see what people were doing elsewhere.” Their discussion touched on whether to lease or own, whether to have a landfill and/or recycling facilities.

Research continued into 1983 when the Androscoggin Valley Solid Waste Planning District (AVSWD) was formed to establish “an informal regional forum for discussing solid waste issues and developing a cooperative plan for solid waste management,” according to Gauthier’s history.

“In May 1986, by-laws for the Androscoggin Valley Solid Waste District were adopted.”

“At about this time (1986),” said Platt, “James River built a landfill at Mt. Carberry for sludge, but the EPA said (that to receive a permit) the landfill had to have a public benefit.”

“So we talked with James River. We said, ‘You need a public benefit. We are your public benefit.’ We wanted a reasonable rate, and James River agreed,” Platt continued.

The District could now use the James River landfill, but what next? The group needed to create a recycling facility but had no money.

They went from town to town, explaining the need.

“Finally the towns voted .... 94 percent in favor, 96 percent in favor, and 100 percent in favor .... and voted to join the District,” said Platt.

“At that time, we wrote the agreement that is being used today,” he said. “Other Districts formed at the time have gone out of business because they couldn’t agree. Ours stayed

together because of the way our contract was written.”

Other area towns began to join the District and in 1990 the District agreed to have CMA Engineers, of Portsmouth, prepare a 20 year plan for the District. In the same year, the Androscoggin Valley Regional Refuse Disposal District was officially incorporated, according to Gauthier’s history; purchased land on Route 110 for a “Materials Recovery Facility;” and developed a site plan for the MRF with CMA Engineers.

In 1991 the MRF opened on Oct. 21, signaling AVRRDD as an operational entity—the event celebrated at the dinner Friday. That year Platt became the AVRRDD Administrator Coordinator, Gauthier was hired as Administrative Assistant, and the District office in the Morin Building at 191 Main Street was opened.

Platt resigned in 1994 and Gauthier was promoted to executive.

In 2002, AVRRDD purchased the Mt. Carberry Landfill from Fraser, N.H., and in subsequent years, bought additional acreage and, in 2006, bought the Fraser Waste Water Treatment Plant—used to process Mt. Carberry landfill leachate.

In 2007 the active landfill gas collection system was installed. Two years later, talks about supplying the Cascade Mill with gas for heat got serious and that eventuality now seems on the way to becoming reality.

Remarks Gauthier in her AVRRDD history, “Gorham Paper and Tissue has assumed all responsibility including financial responsibility for the natural gas pipeline and Meter and Regulating (M&R) Station to the mill. The District will install and cover the cost for equipment at the landfill and the landfill gas pipeline from the landfill to the M&R Station.

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The dinner was attended by many from far and near. The guests included Department of Resources and Economic Development Commissioner George Bald, Executive Councilman Ray Burton, Sen. Jeanne Shaheen representative Chuck Henderson, Gorham Paper and Tissue President Dick Arnold, Patriarch Partners Managing Director John Harrington, and GPT Manager Willis Blevins, and many others from around the state, including CEO of the Cianbro Corp., Pete Vigue, and Cianbro Superintendent for Mt. Carberry, Bill Birney; Craig Musselman of CMA Engineers, who assisted in the preparation of the original District 20 year plan, the design and construction of the MRF and Transfer Station, is presently handling all engineering for Mt. Carberry, and is now working on pipeline plans; Mike Walls, recently retired assistant commissioner of the N.H. Department of Environmental Services; Peter Roth of the N.H. Attorney General’s office; Jeff Hayes, of the North Country Council; Lee Ransom and Jared Whitney, of the R.H. White Construction Company which is building the pipeline to feed waste gas from the Carberry Landfill to the Cascade mill; and attorneys Peter Imse, Carl Anderson, and Chuck Willing, Beno Lamontagne, of George Bald’s North Country Team, and former Gorham selectmen Mike Waddell and Glen Eastmanall of whom have helped AVRRDD accomplish its growth.

Most of the AVRRDD board members were there to honor the District but also to honor Secretary-Treasurer Clara Grover, of Errol, who has served on the board for the whole 20 years noted at the celebration. During the ceremonies following the dinner, Grover received a plaque from Chairman Linda Cushman, of Jefferson, for her years of dedicated service.

As the formal events of the evening came to a close, Dave Tomlinson, a former AVRRDD representative stood to acclaim the work of Sharon Gauthier over all these years when AVRRDD has made such strides on the cutting edge of waste technology. The crowd gave Gauthier a standing ovation.

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The Notre Dame High School Class of 1951 celebrated their 60th class reunion at the Town and Country Motor Inn on September 10. Attendingt first row: Cecile Routhier Gilbert, Lorraine Morin Pasciak, Pauline St. Pierre Larieviere, Doris Nadeau Lapointe, Germaine ARpin Landry, Mary Ann Dalphonse Mainguy, Rita Langevin Gagnon, Rena Labbe Pelletier. Second row: Jeannette Ouellette Morrissette, Muriel Frenette Sweeney, Therese Murraty Frechette, Priscilla Morin Lemieux, Priscilla Allain Landrigan, Rita St. Pierre Lemelin, Riat Halle O’Donnell. Third row: Roland Larieviere, Norman Bugeau, Conrad Gilbert, Aime L’Heureux, Norman Dumont, Olive Lavigne Lacroix, Don Roy, Donald Martin.

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Coos Commissioners oppose federal land acquisition

BY BARBARA TETREAULT THE BERLIN DAILY SUN

WEST STEWARTSTOWN -- The Coos County Commissioners at their monthly meeting reiterated their opposition to any additional federal purchase of land in the county and especially targeted the Androscoggin Headwaters Conservation Project.

Gene Chandler, North County liaison for U.S. Congressman Charlie Bass, meet with the commission to follow up on a letter from the commission to the state’s U.S. Congressional delegation. The letter requested a five year moratorium on any additional federal acquisition of land in the county.

The Androscoggin Headwaters project is a multi-phase effort to protect over 31,000 acres of land around the headwaters of the Androscoggin River. The land is owned by Plum Creek Timberlands. LLC., which is working on the project with The Trust for Public Land. A majority of the land would be protected with a conservation easement but approximately 8,000 acres would be acquired.

Most of that land would go into the Umbagog National Wildlife Refuge but 938 acres, containing Greenough and Little Greenough Pond, would go to N.H. Fish and Game.

Phase I of the project was completed in June when just under 3,000 acres was acquired with federal funding and transferred to the refuge.

Commission Chair Burnham Judd told Chandler the commission is concerned that too much wood is being taken out of timber production. He said the refuge does not allow much harvesting on its lands. With the new 75-megawatt biomass plant being constructed in Berlin, Judd said there is going to a need for wood. He said the Coos planning board is in agreement with the commission’s stand on the issue.

Commissioner Paul Grenier said he supports the Umbagog refuge and

preserving land around the lake. But he said he thinks the current plan for the refuge, calling for expanding it to a total of 73,000 acres, is too much. He said he believes there are too many restrictions on the land and the desires and concerns of the local people take a back seat. Grenier said the county needs timber production for its economy.

“I thoroughly against buying anymore land,” he said.

Judd charged that people needed to obtain a permit to pick blueberries on the refuge.

Sheriff Gerald Marcou noted there are different hunting regulations for the refuge, depending on whether the hunter is in Maine or New Hampshire. He said he personally thinks any additional land purchases should go to the town or county.

Commission Tom Brady pointed to the Randolph town forest as an model of local control that he supports.

“They do not lock up their land,” he said.

Coos Administrator Sue Collins said she supports local control. She said when he was president, Clinton imposed a moratorium on timber harvesting (in roadless areas).

Coos Treasurer Fred King said the federal government does not pay taxes on land it owns.

Chandler asked whether federal payments in lieu of taxes equal current use payments on the timberlands.

Judd said the federal government pays little in payments in lieu of taxes.

Chandler said understood the commission’s concern over timber harvesting and public access. He asked for a copy of the Coos planning board minutes or a copy of any vote the board took opposing additional public ownership.

Last month, the commission met with Trust for Public Land officials and told them the body opposes any more additional federal ownership of land in the county.

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Saco River more prone to flooding after Irene Page 10 — THE BERLIN DAILY SUN, Tuesday, October 18, 2011

BY ERIK EISELE THE CONWAY DAILY SUN

CONWAY — After decades of living next to the Saco River and learning its behavior, residents and emergency officials are finding out their neighbor is no longer the friend it once was.

“The river has changed,” said Conway Village fire chief Steve Solomon.

The change was clear early Saturday morning, when the river swelled to just above flood stage following two inches of rain Friday afternoon.

The first call came in at 2:43 a.m. from the Eastern Slope Camping Area.

The water was above flood stage at 9.63 feet, campground owner Paul

Tabacco said, which “should have been no big deal.”

But the river had jumped its banks and was was behaving more like it was at 11 or 12 feet.

The same thing happened at Transvale Acres, where the flooding stranded the lower houses, and at the Beach Family Camping Area, where there were evacuations.

Given the numbers, Solomon said, the flooding shouldn’t have been serious, but that calculus used numbers and assumptions from the pre-Irene Saco.

“It’s now flooding at a lower level,” he said. “What was moderate flooding before will now be severe flooding.”

The river bottom is full of cobble-

stones and gravel, he said, raising it up. That lowers the volume of river water the channel can handle before it spills over its banks, something that has already happened twice since Tropical Storm Irene, only weeks apart.

Flood stage is now closer to 7.5 feet instead of the traditional 9 feet, meaning it will take less rain or snow melt for the river to breech its banks. What before Irene were isolated events, he said, will likely become more frequent.

“We now have to relearn the river,” Solomon said. “We have to relearn the numbers.”

And for some people that might be tough.

The draw of Tabacco’s business is

right that it's right on the river, but increased flooding could hurt him.

“We’re frightened,” he said. He’s hoping officials can dredge the river to create a new channel. “It’s clogged somewhere,” he said, and it needs to get fixed.

“I just want to get it back to where it was,” he said.

But that’s not likely to happen.

“We can’t at this point dredge the river,” Solomon said. “We’ve had discussions with the Department of Environmental Services, the Army Corps of Engineers, the Department of Homeland Security,” and everyone else who has been involved in Irene cleanup. “At this point we don’t have a viable solution.”

Police search for driver in bike accident Pleas unheeded

EPPING — Police are looking for the driver of a motorcycle that ran over a woman after a charity event over the weekend.

Epping police said the accident happened Sunday afternoon at the New England Dragway, where motorcyclists were trying to break the world record for most simultaneous burnouts.

Police said that after the event, a motorcyclist was trying to do another burnout on his own, but he lost control and rammed into another motorcycle.

The driver of that motorcycle,

Keith Devincentis, of Derry, was forced through starting line equipment, and his motorcycle flew into a woman from Maine.

“When she was hit by the motorcycle, she ended up lying on her back in between the motorcycle and the jersey barrier,” said Officer Stephen Soares.

Bobbi Beckham, 52, of Belmont, Maine, spent the night in a hospital with serious injuries.

She is now recovering at home.

Police said the motorcyclist who set off the chain of events hasn’t been found. Investigators

said witnesses didn’t get much of a description before he drove off.

“It was actually a male operator,” Soares said. “We don’t have a description of the actual motorcycle. We are just looking for help to identify who he was or point us in the right direction.”

Organizers said they are disappointed that the crash took away from an event that raised more than $20,000 for the family of Cory White, a motorcyclist who was killed in an accident over the summer.

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as students’ U.S. jobs soured

(NY Times) — The college student from Moldova was in the United States on a cultural exchange program run for half a century by the federal government, a program designed to build international understanding by providing foreign students with a dream summer of fun in America. So he summoned his best English for the e-mail he sent to the State Department in June.

“Pleas hellp,” wrote the student, Tudor Ureche.

He told them about “the miserable situation in which I’ve found myself cought” since starting a job under the program in a plant packing Hershey’s chocolates near the company’s namesake town in Pennsylvania.

Students like Mr. Ureche, who had paid as much as $6,000 to take part in the program, expected a chance to see the best of this country, to make American friends and sightsee, with a summer job to help finance it all.

Instead, many students who were placed at the packing plant found themselves working grueling night shifts on speeding production lines, repeatedly lifting boxes weighing as much as 60 pounds and financially drained by low pay and unexpected extra costs for housing and transportation. Their complaints to the contractor running the program on behalf of the State Department were met with threats that they could be sent home.

Events this summer at the Hershey packing plant in Palmyra, Pa., revealed major holes in the State Department’s oversight of its summer work and travel program, the largest and most ambitious of its cultural exchanges. The program, which placed 130,000 foreign students in all sorts of jobs across the country this year, has a large impact in shaping the country’s image for young generations overseas.

The Hershey students finally got the department’s attention on Aug. 17 when 200 of them, waving placards and chanting union slogans, walked out of the plant, the first labor protest in the 50-year history of the department’s exchange programs.

The protests raised questions about whether the State Department is equipped to manage what has become a vast temporary work program, especially in times when suitable jobs for foreign students — even short-term jobs — are harder to come by as high unemployment persists in the United States.

NC fruit and vegetable seminar WHITEFIELD -This year’s Extension Educational Seminar with Trade Show will be held Wednesday, October 26, at the Mountain View Grand in Whitefield, NH. The Trade Show, nearly twenty now and growing represents a widerange of suppliers and services available to plant growers. Seed companies, irrigation and equipment suppliers are just a few you will have an opportunity to meet with.

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and fly more efficiently than any production piston plane according to the company’s web site. The Kestrel is able to fly in and out of smaller airports with shorter runways. It will carry a price tag of approximately $3 million.

The company is not slated to begin production of the Kestrel for three years. But Klapmeier told NHPR that he hoped to start building composite parts about six months after making a final decision on a site. The parts would be trucked to Brunswick for final assembly.

Klapmeier is well known in the aviation field. An August 2010 article in the Atlantic Monthly magazine described him as passionate and talented and compared him to Apple founder Steve Jobs. He founded Cirrus Aircraft Corporation with his brother Dale in 1984 and worked there until 2009.

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It will be a ‘Wicked Funny’ show for a good cause SHELBURNE -- “Wicked Funny” Northern comedian Bucky Lewis will perform his one man comedy show at 8 p.m. Friday, November 4, at the Town and Country Inn & Resort, 20 State Route 2, between Gorham and Shelburne. His performance is part of the “Respond to RESPONSE” fund drive.

Coos County Family Health Services is hosting the adult comedy night. Tickets are $20, which includes hors d’oevres and entertainment. Raffles and a silent auction to go with the adult comedy show that evening. The grand prize is a package of three days and two nights a the Hard Rock Cafe and Resort in Hollywood, Fla. “Adult comedy nights are increasing in popularity as the economy gets tight,” Bucky Lewis said. “You can’t find a more fun way to raise money for a good cause than a night filled with laughter. It becomes a special memory.”

RESPONSE is a non-profit community outreach program, part

of Coos County Family Health Services, Donna Cummings, who heads the organization, said, “In these hard economic times, the organization is experiencing unprecedented 25 percent cutback.

We believe loss of funding for the shelters for victims of domestic violence and sexual assault will affect the entire community, not just our clients.”

Bucky Lewis present a high-spirited one-man show with a cast of many dysfunctional characters. “I call the show the ‘Bucky Lewis experience’ because it incorporates the whole dynamic of a live one-person show: physical, stand-up, and character comedy, mixed with live music, songs, spontaneous and audience interactivity,” Lewis says.

Tickets may be purchased at the door or from the front desk of any of the CCFHS offices. For more information, call CCFHS at 603-752-3559.

DAILY CROSSWORD TRIBUNE MEDIA SERVICES

by Lynn Johnston

by Scott Adams

DILBERT

By Holiday Mathis SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). You prefer to think the best of people.

Sometimes they misbehave, and you give them a “free pass” anyway, assuming they didn’t mean it or didn’t know any better. You’d rather move on.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21).

You speak words of kindness. You don’t want anything, it’s just that you genuinely notice what’s nice and see what’s remarkable about the people you meet.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19).

You may realize that you’ve been psychically leaning on someone because you didn’t feel complete in some regard. Now you notice the void and start to fill it with enjoyable activities and entertainments.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). The answers you think you need may be lost in the mail, dropped in the middle of the call or floating in cyber space.

However, you will eventually get to the bottom of it. You and your can-do attitude will prevail.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20).

If you’re wondering why you keep making people laugh, it’s because you say things that are true, and others feel compelled to agree in ways that go beyond mere words.

TODAY’S BIRTHDAY (Oct. 18).

You know at a deep level that you can handle whatever comes your way, and this knowledge inspires you to take more exciting risks this year. A new income source shows up in November.

December brings social fun. Family makes you proud in February. New work comes in March. A long-term goal will be met in July. Scorpio and Leo people adore you. Your lucky numbers are: 30, 1, 22, 48 and 50.

Get Fuzzy

ARIES (March 21-April 19). Frustration is an energy zapper. But you can avoid the feeling by simply refusing to believe that life should be happening at a different pace. Affirm to yourself: I have all the time in the world.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20). It’s time you had an imaginary conversation with that wise version of yourself who sits inside the tiny cave of your heart. It will feel good to be completely candid about your feelings.

GEMINI (May 21-June 21). You’ll enjoy what you do, mostly because you resolve to enjoy it. Your attitude is stellar. You’ll receive invitations and other nifty perks as people respond to your smile.

CANCER (June 22-July 22). A terrific daydream helps you glimpse your future. You envision yourself having a great time achieving one of your life’s ambitions. See it over and over. You were meant for this.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). You have developed solid relationships, and you continue to put in the work to maintain the connection. An out-of-town friend may want to come for a visit. Plans will come together over the next three weeks.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). You feel lucky. Having that feeling and holding on to it automatically makes you luckier. The best part is that you attract good fortune that is extremely useful to others, as well as yourself.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). You’re about to grow your intellect and skill set. There is a strong social aspect to your learning style. You’ll find out more about your area of interest when you join clubs, groups, meet-ups and social networks.

by Darby Conley

HOROSCOPE

by Chad Carpenter

Solution and tips at www.sudoku.com

TUNDRA

Fill in the grid so that every row, every column, and every 3x3 box contains the digits 1 thru 9.

For Better or Worse

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1 5 10 14 15 16 17 18 20 21 22 23 25 26 28 31 32 34 36 37 38

ACROSS Queen or joker Frolicsome leap Boast Finished Ms. Winfrey Assistant Promising Like a question asked for effect, not for a reply Mother sheep Short quick cut Articles __ as a jaybird Small bill Nation whose capital is Riga Common sense Let in Peru’s neighbor Aegean or Mediterranean “The __ Piper of Hamelin” Housetops One-dish meal

39 Feinstein or Lugar: abbr.

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5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 19 21 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 32 33

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35 37 38 40 41

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47 48 49 50 52 53 55 56 57

Fellow Sharpen Facial spots “Get lost!”

Frothy drinks Orderly Cushion “__ to Billy Joe” Fore and __

Friday’s Answer

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––––––––––––––––– DAILY CALENDAR ––––––––––––––––– Wednesday, October 19 Androscoggin Valley Retired Educators Association Meeting: Philbrook Farm Inn, Shelburne. Guest speaker, Peter Kawonczyk will discuss consumer fraud protection. Business meeting 11:30 a.m. Members and guests welcome. Registration due by Friday, October 14. FMI Betty Drew at 466-3608.

Book Discussion Series: 7 p.m. at White Mountains Community College Fortier Library Holly Perreault will lead a discussion of Sula, by Toni Morrison.

TUESDAY PRIME TIME 8:00

8:30

CBS 3 WCAX NCIS “Safe Harbor”

OCTOBER 18, 2011

9:00

9:30

ABC 5 WMUR Last Man

Man Up!

News 13 on FOX (N)

Dancing With the Stars Body of Proof (N) Å

NBC 6 WCSH The Biggest Loser (N) (In Stereo) Å CBC 7 CBMT Mercer

10:00 10:30 11:00 11:30

NCIS: Los Angeles (N) Unforgettable (N) Å

FOX 4 WPFO The X Factor “Judge’s House No. 3” (N) Å

22 Minutes Michael

Debaters

Nightline

Parenthood (N) Å

News

Jay Leno

National

Stroumboulopoulos

Mirador (N)

TJ

PBS 10 WCBB Nature’s Power

History Detectives

Frontline (N) Å

PBS 11 WENH Served?

As Time... Outnumbr Reggie

Keep Up

IND 14 WTBS Big Bang

Big Bang

IND 16 WPME Cold Case Å

Sport

Big Bang

Big Bang

Kiwis/hommes Charlie Rose (N) Å

Red Green Globe Trekker

NCIS: Los Angeles (N) Unforgettable (N) Å Big Bang

Letterman

The Office The Office News

CBC 9 CKSH Providence (N)

CBS 13 WGME NCIS “Safe Harbor”

News

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News

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Conan (N)

Cold Case “Fly Away”

Law Order: CI

My Road

Cops Å

EWTN

Threshold of Hope

Sheen

Women of

Anderson Cooper 360

Pres. Debate

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1

Angelica Live

CNN

24

Western Republican Presidential Debate (N)

LIFE

30

Unsolved Mysteries

Movie: ›› “Murder in the Hamptons” (2005)

Behind the Headlines

ESPN

31

Charismatic (N)

World, Poker

SportsCenter (N) Å

ESPN2

32

College Football Florida International at Arkansas State. (N) (Live)

CSNE

33

English Premier League Soccer

NESN

34

NHL Hockey: Hurricanes at Bruins

OXY

39

The Bad Girls Club

Bachelorette

Movie: ››‡ “Two Weeks Notice” (2002) Å

TVLND

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Married

Raymond

NICK

43

Sponge.

Sponge.

’70s Show ’70s Show George

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44

Looney

Gumball

King of Hill King of Hill Amer. Dad Amer. Dad Fam. Guy

FAM

45

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Movie: ››› “The Sixth Sense” (1999) Bruce Willis.

DISN

46

Wizards

“Halloweentown II: Revenge”

USA

48

Law & Order: SVU

Law & Order: SVU

Law & Order: SVU

Psych Å

TNT

49

Bones (In Stereo) Å

Bones (In Stereo) Å

Bones (In Stereo) Å

CSI: NY Å

GAC

50

Opry Live

Bull Riding

SYFY

51

Movie: ›› “Saw II”

Movie: ›› “Saw III” (2006) Tobin Bell, Shawnee Smith.

Saw IV

Friday, October 21 “Brewing in NH: Informal History of Beer in the Granite State”. Lecture by Glenn A. Knoblock. Randolph Town Hall.

Pot luck supper with a Oktoberfest theme 6 p.m. Presentation at 7 p.m. Bring a pot to share and a beverage of choice.

TLC

53

Extreme

19 Kids

Extreme

HIST

54

Sniper: Bulletproof (N) Å

DISC

55

Auction

Auction

HGTV

56

House

First Place Property

A-P

58

Blue Planet: Seas/Life

TRAV

59

NGC

60

SPIKE

61

Auction

MTV

63

True Life (N) (In Stereo) True Life (N) (In Stereo) I Used to Be Fat (N)

Chelsea

Be Fat

Sunday, October 23 Stuffed Chicken Breast Dinner: with all the fixings and assorted homemade pies for dessert, Shelburne Town Hall, noon to 2 p.m. Cost is $8 for adults and $3.50 for children.

VH1

64

40 Greatest Pranks 2

Scream Awards 2011 (N) (In Stereo)

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COM

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Work.

Tosh.0

Daily Show Colbert

A&E

68

Jewels

Jewels

Gene Simmons Family Jewels (N) Å

Family Jewels

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71

Sex-City

Sex-City

Dirty Soap

Chelsea

AMC

72

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TCM

105 Movie: ››› “Bigger Than Life”

Sunday, November 15 Shelburne Union Church: Thanksgiving service 7 p.m. Shelburne Town Hall. Pastor Dean Stiles.

HBO

201 Movie: ›‡ “Gulliver’s Travels”

SHOW

221 Movie: ›‡ “The Back-up Plan” (2010) Å

TMC

231 Movie: “Triangle” (2009) Å

ENC

248 Movie: ›› “Brooklyn’s Finest” (2009) Å

Thursday, October 20 Free Small Business Counseling: Stewart Gates of the NH Small Business Development Center (NH SBDC) Available to meet with entrepreneurs, by appointment only, for no cost business counseling, 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., Business Enterprise Development Corporation (BEDCO), 177 Main Street, Berlin, New Hampshire. Call 752-3319 for appointment.

BEKAMR

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Raymond

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Friends Fam. Guy

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Blue Planet: Seas/Life

In America In America Mysteries-Museum

Off Limits (N) Å

In America In America

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Amish: Out

Blue Planet: Seas/Life Snipers, Inc.

Auction

Tosh.0

Scream Awards 2011 (N) (In Stereo)

Tosh.0

Find us on Facebook http://www.facebook.com/jumble

Now arrange the circled letters to form the surprise answer, as suggested by the above cartoon.

(Answers tomorrow) Jumbles: BRAVO OMEGA DROWSY CHERUB Answer: When they went to New York City, they saw these — BURROS

Tosh.0 (N) Work.

E! Special

Auction

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Auction

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Movie: ››› “Scream 3” (2000) David Arquette.

Movie: “The True Story of Jesse James” (1957)

YOUTO 110 Revision3 Variety Hour The X-Files “E.B.E.”

Print your answer here: Yesterday’s

Roush

House Hunters-Esc.

by David L. Hoyt and Jeff Knurek

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©2011 Tribune Media Services, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

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AETYS

Bruins

World, Poker

Auction

Wednesday, November 16

ERICI

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The Green Hornet

Batman (Part 1 of 2)

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Dexter Å

Homeland Å

Boardwalk

Movie: ›› “Manderlay” (2005) Bryce Dallas Howard.

Movie: ›››‡ “Chicago” (2002, Musical) Å

TWC - 23, CNN2 - 30, C-SPAN - 99, PAY-PER-VIEW - 59, 60, 61, 62

––––––––––––––– ONGOING CALENDAR –––––––––––––– Tuesday USW Local 75: Regular Monthly Meeting takes place on the third Tuesday of every month, 7 p.m., V.F.W. on Upper Main Street, in Berlin. For member’s only. FMI Information, USW Local 75 Union Office at 752-2225.

Senior Meals: Noon, Dummer Town Hall, second and fourth Tuesday of every month. Suggested donation $3, under 60, $6. Call 752-2545 to reserve, Senior Meals: 8 to 9:30 a.m., first and third Tuesday of the month, Shelburne Town Hall. Suggested donation $3, under 60, $6. Call 752-2545 to reserve, Cholesterol Clinic: Monday through Friday, Berlin Health Dept., city hall. By appointment only, Call 752-1272. All area residents welcome. Fee $15.

AA Meeting: Women’s meeting, 10 to 11 a.m., St, Barnabas Church, 2 High St., Berlin.

Weight Watcher’s Meeting: Salvation Army, 5 p.m. meeting, 4:30 p.m. weigh-in.

Senior Meals: Guardian Angel School, MondayThursday Noon, Friday 8 a.m.-10 a.m. Suggested donations for 60 and over $3; under 60 $6. All are welcome. (FMI 752-2545) AVH Diabetes Support and Information Meetings: First Tuesday of every month; 6:30 to 8:00 p.m.; Androscoggin Valley Hospital; open to the public; FMI, call the AVH Diabetes Education Department at 326-5631.

The White Mt. Apple User Group: will not be meeting until September, check the website www. wmaug.com for the date and further information.

Chess Club: welcomes all levels of players, to meet Tuesday, Family Resource building (across from high school) from 6 to 9 p.m. Lessons free. All questions, call Al French @915-0134.

Berlin Area Head Start Accepting Applications: For children between the ages of 3-5 years old. This is an income eligible program. Call 7525464 to schedule an appointment to enroll your child.

Gorham Public Library: Open M-F: 10 am 6 pm, Saturdays: 10 am - Noon. Children’s Story Time: Fridays, 1:30 pm. View On-line Catalog at https://gorham.biblionix.com/ . FMI call 466-2525 or email gorhampubliclibrary@ne.rr.com Artisan Gift Shop: 961 Main St., Berlin. Open Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

Jefferson Historical Society: Meets first Tuesday of the month, 7 p.m. May through October meetings held at the museum on Route 2, and November through April meetings are held at the Jefferson Elementary School on Route 115A. Everyone welcome.

Social Night At Dupont-Holmes Post 82 American Legion: Every Tuesday, Gorham, 6 to 8:30 p.m. Food buffet $7 per person while food lasts! Menu varies each week. Free pool, darts, etc.

Members and bonafide guests welcome.

Gorham-Sabatis Lodge 73, F&AM: meets second Tuesday except January, February, and March (first Tuesday). For more information, call 466-5739 or 466-5960.

Prayer Shawl Ministry meets every 2nd and 4th Tuesday of the month at St. Kieran House, 151 Emery St., from 2-4 p.m. All are welcome. For more information, please call Nicole Plourde, NH Catholic Charities,752-1325 Berlin Kiwanis Club: meets at Sinibaldi’s Restaurant at 6:30 p.m. every Tuesday.

Milan Public Library: Monday, 1:30 to 7:30 p.m.; Tuesday and Wednesday’s 11:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

Alcoholics Anonymous: Step Book/Discussion Meeting, .Tri-County (Step One), School St., Berlin 7:30 to 8:30 p.m.

White Mountain Ridge Runners Meeting: First Tuesday of every month, clubhouse on Route 110.

American Legion Post No. 36 Monthly Meeting: First Tuesday of every month.

Salvation Army Social Services: Food pantry, 9 a.m. to noon, 15 Cole St., Berlin.

Computer Lab Classes: Berlin Senior Center, 610 Sullivan Center, Berlin. 10 a.m. to noon and 1 to 3 p.m. Call to be scheduled (752-2545).

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by Abigail Van Buren

FRIEND WHO THREATENS SUICIDE HAS TRAGIC EXAMPLE IN HER PAST

DEAR ABBY: I have a dear friend, “Angie,” who lost her father to suicide several years ago. Whenever life throws her a curveball, she talks about “ending it all.” This bothers me tremendously because I went through the heartache and distress with her when her father took his life.

Angie has a loving family -- mother, sister, beautiful children and a boyfriend. I, on the other hand, am completely alone, yet I muddle along without threatening suicide at every bump in life.

How can I get my friend to stop and realize how lucky she is to have such a wonderful support system when there are those of us who have no one -- yet we find the strength to carry on? -- NOT GIVING UP IN LAS VEGAS DEAR NOT GIVING UP: You can’t, although I’m sure you have tried. You have inner resources that it appears Angie does not. However, if a friend of mine whose relative had committed suicide told me repeatedly that she was considering doing the same, I would report it to her family and urge them to see that she got professional help. That’s what you should do, in case depression and suicidal impulses run in her family, as is sometimes the case.

DEAR ABBY: I appreciate frugality, especially now that we all have to watch our spending. However, my neighbor is incredibly frugal. She often asks if she can “borrow” something instead of buying whatever it is she needs.

Her latest request was for socks -- yes, socks! -- for her daughter’s dance recital. I put socks in the same category as underwear, something a little too personal to be lending out.

Before that, it was leggings, a CD -- the list goes on and on.

She always returns the items, but enough is enough!

I work, she doesn’t. I feel as though I’m expected to pro-

vide for them because I have a job. I don’t know if I should say anything to her about her constant borrowing or simply say “no” to all future requests, which, of course, there will be. Please share your thoughts. -- WHAT NEXT? DEAR WHAT NEXT?: If your neighbor isn’t working because she chooses not to, then say no. If she’s not working because she hasn’t been able to find a job -- a circumstance in which millions of people in this country find themselves -- then treat her as you would want to be treated if you were in her shoes.

DEAR ABBY: My father, who is happily married to his third wife, recently came across some photos of his first wedding to my mother in 1961. Apparently, the walk down memory lane didn’t stop there for him. He asked his wife, who evidently agreed, if he could have a party to celebrate the 50th anniversary of this event.

I am appalled and kind of nauseated by the thought. Do you think I’m overreacting? I have considered refusing the invitation. Should I just suck it up, or tell my father I think the idea is narcissistic, insensitive and foolish? -- SICK TO MY STOMACH DEAR SICK TO MY STOMACH: Your question is a first.

Why your father would consider throwing a golden anniversary party to celebrate a marriage that turned to lead and “sank” is mystifying. Equally so is his current wife’s willingness to go along with it.

While you and I might consider his idea to be ill-conceived, resist the urge to indulge in name-calling. Let him hear from others that the idea is narcissistic, insensitive and foolish. And, by the way, you are not obligated to accept every invitation you receive.

Dear Abby is written by Abigail Van Buren, also known as Jeanne Phillips, and was founded by her mother, Pauline Phillips.

Write Dear Abby at: Dear Abby, c/o The Conway Daily Sun, PO Box 1940, North Conway, NH 03860

Doonesbury

by Gary Trudeau

Autos

For Rent

BUYING Junk Cars and Trucks.

Paying in cash. Honest pricing.

No gimmicks. Kelley’s Towing (603)723-9216.

COMPLETELY renovated 3 bedroom & 1 bedroom apartments.

Call H&R Block, great landlord (603)752-2372.

JUNK car removal, best local prices, Roy's Towing 348-3403.

GORHAM 2 bedroom, heat, h/w, fully renovated, applianced, off street parking, snow removal, no pets, 723-6310.

For Rent $100 apartment: 3 room, free utilities, groceries! $50 locked private room, owners residence, 603-348-5317, "24-7" 2+ bedroom, first floor, heat, h/w included. 1st and security, references a must (603)723-8455.

A+ pickarent.com apartments of all sizes, homes and commercial rentals. Your one stop shop for rentals, call 348-2000.

Are you working in the area and need a room for a night, week or by the month? Stay at a DuBee Our Guest Bed and Breakfast in Milan. Fully furnished including paper goods, full use of kitchen, wireless internet, Direct TV, barbecue grill, and cleaning service. $35 per night or $135/week.

Owners have separate living quarters FMI call 603-449-2140 or 603-723-8722 BEAUTIFUL: Large, one bedroom, big back yard, frig, stove, heat, h/w, w/d hook-up, parking, no pets, sec. deposit, references, $625, 723-3856.

BERLIN 1st floor 1 bedroom.

2nd floor 2 bedroom, heated.

Call (978)609-4010.

BERLIN 1st floor, 4 rooms, 2 bedrooms, heated.

Call (978)609-4010.

BERLIN 2 plus bedroom house. $550/mo. plus utilities. Deposits required. (207)571-4001.

BERLIN large 2 bedroom apt.

2nd floor, heat, h/w included. $650/mo plus security. 717 2nd Avenue. (207)571-4001.

BERLIN- 3rd floor, 2 BR includes Heat, HW, appliances, storage shed, enclosed porch and garage. Recently updated. $550/month + security. No pets/ smoking. FMI 603-723-9719.

$1-A-DAY CLASSIFIEDS • CALL 752-5858 DOLLAR-A-DAY: Ad must run a minimum of 5 consecutive days. Ads over 15 words add 10¢ per word per day. REGULAR RATE: $2 a day; 10¢ per word per day over 15 words. PREMIUMS: First word caps no charge. Additional caps 10¢ per word per day. Centered bold heading: 9 pt. caps 40¢ per line, per day (2 lines maximum) TYPOS: Check your ad the first day of publication. Sorry, we will not issue credit after an ad has run once. DEADLINES: noon two days prior the day of publication except for Monday’s paper when the deadline is Thursday, 11 a.m. PAYMENT: All private party ads must be pre-paid. We accept checks, Visa and Mastercard credit cards and of course cash. There is a $10 minimum order for credit cards. CORRESPONDENCE: To place your ad call our offices 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, 752-5858; send a check or money order with ad copy to The Berlin Daily Sun, 164 Main Street, Berlin, NH 03570 or stop in at our offices on Main Street in Berlin. OTHER RATES: For information about the professional directory or classified display ads call 752-5858.

Animals

Autos

TWO OFFICES AVAILABLE OFFICE SPACE IN BERLIN Spacious second-floor corner office in downtown Berlin. Known as the Sheridan Building, this classic revival structure built in 1905 and renovated in the 1980s and 1990s is located next to City Hall.

Ceilings are high and windows are plentiful in this corner which includes one large room, one medium sized, and a private bathroom. $450 a month, and includes heat.

DACHSHUNDS puppies boys & girl heath & temperament guaranteed. $300 to $450.

(603)539-1603.

1995 F-150 XLT $4195 auto, 4X4, 752-4443.

Second floor, corner office, two rooms with shared bathroom. $350.

PUPPIES small mixed breed.

See website for more details: www.mainelypuppies.com (207)539-1520.

For a video tour go to: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DcX8mKIu01Q For more information call Mark 603-356-3456.

Low Cost Spay/ Neuter Cats & dogs Rozzie May Animal Alliance www.rozziemay.org 603-447-1373

1998 Ford Ranger, ext. cab, 4.0 engine, 5 speed, 4WD, high mileage, runs great, $3900, 466-5933, 723-3986, 915-6216.

1999 Dodge Caravan, low miles, $1500, 752-3452.

2000 Jeep Cherokee, very good condition, 101,000 miles, 603-915-6057.

PUPPIES: Female, small terrier, black & white, up to 15 lbs. when grown, $350, 508-868-2417, 508-756-7937.

2001 Chevy Malibu- 4 door, auto, inspected until 8/2012 150k, $2500/obo (603)969-3717.

YOUNG parakeets, $20/each or 2 for $35; free kittens, ready to go! 752-3452.

Junk Car Removal Best Local Prices

Antiques

ROY'S TOWING

ANTIQUES, glass, furniture, & collectibles of all kinds wanted by Bob Gauthier, 449-2542. Specializing in Estate and Business liquidation. Bonded.

BERLIN- available now, 5 room first floor apartment, Norway St., 2 bedrooms fully furnished w/ garage. $600/mo plus utilities. 5 room first floor apartment on Norway St., 3 bedroom unfurnished $500/mo plus utilities. Both with w/d hookup, paved driveway & shed. No pets or smokers, 603-752-1112.

Ask for Monquie or Pam. BERLIN: 2 & 3 bedroom apt: spacious, w/d hook-ups, storage, garage, heat, hot water, sun porches, centrally located (must see) 752-5034, 387-4066.

BERLIN: 2 bedroom, heat, h/w included, HUD accepted, $550/mo. 802-388-6904.

BERLIN: 2 bedroom, renovated, heat, hot water, parking, 752-2607.

BERLIN: 3 bedroom, heat, 1st. floor, off street parking, laundry room, Emery Street, storage, $750 security and 1st. mo.

486-2028.

BERLIN: 5 rooms, 2nd. floor, heated, h/w, 752-3765.

BERLIN: First floor, 2 bedroom, heat, h/w, included, large storage included, w/d hookups, $650/mo. small dog O.K., no cats, 603-348-5186.

348-3403.

BERLIN: One bedroom, 1st. floor, heat, h/w, included, parking, no pets, $525/mo. 752-3089, 340-0401.

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

BERLIN: one bedroom, deck, frig, stove, heat, h/w, parking.

No pets, sec. deposit, references, $525, 723-3856.

GORHAM: 3 bedoom house, $795 completely remodeled, no utilities included, 84 Lancaster Road, 466-5933, 915-6216.

GORHAM: Lg. one bedroon, heat, h/w included, no pets, $500/mo. 978-726-6081.

GREAT, 3rd, floor, 2 bedroom, dining room, deck, storage, off street parking, $500, includes heat, first, last references, 508-888-7869, 508-274-6512.

MOBILE Home, Milan, NH 2 bedroom, no smoking, available now. FMI 603-752-1871, leave a message.

NEWLY renovated apartments, hot water included, electric heat, HUD approved: 3 bedroom $650; Large 2 bedroom, $500; 2 bedroom $450; 2 studios $375/each, no dogs allowed, call Rich 326-3499.

ONE / Two Bedroom Apt. Fur nished, $550.00/month, heated.

603-723-2617.

ONE or 2 bedroom apt. 1st. floor, $600, heat, h/w included.

No smoking, no dogs, nice neighborhood, yard 326-3026.

Security, references required.

ROOMS for rent, large sunny rooms. Cable, wi-fi, laundry, parking. Mike (603)326-3071, 728-8486.

TWO Bedroom Apt. Washer & Dryer included, $650/month heat & hot water included.

603-723-2617.

TWO Bedroom House with garage, Range, Refrigerator, W/D cute. $600/month no utilities included. 603-723-2617.

TWO Bedroom House, furnished $600/month no utilities included. 603-723-2617.

WHY rent when you can buy?

North Conway, 2 bedroom, 1 bath mobile home center of North Conway. Walk to all shops for work. There are jobs here! Home has been COMPLETELY remodeled recently. $5,000 down, good credit. Call us 603-986-3991.

For Sale AMAZING! Beautiful pillowtop matress sets, twin $169, full or queen $249, king $399. See AD under “Furniture”.

ASHLEY Cedar Heights, 8 piece dining room set; Four new Artic claw tires 215/70R15, $275/BO; Kenmore propane stove; bureaus, household items.

752-3950.

Custom Glazed Kitchen Cabinets.

Solid maple, never installed. May add/subtract to fit kitchen. Cost $6,000 sacrifice $1,750. 833-8278 FOUR new snow tires, 205/55R16 only used 1/2 season, $200, 752-4662.

FOUR Winter tires, like new, used 1/2 season, size 215/60R16 fits an Altima, $175, FMI 603-466-2587.

FRANKS piping boiler, Burnham oil furnace. Approximately four cords seasoned hardwood. Call evenings 603-449-2902.

MILAN grows beef! Hormone free, $2.75lb, hanging weight, cut and wrap, by the side or by the quarter, 449-2251.

POWER Rider $100; Orbitrek $100; 10 speed women's bicycle, $50, call 603-449-6750.

SPRAY it electric air compressor, CFM 5.3, PSI 60lb. air cap 5. $75/firm; Solo Flex machine, all the attachments, plus manuals $75/obo; Gas heater for garage, shed, camp, etc. $75/obo 723-1922, 466-2484.

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For Sale

Furniture

Steel Buildings Reduced Factory Inventory 30x36 – Reg $15,850 Now $12,600.

36x58– Reg $21,900 Now $18,800.

Source# 1IB, 866-609-4321 WOODSTOVE: 1/4 diamond plate, $275/obro, FMI, 752-4443.

Get the help you need quick!

AMAZING! Beautiful Queen or Full-size mattress set, Luxury Firm European Pillow-top style, Fabulous back & hip support, Factory sealed-new 10Yr. warranty. Cost $1095, sell $249. Can deliver

Advertise your help wanted in the Daily Sun!

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more days! 752-5858

Help Wanted ASSISTANT driver, must be dependable, apply to C&S Vending, 595 Main Street, Gorham.

Special Education Paraprofessional Vacancy Edward Fenn Elementary School 6 hrs/day Edward Fenn Elementary School is seeking a paraprofessional to work with students in grades K-5. The interview team is seeking someone who is interested in working with students in grades 2-5.

The assignment may include 1:1 support as well as assisting other students with IEPs. If you are interested in this position, please submit a Letter of Interest to Paul Bousquet, Superintendent.

For inquiries, contact Becky Hebert-Sweeny at the SAU 20 Superintendent’s Office, 466-3632, ext. 6.

DEADLINE: October 21st, 2011

Help Wanted

Motorcycles

MASTER and Journeyman Electricians needed in Dummer NH, Must possess and carry current mast or journeyman state of NH License. Work to begin immediately. Working on medium voltage electrical terminations. Prevailing wage. 661-822-4877 or 661-699-5352. Email resume to acook@worldwindservices.com

BUY • SELL • T RADE www.motoworks.biz

MEDICAL Assistant positions available in a busy medical office that offers a variety of opportunities. Medical office experience preferred. Must be professional, pleasant and flexible.

Send resume to medofficeconway@yahoo.com.

PART-TIME mechanic wanted, flexible hours. Apply: C&S Vending, 595 Main Street, Gorham.

PERSONAL Care Assistant for woman in Errol. Full or part time, experience a must. Contact Donna 603-410-6556.

Home Improvements FORTIER HOME REPAIR

Experienced Licensed Electrician who can run projects.

Full time with good pay and benefits.

Send resume to rayelect@ncia.net or PO Box 597 Berlin, NH 03570 or apply within at 33 Jericho Road Berlin.

Recreation Vehicles FLEET Wilderness camper been remodeled and rubber roof, sleeps four furnished, serious, buyers $1000, 603-728-7400.

Real Estate MILAN for sale or lease, 9 room house, 2 bathrooms, private water & sewer, 348-3213.

NORTH Conway, 2 bedroom, 1 bath mobile home. New roof, furnace, appliances & more.

Walk to outlets, river, trails. Private quiet park. $5,000 down, good credit. Call owner 603-986-3991 WE buy houses, any place, con dition, price, 978-870-6438, rsuccess@juno.com

Old & New- One call, We do it All! (603)752-1224.

Roommate Wanted

Land

LOOKING for roomate to share rent expenses, 348-5270.

FRYEBURG- Belaire Estates- .69 acre lot, 2010 valuation $41,600.

Includes septic, electric, water.

Ready for building. $22,999.

(207)452-3001.

Services

Motorcycles Looking for an

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

2000 Harley Davidson, Ultra Classic, new Harley rebuilt motor, 4 speaker stereo, cruise, Python pipes, other accessories, very good condition, asking $8,500/obo, 603-752-5519.

$75 Furnace Cleaning Special: Reliable, dependable for all your furnace needs. Repairs, cleaning and service. Call today for an appointment, 723-0729.

APPLIANCE Repair: Washers, dryers, stoves, refrigerators, air conditioners, dishwashers, best rates around. Steve 915-1390.

DINING ROOM MANAGER The ideal applicant should have prior managerial and fine dining experience, possess a good knowledge of wines and have the ability to manage our restaurant reputation on-line.

This is a full time, year round position with a very competitive compensation package and a comfortable working environment.

Please call Ellie or Irina at 603-383-9700 to schedule an interview, mail your resume to Box M, Jackson, NH 03846, e-mail your application to ellie@thewentworth.com or apply on-line at www.thewentworth.com under career opportunities.

EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS / DISPATCHER The Gorham Police Department is currently seeking qualified candidates for the position of Part-Time Emergency Communications Dispatcher for 24 hours per week. Applicant must be 18 years of age and possess a high school diploma or GED. Position includes rotating shifts, weekends, and holidays.

Interested candidates please send a letter of intent and resume to: Gorham Police Department, Attn: Dispatch Supervisor 20 Park Street, Gorham NH 03581 EOE

COACHING VACANCIES Gorham Middle High School 2011-2012 School Year ARE YOU READY FOR A CHANGE? Enjoy the quality of life found in the Mt. Washington Valley while working in a progressive hospital that matches advanced medical technology with a compassionate approach to patient care. Join our team and see what a difference you can make!

In addition to competitive salaries, we offer an excellent benefits package that includes health/dental, generous paid time off, matching savings plan, educational assistance and employee fitness program. We have the following openings:

Please visit our website for details on each position.

• RN- (2) full-time ACLS/PALS, previous OR experience preferred.

Med Surg or critical care experience considered. Certification preferred. Must be a team player/good work ethic/positive attitude.

• RN/Case Manager- Full-time. Long Term Care Case Manager accountable for coordinating holistic and comprehensive care for residents; long term care or geriatric experience required; Knowledge of RAI/MDS process desired. BSN preferred.

• Clinical Informatics Trainer- Full-time. Support Clinical Integration & training support for EMR. Will lead staff training initiatives for clinical end users of the Sequel Med Electronic Medical Record.

A completed Application is required to apply for all positions Website: www.memorialhospitalnh.org.

Contact: Human Resources, Memorial Hospital, an EOE PO Box 5001, No. Conway, NH 03860.

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

Varsity Spirit • Boys Varsity Baseball Please send letter of interest to Dan Gorham, GMHS, 120 Main Street, Gorham, NH 03581

By November 1, 2011

Diesel Mechanic Alvin J. Coleman & Son Inc. is actively seeking a qualified and experienced mechanic to perform repair and preventative maintenance on a fleet of heavy trucks and equipment. Position is full time, year round, and available today.

Health Benefits and 401k Available.

Stop in or call Jim Drouin Alvin J Coleman & Son, Inc. Rt. 16, Conway, NH 603-447-5936 EOE

Services AVAILABLE for house cleaning food prep, errands, for those who need assistance. FMI Carmen (603)752-3453.

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HYPNOSIS for habit change, stress, regression. Michael Hathaway, DCH, certified hypnotherapist.

Madison michaelhathaway.com (603)367-8851.

AFFORDABLE ROOFING & SIDING SOLUTIONS.

Highest quality craftsmanship.

Fully Insured. Lowest prices guaranteed. FMI (603)730-2521. rockybranchbuilders@gmail.com CARPENTRY, handyman, property maintenance, no job too small. Call Dennis Bisson, 723-3393, free estimates.

CERTIFIED LNA, 10 yrs. exp., looking to do private duty, days, evenings or overnights, $10/hour, 603-986-7920, ask for Kathy.

CHEAP and dependable fall leaf and lawn cleanup scheduling for Oct. & Nov. fully insured, free estimates. 728-9926.

HOME or small office cleaning services, 30 years exp. local references available, reasonable rates, 752-3950.

LAUNDRY service. Available 7 days wk 7am-7pm Same day service. Pick-up/ drop-off available 603-348-5442.

MATT Christian Tree Care.

Pruning, tree removal, stump grinding. Fully insured, free estimates. (603)476-3311.

PROFESSIONAL meat cutting, moose, deer, beef and pigs, 603-482-3898, Errol, NH.

Alya Rose Melanson

Alya Rose Melanson BERLIN -- Alya Rose Melanson was born on July 21, 2011 to Catherine and Kurt Melanson of Berlin. The baby girl weighed 8.5 pounds.

Maternal grandparents are Paul and Patty Poulin of Berlin.

Paternal grandparents are Helen and Roland “BeBe” Gemmeti of Berlin and Edgar and Joyce Melanson of Hampton. Great-grandparents are Mary Bosa of Berlin and Normand Poulin of Berlin.

PROPERTY Maintenance/ Handyman. Carpentry, plumbing, electrical. Low rates. Any size job. Emergency service available (603)915-1390.

SNOWPLOWING: Gorham, residential, only. Dependable, reliable, and affordable. Discounts for neighbors and referrals, 915-1012.

TECHPROS- COMPUTER SALES & SERVICE

18+ years experience! On-site computer repair, upgrades, wireless setup, virus removal, & more!

(603)723-0918 www.TechProsNH.com

WET BASEMENTS, cracked or buckling walls, crawl space problems, backed by 40 years experience. Guaranteed 603-356-4759 rwnpropertyservices.com.

Wanted BUYING silver & gold. Jesstone Beads, 129 Main Street, Gorham, see us first for best price.

Wanted To Buy ANTIQUES, individual pieces and complete estates. Call Ted and Wanda Lacasse, 752-3515.

BUYING JUNK CARS AND TRUCKS Paying in cash Honest pricing No gimmicks Kelley’s Towing (603)723-9216.

BUYING junk cars/ trucks, heavy equip- farm mach., scrap iron.

Call 636-1667 days, 636-1304 evenings.

JUNK car removal, best local prices, Roy's Towing 348-3403.

PAYING CASH: for all old paper money from the Berlin National Banks for private collection.

May purchase other non-Berlin currency, 603-723-1461.

Tesa Litvin

Tesa Lucille Litvin

BERLIN -- Tesa Lucille Litvin was born on August 26, 2011 to Cynthia and Scott Litvin of Berlin. The 7 pound, 3.6 ounce baby girl was born at the Androscoggin Valley Hospital in Berlin.

Maternal grandparents are Rob and Laura King of Berlin. Paternal grandparents are Gary and Ann Marie White of Berlin.

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Squirts start season in deadlock

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HOOKSETT/DOVER -- The weekend of Oct. 8, found the Berlin Sabers Squirts opening their season in Hooksett, taking on the Avalanche. While this was the first game of the season for Berlin it was the third for the Av’s., but thanks to quick work of the veteran players along with the new, Berlin was able to keep the opponent at bay.

This was strictly a game of net minders, with exceptional saves on both sides that kept the game at a 0 to 0 tie. Berlin’s Kurtis Grover kept it scoreless with a total of 30 saves and the Avalanche, seeing 20 saves of their own, kept this game and the spectators on the edge of their seats. Berlin’s Cameron Delisle, along with Austin Scarinza, Tyler Rousseau, Broedy Gagnon and new comer Ella Roberge, made several attempts at scoring bids but were stonewalled by the Av’s net minder.

The third period found Grover bombarded with shots, making several exceptional Tim Thomas style saves, keeping Berlin in the game.

Returning veterans to the ice were Andrew Martel, Ricky Lambert, Carter Richmond, Kurtis Grover, Justin Scarinza, Cameron Delisle, Tyler Rousseau and Broedy Gagnon.

New this season are John Boucher, Dominick Paradis, Trinity Gendron, Haley Hamilton, Cael Jewet, Ella Roberge and Chet Johnston.

The coaching staff consist of head coach Bobby Rousseau, Assitant

Coach Matt Martel and Alan Lessard.

Sunday the Sabers traveled to Dover to take on the Stars in a late morning game. As the puck dropped it was an all out frenzy of action with battles up and down the ice. It was like watching a tennis match. Trinity Gendron would get the honors of receiving the first penalty of the season with a tripping call but the Stars would not be able to capitalize on it due to the penalty killing of Johnston, Lambert Scarinza and Rousseau, along with Grover between the pipes. They held them to one shot on net for the power play. Berlin would, however, get on the board first with an unassisted goal by Scarinza, The celebration was short lived, however, with Dover answering back with a shorthanded goal ending the period at one apiece with Grover facing 10 shots to Dover’s 5.

In the second period the Stars would strike within the first minute on a two man advantage power play, putting them up by one. Berlin had several great shots on by Martel and Roberge, along with Boucher, but were turned away.

Third period action had Berlin giving it their all with a round of shots on goal creating a power play opportunity to which Berlin’s Delisle would capitalize on to tie the game at 2. Berlin out shot their opponent 11 to 9 in the third period,to end the game in a 2 to 2 tie. Total saves for Berlin were 27, Dover had 20.

Drouin’s five goals takes the wind out of the Tornados’ sails, 10-0

BY JEAN LEBLANC THE BERLIN DAILY SUN

FRANKLIN--Senior captain Jake Drouin scored five times in the first half, helping the Berlin soccer team to a convincing 10-0 win over the Tornadoes in Franklin Saturday. The five goals in a game tied a Berlin High record set in 2001 by Derek Leclerc.

The Berlin offense was unrelenting taking 25 shots to Franklin’s four. In goal, Berlin split the game between senior Curtis Arsenault and back-up Nick Fodor. The Franklin cage was guarded by Myles Lynch who was extremely busy blocking fifteen Berlin shots.

At 3:41 of the first half, Dustin Heath scored to make it 1-0 and was set up by Dimitri Giannos for a 1-0 lead.

Drouin had the next five markers

coming at 7:14 assisted by Jeremy Rivard, 8:00 Drouin from Dimitri, at 9:21 unassisted, at 12:23 assisted

by Ryan Richard, and at 20:15 unassisted. That made it 6-0 and raised Drouin’s total to ten goals on the year.

At 22:30 of the first half Heath notched his second of the game on an assist from defender Travis Lapointe.

At the 33:00 mark, Brad Boucher scored his first career goal unassisted.

That gave Berlin a comfortable 8-0 lead at halftime.

In the second half, Mountie Jon Lam scored at 22:15, unassisted for the 9-0 advantage. It was Lam’s third of the season. Berlin’s Tommy Gallagher found the back of the goal at 30:15 for his first career goal unassisted, making the final score 10-0.

“We came out pretty quick,” said see TORNADOS’ page 18

Cody Haas (right), a junior at Berlin High School, lands a punch in a sparring match with Whitefield’s Aaron Cox during a series of bouts at the White Mountains PAL boxing facility in Whitefield on Friday night. Haas trains in Jackson. (MELISSA GRIMA PHOTO)

Berlin boys tame Tigers, 3-0

BY JEAN LEBLANC THE BERLIN DAILY SUN

FARMINGTON--Berlin’s Ryan Richard scored two goals and senior captain Curtis Arsenault notched another shut-out in the Berlin goal, guiding the Berlin boys’ soccer team to a 3-0 victory over Farmington.

Richard was the lone goal scorer in the first half at 16:29, to give the Mountaineers a 1-0 lead at intermission. The unassisted goal was Richard’s seventh of the year. Shots in the first half had Berlin shooting six times and the home team Tigers with two. Saves were three for Berlin’s Arsenault and five for the Tiger’s Ryan Gibbs.

In the second half, Mountie Jon Lam scored an insurance goal at 25:10, assisted by Connor Jewett. It was Lam’s second goal of the Fall.

The visiting Mountaineers used Richard’s header to push the Berlin

advantage to three goals. Richard’s eighth goal was set up by winger, Brad Frenette at 38:26 of the second half.

“With the three hour bus trip, it took us a bit to get our legs,” said coach Craig Melanson. “Farmington was a lot better from years past. They had a couple of kids who play Seacoast and they were pretty dangerous. I though Jeremy Rivard, Connor Jewett, Ryan Richard, Quinn Morrissette and Zack Bacon played awesome for us. The kids kept their composure and Curt made a few good stops.”

The Mountaineers will travel to Golden Tornado country on Saturday.

The 11-1 Mounties will visit Franklin High school for an afternoon matchup.

BHS 1 2-3 FHS 0 0-0 Scoring: BHS- Richard 2, Lam, FHS- none.

Mountie boys climb all over Spartans

BY JEAN LEBLANC THE BERLIN DAILY SUN

BERLIN-- Berlin’s Dimitri Giannos scored a pair of goals and teammates Quinn Morrissette and Brad Frenette notched their first varsity goals of the year, helping the Mountaineers to a 5-1 victory over the White Mountain Regional Spartans in a boys Division III soccer game in Berlin recently.

Both teams played equally in the first half. Giannos got his team on the board at 26:03 of the first half.

Captain Jake Drouin got the assist on Giannos’s fifth goal of the year.

The Spartans Ethan Call tied things at 1-1 at the 32:52 mark. The Spartans managed six first half shots while Berlin fired eight towards Sparsee SPARTANS page 18

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Retirement Income Planning

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What is Roll Your Change Week?

GORHAM -- Have you seen the posters with the coin jar full of change, announcing that Roll Your Change Week is coming? Are you wondering what it’s all about? At first glance, many people think it is a fundraising campaign but, according to Judy Woodward and Miranda Bergmeier of the Family Resource Center, “this program is about encouraging people to create a savings “safety net” so they have resources available when life’s emergencies occur.”

For the fifth year, The Family Resource Center at Gorham is sponsoring Roll Your Change Week as a part of the NH Savings Challenge annual campaign. During the week long event, Oct. 22, - 29, if you deposit change into a new, or even an existing savings account at one of the many participating banks and credit unions, you’ll have the benefit of that savings “safety net” and you could be eligible to win some very big prizes! The prizes include more than twenty $100 Series EE Savings Bonds and three grand prizes, each a $1,000 Savings Bond...and that is just in the North Country alone.

Woodward explains, “The purpose of the event is to increase awareness about the importance of savings and to provide people with a simple way to jumpstart their savings plans. Americans continued to add to their personal debt load by an astounding amount over the past several years. The recession has helped to raise

awareness for the need for personal savings but there are still many people who have little to no savings to fall back on when unexpected life events happen and what would otherwise be a setback can become a real crisis.”

Woodward says, “Like eating healthy or exercising for physical wellness, we all know that we need to make wise spending decisions and save regularly to be financial healthy. Sometimes, it is just difficult to get started, especially when we are in challenging economic times. Roll Your Change Week is a fun way to take that first step toward a brighter financial future!

Roll Your Change Week is Oct. 22 to 29. Participating Banks and Credit Unions are: Citizens Bank (Berlin only), First Colebrook Bank, Guardian Angel Credit Union, Gropaco Credit Union, Laconia Savings Bank, Northway Bank (Berlin and Gorham only), Passumpsic Bank, Union Bank and Woodlands Credit Union (Unless otherwise noted, the participation is statewide.)

This event is made possible by the generous donations of the savings bond prizes by the participating banks and credit unions. For more information about Roll Your Change Week or the Family Resource Center, contact Miranda Bergmeier at 466-5190, ext 323 or email miranda.bergmeier@frcberlin-gorham.org.

Support the American Cancer Society’s Relay for Life at the Third Annual One Stop Christmas Shop

Open to Milan, Berlin, Dummer, Errol, Gorham, Randolph and Shelburne Residents

Please Join Us for Two Debriefing Sessions to review the DATA Gathered during the Six Community Forums Recently Held to Discuss the Future of Public Education in the Androscoggin Valley Two debriefing sessions will be held on the following dates and locations: BERLIN

Wed., October 19, 2011 7:00 - 9:00 p.m.

Berlin Junior High School Auditorium

GORHAM

Tues. October 25, 2011 7:00 – 9:00 p.m.

Gorham High School Gymnasium

A series of community forums generated citizen input as to ideas and opinions regarding the future of Education in the Androscoggin Valley. The data gathered during the forums has been collated and will be reviewed and discussed on the dates listed above in the designated locations. Both sessions will be reviewing the same data using the same format. Possible next steps may be discussed at these sessions. The community forums and follow up sessions were made possible through a grant award from the Neil and Louise Tillotson Fund of the New Hampshire Charitable Foundation.

BERLIN -- Rudy’s Market Relay for Life Team is kicking off a new year of fundraising for the American Cancer Society’s Relay for Life. On Sunday, November 6, the Third Annual One Stop Christmas Shop will be open from 10 a.m. until 4 p.m. at the Northern Forest Heritage Park (961 Main Street, Berlin). This unique shopping experience for adults will have dozens of vendors, is a perfect time to get ideas, order presents and homemade baked goods, meet friends and neighbors, enjoy the ambiance and raise important funds for cancer research.

In addition to door prizes, there will be a 50/50 raffle and silent auction. Donations are still being accepted from private individuals or businesses, please drop off or mail donations to: Rudy’s Market Relay for Life Team, 81 Wight Street,

Berlin, NH, 03570, or call a team member to make other arrangements. Raffle tickets will be available for the 2011 Courage of Cancer Handmade Quilt. The quilt will be on display at this event and others in the community. Additionally, team members have photos of the individual squares detailed. The raffle will be drawn on December 12. We are proud of the community support, our tireless RSVP volunteers, family and friends that have contributed to the Rudy’s Market Relay for Life Team raising more than $19,000 since 2008!

For more information please contact one of the following team members: Midge Deblois at 752-2333, Sheri Goyette at 723-3405, Gail Baillargeon at 723-6964, Michelle Lutz at 466-2116, Linda Lamirande at 723-8493, Gisele McKenzie or Nancy Malone at 752-2641.

SPARTANS from page 16

his first of the year to make it officially a final of 5-1. Shots were White Mountains five and Berlin ten. Corners were even with both teams getting two chances.

“The first half was back and forth,” said Berlin skipper Craig Melanson. “They did a good job plugging up the middle, so the second half we had to attack more of the sides. Dimitri and Jake played very well for us and it was good to see some different guys put the ball in the back of the net for us”.

Berlin will take to the road and travel to Farmington to take on the Tigers.

WMRHS 1 0-1 BHS 1 4-5 Scoring: WMRHS- Call, BHS- Giannos 2, Morrissette, Frenette, Richard.

TORNADOS’ from page 16

Berlin has just two regular season games remaining on their schedule. Berlin will play undefeated Gilford at Home on Wednesday for senior day.

BHS 8 2-10 FHS 0 0-0 Scoring BHS- Drouin 5, Heath 2, Lam, Boucher, Gallagher, FHS- none.

tan keeper Greenwood. Berlin’s Curtis Arsenault had five saves.

The Berlin offense got into high gear in the second half.Ryan Richard netted the eventual game winner just three minutes into the second half. The goal made it 2-1 and was set up by Drouin. The goal was Ryan’s sixth of the Fall.

Giannos got his second of the contest and sixth of the year at the 7:08 mark. Winger Dustin Heath had the helping marker.

Berlin moved their advantage to 4-1 at 18:45, on an unassisted goal by sophomore Quinn Morrissette. The goal was his first on the year.

The scoring came to a conclusion for the home team Mountaineers at 22:45. Brad Frenette netted

Berlin head coach Craig Melanson. “Jake Drouin had a heck of a day tying the school record for goals in a game with five, which was set in 2001

by Derek Leclerc. The second half all of our starters were on the bench and or reserves saw the rest of the game. Lizz Thagouras, Levi Arsenault, and Nick Wheeler played very well for us.”

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Berlin police log

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Thursday, Oct. 13 9:22 a.m. A caller reported his ladder stolen from his yard. The man later called to say he had found the ladder.

2:52 p.m. A possible case of child abuse was reported.

6 p.m. Police took a woman into protective custody after bystanders on Main Street prevented her from getting behind the wheel of her car while intoxicated.

9:46 p.m. Matthew Jones, 20, of Berlin, led police on a short chase after they tried to stop him for speeding. Jones, was arrested and charged with speeding, operating without a valid license, reckless driving, unauthorized use of a motor vehicle and two counts of disobeying an officer. He was released on $1,500 personal recognizance bail and is scheduled to appear in court on Nov. 15.

Friday, Oct. 14 8:45 a.m. Police received a report that a doctor had been threatened by the boyfriend of their patient.

1:48 p.m. A minor two vehicle accident was reported on Main Street. No injuries were reported.

3:38 p.m. A resident of Abenaki Lane reported that medication and a PlayStation 2 had been stolen from their apartment.

3:47 p.m. A caller on Madison Avenue reported a check stolen from the residence.

3:52 p.m. Peggy Wiggins, 53, of Berlin, was arrested and charged with making a false report to law enforcement. She was released on $500 personal recognizance bail and is scheduled to appear in court on Nov. 4.

4:59 p.m. Joseph Dimauro, 53, of Berlin, was arrested and charged with contempt of court and breach of bail. He was released on $960 cash bail and is scheduled to appear in court on Nov. 15.

5:09 p.m. A caller on East Mason Street reported six juvenile males throwing rocks down a hill.

8:28 p.m. A caller reported tools and medication

missing from a residence on Fourth Avenue.

8:59 p.m. A domestic altercation was reported on Third Avenue. Both parties were advised of their rights.

9:53 p.m. A man on Hutchins Street reported being followed by a suspicious vehicle.

Saturday, Oct. 15 11:27 a.m. A caller reported an apartment was broken into on Mannering Street.

12:10 p.m. A bus struck a parked car on School Street. The Gorham Recreation bus, driven by Debra Ouellette, of Berlin, struck a vehicle owned

by Roland Arsenault of Berlin. There was minor damage and no injuries.

1:01 p.m. A caller reported that a garage on Roderick Street had been broken into and a dirt bike was stolen. The incident happened within the last week the owner told police.

2:03 p.m. Alan Alger, 46, of Berlin, was arrested and charged with breach of bail and disorderly conduct. He was held on $500 cash bail for an Oct. 17 bail hearing.

5:53 p.m. A possible assault was reported at Wang’s Garden on Main Street.

6:35 p.m. Glen Roy, 52, of Berlin, was arrested and charged with violating a protective order. He was held for an Oct. 17 bail hearing.

8:43 p.m. A vehicle struck a moose while traveling on Jericho Road. No injuries were reported.

9:30 p.m. The officer on patrol noticed that the grass at White Mountains Community College had been damaged. The incident is under investigation.

Sunday, Oct. 16 2:16 p.m. John Ianace, 52, of Berlin, was arrested and charged with shoplifting. He was released on $500 personal recognizance bail and is scheduled to appear in court on Nov. 15.

7:49 p.m. A caller on Wight Street reported a car driving around a business. The vehicle was gone before police arrived.

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72 High St., Berlin • 752-1212 32 Exchange St., Gorham • 466-2221 REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS NSP3 Housing Energy Specialist CITY OF BERLIN, NH The City of Berlin, NH, requests written proposals from qualified firms or individuals interested in being considered to contract with the City in completing Housing Energy Specifications for the Neighborhood Stabilization Program 3. The project involves the rehabilitation of approximately 9 living units of housing, or more, if additional funds can be obtained.

This project is funded through a Neighborhood Stabilization Program (NSP3) grant from the Community Development Finance Authority (CDFA) under the provisions, and subject to the requirements of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and the Housing and Economic Recovery Act of 2008 (HERA).

Housing Energy Specialist; needed to evaluate current conditions of targeted buildings and perform initial blower tests, develop energy plans, monitor the progress of rehabilitation as it pertains to energy, and work with the Jordan Institute as the need may arise.

The target will be to attain a HERS 50 or better rating and to try to achieve a HERS 45 rating where it is economically feasible within a 10 year payback period.

Specialist will also complete interim and final inspections including a sign off on the building. All documentation and formatting will need to meet HUD and CDFA requirements.

The City of Berlin is an equal opportunity/affirmative action agency. All qualified proposals will receive consideration without regard to race, color, religion, creed, age, sex, or national origin.

Selection will be based on qualifications, experience, availability, and cost. A copy of the RFP can be obtained on the City of Berlin website www.berlinnh.gov or by contacting the office below.

Two copies of the proposed labeled “Energy Specialist” which needs to include everything required in the full RFP including experience in this field, licensing and qualifications, samples of your work/reports, any other information you feel is relevant to this type of work, references and a proposed fee structure, no later than Tuesday October 25, 2011 at 4:30 PM to: Linda J. White Housing Coordinator 220 Main Street Berlin, NH 03570 603-752-1630 lwhite@berlinnh.gov

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