TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 2011
VOL. 20 NO. 147
BERLIN, N.H.
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Prison Warden Schult explains hiring process BY BARBARA TETREAULT THE BERLIN DAILY SUN
BERLIN -- With funding now approved to open the federal prison, the next question is when will the hiring get underway? Warden Debra Schult warned it will take several months before people see any real activity at the medium security prison. “It’s going to look like initially not much is happening,” she told members of the Northern N.H. Talent Team yesterday. Schult said the first positions will be filled internally, using experienced personnel already employed by the federal Bureau of Prisons. She said she has sent the paperwork to fill 22 positions, mostly
department heads, to the Bureau’s Grand Prairie Office Complex in Texas. The positions should show up on the usajobs.gov website next week where they will be posted for 15 days. The initial rating and ranking is done in Grand Prairie and then the list of qualified applicants is forwarded to Schult who makes recommendations to the regional office. Next week, Schult said she will forward the paperwork to Grand Prairie to hire five correctional officers. Once an applicant is approved, Schult said the person has up to 12 weeks to report for duty. That allows them time to move to Berlin. Given that timetable, she said it will be approximately March before staff starts reporting to Berlin. Local people interested in working at the prison,
however, should start checking the bureau’s web site because Schult said she expects the first posting for jobs that will be open to applicants outside the bureau will be mid-December. At that time, she said the bureau will be posting for some correctional officers, medical personnel, facilities positions such as maintenance, case workers, and secretaries. In total, Schult said the bureau will be hiring 333 people to work at the Berlin facility, with about 200 of that number expected to be new hirees. She said the bureau will not hire anyone over the age of 37 except for 12 positions that are exempt from the age limit. Schult said the exemptions include physician, dentist, chaplain, and nursing positions. The warden see WARDEN page 8
Couple receives Gus Rooney Award
Donnie and Kristy Labrecque, center with their two sons, were honored on Sunday at the Notre Dame Arena as the recipients of the 2011 Gus Rooney Volunteer of the Year award. Both Donnie and Kristy were nominated for their work in the Berlin-Gorham Cal Ripken baseball League and for their work in the Berlin Youth Hockey programs. There were many friends and relatives that were present for the award and the duo were quite surprised by their award. (JEAN LEBLANC PHOTO)
BERLIN — A Berlin couple who team up to cover both organizational responsibilities and one-on-one time with local young athletes has been recognized for their contributions. Donny and Kristy Labrecque have been jointly named the 2011 Gus Rooney Volunteer of the Year. In a press release issued by the Berlin Recreation and Parks Department, the extensive work the pair has undertaken in support of youth sports and activities was cited as the main reason for the award. “This couple, more like a team themselves, has organized and coached sports for nine years and counting,” it reads. Kristy was recognized for her behind the scenes com-
mittee and booster work as a member of the Berlin Youth Hockey Board, Team Mothers, Fund Raising Committee, and Learn to Skate Program as well as Youth Golf Committee, and multiple functions in the Cal Ripken Baseball organization. She has also served as scheduler, coordinator and sometimes press person for the Notre Dame Arena in addition to participating in the PTO at Brown School and volunteering at numerous school events. Her nomination for the award cited not only Kristy’s hockey, school and summer youth sports volunteerism, but also her devotion, hard work, and organizational skills. The other half of this team’s strength is on the field with see AWARSD page 6
Probable cause found in bank robbery case The Holiday Market is Dec. 3 BY MELISSA GRIMA THE BERLIN DAILY SUN
BERLIN — After a Wednesday hearing in First Circuit Court, Berlin District Division, probable cause was found in the state’s case against accused bank robber Daniel Hufstetler. Hufstetler, 32, of 36 High Street, Berlin, is accused of robbing the Guardien Angel Credit Union at gunpoint on Nov. 14. Judge James Patten found probable cause to bind the charge of armed robbery against Hufstetler over to Coos Superior Court. Hufstetler’s accused accomplice, Sheena
Craig, 29, also of 36 High Street, Berlin, is charged with conspiracy to commit armed robbery. She is believed to have driven the vehicle that bore Hufstetler from the scene of the crime. Craig waived a probable cause hearing on her charge. Craig remains free on $500 cash and $50,000 personal recognizance bail. Hufstetler, who has felony convictions for assault, burglary and theft in Georgia and Pennsylvania, is being held on $75,000 cash bail. Both cases will now be transferred to the office of the County Attorney for prosecution
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BERLIN -- The Berlin Local Works Holiday Market will be held Saturday, December 3, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. It will be the last indoor Holiday Market of the season! The indoor location for the Holiday Market is at the newly named Bickford Place on Main Street in Berlin, which is the old Rite Aid Building between Family Dollar and Tea Birds Restaurant. Customers are
encouraged to park in the city municipal lot on Pleasant Street. At the Holiday Market you will find all your favorite Farmers Market vendors. In season are pumpkins, apples butternut squash, garlic, onions, herbs, beets, carrots, cabbage and shallots will be there for your holiday meal planning. Come get your locally raised see MARKET page 8
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