The Conway Daily Sun, Thursday, December 15, 2011

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THURSDAY, DECEMBER 15, 2011

THURSDAY

VOL. 23 NO. 231

CONWAY, N.H.

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More guards, better fencing proposed at jail

Going to extremes

Jail break prompts look at security BY DAYMOND STEER THE CONWAY DAILY SUN

Skiers on the summit of Mount Washington. (BRIAN POST PHOTO)

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Film features skiing ‘like there’s no tomorrow’ on Tuckerman BY ERIK EISELE THE CONWAY DAILY SUN

CONWAY — Eighty years after the first skier dropped over the Tuckerman Ravine headwall, Mount Washington is getting the recognition every ski icon deserves: a feature segment in a Warren Miller film.

And on Friday it debuts before the hometown crowd. “Like There’s No Tomorrow,” the first Miller movie to feature Mount Washington, includes a 10-minute segment where superstar skiers Chris Davenport and Hugo Harrisson take a pilgrimsee TUCKERMAN page 9

OSSIPEE — County commissioners are proposing to add two more corrections officers in the wake of a jail break earlier this month. David Hobson, 34, of York County, Maine, escaped from Carroll County's jail on Dec. 1. He was found on Dec. 6 in Rochester. Hobson was awaiting trial on burglary charges when he made his escape by climbing through razor wire and jumping off the jail's roof to freedom. On Monday, lawmakers met for the first time see JAIL page 8

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BY LLOYD JONES THE CONWAY DAILY SUN

CONWAY — If the political playing field were level, you'd know a whole lot more about former Louisiana Governor Buddy Roemer, who is seeking the Republican Party nomination for president. An energetic Roemer concedes he's virtually invisible in the polls, but his audiences are growing despite the fact that he's had no luck getting on the debate stage with the other candidates. Roemer spoke at the Conway Cafe Tuesday

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for about 40 minutes, taking questions from three dozen voters. He also made a return visit with an editorial board at The Conway Daily Sun. He was the paper's first repeat candidate to visit. "The power of the debate has really diminished the role of New Hampshire in my opinion," Roemer said. "In the book that I'll write I'll say that, and it surprises me." Roemer aerved four terms in the U.S. Congress from 1981 to 1988 as a conservative Democrat who often broke ranks with his see ROEMER page 11

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