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FRYEBURG — Saying that it's time for a change in leadership and that the historic school "will prosper with a new voice of leadership, fresh ideas, and renewed energy," Fryeburg Academy headmaster Dan Lee Jr. announced over the weekend

that he will retire at the end of the 2013 school year.

In a bulk mailing that went out to the alumni and families of current students on Saturday, Lee shared his retirement announcement. The four-page letter features a front page that displays the academy's logo and

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Hawaii: Unease in a Dem oasis

HONOLULU — Hawaii should be a happy outpost for the Democratic Party. It has a Democratic governor. Democrats overwhelmingly control the Legislature. It has Barack Obama in the White House and all the prestige that brings, most recently an Asia-Pacific economic summit meeting with the president as its host, packing this city’s streets, restaurants and hotels with international leaders.

These are hardly happy days for Hawaii Democrats.

Governor Neil Abercrombie, is ending his first year under a storm of criticism, referred to himself the other evening as “the most unpopular governor in America.” Obama’s struggles in Washington have cast a bit of a pall here. And the Republican Party suddenly has a shot of picking up a United States Senate seat that has been in Democratic hands for more than 30 years, with the announcement

by Linda Lingle, a Republican former governor, that she will seek the seat held by Senator Daniel K. Akaka, the retiring Democrat. A Republican victory here would be a serious embarrassment to Obama and would make it that much more likely that Republicans take back the Senate.

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WASHINGTON (NY Times) — Mistakes by both American and Pakistani troops led to airstrikes against Pakistani posts on the Afghanistan border that killed 26 Pakistani Army soldiers last month, according to a Pentagon investigation that for the first time acknowledged some American responsibility for the clash, which plunged the already frayed relationship between the United States and Pakistan to a new low.

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WASHINGTON (NY Times) — Bowing under pressure from members of their party to end the politically damaging impasse over a payroll tax holiday, House Republican leaders agreed Thursday to accept a temporary extension of the tax cut, beating a hasty retreat from a showdown that Republicans increasingly saw as a threat to their election opportunities next year.

Under a deal reached between House and Senate leaders — which Speaker John A. Boehner was presenting to the rank and file in a conference call — House members would accept the twomonth extension of a payroll tax holiday and unemployment benefits approved by the Senate last Saturday, while the Senate would appoint members of a House-Senate conference committee to negotiate legislation to extend benefits through 2012.

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about this program. Eagle Academy gave me the strength I need to believe in myself and the strength to succeed.

As I said, we all have our stories as to how we got here, but I know all of these graduates next to me feel as grateful as I do for this miracle school called Eagle Academy. I know I can speak for all of you when I say thank you Rachelle (Cox, student advocate and director of alternative programs at Kennett High) for this wonderful

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“I know I can speak for my entire class when I say Eagle Academy is a savior for kids who have a lot of trouble in high school and for adults who never graduated in their past. I know I felt stuck between a rock and a hard spot when I was refusing to go to high school and I didn’t have money to pay for a home schooler or a tutor, but I was accepted into Eagle Academy and a huge weight lifted off my shoulders.

Ever since I have been a part of Eagle Academy, I’ve actually enjoyed high school for the first time in years and that weight hasn’t returned to my shoulders.

“When I was in high school everyone was so mean and bitter, even the teachers started to conform. I know I felt personally victimized by a few of them and not because I owed them a paper or a project. My old teachers did demand power, not respect. They really seemed to truly enjoy it when I was wrong or embarrassed, and I felt they were always setting me up to look stupid. That was my problem in high school — I felt stupid and I was scared to ask for help.

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This was the first time the academy and GED students shared the stage, and it will not be the last time.

The ninth graduating class of Eagle Academy is Prudent Joseph Bedard IV, Tina M. Bradley, Dustin Matthew Brett, Ryan P. Britland, Jack A. Burkett III, Alec Joseph Butler, Desirae Collins, Savannah Ann Ashley Dearborn, Rebecca J. Gertz, Douglas E. Hill Jr., Garid Hounsell, Jessica Lee Kimball, Elizabeth Lane, Alyssa Long, Brandon Seaward-Frost, Issac Smith, Zachary Sutton, Samantha Joelle Sylvester, Kristen Vaillancourt-Locke and Brendon M. Wakefield GED recipients were: Jacob Barbour, Christopher Bellen, Ashley Bowley, Nathan Johnson, Scott Allen Martin, Andrew McAllister, Matthew Mullen, Karen Murray, Kayla Nason, Jonathan Ryan, Keaton Weiler and Clarissa White.

It was a day to remember for all on hand. For just the second time, students elected one of their classmates — Samantha Sylvester — to deliver a commencement address rather than having a member of the school’s faculty. She spoke about the hardships along her educational path that eventually led to the pot of gold called Eagle Academy.

Standing in front of the near capacity auditorium, Sylvester took a deep breath and smiled.

“As this is an alternative high school, none of us are where we imagined we would be on graduation day, but that’s the beauty of life,” she said. “We almost never end up where we planned to be.

We all have our own stories as to how we got here. No matter how messy and complicated those stories may be, they are all ending here tonight with

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FRIDAY, DECEMBER 23 Friday Painters. Friday Painters resume their in studio sessions every Friday at 9 a.m. with a short critique at noon at the Visual Arts Center of the Mount Washington Arts Association. This is a supportive painting group for all experience levels and mediums. Painters may work on their own inspirations or follow the planned selections. Sessions are free to members and small donations are appreciated from non-members. For more information, call the Mount Washington Valley Arts Association at 356-2787 or go to www.mwvarts.org.

Resale Shops To Benefit Animals At Conway Shelter.

Retails Boutique features upscale clothing and accessories and is located in Norcross Place across from the Courtyard Café. ReTails is open Tuesday through Saturday 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. The Harrison House is located at 223 East Main Street at the driveway entrance to the shelter and features household goods and much more. The Harrison House is open Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Please Call (603) 447-5605 for more information.

Little Green Closet Thrift Store. The Thrift Store is now open for discounted children/maternity clothes. Located in the Mount Washington Valley Childrens Museum on Route 16 North Conway next to Stan and Dan Sports. Hours 10:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. For more information call 356-2992 or visit www.mwvchildrensmuseum.org.

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 24 Candlelight Service in Tamworth. A Christmas Eve Candlelight Service will be held at Tamworth Congregational Church, from 6 to 7 p.m. The sound of Christmas carols will fill the sanctuary and Pastor David Kemper will share the Christmas Message. There will not be a service on Christmas Day. Christmas Eve Candlelight Service in Chocorua.

There will be a Christmas Eve candlelight service located on Route 113 at The Chocorua Community Church on Deer Hill Road, near Route 16. at 7 p.m. Sing favorite carols with brass, harp and organ. Pre-service music starts at 6:45 p.m. For more information visit www.chocoruachurch.org or Facebook.

Candlelight Christmas Eve Service in Freedom. The First Christian Church of Freedom welcomes all to a traditional Candlelight Christmas Eve Service at 7 p.m. Once again, the Children’s Pageant, under the guidance of Music Director Carolyn Olzerowicz,will delight all young and old.

Flautist Dana Demore will perform during the prelude and drummer Sam Mason will accompany the choir processional, “African Noel.” Reverend Dr. Robert Bossdorf will return to the pulpit as guest minister. All are welceome to join the congregation and experience the love, peace, hope and joy of the Christmas Season.

Candlelight Service in Ossipee. The Ossipee Valley Bible Church, on Route 16 in West Ossipe, will hold a candlelight service at 5 p.m. For more information, call 323-8212.

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All are welcome. The Jackson Church is located in the heart of Jackson Village.

Candlelight Service in Glen. The Glen Community Baptist Church will be having a Candlelight Christmas Eve Service at 7 p.m. There will be a morning worship service on Christmas day at 11 a.m. All are welcome to come to the services. The church phone is 383-9223.

Christmas Candlelight Service in Brownfield. There will be a Christmas Candlelight Service at the Brownfield Community Church in Brownfield at 7 p.m. with music by Katherine Rhoda, special readings, and the story of the birth of Christ as taken from the Book of Luke. Pastor Parr invites all to join in this celebration.

Christmas Eve Service And Pagent in Eaton. There will be a Christmas Eve Service and Pageant with Mary Edes at the Little White Church in Eaton at 6 p.m.

SUNDAY, DECEMBER 25 Christmas Day Communion Service. There will be a Christmas day communion service at 10 a.m. at the Chocorua Community Church on Deer Hill Road, Route 113 east near Route 16. Pastor Kent Schneider will share the Christmas message. Everyone is welcome.

Christmas Donations at the Jackson Community Church. The Jackson Community Church will be open on Christmas Day, from 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. to accept nonperishable donations for the local food pantry, as well as gifts for the church. There will be no regular worship service. The Jackson Church is located in the heart of Jackson Village.

Christmas Service in Glen. The Glen Community Baptist Church will be having a morning worship service on Christmas day at 11 a.m. All are welcome to come. The church phone is 383-9223.

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 30 Christmas Bird Count. Join Tin Mountain Conservation Group for the 23rd Annual North Conway Christmas Bird Count at the Nature Learning Center in Albany. Observers are needed for traveling routes by foot, cross country skis, snowshoes, or car. You also can tally birds at your feeder.

The count runs for 24 hours, 5 p.m. to 5 p.m., wit a grand tally at the Nature Learning Center at 5 p.m.Call 447-6991 for information.

Pizza And Movie Night. Freedom Public Library holds a pizza and a movie night at 5 p.m. The movie is “Kung Fu Panda 2.” Cheese pizza from Freedom Market is $3 per person. Volunteers needed. Call Elizabeth at 539-5176 if you can help.

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FRIDAYS Job Seekers Networking and Support Group. Madison Public Library hosts a job seekers networking and support group Fridays at 10 a.m. in the Chick Room at the library.

Meet with other job seekers, share tips and stories. Free coffee. Call 367-8545 for more information.

Story Time for Little Ones. Story Time for Little Ones is at 10:30 a.m. at the Effingham Public Library. Stories, crafts and play time for preschool children, and a time for parents to relax and connect with other parents. The library is located at 30 Town House Road, Effingham. For more information call the library at 539-1537 or email marilyn@effingham.lib.nh.us.

Outer Space Exhibit. Come explore “Outer Space” in the new exhibit at The Mount Washington Valley Childrens Museum. It is a glow in the dark solar system with planets/ stars etc. Hours of other exhibits to take part of in the rest of the museum. Free admission Healthy Kids Gold card otherwise $5. Hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Located on Route 16 in North Conway next to Stan and Dan Sports. Call for more information 662-3806 or visit www.mwvchildrensmuseum.org.

Music For Tots With Mountain Top Music. What a better way top introduce your infant to preschooler than to come to the music for tots at the Mount Washington Valley Childrens Museum. An hour of singing and dancing given by Sharon Novak from Mountain Top Music every Friday at 11 a.m. Healthy Kids Gold/Maine Care/ Under 1 years old are free. Located at 2936 Route 16 north of the village next to Stan and Dans. For more information call 356-2992 or www.mwvchildrensmuseum.org.

Clothing Depot. Vaughan Community Service, Inc. at 2031 white mountain highway in North Conway has a clothing depot open at 9:30 a.m.

Thrift Shop. The thrift shop at Christ Episcopal Church, on Pine and Main Streets in North Conway is open on Saturday from 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. and on Wednesday and Friday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

White Mountain Amateur Radio Club Meeting. The White Mountain Amateur Radio Club meets every Friday evening 7 to 8 p.m. on the two meter repeater W1MWV 145.45 MHz with a 100.0 Hz tone. For information visit the club website at www.w1mwv.com.

VA Services Eligibility Representative. VA eligibility representative will be at the Conway Community-Based Outpatient Clinic on the second Friday of each month from 9 a.m to 3 p.m. starting in April. A Health Benefits Advisor will be available to meet with Veterans who have questions about their eligibility status for VA services. Veterans can be seen on a first-come, first-serve basis, no appointment is necessary.

Family Planning Walk-In Clinic. White Mountain Community Health Center has a family planning walk-in clinic on Fridays from 1 to 4 p.m. Appointments can be made or just walk in. Cost is based on income on a sliding fee scale. Call 447-8900 for information. see next page

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gave a special thank you to school nurse Phyllis Fortier.

Teachers met with students to discuss proper hygiene, like hand washing, said newly named interim principal Karin Schroeder. Water fountains were closed. Staff redoubled their efforts to disinfect the school and buses.

Inspectors also checked the food service process and also the kitchens in Madison Elementary School. The inspectors didn't find the source of the virus.

Hand washing is one of the best ways to stop the spread of norovirus, according to the New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services. “It’s a fast and furious virus otherwise known as winter’s vomit, but I like norovirus better� said Schroeder.

School board member Todd Desmarais replied, "That's accurate."

On Wednesday night, Schroeder signed a contract to serve as Freedom Elementary School's interim principal until the end of June. McIntire nominated Schroeder to the school board during a non-public session.

Schroeder served as an assistant principal at Swasey Central School in Brentwood from 2008 until this year when the position was eliminated.

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FREEDOM — Just over 40 percent of Freedom Elementary School students were out sick last week from a norovirus, the SAU 13 superintendent said Wednesday night.

At one point last week, 29 of 70 students were absent due to the illness, said SAU 13 superintendent Jay McIntire. School officials learned norovirus was the culprit on Wednesday. “Needless to say, that’s a very high number,� said McIntire of the peak of absences. "We had a wave come through and the wave is not over.

On Monday we had five people who were out sick compared to the 29 last Wednesday."

Norovirus symptoms include nausea and vomiting. It’s known to spread via feces but the New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services says there’s “some evidence� norovirus can go airborne when an infected person vomits.

The school received “tremendous� support from the N.H. Department of Health and Human Services and from the community at large, McIntire said.

The teachers and school staff did their best to keep the school experience as normal as possible despite the high number of absences, he said.

The school will be sending data to the state every day until four days after nobody is suffering from Norovirus symptoms, said McIntire who

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Al-Anon. Every Friday from 8 to 9 p.m., the Friday Night Serenity Group of Al-Anon meets at the Gibson Center, corner of White Mountain Highway and Grove Street, North Conway. Al-Anon is a fellowship of relatives and friends of alcoholics who share experience, strength and hope to solve problems

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Page 6 — THE CONWAY DAILY SUN, Friday, December 23, 2011

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Students track down Gingerbread Men To the editor: I would like to share a story with you that paints the picture of the wonderful community we live in.

After completing a Jan Brett author study and reading multiple renditions of Gingerbread Man stories, the first graders at Pine Tree School spent several days making their own paper decorated Gingerbread Men. Before leaving school on Tuesday, they left their Gingerbread Men on their desks to dry. When they arrived at school on Wednesday Dec. 21, the Gingerbread Men were gone! The students immediately knew what had happened; the Gingerbread Men had come to life and escaped just like in the stories they had read. The students then boarded a bus that left Pine Tree School and embarked on a full-blown scavenger hunt across Conway in search of their Gingerbread Men. Their first stop was to the Conway Police Department where Lt. Chris Perley and other officers and dispatchers helped them to retrieve the four Men that had made their way into the department. Chris Perley and his staff were engaging and welcoming, and embraced the chance to share this experience with the students. The next stop was Conway Town Hall, where Earl Sires and staff presented the students with several sneaky Gingerbread Men that had made their way into the town vault! From there, the students made their way to the Conway Recreation Center where they were greeted by

Mike Lane and Corie Frechette and presented with several more Gingerbread Men. The next stop was the Center Conway Post Office, to the delight of many community members gathering their mail. Pat Curotto read the students a clue that the Gingerbread Men had left, and they were off to the Center Conway Fire Department. There, Ray Leavitt presented them with more Gingerbread Men and delicious gingerbread cookies donated by Leavitt’s Bakery. The next stop was the Conway Public Library where Olga Morrell reenacted the Gingerbread Man tale and gave the students their final clue. Their final stop was at Frye’s Store where Greg Fecteau was busy making pizzas for them to eat for lunch! Apparently, the Gingerbread Men had left him a note that told him how many pizzas to make!

In a few hours, 36 first graders met integral members of their local community.

The creative planning and preparation of Sarah Learn and Dee Yeager, the first grade teachers, allowed their students the opportunity to learn about their community in a way that was engaging, fun, and directly tied to the curriculum. The enthusiasm of the people previously mentioned made this experience wonderful for the students. This was a day they will never forget, thanks to the incredibly supportive community we live in!

Aimee Frechette, principal Pine Tree School Center Conway

Send letters to: THE CONWAY DAILY SUN, P.O. Box 1940, North Conway, NH 03860. You may FAX your letters to 356-8360, Attention: Editor, or write us online at news@conwaydailysun.com.

Mt. Washington Valley’s DAILY Newspaper Mark Guerringue Publisher Adam Hirshan Editor Bart Bachman Managing Editor Lloyd Jones Sports/Education Editor Alec Kerr Wire/Entertainment Editor Jamie Gemmiti Photography Editor Terry Leavitt Opinion Page/Community Editor Tom Eastman, Erik Eisele, Daymond Steer Reporters Joyce Brothers Operations Manager Frank Haddy Pressroom Manager Darcy Gautreau Graphics Manager Rick Luksza Display Advertising Sales Manager Heather Baillargeon, Frank DiFruscio Sales Representatives Jamie Brothers, Hannah Russell, Louise Head Classifieds Robert Struble Jr., Priscilla Ellis, Patty Tilton Graphic Artists Roxanne Holt Insert Manager Larry Perry Press Assistant “Seeking the truth and printing it” THE CONWAY DAILY SUN is published Tuesday through Saturday by Country News Club, Inc. Dave Danforth, Mark Guerringue, Adam Hirshan Founders Offices and Printing Plant: 64 Seavey St., North Conway, NH Box 1940, North Conway, NH 03860 (603) 356-2999 Newsroom Fax: 356-8360, Advertising Fax 356-8774 Website: http://www.mountwashingtonvalley.com E-mail: news@conwaydailysun.com CIRCULATION: 16,100 distributed Tuesday through Saturday FREE throughout Mount Washington Valley

Susan Bruce

Warning: Lunatic Legislature at Work

The N.H. Legislature is in the national news again. Once again, N.H. legislators are covering our state with glory. They aren’t content with merely eliminating thousands of jobs, defunding the state university system, and ensuring that the number of bridges on the red list continues to increase. Another group might rest on their laurels after all that — but not these doughty folk. They’ve found a new way to avoid dealing with the actual needs of our state.

The latest boondoggle comes to us from lead sponsor Rep. Jennifer Coffey of Andover. She and a group of other legislators (all from the southern part of the state) have written a bill that, if enacted, would place warning signs at the New Hampshire/Massachusetts border.

The signs would read, “WARNING: Massachusetts Border, 500 Feet.”

The reps claim that this wouldn’t cost the taxpayers anything, since businesses would pay for the signs. That is untrue. Taxpayers pay every time a silly bill is introduced by a legislator, at a cost of approximately $1,500 to have it written up, go through legislative services, etc.

Already we’re paying for this folly. Coffey also points out that the DOT would place the signs.

DOT workers are not volunteers; they’re paid by the state of New Hampshire.

Since the bill has generated some publicity, the sponsors now claim that these signs are necessary to inform people that they’re leaving New Hampshire and entering a state with different laws about seatbelts, motorcycle helmets, guns, and fireworks. It used to be that we residents were expected to be personally responsible for knowing all of that, and acting appropriately. How odd to see the libertyminded Teabaglicans taking such a nanny state action! Could it be that what they really want to warn people of is that they’re entering a state that many of these elected officials deride as being the “Socialist Commonwealth of Taxachusetts” to the south?

This is truly a brilliant plan. Massachusetts residents come to New Hampshire to buy our cheap booze and cigarettes. Massachusetts residents come here to enjoy the many recreational activities available in our state. They come up to stay in their second homes. They eat in our restaurants, stay in our hotels and inns, and shop in our factory outlets. Massachusetts residents contribute mightily to the economy of our state. What a truly excellent idea it is to offend and alienate them!

The best part? Jennifer Coffey moved to New Hampshire in 2005. Guess where she moved here from? The same state that gave us so many of the current crop of legislators, including the Speaker of the N.H. House: Massachusetts. The warning signs really ought to be on the other side of the border. “Warning: stop sending us these people, or we’ll stop selling cheap booze and butts.”

In other New Hampshire gone national news, the Huffington Post covered the desire of Rep. David Bates to turn New Hampshire into a referendum state. This would require a constitutional amendment. Funny how these guys swear they love the Constitution (either state or US), even as they express the need to change it. Bates is motivated by his obsession with overturning New Hampshire’s marriage equality law, a law supported by a majority of New Hampshire voters. He’d like to see New Hampshire laws subjected to the whim of wellfunded, out-of-state, special interest groups, as we’ve seen happen in Maine and California.

Another brilliant plan from this legislature.

That laser-like focus on job creation that these folks campaigned upon has yet to rear its pointy little head.

The House committee on redistricting has also been working on their plan to gerrymander the state’s voting districts. The committee was comprised entirely of representatives from the bottom half of the state, which explains a lot about how the decisions were made about districts in the top half. They gave these guys maps, and armed with absolutely no familiarity with the north, they revved up their chainsaws, and got to work on carving up areas they have no familiarity with. So far, the plan seems unable to pass Constitutional muster, and best of all, they intend to bypass the governor altogether, by issuing their plan as an “order” to the secretary of state. The Teabaglicans seem intent on flouting long established tradition, at every part of the redistricting process.

Their goal in many cases seems to be to peel wards off in some cities and combine them with towns that certainly don’t have the same interests or needs. There seems to be an attempt to combine mismatched towns into big districts, which will cost candidates more to run in, and create a number of headaches for those elected, in trying to represent multiple communities with differing school districts. And of course, the goal is also to protect some who are currently serving and eliminate others. Towns that traditionally lean toward the more liberal are being paired with towns that lean far to the fascist right. The lawsuits will be a lot of costly fun for New Hampshire taxpayers, but will certainly create jobs for lawyers.

Representative Gregory Sorg’s recent letter to the editor about one of my November columns indicates that he was miffed at being compared to Scrooge. Sorg claims that 30 percent of our state revenue comes from federal monies, and that 40 percent of federal monies are borrowed. Sorg calls this unsustainable. Of course, we’re borrowing to fund the Bush tax cuts and wars, something Sorg would surely prefer not to acknowledge. It’s far easier to vilify the poor, which Sorg did, by referring to people needing fuel assistance as “engaging in irresponsible behavior.” Yes, indeed. How irresponsible of people to be under-employed, elderly, or poor!

New Hampshire gets back approximately 70 cents for every federal tax dollar we send in. We’re subsidizing states like Mississippi, Louisiana, and Alaska. Refusing federal dollars for heating assistance isn’t going to change any of that, it just means that we’ll continue to be a cash register, while refusing to raise sufficient revenue to run our own state with. As one of the wealthiest states in the nation, we could afford to pay our own way. We just don’t want to. Our legislature wants New Hampshire to be a poor relation, so that we will continue to be a tax-free haven for our 27,000 millionaires. And if that means that a few people freeze to death, and 15 percent of our bridges remain structurally deficient, well, that’s the way it was intended it to be, back in the 18th century that Sorg and his ilk intend to return us to.

“Darkness is cheap, and Scrooge liked it.”

Charles Dickens Susan Bruce is a writer and activist who lives in the Mount Washington Valley. Visit her blog at susanthebruce.blogspot.com.

THE CONWAY DAILY SUN, Friday, December 23, 2011— Page 7

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We must demand accountability on Iraq To the editor: We have read in this paper about the last convoy to leave Iraq this week as the soldiers celebrated the end of this seemingly endless war. Like most Americans I joined them in celebrating the fact that no more of our troops will suffer in that country. The question of when this nineyear tragedy would end has finally, and thankfully, been answered. But one question remains unanswered and it is, perhaps, the most salient; why were these men and women made to suffer and die in a war that was, at best, of questionable necessity?

Regardless of how I feel about the war in Iraq, I believe our armed forces have performed there, and in Afghanistan, with incredible skill, courage, and dedication. The stress of multiple combat tours as well as year after year away from their homes and the ones they loved had to be a horrendous burden yet they did it. We owe them and their families our everlasting gratitude and we have a solemn obligation to care for them now that they are home. All Americans should accept this as our responsibility but we also have the responsibility to ask why they were sent to this war in the first place, was this war truly necessary?

We live in a very dangerous world and therefore our country needs to maintain a well trained, well equipped, well lead military. Thankfully we have that! We should not hesitate to use them to defend ourselves when the facts dictate actions. Yet war should be the very last option of public policy and exercised when, and only when, all other options have failed and the preponderance of factual evidence, fairly vetted, gives us no other choice.

In this country it’s not the military that initiates wars it’s the elected civilian leadership. Sometimes it is necessary to go into harm’s way to protect our country but, if you truly support and care for our men and women in uniform, you must demand of our civilian leaders that they prove a legitimate reason why that should be so. And those leaders must be held accountable for those decisions.

In my life time Americans

have been sent to fight in wars or actions that were of dubious necessity and no one, not one elected official, has been held accountable, save perhaps for Lyndon Johnson who chose not to run for re-election because of the unpopularity of the Vietnam war, but he was never brought to task for his part in that war.

In Vietnam 58,169 Americans were killed and 304,000 wounded. Of the wounded 75,000 are severally disabled. In Iraq, while the numbers are not yet final, approximately 4,484 Americans died and 33,186 were wounded and in addition the Department of Defense estimates that several hundred thousand might have some level of brain injuries. At their barracks in Lebanon 241 Marines were killed and the Grenada and Panama invasions added more Americans to that stygian list. And this does not take into account the countless civilian deaths, estimated in Iraq to exceed to 100,000, in Vietnam many times that. How can we justify any of this? History certainly hasn’t.

But it’s easy to think now that all these conflicts are over we should forget them and move on. But the men and women, who fought in them, as well as their families, will never forget; their war will never be over, they cannot move on. Their physical and emotional burden will be with them forever; I know I’m one of them.

As Americans, as human beings, we can no longer routinely accept these recurring questionable conflicts as inevitable; we must demand accountability so perhaps in the future they will not be as easy nor as frequent.

And we should start with Iraq. The rationale that the Bush/Cheney administration used to justify going to war in Iraq was, at best, based on questionable, inaccurate, or manipulated intelligence, and or incompetency.

At worst, it may have been a case of intentional deception.

It is vital to our society and to the world to determine the truth; and we must do this soon.

I will not presume to prejudge the outcome of this effort I will only say that if we don’t hold our leaders accountable it will certainly happen again.

David Van Note Kearsarge

Report from Concord

Karen Umberger

Redistricting committee report due This has been a busy last six months.

Numerous committees have met to take action on retained bills and study committees have met to determine if legislation is required. The House retained 156 bills from the 2011 session. Each of these bills needed to come out of committee with a recommendation of ought to pass, inexpedient to legislate, or ought to pass with amendment or refer for interim study.

The deadline for making these recommendations was Nov. 2. During the first session of the House (January to June 2011), Committees can elect to retain bills for any number of reasons. The committee must agree by a majority vote to retain the bills. I sat on one study committee and two retained bills committee. This kept me running back and forth to Concord from late August until late October. In addition to the retained bills and study committee work the House met three times, Sept. 14, Oct. 12, and Nov. 30 to take action on governor veto messages, introduction of bills, and to act on the bills introduced.

Since any session held after June is considered a special session, any request for action on bills must first go the rules committee since the deadline for introduction of bills has passed. The deadline was Jan. 26, 2011.

The House Rules Committee then determines whether or not a bill can be introduced.

Once the rules committee approves the late introduction of a bill it is then brought to the House. An example of a motion is: Late drafting and introduction having been approved by the rules committee, move that rules be so far suspended as to permit introduction, printing, referral to committee, public hearing and report from committee of new bills for the 2011 session, with deadlines as follows: Reporting from committee by noon on Wednesday, Oct. 5.

House action by Wednesday, Oct. 12. In order to suspend the rules a 2/3 majority of those present must agree. A role call was requested and the vote was 260 yeas and 97 nays. The motion passed. There were a total of seven bills introduced and now needed to have committee action taken. The Speaker referred the bills to the appropriate committee for public hearings and decisions on what to do with the bills.

The Senate had previously taken action on the Senate bills that Governor Lynch had vetoed. The Senate voted to override the governor’s veto on: SB 3, SB 57, SB 88, and SB 91. These bills were now in the possession of the House for their action. SB 88 was brought forward for a vote. “The question being, notwithstanding the governor’s veto shall SB 88, relative to physical force in defense of a person, relative to producing or displaying a firearm or other means of self-defense, and relative to eliminating minimum sentencing and adding civil immunity for certain firearm use, become law? Pursuant to the N.H. Constitution, Part II, Article 44, a roll call, requiring a two-thirds vote of the house for approval was taken. Yeas 251 and Nays 111, the governor’s veto was overridden and SB 88 becomes law. All four of your reps voted in favor of overturning the governor’s veto. SB 3, making comprehensive changes to the state retirement system, become law? A motion was made to lay SB 3 on the table. A roll call was taken there were 259 yeas and 104 nays. SB 3 was laid on the table.

This concluded our Sept. 14 session.

At the Sept. 14 session several bills were introduced and required action by October 12th. All of the bills that were brought before the House passed with the exception of HB

653, requiring general fund budget reductions to reimburse Medicaid which was retained until Feb. 23, 2012. I would like to give you some idea of what it often takes to get a bill passed. HB 656, relative to boundaries of wards. This bill was necessary because all cities had not completed redrawing the boundaries for their wards based on the 2010 census.

The ward lines are important so the House can complete its redistricting. The first motion was an amendment provided by the majority of the committee which totally rewrote the bill. The amendment passed 254 yeas and 105 nays. A floor amendment was offered concerning wards in Lebanon which was defeated on a vote of 131yeas and 216 nays. A second floor amendment was offered which waived the requirement to hold a special election for the purpose of adopting ward boundaries by January 7th 2012. This floor amendment passed 221 yeas and 111 nays. A motion was then made to lay HB 656 on the table effectively killing the bill. The vote was 129 yeas and 205 nays. The question now put before the House was the adoption of HB656 as amended. The vote was 234 yeas and 101 nays.

Redistricting is taking up a lot of time for members of the Special Committee on Redistricting. They need to have their final report out by Dec. 23. This date was approved by the full house at our Sept. 14 session. The committee is continuing to meet throughout December.

Following action on the calendar, the Speaker brought to the floor the governor’s veto of SB 91. The question being, notwithstanding the governor’s veto, shall SB 91, relative to automatic fire suppression sprinklers, become law?

The vote was 266 yeas and 61 nays. Representatives Chandler, McCarthy and Umberger voted in favor and Representative Pettengill did not vote.

We met again on Nov. 30 to take up Governor Lynch’s proposal for a Constitutional amendment dealing with education. CACR 14 which had been tabled earlier was the vehicle that was used to bring the proposed amendment forward. However, since it was tabled we first had to take it off the table which occurred with a voice vote. Then we had to suspend the rules since the last day to act on this CACR was June 2. A motion was then made to amend CACR 14 with the governor’s language. This passed 225 yeas and 154 nays. A motion was then made to vote on CACR 14 as amended this failed 114 yeas and 264 nays. A motion was made to lay CACR 14 on the table. The vote was 221 yeas and 158 nays. Although a majority of the members voted in favor of this motion it did not pass as it requires 60 percent in favor of any action on a Constitutional Amendment in order for it to pass. We then took up two of the governor’s vetoes, HB 474 commonly called the right to work and HB 542 exceptions for objectionable material in public schools. Both of these attempted overrides failed and as a result do not become law. Your representatives voted in favor of the override on both bills.

I would like to wish you and yours a safe and Happy Holiday season. The House goes back in session on January 4, 2012.

Karen Umberger is a state representative for Carroll County District 1 representing Conway, Bartlett, Jackson, Hart’s Location, Hale’s Location and Chatham. She lives in Conway. E-mail her at karenu@ncia.net.

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RIGHT TO KNOW from page one

after learning about their existence from former school board members.

Attorneys for the school and for Davison argued the complaints pertain to school sporting events, not to official board duties, and Davison should be treated as a private citizen and a father in this matter, not as an elected official.

The Conway Daily Sun versus the Conway School District case was held before judge Houran Thursday morning. In the 27-minute hearing, both sides made their arguments. Reporter Erik Eisele presented the Sun's argument that Davison, who has been a member of the Conway School Board since 2007, under the Right To Know law is a public official and therefore is not afforded the same protection as a private citizen.

Attorney John Teague, of Upton and Hatfield in Concord, represented the Conway School District, and attorney James Cowles of Walker and Varney in Wolfeboro, was hired by Davison to protect his interests. Cowles contended release of 23 pages of complaints against his client to the media would be counter to Davison's privacy interests, the same afforded to parents of other athletes within the Conway School District.

Five former school board colleagues acknowledged last month the school district has received numerous complaints about Davison’s behavior since he was elected to the board.

The complaints pertained to Davison’s behavior at school sporting events. The complaints were never publicly addressed, according to former board members, because Davison agreed to stop acting up.

This fall, however, Davison was involved in an incident at a soccer game in Berlin in September that got him banned from the Berlin campus for a year. Davison maintains the altercation wasn’t his fault.

The Sun learned of the Berlin incident and the past complaints, so the paper requested copies of

the materials under the state's Right To Know law.

The Right To Know law requires public access to meetings and records of government bodies to ensure transparency.

Houran's instructions to the parties was short and concise. "Just tell me what you think I should do and why," he said.

Eisele explained the Sun's perspective. "We filed a Right To Know request for correspondences with the Conway School Board about one of their members, Mr. Davison. The school board denied our request so we are coming to you to essentially force the school board to provide that request to the Sun." Houran asked Eisele if the documents the Sun is seeking is in the public domain. Eisele said he believes it is.

"Our belief is that a public body has received a correspondence about a public official and the information we are looking for has to do with his behavior at events that were held by that public body so we believe that it ought to be available to the public," Eisele told the judge.

Attorney Teague said he received the request from the Sun for review. "It clearly involved not just a school board member but an individual who is also a parent and a member of the community," he said. "The case immediately raises the issue of a number of cases, The Union Leader and the New Hampshire Civil Liberties case being the principal one about balancing interests of a private individual to a right to privacy and the public's right to know when it deals with public officials. It's kind of square on because it sought information regarding not the activities of a school board member while he was in a board meeting or doing something in his official capacity but merely attending athletic events as his son play on a sports team. He has this dual capacity.

"It's pretty clear that in our state we have a volunteer government which is becoming increasingly difficult to get people to serve, and increasing number of vacancies and we're quite sensitive to not making it more difficult than it should be by law to serve

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in these capacities," Teague continued. "It has long been my belief that you don't give up your right to privacy as a condition to serving as a volunteer. The president of the United States may have to to be president but not to serve on the school board or a zoning board."

Teague said it was his advice to the school district to withhold the information not on a permanent basis or categorically, and also for Davison to get his own legal counsel "to give the individual school board member and parent to assert his right to privacy."

"While the school district has an interest in not disclosing documents which might breach privacy rights," he added, "they nevertheless can only go so far in protecting those rights. At some point it's up to the individual to assert them and he should get his own counsel and that's what he did. There's no choice once you turn the documents over; that right to privacy is gone so there's only really one way to respond to this request and I believe the school district was proper in doing it."

Teague said school districts receive all sorts of different pieces of paper. "We get complaints about parents in divorce settlements all the time hoping the school district will get rid of all the domestic fracas," he said. "Unless they deal with a student or a faculty member that requires an investigation, they are just that, they're pieces of paper, which we in the words of case law are a warehouse. We find ourselves with them but they're not necessarily government documents simply because we have them in the walls of the superintendents office and really that in large measure what these documents are. They're pieces of paper that we did not create, we did not search out, we did not ask for, we simply have them. I think their status as government records is quite questionable under the circumstances."

Judge Houran asked if the school district acted upon the complaints against Davison. see next page

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from preceding page

"I can't make that categorial statement," Teague said, "because there was a response to a number of them; there are notes written on them that indicate that someone looked at them and someone heard the complaint if there was a complaint, but was there a formal investigation, no. Was there a hearing, no. Was there any board action, no."

Teague asked that if the court rules in favor of the Sun that the names of the students and the parents who wrote the letters be redacted. Cowles also asked that the names be redacted.

"There's about 23 pages of documents that were produced in responses to the paper's request," he said.

Cowles argued the Sun was seeking rather broad information about his client and that "it doesn't explain exactly what the public's interest is in this information and dissemination won't inform the public about what the government is up to. In this case, the paper is squarely asking for information about a school board member and his private life which has nothing to do with the purview of the school board itself."

In his brief, Cowles argues that Davison is a private citizen and is entitled to protection as such. "To the extent that the (Sun's) request looks to gain access to information about Davison's private life, and not his conduct on the Conway School Board, the request clearly implicates Davi-

son's privacy rights and will likely not inform the 'public about what it's government is up to,'" he wrote. "The disclosure of the requested documents will not inform the public about the 'conduct and activities of their government,' but will instead disseminate personal information about Davison as a parent. The disclosure of such information could dissuade Davison, and other civic minded persons who are generous with their time, from serving in similar positions in the future."

Eisele argued that elected public officials are not protected as personnel of the district. He also agreed to redact the student names, but felt the adults should remain.

"It is our understanding that some of these are from other board members. That would be pertinent information if other school board members were coming to the school board about Mr. Davison's behavior, from our point of view," he said.

Eisele also addressed the warehouse claim from Teague.

"We were told by a former board (chairman) that he had discussed these complaints with Mr. Davison and had reached a gentlemen's agreement that as long as there were no further complaints, no public action would be taken against him. When you're talking about is there a response, because there wasn't an official response, this seemed to be a response. see RIGHT TO KNOW page 10

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"As per the defense's assertion this is a private citizen in his private time time," Eisele continued, "he was on school grounds and at school events.

Mr. Davison has actually told the Sun that it is important that school board members go to these sporting events to represent the school. We would argue that he is not at games as a private citizen."

Eisele also addressed the public's need to know and public good from the release of the documents. "Mr. Davison is a public official and it's important for the public to know the character and type of person they are voting for," he said. "Every time that an election happens it's important for people to make informed decisions. There are 23 pages of files that talk about his inappropriate behavior in connection with events that he is a public official overseeing that goes to character, and

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On the inside are two letters, one from Lee to board of trustees president A.O. Pike IV announcing his decision to retire, and on the adjacent page, Pike praises Lee for his dedication and commitment to the academy and then goes on to explain the search process.

Lee wrote the following: "My decision to retire on June 30, 2013 after 20 years as headmaster was arrived at rather easily, but there will be nothing easy about leaving this extraordinary school which has been my life’s work and my family’s home.

"At the risk of resorting to cliches, it’s time for a change. The academy will prosper with a new voice of leadership, fresh ideas, and renewed energy.

A wonderful institutional opportunity lies ahead including the excitement of a national search and the challenges we all face giving my successor the best possible foundation for further school improvement and growth.

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"This early announcement, a year and a half before my departure, will provide every opportunity for a smooth transition – one that will foster the future success of our school.

I have no doubt that the academy will be known, well into the future, as a school marked by a strong faculty, a richly diverse and productive student body, and a noble mission."

Pike followed with his letter addressed to members of the Fryeburg Academy community: students, parents, alumni and friends. He wrote the following: "While Dan Lee’s decision to bring

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Teague again argued that Davison should be afforded rights as a private citizen. "(Davison) is a school board member because he took the time and has the interest in being on the school board and we appreciate that," he said, "but he doesn't lose his function as a parent as a condition of being a school board member and there is suggestion here that this the case and I would suggest otherwise."

The current school board itself has not weighed in on the issue. Several board members said they didn’t learn about the Sun’s request until several days after administration officials had decided to deny it.

Davison was not happy with how the proceedings went. Afterward he had a message for Sun reporters. "If I don't run again it's because of you guys and dragging my name through the mud," he said.

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his career as headmaster of the school to a close may surprise many of you, Dan has quietly allowed those of us who work closely with him to become aware that he has been following a plan for some time. He has been most diligent in terms of being sure that, while vacating the post he has held for two decades would bring inevitable change to the school, his departure would not leave us unprepared.

"Dan's contract with the academy still has a year and a half to run, and I know that he has every intention of continuing to fulfill his duties with all of the enthusiasm and all of the effort that he has dedicated to our school and its people for nearly two decades.

While he doesn't necessarily carry a visible list with him every day, he knows, and keeps us aware, that there is much to do, before he 'graduates' at the end of June in 2013.

"The first task of the academy's board of trustees will be to open the search for the next headmaster. This process will commence in early January of 2012, will be national in scope and diligently pursued until the right individual, a person with the appropriate combination of teaching skills, personality and wisdom will be selected to assume his or her duties as the head of the school. We look forward to the task and are confident that, with the help of members of the academy community, we will find and select the best person to continue the leadership that Dan Lee has delivered throughout his tenure in the office.

"Most of you who read this letter are aware of what Dan has brought to our school. In my mind, prior to his arrival 'school' was an appropriate term with which to describe Fryeburg Academy.

I'm now more inclined to think that, shaped by the influence of Dan’s personality and enthusiasm, the academy has grown into a true campus that provides a highly positive overall life experience, particularly for our students, but also for all who spend their adult lives teaching and working here. When this man departs the corner office on the second floor of the main classroom building, we must be sure that we have found a headmaster who will continue to nurture that campus experience."

Joining Pike, who is a Fryeburg Academy Class of 1957 graduate, on the search committee are trustee members Christopher M. Gordon, Class of 1981, who will serve as chairman; Bretton D. Russell, '56; Carol S. Sudduth; Shannon D. McKeen, '81; Ellen Pope, '68; Thomas D. Shaffner; and Steven P. Cote, '85.

"Although much has changed since John Hancock signed Fryeburg Academy's charter in 1792 and Daniel Webster served as headmaster in the early 19th century, the academy remains a unique American institution — a boarding school unlike any other in the nation," Lee writes in his headmaster's welcome on the school's website. "Today's academy is an effective blend of our distinguished past and our commitment to prepare young men and women for the challenges of the 21st century."

Madison principal pleads no contest to DWI

BY DAYMOND STEER THE CONWAY DAILY SUN

MADISON — Elementary school principal Brian Ernest pleaded no contest to driving while intoxicated in Wolfeboro on Labor Day. Ernest, 55, of Brookfield, pleaded no contest to the charge in circuit court on Nov. 23. Ernest was given $620 fine and penalty assessment and a ninemonth driver's license suspension, which will be reduced to three months for taking an impaired driver intervention program.

Ernest's attorney, Alfred T. Catalfo III, of Catalfo Law of Dover, said his client received the minimum penalty for a first-time DWI offense. Further, Catalfo said Ernest declined to take several strong defenses. Catalfo described Ernest as completely forthright.

"He wanted to take responsibility from the very beginning," said Catalfo.

SAU 13 superintendent Jay McIntire said there's no indication that Ernest's job performance has been affected. McIntire says Ernest still has his support.

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The evening opened with the graduates marching in together to the first of several standing ovations as camera flashes lit up of the auditorium.

Student Andrew McAllister, who received his GED, led everyone in the Pledge of Allegiance, and then Cox said a few words.

“Each student sitting here tonight has overcome challenges in their life,” she said. “We all make choices and for these students they made a choice and a commitment that has given them the ability to succeed as they have earned their high school diploma or have successfully completed their GED. I feel privileged to have worked with your students, your children, as they have been dedicated adults.

I’d like to take this time to thank each and everyone of you for believing in yourselves. For making a choice that met their needs and for trusting the staff at Eagle Academy to bring this accomplishment to life.

“Together we have learned patience, trust and the perseverance to succeed,” Cox continued. “Through this experience many of you sitting here today have learned to never give up, to trust in your friends, family and colleagues, that you are important. To all of you this is a huge accomplishment and this will open many paths in your life. I have enjoyed working with each and everyone of you to challenge you and to watch each of you grow into self-confident individuals that now have the opportunity to pursue further education that will open more doors to your future.”

Dick Klement, vice chairman of the Conway School Board, who has attended and spoken at all eight Eagle Academy graduation ceremonies, offered the graduates some words of wisdom. He spoke about acts or heroism and bravery over the years dating back to ancient Greece to the evening’s guests of honor.

“I would like to talk now about the heroes among us this evening here in the audience.

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“Let’s not forget the teacher who stays late to help a student better understand the subject matter and who puts in many hours each evening preparing for the next day and planning how to get through to that special student that’s having trouble.

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“How about the neighbor who checks in on the elderly or disabled person next door and volunteers to cut the grass and go shopping for them.

“I recognize the Meals on Wheels drivers and the volunteers who keep the program afloat. Same for the hospital volunteers.

“What about the high school students who volunteer to read to the elderly or spend time with them.

I certainly don’t want to forget the clergy who spend the majority of their days and nights caring for others.

“What of the nurses in hospices and critical care facilities who while knowing that their patient is dying, can keep a cheerful appearance and treat their patients with dignity and kindness.

All of those I just mentioned are heroes and there are thousands more that I haven’t mentioned here.

All of them have demonstrated their bravery. Yet there are no medals for them.

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Holiday Luncheons at Remick Farm Dec. 27-29 TAMWORTH — Wind down this holiday season at the Remick Country Doctor Museum and Farm located at 58 Cleveland Hill Road in Tamworth Village with holiday luncheons beginning Dec. 27 to 29.

Bring your snowshoes, sleds, or borrow a pair from Remick and explore the trails at the Remick Farm. Or enjoy the views at your leisure with a scenic wagon ride, weather permitting. Warm up in front of the blazing bonfire with hot cocoa outside. Self-guide the museum’s exhibits and sit hearthside with friends and family for lunch, seatings begin at noon and 1:30 pm. Menu changes daily and will be posted at www.remickmuseum.org.

Call 323-7591 or toll free (800) 686-6117. The lunch and wagon ride (weather permitting) package is $10 per adult and $6 per child, ages 4-12.

To reserve your seat just for lunch is $8 per adult and $4 per child ages 4-12.

There are no additional costs for snowshoes, sleds, etc.

Tin Mountain’s annual bird count Dec. 30 ALBANY — Tin Mountain Conservation Center will be carrying out the 23rd annual North Conway Christmas bird count on Friday, Dec. 30.

The success of this yearly winter bird census depends on a troop of devoted volunteers both on foot in the field and at home watching their feeders.

Bird counts are useful tools for evaluating yearly and long term trends of the birds wintering in our area. The census is completed in a variety of ways, allowing participation at any level. Field observers travel routes by foot, cross-country skis, and car. Another important component of the count is provided by observers living within the bird count area reporting on what birds visit their feeders during the count period. You do not need to be an expert birder to participate. Novice volunteers able to join us in the field will be paired, when possible, with more experienced birders.

The birds are counted in an area determined by a 15-mile diameter circle that encompasses parts of Jackson, Bartlett, Chatham and North Conway. The circle is divided into sections with group leaders who coordinate the coverage in that section. We will compile the findings the evening of the count, and compare our numbers to the data we have accumulated over the past 22 years to understand the context and importance of what we have seen that day. see BIRDS page 15

Snowmaking is under way at Great Glen Trails Outdoor Center in Pinkham Notch when temperatures permit. Above, snowmaking at Great Glen on Dec. 21.

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BY TOM EASTMAN THE CONWAY DAILY SUN

CONWAY — Nothing puts the merry in Christmas more than the sound of cold temps and snowflakes coming from meteorologists predictions for the weekend.

Attitash put out the call for profiles of active service men and women for their Wall of Heroes, to be displayed on Military Salute weekend, Jan 21 and 22.

The Attitash Main Base Lodge will be filled with posters of service men and women submitted by family or friends as part of the weekend-long salute to the military. Attitash will create the posters; those wishing to honor those serving the country should submit their story via email by Jan. 10 to: www.attitash.com/contact/forms/ military-salute-submission-form .

For more information, visit www. attitash.com/honor-your-hero or call 374-2368.

Snow reports: • Attitash (374-2368): Presently skiing on 30 acres with seven trails and three lifts operating. Open on Christmas Day. Snowmaking under way as temperatures allow.

• Bear Notch Ski Touring Center (374-2277): Awaiting more natural snow to announce opening date.

• Black Mountain (383-4490): Anticipated opening on Dec. 26, weather and snow permitting.

Snowmaking under way. Apres ski and family activities throughout Christms week.

• Bretton Woods Ski Resort (278-3320): Presently skiing on 104 acres with 19 trails and five lifts operating. Anticipating light snow tapering to flurries with 1-2 inches of snow accumulation expected on Friday. Open daily and on Christmas Day. Snowmaking around the clock as temps allow.

• Bretton Woods Nordic Center (278-3322): Temporarily closed until next snowfall event. Anticipating re-opening on Dec. 26, depending on snow conditions.

• Cranmore Mountain Resort (356-5543): Skiing on 44 acres with 11 trails and four lifts operating. Open daily including Christmas Day. Snowmaking daily as weather permits.

• Great Glen Trails (466-2333): Closed as of Dec. 22, but snowmaking operations are under way and light snowfall is anticipated through Friday. Great Glen Trails is one of the few XC Centers able to make snow. Closed for Christmas Day, anticipated re-opening on Dec. 26, weather permitting.

• King Pine Ski Area (367-8896): Presently open with four trails and two lifts operating. Closed for Christmas Day, re-opening for Christmas Week. Snowmaking occurring around the clock as weather allows.

• King Pine XC Center (3678896): Anticipated opening TBA as weather allows.

• Jackson Ski Touring Foundation (383-9355): Presently closed and awaiting snowfall this weekend for an anticipated Dec. 26 reopening.

• Mount Washington Valley Ski Touring & Snowshoe Center (3569920): Presently closed. Anticipated re-opening on Dec. 26, 2011 if snow permits.

• Shawnee Peak (207-647-8444): Open daily with seven trails accessed by three lifts. Closed on Christmas Day; re-opening on Dec. 26 for Christmas week. Ullrfest and fireworks Dec. 28. Snowmaking taking place as temperatures allow.

• Wildcat Mountain: Open daily with three trails and one lift operating. Closed Christmas Day and re-opening on Dec. 26 for Christmas week.

For more information, visit www. mtwashingtonvalley.org or call 356-5701.

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As was true with 2009’s “Sherlock Holmes,” this is not Doyle’s Holmes, and purists who were turned off by Ritchie and Downey’s interpretation of Holmes the first time will continue to be unimpressed the second go around.

In many respects, this Holmes is a 19th-century James Bond.

He is still an analytic genius with the ability to see the big picture, but he is no longer a man of quiet, introspective thought. Here he is a man of action. Not only is Holmes a thinker, he is a fighter.

Scratch that, he’s a brawler.

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plotting to create world war for his own financial gain.

Harris, a character actor who some may recognize, but aren’t likely to remember from where, is ideally cast as Moriarty. There had been rumors that Brad Pitt was to be cast as Holmes’ intellectual match, but Harris was the right choice. Having someone as big as Pitt in the role would’ve been distracting.

The world of Ritchie’s Holmes is very over-the-top, but Harris isn’t, which creates an interesting push and pull with the material.

Instead he is quiet and controlled in a way that is unsettling. There is an air of arrogant superiority and condescension about him that makes an audience love to hate him.

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Much of the success of these new Holmes movies falls squarely on Downey. He brings a high energy to the character and a perfect balance of serious acting with winking humor.

Once again, Law returns as the much put upon Dr. Holmes and, as was true in the first outing, Downey and Law have a fantastic dynamic.

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Rachel McAdams also returns as Holmes’ love, but the plot quickly dispatches her. The new female lead is Noomi Rapace (of the original “Girl with the Dragon Tattoo” movies) as a gypsy who may have unintentional ties to Moriarty’s plot. It is clear she is a talented and interesting actress, but she isn’t given much to do.

Stephen Fry gets the juicy role of the “other Holmes” as Sherlock’s brother Mycroft. It is a fun, dry comic performance. There is a particularly funny scene in which the completely nude Mycroft greets Watson’s wife (Kelly Reilly) and is completely oblivious to how

uncomfortable she is by his birthday suit.

The best thing Ritchie adds to the Holmesian lore is what could be termed as “Holmes vision.” In slow motion we see the way Holmes’ mind works as he plots out his plan of attack against attacking adversaries.

This is something that worked brilliant in the first film and it continues to work well here.

Above everything else, though, even when Ritchie can’t resist maniac editing or huge explosions, there is a cleverly written script by Michele and Kieran Mulroney that is full of wit and twists that work. The ending is genuinely surprising, funny and completely satisfying.

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Bobby V:A good-hearted guy Skiing –––––

Marty Basch Call him Bob or Bobby.

Either way he's a goodhearted guy.

"When I started teaching skiing in the 60s, they used to call me Bobby Big Name.

But over the years that was shortened to Bobby V. In the ski world I go

by Bobby V. In real life, Bobby V. (KING PINE PHOTO) I go by Bob," says Bob Vadeboncoeur, aka Bobby V. Bobby V's been a valley skier for more than fifty years, first coming here as a teenaged weekend warrior from Massachusetts and eventually moving up to Jackson in 1988. The 70-year-old PSIA certified instructor spent more than forty-five years teaching at Wildcat from 1963 to 2010 and now has hooked up with King Pine for a new ski program focused on more mature intermediate skiers. "Ski with Bobby V" will debut this winter on Tuesday mornings, sessions designed to get skiers comfortable with modern gear and skiing techniques.

"I hope to get a group of seniors together, really have a lot of fun and also raise their level of skiing," he said. "So many people our age have muscle see SKIING page 18

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BY TOM EASTMAN THE CONWAY DAILY SUN

WINTER SOLSTICE GREETINGS from this very spring-like perch overlooking the snowless North-South Road as of press time Thursday.

Snow was supposed to be coming late Thursday night, so if it's snowy out there as you read this, count your blessings — maybe we'll have a white Christmas after all!

Kudos to all the valley snowmakers who have toiled to lay down the white stuff, insuring that at least it will be a white Christmas on the alpine ski slopes, despite the challenging warm temperatures that have prevailed much of December. As Ringo Starr once sang, “It don't come easy” — especially if you believe in global warming.

We went to one of our aunt's funeral in Hanover over the weekend, where we ran into old friend Ginny Frankenstein, 83, an avid skier who is retired from his career at the U.S. Army Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory.

After the graveside service, we were talking about the unusually warm weather so far this year, and he surprised us by saying that he is not yet convinced of global warming.

“I can show you that it is cyclical. They have studied the soil deposits. They were farming in Iceland a thousand years ago,” said our old friend, voicing his doubts about global warming, echoing a comment see next page

Nate Harvey (right) of Great Glen Trails Outdoor Center was among the local ski area speakers at the Red Parka Pub's reactivated Skiers Homecoming Party, which was held at the downtown Glen establishment Friday, Dec. 8. (TOM EASTMAN PHOTO)

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made by former N.H. Gov. John H. Sununu here at the Sun a few years ago. Sununu — then the state GOP chair — said he made a “very good living at computer modeling,” and he said he could come back some other day to show us that the weather warming is not man-made, but cyclical.

But like Christmas, I still believe the scienstits who say that yes, there is such a thing called global warming — and that winters as we knew them will be different in the near future.

••• GRINCH STOLE CHRISTMAS? Along those lines, Accuweather.com has a story posted by meteorologist Valerie Smock entitled, “Is climate change making Mother Nature a Grinch?”

It says that scientists have recalculated the statistics of the probability of certain regions having a white Christmas. We're still in the snowy

SKIING from page 16

memory of how we learned to ski. They try to do the same routine with new equipment. That is a battle. I want to try to get people skiing the modern technique as best as they can."

He notes technological changes in equipment has made recreational skiing so much easier if you learn to take advantage of the equipment.

"Most senior skiers after they learn the ways of their new equipment say to me, 'You just extended my ski life 20 years,' he commented.

A group dynamic also helps.

"Camaraderie within a ski group lowers the anxiety level of the students and creates a more productive learning atmosphere," he explained.

Skiing's been an integral part of his life, growing up in Winthrop, Mass.

probability,we're happy to say, but anyone who went outside Thursday (as we did, to walk to the post office to mail some Christmas gifts) knew that it felt more like the first day of spring, not winter, with temperatures in the low 50s — on Dec. 22.

Time for us all to do that snow dance.

As Janice Crawford of the MWV Chamber told us when we asked, she said she planned to do a snow dance, as Carlene Sullivan used to do for the chamber — but unlike the bikiniclad, yoga-instructing Ms. Sullivan, who's now in India, Janice said she would be doing it in the privacy of her own home.

The MWV Chamber, by the way, celebrated the holidays at Chamber After Hours, held this past Tuesday at M&D Productions.

••• CASTING A SNOW SPELL: Speaking of the supposed arrival of winter, which arrived at 12:30 a.m. early Thursday morning, Dec. 22, we called local witch Kelly Labrie of the Luna

Gallery this week to see how she and her fellow Wicca Pagans would be celebrating the solstice Dec. 22.

We hadn't spoken with the redhaired bonafide witch since just before Halloween, when we joined her and others on a ghost-hunting mission to a local cemetery, which made for a good story for the paper.

Nothing as dramatic as all that this solstice season, but Kelly did share that she and her fellow Pagans did celebrate the winter solstice in various ways.

“We burned a Yule log and got together. Some people save a charred piece of their Yule log for next year.

It's supposed to bring good luck and protection,” said Kelly.

She explained that Wicca is a “backto-Earth” belief system.

“We believe in paying attention to the turning of the seasons, the position of the sun and moon, and how it affects our lives with respect to Mother Earth. We try to do everything to help Earth survive. We believe

in the energies of the Earth healing,” said Kelly.

As for the lack of natural snow, and the warmer-than-usual temperatures, Kelly said, “We are as mystified as everyone else.”

Could she cast a spell to make it snow, we asked?

“Believe me, everyone is doing that!” said Kelly.

••• SUN SOLSTICE EXPERT: Sun solar technology installer Doug Gerry of Clean Energy Solutions says that the Earth is closest to the sun in early January — but it's the tilt, the angle of incidence, that gives us the cooler temperatures in the Northern hemisphere right now.

“The Southern hemisphere has an angle of incidence plus closeness to the sun this tme of year, which can make the southern hemisphere slightly warmer now, during their summer,” said Doug, literally dropping down from the roof where the Sun's soar panels are located for the impromptu

and first coming to the valley at age 14. When he went to Springfield College to learn to be a physical education teacher, his father had sage advice: he told his son you love skiing but won't be able to afford it. If you want to continue you better get into the business.

So he became a United States Eastern Amateur Ski Association instructor and got his coveted white pin. He joined the Professional Ski Instructors Association and when the two merged, he became a Level III instructor.

His first job on snow was at the now defunct Snow Basin in West Cummington, Mass. at the Stan Brown ski school from 1959 to 1962 as teacher and patrol member. Then he taught from 1962 to 1963 at Otis Ridge in Otis, Mass., working for Dave and Hooker Judson, the brothers who developed the area in the southern

end of the Berkshires. Dave was a 10th Mountain Division member.

Then it was on to Wildcat, where he had of late been leading Aristocat Tuesdays with a focus on skiers 50 and up.

But new owners moved in and he eventually found himself on the phone with King Pine instructor Allison Risch who he had worked with in the 1960s. East Madison is now his new ski instructing home.

He lives in Silver Lake with his partner Sharon Boggess, a yoga instructor.

He passed his love of skiing onto his children. His daughter Nikki skied for Colby College and son Tyler at Middlebury College. Both were on the Mount Washington Valley Ski Team.

Nikki works for sportswear company lululemon while Tyler is a physician at the Mayo Clinic and instrumental

in developing an alternative form of CPR called cardiocerebral resuscitation (no mouth-to-mouth).

Bob worked as a teacher and high school football coach before turning to Digital Equipment Corporation and positions that took him around the world leading him to skiing in places like St. Anton and Chamonix.

Just as Chamonix is in France, the name Vadeboncoeur is rooted there too. A former student was the one who told him what it meant: Go of good heart. The name traces back to the late 1600s during the artisan days of France when people had no surnames.

Bobby V says that every day is a learning experience on skis. Even for a veteran like him.

"Skiing is a way of life," he said.

"You never get too good."

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There you go. Doug, by the way, said on the first day of winter that the Sun's solar system should be on line some time next week.

••• MEISTERS, ETC.: Attention all Ye Mountain Meisters: Danbo Doucet urges one and all to stop by and get their Mountain Meister passes at the ticket haus before the busy Christmas week. We had ours processed last week, and it only took a few minutes, thanks to Ellen “Dilly Doo” Kimball’s assistance. Call 356-5543 for further information...MERV'S CUTTING BOARDS AND TABLES: Among the

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The library knitting circle has completed and sent off 44 hats, 40 pairs of mitten and three scarves. All the items have been given to Ossipee Concerned Citizens Santa Project. Also, last Saturday’s visit by Santa to the library was gratefully utilized by those who believe to get a word in with the "Man" concerning certain gift preferences. Photos of both the mitten tree and kids with Santa are available on the Facebook page through the library’s webpage at ffingham.lib.nh.us The municipal offices will be closed Monday and Tuesday, Dec. 26 and 27 as well as Jan. 2. Be aware that the selectmen’s office is never open on Wednesday. Often there are cars in the lot on Wednesday but this does not mean that the offices are open. The selectmen voted two to one to re-submit the grant application for a wood pellet boiler to replace the existing heating system in the building. A little over $30,000 is being requested to purchase and install a new wood pellet burner. During the discussion worries about the dependability of the technology, requirements of the grant and time to adequately live up to grant requirements were discussed. Selectman Swanik stated she felt capable of completing all grant requirements. Significant discussion on both the advisability of accepting federal monies with its attendant strings and location of oil tanks and septic features did take place. Final word on whether or not Effingham will receive the grant should be in about a week.

Selectman Swanik gave further details on the hiring of the Alpine company to set up the town’s new webpage. Alpine was done work for other local towns.

Madison was mentioned as a webpage they designed which you can look at.

The cost will be $450: money to come

out of the $2,500 appropriated at last year’s meeting. A couple of weeks was given as an expected time frame for having a functioning page for our town.

Don’t forget the agricultural commission’s meeting Dec 28, 6 p.m. in the library’s meeting room. There are ways you can make a couple of bucks off your land; these are the folks working to develop the market and protect the source for locally grown things to eat.

Why not check it out.

The South Effingham Church will be hosting its traditional Christmas Eve service. You can begin to gather with friends, neighbors and family at 11 a.m. Homage to the meaning for man of Christ’s birth will be led by Elizabeth Norbeck.; whether gathered in deep faith or urgent hope years past have seen the small church filled with folks from Effingham and around and it has always seemed that every one of them come bearing, like the Magi, a gift, but theirs are of the heart to given to those gathered with them.

A seasonal note from me: It must be admitted that over the years I have written this column there have been times when it was more duty than preference, just as it is true that that portion of my life I am willing to give to my community has also gone up a bit or down a bit depending on whatever it is this sort of thing depends upon.

But in the end I keep coming back to knowing that our town, our community of people will ever be dependent on people paying attention, people seeing and responding to the needs of others and the willingness found in each of us to extend even the smallest portion of the love expressed by God to man through the birth of his Son. God bless you all, and please bless all others.

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Tamworth Town Column

Ann McGarity amcgari@yahoo.com

Christmas Eve services at St. Andrews in the Valley Christmas is almost here and there’s a possibility of snow before the big day. Last Saturday’s Tamworth Farmers’ Christmas market at the Brett School was very popular, judging by the people who came to buy from the vendors they had come to know from the summer market. Bob Streeter was there with his dairy products, Peg de Long had her jams, jellies and wool, Peg Loughran a great selection of breads from her Sunnyfield Farm and others offered many other items including meat and produce. Kim Knollenberg has taken over Chris Franchi’s fish business. Artists Andrea Kennett and Penny Purcell displayed a splendid assortment of their paintings, and other members of the Tamworth Artisans were there with silk scarves, lampshades, jewelry and ceramics. Thanks to everyone who took time to come

together to make this a very successful event. I have heard that there will be at least one more farmers’ market before the summer.

Thanks to everyone who gave time and talent to Sunday’s Christmas pageant at Chocorua Community Church. With more than 70 adult and 22 child participants, the sanctuary was packed with shepherds, angels, kings and stable animals, including Boomer a miniature horse, led by owner Laurie Bonica. Boomer led Mary and Joseph through the congregation to the manger scene. Barbara Nordeen’s granddaughter Clare Doherty, a junior at William and Mary College and 8 year old Gracie Wallace sang “O Holy Night.” Hallie Anthony see TAMWORTH page 23

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All are Welcome for Christmas at

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Saturday, December 24, Christmas Eve 4:30 pm- Pageant and Holy Eucharist

(your child is welcome to take part in our pageant, but must be here at 3:45 to get costumed)

9:30 pm - Christmas Carol Sing 10:00 pm - Festive Choral Eucharist

Sunday, December 25, Christmas Day 10:00 am - Holy Eucharist Rt 16 and Pine Street, North Conway 356-2062 christchurchnorthconway.blogspot.com The Rev. Susan J. Buchanan, Rector

Peace to all people on earth

Brenda J. Stoner, 64, of Lakeshore Road in Gilford, formerly of Elm Street Extension in Ossipee, died Saturday, Dec. 17, 2011 at Lakes Region General Hospital after a long illness.

She was born March 20, 1947 at Memorial Hospital in North Conway, the daughter of Ralph and Floris (Moody) Clemons.

Brenda grew up in Bartlett and moved to Ossipee in 1985. She worked for a number of years at Ames Department Store in Ossipee before taking time off to be a homemaker. Brenda and her husband were avid campers and spent summers in Meredith. Brenda was an “All My Children” fan, never missing an episode. The light of Brenda’s heart was her grandson, Michael, who she enjoyed spoiling and living with over the last three years.

She was predeceased by her husband, Richard J. Stoner, in 2008, one brother, John Clemons and one sister, Rita Tibbetts.

She is survived by one son, Daniel

R. Stoner, of Gilford; one daughter, Kali Giovanditto and her husband, Michael Sr., of Gilford; one grandchild, Michael E. Giovanditto Jr., of Gilford; two brothers, Richard Clemons Jr., of West Virginia and Ralph Clemons, of North Carolina; one sister, Gloria Grant, of Texas, many nieces, nephews, grandnieces and grandnephews.

There will be no calling hours. A memorial service will be held at 1 p.m. on Thursday, Jan. 5, 2012 at the Wilkinson-BeaneSimoneau-Paquette Funeral Home at 164 Pleasant Street in Laconia.

For those who wish, memorial contributions may be made to the American Cancer Society, two Commerce Drive, Suite 110, Bedford, NH 03110.

Wilkinson-Beane-SimoneauPaquette Funeral Home and Cremation Services at 164 Pleasant Street in Laconia is assisting the family with the arrangements. For more information and to view an online memorial go to www.wilkinsonbeane.com.

Doris M. (Allard) Spurr

Doris M. (Allard) Spurr, 101, of North Conway, formerly of Concord, Mass. and Lynn, Mass. was called by our Lord and God from this earth on Sunday, Dec. 18, 2011.

Born Feb. 12, 1910 in Lynn, she had lived at the Mineral Springs Nursing Home in North Conway.

She was the beloved wife of the late Allan L. Spurr and the mother of Alfred E. Spurr, of Norway, Maine and the late Philip A. Spurr, of Center Conway. She had five grandchildren, Jennie Lyn Mills, of Vernon, Vt., Neal A. Spurr, of Cherry Valley, Mass., Daniel E. Spurr, of Gardner, Mass., Robert Spurr, of Boston and New Jersey, and Pamela Scarlett of Center Conway; 12 great grandchildren; and is survived by her youngest brother, Elmer Allard, who lives in Inverness, Fla.

Doris will always be remembered for her piano and organ playing and her love of music. Also, attending church was an important and integral part of her life.

Visitation will be held on Tuesday, Dec. 27, from 11 a.m. to noon followed by a funeral service at noon in the Farrar Chapel of the Dee Funeral Home at 27 Bedford Street in Concord, Mass.

Interment will follow in the family burial plot in Sleepy Hollow Cemetery, in Concord.

Contributions in her memory may be made to Parkinson's Disease Assn., 720 Harrison Ave., Suite 707, Boston, MA 02118-2334.

To share a remembrance in Mrs. Spurr's guest book visit www.deefuneralhome.com.

Joseph “Joe” Maloney Joseph "Joe" Maloney, 67, of Fryeburg, Maine passed away on Dec. 18, 2011 at the Fryeburg Health Care Center.

With his sense of humor and smiling face, Joe touched many lives.

His positive outlook on life was contagious at he fought esophageal cancer and the loss of his wife, Bernice, in December 2009.

Joe's day began sitting on The Sun porch awaiting the arrival of the staff so he could smile and wave as they arrived, in his words, "So their day could start with a little brightness."

Joe is survived by his brother, John Maloney, of Saco, Maine; his daughter,

Cheryl Graves and husband, Glenn, of Bridgton, Maine; daughter, Cathy Eaton and husband, Buddy, of Milton, Vt.; son, Joseph Maloney, of Georgia, Vt.; his grandchildren, Glenn M. Graves and wife, Jammie, Kathleen Graves, Jonathon Graves, Joseph Eaton and wife, Angela, Cathy-Jo Eaton, Siobhan Maloney and Wade Matot; two great grandchildren, Brooke and Morgan.

Per Joe's wishes there will be no services.

The family would like to thank the staff at Fryeburg Health Care and the Androscoggin Hospice for the care given to their beloved father and grandfather.

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TAMWORTH from page 21

was Gabriel, Sidney Wallace was Mary, and Ryan Buchanan was Joseph. Becky Ver Planck led the congregation in carol singing, with Rev. Kent Schneider on trumpet and trombonists Wyatt Berrier and Kenyon King. Other participants included narrator Tina Wallace and stage manager Chris Legendre.

The Brett School band, directed by Lisa Ferguson, played eclectically to a small appreciative audience at a musical tea party on Wednesday afternoon at the Cook Memorial Library. The music ranged from carols including "Good King Wenceslas" and old time favorite Christmas classics. There were also excerpts from "The Sugar Plum Fairy." Pastor Kent Schneider on trumpet played with the entire band and couple of duets with other brass instrument players. In between the musical items, Mr. Troon read a funny story about a dog that aspired to be a reindeer. Several other staff members were present. Afterwards everyone helped themselves to tea and cookies.

I would like to thank the Brett School band for coming out in really awful weather to give us this timely entertainment.

Christmas Eve candlelight service at Chocorua Community Church begins at 6:45 p.m. with preservice music by the church brass and organ. The service of lessons and carols starts at 7 p.m. “Silent Night” will be accompanied by harpist Jane Hively followed by an eight voice choir. Pastor Kent Schneider’s Christmas message is “Let Christmas Ring.” On Sunday the Christmas Day communion will be a quiet time for reflection on the meaning and gift of Christmas , with favorite carols.

Christmas Eve services at St. Andrews in the Valley on Old Rd 25, begin at 5 p.m. and include an interactive children’s sermon, setting of the cr&egrave;che and the Holy Eucharist. Prelude music starts at 4:45 p.m. with carols, harp music, with Aislinn Hird. Music will include Bernice Thompson on pipe organ, Randy Oullette on trumpet and Aislinn Hird and Val May on harp, the choir and congregational singing. The candle-

light service begins at 11 p.m. On Christmas Day at 11:30 a.m. there will be a quiet celebration with carols, a homily and the Holy Eucharist. This replaces the usual Sunday service. Everyone is welcome. Everyone is invited to a free Christmas feast starting at 12.30 p.m. Call for reservations at 323-8515.

Area residents are familiar with Carroll County Transit’s Blue Loon buses which have been providing door to door service for about a year.

On Jan. 4, a coordinated transportation system will begin operating throughout the county. Tri County Community Action Program invites everyone to the kickoff event on Tuesday, Jan. 3, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Tri County Cap building on Route 16 in Chocorua. Guest speakers will be deputy commissioner Pillsbury of the NH Department of Transportation and Joe Costello, chief executive officer of the County Community Action Program. Attendees can walk through and ride on the buses, meet the drivers and question transit staff and advisory committee members about the service. There will be refreshments, goody bags and raffle prizes. The flex system will provide return service from North Conway to Wolfboro.

The door to door service will continue and complement the flex route system.

Be sure to stop by the Remick Farm and Museum to view a beautiful new mural depicting historical and modern Tamworth winter- scenes, inspired by traditional reverse painting, by local artist and Remick educator Kathleen Johnson. The museum is open from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday to Friday For information call the visitor centre at 323-7591.

News from The Tamworth Lyceum: the tentative schedule of January Sunday afternoon concerts is as follows: Jan. 1, Cindy Duchesne and friends; Jan. 8, Peter Heimlich; Jan. 15, Taylor Whiteside; Jan. 22, Tom Bartlett; Jan. 24, Seth Austin. Contact Jim Alt for more information at tamworthlumber.com/localmusic.htm.

Merry Christmas, a happy new year and safe traveling.

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Stone Mountain Arts Center Coming Up! Hosting national acts up close and personal in the foothills of the White Mountains in Western Maine. This less than 200 seat timber frame music hall serves fine wines and imported beers as well as dinner before selected shows.

Happy Holidays from all of us here at SMAC. Thanks for a great year!

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December 21: SMAC Shop Till You Drop!!

Our Lobby in The Quisisana Barn will be open for all you last minute shoppers.. .we will have gift certificates, smac merchandise, CDs, staff offerings, and baskets and wrapping... The SMAC gals will help you tie up your loose Christmas ends.. from 12:00 to 7:00. Bar will be open at 3:00 for a libation too!!!

There will be one day only bonus gifts with ticket purchases too... so come on up the hill for your last minute gift ideas.

New Year’s Eve with Legendary Rocker Peter Wolf!!

Sorry... SOLD OUT!

2 0 12 S e a s o n ...

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Unique Gifts, Recycled Wine Bottle Glasses & Garden Art. All Things Glass!

Gift Certificates Available!

Merry Christmas & Happy New Year from

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Aimee Mann - Grammy Award Winning Songwriter, Singer Marc Cohn - Singer Songwriter Livingston Taylor to Benefit the Sacopee Valley Health Cntr Waltzing’s for Dreamers FREE Music Series with Tricky Britches..........................................................Just Added!

Jan. 28 Paula Cole - Singer Songwriter Feb. 3 Blues Barb Burner with Monkey Junk - Blues, R&B Feb. 4 Catie Curtis - Singer Songwriter Feb. 9 David Sanborn - Jazz Sax Feb. 10 Waltzing’s for Dreamers FREE Music Series with Hoots and Hellmouth - Rock, Roots, Bluegrass.............Just Added!

Feb. 11 Stone Mountain Wine Dinner - “Celebrate the Movies” Wine Dinner with a Movie Theme...............Just Added!

Feb. 16 Sierra Hull - Young Mando Wiz Feb. 24 The Cottars - Canadian Celtic Feb. 26 Suzanne Vega March 3 Lori McKenna - Singer Songwriter March 8 Waltzing’s for Dreamers FREE Music Series with The Nields March 9,10 Carolina Chocolate Drops - Soulful Traditional Folk and Jugband March 15 Comedian Bob Marley...................................Just Added!

March 17 Carol Noonan and the Stone Mountain Boys host Stone Mountain LIVE for St. Paddy’s Day March 23 Leo Kottke - Amazing Guitarist March 24 Magnolia Sisters - Cajun Dance...................Just Added!

March 30 A Barn Burner with the The Sweetback Sisters March 31 Connie Smith - Country Legend April 14 Shawn Colvin - Singer Songwriter...............Just Added!

April 28 Carol Noonan and the Stone Mountain Boys host Stone Mountain LIVE Maine’s Own Musical Jamboree Show with special guests Don Dixon and Marti Jones. .Just Added!

May 4 Cheryl Wheeler - Singer Songwriter.............Just Added!

May 5 Judy Collins - Up Close and Personal..........Just Added!

May 18 Enter the Haggis - Celtic Canadian Rock May 19 Tom Rush - Folk Icon May 31 Nitty Gritty Dirt Band - Iconic Country Folk Rock June 2 Stone Mountain LIVE One Show Only - Carol Noonan and the Stone Mountain Boys host Stone Mountain LIVE Maine’s Own Musical Jamboree Show with special guests Knots and Crosses.............................................................Just Added July 15 Comedian Paula Poundstone.......................Just Added!

Nov. 2 Alasdair Fraser and Natalie Haas - Master Scottish Fiddler and Cellist........................................................Just added

For tickets and more info about our events go to:

www.stonemountainartscenter.com

Stone Mountain Arts Center 695 Dugway Road Brownfield, ME 207-935-7292

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SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). The help of a socially supportive network will make a difference for you. With an enthusiastic team in place, you’ll be able to accomplish far more than you thought you would.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21).

You have a jolly and flexible attitude, and that will bring you luck. You may have to push your plans around a bit to accommodate the realities of changed circumstances in your life.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19).

You have much to accomplish, and you’ll be busy all day. The moment you check something off of your list, you’ll want to move down to the next item. Pause to pat yourself on the back between tasks.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18).

There are about 500 reasons to smile.

Then again, you’ll only be as happy as you let yourself be. So remind yourself that you deserve to feel content. You really do!

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). Your astute observations will allow you to see financial opportunity. You’ll determine how you might offer something better and different from that of the competition.

TODAY’S BIRTHDAY (Dec. 23).

You’ll come to understand your unique gifts. Every week you’ll spend time developing your talent. You’ll be applauded in April. Through the spring, you will focus on the needs of your loved ones, and somehow your own needs will be addressed in the process.

In June, you will embark on an astonishing adventure. Taurus and Pisces people adore you. Your lucky numbers are: 49, 18, 24, 31 and 23.

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ARIES (March 21-April 19). You’ll immediately identify what’s in the way of you and a certain situation you want to create for yourself. Using your amped-up powers of charm and persuasion, you will effectively eradicate this obstacle.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20). Regular feedback will be your magic success ticket. Arrange to check in with a supportive person, preferably a mentor type who has experience with what you’re doing.

GEMINI (May 21-June 21). This will be an ordinary extraordinary day. In many ways, it’s like yesterday. And yet you notice your moments differently, experiencing the uplift of a thousand interesting details.

CANCER (June 22-July 22). Your eyes and ears are wide open, and wonders will be revealed to you. You’ll use all you learn to gain greater clarity about your world, especially your immediate environment.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). Your day will have an element of glamour to it.

There will be a victory of sorts, and you’ll know that you have caused a change that would not have happened were you not involved.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). Though you are in the process of instilling new habits, you may need to take a break from your efforts to do what’s necessary to overcome other challenges of life. Rest assured, you are still moving forward.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). You’ll solve problems quickly. You might not find the fix that will last through the centuries, but what you come up with will do for now. And your ingenuity will be admired by those who can help you

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THE CONWAY DAILY SUN, Friday, December 23, 2011— Page 25

Today is Friday, Dec. 23, the 357th day of 2011. There are eight days left in the year.

Today’s Highlight in History: On Dec. 23, 1941, during World War II, American forces on Wake Island surrendered to the Japanese.

On this date: In 1783, George Washington resigned as commander in chief of the Continental Army and retired to his home at Mount Vernon, Va. In 1788, Maryland passed an act to cede an area “not exceeding ten miles square” for the seat of the national government; about 2/3 of the area became the District of Columbia.

In 1823, the poem “Account of a Visit from St. Nicholas” was published anonymously in the Troy (N.Y.) Sentinel; the verse, more popularly known as “’Twas the Night Before Christmas,” was later attributed to Clement C. Moore.

In 1893, the Engelbert Humperdinck opera “Haensel und Gretel” was first performed, in Weimar, Germany.

In 1928, the National Broadcasting Company set up a permanent, coast-to-coast network.

In 1968, 82 crew members of the U.S. intelligence ship Pueblo were released by North Korea, 11 months after they had been captured.

In 1975, Richard S. Welch, the Central Intelligence Agency station chief in Athens, was shot and killed outside his home by the militant group November 17.

In 1986, the experimental airplane Voyager, piloted by Dick Rutan and Jeana Yeager, completed the first non-stop, nonrefueled round-the-world flight as it returned safely to Edwards Air Force Base in California.

In 1991, fire destroyed a house in Corsicana, Texas, killing three young children; their father, Cameron Todd Willingham, was convicted of starting the blaze and was executed in 2004, although some experts raised questions about whether the fire had been deliberately set.

One year ago: Mail bombs blamed on anarchists exploded at the Swiss and Chilean embassies in Rome, seriously wounding two people.

Today’s Birthdays: Actor Gerald S. O’Loughlin is 90. Actor Ronnie Schell is 80. Actor Frederic Forrest is 75. Actor James Stacy is 75. Rock musician Jorma Kaukonen is 71. Rock musician Ron Bushy is 70. Actor-comedian Harry Shearer is 68.

Actress Susan Lucci is 65. Singer-musician Adrian Belew is 62. Rock musician Dave Murray is 55. Actress Joan Severance is 53.

Singer Terry Weeks is 48. Rock singer Eddie Vedder is 47. Rock musician Jamie Murphy is 36. Jazz musician Irvin Mayfield is 34.

Actress Estella Warren is 33.

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AKC German Shepherd puppies; cute extra large quality.

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6 new English Plott puppies, big ears. Very friendly, mellow, very colorful. Some blue ticks, some red ticks. Have been breeding this line for 15 years. Wormed, Vet checked & shots UTD. $250 for the boys, $300 for the girls.

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ADORABLE Pekingese pups.

Real smart, easy to train $350 (603)487-2418.

AKC Chocolate lab pups ready to go 1/3/12. 1 female $550., 5 males $500. ea. (207)935-3614, Betty & Steve.

Animals

ANIMAL Rescue League of NHNorth has cats, kittens, dogs and puppies looking for a second chance. (603)447-5955 or visit online- conwayshelter.org

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Cats Only Neuter Clinic First Saturday of each month for low income families. Please call Harvest Hills Animal Shelter, between 10-3 Tues thru Friday 207-935-4358.

CFA Registered Maine Coon kittens. Vet checked, 1st shots, health guarantee. $400. All ready now. www.pinecoonmainecoons.com (207)693-4933.

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Call Damon’s Tree Removal 603-662-3445 • 603-447-4336

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207-935-4358. 30 loving dogs and kittens and cats available.

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10am-6pm, Mon. & Fri., 10am-3pm, Tue., Wed., Sat., Sun., closed Thursdays.

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1996 GMC G3500 Van 6.5L die sel. Has 55,000 original miles.

Runs like new, minimal rust on body only. Ready for inspection.

Asking $2500/obo.

(603)733-8355.

1997 Ford Ranger 4x4. Xtra cab, 4 doors, body great $2400.

(603)733-9021.

1998 Audi A4 2.8L, 160k miles, standard, silver, runs great. Asking $3000/obo (603)986-3614.

1998 Chevy Blazer, 4x4, new tires, great body, solid vehicle. $1700/bo. (603)733-8355.

1998 Dodge Dakota Sport. Auto, V6, alloy wheels. Runs good.

CFMI $800/obo (603)662-3799.

2001 Buick Regal. Strong motor, recent tires & brakes. Driven daily. $750. (603)383-9057.

Low Cost Spay/ Neuter

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Golden Paws, LLC. Conveniently scheduled private lessons. John Brancato, KPA training.

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Good frame. $750 (603)539-2658.

Labradoodle Puppies

726-6955

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1979 Chevy 3/4 ton 4x4 dump body, plow, parts truck. Good tires. $1000/obo. (207)925-3737.

1999 Chevy Prizm. 68,000 miles.

California car. $3100.

(603)733-6801.

PARAKEETS, $15/each, $25/both, FMI 752-3452.

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Where Quality Prevails. Interior/Exterior.

Fully Insured. Reasonable Rates.

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From all of us at Telling Tails Training Center in Fryeburg.

Thank you for another successful year.

We look forward to seeing you and your dog in 2012. www.TellingTailsTraining.com.

Coming When Called- January 12th at 7pm. Loose-Leash Walking- January 19th at 7pm. Go to www.TellingTailsTraining.com or call 207-642-3693 to register.

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Quality & Service Since 1976

DOGGIE PLAYGROUP at Four Your Paws Only on Rte. 16 in N. Conway. New changes for 2011. 11-12 is for smaller, quieter dogs and puppies. 12-1 is for larger more active dogs and puppies. Playgroups are Free and run every Saturday.

All dogs must be on a leash & utd on vaccinations. call 603-356-7297 fmi or Visit www.fouryourpawsonly.com.

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Quality Marble & Granite

EAST BRANCH TIMBERWORKS Tree Removal Bucket Truck

For all ages and abilities. Pet Dog 101 or 102, Canine Good Citizen, Reactive Dog, Therapy Dog, Attention, Rally, Agility & much more!

Go to www.TellingTailsTraining.com or call 207-642-3693 for details.

ROOFING

603-662-8447

A QUALITY JOB AT A QUALITY PRICE

DOG TRAINING CLASSES~ FRYEBURG

Cats & dogs Rozzie May Animal Alliance www.rozziemay.org 603-447-1373

Woodman’s Forge & Fireplace Wakefield, NH • 603-522-3028

Roofing MW Valley since 1984 North Conway 447-3011

DOG 2x2 WEAVE POLLS- FRYEBURG

Class starts Saturday, January 21st. Go to www.TellingTailsTraining.com or call 207-642-3693 for information.

Ready to go Dec. 17th. $1200 heath certified.

Non-shed hypoallergenic. For more info email: info@karlaspets.com.

Scott Richard, Conway 662-5760

SMALL ENGINE REPAIR 603-356-9058 603-726-6897

Auctions AUCTION- Dec 27th Tuesday 5pm- Huge Auction during vacation week at Gary Wallace Auctions in Ossipee NH- viewing starts at 2pm- Estate treasures, furniture, antiques, glass, China, items from many sources. Please attend- Gallery on Rt16 Ossipee- see www.wallaceauctions.com or call 603-539-5276 NH lic #2735.

HAPPY HOLIDAYS

PROFESSIONAL DIRECTORY

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Animals DISABLED gentleman needs companion dog. Doctors orders! Prefer small, shots. Free.

Walking.

Fenced yard.

(603)348-5317.

PET DOG TRAINING

PIT Bull/ Bull Mastiff pups. Born Sept. 26th. Very friendly, nice colors, good with kids and other animals. Parents on premise. $600 or trade for hunting equipment/ tools, etc. (603)539-7009.

PUPPIES small mixed breed.

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

PUPPY TRAINING CLASSES- FRYEBURG

Getting a puppy before the end of the year? We have Pet Dog 101 Class just for you. Classes starting in January. Go to www.TellingTailsTraining.com or call 207-642-3693 for information.

RAINBOW hound mix heartbreaking surrender desperately needs loving home. Call LRHS for info (603)539-1004/ (603)767-9321.

2001 Dodge Dakota ext. cab 4x4, w/ cap. Safe, dependable, restored $5800/obo (603)986-7945.

TOO many cars- take one away this week! 2001 Subaru Forester 164K heated seats, moonroof, auto, silver, new tires $3950.

No. Conway, Call (603)303-5525.

2005 Ford E250 cargo van, white, only 70k miles, new tires, runs great, professionally maintained. $9995.

Call (603)356-3133, days.

2005 Jeep Wrangler 4x4, 41k miles, front & rear tow package.

450LB roof rack. Never use back seat & rag top. $11,500.

(603)367-8206.

PAY $250 minimum for your junk car/ truck picked up. Also buying junk vehicles, light iron, heavy iron over the scales. We also buy copper, brass, wire, aluminum, batteries and much more.

Call for scale (603)323-7363.

WE SPECIALIZE IN S UBARUS we buy used and junk Subaru’s for parts. We also repair and sell Subaru’s. Call Shawn’s Auto (603)539-3571.

ALWAYS PAYING CA$H for junk vehicles. Fast and courteous pick up (603)730-7486.

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

BUYING Junk vehicles, paying cash.

Contact Joe (207)712-6910.

G.P. Auto is now buying junk vehicles at a fair price. We pay cash. (603)323-8080.

Autos HERMANSON!S AUTO WAREHOUSE, LTD Auto Sales & Repair Eastern Spaces Warehouse East Conway Road Hermansonsautowarehouse.com 05 Chevy Suburban, 4x4, V8b, auto, leather, 3rd row, slver $8,200 04 GMC Envoy, 4x4, 6cyl, auto, pewter .................................$7,500 04 Jeep Gr Cherokee, 4x4, 6cyl, auto, silver...........................$6,750 03 Chevy Trailblazer, 4x4, 6cyl, auto, silver...........................$7,250 03 Chevy Trailblazer, 4x4, 6cyl, auto, Lt. green.....................$6,500 03 Dodge Durango, 4x4, V8, auto, blue......................................$5,950 03 Mazda 6, 4dr, 4cyl, 5spd, red... ............................................$5,450 03 Subaru Legacy GT, sedan, awd, 4cyl, 5spd, silver.........$5,900 03 VW Passat, 4cyl, auto, Lt. green ...................................$5,900 02 Chevy Suburban, 4x4, V8, auto, 3rd row, white.............$6,900 02 Dodge Grand Caravan, V6, auto,. Gold...........................$4,900 02, Ford Explorer, 4x4, 6cyl, auto, 3rd row, gold .......................$5,900 02 GMC Tahoe, 4x4, 3rd row, leather, silver.......................$6,900 02 GMC Yukon, 4x4, 8cyl, auto, pewter .................................$5,900 02 Nissan Xterra, 4x4, V6, auto, sliver....................................$6,900 02 Nissan Xterra, 4x4, 6cyl, auto, silver....................................$5,900 01 Dodge Caravan, 6cyl, auto, blue......................................$4,250 01 Dodge Durango, 4x4, V8, auto, black....................................$5,900 01 Nissan Pathfinder, 4x4, 6cyl, auto, silver...........................$4,900 00 Chevy Blazer, 4x4, 6cyl, auto, silver....................................$4,450 00Ford Expedition, 4x4, V8, auto, green ...................................$4,900 00 Jeep Gr Cherokee, 4x4, 6cyl, auto, black...........................$5,250 00 Pontiac Bonneville 6 cyl, auto.

Silver ...................................$4,950 00 Subaru Outback, awd, 4 cyl, auto, black...........................$4,750 Our vehicles are guaranteed to pass inspection and come with a 20 day plate and 30 day mechanical warranty. In house financing with 50% down payment and a minimum $200/month payment at 0% APR for 12-18 month term.

Please call Sales at 356-5117.

Child Care Center Conway in-home day care has openings for children 6 weeks and up. Excellent references. (603)340-1677.

EFFINGHAM Daycare in business for 20 years has 1 opening, lots of TLC, playtime and learning. Meals and snacks included.

Title 20 accepted. Call Elaine FMI (603)539-7574.

Crafts STUFF & THINGS A unique place to shop. Antiques, furniture, collectibles & more. Group space avail. Consignments wanted. 1470 Rt.16, Conway (one mile south of Kanc). (603)447-5115.

Employment Wanted COMPASSIONATE LNA/Care Giver. 30 years experience. Great references. Will travel, do overnight. 603-875-1232

For Rent 2-4 bedroom long term and seasonal. Starting at $750 call 603-383-8000, anne@fgpm.com.

BARTLETT 3 bedroom, 2 bath, immaculate Linderhof chalet. $1100/mo plus utilities. References. Dan Jones, ReMax Presidential (603)356-9444.

BARTLETT, available immediately, small pets considered. 2 bedroom/ 1 bath duplex home, furnished or unfurnished. Propane heat. $800/mo + utilities.

One month security. References required. Mountain & Vale Realty 356-3300.

BARTLETT- 2 bed, 1 ba $650 + utils, 1 yr lease, credit and refs a must. Call Jeana at Re/Max Presidential 603-356-9444 or jeana@mwvhomes.com.

CONWAY 2 BEDROOM Village apt. newly renovated.

1st floor, yard, includes heat and plowing, lease, security. No smoking or pets $725.

(603)447-6033.

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For Rent

For Rent

CENTER CONWAY 2 BEDROOM APT. Convenient main St. location.

Efficient propane heat & well insulated modern unit.

Washer in unit/ Dryer hook up.

Off street parking, plowing and trash removal.

No dogs. $600/mo plus utilities.

See photos on Craigslist.

603-236-9363 CENTER Conway Apt. 2 bedrooms, 1 bath, w/d hookup. $600/mo plus utilities.

(603)387-3571.

CENTER Conway- 2 bdrm, 1 bath Saco Woods condo.

Convenient to town. $700/mo. plus utilities.

Email: amyb5677@yahoo.com.

CHOCORUA 3 bedroom, 2 bath house, 1 car garage, no pets, no smoking. $1000/mo plus utilities. First and security.

(978)283-5651.

CONWAY 1 BEDROOM 1st floor, $625/mo. Includes heat, plowing & trash. Security, lease, no smoking or pets (603)447-6033.

CONWAY 2 bdrm mobile home.

Walk to town. W/D, dishwasher, no pets, no smoking. $675/mo plus utilities. 1st, security & references. (603)367-9957.

CONWAY 2 bedroom, 2 bath Conway Home. Woodstove, large yard. $900/mo +. Call (603)848-4189.

CONWAY 3 bedroom, 2 bath, pet friendly, call Anne at (603)383-8000 or anne@fgpm.com.

CONWAY rooms for rent. Fridge microwave wi-fi cable, coin laundry, phones. $125-$175 per week. 603-447-3901.

CONWAY Rt. 16 efficiency cabins. Single room w/ kitchenette and bath. Compact/ convenient.

Starting at $400/mo. plus utilities. No Pets, no smoking.

Credit/ security deposit required. Call 603-447-3815.

CONWAY STUDIO $475/mo. Includes heat, plowing & trash. Security, lease, no smoking or pets (603)447-6033.

CONWAY- 2 bedroom, 1 bath apartment, pets considered, 1 year lease, unfurnished, $650/mo plus utilities, security deposit and credit check. Good credit required. Rich Johnson, Select Real Estate (603)447-3813.

CONWAY Village: 2 bedroom apartment with gas heat. Coin operated laundry room on premises. Absolutely no pets.

One year lease with $25/mo discount for automatic rent deposit agreement. Rent is $650/mo.

Security, references and credit check are required. Please call Richard at 603-452-8422.

CONWAY Village: Completely renovated, large 2 bedroom apartment with laundry room, and large storage area. Security deposit, references and credit check required. Gas heat. Absolutely no pets. One year lease, with $25/mo discount for automatic rent deposit agreement.

Rent $675/mo with no utilities.

Plowing included. Please call Richard at 603-452-8422.

CONWAY- Large 1 bedroom $650/mo. Includes heat, hot water, plowing, trash. Deposit/ references required.

(603)447-6612.

CONWAY: Rooms for rent. Micro fridge, cable, wi-fi. $150$175 wkly. 447-3858.

Conway: living room, kitchen & 1 bdrm apt. Heat, plowing, trash removal included. $850/mo.

(603)662-9292.

For Rent

HOUSE: Route 16A Intervale. Perfect ski house! Three bedroom, fireplace, hardwood floors, new windows and furnace, carport, 6/mo. lease, pet considered, non-smoking, $1000 plus utilities, security and first month, FMI 603-723-8722.

INTERVALE- 2 plus bedroom, 2 bath, ranch. Full basement, $1000/mo plus utilities. References. Dan Jones, ReMax Presidential (603)356-9444.

INTERVALE: 2 bedroom, gas heat, garage for storage, w/d, $725/mo + utilities + security deposit. Call Dave (508)314-7699.

JACKSON Ready for snow! Tyrol 2 bedroom, 1 bath chalet, December thru April, $6500 + tax and utilities. Alex Drummond RE/MAX Presidential, 603-356-9444 x240.

COZY riverside 2 bdrm cottage.

Sundeck, Rt.302w/16, Glen. $650/mo plus utilities.

781-724-7741.

JACKSON- 3 bedroom, 2 bath home, $1200/mo. Call Margie at Remax 520-0718.

3 bedroom, 1.5 bath, dining room, Denmark, ME. $700/mo plus. (207)890-1910.

JACKSON: NEWLY REDUCED 2 bdrm ranch style house. 1 bath, 1 small office, easy basement access. No pets, no smoking. References, sec dep., lease. $800/mo (603)466-5841.

EDELWEISS 3 bdrm, 1 bath on lake. Furnished, close to many ski resorts $850/mo. $850 deposit. (904)695-1412.

FRYEBURG 2 bedroom, 1 bath apt. $700/mo, includes heat & hot water. Call Paul Wheeler Re/Max Presidential 603-356-9444 ext.206.

FRYEBURG2 bedroom, 1st floor apt. $750. Security deposit, 6 month lease. Plowing included. Fryeburg Academy school system. (207)671-2578.

FRYEBURG- 3 bedroom ranch with porch, close to town. $800/mo plus utilities.

Non-smoker. (207)256-0077.

1 month free rent! Fryeburglovely 4 bedroom, 2 bath, a/c, w/d hook-up, deck, $1000/mo plus. No pets 207-935-3241.

GLEN- 2 bed, 2 bath, newly renovated house, w/d, dishwasher, 2 car garage. $950 plus utilities. (603)374-2391.

INTERVALE 3 bdrm condo.

Newly done over, walkout, small dogs accepted. No cats, no smokers. $699/mo plus utilities. (603)356-2203.

1 Bedroom Elderly/Disabled Apartments Newly Renovated

Pinewood Apartments Elderly and Disabled Housing On-Site laundry 24 hour maintenance Federally subsidized - must meet income guidelines

KEARSARGE 1 bedroom apt. with bath, kitchen & livingroom, in nice neighborhood $650/month with heat. No pets or smoking. Electric not included, 1 year lease with security deposit (603)986-9069.

MADISON Spacious 2 bedroom apt., close to Conway Village.

Deck, no smoking/ pets, $675/mo plus utilities.

367-9270.

MADISON- Mountain view efficiency, private entrance, parking. Plowing included. $350/mo tenant pays all utilities. Available immediately.

(401)578-1427.

NORTH Conway 3- 4 bdrms, 1.5 bath house. Base of Cathedral Ledge with views, w/d, woodstove. No pets, no smoking.

Credit check. $1000/mo (603)609-5858.

NORTH Conway charming 2 be carriage house apt. $695/mo including heat. References & credit check. No pets. Dan Jones, ReMax Presidential (603)356-9444.

For Rent

For Rent

For Rent-Vacation

NORTH Conway home- 3 bedroom w/ family room, 2 full baths. Nice back yard. Walk to town. $1050/mo plus utilities.

Available immediately. First month and security. References required. Mountain & Vale Realty (603)356-3300.

TAMWORTH Apartment for rent, small 1 bedroom in my home, private seperate entrance. All utilities included. $575/mo. Call for info.

(603)986-5010.

JACKSON- 180 degree views of Black and Mt. Washington from the deck of this high mountainside home. Just purchased and renovated and now available for ski season immediately through April 8th- Easter. Three bedrooms sleep six, eight with rollaway beds. Fully furnished, real fireplace, wood stove, washer/dryer and dishwasher, cable TV and wireless internet. $3950 for the season includes utilities and plowing. Can be seen at HomeAway.com listing # 945281or call 603-383-9318.

References and cleaning/ security deposit required.

NORTH Conway unfurnished 2 bdrm, 1 bath condo. 2nd floor, 1 year lease. No pets or smoking. $700/mo + utility. Security & credit check.

Rich Johnson, Select RE (603)447-3813.

NORTH Conway Village 1 and 2 bedroom apts available. Walking distance to town. Starting at $500/mo. and up. Please call (603)986-6806.

NORTH Conway walk to everything village living. Wonderful 3 bedroom, 2 bath, North Conway Village home. Beautiful wood floors, tasteful updates, replacement windows throughout, large level yard, screened wrap-around porch and large deck. $900 + N/S. Call Josh at Pinkham Real Estate 603-356-5425 or 986-4210.

NORTHBROOK 2 BR/ 2 BA, furnished or un-furnished, woodstove, washer/ dryer. Outdoor pool and tennis, views to Cranmore. No pets. $895/mo plus utilities. First month and security. References required.

Mountain & Vale Realty 356-3300.

NORTHBROOK Condominium.

2 BR w/ den, 2 bath. Outdoor pool and tennis. W/d, woodstove, views to Cranmore. Attached bath off master bedroom. $900/mo plus utilities.

Furnished or unfurnished.

Available immediately. No pets.

First month and security. References required. Mountain & Vale Realty 356-3300.

RENTALS Wolfeboro, Ossipee, Tamworth, Effingham, Wakefield and Alton Largest selection of houses, apartments, office space, store fronts, storage units and mobile homes.

Short or long term.

No pets please.

See our website for details.

DuCo Property Services, (603)539-5577 Mon-Fri 9-5pm.

ducoproperties@myfairpoint.net,

ducopropertyservices.webnode.com

TAMWORTH 2 bdrm. apt. avail.

12/1. $500/mo plus utilities. Propane monitor heat. No pets.

(207)229-6749.

2 & 3 Bedroom Town House Apartments Newly Renovated

Millbrook Apartments Family Housing On-Site laundry 24 hour maintenance Federally subsidized - must meet income guidelines

Please contact Foxfire Property Management for an application at (603)228-2151 ext. 302 or (TDD) 800-545-1833 ext. 102

Please contact Foxfire Property Management for an application at

www.foxfirenh.com

(603)228-2151 ext. 302 or (TDD) 800-545-1833 ext. 102

**SECTION 8 CERTIFICATES ACCEPTED**

www.foxfirenh.com

1 Bedroom Elderly/Disabled Apartments Newly Renovated

2 Bedroom Town House Apartments Newly Renovated

Whitman Woods Apartments

Brookside Acres Apartments

Elderly and Disabled Housing On-Site laundry 24 hour maintenance Federally subsidized - must meet income guidelines

Family Housing On-Site laundry 24 hour maintenance Federally subsidized - must meet income guidelines

Please contact Foxfire Property Management for an application at (603)228-2151 ext. 302 or (TDD) 800-545-1833 ext. 102

Please contact Foxfire Property Management for an application at

www.foxfirenh.com

www.foxfirenh.com

**SECTION 8 CERTIFICATES ACCEPTED** (603)228-2151 ext. 302 or (TDD) 800-545-1833 ext. 102

TAMWORTH, 2 bdrm ranch house, 2 bath, nicely done, cathedral ceiling with garage. $900/mo. 1st & last month deposits & references required.

(603)323-7497.

WASHINGTON Street Apts.

Now available 1 bedroom, 2nd floor section 8, must be income eligible, 1 person annual $14,600, 2 people $16,650. Rent is 30 percent of adjusted monthly income including all utilities. For more info, call 1-800-850-3795, Lorraine.

WASHINGTON Street Apts. Ya esta disponible 1 dormitorio, Seccion 2a planta 8, debe beincome elegible una persona anual de $14,600, 2 personas $16,650. La renta es del 30 por ciento del ingreso mensual ajustado incluyendo todas las utilidades. Para mas informacion, llame al 1-800-850-3795, Lorraine.

For Rent-Vacation 2 level, 3 bed condo with views, $100/night, every night, weekends included. Monthly specials. North Conway. For information and dates call (401)497-9115.

AFFORDABLE getaway: Fryeburg log home, quiet acreage, furnished. Sleeps 8. Available Christmas week and beyond. $850 Weekly. Weekends or extended rental negotiable. 15 minutes to skiing and N. Conway attractions. (978)877-6493.

ATTITASH Mountain Village Glen, NH. Large studio. Sleeps 4. Week 9. 40,000 RCI points.

Great ski week. Red. $2,000 Call (603)332-5272.

CHOCORUA 2 bedroom house.

Close to King Pine & Mt. Washington Valley. $700/wk. Also available weekends.

(207)329-6433.

CHOCORUA- Ski/ shop/ snowmobile: 3 cottage rentals with 2, 3 or 4 bdrms. A short drive to several ski areas, miles of x-country ski trails & snowmobile trails with connection to the State trail system from cottage.

Available weekends, weekly or monthly. (603)323-8536.

CHRISTMAS Week rentalCondo (North Conway). Sleeps 8- 3 bedrooms- 2.5 bathswoodstove, jacuzzi tub, w/d in unit- heated pool onsite- very spacious- $1750/wk- call Leah 617-803-2424.

CONWAY- 3 bedroom, 2 bath home, sleeps 8, fireplace, near 5 ski areas, available for weeks, weekends, or remainder of ski season.

Reasonable.

(401)284-0116.

GOLF resort in St Pete Beach, FL- Superior rated 1 bedroom condo with pool. Walk across quiet street to beach. $600/wk.

Call (603)498-5768. Monthly rates available.

INTERVALE4 bedrooms, 2 baths, stone fireplace, sleeps 2-6 $500 Fri, Sat, Sun. (561)381-5252.

JACKSON Ready for snow! Tyrol 2 bedroom, 1 bath chalet, December thru April, $6500 + tax and utilities. Alex Drummond RE/MAX Presidential, 603-356-9444 x240.

SEASONAL- prime locations 1-4 BR properties. Some slopeside units 603-383-8000, email anne@fgpm.com.

For Rent-Commercial BUSINESS Opportunity. Auto Sales/ Repair shop. Customer waiting area, large heated shop with lift, compressr, oil tanks, etc. 2400sf with plenty of parking. Ctr. Conway 603-860-6608.

RETAIL & OFFICE SPACE

NORTH CONWAY VILLAGE Options from 250 sq. ft up Call or email for pricing Sheila 356-6321 x 6469 sheiladuane@attitashrealty.com GROW YOUR BUSINESS HERE! Garden shop & Landscaping?

Christmas Trees? Winter equipment sales? Antiques? Crafts?

Art Gallery? Insurance? Engineering? Food Service? Ice Cream? Retail? Lawyer? Ski Shop? Accountant? What ever you do, a new, highly visible location in the most affluent section of the Valley offers Opportunity! Attractively updated log commercial building in dynamite Bartlett location has 500’ frontage on Route 16 between Story Land and Jackson. 1598 SF. Lease for $1,500/mo. plus utilities.

Rent-to-own? Or purchase now for $219,500 ($22,000+ under assessed value) E-mail interest and references to pinkham@pinkhamrealestate.com

Broker interest. Or call Peter at Pinkham Real Estate 603-356-5425.

INTERVALE, NH Rt. 16A/302“Office space for rent” Single/ multiple rooms. For available rooms and rental price list see Johnsoncpa.com (207)636-7606.

For Sale "Ice Fishing Deal" "The Clam" portable shanty.

Jiffy 10" power auger, "Mora" hand held auger, Jiffy hand auger, 21 tip-ups, 4 jig rods, 2/pairs crampons.

First $300, 752-5519, 915-0792 Paul 10X17 Cabin needs some work $1500.

(603)473-2582, (603)630-0199.

2 Arctic Claw snow tires.

215/65R16 $100. Used only two months! (603)662-2810.

2- bar stools, high back, swivel, dark wood 24” high, perfect condition. $75 for both. 2- Firestone snow tires P225/70R15 100S. Used 18 weeks. $50 for both. (207)935-2366.

4 265-70-17 tires $40/ea. 4 235-85-16 tires $50/ea. All have good tread, 1 new trailer tire on rim, 5 lug 205-75-15 $75. Tel (603)383-4329 4 brand new truck tires, never been mounted! 245/70R17. General Grabber HTS asking $600 (603)447-1062.

52" HD Mitsubishi projection TV on wheels. Works great $150. Call Jeff 662-6681.

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

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by Abigail Van Buren

FIRST WIFE HAS HEARD ENOUGH OF YOUNG REPLACEMENT’S CHATTER

DEAR ABBY: After 19 years of marriage, my husband left me for a younger woman. I found out later that they had been dating for several years. They moved in together immediately after our separation, and she was pregnant at the divorce hearing. They had a baby boy eight months later.

At every event with my kids, they come together with their son and she steers the conversation to her life, what’s going on, etc. I have tried to be silent and civil, but she ruined my daughter’s high school graduation by gossiping and giggling behind me and the kids the entire event.

I am trying not to be a bitter ex, but I have had to bite back some nasty words to both of them. Any suggestions on how to deal with a miserably blended family? -- BLENDED FAMILY IN BATON ROUGE, LA. DEAR “BLENDED” FAMILY: Yes, and please don’t think I am without sympathy. The surest way to deal with your miserably blended family is to make a conscious decision to get on with YOUR life. If you’re not interested in what the woman has to say, get up and move away. No one says you must listen to her prattle. Develop your own interests and activities, and meet some new friends. The stronger and more independent you become, the better off you’ll be. Trust me.

DEAR ABBY: I have been in a relationship with “Anita” for four years. She moved in with me two years ago and our home life has been wonderful. We are a unique couple. We have discussed marriage, but neither of us believes in the tradition.

I’d like to show Anita how much I love her, as well as show others we’re in a serious relationship. An engagement ring

would be a way to show it. However, the term “engagement” would not be accurate because we do not plan to marry.

Can you suggest another symbol or even another term for a ring to show unity without indicating the eventuality of marriage? -- ROMANTIC IN OHIO DEAR ROMANTIC: How about calling Anita’s ring a commitment ring? Or give her a pendant with a sweet message engraved on the back? Or a wristwatch engraved with, “Love ya ‘til the end of time,” or “... ‘til time runs out.” Another way to indicate to others that you’re together but don’t believe in “tradition” would be to hold a commitment ceremony and invite friends.

DEAR ABBY: There is an issue driving a wedge between my wife and me. I have always believed that my casual shirts (in fact, all my shirts) should be worn tucked into my slacks.

My wife feels they should be left out. I think I look better with them tucked in. She feels differently.

Abby, you can save our marriage if you’ll let us know who is right. To tuck, or not to tuck -- that is the question. And, by the way, she says I should mention that I have a bodacious waistline, which means I could lose 40 pounds. -- FRIAR “TUCKED” IN LONGMONT, COLO. DEAR “TUCKED”: Your wife is your best friend and she is right. (If you doubt it, consult a men’s haberdasher.) By leaving your shirt out, you would appear to be a few pounds thinner. When you tuck it in, your “bodacious” waistline is accentuated by a horizontal line, which makes you appear to be heavier.

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

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REFRIGERATOR: Good running cond., $75. (603)356-2316.

G.P. Auto is now buying junk vehicles at a fair price. We pay cash. (603)323-8080.

Remeo GPS system w/ 3 programmable collars $500. Burton clash snowboard 147 w/ bindings $100. Fisher Mama Bear woodstove $700/obo.

(603)374-2731, (603)986-7108.

SHENENDOAH woodstove, exc. cond. great for basement or shop $250. Fisher Mama Bear new brix, exc. cond. $350.

Stoveman (603)662-8103.

SKIS with boots Atomic 138 with bindings, Rossi boots size 7.5 Used once. $200.

(781)956-3775.

SNOWBOARDS, Skis, snowshoes, helmets all sizes used.

Burton, Forum, Nitro, Boots, Bindings- cheap. (603)356-5885.

STORM Windows: 1- 30.5x30.5, 11- 51.5x25.25, $10 each. Storm doors: 2- 80.5x31.5, $25 each.

(603)986-2197.

SUPPORT your local logger and heat with carbon neutral wood or wood pellets. Purchase a Central Boiler outdoor wood furnace on sale EPA qualified to 97% efficient. (603)447-2282.

TELEVISION: 57” Hitachi rear projection TV; asking $300.

Good picture, must pick up.

781-789-2546.

WHIRLPOOL dryer, 6 months old. Like new, computered. Too big for house. Paid $400, asking $250. (603)539-3774.

WOOD HEAT Vigas Gasification Wood Boilers Call today for information & to see a live demonstration!

Alternative Heating of Mt. Washington Valley

(603)387-0553 vigasboilers.com Furniture AMAZING!

For Sale

For Sale

AMERICAN Girl Doll clothes and accessories. Handmade, wide selection of styles $10-$20 per outfit. (603)356-2978.

DELTA Iron bed 1440 wood lathe. Like new, several chucks & high end turning tools $1200 (603)986-6995.

ARIENS snowblower ST 724 $450/obo. Husqvarna chainsaw $250/obo. (603)447-5091.

FIREWOOD and more $185/cord, Ossipee area. Clean, green. Portable saw mill, logging. Snowplowing Ossipee area. Honest, reliable, great reputation. (603)539-9550.

ATLANTIC end heater $50. 2 small box stoves $95/ea. 1 round steel stove for garage, etc $50. 1 cookstove $400. Cookstove for decoration only $50.

Tel (603)383-4329.

BRAND new hot tub cover.

80”x80”, hunter green, w/ arm rail. Over $500 value, reduced to $300.

(603)539-6937, (603)733-7952.

CARROLL COUNTY OIL Cash discount, senior citizen discount, prompt deliveries, pre-buy programs. 539-8332.

CHRISTMAS TREES Davis Sugar House, 8 Dundee Rd., Jackson. Christmas Trees 5’-9’ $18-$45. Freshly cut, hand made wreaths. Daily hours 8am- 8pm 383-4656.

CURTIS Sander, 1.75 Yard, runs and spreads great. Minor cosmetic issues, $500/obo 603-986-6010.

D&D OIL Fuel oil and Kerosene, great prices. Call (207)890-6616 or (207)935-3834, or visit: dndoil.com.

FIREWOOD cut, spit and delivered. 16”, 18”, 20”, 22” $275/cord. 12”, 14” also available (603)356-5923.

FIREWOOD for sale: Dry wood $225/cord.

Green wood $150/cord. Call (603)986-3842 Ken. FIREWOOD: Green 10’ long logs, delivered $150/cord. Cut, split & delivered $200/cord.

(603)540-0307. Prompt delivery.

GARAGE doors, better prices, better doors, guaranteed.

Starting @ $487. Installed.

Call (603)356-6766.

Alphaoverheaddoor.com GUNS, Guns, Guns. I trade, swap, exchange. I do not sell guns. This is a hobby. Please call if you want to trade. Please no junk. Tel. (603)367-8589.

HAY, horse hay $5/bale, mulch hay $2/bale. 383-8917.

HAY- Round bales, 1st cut, excellent quality $50/bale.

(207)935-3197.

HOT air furnace; tank & piping.

Like new (603)236-2699.

For Sale

For Sale

Holiday Floor Model Sale

PATS Vs Bills Jan 1st. 2 tickets, $100 each. 603-548-8049.

Beautiful Queen or Full-size mattress set. Luxury Firm European Pillow-top style.

Fabulous back & hip support.

Factory sealed - new 10-Yr. warranty. Cost $1095, sell $249.

Can deliver 603-305-9763.

PAULIN chainsaw 46cc 20 bar and chain $100 (603)473-2582, (603)630-0199.

CASH & Carry blow out sale!

Chairs $5, sofas from $40 at the Glen Warehouse. 383-6665.

Super quality and price, friendly service. Free Frame with every bed. Sunset Interiors and Discount Mattress. (603)733-5268 or text/ call (603)986-6389 for selection. A good nights sleep is a great gift.

HOLIDAY sale! Give the gift that keeps on opening. Garage door openers $295.00 Installed 356-6766.

Alphaoverheaddoor.com

LYMANOIL.COM Now offering propane sales and service. Call or visit www.LymanOil.com Jesse E Lyman, North Conway (603)356-2411.

MAGIC Chef stainless steel stove 6 burners, double oven, grille and broiler, LP gas $1200 (603)473-2582, (603)630-0199.

MONITER 41 heater with kerosene tank. $300. (207)928-3100.

NEED Cash? Sell your stuff on Ebay. We do the work. You get cash! 10 years experience.

ABCybersell (207)925-3135 Mike.

NEWMAC wood furnace, WB100E, used one season. Cost $3300 new, will sacrifice for $1795. Call Bob 356-3133 days.

NINTENDO DS pink, 10 games, adapter, red black cushioned holder, extra stylus. $100/obo.

(603)323-7178.

PAINTINGS: 3 large sized R.G. Packer. Beautifully framed. $350 each. (603)759-3010.

HIGHEST cash price paid for your junk cars, farm equipment and scrap metal. Free removal, no job too big. (207)393-7318.

PAY $250 minimum for your junk car/ truck picked up. Also buying junk vehicles, light iron, heavy iron over the scales. We also buy copper, brass, wire, aluminum, batteries and much more.

Call for scale (603)323-7363.

Help Wanted A Better Life Snowmobile Tours & Rentals- Now hiring FT/ PT Tour Guides & FT Office Personnel. Dependable transportation & weekends are a must. GuidesMechanical ability, clean driving record & excellent people skills required. This position can be physically demanding. No experience necessary, willing to train the right person. Office- Excellent organizational, communication & multi-tasking skills required. Heavy phone & in person, customer contact. Computer & cash register experience preferred. Contact Rick @ 603-374-0952.

AVON: Earnings great! No door to door necessary. Choose your own hours. For information call 323-7361.

BROCHURE distributor needed.

Flexible hours, good pay, must have reliable car. References required (603)356-7011.

WESTERN MAINE TIMBERLANDS has an immediate opening

Class A Truck Driver Minimum 3 years exp. Must have clean driving record.

Pay to commensurate with experience

Please call 207-925-1138

BLUEBERRY MUFFIN RESTAURANT needs

Waitress Weekends and holidays a must.

Please apply between 12-2pm.

MOTIVATED person to provide multiple services to our customers. For details please visit www.BergeronTechnical.com.

No phone calls or walk-ins.

Information Technology System Administrator Gorham Paper and Tissue LLC, located in the heart of the White Mountains of New Hampshire, is seeking an Information Technology professional interested in joining our staff as a System Administrator. In addition to strong interpersonal and communication skills, the right candidate will have a broad range of knowledge and experience working with Microsoft products and troubleshooting/ supporting a large base of on-site users, PCs, servers, network, and associated software. Key knowledge includes depth of understand of Windows, networking hardware, TCP/IP, security, and excellent debugging and troubleshooting skills. Experience with scripting, system automation, routing, Active Directory, Exchange, VMware ESXi 4.0, SQL Server, premise cabling, and Citrix are all considered significant pluses.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities Required: • Position requires at minimum a two-year Associates Degree in Computer Technology, Information Systems, Computer Management, or equivalent, and 3 years experience.

Longer work experience and certification(s) will be considered in lieu of the degree requirement.

• Key personal traits: communication skills, interpersonal skills, problem solving skills, willingness to learn, ability to adapt to quickly changing environment.

• Computers: Knowledge of Windows operating systems (especially Windows 2000), Windows security, file serving, print serving, application serving.

• Network: Knowledge of LAN, WAN, VPN, WiFi. Cabling (Copper and Fiber), TCP/IP, DHCP, DNS, routing, switching.

Work and play in the shadow of Mt. Washington by joining Gorham Paper and Tissue LLC. A competitive wage and benefit package is offered.

Submit resumes to the attention of Zanita Morin, Gorham Paper and Tissue LLC, Gorham, NH 03581. (e-mail MS Word documents to: zanita.morin@gorhampt.com An Equal Opportunity Employer

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Help Wanted

Help Wanted

HOUSEKEEPERS FT & PT YEAR ROUND

MUSEUM Store Attendant, part time- year round. Highly visible position requires exceptional customer service skills, attention to detail, multitasking, ability to work independently as well as working knowledge of Quickbooks P.O.S. or PRO. Available Saturdays a must.

Remick Country Doctor Museum & Farm, Tamworth NH 603-323-7591. Contact Linda Jones.

Interviewing for year round position in a high end, quiet, adult Inn. Experience and references required. We enjoy a small, efficient, reliable staff.

Apply in person at the Snowflake Inn, Jackson Village.

HOUSEKEEPERS, Floor Techs & Laundry Aids wanted for Nursing home. Competitive wages and benefits. Apply in person at Mineral Springs of North Conway. 1251 White Mt. Hwy., North Conway, NH 03860.

MARKETING AGENT Looking for a professional, high energy, outgoing, people person to represent our resort to the public. Indoor work $8/hr plus high bonus opportunities, up to $20/hr. Friday, Saturday, Sunday, 18 hours per wk. No experience required will train.

Call Jim at 603-387-4883.

NEW SALON IN OSSIPEE VALLEY AREA

Ole Hitching Post Beauty and Floral Design is seeking an experienced Hairstylist that is interested in a booth rental position. Full or part time available.

Call or stop by (603)539-6006 ask for Suzanne.

WHITE Mountain Cider Co. looking for full time bartender. & line cook. Please contact Teresa (603)383-9061.

Home Improvements 1 CALL DOES IT ALL Ken Karpowich Plumbing and Remodeling.

Licensed and insured in ME and NH. Repairs, installations, demo to finish remodeling. Call for a free estimate. I will call you back.

800-356-0315, 207-925-1423.

Home Improvements

Instruction

Motorcycles

Real Estate, Commercial

GRANITE COUNTERS

SIGN up now for January pottery classes. Thursdays 6-9pm $95 includes materials.

367-4666 to reserve space.

Buy • Sell • Trade www.motoworks.biz

NEED high visibility and location- Look at this offering- Comprising of 2100sf of renovated space on 1.5 acres of roadside commercial zone property in Ossipee, NH. This charming signature location has mountain views and has frontage directly on busy Rt16. Large sign with maximum exposure. Considered to be one of the best business locations in town near major stores and attractions. $329,900- Owner may finance with 30% down. Building is Cape Cod style and offers lots of character and charm. For details contact owner.

603-539-5276.

A quality job for a quality price.

Quality Marble and Granite, (603)662-8447.

Home Works Remodelers

All phases of construction, from repairs to complete homes. www.sites.google.com/site/home worksremodelers/ (603)455-7115, (603)447-2402, homwrksrem@yahoo.com.

Land CENTER Conway. Location, Location, Location! Jct. of 302 and 113. 78 acres. $299,000.

603-367-8054.

STREETER BUILDING & REMODELING

Siding, Decks, Additions, Kitchens, Baths, garages. Insured 603-662-9934.

Instruction

AM BUILDERS

GRANITE State Statistical Consulting & Tutoring. Get ready for midterm & final exams!

Quality math tutoring service from pre-algebra through AP Calculus. $14/hr. FMI contact Phil- info@gssc.vpweb.com (603)953-3673 http://gssc.vpweb.com.

Full service contractor. All types roofing, siding, decks, remodeling, new homes and garages.

(603)323-7519 View our website: www.AddisonMasonBuilders.com

Riding lessons located in Conway. Christmas packages available. Call Shannon for more info. (603)662-2981.

Mobile Homes TWO homes to choose from in central North Conway park.

New 2012 model Skyline, 14x72, two bedroom, 2 bath, workshop/ shed, gas heat, big lot $49,900. 1994 Astro, 14x56, two bedroom, 1 bath, washer dryer, new appliances, new furnace, new roof, new hot water heater $24,900. Both homes ready to be lived in! No dogs. Financing available, affordable living right in North Conway. Walk to shops, outlets, trails, river. Call 603-986-3991.

Horseback Riding Lessons

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

Recreation Vehicles 2004 Southwind 32 VS Class AExcellent shape, well below book value jacks, satelite dish, full loaded, $47,900.

(352)208-5502.

Real Estate CONWAY Saco Woods 2 br.

2nd. fl. condo. New paint, carpet. $66,000. L. Davis, Broker/ Owner 919-259-0166.

CTR Conway- 1984 Commodore- Mountain Vale (55 or older community). Includes w/d, full tank of fuel and propane. 5 year old furnace. New roof. $18000/obo. (603)449-3435.

Motorcycles 2010 Dyna FXD. Black, 677 miles, $9500. (603)662-2813.

FRYEBURG two- 3 br. mobile homes on 1.7 acres. $86,500. L. Davis Broker, Owner 919-259-0166.

Hampton Inn & Suites Waterpark Supervisor

Always Ready, Always There.

Call your local Recruiter!

CPL Coree Kinerson (603)717-5676

Full time year round position in our indoor waterpark. Responsible, accountable, mature individual with supervisory and guest services experience preferred but we are willing to train the right person. Duties include waterpark staff supervision, scheduling, water sample testing, cleaning, and training protocol. Good people skills required as this is a high guest impact/guest interactive position. Mornings, nights, and weekend hours required.

Benefits package available.

For more info, stop by our front desk to apply or call Patrick at (603)733-3023

NO. Conway Timeshare. Unique opportunity at the Stonehurst.

1/10th ownership share, 5 full weeks in this great 3 bedroom 2.5 bath condo. Sleeps 10+ comfortably. Close to all valley activities yet very private location with pool and tennis court available. Walk to great restaurant at the Stonehurst Manor.

Fully furnished and equipped.

Call 781-603-8048 for details.

Asking $12,000.

SACO Woods: First floor condo unit for sale. Asking $89,000.

Email: jsm4461@gmail.com for more info.

Rentals Wanted LOOKING to rent your vacation property for the season or long term.

Call Anne @ (603)383-8000 or anne@fgpm.com.

Real Estate, Wanted LOOKING for a seasonal rental on Lovewell Pond, Fryeburg Maine. May through Oct. 207-890-2880 lamc325@yahoo.com

Roommate Wanted CONWAY- Near Davis Park 3 bedroom house with 2 rooms available. Living room/ kitchen, furnished. $450/mo per room including utilities. Dogs considered. Call Kristin 603.986.1512, wdz4eva@gmail.com

Services #1 SANDY'S CLEANING Private, seasonal homes, rentals, commercial, construction cleaning. Security checks, maintenance. 30 years serving the valley. (603)383-9342.

HYPNOSIS for habit change, stress, regression. Michael Hathaway, DCH, certified hypnotherapist. Madison 367-8851. www.whitemountainhypnosiscenter.com.

Part Time Consumer Directed Assistant to provide support to a young man in the Wolfeboro area. Help find employment, volunteer jobs, routine community activities and skill acquisition in areas as diverse as building social skills and learning how to handle money. He loves hiking, fishing and other outdoor activities. Good communication skills necessary. To apply please email your resume to ddavis@northernhs.org (010-400)

Summit Achievement

Part time positions in Food & Beverage Part time openings are available in the following positions; Janitors, Wait staff and Bussers. These are weekend positions working 13 to 16 hours a week.

Cafeteria Grill Cook/Restaurant

Prior experience of food prep, grill and fry cooking. This position has direct contact with customers. Good customer service skills are required, heavy lifting (up to 25 pounds). There are full and part time day shift available. Position requires weekends and holidays. Applicant must be 16 years old.

Rental Technician

There is a full time seasonal opening for a Rental Technician.

This position completes and adjusts rental skis and snowboard equipment for guest. Assists with rental returns and answers general questions. Experience is required and must be 18 years old. Position requires working weekends, holidays, and vacation weeks.

Tune/Repair Shop

This is a full time seasonal position. Applicant must have Ski and Snowboard tuning, repair experience and customer service skills. Must be 18 years old. Position requires working weekends, holidays, and vacation weeks.

For immediate consideration, stop by the Human Resource Office, Route 302, Bartlett, New Hampshire, NH or email hr@attitash.com EOE

Summit Achievement of Stow, ME is a nationally recognized outdoor behavioral healthcare program combining therapeutic wilderness and tailored academics to adolescents with mild to moderate social, emotional and educational issues.

Openings

The Math Teacher provides individualized math instruction to a small population of middle, high school and rising college students.

Undergraduate degree and demonstrated experience with individual educational planning and academic advising is required.

The Admissions Associate will join the admissions and marketing team and frequently be the initial point of contact for parents and other referral sources providing program information and coordinating the flow of communication with external sources. Superior organizational, communication and interpersonal skills are critical.

Significant computer experience with database development and maintenance is required. Tech savvy and familiarity with social media is necessary. The position is primarily office-based. Undergraduate degree required.

The Field Director works as part of a team that is responsible for the safety and quality of the expedition and residential programming.

The position includes bi-weekly overnight field supervision as well as participating in the on-call rotation. Undergraduate degree, WFR certification and demonstrated experience working in outdoor behavioral healthcare are required. Applicants must possess a strong skill set in wilderness risk management, crisis prevention/intervention, and gear and facility management.

These are full-time year round positions.

Competitive pay & benefits are available.

Please e-mail or fax a resume to (207)697-2021 or moyler@summitachievment.com.

Deadline for applications is 1/6/12

All positions require a valid driver’s license, proof of adequate auto insurance, completion of driver’s and criminal background checks.

NHS is an EOE. Programs of NHS do not discriminate based on race, color, national origin, age, sex or disability.

WANT TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE??

Join our dedicated staff of highly trained professionals. Offering an excellent benefit package and competitive salary, the Carroll County Complex located in Ossipee, New Hampshire is currently accepting applications for the following positions.

MOUNTAIN VIEW COMMUNITY DIRECTOR OF NURSING This is a great opportunity for a proven leader with excellent organizational skills to lead our dedicated nursing team. You will be responsible for the leadership and management of the nursing department, including maintaining standards of care, developing policies and procedures, budget management and interaction with nursing staff, residents and families. Must be knowledgeable of nursing and medical practices and procedures, as well as laws, regulations and Medicare/Medicaid guidelines pertaining to LTC. Must possess the ability to plan, organize, develop, implement and interpret goals, objectives and procedures. This candidate will have patience, tact, flexibility, enthusiasm and a cheerful disposition.

Mountain View Community is a 103-bed nursing facility located in Ossipee, NH. This position requires a current NH RN license and a minimum of 2 years experience as a DON in a LTC setting.

Send Resume to: Robin Reade, Human Resources Director Carroll County, PO Box 152, Ossipee NH 03864 Tel: 603-539-1721 Fax: 603-539-4287 rreade@carrollcountynh.net EOE

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GRADUATION from page 12

America’s Great Railroad Stations

by Roger Straus III

An evocative and stunning photographic tribute to America’s railroad stations. The book tells the astonishing story of these enduring structures and the important role they still play in the country’s landscape. Filled with both new and archival photographs and drawings, this volume is a glorious salute to the institution that transformed our nation.

Includes North Conway’s train station, too!

JO Y

H OPE

LO V E

BOOKS

White Birch Books

2568 So. Main St., No. Conway • 356-3200 • www.whitebirchbooks.com

diploma. It’s not a medal for heroism; however, the actions you performed, the sacrifices you endured, and your dedication to overcome what caused you to drop out of school allow you to stand here today recognized by your families, friends and teachers as our newest heroes.

“Might I ask all in attendance to now rise and together recognize the courage and sacrifice of our heroes seated here. Well done, graduates.”

Brenda Monahan, coordinator of special education, also spoke to the graduates.

“I have known many of you for awhile now, first when you were students at Kennett High School and later as Eagle Academy students. I’ve

been kept updated with your progress by long talks with Mrs. Cox over the last couple of years and we’ve see you grow and mature and it’s wonderful to see you here tonight when you’ve reached you goal.

“As I look out as this group of graduates tonight, there are three qualities that come to mind and those are courage, strength and intelligence.

“First, I think all of you are very brave. At one point or another each one of you had to step up and get the courage and say that traditional high school is not for me. This was not an easy decision, I know. I sat at the table with some you and your parents trying to talk this over. You thought Eagle Academy would be the right

Bart’s Deli W HERE W E C AN F ILL Y OUR B ELLY ...

• Plush Bears & Moose • Handmade Hats, Gloves & Glittens • Blankets (fleece & recycled fiber) • Local Artwork, Photography, Cards, Jewelry • Specialty Food Items • NH Smoked Cheese • Assorted Olive Oils • Wooden Wick Candles • Handmade Chocolates from ME • Lucky Goose Candles • Bartlett Cap & T-Shirt Combo Long & Short Sleeve

Services Preston’s Cleaning Service. Fall Cleaning. Cleaning residential/ commercial offices, providing security checks. Free estimates, insured. FMI (603)356-5075.

BILL B and Son Building/ Remodeling. 30 years experience.

All your improvement needs. Insured. Call Bill Bochicchio (603)301-1236, (603)397-2284.

BIZEE BEE HOME SERVICES

Professional housecleaning services, laundry, trash removal, window cleaning, interior/ exterior painting, light carpentry & routine property repairs. Specializing in residential & vacation homes. Serving the valley since 2006. Visit us at www.bizeebeeservices.com (603)447-5233

Cleaning & More Vacation Rentals Private Homes Offices 24/7 Windows Carl & Dixie Lea 447- 3711 ~ credit cards accepted ~ ~ Est 1990 ~

OSSIPEE AREA Trash Removal; Brush, demo, debris. Demo of old structures and real estate clean outs.

(603)730-2590

Services Custom Saw Milling Custom Planing Custom Kiln Drying Call for details Home Grown Lumber (603)447-3800.

KEN'S PLOWING Affordable rates. Ossipee & Madison area. (603)733-7751.

PERSONAL care assistant, respite care, full-time, part-time days, nights, and fill-in. 25 years experience. 207-807-1011.

PLOWING & SANDING I have room for a few more driveways on my route in the Conway area. Reliable & over 40 years in the business. Sanding now available also. Call for free estimate. (603)662-6062.

PLOWING/ R OOF SHOVELING Great pricing. Ct. Conway, Conway, North Conway, Interval areas. Call Tom! (603)662-6373.

Storage Space

Storage Space

Wanted To Buy

All your storage needs in the heart of the valley. Modern, clean, dry and secure. Mountain Valley Self Storage (603)356-3773. www.mvselfstorage.com.

NORTH Conway Storage; 24 hour access; secure, dry. $35 special 4’x10’ units. Climate controlled units. Larger units available also. Discounted Budget Truck Rentals Call Rachael at (603)383-6665.

CASH for antiques, gold, silver, coins, furniture, etc. Conway Village Pawn, 150 Main St. Conway, (603)447-2255.

Local family business. Office store, home, camp. Great references. John’s Cleaning.

(207)393-7285.

SNOW REMOVAL Plowing, snow blowing, shoveling (walks, roofs, decks) etc.

Do-List Property Maintenance (603)452-8575.

THE HANDYMAN No job too small. Plus interior house painting. Reasonable rates. Conway and Freedom areas.

Call George (603)986-5284.

VIDEO TO DVD All formats. Local- quick turnaround. (603)356-6274.

Situation Wanted IN-HOME 24 HR HEALTHCARE SERVICES

Flexible hours, excellent references. 16 plus yrs experience.

FMI call (603)986-4891.

Snowmobiles SERVICE AND REPAIRS

TOTAL FLOOR CARE Professional Installation, sanding, refinishing and repair of wood floors. 447-1723.

Serving Breakfast, Lunch & Pizza 7am-6:30pm

Services

PROCLEAN SERVICES

Property Maintenance

Full Deli Menu & Daily Specials

“QUALITY” CLEANING

Fall cleaning, windows, carpets, rental cleaning, condos, janitorial services, commercial, residential. Insured. (603)356-6098.

Snow removal, plowing, shoveling. Interior, exterior maintenance & renovations, property checks. Serving the Bartlett/ Glen area. A licensed & insured contractor since 1993. Carr Contracting. 603-383-4334.

And Stuff Your Stockings Too!

• Gift Certificates Available • We Can Help with your Catering Needs

Rte. 302 Bartlett Village 374-9100 • Open Daily 7am-7pm

A CLEAN HOME

see GRADUATION page 31

Need to get your snow machines ready for winter at a great price? Also buying and selling used sleds. Serving the area for 6 years. Richard (207)890-3721, anytime.

SNOWMOBILE repair & service.

Ethanol solutions carb/ throttle body cleaning, clutch work, chaincase service, power valve cleaning. After market mods available/ installed, call us with your sled troubles, pick up & delivery. Kevin (603)662-2486. bustedbogie@gmail.com.

BROWNFIELD Self Storage.

10x10, 10x15, 10x20,10x30. Prepay 6 months- 7th month free!

Call for prices. (207)625-8390.

COMMERCIAL Storage Units, centrally located in North Conway, 200 sq.ft. and up. Ideal for small businesses. Call Roger (603)452-8888.

EAST Wakefield- Rt153- Located close to both Belleau and Province Lakes. Self storage units available 5x10, 10x10, & 10x25.

24 hour easy access. Call (603)539-5577.

FREE UHAUL TRUCK With move in. Climate Control Storage available. 5x5s all the way up to 10x30s for all your storage needs. Visit East Conway Self Storage 819 East Conway Road. (603)356-8493.

FREEDOM Storage. 5x5, 5x10, 10X10, 10X20, 20X25. We rent for less, Rte. 25. 603-651-7476.

GLEN WAREHOUSE Storage, household, autos, motorcycles, RVs, snowmobiles.

Discounted Penske Truck rentals (603)383-6665 www.valleyauto.us JB Self Storage- Rt5 Lovell, 10x20, 10x24, 10x30, secure, dry, 24 hr access. (207)925-3045.

U-STORE-IT Seasonal Storage Available.

Great rates. 5x10- $39/month; 10x15$89/month Call U-Store-It (603)447-5508.

STORAGE trailers for rent, 27 to 45’. Good clean dry units. Call D. Rock. 1-800-433-7625.

Wanted $250 & up for unwanted cars & trucks. Call Ricker Auto Salvage (603)323-7363.

BOOKS puchased; AMC Guides, White Mountains, regional town state histories, others. Cash paid now (603)348-7766.

CASH For Gold!

Highest Price Paid Ever!

VALLEY JEWELERS

142 Main Street Conway, NH

603-447-3611

CHRISTMAS cash; AMC Guides, White Mountains, regional town state histories, sets. Other nonfiction purchased (603)348-7766.

WANTED used skis & snowboards for trade in on new gear.

Call Boarder Patrol (603)356-5885.

EAST COAST ART & ANTIQUE BUYERS Art, collections, furnishings, books, etc. Professional, discrete.

Marc (603)986-8235.

GOLD OVER $1,600/0Z.!

WE BUY DIAMONDS, GOLD, SILVER, COINS,

Platinum, Jewelry, Watches & Antiques. Free estimates. North Country Fair Jewelers. Established 1969. 2448 Main St., North Conway (603)356-5819.

LOOKING for trains, cars, boats, planes, teddy bears, thimbles, stamps. Hartmann Museum.

Roger (603)356-9922 www.hartmannrr.com.

NEED CASH? We buy gold and silver, jewelry, flatware and coins! Conway Gold Buyers, Rt 16, 2 miles below Conway Village, (603)447-3422.

WANT to Purchase Wildcat Ski Gondola and/ or Cranmore Ski-mobile in reasonable condition.

Please call Al at 603-534-0993.

DEADLINE

for classifieds is noon the day prior to publication

356-2999

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GRADUATION from page 30

pathway but you didn’t really know. It took a lot of courage to take that leap of faith to leave something familiar to try a different educational path. That’s why I call you brave.

“Second, I see you as strong. It has taken strength and determination to reach your goal tonight. Many of you have held full- or part-time jobs during the day and still you managed to come each night and attend your classes at Eagle Academy. Some of you had to deal with housing issues or family issues along the way, but you didn’t let any of those things to stop you. Eagle Academy was not the easy way, but it was your pathway to success.

“And, third, I see you as intelligent young adults.

Maybe more so than you think. I can remember back a few years ago I’ve heard some of you say you didn’t think you were very smart because high school was hard for you or because you learned in a different way. I disagree. I say you were very smart because you know that a high school diploma is important to your future and I say you are smart because you took the guidance offered through Eagle Academy which has helped you along the way. And, you are very smart because you realized that you were able to show your abilities in different ways through work-based learning, through special projects and hands on, so I applaud you for your intelligence.

“Tonight is a milestone and I congratulate each of you. As you go through life there will be new challenges to face, you may feel uncertain about what to do, but if you remember that you have already shown that you have courage, strength and intelligence you can meet these new challenges with confidence.

“I want to end with a quote from a favorite book of mine. Many years ago I was an early-childhood teacher and I learned that some of the greatest messages come from children’s books, so that’s where this comes from. So, as Christopher Robin said to Pooh, ‘Please promise me that you’ll always remember: you’re braver than you believe, stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think.’ When you remember all that you have worked for and achieved, I know you’ll meet all the exciting and

PUBLIC NOTICE

The Ossipee Budget Committee will hold a Special Budget hearing on January 11, 2012 to discuss the Center Ossipee Fire Precinct 2012 Budget. The Meeting will be held at 6:00PM at the Ossipee town Hall.

Belinda W. Cullen, Chairman of the Budget Committee

Madison Planning Board Public Hearing Notice

Notice is hereby given in accordance with RSA 676:4 & 675:7 that an application for Preliminary Site Plan for Elaine Conners Unitrust, Charter Trust Trustee, 152 Pine Hill Road, Tax Map 228 Lot 15, Rural Residential District, to construct a 28x48 one story structure to be used for educational purposes (12-01) will be submitted to the Madison Planning Board on January 4, 2012 at 7:00 P.M. at the Madison Town Hall during a regular meeting of the Board.

Madison Planning Board

Madison Planning Board Public Hearing Notice

Notice is hereby given in accordance with RSA 675:6 & 7 that the Madison Planning Board will hold a Public Hearing, following application hearings, on January 4, 2012 at 7:00 P.M. at Madison Town Hall, on proposed amendments to the Madison Master Plan. Proposed revisions have been made to the Land Use Chapter adding a section for steep slopes protection and a revision to the scenic views section. Public input is requested and encouraged prior to adoption by the Planning Board. Copies of the full text of the proposed regulations are available at Madison Town Hall or viewed on the town web site.

Marc Ohlson, Madison Planning Board

new challenges that the world presents and come out winners.”

Eagle Academy guidance counselor Mark Ross presented the graduates one at a time, announcing their names as they walked up to the front of the stage to receive their diplomas — each received a hero’s ovation. After each was presented, Ross asked the Eagles to to move their tassels on their caps the right side signifying mission accomplished. The newest Eagle Academy alumni then tossed their caps into the air and received another thunderous ovation.

The Eagle Academy is the centerpiece of the school district’s anti-dropout efforts. There were over 70 students enrolled in the Academy this spring.

“Eagle Academy is an adult high school that for the most part is an evening program,” school superintendent Dr. Carl Nelson, who along with Cox presented the Eagles with their diplomas, said. “The kids go to a combination of day and night classes, and it allows them to complete a diploma that meets all New Hampshire requirements and allows them to be a full New Hampshire graduate.”

Beyond that, Nelson said the program offers smaller class sizes and follows a rigid application process to ensure potential students are serious about completing the program. Since its inception over five years ago, roughly 120 have now graduated from Eagle Academy, he said.

GED tests are a group of five subject tests which, when passed, certify that the student has high school-level academic skills. To pass the GED tests and earn a GED credential, students must score higher than 60 percent of graduating high school seniors nationwide. Some jurisdictions require that students pass additional tests such as an English proficiency exam or civics test.

In the Kennett GED program, students need to attain 20 hours of credits, which includes 15 hours of GED/job prep and a minimum of five hours either in a career/tech class or internship or work coop.

The 12 graduates had to take five practice tests to then become eligible to take the actual GED test, which they passed.

“I always love this ceremony,” Nelson said. “It’s so special.”

TOWN OF HARTʼS LOCATION

Meeting of the Supervisors of the Checklist is to be held January 3rd, 2012, 7:00-7:30pm, at the King residence on Arethusia Falls Rd. for the purpose of voter registration or to change party affiliation. Please not that this is the last opportunity to change party affiliation before the Presidential Primary.

N. Riter, C. King, K. Faxon Supervisors of the Checklist

Madison Planning Board Public Hearing Notice

Notice is hereby given in accordance with RSA 675:7 that the Madison Planning Board will hold a Public Hearing on January 4, 2012 at 7:00 P.M. at Madison Town Hall, on proposed amendments to the Zoning Ordinance, following application review. A second public hearing will be held on January 18, 2012 at 6:30 P.M. at Madison Town Hall if needed.

1. Amend Article IV. Section 4.2B – Rural Residential District, Special Exceptions to delete the requirement that Permanent road stands and Plant nurseries and greenhouses obtain a special exception since those uses are included in the definition of farms, which are permitted by right in the rural residential district.

2. Amend Article VIII – Floodplain Management as necessary to comply with requirements of the National Flood Insurance Program.

Copies of the full text of the proposed regulations are available at Madison Town Hall or viewed on the town web site.

Marc Ohlson, Madison Planning Board

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Town of Bartlett PUBLIC NOTICE

Notice is hereby given that a public hearing will be held by the Bartlett Planning Board on January 3, 2012 at 7:00 at the Bartlett town hall, 56 Town Hall Road, Intervale to discuss the following items before the planning board: • Christopher & Lisa DiMarzio: Application for a condominium conversion at 1279 and 1283 Main Street, Bartlett Village. Tax Map 5VILLG, Lot MAI250.

• Proposed revisions to the Bartlett Floodplain Development Ordinance. Revisions are required by FEMA to ensure the town remains in compliance with the National Flood Insurance Program. These changes do not alter current restrictions on building in the floodplain, but are necessary to bring the language of the ordinance up-to-date.

This hearing may be continued to other meetings without further notice provided that the date and time of the continuation is specified at this hearing. Public comment will be taken at this time.

David Publicover, Chairman Bartlett Planning Board

PUBLIC NOTICE TOWN OF FRYEBURG

For sale by bid, the following tax acquired property:

Map/Lot 26-2 Map/Lot 26-9 Map/Lot 26-12-13 Map/Lot 26-14 Map/Lot 22-41C Map/Lot 22-46

Minimum Bid: Minimum Bid: Minimum Bid: Minimum Bid: Minimum Bid: Minimum Bid:

$ 3,000 $10,000 $10,000 $ 3,000 $ 4,500 $ 6,000

The Board of Selectmen of the Town of Fryeburg, Maine is accepting bids for the purchase of the municipality’s interest in six tax-acquired properties. Each property bid must be in writing and in a separate sealed envelope marked “Tax Sale Bid Map/Lot _____” on the outside.

Each bid must also include the bidder’s name, mailing address, and phone number and must be accompanied by a deposit in the form of a certified check, or money orderin an amount equal to or greater than 10% of the bid price.

Each successful bidder’s deposit will be credited to the total purchase price for that parcel. Deposits will be returned to the unsuccessful bidders. Any bid that does not contain the proper deposit will be rejected.

Bids will be opened, reviewed and awarded by the Selectmen at the Town Office on Thursday, January 12, 2012 at the Board of Selectmen’s meeting that begins at 6 p.m. The Board of Selectmen reserves the right to reject any and all bids. The successful bidder shall have 30 days from the date of the bid acceptance in which to complete the purchase, which includes all associated costs. The property will be conveyed by a quitclaim deed without covenants. In the event that a successful bidder fails, for any reason, to complete the purchase in the time stated, the bid acceptance is void and the bidder’s deposit shall be forfeited to the Town. The Board of Selectmen may thereafter negotiate a sale of the property with any or all unsuccessful bidders.

Tax maps and other public information concerning the property may be reviewed at the Town of Fryeburg office at 16 Lovewell Pond Road, Fryeburg, Maine 04037, during its normal business hours which are Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday 8 a.m. – 4 p.m. and Thursday 12 p.m. – 6:30 p.m.

Selectmen reserve the right to accept or reject any or all bids.

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