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‘Tuba raids’ plague schools in California BELL, Calif. (NY Times) — When thieves broke into the high school music room here this week, they cut through the bolts on all the storage lockers and ripped two doors off their frames.

But they didn’t touch the computer or the projector or even the trumpets.

“It was strictly a tuba raid,” said Rolph Janssen, an assistant principal.

Bell High School is only the most recent victim in a string of tuba thefts from music departments. In the last few months, dozens of brass sousaphones — tubas often used in marching bands — were taken from schools in Southern California.

Though the police have not made any arrests, music teachers say the thefts are motivated by the growing popularity of banda, a traditional Mexican music form in which tubas play a dominant role.

Teachers point to the targeted pattern of the burglaries: the expensive brass tubas and sousaphones, which cost $2,000 to $7,000, are pilfered, while electronics, cheaper fiberglass tubas and other brass instruments are usually left behind.

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Greece plunged into political turmoil

ATHENS (NY Times) — Greece’s place in Europe once again hung in the balance on Friday, as the fragile interim coalition of Prime Minister Lucas Papademos was plunged into turmoil and European leaders expressed doubts about the country’s commitment to remaking its economy and achieving solvency.

Following a wave of defections from his cabinet, and as street protests turned violent in Athens amid a general strike, Mr. Papademos told lawmakers that they must approve the measures — including a 22 percent cut in the benchmark minimum wage and public sector layoffs — or the country would suffer a disorderly default with social dislocation and an eventual exit from the single currency.

In a televised speech to his cabinet, Papademos also threatened to eject from his fragile interim coalition government any ministers who objected to the deal. Rejecting the measures “is not an option that we can allow as the country will pay a high price for the consequences,” he said. “Any other option would be catastrophic.”

that they said sought to demonstrate respect for religious beliefs. It will be similar to the path taken in several other states — particularly Hawaii — that have similar rules, but would require that insurance companies, and not religious institutions, offer contraceptive coverage at no cost.

Government sites hit, Syria says BEIRUT, Lebanon (NY Times) — Explosions in the northern Syrian city of Aleppo struck two targets associated with the military and police early on Friday, Syrian state television reported, as the central city of Homs was reported to still be under siege with sporadic tank fire ripping into contested neighborhoods, pinning down residents in their homes.

State television said 28 people were killed and 235 injured in Aleppo in what seemed to be two car bombings.

One explosion erupted near a military intelligence directorate in Aleppo and the second

at a police headquarters, state media reported, saying the blasts were the work of “terrorists.”

Activists said seven people were also killed in the city when troops fired on anti-government demonstrators drawn to the streets to protest Russia’s support of President Bashar al-Assad.

Protesters said the theme of Friday’s demonstrations, which they hoped to stage nationwide, was “Russia is killing our children.”

Aleppo, Syria’s industrial center and most populous city, has been relatively quiet throughout the country’s 11-month-old uprising despite occasional demonstrations in recent weeks.

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WALPOLE — The Walpole Elementary School was locked down Friday after a 14-year-old boy shot himself in the face inside the school, officials said.

The school was secure and there was no danger to students or staff after the shooting, according to state police.

A DHART helicopter was dispatched to the school on Bemis Lane at about 11 a.m. There was no word on the condition of the victim.

The shooting took place in the cafeteria. Walpole principal Sam Jacobs said there were about 70 students in the cafeteria at the time of the shooting, along with himself. But he said the details of the shooting were still under investigation and he couldn’t say more.

Walpole police, state police and the Cheshire County Attorney’s office were at the scene. The attorney general’s office has been notified.

Counselors were also at the school.

“Our thoughts go out to the family of this young man, and our thoughts go out to all of the students in the school

at this time,” said Cheshire County Attorney Peter Heed.

State police were telling parents to come pick up their children from the school, though some students were still being interviewed Friday afternoon.

“When we heard, we were about an hour away, and it was, how do we get there as quick as we can,” said parent Rob Phillips. “We didn’t know anything, just a young boy had brought a gun to school.”

Parents spent hours lined up outside the school and got to see their children after they were questioned by police.

Phillips said he’s related to the shooting victim but is still waiting for more information about the boy.

“This is one of those times where you don’t think anything like that would happen,” he said. “It is a very quiet community. Everybody knows everybody.”

About 170 students in grades 5 through 8 attend the school.

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Trooper at fault in Brentwood collision CONCORD — State police have determined that a state trooper was driving too fast for conditions before his cruiser crashed into a tractortrailer in Brentwood in December.

Trooper Gary Ingham was seriously injured in the crash and has since recovered. His K-9 partner, Diablo, suffered minor injuries.

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State police said Ingham bears responsibility for the collision. They said the investigation ruled out weather conditions, distraction from cellphone use, driver fatigue, roadway conditions and other vehicle conditions, along with drug or alcohol use. The report also showed the driver of the tractor-trailer did nothing wrong. — Courtesy WMUR

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SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 11 Tamworth Farmers’ Market. The Tamworth Farmers’ Market will hold it’s second “Deep Winter” market at the Tamworth Town House, Main Street in Tamworth Village from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Among the offerings will be local meat, raw milk and cheese, sourdough breads with NH flour, baked goods, maple syrup, storage vegetables, herbal salves and creams, and art by the Tamworth Artisans.

The market will also serve up hearty soups, bread and cider for lunch.

Healing the Heart of Democracy Book Study Group. There will be a book study group meeting Saturday mornings, beginning in January, to discuss the book “Healing the Heart of Democracy,”

by Parker J. Palmer. The group meets from 10:30 a.m. to noon at Cook Library in Tamworth. The group is free and welcomes all to come and join in discussions about restoring civil discourse to big political issues. Elisabeth Swiriduk and Jean Haley will lead the discussion. For more information call Jean at (603) 3400615. To register for the book discussion email Elisabeth at: learn@get-smarter. com or call 323-9779.

Ian’s Endless Hockey Game. A fundraiser is planned to benefit local football coach, assistant North Conway Country Club golf pro, Cranmore ski coach, avid ice hockey player and bartender Ian Meserve at the Ham Ice Arena, Feb. 11 and 12. Meserve was diagnosed in October of cancer. A hockey game fro 240 players will play from 8 p.m. to noon tomorrow, with different divisions. Each

player will be charged $25. The festivities will end with a barbecue Sunday.

Visit skatemail@hamarena.com for further information or to call 447-5886.

Deep Winter Farmer’s Market. The Tamworth Farmers’ Market will be holding a mid-winter farmer’s market from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Tamworth Town House. Any questions should be directed to co-managers Bob Streeter 323-2392 and Peg Loughran 323-2368.

Valentine’s Bruch. The Friends of Parsem will hold its fourth annual Valentine’s brunch from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. the Parsonsfield Seminary, 504 North Road, Parsonsfield, Maine. Treat your valentine to an elegant brunch from fancy Belgian waffles to hand-carved ham and many delicacies in between. The snow date is Sunday.

For more information call (603) 539-5233 or (207) 793-8519.

Winter Waltz Party. Mountain Top Music Center will hold a Winter Waltz Party, beginning at 7:30 p.m., at the Eagle Mountain House Carriage House in Jackson. Waltzes and other dance music, performing belly dancers, a flowing chocolate fountain, a silent auction, and our local community orchestra. The event promises fun, frivolity and romance. All are welcome to attend this special fund-raiser, presented by Mountain Top Music Center. To purchase your tickets call Mountain Top at 447-4737.

AMC Program: Mountaineering: From the Whites to Everest. Join Doctor Will Houghton for a presentation on mountaineering both in the Whites and Mount Everest at 8 p.m. at the Appalachian Mountain Club Pinkham Notch Visitor Center.

Houghton will discuss the essence of

mountaineering, with a nod towards its history, and to the reality of its pursuit today.

From what it means to many in the White Mountains to what it has become on Everest. The program is free and open to the public. For more information call 466-2727 or visit www.outdoors.org.

Ice Harvesting and Winter Carnival.

Remick Country Doctor Museum and Farm in Tamworth village holds its annual ice harvesting and winter carnival from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., with ice cutting demonstrations, winter carnival games, horse drawn wagon rides, ice fishing exhibits, Chinook New England sled rides for children, hot food and drinks, live music and the Tamworth Historical Society’s’ exhibit: “The History of Dog Sledding in Tamworth” at the Cook Library.

Admission to the Remick Museum winter carnival is $5 per person for non-members.

Children ages 4 and under are free. The Remick Museum and Farm is located at 58 Cleveland Hill Road, in Tamworth. For more information call toll free (800) 686-6117 or visit www.remickmuseum.org.

Valentine Pancake Breakfast and Raffle. Community School students will hold a Valentine Pancake Breakfast and Raffle from 7:30 to 10 a.m. The event is being held to raise funds for a student trip.

The Community School is located at 1164 Bunker Hill Road in South Tamworth. Kids under 3 eat free. Call 323-7000 for more information.

Valentines Contra Dance. Advice to the Players will hold a Valentines Contra Dance from 7 to 9 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 11 at Sandwich Town Hall. Tickets available at the door. Refreshments and desserts will be provided. All are encouraged to dress up and wear red. Prizes will be award for best themed outfits. Beginners welcome; all dances are taught. Music is provided by Tom and Annie’s Caravan Band. The dance is a fund-raising event to benefit Advice To The Players.

The Met Opera Live in HD. The Met Opera Live in HD presents “Gotterdammerung” at the Leura Hill Eastman Performing Arts Center in Fryeburg, Maine from 12 to 6:15 p.m. For more informational call the box office at (207) 935-9232 or visit www. fryeburgacademy.org/pac.

Tracking Workshop. Join tracking enthusiast Joe LaRue and Tin Mountain for the second part of two-part workshop for those who would like to become more serious in their approach to tracking from 9 a.m. to noon or 1 to 4 p.m. Participants are encouraged but not required to attend both sessions. For more information call 447-6991.

Simple Soup For The Soul. The Conway United Methodist Church will continue its winter tradition of serving a Simple Soup for the Soul Luncheon beginning on Friday, Feb. 3. The lunch will be served from noon to 1 p.m. and will include homemade soup, bread and a simple desert. The lunch is served at no cost. The church is located at 121 Main Street in Conway.

Republican Caucus. Fryeburg, Brownfield, Hiram and Lovell Republicans will hold their caucus at 10 a.m. at Molly Ockett Middle School in Fryeburg. Voters will hear brief remarks from local candidates and speakers from national campaigns as they cast their vote for their preferred GOP presidential nominee, delegates to the Maine State Convention, and their town committee Officers. All registered Republicans in the listed towns are encouraged to participate. Call Loretta Mikols at (207) 875-2229 for more information.

February $1 A Bag Sale. The Thrift Shop of the Lovell United Church of Christ on Route 5 in Center Lovell, Maine have a dollar-a-bag sale throughout the month

of February. Shop hours are Mondays, Wednesdays, Saturdays from 10 a.m. to noon.

Puppet Show. The White Mountain Waldorf School is presenting a puppet show at The Conway Public Library from 11 to 11:30 a.m. For more information visit www.WhiteMountainWaldorf.org or call 447-3168.

‘Glengarry Glen Ross.’ M&D Productions is presenting David Mamet’s “Glengarry Glen Ross” at 7:30 p.m. at Your Theatre at Willow Common in North Conway. Tonight is sell out Saturday. If tonight sells out audience members will get a ticket to another show this season. For more information and tickets call 662-7591 or visit www.yourtheatre.com.

Spaghetti Dinner and Silent Auction.

There will be a benefit spaghetti dinner and silent auction for the Thompson family of Lovell, Maine at the VFW Hall in Lovell at 4 and 7 p.m. Due to the recent loss of Janet Thompson, friends and family are holding the dinner to help with burial costs. The silent auction will begin at 6:45 p.m. There is a also a separate raffle prize of a framed life-size cutout of Dale Earnhardt. Tickets are $50 each. A minimum of 20 tickets and a maximum of 40 tickets must be sold. The cutout is on display at Discount II Plus Deli in Albany where you can purchase tickets.

All proceeds go directly to the Thompson family.

Rock And Roll Dance. V. F. W. Post 8270 and Ladies Auxiliary will be having a first anniversary rock and roll dance, to benefit the William T. Jones Scholarship Fund from 6 to 9 p.m. at the Ossipee Town Hall, on Main Street in Center Ossipee (rain date is Feb. 18). There will be hors d’oeuvres and beverages, a 50/50 raffle, a prize for the best dressed couple with the rock and roll theme, and the dance will feature music by MISS-B, DJ. Local families and visitors welcome. For more information call (603)5399078 or (603)539-6322.

Bonfire. Everyone is invited to come to the annual bonfire put on by the Mountain Meadow Rivers Snowmobile Club from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Garland’s sand put on State Trial 19 in Conway. There will be hot dogs, coffee, hot chocolate and goodies free to all.

Alcoholics Anonymous.

Alcoholics Anonymous is meeting at the Gibson Center in North Conway from 8 to 9 p.m.

Al-anon. Al-anon Family Group meets every Saturday from 8 to 9:15 p.m. at St. Andrew’s Church on Whittier Road in Tamworth.

SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 12 Winter Film Series: ‘Midnight in Paris.’

The Winter Film Series at Freedom Public Library shows “Midnight in Paris” at 4 p.m. at the library. An ultra-romantic comedy by Woody Allen, this movie tells of Gil, a Hollywood screen writer (Owen Wilson) on vacation in Paris with his fiancee and her family, who is transported back in time to the Paris of the 1920s. Allen takes us through the glorious Paris of not one but three eras replete with enchanting characters of other times. Admission is free and so is the popcorn. This year the films will be followed by a simple supper of soup and bread for anyone who would like to stay for a meal and a chance to talk about the film.

The supper is free, though donations will be accepted.

Ian’s Endless Hockey Game. A fundraiser is planned to benefit local football coach, assistant North Conway Country Club golf pro, Cranmore ski coach, avid ice hockey player and bartender Ian Meserve see next page

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from preceding page at the Ham Ice Arena, continues today, concluding with a barbecue at noon. Meserve was diagnosed in October of cancer. Each player will be charged $25. Visit skatemail@ hamarena.com for further information or to call 447-5886.

Dog Days of Winter Carnival. The Dog Days of Winter Carnival, held in Fryeburg today, consists of three main events: the human dog sled competition, the snowball biathalon and a scavenger hunt. The event benefit the Shooting Star Foundation and Harvest Hills Animal Shelter. Registration will start at 11 am, at the 302 West Smokehouse & Tavern, located at 636 Main Street in Fryeburg. The main location of the carnival will be at the 302 West Smokehouse & Tavern; local businesses will be cooperating with the scavenger hunt and the human dog sled race will take place at Bradley Park.

After a full day of fun and games, teams will return to the 302 West Smokehouse for a post games party. For more information about this topic, or for details on how to sign up a team, contact Sandra or Joe at (207) 935-3021 or smokehouse@302west. com.

‘Goitse’ Irish Concert at the Old White Church, Tuftonboro. “Goitse,” a five-piece band, made up of students of traditional music and dance at the University of Limerick, will be performing at 4:30 p.m. at the Old White Church in Tuftonboro. For information or reservations contact Greg or Teri at the Tuftonboro General Store, 569-9859 or e-mail hepx216@yahoo.com.

New England Winds Concert. Arts Council of Tamworth (ACT) presents the United States Air Force Band of Lib-

erty New England Winds at 2 p.m. at St. Andrew’s-in-the-Valley in Tamworth. This stellar woodwind quartet will present a program to include works by Strauss, Albeniz, Debussy, Gershwin, and Sousa, and a new work by Alyssa Morris, which will be followed by a reception. This concert is free and open to the public. The New England Winds will also play a mini-concert with questions and answers on Monday, Feb. 13 at 9 a.m. at the K. A. Brett School in Tamworth. For more information and to hear the band, visit www.artstamworth.org or call 323-8104.

Pizzapaooza Party. Chequers Villa in Tamworth will host a Pizzapalooza Party to benefit the Tamworth Community Nurse Association from noon to 2:30 p.m.

All are welcome to come on out and visit with neighbors and friends while enjoying an all-you-can-eat pizza buffet and live music, for $15. A portion of all proceeds will benefit the TCNA, which has offered Tamworth residents skilled nursing care at no cost since 1921. For more information on the Pizzapalooza Party, call the TCNA at 323-8511.

Race To Beat Cancer. American Cancer Society’s 35th Annual Hope on the Slopes Race To Beat Cancer takes place 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., at Cranmore Mountain Resort in North Conway. All are welcome, whether you’re a recreational skier, a snowboarder, a downhill racer, a tubing enthusiast, or just want to help in the fight against cancer, you can join this worthwhile event. Participants gather donations from friends and family and enjoy a fun-filled day on the slopes.

Minimum contribution of $75 per participant ($50 for those 17 and under) includes a full-day lift or two-hour tubing pass and

pizza provided by Flatbread Company. To register and for more information please go to www.cancer.org/racetobeatcancer or call Kathy Metz, American Cancer Society, community executive at 356-3719. Day of event registrations welcome at Cranmore’s Main Base Lodge.

A Taste of Lovell. The Charlotte Hobbs Memorial Library in Lovell will present the 12th annual A Taste of Lovell, formerly know as Death by Chocolate, from 2 to 4 p.m. There will be variety of locally prepared desserts, appetizers and fruits, and live music by Davy Sturtevant. The cost will be $5 for five tastes and $8 for 10 tastes of the locally prepared foods. Carry-out boxes will also be available. All proceeds benefit the library. For more information call or to contribute a dish call (207) 925-3177.

Grand Derangement. St. Kieran Arts presents the Acadian band Grand Derangement at The Medallion Opera House/Gorham Town Hall at 2 p.m. Seats are limited and on a first-come, first-served basis. Doors open at 1 p.m. For a complete schedule of events and more information, contact the Arts Center at 752-1028, 155 Emery Street or visit www.stkieranarts.org.

Quint-Essential Winds.

Wolfeboro Friends of Music present Quint-Essential Winds at Brewster Academy’s Anderson Hall, 205 South Main Street in Wolfeboro at 2 p.m. Tickets are available at the door, at Black’s Paper Store and Avery Insurance in Wolfeboro, at Innisfree Bookshop in Meredith, by calling 569-2151; or by visiting www.wfriendsofmusic.org. A child accompanied by an adult ticket purchaser will be admitted free of charge.

Joe Skehan Youth Fishing Derby. The Joe Skehan Youth Fishing Derby will take

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place from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Hodsdon Shore Road on Ossipee Lake. The event is free and is for youth, ages 15 and under. There will be prizes, ice carving and chicken bowling, antique snowmobile rides and helicopter rides. Refreshments include snacks, hot chocolate, breakfast sandwiches, coffee, hot dogs, burgers and cookies.

Dinner Bell South. The Dinner Bell South offers a free meal and fellowship at 5 p.m. at St. Andrews in the Valley Episcopal Church in Tamworth. All are welcome to this community meal. For more information call 323-8515.

Zen Meditation. Zen meditation takes place at Creative Sole Studio, 175 Main Street, Conway, with silent sitting and walking meditation from 8 to 9 a.m. and Zen reading and discussion from 9 to 10 a.m. This is a new location; Creative Sole Studio is located above the laundromat across from Kennett Middle School, beginning April 3. The entrance is on the end of the building closest to the post office. Open to the public; $5 donation suggested. For information or questions, contact Terry Leavitt, 452-8821.

Alcoholics Anonymous Beginners.

Alcoholics Anonymous beginners meetings are every Sunday at Memorial Hospital in the walk-in clinic from 3 to 4 p.m.

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MONDAY, FEBRUARY 13 Mountain Garden Club Meeting And Program. The Mountain Garden Club will have a program titled Organic Vegetable Gardening – “Getting Nutrition Correct,” presented by Russ Norton, agricultural resources educator with the UNH Cooperative Extension for Carroll County at Salyards Center For The Arts, 110 Main Street in Conway. He has a diverse background in agriculture and his expertise is in ornamentals, fruit and vegetable gardening. He will discuss how to achieve your plant’s nutritional needs using organic soil amendments and practices. The presentation will also cover many of the “do’s and don’ts” of organic vegetable gardening. The meeting starts at 9:30 a.m. with hospitality, followed by a business meeting at 10 a.m. and the program starts at 11 a.m. All programs are open to the public. The snow day is Monday, Feb. 27.

New England Winds Concert. Arts Council of Tamworth presents the United States Air Force Band of Liberty New England Winds playing a mini-concert with Q&A at 9 a.m. at the K. A. Brett School in Tamworth. This stellar woodwind quartet will present a program featuring something for all musical tastes: popular, Broadway, patriotic, jazz and folk music, as well as pieces from the traditional woodwind quintet repertoire. This concert is free and open to the public. For more information and to hear the band, visit www.artstamworth.org or call 323-8104.

Watershed Art Project Meeting. The Green Mountain Conservation Group and the Youth Coalition for Clean Water will

host a meeting for anyone interested in working on the Watershed Art Project that will be shown in the summer of 2012. The exhibit will include painting, sculpture, dance, poetry and other media to highlight the importance of our natural resources.

Artists of all disciplines, naturalists, adults and youth from around the watershed are invited to attend a planning meeting on Monday, Feb. 13, from 5 to 7 p.m. at The Community School in Tamworth. Anyone who is unable to attend but would like to be involved or for more information, contact Green Mountain Conservation Group at 539-1859 or email gmcgnh-wqm@roadrunner.com.

Open Mic Night. The Conway Public Library offers open mic night for poets, writers, acoustic musicians and storytellers of all ages. The floor is open from 6:30 to 7:20 p.m. Sign in to perform when you arrive. Then after a break for refreshments, the featured artists take the proverbial spotlight at 7:30 p.m.. This month it’s students and teachers from the Mountain Top Music Center. Listeners are very welcome, too. For more information call 447-5552.

Movie Night: ‘Inside Job.’ One week before Presidents’ Day, Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of the Eastern Slope and the World Fellowship Center will host a showing of “Inside Job,” a 106-minute movie on the 2008 financial crisis, at 7 p.m. at the Unitarian Universalist meetinghouse in Tamworth. All are welcome.

Alcoholics Anonymous. Every Monday, Alcoholics Anonymous meets at the Conway Methodist Church Hall on Main Street in Conway Village from noon to 1 p.m., the Women’s group meets at First Church of Christ, North Conway, from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. and at the Gibson Center in North Conway from 8 to 9 p.m.

Lawmakers block wood-pellet boiler installation for new nursing home

BY DAYMOND STEER THE CONWAY DAILY SUN

OSSIPEE — Lawmakers on Monday halted installation of two huge wood pellet boilers for the county's new nursing home pending proof that the county commission's had the authority to award a $375,000 bid for the work.

Carroll County's new nursing home, Mountain View Community, was completed in the fall. County commissioners planned to use the old building to house Mountain View Community's wood pellet heating system, laundry and maintenance facilities. The county received $400,000 worth of federal grants for purchasing the boilers and piping the heat from the old building to Mountain View Community. Using the old home to house the boilers was supposedly cheaper than putting the boilers in the new nursing home.

In Carroll County government, a group of 14 state representatives, called the delegation, pass county budgets, which commissioners manage with help from department heads.

In January, the commission learned it cost another $375,000 to install the two massive boilers, which recently arrived.

On Monday, Rep. Mark McConkey (R-Freedom) made a motion to halt the installation because he questions if the commission had the right to award the $375,000 bid award.

"If we're wrong, show us where you got the authority," said McConkey explaining what his motions means for commissioners.

A majority of lawmakers agreed with McConkey and his motion passed by several votes. McConkey said the del-

egation and the commission could solve the issue in a matter of days. If the commissioners can't find the authority, the delegation could grant it then. McConkey says he doesn't have any interest in postponing the installation of the boilers, which he said could be complete by the end of this month.

“I don’t want to get into a legal battle with the delegation," said commission chairman David Sorensen on Wednesday. "I just want to get the thing going.

We are losing money the longer we wait to get it hooked up."

Sorensen said the need for wood pellet boilers was known when the delegation approved $23.5 million for the construction of Mountain View Community in 2009. Then in 2010 the delegation approved the grants for the boiler purchase and the piping.

Lawmakers said commissioners didn't have the authority to spend the $375,000 on installation because of a passage found in delegation minutes in March 2010. At that delegation meeting, lawmakers gave commissioners authority to accept the federal grants for the piping and the boilers themselves. Lawmakers told commissioners to come back to the delegation if they needed to make a costly change to the boiler plan.

Former commissioner Chip Albee agreed with Sorensen. Albee was a commissioner when the new nursing home was built. He was a strong advocate of using wood pellet heat. He noted the commission hasn't even come close to spending more than $23.5 million even with the $375,000 included. see BOILER page 8

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Proceeds are to benefit the Harvest Hills Animal Shelter of Bridgton, Maine, and the Shooting Star Foundation, which is a local non-profit organization that provides “meaningful gifts and experiences to children that have been struck by tragedy in the Mount Washington Valley,” according to its website, www.shootingstarfund.org.

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"I think it's much ado about nothing," said Albee.

Rep. Frank McCarthy (R-Conway) said the delegation's old nursing home committee was to meet on Friday. The subcommittee will brief the full delegation on Monday morning. Further, McCarthy believes the county doesn't need to spend $375,000 on boiler installation because the commission already paid for that survice when it bought the boilers.

"I do support the delegation's directive, partially for the following reasons," said McCarthy. "In order to rehabilitate the old nursing home to accomplish the vague and unspecified purposes

beginning at 10 a.m., followed by a costume parade from the restaurant down Main Street to Bradley Park,” said Wentworth.

He described the fun-spirited event as a race in which “five people in a beautiful harness will pull the sleds, with a musher on the back.”

“One of our customers told us he had seen one of these races in New Hampshire, and he felt we should do it in Maine, so that's how it got started,” said Wentworth.

The entry fee of $100 per team includes admission to the race, a T-shirt, and entry to a post-race awards reception and buffet at the restaurant. For more information, call (207) 935-3021. espoused by the commissioners, it will cost (latest cost estimates) an additional $2.175, including the double cost of installing the pellet boiler. That goes against my grain."

But Rep. David Babson (R-Ossipee) believes the majority of lawmakers put the county in jeopardy of being sued by the construction management company and its subcontractors who have a legal contract to complete the instal contract.

"I see it as a disaster," said Babson in a phone interview.

At the end of January the delegation took a vote on stopping all construction work on the boilers, but that motion died in a tie vote.

CORRECTIONS A Feb. 2 story on a Jan. 31 special town meeting in Fryeburg on the defeat of an application for a federal $150,000 downtown development grant contained three errors.

It incorrectly stated that grant committee member Jennifer Regan owns the Elmwood Real Estate building on Main Street. She does not — she owns a building on the corner of Main and Portland streets and rents it to a business, Dream It Create It. Proponent Kimberly Neideffer Clarke said she was a member of the original grant committee that was started by the Fryeburg Business Association but was not a member of the grant committee that was appointed by selectmen to continue the grant process.

As was noted in an earlier correction, resident Dick Krasker was opposed to the grant application because he feared there would be negative publicity to the town caused by the use of the “slum and blight” terminology in the grant.

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Saturday, Feb. 4 * The cliffs and ledges of Mount Washington Valley are considered hallow ground for ice climbers, and climbers from all over the Northeast will descend on the valley this weekend for the annual Mount Washington Valley Ice Festival. * The New England Patriots are the favorite locally to win Super Bowl XLVI against the New York Giants Sunday. * Some 325 million gallons of beer, one billion chicken wings and 28 million pounds of potato chips will be consumed this year’s Super Bowl.

Tuesday, Feb. 7 * The victim in the William Ramsey attempted-murder court case testified she thought her boyfriend was going to gag her to death with a curling iron on a December night in 2010. The trial opened in Carroll County Superior Court on Friday afternoon. * A threat at Kennett High School turns out to be “nothing more than a rumor,” says principal Neal Moylan. * More than two dozen Transvale Acres property owners meet with town, state and federal officials to learn about a program that would buy property owners out of their irreparable homes. * An open house will be held Saturday at the new fire and police stations in Freedom.

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North Conway has been named one of the 25 best ski towns in the world by National Geographic. It was one of just 13 towns in the United States to make the list. These are towns, according to National Geographic, that offer such good skiing and snowboarding that they "attract people like youth-bestowing fountains." They are also towns "steeped in ski heritage, amenities and culture." North Conway in particular was cited for its rich ski history. "North Conway was one of the leading lights in American skiing for decades before Western resorts rose to prominence," according to the article. "Much of that old New England character lives on today in the town of 2,349, where skiing is still tightly woven into the small community's social fabric. This may have something to do with the fact that there are no less than seven different downhill areas within an easy drive of town, and six Nordic ones."

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Wednesday, Feb. 8 * Conway school officials say they have no plans to challenge a superior court ruling ordering the district to release documents concerning inappropriate behavior at sporting events by school board member Randy Davison. * The victim in the William Ramsey attempted-murder case testified she smoked marijuana before her thenboyfriend attacked her in December of 2010. * Members of the Conway budget committee appear pleased with the budget school officials have brought forward for 2012-13. see DIGEST page 10

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Thursday, Feb. 9 * A local man was arrested Tuesday evening after a woman told police he trapped her in her North Conway home, threatened to kill her and her family and then raped her. * The prosecution rests in the attempted-murder case of William Ramsey. * Despite the Patriots’ loss, WMUR videographer Dan Ryan, a Kennett High graduate, brings back super memories from his week of covering the Super Bowl in Indianapolis. * Ian Meserve, who is battling cancer, is back from the Super Bowl and is now getting ready for “Ian’s Endless Hockey Game” this weekend at Ham Arena. * Local auto dealers were encouraged by 2011 and have high hopes for 2012, saying fuel efficiency and

new designs will help drive sales. * Four teaching teams or three? Kennett Middle School principal Kevin Richard talks dollars and cents with the budget committee.

Friday, Feb. 10 * School board member Randy Davison defends his behavior at school sporting events, saying he’s done nothing wrong. “I’m no more boisterous than any other person out there,” he says. * William Ramsey takes the stand in his own defense at his trial for attempted murder and other charges, and the case is now in the hands of the jury. * A local man is injured after he jumps or falls from a third-floor window on Pleasant Street in Conway during an encounter with police. * The White Mountain Aquatic Foundation receives a $1,000 grant from Rotary Club of North Conway. The money will be used to construct an airlock addition to the entrance of its indoor pool at the New England Inn. * Incumbent Doug Garland will face a challenge from Erik Corbett and Ed Furlong for Bartlett selectman. * Bob Thompson and Frank Benesh have filed for a Jackson selectman’s seat being vacated by Bea Davis.

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In World War II, he tamed America's allies and conquered its adversaries. As a conservative college president, he defended liberal professors caught in a virulent red scare. As NATO commander, he projected strength without projecting force. In the White House, he presided over the sort of peace and prosperity that today's presidential candidates can't plausibly promise.

Now, Dwight David Eisenhower, seldom the center of contention, is at the nexus of a controversy that raises vital questions about the character of capital memorials, the nature of historical remembrance and the relationship between a national figure's origins and destiny.

All because the design for the Eisenhower Memorial in Washington includes a statue of him as a barefoot boy from Kansas.

Nobody contests that Eisenhower rose from humble Abilene at a time when its unpaved streets retained a whiff of the Chisholm Trail cow drives, though the saloons and dance halls were sufficiently in the past to allow the town of 3,500 to employ only one police officer. Eisenhower seldom thought of himself as a barefoot boy, perhaps because there actually was, in Ike's time, a Republican known as the barefoot boy. He was Wendell Willkie, the GOP's 1940 presidential nominee from Wall Street by way of Elwood, Ind. Though the Eisenhowers spent White House evenings in front of tray tables watching Westerns on television, the truth is that the president was shaped more by West Point than by the town that helped make Wild Bill Hickok famous. Even so, part of the Eisenhower elan was his irresistible mix of the common and the uncommon, so much so that Stephen E. Ambrose opened his two-volume Eisenhower biography this way in 1983: "His heritage was ordinary, his parents were humble folk, his childhood was typical of thousands of other youngsters growing up around the turn of the century, and most of his career was humdrum and unrewarded. On the surface, everything about him appeared to be average."

This may be why the barefoot-boy image has resonance in some quarters, including among art professionals weary of the sterile style of Washington monuments, particularly the World War II memorial, whose granite pillars and bas-relief panels are a special target of criticism.

It is true that Eisenhower was like so many others of his time and place. But that's ultimately why the barefoot-boy motif seems so discordant, so at odds with our notions of decorum in civic statuary.

Eisenhower was, after that boyhood, not at all like so many others, or any other American of his time or any other time. The reason we celebrate him nearly a century after he left West Point is not that he was unremarkable. We celebrate him because of what he did with that ordinary heritage, with the lessons of his humble parents and the childhood that was so typical.

David Eisenhower, a University of Pennsylvania historian and biographer, said the family is proud of his grandfather's heartland roots. "There are 3,000 ways you can do an Eisenhower memorial," he said of the controversy in a phone conversation the other afternoon. "Combining a military career of that stature and a two-term presidency is no easy task."

But Eisenhower, his sister Anne (a professional designer), his sister Susan (an expert on RussianAmerican relations), and his father John (the president's son) are united in arguing that the memorial

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should reflect Eisenhower's extraordinary record more than his ordinary roots.

Because, along with all his accomplishments, there was always more to Eisenhower than met the eye — especially the eyes of historians.

"Although Eisenhower, with his big grin, looked like a gregarious soul," Michael Korda wrote in his 2007 biography, "this was in part a facade, or a protective mechanism, like a lot of things about him."

After all, here was a man at the center of American and world politics in the center of the American Century — the personification first of our innocence and ingenuity and then of our power and prerogatives from World War II through the first third of the Cold War. In Eisenhower's time, and in part at his bidding, the United States moved from a peripheral to a principal role in big-power politics, even as it harnessed its industrial might to produce a consumer economy and confronted its past to reconcile its soaring ideals with its sordid racial reality.

Through it all, Eisenhower possessed an alluring self-confidence that his countrymen came to share, a carefree air that pervaded the nation at home even as tensions simmered abroad, a managerial mien that suited the times or, just as likely, shaped the times.

"He appeared to be performing less work than he did because he knew instinctively which matters required his attention and which could be delegated to subordinates," Jean Edward Smith wrote in a new biography to be published later this month.

"His experience as supreme commander taught him to use experts without being intimidated by them.

He structured matters so that he always had the last word. The lines of authority were clear, the national interest was broadly defined and there was no buck passing."

For a long time — even in his own time — Eisenhower was the subject of ridicule. The consensus, especially among the opinion-makers who preferred the sometimes serious and sometimes sardonic Adlai Stevenson, who lost two elections to Eisenhower, was that the 34th president's speech was plain, his vision uninspiring, his style unengaged, his personality lacking flash and finesse.

Stevenson was pate de foie gras to Eisenhower's Salisbury steak with a side of mixed peas, corn and carrots -- and in truth Swanson came out with the TV dinner, a special favorite of the Eisenhowers, the very year he became president.

But for all that, Eisenhower now is regarded as a successful chief executive and his record is admired by his successors and historians alike. He helped to win World War II and helped to preserve the peace, and a career without peer deserves a memorial that matches the man and his achievements.

"We're not speaking to ourselves right now," Susan Eisenhower said. "We're speaking to future generations. So we need to think about what Eisenhower meant to this country."

He lived his past as a barefoot boy in Abilene. But with his signature American confidence, in both flip-flops and wingtips, he helped create the future we now tread.

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Three delegation members acted wisely To the editor: In my letter to the editor printed on Feb. 08, describing the events of the delegation meeting held on Feb. 6, regretfully I did not give credit to the three representatives who had the wisdom and intelligence to vote against stopping the installation of the wood pellet boilers at the nursing home.

The delegation is comprised of 14 members; only 10 were present for the after-

noon session.

Three of the ten — Representatives Babson, Fleck and Merrow understood the risks and likely liabilities associated with the action taken by the seven other members, and voted against the measure. It was not my intent to included them in my criticism; they certainly deserve credit for acting in the taxpayers best interest.

Don Litchko Conway

I believe police chief knows what he needs To the editor: I have been watching selectmen’s and all meetings concerning local government on Channel 3. As an older citizen who has lived in Conway all my life, I remember when we had only one patrolman who sat in North Conway Village in a little wooden box and directed traffic to the Skimobile. I am a registered voter and taxpayer and am horrified that we do not appreciate the fact that every time our police force (now 20 officers), puts on a uniform, they risk their lives. When they leave their homes they never know if they will return or not due to the increase of crime in this area. Crime is all around us in Maine and even southern New Hampshire, not that far

away.

We have one of the best police forces in the state as far as I am concerned. When you call them, they are there and they make you feel safe.

The chief knows better than we do what he needs for his police force.

When Mr. Nelson says he needs another teacher, it is done immediately. When the police force asks for something our selectmen and budget committee fight them tooth and nail.

I, for one, believe the police chief knows what he needs.

When we go to vote April 10, at the polls, think about the wonderful force we have, and the fact that we really don’t’ want to lose them.

Helen Heath Conway

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One recent night I woke up to the faint came over to visit. I wasn’t home, but she crackling that means my water pipe is freeznoticed that the water was running in the ing. The most reasonable response is, “Well, sink and, wanting to be helpful, she turned it’s only three months until April,” which is it off. So that was that until April. neither fatalism nor bravado, because I go A few years later I began the job with the way back with cold. The home of my youth in U.S Women’s Ski Team that kept me on the Massachusetts was a Federalist place with road in North America and Europe of five 22 spaces that I identified as rooms, but that months, and this brought a cold-weather counted two bathrooms and the large hallproblem that I hadn’t heard of or even imagways favored in those ined before. days.

The women wore elasMore to the present Hardly anyone in the Alps of Europe tic tights for downhill point, the main part of training and racing, had ever seen a person 6’5” tall with a the house was actually and those outfits were a log cabin that made covered bridge on his face. I’d tell them designed for speed, not of squared-off logs with that covered bridges are quite common warmth. In fact, they an outside sheathing of were so carefully made where I live. clapboards. There were that the grain in the no heavy-lifting devices fabric was aligned with when it was built, so the logs had been the airflow over that part of the body in a grunted into place by the carpenters, which racing tuck. The fabric wasn’t like the matemeant that they were largest at the bottom rial found back home, either, it was hardly and progressively smaller as the walls went more than neck to ankle panty-hose. up. My room was on the second floor and my The women would come up the mounbed was against the north wall and a certain wearing two layers of warm-up suits tain amount of wind was able to find a way and they’d warm up so fiercely that they’d through. My mother would hang a blanket come to the head of the start line in a full on the wall and it waved gently on a windy sweat, peel off their warm-ups, and dive into night. the race course. My place was in the finish One bathroom was turned off in the winter area with duplicate warm-ups for each of our and the other was on the north side of the women and I’d zip them up while she studied house, and its pipes were under the wide pine the split times I recorded for her run. planking of the floorboards. They’d freeze at Winter in the Alps doesn’t usually get least once or twice every winter, my mother very cold, perhaps due to their proximity would call a plumber named “Red” Olson, to the Mediterranean Sea, but one night in and he’d take up the floorboards over the Austria the temperature fell to 40 below water pipes and get his blowtorch going. This zero, which is the same in both Celsius and was not the sleek little nozzle-fitted propane Fahrenheit. Precautions were in order, parunits we use now, Red’s blowtorch was an ticularly since most of the women considimposing device made of brass with a handered it stylish to wear nothing under their operated pump and several fittings that he tights except a Bikini bottom. First, all the knew how to use, and there was a pan under scarves in a nearby town were bought up. the burner that he’d fill with alcohol and he’d Then the women began applying moleskin light it to make a pre-heater to get the main tape on their faces until the town’s supply fire going. The effect was impressive, even ran out. Then they cut the legs off panty hose and pulled them down over their faces monumental, and I could only hope I’d grow and stuffed in as much insulation as possiup to be as capable as he was. ble. Then one of the Americans established Red would lie down on the floor and wave a new standard by taping aluminum foil his blowtorch back and forth along the pipes over her windward parts. We’d usually be until the ice was thawed, and from time to up the mountain before most of the crowd time my mother would look in to see how the got there and we’d go into the mountain job was going. After a night of deep cold she restaurant for coffee and cakes and the said, “Red, what would you do if this was your German team would ask their trainer house?” Red kept his torch waving back and if she had the jar. She always did, so the forth along the pipes as he considered her question, then he looked up and said, “Mrs. women unzipped their tights and “greased Howe, if this was my house, I’d just push this up.” That is, they smeared their two most torch a little further in and let ‘er go.” delicate windward parts with Vaseline to The cabin I live in was made 77 years ago avoid frostbite. Customers managed their for short-term summer use. It’s held up off coffee and cakes as well as they could. the ground by concrete piers, so the wind No one else had my problem. There’s a does not slow down much as it blows under dime-size scar on my nose from an excamy floor. Not only that, but the water pipe vation made to dig out a cancer that was comes up through the ground and rises 58 growing there. The doctor wanted to protect inches, then turns and runs seven inches it from impacts until the healing was done, to the wall. When I moved in I wrapped the so he made a sort of metal roof over the outside pipe with heat tape and styrofoam bridge of my nose and held it in place with insulation, then more layers in larger sizes, four guy-wires running out to my cheeks. and then I finished with galvanized steel Metal transmits cold more efficiently than drain pipe with snap-together edges. It usugauze, so my nose was colder than it had ally works. ever been before. I also learned that hardly There’s not much I can do if it doesn’t. If anyone in the Alps of Europe had ever seen the pipe was regular steel I could apply Red a person 6’5” tall with a covered bridge on Olsen’s remedy, but it’s plastic, which would his face. I’d tell them that covered bridges either melt or catch fire, neither of which are quite common where I live. would be a satisfactory long-term fix.

I’d leave the water running a little during Nicholas Howe is a writer from Jackson. cold nights, then one evening my young niece E-mail him at nickhowe@ncia.net.

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North Conway was one of just 13 towns in the United States to be named in National Geographic’s World’s 25 Best Ski Towns. Mount Washington Valley’s skiing heritage is a huge factor in making Conway a great ski town. That heritage is full of rich tales of such legendary figures as Austrian ski great Hannes Schneider, 1890-1955, (on the cover, top right), who was freed from Nazi captivity and brought to North Conway to teach at Cranmore in February 1939 by native son Harvey Dow Gibson (1882-1950). (JAMIE GEMMITI PHOTOS/COVER PHOTO COURTESY OF HERBERT SCHNEIDER)

North Conway a top 25 ski town

BY LLOYD JONES THE CONWAY DAILY SUN

North Conway has been named one of the World’s 25 Best Ski Towns, according to National Geographic this week. The iconic magazine released its list of the top places to stay, play and party, and North Conway was one of just 13 towns in the United States to make the list.

“Just what makes a classic ski town? It starts, naturally, with skiing and snowboarding so good they attract people like youthbestowing fountains. Then add an inviting mountain burg steeped in ski heritage, amenities and culture. These are the 25 best,” Aaron Teasdale, of National Geographic, writes.

Other places listed were Girdwood, Alaska; Fernie, British Columbia, Canada; Zermatt, Switzerland; Bozeman, Montana; Chamonix, France; Cortina d’Ampezzo, Italy; Whitefish, Montana; Crested Butte, Colorado; Aspen, Colorado; Niseko, Japan; Kitzbühel, Austria; Bend, Oregon; Mont Tremblant, Quebec, Canada; Taos, New Mexico; Park City, Utah; Truckee, California; Whistler, British Columbia; Banff, Canada; Steamboat Springs,

Colorado; Telluride, Colorado; Jackson, Wyoming; Wanaka, New Zealand; Stowe, Vermont; and Ketchum, Idaho.

North Conway is listed between Whistler British, Columbia and Banff, Canada. The top 25 are not ranked therefore each town could lay claim to possibly No. 1 in the world.

Teasdale said that for insider tips, the magazine asked local luminaries where to stay, play and party — whether on a budget or indulging. The magazine interviewed The Conway Daily Sun’s own award-winning ski writer Tom Eastman for about 50 minutes in early January.

Eastman was thrilled to see North Conway make the list. He firmly believes it’s a worthy member of the rankings.

“It’s great,” he said Wednesday.

“I think we can all feel pretty good about it.”

News quickly spread around Mount Washington Valley of the ranking, and it has been well received.

“North Conway is among 25 World’s Best as collected by National Geographic and kind of stoked that Attitash Ski Resort and see SKI TOWN page 16

A skier enjoys the slopes at Cranmore Mountain. . (JAMIE GEMMITI PHOTO)

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Course Run Time H/C medal best _________________________________________________________________________________ 98 Tracy Hiebert 40 F Green 1 31.17 8.53 P best Green 2 31.46 9.54 P 11 Dee Yeager 61 F Green 1 39.32 36.91 G best Green 2 39.93 39.03 G 24 Debbie L McAlary 46 F Green 1 42.10 46.59 S Green 2 40.69 41.68 S best 82 Stephanie Indeck 40 F Green 1 DNF Green 2 41.36 44.01 S best 87 Rainie F Wiemer 26 F Green 1 41.55 44.67 B best Green 2 41.57 44.74 B 79 Carolyn Fernald 32 F Green 1 42.53 48.08 B Green 2 42.12 46.66 S best 65 Julie Gardner 46 F Green 1 43.86 52.72 S Green 2 43.40 51.11 S best 47 Carol A Dunham 52 F Green 1 45.36 57.94 B Green 2 43.72 52.23 S best 78 Lauren Smith 32 F Green 1 43.93 52.96 B best Green 2 44.17 53.80 B 38 Lise B Matthews 54 F Green 1 46.96 63.51 B Green 2 46.44 61.70 B best 42 Jennifer Cowing 41 F Snowboard Green 1 1:09.12 140.67 best Green 2 1:12.94 153.97 59 Lisa B Levinsky 51 F Green 1 48.22 67.90 B best Green 2 48.87 70.16 B

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Course Run Time H/C medal best _________________________________________________________________________________ 2 Asa Bearse 24 M Green 1 30.42 5.92 P Green 2 30.30 5.50 P best 95 Kyle Warren 36 M Green 1 31.79 10.69 G best Green 2 32.12 11.84 G 22 Paul Moline 45 M Green 1 32.65 13.68 G Green 2 32.56 13.37 G best 109 Frank H Pike 28 M Green 1 33.54 16.78 G Green 2 32.24 12.26 G best 8 Dave Folsom 56 M Green 1 32.97 14.80 P best Green 2 33.55 16.82 G 12 Thomas B Irving 52 M Green 1 34.23 19.19 G Green 2 33.73 17.44 G best 7 Ron E Leonard 57 M Green 1 33.29 15.91 G best Green 2 34.69 20.79 G 93 Andrew Peck 41 M Green 1 33.92 18.11 G best Green 2 35.14 22.35 S 5 Tim M Ebling 47 M Green 1 34.74 20.96 G best Green 2 35.02 21.94 G 16 Kyle B Cunningham 31 M Green 1 34.34 19.57 S best Green 2 35.58 23.89 S 25 Grant Austin 37 M Green 1 34.77 21.07 S best Green 2 35.21 22.60 S 3 Kim Pike 61 M Green 1 33.72 17.41 G best Green 2 36.33 26.50 G 92 Peter Eiermann 37 M Green 1 36.13 25.80 S Green 2 34.43 19.88 G best 17 Shawn Dobbins 29 M Green 1 35.69 24.27 S best Green 2 36.29 26.36 S 83 Charlie Worcester 52 M Green 1 36.30 26.39 S Green 2 35.82 24.72 S best 94 Stephen Johnson 42 M Green 1 37.36 30.08 S best Green 2 37.39 30.19 S 43 Marc C Edenbach 38 M Telemark Green 1 37.55 30.75 S best Green 2 38.48 33.98 S 45 Andrew Favreau 44 M Green 1 38.00 32.31 S best Green 2 38.06 32.52 S 111 Reid Emmerich 33 M Snowboard Green 1 37.69 31.23 S best Green 2 38.60 34.40 S 96 Patrick Dillon 41 M Green 1 34.48 20.06 G best Green 2 42.47 47.88 B 90 Brian Lipsett 50 M Green 1 39.15 36.32 S best Green 2 39.47 37.43 S 48 Bill H Dunn 63 M Green 1 38.34 33.50 S best Green 2 40.59 41.33 S

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Course Run Time H/C medal best _________________________________________________________________________________ 199 Kathryn Brogan 32 F Green 1 32.84 17.20 G best Green 2 33.22 18.56 G 202 Anne Reis 52 F Green 1 32.88 17.34 P best Green 2 33.59 19.88 P 143 Kristina Stevens 43 F Green 1 36.70 30.98 G best Green 2 39.33 40.36 S 166 Lisa Chase 49 F Green 1 38.13 36.08 G best Green 2 38.95 39.01 S 180 Katie Haley 30 F Green 1 38.30 36.69 S best Green 2 39.53 41.08 S 163 Sue Turner 50 F Green 1 38.68 38.04 G best Green 2 39.96 42.61 S 200 Cathy A Beety 52 F Green 1 41.91 49.57 S best Green 2 42.53 51.78 S 135 Cary Hirnak 51 F Green 1 42.54 51.82 S best Green 2 43.10 53.82 S 153 Connie Gatz 56 F Green 1 1:03.55 126.80 Green 2 1:01.72 120.27 best 174 Diane Brooks 51 F Green 1 2:05.29 347.14 Green 2 1:12.15 157.49 best 165 Carolyn J Findeise28 F Telemark Green 1 48.79 74.13 best 192 Rachael L Wilkinso33 F Green 1 45.83 63.56 B best

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Wildcat Mountain are mentioned in the piece,” Thomas Prindle, director of marketing for Attitash Mountain Resort and Wildcat Mountain, wrote on Facebook. “Thank you Tom Eastman for continuing to be our valley’s voice, and I’m confident if it were up to you, there would’ve been several pages of highlights featuring the many valley ski areas, classic trails and great businesses.”

Kathy Bennett, marketing director at Cranmore Mountain Resort, said the National Geographic article pays homage to North Conway’s ski history, which was enhanced in February 1939 with the arrival of Austrian skimeister Hannes Schneider (18901955) and family after North Conway native, Cranmore developer and bank president Harvey Dow Gibson (1882-1950) of New York City and North Conway used his international financial influence to win Schneider’s release from Nazi captivity.

Gibson not only developed Cranmore, he hired local inventor George Morton to create the Skimobile, and also bought Carroll Reed’s ski schools and opened the Hotel Randall for winter use, renaming it the Eastern Slope Inn. He placed Schneider — the internationally renowned Babe Ruth of ski instruction at the time — in charge of the ski schools to complete his plan to help improve North Conway’s tourism economy.

With the arrival of the Schneiders, along with the development of the mountain, the invention of the Ski-

mobile, ski school, the hotel and their proximity to the train station, Cranmore and North Conway’s winter resort business blossomed.

“North Conway was truly one of first ski towns when Cranmore opened in 1937 — it and Sun Valley were among first two resorts in the true meaning of that word, as they had a hotel, a train station and ski area within walking distance,” Bennett said, Friday. “That has been the core of the town for 75 years, and it’s great to be recognized as one of the top 25 ski towns in the world by National Geographic. It puts us in very good company. We already knew what a special community we’re part of but it was nice to be recognized by such an internationally renowned source as National Geogrpahic. We hope that it helps drive more visitors here to help us all.”

In the National Geographic article, each of the skis towns is given a designation. North Conway was deemed best for history-buff families in the northeastern U.S. “North Conway may be less well known than many of the towns on this list, but only a few towns in North America can rival its skiing heritage,” the portion on North Conway states.

“Tucked into Mount Washington Valley in the White Mountains, some of the first purpose-cut ski runs on the continent and a host of other innovations in grooming, lifts and ski schools were developed here in the 1930s.

North Conway was one of the leading lights in American skiing for decades before Western resorts rose to prominence. Much of that old New England see next page

Conway draws rave reviews not only in winter

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BY LLOYD JONES THE CONWAY DAILY SUN

While Mount Washington Valley residents are basking in the glow of a National Geographic mention of North Conway as one of the top 25 ski towns in the world this week, chamber of commerce executive director Janice Crawford points out it's not the

first time this area has been nationally recognized.

North Conway has been acclaimed as one of the top 100 vacation towns in the country in a guidebook entitled "The Great Towns of America," by David and Joan Vokac. This guide to the best 100 getaways for a vacation or a lifetime singled out towns where the comforts and artistry of civilization blend easily with nearby natural grandeur for the perfect vaca-

tion or town in which to live. North Conway is the only town in New Hampshire included in the book, and is described by the Vokacs as "the peerless gateway to New England's biggest mountain playground."

To be selected as a "great town," North Conway competed with all cities and towns with less than see next page

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character lives on today in the town of 2,349, where skiing is still tightly woven into the small community’s social fabric.

“This may have something to do with the fact that there are no less than seven different downhill areas within an easy drive of town (and six Nordic ones),” the article continues.

Three ski areas specifically were mentioned.

“Cranmore sits two miles from the main village. It’s an excellent starting point for families, with its revered ski school and abundant non-skiing activities, including indoor tennis, climbing walls, on-mountain tubing, and a plummeting rail-coaster ride.

Attitash, seven miles up the valley, is the biggest of the bunch, with 73 runs and the region’s best terrain park.

No-frills, expert-friendly Wildcat, a half-hour drive, is the wildest, tallest mountain of the three, with the most vertical and spectacular views of nearby Mount Washington, the highest peak in the Northeast. Wildcat and Attitash now share the same owners and feature interchangeable lift tickets, so if the weather is belligerent at Wildcat, which is not uncommon, you can skip 16 miles over to the more sheltered Attitash.”

Each highlighted town has an “Ask a Local” section, and that’s where Eastman stepped up to the plate. The following were his recommendations.

Best Digs: Budget — The Yankee Clipper Inn. Swank — White Mountain Hotel & Resort.

North Conway is listed between Whistler British, Columbia and Banff, Canada in National Geographic’s World’s 25 Best Ski Towns. The top 25 are not ranked therefore each town could lay claim to possibly No. 1 in the world. (JAMIE GEMMITI PHOTO)

Best Eats: Cheap — “Horsefeathers is great for families, with good pizza, pasta, and seafood.” Gourmet — “Maestro’s has incredible Italian dishes.”

Best After-Ski Party Spot: “Red Parka Steakhouse & Pub is a skiers’ hangout, with live music on Fridays and Saturdays, and an open mic on Mondays.”

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80,000 population. From 221 semifinalists, 100 communities were selected for their successful combination of scenic grandeur and memorable leisure-time features. Since being revised as a follow-up to the original Great Towns book released in 1998, 12 of the original towns were replaced by new communities in the current edition. However, the authors report that North Conway retained its status among the nation's best due to its scenic beauty combined with a multitude of historic attractions and lodging properties.

In the book, authors David and Joan Vokac say "unspoiled high country and historic attractions are still here, along with many others now vying for travelers' attention. Covered bridges, a colorful depot, a whitewashed landmark inn and other vestiges of earlier times are as beguiling as ever."

They go on to say, "There are also plenty of contemporary restaurants and lodgings, along with notable art galleries, a crafts center, antiques and regional specialty shops. Along the main road into town is a major collection of tax-free outlet and name brand stores."

In guidebook-style, the book includes an extensive list of attractions and scenic spots, lodging properties and restaurants found throughout Mount Washington Valley not just in North Conway. A special concluding chapter provides livability and affordability tables comparing North Conway to the other great towns in the book.

David Vokac, a former urban plan-

ner turned travel writer, is the author of 10 earlier guidebooks. He and his wife, also a former planner, devoted two years and 80,000 miles crisscrossing the nation in search of the 100 best communities among 221 semi-finalist communities.

Their rigorous field work in every town resulted in a comprehensive guidebook full of concise, accurate descriptions of the attractions, restaurants and lodging in not only the towns, but regions beyond.

The book sells for $23.95 and is available in bookstores. For more information about "The Great Towns of America" guidebook, visit http:// www.greattowns.com/.

North Conway and Jackson were ranked in top 13 New England foliage towns, according to Yankee Magazine editors in Yankee Magazine's 75th anniversary issue. In the ranking of top 25 foliage towns, North Conway scored number seven and Jackson tied with Litchfield, Conn. for the 12th spot.

Towns listed in "The Top 25 Foliage Towns in New England" were initially nominated by Yankee writers and a collection of tourism professionals.

The top choices were then scored on essential attributes to a perfect fall foliage outing including color intensity, scenery, vistas, nearby water, scenic drives, hikes, culture, farmers' markets and farm stands, orchards, covered bridges, state or local parks, the quality and variety of shops to browse, tourism amenities such as hotels and restaurants, and a category called "uncrowded." Conway scored 52 points (out of a possible 65 see next page

M&D wins big at N.H. Theatre Awards

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BY ALEC KERR

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MANCHESTER — It was a good night for M&D Productions last Saturday at the 10th annual N.H. Theatre Awards at the Palace Theatre in Manchester. The company took home three awards and placed in the top three in four other categories.

For community theater, M&D’s “Talley’s Folly” won best set designer (Deborah Jasien), best director (Richard Russo) and best actor (Ken Martin as Matt Friedman).

When reading the finalist for best actor, the presenter joked, “Wow, that’s a lot of lines Ken, good for you.” Indeed it was a lot of lines. “Talley’s Folly” is a two-person romantic comedy/drama, in which Martin had the lion’s share

of the dialogue. The show opens with Martin delivering a lengthy monologue directly to the audience.

Back in June I wrote this of Martin’s performance: “Challenged with an accent that could potentially sink his whole performance, Martin overcomes this would-be shortcoming and gives a solid performance. He makes Matt awkward, a bit goofy, but completely sincere and lovable.”

Jasien, who consistently does extraordinary work with the limited space at Your Theatre, really outdid herself for “Talley’s Folly.” In my review of the show I wrote: “The boathouse is yet another astounding bit of set design by Deborah Jasien. The stage is entirely transformed complete with vegetation and flora. The authenticity of the set makes it easy to disappear

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points) on the 0 to 5 point rankings, receiving 5s for color, scenery, vistas, drives, hikes, parks and shopping. Jackson scored 47 points and received 5s for its color, scenery, drives and "uncrowded" factor.

The author of the story, Michael Blanding, noted that the Conway Scenic Railroad, great restaurants and outlet shopping ensure that " you won't sacrifice comfort for beauty" in North Conway. The article noted that you enter Jackson through a covered bridge, "and once there you may well feel as if

into this story for 90 minutes.”

The N.H. Theatre Awards aren’t decided by votes, but rather an adjudication process with representatives for each company scoring the other companies. Each show will be scored in various categories by numerous adjudicators. The highest average score is the show that wins the award.

Through this process making it top three is also an honor. “Talley’s Folly” was top three for best actress (Heather Hamilton as Sally Talley), best production, best lighting designer (Mark DeLancey) and best sound designer (Ken Martin).

On the professional side of things, the Mount Washington Valley Theatre Company didn’t take any awards away, but left a mark on the ceremony. The company placed in the top three with “Hairspray” in the categories of best

there's no reason to leave."

"For Conway and North Conway to be named in what Yankee called the ‘Magnificent 9' then to have Jackson appear shortly after in the top 12 towns says a lot about Mount Washington Valley's premier foliage opportunities," said Crawford. "No other region of New England has two towns so close in proximity with the foliage opportunities for visitors. Add Mount Washington Valley's additional 20 or more villages that did not appear on the list but offer equally spectacular vistas and trip opportunities, and it's clear that our little corner of New Hamp-

choreographer (Nataniel Shaw), best actress (Amber Coartney as Tracy) and best actor (Richard Sabellico as Edna).

As for the ceremony itself, it was a bloated affair clocking in at four hours.

Most of that run time was padded with scenes from some of the shows up for awards. The quality of scenes ranged for shrill so-called comedy with M&M Productions’ “The Good Doctor” to a well performed bad idea with the Majestic Theatre’s “Frankenstein: A New Musical” to joyful, buoyant entertainment with the Peacock Players’ “Dinosaurs: The Musical” and the Community Players of Concord’s “The Drowsy Chaperon.”

Even with the over length of the evening, it is a worthy night that showcases how much amazing theater talent New Hampshire has to offer.

shire is a true fall foliage gem, which leaf peepers should not miss."

The 25 towns listed on the Yankee Top Foliage Towns list (in order of ranking) were: Kent, Bethel, Maine; Manchester, Vt.; Williamstown, Mass.; Middlebury, Vt.; Camden, Maine; Waitsfield, Vt.; Conway/North Conway; Sandwich; Rangeley, Maine; Blue Hill, Maine; Woodstock, Vt.; Waterville Valley; Amherst, Mass.; Grafton, Vt.; East Haddam, Conn.; Walpole; The Cornwalls, Conn.; Litchfield, Conn.; Jackson, N.H.; Jeffersonville, Vt.; Shelburne Falls, Mass.; Montgomery, Vt.; Stowe, Vt.; and Hanover.

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Love In The SUN

Sal and Michael, a dynamic duo

BY TOM EASTMAN THE CONWAY DAILY SUN

You’ve got a friend in me (Randy Newman) You've got a friend in me You've got a friend in me When the road looks rough ahead And you're miles and miles From your nice warm bed Just remember what your old pal said Boy, you've got a friend in me You've got a friend in me You've got a friend in me You've got a friend in me You've got troubles, well I've got 'em too There isn't anything I wouldn't do for you We stick together and we see it through You've got a friend in me You've got a friend in me CONWAY — Com-ple-men-ta-ry.

The online Merriam-Webster dictionary defines that adjective as “serving to fill out or complete” and “mutually supplying each other's lack.”

It's a term that sums up what makes the business partnership and 24-year personal relationship between Michael “The Entrepreneurologist” Kline and Sal Martignetti work.

Owners of the Framed Art Superstore, the Gallery at the Met and Soyfire Candle, the openly gay couple note that their differences make their pairing stronger in that each brings skills that the other lacks. see next page

Michael Kline and Sal Martignetti. (JAMIE GEMMITI PHOTO)

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“I come up with the crazy ideas, like renovating houses and getting dogs, and Sal thinks it through and makes it work,” laughed Michael in a recent interview over a cup of coffee at The Met in North Conway.

“What starts as a disagreement in the beginning is actually a blessing with us — because of the disagreement, we look at it and come up with solutions.”

Added Sal, who was once an electrical engineer and aspiring golf professional, “I'm more of the operations guy, and Michael is more the marketing guy. If two people were identical,” he added, “I think it would be more of a conflict, because you see the other person wanting to be you or vice versa. I think you need the versatility.”

“I'm the socializer; Sal's the analyzer,” said Kline, who also runs Kline Seminars and served five years overseeing the SCORE chapter in the valley. “I'm the more visible of the two of us, but I couldn't get anything done without Sal executing it. I often joke that without him, I'd be a guy with million ideas, living under a bridge.”

‘Advertising works’ Kline managed the Uniglobe Travel office in Orlando when he and Martignetti met in 1986. “He

had a roommate-wanted ad in the a job with Uniglobe as director of paper,” said Martignetti, which led regional services.

Kline, ever the marketeer, to quip, Having grown up in Boston, Mar“See, advertising works!” tignetti was familiar with the White At the time, Martignetti was trying Mountains. He shared his love for the to make it as a pro golfer and was mountains with Kline, an Ohio and spending half the year in Florida, Florida native, once they moved to honing his game, and spending the Boston. rest of the year working in Vibrant small town his native Massachusetts. life “We wanted a “I quit an engineering Tired of the hustle and career to pursue my goal of small-town feel, bustle of Boston, they being a professional golfer,” made the move to Mount and looked at said Martignetti. “I worked Washington Valley in nights, and spent six other areas in New 1999, seeking a more months in Florida and then Hampshire, but we relaxed living environsix months back in Boston.” ment. liked the valley’s Together, they renovated “We wanted a smallan old house in Orlando, vitality and the idea town feel, and looked at and sold it to move to that you could run a other areas in New HampBoston full-time in 1993. shire, but we liked the valbusiness here.” ley's vitality and the idea “We did not have a commitment together until that you could run a busiSal convinced me to move ness here,” said Kline. to Boston with him in 1993. That In their years in the valley, the was the end of going back and forth couple have been active as volunbetween Florida and Boston, as Sal teers and avid supporters of the gave up his dreams of turning pro,” Mount Washington Valley Chamber said Kline. of Commerce and its subsect, the “It was just too hard,” said MarNorth Conway Village Association. tignetti, who noted that the tranThey opened the Framed Art sition was helped when Uniglobe business in 2000, realizing that the transferred Kline to its office in booming real estate market created Boston, close to where he and Mara need for second-home owners to tignetti had found a home to live in decorate their “naked” walls. and renovate.

They added the Gallery at the Met Martignetti, meanwhile, also got in 2003, and in 2004 opened Soyfire

Candle, which features soy-based, non-petroleum products.

With the decline in real estate sales in recent years, Kline launched Kline Seminars and The Entrepreneurologist in 2010.

In 2010, Kline and Martignetti led the community in a Kindness Weekend, intended to make the valley the “Kindness Capital of the World.”

“It's better to be for something than against something — we felt that with all the anti-bullying talk, this could be something positive,” said Kline. “It will be back this year as the Kindness Festival.”

Why is a kindness focus needed, the pair were asked.

“Why? Have you looked around?” exclaimed Kline. “It's most visible through our politics and our schools. The anti-bullying message is out there, but we feel it's more effective to be for something than against something. Kindness is the best gift a person can give to themselves.”

Added Martignetti, “Life is too short [not to be kind].”

Together, they continue to renovate properties here in the valley — and are always bouncing ideas off one another of their next business ventures together.

“We're working on a few ideas,” said Martignetti. Added Kline, “We're always thinking, that's for sure.”

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Love In The SUN

The Snow Report: Romance on touring trails and slopes this Valentine's Weekend/Chairlift speed dating at Black Saturday

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JACKSON — Cupids will be taking to the slopes and touring trails of Mount Washington Valley this Valentine's weekend.

From chairlift speed dating at Black Mountain (383-4490) Feb. 11 to King Pine's Sweethearts Race Feb. 12, there are a lot of fun ways to make things go better with two this weekend leading up to Valentine's Day Tuesday, Feb. 14.

“It's hard to say how many people we will have, as people ahead of time tend to be shy about the speed chairlift dating, but we're hoping for a good turnout,” said Black marketing director Krissy Fraser on Friday.

The lovely love-minded dating extravaganza gives skiers and riders 10 full minutes to fall in love. The lift line of love will run from 2 to 4 p.m.

Sign up begins at 12:30 p.m. and is free with the purchase of a lift ticket (As Fraser noted, it's a cheap date at that — half-day tickets are available for $30 after 12:30 p.m.).

Black had 40 trails and two lifts running Friday. Performing in the Lostbo Pub for apres ski Saturday will be Rob Thomas of Los Huevos, while local favorite Ryan St. Onge of Audio Kickstand entertains Sunday.

Next door, at the always excellent and cozy Shovel Handle Pub, Anni Clark performs Saturday and Chuck O'Connor plays every Sunday, both from 4:30 to 8 p.m.

••• SWEETHEARTS RACE: King Pine (367-8896), now celebrating its 50th season, hosts its Sweethearts Race in conjunction with the Bavarian Chocolate Haus Feb. 12. Prizes are to be given by the very sweet local chocolate house to the top three sweetheart times, with a drawing to be held awarding an overnight stay for two at Purity Spring Resort.

Registration is from 9 to 10 a.m in the Fireplace Room, followed by the racing from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.

King Pine has 100 percent of its terrain open. King Pine offers night skiing Fridays, Saturdays and Tuesdays; a covered skating rink, snow tubing, ski touring, and romantic sleigh rides from 7 to 9 p.m. by reservation (367-8896) Saturdays.

••• OTHER ROMANTIC SLEIGH RIDES: Other local sleigh outfitters include the Farm by the River (reservations may be made by calling 3566640) on West Side Road in North Conway, and the Nestlenook Estate

and Resort (383-7101) in Jackson.

Also offering sleigh rides is the Omni Mount Washington Resort (278-1000) at Bretton Woods.

And, for a truly different romantic offering, go for SnowCoach tour at Great Glen Trails (466-2333), or a snowcat ride at Black (383-4490) or Shawnee Peak (207-647-8444).

••• GROOMED TRAIL CHALLENGE: In other highlights of the weekend, it's also the Jackson Ski Touring Foundation's Groomed Trail Challenge Saturday, Feb. 11 (383-9355), and the 35th annual Hope on the Slopes Race to Beat Cancer at Cranmore Mountain Resort (356-5543) Sunday, Feb. 12 (see below).

In the Groomed Trail Challenge, participants try to ski as much of JSTF's world-renowned trail surface as possible in a single day.

Registration opens at 6 a.m. in the touring room, with a start time anytime after 6:30 a.m. It ends at 5:30 p.m. at the touring center, notes JSTF executive director Thom Perkins.

Awards are to be presented to those who complete the following percentage of trails groomed: 25, 50, 75 and 100 percent.

The $10 entry fee does not include a trail pass for non-season pass holders. Proceeds benefit JSTF's Jackson Grammar School XC Program.

As of Friday, the website www. jacksonxc.org, reports that JSTF has 132.9k open including backcountry, with 85.9k machine groomed track skiing, 83.5k of skate lanes and 58k of snowshoe trails. Guided snowshoe tours are offered Saturdays. A club potluck supper is scheduled for Saturday evening.

••• NORDIC DEMO DAY AT GREAT GLEN (466-2333): Great Glen Trails Outdoor Center is hosting a Nordic Demo Day from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 11, offering a chance for all to try out the latest equipment from Atomic, Rossignol and Swix.

The SnowCoach is expected to be operating, weather permitting. GGT has naturalist tours every Sunday from 10:30 a.m. to noon. All 45k open (18k tracked, 18k skate groomed, 20k back country and 45k for snowshoeing).

••• BEAR NOTCH (374-2277): Doug Garland reports that the scenic Bartlett riverside touring center has 60k open, including the Waterfall Crossing Trail and routes down to Attitash Mountain Village. see next page

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Valentine’s Day

“People can't believe how good the skiing is,” said Garland Friday.

Be sure to sample the homemade soup and fresh baked bread at the touring center.

Lessons are available by appointment, and rentals are also offered.

••• BRETTON WOODS NORDIC (278-3322): Bretton Woods Noridc Center has all 100k open. We skied the B&M Trail to the yurt two weeks ago, and then took the Sebosis Trail back through the woods, down gently rolling terrain back to the golf course back to the touring center.

It was beautiful, skiing at 4 p.m. back to the touring center, with the sun's late afternoon rays hitting the Northern Presidentials as we skied back toward the grand Omni Mount Washington Hotel.

Another great option? Try skiing to the yurt, and then taking the Clinton Trail, if time allows. It offers some great zigzagging. The Mountain Road Trail — accessed from Bretton Woods' Bethlehem Express chairlift at the alpine area — is another fun option for expert skiers. The lift-serviced run was recently named one of New England's top five cross country trails

by Yankee Magazine.

••• MWV SKI TOURING (3569920): Try a guided snowshoe tour, offered every Saturday at 1 p.m. The MWV Nordic Club offers lighted cross country skiing at Whitaker Woods every Friday from 6 to 8:30 p.m. Looking ahead, the center hosts the annual Chocolatefest Sunday, Feb. 26. The center this week-

end expects to have 35k skate groomed, 20k single tracked, 15k double tracked, and 45k for snowshoeing.

••• ALPINE: CRANMORE: The 35th Race to Beat Cancer/Hope on the Slopes will take center stage at Cranmore (356-5543) Feb. 12, with registration beginning at 8:30 a.m.

Whether you’re a recreational skier, a snowboarder, a downhill racer, a tubing enthusiast, or just want to help in the fight against cancer, you can join this worthwhile event. Participants gather donations from friends and family and enjoy a fun-filled day on the slopes. Minimum contribution of $75 per participant ($50 for those 17 and under) includes a full day lift ticket or two-hour tubing pass and pizza provided

by Flatbread Company.

To register and for more information, go to www.cancer.org/ racetobeatcancer or call Kathy Metz, American Cancer Society, Community Executive at 3563719. Day of event registrations are welcome at Cranmore's Main Base Lodge.

On Saturday, Cranmore will feature a beach-themed Cranapalooza. Children's entertainer Marcus Gale performs at 3:30 p.m., and a Volcano Bonfire is to be held at the top of the tubing park at 4:30 p.m.

Activities are to include the Mountain Coaster, Giant Swing, tubing park and Indoor Adventure Zone.

On Sunday, ski fresh tracks with president/general manager Ben Wilcox at 8 a.m. at the Skimobile Express Quad, followed by cinnamon buns at the Meister Hut. Free with your season pass.

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••• ATTITASH (374-2368) has 71 trails and nine lifts open, with 99 percent of its terrain open.

The highlights for the weekend include a visit by the WFNX Snowriders with DJ and dancing, prizes and swag in Ptarmigan's while Swamp Dog will be rocking out The Den Sessions at Bear Peak, both on Saturday. On-snow events include the return of the ATP Freeride Series on Feb. 18 and the U Go Girl Series GS on Feb. 19. Check out the 2-for-1 Valentine's Day special Feb. 14.

Marketing director Thomas Prindle reports that the park is in great mid-season shape with 10 railbox elements.

A Family Fun Race is set for Feb. 12 from noon to 3 p.m.

••• BRETTON WOODS (278-3320) has 87 of 102 trails and nine lifts open. Night skiing is offered Fridays and Saturdays. On Feb. 11, events include a Big Air jammin' bands including Soul Robot and Dead Air Project, plus a trailside snow bar.

••• SHAWNEE PEAK (207-6478444) has 32 trails and four lifts open, and 19 trails and four lifts for night skiing. The Peak is featuring a Monster Energy Day Feb. 11, with product tasting, music, swag and tons of fun.

There will also be a park competition in the Main Park.

••• WILDCAT (466-3326) — a sister resort of Atittash — has 43 trails and three lifts open and continued to make snow this past week. Its terrain park is now open on Lower Catapult. Boston's WZLX is at the Wildcat Pub at 3 p.m. Saturday, and Bill Cameron performs Sunday at 2 p.m.

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Country Ecology: ASNH backyard winter bird survey Each year at this time, I am delighted to open my envelope from NH Audubon for the February Backyard Winter Bird Survey. If you don’t have this in hand, you can click on their Afield page now online and quickly download the needed report form for this weekend: www.nhaudubon.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/ winter2011final.pdf. That will give you the chance to participate and remain on their list for the future.

The second weekend of February serves well for this annual check-off for to gather information on the distribution and abundance of many winter bird species in New Hampshire. The work started years ago with looking at four southern birds that had moved north, and has expanded since 1987 to include all we can see over this Feb. 11 and 12. Cardinals, mourning doves, tufted titmice and mockingbirds are now common in the New Hampshire environs, so that is not such a big deal anymore.

I have been enjoying increasing numbers of mourning doves moving around the feeders, and they seem to

stand off the blue jays. The Hairy woodpeckers of few blue jays hanging around various sizes, and the littler always arrive as brazenly as downies, will be mentioned, possible, giving alarm calls but I have not seen a redto confuse the other birds in bellied woodpecker yet this flitting away from sunflower winter. Some starlings have seed I put out. Maybe these been visiting the suet bag doves are not as passive as and peanut butter stuffed in they seem, all puffed up in the suet log, and I don’t like their subtly toned, gray down that. They are vicious birds, plumage to resist the cold. and with their strong beaks, David Eastman The doves seem to do quite they can contest our native well with various wild seeds woodpeckers adequately. found. Mostly they feed on the snow They are too urban a bird for my taste, surface below the tube feeders, pickand I don’t welcome their presence. ing up the dropped seed from above They can stay away in some neighand sunflower seed “meaties.” But bor’s rotting eaves for all I care. That they also can get up on the tray feedis their style of cavity-dwelling — in ers quite well. an old house.

I will be glad to report that I have Some chickadees will be noted, as quite a few dark-eyed juncos to include well as both white-breasted and redthis time on the list. The slate-colored breasted nuthatches, as these became birds are usually gone at this date in quite present in November. Perhaps mid-winter, but this year’s weather a brown creeper will show up, too. has allowed them to hang around And American tree sparrows would right up to this mid-month moment. be a nice inclusion. Several purple They and the drab-colored goldfinches finch pairs might still be here, and will be neat to include, for a usual perhaps pine siskins. Several female counting of that species as well. cardinals and males have visited me

consistently over the year; they would be nice to observe. Some folks might have wild turkeys, too.

So, what is the correct process for jotting down all these birds? ASNH informs you to note only those birds at one sitting for the maximum number seen. Don’t tally the consecutive bunching over the entire weekend— just ones you see all at once for a single time of observance. You can watch as much or as little as you wish during the survey weekend. And approximate this time as closely as possible; they like that recording.

The Concord office likes you to mark the survey card even for those species you did not see, and send it in just the same. Please record only those species you can identify — no wild guesses. If you do see an uncommon species, they want to know about it, but documentation is requested. Photographs would be most helpful here.

For past results and more about the Survey, go to: nhbirdrecords.org/birdconservation/backyard-winter-survey. htm. see next page

A big weekend

This past weekend events I am speaking was punctuated by of were the Fly Fishing Film Tour and Superthree great events.

One event fell short of Boo which were both, expectations, however as expected, great. the other events were Saturday night Bill Thompson great. The one event valley residents were that fell short was, of course, the treated to the Northern New Engoutcome of the Super Bowl. It was land Premier of The Fly Fishing a sad day for New England and Film Tour. The tour was presented our beloved Patriots. The other two

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Red and gray squirrels are asked for in the count. So are hawks. Sharp-shinned hawks are scary intruders at the feeding station, and no more welcome than the squirrels, but both hawks and squirrels are part of the overall ecosystem we are inviting into the backyard and must be put up with.

Participants may already have dis-

covered that feeding the birds also inadvertently attracts accipiters like the Cooper’s or sharpshinned hawks to come close in and prey on our favorite songbirds. The smaller sharp-shin obtains 95 percent of its diet off the smaller birds we enjoy, and wishing to protect them from this slender hawk is a natural human emotion. Keeping feeders close to protective shrubbery cover is one suggestion that can be followed,

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Another reason that Pierce is a good first presidential peak, is that the access trail is the Crawford Path, the oldest continuously maintained hiking trail in the country. It is a gently gradual climb that eases off considerably for the last mile to the top, after passing the Mizpah Cut-Off, a trail to the AMC's Mizpah Hut. In the winter, being the southern access to the presidential range, the Crawford Path is kept packed down like a yellow brick road soon after every storm.

On a cautionary note, winter equipment is still essential. Arctic winds can blast the summit of Mount Pierce.

In thick clouds it is easy to get turned around on the summit, so maintaining a sense of direction and keeping to the trail is important in those conditions there.

The proper kind of foot traction is also important. Even through the trail is packed down, light traction such as MICROspikes can make the difference between a great hike, and a slippery trial on a hard surface.

This Thursday, I climbed Mount Pierce with a good friend. Though he had completed the 4000 footers when he was 12, and hiked various peaks in the winter over the years, he had never reached the summit of a presidential peak in the winter.

As we drove north of North Conway in the morning, we couldn’t believe how clear it was. The blue and white view of the presidential range was striking.

Crawford Notch was the same.

Every turn of the road revealed an old familiar view that was recast in crispness and clarity. Just after the AMC Highland Center, we turned right onto the Mount Clinton Road, and in a hundred feet, left into the Crawford Path parking lot.

We put MICROspikes on at the car, and headed out on the well packed Crawford Connector, turning left onto the Crawford Path in a quarter mile.

The steadily gradual Crawford Path is a great trail to do friends. You can practice one of hiking’s precepts — hike slow enough so you can talk without becoming breathless.

1.9 miles up the winding trail, we passed the Mizpah Cutoff. After that the trail became not only more gentle, but more beautiful as the snow was piled higher on conifer crowns and bows, and the direct sun covered them with splendor more often.

By the time we were close to timberline, the twisted trees were completely plastered with snow. The forest was a wild dance of writhing white creatures.

We stopped to put on outer layers, then continued out into a steady and chilling wind. The fabulous view north towards Mount Washington opened up. We reached the wooden trail sign at the junction of the Crawford path and the Webster Cliff Trail, and took a right a few hundred feet up the icy slope to the summit of Mount Pierce.

Unlike many other parts of the country, in New England, climbing up to the realm of no trees is significant.

On our hike up Mount Pierce, we had entered that realm fairly easily on the country’s oldest continuously maintained foot path.

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To paraphrase a quote, New Hampshire (dating writing about favorite or back to the 1950s when best ski trails is like dancapparently people weren't Marty Basch as plump) will likely find ing about architecture.

Yet from the valley's bars me carving down the to chairlifts, skiers and snowboardshorn steep pitch on Schneider, the ers are passionate about ways to go plunge of Gibson Pitch and the uber downhill. wide East Slope a bit more. Cranmore's Terrain, mood, scenery, weather, conbackside also has had nice curves. ditions and technical prowess often A triple — longer than the double — move me to certain trails around here. with new towers will make it easier to So let me add to an often frivolous yet access some of the mountain's underfun debate as a skier of some 35-plus utilized trails and allow more people years and ibuprofen-popping adultto admire that wondrous rump. I hope taught goofy-footed snowboarder. the friendly lifties stay the same.

Though the adrenalin-producing A couple of weeks ago I was skiing advanced top-to-bottom plunge down on a Sunday with a buddy and his Lynx exudes excitement at wintry wife at Attitash. Using Bear Peak as Wildcat, the nearly 3-mile cruise on base, we warmed up on the dawdling sinuous Polecat is the place I go when Abenaki triple before moving up to I want to gaze upon White Mountain both the high-speed Flying Bear and majesty. I've often passed skiers and Abenaki Quad with its mid-station riders posing for quick photos with option. Even in the afternoon, there Mount Washington's snowy Tuckerwas some nice corduroy on both gentle man and Huntington Ravines in the Moonbeam to Reckoning and then on background. Taking snappy Catnap the steeper Trillium. Those trails were midway through yields a wondrous pleasant surprises as was debarkhairpin curve. ing mid-way for the easier pitch of Sunday River's Jordan Bowl might Kachina and then the narrowness of be a far-flung commute from the South Pinball Alley back to Bear Necessity Ridge Lodge, but the trip to the westand the quad by those lovely homes. ern peak affords playful wide modern When there's powder, I like the wow cruising terrain highlighted by regal in the pow in the trees at Bretton Excalibur, an unrivaled intermediate Woods. Every proficient glademeisrun to ski when in a rascally mood. ter should try the manicured Black Start by heroically pulling your ski Forest Glades off Two Miles Home on pole out of the snow's lackluster grip Mount Rosebrook. It is a gentle introin your best King Arthur imitation. duction into a glorious world of light Gaze upon the mountainous Maine snow, enchanting branches and a kingdom before you. Scream "Excalirainbow of quiet and hollering. Then, bur" and fly away fast knave. make a beeline for West Mountain I've always enjoyed Cranmore's roland glorious more challenging pockets licking fingers of fun off the summit of glades between the groomed paths. side: Kandahar, Rattlesnake, Arlberg, They cut them that way. Peppersass, etc. But knowing that the mountain Millennium Maze and Cherry Mounhas plans to retire the plodding red tain Slide are just a few. double chair over the East Bowl that King Pine at night is a mellow treat. has the distinction of being the longest, Alternating among White Pine under continuously operating chairlift in see next page

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VALLEY ANGLER from page 25

snow boarders and skate borders they capture their exploits on video. Sometime it can be a little bit like fly fishing on steroids. The sound tracks can be a little loud and the music reflects their tastes and not those of their fathers.

There were a number of films that resonated with me this year. There was one where the star was a yellow Labrador retriever that had it in for tarpon. I will admit I have soft spot for labs. The film on the Missouri River made me lust for a return visit. However, and I think most would agree, the best film was “Doc of the Drakes.” This short film tells the story of a retired doctor afflicted with Parkinson Disease and his attempt to fish the drake hatch on Silver Creek in Idaho. The doctor is accompanied by his guide who tries his best to get the doctor on to fish. Time and time again the doc misses strikes due to his unsteadiness.

The guide’s frustration is evident, but the doctor is never discouraged and continues right up to the end. From time to time every angler has experienced days like these without the added distraction of Parkinson and I think that everyone of those watching the film could feel the pain. Fortunately, the film does have a Hollywood ending and the doc is rewarded with a huge trout on the last cast of the day.

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the lift and the adjacent King Pine, then Pine Cone and Pine Board can be enjoyable. Top it off with a frothy one at Trail's End Tavern overlooking the ski area.

Black Mountain's Upper Black Beauty to Black Beauty is probably one of the valley's most under-appreciated cruisers. In bountiful snow, there are a handful of options for expert skiers to plunge down double black diamond glades while that sweeping elbow curve near the the

held each winter in Fairfield, Maine, was held last Sunday. This year I made the trip with good friend Tom Crowley. Tom is afflicted with bambooitis as badly as I am. Somebody asked me last week if I thought that SuperBoo was worth going to and I said: “if you’re the kind of guy who gets off on sniffing a bamboo rod when it is first removed from its tube, than this is your kind of show.”

I had a couple rods appraised and found out that I still can’t retire. It was fun to watch the process of how the two fellows that appraised the rod went about things; turns out that the rod tubes were more interesting than my rods. It is amazing the amount of knowledge you can pick up at these shows. In just a few minutes of watching these guys look over my rods I learned more than if I had read several books on the subject. Every rod has a story to tell.

Of course the other great thing about this show is that you can actually cast the rods on display. I have attended several different bamboo rod gatherings and this is the only one I know of where the whole idea is cast the rods. Needless to say Tom and I had a great time and will definitely be back next year.

Well all and all two out of three ain’t bad, but I sure wish we had a do-over on that game. Maybe next year.

Bill and Janet Thompson own North Country Angler in North Conway.

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Just love the lake and pond views at Shawnee Peak. Zip down the front and The Main, and there it is. Wind down off the backside on Upper Appalachian and there it is. Take the gentle Pine Quad chair for an easy run and there it is again, water, water everywhere.

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The feet Are king

While the head always wants to take charge and lead the way in all things, it’s the feet that make the magic happen. The feet are king and when the top parts (head and shoulders) take their cues from the bottom parts (feet and ankles), great things happen. It’s time to take a hard look in the mirror, to see which of your parts is currently in charge.

Go find a full length mirror in your house or the gym, and stand facing the mirror in the same ski stance that you use as you first head down a ski trail. You should be balanced comfortably and athletically over the entire sole of both feet. Now here’s the trick: roll your imaginary skis up onto their edges to start your first turn. Did your head move left or right? Hopefully not, but if it did you’re in for a treat.

This time, focus on your feet rolling as they would up onto the edges, but without your shoulders and head moving side to side. Can you roll your feet from the edges on one side to the edges on the other (carve to the leftthen carve to the right) without your shoulders and head moving at all?

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Try doing a few runs Keeping your head between your skis in front of your bindings. Really, you can do it.

Explore this concept as you move onto more significant terrain and you’ll find all your movements more precise. You’ll find your balance improved. It’s amazing what happens to your skiing when the feet are king and leading the way. Long live the king!

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Rivers Edge Grille & Tavern (539-2901) DJ and Karaoke Rumors (207-256-8105) Kevin Sipe Shannon Door Pub (383-4211) Apres ski and nights, Marty Quirk Shovel Handle Pub (800-677-5737) Anni Clark Stone Mountain Arts Center (207-935-7292) Celebrate the Movies with Carol Noonan and friends Tuckerman’s Tavern (356-5541) Los Huevos Wentworth Hotel (383-9700) Judy Herrick Wildcat Inn & Tavern (383-4245) White Mountain Boys Wildcat Mountain (888-SKI-WILD) WZLX Pub Party

Sunday, Feb. 12

302 West Smokehouse (207-935-3021) Tom Rebmann Club 550 (356-7807) Karaoke/DJ and dancing w/Carol Maestro’s 356-8790 Open mic with Kristen and Hayford May Kelly’s Cottage (356-7005) Traditional Irish Seisun, afternoon Red Parka Pub (383-4344)

Jim Connors Shannon Door Pub (383-4211) Kevin Dolan and Simon Crawford White Mountain Hotel (356-7100) Michael Jewel, Brunch Wildcat Inn & Tavern (383-4245) Jonathan Sarty and Ray Ryan Wildcat Mountain (888-SKI-WILD) Bill Cameron

Monday, Feb. 13

Club 550 (356-7807) DJ and dancing w/Cooper Fox Rafferty’s Restaurant and Pub (356-6460) Pool tournaments Red Parka Pub (383-4344) Open Mic

Tuesday, Feb. 14

Club 550 (356-7807) DJ and dancing Wildcat Inn & Tavern (383-4245) Hoot night with Jonathan Sarty

Wednesday, Feb. 15

Conway Cafe 447-5030 Songwriters Showcase with Beau Chadinha Cranmore Mountain (800-SUN-N-SKI) Jeremy Dean

DAILY CROSSWORD TRIBUNE MEDIA SERVICES

by Lynn Johnston

by Scott Adams

DILBERT

By Holiday Mathis make you happy to be of service to others. You’ll see this as a chance to put your talents to use. You’ll knock yourself out to please a group and find deep satisfaction in their smiles of bright contentment.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21).

Being unrelentingly mature is a killjoy.

Even though you’ve progressed through the advanced stages of a certain topic, something will bring you back to the whippy emotions of youth and inexperience.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19).

When you believe in a cause, you are eagerly disposed to act or be of service.

Still, you’ll want to know that your efforts made a difference. Be sure to make others accountable for their end.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). You easily abide by the rules that guide your endeavor, but you could feel overwhelmed or defeated by your own standards of excellence. Try not to demand a herculean effort when a lighter exertion will suffice.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). Keeping the peace depends on being in tune enough with the other parties to know what is likely to cause agitation. You’ll make a conscious effort to steer clear of the words and actions that are likely to set people off.

TODAY’S BIRTHDAY (Feb. 11). You go into your new year on a lucky streak.

Save the extra money and resources you’ll win for a stellar investment opportunity in August. March represents a professional high. April brings the fulfillment of a childhood fantasy. You’ll love what happens when you concentrate on nurturing others in June. Cancer and Scorpio people adore you. Your lucky numbers are: 5, 25, 39, 18 and 20.

Get Fuzzy

ARIES (March 21-April 19). You’ve wanted to connect with your guides for a while now, and you may finally be in the right place spiritually and mentally to do it. Trust your creative mind. Your imagination is a superhighway to other worlds.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20). Relationships that once grooved now create a rub instead. Think back to what occurred in the halcyon days of the early stages of a relationship, and try to re-create the magic. You’ll be successful.

GEMINI (May 21-June 21). As you near the completion of a project, it will be important for you to thoroughly wrap up the details, clean up and clear out. Stay energetic and engaged until the very end.

Your ability to move on depends on it!

CANCER (June 22-July 22). Seemingly unrelated pieces of luck all stem from one thing: a stellar attitude. For instance, because you uphold the values of kindness and cheerfulness, chances to make money drop into your world.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). There’s a fine line between industriousness and a compulsion to distract yourself. Look into your heart and investigate your true motivation. Better to do nothing at all than to be busy for the sake of busyness.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). Your friends and family love you, and that colors the way they see you. That’s why you appreciate it when someone completely new gives you a glimpse into the impression you make. You’ll learn from the insights of a stranger.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). Your happiness will depend on choosing well for yourself. You can’t choose well if you don’t know yourself. Your time will be wisely spent examining your preferences and feelings.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). It will

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HOROSCOPE

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Today is Saturday, Feb. 11, the 42nd day of 2012. There are 324 days left in the year.

Today’s Highlight in History: On Feb. 11, 1812, Massachusetts Gov. Elbridge Gerry signed a re-districting law favoring his Democratic-Republican Party — giving rise to the term “gerrymandering.”

On this date: In 1858, a French girl, Bernadette Soubirous (soo-bee-ROO’), reported the first of 18 visions of a lady dressed in white in a grotto near Lourdes.

(The Catholic Church later accepted that the visions were of the Virgin Mary.)

In 1861, President-elect Abraham Lincoln bade farewell to his adopted hometown of Springfield, Ill., as he headed to Washington for his inauguration.

In 1862, the Civil War Battle of Fort Donelson began in Tennessee. (Union forces led by Brig.

Gen. Ulysses S. Grant captured the fort five days later.)

In 1929, the Lateran Treaty was signed, with Italy recognizing the independence and sovereignty of Vatican City.

In 1937, a six-week-old sit-down strike against General Motors ended, with the company agreeing to recognize the United Automobile Workers Union.

In 1945, President Franklin D. Roosevelt, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and Soviet leader Josef Stalin signed the Yalta Agreement during World War II. In 1960, “Tonight Show” host Jack Paar stunned his audience by walking off the program in a censorship dispute with NBC. (Despite his very public resignation, Paar returned to the Tonight Show less than a month later.)

In 1972, McGraw-Hill Publishing Co. and Life magazine canceled plans to publish what had turned out to be a fake autobiography of reclusive billionaire Howard Hughes.

In 1975, Margaret Thatcher was elected leader of Britain’s opposition Conservative Party.

In 1979, followers of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini (hoh-MAY’-nee) seized power in Iran.

In 1982, actress-dancer Eleanor Powell, 69, died in Beverly Hills, Calif.

In 1990, South African black activist Nelson Mandela was freed after 27 years in captivity.

One year ago: Egypt exploded with joy after pro-democracy protesters brought down President Hosni Mubarak, whose resignation ended three decades of authoritarian rule.

Today’s Birthdays: Actor Conrad Janis is 84.

Actress Tina Louise is 78. Actor Burt Reynolds is 76. Songwriter Gerry Goffin is 73. Actor Sonny Landham is 71. Bandleader Sergio Mendes is 71.

Rhythm-and-blues singer Otis Clay is 70. Actor Philip Anglim is 60. Actress Catherine Hickland is 56. Rock musician David Uosikkinen (awSIK’-ken-ihn) (The Hooters) is 56. Actress Carey Lowell is 51. Singer Sheryl Crow is 50. Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin is 48. Actress Jennifer Aniston is 43. Actor Damian Lewis is 41. Actress Marisa Petroro is 40. Singer D’Angelo is 38. Actor Brice Beckham is 36. Rock M-C/vocalist Mike Shinoda (Linkin Park) is 35. Singer-actress Brandy is 33. Actor Matthew Lawrence is 32. Rhythm-andblues singer Kelly Rowland is 31. Singer Aubrey O’Day is 28. Actress Q’orianka (kohr-ee-AHN’kuh) Kilcher is 22. Actor Taylor Lautner is 20.

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BY WAYNE ROBERT WILLIAMS

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Animals

Animals

Animals

Animals

#1 A Petlovers Service Who Let The Dogs Out?

Cats Only Neuter Clinic

DOGGIE PLAYGROUP

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

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.

NIGERIAN Dwarf doelings and bucklings, $150 each, disbudded, most have blue eyes, available March 1st, multiple purchase discount. 207-925-2060 or conniwhittaker@fryeburgpottery.com

Kitties too! Pet sitters/ Pet taxi.

Bonded and insured. Barbara Hogan. 383-9463.

$500 REWARD for the return of my 7lb Yorkie; sliver & tan name Tippy; last seen in No. Conway near MacDonald’s about a month ago. Call (603)991-6072 or e-mail: softwarenb@gmail.com.

AKC German Shepherd puppies. Black & tan, bred for temperament health, beauty & intelligence. 3 year health guarantee. $750. 207-415-3071. brkgsd@yahoo.com.

ANIMAL Rescue League of NHNorth has cats, kittens, dogs and puppies looking for a second chance. (603)447-5955 or visit online- conwayshelter.org ANIMAL Rescue League of NH-North is scheduling monthly low cost spay/ neuter clinics for both cats and dogs. Call (603)447-1830 for information and to schedule.

AUNTIE CINDY'S Albany Pet Care Center

Affordable, Quality care for your "Kids". Stress free Grooming, Cage free Boarding and sandy Play Yards, Daycare. Open 6am-6pm. (603)447-5614.

COME & GO PET CARE For when you have to be away!

(Sit and stay overnights also available). Connie Stanford MtnWanderer@gmail.com (603)733-8148.

CONFORMATION DOG CLASSES- FRYEBURG

Conformation Presentation for beginners to advanced as well as Mat Time. Classes start Feb. 20th and run for 3 weeks. Go to www.TellingTailsTraining.com or call 207-642-3693 for details.

DENTAL Month is here! Take advantage of huge savings in February! 603-447-8311 for info www.mwvmobilevet.com DO YOU NEED FINANCIAL HELP with spaying or altering of your dog or cat? 603-224-1361.

DOG TRAINING CLASSES- FRYEBURG

For all ages and abilities. Pet Dog 101 or 102, Reactive Dog, Therapy Dog, Rally, Agility and much more!

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

HARVEST Hills Animal Shelter, 5 miles east of Fryeburg, 1389 Bridgton Rd. Rte.302.

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

All inoculations, neutered.

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

HARVEST Hills Thrift Shop.

Open daily, closed Thursday, new hours. 10am-3pm.

Labradoodle Puppies Ready to go 1-21-12. $1200 heath certified.

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

Low Cost Spay/ Neuter Cats & dogs Rozzie May Animal Alliance www.rozziemay.org 603-447-1373 SALE! Puppies small mixed breed. See website for more details: www.mainelypuppies.com (207)539-1520.

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

(603)244-0736 jrbrancato@roadrunner.com.

RUBBER DOG SERIES WORKSHOP- FRYEBURG

Freestyle and tricks training.

Designed to improve your dog's mental and physical flexibility with movement, fun and games. Feb. 26th, March 25th and April 29th. Come to one workshop or all three! Go to www.TellingTailsTraining.com or call 207-642-3693 for details.

TOY Poodle pups. Happy healthy easy to train. $350.

(603)487-2418.

WAG IT! DOG GAMES WORKSHOP- FRYEBURG

A new way to have fun with your dog. February 18th from 1-4pm.

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

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Cell 662-9292 HANIBAL

YEAR-ROUND TREE SERVICE WINTER ROOF SHOVELING 603-356-9058 603-726-6897

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726-6955

Mobile Welding Service Custom Fabrication Steel Sales, Restoration Metal Furniture & Sandblasting

Hurd Contractors

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Roofing MW Valley since 1984 North Conway 447-3011

CHIMNEY CLEANING Safety Sweep Serving the Valley Since 1990

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Autos 2004 Volvo model 60 4dr sedan, 6cyl, loaded, new tires and breaks, 115,330 miles, silver, $8000 (603)539-6937, (603)733-7952.

Auctions ANTIQUES, furniture & collectibles auction this Sat. Feb. 11th starting @ 4pm- Preview starts @ 2pm- Country & Victorian furniture, art, clocks, cast iron doorstops, jewelry & much more. Visit our website to view 100's of photos & detailswww.wallaceauctions.com. Feel free to call 603-539-5276 if you think you may have to consign to one of our auctions.

OLD Fashion NH Estate Auction Feb 18th 4pm Saturday by Gary Wallace Auctioneers Inc #2735 Rt16 Ossipee, NH. No additions no Reserves- all from one old home- Paintings, antiques, glass, books, Sterling. Preview 2pm Saturday. See www.wallaceauction.com. Call 603-539-5276 public invited

Autos $799 TO $4999 Cars, trucks, vans, SUVs, 4x4.

No hassle prices. Many to choose from. (603)651-9007.

1983 Chevy half ton, V8 auto, 4wd pick up, 8’ Fisher Plow. runs, drives, plows. First $1000 cash takes it. (603)730-2590.

1996 Volvo Model 850. 150k miles, great condition $2000.

(603)356-3301, myusedcars.info 1997 BMW 528i, auto, leather, loaded, 170k, $3500.

(603)356-9500, (603)662-8312.

1997 Ford Ranger XLT extra cab. 2wd, 4cyl 5spd, Texas truck, $2500. (603)356-9500, (603)662-8312.

1998 Dodge Neon; low miles, runs good $1200/obo.

(603)356-3301/ myusedcars.info.

1998 Ford Ranger 4x4, extra cab. Inspected until 2013. Good condition, $2500 (603)733-9021.

1998 GMC Sierra SLE, half-ton 4x4 pickup truck. 350 V8, extended cab, 83k miles, green, good condition, $5500.

(603)447-3035.

1998 Toyota Avalon, 4dr, auto, new inspection sticker, 155k miles, runs very good. $2800.

(603)986-3352.

1998 Volvo V70R awd wagon, auto, 138k, leather, $3995.

(603)356-9500, (603)662-8312.

1999 Chevy Tahoe LS. Great dependable 4x4 SUV. 25k on new motor. $2200/obo (603)662-6482.

1999 Honda Civic EX, 2dr, 5spd, loaded, 149K $3995.

(603)356-9500, (603)662-8312.

1999 Subaru Legacy Outback, only 26k miles, loaded, awd, $6500.

(603)356-9500, (603)662-8312.

1999 VW Jetta GT Wolfsburg Edition, 4 door, 146k miles, green. $1500. (603)367-4543.

Perfect Cut Router Services Est. 1980 - Fully Insured

2000 Honda Accord LX, auto, sunroof, new Michelin tires, very clean, dependable, 128k. $4450/obo (603)730-2260.

COUNTERS A QUALITY JOB AT A QUALITY PRICE

CARPENTRY PLUS

Carpentry • Interior Painting and Home Repairs Insured • Ron Poirier • Free Est.

2001 Dodge 2500 Ram pickup truck, white, 4WD, V8, 2/DR, 8' bed, new tires, includes minute mount plow, 139k miles, very clean, $6200, 603-723-4010.

603-662-8447

603-383-9971

2002 Ford Focus, 4 door, 120k, runs and drives, dents & little rust, $1000. (603)473-2582, (603)630-0199.

RANIT

Quality Marble & Granite

DUVAL ELECTRICAL Contractor

Conway Office 603-493-7527 Dave Duval

Tim DiPietro

Licensed & Insured Serving Bartlett, Jackson & Intervale

RESIDENTIAL & COMMERCIAL MASTER LIC, NH/ME/MA - INSURED

603-374-2220

Damon’s Snow Removal

For your residential & light commercial needs • Plowing • Sanding • Roofs • Etc. Now quoting 2011-2012 winter season MC/VISA accepted

603-986-5143 • 207-935-5030

Allan

PLUMBING

rockybranchbuilders@gmail.com

Pop’s Painting

Generator Hookups New Homes Remodeling

Peter

HIGHEST QUALITY CRAFTSMANSHIP Fully Insured 603-730-2521

DAVE GAGNE DRYWALL CO.

Home Repairs, Plaster & Ceiling Repairs, Drywall, Insulation, Int/Ext Painting, Texture Removal & Wallpaper Res.

Commercial, Residential, Industrial

603-986-9516 North Conway 207-935-7583 Fryeburg

603-356-9255

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

Tuttle’s Welding

KARLA’S PET RENDEZVOUS

PET BOARDING • DOG DAYCARE GROOMING • SELF-SERVE DOG WASH

ALL BRANDS

Dealers for Husqvarna, Troy Bilt & DR

AFFORDABLE ROOFING & SIDING

Appliances SMITHS Used Appliances. 60 day warranty. (207)595-6957.

603-356-2248

RODD ROOFING “Servicing the Area for 80 Years” Specialized Roofing System www.roddroffing.com • 1-800-331-7663

Animal Rescue League of NH Cats, Kittens, Dogs, Pups and Other Small Critters looking for a second chance.

603-447-5955

2002 GMC Sonoma pickup. 130k miles, cap w/ rack, new tires.

Just insp.; looks/ runs great. $3500. (207)256-0148.

2002 Subaru Impreza Outback Sport. 5spd, awd, 116k, $4995.

(603)356-9500, (603)662-8312.

2003 GMC Sierra 2500 HD with plow, 33k miles. Needs transmission & drive shaft. Sandwich $8000. (603)476-2200 weekdays.

2006 Ford Mustang soft top, under 50k miles. Call for details. $12000/obo (603)730-7108.

FOR SALE BY OWNER- 2006 Chev Impala, 4 door Sedan, mileage 88,000, new transmission- guaranteed for 3 years or 100,000 miles- $8,500. Call 539-6322- Sue after 5 p.m.

2007 Chevy 1500 Silverado, white, 4WD, V8, 2 door, 8' bed, new tires, 45k miles, excellent cond., original owner, 6,800# GVW, $14,500, call 603-651-7041.

HERMANSON!S AUTO WAREHOUSE, LTD Auto Sales & Repair Eastern Spaces Warehouse East Conway Road Hermansonsautowarehouse.com 07 Chevy HHR, 4cyl, auto, white .. ............................................$7,250 04 Chevy Avalanche, 4x4, V8, auto, black...........................$9,450 03 Chevy Trailblazer, 4x4, 6cyl, auto, silver...........................$7,250 03 GMC Yukon, 4x4, V8, auto charcoal ..............................$6,950 03 Subaru Legacy GT, sedan, awd, 4cyl, 5spd, silver.........$5,900 03 VW Jetta SW, 4cyl, 5spd, blue ............................................$5,900 02 Chevy Monte Carlo SS, 3.8 V6, auto, black...........................$5,900 02 Chevy Monte Carlo SS, V6 auto, leather, black..............$5,900 02 Chevy Suburban, 4x4, V8, auto, 3rd row, white.............$6,900 02 Chevy Trailblazer, 4x4, 6cyl, auto green...........................$5,900 02 Dodge Grand Caravan, V6, auto,. Gold...........................$4,900 02 GMC Yukon, 4x4, 8cyl, auto, pewter .................................$5,900 02 Mitsubishi Diamante, V6, auto, black....................................$4,500 02 Nissan Xterra, 4x4, V6, auto, sliver....................................$6,900 02 Nissan Xterra, 4x4, 6cyl, auto, silver....................................$5,900 02 Subaru Forester, awd, 5spd, silver....................................$5,900 02 Volvo Cr Country SW, awd, 5cyl, auto, maroon...............$5,900 01 Dodge Caravan, 6cyl, auto, blue......................................$4,250 01 Dodge Ram, 4x4, V8, auto, 4dr, black....................................$6,500 01 Nissan Pathfinder, 4x4, 6cyl, auto, silver...........................$4,900 01 VW Passat SW, 4cyl, auto, green ...................................$4,750 00 Chevy Blazer, 4x4, 6cyl, auto, silver....................................$4,450 00 GMC Jimmy, 4x4, 6cyl, auto, blue......................................$4,900 00 Pontiac Bonneville 6 cyl, auto.

Silver ...................................$4,950 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.

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

BUYING a car? Selling a car?

I’ve made it easy! myusedcars.info or (603)356-3301.

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.

DODGE Dakota 4x4 pickup Fisher Minute Angle 6.5’ plow $500. Lynn 16’ ladder $30. Fiberglass painted 12’ birch bark canoe $150. Craftsman tools, box, $50. LP tank with turbo tip torch $25. More tools available.

(207)697-2012.

I have people who want to buy your car. (603)356-3301 or myusedcars.info.

NEED cash? I’ll buy your car, truck or SUV, foreign or domestic, 2003- newer (603)387-7766.

PAY $300 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.

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Child Care

For Rent

For Rent

For Rent

For Rent-Commercial

For Sale

Center Conway in-home day care has openings for children 6 weeks and up.

Open M-F 7:30am-6pm (603)733-5176.

CHRISTMAS Mountain, Glen- 2 bedroom, 2 bath, fantastic Mt. Washington views. W/d. Unfurnished. Pet friendly. First floor level. $900 + utilities. First month and security. Mountain & Vale Realty. 356-3300. References required. Will be available to show after 2/20/12.

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

NORTH Conway Village: 1 bdrm apt.; can be office or both.

Charming; new paint, carpet, window and heating system.

Rt.16 above well established business; parking. $695/mo +.

(603)630-5162.

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

FIREWOOD for sale: Dry wood $225/cord.

Green wood $150/cord. Call (603)986-3842 Ken.

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

Quality kiln dried hardwoods, guaranteed dry. $325/cord. 1/2 cords available. Call North Country Firewood (603)447-3441 or (603)986-0327.

OCC Childcare Ctr is a licensed pre-school and daycare center.

Sliding fee scale, state scholarships available. Includes breakfast, lunch & snacks. Openings in all programs. New enrollment specials call 539-6772.

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). Open Thurs-Sund 10-6pm. (603)447-5115.

Employment Wanted HARD working reliable person interest in doing your office/ computer work from my home.

(603)447-6643.

For Rent 2 bedroom unit- North Conway, at Outlook; w/w carpet, w/d available, non-smoking, no pets, year lease; $725 heat included. Call Jenn 356-6321 ext 6902 or Sheila ext 6469.

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

2005 Honda Pilot. Heated, leather seats, third row seating, power everything, rear DVD player, tow hitch, good condition 130k, $9750/obo.

(603)986-9869.

BARTLETT cabin or a 3 room efficiency apt. Electric, wi-fi, cable included. Furnished. $675/mo.

Call Charles (603)387-9014.

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; large 2 bdrm. W/D on site. H/w, trash included. No pets/ smoking. $675/mo.

986-5919.

We have the rental property you are looking for! Look at our full page ad in the real estate section for listings.

CENTER Conway- 3 bd, 3 bath, finished walkout basement; one acre lot. Secluded home, nice neighborhood, off Rt.302. Saco River beach access; Conway Schools. Energy efficient, woodstove, all appliances. Available March 1st. $1500/mo.

(561)373-7183.

CENTER Conway- 1 bedroom, small kitchen, shower, newly renovated, off street parking, snow/ trash removal $620/mo plus utlities. (603)447-2838, (603)662-6402.

CENTER Ossipee New 3 bed, 2 bath townhouse $1075/mo.

Hardwood floors (617)699-5548.

CHOCORUA 1 bedroom $600/mo includes parking, dumpster, snow removal, large kitchen, dishwasher, garbage disposal, full bath, living room with slider to sunny deck. Coin opt laundry.

603-323-8000.

Facebook: Sweetwater Junction Apartments for pictures.

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

CONDO TO SHARE Large, 1 BR unit with master bath available in Intervale. Fully furnished, all utilities and cable included. Full kitchen. Non smokers, no pets. $550/mo. No lease, great location. Call or text now, 603-986-6389.

CONWAY 1 bedroom, heat & h/w included. $550 plus deposit.

Available immediately. Call Dan (603)452-8379.

CONWAY 2 bedroom home.

Wood stove, large yard. $850/mo +. Call (603)848-4189.

FURNISHED small 1 bedroom apt.; Conway. Great neighborhood; gas heat. Non smokers only, no pets. $500.

(603)447-3810.

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 Village- 1 bedroom apartment, 2nd floor, walk to stores, bank, post office and library. Includes heat, parking, rubbish and snow removal. No pets, nonsmoking. 1 months rent plus security deposit, $600/mo. (603)986-7178.

1 bdrm, Conway, 1st floor. Propane heat, nonsmoking. Includes plowing, electric, h/w.

References, credit check, 1st & sec. 1 year lease. $625/mo.

(603)367-8408.

CONWAY- 1 efficiency apartment, bedroom, den/ kitchen, shower, $400/mo plus utilities.

First and security, references and credit check required.

(603)447-6880.

CONWAY- Central location, 2 BR, 1 BA condo. Private 3rd floor, end unit. $750 + utilities.

Call Alex Drummond, RE/MAX Presidential 603-356-9444 x240.

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., w/d hookup.

Heat, plowing, trash removal included. $785/mo. (603)915-6736.

CLOSE to Fryeburg; 3 floors, 1542s.f., 3 bdrm, 2 bath, electric heat, gas back up, laundry room screen house, large yard. $1000/mo. plus deposit. No pets. (603)662-7865.

FREEDOM - 1 bedroom, 1 bath plus office. W/D, carpet, 1st floor, no smoking. $750/plus util 301-1220.

FRYEBURG 2 bedroom, 1 bath apt. $675/mo, includes heat & hot water. Call Paul Wheeler Re/Max Presidential 603-356-9444 ext.206.

FRYEBURG Village 3 bedroom apt. 1 bath, 1st floor, $875 all utilities included but heat. Security, references (603)986-9516.

FRYEBURG Village, 2 bedroom mobile, w/d hook-up, laminate floor, good credit only, $650 plus. (207)935-3241.

FRYEBURG/ Brownfield 3+ bedroom home on private lot. New construction, FHA, a/c, available immediately.

References $1250/mo. plus security (603)986-9516.

FRYEBURG/ Denmark 3 bdrm home. Big yard, garage, non-smokers, pets okay. $875 +.

(207)647-8360.

FRYEBURG: 2 bdrm, 1.5 bath townhouse. Full basement, w/d hook-up, dishwasher, private deck & storage shed. No utilities, $800/mo. (978)580-9607.

FRYEBURG: Cozy 3 bdrm ranch; great yard; easy to heat; walk to town; porch. $850 (207)256-0077.

FRYEBURG: In-town small 1st floor 1 bdrm. Private porch; heated. No smoking, no pets. $550/mo.

Sec. req.

(603)356-3658.

FRYEBURG; walk to schools, 3 bdrm, 2 bath townhouse.

Woodstove, cathedral ceilings, w/d hook-up, 1 month free after 1 year. Sec. dep., $875/mo plus.

207-935-3241.

INTERVALE 1 bedroom 2 story condo, pets considered, no smoking, heat, electricity and plowing included $750/mo.

Available 3/1 (603)986-1275.

2 bdrm plus loft apt; Intervale location. Full bath, w/d, woodstove $750/mo plus utilities.

Avail.

April 1st.

Call 603-475-3752.

INTERVALE private rooms: 1-2 beds, TV, fridge, Internet, utilities. Kitchen, phones, computers, laundry. $150-175/week (603)383-9779.

INTERVALE, 3 bedroom condo, newly done over. Small dogs okay. No smokers, plowing and water included. (603)356-2203.

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

INTERVALE: 1 bed duplex, deck/ mt. views, w/d hookup, no smoking/ dogs, $650/mo. plus utilities, references & security.

(603)383-4911.

MADISON 2 bedroom, 2 full bath, large deck, laundry room w/d $900/month, 1st month & sec. dep.

Call Dave (508)314-7699.

MADISON farmhouse; over 3000s.f.; rent or rent-to-own.

2.25 acres, 7 bedrooms, 4 baths, 2 kitchens $1920/mo., includes barn. (727)252-4626.

MADISON3 bdrm house, $1100/mo, w/d, 2 car gar., no smoking, pets ok, ref. req.

(603)367-9961.

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

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 large 1 bedroom apt. $550/mo. 1 month security, no pets, no smoking, call (603)356-7370.

NORTH Conway Village, Newly renovated 2 br apartment, fireplace, radiant heat, w/d. 1 year lease, references required. Security deposit, 1st month, $800/mo plus utilities.

(207)632-2815.

NORTH Conway Village- 3 bedroom plus house, newly renovated, w/d. $1250/mo plus utilities, security deposit and references required. (207)632-2815.

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

pinkham@pinkhamrealestate.com

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.

NEW North Conway Village retail space available on Main Street! 725sf. Call Sheila 356-6321 Ext6469 www.AttitashRealty.com/Rentals

For Sale TAMWORTH- Available immediately, 2 bedroom ground floor apartment. Convenient Rt16, 25. $765/mo plus security. Tenant pays heat, utilities.

(603)323-7065.

TWIN Mountain: 2 + bdrms, 1 bath house with 2 car garage situated on nearly 60 acres has mt views, convenient in-town location. $1000/mo. plus utilities.

Avail.

April 1st.

(978)327-0892.

10’ Serro Scotty travel trailerice shack or restore. Tows good, $600. Lead dispenser trades.

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

100 gallons of fuel, delivered, worth over $300. Make me an offer and get a great deal. LM (781)244-4084 cell.

10X17 cabin, must be moved.

Easy to get to $1500/obo. Will trade for guns. (603)473-2582, (603)630-0199.

WEST Ossipee home. 2 bdrm, Ossipee Lake. $1200/mo. No utilities. Security, last mo., references. (603)520-8222.

1989 Mastercraft Tri-Star 190 with trailer. Runs perfect, looks great. Asking $6000 Call Larry FMI (603)539-1692.

For Rent-Vacation

1ST Act Electric guitar/ amp combo. Was $150 new. Used 3 times. Only $75! (603)356-6378.

ORLANDO, FL 1 bedroom timeshare (sleeps 4) for rent- Sheraton Vistana Resort, 4/21 thru 4/28/12. $450.00FMI 603-387-5598

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

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

BEDROOM-SOLID Cherrywood Sleigh bed. Dresser, mirror, chest, night stand. New! Cost $2,200 sell $895. (603) 235-1773

For Rent-Commercial

CANON 10D SLR camera with 24-85mm & 75-300mm lenses.

Battery chargers, manuals, mint cond. $240. (603)539-2133.

24X36 garage/ workshop/ wood working/ auto body repair shop.

Lovell Village, ME. $350 plus.

(603)828-3661.

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

COFFEE & sandwich shop space for lease at the Eastern Slope Inn: Well established, prime location North Conway Village high foot traffic, great visibility.

Contact Sheila Duane

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

CLASSIC Wooden Motorola stereo phonic LP player with AM/FM radio from the 1950's still works, $100, 723-4032.

COOK Healthy with a Black & Decker Food/ Rice cooker w/ instruction booklet, hardly used, $15, 723-4032.

CUSTOM Glazed Kitchen Cabinets. Solid maple, never installed. Cost $6,000 sacrifice $1,595. (603) 833-8278

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

SheilaDuane@AttitashRealty.com

356-6321 x6469

GARAGE/ workshop, 900s.f.

Overhead door; large plowed driveway; personal bathroom; propane heat; in-town location. $550/mo.

Call Jon (603)447-3336.

NORTH Conway Village- 400 to 1450 sq.ft. Premium office/ retail space. Convenient in-town location (next to TD Bank). Newly renovated, great visibility and access from Main Street or North/ South Road, ample parking. Call Roger (603)452-8888.

DRY FIREWOOD $275/cord

WHITE MTN. FIREWOOD 603-356-5521 FIREWOOD cut, spit and delivered. 16”, 18”, 20”, 22” $275/cord. 12”, 14” also available (603)356-5923.

FIREWOOD for sale. Green wood $185 cord; $200 delivered.

Call (603)730-7070.

FIREWOOD Green Firewood $185/cord Minimum 2 cord delivery

207-925-1138

westernmainetimberlands.com

FIREWOOD Kiln dried hardwood for sale. $300/cord plus delivery charge.

Call Ossipee Mountain Land Co. 603.323.7677.

FIREWOOD

FIREWOOD Seasoned: 1 cord $300; 2 cords $290/cord. Hemlock $250/cord. (603)730-2260.

FURNITURE sale- Bedroom set, rocking chairs, tables, couch, side tables and etc. Call Diane (603)986-5279 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.

J. GAMMON FIREWOOD Cut and split, 1.5 cord delivery, $220/cord. (603)539-2782.

KENMORE undercounter or countertop microwave. Color: White. Was over $300 new.

Only $75! (603)356-6378.

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

MUST SELL Tonneau cover fits 96’ Dodge 8’ bed $200/obo. Truck cap fits 6’ bed $50/obo. Binks Contractor paint sprayer w/ hose and sprayer $150/obo. 6x8 Utility Trailer $200/obo. (207)647-3051, (603)662-8163.

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

ABCybersell (207)925-3135 Mike.

SNOWBLOWER Sale. Ariens 5hp 24” $150. Toro 8hp 28” $300. John Deere 8hp 27” $450.

Toro 11hp 32” $400.

(603)730-2260.

SWAROVSKI crystal figurines.

Great valentine gifts (pair of candle holders, elephant, butterfly and a bear). Value $450, asking $100. Call (603)452-8342.

TAX REFUND Treat yourself to a good night’s sleep. All bed sets reduced.

Queens from $389. Twins start at $179. Sunset Interiors. Call or Text 603-986-6389.

TED’S Discount, Ossipee- Glove sale- tarps, tools, oil, a.t.f, antifreeze, wood, 1000-5000 knife inventory. (603)539-8005.

TIRES: 4 Firestone radial snow tires 205/65/R15. Used 1 winter $65 each. (207)935-9192.

TONY Little’s Gazelle Freestyle Elite Glide exerciser $100. Sears Craftsman 10” band saw model no. 113.244200 $50. Call evenings (603)367-4640.

TWO Load Rite galvanized boat trailers. Both in excellent condition. GVWR's 6000lbs. and 5400lbs. $1900 each. Call Larry @ (603)539-1692.

USED SKI & SNOWBOARD packages, starting at $79.95. All sizes, used helmets $19.95 at Boarder Patrol (603)356-5885.

VINTAGE cigarette machine.

Takes nickels, dimes, quarters.

Good condition, $350.

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

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Help Wanted

by Abigail Van Buren

TOWN OF FREEDOM HEALTH OFFICER

MOM’S ‘WONDERFUL’ FIANCE APPEARS NOT TO BE TRUSTED

DEAR ABBY: I am 11. My mom is engaged to a man who I think is a wonderful person, but she always questions whether he’s cheating on her. She’s 37. Personally, I think she won’t get another chance like this. Their wedding has been postponed three times because she thinks he’s lying to her.

I don’t think she realizes what she’s got. When I ask her if everything is OK between them, she says, “Everything is fine, and if it wasn’t, it would be too complicated for you to understand.” I just want them to live happily together. What should I do? -- OLD ENOUGH TO KNOW IN ALABAMA DEAR OLD ENOUGH TO KNOW: You may be old enough to know, but if your mom doesn’t feel comfortable sharing certain personal information with you, that should be her privilege. Her suspicions may be the result of having been hurt in past relationships, or she may have caught her fiance being less than truthful at some point.

Your mother should not marry ANYONE -- regardless of how great a catch he may seem to you -- unless she is certain she can trust him. The fact that their wedding has been postponed three times sends me a message that she thinks she has reason for concern in that department.

DEAR ABBY: I’m 16 and want to have my ear pierced a second time. Despite my mother’s reluctance, she took me to get my ears pierced when I was 9. My friends have all gotten multiple ear piercings. All I want is to get the cartilage on my right ear pierced, but Mom and Dad refuse.

Mom says that any piercing other than one in each ear looks “trashy” and people will think unfavorably of me. I don’t see the big deal. It’s not like I want my nose or navel

The Town of Freedom is now accepting résumés for a Health Officer. This is a per diem position.

Please submit résumé to:

pierced. I just want one little stud, and I’d pay for it myself.

I’m a respectful and honest girl. I have always brought home good grades. Mom says I’ll have to wait until I’m 18 and out of her house. I don’t understand why she won’t let me get this done. My best friend’s mother, who is stricter than mine, let her get her cartilage pierced. What do you think? -NOT ASKING FOR MUCH IN ILLINOIS DEAR NOT ASKING FOR MUCH: I think that as a minor living in your parents’ house, you should obey their rules. If you want to get multiple piercings in your ears when you’re 18 and on your own, the choice will be yours. But until then, respect your mother’s wishes. “Because everyone else is doing it” is not a valid reason for doing anything.

DEAR ABBY: I enjoy theater very much, but can’t afford to attend all the performances I would like, so I work at my local theater every week. In exchange, I am “paid” in tickets.

The ticket prices are generally $60 and up, so it’s a win/win for both the theater and for me.

My question is, when I invite a friend to use the extra ticket, is it unreasonable to expect him or her to drive and pay for the treat at intermission? The ticket was not “free” to me -- I worked for it. Or, because I issued the invitation, am I responsible for the entire evening? -- THEATER LOVER IN ATLANTA DEAR THEATER LOVER: If you’re treating someone to an evening at the theater, it would certainly be gracious of your guest to offer to reciprocate in some way. However, because your friends don’t have ESP, this is a subject you should raise at the time you issue the invitation.

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

Furniture

Free

Help Wanted

WOOD HEAT

CASH & Carry blow out sale!

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

PAY $300 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.

ENTRY Level Cabinet/ Woodworker/ Partsmaker/ machine operator. Day time, part time.

Experience helpful. $10-$12/hour. Call for details.

(207)650-0442.

Call today for information & to see a live demonstration!

MATTRESS & FURNITURE CLOSEOUTS AND OVERSTOCKS!

(603)387-0553 vigasboilers.com

20% OFF ENTIRE STORE! RECLINERS $299, FUTONS, $299 BUNKBEDS, $399 SOFAS, $599 RUSTIC FURNITURE AND ARTWORK TOO! COZY CABIN RUSTICS AND MATTRESS OUTLET 517 WHITTIER HWY. (RTE 25) MOULTONBORO CALL JAY 603-662-9066 WWW.VISCODIRECT.COM

WOODSTOVE for sale. Garrison model I, good condition. All steel construction, takes 22” logs. Great big heater. $200 Stoveman (603)662-8103.

OPENING Soon.. Rare Finds Consignment Gallery is now looking for good quality previously enjoyed furniture and home decor. Please call 603-323-8900 for more information.

Found

Free

Alternative Heating of Mt. Washington Valley

FOUND on 2/7 a Women’s multi stone ring, white gold, found in Conway Village near Valley Travel. Call to describe (603)447-8860.

Furniture AMAZING! 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.

Town of Freedom, Board of Selectmen P.O. Box 227 Freedom, NH 03836 Phone 539-6323, Fax 539-8270 Résumés will be accepted until 3pm on February 27, 2012

HOUSEKEEPING ASST. MANAGER Attitash Mountain Service Co. is seeking an experienced assistant manager for our housekeeping department. Candidate should have strong leadership skills, strong communication skills (both oral and written), strong hospitality skills, scheduling flexibility, enjoy a fast paced environment, enjoy doing a variety of tasks and do the job with a minimum of er rors. Excellent benefits. Salary commensurate w/ experience.

Confidentiality guaranteed.

Mail your resume to Donna Finnie, Human Resource Dept. at AMSCO, PO Box 826, North Conway NH 03860 or e-mail DonnaFinnie@EasternSlopeInn.com

SAU #13 TAMWORTH SCHOOL DISTRICT K .A. BRETT SCHOOL Has an opening for a

Dishwasher/Assistant Cook/Cashier Applicants must have HS diploma or equivalency. Must be able to lift 50 lbs. of supplies and walk and/or stand for 3 hours.

School year contract for 3 hours per day.

Starting wage : $11.30 to $12.50 per hour

by Gary Trudeau

For Sale

Vigas Gasification Wood Boilers

Help Wanted

Applications are available at: K. A. Brett School and SAU 13 Office Position open until filled. EOE

Heavy Equipment 1974 MC80 Massey Ferguson 6cyl diesel loader, 2wd, hydrostatic drive, runs and operates very good. First $4500 takes it.

(603)730-2590.

2007 New Holland 4wd tractor with loader and 7.5 snowblower for rent by day or week. Call for details, delivery available (603)986-9516.

Help Wanted

10 FREE FIREPLATES Save oil & money, make hot water with a Fireplate "water heating baffle for wood stove".

Restrictions apply, Email: info@dearbornbortec.com or Call: 207-935-2502 for complete details.

Prep Cooks, Dishwashers and Wait Staff.

FREE console piano with bench.

Brown color. Good condition.

U-haul. (603)447-3371.

Call (603)986-0727, (603)356-6862 or stop in.

T&B Appliance Removal. Appliances & AC’s removed free of charge if outside. Please call (603)986-5506.

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

Accounts Payable Administrator The Echo Group is seeking a reliable, detail oriented professional with a full service accounting background. Duties include accounts payable administration, month end process, assistance with accounts receivable, assistance in office administrative tasks and facilities. Strong Excel and accounting software skills required. BS in Accounting preferred, AA required.

Echo offers an excellent benefits package including generous paid time off, health, dental, life, 401k, community service day and more. Email resumes with salary expectations to: employment@echoman.com

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Help Wanted

Help Wanted

FREEDOM SCHOOL DISTRICT has an opening for a

SUBSTITUTE BUS DRIVERS School Bus certification is required.

Please submit letter of interest & resume to:

Karin Schroeder, Principal, Freedom Elementary School 40 Loon Lake Road, Freedom, NH 03836 Application deadline: February 24, 2012 EOE

Summit Achievement Clinical Therapist Summit Achievement of Stow, ME is a residential treatment center combining psychotherapy, wilderness expeditions and academics to adolescents ages 13-21. The therapist will be responsible for providing individual, group and family therapy. Applicants should have a strong background in working with adolescents and families.

Outdoor experience required. Applicants should have M.Ed, MA, MSW or PhD. Independent licensure preferred.

Please e-mail to: nernst@summitachievment.com or fax to Nichol Ernst @ (207)697-2021

Come work in our fun and fast paced kitchen!

* Line Cook * • Experience necessary • Nights, weekends and holiday availability a must • Team players only need apply!

You may stop at the resort to pick up an application or email or mail resumes to: slambert@redjacketmountainview.com or: RJMV Resort, Attn: Steve Lambert PO Box 2000, North Conway, NH 03860

Help Wanted THE Union Leader/ NH Sunday News seeking independent contractor to deliver newspaper for it’s North Conway, Bartlett & Jackson route. Route is worth $330 and requires early AM delivery, 6 days a week. Must have own vehicle with proof of liability insurance needed ($300,000 per accident, $100,000 bodily injury, & property damage $25,000). Also requires collection responsibilities. Contact Jim Paggi at 668-1210 x.228.

BLUEBERRY MUFFIN RESTAURANT IS SEEKING AN EXPERIENCED LINE COOK Dependability and weekends a must. Apply within. See Vicki or Eric.

COORDINATOR- INT’L STUDENT PROGRAM

Motivated, flexible, self starter w/ creative problem solving skills. Enjoy teens, community service, PR. Recruit host families, supervise foreign high school students. Comp & travel perks! Part time, flexible hrs.

Contact Annette at annettem@pax.org and see www.pax.org for info.

EXPERIENCED, caring and professional Caregivers needed for Conway area and surrounding towns. CNA/ LNA preferred.

Nights/ weekends a must.

Criminal background/reference checks. Email your resume to timberlandhomecare@live.com.

FOOD AND BEVERAGE Seasonal part time food and beverage positions available with Centerplate at Cranmore Mountain. Apply in person.

FULL TIME WAREHOUSE HELP

We offer competitive salaries and an excellent benefits package!

Please check our website for specific details on each position

Diabetes RN - Full Time Diabetes RN/LPN/MA - Per Diem Med Surg RN - Full Time Nights. 3-5 years exp.

Controller - Full Time Director of Information Services IT - Full Time Laboratory Med Tech - Per Diem. MT, MLT required Surgical Services, Operating Room RN - Full Time + Call Primary Care RN - Full Time Surgical Services RN Director - Full Time A completed Application is required to apply for all positions Website: www.memorialhospitalnh.org.

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

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

Duties include: Receiving, loading, unloading, and delivery of furniture. Heavy lifting a must!

Valid DOT card preferred, but not required. Must have driver’s license and a clean driving record. Full time position available. Apply in Person to: HR or Warehouse at Parsons Furniture LLC. 636 Center Street (Rte. 28) Wolfeboro, NH.

Karla’s Pet Rendezvous Experience Groomer with references, apply online at www.karlaspets.com.

MERCHANDISE specialist opening at Old Navy. Responsibilities include shipment processing, merchandise placement and opening/ closing the store.

Flexible schedule required.

Please apply online at www.gapinc.com/storejobs Job #01PRH NEEDING a sitter for 11 year old boy. He needs direction, guidance and help with daily tasks including homework & chores.

Wednesday evenings 4:30-9:30, possibly Saturdays, day time and Sunday evenings.

(603)960-2936.

RETAIL ART & FRAMING POSITION

Part-time opening at Vintage Frameworks, 28 Norcross Circle, North Conway. We are a long-term, full-service custom picture framing shop with a specialty in antique frames. We are looking for someone with creativity and design talent, some experience in retail sales, and a desire to learn the hands-on aspects of custom framing. We will train the right person. Send letter of interest to: VF, PO Box 466, North Conway, NH 03860 or send email to info@vintageframeworks.com.

VITO Marcello’s Italian Bistro now hiring full & part-time experienced line cooks. Apply in person between 11-5. No phone calls please. Ask for Dave.

Help Wanted

Real Estate

STITCHER WANTED

REAL ESTATE AUCTION

to cut & sew cloth filtration bags at our facility. Commercial stitcher with a working knowledge of straight and overlock machines preferred. Apply in person at Baker Bags, 20 Summit View Dr., Tamworth NH. 323-2000.

Nominal Opening Bid: $1,000 4 Youngs Rd, Ossipee, NH; 2 BR 1 BA 2,289sf +/- Sells: 3:15pm Fri., Feb. 17 on site. 36 Silver Dawn Rd, Campton, NH; 4 BR 3 BA, Sells: 1:00pm Fri., Feb. 17 on site. 19 Center Rd, Bradford, NH; 3 BR 1 BA 1,435sf +/-; 244 Walker Rd, Grantham, NH; 4 BR 3.5 BA 4,488sf +/-; Sells: 10:15am Fri., Feb. 17 at 244 Walker Rd, Grantham. Open to the Public.

Visit williamsauction.com or call 800-801-8003. Many properties now available for online bidding! A Buyer’s Premium (Buyer's Fee in WI) may apply.

Williams & Williams, NH Broker: Harv J. Levin. (603) 436-8488.

Lic. #006737. Auctioneer: Harvey J. Levin Auc Lic 2736.

WAITRESSES needed at Jonathon's Seafood. Experience preferred. Apply in person.

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.

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

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

GRANITE COUNTERS 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.

RESIDENTIAL ELECTRICAL WORK

Low winter rates. License/ insured. No job too small.

(603)356-8253.

Ridgeline Builders, LLC

Real Estate, Time Share RCI Time share at Eastern Slope Inn, week #6. Best offer.

617-997-3414. Or email: rdm24@comcast.net.

WEEK 5, Attitash Mt. Village, 4-sale. Sleeps 4, kitchen, best offer. (860)536-4646. email: bhall4646@gmail.com.

Real Estate, Commercial WILL TRADE: CONWAY LAKEWill purchase retail or large warehouse property subject to Conway Lake equity credit.

(207) 754-1047

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

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

Roommate Wanted CONWAY 3 bedroom apartment- 2 rooms available $450/ea, heat included. Kids okay.

Pets negotiable.

603.986.1512.

For your 2012 home projects!

We do all aspects of Interior & Exterior work. When Quality & Integrity counts! Give us a call 603-630-5023.

SMOKE-FREE home- Effingham, share home- utilities included. $100/wk. Art, (603)539-5699.

ROOF WORK SHOVELING

TO share 2 bedroom apt. in Fryeburg Village. $150/week.

Call for details (207)256-0243.

All aspects of roof repair!

Entire roofs to small leaks, shingles, steel or flat roofs. Call Mike Lyons, a fully insured professional, serving MWV (603)370-7769.

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

603-367-8054.

Looking To Rent RETIRED couple looking for a long term lease large condo or house with 2-3 bedrooms, L/D, 2 baths, storage. Garage would be nice. North Conway, Intervale, Glen, Jackson area.

(603)569-1073.

Motorcycles Buy • Sell • Trade www.motoworks.biz

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

Recreation Vehicles 2002 29’ Jayflight by Jayco camper, bunkhouse style. Full awning. Toilet, shower, storage tanks, never used. Big enough to live in! Like new condition.

First $6500 takes it.

(603)730-2590.

2006 20ft outpost light weight 5th wheel. Excellent condition; can be pulled by 1/2-ton 4x4 ranger. $5300.

FMI (603)356-6329, (603)986-6056.

Services #1 Contractor to Call. Home repairs, new construction, solid references, free advice/ estimates. (603)662-7888. www.northconwaybuilders.com

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

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

Affordable Handyman Senior discounts, interior/ exterior painting, windows, sheetrock, carpentry. Insured. Gary (603)356-3301.

BBHS Commercial Cleaning 24-7. Call 603-447-5233.

BIZEE BEE HOME SERVICES

Professional vacation rental & residential housecleaning services, laundry, trash removal, shoveling, window cleaning & any routine property service.

Serving the MWV area since 2006.

(603)447-5233 www.bizeebeeservices.com

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

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

EXPERIENCED Carpenter available to Contractors or Homeowners. Fully insured. Mike Leafe, Eaton Ctr, NH. (603)499-0234, (603)447-2883.

EXPERIENCED ELDER CARE PROVIDER

to help you or your loved one maintain independence in your own home. If in need of assistance please contact Amanda: (603)986-7346. Over 20 years of experience; references available.

HARDWOOD FLOORS C.R. Schneider Hardwood Floors. Installed, sanded, refinished. 35 yrs. in business. Chris (603)539-4015.

HOME MANAGEMENT SERVICES

Specializing in home & condo checks, maintenance, repair work & painting, haul away services, snow shoveling & handyman work. Senior discounts; free estimates. No job too small, call Sean (603)356-5646.

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

IPOD FIX IT Not just iPods, but Digital Cameras, Smartphones, Game Systems LCD- TV"S. not listed? Just ask! 603-752-9838.

John’s Cleaning Service Meticulous cleaning for home or business. Also carpet cleaning, windows, floor refinishing.

Local family business (207)393-7285.

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.

PRIVATE HOUSEKEEPER Need some extra help? I have openings for new clients and will assist with all aspects of household duties. Call Tricia (603)960-1619.

Property Maintenance Plowing, shoveling & sanding.

Interior, exterior maintenance & renovations, property checks.

Serving Bartlett/ Glen area.

Licensed & insured contractor since 1993. Carr Contracting.

603-383-4334.

ROOF SHOVELING Roofs and decks, fast and thorough. Reasonable rates. Jeff Emery (603)356-4414, (603)986-1609.

SNOWMOBILE Repair and Service

Snow is here and the season is short so get your sled ready for those good rides. Affordable rates and fast turnaround. Want mods or upgrades for your sled? Give me a call or email me with your questions. Pick up and delivery available. Consignments wanted. 603-662-2486. www.bustedbogiesledshop.com

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

Call George (603)986-5284.

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Gibson Gleanings

Barbara Ray

Valentine’s Day dinners Feb. 14, 15 We had a wonderful time at our auction. Rick and the kitchen prepared delicious hors d’oeuvres. It was a nice evening with friends and good deals. We are so very blessed to live in such a wonderful place as the Mount Washington Valley, where the people have such generous hearts, both the people who purchased items, but more so the businesses who donated gift certificates for restaurants, attractions, and lodging as well as great auction items. Thank you one and all for supporting the Gibson Center!

Just a reminder, Valentine’s Day is this coming Tuesday. It is a time to remember those we love.

Here at the Gibson Center we will be serving a special meal to celebrate the day. Please call to sign up for one of the meals on either Tuesday or Wednesday.

On Tuesday, we will also be showing the romantic movie “Yank,” which is on loan from one of our members.

Have a wonderful week and God bless!

Monday, Feb. 13: Chair exercise begins at 10:30 a.m. in the activity room. Video tours of “The Met” with Carl Owen begin at 12:30 p.m. in the activity room. The bus for bowling leaves the center at 12:30 p.m.

Tuesday, Feb. 14: Strength, balance and stretch classes start at 10 a.m. today in the activity room.

The Visiting Nurse Service will be here to do a blood pressure clinic before lunch. Valentines luncheon followed by a showing of “Yank” at 12:30 p.m. Lunch will be served at noon at our Silver Lake meal site.

Wednesday, Feb. 15: Wii games are available form 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. and 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. in the pool room. Game day begins at 12:30 p.m. in the activity room.

Thursday, Feb. 16: Belly Dance class begins at 9 a.m. in the activity room. Chair exercise begins at 10:30 a.m. Medicare counseling is available from noon to 1 p.m. in the dining room. Beasley and

Services

Storage Space

TOTAL FLOOR CARE

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

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

Snowmobiles 1997 Yamaha 540cc excellent shape 1800 miles $1200.

(603)730-2260 1999 Arctic Cat ZL 600 twin blue runs and goes good. 5k miles $1400. (207)807-2678.

LOOKING for an old rear engine Polaris all steel snowmobile.

Call Joe, local 603-630-5325.

Storage Space 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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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

EAST COAST ART & ANTIQUE BUYERS

U-STORE-IT

Art, collections, furnishings, books, etc. Professional, discrete.

Marc (603)986-8235.

Seasonal Storage Available.

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

Wanted

ducopropertyservices.webnode.com

(603)539-5577.

Wanted

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.

$300 & up for unwanted cars & trucks. Call Ricker Auto Salvage (603)323-7363.

Yard Sale

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

INDOOR Yard Sale Saturday 9-2. Hundreds of items. Cross Road, Madison, between Rt41 & Ossipee Lake Road. Gray warehouse 539-7054

Ferber Estate Planning will give a paid sales presentation.

Friday, Feb. 17: Board the bus at 8 a.m. for “Your Hit Parade” and lunch at Newick’s. Strength, balance and stretch classes start at 10 a.m. today in the activity room.

Upcoming Programs Blood pressure clinics are on the last Wednesday of each month from 11:45 a.m. to 12:45 p.m. and the second Tuesday of each month from 11 a.m. to noon.

Vising Nurse Service foot checks are also available on the second Tuesdays.

One-on-one computer labs are on the second on fourth Thursday of each month. Call 356-3231 to reserve a spot.

Care for the Caregiver, a leader facilitated support group, will meet Wednesdays from 12:30 to 2:30 p.m. starting Dec. 28. Receive healthy information to build self care into your life and support to sustain this self care plan.

AARP Tax Assistance is available for low income seniors. Call 356-3231 for your time slot.

Upcoming trips need sign ups as soon as possible so that we can purchase tickets. Call 356-3231 to reserve a spot.

• Winter Waltz Party, in Jackson Feb. 11. Gibson Center provides transportation from your home; the cost is $10; call 356-3231.

• Air Force wind Ensemble, Feb. 12: Board the bus at 12:30 p.m. The cost is $10. We’ll stop for a bite at the Whitter House.

• Your Hit Parade, a NH Humanities Council presentation from 8 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., Feb. 17, followed by lunch at Newick’s after. The cost is $15.

Menu: Monday: tuna noodle casserole, Tuesday: braised pork; Wednesday: braised pork; Thursday: Moroccan lemon chicken, Friday: ham gratinee with potato.

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Saint Andrew’s-in-the-Valley The Episcopal Church of Tamworth and the Ossipee Valley The Rev. Heidi Frantz-Dale, Rector

Sunday Worship Services at 8 and 10am followed by Coffee Hour Child care available at 10am An open and inclusive community • Handicap accessible

River Church

All Are Welcome!

THE

678 Whittier Rd. (Old Rte. 25) Tamworth 323-8515

Sunday Celebration Service 10am Wednesday Evening Service 6:30pm

3rd Tuesday: Free Community Dinner— 5-6pm Thursdays: Symphony of Prayer— 6:30pm at the church Breadbasket Food Pantry: Second Tuesday of every month from 4-6pm and by app’t at 447-6633.

Children’s Ministries available during Sunday morning service.

Rev. Henry Snyder, Pastor

Please join us!

2600 East Main St., Ctr. Conway, NH • 603-447-6686 Across from McSherry’s Nursery

FIRST CHURCH OF CHRIST CONGREGATIONAL

TAM W ORTH C ON GRE GATION AL C H URC H W eekly Sunday W orship at6 pm Su n d ay,Febru ary 12 M essage: “Jesu sUn d er Pressu re” Rev.D r.D avid K em per

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All are welcome.

28 Cleveland Hill Road, Tamworth Village United Church of Christ • www.tamworthcc.org

Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of the Eastern Slopes

“A Welcoming Congregation”

Sunday, February 12: “Holism and Interconnectedness Are Keys to Optimal Health and Wellbeing” - Trish Murray, D. O.

South Tamworth United Methodist Church 8:30 AM Traditional Worship & Sunday School It is our mission to bring others to know the love, joy and peace that is found in Jesus Christ.

Come join us this Sunday; Minister: Murray Nickerson, Rte 25 in S. Tamworth Village

Baha’i Faith

The religion of God and His divine law are the most potent instruments and the surest of all means for the dawning of the light of unity amongst men. The progress of the world, the development of nations, the tranquility of peoples, and the peace of all who dwell on earth are among the principles and ordinances of God... — Baha’i Scripture

1-800-22-UNITE • (207)935-1005

First Congregational Church of Ossipee 8:45 & 10:30 am - Contemporary Worship Service Christ-centered, Biblical teaching Visit www.firstossipee.org for more info.

50 Rt 16B, Center Ossipee • (603) 539-6003

To see a brief video about Unitarian Universalism, go to: www.uufes.org Sunday Service 10am • Religious Education at 10am Nursery Care for Infants and Toddlers The Reverend Mary Giles Edes, Minister 603.323.8585 • 30 Tamworth Rd, Tamworth

St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Catholic Church Route 5, Fryeburg, Maine

WORSHIP SERVICE & SUNDAY SCHOOL 10:00 AM FELLOWSHIP HOUR FOLLOWS... ALL WELCOME! CHILDCARE PROVIDED WEDNESDAY MORNING COMMUNION SERVICE 8:00 AM • AIR CONDITIONED •

Pastor: Rev. Gilman E. Healy Sermon:

“Spiritual Healer” Favorite Gospel Hymn:

Joyful, Joyful, We Adore You (Tune: HYMN TO JOY)

Organist: Floyd W. Corson Choral Director: Richard P. Goss III 2521 Main St., No. Conway • 356-2324 churchoffice@firstchurchnc.com Home of Vaughan Community Service, Inc.

The Conway Village Congregational Church United Church of Christ (The Little Brown Church)

Rev. Martell Spagnolo

Roger Miklos, Minister of Music

“The Little Brown Church” Welcomes You! Worship Services & Sunday School 10 am • Child Care

Sermon Title: “So, Why Not Blab?”

This week’s readings include: Psalm 30; 1 Corinthians 9:24-27; Mark 1:40-45

132 Main Street, Conway, NH 03818 603-447-3851• www.thebrownchurch.org

All are welcome to attend Thursday: Adoration 5:30pm; Mass 6:30pm

Sunday Mass 8:00am

Eucharistic Ministry for the Homebound 207-697-3438 Religious Education & Youth Ministry 207-697-2277 Rev. Joseph Koury 207-647-2334

bartlettchurch.net Bartlett Union Congregational Church Albany Ave/Bear Notch at US 302 Phone: 603-374-2718

VA L L E Y CHRISTIAN CHURCH

SATURDAY SUPPERS Church Supper 5-7pm Every Saturday in February

Everyone Welcome!

10 a.m. Worship and Children Activities

Sunday, February 12: Preacher Steve Wright Communion Sunday: First Sunday of Every Month Ellen Hayes, music ministry Handicap Access - Side Entrance Lift takes you to Church Sanctuary

YOU’RE WELCOME HERE

No Matter Who You Are or Where You Are On Your Life Journey

SUNDAYS Morning Worship - 10:00 am Jr Church after praise & worship Nursery available

MONDAY NIGHTS - 6:30 pm

Men’s Bible Study & Women’s Bible Study Sat., Feb. 11 - Valentine’s Celebration - 6pm (call for info) Mon., Feb. 13 - Women’s Praise and Coffee - 6pm Sun., Feb. 19 - Conway Homeless Mission - 12pm Sat., Mar. 3 - Community movie Night “Courageous” - 6pm

230 E. Conway Rd. Located in front of Abbott’s Dairy 603-356-2730 • www.vcc4jesus.org Pastor John Leonard

St. Andrews-in-the-Valley will hold a Shrove Tuesday pancake supper Feb. 21

TAMWORTH — The day that the French call Mardi Gras (translated to Fat Tuesday) is also known as Shrove Tuesday, the day before Ash Wednesday and the beginning of the Lent. It is a day of feasting before fasting, to live it up before the penitential solemnity of the Lenten season.

St. Andrew’s-in-the-Valley Episcopal Church will hold a Shrove Tuesday pancake supper on Tuesday, Feb. 21 at the church.

It may seem to be an odd selection when we’re thinking of indulgent meals, but Shrove Tuesday pancake suppers are an age-old tradition, going back to 1400s England, when pancakes were made to use up eggs and butter, which would have been forbidden foods in the Lenten diet of that time. In England and Canada, Shrove Tuesday is still fondly called Pancake Day by many.

In keeping with the tasty meals and jovial spirit of Fat Tuesday/Mardi Gras, St. Andrew’s-in-the-Valley Episcopal Church, welcomes everyone to its Shrove Tuesday Pancake Supper. Reservations and tickets are not needed; all are welcome to come and join the

feasting and merrymaking at the church’s parish hall at 678 Whittier Road, Tamworth, starting at 6 p.m.

On the menu are pancakes with real maple syrup, sausage and bacon, applesauce, and beverages, all served in a relaxed, family style. The meal will be prepared by the St. Andrew’s vestry. Dinner is followed by decadent chocolate desserts, created by members of the parish. The cost is $5 for each adult or teen and $2 for children 12 and under.

And by partaking in this meal you will also be helping to support some great causes: 50 percent of all funds raised through the Shrove Tuesday Pancake Supper go to organizations that provide help to others in the local community and around the world, including: Agape Ministries, Bearcamp Valley School and Children’s Center, and Child Advocacy Center of Carroll County.

The following day, St. Andrew’s will hold Ash Wednesday service at noon and 7 p.m. For more information about the pancake supper or church services on Ash Wednesday or Lent, call St. Andrew’s offices at 323-8515.

The Madison Church Supper will be held at the Madison Elementary School Saturday, Feb. 18, at 5:30 p.m. The cost is $8 for adults; $3 for children under 12.

The dinner will include homemade baked beans, ham, salads, rolls, brown bread, and an assortment of pie for dessert.

For more information call 367-4705.

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CHOCORUA COMMUNITY CHURCH 10 a.m. Worship and Children’s Ministries Enjoy a faith lift for your life!

Touched and Made Whole Rev. Kent Schneider, 662-6046 Located on Rt 113 east at Rt. 16 www.chocoruachurch.org & Facebook

Madison Church will hold a bean supper at the Madison Elementary School Feb. 18 East Fryeburg Church of Christ

(Bible Only) Route 302, East Fryeburg (207) 935-4337

SERVICES:

Sunday: 9:30 AM - Bible School 10:30 AM - Church Thursday Nights 7 PM - Bible Prayer Meeting

Mt. Washington Valley Jewish Community Chavurat HeHarim * Fellowship in the Mountains

We have a worship service the last Friday night of each month.

We usually gather the last weekend for a Shabbat potluck. Inquire about children’s and adult ed.

For info call (603)694-3058

Fryeburg, Maine

GLEN COMMUNITY BAPTIST CHURCH

Services: Sunday 10 am & 6 pm Wednesday Evening: 6 pm

Route 302, PO Box 279, Glen, NH 03838 gcbc9@yahoo.com

Jesus Is Coming Again. Are You Ready? Acts 4:12

Pastor Jim Warnock

Rev. William B. Rose, Jr.

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SUNDAY: 9:45am Sunday School 11:00am Morning Worship 7:00pm Evening Service WEDNESDAY 7:00pm Prayer Meeting

located on 8 Drift Road, just behind Main Street Mobil Station

First Baptist Church Sunday Services

Holy Epiphany Liberal Catholic Church 15 Washington St, Conway, NH (The Echo Building)

Mass: Monday to Friday 9:00am Sundays 11:00 am

“You Are Welcome!”

You Are Invited FIRST CHURCH OF CHRIST, SCIENTIST 35 Portland Street • Fryeburg, Maine

Sunday Service & Sunday School~ 10:00 am Wednesday Meeting~ 7:30pm Childcare provided for each service

Fryeburg Assembly of God

Bp. Jason Sanderson, Pastor • (603)-733-6000

“That in all things Jesus Christ might have the pre-eminence”

Faith Bible Church Independent * Non-Denominational

Meets each Sunday at 10:00 am

Located at Rt 16A and Dundee Road in Intervale Pastor Bob Novak • 383-8981 • Nursery Provided

Sunday School...................................9:30 A.M. Morning Worship.............................10:45 A.M. Evening Service..................................6:30 P.M.

Wednesday Prayer, Praise, and Bible Study..........6:30 P.M.

Location: Main Street, North Conway Village across from the North Conway Scenic Railroad.

— Independent, Fundamental —

Church: (603) 356-6066 • Rev. Laurence Brown firstbaptistnorthconway.org When in North Conway Village, listen to our broadcast ministry at 91.1 FM

St. Margaret’s Anglican Church

85 PLEASANT STREET, CONWAY • 447-2404

Rev. Jeffrey W. Monroe, M.M., Rector Tracy Gardner, Organist and Choir Director

HOLY SCRIPTURE - TRADITIONAL WORSHIP

SUNDAYS: Holy Communion; 9:30 am

All Are Welcome!

Healing Service 1st Thursday Monthly 12:00 pm

AN ORTHODOX ANGLICAN PARISH FAMILY

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Ossipee Recreation

Peter Waugh

Take your best guess on Ossipee Ice Out It's time once again for the Ossipee Lake Ice Out Contest. To see if you will win this year, you need to start to think spring and take your best guess as to when you think Ossipee Lake will be completely free of ice. To enter send the following information: your name, age (or age division), mailing address, phone number with your guess (month, date, and time) that you think Ossipee Lake will be completely free of ice.

Entry blanks are on the Ossipee Recreation Department’s website at www.ossipeerec.org, of the back of the Spring Program Brochure, and are available at various locations in Ossipee and Effingham. All entries must be received at the recreation department by 5 p.m., Friday, March 16.

Entries may be sent to: Ossipee Lake “Ice-Out” Contest, Ossipee Recreation Department, P.O. Box 67, Center Ossipee, NH 038154; faxed to 539-4183 or emailed to ossrec@gmail.com.

There are three age divisions: division 1: ages 5-12, division 2: ages 13-18, and division 3: adults.

Winners of divisions 2 and 3 will receive a brand new rod and reel with the reel hand crafted by Steve Capone of New England Rod and Reel. The Division 1 winner will receive a new rod & reel. This event is sponsored by the Ossipee Recreation Department, New England Rod and Reel, The Carroll County Independent and The Granite State News. For more information contact the recreation department at 539-1307 or at ossrec@gmail.com.

Winter BINGO Be sure to play the Ossipee Recreation Department’s Winter BINGO! The goal of this game is to get you and your family outside and enjoy all that the winter season has to offer here in New Hampshire. Some of the activities include: ice fishing, sledding, helping a neighbor, participation in a recreation department activity, and more. The BINGO cards and guidelines are available at the Recreation Department Office, and on line at www.ossipeerec. org. All entries must be returned to the department office by 5 p.m., Friday, March 9.

Spring Program Brochure The recreation department is ready for spring with a full range of activities and events for all ages. The brochures will be out at various locations in Ossipee and Effingham as well as on the department’s website at www.ossipeerec.org by Friday, Feb. 17. Some of these activities need coaches and monitors to take place. If interested please contact the department. Here is a list of what is available this Spring with Ossipee Recreation: Children/youth: Super Sluggers Softball (for girls in grades 1-3), Girls Travel Softball (grades 4-6), L’il Pros’s T-Ball (Ages 4-kindergarten), TumbleTeacher’s Early Bird Special Mon-Fri 7-8am

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Take your best guess. You could be a winner like Cecilia Levesque (on the left) and Katlelyn Brownell (on the right) who won the Division 3 and Division 1 (respectively) “Ice-Out” Contest last year (Division 2 winner – Robbie Pomerleau is not pictured). To enter the Ossipee Ice Out contest send the Ossipee Recreation Department the following information: your name, age (or age division), mailing address, phone number with your guess (month, date, and time) that you think Ossipee Lake will be completely free of ice.

Entry blanks are also on the Department’s website at www.ossipeerec.org, of the back of the Spring Program Brochure, and are available at various locations in Ossipee and Effingham.

bugs Play Group (up to age 5 with an adult), soccer (grades 1-6), wiffleball (grades 1-6), and Hershey Track and Field (ages 9-14).

Teens: Hershey Track & Field (up to age 14), open gym, dodgeball, OHRV safety course, VolunTeen program, CPR and first aid classes, and dances.

Adults: oil paint class, Zumba, ceramics, Portland Flower Show trip, AAA mature driving class, dancercize, “Fleet Feet” walking program, CPR and first aid classes, and game day.

Special Events: Gary The Silent Clown, Portland Sea Dogs Game, Ossipee Clean Up Day, N.H. Boater Education Classes, Blueberry and Raspberry Pruning Workshop, Ossipee Lake Ice-Out Contest, and Gym Flyers Indoor Model Aviation Group.

For a complete description of these activities and events please contact Peter Waugh, recreation director at 539-1307 or at ossrec@gmail.com.

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Albany Town Column Mary Leavitt 447-1710/ Dorothy Solomon 447-1199

School district budget hearing Tuesday night

It’s getting toward March meeting time and budgeting. There will be a public hearing on the school district’s proposed budget for 2012-2013 on Feb. 14 at 5:30 p.m. and the annual budget hearing for the town budget will be Feb. 15 at 3:30 p.m.

Both are at the Albany Town Hall.

At the selectmen’s meeting, Health Officer/Fire Chief Brian Taylor spoke with the board about improving the quality of living in low income housing. It was decided that Brian should put together a budget to include inspections and expenses for this project.

Talk regarding the ongoing energy audit continues. Brian suggested putting in a hook-up in the electric box for a generator. He felt it unnecessary to purchase a generator as Coleman Rental could reserve one for the town.

Tin Mountain: Learn about plans and volunteer opportunities at Tin Mountain: for example the Mount Washington Hill Climb and the Century Ride. Join others for a coffee break at the center on the second Tuesday of the month. On Saturday, Feb. 18 from 10 a.m. to noon participate in Tin Mountain’s Winter Tracks Family Snowshoe and learn the four basic animal track patterns while enjoying the morning outside with your family.

Or, you can explore the Brownfield Bog on cross country skis and search for signs of otter, moose, coyote, and other wildlife. Meet at the G&S Store in Brownfield. Call 447-6991 for reservations.

World Fellowship: The public is invited to view the documentary, “Inside Job.” This is being presented by the Fellowship in conjunction with the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship.

The showing and subsequent discussion will be held at the UU Meetinghouse, 30 Tamworth Road, Tamworth on Monday, February 13 at 7 p.m. The film explores changes in the policy environment and banking practices that helped create the financial crisis and crash of 2008. It provides a closer look at some of the corruption within the financial system.

Gibson Center: From March 1 to April 30, you have a chance to participate in the Feinstein Chalsee next page

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lenge. By writing a check to the Gibson Nutrition Program, you will enable the center to get a proportionate share of the Feinstein Grant. This allows the center to continue its work to provide approximately 115 Meals on Wheels a day, which is significantly over the state contract, and to continue its daily Congregate meals. To sign up for the Feb. 26 “A Benny Goodman Tribute” trip, call 356-3231. April 15 will be here before you know it.

Call 356-3231 to set aside your half hour with an AARP representative for free income tax preparation. You must be low income and over 60 years old. Call to reserve your seat for either Monday or Tuesday’s (Feb. 13, 14) Valentines Dinner.

Library: Monday is Open Mic Night from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. It will feature students from Mountain Top Music Center’s Youth Chorus as well as two violinists and two keyboardists. If you’d like to perform, sign up when you arrive. Poets, writers, acoustic musicians and storytellers are welcome. The Exploring Reality film series continues with Living Matrix on Tuesday at 6:30 p.m. On Wednesday, the Independent Film Series presents "If I Want to Whistle, I Whistle" at 2 p.m.

Thursday afternoon at 3:30 p.m. teens can come to gaming day and play Wii and board games and at 6:30 p.m. People Who Read will discuss "Leviathan" by Scott Westerfield. This group is for older teens and adults.

Watch for televised county delegation meetings and commissioner meetings on Valley Vision.

There’s much to learn about what is happening with your tax money.

Andy Davis will be the guest speaker at the Conway Historical Society meeting Feb. 14 (Valentine’s Day) at 7 p.m. The society meets in the lower level of Salyards Center for the Arts on Route 16.

His topic, about which he is so knowledgeable, is “Story Telling in Northern New Hampshire.” It’s open to the public. If you want to partake in the pot luck that begins at 6 p.m., please bring a dish to share.

RSVP is also looking for people who can drive for them. If you can help, call 356-9331, MondayFriday between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m.

Remember Valentine’s Day is Tuesday. Don’t forget to do something for that best guy or gal of yours. Have a great week.

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Charlotte Hobbs Memorial Library presents Taste of Lovell on Feb. 12

LOVELL — The Charlotte Hobbs Memorial Library in Lovell will present “A Taste of Lovell” on Sunday, Feb. 12, from 2 to 4 p.m.

This 12th annual fundraiser, formerly know as “Death by Chocolate,” will feature a variety of locally prepared desserts, appetizers and fruits, and an opportunity to socialize and enjoy music by Davy Sturtevant, as well as vote for your favorite dish.

Sturtevant plays guitar, banjo and mandolin and has a repertoire that includes folk, jazz, blues, swing

Sally Bags second annual trunk show Feb. 11

CONWAY—Local Mount Washington Valley handbag company, Sally Bags, invites the public to attend their trunk show on Saturday, Feb. 11, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at their Center Conway studio located at 954 East Main Street.

“This Trunk Show allows us to clear out some of our past season inventory and make room for the new spring collection, by offering a deep discount on a huge selection of first quality handbags,” Janet DurkeePrescott, Sally Bags co-owner, said.

Attendees can expect to save up to 50 percent on Sally Bags’ discontinued fabrics, styles and accesso-

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“We are excited to open our doors to the public and show off our quaint little workspace,” Siiri Grubb, Sally Bags co-owner, said. “We have worked really hard to get to this point and are excited to report a very successful first two years in business, so what better way to thank our loyal customers than to have a sale.”

Sally Bags was recently inducted into the League of NH Craftsmen and plans to extend their show season to include over 40 shows.

For more information about the trunk show or Sally Bags call 447-4957 or visit www.sallybagsonline.com.

‘Inside Job’ to be shown in Tamworth Feb. 13 TAMWORTH — The World Fellowship Center and the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of the Eastern Slopes will host a showing of the 'Inside Job', at 7pm, Monday, February 13th at the Unitarian Universalist Meetinghouse in Tamworth. The 106-minute film, rated PG-13, won the 2010 Academy Award for best documentary feature.

“Unitarian Universalist principles include working to end injustice,” says Doug Burnell, board president of the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of the Eastern Slopes. "It's important for people to learn about how we've arrived where we are in order to bring ourselves to a better place."

The public is invited. The film explores how changes

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and old-time music.

The cost will be $5 for five tastes and $8 for 10 tastes of the locally prepared foods. Carry-out boxes will also be available. All proceeds benefit the library.

If you would like to cook or bake for this pre-Valentine’s Day event, stop by the library or call (207) 925-3177 to add your name to the list of cooks. The top three winners of the best dish will receive a lovely Valentine’s Day flower arrangement.

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in the policy environment and banking practices helped create the financial crisis and crash of 2008.

“We hope that community members will take this opportunity to spend the Monday before Presidents' Day to learn about some of the underpinnings of our current system,” adds Andrea Walsh, co-director of the World Fellowship Center of Albany. “The Occupy Movement has drawn attention to important issues.

This film provides a closer look at some of the corruption within our financial system.”

The meeting house is located at 30 Tamworth Road at the intersection of Route 113 (Tamworth Road) and Main Street. For more information or directions, visit www.UUFES.org or call 447-2280.

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North Conway Library will present a talk on adventures on a bicycle in Italy

Annual ‘Boots N’ Bling’ set for June 2

Steve and Sally Swenson to give talk on Feb. 16 CONWAY — The North Conway Public Library will the second event of the 2012 Speaker's Series, “Adventures on a Bicycle in Italy,” at 7 p.m., Thursday, Feb. 16 at the Mount Washington Weather Observatory on Main Street in North Conway.

Steve and Sally Swenson will share slides and stories from their summer 2011 bicycle-camping trip in the Italian-Swiss lake district of Lombardy, Italy. The Swensons spent close to a month exploring the area north of Milan, especially the shores of Lakes Maggiore and Lugano.

In addition to slides and anecdotes, members of Sally's string quartet, The Mountain Aire Strings, will provide Italian music to make this program a truly unique experience. All are invited to come see and hear about biking in Italy and why the Swensons are already talking about returning there next summer.

There is no charge, although donations are appreciated and refreshments will be served. For more information, contact the North Conway Library at 603-356-2961 or check www.NorthConwayLibrary.com.

Annual ice harvesting and winter carnival Feb. 11 at Remick Museum TAMWORTH — The ice harvesting and winter carnival at the Remick Country Doctor Museum and Farm in Tamworth village, will be held from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 11.

The morning begins with cutting ice traditionally with historical tools. Visitors can watch ice harvesters demonstrate this lost art and see how ice is scoured, gridded, cut and piked down a channel then lifted onto sleds drawn by the oxen teams of the 4-H Yankee Teamsters.

Winter carnival games will be hosted by the Tamworth Parks and Recreation Department. There will

also be horse drawn wagon rides, ice fishing exhibits, Chinook New England sled rides for children, hot food and drinks, live music and the Tamworth Historical Society’s’ exhibit: "The History of Dog Sledding in Tamworth" at the Cook Library.

Admission to the Remick Museum winter carnival is $5 per person for non-members. Children ages 4 and under are free. The Remick Museum and Farm is located at 58 Cleveland Hill Road, in Tamworth. For more information call toll free (800) 6866117 or visit www.remickmuseum. org.

PUBLIC NOTICE

School Districts of Albany, Chatham, Eaton & Hartʼs Location Please be advised that the deadline date for submission of petitioned articles in the School Districts of Albany, Chatham, Eaton, and Hart’s Location is Sunday, February 12, 2012. Petitioned articles may be filed with the respective School Board or at the Superintendent’s Office, 176A Main Street, Conway, NH.

PUBLIC NOTICE

SAU # 13 Pre-School Screening Clinic

A FREE Developmental Screening Clinic will be held Wednesday, February 15, 2012 from 9:00 to 11:00 AM at the Freedom Integrated Pre-School at Freedom Elementary School If you have a child aged birth to 5, who is not currently attending a public Kindergarten program and is a resident of Freedom, Madison or Tamworth, or you know of and have concerns about a preschooler’s growth and development, you are invited to take part in this screening.

Each child will be briefly screened in the areas of vision, hearing, motor development, communication and general knowledge. If concerns are noted, your child will be referred for further evaluation.

Arrangements will be made with Family-Centered Early Supports and Services to assist with screening of infants and toddlers.

If you wish to have your child take part in this FREE screening, please call Sandie Hill at the SAU #13 Office at 539-2610 or 323-5088 to schedule an appointment.

Northway Bank has returned as the 2012 Presenting Sponsor of the June 2, second annual “Boots ‘N Bling” charity auction and fundraising dinner for Starting Point: Service for Victims of Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault at the Glen Ellis Campground in Bartlett. Pictured above, Michelle Rober, chairman of the fundraising committee for Starting Point (left) is pictured accepting a check from Kristen Charette, manager of the Intervale branch. This event was sold out last year; tickets can be purchased now by calling (603) 447-2494 or by going to the agency web site at startingpointnh.org.

Sled dog races are on for Feb. 18-19 BRIDGTON, Maine — The Greater Bridgton Lakes Region Chamber of Commerce has announced that the sled dog races scheduled for Feb. 18 and 19 at Five Field Farm in South Bridgton are set to go as planned.

The races had been postponed from January due to lack of snow. Up to

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50 sled dog teams from the Down East Sled Dog Club will compete for points in races sanctioned by the International Sled Dog Racing Association. For more information go to www.MaineLakesMushersBowl. com, or call the Chamber at (207) 647-3472.

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Please be advised that the deadline date for submission of petitioned articles in the School District of Conway is Tuesday, February 14, 2012. Petitioned articles may be filed with the School Board or at the Superintendent’s Office, 176A Main Street, Conway, NH.

Attorney Ed McBurney Free Consultation North Conway • (603) 356-9097

PUBLIC NOTICE Town of Effingham Invitation to Bid

The Conway Board of Selectmen will hold a public hearing to discuss proposed changes to Chapter 113 Solid Waste of the Code of the Town of Conway pertaining to fees for accepting railroad ties, a pay per bag fee for one time use, and closing the Dump Store.

The hearing will be held on Tuesday, February 28, 2012 at 4:05 p.m. at Conway Town Hall, 1634 East Main Street, Center Conway, NH.

The Town of Effingham is soliciting bids for the replacement of an Oil FHW Boiler with an automaticfeed wood pellet boiler and 3-ton interior hopper to be filled by pneumatic pellet delivery trucks at the Municipal Office Building on School Street.

Specifications are available upon request at the Selectmen’s Office during regular business hours: Monday, Tuesday and Thursday 9:00 to 2:00 pm and Friday 9:00 to noon or by email request: effingham@ roadrunner.com. Bids will be accepted until Tuesday, March 6, 2012 at 5:00 pm. All bids must be submitted in a sealed envelope plainly marked ìwood pellet boiler replacement projectî and addressed to Town of Effingham, 68 School Street, Effingham, NH 03882.

Bids will be opened during the regularly scheduled Selectmen’s meeting on March 6, 2012 at 7:00 pm. For questions call the Selectmen’s Office at 539-7770. The Board of Selectmen reserves the right to reject any and all bids to best serve the interests of the Town.

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Thursday, February 23, 2012 beginning at 7:00 p.m.

Conway Town Office, Center Conway Review and Acceptance of Minutes • February 9, 2012 AGENDA OTHER BUSINESS • Barry Packard/§123-4.A.5 (File #NA12-04) to expand the existing footprint and add a second floor residential unit at 195 Maple Manor Road (PID 280-57).

• North Conway Community Center - consideration of proposed BLA and conveyance of Town ownership of PID 218-28 & 30 • Committee Reports

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HOME OF THE WEEK

REAL ESTATE CORNER

Reduce your debt, improve your score

BY JASON ROBIE I think we are all aware the concept of “common sense” is a bit of a myth. You see it (or the lack thereof) every weekend on Route 16 as logic flies out the window somewhere around the entrance to the Kanc. and “every man for himself” becomes the norm. Instead of whining about traffic (this paper is not big enough for that discussion), I’d like to encourage (impart?) a little common sense when it comes to your finances and the purchase of a home.

First on the list is debt. Nearly all of us carry it like an albatross around our necks. There can be a healthy debt load but there can also be the dangerous kind. We’re not going to delve into all the potential woes if your debt becomes too much of a monster. The goal here is to trim it down to a more manageable and tolerable level. As I mentioned last week, I just had to purchase a new (to me) truck. It turns out I have great credit (owning a home and not Jason Robie missing payments will help with that!), but there were still a few blemishes on my report that caught me by surprise. It turns out I was carrying too much of a debt load and I got “dinged” a few precious points because of it.

On average, Americans carry almost $60,000 in household debt and about $11,000 in credit card debt. That is a significant weight to bear even in a strong economy. With unemployment rates as high as they are, those numbers become even more stressful. Long gone are the days when people only purchased what they had the cash for. It is important to note that not all debt is a negative thing. The average student today graduates with $25,000 in student loans. You’ll have a hard time convincing me that that is a bad debt (unless that student majored in causal relations in alcohol consumption!). The lesson here is to be crystal clear of where your debt load stands and your plan for shrinking it.

We often sing the praises of homeownership and you’ll be hard pressed to find someone who doesn’t believe it is a great long-term investment.

Now that the lending companies have started using more intelligent lending practices and have raised the bar for buyers, it is more important than ever to have a healthy credit score and a decent chunk of money for a down payment. In order to start the process towards that end, you will need to evaluate your “in-come” and “out-go” and make adjustments as necessary.

You do not need a degree in accounting (more student loans!) to get a solid handle on your budget. On a simple piece of paper, make note of your monthly bills including the checks you write for heat and lights as well as the debit card swipes for groceries, gas and candy bars. If you have never done this exercise, chances are you’ll be slightly amazed. The first time I put my expenses down on paper, I couldn’t believe how much money I was wasting in small, seemingly insignificant chunks. A simple cup of coffee on the way to work can easily add up to $50 every month and $600 a year! We all know $600 can see ROBIE page 46

Open layout, panoramic view This week’s Home of the Week is a three-bedroom cape-style home on Blinden Drive in Madison.

MADISON — Built in 2006, this contemporary cape has a large 10-by-30-foot deck with a beautiful mountain and lake panoramic view — perfect for watching sunsets and entertaining.

This three-plus bedroom, two-bath home has almost 2,000 square feet of living space and a great open layout with granite counter tops in the galley kitchen, large soaring windows, hardwood floors throughout, a gas fireplace and economical FHW heat. The basement has been plumbed for a third bath and has double doors leading outside.

This is a very private site, close to the best beach in Eidelweiss and minutes to all the amenities available in North Conway.

Price is $228,000.

Listing agent is Bonnie Hayes of Select Real Estate in Conway. She can be reached at (603) 447-3813 or bonnie@ selectrealestate.com for additional information or to make arrangements for a showing.

Or visit the website at www. selectrealestate.com to view this and other properties in the Mount Washington Valley.

Multiple Listing Service number for this Madison home is 4102553.

The deck is a great place for watching sunsets and entertaining.

The home has almost 2,000 square feet of living space.

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buy a whole lot of coffee beans and filters for the coffee machine on our kitchen counter.

One of the more common ways to start working on your debt is to focus on the high-interest loans first.

We should all know by now that paying the minimum amount is never going to get us anywhere. If you target the high-interest loan first, pay the minimum on the others and put any additional money toward the targeted high-interest bill. This is a slow and steady process, but you will be pleasantly surprised at the results when the balance starts to shrink and you’re soon able to eliminate that expense. Imagine how quickly you will pay down your next targeted loan when you apply the previous payment to that bill!

If you can’t increase the payment right now you must at least make your minimum payments on time.

Never, ever pay late. I learned this lesson when I was still in high school, and it has stuck with me ever since.

If you absolutely cannot make this month’s payment, and it happens to all of us, contact the lender and make sure they are aware. Many lenders will work with you and won’t report the missed payment to the credit bureaus. As someone who has owned rental property in the past, I promise you the knowledge that a payment is imminent versus wondering if my tenant has just decided to stop paying, makes all the difference in the world. This impacts my budget and my perception of said tenant.

Remember that your credit score is based on your ability to pay and your history of payments as well as the amount of available credit you have. If you have

$30,000 in available credit, but you are using $25,000 of that, you are using over 80 percent of your limit.

This is a scary ratio for lenders and it will start to negatively impact your score. The lesson here is once you pay off a credit card, assuming there are no annual fees, do not close that account. If the card you just paid off was at $10,000, your available credit is now up to 50 percent. Still too high for most lenders, but it looks far better than the 20 percent you had before.

The idea of adjusting your lifestyle along with your spending habits is not very attractive to many people.

At this point it comes down to an alignment of your priorities. I love eating out for dinner. It is nice to meet with friends in a social place, have a decent meal (prepared and cleaned up by someone else). As I was going through the process of evaluating my budget, I realized the amount of money I was spending on these meals. This was clearly an unnecessary expense and one that I could easily remedy by a weekly trip to the grocery store. The sacrifice was not fun. I would obviously prefer to enjoy the full night out with friends.

But a simple adjustment of eating at home and then joining up with my friends saved me the money for the meal but retained the real goal of a fun night out.

Making adjustments to your spending is never fun. We are living in a society that rewards immediate gratification and thinking long-term is no longer the norm. If you can adjust your mindset and maintain your goal of living in your very own home (or just living debt free), that long-term reward will be an even sweeter treat when you finally attain it.

Jason Robie is a staff writer for Badger Realty in North Conway. Phone number is (603) 356-5757.

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BY NELSON D. SCHWARTZ AND JULIE CRESWELL As state and federal authorities announced the details of their $26 billion mortgage settlement with big banks on Thursday, millions of American homeowners were hoping that this time they would finally get relief.

Some, like Jessica Cooper of Toledo, Ohio, will discover the program’s limitations.

Since she was laid off in June 2009, Cooper and her husband have been pressing Bank of America to modify the terms of the $112,000 mortgage on their home. But because the loan is owned by the Federal Housing Administration, it is not covered.

Similarly, Carlos Sandoval de Leon has been seeking a break from Wells Fargo on the $662,000 he owes on a Brooklyn brownstone. But because that mortgage is held by a private investor, it too falls outside the scope of the agreement, which mostly covers loans held by the banks themselves.

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would have their mortgage debts reduced or their loans refinanced at a lower interest rate. It also includes $1.5 billion for roughly 750,000 people who lost their homes to foreclosure between 2008 and 2011, with each receiving between $1,500 and $2,000.

Economists do not expect a big boost for the economy, in part because the banks have three years to distribute the aid. Some experts questioned whether the accord would do much to stabilize the housing market and its glut of millions of foreclosed homes.

Critics also pointed to the fact that millions of mortgages owned by the government’s housing finance agencies, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, would not be covered under the deal, excluding about half the nation’s mortgages.

“The effect of this settlement will be catalytic,” Shaun Donovan, the secretary of Housing and Urban Development, said in an interview.

He predicted it would spur more loan modifications through existing government programs as well as principal reductions — when loan debt is written down for borrowers who owe more than their home is worth — as well as additional mortgage relief provided by banks.

“We do believe there should be principal reduction at Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac,” he added.

“We’ve been disappointed that this hasn’t happened thus far.” He said the government had proposed incentives for Fannie and Freddie to cut loan balances under an existing program, and the two mortgage giants were studying the idea.

Advocates for homeowners facing foreclosure expressed cautious optimism after the settlement was announced Thursday morning in Washington. “We’re hopeful,” said Joseph Sant, a lawyer at Staten Island Legal Services’ homeowner defense project. “But we had a lot of programs that are good on paper. What will make the difference is that it’s vigorously enforced.”

President Obama declared the deal the largest federal-state settlement in the nation’s history.

“No compensation, no amount of money, no measure of justice is enough to make it right for a family who’s had their piece of the American dream wrongly taken from them,” he said. “And no action, no matter how meaningful, is going to by itself entirely heal the housing market. But this settlement is a start.”

Homeowners in two states — Florida and California — will reap more than half of the $26 billion settlement, a reflection of the disproportionate number of loans that are delinquent or exceed the value of the underlying property there, government regulators said.

The amounts from individual banks were linked to their share of the servicing market. The biggest, Bank of America, would provide $11.8 billion, followed by $5.4 billion from Wells Fargo, $5.3 billion from JPMorgan Chase, $2.2 billion from Citigroup and $310 million from Ally. Bank of America would contribute an additional $1 billion for Federal Housing Administration loans.

And if nine other major mortgage servicers join the pact, a possibility that is now under discussion with the government, the total package could rise to $30 billion.

Banks stocks were mixed in trading Thursday, but shares of Bank of America rose 0.62 percent to $8.18, its highest level since September. Much of the money to pay for the settlement has already been reserved, and investors expect the settlement to remove at least one legal worry for Bank of America.

More than just an attempt to aid consumers and stabilize the housing market, government officials cast the settlement as an effort to finally hold banks accountable for their misdeeds, more than three years after the mortgage collapse brought on a full-scale financial crisis.

The deal is about “righting the wrongs that led to the housing market collapse,” said Eric H. Holder Jr., the United States attorney general.

Advocates for homeowners facing foreclosure expressed cautious optimism after the settlement was announced Thursday morning in Washington.

“We’re hopeful,” said Joseph Sant, a lawyer at Staten Island Legal Services’ homeowner defense project. “But we had a lot of programs that are good on paper. What will make the difference is that it’s vigorously enforced.”

“With this settlement, we recover precious taxpayer resources, fix a broken system and lay a groundwork for a better future.”

The agreement does not release banks from a variety of other suspected misdeeds. Regulators and prosecutors could still pursue allegations of fraud in the process by which those loans were made, known as origination, and the packaging of those mortgages into securities sold to investors by the big banks.

“We’re going to keep at it until we hold those who broke the law fully accountable,” Obama said.

The agreement also imposes new standards that banks will have to follow as they deal with distressed homeowners. Mr. Donovan said the settlement would “force the banks to clean up their acts.

No more lost paperwork, no more excuses, no more runaround.”

Though some mortgage advocates praised the settlement as a needed step in the right direction, Katherine Porter, a law professor at University of California Irvine, was more skeptical.

“We have to look at this as being a modest settlement even thought the number itself, the $26

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billion, is an eye-popping number,” said Porter.

“There are millions of people who have lost their homes and this settlement will only affect a relatively small number of them.”

She was also surprised at the time — three years — that the servicers were being given to put the settlement into effect.

“That reflects to me a lack of urgency. That the banks don’t think it is urgent or they still haven’t gotten the staff, technology, ethos or platforms set up to help people quickly,” said Porter.

“That three-year window makes me really nervous because a lot of people could be out of their homes by then.”

What is more, other critics are raising questions about so-called moral hazard, the danger that more relief encourages homeowners to default in the hopes of getting aid. News of the settlement also reignited resentment from homeowners who are current on their payments, and have shunned government aid.

Some state attorneys general closely involved with the settlement acknowledged that it provided only a small amount of restitution to individuals who lost their homes in foreclosures, even though they said their investigations uncovered rampant evidence of robo-signing and enormous problems with the servicing aspects of the loans.

“This agreement is more important for the foreclosures we’re hoping to prevent,” said Roy Cooper, the attorney general for North Carolina.

For homeowners like the Coopers and de Leon there is still hope, even if it won’t come through Thursday’s settlement. Both Bank of America and Wells Fargo said Thursday they were exploring other options that could prevent foreclosure.

Shaila Dewan contributed reporting.

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Bernanke underscores need for housing recovery WASHINGTON – The following is a statement by National Association of Realtors president Moe Veissi: “NAR appreciates remarks made

by Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke in support of homeowners and the struggling housing market in testimony last week before the House Budget Committee.

“We fully support Chairman Bernanke’s comments that the lack of available and affordable mortgage financing, low home values and high foreclosure inventories are inhibiting a meaningful housing market recovery. His remarks coupled with President Obama’s new housing proposal announced earlier this week, shows that the administration and Federal Reserve recognize the vital role that real estate plays in both the shortand long-term health of the nation.

“As the leading advocate for housing and homeownership issues, NAR has long said that restoring the health of

the housing market is the only way to achieve an economic recovery.

“While we are beginning to see early signs of stabilization in the housing market, we continue to call on Congress and the Obama administration to come together and make housing a priority issue. We believe more can be done to address the lack of available and affordable mortgage financing to creditworthy borrowers and stem the rising inventory of foreclosed homes, which is depressing home values in communities across the country.

“Housing and homeownership issues affect all Americans, and stabilizing the housing market is critical to the nation’s economy making a meaningful recovery.”

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Elegance! Currently used as a Bed & Breakfast in picturesque Gorham, NH, this magnificent home would also make a truly distinctive private residence. With five bedrooms, four baths, a formal dining room, and a sitting room with a fireplace, there are beautiful wood floors throughout. The woodwork in this home is absolutely stunning. The landscaping is impeccable. There’s also an attached barn that is currently used as a well known hiker’s hostel. Enjoy the extra income or the fine living.

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––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– TRANSACTIONS ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– ALBANY CHRISTOPHER T, READ, MOULTON20 OLVERIAN BROOK RD, 55000, BORO BUSINESS CENTER, LAND, MARC R & DEBBIE, PELLETIER, 01/26/12 RICHARD J & MAUREEN L, TARDIE, ULKRC-18 HARILLA LANDING L/B, 01/19/12 YACHT CLUB, 17933, VILLA NOVA REALTY INC, JILL J, AMER MAMAGEBARTLETT MENT TRUST, COND, 01/25/12 105 COW HILL RD, 145000, ANTHONY R, DELUCA, GEOFFREY WAKEFIELD E, COFFIN, L/B, 01/20/12 212 ARBUTUS AVE, 656667, 25 LINDERHOF STRASSE, 174933, MARSHA, LAVALIEE HUNTOON GLORIA, PLATCOW 1994 FAMILY REVOC TRUST, MAUREEN R, TRUST, ERIC M, PAGE, L/B, 01/20/12 GILLAM REVOC TRUST, L/B, 01/19/12 94 LINDERHOF STRASSE, 165000, 158 MAIN ST, 153333, DEUTSCHE SHARON, CAHILL CASTLE, MARIAN BK NATL TRUST CO-AS, ROSLEA & BEATA, ZOCH, L/B, 01/25/12 REALTY TRUST, L/B, 01/24/12 RTE 302, 115600, RIVER RUN COMRTE 16, 135000, GARY D, LEIGHPANY INC ET AL, ATTITASH MOUNTON, JANE M, HEFFERNAN ET AL, TAIN VILLAGE DECL, LAND, 01/19/12 LAND, 01/26/12 UNIT 27 WOODLAND PINES, 193000, ELLEN L, EIERMANN, TARA WOLFEBORO M, PHILBIN, COND, 01/20/12 7 RONALD RD, 228533, STEPHEN M, BUCK ET AL, PATRICK J & LAWREL CONWAY S, SPERA, LAND, 01/26/12 BLUEBERRY LN, 50000, HANNAH, WINNIPESAUKEE DR, 55000, B & H SULLIVAN ET AL, MARGARET, BRADDEVELOPMENT CORP, SAVERINO A FORD HOFFMANN, LAND, 01/24/12 & KATHLEEN M, CORREALE, LAND, UNIT 5 VILLAGE AT NORTH 01/19/12 CONWAY, 170000, KEITH & JOYCE, CROWLEY, ANDREW H, KALP, COND, Sales information is published in sum01/25/12 marized form for your information only.

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CONWAY — Lorraine Seibel has joined Coldwell Banker Wright Realty.

Antonella Bliss, Lindsey Maihos and Rose Robinson, owners/brokers of the firm, say they're happy to have Seibel on board.

"Lorraine is an established professional with extensive experience and qualifications," noted Lindsey Maihos.

"She is a dedicated Realtor providing exceptional services to buyers and sellers in the Mount Washington Valley."

Seibel has been a Realtor since 1986, and became a broker in 1996. She is active with the White Mountain Board of Realtors and has held many offices, including president in 2007. Lorraine Seibel has also served on the professional development committee with the New Hampshire Association of Realtors. Seibel was also Realtor of the Year at the White Mountain Board of Realtors in 2008.

As a qualified Accredited Buyer Representative (ABR), Seibel has worked with generations of the same families

through both the buying and selling process. "It's an honor to work with people, and provide the best service I can. I enjoy taking all the stress out of the transaction and bringing them through to a smooth closing," she says.

"Our business increased substantially last year," says Rose Robinson, one of the principals of Coldwell Banker Wright Realty. "We're definitely excited to have a broker of Lorraine's caliber representing our clients."

Lorraine Seibel can be reached by phone at (603) 986-9057 (cell), (603) 447-2117 Ext. 301 (office), or e-mail Lorraine@WrightRealty.com.

Coldwell Banker Wright Realty is a full-service real estate brokerage representing buyers and sellers in both New Hampshire and Maine for more than 30 years. The company is located at 481 White Mountain Highway (Route 16) in Conway, just north the Tech Village.

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BY VICKIE ELMER NEW YORK TIMES

When you choose a fixed-rate loan for a home purchase or refinancing — as more than 9 out of 10 people currently do — only one part of the monthly mortgage statement is ever likely to change: the escrow amount.

But with home values sinking, and many people filing property-tax challenges as a result, the monthly escrow could possibly decline a bit.

The escrow amount, which is added to the principal and interest of the monthly mortgage payment, is typically adjusted annually, and often in December or January, as lenders review for overages or shortages. Some lenders review the escrow account on the anniversary of the mortgage closing.

Escrow collection is set up before a mortgage closing and based on property-tax bills and the homeowners’ insurance, including lender-required polices like flood coverage, according to Peter Graubard, a real estate lawyer in Manhattan who often represents Wells Fargo and other banks at home closings.

Homeowners would do well, however, to assess their own escrow statements, industry experts say, as mistakes may sometimes occur.

There can be errors from the start, especially if the property is in an area with several taxing authorities and one

of them is overlooked, said Michael G. Barone, a real estate lawyer at Abrams Garfinkel Margolis Bergson in Manhattan. “They’re only escrowing for two of the three taxes owed,” he said.

Other mistakes may be made later on: the lender or mortgage servicer may have missed a tax payment or allowed the balance to grow beyond limits allowed under the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act. The federal law allows lenders to keep a cushion of up to two months’ total escrow payments.

One way to avoid any problems is to pay your homeowners’ insurance and property taxes yourself. Graubard says borrowers can request to do so before the mortgage closing or by contacting the customer service department of a lender or servicer.

Some lenders charge a one-time fee to forgo an escrow, typically around a quarter of a percentage point of the loan balance, or $500 on a $200,000 mortgage, according to Jeff Lipes, a senior vice president of Family Choice Mortgage in South Windsor, Conn., and the president of the Connecticut Mortgage Bankers Association.

Many homeowners, meanwhile, are filing property-tax grievances to reduce their assessed valuation and tax payments, since many towns and municipalities only reassess properties every five to seven years. (Appeals are generally due from March through May.)

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