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Vocational program gives recent refugees let up with marketable health care skills By adaM drapcho THE LACONIA DAILY SUN

LACONIA — Finding employment can be challenging for most out-of-work residents, especially given the current economic climate. For about 150 of the city’s newest residents – Bhutanese refugees – the task is yet more daunting because they spent nearly 20 years in a camp in Nepal.

Lutheran Social Services, the organization which contracts with the government to settle refugees and provide language training, has developed a program to offer vocational skills designed to make the refugees more useful to the community they find themselves inhabiting.

The program, called “Vocational English for Speakers of Other Languages Healthcare Training,” is an intensive eight-week course that included two weeks of on-thejob training and was provided through a partnership that included the Unisee SKILLS page 13

And just what does a captain of the Mount Washington do in the off season?

Bruce Campbell, one of the captains of the M/S Mount Washington, clears snow from the boardwalk near the company’s Weirs Beach offices on Tuesday while co-workers offer shoveling tips. Campbell said the decks, ramps and docks must be shoveled regularly to relieve them of the weight of the snow. (Laconia Daily Sun photo/Adam Drapcho)

Due to be sentenced to federal prison today, Scott Farah spent Tuesday offering more testimony before bankruptcy hearing

By Michael Kitch

CONCORD — The day before being sentenced on federal fraud charges, Scott Farah, the principal of Financial Resources Mortgage, Inc. (FRM), again claimed he never intended to steal from his clients when he was again questioned by counsel for the

bankruptcy trustee sorting the debris left in the wake of what has been called the biggest Ponzi scheme in state history.

Attorney Jim Donchess was not convinced. He reminded Farah that he pled guilty to a crime and asked “are you going to tell the judge you had no intent to steal?”

“I don’t know what I’m going to say

tomorrow,” Farah replied. “What my lawyer tells me to say.”

When FRM collapsed in November 2009, Farah left the state. Following a much awaited public appearance before the bankruptcy trustee in March he pled the Fifth Amendment, then was captured by a televisee FARAH page 8

LACONIA — Alton Police Prosecutor Melissa Guldbrandsen is the second official applicant for the job of Belknap County Attorney.

Guldbrandsen, who is also managing

partner of her own law firm, has been the contract prosecutor for the town of Alton for a year and a member of the N.H. Bar Association since 2002.

She is a former law clerk for retired N.H.

Chief Justice David Brock.

Guldbrandsen is an Alton native and earned her Bachelor of Science degree in mathematics and education from the see GULBRANDSEN page 9

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Sargent Shriver, one of last links to JFK White House, dies at 95 BETHESDA, Md. (AP) — R. Sargent Shriver, the exuberant public servant and Kennedy in-law whose career included directing the Peace Corps, fighting the War on Poverty, ambassador to France and, less successfully, running for office, died Tuesday. He was 95.

Shriver, who announced in 2003 that he had Alzheimer’s disease, had been hospitalized for several days. The family said he died surrounded by those he loved.

One of the last links to President Kennedy’s administration, Shriver’s death comes less than two years after his wife, Special Olympics founder Eunice Kennedy Shriver, died on Aug. 11, 2009, at age 88. The Kennedy family suffered a second blow that same month when Sen. Edward Kennedy died.

Speaking outside Suburban Hospital in Maryland,

Anthony Kennedy Shriver said his father was “with my mom now,” and called his parents’ marriage a great love story.

At Eunice Shriver’s memorial service, their daughter Maria Shriver said her father let her mother “rip and he let her roar, and he loved everything about her.” He attended in a wheelchair.

The handsome Shriver was often known first as an in-law — brother-in-law of President John F. Kennedy and, late in life, father-in-law of actor-former California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger.

But his achievements were historic in their own right and changed millions of lives: the Peace Corps’ first director and the leader of President Lyndon Johnson’s “War on Poverty,” out of which came such programs as Head Start and Legal Services.

President Barack Obama called Shriver “one of

the brightest lights of the greatest generation.”

“Over the course of his long and distinguished career, Sarge came to embody the idea of public service,” Obama said in a statement.

Within the family, Shriver was sometimes relied upon for the hardest tasks. When Jacqueline Kennedy needed the funeral arranged for her assassinated husband, she asked her brother-in-law.

“He was a man of giant love, energy, enthusiasm, and commitment,” the Shriver family said in a statement. “He lived to make the world a more joyful, faithful, and compassionate place. He centered everything on his faith and his family. He worked on stages both large and small but in the end, he will be best known for his love of others.”

In public, Shriver spoke warmly of his famous insee SHRIVER page 6

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A gun in a 10th grader’s backpack discharged Tuesday when he dropped the bag, wounding two students at a high school, including one who remained in critical condition, police said.

Both teens were hit with the same bullet, Los Angeles deputy police chief Patrick Gannon said.

John Deasy, deputy superintendent of the Los Angeles Unified School District, said there was no indication the student with the backpack had touched the gun before it discharged.

“He literally dropped his knapsack on the desk and it went off,” Deasy said.

Gannon said the student apologized before running to another classroom.

“He said, ‘I’m sorry,’ when the gun went off. It made it appear to the teacher that it was an accident,” Gannon said.

Still, Los Angeles police Lt. John Pasquariello said it was a crime to bring a gun to campus. The unidentified student was arrested and charges were pending, he said.

“We don’t know exactly what happened,” Pasquariello said. “Traditionally, guns don’t go off without someone’s finger on the trigger.”

A 15-year-old girl suffered a skull fracture and bruising to the brain and developed a significant blood clot when the bullet grazed her skull.

The blood clot was removed successfully, but the

girl remained sedated and in critical condition, said Dr. James Ausman, a neurosurgeon at Los Angeles County Harbor-UCLA Medical Center. The girl’s family was by her side.

A 15-year-old boy was in fair condition after being shot in the neck in a classroom at Gardena High School, a sprawling, 1950s-era school with rows of barracks-like classrooms The shooting occurred in a classroom at the school, where Principal Rudy Mendoza said students were on a break at the time. The campus was locked down after the incident. Police initially reported a shooter was at large. see SHOOTING page 9

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — A judge will decide whether former Haitian dictator Jean-Claude Duvalier will be tried on charges that include corruption and embezzlement for allegedly pilfering the treasury before his 1986 ouster, a lawyer for the ex-strongman said Tuesday.

A judge questioned the former dictator known as “Baby Doc” in an hourslong, closed-door court session, defense attorney Gervais Charles said. The decision to move toward a trial makes clear that whatever Duvalier’s reasons were for returning to Haiti on Sunday, the government is poised to take the opportunity to seek justice for his 15-year

regime, widely regarded as brutal and corrupt.

Charles said the case is now in the hands of a judge of instruction who will decide whether there is enough evidence to go to trial, a process that can take up to three months.

Several hundred Duvalier supporters gathered outside the court, burning tires, chanting slogans and calling for the arrest of President Rene Preval, then cheering as Duvalier left the courthouse and headed to his hotel under police escort. Earlier, some supporters had tried to block streets with overturned trash bins and rocks to keep police from taking Duvalier from his hotel to the courthouse.

There are no signs of widespread support for Duvalier, however. Demonstrations on his behalf have been relatively small by Haiti standards. More than half the nation’s people are too young to have lived through his government.

Haiti’s system allows for pretrial detention, but Duvalier was allowed to remain free, though he cannot leave the country. His longtime companion Veronica Roy had said Monday that Duvalier expected his trip from France, where he has lived in exile, would last three days.

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Patients & health care advocacy groups sue Medicare over service cuts

MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) — Five New England residents and five national health care advocacy groups filed a lawsuit Tuesday against the federal agency that administers Medicare, saying it had illegally reduced or denied benefits to thousands of patients with chronic health problems.

The lawsuit, filed in U.S. District Court in Burlington, named Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius as its sole defendant and took aim at an arm of Sebelius’ agency, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. It charged

that when clients were deemed to be making no improvements after receiving nursing, physical, occupational or speech therapy, those services often were cut off.

The standard has never been subjected to the review and public comment that federal regulations normally undergo, the lawsuit said, but was “a covert rule of thumb that operates as an additional and illegal condition of coverage” resulting in the termination, reduction or denial of benefits for thousands of Medicare beneficiaries annually.

Chief justice plans for new N.H. mega-court

CONCORD (AP) — New Hampshire’s new chief justice will announce a proposal to combine three of the state’s busiest courts into one.

Chief Justice Linda Dalianis (DuhLANE-us) will hold her first new conference Wednesday to report on the the AMJudicial 1 findings 1/13/11 of8:24 Page 1Innovation Commission. In December the commission reported to the justices their

recommendations to cut costs and streamline court operations.

One proposal is to combine the state’s probate, family and district courts into a new Circuit Court.

Another proposal seeks a $5 million appropriation to create a system for filing most court documents online.

Dalianis was sworn in last month as the state’s first female chief justice.

Granite State unemployment rate ticks up to 5.5%

CONCORD (AP) — The New Hampshire department of Employment Security says the state’s unemployment rate ticked up one-tenth of one percent in December to 5.5 percent.

The December figure compares to an unemployment rate of 6.9 percent in December 2009.

The statistics found that 707,060

New Hampshire residents were working last month, an increase of 10 from November and up 16,750 from December 2009.

Nationally, the seasonally adjusted unemployment rate for December was 9.4 percent, down from 9.8 percent in November and 9.9 percent in December 2009.

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A spokeswoman for the Medicare program, Ellen Griffith, said the government had not had a chance to review the complaint and would withhold comment.

The suit did not say the alleged practice affected the patients’ hospital, prescription drug and other types of care. But the Washington-based Center for Medicare Advocacy, which announced the lawsuit Tuesday in a media conference call, argued that denying chronically ill patients homehealth visits or physical therapy would force many of them to seek more expensive hospital care due to earlier neglect.

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Froma Harrop

How can health care reform be considered job killing?

Following the attack against Rep. Gabrielle Giffords and bystanders, Republicans put off action to scuttle the Democrats’ health care reforms.

The GOP Houseleadership is now back, determined to repeal a law that gives Americans health care security while cutting budget deficits — but in a nice way.

“We can and should have a debate about the facts of the law and its records,” said House Speaker John Boehner’s spokesman. (Some may be under the impression that this field had already been plowed into dust.)

Anyhow, official projections of the reforms’ impact do nothing to support Republican claims that the law will drive up federal deficits. Actually, they point the other way.

But with the brief intermission for mourning the victims in Tucson over, the show must go on. And a show it is. The Senate is highly unlikely to go along with the repeal, and the president would be sure to veto it.

About the facts.

“Dear Mr. Speaker: The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) has reviewed H.R. 2, (which Republicans titled) the Repealing the Job-Killing Health Care Law Act, as introduced on January 5, 2011.” So began CBO Director Douglas W. Elmendorf in a letter to Boehner.

The CBO is the nonpartisan, scorekeeper for Congress. Its rather technocratic job is to look at legislation and project what it will cost and how it will affect the national debt.

In the letter, Elmendorf reminds Boehner that the CBO and the Joint Committee on Taxation (JCT) “estimated that the March 2010 health care legislation would reduce budget deficits over the 2010-2019 period and in subsequent years; consequently, we expect that repealing that legislation would increase budget deficits.”

Republicans have argued that the CBO didn’t do the numbers right, but Elmendorf stands his ground.

CBO has seen “no evidence to date” that the law “will yield overall budgetary effects that differ significantly from the ones that CBO and JCT projected earlier,” he writes.

Enacting the repeal “would probably increase federal budget deficits over the 2012-2019 period by a total

of roughly $145 billion,” Elmendorf adds. Another result would be 32 million fewer Americans with health coverage by 2019.

How is the health care law “jobkilling”? The Republicans don’t adequately explain. If the reforms were overturned, health care premiums paid by large employers would actually rise a bit. (Again, the CBO talking.) Premiums paid by small employers would be slightly higher or slightly lower.

The decidedly not-liberal Heritage Foundation and Wall Street Journal just released their 2011 Index of Economic Freedom. The list, a Heritage economist explained, “records countries’ commitment to the free enterprise-capitalist system.” This year, United States has dropped one place to No. 9.

It’s instructive to note that the eight capitalist exemplars ahead of us on the list — Hong Kong, Singapore, Australia, New Zealand, Switzerland, Canada, Ireland and Denmark — all offer governmentguaranteed health coverage. In doing so, they free their people from the fear of not being able to afford health care. And they free their companies from the burden of having to deal with skyrocketing medical costs year after year.

Some American businesses would not benefit from fixing our chaotic and wasteful health care system — mainly those making a pile off of it.

Do take a look at where these companies send their campaign contributions.

Republican efforts to repeal the health care reforms are also a sop to some tea party folk who object to any law that increases government’s role in health care, even if it reduces deficits, which most of them probably don’t know it does.

The Republican House may very well pass the Repealing the JobKilling Health Care Law Act. Fortunately, this would be of little consequence. The reforms are moving forward.

(A member of the Providence Journal editorial board, Froma Harrop writes a nationally syndicated column from that city. She has written for such diverse publications as The New York Times, Harper’s Bazaar and Institutional Investor.)

Frst thing that went through my mind was hope it wasn’t a Democrat To the editor, When I heard of the horrific mass shooting involving a member of Congress, the first thing that went through my mind was that I hoped it was not a Democrat. For all of the reasons that I knew were coming, the sore losers have been so predictable in their reactions. The letter writers on these pages were quick to attack their political rivals even before any of the facts about the shooter were known. It has become clear that someone should

have thrown a net over him long ago.

Adding to the debate, The new Republican majority did away with the ban on concealed carry in the statehouse. They know that a gun-free zone can become a killing field when a deranged nut starts shooting. This person has already made up his mind on what he intends to do, and there are only three things that are likely to stop him. One, he runs out of bullets.

Two, he runs out of victims, or three, see next page

LETTERS Just because you think it’ll never happen to you doesn’t mean it won’t To the editor, Understandably, there has been a number of letters talking about gun and Second Amendment issues stemming from the Tucson shootings. As usual, anti-gun groups regard this as proof positive that the Second Amendment is out dated or even a determent to society. Typical of these letters, such as the one by Nancy Parsons, these people are not gun owners and as Nancy admits she knows nothing about gun laws. I don’t think I am stretching to conclude that they don’t know anything about guns except what the media and anti-gun groups purport to be the facts.

Nancy has concluded that store clerks have the final word on who can or cannot purchase a fire arm. This is not so, every person attempting a purchase must pass the national instant check system. Every person seeking a carry permit must pass a police check.

Things that would disqualify someone are a prior criminal background, history of violent behavior or mental illness. It’s a good system but not perfect, I’ll admit, but what system is?

Look we can’t judge people for what they might do in the future only what their personal history indicates they have been like. Should we deny drivers license’s because perhaps a 16 year old may become an alcoholic or worse sometime in the future. No nor should we deny people the right to self defense because some criminals or crazies get their hands on guns.

Nancy is not alone in using the argument that if legal gun owners had been present more people would likely have been shot due to her imagined bullets flying everywhere. I find this scenario ridiculous. Those who carry are people who, in nearly all cases have had years of experience and training with fire arms. Often they are retired military or police and even those who have never served but are experienced are not going to just start shooting about indiscriminately.

This brings me to the allegation by another writer who wrote that guns are used more often for crimes and violence

then for peaceful purposes. Well, not according to FBI and Justice Department statics, Guns in the hands of legal gun owners are used two to three times more often to prevent or deter crime.

Not what you have been led to believe by anti-gun groups.

Another writer recently wrote that if Ward Bird got a pardon she, a 70-something lady, was going out and buy a gun, place no trespassing signs about and look to wave her gun about at people that came near. Now I realize that this lady was speaking tongue in cheek and would do no such thing. She was speaking from emotion though I would recommend she consider some unpleasant facts. Here in N.H. in the last few years we have seen violent crimes invading our state in ever increasing frequency and violence. Last year a mother was hacked to death, and her daughter savagely attacked by a bunch of thugs, no firearms used, apparently just for the thrill of it all. In Warner an elderly man’s home was invaded and he was held hostage and brutalized for six hours. A few years ago a professor had a hunting knife slammed through his scull killing him again in his own home and again by some nuts just for the thrill of it all. It’s apparent who these violent nut jobs are targeting. We elderly who they view as less likely to be able to resist them or put up a fight. Easy marks, as the expression goes, the marks of cowards. But make no mistake we elderly, handicapped and those who live alone or in remote places are in greater danger from those looking for easy marks to visit their twisted objectives upon.

Perhaps it is time that our 70-something lady rethought the idea of getting a gun for her personal protection and taking classes in how to safely use and care for it. Just because you think it will never happen to you doesn’t mean it won’t. Personally I go by the idea that it is better to have one and never need it then to need one and not have it.

Steve Earle Hill

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LETTERS Ward Bird has history of being a trusted member of his community To the editor, With the release of the Ward Bird pardon packet to the media, much negative commentary has come forth in the last few days regarding his possible pardon. Once again, we who support Ward see the same unfair treatment that plagued his original trial and subsequent conviction.

Ward was convicted of criminal threatening based exclusively on the testimony of the alleged victim, Christine Harris. Material from various documents in Ward’s pardon packet have been cited in the media as evidence to question his character despite there being numerous inaccuracies and lack of context in some of these documents.

Yet, once again, Ms. Harris’ character and previous run-ins with the law have not been brought into the full light of day by the media as evidence to question the veracity of her original claim.

In the last week, several people have come forth to the Free Ward

Bird Committee to provide testimony that gives ample reason to question Christine Harris’ truthfulness (see the Freewardbird.org website). These people include real estate brokers, a former parole officer, and a landlord who was accused of threatening by Ms. Harris when he tried to collect back rent and compensation for damages to his property.

Christine Harris has a history of falsely accusing and misleading others in order to get what she wants. Ward Bird has a history of being a trusted and honorable member of his community who tells the truth. An innocent man sits in jail based entirely on her word. I think this is an injustice that must be corrected with the Constitutional authority granted to the Governor and Executive Council. I think it’s time to Free Ward Bird.

Andy Coppinger Moultonborough

Frankly Speaking / Congressman Frank Guinta

Time to lay ‘Obamacare’ to rest Welcome to the first installment of “Frankly Speaking.” Every two weeks, this column will let you know what I’m doing in Washington and explain what it means to people here in New Hampshire. It’s important that you know the steps your Congressman is taking to fight for your interests, and to maintain an open dialogue with you about it.

Our country has just come through the national tragedy of the Tucson shootings. Our thoughts and prayers remain with Congresswoman Giffords and the others who are still recovering, as well as the families of the fallen. It was proper that the House paused from its activities to honor the victims of this senseless crime.

Now the House is turning its attention back to the people’s business, and the first major bill of the new Congress: repealing last year’s federal takeover of our nation’s health care system, commonly called “Obamacare.” It’s disturbing to many Granite Staters not only because it will lower the quality of the health care your family receives, but it will also kill jobs --1.6 million according to an estimate by the National Federation of Independent Businesses-- at a time when we need to be creating jobs, not losing from preceding page someone else is able to stop him.

Several writers say that they will avoid going to the statehouse now because concealed weapons will be present. One was particularly offended that Glock pistols are available in pink and other colors. Let me remind you that New Hampshire is a “shall issue” state, which means that anyone who applies for a license to carry a loaded and concealed pistol or revolver shall receive it unless they are a convicted felon or are

them. (In fact, I never stop looking for new opportunities to help encourage the creation of more jobs for our citizens.)

You sent me to Washington to do something about this dangerous law.

That’s why I proudly added my name as a co-sponsor of House Resolution 2, Repealing the Job-Killing Health Care Law Act. Ending Obamacare is so important, I made it my very first piece of legislation in Congress. I have mixed news to share with you about our progress on it.

The good news: there is broad support for repealing Obamacare in the House. The bad news: it faces an uncertain future in the Senate.

But this fight is far from over.

There are too many controversial provisions in this massive 2,049page federal intrusion into your family’s health care to allow it to stand. So the repeal battle is being waged on several fronts. For starters, just a few days ago Wyoming became the latest state to join a lawsuit challenging the law’s constitutionality. Nearly half of all 50 states are now partners in that suit.

Personally, I believe this new law strays far beyond the bounds of our Constitution, and I hope the courts will eventually rule it does, too. see next page easily offended people I suggest that you also avoid supermarkets, shopping malls, movie theaters or even the roadways as many hidden guns are likely to be present. In fact, the only places where you might truly feel safe are court houses, school buildings, and post offices were weapons are specifically banned. I am so glad that the adults are finally in control of our government in Concord, and in the U.S. Congress.

Alan Moon Tilton

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While the details of the session remain unpublished, the only building project being considered by the school district is the hoped-for expansion of the Huot Technical Center at Laconia High School.

Should it be included in the next legislative budget, the greater Laconia area, served by the Huot Technical Center, is next on the list of schools that would qualify for a $10 million renovation and/or expansion.

One of the biggest challenges identified by the newly-formed Huot Technical Center Committee and reiterated at last night’s School Board meeting is the lack of space at the current site for a possible expansion.

“While $10-million is a lot of money, it’s very tight if you look at the purchase of property,” Champlin said.

Superintendent Robert Champlin said the district is preparing a request for qualifications for engineering a proposed project.

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Champlin said he has been speaking with Rep. Frank Tilton, R-Laconia, who is a member of the Public Works Committee. He told the School Board last night that he has also spoken with Public Works Committee Chair Gene Chandler, R-Bartlett about the proposed project.

In other business, the School Board is holding its all-day “Super Saturday” session to discuss the 2011-2012 budget.

On Monday, members of the School Board have been invited to the Laconia City Council meeting to further discuss next year’s budget.

Member Scott Vachon said School Board and the City Council will meet in a joint non-public session at 6:30 p.m. Monday to discuss union contract negotiations.

— Gail Ober

laws, but the private relationship was often tense. As noted in Scott Stossel’s “Sarge,” an authorized 2004 biography, he was a faithful man amid a clan of womanizers, a sometimes giddy idealist labeled “the house Communist” by the family. His willingness to work for Johnson was seen as betrayal by some family members.

Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., said Shriver’s work eventually led to the Peace Corps sending almost a quarter-million volunteers to aid 139 countries around the world over the past 50 years.

“With tenacity and vision, Sargent Shriver built the promise of the Peace Corps into an American institution,” Kerry said in a statement.

Kerry was elected to the Senate in 1984. He was the junior senator from Massachusetts to Edward Kennedy until Kennedy’s death two years ago.

Though the Kennedys granted Sargent Shriver power, they also withheld it.

He had considered running for governor of Illinois in 1960, only to be told the family needed his help for John Kennedy’s presidential campaign.

Hubert Humphrey considered him for see next page

from preceding page On Capitol Hill, we are working hard to find opportunities to repeal the Act’s more onerous provisions, one at a time. One bill (H.R. 4) was put on the legislative fast track last week when it was moved to the top of House’s legislative list. H.R. 4 would protect small businesses, which are the backbone of New Hampshire’s economy, by stopping the 1099 tax provision before it goes into effect next year. What does that mean?

Obamacare requires that starting in 2012, businesses (no matter how small) must fill out an IRS Form 1099 every time they spend more than $600 a year for goods and services from a company. Even the smallest “mom and pop” businesses, such as your barber or hair stylist, or your local diner or neighborhood auto mechanic, will be buried under an avalanche of paperwork. That means lost productivity, which in turn means lower profits, and that translates into no new jobs.

The bottom line: businesses would have fewer resources for hiring additional workers.

Instead of throwing roadblocks in the way of small businesses, we must clear the path for them to operate, innovate and expand. That will enable them to create new jobs and get more people back to work. With unemployment still hovering just below 10-percent nationally, doesn’t it make sense to assist the businesses that can help pull us out of this recession?

I’m dedicated to doing everything I can to help more businesses put a “now hiring” sign in their window. And the first step in doing that is dumping Obamacare as fast as we can.

I look forward to reporting back to you in two weeks on the latest developments in Washington. In the meantime, if I can be of service to you, or if you want to share your thoughts, suggestions or concerns with me, please call either my district office in Manchester at (603) 641-9536 or my Washington office at (202) 225-5456, or contract me through my website at www.Guinta.House.Gov. Until next time, please know that I am always on your side and actively fighting for New Hampshire’s interests in Washington.

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from preceding page running mate in the 1968 election, but family resistance helped Humphrey change his mind.

When Shriver finally became a candidate, the results were disastrous: He was George McGovern’s running mate in the 1972 election, but the Democrats lost in a landslide to President Richard M. Nixon.

McGovern recalled Tuesday how Shriver was the biggest morale booster on the campaign trail and even managed to raise his spirits the day after they lost so decisively.

“He came over and put an arm around me and said, ‘Well, George we lost 49 states, but we didn’t lose our souls,’” McGovern remembered.

Four years later, Shriver’s presidential campaign ended quickly, overrun by a then-little-known Georgia governor named Jimmy Carter. His failures as a candidate left him with a reputation as a charming, but shallow salesman.

(A “useless dingbat,” wrote Hunter S. Thompson in his classic “Fear and Loathing: On the Campaign Trail ‘72”).

Although known for his Kennedy connections, Shriver, born in 1915, came from a prominent old Maryland family. His father was a stockbroker, but he lost most of his money in the crash of 1929.

Shriver went on a scholarship to Yale, then went on to Yale Law School.

He served in the Navy in the Pacific during World War II. Returning home, he became an assistant editor at Newsweek magazine. About this time, too, he met Eunice Kennedy and was immediately taken by her. They married in 1953 in New York’s St. Patrick’s Cathedral.

Her father, Joseph P. Kennedy, hired him to manage the Kennedy-owned Merchandise Mart in Chicago. He was a big success on the job and in Chicago in general — and even was elected head of the school board in 1955.

Shriver had fought for integration in Chicago and helped persuade John F. Kennedy to make a crucial decision in the 1960 campaign despite other staffers’ fears of a white backlash: When the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. was jailed in Georgia that fall, Kennedy, urged by Shriver and fellow aide Harris Wofford, phoned King’s wife and offered support.

His gesture was deeply appreciated by King’s family and brought the candidate crucial support.

Soon after taking office, Kennedy named Shriver to fulfill a campaign promise to start the Peace Corps.

Although it was belittled by some as a “kiddie corps,” Shriver quickly built the agency into an international institution.

After Kennedy’s assassination, in 1963, Johnson called upon Shriver to run another program which then existed only as a high-minded concept: the War on Poverty.

Shriver’s efforts demonstrated both the reach and frustrations of government programs: Head Start remains respected for offering early education for poor children, and Legal Services gave the poor an opportunity for better representation in court.

But other Shriver initiatives suffered from bureaucracy, feuds with local officials and a struggle for funds as Johnson devoted more and more money to the Vietnam War. In early 1968, with Shriver rumored to be on the verge of quitting, Johnson offered him the ambassadorship to France. He accepted it even though some family members wanted Shriver to support Sen. Robert Kennedy’s presidential candidacy instead.

In Paris, Shriver won many French fans, but he left the post for a job in private business not long after Nixon took office in 1969.

He campaigned for congressional Democrats in 1970, and two years later McGovern drafted him to replace Sen. Thomas Eagleton of Missouri as his running-mate. Eagleton dropped out because of questions about his medical history.

Shriver was good humored that he had been McGovern’s seventh pick for the job — after brother-in-law Ted Kennedy, among others. He named his campaign plane “Lucky 7.”

In September 1975, Shriver joined an already crowded race for the 1976 Democratic nomination. But he dropped out in March 1976 after poor showings in the early primaries and never again sought office. Instead, he became more and more involved with the Special Olympics and advocated an end to the nuclear arms race.

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More recently Farah has become a familiar figure.

He voluntarily testified before the inquiry conducted by the Secretary of State and has spent hours fielding questions from Donchess as well as from his victims and their attorneys. With his tousled grey hair, deep brown eyes peering through dark rimmed glasses set on a prominent nose and above a bushy mustache, he might seem to be wearing a cheap disguise from a novelty shop. But, he wears no mask.

He looks his questioners in the eye, answers readily and directly, flashing a grin from time to time.

His manner hints of the mix of guile and charm that won the confidence and trust from those he gulled for more than $20-million.

Much of the questioning dwelt on the relationship between FRM and CL&M, Inc., the loan servicing company headed by Donald Dodge formed in 2005.

At the time, FRM was ordered by the New Hampshire Bureau of Securities Regulation to return between $2-million and $3-million, which it did not have, to its preferred shareholders, to whom it had wrongfully issued promissory notes.

CL&M collected monies from clients investing in mortgages brokered by FRM while disbursing funds to borrowers and paying interest to clients. Farah told investigators that apart from servicing mortgages, CL&M was formed to provide FRM with “a line of credit” to retire its debt to preferred shareholders as well as to defray its operating deficits.

The source of the “line of credit” consisted solely of funds invested by clients or pledged to borrowers.

However, FRM did not borrow the money. Instead, Farah personally signed the promissory note. Originally he “borrowed” $10-million, but by November 2, 2009, a week before the two firms shut down, he had withdrawn a total of $20,348,321 in 260 separate transactions. Asked by Donchess how the monies were used, Farah answered “all over the map,” adding that some went to operating expenses and some to investments. He said he invested in real estate projects and a software company in hopes of rescuing FRM. Yesterday Farah explained that he signed the note, borrowed the money and applied it to FRM in order to cloak the firm’s insolvency. Had FRM assumed the debt, it would have appeared on its balance sheet as debt, he said. “FRM would have been upside down,” he admitted. By booking the funds transferred from CL&M through Farah to FRM as “paid in capital,” see next page

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Financial statements reconstructed by the securities bureau indicate that the borrowed funds represented $4.1-million of FRM’s revenue in 2005, $5.4-million in 2006, $4.9-million in 2007 and $2.9-million in 2008.

In these same years FRM reported net income of $385,367, $302,374, $249,789, and $21,258. Discounting the borrowings, the firm actually posted losses of $3.5-million, $5.4-million, $4.5-million and $2.8-million.

It was not Farah’s only deception.

Just days after CL&M was formed, it purchased two notes from FRM, one for $730,000 in Creative Couriers, a firm that delivered stray luggage to airline passengers, and another for $4.1-million in Boston Hill, a residential and commercial complex in Shrewsury, Massachusetts. Farah conceded the values of the notes were inflated. Creative Couriers soon failed and work had not begun at Boston Hill. Jeff Spill and Eric Forcier, investigators from the securities bureau, characterized the transactions as “complete fabrications,” designed by Farah as a paper trail to throw auditors off the scent of the transfers from CL&M to FRM. Interviewed by Donchess in April,

Farah revealed that FRM operated at a loss “years before” 2005 and admitted that he disguised the deficits “by doing the same thing on a smaller scale;” that is, he misappropriated money solicited from clients and pledged to borrowers.

Nevertheless, when asked yesterday “what fraudulent activities was FRM engaged in,” he replied flatly “none. FRM as a company did nothing wrong,” he continued. “Scott Farah borrowed money from FRM. FRM was a legitimate business. Other than the line of credit, CL&M was a legitimate business.”

Farah insisted that he always intended to repay the money to CL&M. Donchess reminded him that his assets consisted largely of real estate developments in the Lakes Region — including Beaver Pond Estates, Lilac Valley and Provencal Park in Laconia— that were not only stalled but mortgaged for multiples of their actual worth.

When Farah suggested that FRM would not have failed if the real estate market had recovered, Donchess remarked, “If you could fly, you could have flown to a jurisdiction beyond the United States.”

Farah is due at the federal court house here this morning at 9:30 a.m.

Dodge is due to sentenced at 10.

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When asked how a mathematics teacher goes to law school, she said she thinks it’s a logical fit.

“You take a crime, break it down into its elements and prove each one,” she said.

If appointed, Guldbrandsen said she would sell her Alton law practice.

According to Belknap County Human Resources Officer Norman

O’Neil, Guldbransen is the second official applicant for the position made available last week when Jim Carroll was sworn in as the presiding judge for the Laconia District Court.

The job entails not only prosecuting crime in Belknap County but in managing a nearly $1-million annual budget and a team of attorneys, clerks, and associates that comprise the justice arm of Belknap county.

O’Neil said the county is accepting applications until Jan. 28 when the Belknap County Delegation will schedule public interviews for the position.

— Gail Ober

SHOOTING from page 2 Student Semaj Elan was in an adjacent classroom when the shooting occurred.

“My friend came up to me in the classroom talking about how she almost got shot. They’re gonna be traumatized by that,” Elan said.

Numerous law enforcement agencies responded to the 2,400-student campus about 15 miles south of downtown Los Angeles.

Nelda Robledo, one of the worried

parents who gathered near the school, said her 16-year-old daughter texted her that students were ordered to get down on the ground or hide in a corner after the shooting.

If the student is released on bail, the school will recommend to the district disciplinary office that he be suspended, district spokeswoman Gayle Pollard-Terry said. The office also could recommend expulsion, which would have to be approved by the school board.

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Patriots living with another playoff flop after strong regular season FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) — The New England Patriots know plenty about the teams playing for a berth in the Super Bowl. They beat all four of them during the regular season.

Once the postseason starts, though, the Patriots don’t stick around very long. At least not anymore.

They were thoroughly outplayed for the second straight year in the playoffs on Sunday, losing to the New York Jets, 28-21, one year after falling to the Baltimore Ravens, 33-14.

And both games were at home where Tom Brady’s streak of 28 wins — and counting — as a regular-season starter is an NFL record.

New England was 14-2 heading into the playoffs. The Patriots regrouped following a stunning 34-14 loss to the Cleveland Browns, and won the last eight regular-season games. But in the playoffs, there’s no chance to come back from a setback.

Coach Bill Belichick spoke to the media Monday, with the loss fresh in his head. He didn’t dwell completely on the negative, though, saying that the Patriots had “a better record than any other team. It was good, but it’s not the final measuring stick. We’ve all got a lot of disappointment in the final results.”

So the team that led the NFL in scoring (32.4 points per game) will be on the sideline next Sunday, when New York (13-5) visits Pittsburgh (13-4) for the AFC title, and Green Bay (12-6) visits Chicago (12-5) for the NFC championship. The Patriots split their regular-season series with the Jets, losing 28-14 then winning 45-3, and beat the Steelers, 39-26, Packers, 31-27, and Bears, 36-7.

Brady led the NFL in passer rating, most touchdown passes (36) and fewest interceptions (4). But against the Jets on Sunday, he threw his first interception in 340 passes, was sacked five times and was uncharacteristically off target on several throws.

“We won a bunch in a row against some very good teams and played well,” he said. “But playoff football comes and, really, it comes down to who makes the plays. And we made too many mistakes.”

They made a lot a year earlier, too, when they trailed the Ravens, 24-0, after one quarter of a wild-card playoff. On Baltimore’s very first offensive play, Ray Rice ran for an 83-yard

touchdown. Brady struggled in that game, too, completing 23 of 42 passes for 154 yards, two touchdowns and three interceptions. He was sacked three times.

Then came Sunday.

“They’re both leaving a bad taste in my mouth,” linebacker Tully BantaCain said as his teammates filled and dragged out black plastic trash bags filled with the leftovers of a season cut short. “The difference was it was a different opponent and that’s really the only difference. Either way you look at it, we’re going home.”

There was a time when fans felt that as long as the Patriots had Belichick as their coach and Brady as their quarterback, the team always would be a threat to win the Super Bowl.

The evidence to counter that view is mounting now that the Patriots have gone six seasons since their last Super Bowl win.

Belichick and Brady won their first 10 postseason games together, including Super Bowls after the 2001, 2002 and 2004 seasons. In the six seasons since, the Patriots are 73-23 in the regular season, but just 5-5 in the postseason with one Super Bowl appearance — a 17-14 loss to the New York Giants after the 2007 season.

The Patriots have won five of the last six AFC East titles and — along with the Jets — should be serious contenders again in the division. They will again rely on last year’s draft class, which was outstanding and featured Pro Bowl cornerback Devin McCourty, tight ends Rob Gronkowski and Aaron Hernandez, and linebackers Jermaine Cunningham and Brandon Spikes.

And the Patriots, who far exceeded preseason expectations, have a good chance for another productive draft this year with six picks in the first three rounds, including the 17th (obtained from Oakland before the 2009 season for defensive end Richard Seymour) and their own, No. 28.

“Just can’t get complacent,” secondyear safety Patrick Chung said. “I made a big jump (this season). I can make an even bigger jump. I never get comfortable.”

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Prosecutor William Bennett filed “nolle prosequi” — not prosecuting — motions in Hampden Superior Court in Springfield in the cases of Domenico Spano of New Milford, Conn., and Carl Giuffre of West Hartford, Conn.

A jury acquitted former Pelham, Mass., Police Chief Edward Fleury of involuntary manslaughter and furnishing machine guns to minors on Friday in the death of Christopher Bizilj of Ashford, Conn. Fleury’s firearms training company co-sponsored the gun show.

“As a result, the Commonwealth does not believe further prosecution is in the interests of justice,” Bennett wrote in the two motions. He noted that Spano and Giuffre’s conduct was similar to Fleury’s.

Christopher was firing a 9 mm micro Uzi at some pumpkins at the Westfield Sportsman’s Club, about 10 miles west of Springfield, when it kicked back and shot him once in the head on Oct. 26, 2008. The jury in

Fleury’s trial saw a graphic video of the accident, taken by the boy’s father, that led to a collective gasp in the courtroom.

Spano and Giuffre were machine gun license holders who brought the automatic weapons to the now-defunct gun fair. Bennett had argued that the reckless actions of Fleury, Spano and Giuffre led to Christopher’s death.

Giuffre’s attorney, Stephen Phillips, said he agreed with Bennett’s decision to drop the two remaining cases. He has maintained that Giuffre was not responsible for the boy’s death.

“This was a horrific, tragic accident — certainly nothing more than that,” Phillips said Tuesday. “My client is relieved that this dark cloud which has been looming over him for the past two years has finally been lifted.”

Thomas Rooke, Spano’s lawyer, had a similar response.

“Mr. Spano is very relieved that this two-year ordeal is now behind him and he’s looking forward to a good night’s sleep and putting his family’s interests back where they belong in his list of priorities,” Rooke said. “Neither the Bizilj family, the Spano family or the community needs any further prosecution of this tragic accident.”

No one else was charged in the case.

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The Jets led, 14-3, at halftime, as a result.

Belichick refused to say whether it was Chung’s decision to call for the fake.

“I take full responsibility,” Chung said. “That’s my mistake.”

During the regular season, he was a major contributor to a young defense, playing at times with four rookie starters, that showed substantial growth. In four of their last five wins, the Patriots outscored opponents, 153-20.

“We had gained some momentum from the regular season heading into

the playoffs and it kind of felt like we had some good steam behind that momentum,” Banta-Cain said. “And for it to come to a screeching halt, no one was expecting that.”

But it happened, and now the Patriots are talking about getting healthy and preparing for next season.

“We beat every team that’s (still) in the playoffs,” Banta-Cain said. “And, obviously, it’s a big disappointment because we know what we’re capable of.”

They played far below their capabilities, however.

“I think that’s really where you measure all the teams and see what you can do against those top levels of competition,” Belichick said. “There are obviously some things that we’re going to have to do better relative to that. (We) found that out last year, too.”

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LACONIA — When Sandra Guertin started cleaning homes in 1999, it was because she was a single parent of three young children and wasn’t sure what her next step would be after closing the breakfast and lunch restaurant she operated in Gilford.

“It was something to hold me over until I figured out what I wanted to do,” Guertin said. “It almost took off on its own.” Within weeks, she said, her customer list was growing exponentially thanks to word-of-mouth advertising. Her business, L & R Cleaning Unlimited, now has more than 100 clients on her list and a staff that numbers in the double digits during her peak season.

2010 was a watershed year for Guertin. She bought a building at 203 Union Ave in Laconia, which allowed her to move the business out of her home and into a more visible location. It also allowed her to embark upon a second enterprise, L & R Wholesale Janitorial Supply, which is operated out of the same location and which Guertin thinks could quickly grow to eclipse the success of her cleaning business.

“Everybody has their own little niche which

makes them grow. I’m very service-oriented, I know every one of my clients,” Guertin said when asked to explain her success. She rarely advertises or solicits new clients. Instead, she has focused on carefully screening her applicants to build a high-quality staff and on developing friendly relationships with her clients.

“You give them a good service, you give them what they’re paying for, and they’ll keep coming back,” Guertin said. By keeping to that strategy, she’s watched her customer list take on a life of its own.

Remarkably, her business has continued to grow despite the recent economic climate.

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from preceding page she said, happily reporting that the greater visibility has brought in new clients. It’s also allowed to her add the supply company, for which she has high expectations.

As a business that cleans homes by the hundred, Guertin has a steady need for cleaning supplies and equipment. However, filling that need has lead her to realize the lack of local retailers. Her options were local hardware or “big box” stores, BJs Wholesale Club in Tilton, or ordering online, where prices might be better but shipping costs and delay negated any savings.

To find the products she needed at a price she could stomach, Guertin developed a relationship with RJS Wholesale Janitorial Supply in Concord.

She had been considering opening a similar store locally, and when she learned that the owner was looking to close his business and move on to other pursuits, she decided to buy the company, which included the customer and client list and a month of the owner’s mentoring, rename the business L & R

Wholesale Janitorial Supply and move it to Laconia.

“There is nowhere around here to buy commercial cleaning supplies,” said Guertin, who said the next nearest janitorial supply company is in Manchester.

More than just convenience, though, Guertin thinks her supplies will beat any other option on price and she expects her customer-first philosophy will prove as successful in the wholesale business as it has been for her cleaning operation.

In addition to cleaning products, vacuum cleaners and parts, Guertin plans to stock paper products and restaurant consumables such as to-go containers and stir sticks. Much of her products, she said, will be available at a significant savings over her competition, which in some cases in non-existent.

The wholesale supply business will be open on weekdays from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Orders can either be called in and delivered or bought at the store.

“I think the janitorial [supply business] is going to take off because there’s nothing else here,” she said.

Only half-joking, she said, “I figure another year or so and I’ll have to buy a warehouse.”

BABY DOC from page 2 will leave,” Charles said. “As of now, he doesn’t even have a passport.”

Duvalier has been accused in the past in Haiti of stealing hundreds of millions of dollars in public money and overseeing the torture and killing of political enemies. He was not in handcuffs as he arrived at the courthouse Tuesday with Roy, nor was he handcuffed when he left.

His arrival Sunday was a surprise for a long-impoverished country, and comes as Haiti struggles to work through a dire political crisis following the problematic Nov. 28 first-round presidential election, as well as a cholera epidemic and a troubled recovery from the devastating earthquake of a year ago.

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others have urged the Haitian government to arrest Duvalier for widespread abuses. Amnesty International issued a statement praising what it called “the arrest” of Duvalier but said it was just a start.

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Bobby Duval, a former soccer star who was starved and tortured during the 17 months he was held without charge by Duvalier in the notorious Fort Dimanche, was outraged that Haitian authorities didn’t immediately arrest the former dictator. He recalls seeing people beaten, tortured and executed by being clubbed in the back of the neck.

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During a mid-day ceremony held at the St. James Episcopal Church on North Main Street, a dozen graduates of the program gathered to celebrate their completion and to think about their new lives as Americans.

“The goal of the refugee settlement process is for people to become as self-sufficient as possible,” said Augustin Ntabaganyimana, Services for New Americans program manager for Lutheran Social Services.

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In back, from left to right: Hallie Kay, Dal Rai, Lila Dahal, Khem Baskota, Kerstin Ahlgren, Augustin Ntabaganyimana, Colin Pio, Nar Maya Gogi, Tanya Dumont, Tika Dahal, Carol Pierce, Bhagi Dahal and Pingala Dahal. In the front row are: Narad Dangal, Nanda Dahal, Chandra Timsina, Bhagwat Dangal and Bir Gogi. (Laconia Daily Sun photo/Adam Drapcho)

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from preceding page was initially developed to train refugees to work in the hospitality industry. That program was successfully run in Manchester, where nearly all of the 23 graduates found work after completing the program.

When it was Laconia’s turn for a vocational language class, Ntabaganyimana said the decision was made to change the focus to health care. “This was seen as a very viable program in light of the lack of employees in the health care industry,” he said.

Hallie Kay, education and employment specialist with Lutheran Social Services, said the students entered her class with “intermediate” or better English skills. The program dealt with some language, especially language specific to health care, but also devoted time to cultural education and technical training. All graduates of the program completed CPR and first aid training and took a pre-medication certification class, in addition to learning what would be expected of them in an American work environment.

“They did quite a lot in this class, they were very hands-on,” Kay said. For the first six weeks, students spend several hours four days each week studying with Kay. For the fifth day, the students worked a shift with Lakes Region Community Services, assisting clients either in a home environment or in a community setting.

Kay said the Bhutanese, who are primarily Hindu, are well-suited to the health care industry and especially caring for the disabled. “Culturally, they’re very hospitable, very open, very warm. They’re wonderful with disabled people because they’re very understanding.”

Narad Dangal was 28 years old and a farmer in Bhutan when the government decided that the ethnic group he belonged to was no longer welcome in the country and he found himself relocated to a refugee camp in Nepal. That was 1992, he wasn’t able to leave the camp until he moved to Laconia in 2008.

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instead survived off unemployment benefits. Refugee resettlement benefits expire after three months.

After completing the course, Dangal thinks he’s got enough cards in his hand to make a play. “We know some skills, we have some knowledge about how to care for the individuals,” he said, adding that his next step is, “to apply everywhere. Where can I find that job?”

Sisters-in-law Pingala and Tika Dahal hope that the training certificates they’ve earned will open doors for them. “I like to do this health care training, I like these types of jobs,” said Tika, a 23 year-old who has an affinity for caring for others. “I feel good, I like to help them and I learn more.”

“I really like to help from my inner heart,” added 32 year-old Pingala. “I like to work with the individuals, so it is good to have this training.”

For 20 year-old cousins Bhagwat Dangal and Khem Baskota, each of whom spent their entire childhood and nearly all their teenage years in a refugee camp, the training appears more as a springboard to more ambitious goals. Both are recent graduates of Laconia High School. Baskota, who graduated in 2009, was subsequently able to find work at a restaurant in Massachusetts, then came back to Laconia and worked as a quality auditor for Freudenberg-NOK, a job he enjoyed until he was laid off. He’s like to be a software engineer some day, but until then he’d be happy to work in health care.

Bhagwat, who arrived in Laconia a few months later than Baskota, graduated from LHS in 2010 and is currently enrolled in an accounting program at Lakes Region Community College. “It’s good to double up the skills,” he said when asked about pursuing both the health care and accounting training programs. “It’s going to help us get good jobs, it’s going to help individuals who are sick.”

Bhagwant wants to study at a university but understands his progress toward that goal must be incremental. After living so much of his life in a refugee camp, he is eager to take advantage of the options his new home affords him. “It’s good to be here, to have more opportunities. We have freedom.”

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OBITUARY

Herbert R. Smith, Jr., 69 LACONIA — Herbert R. Smith, Jr., 69, formerly of 11 Messer Street, died at Catholic Medical Center, Manchester on Thursday, January 13, 2011. He was the widower of Priscilla (Murray) Avery Smith who died in 2008.

Mr. Smith was born January 8, 1942 in Laconia, the son of Helena (Boissoneault) and Herbert Russell Smith, Sr. Mr. Smith served in the U.S. Air Force.

He lived most of his life in Laconia and had been employed as a truck driver for United Forklift for thirty-five years.

Mr. Smith was a former member of the Laconia Rod & Gun Club and the Laconia Jaycees.

Survivors include four sons, Arthur Smith of Rye; Joseph Smith of Australia, Shawn Smith of Rhode Island and Robert Smith of Manchester whom he lived with for a number of years; five daughters, Michelle Smith of Florida, Terri Hart of Georgia, Moneka Soboleski of Laconia; Diana Colby of Northfield, Darlena LePelly of Laconia; eighteen grandchildren; many great grandchildren; five siblings,

Wayne Smith of Laconia, Dennis Smith of Tilton, Eugene Smith of Northfield, Jean Marie Smith of Meredith and Judy Turcott of Laconia and many nephews and nieces. In addition to his parents, Mr. Smith was predeceased by his wife and by a sister, Cora Brown.

Calling hours will be held on Sunday, January 23, 2011 from 4:00-6:00 PM at the Wilkinson-Beane-Simoneau-Paquette Funeral Home, 164 Pleasant Street, Laconia, N.H. A Graveside Service will be held on Monday, January 24, 2011 at 11:00 AM at the New Hampshire State Veterans Cemetery, Boscawen, NH. For those who wish, the family suggests that memorial donations be made to the American Heart Association, 2 Wall Street, Manchester, N.H. 03101.

Wilkinson-Beane-Simoneau-Paquette Funeral Home & Cremation Services, 164 Pleasant Street, Laconia, N. H. is assisting the family. For more information and to view an online memorial go to www. wilkinsonbeane.com.

Tu B’Shevat Seder to explore what Judiasm teaches about caring for the environment at Temple B’nai Israel LACONIA — Temple B’nai Israel invites the Lakes Region community to explore what Judiasm teaches about caring for the environment at a Tu B’Shevat Seder and potluck dairy supper at 5 p.m. on Saturday, January 22.

The holiday of Tu B’Shevat, historically a minor Jewish holiday, is sometimes referred to as the Jewish Arbor Day, the New Year of the Trees. Although it seems strange to celebrate the new year of trees in a New England January, the holiday falls at the end of the rainy season in Israel, when the trees are beginning to blossom.

All are invited to join the temple congregation for a ceremony that will include music, blessings for

specific fruits and nuts, an environmental quest for children, and discussion of Jewish texts related to environmental responsibility.

In the year 2011, as the world become increasingly aware of the ways that human actions are threatening ecological systems, Tu B’Shevat no longer seems like a minor holiday. It is an opportunity to celebrate the natural world and consider what steps can be taken individually and as a community to be responsible custodians of the planet.

A dairy pot luck dinner will be served. Participants are requested to bring a vegetarian or dairy dish to share. Call 524-7044 to make reservations.

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The event will showcase the Center’s new facility and provide guests with the opportunity to meet the doctors and staff.

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‘Uprooted: Heartache and Hope in New Hampshire’ documentary to be shown at Center Harbor Congregational Church Sunday, January 23 CENTER HARBOR — “Uprooted: Heartache and Hope in New Hampshire,” a documentary film about refugees in the Granite State, will be shown at the Congregational Church at 11:30 a.m. on Sunday, January 23.

Some of the refugee families who have re-settled in Laconia will lead a panel discussion after the screening. They will tell their stories of war, persecution, refugee camps, and starting over in New Hampshire.

The film is sponsored by the Laconia Human Relations Committee, Carol Pierce Chair. It is the first in a series of documentaries based on oral histories collected by the UNH Center for the Humanities for a project called Our State, Our Stories. The project is funded by the NH Humanities Council’s Fences & Neighbors: New Hampshire’s Immigration Stories and by the New Hampshire Charitable Foundation.

Admission is free and open to all in the community.

LACONIA — Five Laconia High School students will present their historical research findings, obtained through Extended Learning Opportunity (ELO) projects, at the Public Library at 7 p.m. on Monday, January 24.

Students and the topics they will address include Hannah Cimon — women in the middle 20th century; Shannon Bownes — cultural adaptations

of Apache, Wampanoag, and Nez Perce; Hannah Weller — immigrants in the Gilded Age; Shayla Hubbard — The Civil Rights Movement; and Trish Kelley — The Great Depression using interviews with Laconia residents.

For more information, call the Laconia Historical & Museum Society at 524-1278 or visit www.LaconiaHistorical.org.

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Free tax preparation service being provided

by Volunteer Income Tax Assistance program LACONIA — Free tax preparation and electronic filing services will be available to low-to-moderate income Lakes Region residents and families by the Laconia Volunteer Income tax Assistance (VITA) program beginning Tuesday, January 25.

The purpose of this service is to keep more money in the hands of the families who need it most, and ensure that all public benefits are fully accessed to help. Last year, more than 250 returns were prepared and filed, resulting in over $450,000 in refunds including $160,000 in Earned Income Tax Credits.

Karen Wilson, Community Reinvestment officer at Laconia Savings Bank and lead volunteer for the Tax Prep program stated, “We are in hopes of reaching out to more families this year. Last year the average income for families that we served was

just over $18,000, so this program is really effective in serving clientele that are vulnerable to financial instability. We are thankful for our partners in this, including the Belknap-Merrimack Community Action Program, Lakes Region United Way, and, of course, the IRS in helping to make this possible.”

Free tax preparation will be available at the Lakes Region Family Center (CAP Office) through March 31.

In January and February, services will be available by appointment only on Tuesdays from 5 – 7:30 p.m. In January, February, and March, services will be available by appointment only on Thursdays from 5 – 7:30 p.m. or on the first and last Saturdays of the month by appointment (preferred) or on a walk-in basis from 9 — 11:30 a.m.

To set up an appointment or for more information, including what to bring to the tax site, call 524-6864.

‘Guys and Dolls Jr.’ presented by two different casts of Gilford Middle School students January 27, 28, 29 GILFORD — Gilford Middle School will present a production of Frank Loesser’s “Guys and Dolls Jr.” featuring two entirely different casts at the High School auditorium on January 27, 28, and 29.

A cast of 7th and 8th grade students and a cast of 5th and 6th grade students will each perform on alternate nights. Featured in lead and supporting roles are Caitlin Houston and Cat McLaughlin as Adelaide; Noelle Benavides and Kaylee Lemire as Sarah Brown; De Clarke and Jack Harding as Sky Masterson; Nick Prescott and Dawson Ellis as Nathan Detriot; and Christian Ayer and Gabby Podmore as Nicely-Nicely Johnson. The ensemble is comprised of 55 GMS students.

Director is Matt Demko, vocal director is Sam Drouin, assistant director is Jo-Ann Belanger, and

choreographer is Kristin Ruggeri. Among the classic songs to be performed are “Bushel and A Peck, “Sit Down You’re Rockin’ The Boat,” and “Luck Be A Lady.”

Heading up the technical side of the production is GMS art teacher Aaron Witham, who designed and built the set with the help of students. High school production assistants are Grace McLaughlin, Rebecca Pouliot, and Kendra Eldridge, who provided help with costumes, props, and publicity. Denise Sanborn, music teacher at GMS and GHS, contributed vocal instruction to the cast.

“Guys and Dolls Jr.” will be presented on Thursday, January 27 at 7 p.m. (7th and 8th grade cast); Friday, January 28 at 7 p.m. (5th and 6th grade cast); and Saturday, January 29 at 2 p.m. (5th and 6th grade cast) and 7 p.m. (7th and 8th grade cast).

Tickets are $5 and may be purchased at the door.

GILFORD — LightPoint Financial & Retirement Planning Center will host a “Retirement Income Protection Strategies” workshop at the Hampton Inn & Suites in Tilton on Wednesday, January 26 and the Laconia Elks Club in Gilford on Thursday, January 27. Both sessions will be held from 10 a.m.

— noon.

Today, people are living 20, 30, and even 40 years into retirement, but many have no idea what it takes to maintain their retirement funds through

that period. Having an organized plan is critical.

Free to pre-or post retirement residents age 50+, the workshop will address issues such as how to move from a saving to spending mode and maximize pension and social security benefits. Attendees will receive a complimentary Retirement Income Plan Review using the Center’s Retirement Analyzer Software.

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GILFORD — A five-week Adult Curling program, sponsored by the Parks and Recreation Department, will be held at the Arthur A. Tilton Ice Rink from 7 — 8 p.m. beginning Thursday, January 27.

Curling is the sport of “sliding stones” down the ice in an attempt to get one’s stones closer to the target than the opponent’s.

Although this activity is held on the ice, ice skates are not worn.

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participants should dress to be outside and should wear sneakers or boots.

For more information about this program, which will run through February 24, call Parks and Recreation at 527-4722.

Free Retirement Income Protection Strategies workshops to be held in Tilton and Gilford

Adult Curling program in Gilford begins January 27

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SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21).

You exude energy and joy when you feel good. That’s why the situation that is most comfortable for you will bring much happiness to everyone around you.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19).

You have a habit of watching for opportunities, and that is why you are luckier than the people who are too busy doing their own thing to look around for good fortune.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). You can be alone when you need to be, and you are excellent company for yourself when that occasion arises. However, today calls for company, so make that happen.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). Stability may be a myth. But character is not. Staying true to your word, you will weave yourself into the fabric of society and do what you were meant to do with that design.

TODAY’S BIRTHDAY (Jan. 18).

Within the next eight weeks, you will enter into or renew a partnership that touches every part of your life in a positive way. Work challenges lead you to hone your message or product, which helps you increase your income in March. May puts a hot ticket in your hand. June brings sudden popularity or even fame. Virgo and Leo people adore you. Your lucky numbers are: 30, 4, 44, 18 and 31.

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ARIES (March 21-April 19). The computer may tell you one thing, but humans can think. You’ll apply your brainpower to a situation and come up with effective answers that could only come from you.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20). Spending time with an accomplished person will inspire you to take risks and live with great courage. Face-to-face time is best, although someone who is immensely powerful can motivate you through any medium.

GEMINI (May 21-June 21). You defy labels, and that makes people curious.

They will ask you more questions just to figure out who you are and where you’re coming from. They’ll never nail it. You keep everyone guessing.

CANCER (June 22-July 22). People remember who you are because you make a memorable impression. It’s a problem for some, but not for you -- not today. You instinctively say the thing that provokes a gut-level response.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). Events that trigger old patterns will be quickly forgotten. But if you can stimulate a new pattern, the experience and your part in it will be remembered for years to come.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). You’ll start some fun conversations -- so fun, in fact, that ending them might be a problem. Collect phone numbers, e-mail addresses and mailing addresses, and the fun is to be continued...

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). You are in the process of learning, growing and improving. There’s a limit to how much of this you can do in a day. You’re better off making a gentle transformation. Go easy.

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––––––– ALMANAC ––––––– Today is Tuesday, Jan. 18, the 18th day of 2011. There are 347 days left in the year.

Today’s Highlight in History: On Jan. 18, 1911, the first landing of an aircraft on a ship took place as pilot Eugene B. Ely brought his Curtiss biplane in for a safe landing on the deck of the armored cruiser USS Pennsylvania in San Francisco Harbor.

On this date: In 1778, English navigator Captain James Cook reached the Hawaiian Islands, which he dubbed the “Sandwich Islands.”

In 1862, the tenth president of the United States, John Tyler, died in Richmond, Va. at age 71.

In 1919, the Paris Peace Conference, held to negotiate peace treaties ending World War I, opened in Versailles (vehrSY’), France.

In 1943, during World War II, the Soviets announced they’d broken through the long Nazi siege of Leningrad (it was another year before the siege was fully lifted). A wartime ban on the sale of pre-sliced bread in the U.S. — aimed at reducing bakeries’ demand for metal replacement parts — went into effect.

In 1949, Charles Ponzi, engineer of one of the most spectacular swindles in history, died destitute at a hospital in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, at age 66.

In 1957, a trio of B-52’s completed the first non-stop, round-the-world flight by jet planes, landing at March Air Force Base in California after more than 45 hours aloft.

In 1967, Albert DeSalvo, who claimed to be the “Boston Strangler,” was convicted in Cambridge, Mass., of armed robbery, assault and sex offenses. (Sentenced to life, DeSalvo was killed in prison in 1973.)

In 1970, David Oman McKay, the ninth president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, died at the age of 96.

In 1991, financially strapped Eastern Airlines shut down after more than six decades in business. Former New York Rep. Hamilton Fish died in Cold Spring, N.Y., at age 102.

One year ago: Taliban militants wearing explosive vests launched a brazen daylight assault on the center of Kabul with suicide bombings and gunbattles that paralyzed the Afghan capital for hours.

Today’s Birthdays: Movie director John Boorman is 78. Singer-songwriter Bobby Goldsboro is 70. Comedian-singer-musician Brett Hudson is 58. Actor-director Kevin Costner is 56. Country singer Mark Collie is 55. Actress Jane Horrocks is 47. Comedian Dave Attell is 46. Actor Jesse L. Martin is 42.

Rapper DJ Quik is 41. Rock singer Jonathan Davis is 40. Singer Christian Burns is 38.

NAACP President and CEO Benjamin Todd Jealous is 38. Actor Derek Richardson is 35.

Actor Jason Segel is 31. Actress Samantha Mumba is 28.

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CALENDAR TODAY’S EVENTS The premier presentation of the Meredith Bay, Paugus Bay, Saunders Bay Subwatershed Management Plan.

6:30 p.m. at the Belknap Mill in Laconia. All are invited to attend and learn how to protect and preserve Lake Winnipesaukee for current and future generations to enjoy. For additional information write Pat Tarpey at the the Lakes Region Planning Commission (ptarpey@lakesrpc.org) or call 279-8171.

Social hosted by the Lakes Region Young Professionals organization. 5:30 to 7:30 at Patrick’s Pub & Eatery in Gilford. A wine and beer tasting gala, follwed by music trivia hosted by DJ Jeff Lines at 7:30. For more information visit www.lakesregionchamber.org.

“Button Up”, a free home energy saving workshop hosted by the Squam Lakes Natural Science Center in Holderness. 6:30 p.m. Registration required. Call 9687194.

Plymouth Regional Chamber of Commerce Brown Bag Seminar. Noon at the PSU Ice Arena. Free. Topic will be “Avoiding the Three Common Pitfalls of Small Business”. To reserve a seat call 536-1001.

Lakes Region Chamber of Commerce Business After Hours networking event. 5 to 7 p.m. at the Lobster Pound Restaurant at Weirs Beach. All chamber members are guests are invited.

Affordable Health Care at Laconia Family Planning and Prenatal. 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at 121 Belmont Road (Rte. 106 South). 524-5453. GYN and reproductive services.

STD/HIV testing on walk-in basis from 4 to 6 p.m. Sliding fee scale.

Cub Scout Pack 143 meets at the Congregational Church of Laconia (across from Laconia Savings Bank).

6:30 each Wednesday. All boys 6-10 are welcome. For information call 527-1716.

Laconia Elders Friendship Club meeting. 1:30 p.m. at the Leavitt Park Clubhouse. People 55 and older meet each Wednesday for fun, entertainment and education. Meetings provide an opportunity for older citizens to to meet for pure social enjoyment and the club helps the community with philanthropic work.

Duplicate bridge at the Weirs Beach Community Center. 7:15 p.m. All levels welcome. Snacks.

TOPS (Taking Off Pound Sensibly) meeting. 5:30 p.m. at the First Congregational Church in Meredith.

Friends of the Meredith Public Library meeting. 3 p.m.

Open to all.

Check Out A Computer Expert at the Gilford Public Library. 9:15 to 11 a.m. First-come, first-served.

THURSDAY, JANUARY 20 A talk easing newcomers into the art of genealogy.

6 p.m. at the Goss Reading Room in Lakeport. Featuring David A. Hough, county coordinator for the Belknap County Branch of NH GenWeb. Hosted by Friends of the Goss Reading Room. Anyone wishing a ride or more information may call 524-7683.

Guys’ Night Out at the Gilford Community Church.

6 p.m. Social hour followed by a catered dinner by Ellie Murphy. All men of the Lakes Region are invited. $10.

Speaker will be Daniel Ward, superintendent of the Belknap County House of Corrections. To RSVP call 524-6057.

“Spring Migration Begins in Winter”, a free program at the Loon Center in Moultonborough. 7:30 p.m. Hosted by the Lakes Region Chapter of the New Hampshire Audubon.

Winter Farmer’s Market in at the Historic Belknap Mill in Laconia. 3 to 6 p.m. Vendors offering local farm-raised meats, fresh-baked breads, organic tea, cofree, fudge, pastries, pies, cakes, fresh produce, jellies & jams, local wines, herbs, oils, plants, jewelry, wood workers, and fine art.

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‘Dancing with the Lakes Region Stars’ set for Inter-Lakes on February 4

MEREDITH — “Dancing with the Lakes Region Stars,” a fundraiser to support the trip of seven students to Denver, CO for a week of service to the homeless, will be held at Inter-Lakes Auditorium from 7 — 9 p.m. on Friday, February 4.

In March, the students from Interlakes High School will travel to Denver where they will work

from 8 a.m. — 6 p.m. at a Habitat site and spend their nights volunteering at the local Denver Mission and feeding the homeless.

Supporting the cause are the dance pairings of Paul Langley of Starry Night Dance and Amy Bates of 94.1 FM; Fitness Edge member Bev Lapham and New Beginnings Americorp’s Emily M; dance student Eliza

LACONIA — An eight-week creative writing course will be offered by the Adult Education program, meeting frm 6:30 — 9 p.m. beginning Wednesday, January 26.

Creative Writing: From Start to Finish will provide a fun and challenging platform for writing exercises, lively debate, reflection, and student writing opportu-

nities. Students will learn writing methods to develop their own theories on where stories start and finish.

Deborah Gallant, a former lecturer and director of a creative writing study program abroad at the University of St Andrew, Scotland, will facilitate the class. For more information or to enroll, call the Adult Education office at 524-5712.

Creative Writing: From Start to Finish course offered through Laconia Adult Education starting January 26

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Berg (who will travel with the group to Denver) and Pemi Youth Center’s Jessica Dutille; Fitness Edge’s Gina McGuire and Tanger Outlet’s Eric Proulx; Mary Lyon and Soul Fest’s Roger Proulx; Ashley White and Meredith Police Officer James Brunt; Inter-Lakes Administrator Kathy Hill and a dancer from Starry Night Dance; and Kevin Sperl of Lakes Region Spirit Magazine and Erin Sherman.

Tickets are $7 for students, $10 for adults, free for and children age 5 and under. Tickets may be purchased at the door, or by e-mailing lbrusseau@ interlakes.org.

CALENDAR from preceding page

THURSDAY, JANUARY 20 Weirs Action Committee meeting at the Weirs Beach Community Center. 7 p.m. Program is a presentation on the Laconia WOW Trail. All are welcome.

Central N.H. Professional Group networking event.

5:30 to 7:30 p.m. at Biederman’s Deli & Pub in Plymouth.

For more information contact Peter Laufenberg at plaufenberg@plymouth.edu.

Parkinson’s Support Group meeting. 2 to 3:30 p.m. at Forestview Manor in Meredith. For more information call 279-3121 or e-mail Kathy&forestviewmanor.com.

Al-Anon Meeting at the Congregational Church Parish House (18 Veterans Square) in Laconia. 8 to 9:15 p.m. each Thursday. Al-Anon offers hope and help to families of alcoholics. No dues or fees. All are welcome. Call 6459518.

Affordable Health Care at Laconia Family Planning and Prenatal. 4 to 6 p.m. at 121 Belmont Road (Rte. 106 South). 524-5453. GYN and reproductive services. STD/ HIV testing. Sliding fee scale.

Weight Watchers meeting. 6:30 p.m. at the Center Harbor Christian Church.

Toddler Time at the Gilford Public Library. 11:30 to noon. For toddlers 18 to 36 months. Sing songs, share stories and move to music. Sign-up in the Children’s Room.

Brown Bag Book Discussion at the Gilford Public Library. Noon to 1 p.m. Discuss Tatiana de Rosnay’s best seller “Sarah’s Key” with guest facilitator Rhetta Colon.

Copies are available at the library.

Book Discussion at the Gilford Public Library. 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. Discuss Tatiana de Rosnay’s best seller “Sarah’s Key” with guest facilitator Rhetta Colon. Copies are available at the library.

Tales For Tails program at the Gilford Public Library.

3:30 to 4:15 p.m. Join Holly and her dog “Ben” on the first and third Thursday of each month. “Ben” is a golden retriever who loves to listen to children read, so bring your favorite book or choose a new one from his special bag.

Knotty Knitters time at the Meredith Public Library. 10 a.m. to noon. All levels of experince welcome.

Preschool Story Time at the Meredith Public Library.

1 to 2 p.m. Stories and crafts from ages 3-5. Sign-up is helpful.

FRIDAY, JANUARY 21 Free Miso & a Movie series at the Practice Room Center for Yoga and Healing. 6 p.m. Thomas Balmes documentary film “Babies” will be shown. Attendees are invited to bring and pillow and PJs. Healthy food and beverages will be provided. For more information call 279-3243.

Al-Anon Meeting at the Congregational Church Parish House (18 Veterans Square) in Laconia. 9:30 to 11 a.m. each Friday. Al-Anon offers hope and help to families of alcoholics. No dues or fees. All are welcome. Call 645-9518.

Affordable Health Care at Laconia Family Planning and Prenatal. 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at 121 Belmont Road (Rte. 106 South). 524-5453. GYN and reproductive services.

STD/HIV testing. Sliding fee scale.

Indoor climbing wall drop-in time at Meredith Community Center. 6 to 8 p.m. Climb Mt. Meredith, a 24-ft. indoor climbing wall. $1 per person. Please pay at the front desk.

District 1 Executive Councilor Ray Burton speaks at the Laconia Senior Center. 10 a.m. 10 a.m. Everyone is encouraged to park in the City Hall lot. A delicious meal is served at 11:30 a.m. with everyone invited. $6 for younger folks and $2 for those 60 and up.

Tot Time at the Meredith Public Library. 9:30 to 10:20 a.m. Stories, songs, crafts and fun for ages 1-3. Sign-up is helpful.

Drop-In Storytime at the Gilford Public Library. 11:30 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. For children ages 2-5. Sing songs, listen to a story and create a craft. No sign-up necessary.

Knit Wits meeting at the Gilford Public Library. 1:30 to 2:30 p.m. All knitters welcome.

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ANNIE’S MAILBOX

Dear Annie: My father has a habit of touching me when he talks. He’ll tap my hand or leg, and he often touches my arm when it’s unnecessary. I’ve told him many times that I don’t like it, but he gets quite unhappy if I ask him to stop. He’s done this since I was a kid, and I’m 33 now.

Once, when I was 13, he kept tapping his leg against mine under the table at an outdoor restaurant. I couldn’t tolerate it and moved my leg away. My father flew into a rage, snarling and gritting his teeth and telling me I had a “disgusting habit.”

I am going to my parents’ house tomorrow and am not looking forward to it. I have to remember not to sit near Dad and to stand at least two feet away when he speaks to me. The problem is that while he’s talking, he moves closer and then starts tapping me. It infuriates me that he won’t stop no matter how many times I’ve asked him to.

Here’s what I suspect: My father considers me his property.

He wants to be able to put his hands on me the way one does with a pet. When I ask him to stop, he is insulted as if his property is being taken from him. I also suspect he taps me because he thinks I’m not listening and needs to keep my attention.

I avoid my parents as much as possible and don’t speak to my father unless it is absolutely necessary. Do other readers have this problem? -- Son who is Wondering Dear Son: It is common for parents to touch their children when speaking to them. In most instances, it is a sign of affection. We can understand, however, how constant tapping could be annoying, although your reaction seems out of proportion. If Dad is tapping your arm to keep your attention from drifting, you can work on getting him to stop, but it requires that you put a lid on your level of hostility. Try talking to him, saying that you love him but it makes you extremely uncomfortable to

be touched constantly. Remind him gently when he starts up.

Dear Annie: What are your views on older women dating younger men? I am 56, and he is 36. He first asked me to marry him 10 years ago, but I broke it off, thinking I was doing him a favor. I then married someone else, hoping he would find someone his age. He did, but that marriage didn’t last. Neither did mine.

Am I being selfish? Is there any possibility that we could be happy together? My family has given us their blessing, but his is another story. I love him enough to let him go if you think I should. -- Happy but Older Dear Happy: The only question is whether or not he wants biological children. No marriage is a sure thing. Yours doesn’t come with fewer guarantees than any other. Our best wishes and congratulations.

Dear Annie: This is in response to “Gagging in California,” who can’t stand being around people who smoke. She should be honest and forthright.

When our daughter was pregnant with her first child, she and her husband told us we’d be babysitting every other weekend. It never happened. I found out by chance that my son-inlaw didn’t want their child around us because we smoke.

Our son-in-law avoids our home whenever possible. I love my grandson, but we are closer to our other grandchild because we get to see him more often. Then my daughter complains that we are showing favoritism.

Had they spoken with us about this in the beginning, it still would have hurt, but at least we could have had an honest discussion. My husband and I thought we raised our children to behave like adults. Obviously not. -- San Bernardino, Calif.

Annie’s Mailbox is written by Kathy Mitchell and Marcy Sugar, longtime editors of the Ann Landers column. Please e-mail your questions to: anniesmailbox@comcast.net, or write to: Annie’s Mailbox, c/o Creators Syndicate, 5777 W. Century Blvd., Ste. 700, Los Angeles, CA 90045.

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Adoption

Autos

BOATS

ADOPT: We are a religious, pro fessional couple longing to adopt a new born baby to give tons of love, security and a life full of opportunitues. Please contact Susana and Francisco at or visit 1-800-320-4459 www.wewishtoadopt.net. Expenses paid.

1995 Cadillac DeVille Sedan: Green, approximately 90k, no rust, clean in/out. Asking $2,500 as is. 286-8756.

1985 Formula 242LS twin 350s, 95% restored, must see, must sell, health issues. $12,000.

293-4129.

Animals LABRADOR pups AKC. Extraordinary litter with outstanding pedigrees. All you want in a Lab! Great temperaments.

(603)664-2828.

NEW! THE DOG WASH WAGGIN A full-service mobile grooming salon. Easy, convenient, time-saving! Call 603-651-9016.

Announcement THE THRIFTY YANKEE -New Thrift Shop in Meredith, now accepting donations. Drop off across from Interlakes HS. 253-9762

Appliances Maytag Washer & Dryer $150 or best offer. 520-5892

1998 Toyota T100 Truck 5 speed, runs excellent. Bedliner, cap, tow package, more. Good mileage.

Recent sticker $1500. Meredith (603)677-7037.

2006 Hyundai Elantra 48,000 miles. Great condition, $6900. Call Don 998-6041.

2007 Toyota Tundra, dbl. cab, SR5, 65K miles, maroon with black interior $17,500/ bro.

455-8987.

ABLE to pay cash, cars average $250, trucks full-size 4x4, $300, truck batteries $6 each, alloy $7 each, in Epping we have scale, $1/ lb. for coded Copper wire, $2.65/ lb. for copper pipe.

(603)502-6438 BUYING junk cars and trucks ME & NH. Call for price. Martin Towing. (603)305-4504.

CASH FOR junk cars & trucks.

Top Dollar Paid. Available 7 days a week. 630-3606

Autos

CASH paid for unwanted or junk cars and trucks. Same day service possible. 603-231-2859.

1991 Honda Civic DX Hatchback: Red, automatic, good drive train, will run with new fuel lines. Good car to run or for parts. $400/best offer. 393-7786.

01 Subaru Limited Outback Wagon. Automatic, loaded, heated seats, winter package, dual sun roof. Great condition, 127K, $5,500/obo. 630-1950

Business Opportunities LACONIA- Unique opportunity.

Laundromat in well established location; Dryers, some equipment needs repairing or replacing; All duct work, plumbing, & boiler in place; Free rent to get started. $3,000. 603-455-6662

For Rent $500 OFF FIRST MONTH S RENT at Mountain View apts.

2-bedroom apartment, $700 + utilities; 2-bedroom townhouse, 1.5 bath, large deck, $775 + utilities; 3-Bedroom townhouse, 1.5 bath, large deck $850 + utilities.

Quiet location with laundry and playgrounds. Integrity Realty, Inc. 524-7185.

ALTON/GILFORD Town Line: 2-Bedroom house, $200/week +utilities; Studio, $200/week, includes utilities, cable/internet..

Lake/Beach access. 365-0799.

APARTMENTS, mobile homes. If you need a rental at a fair price, call DRM Corp. Over 40 years in rentals, 524-0348 or visit M-W-F, 12-5, at 373 Court Street, Laconia.

For Rent GILFORD HOUSE Newly renovated 5 rooms, 2 bedrooms. Applianced kitchen, sun porch & full basement, washer-dryer hook-ups, walking distance to shopping. $950 per month. No pets/No smoking, one month security deposit.

LACONIA Small studio, electric heat, mature, responsible, employed. No pets. $495 plus utilities. 387-6333.

LACONIA- 1 Bedroom starting at $600/Month. No Pets Please. Call 267-8023 GC Enterprises Property Management.

LACONIA- SPACIOUS 1-bedroom apartment, walking distance to LRGH. Heat/Hot Water, Washer/dryer hook-up, Private parking. NO SMOKERS/PETS. References/Security deposit. $750/month. 279-1080 leave message.

LACONIA- Heat, Hot Water,& Electric Included.1 Bedroom $750/Mo. Call 267-8023 GC Enterprises Property Management.

LACONIA: 3 bedroom, 2 bathroom in duplex building, 1st & 2nd floors plus access to attic and basement with laundry hook-ups, $1,000/month plus utilities, 524-1234.

LACONIA: Near downtown, 1-Bedroom, $600 +utilities and 2-Bedroom, $750 +utilities.

References & deposit required.

387-3864.

LACONIA: Small 2-Bedroom, $170/week, includes heat and hot water. References & deposit.

524-9665.

GILFORD HOUSE

LACONIA: 1 bedroom, 2nd floor, $185/week including heat, electric & hot water. 524-1234.

Newly renovated 3 bedroom house. Applianced kitchen, sun porch, full basement with washer-dryer hook-ups, walking distance to shop ping. $1,200 per month. No pets/No smoking, one month security deposit.

LACONIA: 1 bedroom, 2nd floor, renovated kitchen & bathroom, access to attic for storage & basement with laundry hookups, $195/week including heat, electric & hot water. 524-1234.

527-9221 or 455-0044

Laconia: 1 bedroom. $140/week, utilities included, laundry on site, references & security deposit required, 524-4428

GILFORD 4-Month Short-term rental. Furnished 2 bedroom home. Easy lakefront living.

Heat/electric extra. $850/Month 603-393-7077

LACONIA: 1-bedroom apartments in clean, quiet, secure downtown building. Very nice and completely renovated. $175/week, includes heat, hot water and electricity.

524-3892.

Laconia 1 Bedroom- Washer/dryer hookup, storage, no pets. Security Deposit & references. $600/mo. + utilities. 520-4353

CUTE 1-bedroom remodeled apartment in Tilton. 1/2 month rent free! Heat/Hot Water included. $660/Month. 603-393-9693 or 916-214-7733

Laconia Efficiency: Recently remodeled, on quiet dead-end street, $450/month. All utilities included, Call 527-8363. No-pets.

LACONIA In-town, 2-Bedroom, finished basement. $750 plus utilities, first and security. No smoking, available now. 528-2292 Laconia one bedroom: On quiet dead-end street, $650/month. All utilities included, Call 527-8363.

No pets.

LACONIA Pleasant St. 1-Bedroom, $750. Studio apartment $650. Heat/hot water included, no

LACONIA: S tudio, $135/week & 1-Bedroom, $155/week, heat & HW included. 2-Bedroom, $185/week or $750/month, utilities included. No dogs. 496-8667 or 545-9510.

LACONIA: Small 1-Bedroom, $135/wk, includes heat & hot water, references and deposit.

528-0024.

LACONIA: 1 bedroom $145/week, heat & hot water included, pay own electric. References & security deposit required, 524-4428

BELMONT: 2 Bedrm duplex, w/d hookups. $200 per week + utiliites. Sec/ Refs required. 524-3790

GILMANTON: 2-bedroom, 1-bath house, in private lake community.

Bring your ATV, snowmobile & boat. Easy commute to Concord and Laconia. $1,100/month, In-

For Rent LACONIA: large 3 bedroom, 2 living rooms, 1.5 baths, playroom, yard, one car garage, laundry hook-ups. $1500/month, utilities included, 524-4428

527-9221 or 455-0044

LACONIA Awesome 1 bedroom includes heat, hot water, garage, on-site laundry, $725/mo. No pets, 455-0874.

GILFORD 5 rooms, 2 bedrooms, 1-1/2 baths, attached one car garage, excellent condition, $1200/ month plus utilities, contact Debbie at Roche Realty 603-279-7046 or 603-520-7769.

For Rent LACONIA Prime 2 bedroom apt on Gale Ave. Walk to town and beaches. Carpeting, just repainted, private entrance, Garage. $900/ mo. includes heat and hot water. 524-3892.

LACONIA: 2 bedroom, heat included with private parking, storage, laundry area, snow removal, refrigerator and stove. $875/mo.

Security & credit check required.

No pets. 603-267-6114 LACONIA: 26 Dartmouth St. 1/2 of a Duplex; 7 Rooms, 3 Bedrooms, 1 Bath. Walkout Basement w/Laundry Hookups. Very clean, hardwood floors, private off street parking for 2 cars. Convenient to library, churches, downtown, Opechee Park & schools. Available immediately non-smoking. $1,000/month plus utilities.

Owner/broker 396-4163 LACONIA: 3 bedroom, 2nd floor.

Separate entrance, coin-op laundry in basement. $265/week including heat, electric & hot water.

524-1234.

LACONIA: Gilbert Apartments. Efficiency, 1, 2 and 3 bedroom

Lakeport: 1 bedroom $140/week, utilities included, laundry on site.

References & security deposit required, 524-4428 Lakeport: 1 bedroom, $130/week, utilities included. References & security deposit required, 524-4428 Lakeport: 1 bedroom. $145/week, utilities included. References & security deposit required.

524-4428 Lakeport: 3 bedroom, $260/week utilities included, laundry on site.

References & security deposit required, 524-4428

Lot Available In Northfield Cooperative Mobile Home Park $305 Per Month Call Debra at 455-6670 or email at: dshepard@metrocast.net MEREDITH- In-Town Efficiency apartment. 1-bedroom, 1-bath.

Kitchen, large living room with dryer. Quiet location, no pets/no smokers $800/Month + utilities.

Rick (781)389-2355 MEREDITH: 2 and 3-bedroom mobile homes, $725-$800 +utilities, security deposit required, no dogs, 279-5846.

MEREDITH: Cozy studio near downtown, hardwood floors, storage, heat, hot water included. No pets, non-smoker. References, security required. $500/month.

455-4075.

MEREDITH: In-town 1-bedroom, includes heat, $600/month. Parking w/plowing. No Smoking. No pets. Security deposit. 387-8356.

MEREDITH: Large 2 Bedroom second floor. Main St, newly painted, off-street parking, no pets/smoking. First month and security, references required. $795 + heat/utilities. 603-630-2381.

MUST SEE - LOVELY MEREDITH HOUSE 1st floor of 2-family home, full basement, W/D hookup, close to town, large, 2BR, hardwood floors, porch, $975/month +utilities. No Smoking/Dogs.

Security,references. 279-4376

NORTHFIELD Are you tired of living in run down, dirty housing, then call us we have the absolute best, spotlessly clean and everything works. We include heat & hot water and all appliances, Townhouses & apartments, in Northfield one block from I-93 Call 630-3700 for affordable Clean living.

NORTHFIELD: 2 bedroom, 1st floor, includes basement. $210/week including heat, electric & hot water, 524-1234.

NORTHFIELD: 1 bedroom, 1st floor, separate entrance, coin-op laundry in basement. $195/week including heat, electric & hot wa-

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For Rent

For Sale

Help Wanted

TILTON- DOWNTOWN. Large room in 3-bedroom, 2-bath apartment, shared with 2 other responsible adults, $150 weekly, includes all. 286-4391.

RUGER 30:06 Rifle: Brand new condition, laminated stock, Leopold scope, 4 boxes ammo. $750. Cell 630-7440.

Customer Service Help NEEDED NOW With several depts. to fill, we will begin training

WINNISQUAM: Small efficiency apartment and a cottage including heat, hot water and lights. No pets. $150-$175/week. $400 deposit. 528-2757 or 387-3864.

Wednesday January 19th 2011

Furniture For Rent-Vacation Marco Island, FL: Still time to enjoy relaxing waterfront living. No snow! Terms-negotioable. all 393-7077.

For Rent-Commercial IN-TOWN LACONIA: 2,000 Sq. Ft., possible to 3,500. Loading dock, three phase power, private office, priced like storage but great for your business. $900 per month, includes heat and property tax. Sale possible. AVAILABLE NOW. Kevin Sullivan, Coldwell Banker Commercial, 630-3276.

LACONIA Prime retail. 750 sf., parking, includes heat. $550 per month. Also 1325 sf. $675/month Security deposit & references.

455-6662.

Lakeport: storefront, $700 month, plus utilities. 1,000 sf retail space, 1500 sf storage space. Security deposit required, 524-4428 Manufacturing/Warehouse/Storage 13 Artisan Ct. Unit #2, Gilford, NH. 1,250 sq. ft., heated. 3 Phase power, $700/Month. 524-6766

MEREDITH Great Location!

31 Foundry Ave. Off Route 104

(Behind Olde Province Common)

1,500 Sq. Ft. with 17’ ceiling & 14’ overhead door. Partial 2nd level balcony space. Finished office cubicle on 1st floor.

Perfect for graphic, woodworking, artistry, retail, storage, etc.

$750/Month + Utilities 279-0142 (Business) 677-2298 (Cell)

BEAUTIFUL, Queen Luxury Support Pillowtop Mattress Set. New in plastic. Cost $1095, Sell $249.

Can deliver. 603-305-9763 GIRL!S Bedroom set. 4 poster doublebed with canopy hardware, dresser, bureau, mirror, all in white. $500/ obo. 520-2477 or 293-8155.

PROMOTIONAL New mattresses starting; King set complete $395, queen set $239. 603-524-1430.

TRUNDLE bed set with mattresses. Excellent condition, little used. $200/ obo. 520-2477 or 293-8155.

Help Wanted Be Part of the MADEIRA USA Customer Service Team As a part-time Customer Service Representative, you will be involved in a high-volume telephone contact environment that requires organizational skills and attention to detail. Candidate must have strong telephone skills and be PC literate.

Must have the ability to work a flexible, part-time schedule Monday through Friday between the hours of 8:00 am and 8:00 pm. Minimum of H.S. diploma/GED required.

Apply in person at 30 Bayside Court Laconia email a resume to hr@madeirausa.com or fax to (603) 524-1839

CLEANER Franklin/Tilton Area

Arctic-Cat helmet with bag. JVC bibs, with drop seat. New, size Medium $125 393-9693

Full time commercial cleaner.

Experience preferred. Must have valid driver’s license & your own transportation.

FIREPLACE Mantle- 4ft. wide X 3ft. 4 inches high with 2-propane inserts, new. $225. 781-248-2553 FIREWOOD-ALL quantities available. Bundles, 1/8, 1/4 & 1/2 cords. Full cord/$180. Pick-up/delivery. 998-7337/Leave Message BED Orthopedic 10” thick pillowtop mattress & box, new in plastic cost $950, sell Queen $285, Full $260, King $395. 431-0999 BEDROOM set brand new 6 pce solid cherry Sleigh bed, all dovetail sacrifice $750. 427-2001 HOT tub Mp3/ ipod dock, speakers, led lights, 5/6 person. All options with cover. New in wrapper.

Cost $8200, sell $4200. Will deliver 235-5218.

KITCHEN cabinets solid Maple with glazing never installed/ dovetail. Cost $7000, sell $1650.

235-1695.

PATRIOTS playoff tickets; Pats

Entry level positions starting at $460/week

Roommate Wanted LOOKING for roommate to share a house. Own room, includes everything. $100/week. Good reference. 279-7693

Or

Polysomnography Technologist needed Part-time, 2-3 days a week in our Gorham, NH location.

CPAP knowledge is helpful and current Respiratory Therapy experience. Semi-annual raises, educational incentives, vehicle reimbursement, excellent starting salary. Come join this exciting industry and a great team. Please forward resume to spushee@keenemedicalproducts.com or mail, Keene Medical Products, Inc. P.O. Box 439, Lebanon, NH 03766 Attn: HR Director

Apply in person to: Joyce Janitorial Service

Services

Services All Trades Landscaping Construction • Irrigation Excavation • Maintenance Spring and Fall • Clean up's.

Free estimates and fully insured

603-524-3969

BRETT!S ELECTRIC Seeking highly motivated people to join my Pampered Chef team.

High earning potential! Call 496-0762.

Fast, Reliable Master Electrician.

No Job Too small, Lowest Rates, Top Quality. Mail me an insured competitors residential proposal & I!ll beat it! Call 520-7167.

(per company agreement)

Mon.-Sat + extra hours available

PIPER ROOFING & VINYL SIDING

Signing Bonus

Quality Work Reasonable Rates Free Estimates Metal Roofs • Shingle Roofs

(after 60 days)

Interviewing Tues.

January 18th & 19th Reserve your spot

Our Customers Don!t get Soaked!

528-3531

TODAY!

603-223-0765

HANDYMAN SERVICES Small Jobs Are My Speciality

Rick Drouin 520-5642 or 744-6277

Free T&B Appliance Removal. Appliances & AC’s removed free of charge if outside. No TV’s Please call (603)986-5506.

For Sale

EMERALD -cut high quality diamond ring. 1/2 carat total weight. $2,300 retail, must sell $600.

393-9693

We're seeking highly motivated individuals that are ready to work hard, and can handle a variety of functions.

Duties & Responsibilities include: • Customer Service • Filling Orders • Client Trial Assistance • Moving Merchandise • Setting up Displays

Help Wanted Respiratory Therapist

MADEIRA USA Part-time Position Join the Madeira USA team as a Credit/Accounts Receivable Assistant. Applicants must be detail-oriented with intermediate knowledge of Excel, fast and accurate data entry, able to communicate effectively for reception coverage and work flexible part-time hours, typically Mon-Fri 1:30 pm to 7:30 pm.

HS diploma/GED and previous Credit and A/R experience required.

E-mail/ fax résumés to hr@madeirausa.com 603-524-1839 or apply in person at 30 Bayside Court, Laconia, NH.

Instruction New Hampshire Aikido -Tuesday and Thursday evenings at the Barn, Wadliegh Rd. Sanbornton.

998-1419

Land BELMONT: 3 acre building lot in vicinity of high school, 100% dry land, driveway already roughed in, great gravel soils for building, $54,900.

Owner/broker, 524-1234.

BLUE RIBBON

PAINTING CO. Interior/Exterior Since 1982 ~ Fully Insured

Powerwashing

279-5755 630-8333 Bus.

Cell

Roommate Wanted PERMANENT POSITIONS AVAILABLE

Jump into a new career with our growth oriented company in the Rochester area. These positions offer the advancement potential not found in the ordinary 9-5 job. No experience necessary. Training provided.

Those accepted will start immediately. Neat appearance and ability to work with other people is a plus. We will be interviewing applicants on 1/17 & 1/18. For an appointment call: (603)822-0220.

FEMALE/NON-SMOKER: $75/wk, ahared bath, common livingroom & kitchen, Dish TV, DSL & utilities included. Near Exit 20, off 93, Tilton. Call Kathy, 603-630-2311.

LACONIA/GILFORD HOUSEMATE wanted. Spacious furnished 2-room-accommodations.

Includes all utilities, WiFi, dish, laundry. $140/week, $500/Month.

528-8030 WEIRS Beach Area: To share house, $500/month, everything included. Beach rights. 393-6793.

14 Addison Street Laconia, NH

CLEANER Laconia Area Part time commercial cleaner.

Experience preferred. Must have valid driver’s license & your own transportation.

SNOW Removal: Roofs, walkways, ice dams. Experienced and insured. Dan, cell, Lakes Region, (603)937-7095.

Apply in person to: Joyce Janitorial Service

14 Addison Street Laconia, NH

Extra Income or Financial Freedom We show you how.

Simple & fun.

Act Now!

Call 603-556-7111

THE HUNGRY PAINTER: Roof Shoveling, Painting, small tree work, dump runs, odd jobs, drywall repairs. 455-6296.

PART-TIME Cleaning, Laconia/ Tilton: Monday-Friday evenings, 6-10 hours per week, $10/hour.

TIM S Quality Painting: “Affordable, professional painting.”

Floors, repairs, wallpaper

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Former Patriots running Dine with cast members from Educational Theatre back Laurence Maroney Collaborative’s ‘Peter Pan’ at Common Man Inn arrested on drug, weapons charges in St. Louis

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Denver Broncos running back Laurence Maroney has been arrested in St. Louis on drugs and weapons allegations. His publicist said Tuesday that he did nothing wrong.

St. Louis police said five people in an Infiniti Q56 were arrested Monday night. Police declined to name the suspects but said all five are accused of possessing marijuana. Three, including a 25-yearold man, were accused of unlawful use of a weapon.

Maroney, 25, is a native of suburban St. Louis. No one has been formally charged.

Maroney’s publicist, Jane Higgins, confirmed that he was one of those arrested in the Infiniti on the weapons allegation. She denied Maroney was arrested for drugs.

“He holds a permit to carry a concealed weapon,” Higgins said in a statement. “He was not arrested for any drugs nor was he involved in a high-speed chase. He was released without being charged with any offense and we do not anticipate he will be charged with any criminal offense.”

Police spokeswoman Erica Van Ross said one of the men had a valid concealed weapon permit but that state law prohibits possessing a gun while under the influence of drugs. She declined to elaborate.

Van Ross said the process of seeking charges could take up to a month.

Broncos spokesman Patrick Smyth said, “We’re aware of the matter but have no additional comment at this time.”

Van Ross said that around 10:30 p.m. Monday, officers saw three vehicles near Chaifetz Arena causing traffic to slow because the vehicles repeatedly stopped so occupants could talk to people on the street. Officers also suspected those in the vehicles were smoking marijuana.

Officers pulled over the Infiniti and a GMC Yukon; the third vehicle fled.

Van Ross said that inside the Infiniti officers found three weapons — a .45-caliber handgun, a 9mm pistol and a .223 -caliber rifle — along with a substance believed to be marijuana. Five of the six people in the Infiniti were arrested and released pending application of warrants, Van Ross said.

Five other people were in the Yukon. One of them, a 28-year-old man, was arrested for being a felon in possession of a weapon.

New England chose Maroney with the 21st overall pick in the 2006 draft. He was acquired by former Broncos coach Josh McDaniels for a fourth-round draft pick on Sept. 14, one of several personnel miscalculations that helped lead to McDaniels’ Dec. 6 ouster.

Maroney was injured when he arrived in Denver and played in just four games for the Broncos, rushing 36 times for 74 yards and a paltry 2.1-yard average. He didn’t play in the final 10 games of the season, the last eight of which he was deactivated.

The running back spent his first four seasons with the Patriots, where he averaged 4.2 yards a carry with 21 touchdown runs and 10.2 yards per catch with one TD reception. His best season was 2009, when he set career highs with 194 carries and nine touchdowns.

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PLYMOUTH — Cast members from the Educational Theatre Collaborative (ETC) production of “Peter Pan” invite children of all ages to join them for lunch at the Common Man Inn from 11:30 a.m.

— 1:30 p.m. on Saturday, January 29.

Diners might find themselves being greeted by Peter Pan, Captain Hook, Tiger Lily, Smee, or even Nana the St. Bernard at the luncheon, which will

feature characters from the show.

Tickets for the lunch are $12 for adults and $10 for children at the door, or by calling 535-2647.

To purchase tickets for the ETC production of “Peter Pan,” running January 26 — 30 at the Silver Center for the Arts, call 535-2787 or (800) 779-3869. Tickets are also available online at silver.plymouth.edu.

BELMONT — The Senior Center will host a luncheon featuring music by Mel Nedeau at 10 a.m. on Wednesday, January 26.

Nedeau has been performing in the Lakes Region for a number of years. All are invited to enjoy his

music as well as a lunch of chicken parmesan with sauce and cheese, spaghetti, green and wax beans, and a fruit cup.

For seniors age 60 and over, lunch is by a $2 donation. Call 267-9867 for reservations.

Belmont Senior Center presents luncheon and music

by Mel Nedeau on morning of Wednesday, January 26

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This Weeks Activities

Children: Preschool Storytime

Future Activities

Children: Preschool Storytime

Wednesday, January 19th @ 10:00 Thursday, January 20th @ 9:30 & 10:30 Stories and crafts in the Selig Storytime Room. For more information, call 524-4775 x13.

Wednesday, January 26th @ 10:00 Thursday, January 27th @ 9:30 & 10:30 Stories and crafts in the Selig Storytime Room. For more information, call 524-4775 x13.

Thursday, January 20th @ 3:30 Laconia Rotary Hall All new songs from the arcade version have made it including international hits such as “Always on My Mind” by music icons Pet Shop Boys, “Here it Goes Again,” the pop rock hit from OK GO with the infamous treadmill dance music video included, The Hush Sound’s infectious “Wine Red” remixed

by Tommie Sunshine, and MC Hammer’s “U Can’t Touch This” rounding up the pop hits. Teens in grades 6-12 are welcome to play! For more information, call 524-4775.

Tuesday, January 25th @ 1:00, come to Goss at 188 Elm St. in Lakeport for storytime. For more information, call 5243808.

Teen: Dance Dance Revolution X

Goss Reading Room Storytime

Tuesday, January 18th @ 1:00, come to Goss at 188 Elm St. in Lakeport for storytime. For more information, call 524-3808.

The Family Tree, the root of the matter at Goss Reading Room

Thursday, January 20th @ 6:00 188 Elm St. Lakeport Genealogist David Hough will present an introduction to genealogy at the Goss Reading Room. Hosted by Friends of the Goss Reading Room. For more information, call 524-3808.

Goss Reading Room Storytime Teens: YU-GI-OH!

Monday, January 24th @ 3:30 Laconia Rotary Hall Teens in grades 6-12 meet to play this popular card game. For more information, call 524-4775.

Adult: Susannah Johnson: an English Captive among the Abenaki and French

Tuesday, January 25th @ 6:30 Laconia Rotary Hall In a dawn raid on August 30, 1754, the Johnson family was captured by a group of Abenaki. Susannah Johnson was nine months pregnant at the time. The incident began an extraordinary journey that forced Susannah to navigate the cultural waters of three societies: English, Abenaki, and French. Marcia Schmidt Blaine, Associate Professor of History at Plymouth State University will present this program sponsored by NH Humanities Council. For more information, call 524-4775 x15.

Laconia Senior Center Book Discussion

Monday, January 31st @ 12:30 17 Church St. Join Debbie from the Library for a discussion of Anita Shreve’s “The Pilot’s Wife”. For more information, call 524-4775.

Hours: Monday - Thursday 9am - 8pm • Friday 9am - 6pm Saturday 9am - 4pm For more information, call 524-4775.

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