The Laconia Daily Sun, January 4, 2012

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GILFORD — Town Administrator Scott Dunn said yesterday he should not have made public references to the socio-economic status of one of the town’s most vocal budget hawks.

Dunn, who sent a letter that

can be read in its entirely in the letters to the editor section of today’s paper (page 4), said his intent in writing a recent letter to local newspaper was simply to demonstrate that selectmen, himself and Gilford’s department heads have been working to reduce the size of the municipal budget, particularly with

regard to employee expenses.

“I had absolutely no intention of insulting Mrs. (Barbara) Aichinger,” Dunn wrote, adding he respects many of her positions ... and would like to apologize to anyone that was offended by my remarks.”

Aichinger has often been a critical of federal, state and

municipal spending and has often been an outspoken critic at Gilford’s Selectboard, School Board and Budget Committee, as well as the Gilford’s annual deliberative session.

She also responded to Dunn’s criticism of he (again, see the letters to the editor one page 4 see GILFORd page 11

A WOW Trail bench dedicated to Jenni Harmon

By Michael Kitch THE LACONIA DAILY SUN

BELMONT — The Belmont Baseball Organization has become the latest regional franchise to switch from Little League Baseball Incorporated to Cal Ripken Baseball, Inc. For a number of seasons Belmont has fielded teams in the Laconia Little League and that venerable organization announced yesterday that Belmont kids would now be welcome to play on Laconia teams.

Brett Sottak, vicepresident of the organization, said yesterday that after discussing the move for several years, the group made its decision following the successful transition of the girls softball program to the Babe Ruth League, Inc. last season. “We had sat in on meetings when the girls were discussing joining Babe Ruth and see BB page 9

The Harmon family of Gilford has now contributed to two improvements to the spot where the Laconia WOW Recreation Trail meets Messer Street. Pictured on the left is Jami Harmon, who with help from a couple of friends, had previously created the mural pictured in the background. More recently, Jane Harmon, Jami’s mother, sponsored the installation of the granite bench on which the two women are sitting, which is dedicated to the memory of Jami’s older sister, Jenni Ann, who died on December 14, 2006, at the age of 19. The bench is inscribed with the words, “Life is measured by what you do, not how long you live.” (Laconia Daily Sun photo/Adam Drapcho)

2 Laconia High football field options still on the table; pending bids By rOGer aMsden FOR THE LACONIA DAILY SUN

LACONIA — The Laconia School Board received an update last night on proposals for a slight relocation of the High School football field and was told that bids are expected in March. They will provide cost estimates which will Fuel Oil OIL & PROPANE CO., INC. help it determine which of 10 day cash price* Laconia 524-1421 subject to change the two options currently

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One plan, called Plan B, would move the field slightly towards the east by excavating part of the hill at the foot of Bobotas Field, creating additional parking for about 100 cars behind the high school, but leaving the steep section of the hill near intact.

Plan A2 would require much more earthwork and would move the field even further to the east by regrading and terracing the hillside leading to Bobotas Field and

create parking for 140 cars while leaving a large green space behind the high school which could be used for any possible future expansion.

Superintendent of Schools Bob Champlin said that the A2 option appears to be the best long-term solution provided that it is not cost prohibitive.

Board member Joe Cormier, who is a chairman of the Huot Regional Technical see FOOTBaLL page 11

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Murder most foul on Queen Elizabeth’s estate

LONDON (AP) — A murder mystery with elements of an Agatha Christie whodunit is unfolding at the vast country estate where Queen Elizabeth II and her family gathered in rural splendor to celebrate Christmas and New Year’s.

British police said that a young woman’s body was found in the forest at Sandringham and that they are treating it as a murder case.

An autopsy was conducted Tuesday, but the precise cause of death was not disclosed, and investigators have yet to establish the woman’s identity.

The royal family is not implicated in the crime in any way.

The body was discovered by a dog walker on New Year’s Day three miles (5 kilometers) from the queen’s elegant country home.

Norfolk police said tests showed the body had been there one to four months.

Police said a forensic pathologist found that it was highly unlikely the death was of natusee QUEEN page 8

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Romney & Santorum tied at the top of field in Iowa DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Rick Santorum and Mitt Romney waged a seesaw battle for supremacy in Iowa’s Republican presidential caucuses late Tuesday night, a dramatic opening round for the campaign to pick a challenger to President Barack Obama.

Texas Rep. Ron Paul ran third.

Returns from 96 percent of the state’s 1,774 precincts showed Santorum, a former Pennsylvania senator, and Romney, a former governor of Massachusetts, in a

near dead heat, a fitting conclusion to a race as jumbled as any since Iowa gained the lead-off position in presidential campaigns four decades ago.

Regardless of the outcome, there was enough for both to claim a victory — Romney as the man to beat for the party’s nomination and Santorum as the leader among those struggling to emerge as the former governor’s unvarnished conservative rival in the primaries yet to come.

New Hampshire votes next, and Romney

is heavily favored in the first-in-the-nation primary on Jan. 10. South Carolina on Jan. 21 figures to be a tougher test, the first contest in the South and a state that is part of the Republican political base.

Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich was headed for a fourth-place finish, trailed by Texas Gov. Rick Perry.

Minnesota Rep. Michele Bachmann was far behind. Her campaign manager, Keith Nahigian, suggested she might drop out, see IOWA page

Real life NCIS: 2 Navy pilots among 4 found dead at Calif. condo

SAN DIEGO (AP) — Two Navy pilots were among four people found dead in a New Year’s Day shooting at a condominium, a military spokeswoman said Tuesday, as investigators reaffirmed there were no suspects at large.

Friends and family identified two victims as siblings, David Reis, a 25-year-old Navy pilot, and 24-year-old Karen Reis, an aspiring occupational therapist.

The pilots were stationed at Marine

Corps Air Station Miramar, said Marine Corps spokeswoman 1st Lt. Maureen Dooley. The Marines declined to release their names.

The San Diego County Sheriff’s Department planned an announcement on the investigation Wednesday, said Capt.

Duncan Fraser. “There’s a lot of evidence that we’re sifting through,” Fraser said.

One man was found dead in the doorway of the three-story condo in Coronado and the

bodies of two men and a woman were inside the home. The San Diego Union-Tribune reported that a fourth victim was a 31-yearold man from suburban Chula Vista.

The deaths shook Coronado, a picturesque peninsular enclave of 24,000 people on San Diego Bay that draws tourists and recorded only one homicide in 2010. The city is home to Naval Air Station North Island, serves as a training area for Navy see NAVY page 8

CONCORD (AP) — Gov. John Lynch vowed Tuesday to veto three bills that would ease a broad range of gun regulations in New Hampshire to include allowing guns on college campuses, in classrooms and in public buildings like the Verizon Wireless Arena.

Flanked by college and law enforcement officials, the Democratic governor told reporters at a Statehouse news conference that he supports gun rights, but the three bills would put public safety at risk.

“The combination of these bills has the real potential to lead to an increase in vio-

lence,” he said.

House Republican Leader D.J. Bettencourt said Republicans support law-abiding citizens’ right to carry guns.

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Froma Harrop

The little state that had no choice Rhode Island shouldn’t even be a state. It’s basically a city, Providence, with some suburbs, factory towns, a little countryside and Newport. The smallest state in area (19 Rhode Islands could fit into California’s San Bernardino County), the Ocean State has a population of about 1 million (versus San Bernardino’s 210,000).

While many love Little Rhody for its quirkiness, few would recommend the state as a practical model for the other 49. But Time magazine has done just that, showcasing the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations (the official name) as an example to the rest — and, to the shock of locals wholly unused to civic praise, a good example, too. “The Little State That Could” was Time’s headline.

Rhode Island was indeed living in a fantasy world of cushy publicemployee benefits that were not being properly funded. Unto the generations, politicians had cooked up “helpful” numbers rather than confront powerful unions. The 2008 economic meltdown moved the day of reckoning to today. In this, Rhode Island was not unique.

It did have the good fortune to elect as state treasurer a savvy local woman who, as Time put it, “never got the memo about dodging tough issues.” Gina Raimondo, a Democrat, led the charge in very serious pension reform that confounded all the usual expectations of failure.

Furthermore, she came with the kind of personal story that thrills news magazines everywhere. Her grandfathers were hardworking Italian immigrants, one a chef and the other a butcher. These are hero jobs in a state where great veal “parm” and nice beaches have long prevented a total stampede to the Sun Belt. Her father was a metallurgist at Bulova, until Bulova moved off for cheaper labor, leaving him jobless. Did I forget to mention that Raimondo studied hard, became a Rhodes scholar, obtained a law degree at Yale and made a pile managing investments?

To be honest, Raimondo’s success did not entirely emerge out of an unwillingness to dodge tough issues.

“To dodge” implies that there’s a place to which one can move. Like other states, Rhode Island had reached the dead end of menacing budget numbers. To change the metaphor, the tough issues were snapping at a state balancing on the edge of Newport’s Cliff Walk with killer boulders below, then drowning waves, then sharks. Raimondo arrived at an opportune time for — how shall we put it? — new thinking.

The memo that Raimondo had fortunately failed to receive was the one about turning public employees into public enemies. Govs. John Kasich of Ohio and Scott Walker of Wisconsin apparently got theirs.

It’s true that Americans everywhere had lost all sense of humor at teachers’ demands that taxpayers fund their retirements starting at age 52, “as we were promised.” But said teachers were also taking serious hits in the pension fixes, and there was no need to pile on more hurt. Raimondo never talked to public employees as “the problem,” but as fellow victims.

She always noted, “This is about math, not politics.”

Feeding anti-organized labor passions on the right, some Republicans made the issue about smiting unions, in addition to changing their deal. Not content to merely make public-worker benefits more like private-sector ones, Kasich tacked an item onto a reform bill that would have curbed a public-employee union’s ability to collect dues (and therefore exist). In a referendum, Ohio voters rejected the package as too nasty. Ohio is heavily industrialized with union traditions.

Raimondo recognized that Rhode Island is much the same. Clearly, she could do politics, as well as math.

Was Rhode Island “the little state that could”? Perhaps. For certain, it was the little state that had no choice.

(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.)

I should not have made mention of her socio-economic status To the editor, Recently I wrote a letter to the newspapers in response to a citizen’s concerns about municipal spending on employee wages and benefits. I was attempting to demonstrate the significant efforts that have been made by the Gilford Board of Selectmen (with help from the department managers) to reign-in the municipal budget over the past several years, particularly with regards to employee expenses.

Although I had absolutely no intention of insulting Mrs. Aichinger; nonetheless, I should not have made mention of her socio-economic status. With that in mind, I wish to go on record as saying that I respect many of the opinions expressed by Mrs. Aichinger and I would like to apologize to anyone that was offended by my remarks.

Scott J. Dunn Town Administrator Town of Gilford

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LETTERS I see no need to stand down to bullies who permeate town hall To the editor, I certainly appreciate the response to Town Administrator Dunn’s letter by my fellow Gilford taxpayers. It sheds more light on the fact that Mr. Dunn does indeed have a sense of entitlement to other people’s money.

This is certainly not the first time Mr. Dunn has tried to intimidate me into silence. It is no wonder that more citizens do not step forward, look at the response you get when you try to reel in local government spending! Let’s visit some more FACTS: 1. FACT: According to the Local Government Center’s 2011 data, Mr. Dunn is one of the HIGHEST paid Town Administrator’s of towns our size in the entire state. Why does Gilford need this?

2. FACT: The cost savings realized from retirement and attrition (school and town) were not passed onto the taxpayer but onto the OTHER town employees in the form of raises and benefits. This is why the total salary/ benefit costs did not DECREASE as much as it should have. .

3. FACT: No one in the private sector would increase their fixed costs when revenue (assessments) are dropping.

This raises the towns FIXED costs FOREVER. It means we the taxpayer are on the hook for more retirement benefits, disability insurance costs, accrued vacation time and sick time and future wage increases against a higher number.

4. FACT: The cut to the assessor that Mr. Dunn bragged about just favors the public sector. The assessor now can’t reassess the taxpayers property which is dropping like a rock in value due in part to the high tax rate. He

also won’t respond to abatements when people fight for fair taxation.

When folks complain Dunn will say ‘hey no money…you wanted cuts…we gave them to you!”

5. FACT: Our Fire Department costs a MILLION dollars more per year than Meredith a town of similar size and population. What is up with that?

6. FACT: Our Library Director’s six figure compensation package is pretty much off the charts compared to other town’s our same size according to the LGC 2011 data.

7. FACT: The value of the taxpayers assets (assessments) dropped 6.7-percent since 2007 but because the towns spending did not drop at that same rate our tax rate INCREASED. So how is that in the best interest of the taxpayer?

8. FACT: No matter what was thrown at me: land merging lawsuit, town lying about other unmerges, major economic crash, business levels down I NEVER walked away from my contractual and financial obligations to the bank, to my employees, to the town. I took it in the shorts, changed the zoning and two state laws.

9. FACT: After investing in it and contributing to the local economy my property on Governor’s Island is assessed at $3,140,230 (not $2.6M as Mr. Dunn stated) and my Gilford tax bill is $58,251.26 (Mr. Dunn seems to have missed that fact!). Furthermore, I see no need to stand down to the bullies that have permeated the local town government because of my property values!

Barbara Aichinger Governor’s Island Gilford

Gilmanton School Board would not touch administrative budget To the editor, The Gilmanton School Board meeting on December 13, 2011, which was well attended, was the only chance for citizens to speak about next year’s budget before it was voted on by the School Board. Most of the attendees did not realize that the time allowed by the School Board for public comment was so short. When one attendee asked if she could email her concerns and suggestions it became clear that people didn’t realize that the board

would be voting on the budget that same night.

Cuts in the budget were discussed, none of which would affect the school administration. Most of the comments indicated that programs should be kept while making cuts in other areas.

Some hard choices have to be made. The School Board voted for the proposed budget with some cuts but with no mention of any cuts in the administration budget. The cuts see next page

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LETTERS Romney represents stability; his candidacy makes perfect sense To the editor, Why I am endorsing Mitt Romney: When national reporters began calling me over a year ago asking who I “liked” for president, I told them I wasn’t sure of anything but that it would not be Romney because of his Massachusetts health care plan. Having spent 14 years in our N.H. Legislature specializing in health care policy and finance, I knew we needed reform, but the Romney plan wasn’t it.

I’ve been fascinated by the peaks and valleys of the candidates depending on the fickle mood of our residents.

Bachman was riding high in the polls and I was extremely impressed with her. Had she not forgotten her geography lesson on where N.H. is, I was close to getting on board with her. But then her decision making took a big wrong turn and she has not been a contender in my eyes since. I was now candidate shy.

Trump came on the scene and I loved his blunt no nonsense talk. He could have been a real player had he not gotten the same candidate syndrome that Bachman had..... wrong turns (and a lot of over-ego). Maybe the skyrocket to the top of the polls triggers it. But hey, I did get to meet him privately, how many can say that?

I’ve gone to the dinners, speeches and appearances. I’ve watched (and blogged) during the debates. But what I started telling those pesky reporters became “ I will support the person I think has the best chance of beating Obama”. When Alec McGillis of The New Republic called and I told him that I HAD ruled out Romney but was now giving Romney a second look, he was astonished.

As I looked at the field and used my requirement of someone who would be best positioned to make Obama a oneterm president, I began to take a hard

look at the things I didn’t like about Romney. It took me awhile to realize that “Romney Care” was probably a far better alternative than he could have had given the super majority of Democrats in the Massachusetts legislature. It could have been pure universal health care. Romney has been firm in his commitment to abolish the national ObamaCare. He talks of federalism and letting each state decide what is right for their state.

Romney is stability. He has the fund raising capacity. He has a national organization to keep the momentum going after the early states. He has an impeccable personal life and a large and loving family. He has executive experience as a governor and strong business experience working in “the real world”. Unlike Newt, Mitt’s only baggage is all the stuff that is already out there that he has weathered for the last five years. While I greatly admire Gingrich and think him an impressive catalyst for change and reform, I cringe at the thought of all that negative baggage that will follow him everywhere he goes.

Huntsman and Santorum are nice enough but I don’t see them having the capacity of ramping-up a national campaign to combat the army of volunteers and liberal fundraising Obama will have. Ron Paul is great on fiscal issues, but his position on defense and national security is naive and scary.

Romney makes perfect sense. And as I sit here the day before Iowa takes their caucus votes, I am ready to cast my ballot January 10th in our first in the nation primary for the candidate I believe is best to beat Barack Obama — Mitt Romney.

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Candidates must inform themselves about public campaign financing To the editor, In Franklin, I heard Jon Huntsman, Republican candidate in our January 10 primary. Of the eight questions asked, two were about campaign finance reform. Gov. Huntsman said big money in politics is a problem, but he has no solution. In Concord we have Americans for Campaign Reform, “a nonpartisan group chaired by former Senators Bill Bradley, Bob Kerrey, Warren Rudman, and Al Simpson.” Early on Granny D was associated with the founding of this reform group, presided over by Dan Weeks.

Here’s what you read first about public funding of elections, if you Google home page for Americans for Campaign Reform: “If you care about the economy, energy independence, health care, education, or the environment, then you know that our government is broken. We’ve all seen trou-

bling examples of Congress’s inability to tackle the difficult decisions our country faces. There’s one underlying reason why our representatives in Washington can’t move off the dime to solve these problems, and that reason is money.”

Our future depends on cutting our elected representatives’ dependence on big money donations, replacing that money with public funding. “If we don’t act now, our future as a world leader could be in jeopardy,” claims ACR. I wish the candidates traveling through New Hampshire would meet with Dan Weeks at 5 Bicentennial Square, where the daily effort is campaign reform. The candidates must inform themselves on public funding as an answer to the problem, if they sincerely care.

Lynn Rudmin Chong New Hampton

from preceding page were to teachers, technology, library books and a proposed 0-percent salary adjustment.

The proposed budget amount is $10,073,106. This represents a $1.38 per thousand increase on the tax rate.

The budget is increasing even after last year’s surplus of $521,000. Where is the fiscal responsibility that we

should expect from the School Board and administration?

Taxpayers were upset about a tax increase last year and the town responded by decreasing its budget considerably. The School Board should be doing more to keep their budget and our tax rate under control.

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LETTERS Since Obama took office the American economy has grown To the editor, Leave it to a right winger to go on a class war/xenophobic rant during an election cycle. In his December 1 letter, Tony Boutin makes the claim, reported by the WSJ, that Obama’s re-election strategy involves throwing white middle class voters under the bus. That is hilarious because the 99-percent strategy has taken hold in the Obama administration.

Not whites, not blacks, not Hispanics, union and non-union: Its the 99-percent! It is a winning strategy.

Then Mr Boutin repeats the endless Fox Lemmings’ chant that we have a failed economy and the auto industry crashed. Since Obama took office the economy has grown. NONFOX economists like Moody and the non-partisan CBO claim up to 3-million jobs have been saved or created and we now have 21 straight months of adding jobs. Finally, after finally getting our head above Bush’s catastrophic economic tsunami — AND the auto industry is doing quite fine thank you, as a result of the government loan to GM and Chrysler.

On the other side of the coin where the darkness resides, “Earlier this year, Political Correction.org” published a report detailing the total number of jobs House Republicans have tried to eliminate. Since then, the House has passed the Cut, Cap, and Balance Act. With that addition, measures passed or introduced by House Republicans would, if signed into law, potentially eliminate up to 7.4-million jobs.” Traitors! The enemy within! Granny get yer gun!

In his next literary lump of coal of December 16, Mr. Boutin claims that socialist, Veverka-style Europe will crumble to financial dust. There is nothing socialist about the IMF

demands on European countries.

Socialists don’t tell nations to privatize industries. Socialized nations don’t make the poor and the middle class shoulder the burdens of austerity measures. Europe has continually tried AUSTERITY measures and they have failed every time. Austerity plans are never a good idea except during a time of boom, not bust. Consequently, due to the mindless conservative slashing and burning strategies, the GDP in Greece and Ireland began double digit slides in depression earlier this year.

Greece and Ireland have proven Keynes right again by implementing austerity at just the wrong times!

One patiently waits till economic booms before austerity plans are enacted. Just recently the new technocrats running Italy have imposed austerity measures that put most of the weight on the working class and pensioners. The word in the streets of Italy is that the wealthy aren’t paying their fair share. Austerity is typical obsessive-compulsive behavior locked pitilessly within an ideology that will fail. European austerity measures at the exact wrong time are not liberal, demand-sided, ethical, or in any way an economic stimulus just as no House GOP plan is. With the House GOP though, it’s deliberate sabotage by fighting successful strategies of the past. Paul Krugman is so right that the European Union’s continual use of austerity measures fits the definition of insanity. Europe and its IMF junkies shun Keynesianism just as right wing Americans do and we are all going to pay for it if we don’t sack the GOP House.

Keynes was right!

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Why did Newt delay Bill Clinton impeachment vote for a year?

To the editor, An open letter to Charlie Arlinghaus at the Josiah Bartlett Center: Thank you for the invitation to attend the Newt Gingrich Presidential Candidate Seminar tomorrow, Wednesday, Jan 4 at 7 p.m. at Saint Anselm’s College.

Newt was the “Speaker” of the House from 1995 to 1999; as such he had enormous power in Congress as to what bills were voted on and what the content of those bills might be.

In November 1997 a grass roots movement started to impeach President William Clinton for accepting bribes from China in return for his using American tax dollars to send American manufacturing plants to China. I am one of the people who sponsored a public meeting in February 1998 in the Laconia Public Library presenting the information necessary to support an impeachment for his accepting bribes from China In the ensuing months in 1998, President Clinton’s handlers and supporters were able to promote Clinton’s participation in a relatively salacious bedroom farce.

So a year later, in November 1998, Speaker Newt Gingrich allowed a bill for impeachment to be voted on in Congress but on much reduced grounds of some unstated kind of misconduct.

The information presented to Congress supported a charge for impeachment sufficiently that the House did impeach President Clinton; however, when it got to the Senate, the Senate did not come up with the super-majority needed to complete the impeachment.

In that way, Newt Gingrich had a major role in providing China with the manufacturing plants to put many — maybe many millions —American out of work.

The questions to ask Newt: 1. Why did Newt keep the House from voting on the impeachment bill for essentially a year, from November 1997 to November 1998?

2. Why did Newt allow the change in the charges, from the Constitutional stated charge of accepting bribes to some relatively weak charge of some sort of unstated bedroom farce kind of misconduct?

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LETTERS I hope that some of Laconia’s tax money will fix our streets To the editor, My name is Tanner Shore. I am 10-years-old and I live on Adams Street in Laconia. I have a concern about my street; it is full of potholes.

I’m concerned that someone will be driving on our street and they are going to damage their car. I know that our street is not the only bumpy

street in Laconia. But when I’m on my rip stick and I ride over bumps, the wheels get stuck in a crack and I fall. I don’t get hurt but it’s a pain.

I hope that some of the tax money for the next year will go to fix our streets.

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We’ve 900+ military bases overseas & fought in 5 countries in ‘11 To the editor, Tony Boutin’s year end summation of a leader consumed with delusions of grandeur and mind-numbing narcissism elicited a heart pounding fight or flight response within my weary bones. I’m too old to flee and besides, this country is still the best place to live for you and me. So, I’ll stay and fight the good fight with faith and hope that American citizens will not allow us to become the 21st century version of the fall of the Roman empire. The comparisons will bring on an adrenaline rush that might even awaken those who think their only concerns are the anticipation for new episodes of the Simpsons, Jersey Shore and American Idol.

The Romans debased their own silver currency by using less and less of it in their coins when there was no longer enough silver to buy silk and other items to sustain their lavish lifestyles. The elites in power cheated and stole from their own people. Rampant inflation soon ensued. Having no intention of giving up their opulent existence, they then decided to extract outrageous taxation from their citizens in order to amass huge stores of military hardware with which to fight and conquer foreign nations. Under the guise of imbuing Roman culture on foreigners, the elites thought this would sustain their great wealth and dictatorial lifestyles. They instead spent themselves into oblivion. The inevitable decline had begun. They were able to keep the masses quiet and satisfied by providing them with “bread and circuses”. Quite literally bribing them with their own money that had been confiscated by their own government. After centuries of crushing debt, suffocating taxation, arrogant nation conquering and a burgeoning dependent and poor citizen class, the Roman Empire began to wither away and die from within.

When the Huns, Vandals, Visigoths

and other young emerging forces came for battle, the aging empire was too weak and crumbled into inevitable decay and decline.

Does any of this sound vaguely familiar? (1) debasing currency; (2) government theft by excessive taxation; (3) the powerful elite living in the lap of luxury; (4) citizens happy to keep the elites in power so long as they keep getting their government goodies; (5) excessive nation building; (6) debt much worse than the Romans could ever have envisioned since there was no credit back then; (7) China, Iran, North Korea, Russia, Venezuela and other enemies emboldened by this country’s lack of resolve; (8) barbarians now inside the gates as the United States continues to acquiesce to radical Islam within our borders.

We now have over 900 military bases overseas. We have been fighting wars in five countries during this past year. President Obama commanded that Hosni Mubarak resign.

CNN’s Anderson Cooper and the rest of the mainstream media celebrated the Arab Spring while conservative talk radio pleaded for caution and restraint, remembering a recent Muslim revolution circa 1979. Director of Intelligence James Clapper reassured us that the Muslim Brotherhood was largely secular and nonviolent. North Africa and the Middle East are on fire as we learn today that Iran threatens to close the Straits of Hormuz. The Muslim Brotherhood and it’s radical offshoots have transformed the promising Arab Spring into a deadly Muslim winter in Egypt and elsewhere while the slaughter of Christians increases in intensity. President Obama remained deadly silent during the 2009 Iranian uprising. A chance to show great leadership and perhaps change the course of destructive events forever in the Middle East was gone in a flash of shameful indifsee next page

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School Board agrees to 2 year deal with Gilford Gilford School Board debates year-round school teachers’ union; no raises called for in year 1 but changes nothing

GILFORD —The School Board and the union representing teachers have reached agreement on a two-year collective bargaining agreement that will reportedly cost property taxpayers an additional $191,210. Teachers will not get a raise for the 201213 school year but will get a 1-percent raise, plus a step on the seniority-based pay scale, for 2013-14.

The announcement was made last night by Superintendent Kent Hemingway. Earlier in the evening, the item was on the agenda for a regularly scheduled

board meeting but it was not discussed in public.

Hemingway said the 2013-14 raise and step will amount to an average increase of about 2.4-percent.

Hemingway also said there was agreement to form a health care benefit study committee charged with “examining alternative, more affordable structures to employee health care.”

Voters will be asked to fund the new contract in March.

— Ed Engler

QUEEN from page 2 ral causes and that there was no evidence of accidental injury. Investigators hoped to use DNA to identify the woman.

The queen and her husband, Prince Philip, celebrated the holidays at Sandringham with their children and grandchildren. The royal couple were still at Sandringham on Tuesday, along with their youngest son, Prince Edward, and his wife, Sophie.

Part of the nearly 31-square-mile (8,000-hectare) estate is open to the public, and the body was found at Anmer, a hamlet of several dozen people. Situated 115 miles (185 kilometers) northeast of London, Sandringham has two stud farms and a fruit farm and employs more than 100 people full time.

Forensics investigators in white gear were seen walking through the woods Tuesday in an area cordoned off by police.

“We are at the very early stages of the investigation and it could be a complex inquiry,” Detective Chief Inspector Jes Fry said Tuesday. “The body had been there for some time.”

Fry said authorities were examining missing-person reports and unsolved cases around the country to see if there were any possible links.

The royal family owns vast tracts of land throughout Britain, and it is not unprecedented for serious crimes to be committed on property under their control.

In 2010, the body of a 46-year-old woman was found on the crown estate near Windsor Castle. She had apparently been killed by hammer blows to her head. Her estranged husband was convicted of manslaughter and sentenced to 26 years in prison.

Last March, the body of an American with a royal obsession was found on an island in the park opposite Buckingham Palace. Authorities said Robert James Moore, who had sent rambling letters and strange packages to the queen, may have been dead for as much as three years. The cause of death was not determined.

Now Sandringham, which has served as a private residence for British monarchs since 1862, has been touched as well.

Sandringham has long been one of the queen’s favorite residences, especially during the holidays. The queen has a long-established routine that calls for presents to be exchanged on Christmas Eve, followed by a church service in the morning and a gala lunch. There are usually long walks through the countryside as well.

The royal family also typically enjoys horseback riding and shooting parties at Sandringham in the brisk winter weather.

The New Year’s highlight this year was the reappearance in public of Philip, who had to be airlifted from the estate two days before Christmas for emergency treatment after complaining of chest pains.

from preceding page ference. Or perhaps a calculated decision of avoidance borne of his Marxist/Muslim roots? Hopefully, history will soon let us know. President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and Supreme leader Ayatollah Khomeini took notice and now vie for power perhaps to be the Hitler of our time.

Folks, isn’t Michael Savage correct when he says, “this is the most corrupt, incompetent, dangerous, tyrannical administration in American history?”

Aaron Klein uncovers a report about a non-profit journalism group funded by George Soros backed MoveOn.org and the ACLU that will supply news to NBC news affiliates. Our president tells Steve Croft on 60 Minutes that his legislative and foreign policy accomplishments place him among the four greatest presidents ever. The mainstream media has become his personal infomercial, exaggerating his accomplishments and hiding the truth. Could this be Barack Obama’s radical, Marxist roots coming home to roost in the form of an American version of Pravda? Our president wants to raise our debt once again to almost $17-trillion. He and Michelle

live their lives in a manner so luxurious that all previous presidents and first ladies’ lifestyles seem rather frugal and conservative by comparison.

President Obama dines at lavish $38,000 fundraisers while one seventh of the nations’ citizens are on food stamps. Almost half of the adult population pay no taxes with many living off of taxpayerfunded government largesse. This next election will be the most vitally important of our lifetimes. Are we ready to remove a president who is hell bent on transforming this country by killing small businesses, creating unsustainable debt, growing a permanent entitled underclass while controlling every aspect of our lives thereby robbing future generations of the chance to keep this country exceptional? In my heart, I still believe in this country’s resolve to be as Ronald Reagan described us, “America is a shining city upon a hill whose beacon light guides freedom loving people everywhere”. I believe we are ready, willing and able to take back control of this country though it may be painful and very difficult. What say you?

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GILFORD — School Board members voted last night to approve a conventional calendar for the 2012-2013 school year. It’s is aligned with Gilmanton School and with the Huot Technical Center in Laconia and affords vacations where parents and students would expect to find them.

Before approving the calendar, though, board members discussed the option of scrapping convention and re-thinking when, and how often, students should come to school in Gilford.

The discussion was sparked by Board Member Paul Blandford, who was frustrated that the board seemed to wait for other schools in the region to make the first move away from a calendar that featured week-long vacations in February and April and two and a half months off in the summer.

Especially for the high school, which is organized into trimesters, said Blandford, “Our schedule is awful.”

His cause found sympathy with Board Chair Kurt Webber. “We have to get away from a 19th Century, agricultural schedule,” he said.

Karen Thurston, board member, disagreed. She noted that much of Lakes Region business is seasonal and recreational, with many operations relying upon teenage labor during busy summer months.

While she was considerate of educational concerns, she said, “There needs to be a balance.”

“We’re not here to feed the businesses with summer help,” said Blandford, stating that the board’s charge was to think first and foremost about the needs of students.

Webber noted that the district’s school buildings sat underutilized for two months, and asked, “How much sense does that make?”

Rae Mello-Andrews answered, “If they’re going to go to school during the summer, it’s going to cost us some money to air-condition the buildings.”

“Ah, they can suck it up,” joked Webber. In seriousness, he said “most other industrialized countries” have their students in school for more days than in the United States, a statistic he linked to higher test scores in other countries.

“We’ll probably have this discussion next year, when we approve the calendar,” Webber predicted.

Board members voted unanimously in favor of the traditional calendar.

NAVY from page 2 SEALs, and is a haven for Navy retirees.

David Reis held a mechanical engineering degree from the University of New Mexico and had just taken his first flight aboard an F/A-18 fighter jet.

His sister, Karen, graduated from the University of California, San Diego, in 2009 and stayed in the area, coaching volleyball and working at a grocery store.

The siblings grew up together in Bakersfield in a religious, tight-knit family and were close to each other even after college, said Monsignor Michael Braun of Our Lady of Perpetual Help Catholic Church. David, an Eagle Scout, took his younger sister under his wing when they were altar servers together.

“The family can’t find a picture of him without her in it,” said Braun.

The family was together in San Diego last week to prepare for the possibility that David would be assigned elsewhere, Braun said. see next page

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LACONIA — Former U.S. House Speaker Newt Gingrich will speak at a town hall-style meeting today at the historic Belknap Mall. The Republican presidential aspirant is scheduled to be available to answer voter questions from 3 to 4:30 p.m.

Gingrich will also be the focal point of a similar campaign event in Meredith on Thursday night. The Lakes Legion Tea Party is hosting him at the Inn at Church Landing from 7 to 9 p.m.

Gingrich finished a distant fourth to Rick Santorum, Ron Paul and Mitt Romney in Tuesday’s Iowa caucuses and is looking to rebound with a strong showing in New Hampshire’s “first in the nation” Presidential Primary on Tuesday, Jan. 10.

Santorum will host a town hall-style meeting of his own at the Northfield railroad station on Thursday morning at 11 a.m. from preceding page Karen Reis, who lived in San Diego, coached volleyball twice a week to children 12 and younger, and worked at a grocery store. Genuine Volleyball Club’s website says she was completing course work toward becoming an occupational therapist.

“She was on to great stuff,” said Marc Lomeli, director of volleyball club. “She had incredible passion for the game. She had a patience and calm persistence with the kids to really work with them to reach their potential.

David Reis shared the Coronado condominium with two Navy pilots, said neighbor Don Hubbard, a retired Navy commander.

Hubbard was awakened by shots that he thought were fired by New Year’s revelers. He went back to sleep, but two hours later got a phone call and heard SWAT teams swarming the area.

He believes he saw one of the pilots, but not Reis, lying in the doorway. He said the other pilot was out of town at the time of the shootings.

Public Access TV will be off air for a few days while new, state-of-the-art equipment is installed

By Michael Kitch THE LACONIA DAILY SUN

LACONIA — Lakes Region Public Access television, which MetroCast Cablevision carries on channels 24, 25 and 26, will be off the air, beginning today, Wednesday January 4, until the weekend as new equipment is installed at the station’s studio at Laconia High School’s Huot Regional Technical Education Center.

Denis Beauchaine, executive director of LRPA-TV, said yesterday that the original program controller will be replaced, which will enable the station to handle and store significantly more data as well as provide a platform for “on demand” programming.

She said that problems were encountered with increasing frequency as the existing equipment neared the end of its useful life. The new system, she said, represented not only improved technology BASEBALL from page one after last season officials from Cal Ripken gave us their spiel,” he said. “We had two under-12 teams and two under-10 teams in Laconia Little League and Cal Ripken offered us more opportunities to play against teams from more towns and play in tournaments during the season.”

Sottak said that Belmont will play a district of five teams with Gilford, Meredith, Franklin and Newfound and also play exhibition games or scrimmages with teams from Gilmanton and Alton in the Suncook District and a team from Concord. In addition to the regular season games, he said, there would be two weekend tournaments during the season along with the district play-offs.

“There’s not a lot of travel,” Sottak remarked, “but plenty of opportunities for the kids from Belmont to play against kids they will compete against in Division III if they stick with baseball in high school.” He stressed that Belmont will welcome players from Canterbury, noting that as the two towns share the Shaker Regional School District those who may find one day themselves team-

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but also provided 14 terabytes of storage capacity, 14 times more that the original controller.

Beauchaine said the system will offer a platform that will support streaming video in real time.

Moreover, with the purchase of a server LRPATV would be able to post programs to its website where they could be downloaded and viewed at any time. Likewise, Beauchaine said that LRPA-TV and MetroCast have had preliminary discussions about making programming available “on demand” to subscribers with converter boxes.

Beauchaine said that the work to install the new controller will begin this morning and expected it would be complete before tomorrow afternoon. However, she added that because some time would be needed to recover and download data, the station would remain dark at least until the weekend.

mates at Belmont High School will have the opportunity to play together in Cal Ripken Baseball.

Sottak said that the numbers playing youth baseball are declining almost everywhere as more young athletes turn to lacrosse, spring soccer and AAU basketball. “This offers an opportunity to play more out-of-town teams and more tournaments. It’s a good fit for Belmont and a good fit for Cal Ripken Baseball,” he declared.

Meanwhile, Eric Petell, president of the board of directors of Laconia Little League, announced that boys and girls aged five to twelve from Belmont may register as full-time players in the league for the 2012 season. He said that the league extended the invitation recognizing that some kids may prefer to continue playing in Laconia for any number of reasons. He noted that Laconia Little League is also open to players from Gilford.

Registration for the 2012 season, the 60th of Laconia Little League, opens in late January or early February with specific dates soon to be posted on the league’s website (www.laconiall.org).

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Group of N.H. lawmakers asks AG to investigate if Obama has right to be on be on Primary ballot

CONCORD(AP) — A small group of New Hampshire lawmakers and others want the attorney general to investigate whether President Barack Obama deserves to be on the presidential primary ballot. Included in the group was Laconia Rep. Harry Accornero.

State Rep. Laurence Rappaport, a Colebook Republican, said they asked the attorney general Tuesday to investigate, but have gotten no response.

Rappaport said the issue is whether Obama is a natural-born citizen whose parents both were American citizens.

The White House released the president’s detailed Hawaii birth certificate saying his father was born in Kenya and his mother was born in Kansas.

The U.S. Constitution requires that a presidential candidate be a natural-born U.S. citizen or born abroad to parents who are both U.S. citizens; at least 35 years old; and a resident of the United States for at least 14 years.

The state Ballot Law Commission rejected an effort to take Obama’s name off the ballot because of questions about his citizenship.

Democratic Party Chairman Ray Buckley said it’s another example of how “crazy town” has taken over the Statehouse.

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Town Administrator Jeanne Beaudin told Selectmen in a late December meeting the work will be done by Independent Archaeological Consulting, LLC and will cost about $7,000.

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According to Cormier and the information provided by Beaudin, the 1B study comes on the heels of an earlier, less-intensive study and will focus on the area nearest the point where the Belmont Mill used to be before it burned and was subsequently rebuilt.

About 20 test shovel-dug test pits will be dug at eight meter distances to see if any remnants of the old mill complex and Euro-American artifacts exist.

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GILFORD from page one — but could not be reached for comment last evening.

Dunn’s original letter was largely an explanation of the many budget cuts the town has made but he also stated “no town employee owned two houses on Governor’s Island” — a statement that drew criticism from Achinger supporters and non- supporters.

Aichinger challenged the old town policy of involuntarily merging nonconforming lots without the approval of landowners in a contentious battle that ended in a split decision with the New Hampshire Supreme Court and a subsequent change in the town’s zoning ordinance.

Dunn letter had said she owned two homes assessed at $2.6-million but Aichinger’s response today says that after she invested in and contributed to the local economy, her property is now assessed at $3.140-million and she pays $58,251 in property

taxes.

Others weighing in on the Dunn letter included former Budget Committee member Doug Lambert who demanded the apology, former Zoning Board member Mark Corry who spoke to selectmen last week on Aichinger’s behalf, and most recently, retired Police Chief John Markland who said, among other things, that Dunn had taken representatives of a nationally-based phone company boating when the phone system the company installed for the town didn’t work.

Markland also charged that Dunn gave a town employee’s personnel file to another town’s officials but declined to say which town or under what circumstances. Markland’s letter ran in Tuesday’s letters to the editor section.

Selectman’s Chair John O’Brien is on vacation but Selectmen Vice Chair Gus Benavides was reached yesterday but declined to comment on the matter.

FOOTBALL from page one Education Center Renovation Committee, said that another advantage of the A2 option is that it would not require relocation of a large water line which currently runs beside the east side of the field.

Champlin said that the recommendation for moving the field was made by an athletic field committee which was formed last summer to work independently of the Huot Center Renovation Committee.

The athletic field committee, in addition to proposing the relocation of the football field, also recommended that the new playing field have an artificial

surface, costlier to install, but which would be much more durable and less costly to maintain.

Last fall SAU 30 Business Administrator Ed Emond estimated an artificial surface field would cost $140,000 more to install than a natural grass field. But he estimated that a natural grass field would cost $52,500 a year to maintain, compared to $5,000 for an artificial turf field. Emond said that over 10 years the cost of installation and maintenance would be $1,065,000 for a natural grass field and $730,000 for an artificial turf field, a difference of $335,000.

GUNS from page 2 sibly,” he said.

The House could vote on the bills this week. If they pass, the Senate would consider them next.

After Republicans took control of the House and Senate last year, lawmakers voted to ease gun regulations, including allowing them in the Statehouse complex. The three bills coming up for a House vote would ease regulations across the state.

One of the bills would strip colleges of their ability to prohibit guns on campuses, including in classrooms. The bill would give the Legislature authority to regulate guns on any public land or in publicly owned or financed buildings, except the courts.

Lynch said that could mean private companies leasing state-owned office space at Pease International Tradeport would not be able to bar people from bringing weapons into their businesses. Pease is an industrial and business park with locations in Newington and in Portsmouth.

“I don’t think that is a message we should be sending to businesses we are trying to bring to New Hampshire and could threaten the success of Pease,” he said.

Lynch acknowledged he had not heard from any businesses concerned about the issue, but he said they may not know the bill would affect them.

Supporters argue the state shouldn’t create gunfree zones that make law-abiding citizens vulnerable to criminals carrying guns.

University system Chancellor Edward MacKay said adding deadly weapons into a culture where impetuous behavior sometimes takes place is unwise.

“College years are among the most volatile periods in a person’s life and if guns are present it is far more likely there will be incidents on campuses,” he said.

He also is concerned that troubled students might use guns to commit suicide.

A second bill would eliminate the need for a license to carry concealed, loaded weapons anyplace where gun possession is legal. It also would increase from four to five years the length of time a permit is valid. The bill also would make it legal to transport unlicensed guns.

The House passed a similar bill last session, but the Senate postponed action on it until this year.

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LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — A police dispatcher last seen alive leaving a party with her boyfriend shortly before Christmas was slain, authorities said Tuesday after confirming that a body found in the wilderness over the weekend was hers.

Dawna Natzke’s death has been ruled a homicide, but investigators haven’t determined exactly how or when she was killed, said her former boss, Hot Springs Village Police Chief Laroy Cornett.

“Our missing person’s case has evolved into a homicide,” he said, noting that the Garland County sheriff’s office had taken over the investigation.

Police have not named any suspects in the case.

Natzke, a 46-year-old mother of three who had recently separated from her husband, was last seen leaving a Dec. 21 Christmas party with her boyfriend, Kevin Duck. She wasn’t reported missing until Dec. 23, when she didn’t show up to work.

According to police, Duck, 28, told investigators he and Natzke left the party and went to her home in Hot Springs Village, a gated community of some 13,000 residents about 35 miles west of Little Rock.

When he woke up the next morning, Natzke was gone, he allegedly said.

Duck did not return telephone calls last week seeking comment, and his cell phone had been disconnected by Saturday.

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Returns from 1,703 of 1,774 precincts showed Santorum with 24.6 percent, Romney with 24.5 percent and Paul with 21.3 percent. Santorum had 29,046 votes, Romney 28,928 and Paul 25,121.

Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich had 13 percent, followed by Texas Gov. Rick Perry, 10 percent, and Minnesota Rep. Michele Bachmann with 5 percent.

No matter how close the final results in Iowa, there were no plans for a recount.

Doug Heye, a spokesman for the state party, said the ballots were counted under the supervision of campaign representatives who certified the totals.

He said the numbers were double-checked when they were reported to state officials and there was no reason to check them again.

“On to New Hampshire,” Gingrich said to the cheers of his supporters, vowing to carry on his campaign no matter the Iowa outcome.

The former speaker led in the pre-caucus polls as recently as a few weeks ago, only to fall under the weight of attack ads run by a super PAC run by allies of Romney.

Paul, too, said he was looking forward to the nation’s first primary in a week’s time, telling supporters his was one of two campaigns with the resources to do the distance. “There’s going to be an election up in New Hampshire, and believe me this momentum is going to continue and this movement is going to continue and we are going to keep scoring,” he told supporters.

The Texas lawmaker didn’t say so, but the other campaign already built for a long campaign was Romney’s.

The former Massachusetts governor was closeted with aides and his family as he sweated out the caucus count in a state that humbled him four years ago.

This time, win or lose, he appeared destined to draw a smaller share of the vote than the 25.2 percent he did then.

Each of the three in the top tier strove to create a distinct identity and brought a different style to the race.

Santorum, the former Pennsylvania senator, ran the old-fashioned way, spending parts or all of 250 days campaigning in the state in hopes of emerging — as he did in the campaign’s final week — as the preferred conservative alternative to Romney.

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Enfield Police Chief Richard Crate said that would make it hard to stop people who wouldn’t qualify for a weapon, such as convicted criminals.

Vermont, Arizona and Alaska don’t require a permit.

Supporters argue they have a constitutional right to carry a gun without a license.

The third bill would loosen a 74-year-old ban on loaded rifles and shotguns in vehicles. Weapons inside vehicles would be allowed to contain clips of

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Supporters say if no round is in the chamber, it can’t be discharged but could still be used for defense. They say the bill also would let people do what they want on their own land.

Opponents argue that is one step away from being ready to fire and creates a dangerous situation.

State police demonstrated that it only takes a few seconds to chamber a round.

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Romney, the former Massachusetts governor, brought organization and money to the table, and was aided by deep-pocketed allies who ran television commercials attacking former House Speaker Newt Gingrich and others. That allowed Romney to take the high road in person, running as a former businessman who knew how to create jobs and defeat Obama.

Paul, the Texas congressman, was something of a blend of the two approaches, with money and organization. He drew on the support of younger caucus-goers with a libertarian-leaning approach that included a call to legalize marijuana and bring home U.S. troops from overseas.

Whichever among the three eventually finished ahead, it appeared likely the winner’s share of the vote would be a record low for GOP caucuses in the state. Former Sen. Bob Dole had 26.3 percent support in 1996, when he won.

This time, the economy and the federal budget deficit were top issues, judged more important than abortion or health care, according to a survey of early caucus-goers.

Nearly a third of those surveyed said they most wanted a candidate who could defeat Obama, and those favored Romney as a group. Paul and Santorum split the votes of the one in four who called the selection of a true conservative their top priority, and the former Pennsylvania senator also made a strong showing among those who said their top priority was a candidate with a strong moral character as well as among late deciders.

Paul had an edge among younger and first-time caucus goers.

The survey by Edison Media Research for The Associated Press and television networks was based on interviews with 1,737 people arriving at 40 precinct caucuses across the state.

Obama was unopposed for the Democratic nomination. Even so, his re-election campaign set up eight offices across Iowa, made hundreds of thousands of calls to voters and arranged a video conference with caucus night supporters.

“This time out is going to be in some ways more important than the first time,” the president told Democrats across the state. “Change is never easy.”

The Iowa caucuses’ outsized importance was underscored by the estimated $13 million in television advertising by the candidates and so-called super PACs as well as thousands of campaign stops designed to sway 100,000 or so voters.

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The company’s first dual location, T-Bones and Cactus Jack’s of Laconia opened its doors in May of 2007.

T-Bones Great American Eatery, located on the top floor, boasts an expansive menu featuring hand-cut reserve premium steaks, prime seafood, comfort food classics and the freshest salads.

Cactus Jack’s menu is an exciting array of authentic Mexican, BBQ and southwestern cuisine, all made from scratch.

Cactus Jack’s is hosting the January 10th Lakes Region Chamber of Commerce Business After Hours Both restaurants have from 5-7 p.m. T-Bones/Cactus Jack Manager Jay Bolduc; employees Tara Avery and Sean Sturgill; full bars and offer drink Chamber Executive Director Karmen Gifford; T-Bones/Cactus Jack’s Manager Jason Rathbun and and food deals during Chamber Business After Hours Coordinator Elaine Blinn met to discuss the upcoming event. (Courtesy Happy Hours. photo) General Manager Jay Bolduc feels very strongly about engaging with the tions on Mexican food and martinis on Thursdays. A business community and said, “We are proud to be much celebrated ‘Show Us Your Snowmobile Helmet Deal’ entitles patrons to a free appetizer when they part of the growing business community here in the Lakes Region and look forward to hosting the busishow their snowmobile helmet. ness after hours.”

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Workshop for small and beginning farmers Jan. 9

MEREDITH — After a successful workshop for small and beginner farmers that was held in December in Moultonborough, UNH Cooperative Extension is holding a second workshop filled with more important topics for those just starting out. Getting Started for the Small and Beginning Farmer Part 2 will be held at the Meredith Community Center from 8:45 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. on Monday, January 9.

Kelly McAdam, Belknap County Extension educator, said presentations will be made about pesticide licensing in New Hampshire, obtaining organic certification, and dairy sanitation regulations. Speak-

ers include NH Department of Agriculture, Markets, and Food, as well as UNH Cooperative Extension educators and specialists. Representatives from NOFA-NH will speak about their new beginner farmer program, and NH Small and Beginner Farmers will discuss their organization.

Stephen Fountain of Farm Family Insurance will discuss insurance needs for the small farm, and Lisa Morin of Belknap County Conservation District will go over some of the NRCS programs that are available for small farms to access. see next page

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Norman A. Cyr, 78 LACONIA — Norman A. Cyr, 78, of Audrey Lane, also of Lakeland, Florida, died Friday, December 23, 2011 in Lakeland, Florida.

He was born in Laconia, the son of Adrien and Emma (Poulin) Cyr. Norman served in the US Coast Guard and worked for many years as a Distributor for Wise Potato Chips, before retiring in 1987.

Norman spent his winters in Lakeland, Florida and the summers in Laconia, NH. He was a lifelong member of Sacred Heart Church in Laconia, and a member of the Elks club.

All his life, he loved to be on the lakes, boating and waterskiing, a family tradition still carried on by his family. He relished the chance at working on home projects of friends and family. He enjoyed family gatherings and spending time with his children and grandchildren.

He was predeceased by his baby daughter, Fay Ann Cyr in 1959 and one sister, Claire Richards.

He is survived by his wife of 58 years, Jennie A. (Gammon) Cyr of Laconia, two sons; Randy Cyr and

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his wife Leslie of Gilford and Glen Cyr and his wife Linda of Tewksbury, Mass., one daughter, Gail Kinchla and her husband Tom of Tewksbury, Mass., as well as six grandchildren; Michael and Holly Cyr, Kristin and Cory Kinchla, and Caralyn and Heather Cyr. There will be no calling hours.

A memorial mass will be held at 11:00 AM on Saturday, January 7, 2012 at St. Andre Bessette Parish, Sacred Heart Church, 291 Union Avenue, Laconia, N.H. Burial will be held in the spring at Saint Lambert Cemetery in Laconia.

For those who wish, memorial contributions may be made to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital – Tribute Program, PO Box 1000 Dept 142, Memphis, TN 38148-0142 Wilkinson-Beane-Simoneau-Paquette Funeral Home & Cremation Services, 164 Pleasant St., Laconia, NH is assisting the family with the arrangements. For more information and to view an online memorial go to www.wilkinsonbeane.com.

Dr. Henry Grant, MD, 78 GILFORD & VENICE, Florida — Dr. Henry Grant, MD, 78, of Gilford, NH and Venice, FL died peacefully on December 17th in Venice, FL. He is survived by his loving wife of 53 years Clare (Kelley) and his five children: Christopher Grant and wife, Holly of New Castle, NH, Susan Harris and husband, Jeffrey of Burlington, CT, Kathleen Nonken and husband, Peter of Glastonbury, CT, Ellen Piccioli and husband Louis, of Stow, MA, David Grant and wife, Amy of Swampscott, MA. He is also survived by eleven grandchildren.

Henry was born in Vienna, Austria to the late Dr. And Mrs. Arthur Grant. He was predeceased by his brother Walter. Dr. Grant grew up in Lawrence, MA and attended St. Patrick’s School, and St. John’s Prep. He graduated from Holy Cross College, NY Medical School and completed his anesthesia residency at Columbia Presbyterian Hospital in NYC.

He was also a physician in the U.S. Navy.

He had a wonderful career practicing as an anesthesiologist in NY, NJ, CT, ME and NH. His compassion for his patients and his commitment to their well being was what made him so special. The greatest joy in his life was his family.

A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated on Saturday, January 7, 2012 at 11:00AM at St. Andre Bessette Parish – St. Joseph Church, 30 Church Street, Laconia, N.H. Donations in his memory can be made to St. John’s Prep, 72 Spring St., Danvers, MA, 01923 or to St. Joseph’s Church, c/o St. Andre Bessette Parish, 291 Union Ave. Laconia, NH, 03246.

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

Claire Varricchio LACONIA — Claire (Daly) Varricchio of Laconia, formerly of Revere, MA. died on January 2, 2012, after a brief illness. Beloved wife of the late Arthur J. Varricchio.

Loving mother of Karen Sullivan and her husband Kevin of Laconia, Kevin Varricchio of Dennis, MA and the late Wayne Varricchio. Dear grandmother of Danielle Steele, Nicole, and Brianna Sullivan Melina and Mia Varricchio.

Relatives and friends are invited to attend Calling

Hours at the George L. Doherty Funeral Home 855 Broadway (Powder House Sq.) Somerville, MA on Thursday, 5 – 7 p.m. A Funeral Home Service will be held on Friday morning at 11 am followed by Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery, Everett, MA. For more information please visit dohertyfuneralservice.com

Team trivia raises funds for children’s center WOLFEBORO — The Wolfeboro Area Children’s Center is holding a series of Team Trivia nights at the Wolfeboro Inn Ballroom with high scoring team winning a $100 grand prize.

The Trivia nights are from 5-8 p.m. on Wednesday, January 11, January 18, January 25, February 1, February 8 and February 15. Prizes will be awarded each night to the highest scoring team.

Teams can be any number of people up to 10. The

cost for the evening is $15 per person and includes a hearty soup, salad, bread and coffee. Wine and beer are available for purchase.

Sign up early by calling 569-1027 to reserve a team table or purchase a single ticket. Seating is limited. Reservations are recommended.

Proceeds will benefit the Wolfeboro Area Children’s Center. For more information contact svango68@ hotmail.com or call 569-8456

from preceding page This free workshop is being hosted by Kelly McAdam of Belknap County and Russell Norton of Carroll County Cooperative Extension. Participants are asked to bring a bag lunch. In the case of poor weather conditions, the workshop will be resched-

uled to Wednesday, January 11.

Registration is requested by Thursday, January 5. To register, call UNHCE Belknap County at 5275475 or e-mail kelly.mcadam@unh.edu. A complete schedule can be found at www.extension.unh.edu.

Carol L. Eastman, 65 LACONIA — Carol L. Eastman, 65, of 406 Court Street, died Saturday, December 31, 2011 at the St. Francis Rehabilitation and Nursing Center in Laconia.

Carol was born February 24, 1946 in Laconia, the daughter of Clifford C. and Antoinette (Thompson) Eastman.

Carol was employed by the General Cable Co. of Manchester where she was a secretary for ten years before retiring in 1995. She was a member of the Gilford Community Church.

Carol is survived by a daughter, Chere Large, and her husband, Jon, of Corpus Christi, TX, a son, Jeffrey Hodgdon, and his wife Maureen, of De Pere WI; five grandchildren, Mindy Large, of San Antonio, TX, Shae Large, of Corpus Christi, TX, Zachary Hodgdon, Joshua Hodgdon, Grace Hodgdon, all of De Pere WI; her father, Clifford C. Eastman, of Winnisquam; two brothers, Richard E. Eastman, and his wife, Sandy, of Auburn, AL, Neil A. Eastman, and his wife, Candy, of Laconia; a sister, Sylvia J. Fabian, and her husband, Paul, of Moses Lake, WA and several nephews and nieces. In addition to her mother, Antoinette (Thompson) Eastman who died in August 11, 2004 she was predeceased by a nephew and by a great niece.

There will be no calling hours or funeral service.

For those who wish, the family suggests that memorial donations be made to St Francis Rehabilitation and Nursing Center Activities Fund, 406 Court St Laconia NH 03246 Wilkinson-Beane-Simoneau-Paquette Funeral Home & Cremation Services, 164 Pleasant Street, Laconia, NH is assisting the family with the arrangements. For more information and to view an online memorial go to www.wilkinsonbeane.com.

Frances L. Kelley, 80 BELMONT — Frances L. (Regan) Kelley, 80, of Belmont, NH, formerly of Lowell, died Saturday December 31, 2011 at the Saint Francis Rehabilitation and Nursing Center in Laconia, NH. She was the beloved wife of James E. Kelley of Belmont, NH, with whom she celebrated 55 years of marriage on October, 27, 2011.

Born in Lowell on June 13, 1931, she was a daughter of the late Patrick and Mabel (Tansey) Regan.

Fran worked for many years as an assembler for Raytheon where she was a member of IBEW 1505.

She was also a member of the teamsters as a clerk at Wright Trucking.

She enjoyed cooking, reading and puzzles but especially cherished time spent with her loving family.

Survivors include a son, James M. Kelly of Lowell; two daughters, Gail A. Murray and her husband, David of Dracut, Colleen K. Wright and her husband, Fred of Merrimack, NH; three grandchildren, Brian Murray and Freddie and Casey Wright; a sister-in-law, Helen Regan of Lowell; dear friends, Hank and Linda Hennessey and Diane Daigle all of Winnisquam, NH. She was the sister of the late Brendan Regan.

Relatives and friends may call at the McKennaOuellette Funeral Home, 327 Hildreth Street, Lowell from 11 AM until Noon on Friday January 6, 2012. A Funeral Service will take place in the Funeral Home at Noon. Interment will follow in St. Patrick Cemetery. For those who wish, donations may be made to: Saint Francis Rehabilitation and Nursing Center, 406 Court St, Laconia, New Hampshire 03246. For directions or condolences, please visit www.mckennaouellette.com

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Sanborn & Braxton of Roche Realty Group honored by NH Magazine MEREDITH — Roy Sanborn and Maggie Braxton of Roche Realty Group, with offices in Meredith and Laconia, have recently been awarded by NH Magazine a five star designation. The magazine’s recent publication outlined a group of real estate professionals in the state of New Hampshire who excelled in overall satisfaction. The group selected represented less than 6% of all real estate agents statewide. Research was compiled by the magazine in which individual real estate agents were picked based on integrity, customer service, communication skills and overall satisfaction. The data was compiled by a sampling of clients, magazine readers, and industry experts.

Soup and Stew Day at Masonic Hall is Saturday HOLDERNESS — Ellacoya Chapter #43 Order of the Eastern Star will hold its annual Soup and Stew Day on Saturday, January 7, from noon until 2 p.m., in the Squam Valley Masonic Bldg., 1 Route 3, Holderness.

They will be serving soups and stews with homemade bread, desserts, coffee, tea and punch. The proceeds are to be given to Community Care Givers and local food pantries. Adults are $5 and children under six $3.

For more information call Glenn Dewhirst at 387-4853.

Laconia Academy offers pre-nursing courses

LACONIA — Laconia Academy, the adult evening high school diploma program, will be offering high school level Chemistry with a Lab, Algebra I, Human Biology with a Lab courses beginning the week of January 17-20. These courses are required pre-requisites for anyone desiring to enter a nursing program.

Pre-registration is required in all four classes.

Laconia Academy will be offering these classes over a fifteen week period. Anyone interested in enrolling or obtaining more information should contact the Laconia Adult Education Office at 524-5712.

In the Lakes Region area the interest and need is very high for people wanting to enter the nursing/health care profession, explained Mrs. Peggy Selig, program director. She said the New Hampshire State Nursing Program requires a High School level Chemistry with a Lab, Algebra I, and Human Biology with a Lab as entrance level courses for those people going into the nursing profession. It is also recommended that future nurses who have been out of high school for six years or more, take a refresher course in these subjects. There is a shortage of nurses in New Hampshire and these classes meet the entrance requirements for people wishing to become an RN or LPN. These required courses are also necessary for anyone desiring to become a radiology technician or going into dental hygiene.

Dowsers will meet in Plymouth on Monday

PLYMOUTH — The White Mountain Dowsers will gather at Starr King Unitarian Universalist Fellowship at 101 Fairgrounds Road in Plymouth on Monday, January 9.

Dowsing practice will take place starting at 6:30 p.m. followed by featured speaker Susan Pinkham fromm 7-8:30 p.m. who will discuss numerology.

There is a $5 suggested donation.

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Roy Sanborn is a lifelong self-employed businessman and Realtor since 2000. A multimillion dollar producer, Roy has been publishing in-depth articles

on Lakes Region real estate in the Laconia Daily Sun and on his blog to help educate consumers in the region, on real estate trends. As a member of the national, state and Lakes Region Board of Realtors, his commitment to the industry is among the best.

Roy has an outside the box approach to marketing and delivers attentive informed service.

Maggie Braxton and her husband Chuck have owned a home in Meredith for over 30 years. She has been selling real estate for almost nine years.

She holds her New Hampshire broker’s license and is a member of the Lakes Region, state and national association of Realtors. She is also a member of the grievance committee for the Lakes Region Board of Realtors and a volunteer at the New Hampshire Humane Society. Maggie’s warm personality and caring attitude have contributed toward her success as a multimillion dollar producer.

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SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21).

You are changing, and the environment around you will transform to meet your new needs. What brought you pleasure yesterday is not the same thing that will bring you happiness in the future.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19). It takes strength to move a relationship forward, but it also takes vulnerability.

Being willing to let others lead once in a while shows both qualities at the same time.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18).

There’s something you need to know, and you’ll set a kind of trap to try to get the information you want. You may not realize exactly what you’re doing. So many of the games people play happen on subconscious levels.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20).

Someone with a similar background is the most fun person to be around today. No matter how far away you are from where you grew up, you’ll feel like you’re home.

TODAY’S BIRTHDAY (Jan. 4). This year your creativity will be met with inspired action, and the result will be explosive success. You’ll build a bridge to someone’s heart this month. March is your chance to trade in “old baggage” for shiny new luggage -- and you’ll take a trip to celebrate, too. New professional situations open up in July.

Sagittarius and Taurus people adore you. Your lucky numbers are: 20, 14, 43, 6 and 28.

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ARIES (March 21-April 19). You started out working hard because you liked a certain person and you wanted this person’s approval. Now you just work hard because it feels right to do it.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20). You’ll feel uncharacteristically impatient. Your diligence will make a difference, though not in one day. Commit to doing the same action for three weeks, and you’ll be amazed at where you wind up.

GEMINI (May 21-June 21). You feel protective, recognizing how fragile people really can be. Your conscientiousness extends not only to your loved ones, but to people you don’t even know.

CANCER (June 22-July 22). You’ll get the kind of rare challenge that focuses your thoughts. Instead of being reactive and critical, you’ll be active and creative, bringing all your knowledge to bear on the situation.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). Something that now requires a great deal of discipline to accomplish will require far less discipline once you’ve established a series of habits to support the activity.

Keep going.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). You may be in a position to report to another person about your work, but no one is really the boss of you. You’ll take charge and feel in control of what you will or won’t do.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). Action doesn’t have to be momentous and revolutionary to create progress. What occurs out of consistent, small steps will be remarkable, meaningful and crucial to the big picture.

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––––––– ALMANAC ––––––– Today is Wednesday, Jan. 4, the fourth day of 2012. There are 362 days left in the year.

Today’s Highlight in History: On Jan. 4, 1951, during the Korean War, North Korean and Communist Chinese forces recaptured the city of Seoul (sohl).

On this date: In 1821, the first native-born American saint, Elizabeth Ann Seton, died in Emmitsburg, Md. In 1861, Alabama seized a federal arsenal at Mount Vernon near Mobile.

In 1896, Utah was admitted as the 45th state.

In 1904, the Supreme Court, in Gonzalez v. Williams, ruled that Puerto Ricans were not aliens and could enter the United States freely; however, the court stopped short of declaring them U.S. citizens.

In 1935, President Franklin D. Roosevelt, in his State of the Union address, called for legislation to provide assistance for the jobless, elderly, impoverished children and the handicapped.

In 1964, Pope Paul VI began a visit to the Holy Land, the first papal pilgrimage of its kind, as he arrived in Jerusalem.

In 1965, President Lyndon B. Johnson outlined the goals of his “Great Society” in his State of the Union Address.

In 1974, President Richard M. Nixon refused to hand over tape recordings and documents subpoenaed by the Senate Watergate Committee.

In 1987, 16 people were killed when an Amtrak train bound from Washington, D.C., to Boston collided with Conrail locomotives that had crossed into its path from a side track in Chase, Md. In 1990, Charles Stuart, who’d claimed to have been wounded and his pregnant wife fatally shot by a robber, leapt to his death off a Boston bridge after he himself became a suspect.

One year ago: President Barack Obama signed a $1.4 billion overhaul of the nation’s food safety system.

Today’s Birthdays: Actress Barbara Rush is 85. Football Hall-of-Fame coach Don Shula is 82. Actress Dyan Cannon is 75.

Opera singer Grace Bumbry is 75. Authorhistorian Doris Kearns Goodwin is 69. Country singer Kathy Forester is 57. Actress Ann Magnuson is 56. Rock musician Bernard Sumner is 56. Country singer Patty Loveless is 55. Rock singer Michael Stipe is 52. Actor Patrick Cassidy is 50. Actor Dave Foley is 49. Actor Rick Hearst is 47. Singer-musician Cait O’Riordan is 47. Actress Julia Ormond is 47. Tennis player Guy Forget is 47. Country singer Deana Carter is 46. Rock musician Benjamin Darvill is 45. Actor Jeremy Licht is 41. Actress-singer Jill Marie Jones is 37.

Alt-country singer Justin Townes Earle is 30.

Christian rock singer Spencer Chamberlain is 29. Comedian-actress Charlyne Yi is 26.

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CALENDAR TODAY’S EVENTS TOPS (Taking Off Pounds Sensibly) group meeting.

5:30 p.m. at the First Congregational Church in Meredith.

Overeaters Anonymous offers a program of recovery from compulsive eating using the Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions of OA. Wednesday nights at 5:30 p.m. at St Joseph Church in Belmont. Call and leave a message for Elizabeth at 630-9969 for more information.

Free community meal of hot soup and bread at Trinity Episcopal Church on Main Street in downtown Tilton.

4:30 to 5:30 p.m. every Wednesday. For more information call Pastor Mark at 286-3120 or e-mail him at markk@trinitytilton.org.

Free knitting and crochet lessons. Drop in on Wednesdays any time between 10 a.m. and 3 p.m. at Baby Threads workshop at 668 Main Street in Laconia (same building as Village Bakery). 998-4012.

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.

“ABC & ME” at the Meredith Public Library. 10 to 11 a.m. Crafts, songs and games from ages 3-5. Class this week features the letter “K”. Bring an item from home that starts with the letter of the week.

Check Out A Computer Expert at the Gilford Public Library. 9:15 to 11 a.m. First-come, first-served for library card holders only. Help is limited to 20 minutes if others are waiting.

Write Now Writers’ Group at the Gilford Public Library.

3:30 to 5:30 p.m. Open to all library card holders. Writers of all level of ability and experience are invited to join.

THURSDAY, JANUARY 5 Food For Friends free hot meal served at the Tapply Thompson Community Center in Bristol. 5 to 6 p.m. on the first Thursday of every month. For more information call 744-2713.

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 645-9518.

Chess Club at the Goss Reading Room (188 Elm Street) in Laconia. 2:30 to 4:30 p.m. each Thursday. All ages and skill levels welcome. We will teach.

Giggles & Grins playgroup at Family Resource Center in downtown Laconia (635 Main Street). Free group for parents children from birth through age 5. For more information call 524-1741.

“ABC & ME” at the Meredith Public Library. 1 to 2 p.m.

Crafts, songs and games from ages 3-5. Class this week features the letter “K”. Bring an item from home that starts with the letter of the week.

Knotty Knitters gathering at the Meredith Public Library. 10 a.m. to noon. Open to all experience levels.

Crafter’s Corner at the Gilford Public Library. 6 to 7:30 p.m. Bring your latest needlework design.

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(Answers tomorrow) Jumbles: MULCH ABOVE MUFFIN LESSON Answer: When the singer performed in the capital of South Korea, she sang this — “SEOUL” MUSIC

“Seeking the truth and printing it” THE LACONIA DAILY SUN is published Tuesday through Saturday by Lakes Region News Club, Inc. Edward Engler, Mark Guerringue, Adam Hirshan, Founders Offices: 1127 Union Ave. #1, Laconia, NH 03246 Business Office 737-2020, Newsroom 737-2026, Fax: 527-0056 News E-mail: news@laconiadailysun.com CIRCULATION: 18,000 distributed FREE Tues. through Sat. in Laconia, Weirs Beach, Gilford, Meredith, Center Harbor, Belmont, Moultonborough, Winnisquam, Sanbornton, Tilton, Gilmanton, Alton, New Hampton, Plymouth, Bristol, Ashland, Holderness.

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ANNIE’S MAILBOX

Dear Annie: I have been married to “Horace” for less than a year. This is his second marriage. His prior marriage was to his high school girlfriend, and they have two children together.

I met Horace in my “partying” stage. He, too, enjoyed going to the bars. He actually did it quite a bit when he was married. His ex-wife didn’t enjoy going out, so he went with his friends. When I married Horace, I became a stepmother and quickly learned life wasn’t about what I wanted anymore. I put Horace and his children first.

We have the kids every other weekend. Horace is a great father who loves to do things with the children when they are with us. But on weekends when we don’t have the kids, Horace still likes to go to the bars. He would love it if I went along, but I’m past that stage in my life. I enjoy going out to movies, dinner and such, but the bars don’t interest me anymore.

I realize this is only twice a month, but those are the only weekends we have together without the children. I want Horace to be with me, but I don’t want to force myself on him.

When he asks whether it’s OK if he goes to the bars without me, I always say it’s fine.

Annie, am I overreacting, or does Horace need to grow up and start being a better husband? If this continues, I don’t want to have children with him, as it means I’ll be sitting at home with a baby while he’s off to the bars with his friends.

-- Iowa Dear Iowa: Having children did change Horace’s behavior because he doesn’t go to the bars while the kids are visiting. That means there is hope he will be more circumspect when you have a child at home all the time. Not every spouse objects to an occasional night out with friends. You need to decide how many such nights you can tolerate and whether

Horace has a drinking problem or is prone to cheat. If the two of you cannot reach an agreement, please discuss it with a counselor.

Dear Annie: I just returned from my sister’s destination wedding. She didn’t invite my teenage children. She arranged for the rest of the family to have free accommodations, but not me, her only sister. This wedding was a huge financial burden, and I also felt insulted.

I recently learned that both of her grown children will be getting married next year -- also destination weddings. They again will not be inviting my children, which means finding places for them to stay while I’m out of town.

What is appropriate here? It’s obvious the people who can go will be the ones who can afford it. This just doesn’t seem fair to me. How should I respond? -- Destination Unknown Dear Destination: You behaved well by attending your sister’s inconvenient wedding, but you do not have to impoverish yourself in order to attend the weddings of her children.

A bridal couple gets to choose their wedding location. Guests get to RSVP “yes” or “no.” We recommend sending your sincere regrets and a nice gift.

Dear Annie: “Worried Hubby” said that he regularly frequents a neighborhood coffee shop, and one particular friend, “Harry,” likes to flirt with his wife. You gave him several suggestions for handling this. I have one more: The next time Harry sits with Hubby’s wife, kisses her and puts his arm around her, Hubby should take a photo with his cellphone. Then, when Harry’s wife stops by, he should show her the photo, saying how much the two of them enjoy Harry’s frequent company. She would be glad to know how friendly her husband is, especially when she is nowhere in sight. Problem solved. -- Practical in Wisconsin

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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Animals

Animals

Auctions

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FULL EUROPEAN bloodline German Shepherd puppies. Sire/ dame on premisis, health certificate. Call for information.

Colebrook, NH 603-667-1752.

SENIOR Citizen wants free, small dog for companionship. Will have a good home. home 279-3148, cell 290-2324

NORTH Country Auctions, LLCJanuary 21st, 2012- 9am. Heavy equipment & general merchandise auction. To be held at our auction barn located at: 438 Plains Road, Tamworth, NH 03886. We are now accepting consignments! Heavy equipment, trailers, auto’s, industrial tools, building supplies, boats, farm equipment, landscaping equipment, and more! Call us today for more information: (603)539-5322 Email:

2001 Mercury Mountaineer SUVAWD, Automatic, All power, power moon roof, good tires, runs well.

143K miles. $1,995.

603-930-5222

POMERANIAN puppies, 3 males, 2 females, color sabel. $500.00 deposits accepted and payments accepted. To be paid by or before Feb 3, 2012. Parents on premises .524-6750 or 630-4104.

SHELTIE puppies available , 1 boy 1 girl $400.00 health cert. 1st shots 267-8729

Announcement WE Pay CA$H for GOLD and SILVER No hotels, no waiting.

603-279-0607, Thrifty Yankee, Rte. 25, Meredith, NH.

KEN BARRETT AUCTIONS Monday, January 9 @ 6pm • Preview at 4pm Log on to: www.auctionzip.com ID#5134, for 300 photos Hundreds of coins, country primitives, thousands of sports cards, glass & china, old books, artwork, ephemera, many old tools, ad tins & boxes, Jewelry, kerosene lamps etc, postcards, watches, jackknives, some sterling & gold, old cameras, Griswold, Victor decoy, and much more!

Auction Held At 274 Main St. Tilton, N.H. (1 mile off I-93N) 603-286-2028 • kenbarrettauctions@netzero.net Lic # 2975, buyers premium, cash, checks, credit cards.

We DO NOT accept phone bids, but we DO TAKE absentee bids.

David's Annual New Years Auction 10 AM Sat, Jan 7 preview 8 AM Leavitt Park 334 Elm St, Laconia Rare Iroquois top hat, ivory & baleen letter opener with ship, owner & date, Birdseye maple side by side, tall case clock, signed ivory netsuke, Rockingham Park horse racing memorabilia, Roseville Baneda pot, Civil War sword & drum, Griswold 875 double broiler, early tilt top table & swell front chest, 5 Morgan $, nautical, silver, art, good glass & ceramics, B & H mirror, small size Saratoga trunk, 8 Hummels.

D. Cross lic. 2487* phone 603-528-0247* 300+ photos at auctionzip.com Zip ID 4217 * Buyer Premium *

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2003 Dodge SLT Pickup: Clean Florida truck, no rust, 5-speed, nice interior, 121k highway miles. $3,995 firm. Call Phil, 393-7786.

2008 Toyota Tacoma access cab, 4wd, TRD off-road pkg. 59k miles, $20,500. (603)493-4994.

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Auctioneer: Doug Ryan Lic #2739.

Autos 1987 Chevy Caprice: All the 1987 Extras. Less than 40k original miles. NH State inpection August, 2011. $2,000. 524-6099 after 4PM. 1999 Chevy Cavalier, 4 dr, 4 cylinder, air, auto, CD, 94K mi., $2,495 obo. 934-2221.

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

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

TOP DOLLAR PAID for junk cars & trucks. Available 7-days a week.

P3 s Towing. 630-3606 TOP Dollar Paid- $150 and up for unwanted & junk vehicles. Call 934-4813

Child Care

For Rent

FLEXIBLE hours, and a safe environment. Non smoking Belmont home. References available.

Please call Donna at 520-1821.

For Rent

LACONIA Mountain VIew apts. $300 off 1st month!s rent. 2BR 1 bath, $700/mo. 2BR & 3BR townhouses, 1.5 bath and large decks. $775 & $850/mo. Quiet location with laundry and playgrounds. No Dogs. Office on site. 524-7185

LACONIA(2) 2 bedroom apartments. Heat included, newly renovated. 1 Unit $800/Month, other $850/Month. Available January 15th. 603-759-2895

LACONIA Province St. 4 bedroom apartment. Private parking, laundry, bright & clean, no pets. $1,000/Month + Utilities.

508-423-0479.

ALTON Housemate- Private suite w/use of common rooms in quiet country setting. No drinking/No smoking. $450/Month includes utilities. 875-6875 APARTMENTS, mobile homes. If you need a rental at a fair price, call DRM Corp. Over 40 years in rentals. We treat you better!

524-0348 or visit M-W-F, 12-5, at 373 Court Street, Laconia.

BELMONT: 2 bedroom, 3rd floor. Coin-op laundry and storage space in basement. $235/week including heat, electric & hot water. 524-1234, www.whitemtrentals.com.

BELMONT: 2-bedroom duplex, washer/dryer hookups, $800/ month, 1st and $500 deposit, non-smoker. (603)455-7942.

CENTER Harbor House- One bedroom, year-round, propane central heat, tenant pays all utilities, tenant does all yard maintenance. No pets/Smoking. credit report required, verified income, references. $400/Month, security. Call between 5PM-8PM 603-253-6924.

East Tilton- Large 1 bedroom, includes washer/dryer, dishwasher & electricity. No smoking/dogs. $800/Month. 524-7315 FRANKLIN: One bedroom 2nd floor quiet area great for single or couple. $500+Utilities Animals?

934-1252 FURNISHED bathroom.

603-366-4468

room with own $150/week.

GILFORD 3 bedroom condo, $1300/monthly. Parking, garages available. Heated pool, tennis court. Close to shopping and lake.

Boat slip available. Washer/Dryer hook up available. NO PETS. References & security required.

781-710-2208.

GILFORD house- Furnished or unfurnished, 4-bedroom, 2-car garage, in-ground swimming pool, fenced yard. $1,700/Month + utilities. 455-9253 GILFORD, 2-Bedroom, 2-Bath, Balconies, no smoking/pets, $890/month plus utilities, Security deposit and references, 603-455-6662 GILFORD: 1-2 bedroom apartments from $175/Week includes heat & utilities. Pets considered. Security/References.

556-7098.

LACONIA 1 Bedroom- Washer/ dryer hookup, storage, no pets.

Security Deposit & references. $600/month + utilities. 520-4353 LACONIA 2 BR Elm Street area, spacious, clean. first floor, porch, parking, washer/dryer hook ups. $825/mo. plus utilities References and deposit required.

603-318-5931 LACONIA FIRST FLOOR Large 3Bedroom 2-bath apartment.

Storage, deck, parking, No pets/No smokers, security deposit and references required. $900/Month plus utilities.

875-2292 LACONIA, NH Three Bedroom Apartments $800.00 per mo. Utilities Not Included. NEW YEAR SPECIAL NO SECURITY DEPOSIT. Pay first months rent and move in Section 8 Welcome, Income Restrictions Apply Well Maintained Units, Off Street Parking, No Pets Allowed. Contact us today for more info!

1-800-742-4686 The Hodges Companies 201 Loudon Rd.

LACONIA South Down Shores 3-Bed, 3-Bath Townhouse with Garage $1,200 + Utilities

(603)455-9189 LACONIA Union Ave. 3 Bedroom, fresh paint, urethane hardwood floors, private entrance, on-site plowed parking, private playground. Heat/ hot water incl. No pets. $910 per month. 455-6115 LACONIA- 1-bedroom, 1-bath.

Freshly painted, off street parking. $135/Week, hot water included.

No pets/smoking. $500 deposit.

524-4771 LACONIA3 bedroom clean, cozy cape near LRGH. No smokers/pets. For Sale Also. $950/Month. 528-3789 LACONIA- 3 bedroom house. $1,000/Month + utilities. Pets considered, references & deposit.

524-9665 LACONIA- Large, sunny, 1st floor.

3 bedroom, hardwood floors, heat/hot water included. $1,050/Month. Call 566-6815 LACONIA- Messer St. 3 Room 1 bedroom with sun porch. 2nd floor. $165/Week. Includes heat/electric. $500 security.

524-7793 Laconia- Private 1 bedroom with heat, hot water, garage. Easy walk to town. $725/Month. No pets. 603-455-0874 LACONIA-DUPLEX 2 bedroom 1 bath, washer/dryer hookups, garage. $900/month, heat included. References & security deposit. No pets or smokers.

524-8886 LACONIA/LAKEPORT Condo: 2-bedroom, 2-bath. $900/Month, heat & hot water included. Call 603-235-6901.

LACONIA: 2 bedroom, 2nd floor in duplex building. $235/week including heat, electric & hot water, 524-1234 www.whitemtrentals.com.

LACONIA: Prime 2-bedroom apt. on Gale Avenue. Walk to town and beaches. Very large rooms.

Beautiful hardwood floors, loads of closets. Private porch and garage. $1,000/month, includes heat and hot water. 524-3892 or 630-4771.

LACONIA: Gail Avenue, 3rd floor, 1BR heat and h/w included, no pets, no smoking. $725.

524-5837.

LACONIA: Gilbert Apartments.

Call for available apartments.

524-4428 LACONIA : LARGE Sunny, updated first floor, 4 bdrm apt.

H/HW included. 8 rooms in all, sunroom, laundry rm, deck, nice yard: $1,199/month. 566-6815 LACONIA: Sunny, small 2-bedroom, 2nd floor no smoking/dogs. $200 per week. includes heat/hot water.

455-5569.

Lakeport- Spacious 9 room 2 bedroom 2 bath. Includes 3 season porch. Close to school, park & beach. Includes Heat/Hot water & washer/dryer. $1,350/Month + security. 528-3840 MEREDITH One bedroom apartment on second floor. 16X22 ft. deck, Open concept, cathedral ceiling, very elegant and rustic.

Plowing, parking, dumpster & utilities included, $850/month.

THE LACONIA DAILY SUN, Wednesday, January 4, 2012— Page 19

Gail Beane new graphic design professor at Lakes Region Community College LACONIA — Gail (DeCesare) Beane of Laconia is the new Graphic Design Professor at the Lakes Region Community College (LRCC).

Beane, a 1992 LRCC graphics graduate, will be teaching Introduction to Graphic Design w/ Adobe Illustrator, Publication Design, Digital Imaging I w/ Adobe Photoshop, and Cooperative Internship Education.

“Returning to my alma mater, I’m excited to have been given the opportunity to teach graphic design classes that I once took,” says Beane who has worked with a number of Lakes Region’s premiere businesses. ““With 20 years of graphics industry work experience, I’m ready to pass on my knowledge to

future graphic designers at LRCC this semester.”

Beane is a longtime Laconia resident, married to Craig Beane. They have a 12-year-old-son, Cody Beane.

For additional information and to register for fall classes, contact LRCC Admissions Director, Wayne Fraser or college counselors, Jeff Murray or William Miller at 524-3207.

At right: Lakes Region Community College (LRCC) new Graphic Design Professor, Gail (DeCesare) Beane (Laconia), takes a break from her preparation for the Spring Semester that begins Monday, January 23, 2012. Beane is shown in one of LRCC’s state-of-theart graphics laboratories in the Center for Arts and Technology on Prescott Hill.

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Meredith- 2 bedroom 1st floor, nice apartment. Walk to docks/village. Washer/dryer hookups, Non-smoking, unitlites not included. $750. 279-7887 or 781-862-0123

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

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MEREDITHJ E N N E S Hill 1-bedroom 1-bath house for rent. $625/Month + utilities. 1 Month security deposit. Available January 1st. 279-5674 MEREDITH: Beautiful downtown apartment. 2-bedroom, 3-bath, private parking. $1,250/month.

491-5983.

NORTHFIELD: 2 bedroom trailer in small park with coin-op laundry on site, $225/week including heat, electric & hot water, 524-1234, www.whitemtrentals.com.

FOUR BF GOODRICH All terrain tires- 285 R18-65. $125 or best offer. 455-0523

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

Fabulous back & hip support.

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

Can deliver 603-305-9763.

Free Gilford Appliance/Household item Sale! 30 years of accumulation!

Refrigerator, gas stove, microwave, gas dryer, all in good working order. Rocking chair, exercize bike, many crafting books, and much more! Everything must go!

Call 764-1035 for appointment HOLIDAY SPECIAL: GREEN FIREWOOD, cut, not split $130/cord, cut & split $175/cord.

Also, logging, landclearing & tree work (All phases). 393-8416.

Salon Dryer & hydrolic chair, (2) sink w/wall cabinet, station unit, desk, etc. Closing shop. Best Offer! 524-3613

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

Heavy Equipment ***NEED C ASH*** HEAVY EQUIPMENT WANTED Cat, Komatsu, etc. Universal Machinery will buy today! Call NH office at (781)439-6000, ask for Leo Blais.

Help Wanted

Real Estate

Roommate Wanted

Services

PIPER ROOFING Quality Work Reasonable Rates Free Estimates Metal Roofs • Shingle Roofs

SAVE 30% on Interior Painting.

Insured, references. Call Troy at Turcotte Painting 455-9179

Our Customers Don t get Soaked!

528-3531 Major credit cards accepted

Please come and enjoy the therapeutic and relaxing benefits of traditional Japanese body work known as Shiatsu.

Each treatment is performed fully clothed on a comfortable floor mat and takes about an hour.

Treatments are performed at the Sachem Shiatsu office at the Fitness Edge building in Meredith.

Please call Sensei Jones at 603-524-4780 to make an appointment.

HIGHEST PRICES PAID! NO ONE PAYS MORE! Gold, (scrap rings, jewelry, etc.) Silver,

TILTONTWO CLEAN, UPDATED one bedrooms.

Heat/Hot Water included, no dogs. $640-$660/Month.

603-393-9693 or 916-214-7733.

Open your body for optimum health with this Japanese-style yoga using the 12-main meridians used in Acupuncture. Gentle, joint-opening exercises plus meridian stretch sequence following the breath.

One hour class $5, Thursdays at 11:00 in Gilford. Learn a 15-minute sequence you can do at home. Call Heidi Eberhardt, Licensed Acupuncturist at 617-894-0178, for more information and to make an appointment.

FOR Sale By Owner: 2-Bedroom house, 1-1/4 bath. 180 Mechanic Street, Laconia. 524-8142.

Housemate wanted for beautiful home with private unit for rent .

Now available in Laconia/Gilford.

8 minutes from college, hospital and downtown in quiet area. Rent includes all utilities, internet and cable. Completely furnished $500/month. Call 528-8030.

Services Meridian Stretching

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

$20 Traditional Japanese Bodywork Treatments

SMALL quantity delivery, K1 kerosene, works in all burners.

603-737-1206 Burner relights also.

Tilton Downtown- 2 bedroom apartment. $700/Month, Heat & Hot water included. 781-315-2358

Services

(coins, flatware, etc. )

Antiques & Unusual Items Call 279-3087 or Stop In at

Waukewan Antiques 55 Main St. Meredith

Instruction PIANO TUNING- Goodwin Piano 603-366-1904

WINNISQUAM: Small efficiency and a cottage including heat, hot water, lights and cable. $150-$175 per week. $400 deposit. No pets. 387-3864.

For Rent-Commercial OFFICE/RETAIL Space for Rent: 450 Sq.Ft. Great front building exposure! $850 per month.

Everything included. Busy Route 3, 539 Laconia Road, Tilton. Call 630-2332.

For Sale 90-GALLON Marine Fish Tank: Includes light, skimmer, pumps, live rock and fish! $800.

968-7941 or 968-3540.

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

M.A. SMITH ELECTRIC: Quality work for any size electrical job. Licensed-Insured, Free estimates/ 603-455-5607

Snowmobiles 2002 Arctic Cat ZL 600 EFI w/trailer. 1,770 miles, $3,400 or BRO. Call 393-3635-Leave Message

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

Storage Space

FREE- BODY by Jake Ab Scissor. Good condition.

677-6528

GILFORD garage for rent near Airport. One large lighted garage. $170 monthly. 781-710-2208.

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603-524-4922 | www.irwinzone.com Bisson & Union Avenues Laconia, NH SALES HOURS: MON-FRI 8am - 7pm & SAT 8am - 5pm 0%

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COROLLA LE

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159 $264

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18,665

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RAV4 4x4

16,993

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18,669

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LEASE FOR 36 MONTHS WITH 12,000 MILES PER YEAR. $.20 PER MILE THEREAFTER. $2,995 CASH OR TRADE EQUITY PLUS 1ST PAYMENT, ACQUISITION FEE AND $299 TITLE AND DOCUMENTATION FEE DUE AT SIGNING. $0 SECURITY DEPOSIT WITH APPROVED CREDIT. NO SALES TAX FOR NH RESIDENTS. *0% FINANCING AVAILABLE WITH APPROVED CREDIT. SALE PRICE/BUY FOR PAYMENTS ARE WITH $3,999 CASH OR TRADE EQUITY PLUS $299 TITLE & DOCUMENTATION FEE DUE AT SIGNING. PAYMENTS ARE BASED ON 84 MONTHS AT 4.99% FOR QUALIFIED BUYERS. MANUFACTURERS PROGRAMS ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE WITHOUT NOTICE. AD VEHICLES REFLECT $1,000 IRWIN ZONE SAVINGS VOUCHER. EXPIRES 1-7-2012

603-524-4922 | www.irwinzone.com Bisson & Union Avenues Laconia, NH SALES HOURS: MON-FRI 8am - 7pm & SAT 8am - 5pm 0%

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FUSION SE

12,836

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15,132

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F-150 SUPERCAB 4X4 STX MSRP........................................ $34,525 Irwin Discount........................... $2,475 MFG Rebate............................... $2,000 Cash or Trade Equity................. $3,999

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STK# CFT353

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26,051

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STK# BFT649

LEASE FOR 27 MONTHS WITH 10,500 MILES PER YEAR. $.20 PER MILE THEREAFTER. $2,995 CASH OR TRADE EQUITY PLUS 1ST PAYMENT, ACQUISITION FEE AND $299 TITLE AND DOCUMENTATION FEE DUE AT SIGNING. $0 SECURITY DEPOSIT WITH APPROVED CREDIT. NO SALES TAX FOR NH RESIDENTS. *0% FINANCING AVAILABLE WITH APPROVED CREDIT. SALE PRICE/BUYFOR PAYMENTS ARE WITH $3,999 CASH OR TRADE EQUITY PLUS $299 TITLE & DOCUMENTATION FEE DUE AT SIGNING. PAYMENTS ARE BASED ON 84 MONTHS AT 4.99% FOR QUALIFIED BUYERS. MANUFACTURERS PROGRAMS ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE WITHOUT NOTICE. F.M.C.C. FINANCING MAY BE REQUIRED. F150 REBATE/SALE PRICE REFLECTS FORD $1,000 TRADE ASSISTANCE. AD VEHICLES REFLECT $1,000 IRWIN ZONE SAVINGS VOUCHER. EXPIRES 1-7-2012

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ACCENT GLS

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64 $145

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ELANTRA GLS

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STK# HCC665

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SONATA GLS

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13,674

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SANTA FE GLS FWD

166 $256

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17,816

$

STK# HCT432

LEASE FOR 36 MONTHS WITH 12,000 MILES PER YEAR. $.20 PER MILE THEREAFTER. $2,995 CASH OR TRADE EQUITY PLUS, 595 ACQUISITION FEE PLUS 1ST PAYMENT AND $299 TITLE AND DOCUMENTATION FEE DUE AT SIGNING. $0 SECURITY DEPOSIT WITH APPROVED CREDIT. NO SALES TAX FOR NH RESIDENTS. *1.9% FINANCING AVAILABLE WITH APPROVED CREDIT. SALE PRICE/BUY FOR PAYMENTS ARE WITH $3,999 CASH OR TRADE EQUITY PLUS $299 TITLE & DOCUMENTATION FEE DUE AT SIGNING.