The Laconia Daily Sun, January 7, 2012

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LACONIA — What started as a kind gesture by an elderly couple who tried to help a woman at a local drug store, nearly ended in tragedy when the woman later allegedly told them she had a gun and robbed them.

Denise L. Park, 43, of 135 Pleasant St. #3 appeared in the 4th Circuit Court, Laconia Division yesterday morning and is facing two counts of armed robbery.

The male victim said yesterday that it was about 6 p.m. when he and his wife saw Park standing outside Rite Aid Pharmacy.

He said she told them she was freezing and asked for a ride to her house.

He said neither he nor his wife knew Park but felt bad for her because it was so cold.

Police affidavits said the couple drove Park to Pleasant Street but when the three arrived, Park

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allegedly said to his wife, “Give me your purse, I have a gun.”

The male victim said Park hit his wife in the face and forcefully took her pocketbook.

He said he struggled with the woman but she was able to retain the pocketbook, get out of the car and run toward New Salem Street. He called police who met him where the couple was robbed.

Police were able to find Park who allegedly admitted to taking the pocketbook and led police to a trash can on Harvard Street where she had disposed of it. see ROBBERY page 11

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Hot air balloon bursts into flames in New Zealand; 11 dead

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — A hot air balloon carrying 11 people turned into a horrifying tower of “sheer flame” Saturday after hitting power lines near a rural New Zealand town, police and witnesses said. All aboard were killed in the deadliest air crash within New Zealand in nearly 50 years.

Two of those killed jumped out of the basket in desperation before the fiery balloon plummeted to farmland with a loud bang as it hit the ground. The balloon crashed near the township of Carterton, in a region well known for its hot air ballooning, in clear, bright early morning conditions with minimal wind.

The pilot and five couples from the Wellington area, about 95 miles (150 kilometers) south of the crash site, were killed. Some of the bodies were badly burned, said Superintendent Mike Rusbatch, a police district commander in Wellington, the capital.

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U.S. Navy rescues Iranian fishing boat from Somali pirates WASHINGTON (AP) — The political tensions between the U.S. and Iran over transit in and around the Persian Gulf gave way Friday to photos of rescued Iranian fisherman happily wearing American Navy ball caps.

The fishermen were rescued by a U.S. Navy destroyer Thursday, more than 40 days after their boat was commandeered by suspected Somali pirates in the northern Arabian Sea. The rescue came just days after Tehran warned the U.S. to keep

its warships out of the Persian Gulf — an irony not lost on U.S. officials who trumpeted the news on Friday.

“We think it’s very doubtful that the Iranians or the pirates were aware of recent events of the last couple days,” Rear Adm. Craig S. Faller, commander of the U.S. Navy Carrier Strike Group involved in the rescue, told reporters by phone Friday.

“Once we released them (the fishermen) today they went on their way very happily, I might add, waving to us wearing USS

Kidd Navy ball caps.”

Faller, speaking from the aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis in the Arabian Sea, said the fishermen, who had been living off the fish they could catch, expressed their thanks and are believed to be headed back to their homeport in Iran.

The rescue was carried out by American forces flying off the guided-missile destroyer USS Kidd, after crew on the Iranian fishing vessel, the Al Molai, made it see PIRATES next page

WASHINGTON (AP) — Four painful years after the Great Recession struck and wiped out 8.7 million jobs, the United States may finally be in an elusive pattern known as a virtuous cycle — an escalating loop of hiring and spending.

The nation added 200,000 jobs in December in a burst of hiring that drove the unemployment rate down two notches to 8.5 percent, its lowest in almost three years, and led economists to conclude that the improvement in the job market might just last.

“There is more horsepower to this economy than most believe,” said Sung Won Sohn, an economics professor at California State University, Channel Islands. “The stars are aligned right for a meaningful economic recovery.”

It was the sixth month in a row that the economy added at least 100,000 jobs, the longest streak since 2006. The economy added jobs every month last year, the first time that has happened since 2005.

And the unemployment rate, which

peaked at 10 percent in October 2009 and stood at 9.1 percent in August, has fallen four months straight. It was 8.7 percent in November.

If economics textbooks and the best hopes of millions of unemployed Americans are confirmed, the virtuous cycle may be under way, which would suggest the job market will continue to strengthen.

When people are hired, they have more money to spend. The means greater see JOBS next page

BEIRUT (AP) — A bomb exploded Friday at a busy Damascus intersection, killing 25 people and wounding dozens in the second major attack in the Syrian capital in as many weeks, officials said, vowing to respond to further security threats with

an “iron fist.”

The government blamed “terrorists,” saying a suicide bomber had blown himself up in the crowded Midan district. But the country’s opposition demanded an independent investigation, accusing forces

loyal to the Syrian regime of being behind the bombing to tarnish a 10-month-old uprising against President Bashar Assad.

“Is there anything worse than these crimes?” said Majida Jomaa, a 30-year-old see DAMASCUS page 8

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Romney’s rivals all but concede first place in New Hampshire Primary MANCHESTER (AP) — Mitt Romney’s rivals are all but conceding defeat in next Tuesday’s New Hampshire primary, looking past a weekend debate doubleheader in the Granite State and focusing on South Carolina as their best chance to slow his march to the Republican presidential nomination.

Romney campaigned in both states on Friday, prominent party leaders by his side, President Barack Obama on his mind.

Giving no ground when the government reported the creation of 200,000 new jobs in December, Romney said America deserves better than the economic results Obama has delivered. “Thirty-five consecutive months of unemployment above 8 percent is no cause for celebration,” he said in a written statement.

Republican rivals Rick Santorum and Newt Gingrich were no more inclined to applaud Obama for the drop in unemployment to its lowest level in nearly three years. But they had other worries, including a new survey that suggested Romney’s narrow victory this week in Iowa’s caucuses has sent his support soaring in South Carolina.

The three men share a debate stage Saturday night and again Sunday morning with the other three surviving contenders, Texas Rep. Ron Paul, Texas Gov., Rick Perry and former Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman.

Ordinarily, the week between lead-off Iowa and New Hampshire is one of the most intense of the entire president campaign. That hasn’t been as true this year in New Hampshire, given Romney’s four years as governor of next-door Massachusetts, his numerous campaign trips here and the reaffirming victory in Iowa. With only three days remaining until the first-in-the-nation primary, television advertising was relatively modest, with Paul, Romney and a committee supporting Huntsman the only entities spending significant sums.

Gingrich has been talking of merely holding Romney’s winning total under 50 percent in New Hampshire, and Paul, arriving in the state on Friday, focused his criticism on Santorum.

“He brags about being for a balanced budget amendment but never did anything about it,” Paul said of Santorum’s time in the U.S. Senate. “He voted four or five times to raise the debt ceiling. He voted to double the size of the Department of Education.”

Campaigning in Concord, Huntsman was asked whether the other candidates had “clawed their way to the right,” leaving him as the centrist in the race.

He called himself a realist. “We have to draw from ideas that are doable and not so outlandishly stupid that they create a lot of political infighting and finger-pointing and never, ever in 1,000 years are going to get done,” he said.

Perry unveiled a new commercial for stations in South Carolina, as did a group that backs Santorum.

Perry’s stresses his upbringing as the son of tenant farmers and mentions his time as a pilot in the Air force, years working on the family farm with his father and his marriage to his high school sweetheart. “The values I learned served me well as governor of Texas and will continue to guide me as president,” the ad says.

The pro-Santorum spot calls the former Pennsylvania senator “the principled conservative ... the conservative we can trust.”

That was a relatively polite attempt to distinguish Santorum from Gingrich, Perry and the others vying to emerge as Romney’s chief rival, and from the former Massachusetts governor as well.

Santorum himself was more blunt. “The only way Republicans lose is if we screw this up and nominate another moderate who has taken multiple positions on every major issue of our time,” he wrote supporters in a fundraising appeal.

The former senator finished a surprisingly strong second in the Iowa caucuses, coming within eight votes of victory. But he has little time to try and convert that into a campaign organization in New Hampshire, and some of his campaign events have turned testy.

PIRATES from preceding page clear they were in trouble.

The USS Kidd, part of the Stennis carrier group, was sailing in the Arabian Sea, after leaving the Persian Gulf, when it came to the sailors’ aid. It was alerted to the hostage situation when the captain of the fishing boat spoke by radio to the Americans in Urdu — a Pakistani dialect that he hoped the pirates near him would not understand — and managed to convey that he needed help.

A U.S. Navy team helicoptered to the ship, boarded it without any resistance, and detained 15 suspected Somali pirates. They had been holding the 13-member Iranian crew hostage and were using the boat as a “mother ship” for pirating operations in the Persian Gulf.

“They were scared,” U.S. Navy Cmdr. Jennifer L. Ellinger, commander of the USS Kidd, said of the Iranians. “They pleaded with us to come over and board their vessel, invited us to come over. And we reassured them that we would be on our way.”

JOBS from preceding page demand for goods and services and results in businesses hiring even more people. That results in even more spending and leads to even more hiring.

That would be the reverse of the vicious cycle that took hold during the Great Recession. People lost jobs and spent less, so businesses rang up less sales and were forced to lay off more people. That led to even less spending and more layoffs.

“The labor market is healing,” said Diane Swonk, chief economist at Mesirow Financial. She cautioned that “we still have a long way to go — years — to recoup the losses we have endured.”

Indeed, the economy added 1.6 million jobs for all of 2011. That is better than the 940,000 added during 2010. In 2009, the most bruising year of the Great Recession, the nation lost more than 5 million.

But it will take 6 million more jobs to get the United States back to what it had in December 2007, when the recession began. Economists forecast the nation will add almost 2 million this year.

The unemployment report was the first to be released since Republicans across the country began voting to determine a candidate to face President Barack Obama this fall in an election that will turn on the economy.

Obama appears bound to face voters with the highest unemployment rate of any president running for re-election since World War II. Unemployment was 7.8 percent when Obama took office.

But the president’s re-election chances may hinge more on the direction of the unemployment rate than on what the rate is come Election Day. The rate was a still-high 7.2 percent when Ronald Reagan beat Walter Mondale in 1984, but it had fallen from 10.8 percent two years earlier.

Obama, visiting the new Consumer Financial Protection Bureau in Washington, said: “We have made real progress. Now is not the time to stop.” He called on Congress to extend a tax Social Security payroll tax cut that is due to expire at the end of next month.

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4 more years of this?

In what The Washington Post called “a bold act of political defiance,” President Obama Wednesday announced the recess appointment of Richard Cordray to head the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.

Cordray’s nomination had been blocked by a Senate filibuster.

There was no way he was going to win approval in 2012.

Enraged Republicans denounced the appointment as an affront and a usurpation of power, for the Senate had not formally gone into recess.

The White House airily dismissed the Republican rage, saying no Senate business is being conducted during the Christmas-New Year break, and to argue that the Senate is still in session is a sham.

Obama seemed to delight in his Trumanesque contempt: “I will not sit by while a minority in the Senate puts party ideology ahead of the people they were elected to serve. . . Not at this make-or-break moment for middle-class Americans.”

Cordray’s appointment will be contested in the courts. Yet it will likely stand, though it’s in-your-face aspect added appreciably to the bad blood bubbling in this city.

The Obamaites seem not to care.

Indeed, from year-end reports out of Hawaii, this is the new Obama strategy. He has given up on working with Congress and intends to run a year-long campaign modeled on Harry Truman’s 1948 demagogic assault on the “no-good, do-nothing 80th Congress” — the one that passed Taft-Hartley and enacted the Marshall Plan.

Details of the Obama strategy were spoon-fed to the Post and New York Times. The Times lead: “President Obama is heading into his re-election campaign with plans to step up his offensive against an unpopular Congress, concluding that he cannot pass any major legislation in 2012 because of Republican hostility to his agenda.”

The Post lead: “President Obama has a New Year’s resolution that will shape his re-election strategy at the dawn of 2012: Keep beating up on an unpopular Congress.”

Once he gets a year’s extension of the Social Security payroll tax cut, said White House deputy press secretary Josh Earnest, that is the last “must-do” item, “the president is no longer tied to Washington, D.C.” But if the president is about to barnstorm the nation savaging Congress for a full year, where does that leave the country? If Obama will be proposing nothing to deal with the fiscal crisis — trillion-dollar deficits as far as the eye can see — how does America avert the future that Italy faces? Italy’s debt is 120-percent of gross domestic product; ours, at 100-percent of GDP, is not all that far behind.

The U.S. fiscal crisis can be simply summarized. Since 2009, the federal government has been spending 24 to 25-percent of gross domestic product, while tax collections have fallen to 15-percent. When his first four years end, Obama will have grown the debt by $6-trillion.

And if he is giving up on any solution in 2012, believing he can win re-election by vilifying the GOP as toadies to America’s top 1-percent, who are icily indifferent to the middle class, what hope is there for any political cooperation, should Obama win?

As of today, Obama is running even with Mitt Romney. He has lost much of the enthusiasm of the young and the minorities that he had in 2008. College-educated whites who had hopes for him seem disillusioned.

Assuredly, he may still win. But should Obama win, how, after a campaign like the one he intends to conduct, does he unite the country?

How does he work with a Republican Party that will likely still hold the House and will have made gains in the Senate, after he has spent a year castigating that party? And what happen to the nation if we have five more years of political gridlock?

If the president failed to broker a budget compromise with the GOP in 2011 and has given up on 2012, how does he work with a Republican House in 2013? How does he, in a second term, resolve this budget crisis when his bottom-line demand for higher taxes is poison to a party he has just trashed for 15 months as a tool of Wall Street?

Resolving our fiscal crisis seems today beyond the capacity of the U.S. government, as currently constituted. We appear to be in a crisis of the regime rooted in an irreconcilable ideological conflict between two parties of relatively equal strength.

Republicans who refused to raise taxes in 2011 are not going to agree to raise them in 2013 in response to a request from an Obama who defeated them by portraying them as the party of the 1-percent in 2012.

If Obama is re-elected, the crisis endures. It will then be resolved when the world realizes that the U.S. deficit and debt are beyond the capacity of this U.S. government to bring under control. At that point, the ratings agencies and world markets will begin to treat the U.S. debt the way they treat the debts of Italy and Spain.

(Syndicated columnist Pat Buchanan has been a senior advisor to three presidents, twice a candidate for the Republican presidential nomination and the presidential nominee of the Reform Party in 2000. He won the New Hampshire Republican Primary in 1996.)

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LETTERS Ask Congress to declare war is right answer & only Paul gave it To the editor, Rep. Ron Paul in the Iowa Presidential Debate on December 15, 2011 answered the question about what he would do if Iran developed a nuclear bomb. He was the only candidate to question the evidence that Iran is attempting to develop a nuclear bomb.

Paul said that he would follow the United States Constitution and get Congress’s approval to declare war.

Section 8 of the Constitution General Powers of Congress Number 11 gives only Congress the power “To Declare War”. All the other candidates were quick to explained how they would respond to the evidence that Iran has a nuclear bomb and get the United States in another undeclared war. The last declared war was World War II every war since has been undeclared.

Which means Congress has relinquished its power and responsibility, past and present, to the president.

Former President George Bush got us into a war with Iraq in response to the 9/11 attacks because there was evidence that Iraq had weapons of mass destruction. He started another war in Afghanistan both in response to the attacks on 9/11. Fifteen of the 19 Hijackers were Saudi Arabians, along with Osama Bin Laden, who was a member of the Saudi royal family.

There were no Iraqis or Afghans involved in the 9/11 attacks. Costing trillions of dollars and thousands of American, Iraqi and Afghan lives but no weapons of mass destruction were ever found.

Dr. Ron Paul is the only presidential candidate other then Gov. Rick

Perry who has served in the Armed Forces. Paul served in the Air Force from 1963 to 1968 as a flight surgeon. In a Boston Globe article by Michael Kranish and on the website boston.com/news: “Mormon church obtained Vietnam draft deferrals for Romney, other missionaries”. In the 1960s during the Vietnam War (Vietnam was not a declared war) former Gov. Mitt Romney received a two and half year missionary deferment for his Mormon missionary work in France. He received a one year student deferment before going to France then another one year student deferment when he came back. When all his deferments ran out he drew the number 300 in the December 1969 Draft Lottery, which guarantied he wouldn’t have to serve in the Armed Forces or go to Vietnam.

Mitt Romney, Rick Santorum, Rick Perry and Newt Gingrich are all talking about getting us in yet another war and willing to place America’s young men and women in harm’s way without knowing all the facts about Iran’s nuclear program.

Ron Paul is the only one we can trust.

He never voted to raise taxes, always voted for a balanced budget, always voted for our constitutional gun rights, never voted to raise Congress’s pay, never has taken any government paid junkets and he will audit the Federal Reserve. And voted against the unconstitutional Patriot Act. Don’t forget to vote on Tuesday, January 10.

David Gammon Laconia

All children are saved & taken home to God who created them To the editor, Oh, Mr. Dadian, your letter printed in the Jan. 5 Daily Sun brought great tears to my eyes. To tell those wonderful mothers who carried a child for many months, through childbirth, and held their tiny, precious baby only to have it die so young that because it was not baptised it was condemned to Hell and she would never see it again is beyond bearing. It is not true. With the greatest, tenderest love I reach

out to those mothers and testify that through the atonement of Jesus Christ all children are saved and taken home to that God who created them, to be loved and protected until their mother joins them to live with love together through all eternity.

This is true. I pray this eases the pain and anguish they have felt. I am a Christian. I am a Mormon.

Joanne McNulty Gilford

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LETTERS Can the turtle win this thing? I think he can, vote for Ron Paul To the editor, This primary season reminds me an awful lot of the tortoise and the hare.

You know, the old kid’s story about the tortoise racing the hare?

The story goes the tortoise and the hare line up at the starting gate for a race to the finish. The hare bounces and prances around this crackpot old turtle a kazillion times laughing and ridiculing him for even beginning to think he could win this race.

When the starting gun goes off the hare explodes out of the gate leaving the tortoise in a cloud of dust. The tortoise trudges along putting one foot in front of the other, determined to finish the race, maybe even win it.

After a long time of plodding along, the tortoise can see the finish line ahead, he also sees the hare lying in the road just a few feet from the finish line. The hare had collapsed because of muscle spasms, heat exhaustion, bad hair day, bad day at the debates, infidelity, or some such thing. The tortoise treads on by for the finish and the win.

We’ve seen a lot of the hares fizzle out this time around. Latest polls show Michelle Bachman has gone from 22-percent to only fizzle and drop out. Herman Cain went from 27-percent to single numbers and dropped out. Rick Perry went from upper 20s to 1-percent (NH poll). Newt Gingrich,

high 20s to 9-percent (NH poll). Rick Santorum is the latest “hare”, he went from 10-percent a few days before the Iowa caucus to almost pulling off a win. Will he be next to fizzle?

Mitt Romney can not be considered a “hare” because he has stayed pretty consistent the whole time, the problem for him though is he probably won’t go up any. He won the Iowa caucus this time with less votes than he got four years ago, and there were 20,000 more voters this time, that’s not saying too much for him.

Meanwhile that stubborn old tortoise continues to plod along, gaining ground, continuing to spew out the same old rhetoric he’s been spewing for 30 years. You know, the same old stuff those crazy founding fathers came up with. Things like gun rights, a man’s home is his castle (don’t come busting in), Don’t go traveling the world looking for dragons to kill, don’t use fiat money (they already learned this lesson from their worthless continental dollar), keep the politicians feet to the fire or keep the mess we’re in now.

Can the turtle win this thing? I think he can, but we’ve got to all get out and vote for him.

Vote Ron Paul, win a free republic!

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I made perfect candidate checklist & Huntsman went 6 for 6 To the editor, Well, it’s that season again when candidates from both parties vie for the nomination for the President of the United States election in November.

The Democrats seem to be quite happy with President Obama for a candidate, but the Republicans have a number of applicants striving for nomination for the same job. To aid me in making a decision, I decided to list of the qualifications of my ideal candidate.

First and foremost, I want my conservative Republican candidate to have EXPERIENCE AS A LEADER in both the private and governmental sectors. Second, in these times of international unrest and strife, I want my candidate to have actual hands on experience in INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS. Third, it is very important to me that he or she insist on CUTTING TAXES and at the same time CUTTING COSTS of running the government. Fourth, he or she must really want to CUT THE RUNAWAY COSTS OF HEALTH CARE and do away with Obamacare. Fifth, he or she must be committed to REDUCING THE OBSCENE NATIONAL

DEBT. Lastly he or she must be familiar with the INTERNAL WORKINGS OF WASHINGTON. I then made a list of each candidates name. I checked off each point of my ideal candidate from the background of each Republican on my list. I would have been delighted if any candidate had four of the six factors. If you do the same job as I did, you will find that all candidates possess more than one of these important attributes, but there is only one person who has ALL of these factors. That person is GOVERNOR JON HUNTSMAN and that is why I’m going to vote for him next Tuesday.

My decision was substantiated today (January 5th) by the Boston Globe endorsement of Governor Huntsman.

The Associated Press release which reported this news stated, “Romney and Huntsman are the only GOP candidates who stand out as presidential.

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Mr. Dadian’s letter proves only that he is not a good Christian To the editor, By his letter of Jan. 5 in The Laconia Daily Sun, Mark A. Dadian proves he is NOT a Christian!

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LETTERS Santorum is one of the best government reformers in our history

I think Mr. Testerman would find Paul supporters to be most patriotic

To the editor, Rick Santorum does not duck questions or rely on talking points. His call to return to Judeo-Christian values resonates with an American people whose values are much more diverse than when the country was first founded. Articulating a faith-based vision of American exceptionalism he knows the American credo comes from that common set of values that says our rights come from God not DC. Our rights respect the dignity of every human life.

Santorum has a hard road in New Hampshire. In Iowa he broke out by featuring a pitch to blue-collar voters based on his heritage. Grandson of an Italian immigrant coal miner; his plan to revitalize manufacturing through favorable tax treatment resonates.

There’s reason to believe an Italian Catholic from Pittsburgh plays well in heavily Catholic, white-ethnic New Hampshire.

Santorum believes he is ready. Over the past year, Santorum has done a lot of campaigning in New Hampshire. He has done more than 100 events over the course of 30 visits to the state. He had an early state strategy, and he wasn’t kidding around. It’s been tough to beat down a 45-point lead, but Santorum is showing people that he is the consistent conservative who is the alternative to Obama-lite…

Mitt Romney.

Former U.S. Senator Rick Santorum of Pennsylvania was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1990 at the age of 32, and from 1995 to 2007, served in the U.S. Senate.

In 2000, he was elected by his peers to the position of Senate Republican Conference Chairman. He fought to maintain fiscal sanity in Washington before it was in fashion, fighting for a balanced budget. He proposed reforming entitlements, cutting spending and even developed a “speedometer” that added up the cost of amendments to spending bills. This record made him one of the most conservative sen-

To the editor, Recently, one Dave Testerman of Franklin contributed a rather inflammatory letter to The Laconia Daily Sun. Within this letter was content so vile, so radical, and so misinformed that it immediately elicited a tremendous feeling of outrage from somewhere deep within me.

So much so, in fact, that I was compelled to very hastily compose an iPhone e-mail in response to it, as I simply could not wait to reach my computer. Within this smartphone enabled, admittedly over-reactive letter I essentially wished bankruptcy and journalistic ruin upon The Daily Sun. What would prompt this sort of knee-jerk response from me, though?

I was called a terrorist.

The reasoning? I support Ron Paul, who is “in almost complete conflict with Republican ideals.”

To Mr. Testerman, those of us who do like Paul may as well “...put on (y) our terrorist garb and shout Allah Akbar to the housetops...”

Despite the obvious bigotry here (remember Mcveigh? Kaczynski? Not Muslims), the conclusions of Mr. Testerman are patently incorrect. In fact, I have the utmost confidence that Testerman would find us to be among the most patriotic of Americans, should he actually meet some of us. For this reason, I implore Mr. Testerman to visit strongholds of Paul supporters: Camp Pendleton perhaps, or maybe that place which you speak of in your letter, Fort Hood? During the course of his stay, while speaking to Paul supporters, Testerman could make mention of his terrorism allegations. Will you go, Mr. Testerman? Will you assert, in person, that servicemen and women are the

ators in Pennsylvania’s history.

Rick Santorum became one of the most successful government reformers in our history, taking on Washington’s special interests from the moment he arrived. He was a member of the “Gang of Seven” that exposed the Congressional Banking and Congressional Post Office scandals. He served eight years on the Senate Armed Services Committee where he led the fight before the attacks of September 11th, 2001 to transform our military from a Cold War force to meet today’s threats. He was a leader on US-Israeli relations, authoring both the “Syria Accountability Act” and the “Iran Freedom and Support Act” which he successfully fought to pass in spite of initial opposition by President Bush.

He was also an author and floor manager of the landmark Welfare Reform Act which passed in 1996 that has empowered millions of Americans to leave the welfare rolls and enter the workforce. Senator Santorum wrote and championed legislation that outlawed Partial Birth Abortion as well as the “Born Alive Infants Protection Act,” the “Unborn Victims of Violence Act,” and the “Combating Autism Act” because he believes each and every individual has value and the most vulnerable in our society need to be protected.

An accomplished author, Senator Santorum penned the 2005 New York Times Best Seller “It Takes a Family”.

But of all his accomplishments, Rick is most proud of his role as a husband and father. Rick and his wife of 21 years, Karen, are the parents of seven wonderful children: Elizabeth, John, Daniel, Sarah Maria, Peter, Patrick and Isabella.

I’ve read the plugs for the other candidates in the letters. Well meet Rick Santorum. Disciplined, conservative, plain spoken, and unapologetically American. Vote early, vote often.

Marc Abear Meredith

Christian: ‘A person professing belief in Jesus as the Christ’ To the editor, I’m confused, had to look it up in the dictionary. Christian, Def: A person professing belief in Jesus as the Christ, or in the religion based on the teachings of Jesus.

So now, just how does Mark A. Dadian figure Mormons aren’t Chris-

tians? I know for for a fact they regard Jesus as the Christ. I know for a fact they base their religion on the teachings of Jesus. What is it that Mark can’t wrap his little mind around here?

Steve Earle Hill

Let’s ask candidates why we’re making SS shortfall even greater To the editor, Politicians these day’s are talking about entitlements. They specifically mention Medicare running out of money in the near future. What they don’t mention is that the so called 2-percent payroll tax reduction extension just passed represents money that should be going into the Social Security fund for future payments to

our citizens.

Who is going to make up this tremendous shortfall in the future when the boomers apply for S.S. and Medicare benefits?

Good question for our primary candidates at their next meeting.

Bill Whalen Sanbornton

equals of terrorists? You seem so confident in the idea, despite the fact that Ron Paul receives the most in donations from our armed services than any other GOP candidate.

As for Testerman’s obviously illinformed and disdainful take on Paul’s policies regarding “dangerous drugs,” I would like to remind readers that he would NOT legalize all drugs. He would pardon non-violent drug offenders, yes.

He would then allow the states to choose whether to continue the costly domestic drug war or to move forward, which would give the general public increased control over the policing of their own communities. Aside from that misconception, however, I might also make a bold claim myself: Mr. Testerman is enamored with the nanny-state. Enough that, at the very least, he would shun the historical precedent of alcohol prohibition and commit billions of dollars to a divisive war on our own soil, waged by Americans against Americans (someone open a dictionary to the term “civil war” please). He is the type who would allow the government to choose his diet for him, so long as it reduced the occurrence of diabetes in our society.... Or, is he simply pro-cartel and anti-American hemp farmer instead?

Pro-prison industry? Anti-increased tax revenue? Anti-black freedom or problack incarceration? What are your real motives, Testerman? Do you get a warm fuzzy feeling inside from coercing the actions of others, paralyzing communities, and acting to force a moral code upon others through threats of violence and imprisonment? Wait, isn’t that.... Terrorism?

Tony Welch Jupiter, Florida

Mormons don’t believe we’re punished for Adam’s transgression To the editor, An open letter to those who may not understand the Christianity of Mormonism: The Laconia Daily Sun recently published an letter attempting to explain how and why Mormons are not Christians. Although the writer seemed very thoughtful, and his arguments were reasonable, he’s wrong on every count.

The writer fails to ever define the term “Christian” (wisely keeping shut the door which would open possibilities that at one time his own religion didn’t pass the test) but rather focuses on misunderstood doctrines (baggage that all churches drag along) and out-of-themainstream beliefs (I think the primitive Christian converts would qualify for that one too).

Let’s take a look at some of these, specifically: The writer rightly notes that “Christianity teaches that Jesus is the ONLY born offspring of Jehovah God…” I’m not sure what the conflict is here, because Mormonism teaches this as well (Jesus Christ is the ONLY begotten son of the Father). Where confusion might occur is in the Mormon belief that in a preearth life, we were all spiritually born of Heavenly Parents (Hebrews 12:9, Acts 17:28-29). We are spiritual sons and daughters of God. Though Jesus (and Lucifer) were brothers to us, they held unique positions with God. Jesus’ plan of salvation was accepted and Lucifer’s

The writer also addresses the Mormon belief that man can become like God. And it’s true, this is a Mormon belief (although you’ll never hear a Sunday School lesson on how to become a God). This doctrine is found in the Bible (Psalms 82:6, John 10:34-35, Genesis 3:22, John 17:20-23, Ephesians 3:19, 2 Peter 1:3-4, Romans 8:14-18, Revelation 3:21, Phillipians 3:21, 1 John 3:2, Matthew 5:48, 1 Peter 3:7) and it wasn’t at all controversial to the early church fathers. Let me be clear, Mormonism does not teach that man can become God (there is only one God) or that he can replace our Savior, Jesus Christ. Like any father-son relationship, our Father in Heaven wants us to be like him.

The writer got it half right when talking about the Fall of Adam. Mormons do believe that Adam introduced sin into the world, but they do not believe that we are punished for Adam’s transgression (“original sin”). It’s simply not right for a pure and innocent baby to be born into the world as sinful, because of an ancient transgression on Adam’s part.

The Christianity of Mormons is not dependent upon the councils and creeds of the historical church (after the 2nd century). Mormons are New Testament Christians. I invite you to examine their beliefs and determine if this is true.

Matt Warren

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LETTERS The 5 Laconia reps should be left alonge to represent all of the city To the editor, An open letter to N.H. House leadership: I plan to attend, and to be in the Statehouse (room 313) on Thursday, Jan. 12 at 11:00 a.m. This meeting is for us to agree on accepting a weird “election district” in which four of us will run at large in five of our Laconia City Wards, with one ward being put out into the rest of the county My position is that: IF the Legislature has the authority to make that kind of election district then the State Legislature has the authority to make any kind of “one man, one vote” election district that they wish.

The next best, non-confrontational set of election districts is to make Laconia a five member-at-large election district.

Given that we do not have time to affirm the Constitutional Rights of the Legislative Branch, the next best things that can be done is to: First eliminate the phony arithmetic being used for Laconia that we are short by 15-percent and correct that arithmetic and show that our five representatives in Laconia are only short by 3-percent each, making Laconia an essentially “perfect” five member election district. and to set up a five member, at-large election district for Laconia.

Sooner or later the Legislature must enforce Article 37 Part I of the N.H. Constitution and send all attorney/representatives, all of whom are “officers of the Court” and clearly as “officers of the court” members of the

Judicial Branch, back to the Judicial Branch.

(As an aside: that our doing either the above five being elected at large or that we are to have four elected at large and to put one ward of our city out into the county either — one of them is an unnecessary violation of the State of N.H. Constitution and is A BATTLE THAT WE WILL HAVE TO FIGHT SOME DAY, but it is a battle that we will sooner or later have to fight.)

That all of the key court decisions that have been made available to me are only about state law and that none of them are about the New Hampshire Constitution is a battle that we will have to fight some other day, but it is a battle that we will have to fight That every applicable part of the Fourteenth Amendment deals ONLY WITH state law and not with State Constitutions is a battle we will have to fight some day but to enforce our N.H. Constitution is a battle that we will to fight some day.

IF the State Legislature has the authority to establish an election district of four of us being elected at large and our Fourth Ward being put out into the county then the State Legislature must also have the authority to establish an election district that conforms to the New Hampshire Constitution requirement of single member election districts for representatives to the General Court.

Rep. Robert Kingsbury Laconia

If Obama wins, competitors will continue to eat our economic lunch To the editor, The Daily Sun gets high praise from me except for one repeated error. It keeps including the unhinged, lunatic ratings of James Veverka in with letters to the editor. Veverka is beyond debate the worlds most prodigious producer of economic dopey, donkey droppings since John Maynard Keynes walked the earth blubbering the same senseless babble. Veverka’s writing is more perfectly suited for the comic strips. His economic analytical ability and reasoning makes Dagwood Bumstead, Forrest Gump and Gomer Pyle look like they are geniuses.

James Veverka would not recognize a failed Keynesian economic policy if it hit him side the head with a baseball bat repeatedly for 100 years. Europe’s economic disintegration before our very eyes is the most perfect illustration America has ever had of how the failed socialist, entitlement society, deficit spending agenda ENDS. Jim’s economic logic has moved from sad to just plain farcical. Veverka slams the European austerity measures and produces enough laughter to fill Carnegie Hall. There is one and only ONE other alternative to austerity. Declaration of bankruptcy. Veverka just does not understand basic ecomomics.

The people who are OWED money (bond holders) want to be paid back in full. Paying debts back is a concept that is totally foreign to Democrats.

People or countries that borrow must pay back or suffer the consequences is a bridge just too far James Veverka to comprehend.

Veverka yap traps about the auto industry. The U.S. TAXPAYERS are STILL owed tens of billions of dollars by GM as union employees just pocketed large bonuses. Until the stock rises to over 50 bucks the U.S. taxpayer sucks hot air. The stock is now about $20 and has fallen over 50-percent in the the past year. How wonderful the government swoops in and cancels the debt of ANY company that fails and puts the cost to fix them on to YOU and ME. That is not leadership, that is just bribery. The jobs at GM were never at risk and the majority of the assets would have been scooped up gladly by competitors. The difference would have been the new jobs would have paid half of what they had because the bloated cost structure at GM rendered them uncompetitive globally. The saving of GM was a 100-percent inside political heist and a down payment to union folks to buy their votes in the next election. That simple and uncomplicated.

Veverka yaps about taking the Republican Congress down. He clearly has already forgotten how the Republicans got there. He is unable to remember important events for long, like the election a year ago that swept almost every Democrat in office across the entire country out to sea as they suffered the worst losses in 70 years.

Maybe James will share his thoughts on why that happened. I am sure Obama had nothing to do with it.

James has a high decibel donkey yap on everything. I am going to keep see next page

Planning Board to get look at proposal to allow 2-way traffic around downtown

By Michael Kitch

LACONIA — TEC, Inc. of Lawrence, Massachusetts will present its report on downtown traffic flows, together with recommendations for converting Beacon Street East and Beacon Street West to two-way traffic, to the Planning Board when it meets on Tuesday, Jan. 10, beginning at 6:30 p.m.

With the scheduled reconstruction of the Main Street bridge over the Winnipesaukee River, the Planning Board took the opportunity to review the downtown traffic pattern as contemplated by the Master Plan in 2005 and the team from the United States Environmental Protection Agency in 2007.

The city commissioned TEC, Inc. to study traffic flows in the center of the city, bounded by eight intersections — Main Street and Court Street/Union

Avenue, Main Street and Beacon Street East/Beacon Street West, Main Street and Pleasant Street, Beacon Street East and Church Street, Veteran’s Square, Pleasant Street and New Salem Street, Beacon Street West and Water Street — to assess the impact of two-way traffic on Beacon Street East and Beacon Street West.

Meanwhile, Dubois and King, Inc., the engineering firm planning the reconstruction of the Main Street bridge is designing the span to accommodate two-way on Beacon Street East and Beacon Street West.

The presentation on Tuesday represents the first in a series of public meetings on proposed changes to the flow downtown traffic. The doors will open at 6 p.m. to provide residents an opportunity to review the findings and recommendations of TEC, Inc.

GILFORD — The Budget Committee Thursday night trimmed $25,000 from the 2012 budget of the Department of Planning and Land Use and added $12,200 to the Town Clerk/Tax Collector’s budget, reducing the operating budget recommended by the Board of Selectmen by $12,800 — to $11,055,115.

In preparing the 2012 town budget the selectmen aimed to forestall an increase in the total amount to be raised by property taxes. The Budget Committee agreed, by the margin of a

single vote, to fund an additional position in the Police Department, bringing the number of sworn officers to 17.

To keep to their original target the selectmen recommended eliminating a full-time position in the Town Clerk/ Tax Collector’s office among other measures to offset the cost of the additional police officer. Town Clerk/Tax Collector Denise Gonyer wrote to the Budget Committee explaining that the loss of the position would hinder the provision of services and asking see next page

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It was impossible to determine the exact target of the blast, but a police bus was riddled with shrapnel and blood was splattered on its seats, according to Syrian TV video and a government official. Blood also stained the street, which was littered with shattered glass.

The bomber “detonated himself with the aim of killing the largest number of people,” Interior Minister Mohammed Shaar told reporters. State media from preceding page

said most of the dead were civilians but security forces were also among them.

Midan is one of several Damascus neighborhoods that have seen frequent anti-Assad protests on Fridays since the uprising began in March, inspired by the revolutions around the Arab world.

The violence marks a dramatic escalation of bloodshed in Syria as Arab League observers tour the country to investigate Assad’s bloody crackdown on dissent. The monitoring mission will issue its first findings Sunday at a meeting in Cairo.

for a part-time position at $12,200.

This week the Budget Committee granted Gonyer’s request by adding the $12,200 to her budget. At the same time, to offset the cost of the additional police officer, the committee cut $25,000 from the Department of Planning and Land Use. Several members of the committee pointed out that since the recession has slowed development to a crawl, the department could withstand reduced staffing.

Since the authority of the Budget Committee reaches only to the bottom-line of the budget and the selectmen can transfer funds within it, the staffing arrangements remain the preserve of the selectmen.

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from preceding page CALLING his 100-percent pure unadulterated cow patty logic with my hard earned money to prove the total BS and fallacy of his arguments. James defended the Obama Keystone XL pipeline stonewall (oil we need to be energy independent) and I bet him 500 bucks Obama would sign it sooner or later because it is just a political stall (until after the 2012 election). If it were truly a serious environmental issue it would never get signed. Right?

I have never heard from Veverka on my challenge.

The man who can not stop yapping Keynesian drivel suddenly turns to a church mouse. He now clap traps about Congress as we all witness Obama’s total melt down on the economy for three years straight.

Obama good! Congress bad! What a hoot. Give the man a “common sense” shot lest he become totally deranged.

I tell you what James (You seem so cock sure of all your arguments), I will bet you a thousand bucks this time that the Congress will remain in Repub-

lican hands and another thousand that the Senate will have more Republicans in it after the 2012 election than it does now (even a strong likelihood they will control the Senate). The Republicans will gain seats in the Senate no matter how much hyperventilating hot air you pump into this paper. Your opportunity, James, to make some money on all that darn sure clap trap you keep spreading in these pages. I am going to keep calling every one of your lunatic, purely partisan rants that defy common sense.

One last bet James: If Obama is lucky enough to win by the slimiest of victories, America will have four more years of finger pointing, get nothing done, go no where Democratic government, the SAME as we have NOW, while our competitors eat our economic lunch in the global economy. THAT outcome IS GUARANTEED and I will bet any amount you want on that even if I have to borrow from Mitt. He will be in town next week so let me know.

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Romney surprises big campaign crowd at Tilton School with appearance by South Carolina governor

By Gail OBer

TILTON — GOP front-runner Mitt Romney not only served a spaghetti dinner but surprised the packed house at the Tilton School last night by introduced South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley, a recent convert to his bid for the Republican presidential nomination, for dessert.

“Mitt Romney understands how to let your states do their work,” said Haley, who, after some brief words from former N.H. State Senator Jeb Bradley of Wofleboro, introduced Romney to the crowd.

“I need someone who helps governors when they need them,” she said referring to what she believes is the Obama Administration’s and the National Labor Relations Board’s support of Boeing’s workers desire to organize in right-to-work South Carolina — something she said cost her state 1,000 jobs.

“We can’t afford this trauma of Obama anymore,” she said.

Romney, who spent the earlier part of yesterday in the next primary state of South Carolina (Jan. 21) courting Haley’s support, said he joins her in her support of curtailing unions and allowing individual states to adopt so-called right-to-work laws that prohibit union membership as a condition for holding a job.

Romney delivered a speech similar to the one he’s been giving all along, concentrating his criticism on Pres. Barack Obama, crony capitalism and, since Texas Gov. Rick Perry’s implosion, sparing his Republican rivals from his caustic wit.

He fielded three questions from the overflow audience — including one from a woman who asked him if he’s was willing to give up one of his four houses to give taxpayers a break.

Romney laughed and told her that he doesn’t have

four houses but that he thanked her for the idea. (He actually, according to the San Diego Union Tribune, owns three — a condo in Belmont, Mass., an oceanfront mansion in La Jolla, Calif, and his summer home in Wolfeboro).

He dissed the idea that taxing the wealthy to help the poor would be good economic policy by quoting former English Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, who said, “sooner of later you run out of other people’s money.” Instead, he said tax cuts were the way to get people to invest in our economy.

Local notables who joined Romney last night included Sanbornton Rep. Bill Tobin, Sanbornton Rep. Dennis Fields who was an early Romney supporter, and both Belknap County Sheriff Craig Wiggin and Merrimack County Sheriff Scott Hilliard — all Republicans who are up for re-election this year.

Because of the large crowd, organizers set up lastminute loudspeakers in the entryway to Knowles Hall while hundreds of members of the national and international media packed the rear of the room and hung on his Romney’s ever word.

Romney, who leads in the N.H. polls said he would continue to work hard to earn the support of the Granite State voters despite his seemingly overwhelming lead in the polls, which he dismissed by describing them as a date.

“I might try this but we’re not getting married,” he said.

“First in the Nation” primary day is Tuesday and Romney ended his speech by quipping that if he were back in Massachusetts he would tell everyone to “vote early and vote often” but since he was in New Hampshire, he’d just encourage those in the audience to bring someone else along with them to also vote for him.

BALLOON from page one loon’s basket struck power lines that set a fire on board. Witnesses told local media of seeing 32-foot (10-meter) high flames rising from the basket of the dark blue and maroon striped balloon before it plummeted to the farmland below.

Bevan Lambeth said the basket was on fire “and the power lines were holding the basket down, but it was still about 50 meters (165 feet) in the air. Then the whole basket started to go up in flames,” as the balloon broke clear of the electric lines.

“I saw ... (it) then go straight up in the air and the flames just engulfed the whole balloon and it crashed to the ground. When it came down it came down really quickly,” he told TVOne News.

An aerial photo of the crash site shows two circles of black ash in a green field, close to a white house.

The burning balloon was just above the trees when David McKinlay saw it as he watered his garden.

“It looked like he (the pilot) tried to raise it a bit higher ... all of a sudden there was just 10 meters of flames,” he said.

The balloon rose to 500 feet (150 meters) before dropping quickly, and turned to “just a sheer flame as it hit the ground” with a big bang, McKinlay said.

Rusbatch, the police commander, said two people jumped from the basket before it hit the ground, but did not survive. “We believe we know who the victims were,” he told the news Web site Stuff. “... A tragedy for those involved and their families.”

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VIDEO from page one March 18 and that the next nearest Blockbuster store was in Concord. Further inquiries were referred to the company’s corporate office, which issued a statement that read, “Blockbuster continues to evaluate the performance of each store location individually.

As we have said in previous statements, we remain committed to maintaining only those stores that we believe will be able to operate profitably.”

With the closing, the Lakes Region is losing one of the few brick-and-mortar video rental stores. A decade ago, no village was too small to have its own video store, though. RedCloud-Owen’s store in Bristol is one of the last outposts of a statewide empire that was started

by Colleen Moon and her now-deceased husband Rock.

The Moons, acting with a business partner, once had 36 video stores across the state.

The Moons had impeccable timing. Colleen said she and Rock were barely out of high school when they opened their first video store in Lochmere in 1979, alongside a Radio Shack. Rock ran the electronics store, Colleen oversaw the videos. Then, she recalled, they charged a $50 annual fee for membership and a $5 per night rental charge. At the time, a new VCR would cost $1,000 and new cassettes went for $70.

Those prices seem exorbitant today, especially when adjusted for inflation. Yet, Moon said, their clients didn’t blink. “It was just crazy. People would come to the register with 10, 15 movies. You just wondered what they did with their lives,” she laughed.

The Moons lived off the income from their Radio Shack and invested all the revenues from their video stores – then called Video Library – back into the business. By the time VCRs dropped to a price palatable to the average consumer, the stores were in place and ready to serve the rapidly growing demand.

“It was a fast-paced, fun business,” Moon said. She enjoyed the work, as most customers would stop in after their workday was through and were ready to

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relax. In 1989, when the video rental market was still hot, the Moons sold all but five of their stores to a company based in Ireland. Per terms of their agreement, the Moons re-named their remaining stores Video Choice.

The customers kept coming for many years. DVDs debuted at prices competitive to VHS and the magic continued – for a while. Although she had developed the local market, her business was vulnerable to a new kind of competition. First came Netflix, which slowly began to peel away customers. Next was the proliferation of Red Box kiosks, vending machines for DVDs, which allowed customers to rent movies for rates less than what Moon could offer — not much more than $1 a day.

One by one, Moon consolidated her stores. In 2008 she sold her final remaining location, in Bristol, to RedCloudOwens. “It was good while it lasted,” said Moon.

RedCloud-Owens, an Alexandria resident, was “just looking to get out of the house and make a little money” when she responded to a “help wanted” sign at her local Video Choice. It was 1993 and RedCloud-Owens was ready to get back to work after spending some time as a full-time mom. RedCloud-Owens, a movie buff, thought the job might be enjoyable. She was right.

When she started working there, Bristol boasted three video rental stores. Within a few years, though, all but Video Choice had closed. Even without the two competitors around the corner, she said business has been “tough.” She identified Netflix as her biggest competition, as it took a while for Red Box to spread to her neck of the woods. That moment came about four months ago, when a location opened at a nearby supermarket.

RedCloud-Owens doesn’t know yet how that new Red Box will affect her business, as its during the summer months that she pays her bills. A handful of loyal locals stay with her through the winter but it’s the high number of seasonal visitors to Newfound Lake that give her a reason to stay in business.

Those clients don’t want to forward their Netflix account to their vacation home. When they come in, she said, they say, “Thank God you’re still here, we don’t have any (video stores) back home.”

Rental pricing has gone down since Moon first went into business. RedCloud-Owens doesn’t charge an annual or start up fee and new releases cost $4 for one night. She’s also cut back her expenses where she can, taking care not to affect the customer experience. Still, she said she’s “just barely making it.”

“I’m hoping for the best,” she said. Traffic is now about one-fourth of what it used to be. RedCloudOwens doesn’t know if she should blame the new competitors or the economy. “I hope it’s the economy, because the economy will bounce back.” She noted that the customers that she’s lost have been those most cost-sensitive and those who have been hardest hit by the national recession.

Figuring it’s the one advantage that online or automated vendors can’t touch, RedCloud-Owens is pinning her hopes on customer service. She knows most of her customers by first name and by their movie tastes, and is eager to make a recommendation or just to talk movies. “I think that’s the only thing we offer that Netflix or Red Box doesn’t.” Her hottest titles right now are “Contagion,” “The Help” and “Rise of the Planet of the Apes.” RedCloud-Owens’s personal recommendation is “The Tempest,” starring Helen Mirren.

One of her most loyal customers is Bob Homer of Alexandria, who stopped by on Friday to return the comedy “Casino Jack” and “Triggerman,” a Western.

Both earned his review of “pretty good.” Homer has been a customer since 1996 and said he stops in a few times each week to pick up a movie.

Homer said he’s not “computer-oriented” and chooses not to have cable television. “I pick up a movie every other day and watch it after all the work’s done.” Asked how his life would be different if the store closed, he said, “It’d be more chores being done.”

“I love the place and I’ll be back,” Homer said as he walked out the door.

“I like doing it,” RedCloud-Owens answered when asked why she’s trying to keep the business going. “I love my customers, I really like seeing the people that I get to see every week. It doesn’t seem like hard work, and I get to talk movies with people all the time.”

“If you know a local video store, go in and rent a movie,” she said. “I think we’re more user-friendly.”

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THE LACONIA DAILY SUN, Saturday, January 7, 2012— Page 11

Superior Court rules Meredith ZBA was in error on Foundry Ave. case

BY MICHAEL KITCH THE LACONIA DAILY SUN

MEREDITH — The decision of the Zoning Board of Adjustment to grant a variance to allow a variety of commercial uses on the portion of the lot at 22 Foundry Avenue — within a residential district — was set aside last week in Belknap County Superior Court.

Justice James O’Neill III upheld the appeal of the decision lodged by the Board of Selectmen at the urging of residents Paula Wanzer, Duncan McNeish and Chuck Braxton, who stressed that the ZBA overlooked the threat to the water quality of nearby Lake Waukewan, the source of the town’s drinking water, posed by permitting industrial uses within the watershed overlay district.

The property at 22 Foundry Avenue, owned by Foundry Avenue Realty Trust, originally consisted of two lots that were merged in 2009. The first, a one-acre parcel fronting on Foundry Avenue in the business and industry district, houses Lakeside Plumbing & Heating and is flanked on the west by Stewart’s Ambulance Service and on the east by Comstock Industries. The second, abutting the first to the north, is a four-acre wooded lot, crossed by a wetland on the east, which lies entirely in the residential district.

The only access to the residential portion of the property is through the business and industry district.

The owner sought the variance to construct a building on land in the residential district that would serve as a warehouse or house light manufacturing, building trades or equipment and truck repairs. The board, with one dissenting vote, granted the variance on March 10. The majority of the ZBA found that because of its proximity to commercial

enterprises and lack of appropriate access, the land is not suited to residential development, despite its zoning.

At the urging of shorefront property owners on Lake Waukewan, the selectmen, by unanimous vote, asked the ZBA to rehear the matter and reconsider its decision. At a hearing in May, town counsel Laura Spector, representing the selectmen, argued that the owner failed to satisfy the five criteria required for a variance. In particular, she claimed that “without knowing exactly what the proposed use is, there is no way the ZBA can meaningfully evaluate the criteria for a variance.” Nevertheless, with one dissenting vote, the ZBA reaffirmed its decision granting the variance, prompting the selectmen to appeal to

Superior Court.

Echoing Spector’s argument, O’Neill held “by a balance of the probabilities that the ZBA’s decision was unreasonable because it did not know the precise use sought by Foundry (Avenue Realty Trust).

The ZBA granted a variance,” the justice continued, “to allow ‘warehousing, light manufacturing, building trade or repair shop and/or equipment and truck repair facility in (a) residential district.’” Without knowing the precise use, he wrote, the ZBA could not determine whether the requirements for the variance were met. Setting aside the variance, O’Neill remanded the case to the ZBA. The ZBA has 10 days to ask the court to reconsider its order and 30 days to appeal the decision.

Correction: It’s the Lakes Region General Hospital Nursery Guild The story about the first 2012 baby born at Lakes Region General Hospital in Laconia that appeared in our Friday, Jan. 6 edition included an incorrect

citing of the name of the Lakes Region General Hospital Nursery Guild. We apologize for our error.

ROBBERY from page one The male victim said yesterday he had a few bruises on his hands from struggling with Park but that he was taking his wife to see her doctor shortly.

He said she was treated initially by Laconia emergency crews and he said the Laconia Police were “very good” about the way they handled the robbery.

“They caught her within three hours,” he said.

When asked if it changed his mind about being a Good Samaritan, he said that unfortunately it had.

“It was terrifying, especially when she said she had a gun,” he said.

She was ordered held in lieu of $7,500 cash or $10,000 corporate surety bail.

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Lakes Region Real Estate Market Report / Roy Sanborn

A bit of optimism in the air The New Year always seems to start off with a big drop in inventory due to many listing agreements expiring at the end of the year. For the communities listed in this report, we went from 1,168 single family homes on the market as of December 1 down to 943 listings as of January 1, 2012. This represents about a 14.5 month supply of homes for sale which would be a much more manageable and healthy inventory level if we could stay there but many of these listings will be renewed or re-listed with another agency and work their way back into the system. Last January 1st we similarly had 940 homes available and the inventory was back up to almost 1,300 homes for sale by June 1. The median price point of the homes currently on the market is $249,000 which is down from $279,000 last January indicating that we have more lower priced homes on the market.

With 2012 underway, there appears to be a bit of optimism in the air. Showing activity seems to be up a little after the holidays and we are getting lots of property inquiries. People are out shopping for homes and it feels good. I do think that 2012 is going to be the Year of the Buyer. As I said last week, there is no better time to buy than right now. First of all, buying a home now means you will only have to make eight to ten payments before the world ends on Dec. 21. That leads me to believe that vacation home sales in warm areas will spike shortly. But just in case we are all still here on the 22nd, you will most likely have gotten a property at a greatly reduced price compared to just a few years ago. You will also have a loan with an unbelievably low interest rate around 4-percent. Remember when we thought a 6-percent or 7-percent rate was fantastic?

There were 180 homes listed in the towns in Belknap County (plus Moultonborough) that have an asking price that is less than 90-percent of the property’s assessed values. Seventy of those homes were priced under 70-percent of assessed value and some were as low as 30-percent. On the lower end many were bank owned, but quite a few weren’t. Just because a house is priced under assessed value doesn’t necessarily mean that it is a good deal, but it is a good place to start for the bargain hunters. Here are a few “non-bank” owned homes that would be worth checking out if you are in the market: Up at 361 Ladd Hill Road in Belmont there’s an open concept, 1,512-square-foot, two bedroom ranch built in 1987 on .95 acres. It is priced at $140,000 or 69-percent of its assessed value of $203,200. A 1,654-square-foot, three bedroom ranch built in

2007 on 1.4 acres at 279 Horne Road also in Belmont looks like another possible good deal. This property is a short sale and is on the market for $185,000 which is 71-percent of the assessed value of $262,700. Over in Center Harbor at 256 Waukewan Road there is a 1,672-square-foot, four bedroom, two bath cape built in 1980 on 5.75-acres of land that offers privacy and good upside potential. The property also has an 800-square-foot barn, a 1,200-square-foot garage/ workshop, and an in-ground pool. This property is listed at $199,000 or 62-percent of assessed value of $318,900. Seems like it could be a good deal. You’ll have to go and check it out.

If you are looking for a Gilford property with some great potential, check out the house at 259 Morrill St. This 1970’s vintage, 2,252-square-foot, three bed, three bath cape has large rooms and an open floor plan and sits on a beautiful 7.6-acre lot that has subdivision potential. While the home needs some updating, it is reasonably priced at $219,000 which is 77-percent of the taxed assessed value of $282,150. For more privacy take a look at the property at 140 Hermit Woods Road in Sanbornton. This 2,369-square-foot contemporary was built in 1980 and has three bedrooms, two baths, an open floor plan that features a large living room with cathedral ceilings, loft area, and wood stove/ hearth. It sits on a secluded 10.65-acre lot with 100-feet of frontage on Hermit Lake. This home is priced at $349,000 which is 64-percent of the assessed value of $543,900. If a Winnipesaukee waterfront is in your future, you should look at the property at 48 Little Road in Meredith. This 5,827-square-foot Adirondack home was built in 1982 and has five beds, six baths, and a separate guest apartment. There’s a three car garage and a two bay boat house to hold all the toys. The home sits on a 2.52-acre lot with 265-feet of shorefront and crystal clear waters. This property is offered at$1.495-million, which is 72-percent of the assessed value of $2.085 million.

See, you don’t have to be a “one percenter” to get a great deal on real estate and feel like a millionaire. All you need is to get your REALTOR® to help you find your home before the world ends...

You can also receive these market reports by email. Just log onto my blog at www.lakesregionrealestatenews.com to sign up. Data was compiled as of 1/1/12 using the Northern New England Real Estate MLS System. Roy Sanborn is a REALTOR® for Roche Realty Group, at 97 Daniel Webster Highway in Meredith and can be reached at 677-8420.

Line dancing classes offered at Inter-Lakes Senior Center

MEREDITH — Inter-Lakes Senior Center is offering Line Dancing at the Meredith Community Center on Tuesdays at 1 p.m.

The cost of the class is $20 for a four-week session.

Call the senior center for information and to register for the class 279-5631.

OBITUARY

James C. Dorr, Sr., 69

LACONIA — James C. Dorr, Sr., 69, of Laconia died Tuesday, January 3, 2012 at the Genesis Center in Laconia following a courageous battle with cancer.

He was born in Whitefield, NH, January 12, 1942, son of Cleophas Austin Dorr and Lucille Maria (Cleveland) Dorr. He spent his youth in Whitefield, graduating from Whitefield High School, class of 1960.

James lived in various places in New Hampshire and Massachusetts, moving his family to Moultonboro in 1973, living there for many years. He then resided in Belmont for a few years until moving to the Sarasota, Florida area. He returned to live in New Hampshire around 2008.

During James’s life he worked in many professions. He was a chef at several restaurants, and was employed at L.W. Packard in Ashland for many years. In Moultonboro, he was employed at Porter Medical Supplies, was an officer with Moultonboro Police Department, as well as a Marine Patrol Officer. In Sarasota, he owned and operated a limousine service based out of the Sarasota Bradenton International Airport until his retirement around 2004.

James leaves behind his stepmother, Ellen Fuller (King) Dorr of Whitefield; sons, James Dorr Jr. of Plymouth and Scott Dorr of Arlington, Texas; daughters, Katrina Foster of Old Orchard Beach Maine and Kelly Marsh of Moultonboro; 9 grandchildren; his sisters, Delphine Dorr Clough of Meredith and Ellenton FL and Dorothy E. Dorr of Whitefield; and his beloved friends, Sherman Gammon and Dave Bangs of Belmont.

According to James’ wishes there are no calling hours or funeral services. Burial will be private. A celebration of James’s life is being planned. Please contact the family for a time and date.

Arrangements are under the care of the William F. Smart Sr. Memorial Home in Tilton.

Those wishing may make memorial contributions in Jim’s name to the New Hampshire Humane Society, P. O. Box 572, Laconia, NH 03247-0572 or the NH Chapter of the American Cancer Society, 30 Speen Street, Framingham, MA 01701.

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MetroCast boosts Internet speeds, launches more HD channels BELMONT — MetroCast, the video, Internet and phone provider with offices in Belmont and Rochester and Springvale, ME, has announced a new speed enhancement for its residential high speed data (HSD) service.

Beginning in January, customers will enjoy speeds up to 25 Mbps downstream and 2 Mbps upstream with MetroCast’s “HSD-Ultra” service. MetroCast also is increasing the speed of its standard HSD offering, which will deliver downstream speeds up to 12 Mbps x 1 Mbps.

Meanwhile, the company also will launch five new HD channels, including MTV HD, Comedy Central HD, Nickelodeon/Nick@Nite HD, TruTV HD, MLB Network HD. Meanwhile Speed, Speed HD, and TruTV, formerly on the company’s Digital Plus tier, will become Expanded Basic channels.

“These new enhancements will allow our customers to get the most out of their in-home entertainment systems and web-enabled devices through a superior web browsing experience, smooth video streaming of movies and shows, and a myriad of video channels in stunning HD,” said MetroCast Regional Manager Moira Campbell.

The MetroCast video and Internet services are offered at a discount off a la carte rates when the services are combined with digital phone service in MetroCast’s VIP (Video-Internet-Phone) bundle. see next page

THE LACONIA DAILY SUN, Saturday, January 7, 2012— Page 13

LRCC’s Kayla Harper receives Johnson & Wales transfer scholarship

LRCC Hospitality Club President, Kayla Harper, left, takes a break before the Lemon Grass opens for the evening. On the right is Lemon Grass Owner, Uraiwan Srisuksai. Harper just received a $4,000 annual scholarship to Johnson & Wales University in Providence, Rhode Island. Harper also was given the 2011 Lakes Region Association Tourism Scholarship and is now preparing for LRCC’s Spring Semester starting January 23. (Courtesy photo)

Meredith chamber elects new directors at meeting

MEREDITH — The Meredith Area Chamber of Commerce announces that at the Annual Meeting of five area business leaders were elected to three year terms on the board of the directors of the Chamber.

They are Holly Young of Inter-Lakes Medical Clinic, Katheryn Rolfe of Oglethorpe, Dick Pendergast of Richard Pendergast, CPA, Elaine Peaslee of Take Shape for Life and Christine Farrell of Golden View Health Care.

They join John Moulton of Moulton Farm, Sim Willey of Hart’s Restaurant, Wendy Bagley of Cross Insurance, Marcus Weeks of Meredith Village Savings Bank. Tom Whalen of Wild Meadow Canoe, Bill Blanchette of Middleton Building Supply, Michelle Brown of the Inn at Mills Falls, Dave Hamblet of Y Landing, Justin VanEtten of Stewarts Ambulance Service, and Rob Wichland or RE/MAX Bayside.

Serving as officers for the coming year are President Dave Hamblet, Vice President, Marcus Weeks and Treasurer Wendy Bagley. The Meredith Area Chamber of Commerce consists of over 300 businesses from the Winnipesaukee, Squam, and Newfound Regions of New Hampshire.

Laconia Adult Education offering free basic math, reading and GED classes

LACONIA — Laconia Adult Education is offering free Basic Math, Reading and GED Preparation Classes on Monday, Tuesday and Thursday evenings from 6-8:30 p.m. at Laconia High School.

Peggy Selig, program director says that the classes help people improve their math and reading skills and eventually work toward a GED certificate or High School Diploma.

Reading comprehension classes cover the subject areas of science, social studies and literature which are pre-requisites for the GED exam. Math skills are also reviewed covering the subject areas of basic math, fractions, decimals, measurement, geometry and algebra functions.

To enroll in the reading, math and GED classes call the Laconia Adult Education Office at 524-5712 or stop by the Adult Education Office located in Room 108 at Laconia High School. from preceding page MetroCast serves more than 60,000 residential and business-class customers in 34 New Hampshire/ Maine franchise communities with video, highspeed Internet and digital phone service. MetroCast Customer Service can be reached 24/7/365 toll-free at (800) 952-1001.

LACONIA — Lakes Region Community College Culinary Arts Honor Student Kayla Harper of Meredith got a surprise recently when she was awarded a $4,000 annual transfer scholarship to Johnson & Wales University (JWU) in Providence, Rhode Island. Planning to graduate from LRCC in May, Harper anticipates entering JWU in the fall and seek her bachelor’s degree.

Presently employed at the Lemon Grass Restaurant and Saké Bar in Moultonborough while completing her associate degree, Harper loves her work.

“Fine dining is where I see myself in the future,” says Harper enthusiastically. “It is awesome working at the Lemon Grass”, says Harper, who began at the restaurant in the kitchen and has now been cross-trained as a waitress and is able to perform all tasks in the business.

Restaurant owner Uraiwan Srisuksai of

Tamworth, is extremely pleased with Harper’s performance over the past two years. “Kayla is a hard worker and is very good at whatever she does. She will get what she aims for. She is a top-notch young lady,” says Srisuksai, originally from Thailand, who opened the business five years ago.

Harper says she is very happy with her education at LRCC. “Chefs Hall and Walsh (LRCC’s main Culinary Arts professors) have really helped me a lot,” says Harper. “Both gentlemen are very knowledgeable about the hospitality industry and have come a long way themselves. They have hectic teaching schedules, early morning to late at night, showing their dedication to students in every way.”

“Kayla is one of the best students that LRCC has had in the Culinary Arts Program,” says Department Coordinator, Pat Hall of Concord. “She is a bright and talented woman.”

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By Holiday Mathis SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). Curiosity is therapeutic to you; you cure your doldrums by diving into new fields.

You are apt to delve into esoteric subjects off the beaten path of your day-today business.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21).

You know better than to try to be reasonable when one of your passionate whims takes hold. Creative impulses have led you to much more interesting places than any accurate road map ever could have.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19).

You look forward to spending time with a certain someone. Your interaction is becoming an important part of your day. You sense there’s something valuable in every exchange.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). You have no intention of keeping your excellent taste to yourself. You’ll express yourself and let your style be known.

Someone may imitate you, which is the highest form of flattery.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). Your mood can be as changeable as the sea, though only a fellow Pisces would be able to tell, because you’re so good at hiding the way you’re really feeling. This evening there won’t be any reason to hide.

TODAY’S BIRTHDAY (Jan. 7). You’ll get bored of always seeing exactly where you’re headed. The path will wind, and you’ll enjoy the adventurous ride in this. A handsome paycheck comes this month. You’ll find February’s new alliance both pleasing and motivating. March and April bring good fortune to your family that will eventually rub off on you. Sagittarius and Scorpio people adore you. Your lucky numbers are: 20, 1, 22, 49 and 19.

TUNDRA

ARIES (March 21-April 19). When you were younger, you would have fits of fatalism in which you started feeling that things would never go your way again. Now you’re optimistic, and your faith in the possibilities will increase daily.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20). You’ll deal with information well. You’ll glean what is essential to you and move on, letting what you have learned filter down on its own into your subconscious, where it finds a niche and begins to grow roots.

GEMINI (May 21-June 21). The means to travel may not be available now, but you can still travel with your mind through books, movies and your own fantasies. A journey through your own imagination will bring you the most luck.

CANCER (June 22-July 22). You are committed to turning whatever happens to you into something positive. And what already seems pretty good will be even better when you go forward with this intention.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). Just as need and want are not the same things, need and love are entirely different realities, as well. When you want a person but don’t need that person, the relationship will be more functional and loving.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). You’ll drop everything to help someone. Your love makes it easy for you to think of the other person’s needs without worrying about what you’ll get out of the deal.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). The stressors in your life will come to bear on your ability to resist temptation. The best way to stick to your plans for yourself is to reduce your stress through exercise and/or meditation.

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––––––– ALMANAC ––––––– Today is Saturday, Jan. 7, the seventh day of 2012. There are 359 days left in the year.

Today’s Highlight in History: On Jan. 7, 1942, the Japanese siege of Bataan began during World War II. (The fall of Bataan three months later was followed by the notorious Death March.)

On this date: In 1608, an accidental fire devastated the Jamestown settlement in the Virginia Colony.

In 1610, astronomer Galileo Galilei began observing three of Jupiter’s moons (he spotted a fourth moon almost a week later).

In 1789, the first U.S. presidential election was held. Americans voted for electors who, a month later, chose George Washington to be the nation’s first president.

In 1800, the 13th president of the United States, Millard Fillmore, was born in Summerhill, N.Y. In 1894, one of the earliest motion picture experiments took place at the Thomas Edison studio in West Orange, N.J., as Fred Ott was filmed taking a pinch of snuff and sneezing.

In 1912, dark-humored cartoonist Charles Addams was born in Westfield, N.J. In 1927, commercial transatlantic telephone service was inaugurated between New York and London.

In 1949, George C. Marshall resigned as U.S. Secretary of State; President Harry S. Truman chose Dean Acheson to succeed him.

In 1972, Lewis F. Powell, Jr. and William H. Rehnquist were sworn in as the 99th and 100th members of the U.S. Supreme Court. An Iberia Caravelle jetliner crashed into a mountain while on approach to Ibiza Airport in Spain, killing all 104 people on board.

In 1979, Vietnamese forces captured the Cambodian capital of Phnom Penh, overthrowing the Khmer Rouge government.

In 1989, Emperor Hirohito of Japan died in Tokyo at age 87; he was succeeded by his son, Crown Prince Akihito.

In 2006, Jill Carroll, a freelance journalist for The Christian Science Monitor, was kidnapped and her translator shot dead in Baghdad. (Carroll was freed almost three months later.)

One year ago: A package addressed to Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano ignited at a Washington postal facility, a day after fiery packages sent to Maryland’s governor and state transportation secretary burned the fingers of workers who opened them.

Today’s Birthdays: Author William Peter Blatty is 84. Country singer Jack Greene is 82.

Pop musician Paul Revere is 74. Singer Kenny Loggins is 64. Singer-songwriter Marshall Chapman is 63. Actress Erin Gray is 62. Actor Sammo Hung is 60. Actor David Caruso is 56. Katie Couric is 55. Country singer David Lee Murphy is 53. Rock musician Kathy Valentine (The GoGo’s) is 53. Actor David Marciano is 52. Sen. John Thune, R-S.D., is 51. Actress Hallie Todd is 50.

Actor Nicolas Cage is 48. Singer-songwriter John Ondrasik (Five for Fighting) is 47. Actor Doug E. Doug is 42. Actor Kevin Rahm is 41. Actor Jeremy Renner is 41. Country singer-musician John Rich is 38. Actor Dustin Diamond is 35. Actor Robert Ri’chard is 29. Actress Lyndsy Fonseca is 25.

Actor Liam Aiken is 22. Actress Camryn Grimes is 22. Actor Max Morrow is 21.

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CALENDAR TODAY’S EVENTS Open Blues Jam to benefit the Laconia Police Department K-9 Fund. 7 to 10 p.m. at Pitman’s Freight Room.

Organized by Curious Goods and Henry’s Pawprints. Open to all ages. Snacks and refreshments available. No alcohol served or allowed. At the door, $10 for adults and $5 for seniors and students.

John Ganong, celebrating the first anniversary of his heart transplant will be the guest “celebrity bartender” at the Weirs Beach Lobster Pound restaurant, starting at 7 p.m. All of his tips will be donated to the Cardiac Transplant Division at Tufts Medical Center in Boston.

Annual Soup & Stew Day hosted by Ellacoya Chapter #43 Order of the Eastern Star. Noon until 2 p.m. at the Squam Valley Masonic Building on Rte. 3 in Holderness. $5/adult, $3 for children under 6.

Bird banding open house at Squam Lakes Natural Science Center in Holderness. 9 a.m. to noon. For the past 30 years, the Science Center – under special federal permits -- has captured and banded birds at the onsite feeding station on the first weekend following the New Year.

Visitors are encouraged to drop in anytime during the morning to learn about common birds that are winter visitors and why birds are banded. Adult must accompany children. No charge to attend. www.nhnature.org. 968-7194.

Separated/Divorced Persons Support Group meeting.

6 to 8 p.m. on the first and third Saturdays of each month at St. Joseph Catholic Church in Belmont. Compassion and affirmation in a confidential atmosphere. Refreshments.

Scholarships available. For more information call the rectory at 267-8174 or Ginny Timmons at 286-7066.

Al-Anon Meeting at the Lakes Region General Hospital in Laconia. 8 to 9:15 p.m. each Saturday in the first-floor conference room. Al-Anon offers hope and help to families of alcoholics. No dues or fees. All are welcome. Call 645-9518.

Open Door Dinners offer free weekly meal in Tilton.

4:30 to 5:30 p.m. An outreach housed at Trinity Episcopal Church on Main Street, downtown. provides a free hot meal open to all members of the community. All are welcome to eat and all are welcome to help out. For more information, especially about volunteering, please call Pastor Mark at 286-3120 or e-mail him at markk@trinitytilton.org.

Drop-In Craft Time at the Gilford Public Library. 10 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Make and take a craft. We’ll supply the materials. Refreshments.

SUNDAY, JANUARY 8 Evening of music Epiphany celebration at the First United Methodist Church in Gilford. 7 p.m. Musicians will be coming for the service from Gilford Community Church, St. Joseph Roman Catholic Church, Good Shepherd Lutheran Church, First Congregational Church of Laconia, Gilmanton Community Church, the Unitarian-Universalist Society and the host church. Two churches will bring hand bell choirs and there will also be flute and clarinet pieces.

“Political Suicide”, an program of four darkly funny and provocative new plays by Ernest Thompson. 2 p.m. matinee and 8 p.m. at Pitman’s Freight Room (94 New Salem Street) in Laconia. For ticket information and/or reservations call 744-3652 or visit www.whitebridgefarmproductions.com.

Fundraiser for Belmont-Gilford High School hockey team at Patrick’s Pub & Eatery in Gilford. Mention the team to you server when you order between 5 and 9 p.m. and half the proceeds will be donated by the restaurant.

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ANNIE’S MAILBOX

Dear Annie: I’d been seeing “Ralph” for more than three years. We were actually living together the last year. Ralph is 60, and I’m 55. Six months ago, he announced that he couldn’t be in the relationship any longer. After a lot of talk and prodding on my part, the only reason I could get out of him was, “It’s not you. It’s me.” What does that mean?

That’s not a reason.

Ralph said he still loves me, and I’m totally in love with him. But not wanting to stay where I wasn’t wanted, I promptly moved out. I then found out that Ralph was seeing an old girlfriend. They spent their time going out and partying.

I’ve been so lost since this happened. I don’t understand his reasoning. I’m hoping he’ll realize we had something great together and come back to me. Everyone, including Ralph’s family, wonders what’s going on. Is this a late-in-life crisis? Am I wrong to keep hoping? -- Unlucky in Love Dear Unlucky: Ralph could be having a midlife crisis, but he also could simply want to be with someone else. We have no way to predict his future actions, but we will tell you that it is unwise to wait for him. Live your life to the fullest, which not only will keep you active and happy, but will allow you to meet new people, which is always a plus.

Dear Annie: My son and his wife went away for a weekend, and she accidentally left her wedding rings at home.

When they returned, the rings were missing. Her 17-yearold brother, 20-year-old sister and the sister’s boyfriend stayed at the house to watch their dogs. We later found out that the brother had a teenage friend over, and we think he stole the rings.

My daughter-in-law’s family is a bunch of losers and thieves. Her father insists no one took the rings, and no one is doing anything about it. My daughter-in-law is a wonderful person who helps her family all the time, and this is the reward she gets. She keeps telling me she is going to file a police report, but hasn’t done it.

I am beside myself. My problem is, how do I handle an upcoming family occasion? I don’t want to start a war, but neither do I want these people in my house, and I don’t want to be around them. What do I do? -- A. Dear A.: This is your daughter-in-law’s family, and although you don’t like them, you obviously care for her.

That means putting up with her family now and then. If you don’t trust them in your home, have the festivities elsewhere -- in your son’s home or at a restaurant. You also can lock up the valuables. As for the missing rings, these belong to your daughter-in-law, and she gets to decide how she wants to handle the alleged theft. It’s loyal of you to be angry on her behalf, but it serves no useful purpose if it also upsets her.

Please try to let it go.

Dear Annie: I read the letter from “M.,” whose siblings expected her to pay $100 for a meal when she only ate a $10 salad. I have been a waitress for years and am always surprised when people have issues with splitting the check when they did not eat or drink equally. There is absolutely no reason not to ask for separate checks when you order your meal. Even if it is the restaurant’s policy not to do so for large parties, it still can be done. Ask for the manager if your server hesitates. Our industry is in a slump, and we will do what it takes to make the customer happy. -- L.J.E.

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Inspected. Asking $2,000. Call 491-6405 1999 Chevy Cavalier, 4 dr, 4 cylinder, air, auto, CD, 94K mi., $2,495 obo. 934-2221.

2000 Mercury Mountaineer SUVAWD, Automatic, All power, power moon roof, good tires, runs well.

143K miles. $1,995.

603-930-5222 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.

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- $250 and up for unwanted & junk vehicles. Call 934-4813

BOATS DOCKS for Rent: 2012 season, Lake Winnisquam Point. Parking, bathrooms, showers, launch on site. 603-524-2222.

Business Opportunities CURVES: Be in business for yourself, not by yourself! Curves is an international franchise and will provide the tools, training and support you need to succeed Be your own boss and help women get fit and healthy at the same time! Call Brenda for more info.

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

Please call Donna at 520-1821.

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

For Rent 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, 1 bath duplex. New carpet/paint.

Washer/Dryer hookups, porch, deck. Private $850/Month.

617-909-9892 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.

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.

room with own $150/week.

For Rent 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.

GILFORD: 1 BEDROOM WITH AMAZING VIEWS, includes heat, hot water, electric, cable.

Dead-end location, quiet, 3 miles to downtown. No smoking/pets, $165/week. Sec. plus first week.

455-8319 GILMANTON Iron Works Village.

One bedroom apartment, second floor. No pets/smoking, includes basic cable & utilities. References & security deposit required. $700/Month. 603-364-3434 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.

For Rent

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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. Concord, NH 03301

LACONIA- BIg 1-bedroom close to downtown. Includes plowing, 2-car parking & washer/dryer.

Plenty of closet space. 2nd floor. $200 heat credit, no dogs/smoking. $170/Week + 4-week security deposit. Credit & criminal background check required. Leave message for Rob 617-529-1838

LACONIA Open concept large one bedroom, includes heat/ hot water, off street parking, coin-op laundry, $675/ month. No dogs, no smoking. Application, references, background check, security deposit, 387-4885.

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

508-423-0479.

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- 1+ bedroom duplex apartment, off street parking, walking distance to stores, no pets/smokers. Security deposit and references required. $800/Month, includes heat/hot water. For additional information, call 524-2575 between 5 and 8pm.

LACONIA- 3 bedroom house. $1,000/Month + utilities. Pets considered, references & deposit.

524-9665 Laconia- Large 1-bedroom apartment. Washer/Dryer in apartment, close to downtown, small pet OK. $180/Week + 4-weeks security.

455-5736

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-2 bedrooms for rent.

Full house access. Off street parking. Rent negotiable $350-$400.

581-4364 LACONIA-DUPLEX 2 bedroom 1 bath, washer/dryer hookups, garage. $900/month, heat included. References & security deposit. No pets or smokers.

524-8886 LACONIA: 1 & 2 bedroom apt.

W/D hookups, off-street parking, $600-$650 per month +utilities.

556-3146.

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: 1-bedroom for rent, heat/HW/electric included, no smoking, no pets, security deposit required. $750/month.

528-1685.

LACONIA: Gilbert Apartments.

Call for available apartments.

524-4428

New Franklin Apartments, LLC Elderly and Disabled Housing Now Accepting Applications for Project-Based Section 8 Subsidized Apartments HUD Income Limits Apply One & Two Bedroom Units Available Located in Tilton, Franklin & West Franklin

Apartments Available Now For more information, please contact 603-286-4111 Or TTY 1-800-735-2964 ORCHARD HILL II Randlett St., Belmont, NH Now accepting applications FOR 2 BEDROOM UNIT

(Section 8 Vouchers Welcome) This is a federally assisted property featuring 32 one and two bedroom ground level apartments.

Community features on-site laundry, a furnished recreation room, heat and hot water is included.

Please call the Laconia Housing Authority at 524-2112/TDD; 524-2112 with any questions, or visit our office at 25 Union Ave. Laconia, NH • Applications are considered by income criteria • USDA/RD income restrictions apply • Tenant rents are based on income.

The Laconia Housing Authority does not discriminate on the basis of sexual orientation, race, creed, color, sex, marital status, age, disability or handicap.

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For Rent

For Rent

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

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

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.

455-5660 MEREDITH- 2 bedroom duplex apartment, off street parking.

Parade Rd., no smoking/Pets.

References and security deposit required. $750/Month, heat included. 524-2575

WINTER RENTAL CEDAR LODGE Weirs Beach, Open Year Round ... Studios, 1-bedroom or 2-bedroom condos starting at $575 per month.

Please call Wendy at 366-4316.

For Rent-Commercial LACONIA Prime Location, 1200 sq. ft., with heated garage showroom/ office, $650/ month plus utilities, additional space available. 455-6662.

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

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

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

Waukewan Antiques 55 Main St. Meredith

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

Fabulous back & hip support.

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

Can deliver 603-305-9763.

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

14 ” -15” tires & 15 ” aluminum rims. $30 & up. (603) 539-5194

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18 ft. F/G boat, motor, trailer.

Never in salt water. $1,200.

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FREE Pickup for your unwanted, useful item garages, automobiles, etc. estates cleaned out and yardsale items. (603)930-5222.

MEREDITH: Beautiful downtown apartment. 2-bedroom, 3-bath, private parking. $1,250/month.

491-5983.

A LACONIA Indoor Moving SaleSaturday, 12-3pm. 79-A Summer St. Dryer, new washer, sleeper sofa, TV!s & miscellaneous.

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.

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

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

BEDROOM-SOLID Cherrywood Sleigh bed. Dresser, mirror, chest, night stand. New! Cost $2,200 sell $895. 235-1773 FREE- BODY by Jake Ab Scissor. Good condition.

677-6528 CUSTOM Glazed Kitchen Cabinets. Solid maple, never installed. Cost $6,000 sacrifice $1,595. 833-8278 FOUR BF GOODRICH All terrain tires- 285 R18-65. $125 or best offer. 455-0523 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.

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

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

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

Salon Dryer & hydrolic chair, (2) sink w/wall cabinet, station unit, desk, etc. Closing shop. Best Offer! 524-3613 SNOW Blower- New Ariens 28 inch deluxe w/drift cutters. Asking $1,025. 387-7100

Help Wanted

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

Looking for enthusiastic person for part-time third shift. Must have good typing skills and good customer service skills.

Please contact Mel at

524-0110

Now Hiring Part Time Front Desk Attendant With Excellent Customer Service Skills!

Nights and Weekends a Must.

Please Apply In Person 177 Mentor Ave. Laconia, NH 03246

Town of Gilford Seasonal “On Call” Laborer $8.25 per hour The Department of Public Works is accepting applications for a seasonal “on call” laborer. Applicant must be eighteen (18) years of age or older and possess a valid driver’s license. Duties will include plowing, manual labor and operating equipment. Applications are available at the Department of Public Works, 55 Cherry Valley Road Gilford between the hours of 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM, M-F. Applications will be taken until position is filled.

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Help Wanted

BAR BEVERAGE WAITER WAITRESS

Bus Driver Senior Transportation Program

Competitive salary, Full and Part-Time positions available.

Lakes Region Casino formerly The Lodge At Belmont is an exciting place to work. Under new ownership and looking for hard workers who are willing to work hard and have fun at the same time. Lakes Region Casino takes pride in its customer-focused service culture of hospitality and generosity.

Duties & Responsibilities: We are seeking a qualified Bartender/Beverage Waiter/Waitress to join our dynamic and fun team. Successful candidates will be flexible and responsible for providing a service to our customers and staff ranging from setting up and delivering food and beverages, ensuring areas are clean and tidy, maintaining stock levels and restaurant set up.

Education & Qualifications: Previous experience as Bartender/Beverage Waiter/Waitress is required, you need to know your Cosmopolitans from your Apple Martinis!

Experience: Exceptional customer service skills Strong verbal communication skills, Excellent attention to detail, Ability to juggle ten things at once. Must apply in person, 1265 Laconia Rd. Belmont, NH 03220

Rewarding position with Rural Transportation Program serving the older adults in the Greater Franklin and Belmont area.

Experience driving 18 passenger vehicle, excellent driving record and New Hampshire CDL passenger endorsed license required. Defensive driving and first aid classes desirable. 30 hours/week. Contact Nancy Marceau, Twin Rivers Intergenerational Program, 934-4151. Community Action Program Belknap-Merrimack Counties, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

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Help Wanted Lakes Region Answering Service Telephone Operator Position

Help Wanted

Part-Time Night Security Requires Light Maintenance Duty Please Apply In Person 177 Mentor Ave. Laconia, NH 03246

CARE AND COMFORT NURSING Immediate opening for Full Time Male LPN or RN for adolesent male. Also looking for LNA!s with at least two years experience.

Call 528-5020 or fax resume to 528-0352.

NEW YEAR NEW CAREER

Interviews now being accepted on a first come, first served basis. Growing company needs 20 people to fill immediate openings. We offer: Rapid advancement, bonuses & paid vacations, on the job training. Apply today/ start tomorrow. All depts. open. Mgmt. training from day one. Call Mon.- Fri. 9-5 only for immediate interview (603)822-0219. Have pen & paper ready.

Instruction PIANO TUNING- Goodwin Piano, experienced tuner/pianist. Call 603-366-1904

Town of Gilford Seasonal Truck Driver $13.50 per hour The Department of Public Works is accepting applications for a seasonal truck driver. Applicant must be eighteen (18) years of age or older, possess a valid CDL driver’s license and be capable of moderate lifting and outdoor working conditions. This is a seasonal F/T position 7:00-3:30 M-F. Applications are available at the Department of Public Works, 55 Cherry Valley Road, Gilford, between the hours of 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM, M - F. Applications will be taken until position is filled.

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LRGHealthcare presents Breast Cancer & Beyond Pemi Choral Society

LACONIA — The Breast Cancer and Beyond support program is hosting a gathering for women who have faced a breast cancer diagnosis on Monday, January 16 from 4:30-6 p.m. in the Women’s Imaging Center at Lakes Region General Hospital.

The informal program offers support and discus-

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sion in a relaxed, casual atmosphere. Tea will be served. To RSVP or learn more about this program, call LRGHealthcare’s Breast Health Program Coordinator Ginny Witkin at 527-2940 or vwitkin@lrgh. org.

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

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Services SAVE 30% on Interior Painting.

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

$20 Traditional Japanese Bodywork Treatments 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.

HANDYMAN SERVICES Small Jobs Are My Speciality

Rick Drouin 520-5642 or 744-6277

NEED FINANCIAL HELP with the spaying, altering of your dog or cat? 224-1361 Before 2pm.

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GILFORD — The Pemigewasset Choral Society has a new director, Robert St. Cyr, who later this month will succeed Robert Swift as conductor of the large, central New Hampshire community choir.

Dr Swift has retired after 33 years as conductor of the chorus, of which his wife Margot W. Swift, also retiring, was the piano accompanist.

Robert St. Cyr St. Cyr is the Phillips Church organist and Adjunct Faculty for Phillips Exeter Academy in Exeter. He received a Masters of Music in Choral Conducting from Louisiana State University where he studied with Dr. Ken Fulton and served as collaborative pianist and organist for the LSU School of Music. He was a featured performer and student guest conductor with the LSU A Cappella Choir, LSU Chamber Singers, and LSU Schola Cantorum. He received the degree Bachelor of Science in Music Education from Plymouth State University with emphasis in organ performance and choral conducting.

At age nine, he began formal training in organ and piano at Notre Dame College and presented his first organ recital at age 11. He subsequently became the organist at St. Francis Parish in Litchfield. He has performed on numerous occasions including the “Pipes Spectacular Concert” in 2001 and the NHAGO Student Recital in May 2003. He has also performed in Baton Rouge, Philadelphia, Austria, Brazil, Germany, and at St Peter’s Basilica, Rome, Italy.

During his time at PSU, he regularly provided organ and piano accompaniment for the Chorale and Chamber Singers, and was often featured as a conductor. He was guest organist for the New Hampshire Master Chorale in May, 2004, and he served as Choral Fellow for Dr. Dan Perkins from 2003-2005.

In October, 2004, he performed privately for Paul Jacobs; Chair of Organ, Juilliard School of Music.

In January 2006, St. Cyr served as assistant guest conductor and pianist for the Vietnamese National Opera and Ballet in Hanoi, Vietnam.

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Meridian Stretching 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.

Snowmobiles 1- 2000 A-Cat ZL 550 w/electric start & reverse. 1- 1998 A-Cat ZRT 800 w/electric & reverse, upgraded seat & gas tank. Clean sled. 1- enclosed aluminum double trailer. Special $1,575.

New tires. Cat House 524-5954 2002 Arctic Cat ZL 600 EFI w/trailer. 1,770 miles, $3,400 or BRO. Call 393-3635-Leave Message SALES, SERVICE, performance parts. New & used parts, complete line of accessories for Snowmobiles & ATV!s. Pre-owned sleds.

Lake City Cat House, 283 White Oaks Rd., Laconia. Open 7 days a week. 524-5954.

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

“Political Suicide”, an program of four darkly funny and provocative new plays by Ernest Thompson. 8 p.m. at Pitman’s Freight Room (94 New Salem Street) in Laconia.

For ticket information and/or reservations call 744-3652 or visit www.whitebridgefarmproductions.com.

Free workshop #2 for small and beginning farmers hosted by UNH Cooperative Extension. 8:45 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. at the Meredith Community Center. Registration at 527-5475 or kelly.mcadam@unh.edu. Complete program schedule at www.extension.unh.edu.

White Mountain Dowsers meeting. 6:30 practice and 7 p.m. meeting at Starr King Unitarian Universalist (101 Fairgrounds Road) in Plymouth. For more information call 4445494 or 726-3874.

Overeaters Anonymous offers a program of recovery from compulsive eating using the Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions of OA. Monday nights at 7 p.m. at the Laconia Congregational Church Parish Hall. Call and leave a message for Elizabeth at 630-9969 for more information Laconia Chapter of Barbershop Harmony Society meeting. 7:15 to 9:30 p.m. at the Gilford Community Church. Guests and singers of all ages and skills are invited to attend these Monday night rehearsals. For more information call Guy Haas at 279-2230.

Adult mens’ (18+) pick-up basketball at the Meredith Community Center. 6:30 to 8 p.m. (New time.) $1 per session.

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History of ‘bad boy’ books presented Gilmanton thrift shop knocks 50 % off at Gilmanton Year-Round Library GILMANTON — Historian J. Dennis Robinson will present “The Origin of Bad Boy Books” at the Gilmanton Year-Round Library on Thursday evening, January 12 at 6:30 p.m.

Mark Twain’s Tom Sawyer (1876) and Huckleberry Finn (1884) represent the best of the “bad boy” genre in American Literature. But the theory of “The Human Boy” that “Bad Boys” engage in a snowball fight on Slattery’s Hill. J. Dennis started it all was the Robinson presents a program about “The Origin of Bad Boy Books” brainchild of two PortsThursday, January 12, at 6:30 p.m. at the Gilmanton Year-Round mouth, New Hampshire Library. (Courtesy photo) authors. It all began with “Plaguey Ike Partington” (1850’s) by B.P. history and culture. He has published Shillaber and A Story of a Bad Boy (1869) more than 1,000 articles on New

by Thomas Bailey Aldrich. Robinson Hampshire history and culture and tracks the New Hampshire origins of the seven books including histories of genre that gave us Denis the Menace and Strawberry Banke Museum and the Bart Simpson. grand hotel, Wentworth by the Sea. A teacher, columnist and videogThe presentation is supported by rapher, Robinson edits SeacoastNH. a grant from the New Hampshire com a web site about New Hampshire Humanities Council.

Laconia Adult Education offers English classes for speakers of other languages LACONIA — Laconia Adult Education is offering Beginning and Intermediate free ESOL (English Speakers of Other Languages) classes Tuesday and Thursday evenings. These classes meet from 6-8:30 p.m. in rooms 216 and 217 at Laconia High School.

The ESOL classes will enable new learners of the English language to speak, read, and write English. It is most important for foreigners making their home in the Lakes Region to be able to communicate in emergencies from preceding page gregational Church in Manchester and Director of Choirs at Hillside Middle School in Manchester.

The next gathering of the Choral Society begins at 7:30 p.m. on January 30, in the Silver Center at Plymouth State University.

For more information on singing or The Pemigewasset Choral Society visit www.pemichoral.org or email ContactUs@pemichoral.org.

and in everyday living situations such as shopping, making doctor appointments, filling out job applications, relating with their child’s school and teachers, and everyday expressions of common courtesy.

There is no charge for the ESOL classes. If you know of someone who could benefit from the classes but who may not be able to read this article, ask them to call the Laconia Adult Education Office at 524-5712 to enroll in the ESOL classes.

GILMANTON — The Christmas and New Year’s holiday have passed, the decorations have been put away and the resolutions for 2012 have been made.

But people at the Gilmanton Community Church Food Pantry and Thrift Shop still have those holiday feelings and the giving spirit, so from January 2 through Saturday, January 21, all Thrift Store clothing items at the store will be 50 percent off. There is a large selection of brand name clothing as well as winter clothing available.Fot For those still feeling the giving spirit, the food pantry is still in need.

Items can be dropped off at the pantry during our business hours or left in

READY! for Kindergarten Classes for Laconia parents start January 19 LACONIA — The Laconia School District and Lakes Region Community Services Family Resource Center of Central New Hampshire, in partnership with Lakes Region United Way, NH Head Start Collaboration Office, and Belknap-Merrimack Head Start, are offering READY! for Kindergarten classes for parents who have children newborn to age 5.

This program shares information about the lively early-learning years before a child enters school, which lays the foundation for all future learning. The program currently has several spots open for parents of children between the ages of 2 and 3 (entering

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Classes are free to families in Laconia, and free child care is provided.

Infants under the age of one attend classes with their parents. Parents pick one class to attend based on the age of their child.

The next READY! class will be offered on Thursday, January 19 at Pleasant Street School. All first time attendees are required to attend orientation from 5:30-6 p.m. where they will receive their READY! notebook and other materials. READY! classes will immediately follow orientation from 6-7:30 p.m.

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The shop and pantry are located on Rte. 140 in Gilmanton Iron Works, across from the Iron Works Market. Hours are Monday 9 a.m.–1 p.m., Wednesday 3-7 p.m. and Saturday 10 a.m.–2 p.m. Parking is located in the Gilmanton Community Church parking lot.The GCC Food Pantry & Thrift Shop will be open the Martin Luther King holiday on Monday, January 16.

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3600+sf Colonial With Attention To Detail.

H/w Floors Throughout, Granite Kitchen, Sweeping Staircase To 3 Large Bedrooms, Master Suite W/private Deck And Hottub, Computer Rm, And 2 Car Garage.. Beautifully Appointed. Deeded Beach Rights & Tennis Too…$450,000

Not Bank Owned!! Great Condtion!! And Just $125,000..For This Charming 7 Rm, 4 Bedrm 1.5 Bath New England Home.

Big 3 Season Screen Porch Overlooks Paugus Bay And Marina. Heated Workshop.. Charming Kitchen..Its Really Nice!!

MOUNTAIN VIEWS

GRAND & GRACIOUS

PLACE AT THE LAKE

Welcome To Mountain View, A Beautiful 55+retirement Community In West Franklin. Gorgeous Landscape & Mnt Views!!

1320 Sf Dble Wide Manufactured Home Offers 2 Lg Bedrms, 2 Baths, Lg Closets, Open Concept, Fully Appl, Central Air And Attached Garage.

Immaculate!!

Grand & Gracious…This Antique Gambrel Boasts 4500 Sf Of Living Space With It’s 5+ Bedrms, 3 Baths, Remodeled Craftmans Kitchen, Elegant Formal Dining, Den, Library, Hardwood Floors, Tin Ceilings, 3 Fireplaces And 3 Car Garage. There’s A Ground Level In Law Apt, Perfect For Grannys Or Nannys!!

Wrap Porch..Plus More!! $350,000

Finally A Place At The Lake!! And Just $324,000. 50’ Of Lake Winnisquam Shoreline, Feet To Open Water. Dock And Beautifully Landscaped. Pristine Condition Inside & Out. The Decorating Is Charming!! 3 Bedrms, 1.5 Baths, Gas Fireplace, Vinyl Windows, Hardwood Floors, Deck And 2 Car Garage. All The Bells And Whistles!!

$159,000

$43,900

Park Rent is $390/Month and includes water and sewer.

See our homes at www.pinegardens.mhvillage.com Email: pinegardens@myfairpoint.net

$124,000

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BRAND NEW

2012 SONIC LT

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2012 CRUZE LS

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2012 VOLT

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2011 SILVERADO REG. CAB Auto, A/C, 4.3 V6, Locking Diff. • #10547

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Disclaimer: Offers subject to change without notice. Photos for illustration purposes only. All payments subject to credit approval. Silverado and Sonic are 72 months @ 3.9APR with $3,000 cash or trade equity downpayment. Cruze is GM Financial lease for 39 months. Equinox is Ally lease for 39 months. Volt is Ally lease for 36 months. All leases are 12,000 miles per year with $3,000 cash or trade equity due at lease signing. Trade-in bonus cash: Must trade 1999 or newer vehicle. Owner loyalty: Must own 1999 or new GM vehicle (excluding Saab). Not responsible for typographical errors. Valid through 1/31/12.

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