The Laconia Daily Sun, October 18, 2011

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By Michael Kitch THE LACONIA DAILY SUN

LACONIA — Total traffic volume recorded during Motorcycle Week reached 860,882 in 2011, but registered only a onepercent increase at seven of the 10 locations that can be compared directly with the count from 2010. Moreover, increase was confined to two of the seven locations

and Sunday, the last day of the rally while otherwise traffic counts dropped, sharply at many locations, to sustain the downward trend apparent since 2006.

Each year the Lakes Region Planning Commission records north-south and eastwest traffic around the clock on each of the nine days of the rally at 10 locations — US Route 3 at Funspot, US Route 3 at

Gilford man bags moose at daybreak on day one

MEREDITH — The administrators behind a couple of the region’s food pantries say they’re seeing more residents than ever before who turn to agencies to help survive for another month. As the winter’s heating bill come due, they expet the need to continue to rise over coming months. Yet, they’re able to meet the demand, at least for now, thanks to support from community members and organizations.

“We’re seeing people see FOOd page 8

the Weirs Bridge, Parade Road, Weirs Boulevard at the Margate, Weirs Boulevard at the Chamber of Commerce kiosk, Union Avenue at Burger King, Rollercoaster Road, NH Route 11B, Lakeside Avenue and Watson Road.

The date collected is not used, in any way, to approximate how many vehicles, see BIKe WeeK page 13

Jury quickly finds Noucas guilty of armed robbery charges

By Michael Kitch THE LACONIA DAILY SUN

LACONIA — After a trial lasting nearly a week a Belknap County jury of eight women and four men deliberated just 90 minutes yesterday before finding Michael Noucas, 27, guilty of conspiracy and accomplice to armed robbery, both class A felonies carrying a maximum term of imprisonment of seven-and-a-half to 15 years. He was acquitted of a burglary charge.

The convictions were related to a bloody episode in a Meredith apartment that left one man dead and another, Noucas, critically injured in the summer of 2010.

Attorney Andrew Winters, who defended Noucas at trial, expressed “disappointment” with the verdict and said the conviction would be appealed to the New Hampshire Supreme Court. see VeRdICt page 10

22-year-old Laconia man charged with rape of early morning jogger in Nashua

By Joseph G. cote NASHUA TELEGRAPH

Hunting at an assigned location on the Dorchester/Groton town line at daybreak on Saturday morning, 75-year-old Gilford resident Harry H. Bean (left) bagged a 750-pound bull moose. The animal was thought to be about 2 1/2 years old. The New Hampshire moose hunting season is but nine days long and a limited number of permits are issued by lottery. Bean’s son Harry A. (right) won one of the coveted licenses this year, for the first time, and was permitted to take his father along with him as a guest hunter. Coming at 6:50 a.m. on the first day of the 2011 season, Bean’s moose have been the first harvested. (Courtesy photo)

NASHUA – A man accused of sexually assaulting a jogger early Friday morning posted $30,000 cash bail following a Monday court appearance.

Stefan Wollmar, 22, of 19 Gillette St., Laconia, was arrested Friday night and charged with aggravated felonious sexual assault after what police called a violent and random attack on a residential street. see NasHua page 12

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Stocks slide as Germany cools hope for debt deal

NEW YORK (AP) — A week ago, markets were soaring on hopes that a fix for Europe’s debt crisis was near.

On Monday, stocks had their worst drop in two weeks after German leaders cast doubt on how fast that process would be.

Expectations that a resolution to the crisis could be reached at a European summit in Brussels Oct. 23 helped lift the S&P 500 index to its biggest gain in two years last week.

Germany’s finance chief Wolfgang Schaeuble said Monday that those expectations were too optimistic.

It was the worst day for U.S. stock indexes since Oct. 3, when each hit a low for the year.

The Dow Jones industrial average dropped 247.49 points, or 2.1 percent, to close at 11,397. Alcoa Inc. led the Dow lower with a 6.6 percent decline.

“It’s completely a reaction to Germany,” said Jason Pride, the director of investment strategy at Glenmede, a wealth management firm in Philadelphia.

“The reality is everybody is hanging on to see next page

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Cell companies pledge to warn of approaching limits NEW YORK (AP) — Cellphone companies pledged Monday to warn subscribers before they go over their monthly limits for calling minutes, text messages and data use.

The pledge comes in response to a threat of regulation by the Federal Communications Commission, which wants to curb nasty surprises in the monthly bills of wireless subscribers.

CTIA — The Wireless Association, a trade group representing the major cell-

phone companies, said they’re also promising to warn subscribers that they’re paying roaming fees if they travel abroad.

The warnings will arrive as text messages, and subscribers won’t need to sign up for them — they’ll arrive automatically.

CTIA said its member will have warnings in place on at least half their plans in a year and all of them in two years.

AT&T Inc. and Verizon Wireless, the two largest carriers, already provide text-message warnings on their data plans, but not

on text messaging or calls. Instead, subscribers have to look up their usage data.

The announcement was made jointly by the CTIA and the FCC, which credited Consumer’s Union, the publisher of Consumer Report, for raising awareness of the issue. The magazine had found that many of its subscribers had been startled by high monthly bills.

Curbing occasional high bills is unlikely to have much of a financial effect at phone see CELL PHONES page 13

JERUSALEM (AP) — The elaborate machinery of a prisoner swap deal between two bitter enemies swung into motion Monday, as hundreds of Palestinians and one Israeli soldier prepared to return home in one of the most dramatic recent developments in the otherwise deadlocked Israel-Palestinian conflict.

The Israel-Hamas deal, to take place Tuesday morning, is going ahead despite criticism and court appeals in Israel

against the release of 1,027 Palestinians for a single captured Armored Corps sergeant, Gilad Schalit, held by militants in Gaza since 2006.

The exchange, negotiated through mediators because Israel and Hamas will not talk directly to each other, involves a delicate series of staged releases, each one triggering the next.

When it is over, Schalit — 19 years old at the time of his capture, and 25 now — will

be free, ending what for Israel has been a prolonged and painful saga. Israel was forced to acknowledge that it had no way of rescuing Schalit in a military operation, though the soldier was held no more than a few miles from its border.

Instead, Israel agreed to a lopsided prisoner exchange that Hamas officials have openly said will encourage them to capture more soldiers, and which will free Palessee PRISONERS page 5

WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House appeared to waffle Monday on the fate of a financially troubled longterm care program in President Barack Obama’s health overhaul law, as supporters and foes heaped criticism on the administration.

At stake is the CLASS Act, a major new

program intended to provide affordable long-term care insurance. Last Friday, Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius said the administration would not proceed with the plan because she has been unable to find a way to make the program financially solvent.

On Monday, the nonpartisan Congres-

sional Budget Office issued a ruling that cleared the way for repealing the CLASS Act, but the administration rejected that step — and created considerable confusion.

Backers and opponents said the White House is trying to have it both ways.

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3 Lowe’s stores in N.H. N.H. violating civil rights of female inmates? among 20 closing across U.S.; Gilford & Tilton locations not on the list CONCORD (AP) — Three Lowe’s stores in New Hampshire are among the 20 being closed nationally by the home-improvement retailer.

The stores are in Claremont, Hooksett and Manchester. The state Division of Economic Development says 277 workers in the three stores are affected.

The are two Lowe’s stores in Belknap County, in Gilford and in Tilton, and both will remain open.

State officials will be meeting with company representatives Tuesday to discuss Rapid Response services, which provides assistance to help displaced workers re-enter the workforce.

Lowe’s says it is making the cuts to focus on more profitable locations.

N.H. won’t seek waiver from ‘No Child Left Behind’, for now

CONCORD (AP) — The state of New Hampshire will not seek a waiver from the federal “No Child Left Behind” education law now but could apply for the second round of waivers in February.

Applications for the first round are due Nov. 14.

The Concord Monitor reports that officials have submitted a letter of interest that will allow the state to seek a waiver in the future.

The U.S. Education Department has said a many states plan to take President Barack Obama up on his offer to let them get around unpopular requirements in the law.

The plan allows states to scrap a key requirement that all children show they are proficient in reading and math by 2014. To qualify, the states must submit a plan showing how they will meet certain requirements.

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The Standard & Poor’s 500 index lost 23.72, or 1.9 percent, to 1,200.86. All 10 industry groups in the S&P 500 were lower. Banks fell the most, 3.3 percent.

A batch of weak corporate earnings reports also pulled stocks lower. Gannett Co. Inc. plunged 8 percent, the most of any stock in the Standard & Poor’s 500 index, after the newspaper publisher reported a drop in advertising. Wells Fargo sank 8.4 percent after posting results that fell short of analysts’ expectations.

The Nasdaq composite index fell 52.93, or 2 percent, to 2,614.92.

Stock markets around the world rallied last week after the leaders of France and Germany pledged to come up with a far-reaching solution to the region’s debt crisis by the end of October. That pledge appeared to be pushed back by German officials Monday.

Schaeuble said he expects European leaders to adopt a general framework to tackle the crisis on Sunday. Separately, a spokesman for German Chancellor Angela Merkel said discussions on how to solve Europe’s debt problems will likely last into the new year.

Concerns about a messy default by the Greek government have been the main cause behind many of the stock market’s big swings lately. The fear is that a default would cause deep losses for European banks that hold Greek bonds. That could lead to a freeze in lending between banks and escalate into another financial crisis similar to the one that occurred in 2008 after the collapse of Lehman Brothers.

Pride said there are other issues to worry about, such as a global economic slowdown and squabbles over U.S. government debt. But Pride believes the European debt debacle is the only one that has the power to undermine the global financial system.

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — New Hampshire may be violating the civil rights of its female prisoners by not giving them access to the same programs as male inmates, according to a two-year study released Monday.

The New Hampshire Advisory Committee to the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights said in its report that the inexcusable disparities warrant action by New Hampshire to end the unequal treatment of female inmates. A spokesman for the Department of Corrections said the agency supports the committee’s findings.

Committee Chairman Jordan Budd said the group lacks enforcement power to ensure that happens and hopes New Hampshire will act because it is morally and legally bound by the U.S. Constitution to ensure that women and men are treated equally and to correct an intolerable situation.

“If the matter were to be litigated, all we can say is there are very serious questions that would have to be considered,” he said.

Budd said the state needs to build a new women’s prison to address the problem. He said it would save money in the long run since the rate women return to prison, typically on parole violations for drug abuse, is higher than that for men, who have better treatment programs.

Budd noted that the state ignored past studies — seven listed in the report dating to 2003 — drawing attention to the same inadequacies at the women’s prison in Goffstown. Budd said the Goffstown prison was designed for short-term detention and was made into New Hampshire’s prison for women more than 20 years ago after a lawsuit forced the state to stop sending female inmates out of state.

“New Hampshire has failed to pursue this obligation for over two decades,” Budd said.

One of those studies, released in 2004, said the lack of services contributes to a cycle of incarceration.

Department of Corrections spokesman Jeff Lyons

called the report a fair and accurate assessment.

The department has tried to win $37 million to build a new 300-bed women’s prison but failed to win legislative support. Lawmakers approved $2.3 million in the 2010 budget for site design, but the appropriation was later frozen. Goffstown has 103 inmates. Eight women are in the Strafford County jail under a contract with the state, 41 are in a halfway house, nine are out of state and two are in the secure psychiatric unit at the Concord prison.

Later this month, the state plans to issue requests for bids to privately build and possibly operate a 3,000-bed men’s prison and a 300-bed women’s prison. Gov. John Lynch and lawmakers want to know if they could save money by privatizing some prison operations “The Constitution does not apply only when it hits the positive side of the ledger,” Budd said.

The Goffstown facility was not intended for longterm use as a prison and has almost no space for mental health treatment programs, training programs and room for inmates to visit with families, he said.

Budd said the differences in resources available to women with the men’s prison in Concord are “stunning” and largely attributable to the design and size of the Goffstown facility.

An example of the disparity was the industry program, which for women consists of three sewing machines in a small room, Budd said. Men have far more choices in rooms with equipment to learn woodworking, upholstery and other trades, he said.

The report also found that the women’s prison had no space for vocational training except for limited computer access for basic training in word processing and data entry. The men’s prison has eight different programs, including auto mechanics, building trades and culinary arts. The report noted that the limited offerings for women also prepare them for jobs that pay substantially less than those available to male inmates.

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Congressman Frank Guinta, R-NH speaks to about 35 current and retired Wolfeboro area business leaders at The Restaurant yesterday afternoon. Guinta is traveling throughout N.H.’s First Congressional District to hear directly from business leaders about how he can help them create more local jobs as part of his Getting Granite Staters Back To Work Program. (Laconia Daily Sun photo/Gail Ober)

In Wolfeboro, Guinta talks business with ‘job creators’

By Gail OBer

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WOLFEBORO — Health insurance, energy costs and corporate taxes were much on the minds of a room filled with retired and current business leaders who met with N.H. First District Congressman Frank Guinta yesterday at a restaurant here.

Guinta who also sits on the Joint Committee for Regulatory Reform, as well as the House Budget Committee and the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure said every week regulatory reform committee takes an existing regulation that “inhibits jobs creation” and brings it up for appeal on the floor of the House.

He also told the attendees he would like a “freeze on all new regulations and to scale back the ones that are burdensome to you.”

“I’m hear to hear what’s hurting your businesses,” he said.

Guinta is touring the state as part of his “Get Granite Staters Back To Work” effort and has hosted similar “listening tours” in Laconia and Rochester.

His goals are to identify what federal regulations are the greatest impediments to job creation to New Hampshire business and industry leaders and work to eliminate them.

One man said he would like to see the corporate income tax lowered from 35 to 25-percent and to eliminate the tax holidays that reward large corporations for outsourcing jobs.

Guinta agreed.

He was particularly critical of Jeff Immelt — the CEO of General Electric and President Barack Obama’s “job czar” who he says has created more jobs in China than he has in the U.S. by taking advantage China’s lower corporate tax rate.

When asked about drilling for oil in North Dakota, Guinta advocated for energy self-sufficiency saying the United States should review its regulations on drilling for oil but still stay within the bounds of

environmental sensitivities.

Earlier this year, Guinta sent a letter to the U.S. Department of Environmental Protection Agency Director Lisa Jackson asking her to not tighten the nitrogen effluent standards for the state’s Atlantic Coast communities saying the burden on local communities would be too great.

He said yesterday that in a discussion he had with Jackson he asked her if the EPA takes into account the economic impact of environmental policies before it issues them and she told him economic impact wasn’t the EPA’s mission.

“No one wants to hurt the environment, but when the federal government refuses to acknowledge economic impact of EPA regulations it doesn’t make sense,” he said.

When one man asked why the United States didn’t revisit it’s policy on Cuba — both China and Brazil have agreed to a number of drilling permits that exceed the number of permits the U.S. issues — Guinta told them he’s rather concentrate on what can be done to expand the U.S. energy supply than negotiate for more oil with yet another country.

“Why go to Cuba when we can drill what we have in our own back yard,” he said.

He said the U.S. needs to “grow its way out of the recession” by lessening the regulations on infrastructure rebuilding, citing I-93 as an example of how a number of jobs can be created within the state if the Department of Transportation invested its dollars a little more wisely.

He also said he would like to see infrastructure redevelopment for the ports along the seacoast less the shipping markets turn to New York City. He also advocated for making Manchester-Boston Regional Airport an international airport so more cargo can come into the country through New Hampshire.

Guinta lauded the recent bi-partisan efforts behind recently negotiated trade agreements with Colombia, Panama and South Korea saying the agreements will open three developing markets to U.S. business by lessening their tariffs on U.S. goods.

When Victor Drouin of Green Mountain Communications said his company is facing up to 43-percent hikes in health care costs, Guinta said many of the insurance companies are preparing for 2013 when, unless repealed, the cap on increases see next page

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Iowa not waiting on N.H., sets date for its caucuses as Jan. 3

WASHINGTON (AP) — Iowa Republicans are holding their state’s presidential nominating caucuses on Jan. 3, even though New Hampshire is threatening to move its traditional first-in-thenation primary into December.

Iowa Republican Party Chairman Matt Strawn says voters and candidates need the certainty of a firm date.

Florida’s decision last month to move its primary to Jan. 31 set off a chain reaction by early-voting

states to preserve their leadoff status.

New Hampshire’s chief election official says Nevada’s decision this month to hold caucuses Jan. 14 would crowd the primary, and has threatened to hold his before the holidays.

Strawn admits the Iowa GOP board’s vote Monday puts his state at risk of falling behind New Hampshire. But he points to 2008 when Iowa went Jan. 3, followed by New Hampshire Jan. 8.

A New Hampshire GOP official says Iowa’s move would have no bearing on the primary date, but said Nevada could avoid a December primary by moving its caucuses back three days.

“Nevada could really help solve this problem,” said New Hampshire Republican National Committeeman Steve Duprey. “If they were to move 72 hours later — a small change — this problem would go away, and I remain hopeful they might do so.”

PRISONERS from page 2 tinians convicted of some of the deadliest attacks against Israeli civilians in recent memory.

Numerically uneven swaps for captured or dead Israeli soldiers held by armed Arab groups have taken place a number of times since the 1980s. The last one, in 2008, saw the release of five militants in return for the bodies of two Israeli soldiers held by the Lebanese group Hezbollah. In a deal with Hezbollah in 2004, Israel freed about 400 prisoners in return for a former army colonel and the bodies of three soldiers.

When Tuesday’s exchange is complete, 477 Palestinians held in Israeli jails will have been released, several of them after decades behind bars. Another 550 are set to be released in two months.

Palestinians slated to be part of the initial part of the exchange have already been moved from their original prisons to other Israeli penal installations in preparation for their release. The very first group, 27 women, are to walk free sometime after dawn Tuesday.

After that, Hamas is supposed to move Schalit from Gaza through the Rafah border terminal into Egypt, where he will be met by Israeli medical personnel, according to Israeli defense officials.

Once the soldier is in Egypt, the officials said, the rest of the prisoners will be released under the terms of the exchange agreement. About 100 will be sent to the West Bank, and roughly 30 are to be deported to Jordan, Turkey, Qatar and Syria, which agreed to take prisoners who Israel insisted not be allowed to

return home, according to Hamas officials. The rest will be freed in Gaza.

Schalit will be brought to an Israeli military base along the Egypt border, where he will be issued a new military uniform and given another medical examination, according to the Israeli military.

Although he appeared healthy the last time he was seen — in a brief and scripted 2009 video released

by Hamas — he was denied all visits, including by the Red Cross, and the state of his mental and physical health is unclear.

Schalit will then be flown by helicopter to an air force base in central Israel, where he will meet his parents, as well as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, the defense minister and military chief of staff.

From there, he will be flown to his family’s home in northern Israel.

The swap drew an emotional response from some in Israel because of the number and identities of the prisoners.

Among those being released are militants involved

in planning and executing suicide bombings in restaurants and on buses during the years of the second Palestinian uprising, which began in 2000.

One woman, Amna Muna, was convicted of luring an Israeli teenager over the Internet onto Palestinian territory, where another Palestinian killed him.

Another prisoner, Nasser Yateima, was convicted of masterminding a hotel bombing that killed 30 people celebrating the Passover holiday in 2002.

Also among those being released were two Gaza militants convicted of playing minor roles in capturing Schalit. One filmed the operation on behalf of Hamas, and the second transported some of the militants who crossed into Israel, seized the soldier and killed two of his comrades.

Palestinians see the prisoners as freedom fighters whose actions were justified in the context of their struggle against Israel. In the violence of the second Palestinian uprising, which was eventually put down by Israel’s military, more people were killed on the Palestinian side.

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He also said that Obama will not repeal the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act — commonly called ObamaCare — but said the president has indicated a willingness to repeal certain provisions that are not working.

He also said Obama has indicated he would be willing to consider some kind of tort reforms, that would “give doctors a little bit of cover.”

Guinta added that, in his experiences especially as mayor of Manchester — New Hampshire’s biggest health insurance issue is one of limited numbers of health insurance carriers that vie for our relatively small population.

He said he would support federal legislation that would allow state governments to regionalize and allow for reciprocal agreements.

He also said he would like the health care industry to be more transparent about its charges so people could take better control over their own health matters.

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Pride & humility “Pride goeth before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall.”

Proverbs 16:18 Pride seems to be everywhere – white pride, black pride, gay pride, the proud-the few, school pride, town pride, team pride, civic pride, proud to be an American, and the list goes on. Maybe there is too much pride for society’s own good because with so much of it there might not be enough humility and there can never be too much of that. It would be so nice to see “white humility”, “the few-the humble”, and “humble to be an American”.

Pride is defined as “a high or inordinate opinion of one’s own dignity, importance, merit, or superiority, whether as cherished in the mind or as displayed in bearing, conduct, etc.” (http://dictionary.reference.com/ browse/pride). There are lesser definitions but they only provide poor excuses for the perpetuation of insidious pride which is listed among the deadly sins of the Catholic church along with lust, gluttony, greed, sloth, acedia (joylessness), wrath, envy and vainglory. This is not good company to be in. Pride and vanity often go handin-hand as in the character Darcy in Jane Austin’s Pride and Prejudice.

He only redeemed himself when he got off his high horse. The source of his pride was being born with a silver spoon in his mouth and pampering over a lifetime. It happens a lot to wealthy people but not to all of them.

According to one dictionary source, “In almost every list, pride (Latin, superbia), or hubris , is considered the original and most serious of the seven deadly sins, and the source of the others. It is identified as a desire to be more important or attractive than others, failing to acknowledge the good work of others, and excessive love of self (especially holding self out of proper position toward God). Dante’s definition of pride was “love of self perverted to hatred and contempt for one’s neighbour.” In Jacob Bidermann’s medieval miracle play, “Cenodoxus”, pride is the deadliest of all the sins and leads directly to the damnation of the titulary famed Parisian doctor. In perhaps the best-known example, the story of Lucifer, pride (his desire to compete with God) was what caused his fall from Heaven, and his resultant transformation into Satan.

In Dante’s “Divine Comedy”, the penitents were forced to walk with stone slabs bearing down on their backs to induce feelings of humility” (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ Seven_deadly_sins).

There is also a very different kind of pride when it is used as a reaction to oppression. Oppressed people are often dehumanized and internalize the beliefs about themselves that abound in the dominant culture.

However, when oppressed people no longer buy into the negative stereo-

types that are spread about them, they rebel and cast off their shame.

Ebullient pride is a natural accompaniment of liberation and in no way suggests that they – for example, Blacks or gays- feel in any way superior to those who oppress them. They are just tired of being treated as inferior beings, and pride is their way of saying no more forced smiling, no more bowing, no more acceptance of crumbs, no more rolling over, no more shame, no more pretending and no more hiding in a closet, etc.

Pride is not just the opposite of humility but a product of shame which is defined as “the painful feeling arising from the consciousness of something dishonorable, improper, ridiculous, etc., done by oneself or another”(http://dictionary.reference. com/browse/shame). Shame is not measuring up to some standard or expectation. Submissiveness is one but not the only response to shame.

It can also lead to anger and violence as mechanisms to expunge shame.

Prisons are full of people with too much shame and too little guilt.

Many have been put down all their lives and their outward toughness is exaggerated behavior to cover up feelings of shame. Shame is based on rejection and ridicule. Thus, pride in anti-social accomplishments may also serve to hide the shame so people can retain some semblance of an ego and live with themselves with some modicum of dignity. This also suggests that shame comes before pride which is the opposite of Proverbs 11:2 that says, When pride cometh, then cometh shame . . . Nevertheless, the connection between pride and shame seems apparent.

Pride itself would not be as necessary and common if people were just accepted for whom they are with all their strengths, faults and limitations. Instead of pathologizing pride as the church so rightly did, we normalize and even exalt it as if we all felt inferior. Many individuals put themselves above others and they do the same thing with their countries. When the former happens, selfaggrandizement occurs via other degradation. When the latter happens people suffer and die. Proud people have many things in common such as an intense dislike of being shown their errors, not admitting to mistakes, not giving other people credit for anything, refusal to learn from others and intense feelings of competitiveness. The proud person cannot stand being wrong and has a strong need to win even though the victory despite the futility or immorality of the cause.

Proud people are often intolerant or impatient with others’ ideas, problems or feelings; unable to listen to others; fearful of becoming vulnerable to any new messages about life that might threaten their personal beliefs; lacking in insight see next page

LETTERS Open dialogue on civil discourse at LMS on Wednesday night To the editor, The shooting of Rep. Gifford in Arizona last January galvanized a group of us to explore what we might do here in Laconia to go beyond just tolerance to a community of safety and inclusiveness. Our concern was for the intolerance and uncivil dialogue found in public discourse today. Our theme became “From Tolerance to Inclusiveness: Many Experiences, One Community”. We believe the free speech of our democracy requires listening carefully, and speaking responsibly to foster an inclusive culture of respect and concern for all.

As background for our concerns, the committee, which includes the LHRC, LRUW, LRCC, NH-CC, and LPD, invited Lecia Brooks of the Southern Poverty Law Center to speak at a forum held the Lakes Region Community College on October 5. We wanted to hear her discuss the “State of Hate and Intolerance in America” to give us an urgent call to pay attention to action and community building here in the Lakes Region.

Lecia Brooks speech can be heard on MetroCast Channel 25 tonight at 8 p.m. as a prelude to joining us tomorrow evening, Wednesday, Oct. 19 from 7 to 8:30 p.m. at the Laconia Middle School. There will be open dialogue to create action plans that promote civil discourse and community building to keep our communities vibrant, inclusive, and safe. All are invited to attend whether you have been able to hear

Ms. Brooks or not.

Bullying, which is the basis of hate and intolerance, has been the concern of schools nation-wide in recent years with the public acknowledgment of the terrible cost in lives that can result.

In their early October visit to Laconia, Lecia Brooks and Michelle Marsh Garcia, also of the SPLC, worked with the Laconia Schools on the issues of bullying. The schools are a part of our movement forward on concerns for intolerance.

As Ms. Brooks stressed, justice and the active concern of all for understanding the nature of hate in the fabric of our society and consciously working as citizens to foster civil dialogue are the on-going work of democracy. Please join us on Wednesday evening for some action planning!

Carol Pierce Laconia Human Relations Committee Alan Robichaud Lakes Region United Way, Dr. Scott Kalicki Lakes Region Community College Chief Chris Adams Laconia Police Department, Leonard Campbell New Hampshire Catholic Charities Superintendent Bob Champlin Laconia Schools Jim McCollum, Principal Laconia Middle School Clare Persson Laconia Middle School PTO David Stamps Debbie Frawley-Drake

We’re hoping to build a more secure food system for community To the editor, What was on your plate on September 30? For the 30 people gathered at the Prescott Farm Environmental Education Center, it was a wonderful sampling of dishes prepared using local ingredients, created for us by Chef Kevin Halligan from the Laconia Village Bakery. Food and beverages were donated by The Shephard’s Hut at Ramblin’ Vewe Farm, Twillingate Farm, Meredith Center Dairy, Minglewood Farm, Laconia Village Bakery, and Sunflower Natural Foods.

After enjoying the scrumptious fare, we gathered in small groups to share our thoughts and concerns about our

local food system. This community conversation was the first of several events we are planning, which we hope will lead to a variety of activities designed to build a more secure food system for all community members.

Those in attendance also donated to a relief fund for Vermont farmers who have been devastated by Hurricane Irene (we were unable to find a fund for any N.H. farmers.) Many thanks to everyone who contributed to the success of this event! We look forward to continuing our conversation in the coming months.

Karen Barker Laconia

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LETTERS Again, politicians interfere with commerce; no winners ahead

It’s no wonder people start unions, they want to be treated fair

To the editor, Much is being made of the Bank of America’s $5 monthly fee if their debit card holder uses that card for purchases from a merchant. The change by B of A, was precipitated by the “Durbin Amendment” which was attached to the Dodd Frank bill.

On average, under this provision, the banks are only allowed to charge the merchant twenty one cents to cover their processing costs. This little change will cost the banking industry billions of dollars in lost revenue.

Back in the 1970s, the Banking Industry, AT & T, and others, funded a study by the Arthur D. Little Consulting firm of Boston. The purpose of the study was to look at how the ever increasing volume of banking transactions could be handled efficiently.

Some of the embedded issues were the sheer volume of checks that were cumbersome for merchants, consumers, and banks. The system was being weighed down by banking customers waiting in long lines to simply get a check cashed at their bank. Every check required a manual data entry transaction into the bank’s computer system. And, as more and more people moved into the suburbs, it required more branches to be opened with all the inherent costs for personnel, security, space, technology, etc. It was becoming too expensive to provide basic banking services.

What the A. D. Little study pointed out was that the ATM terminal technology that was available, connected to telephone company facilities which could carry the digitized transaction information, could go directly into the banks computers for immediate process-

To the editor, I have to respond to Mr. Boutin’s letter concerning his so-called myths, namely number three and of course the other “bad guys”, unions, number five.

First of all, the union came about because of people willing to stand up for what was right, to be treated fairly and get a decent wage. By standing together, unions are able to bargain fair and equitable wages and benefits, much of which Mr. Boutin probably enjoys today.

And yes Mr. Boutin, I have seen union members work hard and run and maybe you did not know it, but

ing. The essence of this giant first step was that banks could expand to meet their customer’s needs without having to expend significant capital resources and ongoing operating expenses. That technological advance was far more cost effective for the banks than expansion of branches would have been. And all to the delight of the customers.

The next step was to have the customer/merchant transaction, using a debit card, mimic how merchants processed credit card transactions. In these instances, the bank essentially became just like a credit card company, debiting the customer’s account and crediting the merchant. The bank, which was processing the transaction, would, go through the debit/credit process and, like a credit card, would charge the merchant a processing fee.

Not to be lost in all of this is the fact that these transactions, whether at an ATM, or in a restaurant, a department store, or other merchant location, anywhere in the nation, could be processed immediately. Further, the days of going to the bank for a pile of cash to take on vacation were over. All that was needed was your ATM card The Durbin Amendment basically objected to the fees the banks were charging the merchants for these transactions, even though, in most cases, the charges were consistent with regular credit company charges.

Once again, politicians who have never run a company, impose their will on businesses without ever considering the impact on the companies or their customers.

There are no winners in this one.

Bob Meade Laconia

If you want to name something after me, do it while I’m alive To the editor, Why is it they give out awards or name streets, bridges, etc. after a person that has done a good deed, after they are dead? Wouldn’t you rather receive this award while you are alive and can enjoy all the hullabaloo. At least the gentleman that received all his medals was alive.

Thank goodness. We named a park after a very fine man, Mr. Sutherland, after he died. You shouldn’t have to die to have something named after you. Should anyone want to name a

tree or an acorn or actually anything after me, please do so when I am alive and can enjoy the party and fame. I’m not fussy!

I also want to thank the Town of Moultonborough for the delicious lunch they provided for all the volunteers in the town. Bucky’s was the caterer and the steak was delicious.

In fact everything was great. All the volunteers also received a special gift.

Happy Boo Halloween to all.

Barbara J. Perry Moultonborough

from preceding page into their own weaknesses (masked by pride); above being helped; resentful of those who do not acknowledge their way as the way; selective in the people with whom they are willing to associate; resentful of being challenged and get angry; threatened by any new truths, researched answers or spiritual happenings that do not fit into their structured way of looking at and living life; in denial about having problems; skillful in turning helpful suggestions around while attacking the person who made the suggestion; deaf to the world in general; sarcastic, caustic and biting in their comments toward people; ready with a quip, answer or comment for every-

thing; hardheaded, and stubborn and not easily swayed from the position they have taken on a question. (http:// www.livestrong.com/article/14711handling-pride/#ixzz1aQSQa8Bg) There is probably not an honest person alive who does not see him/ herself in some of these characteristics. The issue is not perfection but improvement. Pride is something about which we, including myself, need to be very vigilant because it is easy to succumb to. Recognizing it is the first step on the path toward humility.

(Leo R. Sandy is professor of counselor education at Plymouth State University and a consulting school psychologist.)

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in some area’s, UPS drivers are members of a union. During the 40s and the 50s, unions negotiated wages and benefits, such as medical, vacations, holidays. And in some cases, dental.

During that same era in the city (Lawrence, Mass) where I grew up, Raytheon and Western Electric, provided “good jobs” at good wages, steady employment and allowed people like myself to buy homes cars and educate our children. I do not think that the company I worked for (New England Telephone, the real phone company) would have provided me with the benefits I enjoy today withsee next page

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FOOD from page one we’ve never seen before, plus the regulars we’ve seen for years,” said Paul Rowley, director of the Meredith Emergency Food Pantry. A couple of years ago, his organization would have served an average of 90 to 95 households per month. During September of this year, 192 households, representing up to a thousand people, sought assistance at the food pantry. Rowley said most of those are from Meredith, New Hampton or Center Harbor, and that he’s seeing more need for the pantry then ever.

“There’s a steady increase of people coming in in need of the food pantry,” he said. “The increase is just phenomenal, unbelievable.” By policy, Rowley’s food pantry will supply a household with groceries once every 30 days.

September’s numbers weren’t a statistical aberration, either. Every month, he said, there’s a new group of people who find themselves unable to put food on the table once they’ve paid their bills. Most of the new clients, he said, are people who have lost their jobs and either are unable to find work or aren’t earning as much as they once were. “They’re up against it, they just don’t have the increase they used to have.”

“I think all the pantries are feeling the same crunch,” said Jo Carignan, manager of the St. Vincent de Paul Society food pantry in Laconia. Her agency closed the books on their fiscal year last month. Her pantry served about 3,000 households, or 8,000 individuals, during the 12-month period ending September 30.

The pantry overseen by Carignan opens twice each week. Every time they’ve opened this year, she said, they’ve had about 10 new households looking for help.

“When I started 20 years ago, we were doing 25 households per month,” Carignan said. Now, it’s up to about 320 per month.

How is the food pantry able to rise to the demand?

“Fortunately, we have people who donate money,” she said. Monetary donations, as well as proceeds from the sale of donated items to the adjacent thrift shop, go directly to the purchase of food, she said, noting that her pantry has no paid volunteers. For now, Carignan said the pantry is reasonably able to help the growing number of clients.

Rowley said the pantry is Meredith has seen a similar trend: as demand for the agency has grown, so has the community’s support. The St. Charles Borromeo Church is one of the pantry’s biggest benefactors, he noted, saying, “I don’t know where we ‘d be without them.” Other local churches also contribute to the pantry, as well as Rotary, Kiwanis, Lions and Altrusa organizations, the local schools, and others.

He noted that the Hannaford supermarket in town has also proven willing to do what it can to help aid the pantry’s mission.

And then there are the individual, private donors,

whose consistent generosity helps keep Rowley’s pantry stocked. One supporter comes in every month with a four-figure check. There’s another donor who sends a monthly $100 check. “I don’t even know what he looks like,” said Rowley, yet the donation is as regular as clockwork.

“We’re keeping up,” Rowley said, “That’s the way we’re keeping our heads above water is the generosity of the community.”

Although they’ve got enough this month, Rowley and Carignan foresee their task only becoming more difficult as they turn the pages of their calendar, especially in light of a report from the U.S. Energy Information Administration which predicts the cost of heating with fuel oil to be more expensive this coming winter than in was last year. And while giving to food pantries traditionally spikes around the Thanksgiving and Christmas seasons, it dries up quickly come January.

“I don’t look forward to the next year,” said Carignan. “The need is going to be great this winter, especially if we have a hard winter. But if you don’t have money, I guess they’re all hard.”

Plate left behind leads police to teen hit & run suspect

LACONIA — A teenage driver fled the scene of an accident on Valley Street on Friday evening, but left the license plate of the vehicle he was driving behind and later, accompanied by his father, surrendered to police.

Police were called to 80 Valley Street around 7 p.m. by a homeowner who reported that a car parked in

the driveway was struck by another vehicle, which left the scene. The collision drove the parked car into the residence, causing extensive damage. Witnesses recalled spotting a red sport utility vehicle leaving the neighborhood. Amid the debris from the accident was the license plate of the suspect vehicle.

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My father was a state police officer in Mass. during the 40s and 50ss .

He worked 105 hours per week, lived in a barracks, no overtime, worked holidays and yes those pesky details, for free.

The biggest accomplishment was a second day off within an eight day period. It is no wonder police and firefighters and public employees formed unions. They like me wanted to be treated fair.

Social Security was born during the 30s to help those getting along in years. It is not as Mr. Boutin implies a “Ponzi scheme”, but rather a once well run, probably the best, government program . Problem is, the politicians got their hands on it and used the proceeds for $100 toilets seats, bridges to nowhere, 900 generals and admirals and other wasteful programs. But, IT CAN BE FIXED, not

by Mr. Guinta, who does nothing but whine and complain ,or Mr. Boutin, who probably will vote for him again. Hopefully, somebody will run against him with some REAL courage.

Well, that’s my take on those two “myths, “ I am tired of “the blame game”. Time to get real and fix things.

Bill Knightly Gilford

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LETTERS If the ‘brain pill’ is amino acids & B vitamins, guess what, it works To the editor, I’m writing about two things I saw in Friday’s paper.

First of all, the story about the custody dispute over the dog. I don’t know how the judge will rule, but I’ll tell you how he should rule. The aunt gave the dog for a test run, then gave him for good, then changed her mind. Give the dog back. It took the 3-year-old two days to fall in love with this dog, but auntie has had him for years. How do you think SHE feels about the dog? Do the decent thing. Be a human being. She’s your aunt, your blood, for God’s sake. How can you enjoy the dog knowing someone else’s heart is broken? You people don’t even sound like human beings to me.

Have you ever made a mistake about something? Jeeesshh!

The next was the letter by the man who thinks people who are against vaccines are deluded. First of all, I don’t know about this neurosurgeon

who sells “brain repair” pills on the web, but if he’s selling amino acids combined with B vitamins, guess what? That DOES repair the brain.

Go to your local A.A. meeting and ask the old timers if they know anything about that. Duh. Finally when I was 15 years old, eons ago, something called the swine flu was going around. Everyone said it was going to be a pandemic that would take out the human race and you HAD to get your shot or you would be dead. Well I put two and two together. How could they possibly come out with a shot two weeks after hearing about this flu and know what they were doing?

Obviously they didn’t. Many people got sick and died from the shot. People around me thought I was crazy not to take the shot. Sometimes it’s good to be skeptical.

Hillarie Goldstein Franklin

Congress: do your duty & charge Pres. Obama with treason To the editor, An open letter to all Members of Congress: I am formally asking you to bring a Commission of Treason against Mr. Barack Hussein Obama.

We have a president who allows our borders to be violated by illegals of any country while we are at war. He allows them work permits, access to our services and when apprehended by law enforcement refuses to have them jailed or deported. Barack Hussein Obama has crossed the line, and under Article III section 3 of our Constitution is guilty of treason by giving aid and comfort to the enemy and attempting to overthrow our govern-

ment from within. Now is the time for members of Congress to finally do your constitutional duty and hold Barack Hussein Obama accountable for his crimes against America.

Mr. Obama is a fraudulent president who is selling out America. Its time Mr. Obama is called accountable for his treasonous actions. I can only hope our Members of Congress have the intestinal fortitude to do what needs to be done. It is time to make up your mind “Do you stand with this fraud and treasons president of with the American people and our Constitution which you swore to protect and defend”?

Rep. Harry Accornero Laconia

Gunstock should precede Morbid Mountain with Oktoberfest To the editor, Wouldn’t it be way better to do the Morbid Mountain at Gunstock on the last two weeks to concentrate it and bring back the Oktoberfest with the King Ludwig Bavarian Band, the German Food, the dancers and all the other activities it once offered? That way Gunstock would have it all in the month of October.

Pat’s Peak offers an Oktoberfest as a promotion for it’s facilities for ski pass sign ups and event scheduling and it is huge! Entertainment with

the King Ludwig Band, chainsaw artists, ski techs, German food vendors, horsemanship shows and other visual attractions. It is elbow to elbow and a big happening with a very good time to be had for all! Seems to me Guntock is missing out big time being a perfect facility for this and should be taking advantage of this wonderful time of year with the Oktoberfest including the Morbid Mountain Halloween event.

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VERDICT from page one Judge James O’Neill granted the motion of Assistant County Attorney Carley Ahern to revoke bail, ordering Noucas to be held in the Belknap County Jail pending sentencing. Winters contended that Noucas posed scant risk of flight and asked the court to set bail at $25,000 cash or corporate surety, but Ahern countered that he had every reason to flee and posed a danger to the community.

In the early hours of June 6, 2010 Noucas and Robert Hart, 47, wielding a kitchen knife and a baseball bat and wearing ski masks and latex gloves, entered a three-story duplex at 16 Lake Street in Meredith, rented to Sarah Longval, Noucas’s sometime girlfriend and mother of his child. They intended to rob David Rivera, an alleged drug dealer from Brockton, Massachusetts, who was staying in a third-floor bedroom, of cash and cocaine. But, when Rivera struck back the pair found themselves fighting for their lives. Hart was beaten and stabbed to death while Noucas was fortunate to survive severe wounds to the neck and head.

Opening his closing remarks, Winters told the jury “this is not a run of the mill case.” He said that anyone constructing a narrative from the known facts and claiming to know exactly what happened is “playing you for a fool. When it comes to proving anything beyond a reasonable doubt,” he continued, “there is one man dead and one man nearly dead.

That’s all we know.”

Winters began by seeking to undermine the state’s case against Noucas by rejecting the prosecution’s portrayal of Rivera as the victim of the crime. Granted immunity from prosecution and ordered to testify, Rivera insisted that despite killing one man and nearly another, he remembered absolutely nothing.

“Is that what you expect of a victim?” Winters asked, adding that by refusing to testify he was “snubbing his nose” at the jury. Noting that Rivera dropped the knife he used to kill Hart in a storm drain, he asked, “If you are the innocent victim with nothing to hide, why are you going out of your way to hide the murder weapon?”

Finally, he openly doubted that Rivera wrestled a knife and a bat from two men then killed one and maimed another without suffering serious wounds.

Julie Sallies, Hart’s fiancee, Winters called “the only witness of any importance.” Sallies, who was party to the plot and drove the pair, pled guilty and is serving a prison sentence for her part in the conspiracy. She testified that Noucas, came to the Laconia apartment she shared with Hart and proposed the robbery. She said that she gave the two men ski masks and Hart armed himself with the bat.

When the four reached Meredith, Sallies claimed that Noucas took a knife, one of a set in her kitchen, before the two entered the duplex.

Winters said that Sallies had “lots of reasons for lying,” but stressed that “the kind of lie that sells itself is the lie the liar believes.” He claimed that Sallies “wants to blame everybody but Bob Hart for

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To convict Noucas, he said “you’re going to have to believe Julie Sallie and she is not a person worthy of your belief.”

The testimony Noucas offered in his own defense, said Winters, “is as believable as anything you’ve heard.” Noucas claimed that he never had intentions of robbing Rivera and denied donning a mask, wearing gloves and carrying a knife. He said that after he and Hart met with Rivera, Hart returned alone and he followed to find Hart in the grasp of Rivera, who was stabbing him in the chest. Noucas said when he tried to separate the two, Rivera turned a knife on him.

Anticipating that the prosecution would rely on the presence of Noucas’s DNA on a mask and glove found in the bedroom, Winters said “the DNA doesn’t tell you that much,” only that “Michael Noucas was in that room,” which he admitted. He said that had Noucas been wearing the mark and glove, blood stains and holes in both would match the cuts to his head and hands. In addition, he reminded the jury that the criminologist who presented the DNA evidence conceded she was unable to demonstrate how or when Noucas’s DNA came to be on the mask and glove.

Winters emphasized that Noucas had no reason to wear a mask and gloves into the duplex since he and Longval maintained a relationship and he frequently stayed overnight at her home. “Mike was in and out of that house all the time,” he said. “Why wear a mask and gloves to commit a crime in what was virtually his own home?”

But, the jury found Noucas’s relationship with Longval,, together with the lack of evidence of forced entry, sufficient only to clear him of the burglary charge.

In conclusion, Winters told the jury “you might not know what happened,” and repeated that Noucas’s account is “as believable as anything you’ve heard” and said “you have to give him the benefit of the doubt.”

“I’m not going to speculate,” began Ahern for the prosecution. “I’m going to talk about the evidence, the evidence that will convict that man,” she closed, pointing to Noucas.

“I’m not going to stand in front of you and tell you that David Rivera was an innocent victim,” Ahern continued. “We don’t need David Rivera in this case.” She said it was “entirely likely” that Rivera was dealing drugs, but he did not say what he was doing or why Noucas and Hart were there. “They were going to rob David Rivera of drugs and money,” Ahern declared.

Conceding that Sallies initially lied to police at the scene, Ahern said that at the time she did not know what happened to Hart and, determined to find him, sought to avoid arrest. Once Sallies learned of Hart’s death, Ahern said she had no motive to lie or anyone to protect. Showing the jury a photograph see next page

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Belmont High School sophomore Holly Smith gets the first Belmont Heritage Commission Youth Leadership Award at last evening’s Selectboard meeting. Presenting Smith with the award is Heritage Commission member Wallace Rhodes. Behind Smith and Rhodes are Selectmen Ron Cormier and David Morse. (Laconia Daily Sun photo/Gail Ober)

BHS sophomore heads first class of Heritage Commission award winners

By Gail OBer

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BELMONT — In celebration of New Hampshire History Week, selectmen last night hosted the first Heritage Commission awards as part of their bi-monthly selectman’s meeting.

With many members of the Belmont Police Department there for encouragement, Girl Scout and Police Explorer Holly Smith was given the Youth Leadership Award for her art work depicting the historic village bandstand and her whimsical Deck the Village historical map prepared for last year’s holiday festival.

Smith, a Belmont High School sophomore, was also recognized as one of the state’s Young Preservationists by the New Hampshire Preservation Alliance for her assistance in celebrating Belmont Village and its conservation and restoration.

The Heritage Commission also recognized Robert and Susan Ferguson and their family for their restoration of the Jonathan Fuller home, built in 1841. The Ferguson have owned the Fuller Street home since 1991. It sits across the street from the Corner Meeting House.

The Business Leadership — Municipal Beautification Award went to Ginger Wells-Kay of Garden Artisans for her garden design in Penstock Park.

Ken Knowlton was given the Volunteer Leadership Award for his preservation and restoration efforts in Penstock Park. He is the chair of the Belmont Conservation Commission.

The Community Partners and Special Events Award went to Lakes Region Community College for its Food For Thought Cafe in the historic Belmont Mill.

from preceding page of Hart in death, lying in a pool of blood, she suggested that his dignity and honor were lost and dismissed the notion that Sallies lied to defend them. Instead, Ahern said, she named him as a co-conspirator and took responsibility for her own actions.

Turning to the physical evidence, Ahern said that blood on the left side of the mask matched a cut that nearly severed Noucas’s left ear and blood on the back of the mask matched the wound to his neck that punctured his

esophagus. “He wore gloves into that building,” she said. “He wore a mask into that building.”

Without disputing that Noucas frequented Longval’s home, Ahern argued that he wore the gloves to keep his fingerprints off the knife — “the tools of the armed robbery” — and the mask to conceal his identity from Rivera and Longval, who both knew him.

The only witness with motivation to lie, Ahern said, was Noucas — “to save his own skin.”

INSURANCE from page 2 how to do really good pet care after they shot my dog,” said Larry Minnix, president of LeadingAge, a trade group representing non-profit nursing homes, which are strong supporters of CLASS. Paying for long-term care for a frail, elderly family member is a major financial dilemma for America’s middle class. Medicare only covers short-term nursing home stays, for patients in rehab. And to become eligible for Medicaid, people have to spend most of their assets, akin to impover-

ishing themselves. The Community Living Assistance Services and Supports program was supposed to help provide an answer.

A long-standing priority of the late Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, it was supposed to function as a self-sustaining voluntary insurance plan, open to working adults regardless of age or health.

Workers would pay an affordable monthly premium during their careers and could collect a modest daily cash benefit of at least $50 if they became disabled later in life. The see next page

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NASHUA from page one Wollmar was held over the weekend on $100,000 cash bail, but was released Monday, according to a court clerk, after a judge reduced his bail to $30,000.

Wollmar, who was ordered to have no contact with the alleged victim or to return to Nashua except for court appearances, will have a probable cause hearing Oct. 27, according to documents filed at Nashua’s district court.

Wollmar’s attorney, Charles Keefe, wasn’t immediately available for comment.

Police were called to Marie Avenue a little before 5:30 a.m. Friday for the reported assault. The victim, a 33-year-old woman, said she was jogging when she was suddenly knocked to the ground and raped by an unknown man, police said.

The woman was able to run home and call police before she was taken to the hospital and treated and released for minor injuries, according to Nashua Deputy Police Chief John Seusing.

Hours later, someone reported a suspicious person in a nearby neighborhood, and police made contact with Wollmar and brought him to the police station.

He was arrested and charged with the felony around 7 p.m. Friday, Seusing said.

Police said they believe Wollmar was staying with friends in Nashua, but they don’t know how long he was in the city or any connection to him and the Marie Avenue neighborhood, Seusing said.

“There is no indication whatsoever the person we arrested knew the victim,” Seusing said. “Wrong place, wrong time.”

The residential area is popular for joggers, police said.

Seusing said the random and violent nature of the crime set police on the attacker’s trail immediately, with several detectives working the case and all uniform officers on the lookout for potential suspects.

“We worked this case very hard,” he said.

The Class A felony with which Wollmar is charged is punishable by up to a 15-year prison sentence, plus fines, Seusing said. from preceding page money could go for services at home or to help with nursing home bills.

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But a central design flaw dogged CLASS. Unless large numbers of healthy people willingly sign up during their working years, soaring premiums driven by the needs of disabled beneficiaries would destabilize it, eventually requiring a taxpayer bailout.

After months insisting that could be fixed, Sebelius finally acknowledged Friday she didn’t see how.

“Despite our best analytical efforts, I do not see a viable path forward for CLASS implementation at this time,” she said in a letter to congressional leaders.

Officials said they discovered they could not make CLASS both affordable and financially solvent while keeping it a voluntary program open to virtually all workers, as the law required. The law mandated that the administration certify CLASS would remain financially solvent for 75 years before putting it into place.

As long as CLASS remained a possibility — even on paper — Republicans pushing its repeal would have had to come up with $86 billion in savings attributed to the program in its first 10 years, when income from premiums would more than cover benefit costs.

But the budget office said Monday that since the administration is not going ahead with CLASS, a repeal bill doesn’t need offsetting savings. Instead, the CBO will raise its estimate of the deficit.

That ruling removed a major obstacle for repeal, and Republicans vowed to press ahead. The administration balked.

“We do not support repeal,” White House spokesman Nick Papas said Monday. “Repealing the CLASS Act isn’t necessary or productive. What we should be doing is working together to address the long-term care challenges we face in this country.”

He declined to answer if the president would veto a repeal bill.

Republicans said at a time of record deficits, the administration is now in a position of saying it wants to keep alive a program it acknowledges would prob-

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BIKE WEEK from page one alone people, were out and about during Bike Week. The counters merely add to the count anytime any vehicle passes over them. The same vehicle passing the same point multiple times would be counted multiple times.

In 2010, data was not collected at the Weirs Bridge, chamber kiosk and Lakeside Avenue due to equipment malfunctions. Consequently, year-toyear comparisons can be drawn only at the remaining seven locations.

This year total traffic volume during the week dropped at five of the seven locations and rose at two. Traffic volume increased from 166,435 to 176,819, or 6-percent, at Funspot and jumped from 29,132 to 75,750, or 160-percent, at the top of Lakeside Avenue. On Union Avenue and Parade Road, traffic volume fell 9-percent, followed by a slide of 8-percent at the Margate, 7-percent on NH Route 11B and 2-percent on Rollercoaster Road.

Traffic volume in 2011 increased on all nine days of the rally on Lakeside Avenue and at Funspot, on five of the nine days of the rally. But, at the remaining five locations traffic this year exceeded that of the year before on only three days.

During the last weekend of the rally, traffic volume rose only on Sunday, but it rose sharply.

This year on Friday traffic volume was less than the year before at all seven locations, with decreases of 37-percent at Watson Road, 34-percent at NH Route 11B, 32-percent at the Margate Restort recording the steepest drops.

On Saturday, traffic volume fell at six of the seven locations, by 16-percent on Parade Road, 14-percent on NH Route 11B, 12-percent on Union Avenue, 11-percent at the Margate,

9-percent on Watson Road and 6-percent on Rollercoaster Road. Trafic rose only at Funspot, by 14-percent.

But, on Sunday traffic volume jumped at all seven locations. Traffic increased 53-percent at Watson Road, 36-percent at Funspot, 30-percent on Rollercoaster Road and NH Route 11B, 6-percent on Parade Road and 2-percent on Union Avenue. Altogether on Sunday traffic volume rose from 81,650 in 2010 to 114,240 in 2011, climbing 40-percent.

Since 2006, traffic volume during the last three days of Motorcycle Week has declined at all 10 locations on Friday and Saturday, save for 6-percent increase in Saturday traffic at the Weirs Bridge, and risen at only three of the 10 — NH Route 11B, Weirs Bridge, Watson Road — on Sunday.

Over the six year period, traffic volume on Friday has dropped 47-percent on Rollercoaster Road and Lakeside Avenue, 40-percent on NH Route 11B, 37-percent at the chamber kiosk, 36-percent on Watson Rd., 35-percent at the Margate, 34-percent on Parade Road, 31-percent at Funspot, 26-percent on Union Avenue and 15-percent at the Weirs Channel Bridge.

The decreases in Saturday traffic between 2006 and 2011 are not as steep, topped by 27-percent on Parade Road followed by drops of 24-percent on Lakeside Avenue, 23-percent on NH Route 11B, 20-percent on Rollercoaster Road, 18-percent at the Margate, 16-percent on Union Avenue, 14-percent at Funspot and the chamber kiosk, and 8-percent on Watson Road.

Although traffic volumes on Sundays are traditionally between half and twothirds those on Fridays and Saturday, the percentage decreases are lower, with only Union Avenue posting a drop of more than 10-percent.

CELLPHONES from page 2 companies. Analyst Michael McCormack at Nomura Securities noted that the companies say that only a few percent of their subscribers exceed their allotments in a month. The trend over the past few years of making calls to other cellphones “free,” or not counting toward the plan limits, has reduced the number of people who go over on calling minutes, he said.

Phone companies are also moving away from charging for each text message or selling “buckets” of 500 messages per month. Rather, they have moved toward offering unlimited text messaging.

The biggest remaining “bill shock”

problem for consumers may be in international data roaming, McCormack said. Someone who travels abroad with a smartphone might use it sparingly for calls, but be unaware that apps are using data in the background, racking up big fees that only become apparent when the bill arrives.

The alerts are voluntary for the phone companies, but FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski made it clear that the agency would step in if companies fail to police themselves.

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Laconia Deputy Fire Chief Shawn Riley, in the center holding a N.H. Police, Fire and EMS Foundation life-time achievement award, is flanked by Chief Ken Erickson, Deputy Chief Deb Pendergast and retired fire lieutenant and current LRGHealthcare computer specialist Mike Shastany at the annual foundation dinner Thursday evening. (Courtesy photo)

Laconia deputy fire chief honored for work in establishing protocols for heart attack emergencies LACONIA — The New Hampshire Police Fire and EMS Foundation recognized Laconia Deputy Chief Shawn Riley at its annual dinner Wednesday night for his outstanding efforts in creating certain types of heart attack protocols.

Chief Ken Erickson said Friday that Riley spent several year working with local hospitals, medical board, fire department and regulators to put into place a system whereby a patient suffering from a Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction or STEMI gets evaluated by an EMT and taken immediately to the proper hospital.

Erickson explained that in New Hampshire, Concord Hospital and Catholic Medical Center in Manchester are the closest hospitals with cardiac catherterization laboratory.

With the new protocols, Erickson said a trained

paramedic can determine if a patient with STEMI, which he says in lay terms is a very serious preheart attack situation, should go immediately to one of the above named two hospitals.

He said Riley’s STEMI protocols have resulted in a transport rate of 95-percent, meaning 95 percent of the time area first responders succeed in getting a patient to the appropriate hospital in time 95-percent of the time.

He said a patient generally has about 90 minutes from the onset of STEMI before he or she goes into full-cardiac arrest.

Erickson said he wanted also to acknowledge the countless hours of work that went into the STEMI project from others but said without Riley shepherding the project, it never would have gotten done.

— Gail Bean from following page a year and was slowed by a two-month delay in the delivery of important components during the summer months.

Haig says that the home is being built by Albert Ducharme of Snow Dragon Mountain Builders, who three years ago built a 3,800-square-foot home off the grid home at Snow Dragon Mountain Farm, which is located nearby.

Ducharme says that he sold that home a year ago and is now building a new one for himself and continues to raise organic produce at the farm.

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from preceding page voluntary approach was preferable because things change quickly in the wireless world and regulations don’t always keep up.

“The result is an industry code that will serve consumers better than rules that would soon be outdated,” she said.

Asked at the press conference why it would take two years to fully implement the warnings, CTIA President Steve Largent said phone companies have to reconfigure their systems.

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By RogeR Amsden FOR THE LACONIA DAILY SUN

MEREDITH — Malik Haig is building the home of his dreams off from New Road here, a green energy home that will meet all of its energy and heating needs with electrical power and hot water from the sun and a variety of other unique systems, including a nearly 750-square-foot, 5-foot deep heat sink area beneath the home.

The home will have all of the conveniences of a standard home, an electric induction stove, washer, dryer, refrigerator, television and other appliances but will be totally self-sufficient, Photo voltaic solar panels are installed on a home being built by Malik Haig in Meredith which will be totally the one place you’d want to off grid and meet all of its energy needs through solar power. (Roger Amsden / for The Laconia Daily Sun) be during an extended midelectrical generation, and a nine-panel array on a winter power outage. lower roof which projects over a greenhouse and will Haig designed the nearly 2,700-foot-square home be installed at a 60 degree angle. himself, utilizing many of the ideas that he came “That way the lower array will give us maximum across in books that he sold at his SustainAbility store production during the winter, when the angle of the that he ran for two years in downtown Laconia. sunlight is different,’’ says Haig. He says that the “We’re totally off the grid. All of the electricity we even during an extended period of cloudy and cold use will be produced by 21 solar power collectors weather the system will continue to meet the home’s which will be stored in 24 batteries in the basement. electrical needs for at least five days.

Our hot water will come from 90 evacuated tubes “We can always cut back on electrical use if that hapwhich heat up glycol and pump it though tubes into pens, not run the dryer and other big energy users and a heat exchanger in a 1,400 gallon tank,’’ says Haig. use the top of the wood stove for cooking,’’ says Haig.

That hot water is then pumped through radiant There will be a greenhouse off from one side of the floor heating tubes to warm the home and also prohome for growing food and Haig has terraced the vides the hot water needed for domestic uses. land below the home in order to provide gardening The tubes which produce the hot water will be areas. And one section of the basement, sealed off mounted on the roof a wood shed below the home by insulation, will be used as an old-fashioned root and there is a backup in the form of an outdoor wood cellar, for storage of the crops grown on the property. boiler next to the shed, which will provide additional There will be a large deck in the front of the home, hot water during the winter months. affording spectacular views of Lake Winnisquam, as One of the most unique features will be the heat well as deck off from the second floor and a meditasink area beneath the home, which is filled with tion room on the next floor, all of which provide the sand and through which earth tubes pass that will same scenic view. capture the stored heat during the winter months.

Haig says that he and his wife, Carol Hart, expect The earth tubes provide natural cooling and ventito move into their new home before Christmas. lation by bringing in outside air during the warmer “We both think that doing what’s good for the months and the air is routed through the heat sink environment is the most important thing we can area during the cooler months where it is warmed do,’’ says Haig, who says that he feels fortunate that before entering the living areas of the house. a family inheritance has enabled him to build the Haig says that the photo voltaic panels are home of his dreams. installed in two different arrays, a 12 panel groupWork on the home has been going on for nearly ing atop the upper roof which is installed at a 45 see previous page degree angle to the sun for maximum year-round Coming soon a TLC second location between Appletree Nursery & Katie Flo’s on Daniel Webster Hwy.

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Sabatini, who plays trumpet and flugelhorn, will perform with a Boston-based ensemble that includes saxophonist Chris Veilleux, guitarist Phil Sargent, pianist John

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Follow-up to tolerance discussion on Wednesday LACONIA — On Wednesday, October 5 over 100 people met at the Lakes Region Community College for a community forum on civil discourse, titled from Tolerance to Inclusion: Many Experiences, One Community.

Guest speakers, Lecia Brooks and Michele Marsh Garcia of the Southern Poverty Law Center spoke about the State of Hate and Intolerance in The U.S., giving A Call to Community Building.The vision for the evening included following up with on-going conversation and action on the effects on the Laconia community of intolerance and uncivil discourse.

All are invited to join those who attended in a follow-up action planning meeting on Wednesday, October 19 from 7 to 8:30 p.m. at the Laconia Middle School.

Setting the stage for action will be Jim McCollum, LMS Principal, Police Chief Chris Adams, and Carol Pierce, Chair, Laconia Human Relations Committee. Other committee members present to join in the dialogue will be Bob Champlin, Superintendent of Schools, Alan Robichaud, LR United Way, David Stamps, Clare Perrson, Chair LMS PTO, and Debbie Frawley-Drake.

LACONIA — The Laconia Area Community Land Trust’s HomeBuyer Resource Center and Laconia Savings Bank are teaming up to present a free seminar for first-time homebuyers and for anyone interested in learning about the home-buying process.

The seminar will be held at the Taylor Community, Woodside Building on Saturday, October 22, from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Participants will receive their

own complimentary copy of the training manual “Realizing the American Dream”, and other materials for use in their quest of home ownership. Lunch and snacks will be provided.

To register or obtain additional information, call Debra Drake, Homeownership Director of the Laconia Area Community Land Trust, at 524-0747. Seating is limited. Advance registration is required.

BARNSTEAD — The Barnstead Elementary School PTO is looking for talented crafters and artists to show their wares at its first annual Craft Fair to be held in conjunction with the school’s Fall Festival.

The Craft Fair will take place rain or shine in the

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OBITUARIES

Nicholas ‘Nick’ Cotsibas, 87

SANBORNTON — Nicholas “Nick” Cotsibas, 87, a resident of Sanbornton for over 60 years died Saturday, October 08, 2011 at the Glencliff Home in Benton following a lengthy illness. Nick was born in Manchester, November 20, 1923, son of Louis and Artemisia (Kikidou) Cotsibas. He spent his youth and school in Manchester. He enlisted in the U. S. Navy, retiring after 20 years. After his naval service Nick worked at the former Arthur S. Brown Co. in Tilton for several years. Prior to his retirement he was employed as a chef at the former Laconia State School and Training Center in Laconia. Nick was a longtime volunteer with the Sanbornton Fire Department. He was an active member of the Harmony Grange #99 in Sanbornton for over 40 years.

Nick was a parishioner of St. George Greek Orthodox Church in Manchester and attended the Sanbornton Congregational Church, UCC. He was predeceased by his sisters, Julia Blecatsis

and Mary Neilsen.

His family includes his wife of 62 years, Elizabeth (Currier) Cotsibas of Sanbornton; two sons, George Cotsibas of Sanbornton and Paul Cotsibas of Londonderr; one grandson; two granddaughter; one great-grandson; one great-granddaughter; a sister, Catherine Girard of Agoura, CA; nieces and nephew; and his brother in law, Richard T. Currier of Sanbornton.

According to Nick’s wishes, there are no calling hours. A graveside service with military honors will be held Saturday, October 22, 2011 at 2 p.m. at the Centre Cemetery in Sanbornton.

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

Memorial contributions may be made in Nick’s name to the Harmony Grange #99 in C/O Darlene Sellars, 299 Sanborn Road, Tilton, NH 03276 For more information go to www.smartfuneralhome.com

Elizabeth N. ‘Betty’Anthony, 93

LACONIA — Elizabeth “Betty” N. Anthony, 93, of the Taylor Community, 21 Ledges Drive, died on Saturday, October 8, 2011 at the Taylor Community.

Mrs. Anthony was born August 25, 1918 in Plymouth, Mass., the daughter of James H. and Edith M. (Dorr) Nixon. She resided in Center Sandwich for most of her life before moving to Laconia in January, 1994.

Mrs. Anthony was a 1942 graduate of Plymouth Normal School. She was an elementary school teacher, teaching for thirty-six years in Rochester, Interlakes, Meredith and Sandwich Central Schools.

She was principal at the Sandwich Central School from 1960-1967 and retired in 1978.

Mrs. Anthony was a member of Eastern Star, Mt. Isreal Grange and was a Sunday School teacher for a number of years.

Survivors include her husband, David L. Anthony, of Laconia and several nephews, nieces, grandnephews and grandnieces. In addition to her parents, she was prede-

ceased by her first husband, Wilfred Plummer, in 1967.

There will be no calling hours.

A Funeral Service will be held on Saturday, October 29, 2011 at 11:00 AM at the Methodist Meeting House, 6 Main Street, Center Sandwich, N.H. Rev. Marshall Davis, pastor of the First Baptist Church of Sandwich and Rev. Sharron Lamothe, Pastor of the United Baptist Church of Lakeport, will co-officiate.

Burial will follow in the family lot in Rural Cemetery, Sandwich, N.H. For those who wish, the family suggests that memorial donations be made to the First Baptist Church of Sandwich, c/o Methodist Meeting House, 6 Main Street, Center Sandwich, N.H. 03227.

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

Gregory B. Monier, 67

SAN RAMON, Costa Rica — Gregory Burton Monier, 67 of San Ramon, Costa Rica passed away Tuesday, October 11, 2011. Greg was born on January 4, 1944 in Syracuse, NY. He was predeceased by his parents Robert Monier, former NH Senate President and Helma (Winans) Monier.

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Rori Boyce will discuss attenBoyce will share tips tion deficit disorders at two order Association.

Boyce is the owner and for creating a structured, presentations at Lakes Region supportive environment Community College on Thurs- ADD Coach at Turning Leaf Life Coaching and a conto help overcome the day. (Courtesy photo) tributing author of a book, chaos of college years.

College students, as well as high titled 365 Ways to Succeed with ADHD, released earlier this month and available school seniors preparing for college, at Amazon.com. She will have a limited will gain valuable insight into mansupply of the book available for purchase agement techniques to help them both at the event. academically and socially during this This presentation, offered twice on time of great changes.

Thursday October 20, is scheduled to As someone who not only has ADD/ coincide with National ADD AwareADHD herself but is the daughter, ness Week, a time designated to eduwife and mother to others with it, cating the community at large about Boyce knows first-hand the heartache this disorder which is misunderstood and frustration common to sufferers. and often misrepresented in today’s “I believe ADD/ADHD is less a dismedia. order than a difference in how our This informative event is scheduled brains work, how we process informafor noon to 1 p.m. and 4:30-5:30 p.m. tion and how we interact with and For more information please contact experience the world”, says Boyce Cyndy Davis at 524-3207 x6727. who, at thirty-six years old, was work-

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Jane Sisti, pantry director, says the work includes siding two dormers with primed clapboard, bracing the air conditioning unit, doing some various caulking jobs, and some other odds and ends about the building.

“If time and supply donations allow, we will be repairing some of the boards which have fallen off the rear of the building near the foundation. We are looking for donations of supplies to accomplish the work that needs to be done,’’ says Sisti, who says that in the event of rain the work will be done on Sunday.

She says that those interested in either supplying materials or in working on the repairs can call her at 364-7437.

The pantry has begun to collect food items for the upcoming holiday season and will be filling food baskets for approximately 50 families in need in the town for both Thanksgiving and

Christmas.

She says non-perishable items such as: bottled juice, coffee, canned vegetables, gravy, stuffing, cranberry sauce, pie filling and pie crust mix, muffin/bread mixes, cereal, peanut butter, jelly, tuna, mayonnaise, pineapple, sugar, cocoa, pickles and olives, canned fruit, macaroni and cheese, and canned soups.

“We will also be taking donations of fresh items like eggs, milk, butter/ margarine, onions, potatoes, hams and turkeys as we get closer to the holiday. We will also accept donations of money to purchase these items,’’ says Sisti.

There are food collection boxes at the Iron Works Market, the Academy Building in the Corners, the Gilmanton School, and the Year Round Library. There will also be food drives at several local events in town.

People can drop donations off at the pantry during our regular business hours.

The pantry is open on Monday 9 a.m.–1 p.m., Wednesday 3–7 p.m., and Saturday 10 a.m.-2 p.m.

LACONIA — A workshop will be held for agriculture entrepreneurs who wish to promote their farm products on the web, or improve an existing web presence on Wednesday, October 19.

Kelly McAdam, Agriculture Educator for Belknap County,will cover

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LACONIA — On Thursday evening, October 27 at 6:30 pm, the Laconia High School Auditorium will be filled with numerous teams from various area businesses, service organizations and schools.

All of the teams will be ready to do battle to take the spelling bee crown from last year’s winners, the “Laconia High School Terrific Teachers.”

This year, the Lakes Region Scholarship Foundation Community Spelling Bee is celebrating its 11th consecutive year as a community event. In 2001, the Lakes Region Scholarship Foundation launched its first bee to raise revenue to cover its operating costs.

Lakes Region Scholarship Foundation was founded in1956 with the goal of promoting and encouraging scholarship opportunities, as well as simplifying the application process for local students, and facilitating the review and selection process for donors. Since 1956, $4.1 million has been awarded to nearly 4,000 recipients thanks to the generosity of 485 donors or donor funds, not including the thousands of individual donors who have contributed to memorial funds or special fundraisers.

This past June some 214 donors awarded a total of $258,010 to 305 students. from preceding page For more information or if requiring special accommodations, call Kelly McAdam at 527-5475 or e-mail kelly.mcadam@unh.edu.

The public is invited to come and root for the spellers on October 27. There is no charge for attendance and free door prizes will be drawn between each round of spelling and 50/50 raffle tickets will be available for purchase.

For more information call 527-3533 or email scholarship@metrocast.net.

Adult Old School PE program starts Friday

GILFORD — The Gilford Parks and Recreation Department is sponsoring a fun filled evening for adults ages 18 and up to turn back to calendar and participate in classic games they played as children.

This program will be held in the Gilford Youth Center from 7-8:30 p.m. on Friday evenings, October 21 through November 18. (No program on Nov. 11 – Veteran’s Day).

Participants will participate in a variety of activities each evening such as dodge ball, kickball, floor hockey and relay races. All abilities are encouraged to attend. There is a $2 fee per participant, per evening. This program is open to any interested adults and no pre registration is required.

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Special events planned to bring an end to the season at Castle in the Clouds MOULTONBOROUGH — The Castle in the Clouds will end its regular season on Saturday, October 22, with Moultonborough Free Day, a traditional thank you to the town.

Residents with valid ID showing a Moultonborough address will be admitted free to the Castle property, including the self guided tour of the Lucknow mansion itself.

The regular season may be ending, but the Castle still has a few special events to offer. On the near Halloween week-end the Castle again brings Murder Mystery Dinners to the Carriage House. The evening begins at 6 p.m. and includes a buffet dinner followed by a performance of “Just tell ‘em Joe sent you” a prohibition era audience participation play. Attendees are encouraged to dress in vintage attire or Halloween costume.

The Saturday seating is sold out, but some tickets remain for Friday October 28. Call 476-5900 ext. 202 to reserve a seat.

The Castle will also be repeating last year’s very popular Christmas at the Castle on the two weekends after Thanksgiving, Friday, Saturday and Sunday, November 25, 26 and 27 and December 2, 3, 4, Entry will be by the town road beginning at 10 a.m. The last trolley to Lucknow will leave the Carriage House at 2:30 p.m.

Lucknow will be dressed for Christmas with vintage decorations from the 1920s, 30s, and 40s. Fine crafters will join a special Christmas gift shop at the Carriage House where a crackling fire and light refreshments will welcome visitors. Admission for this special event is $20 for adults and $10 for kids. Call 476-5900 for group rates.

MEREDITH — The Mug Restaurant in Center Harbor will hold a benefit night for Kidworks Learning Center on Friday, October 21 from open to close.

This is the second time The Mug has supported the center. “The last event was so well received by the families and the community we thought it would be great if we could do it again.

The staff was wonderful and very patient with the children and the food was superb as usual,” said Jennifer Weeks, Kidworks’ executive director.

The Mug is donating a percentage of their sales for the entire day. The funds raised will be used towards classroom supplies and enrichment programs.

Kidworks Learning Center is a nonprofit child care center serving area families with children ages six weeks to 12 years. The center provides high quality early childhood education and child care programs at an affordable cost to families.

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BELMONT — Belmont High School’s French Club will hold a Flapjack Fundraiser at Applebee’s in Tilton on Sunday, October 23 from 8-10 a.m.

Proceeds from the event will help send 20 students to France as part of the school’s foreign student exchange program.

This month 20 students from Moissac, France are visiting Belmont High School to participate in this exchange program. The students will spend two weeks with students from Belmont High School exploring our culture, schools and communities.

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students will go to France in April 2012 and spend two weeks with the same students that visited New Hampshire. The fundraising efforts by the club help BHS students cover the costs of traveling and activities in France, as well as to help offset the costs of showing the French exchange students the local area.

Tickets are $5 each and include a pancake breakfast with coffee, juice or other beverage and need to be purchased prior to the event. For information contact BHS French teacher Edith Takantjas at 267-6525 or etakantjas@sau80.org

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Today’s Highlight in History: On Oct. 18, 1961, the movie musical “West Side Story,” starring Natalie Wood and Richard Beymer, premiered in New York, the Film’s setting.

On this date: In 1685, King Louis XIV signed the Edict of Fontainebleau, revoking the Edict of Nantes that had established legal toleration of France’s Protestant population, the Huguenots.

In 1867, the United States took formal possession of Alaska from Russia.

In 1892, the first long-distance telephone line between New York and Chicago was officially opened (it could only handle one call at a time).

In 1931, inventor Thomas Alva Edison died in West Orange, N.J., at age 84.

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In 1982, former first lady Bess Truman died at her home in Independence, Mo., at age 97.

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CALENDAR TODAY’S EVENTS Belknap Independent Business Alliance Meet & Greet at TNT Electrical Contractor (371 White Oaks Road) in Laconia. 6 to 8 p.m.

Lakeport Community Association meeting. 7 p.m. at the Freight House located behind the Lakeport Fire Station.

Pasquaney Garden Club meeting at the Bristol Baptist Church. 9:30 a.m. Program on creating fall arrangements.

Lakes Region Camera Club meeting at the Meredith Public Library. 7:30 p.m. Photographers of all experience level welcome. www.lrcameraclub.com.

Lou Athanas Youth Basketball League fundraiser at Patrick’s Pub & Eatery in Gilford. 5 to 9 a.m. Mention you are there to support youth basketball to your server and a portion of your check will be donated to the league.

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

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

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

6:30 each Tuesday. All boys 11-17 are welcome. For information call 527-1716.

Hands Across The Table free weekly dinner at St. James Episcopal Church on North Main Street in Laconia. 5:30 to 6:30 p.m.

Drop-in rug hooking at the Gilford Public Libfrary. 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

Storytime at the Gilford Public Library. 10:30 to 11:15 a.m. Songs, stories and a craft for preschoolers. Sign-up required.

BabyGarten at the Gilford Public Library. 11:30 a.m. to noon. No sign-up required.

Get Booked: Carol Anderson and Skiing on Gunstock at the Gilford Public Library. 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. Photos and stories about the fascinating development of Gunstock.

Economics Club meeting at the Gilford Public Library.

6:30 to 7:30 p.m. Moderated by Barry Dame.

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 19 Plymouth Regional Chamber of Commerce-sponsored Brown Banch Lunch seminar on “Understanding Facebook for Your Business”. Noon to 1 p.m. at Pease Public Library. Free. Reservations at 536-1001.

Leavit Park Community Club meeting. 7 p.m. at the parkhouse on Elm Street.

American Red Cross Blood Drive at Lakes Region Community College in Laconia. 10:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.

Donors will receive an Red Cross/Boston Bruins T-shirt. To schdule an appointment mall 1-800-733-2767.

Separated/Divorced Persons Support Group meeting. 7 to 8:30 p.m. each Wednesday at St. Joseph Catholic Church in Belmont. Compassion, shared learning and confidentiality. For more information call the rectory at 2678174 or Ginny Timmons at 286-7066.

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

TOPS (Taking Off Pounds Sensibly) group meeting.

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

Laconia Elders Friendship Club meeting. 1:30 p.m. at the Leavitt Park Clubhouse. People 55 and older meet each Wednesday for fun, entertainment and education.

Meetings provide an opportunity for older citizens to to meet for pure social enjoyment and the club helps the community with philanthropic work.

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

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Better Together group celebrating accomplishments at Oct. 27 event GILFORD — Better Together Lakes Region is hosting a community conversation and celebration from 5:307:30 p.m. on Thursday, October 27 at the Gilford Community Church.

According to Karen Welford of the Lakes Region Children and Family Coalition, “the celebration is for the purpose of recapping the many achievements of the Better Together movement since its inception and to invite the public to join in future efforts to ‘bring our community from ordinary to Extraordinary’ the motto of the group.”

Since its inception in May, 2010, Better Together Lakes Region, has initiated several action teams comprised of over a hundred community members addressing such issues as childhood hunger, youth mentoring, healthy lifestyles and neighbors helping their neighbors.

New action teams are forming all the time with recent interest shown toward such issues as substance abuse prevention, welcoming newborns to their community, inclusion and tolerance, and other important

issues impacting the health, safety and vibrancy of the Lakes Region.

“Bringing the community back to the Gilford Community Church, where it all began a short time ago, allows us to share the stories learned by the action teams and to invite others to bring their own ideas and passions to strengthen our community,” said Welford.

The public is invited to this free dinner and presentation. People are asked to pre-register with Shannon Robinson-Beland at shannonr@lrcs. org or call her at 524-1741, ext. 15 so that enough food and materials are available for all who attend.

Better Together Lakes Region meetings are typically held on the 4th Thursday of the month at the Laconia Middle School from 4-6 p.m.

Better Together was initiated in the spring of 2010 by the Lakes Region Children & Family Coalition, a group of organizations serving children and families throughout the Lakes Region committed to working together to strengthen families and community.

Geology of the Belknaps presented Tuesday ALTON — Jay Long, author of Stepping Stones Across New Hampshire: A Geological Story of the Belknap Mountains, will speak about the geology of the Belknap range on Tuesday, October 25, at 7 p.m. at the Gilman Library.

Long has hiked the Belknaps for over 20 years. He is a registered engineer and land surveyor and has a Ph.D. in engineering geology.

There is no charge for this program,

which is sponsored by the Belknap Range Conservation Coalition, a non-profit organization with a mission to promote the conservation of open space, responsible stewardship, and low impact public enjoyment of the scenic, natural, recreational and historical resources of the Belknap Mountain Range.

For more information contact Russ Wilder at 875-2839 or russwilder@ msn.com

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WEDNESDAY, OCT. 19 Duplicate bridge at the Weirs Beach Community Center. 7:15 p.m. All levels welcome. Snacks.

Social Bridge at the Gilford Public Library. 10 a.m. to noon. Please call Carol at 293-4400 if you haven’t played with the group before.

Early release teen time at the Gilford Public Library. 1:30 to 2:30 p.m. Make a Goblin Gourd.

After School Art Adventure at the Gilford Public Library. 1:30 to 2:30 p.m. For grades 1-4. Sign-up in the Children’s Room.

Storytime at the Gilford Public Library.

2 to 2:45 p.m. Songs, stories and a craft for preschoolers. Sign-up required.

Write Now Writer’s Group meeting at the Gilford Public Library. 3:30 to 5:30 p.m. Writers of all experience level welcome. For library cardholders only.

Preschool Story Time at the Meredith Public Library. For ages 3-5 Meet in the downstairs function room.

Halloween Theater Night at the Meredith Public Library. Kate Wisnioski, education director at the Winnipesaukee Playhouse teaches us to express ourselves in this Halloween-inspired program. Wear your costume and learn the basic of theatrical expression. Register by calling 279-5352.

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Featuring: Chef Tossed Pasta (Several Varieties), Homemade Sauces: Alfredo, Marinara, Pesto & Bolognaise.

Fresh Seafood Variety, Chicken, Homemade Sweet Italian Sausage, Peppers, Artichokes, Asparagus, Sun Dried Tomatoes, Onions, Garlic, Fresh Assorted Cheeses, Homemade Hot Breads and Dipping Sauces, Homemade Soup, Salad & Much More!

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Gilford Zoning Board of Adjustment Notice of Public Hearing Tuesday, October 25, 2011 Gilford Town Hall 47 Cherry Valley Road Gilford, NH 03249 Conference Room A 7:00 P.M. The Gilford Zoning Board of Adjustment will meet on Tuesday, October 25, 2011 to hold a public hearing to consider the following application(s): 1. Steven Buzzotta Variance request from Article 5, Section 6.5 to allow the expansion of an existing restaurant into the required 50 foot buffer area on Tax Map & Lot #267-210.000 located at 2667 Lakeshore Road in the Resort Commercial Zone. File # Z11-13.

Tabled from the September 27, 2011 meeting.

2. Blue Sky Enterprises, Inc Application for a Special Exception pursuant to Article 15, Section 4.2 (a) to allow the applicant to 3. Other Business-2012 Zoning Amendment discussion.

4. Minutes for September 27, 2011.

5. Adjournment.

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LRGHealthcare Exec named outstanding nurse leader LACONIA — Marcia Hansen is the recipient of the 2011 Award of Excellence in Nursing Leadership, presented by the New Hampshire Organization of Nurse Leaders at the 77th Annual NH Hospital Association meeting at the Omni Mount Washington Resort in Bretton Woods.

Hansen is the Vice President of Patient Care and Laboratory Services, and the Chief Nursing Officer for Franklin Regional Hospital. Her career spans some 37 years with over 30 as a nurse leader.

She joined FRH in 1978 as a nursing supervisor where she held numerous positions including Assistant Director of Nursing and Director of Patient Care Services. During that period she held certifications in medical surgical nursing and infection control. In 2002, she was promoted to Associate Vice President, Patient Care Services and in 2005 to Vice President of Patient Care and Laboratory Services.

In 2009, Hansen passed the American Organization of Nurse Executives (AONE) Certified in Executive Nursing Practice (CENP) exam—in the spring of 2010, she was asked by the AONE to join a task

force charged with creating educational tools and review material to help applicants prepare for the CENP exam.

Most recently, she was invited by the AONE to be one of three facilitators at a review session at the AONE 44th Annual Meeting in San Diego. Over 50 participants, mostly Chief Nursing Officers and Chief Nurse Executives attended the session. She also serves on the AONE Small and Rural Hospital Task Force charged with exploring how AONE can better meet the needs of members from small/rural and critical access hospitals. “‘I have experienced firsthand the passion and dedication Marcia feels for the nursing profession and for those she leads. She is a very strong and powerful professional, but a most kind and gentle person.”’ said LRGHealthcare Health Career Counselor Ellen Garneau.

Hansen is a member of New Hampshire Organization of Nurse Leaders (NHONL), and collaborates with other nurse leaders in monitoring healthcare legislation and its impact on nursing and New Hampshire hospitals.

“Marcia is a skilled nursing leader who has been influential in shaping quality health care at LRGHealthcare and across the state of New Hampshire,’’ said, LRGHealthcare president and CEO Tom Clairmont. “Her commitment to advancing education, patient safety and quality make her invaluable to our organization and to the healthcare profession.”

HOLDERNESS — Squam Lakes Natural Science Center will host the Halloween Hoot N’ Howl on Saturday, October 22. This event has been running annually since 1991.

This very popular event features Halloween themed skits about New Hampshire wildlife. Guided tours last approximately 40 minutes with the first tour starting at 6 p.m. Past skits have included storytelling, mad scientists, mysterious creatures, wild

animals, and crazy insects. Guests are encouraged to dress in costume to keep with the Halloween theme of the event The cost for this event is $8 for members, $11 for non-members and reservations are required. Call 968-7194 or email info@nhnature.org.

For more details about events, admission fees, upcoming programs, lake cruises, and membership go to www.nhnature.org or call 968-7194.

LACONIA — Lakes Region Community Services (LRCS) and the Cultural Arts Center of the Lakes Region (CACLR) recently hosted a kick-off reception for local businesses at the Belknap Mill to learn about two exciting projects moving forward in downtown Laconia.

The two organizations have been awarded to tax credit grants by the NH Community Development Finance Authority (CDFA). Working collaboratively, LRCS & CACLR wanted to inform local businesses how they could partner with them to increase their community impact by leveraging the tax dollars they would pay to the government.

The reception was well attended and included a

presentation by Kathy Bogle Shields, CDFA Executive Director, regarding how the tax credit program works for local businesses.

Both organizations announced that Franklin Savings Bank and Laconia Savings Bank were the first to support the projects and to make tax credit pledges to the organizations.

“We are very appreciative of the willingness of both local community banks to step in and enthusiastically support both organizations,’ said Christine Santaniello, LRCS executive director.

For more information call Santaniello at 524-8811 ext 125 or chriss@lrcs.org or Carmen Lorentz at 5243057 or director @bcedc.org.

Annual Hoot ‘n Howl at Science Center Saturday

Downtown projects pleased over tax credit response

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The Winnisquam Regional School District Budget Committee has two vacancies on the committee it seeks to fill from the towns of Tilton (1) and Northfield (1) until the next annual meeting of the school district. Those wishing to apply must be a resident of Northfield and/or Tilton for the respective seats and registered voters. Interested candidates should send a letter stating intentions by October 20, 2011 to: Chairperson Winnisquam Regional School District Budget Committee 433 West Main Street, Tilton, NH 03276

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ANNIE’S MAILBOX

Dear Annie: About 17 years ago, a neighbor of mine employed “Violet,” a teenage au pair from France. We became friends, but when Violet returned home, we lost touch.

Earlier this year, Violet found me on Facebook, and we corresponded several times, catching up on each other’s lives. Violet told me she was sending me a small gift, and I received quite a large box that included chocolates and other candies, a bracelet, a fan, etc.

In June, Violet got married. Normally, I would have sent a nice card, but to reciprocate for her gift, I put together a box with expensive hand towels, assorted soaps and a small statuette. I tried to keep the weight down, but it still cost me $50 to mail. Then, for my birthday last month, Violet sent me a package of assorted gifts.

Violet’s birthday is coming up, and I don’t know what to do. Had her birthday come first, I could have nipped this in the bud by sending only a card. Now, I feel I must reciprocate.

Annie, I can’t afford to be buying gifts and shipping them overseas. Even sending something small will perpetuate the cycle. Soon it will be Christmas, which means more gifts.

In my thank-you note for her birthday gifts, I tried to gently tell her that she shouldn’t be spending her money on me, but her English isn’t that good, and I am worried about offending her. Any suggestions? -- No More Gifts, Please Dear No More: Send Violet something simple that will fit in a birthday card -- perhaps a handkerchief, a photograph of the house where she once lived or a hand-drawn memento -- along with your best wishes for her birthday. A gift doesn’t have to be expensive to be meaningful. Regardless of how Violet reciprocates down the road, you are not obligated to respond in kind.

Dear Annie: I am 15 years old and have been dating a girl for the past three weeks. It’s the first time I have ever dated anyone.

How do I tell my mom? I am afraid she will ask me to break up with her. I don’t have a close relationship with my mother, so that makes it more challenging and scary. Any tips? -- Teenager Dear Teenager: Most parents set rules about dating, including how old you should be to start. If you are underage for dating, you need to see this girl in the company of others and plan only group activities. It is important that you respect your parents’ rules so they can trust you. The best way to talk to your mother is to tell her you are interested in a certain girl and ask whether it would be OK if you brought her to the house so Mom could meet her. We think she’d love that.

Dear Annie: I am writing in regards to the letter from “Spell Check Is Your Friend,” who was tempted to call the board of education to report her spelling-challenged friend who teaches special education classes.

Spelling is certainly a skill that should be honed, and it reflects professionalism in any career choice. It is especially important for educators. However, a strong teacher needs to possess a lot more than a photographic memory of a dictionary to do the job well. Perhaps her friend has a great rapport with the special needs children in her classroom, is consistent in instilling appropriate behaviors and has a true love of teaching that is reflected in the academic and social progress made by her students.

The characteristics that make a good teacher are many, and in my experience, spelling is not at the top of the list.

-- Retired Teacher and School Psychologist

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

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David's Sporting Auction 300 lots Hunting & Fishing, etc.

6 PM Tues., Oct 18 * preview 4 pm Leavitt Park 334 Elm St, Laconia, NH Fishing- reels by Meisselbach, Orvis, Pfleuger, Winchester, Julius Vom Hofe, etc. sev bamboo rods including a 1940's Orvis #0262 w/ tube, loaded tackle boxes, flies & lures, ice fishing, Hunting- many knives

by Buck, Case, Kershaw, Marbles, Remington, Woodsmans Pal, Camillus, etc. packbaskets, traps, decoys, ammo, oars, canoe paddles, snowshoes, wood skis, 20+ mostly antique & black powder long guns incl Marlin 22 takedown rifle, Marlin drop lock 22, Ruger 45 cal “Old Army” cowboy action revolver, Winchester model 94 in 25/35 caliber & more, 2 Marbles hatchets, official Boy Scout hatchet, BSA bugle, Native American items, advertising, 2 peace medals- John Adams & Zachary Taylor, fantastic powder horn, 2 US WW bayonets,Civil War NH muster paper for Alvin Burleigh, Co B, 15th Reg NH Volunteers, Civil War era & GAR buttons, books.

For more details & photos go to auctionzip.com & enter ID 4217 D Cross lic 2487* email gavelcross@yahoo.com phone 603-528-0247 Buyer Premium * No out of state checks unless known to us! Catered

BOATS WORKING MAN’S FRIEND MOBILE SHRINKWRAPPING 24 Years Experience $8-$11/ft. ~ Group Rates

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Serving the Lakes Region

Business Opportunities LACONIA Pizza- Deli -Market. 25 years, same owners. Business & Real Estate. N. Main St. $475,000. 293-2111

Child Care MEREDITH grandmother offering childcare in my child-friendly home. Will transport to and from school. 393-9079

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

For Rent Alton 2-bedroom- Large living room, fireplace, island kitchen, deck, garage, laundry area. $950/Month, includes heat, hot water, metered water. No smoking/Pets. Call 603-875-7182 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 at the Bypass, 2 bedroom, basement storage, $865 plus utilities security and references. No dogs. 630-1296.

BELMONT Large Duplex, very nice 2+ Bedroom, washer/dryer hook-ups, Pets? $1,000/month + utilites, 603-393-6415.

BELMONT- 1 bedroom mobile home , appliances, Located in a 55+ park - no pets/no smoking.

First + security, references. $700.00/month + utilities 528-1463 or email-lad1@worldpath.net.

BELMONT-1 bedroom, heat, hot water, cable included. $175/week. no pets, security, references.

(603)520-5132.

BELMONT-New 2 bedroom mobile home with front porch, new appliances, washer/dryer hookup.

Located in a 55+ park , no pets/no smoking. First + security, references. $900.00/month + utilities. 528-1463 or email lad1@worldpath.net.

CENTER Harbor House- One bedroom, year-round, propane central heat, tenant pays all utilities, tenant does all yard maintenance. No pets/Smoking.

Full credit check, verified income, references. $400/Month, security.

Call between 6PM-8PM 603-707-8751 CLEAN UPDATED studios in Tilton. Heat/Hot Water included. $590/Month.

Cat okay.

603-393-9693 or 916-214-7733 Franklin-Duplex/Condo- Large 4-bedroom 1-bath, deck, newly renovated, washer/dryer hook-up, 4-season porch, 2-car parking.

Security & references required.

No smoking/pets. $1,050/Mo. + utilities. 978-290-0801

For Rent GILFORD 3 bedroom waterfront winter rental. Dock, washer & dryer. Available through May 31st. $900/mo. + Utilities. Oil heat. No pets. (603) 778-9515 GILFORD- Only $850/month. No security deposit necessary, lease optional. 3-bedroom, 1-bath.

Great deal, won t last long! Call Cindy 707-6662 GILFORD: 1-2 bedroom apartments from $175/Week includes heat & utilities. Pets considered. Security/References.

556-7098.

GILFORD: Large 3 + bedroom 2 bath HOUSE, nice yard: quiet location washer/dryer hook-ups.

Pets o k with approval. $980/Month. 566-6815 GILFORD: Newly renovated 2 bedroom house, applianced kitchen. Sun porch, basement with washer/dryer hookups, heat/hot water included, walking distance to shopping. No pets/smoking, one month security deposit, $1,050.00/month. Call 527-9221.

Gilmanton- 3 bedroom log home.

Less than 20 minutes to Laconia & Concord. $1,295/Month + Security. Utilities not included.

520-0652

HEAT INCLUDED! 2-bedroom unit, 2nd floor $800/Month. Security deposit required. Newly painted, quiet location. 387-8664

LACONIA WATERVIEW TOWNHOUSE In Gated South Down Shores

4 Bedroom, 2 1/2 bath, newly renovated, furnished. Washer/dryer, Wood fireplace, bar, sun room. $1,500/Month + Utilities 2 assigned parking spaces

603-387-8678 LACONIA 1-Bedroom - Washer/ dryer hookup, storage, no pets.

Security Deposit & references. $600/month + utilities. 520-4353 Laconia 2/3 Bedroom Apartment.

Includes heat/hot water.

References & deposit. $215/Week. 524-9665 LACONIA Very nice 2 bedroom apt on Pleasant St. in stately Victorian. Hardwood floors, many extras. Private sundeck, $900/ month includes heat and hot water, 524-3892 or 630-4771.

LACONIA, Clean, 1 Bedroom Apartment, First Floor, Small Porch, Walking Distance to Library, No Smoking, $695/mo., Includes heat. 524-2507 LACONIA, Large 1-bedroom, $160/week. Includes parking, heat and hot water. No pets. References & security. 455-6662.

Laconia- 1 Bedroom, nice yard, parking & utilities included. No pets/No smoking. $700/Month.

Call 630-3126 Laconia- 2 bedroom near hospital.

1st floor, washer/dryer hook-up, gas heat, just painted. $150/week + utilities. 293-7937 Laconia- 2+ Bedrooms, 2nd floor, washer/dryer hook-up. $225/Week Heat & hot water included. References/deposit required. No pets/No smoking. 528-6205

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

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For Rent

For Rent

For Sale

LACONIA2-Bedroom. $850/Month, heat/hot water included. Close to schools and downtown. Storage and parking.

455-5352

MOULTONBOROUGH: 3BR, 1.5BA house. Walk to Ctr. Harbor proper. Garage, wood & oil heat, w/d hookups. No smoking. No pets. Credit ref. & sec. dep. $1150/month plus utilities.

603-253-9446.

LEATHER recliner and lift chair.

Still under warranty, never used.

Paid $959, asking $499. Wine rack, metal w/glass shelves. Like new, $50. Queen Anne High-back chair, great condition, $75.

528-1017

Laconia- 20 X 40 Heated garageInside/outside storage. $350/Month. 603-528-8005 LACONIA- 3 bedroom house, across Street from Leavitt Park, close to school & beach. Efficient heat with new windows. Covered parking with lockable storage. Security & references. required. Pet considered. $1200. per month + utilities. 937-0157 Laconia- 3 bedroom Townhouse for $875. W/D hookups, private yard, full basement, dishwasher & A/C in convenient Laconia location. Heat & hot water included. Call us today at 603-524-4363. EHO, FHO.

NORTHFIELD: Trailers for rent in small park with on-site laundromat. Small 2 bedroom $195/week, larger 2 bedroom $225/week, 3 bedroom $235/week. All including heat, electric & hot water.

524-1234, www.whitemtrentals.com.

PREFERRED RENTALS Long term and winter rentals available in the towns of Moultonboro, Meredith, Center Harbor, Sandwich, Gilford, Laconia and Sanbornton. Starting at $650/ month. Please call for list of inventory at 603-253-7811 or visit our website at www.preferredrentals.com

LACONIA. Very nice one bedroom apt. Clean, secure downtown location. Spacious, just repainted, heat hot water and elec. included, $175/ week. 524-3892 or 630-4771.

LACONIA: Duplex, near downtown, 2-Bedrooms, $750 +utilities.

References & deposit required.

Available10/1/11. 387-3864.

LACONIA: Duplex, near downtown, 2-Bedrooms, $750 +utilities.

References & deposit required.

Available10/1/11. 387-3864.

LACONIA: Gilbert Apartments.

Call for available apartments.

524-4428 LAKE Winnipesaukee, Laconia, NH. Water View. 3+ bedroom, 2 .5 bath condo (duplex) in South Down Shores. Boat club & private beach. Central air, gas fireplace, master suite on 1st floor.

Washer/Dryer hookup, Sun room.

11 miles to Gunstock Ski Area. $1,400 per month, plus utilities.

Security deposit & references required. Call Sharon at 603-420-8254.

Lakeport- 1-bedroom 1st floor apartment with dining washer/dryer hook-up heat/hot water included. No smoking or pets. Off street parking $ 700.

First/Last/Security. 603-630-4539 Lakeport-4 room 2 bedroom 2nd floor, lake view. Includes washer/dryer, snow removal, landscaping, off street parking. $180/week.

No dogs/No Utilities/No Smoking. References & credit check a must. Call Rob 617-529-1838 MEREDITH BAY Full view of bay and town, executive quality, first floor, one bedroom. Big deck, repainted huge rooms, modern oak kitchen, laundry hookup, new carpets, no pets. $895/Month + deposit. Includes heat, hot water & parking. 603-279-3133 or 603-867-8678 MEREDITH One bedroom apartment on second floor. Open concept, cathedral ceiling, very elegant and rustic. Plowing, parking and dumpster included, Pets? $850/month 455-5660.

Meredith- 1 bedroom apartment.

Oil forced hot water, 1.5 bath, washer/dryer hook-up, nice yard.

Side Loading Woodburning stove with glass front. $200/OBO. Round wooden pedestal table $50/OBO. 238-2584

Steel Buildings Reduced Factory Inventory 30x36 – Reg $15,850 Now $12,600.

36x58– Reg $21,900 Now $18,800.

Source# 1IB, 866-609-4321 TONNEAU cover fits 6 ft. bed.

Silver, excellent condition. Asking $595 or best offer. 253-3120.

UNIVERSAL 3-Way Angle Vise; 90-360-45 degrees of movement.

Un-used, a $375 value. $95 Firm.

366-5775

SANBORNTON - 3 acre farmhouse overlooking Winnisquam. 2 minutes to winnisquam market, 2 bay garage with tool room. $1,200/Month, no utilities. Gas & oil heat with fireplace. References & deposit required. Responsible renters only. 524-9011 WATERFRONT Townhouse Southdown Shores. 2 bedroom, 2-1/2 bath, $1,150/ month, + Utilities. (617) 254-3395.

WANTED TO BUY 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

Quality Insulation of Meredith Fireplace Installer needed immediately MUST HAVE NH GAS LICENSE We are looking for installer with NH gas license to install fireplaces both wood and gas,carpentry experience helpful.

M-F work week with benefits including , Health Dental,Life, Disbility,FSA ,Vacation Holidays and 401k Pay based on experience. Must have valid NH drivers License and pass both background and drug test. Apply in person to :Quality Insulation, 1 PeaseRd. Meredith, NH 03253

WINNISQUAM REGIONAL SCHOOL DISTRICT

With oversized work bay Large Storage Unit also available. $1,100/Month

Full Time, 2nd Shift Custodian Prior school district experience preferred.

Call

Applications are available on our website www.wrsdsau59.org. or by contacting Winnisquam Regional School District, 433 West Main Street, Tilton, NH 03276 (603) 286-4116 EOE

630-2882 For Sale 30 inch ventless stove hood $75, 455-1524 AMAZING! Beautiful pillowtop matress sets, twin $169, full or queen $249, king $399. See AD under “Furniture”.

BRAND NEW 3-Position Pride Lift Chair GL-358M with warranty.

Asking $650. Retails $1,000.

Gilford. (410)280-8976.

Custom Glazed Kitchen Cabinets.

Solid maple, never installed. May add/subtract to fit kitchen. Cost $6,000 sacrifice $1,750. 833-8278 Dremel Jig Saw $100. Receiver hitch platform w/chock & ramp $125. Summit Viper climbing tree stand $125. $279 New. 340-7066 GE Refrigerator- White. $150.

3-piece lighted entertainment center w/book shelves $75.

524-6653 Howard Miller Grandfathers Clock.

80 inches tall. Purchased 1994 paid $1,000. Asking $400. Call 875-2847 HP Printer, print, copy, scan, fax, ex. condition, USB connect computer, I had motherboard fry. $50 527-0063 2-10 PM Sears Arc Welder $75.

Horizontal/Vertical milling

TEACHER/FLOAT LACONIA EARLY HEAD START

Free

For Rent-Commercial CONTRACTORS YARD

Full year- 40 our per week working directly under Lead Teacher implementing curriculum and providing care to infants and toddlers.

Benefits include annual and sick leave, medical and dental benefits, and 403B plan. Hourly rate $10.71$12.25, depending on education and experience. Must have a minimum of Infant/Toddler CDA, Associates degree in ECE preferred. Respond with a resume to Community Action Program Belknap-Merrimack Counties, Inc., (CEHS), PO Box 1016, Concord, NH 03302-1016. E.O.E.

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

Help Wanted

Diesel Mechanic Alvin J. Coleman & Son Inc. is actively seeking a qualified and experienced mechanic to perform repair and preventative maintenance on a fleet of heavy trucks and equipment. Position is full time, year round, and available today.

Health Benefits and 401k Available.

Stop in or call Jim Drouin Alvin J Coleman & Son, Inc. Rt. 16, Conway, NH 603-447-5936 EOE

Gilford School District Substitute Nurses Gilford School District is currently taking applications for substitute nurses for elementary, middle and high school.

Salary is $196.70 per day.

Please call the Gilford School District Office 527-9215 for an application, or download from

Help Wanted TEACHER CONCORD EARLY HEAD START

NEW mattresses ...always a great deal! Starting; King set complete $395, queen set $249.

603-524-1430.

is looking for 1 full-time Technician/Laborer.

Candidate must be self motivated, professional and avail. to work O/T. Must have CDL Class B and be in good physical condition. Benefits include a competitive salary, 8 paid holidays and retirement plan. Forward Resumes to: mandiehagan@yahoo.com Call 934-4145

LACONIA

Help Wanted

Beautiful Queen or Full-size mattress set, Luxury Firm European Pillow-top style, Fabulous back & hip support, Factory sealed-new 10Yr. warranty. Cost $1095, sell $249. Can deliver

Rowell's Sewer & Drain

LACONIA: Efficiency apartment, $135/week, includes heat and hot water. References and deposit.

524-9665.

LACONIA: Single family, freshly painted, 3BR, cozy cape near hospital. Non-smokers. No pets.

1st and last month s rent. References. $1,100/month. Available November 1st.

Call Bill at 528-3789.

Masterfly Tying Set. 524-1961

Treadmill- Image Model 150R $150. 1950’s Hamilton Greyhound wagon. $100. 393-9693

LACONIA 2-Bedroom; Family neighborhood. Large, clean & bright, washer/dryer hook-ups, parking, porch. Ref. & deposit required. 603-318-5931 LACONIA: 2 bedroom, 2 story apartment with access to basement and attic. $230/week, including heat, electric & hot water. 524-1234.

Furniture

AMAZING!

JCS Hiring 2nd shift 4:15-10pm Sun-Fri we are looking for highly motivated individuals with great attitude. No exp. required. This is a high paying, commission based, appointment scheduling position; top performers make $19-$25 per hour. For interview call Christina Pagliarulo at 603-581-2452 EOE MEDICAL Assistant positions available in a busy medical office that offers a variety of opportunities. Medical office experience preferred. Must be professional, pleasant and flexible.

Send resume to medofficeconway@yahoo.com.

SHOWROOM SALES Fast paced stove shop is looking for a motivated salesperson to join our team. Weekend availability a must. Email resumes to info@fireNstone.net STORMWATER Pollution Protection Plan Monitor/Inspector: Must be a Certified Erosion Sediment and Stormwater Inspector (CESSWI) with at least 2yrs experience in Highway/Bridge or General Construction projects. Must have valid driver s license and be willing to travel throughout NH. Must Be familiar with OSHA rules and regs. Will be responsible for reporting and monitoring per local/state/federal regulations. Full Time with Benefits, Equal Opportunity Employer. Send resume to aneville@ajcolman.com

Full year- 40 hours per week working directly under Lead Teacher implementing curriculum and providing care to infants and toddlers. Benefits include annual and sick leave, medical and dental benefits, and 403B plan.

Hourly rate $10.71-12.25, depending on education and experience. Must have a minimum of Infant/Toddler CDA, Associates degree in ECE preferred. Respond with a resume to Community Action Program Belknap-Merrimack Counties, Inc., (LEHS), PO Box 1016, Concord, NH 03302-1016.

E.O.E.

WINTER/ FALL RUSH

Permanent and holiday season help. Start immediately. Due to fall/ holiday season our company is experiencing a massive product demand opening various positions in all departments and must be filled this week. No experience required. Must be at least 18. Positions available: Customer Service/ set up and display/ appointment setting/ sales and marketing. Call today for immediate interview (603)822-0219. Or text anytime (603)930-8450.

Work for an American Legend!

Harley-Davidson at the Tilton Outlets has immediate openings for 3rd Key Team Leaders. Please apply at laconiaharley.com for interview consideration.

Become a Weatherization Installer Technician Today Help reduce homeowners’ energy costs while doing a job you enjoy at Lakes Region Community College’s Weatherization Installer Technician course.

Learn how to install air sealing and insulation, become BPI certified and more. The next course begins Nov. 10 in Plymouth, NH. Discounted tuition.

Call (603) 524-3207 for more information.

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Forest Society to host Northern Pass information Economics Club meets Tuesday at Gilford library session on Saturday at Webster Place Chapel

FRANKLIN — The Society for the Protection of New Hampshire Forests for a lively and informative discussion of the Northern Pass proposal on Saturday, October 22 from 9:30-11:30 am at the Webster Place Chapel, which is located on the grounds of the historic Daniel Webster property on Route 3 south of downtown Franklin.

Participants will learn about and discuss the impact that Northern Pass is expected to have on Franklin and the state of New Hampshire. The city is in line to receive additional property tax revenue from a converter station which would be built as part of the project, which has drwn opposition from many groups, including the Forest Society, due to its adverse impacts on the landscape.

The event will begin with a presentation about the Northern Pass proposal by Forest Society Vice Presi-

dent of Policy and Land Management Will Abbott, followed by a question and answer period.

‘The larger question for all of us is whether Northern Pass would be beneficial for New Hampshire,” said Forest Society President/Forester Jane Difley. “There has been a groundswell of opposition in nearly all of the 31 communities that would be directly impacted by the proposed project.”

Founded in 1901, the Society for the Protection of New Hampshire Forests is the state’s oldest and largest non-profit land conservation organization.

Supported by 10,000 families and businesses, the Forest Society’s mission is to perpetuate the state’s forests by promoting land conservation and sustainable forestry. For more information, visit www.forestsociety.org.

Help Wanted

Recreation Vehicles

Services

YARD HELP WANTED for Gilford Home Center Apply in Person 32 Gilford East Dr.

1993 24 ft. Komfort camper with 1 slideout. $1,300 or best offer.

293-2878

PIPER ROOFING

Instruction BALLROOM DANCE Private lessons, couples only.

Professional Instruction, reasonable rates. 279-1329.

Tutor: Retired teacher will tutor French, English, and study skills.

366-4704.

Mobile Homes FOR Sale new double wide, full factory warranty 28 x 56 . 2 br, 2 full baths, family room and morning room, many upgrades. Beach rights to Winnipesaukee. 303 Old Lakeshore Road, Gilford, N.H, Lot #G6. Call 603-888-0661 or 603-566-0727.

Motorcycles

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

Roommate Wanted LACONIA 2-roomates wanted clean, quiet, sober environment.

All inclusive, must see, will go fast. $120/week. 455-2014

Services

Services

GILFORD — “If you pay a mortgage, if you’re considering going to college, then economics touches you every single day,’’ says library patron Barry Dame, who has recently formed an Economics Club at the Gilford Public Library.

With a professional background in economics and engineering, in addition to graduate work in both topics, Dame leads the Economics Club each Tuesday from 6:30–7:30 p.m. The club focuses on economics ideas; sample discussion topics include whether or not free markets are always stable, and if free trade always works to one’s advantage.

Knowledge of economic theories is not necessary—Dame will introduce each topic so everyone understands the discussion. All are welcome to join the discussions.

Services

Interior/Exterior Since 1982 ~ Fully Insured

Our Customers Don!t get Soaked!

Powerwashing

279-5755 630-8333

528-3531

Bus.

Major credit cards accepted

Cell

NEED A CALL Mike for fall clean-ups, scrapping, light hauling, snowblowing. Very reasonably priced.

603-455-0214

CHIMNEY Installation/Repairs: Masonry, metal-bestos, flashing, fireplaces, woodstove installations, liners, caps, inspections, cleanings. Insured, references.

(603)523-7806.

HOUSEKEEPER? Currently have openings for weekly, bi-weekly, monthly.

Dependable w/references.

Ann (603) 393-9642

Snowmobiles Snowmobile, ATV, new & used parts. Complete line of accessories, service. Pre-owned sleds.

Lake City Cat House 524-5954

COMMERCIAL/RESIDENTIAL

SNOWPLOWING

Storage Space

Experienced ~ Reasonable Reliable ~ Insured

3 Garage Bays for rent. Cars, boats, etc. Each bay 25ft. deep 11ft. wide. For storage only. $55 per month each space. Call Dave 528-2872

455-2801

1976 Goldwing: Good for parts or restoration. No reasonable offer refused.

Call for details.

267-8758.

ALTON/GILFORD Garage 40X60ft. 16ft. high ceilings. Two 14X14ft. doors, insulated, water, electric, can be heated. $1,500./Month 293-7770

1995 Harley Davidson Ultra-New Motor, Less than 2,000/miles, Great shape! $7,000.

603-848-0014 2000 Harley Davidson, Ultra Classic, new Harley rebuilt motor, 4 speaker stereo, cruise, Python pipes, other accessories, very good condition, asking $8,500/obo, 603-752-5519.

Services

BLUE RIBBON PAINTING CO.

Quality Work Reasonable Rates Free Estimates Metal Roofs • Shingle Roofs

HANDYMAN SERVICES

STORE your car-boat-motorcycle before the snow in a clean and secure brick building. Low prices.

(603)524-1430

Small Jobs Are My Speciality

Rick Drouin 520-5642 or 744-6277

SNOW REMOVAL Plowing • Driveways Roofs • Sanding

Reasonable Rates 273-5139

SNOWPLOWING MEREDITH AREA Reliable & Insured

Michael Percy

677-2540 JAYNE ’ S PAINTING is now Ruel ’s Painting ...Same great service!

Jason Ruel, customer satisfaction guaranteed! 393-0976

SPAS

Summit Spas (603)733-7101.

Service & maintance.

WINTER Storage- 12X28 $50/ month.

2oX24X12 high, $100/month. 344-4504

Home Care

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