THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 2011
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Benefit for 31-yearold breast cancer victim is Sun. night
GILFORD — Amy Annis Colby, a 31 yearold graduate of Gilford High School, was diagnosed four years ago with breast cancer. Refusing to let the disease halt the ambitious young woman’s life, she finished law school, began a career in a Boston law firm and got married, all while undergoing grueling treatments for the disease. see AMY page 12
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Blizzard’s lawyer argues license suspension law too vague BY MICHAEL KITCH THE LACONIA DAILY SUN
CONCORD — Appealing the suspension of Erica Blizzard’s boating privileges before the New Hampshire Supreme Court yesterday, attorney Jim Moir neither defended her conduct nor questioned her punishment, but instead challenged the constitutionality of the law applied to her case.
The Laconia resident, who works as general manager of her family’s marina business, was not present in the court room for the hearing. Following a hearing in June, 2010 the Department of Safety suspended Blizzard’s boating privileges for three years after she was convicted of negligent homicide in the death of her closest friend, Stephanie Beau-
doin of Meredith, who died when the boat Blizzard was piloting struck Diamond Island in Lake Winnipesaukee on the night of Father’s Day in 2008. While the justices appeared not to doubt the authority of the state to suspend boating privileges several expressed concern that the duration of suspension is at the discretion of the commissioner of safety.
Moir described the statute authorizing the commissioner of safety to suspend or revoke boating privileges (RSA 270E:17) as “unclear, vague and lacking details,” telling the justices that neither the law nor the rules match the length of suspensions to particular offenses. He questioned the statutory authority for sussee COURT page 13
BHS students staging ‘Little Shop of Horrors’ this weekend
Belmont High School students were rehearsing for their weekend production of “Little Shop of Horrors” on Wednesday night. Above, Jennie Veloski, Katie Tarr, Nicole Rosas and Kathy Lipshultz join Keiran Harpell (as Seymour) at Mr. Mushnik’s floral shop. Seymour is holding his new plant (Audrey). Performances are all at the Belmont Middle School. The curtain will rise on Thursday, Friday and Saturday night at 7 p.m. (Karen Bobotas/for The Laconia Daily Sun)
Librarians fighting to keep book vans circulating between towns BY GAIL OBER
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CONCORD — State Librarian Michael York said yesterday he is 100-percent supportive of continuing the inter-library vans that were targeted by an expenditure review ordered by the Legislature as part of Modern Woodmen
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House Bill 2 — the so-called trailer bill to the biennial state budget. The vans, according to York, make 22 weekly routes within the state and routinely bring books and materials not available in one of the state 234 libraries that is available through a different library.
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He said the program is largely supported through federal funding and one of the provisions of HB-2 was for him to review the book transfer program and make possible suggestions as to what other library or cultural program could better use the money. see LIBRARY VANS page 13
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