The Laconia Daily Sun, December 15, 2011

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GILMANTON — Paperwork filed recently in Belknap County Superior Court suggests a high level of sexual preoccupation in the Police Department and provides details of what led to the March firing of the second in command.

The documents, filed as

BELMONT — A kiln-dried firewood operation which turns trees which had been standing in the woods on Monday into cut, split and dried wood

by Friday is about to double its capacity in order to keep up with growing demand.

A second kiln will soon be going up at Province Road KilnDried Firewood, which see KILN page 12

addendum’s to a wrongful termination suit launched by former Police Sgt. Dennis Rector against the town after he was fired for sexual harassment, details allegations of sexually explicit text messages being circulated between department members, crude references to body parts and the ostracizing of one police officer

by some of her colleagues.

“I am subjected to disrespect, offensive remarks, and, when my peers deliberately segregate me, this would contribute to the reasons why I feel as uncomfortable as I do,” wrote a female officer in her statement to independent attorney Daniel Schwartz during his investigation of Rector last February.

The alleged problems within the police department surfaced during a snowstorm in late January of 2011 after Rector asked Chief Phil O’Brien to reprimand a female officer who he said swore at him during an inspection of her cruiser.

During the cruiser check, statements say Rector chassee GILMANTON page 10

LHS holds special holiday music concert for seniors and seniors

Laconia High School Music Director Debbie Gibson leads in the playing and singing of “Feliz Navidad” as part of special concert of holiday music performed Wednesday morning just for members of the Class of 2012, and for senior citizen guests. Refreshments were served for both sets of seniors after the concert. (Karen Bobotas/for The Laconia Daily Sun)

House redistricting plan cuts Ward 4 away from rest of city

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Could U.S. drivers ever abide by cellphone ban?

DALLAS (AP) — Junior Woods has a wellpracticed routine for conducting business on the road: While driving throughout rural Arkansas, the electronics salesman steals a glance at his cellphone every so often, checking for text messages and emails.

“I can keep both hands on the steering wheel and just look down my nose and read in 10-second intervals,” Woods said in a phone interview from Rogers, Ark. “I’m actually doing that right now.”

Like millions of other Americans, Woods uses his car as a mobile office, relying on his phone almost every hour of every workday to stay productive and earn a living. So would drivers ever abide by a proposed ban on almost all cellphone use behind the wheel, even if it is hands-free? Could they afford to?

Those are just a few of the questions looming over a federal recommendation that seeks to rein in what has become an essential tool of American business.

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Dems drop millionaire tax idea in effort to reach accord WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrats backed away from their demand for higher taxes on millionaires as part of legislation to extend Social Security tax cuts for most Americans on Wednesday as Congress struggled to clear critical year-end bills without triggering a partial government shutdown.

Republicans, too, signaled an eagerness to avoid gridlock and adjourn for the holidays.

With a bipartisan $1 trillion funding bill blocked at the last minute by Democrats, GOP lawmakers and aides floated the pos-

sibility of a backup measure to run the government for as long as two months after the money runs out Friday at midnight.

With time beginning to run short, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., met with President Barack Obama at the White House, then returned to the Capitol and sat down with the two top Republicans in Congress, Speaker John Boehner and Sen. Mitch McConnell of Kentucky.

Taken together, the developments signaled the end game for a year of divided government — with a tea party-flavored

majority in the House and Obama’s allies in the Senate — that has veered from nearcatastrophe to last-minute compromise repeatedly since last January.

The rhetoric was biting at times.

“We have fiddled all year long, all year,” McConnell complained in a less-than-harmonious exchange on the Senate floor with Reid. He accused Democrats of “routinely setting up votes designed to divide us ... to give the president a talking point out on the campaign trail.” see MILLIONAIRE TAX page 8

WASHINGTON (AP) — The House passed a massive $662 billion defense bill Wednesday night after last-minute changes placated the White House and ensured President Barack Obama’s ability to prosecute terrorist suspects in the civilian justice system.

The vote was 283-136 and reflected the strong support for annual legislation that authorizes money for the men and women of the military as well as weapons systems

and the millions of jobs they generate in lawmakers’ districts.

It was a rare instance of bipartisanship in a bitterly divided Congress. The Senate is expected to pass the measure on Thursday and send it to Obama.

The House vote came just hours after the administration abandoned a veto threat over provisions dealing with the handling of terrorism suspects.

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negotiators working on the bill last week, Obama and senior members of his national security team, including Defense Secretary Leon Panetta and Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, had sought modifications in the detainee provisions.

Negotiators announced the changes late Monday, clearing the way for White House acceptance.

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Fallout from college band hazing scandal reaches into Georgia high schools

ATLANTA (AP) — The fallout from the death of a Florida A&M University drum major broadened Wednesday to nearly two dozen high schools in Georgia, where marching band activities were suspended over concerns of “inappropriate physical activity” between band mates.

A metro Atlanta school district began investigating after Robert Champion died Nov. 19. The Southwest DeKalb High graduate was found unresponsive on a bus parked in front of an Orlando hotel after a university football game, and authorities said his death involved hazing.

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Standoff in Manchester Northern Pass pays $2.35M for Franklin campground apparently leads to suicide

By AnnmArie Timmins CONCORD MONITOR

FRANKLIN — Northern Pass paid $2.35-million late last week for a 118-acre Franklin campground where it would build a massive converter station if its proposed hydropower line from Canada is approved.

The station, which would convert direct current from Canada into alternating current, would take up between 30 and 40 acres of the former Thousand Acres Family Campground, Northern Pass spokesman Martin Murray said Friday. The rest of the property will be left undeveloped, Murray said, to create a buffer around the building.

“You won’t see it from ground,” he said. “Not from the road or the neighboring properties.”

The campground’s owner, Marian Kolbe, told the Monitor in October she was retiring and closing the campground, which her father started in the 1960s.

But she declined to confirm speculation at the time that Northern Pass was the buyer because she had not closed the deal.

Kolbe’s lawyer, Jim Sessler of Franklin, said Friday that Northern Pass officials approached Kolbe about buying her land, and that the purchase allowed her to retire. The 118-acre parcel at 1079 S. Main St. has an assessed value of $653,300, according to the city’s assessing office.

Many of Kolbe’s seasonal campers are relocating to the Cozy Pond campground in Webster, according to its owner, Jim DiPrima. He and his wife, Liz, were Thousand Acres regulars until they bought Cozy Pond about a year ago, he said.

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MANCHESTER (AP) — Police in Manchester, N.H., say a bank robbery suspect apparently shot himself to death after telling them he wouldn’t leave his apartment to be arrested.

Police said they found 35-year-old David Griffin dead at Waterford Place Apartments early Wednesday. see STANDOFF page 13

Mom’s ashes returned to Rochester woman who’d been taking them to bingo for luck

ROCHESTER (AP) — A stolen urn containing the ashes of her mother has been returned to a New Hampshire woman, who had been taking the container to bingo games for good luck.

WMUR-TV reports (http://bit.ly/v6yuN2) police said the urn was returned to Diane Bozzi sometime between Monday night and Tuesday morning. They have no suspects.

Police said the urn was stolen from Bozzi’s van last week in Rochester by someone targeting unlocked cars. She said the urn was in a bag she was planning to take to a bingo game.

Bozzi pleaded for the urn’s return. She and her mother loved playing bingo together. Before her mother died in 2002, Bozzi promised her she would take some of her ashes with her to play. Her mother agreed, saying she would bring Bozzi luck.

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project still needs federal and state approval, but officials have been buying property along the 180mile route since May. The new high-voltage line would run through New Hampshire to Deerfield, where it would deliver power to New England.

The project is facing fierce opposition in the North County, where Northern Pass must clear 40 miles of new rights of way for its lines. But its been celebrated by Franklin officials for its tax benefits, which Northern Pass officials have projected at $4.2-million annually. The campground paid the city about $14,000 a year in taxes.

In addition to the 118-acre parcel, Northern Pass bought two other smaller parcels from Kolbe, each less than four acres, according to the deed. Those properties together are assessed at about $80,000, according to the city’s assessing office.

Murray said the campground was an ideal location for Northern Pass because it sits along the existing right of way the project would use to run its new line. “It’s a win-win situation,” Murray said.

“The sellers seem to be happy. Franklin comes out ahead. And campers are getting referred to another local (campground).”

Not only is the Northern Pass power line at least a year away from possible approval, it also has a fight to win. Groups like the Society for the Protection of New Hampshire Forests and the Appalachian Mountain Club have joined individual opponents in challenging the project on several grounds.

One issue has involved Northern Pass’s plans to use the 140 miles of existing rights of way from Groveton to Deerfield for its new line. Opponents see NORTHERN PASS page 13

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MEREDITH — “I couldn’t be prouder than I am at this moment,” Inter-Lakes Middle Tier Principal Everett Bennett said at a reception held yesterday at the school’s library. The celebration was held to recognize the “Weed Busters,” a team of five seventh graders who entered a national “Eco Challenge” sponsored by Lexus.

The team described and addressed the invasion of the aquatic weed milfoil and in doing so was selected as one of a handful teams from across the country eligible to compete in the final round.

By succeeding through the first round, team “Weed Busters” earned a $10,000 prize, which Team “Weed Busters,” comprised of five seventh graders from Inter-Lakes Middle Tier, were one of includes $3,000 to be eight middle school teams from across the country selected to compete in the final round of the spent on the school’s sci- “Eco Challenge” sponsored by Lexus. They have a chance to win a prize package totaling $30,000. ence program and the bal- Shown here, Joshua Schmalle presents a graph measuring student awareness of milfoil, while team ance to be divided among members (left to right) Jackson Williams, Tristan Smart, Matthew Sundius and Brianna Knauss listen. team members. In the Standing are team advisors Kay Anderson (left) and Lisa Merrill. final round, which will take place during January including some of its most treasured, such as Lake and February, the team will have the opportunity Winnipesaukee. to compete for one of eight “first place” prizes of The campaign included interviews with hospital$15,000 or two “grand” prizes of $30,000. ity magnate Edward “Rusty” McLear and real estate As Bennett explained at the reception, the “Weed businessman and milfoil activist Stewart Lamprey.

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Laconia recycling on track to top 1,200 tons by end of year — up about 20%

By Michael Kitch THE LACONIA DAILY SUN

LACONIA — In the third round of the “Recycling Challenge” the tonnage of recycled materials collected at the curbside rose again, but because the total amount of trash also increased, recycling as a share of all solid waste merely inched from 13.7-percent to 13.9-percent.

The Recycling Challenge pits each of the five daily trash collection routes against one another in a contest to determine which can increase its percentage of recycled waste the most. During the third round recycled tonnage grew from 27.07 tons to 29.75 tons as four of the five routes — Tuesday through Friday — posted increases while recycling decreased only on Monday.

Every ton taken out of the waste stream and recycled reduces the cost of collecting, transporting and disposing of solid waste, which is funded by property from preceding page the movie “The Ghost Busters.” They ain’t afraid of no milfoil.

Other components of the project included creation of a web site and a 15-slide PowerPoint presentation.

“I felt privileged to work with these kids,” said Kay Anderson, who along with Merrill and teachers Norm Roulx and Dot Hartson advised the team.

Speaking to parents present at the reception, Anderson praised the students for their unusual dedication and maturity. “You sent us great raw materials,” she said.

Jackson Williams didn’t know the other members of the team before joining. He said, “Now I’m good friends with all of them. I’m proud of what we accomplished – because we won. I think we had great teamwork.”

For Tristan Smart, his proudest achievement was raising awareness about milfoil among his peers.

“Milfoil is extremely dangerous. Milfoil can grow as much as an inch per day,” he said, explaining that its rapid growth chokes out native plants and fish.

“If you just take a cutting and drop it in the lake, it can re-root and spread all over the lake,” said team member Brianna Knauss, who said she didn’t know

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Since the challenge began, curbside recycling has risen from 26.31 tons to 29.75 tons virtually matching the 13.4-percent increase in the total volume of solid waste, which rose from 196.44 tons to 214.3 tons. Consequently, curbside recycling represents slightly less than 14-percent of all the solid waste collected at the curbside.

In addition, 56.63 tons of recyclable materials have been collected from the three remote collection points since the challenge began.

Ann Saltmarsh of the Department of Public Works, who manages the recycling program, said that recycling is on track to top 1,200 tons by the end of the year, an increase of almost 20-percent over 2010, the

about milfoil before the project. “I helped many other people learn about milfoil,” she said, hoping to start a “chain reaction” of awareness.

Joshua Schmalle helped write and administer the surveys which were given to students before and after the publicity campaign to gauge the team’s effectiveness. “The results were staggering,” he said.

“We can’t stop the threat of milfoil but we can control it. We can control it through public awareness.”

Matthew Sundius was most proud of the team logo, which he created with help from the school’s art teacher, and for the ceramic ornaments the team made and sold, proceeds from which were donated to the New Hampshire Lakes Association’s effort to halt the spread of the weed. “We raised more than $300 to be donated to the cleanup of milfoil,” he said.

Though eager to start work on the next round, the team has not yet received the specifics of the final challenge. Whatever the outcome is, the “Weed Busters” are already champions, especially in the eyes of the school officials and community members who worked with them.

“These kids,” said teacher adviser Norm Roulx, after pausing to collect his emotions, “they warm my heart.”

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Specifically, the bill would require that the military take custody of a suspect deemed to be a member of al-Qaida or its affiliates and who is involved in plotting or committing attacks on the United States.

There is an exemption for U.S. citizens.

House and Senate negotiators added language that says nothing in the bill will affect “existing criminal enforcement and national security authorities of the FBI or any other domestic law enforcement agency” with regard to a captured suspect “regardless of whether such ... person is held in military custody.”

The bill also says the president can waive the provision based on national security.

“While we remain concerned about the uncertainty that this law will create for our counterterrorism professionals, the most recent changes give the president additional discretion in determining how the law will be implemented, consistent with our values and the rule of law, which are at the heart of our country’s strength,” Carney said.

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Putting fame to good use Former first daughter Chelsea Clinton’s debut on NBC’s “Nightly News” is drawing plenty of attention, as well it should. Since her father’s election nearly 20 years ago, the Clintons set an example of real family values by doing everything they could to keep Chelsea out of the spotlight and allow her to live as normal of a life as possible.

By all outside indicators, it worked.

She has grown up to be a young woman of intelligence, character and commitment. The press, for its part, pretty much left her alone.

Until she became one of them, sort of.

When NBC announced her three-month contract, Clinton was roundly criticized both for joining the ranks of those she had studiously avoided and for not making herself available for interviews when she did. The first criticism seemed silly. Politicians and their kids are a fixture on television news, even those who once complained about how unfairly they were treated by the media and even by the very networks for whom they now work.

Meghan McCain’s father, former presidential candidate Sen. John McCain, never has been a fan of MSNBC, which didn’t — and shouldn’t — stop his daughter from working there. I am sure George W. Bush tunes in whenever his daughter Jenna appears on NBC’s “Today” show, although he has been skewered more times than he might choose to count by the network that produces “Saturday Night Live.”

Former Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm is prepping her new show at Current TV; while Sarah Palin and “Huckabee” are staples at Fox. Clinton probably did make a mistake in not appearing at a press conference when her hiring was announced — not because she would have said any more than the press release, but because it gave the media something more legitimate to complain about. So be it.

But her first report on Monday night demonstrated why her decision makes perfect sense. It was a report on a woman in President Bill Clinton’s home state of Arkansas

who has devoted herself to providing after-school support for at-risk kids. It was the kind of story that networks do now and again — the “hero of the week” type of thing — and that gets almost no attention.

Because Chelsea Clinton did it, it got plenty of attention.

That is precisely the point.

Some people seek out celebrity.

Others are born into it. What troubles me, frankly, is when parents use their children to make celebrities of themselves (you can fill in the names here) or push their children to take on the trappings of celebrity that they aren’t able to handle (another easy fill-in-the-blank exercise). But Clinton is no longer a child, and she will always be a celebrity. The question that matters now that she is an adult is how she will use it.In explaining her decision to go public, as if she weren’t already, Clinton said her grandmother, Dorothy Rodham, who died last month, urged her to do more with her fame.

Taking her advice, Clinton decided to lead a “purposefully public life.”

Let’s be honest here. Chelsea Clinton is famous and will be for some time to come. She could use that fame to get a front-row seat at the fashion shows, to get invited to the best Oscar parties, to get designers and jewelers to lend her their baubles. She could sell pictures of her private life for a pretty penny to any magazine or tabloid in the world, as so many celebrities do. She could turn her life into a reality show.

Being famous gives you power that others don’t have. It gives you the power to set an example, good or bad.

It gives you the power to be noticed, for better or for worse. It gives you the power to tell a story that will (only) be noticed because you tell it. That is the kind of power Chelsea Clinton has chosen to exercise. And I say more power to her for that.

(Susan Estrich is a professor of Law and Political Science at the University of Southern California Law Center. A best-selling author, lawyer and politician, as well as a teacher, she first gained national prominence as national campaign manager for Dukakis for President in 1988.)

Please visit the Belknap Mill’s Holiday Bazaar on December 17 To the editor, I encourage your readers to purchase gifts and locally produced items on Saturday, Dec. 17 at the Historic Belknap Mill at their annual Holiday Bazaar.

What will be offered? Everything from jams and jellies, soap, fudge, quilted ornaments, wooden toys and furniture, jewelry, boxwood trees, wall hangings, embroidered items, glass art, painted tins and centerpieces.

Handmade angel ornaments will be

available, with proceeds to benefit Maddy’s Meds helping seniors and sick people afford medicine. So stop by the Belknap Mill, right next to Laconia City Hall at 25 Beacon Street East, between 9 a.m. and 3 p.m. to support local crafters, enjoy the Trees for the Holidays exhibit, and bring home some affordable gifts. Thank you and Happy Holidays to All! Judi Taggart Gilford

LETTERS Why do non-millionaires vote to support the like of Koch brothers?

To the editor, If you are a millionaire you may want to stop reading right here. I think it is time that the non millionaires stopped being run over by those who control Washington with their money. Congress needs to pass an increased tax on them. They are using their money to control Washington.

What follows is the true story of how the billionaire Koch brothers use their money to manipulate our entire government to do their bidding.

The brothers own, or control, major oil, ethanol, paper and fertilizer plants in the us. They paid $400-million in environmental fines for air and water pollution between 1999 and 2003.

They are considered one of the top 10 air polluters. In a study by U. Mass they are mentioned as a major denier of climate change. They want the pipeline from Canada to Texas to bring the tar sand crude to their refineries there. They stand to make billions from it. With their pollution record it is not surprising that the people in the path of the pipe line are against it.

Obama’s environmental agenda through the EPA is one of the major reasons that the Republicans are determined to eliminate it. The EPA protects our air and water. This

explains their support of the Tea Party with money, and education meetings for the leaders. They chose the Tea Party to push their agenda in Washington and in the state houses. It is easy to connect their businesses with the Republican agenda in Washington and New Hampshire. When the Tea Party says they want smaller government, what they mean is get rid of the regulations that protect us from the wealthy agendas.

They want Obama defeated in the worst way, and will pay plenty to Republicans to get their way. What I cannot understand is why non millionaires are willing to vote for the agenda of these brothers.

It is time that voters started questioning what the Republicans are feeding them through their propagandists. They vilify Obama because he stands in the way of the wealthy running the country for themselves, not for the 99-percent.

It is not easy to connect all the dots, as I have tried to do. Do the thinking for yourself. My info comes from recognized public sources, such as Wikipedia. I will be happy to answer any disagreement with what I write.

Kent Warner Center Harbor

N.H. Constitution lists right of conscience before all others To the editor, There is evidence that our level of conscience was well seated nearly 12,000 years ago, as it is often associated with religion, at a site known as Gobekli Tepe in Turkey.

Only in the N.H. Constitution is it listed by itself before other rights, second comes religious freedom.

James Madison wrote an essay regarding property and liberty in which he declared that, “(The right of) conscience is the most sacred of all property.” It wasn’t just the general population in N.H. which understood the foundational importance of this unalienable right. The foundation of the absurd idea that people could govern themselves is based on that singular unalienable right. For the states and especially the federal constitution(s) to have been written and approved and to have lasted these 225+ years speaks not only to their

understanding of governance but of themselves. Their honesty amongst so many other men of conscience would not have been hard to come by, especially as in the writing of the federal Constitution with George Washington presiding.

It is not by accident that the U.S. is the oldest national government in the world, and the N.H. Constitution is older still. It is not something to be forgotten or set aside to collect dust, nor is it something for our government to take charge of or to control or dole back to us as they see fit.

Thus the foundation of our rights, of our government is also the charge by which those in government are given.

The argument that has been playing out in our nation’s politics is not about the governing of the nation but the shape of government itself. That shape is already well formed: The state govsee next page

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LETTERS Obama’s omission puts him at odds with George Washington

Flawed treatment of veterans will continue because we allow it

To the editor, President Obama’s omission of God in his Thanksgiving address to the nation has been criticized by many conservative and religious groups.

By the same token, judging by the numerous counter responses from liberals and atheists, many are quite happy with the omission. I am sure the ACLU is quite pleased. Rather than bash our president for this obvious and purposeful exclusion, I offer, as a comparison, the following historical Congressional request made by our First Federal Congress to George Washington for a national day of public Thanksgiving and prayer. His response follows: On September 25, 1789, The first Federal Congress, the very same Congress that created the Bill of Rights and the First Amendment, and on the very same day they put the finishing touches on these Constitutional Amendments, the true meaning of which could not have been more freshly imprinted on their minds, unanimously requested that President Washington “recommend to the people an official day of public thanksgiving and prayer, to be acknowledged, with grateful hearts, the many signal (extraordinary) favors of Almighty God, especially by affording them an opportunity to establish a Constitution of government for their safety and happiness.”

President George Washington responded with the following official proclamation: “Whereas it is the duty of all nations to acknowledge the providence of

To the editor, Mr. Sellew’s letter expressing outrage at the recent Air Force admission of their “disposal” procedures of troop remains (heroes). . . too disgusting or need to go any further. The disgrace of Arlington National Cemetery that had gone on for years and NOW “is it” being taken care of?

These are two of the latest instances of “National Failures” when it come to recognizing those that have served and those that have “paid the ultimate price” a term we hear when an American soldier offers his/her life on behalf of the country/people they serve on the orders of the leadership of the country, elected by the people.

We could “remember” Walter Reed and the eight oversight committee’s that were to be responsibly under a number of administrations. We could discuss the issue of Agent Orange and the number of Vietnam veterans who suffered and died before it was even accepted as an “Agent Of Death”. Many of those at first were told “all symptoms related were anxiety related, imaginary”. Today Agent Orange is known to the Viet Vet as “The gift that keeps on giving”. We could discuss

Almighty God, to obey His will, to be grateful for His benefits, and to implore His protection and favor…I do recommend and assign the 26th of November next, to be devoted by the people of the United States for His kind care and protection of the people of this country to the service of that Great and Glorious Being who is the beneficent author of all the good that was, that is, or that will be…”

Washington then continued on by imploring the people to give “humble thanks” for the “favorable interpositions of His Providence in the course and conclusion of the late war…for the civil and religious liberty with which we are blessed…and also that we may then unite in most humbly offering our prayers and supplications to the Great Lord and Ruler of nations, and beseech Him to pardon our national and other transgressions…to promote the knowledge and practice of true religion and virtue…”

“Given under my hand, at the city of New York, the 3rd of October in the year of our Lord, 1789.” G Washington Many who read this account may have the opinion that President Obama has the correct vision for our country. Others would say that our First Federal Congress and George Washington, the “Father of our Country,” has it right. But one thing we can all agree on is that the visions of the two men are exactly the opposite. Who is right? Obama or Washington? They cannot both be right. You choose.

George Brunstad Meredith

Girl Scouts brought enthusiasm to wreath-laying ceremony To the editor, On Saturday, Dec. 10, approximately 50 volunteers gathered to lay wreaths on the graves of veteran’s who served our country, in Bayside Cemetery. This was part of “Wreaths Across America”, which is a nation wide project that Laconia Rotary has brought to this city.

I would like to personally thank all of the donors and the volunteers who

came out in the cold to help, especially the Girl Scouts of Troop 13158. The girls were very enthusiastic to help and were excellent listeners during the ceremony that followed the laying of the wreaths. Without everyone’s help this gesture would not have been possible. Thank you very much!

Charlie Bullerwell Laconia Rotary Club

from preceding page ernment prohibiting a local establishment from serving locally produced turkey to its patrons just because it was locally grown and didn’t have the FDA’s stamp of approval.

The farmer, restaurant, and customers are all prohibited from interaction.

All lacking conscience in dealing with each other such that the state needs to be their conscience, to safe guard the contents of a sandwich? This is not what self governance is about, it is the absolute opposite.

(Ref: Laconia Daily Sun article page 8, 11/23/2011) “Colleen Smith, a food defense and safety specialist working for the Food Protection office, said the rule that foiled the Bassetts’ plans for a local Thanksgiving burrito is there to protect consumers while providing a space for small-time producers. All meat producers have to be inspected by the USDA, unless they sell very few

birds or if they sell direct to consumers.

When it comes to meat, you want to be sure it comes from a licensed farm.

Smith said the thinking behind the rule is that consumers have the opportunity to visit the farm and meet the farmer face-to-face, with the implication that the consumer can decide if the conditions are sanitary and trust- worthy.”

Then again, according to the “rules” the consumers could all visit the farm one day or another through the summer, face-to-face and decide if the person is honest and farm worthy, jointly pay for one or more turkeys, then contract with the restaurant to prepare the bird for lunch. If there is a rule against that, the restaurant needn’t charge a fee for cooking or preparing, but the patrons could tip generously — exercising their good conscience, of course!

G.W. Brooks Meredith

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the remains removed from the “Vietnam Tomb of the Unknown” because those remains were known to be those of Lt. Michael L. Blassie from the first day they were entombed. Closing the chapter was more important than the “truth”. We could discuss the American soldier being held captive in Afghanistan this day but unknown to most Americans because the term ‘POW’ is not used because WE are not really at WAR. So, why does this president, OUR Congress members and senators continue to discuss the War in Iraq and the War in Afghanistan but FAIL to protect Sgt. Bowe Berdghal with the term “American POW”? More important, WHY do WE allow it? Ignorance of administrations following flawed policies at DOD and the Pentagon will not change disgraceful things from happening.

Let us not forget . . . leave no man behind? You believe that? Presidential candidates running all over N.H. How many know who Sgt. Bowe Bergdhal is? Bet you ten dollars or ten thousand dollars, not a one! That’s a shame and a disgrace!

Bob Jones Meredith

Radical environmentalists influence Obama to kill job creation To the editor, President Obama complains about a “do nothing” Congress and says Republicans prevent him from creating jobs. That is false. If the president were honest, he would complain about the “do nothing” Democrat-led Senate.

The Republican-led House has passed over 20 jobs bills, most with bipartisan support, which await action in the Democrat-led Senate.

Tuesday, the House passed a bill to extend the payroll tax cut and create 20,000 shovel ready, privately funded jobs by authorizing the Canadian (Keystone) pipeline. The Senate refuses to act to protect President Obama from alienating one of his major special interest groups.

The unions want, but the extremist environmentalists oppose the pipeline, so the president postponed the decision until after the election. As a

result 20,000 families wait another year wondering when their funds run out, whether they will lose their homes, where their next meals will be coming from.

The Canadian pipeline is just one example how radical environmentalists have influenced this administration to kill off and prevent creation of millions of American jobs in energy, mining, farming, manufacturing, etc.

How can President Obama claim to care about jobs when he continues to pursue failing policies and refuses to take actions that even many Democrats think will actually create American jobs? President Obama should demand that the Senate pass the House bills so he can sign legislation putting Americans back to work.

Don Ewing Meredith

Winnisquam School District Budget Committee seeks members To the editor, The Winnisquam School District Budget Committee still needs members. As we approach an important part of the school district budget cycle, the committee is still lacking full membership. Due to the resignation of Selectman Dave Nickerson of Sanbornton on December 1 and the long standing open seat in Tilton, the Budget Committee is seeking interested persons from these communities to step forward to join the Budget Committee.

An interested individual should submit a letter in writing to Chairperson, WRSD Budget Committee c/o the Superintendent’s Office, 435 West Main Street, Tilton, N.H. 03276. Deadline for submission of the letter is December 21 or you may appear in person with a letter of interest at our meeting on December 22 at 6:30 P.M. in the High School Media Center. To be considered for the position you must be a resident

of the community which you would represent and a registered vote on the checklist. It is helpful if you describe your interest in the position and a bit about your background.

The important work of the Budget Committee begins in earnest on December 23, when the budget is passed from the School Board to the Budget Committee. Our plans are to meet each Tuesday and Thursday evening throughout the month of January with a target of a completed budget on February 1.

If you have the time and interest and are looking for a meaningful way to serve your community, please consider this opportunity. After December 22 the Budget Committee will begins it work on the budget with whatever members we have seated.

For the Winnisquam Regional School District Budget Committee Nina C. Gardner, Chair Sanbornton

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REDISTRICTING from page one stitutional principles in redrawing the House districts.

First, the districts must comply with the federal constitutional principle of “one person, one vote.” Since the population of the state in 2010 was 1,316,470, the ideal size of each of the 400 House districts is 3,291.

Acknowledging that federal constitutional principles trump state constitutional principles, Representative Paul Mirski (R-Enfield), chairman of the House Special Committee on Redistricting has insisted that districts deviate no more than five-percent above or below the ideal.

Second, in 2006, the New Hampshire Constitution was amended to provide that “when the population of any town or ward, according to the last federal census, is within a reasonable deviation from the ideal population for one or more representative seats, the town or ward shall have its own district of one or more representative seats.”

Since the population is distributed unevenly across towns and wards, the “one person, one vote principle” leaves most towns and many wards to elect more or less than a whole number of

members, which is impossible. The amendment required lawmakers to turn to so-called “floterial” districts composed of contiguous towns and wards whose fractional representatives add to a whole number. In “floterial” districts, voters of each town elect their own representatives as well as share representatives from the district elected at-large.

But, the committee apparently concluded, on the advice of legal council, that “floterial” districts are at odds with the “one person, one vote” principle unless all the towns of the district have virtually equal populations, which is seldom if ever the case.

Instead, the plan combines towns in districts with multiple seats where representatives are elected at-large, with no assurance that each town will be directly represented.

The plan offered by the subcommittee would divide Belknap County into eight House districts, two more than presently constituted. Two districts would remain the same and three of the other six — two into which Laconia is divided and another combining Gilford and Meredith — are controversial.

In Laconia, the City Charter divides the city into six wards for the pur-

MORTGAGEE’S NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE

By virtue of a power of sale contained in a certain mortgage deed given by TIMOTHY E. SCRIBNER, now deceased, to MEREDITH VILLAGE SAVINGS BANK, 24 NH Route 25, P.O. Box 177, Meredith, Belknap County, New Hampshire, 03253, dated December 30, 2004, and recorded on January 5, 2005 in the Belknap County Registry of Deeds at Book 2130, Page 0115, (the “Mortgage”) the holder of said mortgage, pursuant to and in execution of said powers, and for breach of conditions of said mortgage deed, (and the Note secured thereby of near or even date, and related documents) and for the purpose of foreclosing the same shall sell at PUBLIC AUCTION On January 6, 2012 at 1:00 o’clock in the afternoon, pursuant to N.H. R.S.A. 479:25, on the premises herein described being located at 211 Highland Street, Laconia, Belknap County, New Hampshire, being all and the same premises more particularly described in the Mortgage.

TERMS OF SALE: Said premises will be sold subject to (i) all unpaid taxes and liens, whether or not of record; (ii) mortgages, liens, attachments and all other encumbrances and rights, titles and interests of third persons which are entitled to precedence over the Mortgages; and (iii) any other matters affecting title of the Mortgagor to the premises disclosed herein.

DEPOSITS: Prior to commencement of the auction, all registered bidders shall pay a deposit in the amount of Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00). At the conclusion of the auction of the premises, the highest bidder’s deposit, if such high bidder’s bid is accepted by the Bank, shall immediately be paid to the Bank and shall be held by the Bank subject to these Terms of Sale. All deposits required hereunder shall be made in cash or by check to the order of the Bank, which is acceptable to the Bank in its sole and absolute discretion.

WARRANTIES AND CONVEYANCE: The Bank shall deliver a Mortgagee’s Foreclosure Deed of the Real Estate to the successful bidder accepted by the Bank within forty-five (45) days from the date of the foreclosure sale, upon receipt of the balance of the Purchase Price in cash or check acceptable to Bank. The Real estate will be conveyed with those warranties contained in the Mortgagee’s Foreclosure Deed, and no others.

FEDERAL TAX LIEN: If the property to be sold is subject to a tax lien of the United States of America Internal Revenue Service, unless said lien is released after sale, the sale may be subject to the right of the United States of America to redeem the lands and premises on or before 120 days from the date of the sale.

BREACH OF PURCHASE CONTRACT: If any successful bidder fails to complete the contract of sale resulting from the Bank’s acceptance of such successful bidder’s bid, such successful bidder’s deposit may, at the option of the Bank, be retained as full liquidated damages or may be held on account of the damages actually suffered by the Bank. If such deposit is not retained as full liquidated damages, the Bank shall have all of the privileges, remedies and rights available to the Bank at law or in equity due to such successful bidder’s breach of the contract of sale. Notice of the election made hereunder by the Bank shall be given to a defaulting successful bidder within 50 days after the date of the public auction. If the Bank fails to notify a defaulting successful bidder of which remedy the Bank has elected hereunder, the Bank shall be conclusively deemed to have elected to be holding the deposit on account of the damages actually suffered by the Bank. Upon any such default, Meredith Village Savings Bank shall have the right to sell the property to any back up bidder or itself.

AMENDMENT OF TERMS OF SALE: The Bank reserves the right to amend or change the Terms of Sale set forth herein by announcement, written or oral, made prior to the commencement of the public auction.

NOTICE TO THE MORTGAGOR, ANY GRANTEE OF THE MORTGAGOR AND ANY OTHER PERSON CLAIMING A LIEN OR OTHER ENCUMBRANCE ON THE PREMISES: YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED THAT YOU HAVE A RIGHT TO PETITION THE SUPERIOR COURT FOR THE COUNTY IN WHICH THE MORTGAGED PREMISES ARE SITUATED, WITH SERVICE UPON THE MORTGAGEE, AND UPON SUCH BOND AS THE COURT MAY REQUIRE, TO ENJOIN THE SCHEDULED FORECLOSURE SALE. For further information respecting the aforementioned foreclosure sale, contact James R. St. Jean Auctioneers, 45 Exeter Rd., PO Box 400, Epping NH 03042, 603-734-4348.

Dated this the 9th day of December, 2011.

MEREDITH VILLAGE SAVINGS BANK

By Its Attorneys Minkow & Mahoney Mullen, P.A. By: Peter J. Minkow, Esq. 4 Stevens Ave., Suite 3 P.O. Box 235 Meredith, NH 03253 (603) 279-6511 Publication Dates: December 15, 22 & 29, 2011.

pose of constituting the city council composed of a councilor elected in each ward and a mayor elected atlarge. During the 1990s the city also returned six state representatives — all elected at-large. But, between 2002 and 2010 the city’s population warranted only five House seats and by 2010 dwindling numbers entitled it to 4.85 representatives. Moreover, none of the six wards has enough people to qualify as a separate electoral district.

The sub-committee’s plan splits Laconia into two House districts. One would consist of Wards 1, 2, 3, 5 and 6 where voters would elect four representatives. The other joins Ward 4 with Belmont and Gilmanton to elect four representatives at-large.

Representative Frank Tilton (R-Laconia) said yesterday that several plans dividing the city were proposed and he strongly advised against all of them.

One, he said, combined three wards with Meredith in a five-member district, another added Ward 6 to Gilford in a three-member district and a third joined Wards 4 and 5 with Belmont in a four-member district. “I think 4.85 is close enough to five to entitle the city its five seats,” Tilton said.

“What concerns me,” Tilton explained, “is that the committee is treating wards like towns.” Wards, he explained, unlike towns, are not governmental units, but lines on the electoral map for electing the city council, which is the governing body of the city. Acknowledging that the amendment to the state Constitution refers to both towns and wards, he insisted that cities, like towns, should not be divided between House districts.”If the House voted on a school funding plan that benefited Belmont and disadvantaged Laconia,” Tilton wondered, “how would a someone representing both be expected to vote?”

Representative Alida Millham (R-Gilford), who chairs the Belknap County Hosue delegation, shared Tilton’s reservations about joining Ward 4 with Belmont and Gilmanton. “It’s outrageous to take a ward out of the city. You’re disenfranchising every voter in Ward 4,” she said.

Moreover, she pointed out that it would be possible for two of three components of the district to be left without representation, despite the constitutional amendment. She likened the prospect to the last election when, but for the sudden retirement of one representative from Alton, in

the district consisting of Alton, Barnstead, Gilford and Belmont four of the seven representatives would have been from Alton, two from Barnstead and one from Belmont, leaving Gilford without a representative.

Tilton said that last week he expressed his misgivings in plain terms to Mirski, who assured him he would “look at ways of keeping Laconia together.” The sub-committee divided other cities — Manchester, Keene, Franklin, Dover, Somersworth, Portsmouth and Concord — much like Laconia, leading Tilton to say that “if we have to go to court, we won’t be alone.”

The third controversial district would combine Meredith and Gilford, which are contiguous only by water, in a single district with four representatives elected at-large. All four reps could be elected from either town.

Meredith, with a population of 6,241, qualifies for less than the two representatives it has elected since 2002. Gilford, on the other hand, has been among four towns that together return seven House members, but with 7,126 people, warrants more than two seats on its own.

Millham said that “if your entitled to two, you should have two.” She claimed that deviation was one of several factors to consider in drawing electoral districts and the courts have not insisted on strict numerical standards in the face of reasonable grounds for stretching them. “You have to look at the circumstances,” she said.

The plan designates Alton and Barnstead as separate districts, each with one seat, as well as combines them in a district where one representative would be elected at-large.

Two districts — New Hampton and Center Harbor and Sanbornton and Tilton — would remain unchanged.

With a combined population of 3,261 just 30 shy of the ideal, New Hampton and Center Harbor would continue to elect one representative. Likewise, with 2,966 people Sanbornton deviates too far below the ideal of 3,291 while Tilton, with 3,567 people, deviates too far above it for either to elect its own representative. Consequently, they would remain one district electing two representatives.

Tilton said that he expected today’s hearing and next week’s vote to be the first shots in what will become a long, bitter struggle over redrawing the 400 House districts.

MILLIOINAIRE TAX from page one Reid shot back that McConnell had long ago declared Obama’s defeat to be his top priority. And he warned that unless Republicans show a willingness to bend, the country faces a government shutdown “that will be just as unpopular” as the two that occurred when Newt Gingrich was House speaker more than a decade ago.

It was a reminder — as if McConnell and current Speaker John Boehner of Ohio needed one — of the political debacle that ensued for Republicans when Gingrich was outmaneuvered in a showdown with former President Bill Clinton.

At issue now are three year-end bills that Obama and leaders in both parties in Congress say they want. One would extend expiring Social Security payroll tax cuts and benefits for the long-term unemployed, provisions at

Another is the $1 trillion spending measure that would lock in cuts that Republicans won earlier in the year.

The third measure is a $662 billion defense bill setting policy for military personnel, weapons systems and the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, plus national security programs in the Energy Department.

After a two-day silence, the White House said Obama would sign the measure despite initial concern over a provision requiring military custody of certain terror suspects linked to al-Qaida or its affiliates. U.S. citizens would be exempt.

The measure cleared the House, 283-136, with a final vote expected Thursday in the Senate.

Officials said Democrats were drafting a new proposal to extend the payroll tax that likely would not include the millionaires’ surtax that Republi-

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LETTERS Local environment will be ‘beneficiary’ of Republican jobs bill To the editor, Who to vote for this time around will be argued by us until next November.

To vote for a progressive Democrat, Republican or third or fourth party is the question. Hopefully we can agree on one thing, getting the bribery and money out of Washington and politics. Both sides are guilty of this and no wonder they will spend millions to get elected — better than owning IBM stock. I doubt the framers had this in mind. Bribery and free speech are NOT the same thing — at least in spelling.

Who will or can clean up politics?

That’s what the OWS movement is all about and they are fighting for all of us. Most politicians will say or do anything to get elected. I remember Lowell Wicker in Connecticut years ago. He ran on a no state income tax platform, was elected, and first thing he did was to institute a state income tax. So, why do we bother with elections at all? This is why I voted for Obama and will do so again. I believe he is being as honest as a politician can be and still walk the wire. Yup, there are WS fund raising, Solyandra and other questionable moves but I still believe he is our best choice.

Will Obama be able to get any Republican to help him pass some creative bills in either the House or Senate? The Consumer Finance Protection Bureau was created by Elizabeth Warren in Mass. and passed by both houses. Then why can’t a leader of this bureau be confirmed? Lindsey Graham feels it will lead us to a Stalinistic era — YIKES. Does that mean that up to 30 million people will be killed by him like Stalin did? Doubt it but I feel the banks and other financial institutes are worried — translates to more campaign donations for less regulations.

Lots of anti-left letters lately.

It makes me wonder if they come straight from Carl Rove or the Koch

Brothers themselves. Definitely the usual scare tactics and exaggerations.

The liberals (or Obama) are to blame for homelessness OR is it the usual refusal by the right to fund social programs. Keystone pipeline jobs — 200,000 or less than 5,000 jobs will be created — take your pick as there are arguments for both. Being a pacifist is invitation, etc — just ask Gandi Steve and by the way I heard the Cain infidelity might have been an inside job. I respect Newt for being so honest about both Freddy and Fannie. And, according to Jack Stephenson, it’s all is about sex. Makes for a good book.

Next, just google filibuster & Norm Ornstein, and you will see a graph on how the use of the filibuster has increased the last 10-20 years. Very little has been accomplished in Congress — why? Because Obama wants it so the elected Republicans don’t.

Sometimes even they might have a good reason to vote against a bill but the majority is just being stubborn.

The Republican jobs bill is still only a group of bills to eliminate environmental regulations, EPA etc. Now I believe in clean air, water and air quality and the regulations to keep them clean. If all businesses were honest then we wouldn’t need all the regs. But they aren’t. We all remember the movie with Julia Roberts as Erin Brockovich against PG&E and water contamination years ago. The problem STILL exists today some 10-20 years even after the “clean up & fix”. Remember one thing, all the dirty air, acid rain and nasty stuff flows this way so if the west eliminates any clean air regulations WE will be the “beneficiary”. So, one other question: if you don’t care about the environment why the hell are you living in north/ central New Hampshire? Outside of our residents the environment is our BIGGEST asset.

Jon Hoyt Bridgewater

Those were the days, my friends, I thought they’d never end To the editor, Thinking back on Christmases years ago and one in particular when I received a pair of blue knee-socks and I wore them to school to show them off. My parents could only afford one gift per child but the Campello Fire Station (Brockton, Mass.) gave us toys, also.

Another Christmas, I remember receiving a sled and I used it for many winters to come. I used to drag it about a mile to French Hill, where many others went to coast. The snow was beautiful. We got sprayed and got a mouthful now and then.

When I was married and had children, Santa Claus brought of couple of double runners. You could fit two or three people on them. We would take the kids and the sleds in my old station wagon and to Tower Hill in Field’s Park in Brockton. Afterwards we all had hot chocolate when we got home.

A few years later I purchased a sled

from an antique store and painted it red. When Christmas came I would stand it with colorful lights all around it on the front lawn.

Those were the days my friends. I thought they’d never end. But they did.

Now my children are grown up and have gone their separate ways. My husband lives alone and I am in the Belknap County Nursing Home. It’s a beautiful place. I have many friends and receive excellent care.

My husband comes to visit me nearly every day. Soon it will be Christmas time again and the nursing home has many things planned for the residents to do. We are going to have a party, a Chinese buffet, and entertainment and I am looking forward to it.

Don’t forget that Christ was born on Christmas Day. Liz O’Neil Belknap County Nursing Home Laconia

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Barnet is described as being 5’ 9” GILMANTON from page one tised her about the dirt on the floor of her cruiser and he says she called him a couple of words that can’t be printed in the newspaper. He said he told her to go inside and later asked the chief to reprimand her for insubordination.

She denies calling him that and said if she did she would deserve to be written up for insubordination.

After the altercation, the female officer inked a written complaint against Rector detailing a pattern of sexual harassment that led O’Brien to take the matter to the Selectboard.

Six days later, on January 31, O’Brien placed Rector on administrative leave while an independent lawyer investigated the complaint.

All of the investigation including a transcript of the selectmen’s interview with Rector became public as the result of Rector’s lawsuit.

By way of a time line, Selectmen hired Portsmouth law firm Jackson/ Lewis to do an investigation. Atty.

Daniel Schwartz conducted it and filed his report to the Board on Feb. 8.

On Feb. 15, selectmen provided a copy of the report to Rector and he was asked to come to a non-public session on February 22. Selectmen voted to fire Rector on March 8 and he filed suit against them saying he wasn’t given a formal hearing.

Schwartz’s report said the officer’s complaints about Rector fall into two categories: his comments directed at her and the lack of respect he showed her, which he said encourages other male officers to also disrespect her.

Both Rector and the female officer

agree he often called her “babe,” and “hussy” to her face but he said it was part of the way they typically spoke to each other. She said he also called her a “slut,” which he denied.

Rector said their “banter” only became an issue after the argument about the dirty floor and this was the way they typically addressed each other. The female officer said it was a pattern of sexual harassment that left her feeling uncomfortable.

“This has been building and building in me and I am made to feel humiliated on a daily basis,” she wrote.

The female officer also said she protested to O’Brien more than a year before her final argument with Rector — but the offending words continued.

The officer’s list of complaints against Rector date back to 2009. She said she was offended by the nickname Rector had for a male co-worker and stated he regularly made comments about her weight and the size of her buttocks.

The female patrol officer also said after she showed Rector a picture of her 19-year-old daughter, he put the picture in his lap, commented on the daughter’s chest, and said he would “hit that”.

Rector’s responses to the complaints say the suggestive verbal behavior went both ways and that she, in fact, started it during her probationary period.

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from preceding page bother her.

“I do this to keep the work place light and carefree,” he wrote adding he considered the woman to be like a sister. He also added she referred to herself as “frisky.”

The woman also said she learned that before she was hired, Rector and another male police officer went to O’Brien and told them hiring a woman would “break up the camaraderie” in the small department of five.

In his affidavits, Rector acknowledges making that statement but said he later told O’Brien his assessment of her was that she “was a very good officer.”

Rector also told the investigator how when the chief overheard the argument about the dirty cruiser, he suggested that Rector “ease” into the car inspections. He said the chief advised him that the female officer had some issues at home with some frozen pipes and had not slept or showered that day.

O’Brien’s statements to Schwartz say he tried that day to get Rector to calm down and ease up on the female police officer.

O’Brien also told the investigator that Rector’s personality is “quite sexually oriented” and “everything comes back to sex.”

O’Brien also said he spoke to Rector in 2009 about his comments regarding the female officer’s daughter and his language but said he didn’t formally document it. O’Brien also said his impression was that Rector was harsher to her than he was to the other two male officers and his sense was “he didn’t really want her here.”

The chief’s statement also said that he had been away tending to a family matter for much of 2010 and during those times Rector was acting chief. Since his return, O’Brien told Schwartz that Rector was “much more confrontational with him” than before he was gone.

O’Brien admitted he received sexually explicit photographs depicting some women in town from Rector and he showed them to the female officer, but said he didn’t know why and the pictures “just came up in conversation.”

Included in the female officer’s statement was the allegation she thought Rector aspired to be police chief and was working to undermine O’Brien’s authority. She said his alleged machinations with the two other male police officers and her refusal to participate in them, led them to conclude she wasn’t a team player.”

Schwartz also interviewed a female civilian employee and two other male police officers.

Both male officers said they told

him working with the female police officer was like “walking on eggshells.”

The two male police officers admitted they and Rector exchanged sexually explicit text messages and pictures but both said neither of them ever shared the texts of pictures with the female police officer.

The two backed Rector’s accounts and said they never heard Rector refer to the female officer in any inappropriate manner. Both said Rector had made efforts to include the female officer in their off-duty activities but neither she or the chief went to any of them.

The female civilian interviewed recalled the argument between Rector and the female officer and she had called Rector what he claimed she called him. She said the female officer claimed Rector “was constantly riding her ass” and that it was about time the chief did something.

She also recalled O’Brien telling Rector how the female officer had had some problems with her house that morning and Rector should “cut her some slack.”

A final interview was conducted with a neighboring police chief where the woman worked before Gilmanton.

He described her as a good officer, said she left his department for more money, and added if he had a space he would “hire her back in a minute.”

The Board of Selectmen’s actions and discussions were also made public as part of Rector’s lawsuit. On March 8 the board wrote Rector “failed to understand how his behavior might be a sexual harassment violation” and didn’t understand until he read her account from Schwartz’s investigation.

In their recommendation to dismiss Rector, selectmen wrote they were “especially disturbed by what (the board) heard directly from Sgt. Rector... “ The board bemoaned his lack of “comprehension of this behavior by a superior supervising officer might be intimidating to a subordinate officer and might suppress an otherwise normal ability to respond by telling someone to stop that offensive behavior.”

They wrote that a superior officer should set the example in the Police Department and that Rector not only didn’t dispute the allegations but instead tried to make it seem like it was the woman officer’s fault.

The vote to fire him was unanimous and all three selectmen signed the recommendation.

O’Brien and Rector were both contacted for this story but both declined to comment.

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KILN from page one now turns out about 1,000 cords of wood a year and is so busy that all of its current production is already spoken for into February.

“We’re going to double our production, provided we’re able to get the wood to do that,’’ says owner Mark Mooney, who says that he already has a second boiler on site and has poured a foundation for the new kiln and expects to start work soon on the new building.

Mooney says that some of the logs he uses come from his own wood lots but the bulk of them are supplied by local loggers., who have had trouble getting out into the woods this year due to wet conditions.

“It’s been a difficult season. We had a wet spring and fall and loggers lost a lot of days out in the woods. A little while ago we ran out of logs altogether,’’ says Mooney.

He said that the decision to build the kiln-dried firewood processing center came in the winter of

2007-08. Several years before that he had bought a wood-processing system and brought it to a sandpit at the former Province Road Sand and Gravel operation where maintenance workers from his Briarcrest Estates development were kept busy during the winter months by turning out firewood, as many as 400 cords per year.

“We’d been talking about doing something like this for quite some time. But that winter, when we were pulling firewood out from under 40 inches of snow, I decided we’d have to move the operation under cover,” says Mooney.

So he built a large dome-like shelter for the processed firewood capable of holding as much as 600 cords and put up a large building with a kiln which can hold between 16 and 18 metal cage-like buckets filled with a cord apiece of loosely stacked processed firewood. see next page

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NORTHERN PASS from page 3 have pledged to fight any efforts by Northern Pass to widen those rights of way or run high-voltage lines along the existing power lines. Murray said the project does not need to widen the route, but doing so would mean the power poles could be shorter. He also disputes arguments that the easements giving Public Service of New Hampshire the right to use the rights of way don’t extend to new, high-voltage lines.

The 40 miles north of Groveton have presented Northern Pass officials a different challenge. They dropped an initial route from the Canadian border to Groveton earlier this year after landowners objected to its location. Officials are trying now to buy land along a more easterly route for the line. Murray said he expects the new route will be announced within the first three months of next year.

Opponents fear Northern Pass will get the land through eminent domain. State law already prevents developers from using eminent domain for private projects, which Northern Pass is. And lawmakers will consider legislation next year that further clarifies the issue.

Northern Pass officials have fueled fears of eminent domain by saying they’d use it only as a “last STANDOFF from page 3 A police SWAT team made contact with Griffin Tuesday night. Police said he declined to surrender, made suicidal statements and said he was armed.

Residents were evacuated.

Police fired tear gas into the apartment at 4:30 a.m., but did not observe any reaction from Griffin.

They sent in a bomb-detection robot two hours later and then entered.

The FBI was offering $10,000 for information leading to the arrest of a man who robbed the Bank of America in Hooksett at gunpoint on Oct. 6. They identified him as Griffin. from preceding page And he bought a new wood processor which takes whole logs: maple, beech, ash, and other hardwood species, and saws them into 16-inch chunks, which drop into a chute where a hydraulic ram pushes them into a four-way splitter. The split wood is then carried upwards by a conveyor belt which drops them into the metal cages, which are moved to a storage area once they are filled.

Heart of the system is a custom-built one million Btu wood-fired boiler which heats the kiln to between 180 and 200 degrees, reducing the moisture content of the wood from 54 percent to less than 20 percent in a three or four-day period.

Brian Hutchins, general manager of Province Road Kiln-Dried Firewood, says that the operation has become year-round and that the system actually works better during the summer months.

“Drying time changes with the weather. In the winter it can take four or five days. The wood is frozen and you have to unthaw it to start driving the moisture out. Summer is the best time. You can put two loads a week through the system,’’ says Hutchins.

He says that the boiler, which is fired by a scrap wood, has a propane backup and is in continuous 24-hour operation with a backup generator in case of power outages so that the heated water will continue to flow. The kiln itself has three giant fans near the roof which provide the exhaust needed for the moisture drawn from the wood, which is periodically released through vents near the roof.

Hutchins says that in the past he’s tried to keep enough firewood in storage so that customers could drive in and pick up a small truckload to tide them through until a delivery could be made but that’s proved nearly impossible this year due to the high demand.

“Log prices are going up too. There’s a lot of demand for logs and with the wet weather for loggers it’s been hard to keep enough of an inventory on hand to get the production up to where it should be.” says Hutchins.

He says that he’s hoping the logjam will break as winter sets in and frozen ground allows loggers to harvest enough trees to keep both of the kiln-dry

resort.” When asked whether the officials believed they could use eminent domain given the state law, Murray answered this way: “We are dong everything we possibly can to avoid even the need to discuss eminent domain.” The project, he said, intends to buy the land it needs from willing landowners.

Asked whether project officials would seek eminent domain power if necessary, Murray said eminent domain “is not something we on the project team are focused on because we are so intent on finding a route that would make that unnecessary.”

He went on to say that the state would have to ultimately decide whether Northern Pass qualified for the use of eminent domain by deciding whether its hydropower project served the “public good,” as the law requires.

But he reiterated that the project’s goal is to buy land, not take it. Eminent domain “may be a tool that is in the state’s toolbox, but it’s not one that we are looking to utilize, and we are doing everything we can to establish a route that has the support of the underlying landowners,” he said.

CELL PHONES from page 2 an hour and a half.

“If I have a 3½-hour drive to Little Rock, and I’ve got 100 messages to return, it’s going to turn that into a six-hour drive,” he said. “I’ve got no secretary.

I’m the administrative assistant. I’m the salesman.

I’m the sales director.”

The National Transportation Safety Board declared Tuesday that texting, emailing or chatting

while driving is just too dangerous to be allowed anywhere in the United States. It urged all states to impose total bans except for emergencies.

The NTSB, an independent agency that investigates accidents and makes safety recommendations, doesn’t have the power to impose regulations or make grants. But its suggestions carry significant weight with lawmakers and regulators. see next page

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By Molly A.K. Connors TILTON — In part of a protracted disagreement over the way teachers are evaluated, the Winnisquam Regional School District has filed an unfair labor practice complaint against the union representing its teachers.

For two years, a group of 11 teachers and administrators worked on a plan for how teachers would be assessed. But in June 2010, a majority of the union’s approximately 100 members rejected the plan.

The teachers’ concerns are twofold. They worry their evaluations will be based on how students perform on standardized tests. They are also unhappy that some of them will be forced to participate in a process called a “goal plan,” which is designed to have teachers take the subject matter they study in their recurring three-year recertification process and try to apply it in a documentable way in the classroom.

“Some people see it (as) more work being asked of them above and beyond what they’re already doing,” said Brenda Lawrence, president of the Winnisquam Regional Teachers Association.

Some of the union’s concerns were noted, the plan was revised and the district’s school board approved it June 20. But some teachers were still dissatisfied, and on the same day the plan passed, the union filed a grievance, which progressed to the school board during the summer.

About the same time the evaluation plan was being finalized, the state Legislature passed a bill mandating each board to adopt a teacher evaluation plan.

“They (school board members) felt as though they had to review their policy to make sure it complied with this bill,” said James O’Shaughnessy, one of the

district’s attorneys.

The new evaluation plan is being put into effect this year, but the teachers asked that the issue be resolved through arbitration, a move the district says is prohibited by the collective bargaining agreement. To that end, attorneys for the district filed the unfair labor practice charge in late October. The Public Employee Labor Relations Board hearing determining whether the issue can go to the American Arbitration Association will take place Jan. 26.

Under the previous evaluation plan, which was written and approved by a similar mix of teachers and administrators in 2005, teachers who had been in the district for more than five years who were deemed proficient or better in all their competencies after an evaluation were allowed to choose in subsequent years if they preferred another formal evaluation or if they preferred to do a goal plan.

Now, vested teachers are evaluated in the first year of their three-year recertification process, and if considered proficient, participate in a goal plan.

Teachers who are not deemed proficient are put on improvement plans.

The mandatory goal plans currently apply to about 85 percent of the district’s 145 or so teachers, said Suzan Gannett, the district’s director of curriculum and development.

The rest of the teachers have served fewer than five years and therefore undergo a classroom evaluation each year.

Lawrence said the problem with the plan - which requires teachers to, among other things, set a goal, describe a timeline by which it will be accomplished and then reflect on the process - is that it is no longer optional. see WINNISQUAM next page

from preceding page Still, a decision rests with the states, meaning that 50 separate legislatures would have to act. And many lawmakers are just as wedded to their cellphones as Woods.

“I think all of us have mixed feelings on this issue.

How could you not?” said U.S. Rep. Gerry Connolly, whose northern Virginia district has some of the longest, most traffic-choked commutes in the country.

Before going to Congress, the Democrat spent most of his career at the county level, driving around Fairfax County with his cellphone. Now he commutes to Capitol Hill by carpool or mass transit so he can use his phone without getting behind the wheel.

While he’s sympathetic to the NTSB’s safety concerns, he said, a blanket ban on cellphone use would be unenforceable. But he agrees that hands-free devices offer little improvement over those that are

hand-held.

“It’s a cognitive distraction,” he said. “The mental attention shifts ... to that other party, not to the task at hand.”

Dallas event planner Debbie Vaughan said she would abide by any ban, but her service to clients would be diminished.

“I know many people are frustrated when all they get is voicemail,” said Vaughan, who spends about 10 hours a week on her cellphone in her car.

Bruce McGovern said he would have no choice but to defy the law.

McGovern, who owns four Massage Envy and four European Wax Center franchises in the Dallas area, said he spends up to four days a week on the road, traveling between his businesses.

“My business would go down. We’d have problems see PHONES next page

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WINNISWUAM from preceding page But Superintendent Tammy Davis said the new system helps to ensure that the workshops, classes and other efforts teachers undertake to keep their certification works in the best interests of the students in the classroom.

“The bottom line is, how are my kids responding?”

Davis said. “We could use all the best research strategies in the world, but if students aren’t learning from it, we have to learn . . . what needs to be modified.”

The new evaluation plan says that “when appropriate,” the professional area in which a teacher is evaluated “will focus on evidence of student growth.”

That evidence can include “district-wide, schoolwide assessments or other assessments,” language that makes some of the teachers uncomfortable, Lawrence said.

“This could be a focus on test scores, even though it’s written in a way that doesn’t specify test scores. . . . People were concerned that it would come down

to, ‘Your students aren’t making appropriate growth on tests,’ “ she said.

That’s a concern Davis said is specifically addressed by the new evaluation plan, which calls for three different “sources of data to show student growth” and takes into account the learning styles of the district’s roughly 1,500 students.

The district has been identified as “in need of improvement” under the federal No Child Left Behind law because math and reading standardized test scores did not improve at a satisfactory rate.

Davis said both the goal plans and the No Child Left Behind law are about “increasing student learning achievement.”

Despite the ongoing disagreement about the evaluations, both Lawrence and Davis said the relationship between teachers and administrators is a healthy one.

“Administrators and teachers are professional and are moving forward in a collaborative way,” Davis said.

PHONES from preceding page we couldn’t solve. My employees wouldn’t be able to reach me and get timely answers,” McGovern said.

“Customer issues that only I can resolve would have to be delayed. And in this day and age, customers want instantaneous results for things. They’re not willing to wait three or four hours,” he said.

McGovern, who said he uses hands-free technology 90 percent of the time, said he’s been conducting business from his car for more than 20 years, starting with an early “bag phone” that predated today’s much smaller cellphones.

“It’s a total overreach of the government. It’ll be enforced erratically. They can’t even enforce the speed limits,” McGovern said.

Boston attorney Jeffrey Denner said he racks up at least 25 billable hours each week while driving.

“I probably spend three hours a day on the phone in the car — minimum. In an hour, I can talk to 10 people. On my way to court, I call people to make sure witnesses are lined up. It’s become a part of my life.”

Besides, he said, there’s plenty of other distractions modern drivers deal with.

“If you want to talk about distraction, you should talk about how the whole notion of technology is distracting. Let’s look at the command centers in

cars right now, with the GPS, climate control, satellite radio with 9,000 options, looking down, getting directions. There are 20 different things we’re playing with in our cars all the time.”

J.R. Maddox of Minneapolis, another attorney, said it makes no sense to ban hands-free devices.

“If they wanted to go that far, they should also ban speaking to anyone in the car,” Maddox said. His hands-free device allows him to keep both hands on the wheel, maintain his field of vision and look over his shoulder.

“The fact of the matter is we have to travel to work.

It would reduce the amount of time I could actually communicate with clients and, hence, billing time.”

The federal government last year banned texting while driving for commercial truck and bus drivers.

The ban was extended to all hand-held cellphone use last month, although commercial drivers can still use hands-free devices.

The chairman of a South Dakota trucking company said he doesn’t understand why people need to be talking on the phone while driving in the first place.

“There’s nothing so important that they need to run somebody over because they couldn’t stop,” said Larry Anderson, of A & A Express Inc., a Brandon, S.D., company that hauls refrigerated products.

HAZING from page 2 said she was repeatedly hit in her legs by members of the “Red Dawg Order,” a band club for Georgia natives. Authorities have said Champion was hazed, but have not described how.

Three band members were arrested in Hunter’s case and charged with hazing. Two were also charged with battery.

Meanwhile, Florida authorities looking into Champion’s death opened a new investigation after they uncovered possible employee fraud and misconduct at the university, according to documents

released Wednesday.

In Georgia, Walter Woods, spokesman for the DeKalb County school district, said they were investigating marching bands at the district’s 21 high schools after two problems over the summer.

He declined to say whether the incidences involved hazing and said the students involved were not injured.

“Our interest is in protecting students, the safety of the students,” said Woods. “We have notified schools to be vigilant of our existing policy, which is zero tolerance for harassment of any kind.”

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MEREDITH — Barbara Mildred Bennett, 85, of Daniel Webster Highway, died December 14, 2011, at Lakes Region General Hospital, in Laconia.

Born in Meredith on February 1, 1926, she was the daughter of Olin C. and Mildred (Dow) Lund.

Barbara grew up in Meredith and was a life-long resident. She graduated Valedictorian of her class at Meredith High School.

Barbara worked for many years as a teller in several banks such as; the former Meredith Bank, Laconia People’s Bank and Laconia Savings Bank.

She was a member of the Ellacoya Chapter #43 Order of Eastern Star, Meredith and the Lakeside Rebeccas. She was also a past member of the InterLakes Band Boosters.

LACONIA — The last day for the Children’s Foundation Christmas Angel Program will be Saturday, December 17 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Applications will be taken and packages will be handed out at the St. Vincent de Paul’s Thrift Store, located at 1269 Union Avenue in Laconia.

This program is available to families with children ages birth to 18 years old. An outfit of clothing, socks, and underwear/diapers will be given for each child.

The SVDP Children’s Foundation is a beneficiary of the WLNH Children’s Auction and has provided children in the Lakes Region with necessities - cloth-

ing, socks, underwear, diapers and personal hygiene items, for over 20 years. Working with local school nurses, guidance counselors, and case managers, the Children’s Foundation helps provide needed items on a year round basis, so that a child will have a positive self esteem and achieve a complete educational experience.

Anyone wishing to make a donation of cash or clothing, can stop by the St. Vincent de Paul Thrift Store, at 1269 Union Avenue, Laconia (next to McDonald’s) or by mail to SVDP Children’s Foundation, PO Box 6123, Laconia, NH 03247.

GILMANTON — The Gilmanton Year-Round Library has an idea for those looking for that perfect gift for someone who has everything. For a gift of $25 the librarian will select a book to add to the library’s collection. A bookplate will be placed inside the front cover with the name of the donor or the person they designate.

The “Buy A Book” program is a great way to support the Library and receive recognition for that support. The program supplements the library’s modest budget for books, DVDs and audio books, allowing the library staff to develop the collection to meet the interests of its patrons.

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LACONA — The LRGH Auxiliary is once again celebrating the holidays with their annual Tree of Love and Remembrance Service.

A Service of Remembrance conducted by LRGHealthcare’s Spiritual Care Coordinator Festus Kavale will be held on Friday, December 16, at 1 p.m. in the lobby at LRGH. All community members are welcome to attend.

Proceeds from the sale of angels will benefit the LRGH Auxiliary to help fund ongoing projects and programs that enhance patient care at LRGHealthcare.

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MEREDITH — American Legion Post 33 is hosting a Meat Bingo event on Saturday December 17 at 3 p.m. at the Post at 6 Plymouth Street in Meredith.

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LRCC Student Discount program off to a good start LACONIA — Lakes Region Community College is off to a good start in getting discounts from local businesses to be offered to students using college ID’s according to LRCC President, Dr. Scott Kalicki, “More than a 1,000 students are expected for the spring semester starting January 18 and there is formidable buying power in those numbers. College personnel have always appreciated the support of the central New Hampshire business community; thanks are in order for those responding favorably to the student discount offer,’’ said Kalicki.

Businesses now offering discounts to LRCC students with valid ID’s include My Coffee House, Water Street Café, Frates Creative Arts Center, Prescott’s Florist, Lakes Region Party & Gift, Winnisquam Dental, Winnisquam; The Insurance Outlet, NAPA Auto Parts and the Irwin Zone.

“All types of discounts are welcome,’ says Kalicki, who is entering his fifth month as LRCC president.

“LRCC is proud to be an active member of the Lakes Region and central New Hampshire community.”

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Computers 102 will cover basic internet, internet security, and beginning email. This class is for you if have basic typing and mouse skills and if you’ve ever wondered what this fuss about the online world was all about.

Participants will learn how to: get online and visit different websites; understand basic terminology and functions of internet browser software; use search engines to find information; stay safe online, even when making online purchases; and, create and use a free email account.

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All classes are free and last about an hour to an hour and a half. Note also that all classes run concurrently, so contact the library at any time to take Computers 101, which covers computer basics (overview of hardware, using a mouse, copying and pasting text, file management, etc.)

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MEREDITH — ‘’The Homecoming: A Smoky Mountain Christmas’’, opens tonight at the Inter-Lakes Community Auditorium and runs through Sunday.

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Dates are Thursday and Friday at 7 p.m., Saturday at 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. and Sunday at 4 p.m.

LACONIA — The Faith, Hope and Love Foundation will be awarding is 5th Annual $1,000 College Scholarship to a deserving high school senior.

Applications should be received by February 14, 2012 and will be reviewed by the Scholarship Committee. Completed application and requested documentation should be sent to: The Faith Hope and Love Foundation Attn: 2012 Scholarship Committee PO BOX 64

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After reviewing all applications, the top five will be chosen by February 15, 2012 and then be notified via email and phone to be interviewed by the scholarship committee on March 21, 2012 at 7 p.m.

The award recipient will be honored at the annual Benefit Dinner on Saturday, April 28, 2012.

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Win an Airplane in WinnAero Raffle GILFORD — Santa Claus made a surprise stop at the Laconia Airport recently to pick up the ultimate stocking stuffer for Christmas Eve, a raffle ticket which will enter him in the WinnAero Cessna “Win-APlane Raffle”.

The raffle winner will receive a 1966 Cessna 172G airplane plus $1,200 for flight instruction, aviation fuel, a celebration party or whatever the winner wants. Airport Manager Diane Cooper Cooper says that raffle tickets are only $50 each with a maximum of 2,500 tickets to be sold.

The drawing will be held at the Laconia Airport, Gilford, on September 29, 2012, or sooner if all tickets are sold.

“These tickets really are the ultimate stocking stuffer for any pilot or would-be pilot in your life” said Cooper. She also pointed out that 100% of ticket sales, after expenses, will go to fund WinnAero’s youthbased educational mission and promote events like last summer’s high altitude weather balloon launch with area high school students and the highly successful ACE Academy, a week-long aviation and aerospace day camp for 12-18 year olds.

Anyone interested in this unique stocking stuffer should follow Santa’s lead and contact WinnAero at www.winnaero.org or e-mail billseed@ Winnaero.org and request a ticket order form.

At left: Santa Claus is shown receiving some tickets from Laconia Airport Manager Diane Cooper for the WinnAero Cessna “Win-A-Plane Raffle.” (Courtesy photo)

Time running out to reserve a seat at free Christmas Day dinner in Gilford GILFORD — The First United Methodist Church on Rt. 11A in Gilford will be hosting a Free Christmas Dinner again this year on Christmas Day at 1 p.m. but time is running out to make reservations.

A traditional meal of ham, potatoes, carrots, rolls, and homemade pies with all the trimmings will be served to anyone wishing to attend.

The church has been putting on this meal for 15 years and it has become a favorite holiday event of many people in the Lakes Region. The fellowship hall of the church is decorated with festive ornaments, carols play and laughter fills the air as people from all over spend the afternoon eating with

one another and sharing tales of holidays past and making new friendships for years to come.

There is no charge to attend the meal, but those who would like to join in must call dinner coordinator Jessica Alward at 527-0152 to have a seat reserved.

“We have such a great time at this meal,” Alward says, “For us it just wouldn’t be Christmas without it. It truly brings back the meaning of the holiday to see so many people happy and not alone for the day.”

The meal is funded by generous donations from individuals in the community, the church and area businesses.

“Without their support year after year,” Alward continued, “I don’t know how I would make this happen. And the folks who come out every year to volunteer are truly wonderful. I call them my Christmas Angels. They show up here on Christmas Eve and Christmas day, giving up a chunk of their holiday to make other people’s just a little brighter. They work so hard cooking, setting tables, doing dishes and spending time with people who are lonely and every one of them will tell you that they got just as much out of the experience as those who came to eat.”

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SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). You aren’t born optimistic. You have to grow into the label by repeating the tendency to look on the bright side until it’s a habit. You’ll take hold of your thoughts and cultivate good will.

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When you hear good news, take it as a sign. This is just the tip of the iceberg.

From here on out, things get better and better. Believe and act in accordance, and it becomes true.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19).

Recruiting is an art. Instead of merely asking people to join forces with you, turn it into an event. People are more seduced by celebration and ritual.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). You’ll see the charm in things that others don’t want to think about. This is what sets you apart as a friendly force and an artistic influence on the otherwise ordinary.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). When someone says “no” to you, you’ll be wise to take this as a good sign. A fast “no” is, after all, so much better than a “maybe” that drags on indefinitely.

TODAY’S BIRTHDAY (Dec. 15).

Entertaining and engaging social happenings will bring several opportunities to make useful connections and enjoy different scenery. You’ll dump old baggage in February. In April, you’ll be a part of a new team. June and July feature professional growth and a greater sense of community and contribution.

Gemini and Libra people adore you.

Your lucky numbers are: 30, 1, 24, 39 and 41.

TUNDRA

ARIES (March 21-April 19). Life isn’t a popularity contest, but if it were, you would win it today. You seem to have what people are looking for, and you’re willing to share it in just the right amount.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20). Avoid experiencing life in hyperbole. Discount exaggerations of the mind and word.

When nothing is the best, worst, nicest or meanest, you can see it for what it really is.

GEMINI (May 21-June 21). You are constantly issuing statements to the world, even when you don’t realize it.

Your attitude and appearance speak for you. You’ll find the response you get in return a little surprising now.

CANCER (June 22-July 22). A burden is eased, and the relief you feel about this will bring about a surge of self-control. You’ll work for healthy payoffs instead of settling for unhealthy, temporary benefits.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). You are highly involved in life, and the level of attention you give your interests can be personally demanding and sometimes downright inconvenient. But the joy you feel being in the mix of things makes it all worthwhile.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). Everyone shows off when they want attention. You’ll be artful in your attempts to capture interest, and that will make all the difference in the quality of attention you receive.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). People want to be associated with winners, and yet close contact with big personalities often breeds jealousy and discontent. You’ll be sorting through such

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––––––– ALMANAC ––––––– Today is Thursday, Dec. 15, the 349th day of 2011. There are 16 days left in the year.

Today’s Highlight in History: On Dec. 15, 1961, former Nazi official Adolf Eichmann was sentenced to death by an Israeli court for crimes against humanity.

(Eichmann was hanged 5½ months later.)

On this date: In 1791, the Bill of Rights went into effect following ratification by Virginia.

In 1890, Sioux Indian Chief Sitting Bull and 11 other tribe members were killed in Grand River, S.D., during a confrontation with Indian police.

In 1911, jazz musician, composer and bandleader Stan Kenton was born in Wichita, Kan. In 1938, groundbreaking for the Jefferson Memorial took place in Washington with President Franklin D. Roosevelt taking part in the ceremony.

In 1939, the motion picture “Gone With the Wind” had its world premiere in Atlanta.

In 1944, a single-engine plane carrying bandleader Glenn Miller, a major in the U.S. Army Air Forces, disappeared over the English Channel while en route to Paris.

In 1965, two U.S. manned spacecraft, Gemini 6A and Gemini 7, maneuvered to within 10 feet of each other while in orbit.

In 1971, the Secret Service appointed its first five female special agents.

In 1989, a popular uprising began in Romania that resulted in the downfall of dictator Nicolae Ceausescu (chow-SHES’koo).

In 1991, an Egyptian-registered ferry, the Salem Express, hit a reef and sank in the Red Sea; at least 470 people died, although some estimates are much higher.

One year ago: The U.N. Security Council gave a unanimous vote of confidence to the government of Iraq by lifting 19-year-old sanctions on weapons and civilian nuclear power. Time magazine named Mark Zuckerberg, the 26-year-old co-founder and CEO of Facebook, its Person of the Year.

Today’s Birthdays: Actor-comedian Tim Conway is 78. Singer Cindy Birdsong (The Supremes) is 72. Rock musician Dave Clark (The Dave Clark Five) is 69. Rock musician Carmine Appice (Vanilla Fudge) is 65. Actor Don Johnson is 62. Actress Melanie Chartoff is 61. Movie director Alex Cox is 57. Actor Justin Ross is 57. Rock musician Paul Simonon (The Clash) is 56. Political strategist Donna Brazile is 52. Country singer Doug Phelps (Brother Phelps; Kentucky Headhunters) is 51. Movie producer-director Reginald Hudlin is 50. Actress Helen Slater is 48. Actress Molly Price is 46. Actor Michael Shanks is 41. Actor Stuart Townsend is 39.

Figure skater Surya Bonaly is 38. “Crowdhyper” Kito Trawick (Ghostown DJs) is 34.

Actor Adam Brody is 32. Actor George O. Gore II is 29. Actress Stefania Owen is 14.

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CALENDAR TODAY’S EVENTS Sant Bani School in Sanbornton presents “Dark of the Moon” at the Studio Theater. 7 p.m. Play not recommended for younger children. For reservations call the school at 934-4240.

Lakes Region Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy Committee meeting. 4 p.m. in the downstairs conference room at One Mill Plaza (Busiel Mill) in downtown Laconia. Open to the public.

Pianist Johannes Wallmann at the N.H. Jazz Center at Pitman’s Freight Room in Laconia. 8 p.m. $10. BYOB. Mother/Child Cookie Decorating at the Laconia Community Center. 6 to 8 p.m. all materials supplied and you may take your cookies home with you. $10 per family of 4 ($2 for each additional). To register call 524-5046.

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

Al-Anon Meeting at the Congregational Church Parish House (18 Veterans Square) in Laconia. 8 to 9:15 p.m. each Thursday. Al-Anon offers hope and help to families of alcoholics. No dues or fees. All are welcome. Call 645-9518.

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

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

Preschool Story Time at the Meredith Public Library. 1 to 2 p.m. Downstairs in the function room.

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

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 16 20th Annual Christmas Concert presented by the Lakes Region Singers. Free. 7:30 p.m. at the First United Methodist Church in Gilford. New Youth Chorus will be performing for the first time. Free will offering will be taken to help cover expenses.

Sant Bani School in Sanbornton presents “Dark of the Moon” at the Studio Theater. 7 p.m. Play not recommended for younger children. For reservations call the school at 934-4240.

Vegan healthy holiday cooking class and dinner at the Pines Community Center in Northfield. 5:30 p.m. $15.

RSVP to louisa@metrocast.net or call 729-0248.

Gingerbread House Decorating Party at the Gilford Public Library. 1 to 2 p.m. for preschoolers, 3 to 4 p.n. for K through 4th graders and 5 to 6 for 5th through 8th graders. Space limited. Sign-up please.

Native American Dinner hosted by the N.H. Intertribal Native American Council. 5 to 8 p.m. at the Laconia VFW Hall at 143 Court Street. $10.

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

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.

Tot Time at the Meredith Public Library. 9:30 to 10:20 a.m. Ages 1 to 3.

Knit Wits gathering at the Gilford Public Library. 1:30 to 2:30 p.m. Open knitting for all.

Adult (18+) dodgeball at the Meredith Community Center. 7 to 9 p.m. $1 per session.

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Laconia Savings Bank awards $116,000 to local United Way organizations LACONIA — Mark Primeau, president and CEO of Laconia Savings Bank, has announced that the bank has donated $116,000 to local United Ways and praised the efforts of the bank’s employees, who raised $55,927, increasing their contribution by 14% compared to last year.

“Year after year, the employees of Laconia Savings Bank remain dedicated to the bank’s mission of supporting New Hampshire communities. Our annual United Way contribution is an outstanding example of that dedication. They have demonstrated an unmatched commitment, focus and enthusiasm,,” said Primeau.

The $116,000 campaign sets a new high for Laconia Savings Bank. Jack Terrill, president of the Lakes Region United Way, said “I would like to congratulate the United Way committee and employees at Laconia Savings Bank. We sincerely appreciate their support. Laconia Savings Bank is a staple in our community and one of the reasons we have had so much success at United Way.” In addition to employee contributions, the Laconia Savings Bank United Way Committee, consisting of Cindy Bodah, Donna Harris, Candice Carrier, Lindsey Ball, Karen Seymour, Tiffany Benton, Michele Thomas, Maddie Barnaby and Karon Thibault, coordinated fundraisers such as an intranet auction, bake sales and a cutest pet photo contest to raise an additional $3,820.

Cindy Bodah, VP - Quality Service and Training and Donna Harris, AVP - Customer Service Center Manager, volunteered to be the campaign co-chairs for the bank. Through creativity and hard work, the employees delivered a record level of funding and employee participation.

The United Way mobilizes and invests resources back into the communities with an emphasis on successful children, family stabilization and community engagement.

Laconia Savings Bank has made a $116,000 contribution to local United Ways. Shown, left to right, are aren Seymour, Human Resources Representative for Laconia Savings Bank and United Way Committee Member; Tiffany Benton, Marketing Administrator for Laconia Savings Bank and United Way Committee member; Candice Carrier, Systems Support and Operational Analyst for Laconia Savings Bank and United Way Committee member; Michele Thomas, Bank Services Representative for Laconia Savings Bank and United Way Committee member; Jack Terrill, President of Lakes Region United Way; Karon Thibault, Bank Office Support Manager for Laconia Savings Bank and United Way Committee member; Donna Harris, Assistant Vice President – Customer Service Center for Laconia Savings Bank and United Way Committee Co-Chair; Cindy Bodah, Vice President – Quality Service Manager for Laconia Savings Bank and United Way Committee Co-Chair; Lindsey Ball, Executive Administrative Assistant for Laconia Savings Bank and United Way Committee member. (Courtesy photo)

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Irwin Group awarded bid for state’s 2012 Ford Fleet

Adam Cote named New England parts specialist of the year

RJL Auto Parts, the NAPA store on Union Avenue in Laconia, announced that store manager Adam Cote has been named the 2012 NAPA Boston/ ASE Parts Specialist of the year, besting competitors from throughout New England. The award recognizes the combination of expertise and customer service. Cote has worked at the NAPA store for eight years. (Laconia Daily Sun photo/Adam Drapcho)

LACONIA — Irwin Ford has been awarded the New Hampshire State Bid for the Ford Fleet, including the 2013 Ford Police Interceptor Sedan, as well as the AWD Interceptor and the 2012 Ford Expedition 4 X 4 and 4 X 2.

Steve Pouliot, Irwin Fleet sales manager said “Irwin Ford is excited to represent Ford in the state of New Hampshire and have the opportunity to provide Irwin’s exceptional service to New Hampshire municipalities.”

Any inquiries or questions can be directed to Steve Pouliot at Irwin Ford via email at steve.pouliot@ irwinzone.com or by calling 581-2945.

The Irwin Automotive Group is the largest car dealer in central New Hampshire and has been operating out of its 59 Bisson Avenue location for 60 years.

Founded by Robert Irwin as a Lincoln Mercury dealership, the Irwin Automotive Group expanded to include Ford in 1955, followed by Toyota, Scion, Hyundai and Laconia Quicklane Tire and Auto Center.

Franklin Savings Bank announces availability of grants Hand-pressed glass FRANKLIN — Franklin Savings Bank announces For application purposes, the primary market areas grant money available through the Franklin Savings of Franklin Savings Bank include: Franklin, Tilton, ornaments available at Bank Fund for Community Advancement Grant.

Northfield, Hill, Bristol, Sanbornton, Belmont, Laconia, Gilford, New Hampton, Andover, Alexandria, Organizations conducting projects that enhance Boscawen, Gilmanton and some other areas surroundthe lives of people in central New Hampshire are the Gilmanton Corner encouraged to apply by January 3, 2012. ing these towns. Information and application packages Categories of support include, but are not limited for the Franklin Savings Bank Fund for Community Public Library to: economic development, affordable housing, educaAdvancement Grant are available by visiting “What’s tion, health care, social services, environment, arts and humanities, human services and programs addressing the needs of children, adolescents, and single parent families. Also of importance are programs and services that address the needs of low to moderate income families and individuals. Eligible organizations are those recognized as tax exempt under section 501(c)3 of the Internal Revenue Code. Public agencies are also eligible to apply for support from the FSB fund.

New” at fsbhnh.com or by calling Dorothy Savery at 934-8316, toll-free at (800) FSB-4445. Connect with them at facebook.com/franklinsavingsbank for their latest news and community updates.

The one-million dollar fund, established by the bank in September 1997, was created to provide support to varying community organizations through grants. Since its inception, 121 grants totaling over $673,400 have been awarded.

GILMANTON — To celebrate the Gilmanton Corner Library’s 100th anniversary, New Hampshire hand-pressed glass ornaments in shades of blue, green and amber, each with the design of the historic library building and the date of 1912, are available for sale. Also included with the ornaments will be a history of the library, which will be 100 years old in January, 2012.

Chris Salmon, the craftsman, hand presses the ornaments using recycled glass with centuries old techniques that give each piece an odd character not found in machine work. These ornaments enhance the windows of a home as the sun shines upon them casting a sparkle in the room.

Stop by the library to purchase ornaments for Christmas or birthday giving. The ornaments are especially thoughtful for those who brought their children or grandchildren to the library as youngsters. The library is open Monday and Wednesday from 3-5 p.m. and Saturday from 10 a.m. to noon.

THE LACONIA DAILY SUN, Thursday, December 15, 2011— Page 25

ANNIE’S MAILBOX

Dear Annie: My husband and I separated 10 years ago when our children were preteens. He has shown little interest in them and maintains contact only due to my encouragement. My family always includes him when we have family get-togethers. His family, however, decided that being nice to us would be taking sides, so they ignore our existence.

Recently, my husband and his family had a big reunion less than a block from us. We have not seen some of these relatives since the separation. They did not let us know they were coming and made no contact, even though my mother-in-law was here for more than a week.

Although my children claim they do not care, I can see how painful it is that their grandparents, aunts and uncles have abandoned them. Every time I try to communicate with my in-laws, they subject me to horrible accusations.

My kids say I can’t fix everything, but giving up doesn’t seem like the answer. What is? -- Feeling Hurt and Helpless Dear Hurt: Your children sound wise beyond their years, and they are old enough now to handle this as they see fit.

Ask if they would like to contact their grandparents and other paternal relatives. Offer phone numbers, email addresses, Facebook pages, whatever you have. In all likelihood, these relatives will treat the children better than they would you, the ex-wife, and they may actually reconsider a relationship. Still, prepare your children for the possibility of rejection. Then allow them to decide whether they wish to initiate any communication.

Dear Annie: My father is a very sweet, elderly man, but he has an embarrassing problem. Whenever he speaks, he talks so quickly that he tends to accidentally spit at the person with whom he’s conversing.

I’ve cringed at this so many times. No matter how nicely we tell him to slow down when he talks, he still does it.

Mind you, it’s not a dental or medical problem, or age related. He’s done this all his life.

How do I deal with the embarrassment of introducing my friends and co-workers to my father -- other than warning them to stand back five feet? -- Beet-Red Face Dear Beet Red: Have you told Dad that he spits, or do you just focus on how fast he talks? He may be unwilling to change his speech patterns if there is no overwhelming reason to do so, and he may be completely unaware that he is spraying his guests. Suggest he discuss it with his dentist and his doctor, because there may be underlying reasons that can be remedied. If nothing changes, there’s not much more you can do. Allow your friends and co-workers to handle it as they choose, and you can apologize to them on Dad’s behalf if you feel it is necessary.

Dear Annie: I think you may have overlooked something in your response to “Frustrated and Angry,” who said her 11-year-old daughter stayed at a cousin’s house and the uncle came into her room at night.

It doesn’t say in the letter whether the cousin is a boy or a girl, and I’m not sure it matters. The father may be committing acts of incest with his own child. The cousin may be afraid to tell anyone. This is an important reason to do something about what happened. -- Concerned in Texas Dear Texas: Several readers pointed out that the attempt to molest his niece may indicate that the uncle has been molesting his child. And we agree that this is a possibility.

We don’t know whether the parents are willing to go to the police, but we hope they will confront the aunt and uncle, inform the rest of the family and do whatever they can to protect that cousin.

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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CHILDREN!S Garden Childcare: Year-round, reliable, clean, structured, pre-K environment, one acre yard, central location.

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1996 GMC Jimmy- Well maintained. $1,100 or best offer 387-4511 1996 GMC Sonoma 4x2 Pickup Long Bed: V6, auto, AC, 139k, runs great, $1,850. 387-2701.

ROTTWEILER Pups, AKC Champion Pedigree, tails, shots done, parents on premises, $500-600.

340-6219

1996 Toyota Camry LE Wagon: 1-owner, moonroof, automatic, s.i. and plate, immaculate, $2,950.

387-2701.

Announcement

1997 Honda Accord EX Coupe: 1-owner, V-Tech, 4-cylinder, auto, moonroof, rust-free, inspected, loaded, $3,350. 387-2701.

NEED to go to Ft. Myers, Florida?

I will do the driving of your SUV or Van. Want to leave Approx.

December 28, weather permitting, arrive January 5th. 40 years driving experience with perfect driving record. You pay for gas.

286-7720 PELVIC/ Transvaginal Mesh?

Did you undergo transvaginal placement of mesh for pelvic organ prolapse or stress urinary incontinence between 2005 and present time? If the patch required removal due to complications, you may be entitled to compensation. Call Johnson Law and speak with female staff members 1-800-535-5727.

1997 Mitsubishi Gallant ES 4-Door: 4-cylinder, auto, all power, moonroof, 117k, inspected w/plate, $2,950. 387-2701.

1998 Saturn SL2: 4-door, automatic, AC, CD, all power, inspected, runs excellent, $1,850.

387-2701.

1999 Lincoln Continental: 126k, FWD, V8, leather, moonroof, inspected and plate, mint, $2,950.

387-2701.

2000 Dodge Conversion Van. 85,000 miles, 6-cylinder, good condition. Runs great! $4,400.

524-8092

2002 Pontiac Grand Am SE: V6, auto, 119k, new tires, like new, inspected, $3,450. 387-2701.

2003 Chrysler Concorde- Leather, 24 MPG. Runs/looks wonderful.

Great tires. 107K miles. $3,600. densanbean@yahoo.com 569-3290 2003 Subaru Outback Limited: 4-cylinder, 5-speed, leather, 2-sunroofs, 1-owner, spotless, inspected, $4,950. 387-2701.

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

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

PRICE Reduced! 2002 Audi A-4 Quantra. Excellent condition. $5,500. 569-9615 TOP DOLLAR PAID for junk cars & trucks. Available 7-days a week.

P3!s Towing. 630-3606

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

For Rent LACONIA-LARGE 2 bedroom 2nd floor . Quiet, clean, no pets. $800/month, Includes Heat.

556-1310

CLEAN UPDATED studio and one bedroom in Tilton. Heat/Hot Water included. $600-630/Month.

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

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

FRANKLIN: One bedroom 2nd floor quiet area great for single or couple. $500+Utilities Animals?

934-1252

LACONIA: 3 Bedroom Apartment, $950/month, heat & hot water included.

Parking provided.

Washer/Dryer hookup available for stack unit. Section 8 approved. No dogs. References & security required. 603-387-2600.

GILFORD, 2-Bedroom, 2-Bath, Balconies, no smoking/pets, $950/month plus utilities, Security deposit and references, 603-455-6662 GILFORD - Cute 2 bedroom house. Washer/dryer, garage, brookside setting. $1,000/month + utilities. 387-8433 GILFORD. 3 bedroom home for Lease/ option to buy, Owner financing available. Big yard, oversized garage. 603-393-5756.

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

Security Deposit & references. $600/month + utilities. 520-4353

Laconia 2 bedroom 1 1/2 bath apartment with deck & nice view of Paugus Bay. No pets.

Lowered rent for qualified tennant with good credit.

630-2883

Laconia

$1-A-DAY CLASSIFIEDS • CALL 527-9299 DOLLAR-A-DAY: Private Party ads only (For Sale, Lost, Autos, etc.), must run ten consecutive days, 15 words max. Additional words 10¢ each per day. does not apply to yard sales. REGULAR RATE: $2 a day; 10¢ per word per day over 15 words. PREMIUMS: First word caps no charge. Additional bold, caps and 9pt type 10¢ per word per day. Centered words 10¢ (2 word minimum) TYPOS: Check your ad the first day of publication. Sorry, we will not issue credit after an ad has run once, and we do not offer refunds. DEADLINES: noon the business day prior to the day of publication. PAYMENT: All private party ads must be pre-paid. We accept checks, Visa Mastercard and Discover credit cards and of course, cash. $10 minimum order for credit cards. CORRESPONDENCE: To place your ad call our offices at 527-9299 between 9 am & 5 pm, Monday through Friday; Stop by our office or send a check or money order with ad copy to The Laconia Daily Sun,1127 Union Ave, Laconia, NH 03246. You can email ads to ads@laconiadailysun.com, we will contact you for payment. OTHER RATES: For information about display ads or other advertising options, call 527-9299.

BEAUTIFUL puppies. Apricot, red, mini poodles.

Champ background. Good price. Healthy, happy and home raised.

253-6373.

For Rent BELMONT: Sunny ground-level one bedroom, private road, deck, quiet country setting. Heat included $695/ month. 455-5848.

3 bedroom 2 bath apartment with deck & single car garage.

Quiet area with big yard near hospital. No pets. $1,050/Month, plus utilities

630-2883

LACONIA House for Rent Spacious 3 bedroom 1 1/2 bath with washer/dryer.

Completely rebuilt, new everything. Near park & beach. Available mid-December, rent starts Jan. 1st.

$1,300/Month + Utilities

(603) 455-9433

Employment Wanted COMPANION job wanted. Have experience, references, insured vehicle. 603-359-1361, leave message.

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

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

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

AT Weirs Beach. Nice 2 Bedroom/ 1-Bath. Heat/HW incl Laundry hook-ups. $890/month. $500 security. 296-5314.

BELMONT 2-bedroom. 1st month half off, $425! + Utilities, References & security. No dogs.

630-1296 Belmont- 2 bedroom, 1 bath duplex. New carpet/paint.

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

617-909-9892 BELMONT-3 bedroom, 1 bath house for rent. Large yard, pets allowed. Oil heat. Washer/Dryer hookup. $1,100 per month plus security deposit. References required. 455-4055.

BELMONT: 2-bedroom duplex, washer/dryer hookups, $800/ month, 1st and $500 deposit,

LACONIA Mountain VIew apts. $300 off 1st month!s rent. 2BR 1 bath, $700/mo. 2BR & 3BR townhouses, 1.5 bath and large decks. $775 & $850/mo. Quiet location with laundry and playgrounds. No Dogs. Office on site. 524-7185 LACONIA Province St. 4 bedroom apartment. Private parking, laundry, bright & clean, no pets. $1,000/Month + Utilities.

508-423-0479.

LACONIA3 bedroom clean, cozy cape near LRGH. No smokers/pets. $950/Month.

528-3789 LACONIA- 2-bedroom first floor.

Onsite laundry, newly remodeled, snow removal. $850/Month, Heat/Hot water included. Call 524-0703 LACONIA- 3 bedroom house. $1,000/Month + utilities. Pets considered, references & deposit.

524-9665 LACONIA- Large Rooms for rent.

Private bath, heat/hot water, electric, cable, parking included. Free WiFi Internet. $145/week, 603-781-6294 LACONIA- VERY nice 1-bedroom apartment in clean, quiet, secure downtown building. Recently renovated. $175/Week. includes, heat, hot water & electric.

524-3892 or 630-4771 LACONIA-2 bedroom 2nd floor. $210/Week, heat, hot water & electricity included.

Call 603-235-6901 LACONIA-DUPLEX 2 bedroom 1 bath, washer/dryer hookups, garage. $900/month, heat included. References & security deposit. No pets or smokers.

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

524-5837.

LACONIA: Gilbert Apartments.

Call for available apartments.

524-4428 LACONIA: HUGE first floor, 8 room apartment. 4 bedroom, Heat/Hot Water included.

Updated, New Hardwood floors, new bathroom, Washer/Dryer hookups, $1,250/Month. 566-6815 LACONIA: Large 3-bedroom apartment. First floor, parking. $850/mo + utilities, security/backgound check required.

603-781-6294.

LACONIA: Quality, affordable, spacious two bedroom apartment for rent with heat and hot water included. Rent from $697 to $839 per month. Please call Julie at Stewart Property Mgt., (603)524-6673 EHO. LACONIA: Sunny, small 2-bedroom, 2nd floor no smoking/dogs. $200 per week. includes heat/hot water.

455-5569.

LAKEPORT- Freshly painted, big 5-room, 2-bedroom apartment with lake view. Includes washer/dryer, hardwood floors, cabinet kitchen, 2 car parking, plowing and landscaping. Huge, bright and sunny master bedroom overlooking lake. $185/Week + 4-week security deposit. No utilities, no dogs, no smoking.

Proper I.D., credit check and background check required.

Showings on Friday only. Call Rob, 617-529-1838 MEREDITH– 2 Bedroom, 1.5 bath, 3 story townhouse style Condo.

Garage, plowing, washer/dryer included.

Non-Smoker. $950/month + Utilities. 603-455-7591 MEREDITH One bedroom apartment on second floor. 16X22 ft. deck, Open concept, cathedral ceiling, very elegant and rustic.

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

455-5660 MEREDITH Room for Rent- Quiet, beautiful home. Laundry, kitchen, cable TV, porch. $125/Week.

603-689-8683 Meredith- 2 bedroom 1st floor, nice apartment. Walk to docks/village. Washer/dryer hookups, Non-smoking, unitlites not included. $750. 279-7887 or 781-862-0123 NEW Hampton- Large 4 bedroom, 3 bath newer home. Finished basement, wood floors and attached 2 car garage. 2 minutes to Rt. 93. $1,400/month plus utilities. 603-455-3762 NORTHFIELD: 1 room efficiency cottage with kitchenette & private bath, plus additional storage space & access to coin-op laundry. $140/week including heat, electric & hot water.

524-1234.

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

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For Rent

For Sale

For Sale

Free

FREE- BODY by Jake Ab Scissor. Good condition.

677-6528

PRO Mark brush chipper. 16HP. $700 or best offer. 630-0957

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

BRAND New Harvey Majesty 3-Lite Casement Window with Double Low-E glass and argon gas. All pine inside-Aluminum clad outside. Size 88 1/2” wide X 54 1/4” High with nailing fin. Retails for $2,100, asking $850. Must sell.

Call 224-9213

WINNISQUAM: Small efficiency and a cottage including heat, hot water & lights. $150-$175/week. $400 deposit.

No pets.

387-3864.

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

Please call Wendy at 366-4316.

For Rent-Commercial WAREHOUSE/SPACE Up to 4,000 sq. ft. available with on-site office on busy Rte. 3 in Tilton.

Seasonal or long term. Relocate your business or rent a spot for your toys. 603-387-6827

For Sale 2 Mec reloaders, 20 ga. and 28 ga. Complete with owner’s manuals. Call for details (603)476-2271, (508)243-0349.

50% off all wreaths in stock, while they last. Jim Waldron, across from Belknap Tire.

6 qt. Cuisinart Electric pressure cooker $85. Kitchen Aid stand mixer $170. Both never-used.

524-9128 AMAZING! Beautiful pillowtop matress sets, twin $169, full or queen $249, king $399. See AD under “Furniture”.

BALDWIN Piano with humidifier unit & bench. $850. Easily accessible. 253-4850

USED Andersen Windows. Hot water heater & other miscellaneous items. Cheap! Call Dave 630-3986

BUYING

MEREDITH: Room for Rent,. $125/Week, utilities included.

Smoking OK. Contact 707-9794 WAREHOUSE/SPACE Up to 4,000 sq. ft. available with on-site office on busy Rte. 3 in Tilton.

Seasonal or long term. Relocate your business or rent a spot for your toys. 603-387-6827

TENTERS or Tailgaters Christmas- Stainless campers kitchen.

Lantern, pans, cook tools & stove. $250 253-4850

Gold, (scrap rings, jewelry, etc.) Silver, (coins, flatware, etc. )

CHRISTMAS TREES: Now Open! Good selection. Union Avenue, across from Belknap Tire. Jim Waldron 279-8066.

ELECTRIC Wheelchair: Never used, many extras, $1,500.

524-2877.

FULL-SIZE Thule. Good condition. $200 or best offer.

524-3344 GREEN Cord Wood. $190 per cord. Doug 393-5163 or 393-9441 HOLIDAY SPECIAL: GREEN FIREWOOD, cut, not split $130/cord, cut & split $175/cord.

Seasoned firewood, $250. Also, logging, landclearing & tree work (All phases). 393-8416.

IT!S getting cramped in here ...

Office & store furniture for sale: (1) 12! gondola shelf unit, (2) 4! gondola shelf units, (1) 4-drawer filing cabinet, (1) 8-drawer filing cabinet, (1) 9-drawer filing cabinet, (1) 2-drawer filing cabinet, (1) 5! bookshelf (double sided), (1) revolving card/book display case, (2) gas heaters blue flame w/tstat, (2) 3-tier oval display tables w/glass top. Cash and credit cards accepted.

ClownSupplies.com, a division of Simplicity!s Wonderful World, 369 Union Avenue, Laconia, NH. 603-435-8812.

LAMB -RAISED locally. Hormone & antibiotic free. Vacuum packed, frozen. Custom cuts available.

528-5838 LOOKING to start your own salon? Beautiful furniture, everything you need. 15,000 or BRO. Call Jared, 520-6425.

IMMEDIATE PART-TIME OPENING Delivery Driver 20 – 25 hours per week Seeking a self-motivated, dependable individual to drive morning delivery route Monday-Friday, 5 days a week.

Position requires valid drivers license and clean driving record. Forklift certification a plus.

Knowledge of electrical supplies helpful but not necessary.

Come join TEAM LE! Apply in person to: Laura Cameron Laconia Electric Supply 935 Union Ave. Laconia, NH 03246

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

Waukewan Antiques 55 Main St. Meredith

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

Fabulous back & hip support.

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

Can deliver 603-305-9763.

COZY Cabin Rustics- Mattress and furniture year end sell-off! All mattress sets 20% off! NH made Shaker furniture by Cedar and Oak 20% off! Log Hickory and Rustic Barnwood Furniture and Artwork 20% off! Recliners, Futons, Bunk Beds, Dining Room, Bedroom, Sofas, Platform Beds, MacMotion Chairs, occasional tables, art work. Unique, Locally made. Great Deals!! Call Jay 603-662-9066 or shop our website and email for special pricing www.viscodirect.com, jayw100@yahoo.com 517 Rte. 25, Moultonboro, NH

Free FREE 6 1/2 ft. pre-lit artificial Christmas tree. 524-5052 FREE firewood- Call 524-3892 or 630-4771

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

Help Wanted BEYOND the Fringe Salon is looking for 1-2 booth renters with strong client base. 20+ hours/week.

Please call 528-7735, leave message.

Help Wanted

Help Wanted

WINTER/ FALL RUSH

LISACHA!S Beauty Lounge in Gilford is seeking fun, friendly professional stylist, 3 NEW booths now available to rent! Contact us today, 603-527-8120.

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.

STYLIST Booth Rental Available.

Perfect location, clean, professional, great parking.

Relaxed atmosphere. Contact 731-6230 for information.

THE LACONIA DAILY SUN, Thursday, December 15, 2011 — Page 27

LRGHealthcare doctor named one of top ten hospitalists in the country

LACONIA — The American College of Physicians has named LRGHealthcare’s Director of Hospital Medicine Vercin Ephrem, MD as one of the Top Ten Hospitalists in the country.

Dr. Ephrem attended Lebanese University Faculty of Medical Sciences, and did his residency at Staten Island University Hospital. As the director of Hospital Medicine at LRGHealthcare, he is known by his colleagues for his strong work ethic and commitment to improving the quality of patient care.

In 2009, LRGHealthcare became the first hospital in New Hampshire to participate in Project BOOST (Better Outcomes for Older Adults Through Safe Transitions), a program

Help Wanted

developed by the Society of Hospital Medicine to improve transitions at discharge with the goal of reducing 30-day readmission rates. Under Dr. Ephrem’s guidance, Lakes Region General Hospital was able to reduce readmissions to its Senior Services unit from 7% to 2% in one year.

Under BOOST, hospitals identify patients at high risk of readmission based on factors such as diagnosis, problem medications, health education and social support. The hospital team then works to lessen those risks by providing detailed discharge instructions, scheduled outpatient follow-up visits and check–in calls.

“Due to the success of the program,

Services

Services

FOOD SERVICE ASSISTANT for Laconia Senior Center Elder Services is looking for a part-time(3 hours) food service assistant with food service experience and the ability to work well with older adults. Ability to assist senior center director with the facilitation and oversight of the day-to-day operations of food service programs at the senior center to include congregate dining and Meals on Wheels service. Must be able to assure compliance with safe food handling to include temping, serving and kitchen cleanliness.

Strong organizational skills and a talent for handling multiple activities required. Send resume and letter of interest to: kheyes@bm-cap.org or Karen Heyes, Community Action Program Belknap-Merrimack Counties, Inc. (LSC), PO Box 1016, Concord, NH 03302-1016.

E.O.E.

HANDYMAN SERVICES Small Jobs Are My Speciality

Rick Drouin 520-5642 or 744-6277

BLUE RIBBON PAINTING CO. Interior/Exterior Since 1982 ~ Fully Insured

Paper Hanging

279-5755 630-8333

Land

Bus.

Lost

PIPER ROOFING

LOST Female small Tabby Cat named Rosie. Last seen 11/30 at 11am, Near Exit 20 in Tilton. $100 Reward. 603-738-4431

Quality Work Reasonable Rates Free Estimates Metal Roofs • Shingle Roofs

Motorcycles Buy • Sell • Trade www.motoworks.biz

Cell

SAVE 30% on Interior Painting. I nsured, references. Call Troy at Turcotte Painting 455-9179

CONWAY LAKE: Will trade deepwater lot w/tri-dock for commercial property or permitted land. 207-754-1047.

Our Customers Don!t get Soaked!

528-3531 Major credit cards accepted

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

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

HOUSE FOR SALE-White Oaks Rd., Laconia. Very well maintained, 3-bedroom. 1 car garage, potential in-home business options.

Reduced, $145,000/OBO. By Appointment only, 524-3613

CALL THE HUNGRY PAINTER: Painting, small tree work, dump runs, odd jobs, water damage/drywall repairs. 455-6296.

LACONIA- 3 bedroom clean, cozy cape near LRGH. Asking less than assessed value. 528-3789 LONG BAY Mortgage: 207-754-1047.

Snowmobiles

ASSUMABLE No balloon.

Roommate Wanted MEREDITH ROOMMATE: Sunny, clean, spacious, walk to town.

Includes washer/dryer. $350/Month. Call 481-0762.

REDUCED rental share with eld erly person in return for occaional rides and small repairs. Includes furnished bedroom, kitchen, private bath & utilities. 5 minutes to Wolfeboro. Call 397-2694.

Pemi Valley Fish & Game Club holding New Year’s Day Trapshoot HOLDERNESS — The annual New Year‘s Day Trap Shoot will be held on January 1 at the Pemi Valley Fish and Game Club.

Registration starts at 9 a.m. and the shooting gets underway at 10 a.m. It‘s a 125-bird shoot: 25 at 16 yards, 25 wobble, 25 handicap, and 25 doubles.

The fee is $30, which covers the match and prizes. And there‘ll be free food and hot drinks.

Half the proceeds will be divided between the top shooter and the first place team. The shoot will be held snow or cold unless its 20 below and white out conditions. The event has been a club tradition for over 42 years.

It will be an ATA (Amateur Trap Association) sanctioned shoot but ATA membership is not required to participate.

Call either Paul Rheinhardt (7077170) or George Hollingsworth (7453679) if you intend to participate. This will be the last of trap until spring.

The range will close right after the New Year‘s Day shoot and will open again April 1t.

Trap shooting will continue on Thursdays and Sundays until January. Thursday trap shooting starts at 5 p.m. Sundays run from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.

CANS FOR BOY SCOUT TROOP 68!

Drop of bins are located at:

HOLIDAY SPECIAL- Stocking fillers 10% off all items in store! Big City Cat House 524-5954

(Former) Old Time Walters Market

SALES, SERVICE, performance parts. New & used parts, complete line of accessories for Snowmobiles & ATV!s. Pre-owned sleds.

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

D'Angelos Sandwich Shop

Storage Space PROFESSIONAL painter seeking homeowners and landlords who are considering a paint renovation. Free estimates, and reasonable rates. 1-802-780-9040

LRGHealthcare was stay and still provide safe, approached by Medicare quality patient care. We to help extend Project are one of only 39 hospitals BOOST into the entire that received the Medicare state,” said Dr. Ephrem. grant, and it is because of “We are modifying and Dr. Ephrem’s efforts.” expanding the program The LRGHealthcare to offer to all patients, Hospital Medicine Proregardless of age.” gram is staffed by nine “Project BOOST provided board-certified, internal a framework for improvemedicine physicians who ment at LRGHealthcare, are available 24-hours-abut it was Dr. Ephrem’s day, seven-days-a-week to leadership that ensured provide coordinated, highits success,” said LRGH quality care for patients Chief Nursing Officer and admitted to the hospital.

Vice President of Patient In addition to the main Care & Surgical Services program at Lakes Region Ellen Wolff. “In addition LRGHealthcare’s Direc- General Hospital, the to decreasing readmission tor of Hospital Medicine physicians provide fill-in rates under thirty days Vercin Ephrem, MD, has been coverage for Huggins Hosdue to the discharge plan- selected as one of the Top Ten pital in Wolfeboro, Speare ning that is included in the Hospitalists in the country. Memorial Hospital in BOOST program, he has (Courtesy photo) Plymouth and Mountain also been able to reduce our length of Ridge Nursing Home in Franklin.

CLEAN, dry, secure storage for your cars, motorcycles, boats, household items.24/7 access.Call 527-9229.

St. Joseph Church (parking lot)

For years, our local community has been donating their aluminum cans to Troop 68.

Funds from these cans help maintain membership, purchase equipment, support outings, and so much more!

Boy Scout Troop 68, Laconia Thanks you for your continued support!

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2010 Jeep Liberty Limited 4WD A/C, Cruise, Tilt, Heated Leather, Power Locks, Windows & Seats, Keyless Entry, ABS, Alloys, CD, 33k Miles. #10134PA

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2010 Jeep Wrangler Unlimited Sahara 4WD A/C, Cruise, Tilt, Power Locks & Windows, Keyless Entry, Trailer Towing Package, ABS, Alloys, CD, 28k Miles. #11473SB

$28,500 or $483/Mo**

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All Certified Vehicles Have a 12 month, 12,000 Mile Extended Bumper to Bumper Warranty & Balance of 5 Year, 100,000 Mile Powertrain Factory Warranty.

2011 Buick Regal CXL

2011 Chevy Cruze 2LT

2011 Chevy Impala LTZ

2011 Chevy Impala LTZ

A/C, On*Star, Cruise, Tilt, Power Locks, Windows, Sunroof & Driver’s Seat, Alloys, CD, Heated Seats, ABS, 21k Miles.

Heated Leather, Power Locks & Windows, Keyless Entry, Tilt, Cruise, Alloys, ABS, CD, Only 8k Miles!

A/C, Cruise, Tilt, ABS Alloys, Bose Stereo w/CD, On*Star, Power Locks & Windows, Heated Seats, Rear Spoiler, 17k Miles.

Power Locks, Windows, Sunroof & Driver’s Seats, Heated Leather, Rear Spoiler, Tilt, Cruise, A/C, ABS, Alloys, Bose Stereo w/CD, 19k Miles.

#10117PA

#10138PA

#10119PA

#10137PA

$25,900 or $413/Mo* $20,900 or $323/Mo* $22,900 or $359/Mo* $22,900 or $359/Mo* 2010 Chevy Aveo LT

2009 Chevy Aveo 2LT

2010 Chevy HHR LT

2010 Chevy Malibu LT2

A/C, Tilt, CD, ABS, 30k Miles.

A/C, Power Locks & Windows, Tilt, CD, Keyless Entry, Rear Spoiler, Only 11k Miles!

A/C, Cruise, Tilt, Sunscreen Glass, Power Locks, Windows & Driver’s Seat, ABS, CD, Keyless Entry, 31k Miles.

XM Satellite Radio, Power Locks, Windows & Driver’s Seat, Cruise, Tilt, Keyless Entry, ABS, Alloys, Leather, 29k Miles.

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#12059A

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#11120SA

$13,900 or $199/Mo* 2009 Chevy Malibu LT2

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A/C, Cruise, Tilt, On* Star, Power Locks, Windows & Driver’s Seat, CD, ABS, Keyless Entry, Heated Seats, Alloys, 46k Miles.

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#11427A

#10100PA

2010 Chevy Cobalt LT

#10129PA

$13,450 or $189/Mo*

2007 Chevy Malibu LS

A/C, Cruise, Tilt, Power Windows, Locks & Driver’s Seat, CD, Keyless Entry, ABS 45k Miles.

#11345SA

2011 Chevy Traverse LT AWD

#11111A

$12,995 or $189/Mo* 2010 Chevy Cobalt LT

$14,995 or $229/Mo*

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8-Passenger! Auto, A/C, ABS, Tilt, Cruise, Sunscreen Glass, Power Locks, Windows & Driver’s Seat, Keyless Entry, Alloys, 1-Owner, 24k Miles. #10161PA

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$12,900 or $179/Mo*

A/C, Power Locks & Windows, Tilt, Cruise, Keyless Entry, CD, ABS, 32k Miles.

$18,900 or $302/Mo* 2008 Buick Lacrosse CX

A/C, Tilt, Cruise, Power Locks, Windows & Driver’s Seat, ABS, CD, Keyless Entry, 47k Miles.

$16,900 or $264/Mo* $18,900 or $302/Mo* A/C, Power Locks & Windows, Tilt, Cruise, Alloys, CD, ABS, 30k Miles.

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SHOWROOM HOURS:

Mon., Tues., Wed. & Fri. 8:00-7:00pm Thur. 8:00-8:00pm Sat. 8:00-5:00pm

623 Union Avenue, Laconia, NH 603-524-0770 or 1-800-226-8467

VIEW OUR WEBSITE FOR COMPLETE INVENTORY: www.cantins.com

*Payment based on 60 months at 2.9% APR, with $3,000 cash or trade equity down payment, subject to credit approval. **Payment based on 60 months at 4.9% APR, with $3,000 cash or trade equity down payment, subject to credit approval. Not responsible for typographical errors. Photos for illustration purposes only.