The Laconia Daily Sun, December 22, 2010

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Fire rekindled at Barnstead pellet plant Now incarcerated at Carroll County Jail, farmer says accepting plea bargain would have been a lie

BARNSTEAD — For the second time in less than a week firefighters were called to the Great Northern Wood Pellet plant at the foot of Depot Street yesterday, where the smoldering remains of a fire that broke out last Thursday afternoon erupted into flame.

Fire Chief Mike Tetreault said that firefighters arrived around 10:30 a.m. to find wood chips burning in a silo adjacent to the silo that caught fire last week. “We were able to knock it down pretty quickly,” he said. He explained see FIRe page 8

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OSSIPEE — This winter, Ward Bird has traded his chosen titles of husband, father and farmer and is instead playing the role of inmate. His incarceration began on November 17 and, if the considerable public campaign to achieve a governor’s pardon fails, he could be spending the next two years behind bars.

It’s a situation he’s especially unhappy about, because Bird insists that the victim of the crime he’s been convicted of fabricated her complaint against him and that the legal system that sentenced him to an absolute three years of imprisonment for felonious criminal threatening is flawed.

However, Bird has faith. Speaking in the visitation area of the Carroll County Jail on Tuesday, he spoke at length about his life, his

family, his property in Moultonborough, the events of the day in 2006 which lead to his arrest, and the subsequent legal proceedings which saw him refuse a plea bargain only to be found guilty by a unanimous verdict of a superior court jury and sentenced to the Bird minimum allowable (Carroll CountyWard House of Corrections photo) under the constraints of state law.

Bird, 49, grew up in Meredith in a house near the town library. Although his father worked as a technician for Sears Roebuck, Bird’s family had been farming in the Lakes

Region for several generations. He started working at 10 years old for his grand-uncle, Marshall Hodsdon, who owned Long Ridge Farm in Meredith. Bird would work “on and off” in agriculture from then on, working as a builder and general contractor when he wasn’t farming. Three years ago, Bird joined John Hodsdon, Marshall’s son, and formed Picnic Rock Farm, LLC, on the same 125 acres that Long Ridge Farm was located.

With Virginia, his wife of 26 years, Bird had built the life he wanted. They acquired in the early 1990s a secluded 60-acre parcel of land off Rte. 109 in Moultonborough, land which had been owned by Virginia’s family and upon which they built a home in 1998. They have had four children together, which currently range in age from 10 to 18. see waRd BIRd page 13

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BRENTWOOD – A former Salem woman whose name has become well known because of the ongoing drive to free Ward Bird from jail is still facing her own legal troubles with an animal cruelty case.

After two years, an appeal and seven courtappointed lawyers, Christine Harris, 57, appears to be headed to trial in Rockingham County Superior Court in early January on animal cruelty charges.

She faces five counts of see dOGs page 8

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“Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark,” the most expensive production in Broadway history, suffered its fourth accident in a month when a stuntman playing the web-slinger fell about 30 feet into a stage pit during a preview Monday night. The safety tether that clips to his back failed to prevent the spill.

The performer, identified by a fellow cast member as 31-year-old Christopher Tierney, was wheeled out of the Foxwoods Theatre on a stretcher, still in his costume, and taken by ambulance to Bellevue Hospital with minor injuries. He suffered broken ribs and internal bleeding, said the castmate, who spoke on condition of anonymity because the person was not authorized to speak publicly about the musical.

In a statement, Actors’ Equity said investigators determined that the accident was caused by human error.

The fall was the latest setback for the troubled, $65 million show conceived by Tony-winning director Julie Taymor and U2’s Bono and The Edge,

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Obama has enough GOP votes to get arms treaty through Senate WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama locked up enough Senate Republican votes Tuesday to ratify a new arms control treaty with Russia that would cap nuclear warheads for both former Cold War foes and restart on-site weapons inspections.

Eleven Republicans joined Democrats in a 67-28 proxy vote to wind up the debate and hold a final tally on Wednesday. They broke ranks with the Senate’s top two Republicans and were poised to give Obama a bipartisan win on his top foreign policy priority.

“We know when we’ve been beaten,” Republican Sen. Orrin Hatch of Utah told reporters hours before the vote.

Ratification requires two-thirds of those voting in the Senate and Democrats need at least nine Republicans to overcome

the opposition of Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky and Jon Kyl of Arizona, the party’s point man on the pact.

The Obama administration has made arms control negotiations the centerpiece of resetting its relationship with Russia, and the treaty was critical to any rapprochement.

Momentum for the accord accelerated earlier in the day Tuesday — the seventh day of debate — when Lamar Alexander of Tennessee, the No. 3 Republican in the Senate, announced his support.

The treaty will leave the United States “with enough nuclear warheads to blow any attacker to kingdom come,” Alexander said on the Senate floor, adding, “I’m convinced that Americans are safer and more secure with the New START treaty than without it.”

“START” stands for Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty.

Five other Republican senators — Lisa Murkowski of Alaska, Johnny Isakson of Georgia, Bob Corker of Tennessee and Robert Bennett of Utah and Thad Cochran of Mississippi — said they would back the pact.

“We are on the brink of writing the next chapter in the 40-year history of wrestling with the threat of nuclear weapons,” Foreign Relations Committee Chairman John Kerry, D-Mass., said after the vote.

Obama has insisted the treaty is a national security imperative that will improve cooperation with Russia, an argument loudly echoed by the nation’s military and foreign policy leaders, former Presidents George H.W. Bush and Bill Clinton and six Republican secretaries of state.

ATLANTA (AP) — The U.S. teen birth rate in 2009 fell to its lowest point in almost 70 years of record-keeping — a decline that stunned experts who believe it’s partly due to the recession.

The birth rate for teenagers fell to 39 births per 1,000 girls, ages 15 through 19, according to a government report released Tuesday. It was a 6 percent decline from the previous year, and the lowest since health officials started tracking the rate in 1940.

Experts say the recent recession — from December 2007 to June 2009 — was a major factor driving down births overall,

and there’s good reason to think it affected would-be teen mothers.

“I’m not suggesting that teens are examining futures of 401(k)s or how the market is doing,” said Sarah Brown, chief executive of the National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregnancy.

“But I think they are living in families that experience that stress. They are living next door to families that lost their jobs. ... The recession has touched us all,” Brown said.

Teenage moms, who account for about 10 percent of the nation’s births, are not unique. The total number of births also

has been dropping, as have birth rates among all women except those 40 and older.

For comparison look to the peak year of teen births — 1957. There were about 96 births per 1,000 teen girls that year, but it was a different era, when women married younger, said Stephanie Ventura, a coauthor of the report issued by the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The CDC births report is based on a review of most birth certificates for 2009.

Overall, about 4.1 million babies were born in 2009, down almost 3 percent from 2008. It’s the second consecutive drop in births, which had been on the rise since 2000.

Poor economy cited as reason for all-time low in U.S. teen birth rate

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Bartlett bans snowmobiles on Census finds N.H. leads Bow brothers ordered to New England in growth stay way from Bruin games sidewalks; doom predicted DURHAM, N.H. (AP) — The U.S. Census Bureau says New England grew more slowly than the rest of the country in the last decade, with a 4 percent increase in population compared to the nation’s 9.7 percent rate.

Among New England states, New Hampshire grew at the fastest rate — 6.9 percent. Rhode Island’s growth rate of less than 1 percent was the region’s lowest. Connecticut’s growth rate was 4.9 percent, Maine’s was 4.2 percent, Massachusetts grew by 3.1 percent and Vermont grew by 2.8 percent.

Kenneth Johnson, senior demographer at the University of New Hampshire, said nearly all the region’s population gain was because there were more births than deaths, rather than migration.

BOSTON (AP) — Two brothers from New Hampshire accused of jumping onto the ice at a Boston Bruins game have been ordered to stay away from the team’s home arena.

Twenty-year-old John Parker and 17-year-old Matt Parker of Bow, N.H., were released after pleading not guilty to a charge of disturbing a public assembly. They and their lawyers declined comment as they left Boston Municipal Court after their arraignment Tuesday.

The brothers went over the glass in the third period of Saturday’s game against the Washington Capitals at TD Garden. The game was delayed a few minutes as the men were apprehended by the linesmen and escorted from the ice.

Officers who arrested the men said they both appeared to be drunk.

Boston won the game 3-2.

BARTLETT, N.H. (AP) — A snowmobile ban on a sidewalk in Bartlett, N.H., has some residents worried about access to trails and the future of a local business.

Hundreds of snowmobile riders use the Albany Avenue sidewalk as a connection between Bartlett and miles of trails.

The selectmen voted 2-0 to ban snowmobiling on the 432-foot sidewalk after hearing from residents who wanted a quieter street.

The Conway Daily Sun reports Peter Gagnon, owner of Northern Extremes Snowmobiling, says the ban cuts off easy access to his business from 50 miles of trails. The business provides rentals, gas, tours, and other services.

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Froma Harrop

Can we break our Made in China habit?

It’s been tough watching fellow shoppers fill their carts with Chinese imports as the People’s Republic stomps on American interests and values. At WalMart, Bed Bath & Beyond and other big chains, it’s hard to find goods NOT-madein-China. Lamps, popcorn makers, kitty scratch boards. Cuisinart toasters and Emeril cookware.

Made in China.

My goodness! Drinking glasses from the Czech Republic. How did they get here? The fancier the store, the greater the chance of finding things not produced by 75-cents-anhour labor. But even there ... I was looking through the bathrobes at an upscale department store, and every last one was made in China.

The creepy thing: China is not our friend, but it’s become our keeper.

America’s Christmas trees groan with ornaments made in the country that lets North Korean threaten our troops and Asian friends. China supports the regime of the bizarre Kim Jong-il and his son, bent on strutting the world stage as a nuclear menace.

China could close down the North Korean freak show tomorrow, but it won’t because that would create a unified Korea allied with the United States. China doesn’t want us to have strong ties in Asia.

Under the twinkling Christmas trees lie toys made in the place that imprisons a recent Nobel Peace Prize winner and threatened Norway (the Nobel’s home) with economic retaliation. Beijing called the award to human rights activist Liu Xiaobo an “anti-China farce.” Eighteen other countries, intimidated by China or in cahoots with it, boycotted the ceremony. At the same time, China blocked its citizens’ Internet access to reports on Liu and his prize.

Four years ago, the European parliament honored another jailed Chinese dissident Wei Jingsheng.

Beijing accused it of committing “violent interference in China’s internal affairs” and warned of harm to European interests.

This is the country to which America has put itself in hock, mainly because we don’t have the discipline to raise taxes and/or cut spending — and instead borrow from the Chinese.

Other than ruthlessness, China

does have one strength that this country lacks: a leadership foursquare behind modern science.

While America’s carbon cavemen question the need for green energy — going so far as trying to halt California’s efforts to promote it — China is full-speed-ahead assembling clean-power equipment (while expropriating the technology from others).

Make no mistake. China is an environmental disaster. It continues to build the most primitive coal-fired power plants, and its air is so bad that made-in-China smog drifts to our West Coast. But its dictators see the future, and so have opened the national treasury to industries making solar panels and wind turbines. They’re also building high-speed passenger trains and rail lines. For a planned rail link between Beijing and Shanghai, one test train was clocked at over 300 miles an hour.

Long Island’s Suffolk County is putting a solar energy farm at the Brookhaven National Laboratory and erecting solar panels over seven public parking areas. The panels for the parking lots will come from China, as will many at the lab, with the rest also not-made-in-the-USA. In one small but illustrative deal, the Massachusetts Water Resources Authority is buying a Chinese-built wind turbine to power a wastewater pumping station. Chinese manufacturers now hold nearly half the globe’s $45-billion market for wind turbines.

Meanwhile, a significant segment of our so-called conservative leadership slows progress on behalf of polluters — and drugs the American public with tax cuts financed by debt to China. As Beijing frustrates Washington’s program to isolate Iran, Americans load their SUV trunks with Chinese tricycles, shirts and snow domes.

Makes you worry about our future.

Makes you sad.

(A member of the Providence Journal editorial board, Froma Harrop writes a nationally syndicated column from that city. She has written for such diverse publications as The New York Times, Harper’s Bazaar and Institutional Investor.)

Having insurance cover naturopathic docs will bring costs down To the editor, I just found out a bill H-O169-R for Naturopathic is trying to get the insurance company to pay for these doctors.

I hope it does pass so everyone has the chance to see that it works. Call your representatives to get this bill passed.

We will be much better off to go to a NATUROPATHIC doctor and see the results you get.

Lets all fight to get this passed so

we have the choice to go to a NATUROPATHIC doctor if we choose to do so. That would be great instead of having to pay that expense out of pocket. That would bring HEALTH CARE costs down because it works.

That would be a good thing for all of us. It is about time!

Anna DeRose Moultonborough

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LETTERS I vehemently object to paying for yet another entitlement program To the editor, A recent stay at the Lakes Region General Hospital has revealed many things to me about the current status of the problems all our hospitals and doctors, and we as patients are facing in this new era of health care and the need for us to understand some of them, rather than to blame the institutions or the personnel for some serious consequences of today’s government control of medical policy.

First, “The Good”. Each time I am a patient at Lakes Region General Hospital, I am more impressed with the quality of care I received over the last time I was there. It starts with the ER personnel, OR nurses and doctors, lab techs, inhalation therapists, the terrific nursing staff, the aides, student nurses, cleaning people, and the fabulous dietary department and their very successful room service program, although I must admit, it wasn’t until my last day there, I was allowed real food. And, it was not only the professional side that impressed me. They were outgoing, friendly, and went out of their way for little things I wanted.

“The Bad”. Because of cutbacks and the necessity to hold the line in all things, I was surprised to find you no longer get those kits going in with simple toiletries. It was also difficult to find Kleenex in the outpatient department and in the room, but they were provided once they were asked for. Small things and nothing necessary for my recovery other than the personal desire to primp a bit so you don’t have all that “bed hair”. Then, comes the day when all your tubes are out and you need no medication.

You might be very elderly and have no home support, but you are notified immediately that you are to go home the next day. This is not because they want your bed, or they are unfeeling.

The government’s Medicare regulations have specific rules and guidelines which don’t allow for that kind of consideration. They would be in jeopardy of losing Medicare standing, fines, etc. One doctor expressed to me his frustration with today’s standards, and that it was not of his choosing to

“The Ugly”. The hospitals and particularly our local hospital have been hit with huge slashes in payments for hospital Medicaid care and doctor’s reimbursements for the past few years.

When I mentioned before about the great care beyond what is required, one aide actually volunteered to pick up what staples I might need when I went home and bring them to me.

Thank you Theresa. I was fortunate to have a daughter who flew in a day later to take care of me for a few days, but it was reassuring to know there are still such caring people out there.

As a senior citizen, it was in many ways a rude awakening and I heard of people who had lost their primary doctor and could find no new doctor who would take on a Medicare patient. Many doctors are now planning other fields or retiring. This is country wide and as an aside, this year is the second year in a row there will be no raises for Social Security recipients (which basically I don’t object to if it helps) but at the same time, I have just received my notice of increase in Medicare payments and also in my supplemental insurance.

More money, for less care. I often hear that cutting entitlement programs is essential to our financial survival.

I agree, but I vehemently object to paying increased premiums to pay for yet another entitlement program. The new health care plan is working its way throughout the country, with over a hundred companies getting waivers to not participate, while you and I pay for everyone.

There are a lot of us seniors still left, and on the way are the baby boomers.

So baby boomers, beware and if something can be done, let’s all take a part in it. Get our legislators to act.

So, there we are, the Good, Bad, and the Ugly. But, the good is so good and we should all stand up and support the bills that will help our Lakes Region General Hospital continue to be the best.

Brenda Baer Senior Citizen Laconia

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LETTERS Ward Bird never once ‘shouted threats’ to Christine Harris To the editor, An open letter to the editor of The Citizen: I am writing to you in response to your editorial in the December 21st edition of The Citizen. While I certainly appreciate your comments on the unreasonableness of the sentence in the Ward Bird case, I take exception to some of your other conclusions.

First of all, as one of those who have been “rallying” over the past several weeks to shed light on Ward’s case, I would suggest that it is you, not I who has failed to fully consider all of the facts in this case. I have not just relied on the hours of conversation I have had with Ward, the arresting officer in this case, the former police chief or various family members and citizens who attended both trials. I have read the full transcripts of both the first trial, which ended in a mistrial due to improper testimony from a state’s witness and the second trial, including the quite remarkable sentencing order from Judge Houran.

By all accounts of those that were in attendance at the first trial, the state was not proving beyond a reasonable doubt the elements of the reckless conduct with a firearm charge. You will have to forgive me if I question the county attorney’s motives when she added the second charge of criminal threatening with a firearm when she got the opportunity for a “do over”, so to speak. By the way, the county attorney’s office wasn’t able to prove the reckless conduct charge in the second trial either.

Secondly, Ward never once “shouted threats” to Christine Harris. By HER own testimony, he told her repeatedly to get off of his property in admittedly colorful language. Ms. Harris didn’t “blunder” onto his property and again, by HER own testimony, never once asked for directions. Instead she continued to argue with Ward as to his identity, even though she also tried to claim that she felt she was in “imminent harm” (termi-

nology I would suspect was provided by the prosecution if one studies Ms Harris’s vocabulary throughout both trials).

Beyond that, this was a woman known to area real estate offices as a problem, one of whom cut off all dealings with her after one brief meeting. I find it hard to believe that the prosecutors’ in this case, over the course of months, couldn’t likewise determine that her word might be something less than reliable.

You further state as fact that “Bird rejected this deal on the grounds that his right to have firearms was sacrosanct”. I’m not sure how you arrived at that conclusion, but you obviously did not ask Ward if that was his reason.

If you had, you would know that he made the decision not to accept the plea bargain after some deliberation.

He decided that it would set a terrible example for his children if he admitted doing something he hadn’t done, just to take the easy way out. (And for the record, ownership of firearms, while maybe not something that is “sacrosanct” to you, was important enough to our forefathers to become the Second Amendment to our Constitution) You conclude your editorial by saying that those of us who have been fighting for Ward’s cause are “ready to throw a hero’s mantle around him.”

You further state “But he is not a hero.” I can assure you that Ward Bird would agree with you on the latter.

However, Merriam-Webster’s dictionary defines “hero” as: “a man admired for his achievements and noble qualities” and “one who shows great courage”. I, for one, consider personal integrity and standing up for one’s principles as “noble qualities”. I also look at people who don’t choose the path of least resistance when faced with life’s difficult choices as having “great courage”. If that means I must think of Ward Bird as a hero, then so be it, I sure could do a lot worse in this day and age.

Jonathan W. Tolman Moultonborough

I can’t repeat how Mass. safety officer can afford home on big lake To the editor, This is response to the letters sent to The Laconia Daily Sub regarding my 9/11 lawsuit letter.

To Christopher Brady, thank you for the facts that you presented. Also I would like to thank Thomas Sellew for his well-put letter in today’s paper, a very correct and heartfelt letter .

At this point I guess I need to present my case and justify my animosity.

To you Tim “Troppie” Lima, I want to make it very clear that I have a lot of respect for law enforcement and firefighter individuals. We have dedicated and honest cops in our region, the folded hundred dollar bill under your license won’t work up here because of honest people. My stepson is a firefighter and an EMT and he did all the testing and passed, unlike your bothers in uniform in Mass. that got certified without going to the required classes. I am very proud of him. My nephew is a Belmont police officer and I am very proud of him as well; he is away from home on his third tour of duty. Troppie, have you ever been out of this country? I am not talking

a Carnival cruise. You hinted that I may resent police officers because of tickets in the past. I have had two speeding tickets in the last 30 years so that is not the case. The encounters that I have had with law enforcement individuals have had a positive influence on my life. (While I am on this note I would like to say hello to former officer William Sypes, Sr. A former marine and law enforcement individual, honest and dedicated.)

Now let me present a couple of items that kind of make my blood boil. Recently we have heard of the firefighter who was out with a back injury. He while collecting 67,000 tax free dollars per year for his bad back, he was in the gym daily working out.

A lawyer proved that it was not an on the job injury (so he was caught lying) and he now he collects 67,000 dollars a year but he has to pay taxes on the money. Oh brother, only in Mass.

Next the DUI firefighter, I love this one and again only in Mass. This firefighter had a lengthy history of DUI. He got busted in N.H. and had to do see next page

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To the editor, I’ve read with interest the story of Mr. Bird in the news and the comments of supporters of his, mostly from the far right. I see their articles all the time in these local papers and hear them on talk radio. They seem to think it’s alright to wield a dangerous weapon around freely and well, sorry folks, but the law disagrees with you.

This is not the Wild West after all.

I also read that Mr. Bird is a godfearing Christian, so I must ask: do he or his supporters think Jesus would put up “No Trespassing” signs on his property? Or if someone appeared there, lost in direction, he would appear yelling and screaming profanities and showing off a weapon? Call me crazy, but I doubt it.

I’ve read and heard that this woman has issues and, if true, it’s all the more reason to be a good Christian and help her on her way. Where was his Christian love?

I read in the Boston Globe that an off-duty police officer in Mass. bran-

dished his firearm in public and is now facing felony charges. What happened to people’s common sense to think before using a weapon and not react to a simple action? What if, god forbid, Mr. Bird’s weapon discharged and someone were hurt, or worse yet, killed? For such a stupid reason as being lost on a country road? If anybody out there can tell me they have never strayed upon private property, I would simply say, you’re a liar. It happens, get over it!

No one is perfect, especially myself.

I have had my problems and had a price to pay in the past. That’s how we learn to try to do better in the future.

Laws are established for a reason. Do your time and move on. It wouldn’t hurt my feelings if Mr. Bird were able to do home confinement so he could be near his family, but remember, everyone else that has to serve their sentence.

God speed, Mr. Bird!

R. Corliss Laconia

Many Belmont residents will appreciate school board keeping its word To the editor, I was very pleased to read of the efforts of the Shaker Regional School Board’s efforts to keep their portion of the town tax bill down substantially over past years. I mentioned last year that it would have been nice if the teachers’ union had forgone their pay increases as many other school districts had done. They did not which certainly would have been a nice gesture on the unions part.

Concerning the possible elimination from preceding page 30 days in jail. His FELLOW firefighters covered for him as he used sick time and vacation time to cover his time in the pokey. He almost got away with it, but they were putting paper work together to fire his dead you know what but before he was canned he went in an resigned. He got FULL BENEFITS. I worked on a home on the big lake owned by a uniformed individual from Mass. I wondered how working people

of positions and other reductions, I am not one to want to see anyone laid off however in this instance I can certainly understand the need to do so.

The district has cost the taxpayers a great deal of money over the years and many of us have not had any pay raises for quite awhile. There are still a lot of people out of work, etc.

I certainly hope that the school board keeps its word this year. Many residents would be most appreciative.

Don Irvin, Belmont could be so lucky and have a house on the big lake. Well on Friday afternoons we would enjoy a drink and this person was not shy about how extra money could be made. I will not provide any more details for fear of reprisal.

So here are three cases in Mass. So let’s say that there are three fraud cases per state, so that would be 150 that comes to only about $10-million per year paid by taxpayers; no big deal.

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Judge to decide if Erica Blizzard’s boating privileges were legally suspended by state

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LACONIA — The lawyer for Erica Blizzard, convicted of being responsible for the death of her best friend in a boating accident in 2008, yesterday told a superior court judge that it is not legal to suspend something that does not exist.

In his appeal of a three-year suspension of Blizzard’s right to pilot a boat, Atty. James Moir said the N.H. Department of Safety has no jurisdiction over what he said are boating privileges — not licenses — in the same way the Department of Safety has no jurisdiction over bicycling, swimming or walking privileges.

Moir also told Judge James O’Neill III the notice she was served by the Department of Safety regarding her suspension hearing didn’t adequately specify what section of New Hampshire RSA 270 she violated.

“It’s no different than saying someone violated just the criminal code,” he said noting that all criminal accusations specify the exact law allegedly broken.

O’Neill did not immediately offer a ruling, but took the case under advisement.

After a hearing this past summer, a Safety Department hearings officer suspended Blizzard’s Safe Boating Certificate for one year and her license to operate a boat for three.

Blizzard is the general manager of her family’s Lakeport Landing marina and her ability to make a living is somewhat dictated by her ability to pilot a boat.

Calling RSA 270 “vague and indefinite” he said that even if the court rules there is a licensing procedure and that Blizzard received adequate

notice, the Department of Safety never issued any specific penalties making the hearings officer’s power “unfettered” and his penalty determination “arbitrary.”

“Why three years? Why not one day or life? And how do you get it reinstated?” Moir asked rhetorically adding there is a clear lack of standards for suspensions and that this is the first time in state history a boating “license” has ever been suspended.

“It is a distinction without a difference,” said Department of Safety Atty.

Chris Casko saying Blizzard didn’t meet the burden of proof required to repeal the suspension. “It is essentially the same as a driver’s license.”

Casko said the laws intent was to give the power over boating licenses or privileges to the Department of Safety and the hearings officer used the general rules of procedure as they apply in all administrative matters.

As to Blizzard’s hearing notice not being specific enough, he said the date and time of her accident was written at the top.

“She was put on notice as to the subject of the hearing,” Casko said. “I think she was given sufficient information.”

While he agrees there is no specific sentence length, Casko said the hearings examiner’s suspension was “reasonable” and the procedure to reinstate Blizzard’s boating license is to go three years without one.

Blizzard was convicted of negligent homicide in April and has been serving a six month sentence in the Belknap County Jail. She is to serve the remaining time on her overall one year sentence under house arrest.

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Police say Smith was traveling westbound when his Subaru Forester left the highway in the vicinity of Moulton’s Farm. There was no apparent reason

for the accident. Wires attached to the pole that was struck came down across the roadway.

Smith was extricated from his vehicle by the Meredith Fire Department and transported to nearby Inter-Lakes High School by Stewart’s Ambulance Service, where the helicopter was met.

Rte. 25 was shutdown for about one hour because wires on the road.

The accident is under investigation by Officer Phil McLaughlin. Anyone who witnessed it is asked to call Meredith Police.

DOGS from page one misdemeanor animal cruelty for keeping 47 dogs inside her trailer in September 2007.

Harris is also known as the woman who in March 2006 was ordered by an armed Bird to get off his Moultonborough property, which was marked with no-trespassing signs.

A jury found Bird guilty last year of criminal threatening for waving a .45-caliber handgun at Harris while telling her to leave his property.

More than 100 House members have signed a petition asking Gov. John Lynch to pardon Bird, who is now serving his sentence in county jail.

Bird’s mandatory three-year prison sentence — dictated by state law — has set off a debate about gun ownership and property rights.

More than a year after being caught up in the Bird case, Harris’ home was condemned by Salem’s health officer and her dogs removed from her trailer on South Policy Street in Salem. The dogs included pugs, Boston terriers, miniature pinschers, an Eng-

lish bulldog and mixed breeds.

The defense may try to block the testimony about ammonia that built up to toxic levels while the dogs were living inside the trailer, according to court documents.

Steve Sprowl, an animal cruelty investigator, claimed in a report to Salem police that after he took samples from inside Harris’ home, he concluded that, “ammonia in this concentration can cause brain damage in humans and to animals.”

Court papers show that at least four of the courtappointed lawyers were allowed to leave the case after citing a potential conflict by representing Harris.

Lawyers for the New Hampshire Society for the Prevention of Cruelty of Animals have been allowed to join the case. The NHSPCA claims that Harris owes the organization $17,415 to cover food, shelter and medical expenses for the animals.

Harris, who now lives in South Carolina, is scheduled for trial the week of Jan. 10.

FIRE from page one that when firefighters reached the plant on Thursday, smoke was rising from all three silos where wood chips are stored, but the fire itself appeared confined to one silo. That fire was extinguished, but Tetreault said “it found a place to hide” and after smoldering for days flared up again.

Tetreault said that the silo, in which the second fire broke out, has now been emptied of wood chips.

Great Northern Pellets, LLC acquired the plant

earlier this year, succeeding Lakes Region Pellets, LLC, which opened the facility in 2009. After shutting down for a spell, the plant was operating when the fire occurred last week. Mark Smith, the manager of the firm, could not be reached for comment.

Bill Boyd, who assisted with building the plant and tends to its operation, said last week that it was difficult to measure the extent of the damage and to estimate when operations would resume.

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FRANKLIN — Acting on a tip, Northfield Police arrested the two people allegedly involved in Monday’s methamphetamine raid moments before the two were allegedly leaving the state.

Sgt. John Raffaelly said his department received a phone call Monday night tellChristopher Drown ing them that Christopher Drown, 34, 0f Carter Moun- (Franklin Police photo) tain Road in New Hampton and Kayla Guest, 19, of 100 Valley St. in Franklin were on Elm Street waiting for a ride to the bus station.

Raffaelly said he heard they were headed for Kentucky where Drown apparently has connections.

Drown and Guest are accused of operating a methamphetamine lab in an apartment on Memorial Street. On Sunday night the building landlord notified Franklin Police that Drown, Guest, and Robert Gonthier Jr. were making methamphetamine in one of his apartments. The landlord and one of his friends were able to detain Gonthier until

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police arrived, but Guest and Drown had already fled.

Raffaelly said he and two of Northfield’s officers with support from Tilton Police went to 6 Elm St. where they saw Drown coming down the stairs.

“He gave us a few fake names and we had a little struggle but not too bad,” said Raffaelly.

He said police learned Guest was in a upstairs apartment and arrested her

without incident.

Raffaelly said the warrants on Drown and Guest were from Franklin and the two were turned over to them.

Drown was held overnight on $50,000 cash only while Guest was held on $20,000.

They both faced a judge in Franklin District Court yesterday morning and were each charged with one count of manufacturing methamphetamine.

Presiding Judge Edward “Ned “ Gordon ordered Drown held on $100,000 cash-only bail and Guest was ordered held on $30,000 cash-only bail.

At 89 wins in a row, UConn women now in class by themselves HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — No. 89 came and went as effortlessly as nearly all their previous games.

This season. Last season. And the season before.

UConn women’s basketball coach Geno Auriemma, never at a loss for words, was close Tuesday night.

“It’s pretty amazing. It really is,” he said.

No exaggeration there.

His No. 1-ranked Huskies topped the 88-game winning streak set by John Wooden’s UCLA men’s team from 1971-74, beating No. 22 Florida State 93-62.

Playing with the relentlessness that has become its trademark — and would have made Wooden proud — UConn blew past the Seminoles as it has so many other teams in the last 2½ years.

“I don’t want my team to compare themselves to anyone,” Auriemma said. “I’m not John Wooden and this isn’t UCLA. This is Connecticut and that’s good enough.”

Maya Moore had a career-high 41 points and 10 rebounds and freshman Bria Hartley added 21 points for the Huskies, who have not lost since April 6, 2008, in the NCAA tournament semifinals. Only twice during the record run has a team come within single digits of UConn — Stanford in the NCAA championship game last season and Baylor in early November.

When the final buzzer sounded, UConn players sprinted across the floor to shake hands with the

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Two other fans raised a banner that read “The Sorcerer of Storrs” — a play on Wooden’s nickname, “The Wizard of Westwood.”

After a brief huddle in front of their bench, UConn players re-emerged wearing “89 and Counting” T-shirts. As fans roared, the players bounced around at center court before posing for photos.

It is one more chapter of history for UConn, and perhaps the grandest.

Asked what he would recall from the incredible run, Auriemma mentioned a pair of experienced stars on this team: “I’ll probably remember Maya Moore and Tiffany Hayes. And how incredibly difficult it is to play that many games in a row and win ‘em all.”

Connecticut long ago established itself as the marquee program in the women’s game, the benchmark by which all others are measured. The Huskies already own seven national titles and four perfect seasons under Auriemma, and they’ve produced a galaxy of stars that includes Rebecca Lobo, Diana Taurasi, Jennifer Rizzotti, Sue Bird and Tina Charles.

The streak, though, takes it to another level, certainly raising the profile of women’s basketball and maybe all of women’s athletics.

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THE LACONIA DAILY SUN, Wednesday, December 22, 2010 — Page 13

WARD BIRD from page one From the point at which they took ownership of the land, Bird said he and Virginia have posted several “no trespassing” signs along their long driveway. They built their home “off the grid,” meaning no utility lines run to their house. Instead, they get their electricity from solar panels and a large generator, and harvest wood from their land to heat their home.

The “no trespassing” signs, Bird said, are due to the fact that he is regularly felling trees for firewood and often will drop a tree in the driveway for convenience’s sake.

Cutting firewood is what Bird would be doing this time of year, preparing wood for both use at his home and for sale at the Picnic Rock farmstand. Making a living in agriculture is a hard row to hoe, he agrees, yet he said it’s the life he wants. “It’s a hard life, but it is satisfying when you’ve accomplished something. The end of the season comes, you’ve taken those little seeds, they’ve done their life cycle and given people something good to eat.” He loves being outside, he said, creating a vibrant environment and showing his children, who are the eighth generation of his family to turn that soil, how to farm.

However, his world was turned upside-down on March 27, 2006, when Christine Harris of Salem drove past every one of those “no trespassing” signs while she was looking for a neighboring piece of property that was for sale. Harris had come from the Birds’ niece’s residence, nearby, where she asked for directions and, according to Bird, was explicitly told not to approach the Birds’ residence.

But approach the Bird home Harris did. In her sworn testimony, Harris said she was immediately greeted by an irate man who yelled screamed at her to get off his property, waved a gun around and pointed the weapon in her direction as he followed her as she backed out of his driveway.

That’s not the way Bird recalls it, though. He had a pistol – in this case, a .45-caliber Sig Sauer – in a holster he said he’s in the practice of carrying on his person. However, he asserts that would never have behaved in the manner Harris described. “If I had done what she accused me of, I would consider that a felonious act. But I did

not threaten her verbally or point the gun at her ever, period. The gun was always in a safe position.”

Bird said he heard a vehicle pull into his driveway and saw the woman get out of her Ford Ranger pickup.

He stayed on his porch, he said, and calmly explained to Harris that she was on private property and should leave. She persisted with questions about whether he was a person she was looking for, and if he knew where the property for sale was.

“I told her to leave, she started asking me questions I wasn’t interested in answering,” he said.

When Harris didn’t leave after the first few statements from Bird, he said he began to become concerned about her. After all, he explained, most people wouldn’t cross several “no trespassing” signs, and most would promptly leave when asked to do so by the property owner. “There was something wrong with the whole picture. I could just feel it, I just wanted her to leave,” he said. “The normal person, in their right mind, in their right head, would get back in their car and drive away.”

Through frustration and concern, Bird concedes that he raised his voice and used profanity. After several minutes of the exchange, Bird turned to go inside and call police, and Harris entered her truck to leave. Bird said that before he walked in his front door, he did something he always does as a matter of safety before entering a residence — he pulled the gun from the holster, removed the magazine and checked the chamber to ensure that the gun wasn’t loaded.

To Bird’s surprise, Harris’s story was treated credibly enough by authorities that he found himself sitting in the defendant’s seat in court.

His first trial was declared a mistrial because of a statement made by the officer who investigated the incident that was judged to be prejudicial.

At the second trial Bird and his attorney Mark Sisti rested his defense without calling a single witness – Bird himself didn’t even take the stand in his own defense. The jury never heard his side of the story.

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Wink was born August 3, 1930 in Laconia, N.H., the son of Helen (Stinson) and Alphonse Beaule, Sr. He was a lifetime resident of the Lakes Region and owned his own construction and landscaping business.

In his retirement, Wink spent his time collecting and going to yard sales.. He enjoyed spending time with his family and cooking.

Wink is survived by his wife, Barbara A. (Thibodeau) Beaule, of Northfield; three daughters, Sarita M. Beaule, of New Mexico, Susan J. Beaule, of Laconia and Alicia G. Cardinal of Belmont; three grandchildren, Gage Cardinal of Laconia, Janessa St. Pierre, of Laconia and Madyson Love of Belmont; a sister, Mary Rose Durocher, of Belmont; a brother, Alphonse Beaule, Jr. of the Veterans Home in Tilton

and two nephews and three nieces. In addition to his parents, Mr. Beaule was predeceased by a sister, Theresa Thompson.

Calling hours will be held on Thursday December 23, 2010 from 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM at the Wilkinson-Beane-SimoneauPaquette Funeral Home, 164 Pleasant Street, Laconia, N. H. A Graveside Service will be at a later dater in the family lot in South Road Cemetery, Belmont. The date and time will be announced.

For those who wish, memorial donations may be made to the New Hampshire Humane Society, PO Box 572, Laconia, N.H. 03247.

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First meeting of Gilford Philosophy Club is January 4 GILFORD — The Gilford Public Library has announced a first meeting of the Philosophy Club

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WARD BIRD from page 13 able doubt,” Bird said.

In fact, Bird could have escaped the trial without serving any time if he had accepted a plea bargain offered by the Carroll County attorney. The prosecutor would have dropped the charge of felonious criminal threatening, which comes with a mandatory 3 to 6 year prison sentence, to a misdemeanor charge that would have subject him to only a probationary period. To accede to that offer, though, Bird would have had to have entered a guilty plea.

“I couldn’t take that plea bargain because they’re asking you to lie, to say you’d done something you didn’t do. I don’t regret that I didn’t lower myself to that point, but I became very concerned for the wellbeing of my family at the time of my conviction.”

If sticking by his principles has landed him in jail, Bird said he still doesn’t regret his decision. “You have to be willing to tell the truth no matter what.

That’s why I’m in prison, I told the truth. Yes, I’d be home with my family,” if he had accepted the plea offer, he said, “but I would be a liar.”

Bird and Sisti appealed his conviction all the way to the state’s Supreme Court, and when that court upheld the ruling Bird began serving his sentence, first at the state prison in Concord and now at the Carroll County House of Corrections. Simultaneously began the public groundswell of support for him and outrage over his sentence. It seems that every other residence in Moultonborough and surrounding towns has a “Free Ward Bird” sign in its lawn, and every business with a marquee sign has displayed a similar message.

The support has been more than just lip-service, too. Many hands have joined together to be sure his family has what they need in Bird’s absence. For example, a crowd of 37 spent a day at his property

in November, cutting and splitting enough wood to heat the Bird home for three years.

Bird hopes to be home before that wood runs out, as a campaign has been mounted to have Governor John Lynch and the Executive Council grant him a pardon. “There’s hope. With enough voices, things can change,” he said.

More than a pardon, Bird wants his experience to produce lasting change in the system that thinks he should spend three years in jail. Legislators are among his sympathizers and he hopes they will make changes to prevent others from later sharing his predicament. “This is something I never would have thought would come this far, for me to be incarcerated for something I didn’t do.”

“None of this which is happening now, changes in legislation, the Moultonborough community coming together, none of that would have happened,” Bird said, if he hadn’t been found guilty of a felony. “That’s the only way I can think of it as I sit here.”

For a private man like Bird, his sudden popularity has been “humbling.” “I just want it over with, I just want to be home with my wife, my kids and my farm. I’m used to working 16 hours a day, I’m not cut out for this crap.”

To his supporters, Bird said he has a difficult time putting his gratitude into words. “There’s a bunch of people standing behind me that I don’t even know, that’s fantastic... We’re very fortunate that people have been helping us.”

Until he hears that he can count the governor among his sympathizers, Bird said he’s keeping his perspective manageable. “I’m not thinking next week, not thinking a month from now. Today I’m living today, tomorrow I’m doing tomorrow. Eventually, I’ll get out.”

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The hearing was noticed to be held in the High School library but was instead moved to a room across the hall because of the music. The change in venue was noticed by a paper sign on the front door of the school and by one next to the room itself.

According to Business Administrator Ed Emond, not a single citizen showed up for the hearing, which was to allow members of the public to weigh in on whether or not the school should pay $6,000 to install the cameras on the eight buses used by the

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The School Board also gave a first reading to the new bullying policy which, according to state law, has to be in place by Jan. 1.

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PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). You tend to value the things that take a good deal of effort. But something you do effortlessly is of great value to another person. Recognize what it is, and deliver it to the one who needs it.

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You’ll move up in the world. Authority figures who once challenged you will extol your virtues. Relationships are smooth going into 2011, and you’ll have wonderful times with friends and family. In January, you’ll use your power to help someone attain what you have.

There’s a trip in March and a windfall in October. Libra and Scorpio people adore you. Your lucky numbers are: 30, 11, 3, 33 and 18.

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TAURUS (April 20-May 20). Small steps would normally get you from point “A” to point “B” -- but not today. What’s necessary is a running leap. Anything less won’t get you to the finish.

GEMINI (May 21-June 21). Unfinished business is too heavy of a mental weight. You can’t be happy and creative with this load on your mind. Tie up loose ends. Afterward, you’ll feel refreshed and ready for a new start.

CANCER (June 22-July 22). You are a favorite playmate of the universe.

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LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). Your meetings will be more important than you realize. Give yourself twice as much time to get ready as you normally would, and spend a good deal of that time psyching yourself up.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). You paid your dues. You obeyed authority, served the boss and put in your time doing thankless tasks. And though the work was considered lowly, the rewards were high. You stand tall today because of it.

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Today is Wednesday, Dec. 22, the 356th day of 2010; with 9 days left in the year.

Today’s Highlight in History: On Dec. 22, 1910, a fire lasting more than 26 hours broke out at the Chicago Union Stock Yards; 21 firefighters were killed in the collapse of a burning building.

On this date: In 1808, Ludwig van Beethoven’s Symphony No. 5 in C minor, Op. 67, Symphony No. 6 in F major, Op. 68, and Piano Concerto No. 4 in G major, Op. 58, had their world premieres in Vienna, Austria.

In 1864, during the Civil War, Union Gen. William T. Sherman said in a message to President Abraham Lincoln: “I beg to present you as a Christmas-gift the city of Savannah.”

In 1940, author Nathanael West, 37, and his wife, Eileen McKenney, 27, were killed in a car crash in El Centro, Calif. while en route to the funeral of F. Scott Fitzgerald, who had died the day before.

In 1944, during the World War II Battle of the Bulge, U.S. Brigadier General Anthony C. McAuliffe rejected a German demand for surrender, writing “Nuts!” in his official reply.

In 1968, Julie Nixon married David Eisenhower in a private ceremony in New York.

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One year ago: Assailants gunned down the mother, aunt and siblings of a Mexican marine who was killed in a raid that took out one of Mexico’s most powerful cartel leaders. Nebraska’s Ndamukong Suh became the first defensive player voted The Associated Press College Football Player of the Year.

Today’s Birthdays: Former House Speaker Jim Wright is 88. Actor Hector Elizondo is 74. Country singer Red Steagall is 72. Former World Bank Group President Paul Wolfowitz is 67. Baseball Hall-of-Famer Steve Carlton is 66. ABC News anchor Diane Sawyer is 65. Rock singer-musician Rick Nielsen (Cheap Trick) is 64. Rock singermusician Michael Bacon is 62. Baseball AllStar Steve Garvey is 62. Singer Robin Gibb is 61. Golfer Jan Stephenson is 59. Actress BernNadette Stanis is 57. Rapper Luther Campbell is 50. Country singer-musician Chuck Mead is 50. Actor Ralph Fiennes is 48. Actress Lauralee Bell is 42. Country singer Lori McKenna is 42. Actress Dina Meyer is 42. Actress Heather Donahue is 36. Actor Chris Carmack is 30. Actor Logan Huffman is 21. Rhythm-and-blues singer Jordin Sparks is 21.

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CALENDAR TODAY’S EVENTS Laconia Elders Friendship Club meeting. 1:30 p.m. at the Leavitt Park Clubhouse. People 55 and older meet each Wednesday for fun, entertainment and education. Meetings provide an opportunity for older citizens to to meet for pure social enjoyment and the club helps the community with philanthropic work.

Check out a computer expert at the Gilford Public Library. 9:15 to 11 a.m. Library volunteer Mike Marshall will help on a first-come, first-served basis.

TOPS (Taking Off Pounds Sensibly) meeting. 5:30 p.m. at the First Congregational Church in Meredith.

Affordable Health Care at Laconia Family Planning and Prenatal. 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at 121 Belmont Road (Rte. 106 South). 524-5453. GYN and reproductive services.

STD/HIV testing on walk-in basis from 4 to 6 p.m.. Sliding fee scale.

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

6:30 each Wednesday. All boys 6-10 are welcome. For information call 527-1716.

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

Concord Transplant Support Group meeting. 7 p.m. in Room 5C at Concord Hospital. Open to all pre- and posttransplant patients, friends and family. Bring your concerns and share your news. For more information call Yoli at 2244767.

THURSDAY, DECEMBER 23 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 6459518.

Affordable Health Care at Laconia Family Planning and Prenatal. 4 to 6 p.m. at 121 Belmont Road (Rte. 106 South). 524-5453. GYN and reproductive services. STD/ HIV testing. Sliding fee scale.

Weight Watchers meeting. 6:30 p.m. at the Center Harbor Christian Church.

“Penguins on Parade” at the Goss Reading Room at 188 Elm Street in Lakeport (Laconia). Noon to 5 p.m. each Tuesday and Thursday in December. Kirk Dougal’s collection of penguins includes brass, wood, ceramic, stuffed, great and small. Each young reader who visit the exhibit will receive a penguin gift, while supplies last. 524-7683.

Knotty Knitters gathering at the Meredith Public Library. 10 a.m. to noon. All levels of experience are welcome.

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 24 Choral music offered by the Congregational Church of Sanbornton. 7 p.m. Christmas Eve service. Both Junior and Senior Choirs will perform under the direction of Minister of Music Dennis Akerman.

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ANNIE’S MAILBOX

Dear Annie: My husband, “Bill,” and I have been married for almost two years. Bill was in the U.S. Army and served in Iraq. When he got back, we were married, but, Annie, he has totally changed.

This past year, all we seem to do is fight. Bill gets upset about everything I do and say. I can’t even mention any of his behavior without it leading to a fight. A year ago, he got drunk and accused me of sleeping with one of his friends. He yelled at me so loudly that the neighbors called the police.

I have tried suggesting we talk to a counselor, because nothing is helping us get along better, but he refuses. If he drinks, he treats me like dirt. When we are at a party, he’ll totally ignore me and spend all his time flirting with other women. I am tired of being treated this way, and I know the drinking is a huge part of it.

I am eight months pregnant and an emotional mess. I’ve told him that fighting is not healthy for the baby. I believe he has Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, but he says he doesn’t need any help. I don’t know how much longer I can last in this marriage. I feel like I’ve lost the man I fell in love with.

Please tell me what to do. -- Don’t Know Where To Get Help Dear Don’t Know: It’s a shame Bill is unwilling to get help when he clearly needs it. He may be suffering from PTSD, or he may have developed an alcohol problem, or both. Whether or not he is willing to get help, however, you absolutely must.

You can get information on PTSD through the Veterans Administration at ptsd.va.gov. We also recommend you contact Military OneSource (militaryonesource.com) at 1-800-3429647. It is an excellent resource for service members, veterans and their families.

Dear Annie: Why do intelligent, educated people fail to practice the most basic rules of e-mail etiquette? Do they not realize how intrusive many practices have become?

One of the most flagrant abuses is to forward a message without removing the names and e-mail addresses of others.

Another travesty is the chain e-mail that promises good luck if you forward it or, worse, predicts bad luck if you don’t.

Does anyone actually believe them? And what about those that insist you demonstrate your affection for the sender by returning the message? Please provide your readers with a refresher course in courtesy when sending personal e-mails.

Thank you. -- Shreveport, La. Dear Shreveport: Whether dealing with e-mail, phone calls or visits, it is common courtesy not to be overly intrusive.

That means asking whether someone wants to be on your mailing list for jokes, political rants, religious editorials and chain letters, and respecting the answer. It means deleting the e-mail addresses of others, along with any extraneous material, when forwarding something. When sending a personal e-mail, be friendly. Don’t type in all caps unless you are furious. And please do not send pornography.

Dear Annie: I beg you to reconsider your answer to “Smokeless in Seattle,” who didn’t want to spend Christmas Eve with Grandma because she smokes.

Please educate your readers about the dangers of thirdhand smoke. This refers to contamination that settles into the environment and remains on clothing, upholstery, pets, etc. long after the smoke has cleared. Infants and children are thought to be in the most danger since they touch surfaces and then put their fingers in their mouths. I doubt you would advise exposing an infant to 250 chemicals just to keep Grandma happy. -- Oncology Certified Registered Nurse Dear Nurse: We cannot live in sterilized bubbles. Parents are capable of watching their children carefully for an evening at Grandma’s once a year, although we concur that other family gatherings should be held elsewhere.

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

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Animals BEAUTIFUL puppies, red mini poodles and pomapoos. Sire is champ background. Good price.

Happy, healthy, home raised.

253-6373 NEW! THE DOG WASH WAGGIN A full-service mobile grooming salon. Easy, convenient, time-saving! Call 603-651-9016.

Autos CASH FOR junk cars & trucks.

Top Dollar Paid. Available 7 days a week. 630-3606 CASH paid for unwanted or junk cars and trucks. Same day service possible. 603-231-2859.

For Rent APARTMENTS, mobile homes. If you need a rental at a fair price, call DRM Corp. Over 40 years in rentals, 524-0348 or visit M-W-F, 12-5, at 373 Court Street, Laconia.

BELMONT

ROTTWEILER Pups, AKC, tails, shots done, parents on premises, $700 to $950. 267-7186.

01 Subaru Limited Outback Wagon. Loaded, heated seats, winter package, dual sun roof.

Great condition, 127K, $6,000/obo. 630-1950

Autos

Business Opportunities

1 Bedroom Unit Washer/Dryer Hookup. $600/Month 2 Bedroom Unit Washer/Dryer Hookup $700/Month

2 1999 Dodge utility vans, low miles, run great $3,000 for both Call Scott. 786-9955.

LACONIA- Unique opportunity.

Laundromat in well established location; Dryers, some equipment needs repairing or replacing; All duct work, plumbing, & boiler in place; Free rent to get started. $3,000. 603-455-6662

1 Bedroom units starting at $600/Month CALL 267-8023 GC ENTERPRISES PMC NO PETS

2003 Hyundai Tiberon- 1 owner, black on black leather, 24 valve V-6 six speed. New parts & extras. Good shape. $5,500 934-5387 2008 Dodge Caravan- Showroom condition under, 6,000 miles. Asking $13,500. Can be seen at 72 Stark St. Laconia. Call 630-9901 Linda or 387-2276 Garey ABLE to pay cash, cars average $250, trucks full-size $2300, truck batteries $6 each, alloy $7 each, in Epping we have scale, $1/ lb. for coded Copper wire, $2.65/ lb. for copper pipe. (603)502-6438 BUYING junk cars and trucks ME & NH. Call for price. Martin Towing. (603)305-4504.

For Rent ALEXANDRIA Rooms for rent, quiet country setting, large bedrooms and use of family room and kitchen, large backyard, beautiful open space, everything included (cable, Internet), built and designed for easier living. Please call Randy 744-6787 or 707-7295 ALTON/GILFORD Town Line: 2-Bedroom house, $200/week +utilities; Studio, $200/week, includes utilities, cable/internet..

Lake/Beach access. 365-0799.

LACONIA

BELMONT 2 Bedroom manufatured home on 1/2 acre. Town water and sewer, newly renovated and energy efficient. Nice location.

FOR LEASE: $1,000 a month FOR SALE: Call for details Call 267-8023 GC Enterprises Property Mgt. GILFORD 5 rooms, 2 bedrooms, 1-1/2 baths, attached one car garage, excellent condition, $1200/ month plus utilities, contact Debbie at Roche Realty 603-279-7046 or 603-520-7769.

For Rent BELMONT 3rd Floor 1-bedroom apt.

Available 1/1/2011. Heat & hot water included. $175 per week. Small Animals considered, Security required

For Rent

For Rent

Laconia 2 bedroom apartment.

Heat included. Garage parking, no smokers/dogs, near downtown and hospital. Deposit, references. $750/Month. Call 724-1985

LACONIA: 26 Dartmouth St. 1/2 of a Duplex; 7 Rooms, 3 Bedrooms, 1 Bath. Walkout Basement w/Laundry Hookups. Very clean, hardwood floors, private off street parking for 2 cars. Convenient to library, churches, downtown, Opechee Park & schools. Available immediately non-smoking. $1,000/month plus utilities.

Owner/broker 396-4163

LACONIA Efficiency first floor, with private entrance, quiet area in good location, $650/ month includes utilities, security deposit and references required, 524-4694.

LACONIA: Close to downtown, 5 room 2-Bedroom, 1.5 baths, first floor, includes heat, 2-car parking, snow removal, landscaping, deck, washer/dryer. $210/week. 4-week security deposit, first week in advance, references and credit check a must. No pets. Leave message for Bob, 781-283-0783

LACONIA HEAT, HOT WATER & ELECTRIC INCLUDED 1 Bedroom $750 Mo. 1 Room Efficiency $450/Mo. Call 267-8023 GC Enterprises Property Management

LACONIA: Gilbert Apartments. Efficiency, 1, 2 and 3 bedroom apartments available. 524-4428.

LACONIA In-town, 2-Bedroom, finished basement. $750 plus utilities, first and security. No smoking, available now. 528-2292

LACONIA: STUDIO $135/ Week & 1 BDRM $155/ Week Heat & HW included, 2 BDRM $185/week $785/Month, utilities included. No dogs. 496-8667 or 545-9510.

LACONIA One bedroom, heat included, $695/ month, cute and clean, large livingroom, eat-in kitchen, extra storage room, parking for 2 cars. 455-5253.

LACONIA: 2 bedroom, heat/hot water included. Private entrance.

No smoking/pets. References and security. 524-0329.

Lakeport-Lake view 4 room-2 bedroom 1 bath. Includes snow removal, trash removal & landscaping, 2-car off-street parking, washer/dryer, partial heat. No pets. $200/week. References & credit check a must. 1st week in advance & 4 week security deposit. Leave message for Bob. 781-283-0783.

Laconia-Large 3-bedroom 1st floor apartment. $1000/Month. 1 month security deposit required/1 year lease. Available now.

603-524-3759 LACONIA-LARGE 1 bedroom apartment. $700/Month, newly painted, utilities not included.

Available 12/15. References & security deposit required, 1 year lease. Off-street parking.

914-826-4591 603-524-3759

MEREDITH: 2-Bedroom House, 3/4 bath, washer/dryer hookup, oil FHW. $900/month. 279-8247, Jim.

LACONIA-South Down, Golf Village: 3 bedroom 2 bath townhouse; Cathedral ceiling, gas heat, central air, gas fireplace, all appliances, washer & dryer, beach, trails, tennis and all SD amenities. No smoking, no pets.

Snow removal & lawn care included. $1,200 Month. Garage available. 603-387-2954

MEREDITH: In-town 1-bedroom, includes heat, $600/month. Parking w/plowing. No Smoking. No pets. Security deposit. 387-8356.

MEREDITH: Large 2 Bedroom second floor. Main St, newly painted, off-street parking, no pets/smoking. First month and security, references required. $795 + heat/utilities. 603-630-2381.

LACONIA: 1 bedroom apt, second floor, close to downtown. $650 includes Heat and hot water. newly renovated bath, new appliances. One month security. No pets. Call 455-8762.

NEW Hampton - stunning quality!

Immaculate 2+bedroom/ 2 bath exclusive Condo. $1195/ mo. Astonishing open stairwell extending up to the 3rd floor lighted by the skylight in the cathedral ceiling.

Brazilian wood floors, W/D hook up. Less than 3 minutes from I-93.

Call today 603-744-3551.

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520-0753 BELMONT, NH - $699.00 a month. 2 bedroom, 1 1/2 bath, W&D hookup, single wide mobile home with yard for rent. Close to school. Call Fairlane Homes at 800-325-5566 for more information.

GILFORD At Glendale Docks: 3-Bedroom, 2 story, porch, appliances, wood floors. Year-round.

No dogs. $900/month.

401-741-4837.

GILFORD one bedrm apt. $850/ month everything included. Contact Sara Mon-Fri 6:00am- 2:00pm for appointment 293-8400 or leave a message after 2pm. at 455-0461.

GILFORD: 3 bedroom apt, 2 bedroom apt., one bedroom cottage available including electricity, hotwater from $175/week, heat negotiable, pets considered. Security + references.

556-7098 or 832-3334.

LACONIA 3 bedroom, $240 per week plus utilities, security deposit, Pets OK, references.

630-3126

LACONIA: 3 bedroom, 2 bathroom in duplex building, 1st & 2nd floors plus access to attic and basement with laundry hook-ups, $1,100/month plus utilities, 524-1234.

LACONIA: 1 bedroom, 2nd floor, $210/week including heat, electric & hot water. 524-1234.

NEW Home 4 New year.

Gilford/Laconia Efficiency for rent.

Includes all utilities, cable WiFi, furnished. Rent $140/week or $500/ month. 528-8030

LACONIA: 3 bedroom, 2nd floor.

Separate entrance, coin-op laundry in basement. $265/week including heat, electric & hot water.

524-1234.

NORTHFIELD: 1 bedroom, 1st floor, separate entrance, coin-op laundry in basement. $195/week including heat, electric & hot water. 524-1234.

Give Yourself a True Gift with Affordable Housing Get your name on our waiting list at PRINCE HAVEN or HILLSIDE APARTMENTS All utilities included

Plymouth/Meredith, N.H. (Prince Haven has an elderly preference) If you are 62, disabled or handicapped, (regardless of age), and meet annual income guidelines, you may qualify for our one-bedroom apts.

Call today to see if you qualify.

603-224-9221 TDD # 1-800-545-1833 Ext. 118 or Download an application at www.hodgescompanies.com Housing@hodgescompanies.com

40% of our vacancies will be rented to applicants with Extremely Low Income.

Rent is based on your household size and income.

An Equal Opportunity Housing Agent

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For Rent NORTHFIELD Are you tired of living in run down, dirty housing, then call us we have the absolute best, spotlessly clean and everything works. We include heat & hot water and all appliances, Townhouses & apartments, in Northfield one block from I-93 Call 630-3700 for affordable Clean living.

SECOND floor of duplex, close to downtown Laconia. 5 rms, 2BR, pantry + W/D hookup in basement. $875 incl Heat. First month + security, References required.

Call 455-8762.

SPACIOUS 1 bedroom apartment, within walking distance to LRGH facilities. Heat/Hot Water, Washer/dryer hook-up, Private parking. NO SMOKERS OR PETS. References and security deposit required. $750/month.

279-1080 leave message.

TILTON- 3 Bedroom house, 2-car garage; near Exit 20. $1,500/Month + utilities & security.

626-5000 TILTON-REMODELED 1 bedroom apartment. 1/2 month rent free!

Heat/Hot Water included. $660/Month. 603-393-9693 or 916-214-7733

For Sale

Furniture

Help Wanted

Hodgman Quality Hip Waders.

Size 9 Cushion insoles, fully guaranteed. New in box, never worn. $25. 677-6528

Studio/ Platform Bed w/Mattress: T-$295, F-$350, Q-$400. Floor Sample Clearance on all Mattresses! Exceptional savings at Jeff s Discount Furniture & Bedding. Save Big! Route 3, Laconia, NH (across from Funspot), 603-366-4000.

SUBSTITUTE BUS DRIVERS

BED Orthopedic 10” thick pillowtop mattress & box, new in plastic cost $950, sell Queen $285, Full $260, King $395. 431-0999 BEDROOM set brand new 6 pce solid cherry Sleigh bed, all dovetail sacrifice $750. 427-2001 HOT tub Mp3/ ipod dock, speakers, led lights, 5/6 person. All options with cover. New in wrapper.

Cost $8200, sell $4200. Will deliver 235-5218.

KITCHEN cabinets solid Maple with glazing never installed/ dovetail. Cost $7000, sell $1650.

235-1695.

MEADOWBROOK Inner Circle Membership 2011 Season, cost $300, sell $150. Great Christmas present! Call 630-2440.

NORDICTRACK Elliptical: $150.

Call after 5pm. 524-2239.

SEASONED Hardwood Cut, Split & Delivered $240/ cord. Call 603-534-8863.

For Rent-Vacation MODULAR Home in 55+ park, Englewood, Florida. Three bedrooms, large Florida room, near Gulf beaches and golf courses.

Available months of February, April and May. $1,800/Month. Call 603-724-1985 NEED a vacation? Waterfront Marco Island Condo Specials available now. (Perfect Xmas gift) Owner 603-393-7077.

For Rent-Commercial LACONIA Prime retail. 750 sf., parking, includes heat. $550 per month. Also 1325 sf. $625/month Security deposit & references.

455-6662.

RETAIL Space for Lease: 450 square feet, $650/month plus utilities. Route 3, Tilton (539 Laconia Road). Located in building occupied by Northeast Metal Roofing and Fire and Stove Stove Shop, 630-2332.

Furniture BEAUTIFUL, Queen Luxury Support Pillowtop Mattress Set. New in plastic. Cost $1095, Sell $249.

Can deliver. 603-305-9763 MED-LIFT recliner, Brand new less than 6 mos. Cost $1600, sell for $800. 293-2026.

PROMOTIONAL New mattresses starting; King set complete $395, queen set $239. 603-524-1430.

Free T&B Appliance Removal. Appliances & AC’s removed free of charge if outside. No TV’s Please call (603)986-5506.

Help Wanted ADVERTISING Sales for tourism publication, must have solid ad sales experience. Lakes Region, North Conway to Canadian Border. Commission only. Resume and references required.

(603)356-7011.

BOOMING INDUSTRY is expanding due to record high sales & demand for more JCS tours! Average rep. pay $21/hr, PT. Day shift 8:15am-1:00pm.

Night shift 4:15pm-9:00pm, Also full-time available. Must have good communication skills. Lots of fun, no experience needed. JCS is the industry leader, providing tours to Inn Season, Sterling, Tradewind, Windham, and FantaSea Resorts. 603-581-2741, Laconia. Ask for Carlos.

COME join our fun, fast paced ful fillment center! We are a local Internet company looking for motivated individuals to pack and ship orders! Positive attitude and strong work ethics a must. This position does involve some heavy lifting. These are full-time positions that require weekend availability. Please forward resumes to: Big Cat Coffees 72 Primrose Dr. S Laconia, NH 03246 Phone calls or walk-ins WILL NOT be accepted!

Online applications available at http://www.bigcatcoffees.com/careers.cfm.

Maintenance Person- Must have knowledge of light plumbing, remodeling, painting, light electrical & carpentry. Must be able to lift 50 lbs. and shovel snow. Customer service background helpful. Valid NH drivers license, vehicle with insurance and background check required. Must work Sundays. Fax resume to 603-366-4879 or e-mail to manager@vwtoa.com No calls please.

4 TIRES: General Grabbers AW P235/75 R 15, $100. Generator: 3600 W. Craftsman with H/D Power Cord. $375. Tools: Automotive. Air Rachets, Tap & Die Set, etc. 934-2221 7 foot plush sofa, like new, chocolate microfiber, scotchguard, $200. 267-0977 BRAND new 18.5 cu. ft. Frigidaire refrigerator $350, 150,000 btu master heater K1 with thermostat $75, toolbox fits small pickup $40.

Tonneau cover fits small pickup $75, chrome rollbar with lights $50. 286-3174 Complete Hensley Towing Hitch with operating manual. 10,000 lb. capacity, good condition. $325.

603-524-8860 DRY firewood, 80% Red Oak, $275/ cord, delivered within 20 mile radius of Moultonborough.

236-6749.

DRY firewood, all hardwood, cut and split 16” to 18” last winter, $265/ cord, $150/ half cord. John Peverly 528-2803 no calls after 8 pm please.

FISHER used plow 7 ft. Complete hydraulics, lights, push rods. Off 1989 Chevy pickup. You haul away. $700. 536-2489 Generac 5000 Watt Generator. 10 HP motor, new $600, now $300.

ARE YOU READY FOR A CHANGE? Enjoy the quality of life found in the Mt. Washington Valley while working in a progressive hospital that matches advanced medical technology with a compassionate approach to patient care.

Join our team and see what a difference you can make!

In addition to competitive salaries, we offer an excellent benefits package that includes health/dental, generous paid time off, matching savings plan, educational assistance and employee fitness program. We have the following openings:

• Medical Coder- Full-Time. Exp. With E/M, Emergency Medicine and Outpatient coding preferred. Knowledge of Anatomy & Physiology & Medical Terminology pref. CCS or CPC or equivalent credential pref.

• OR- RN- Full-Time. 40 HR/WK with Rotating Call; OR Experience, minimum 1 yr. preferred; ACLS, BLS & PALS with 3 months.

• Housekeeper- Part-Time. Wed-Sun 2:30-7pm at Merriman House.

Routine cleaning of patient rooms.

• Rehab Services- Per Diem. Min Bachelor’s Degree in Physical Therapy, prev inpatient exp pref. Wknd & wkday coverage.

• Controller- Full-Time. Resp. for all financial reporting, GL maintenance, A/P, A/R, Charge Master & external reporting. Degree in Accounting, pref. CPA, plus 5 yrs full financial reporting required. Must have exp in: Electronic Accounting Applications (pref CPSI); cost based reimbursement; accounting for payroll & benefits w/working knowledge of regulatory requirements; 3rd party & regulatory payors w/familiarity with regulations & contract compliance; demonstrated supervisory exp.

• Registration Clerk- Full-Time. Temporary position up to May 2011 Mon-Fri 9:30-6:00 Minimum two years office experience. Familiarity with healthcare billing and diagnostic coding preferred.

Computer literate.

• Registration Clerk/Switchboard- Full-Time. Temporary position for 12-18 months, Minimum two years office experience. Familiarity with healthcare billing and diagnostic coding preferred. Computer literate.

A completed Application is required to apply for all positions Website: www.memorialhospitalnh.org.

Contact: Human Resources, Memorial Hospital, an EOE PO Box 5001, No. Conway, NH 03860.

Phone: (603)356-5461 • Fax: (603)356-9121

Services

All Trades Landscaping Construction • Irrigation Excavation • Maintenance Spring and Fall • Clean up's.

Free estimates and fully insured

603-524-3969

HANDYMAN SERVICES

Seeking highly motivated people to join my Pampered Chef team.

High earning potential! Call 496-0762.

Small Jobs Are My Speciality

Rick Drouin 520-5642 or 744-6277

SUMMIT RESORT Now Hiring

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

Part-time Housekeeping Saturday s a Must! Please apply in person. 177 Mentor Ave., Laconia.

Instruction New Hampshire Aikido -Tuesday and Thursday evenings at the Barn, Wadliegh Rd. Sanbornton.

998-1419

Personals SINGLE white male seeks single white female, 40-60. Please call 733-8387.

Roommate Wanted

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

Our Customers Don!t get Soaked!

528-3531

2002 MXZ 600 Sport, 1900 miles, recent skis, good shape. $2200.

848-0014.

BELMONT Female seeks roommate to share adorable house, clean 3-bedroom cape, $125 per week includes utilities,-laundryparking. Dog okay. Non-smoker please. 401-243-3237

Storage Space STORE your car-boat-motorcycle or RV in a clean and secure brick building.

Low prices.

(603)524-1430

SEEKING female roommate for Pleasant St. apartment. $450/month. Heat/Hot Water included. Call for details: 566-3831

Services A Knotch Above Housekeeping.

10 years experience, references available. Residential, Commercial. 603-545-7268

WELDING SERVICES- No job too small. Mobile unit or at shop. 34 Meadowbrook Lane, Gilford.

603-293-0378

Snowmobiles

ADULT person to share house in Laconia. $140/wk. includes everything. Pets okay. Female preferred. 524-1976

SINGLE mom seeks female roommate to share expenses. Nice 2 bedroom apartment in Belmont.

Kids not with me. Non-smoker, no pets, call 603-393-5998

For Sale 2008 Dodge Caravan- Showroom condition under, 6,000 miles. Asking $13,500. Can be seen at 72 Stark St. Laconia. Call 630-9901 Linda or 387-2276 Garey

Substitute positions available with Rural Transportation Program providing transit services for older adults in the Lakes Region including the greater Laconia, Meredith, Belmont, and Franklin areas.

Flexible hours. Experience driving 18 passenger vehicle.

New Hampshire commercial driver s license required (CDL-C) or (CDL-B) with passenger endorsement, DOT medical card and excellent driving record. Substitute positions may cover more than one area. Contact Kris Bregler, Assistant Director of Elder Services at 225-3295. Community Action Program Belknap-Merrimack Counties, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Services

MASONRY

Stone & brick, all tyes of masonry. Free estimates. Call John Morris. (603)539-6736.

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