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Hope for mean more of Inter-Lakes tax burden falls to Meredith a more vibrant downtown draws 135 to meeting

By AdAm drApcho THE LACONIA DAILY SUN

MEREDITH — When voters from Sandwich, Center Harbor and Meredith come together on March 6 for the Annual InterLakes School District Meeting, they’ll be asked to approve a proposed operating budget of $20,998,543, a budget that is 2.75 percent greater than the

By michAel Kitch THE LACONIA DAILY SUN

LACONIA — Not since people packed the Belknap Mill at the prospect of reopening the Colonial Theatre have so many gathered in support of an initiative to revitalize downtown as some 135 guests of the Main Street Initiative who filled Pitman’s Freight Room last night.

As conceived by John Moriarty, president of the initiative and the most visible partner in Lakes Region Acquisitions, LLC, owners of 600 Main Street — the former Sundial Shop building — the session was intended to begin the development of economic and marketing strategies for downtown as well as to design specific measures and marshall appropriate resources to pursue them.

Moriarty said that “stakeholders” — business operators, property owners and policy makers — were invited. “I expected a smaller group of people,” he said, “but a lot more showed up.”

The sheer numbers turned the event into something akin to a see dOwnTOwn page 10

current one. How those voters will be affected by that budget will depend on which town they’re from. Taxpayers in Meredith will see their tax bill increase as a result of the new budget, should it pass, while those in Center Harbor and Sandwich will see a decrease in the school portion of their tax bill, despite the proposed

increase.

The difference is due to the formula followed since 1961 to divide the cost of operating the school district between three member townships. The formula balances a town’s portion of costs, as measured by what percentage of the overall student body comes from each town, with a community’s

ability to raise the funds, as determined by a town’s total property assessment relative to the other towns in the district.

According to materials made available by the district office, both of these factors declined for Center Harbor and Sandwich, while Meredith saw both its total valuation and enrollsee InTeR-LaKes page 8

Let’s hear it for school vacation week

Robert Hartman hangs on to his sled after catching a little air during the Laconia Parks & Recreation Departments school vacation week sledding party Tuesday afternoon on the hill above Memorial Field. (Karen Bobotas/for the Laconia Daily Sun)

Northfield man charged with throwing knife & pot into Berlin prison yard

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fence into the N.H. State Prison in Berlin.

Affidavits obtained from the 4th Circuit Court, Laconia Division said Vincent Bitetto, Jr., 26, of 16 Summer St. was spotted by Deputy James McIntire and Patrol Officer Steve Henry entering the lobby from the elevator at the Hampton Inn and Suites at 9:40 p.m.

Monday night.

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Judge Jim Carroll ordered Bitetto held on $500 cash for resisting arrest and $15,000 cash for his actions as they relate to the prison. As of 5 p.m. yesterday, he had been transferred to the N.H. State Prison in Concord from the Belknap County House of Corrections.

Bitetto was wanted out of the 1st Circuit Court, Berlin Division for attempted delivsee PRIsOn page 8

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Dennis Rodman heads to North Korea

PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) — Former NBA star Dennis Rodman brought his basketball skills and flamboyant style — tattoos, nose studs and all — to the country with possibly the world’s strictest dress code: North Korea.

Arriving in Pyongyang, the American athlete and showman known as “The Worm” became an unlikely ambassador for sports diplomacy at a time of heightened tensions between the U.S. and North Korea. Or maybe not so unlikely: Young leader Kim Jong Un is said to have been a fan of the Chicago Bulls in the 1990s, when Rodman won three championships with the club.

Rodman is joining three members of the Harlem Globetrotters basketball team and a VICE correspondent for a news show on North Korea that will air on HBO later this year, VICE producers told The Associated Press in an exclusive interview before they landed.

“It’s my first time, I think it’s most of these guys’ first time here, so hopefully everything’s see RODMAN page 11

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BP executive testifies about shared responsibility at Gulf oil spill trial NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A ranking BP executive testified Tuesday that the London-based oil giant and its contractors share the responsibility for preventing blowouts like the one that killed 11 workers and spawned the nation’s worst offshore oil spill in 2010.

Lamar McKay, who was president of BP America at the time of the Deepwater Horizon disaster, became the first BP executive to

testify at a federal trial intended to identify the causes of BP’s Macondo well blowout and assign percentages of blame to the companies involved.

Rig owner Transocean and cement contractor Halliburton also are defendants at trial, which opened Monday.

A plaintiffs’ attorney pressed McKay to agree with him that BP bore ultimate responsibility for the blowout, but McKay

insisted that managing the hazards of deepwater drilling are a “team effort.”

“I think that’s a shared responsibility, to manage the safety and the risk,” said McKay, now chief executive of BP’s Upstream unit. “Sometimes contractors manage that risk. Sometimes we do. Most of the time it’s a team effort.”

McKay also defended BP’s internal see BP page 7

Auction of Nevada recluse’s gold nets $3.5 million CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) — The tale of a mysterious Nevada recluse’s gold reached a new chapter Tuesday when a portion of the trove raked in more than $3.5 million at auction.

It was the allure of mystery that pulled some bidders to the courtroom, but for others, it was the sheer value of a collection unknown to the public before Walter Samaszko Jr. was found dead in his modest ranch-style home last year.

Regardless of motivation, those who converged on the auction could sense the immense value of the treasure upon arriving.

There were numerous guards at the entrance, then more in the hallway outside the courtroom, and finally several with bullet proof vests and others with helmets inside the room holding the gold.

Five bidders diligently inspected the 11 lots of gold displayed in plastic sleeves, tubes and

felt jewelry display boxes heavily guarded room before the bidding wars began.

By the time all sales were final, however, one bidder had secured nine of the 11 lots for sale.

Carson City’s Alan Rowe of Northern Nevada Coin spent $617,000 from his own company, and another $2 million on behalf of the Illinois-based Rare Coin Company of America Inc. It was the uniqueness of the see GOLD page 11

LUXOR, Egypt (AP) — The terror lasted less than two minutes: Smoke poured from a hot air balloon carrying sightseers on a sunrise flight over the ancient city of Luxor, it burst in a flash of flame and then plummeted about 1,000 feet to earth. A farmer watched helplessly as tourists trying to escape the blazing gondola leaped to their deaths.

Nineteen people were killed Tuesday in

what appeared to be the deadliest hot air ballooning accident on record. A British tourist and the Egyptian pilot, who was badly burned, were the sole survivors.

The tragedy raised worries of another blow to the nation’s tourism industry, decimated by two years of unrest since the 2011 revolution that toppled autocrat Hosni Mubarak. The southern city of Luxor has been hit hard, with

vacant hotel rooms and empty cruise ships.

It also prompted accusations that authorities have let safety standards decline amid the political turmoil and infighting, although civil aviation officials said the balloon had been inspected recently and that the pilot may have been to blame, jumping out rather than stopping the fire. see BALLOON page 11

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U.S. Senate confirms Hagel as defense secretary Retiring Benedict to be called WASHINGTON (AP) — A deeply divided Senate voted on Tuesday to confirm Republican Chuck Hagel to be the nation’s next defense secretary, handing President Barack Obama’s pick the top Pentagon job just days before billions of dollars in automatic, across-theboard budget cuts hit the military.

The vote was 58-41, with four Republicans joining the Democrats in backing the contentious choice.

Hagel’s only GOP support came from former colleagues Thad Cochran of Mississippi, Dick Shelby of Alabama and Mike Johanns of Nebraska — all three had announced their support earlier — and Rand Paul of Kentucky.

The vote came just hours after Republicans dropped their unprecedented delay of a Pentagon choice and allowed the nomination to move forward on a 71-27 vote.

Hagel, 66, a former two-term Nebraska senator and twice-wounded Vietnam combat veteran, succeeds Defense Secretary Leon Panetta. Hagel is expected to be sworn in at the Pentagon on Wednesday.

Obama welcomed the bipartisan Senate vote, although 41 Republicans opposed his nominee, and said in a statement that “we will have the defense secretary our nation needs and the leader our troops deserve.”

The looked past the divisions and said he was grateful to Hagel “for reminding us that when it comes to our national defense, we are not Democrats or Republicans, we are Americans, and our greatest responsibility is the security of the American people.”

Republicans had opposed their onetime colleague, casting him as unqualified for the job, hostile toward Israel and soft on Iran. The objections remained strong well after the vote.

“I continue to have serious questions about whether Chuck Hagel is up to the job of being our secretary of defense,” Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., said in a statement. “I hope, for the sake of our own national security, he exceeds expectations.”

Hagel joins Obama’s retooled second-term, national security team of Secretary of State John Kerry and CIA Director-designate John Brennan at a time of uncertainty for a military emerging from two wars and fighting worldwide terrorism with smaller, deficit-driven budgets.

Among his daunting challenges are deciding on troop levels in Afghanistan as the United States winds down its combat presence and dealing with $46 billion in budget cuts set to kick in on Friday. He also will have to work with lawmakers who spent weeks vilifying him.

Republicans insisted that Hagel was battered and bloodied after their repeated attacks during the protracted political fight.

“He will take office with the weakest support of any defense secretary in modern history, which will make him less effective on his job,” said Sen. John Cornyn of Texas, the Senate GOP’s No. 2 Republican.

Not so, said Democratic Sen. Jack Reed, who pointed out that Hagel now has the title and the fight is history.

“All have to work together for the interest of the country,” said Reed, D-R.I. The vote ended one of the most bitter fights over a Cabinet choice and former senator since 1989 when the Democratic-led Senate defeated newly elected President George H.W. Bush’s nomination of Republican John Tower to be defense secretary.

‘emeritus pope’ & wear whit

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Two pontiffs, both wearing white, both called “pope” and living a few yards from one another, with the same key aide serving them.

The Vatican’s announcement Tuesday that Pope Benedict XVI will be known as “emeritus pope” in his retirement, be called “Your Holiness” and continue to wear the white cassock associated with the papacy has fueled concerns about potential conflicts arising from the peculiar reality now facing the Catholic Church: having one reigning and one retired pope.

Benedict’s title and what he will wear have been a major source of speculation since the 85-year-old pontiff stunned the world and announced he would resign Thursday, the first pope to do so in 600 years.

There has been good reason why popes haven’t stepped down in past centuries, given the possibility for divided allegiances and even schism. But the Vatican insists that while the situation created by Benedict’s retirement is certainly unique, no major conflicts will arise.

“According to the evolution of Catholic doctrine and mentality, there is only one pope. Clearly it’s a new situation, but I don’t think there will be problems,” Giovanni Maria Vian, the editor of the Vatican newspaper L’Osservatore Romano, said in an interview.

Critics aren’t so sure. Some Vatican-based cardinals have privately grumbled that it will make it more difficult for the next pope with Benedict still around. see POPE page 11

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Infantile conservatism Regularly now, The Washington Post, as always concerned with fairness and balance, runs a blog called “Right Turn: Jennifer Rubin’s Take From a Conservative Perspective.”

The blog tells us what the Post regards as conservatism.

On Monday, Rubin declared that America’s “greatest national security threat is Iran.” Do conservatives really believe this?

How is America, with thousands of strategic and tactical nuclear weapons, scores of warships in the Med, Persian Gulf, Arabian Sea and Indian Ocean, bombers and nuclear subs and land-based missiles able to strike and incinerate Iran within half an hour, threatened by Iran?

Iran has no missile that can reach us, no air force or navy that would survive the first days of war, no nuclear weapons, no bomb-grade uranium from which to build one.

All of her nuclear facilities are under constant United Nations surveillance and inspection.

And if this Iran is the “greatest national security threat” faced by the world’s last superpower, why do Iran’s nearest neighbors — Turkey, Iraq, Azerbaijan, Afghanistan, Pakistan — seem so unafraid of her?

Citing The Associated Press and Times of Israel, Rubin warns us that “Iran has picked 16 new locations for nuclear plants.” How many nuclear plants does Iran have now?

One, Bushehr. Begun by the Germans under the shah, Bushehr was taken over by the Russians in 1995, but not completed for 16 years, until 2011. In their dreams, the Iranians, their economy sinking under U.S. and U.N. sanctions, are going to throw up 16 nuclear plants.

Twice Rubin describes our situation today as “scary.”

Remarkable. Our uncles and fathers turned the Empire of the Sun and Third Reich into cinders in four years, and this generation is all wee-weed up over Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.

“For all intents and purposes, (Bibi) Netanyahu is now the West’s protector,” says Rubin. How so?

Because Obama and Chuck Hagel seem to lack the testosterone “to execute a military strike on Iran.”

Yet, according to the Christian Science Monitor, Bibi first warned in 1992 that Iran was on course to get the bomb — in three to five years! And still no bomb.

And Bibi has since been prime minister twice. Why has our Lord Protector not manned up and dealt with Iran himself?

Answer: He wants us to do it — and us to take the consequences.

“With regard to Afghanistan, the president is pulling up stakes prematurely,” says Rubin.

As we are now in the 12th year of war in Afghanistan, and about to leave thousands of troops behind when we depart in 2014, what is she talking about?

“In Iraq, the absence of U.S. forces on

the ground has ushered in a new round of sectarian violence and opened the door for Iran’s growing violence.”

Where to begin. Shia Iran has influence in Iraq because we invaded Iraq, dethroned Sunni Saddam, disbanded his Sunni-led army that had defeated Iran in an eight-year war and presided over the rise to power of the Iraqi Shia majority that now tilts to Iran.

Today’s Iraq is a direct consequence of our war, our invasion, our occupation. That’s our crowd in Baghdad, cozying up to Iran.

And the cost of that war to strip Iraq of weapons it did not have?

Four thousand five hundred American dead, 35,000 wounded, $1 trillion and 100,000 Iraqi dead. Half a million widows and orphans. A centuries-old Christian community ravaged. And, yes, an Iraq tilting to Iran and descending into sectarian, civil and ethnic war. A disaster of epochal proportions.

But that disaster was not the doing of Barack Obama, but of people of the same semi-hysterical mindset as Ms. Rubin. She writes that for the rest of Obama’s term, we “are going to have to rely on France, Israel, our superb (albeit underfunded) military and plain old luck to prevent national security catastrophes.”

Is she serious?

Is French Prime Minister Francois Hollande really one of the four pillars of U.S national security now? Is Israel our security blanket, or is it maybe the other way around? And if America spends as much on defense as all other nations combined, and is sheltered behind the world’s largest oceans, why should we Americans be as frightened as Rubin appears to be?

Undeniably we face challenges.

A debt-deficit crisis that could sink our economy. Al-Qaida in the Maghreb, Africa, Arabia, Iraq and Syria. North Korea’s nukes. A clash between China and Japan that drags us in. An unstable Pakistan’s nuclear arsenal.

But does Iran, a Shia island in a Sunni sea, a Persian-dominated land where half the population is non-Persian, a country whose major exports, once we get past fossil fuels, are pistachio nuts, carpets and caviar, really pose the greatest national security threat to the world’s greatest nation?

We outlasted the evil empire of Lenin and Stalin that held captive a billion people for 45 years of Cold War, and we are frightened by a rickety theocracy ruled by an old ayatollah?

Rubin’s blog may be the Post’s idea of conservatism. Ronald Reagan wouldn’t recognize it.

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

LETTERS If you are not feeling represented, then chances are, you’re not To the editor, I was unable to attend the “Belknap County Republican Budget Committee hearing” last night. While reading about it in the paper this morning and recalling the past few meetings, I am finding the level of malfeasance, misconduct and transgression to be not only disappointing but unacceptable. As a Selectboard member, I have maintained to myself that I would abstain from letter writing and public comment about local government issues but the shenanigans that have been taking place warrant comment so I decided to give an opinion by defining some words in place of voicing my personal opinion. Facts are facts and it is hard to dispute them.

Lets start with defining three forms of government: Oligarchy, “a government in which a small group exercises control, especially for selfish purposes..” Tyranny, “a government in which absolute power is vested in a single ruler...” and Democracy, “a government in which the supreme power is vested in the people and exercised by them directly through a system of

representation...” You may be seeing some correlation here in what currently is and what should be.

Two words from the beginning of this letter defined are, Transgression, “infringement or violation of law.” And Malfeasance, “wrongdoing or misconduct, especially by a public official.”

Both seem to be exercised frequently.

So what is the answer, I guess it may help to say pay closer attention to what is being done or undone and by whom.

Generally, the public is not completely familiar with how local, county and state government operates and they rely on their elected officials to follow the law of the land in an honest and transparent manner that will benefit the majority of constituents on a whole.

At least that is how I conceive it. So hold your elected officials accountable for their actions and if you are not feeling represented chances are you’re not. In closing, from an old saying, “...then keep the old motto in sight and let it’s meaning permeate each day, whatever comes, this too shall pass away” Carla Horne Meredith

Sustainable development is not in best interest of our community To the editor, This letter is in response to what Ken McWilliams wrote on February 21, about the Conservation Subdivision Ordinance in Alton. We will be voting on Article 10 on March 12. It is part of local government for sustainability, also referred to as International Council For Local Environmental Initiatives and contracts (ICLEI). ICLEI is also known as Agenda 21. This alternative approach to land development supports cluster housing and workforce housing, also known as sustainable development. It is not in the best interests of our local community and way of life in NH. Mr. McWilliams uses the word conservation often but, it is really about continually changing land usage by phasing in development through successive applications and further subdivisions. This ordinance is in partnership with HUD/DOT/EPA. This ordinance will put in motion

a fundamental transformation of Alton — changes many think are not good. Our State Representative, Jane Cormier, wrote a great article in The Weirs Times on February 14th, that further explains ICELI. Mr. McWilliams explains how this ordinance will save the developer time and money and he also says he thinks it will benefit the town but, does not explain how. Do you want cluster housing as a neighbor? I know that I do not. Do you want the impact of an additional 30 to 40 homes on your quiet street? If I wanted to live under those conditions, I would not have moved to Alton 35 years ago. I would’ve moved to Nashua or Manchester.

Mr. McWilliams does not tell us what the impact will be to the cost of our schools, fire department or police department.

Gail Kleeberg Alton

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LETTERS When will Belknap County taxpayers decide they’ve had enough?

To the editor, The Belknap County Commissioners want to build a new 42 million dollar jail, with unknown higher operating costs. This facility will be the size of a football field and add additional staff to double inmate capacity.

I toured the current facility and found it to be in good condition — but was crowded. As someone who spent many years in the military, I am amazed that the facilities are being portrayed as unacceptable for prisoners. The jail was built in the late 1970s, with the last upgrade in 1988. The existing prison was designed to have an additional wing when needed but the current County Commissioners have decided a new larger prison is better, despite these tough economic times.

Currently, 80 percent of the inmates are just waiting to see a judge at a cost of $87.50 per day, plus medical expenses. During my visit, there were many young females living in the gym and, unfortunately, many of them were mothers separated from their children. The vast majority of the inmates are in the County Jail for drug and alcohol crimes that were not created until the 1980s. The current prison proposal is a testament to the failure of the War on Drugs.

People in their 50s or older remember a world prior to the War on Drugs.

We were more free and wealthier as a nation. College and health care were affordable and, as Americans, we had no limits as to what we could accomplish. We believed in personal responsibility and we did not like to be monitored or managed by government planners. The current War on Drugs does not help people, but can destroy them and sentence them to a life of poverty and government dependency.

People convicted of a felony drug crime may never earn a living wage and will most likely require government assistance for the rest of their life. Who benefits from these policies and at what cost? The prison population has increased fivefold since the so called “war” started. The beneficiaries of these policies are big govern-

ment and the jobs that come with it.

The prison industry is now big business that promotes fear to maximize profits. My criticism is not directed at law enforcement, which has a very difficult job, but to the politicians who promote these laws.

Our current policy towards alcohol and marijuana benefits lawyers. We send 18 year olds off to war, but it is illegal for them to drink a beer. The hard liquor sold in the State Liquor Store is far more dangerous to your health and public safety than marijuana. We could save a lot of money if we would just legalize marijuana and alcohol for all adults. The courts would not be back-logged and the real criminals could get processed, allowing the county prison population to drop. No need to build a 42 million dollar jail with more employees and pensions we cannot afford. The only way to win the War on Drugs is through education and support for people who want help. Our resources should be spent on drug treatment and counseling not prison cells and job destroying felony drug convictions. The end result of the current War on Drugs is angry young people with no future, thus perpetuating drug abuse and crime.

In the next few weeks and months, the County Commissioners will be promoting their new county jail. They will tell you that their $160,000 consultant gave them the answer to the War on Drugs. They will cite all of the counties drug woes, in order to justify confiscating more property tax money.

Unfortunately, we have become a nation of sheep, good citizens are ones who learn to live with less and follow the herd with their heads down. Ask your state and federal representatives to question the cost and effectiveness of these failed policies. Currently, Belknap County ranks 52 out of 3,145 counties nationwide on the percentage we pay of our income on property taxes. Do we have to be number one in the nation before some people think we are finally taxed enough?

David DeVoy Sanbornton

Obama could have helped negotiate a ‘sequester’ alternative To the editor, President Obama and the fawning mainstream media want you to think that the “sequester” and the harsh “sequester” cuts are being forced on him by others. These are deliberate falsehoods.

The “sequester” was President Obama’s idea to pretend concern, in anticipation of his re-election campaign, for our huge deficits by agreeing to future (small, less than 3 spending) spending cuts.

Are the drastic cuts that President Obama chooses to make today the ones he envisioned when he proposed the “sequester”? Or, when he promised to veto any attempt to avoid it (http://www.youtube.com/ watch?v=Crt5J3XM_zk)? If yes, then the “sequester” was a bad idea. If he envisioned less severe cuts, he should implement those cuts now.

Every businessman and family can handle a 3 percent budget cut without cutting essential services, why can’t President Obama? Just eliminating

the $125 billion that Obama’s GAO says is WASTED annually exceeds the “sequester’s” savings. Or, Obama could reduce the $50 to $100 billion in annual Medicare and Medicaid fraud. He could cut less important services and rein in excessively expensive programs. President Obama refuses to do any of these.

President Obama could have helped negotiate an alternative to the “sequester”. He could now direct Senate Democrats to do what the House Republicans recently did and create a less painful alternative to the “sequester”. But, now President Obama feels that the friendly media will help him win either by backing out of his “sequester” agreements or by successfully blaming Republicans for the harsh “sequester” cuts that he actually chooses.

Even after the “sequester” cuts, President Obama plans annual deficits (borrowing) exceeding $1 trillion for the foreseeable future. President see next page

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To the editor, The voters of the Inter-Lakes School District will have a unique opportunity to elect an incredibly talented and caring individual to the school board this year.

I’m speaking about Mark Billings, who I have known for a number of years.

Mark’s commitment to our community is illustrated by his involvement with the Meredith Conservation Commission, where I have had the privilege of working alongside him for the last five years. During his term as chairman, he has demonstrated the ability to work effectively with all members as well as community representatives and government officials. He has consistently shown a breadth of knowledge, thorough preparation, and understanding of the issues. Mark has also served the community by his work on the Mer-

edith Energy Committee.

Through his continuing attendance at school board meetings, Mark has further demonstrated his passion for improving the quality of the education process, while maintaining a sense of fiscal responsibility. He is an independent voter and not beholden to any party or philosophy except what is best for the students. Mark has no conflict of interest so he would be able to use his talents and energy on every issue which comes before the school board throughout the term.

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from preceding page Obama, Treasury Secretary Geithner, and most economists agree that this level of borrowing cannot continue.

Either this borrowing ends in a planned way which minimizes the impact, or it ends suddenly and catastrophically, causing terrible pain for everyone (except the rich).

President Obama could work to avoid this catastrophe, but he doesn’t. Unfortunately President Obama only cares about attacking Republicans and advancing his class-warfare, tax the rich agenda despite his agreement that new taxes would not be part of the “sequester” deal (http:// www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/ bob-woodward-obamas-sequester-deal-

changer/2013/02/22/c0b65b5e-7ce1-11e29a75-dab0201670da_story.html). And, even taxing away every penny earned by millionaires and billionaires only raises enough money to run the government for a month or two. (The amount potentially raised is a small part of our deficit, you only get it the first year, and it cuts future tax revenue.)

President Obama’s obsession to defeat Republicans is so fanatical that he is willing to impose unnecessarily harsh “sequester” cuts and to ignore the certain disaster that continuing $1 trillion deficits will cause current and future generations of Americans.

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WOW Trail seeking part-time executive director to help speed up development LACONIA — After operating for over 12 years as an all-volunteer organization, the WOW Trail is now seeking an executive director to help fulfill its mission and objectives. With the very popular Lakeport to downtown section now in place, and the engineering design for the next section (downtown to Belmont) now underway, the group believes the time is right to add some fuel to their efforts.

“We have a very committed group of volunteers and board members” explained Allan Beetle, a board member since inception. “I think everyone wants to see faster progress on fulfilling our mission to build nine miles of trail through Laconia and connect to the county wide trail from Meredith to Franklin”.

The WOW Trail has enjoyed tremendous popularity with residents and businesses in Laconia, said Beetle. “Phase I, which brought heartfelt criticism by concerned neighbors to city officials, has been a very pleasant surprise to most. An area that was once a trail of broken bottles and debris has been replaced by beautiful murals and flowers. According to Laconia Police, crime and illegal activities in the immediate area are down substantially.”

A recent Economic Impact study conducted by Belknap Economic

Development Council concluded that the WOW Trail would bring an estimated 152,000 users out on the trail annually, with 38,000 of those coming from outside the area, generating nearly $1.8 million in new visitor spending.

The WOW Trail conducted its own user count last year and reported, based upon actual counts, an average estimate of over 40,000 users per year on just the Phase I section. The WOW Trail is included in the City of Laconia’s Master Plan citing improving tourism, decreasing traffic congestion and improving the quality of life.

“For all of these reasons — the economic impact, the health benefits, the quality of life reasons — we want to speed up the process and we need help to do that” explains Beetle.

“We have a great track record and recognize that bringing an executive director on board will allow us to expand upon this success,” explained Diane Hanley of the WOW Trail Board. The board estimates the position will be 20 hours per week and the ideal candidate is a community-connected individual with strong organizational and communication skills. A full description of the position is available on the WOW Trail website, www. wowtrail.org. Interested persons may direct questions to info@wowtrail.org.

BP from page 2 probe of the spill, which outlined a series of mistakes by rig workers and faulted decisions by other companies but didn’t assign any blame to BP’s upper-level management.

“I think it was a substantial investigation,” McKay said. “I think we’ve learned what we can from the accident and we’re trying to put those things into practice right now.”

McKay, whose testimony will resume Wednesday, called the disaster a “tragic accident” resulting from a “risk that was identified.”

It wasn’t the first time McKay testified under oath about the spill. He appeared before Congress less than a month after the explosion.

U.S. District Judge Carl Barbier is hearing the case without a jury. Barring a settlement, Barbier will decide how much more money BP and other companies owe for their roles in the disaster.

McKay’s testimony followed that of

an expert witness for people and businesses suing the company. University of California-Berkeley engineering professor Robert Bea testified that BP PLC didn’t implement a 2-year-old safety management program on the rig, which exploded on April 20, 2010.

“It’s a classic failure of management and leadership in BP,” said Bea, a former BP consultant who also investigated the 1989 Exxon Valdez spill and New Orleans levee breaches after Hurricane Katrina in 2005.

BP has said its “Operating Management System” was designed to drive a rigorous and systematic approach to safety and risk management. During cross-examination by a BP lawyer, Bea said the company made “significant efforts” to improve safety management as early as 2003.

However, the plaintiffs say BP only implemented its new safety plan at just one of the seven rigs the company owned or leased in the Gulf at the time of the disaster.

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Amy Hicks a hero at Laconia DPW for work with geographic information system

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the work in-house. ‘’We hit a gold mine when we got Amy,’’ said Powell, who said Hicks has been able to put together the hardware, software and data which provides instant and easy access to information which previously took hours to track down. ‘’It’s been very useful in managing our system.

If there’s a problem we can pinpoint it right away,’’ Powell said.

He noted hat the city has 75 miles of sewer main, including 18 miles of gravity sewer lines over 110 years old, many of which are six-inch clay sewer lines built before the 1920s.

Powell said that in the near future the city may also be required to map its storm water system, which he said the city is fortunate in that those who designed and built the city sewer and storm drainage systems in the late 19th century kept them separate, avoiding problems which cities like Manchester are now having to deal with.

Hicks said that the present system will need a great deal of refinement before it is useful for all city departments. She said that currently she has to transfer information from the Water Department to the GIS database at Public Works by use of a flash (thumb) drive.

Myers said that ultimately the city’s GIS will most likely need to be a satellite based or ‘’in the cloud’’ so that it can be accessed remotely from tablet computers and even cellphones by city employees from multiple locations with different levels of security based on user capabilities and responsibilities.

Council members and Mayor Michael Seymour all expressed enthusiasm for the GIS system and the many uses that city departments will find for it.

NOTES: The council approved the sale of the former Laconia Police Department building at 51 Church Street to WBIN Media for $1. The purchase and sales agreement calls for the new owner to make at least $300,000 in improvements to the building and to use it for at least five years as a radio and television broadcast studio. Bill Binnie, owner of WBIN Media, plans to move WLNH radio from Gilford to the new location and to spend around $800,000 on turning it into a broadcast studio. . . . . . The council approved creation of a Tax Increment Finance (TIF) district for the Weirs, which allow increased tax revenues generated by property improvements to be dedicated for use only in the TIF district area.

It is the city’s third TIF district. The other two are downtown Laconia and Lakeport. . . . . . The council approved by a 4-1 vote, with Ward 4 Councilor Brenda Baer opposed, a $1 million bond issue for the Huot Career Center/Laconia High School renovation project. The bond will help the city school district receive 40 percent in state building aid for a portion of the $16.8 million school building and renovation project which is not eligible for the higher 75 percent reimbursement rate for the vocational education portion. . . . . . The mayor and council praised the work of City Manager Scott Myers in his first 18 months on the job and approved a 5.2 percent pay raise which brings his salary to $100,000.

INTER-LAKES from page one ment increase.

Student enrollment, in the cost-sharing formula, is measured as average daily membership (ADM), calculated over the course of an entire school year.

Center Harbor’s ADM declined from 124.13 in the 2010-2011 school year to 104.27, a drop of 16 percent. Sandwich’s ADM declined by 17 percent, from 154.76 to 128.36. Meredith’s ADM, however, went from 809.84 to 849.52, a gain of 5 percent.

Property assessments followed a similar pattern.

Center Harbor’s total property valuation sustained a

modest decline of one percent, falling to $412,837763.

Sandwich’s assessment fell to $438,429,229, a decline of 9 percent. Meredith property increased in value by about 5 percent, to $1,848,418,481.

With approximately 68.5 percent of the total land value in the district, and with 78.5 percent of all InterLakes students, Meredith taxpayers will bear 73.5 percent of the cost of operating the district’s schools next year, while this year the town is responsible for only 70.4 percent. Center Harbor’s burden will drop from 13.5 percent of the budget to 12.5 percent.

Sandwich taxpayers will pay 14 percent next year, while last year they funded 16.1 percent of the district budget.

According to the district’s analysis, Meredith residents will see the school portion of their tax bill rise by $78.90 for every $100,000 of assessed property value. Center Harbor taxpayers will see a decrease of $11.03 for every $100,000 of property, while Sandwich’s decrease will be $49.98. These numbers do not include additional expense that would be incurred with the passage of special warrant articles.

PRISON from page one ery of contraband articles to prisoners. A warrant for his arrest was granted to N.H. State Police on February 22 and area police, including McIntire were aware of it.

According to affidavits submitted to the 1st Circuit Court and included in yesterday’s proceedings, corrections officers learned some contraband was to be delivered over the fence into the yard on November 28, 2012 by a former inmate who had been released several weeks before.

A Department of Corrections spokeswoman said Bitetto was released from Berlin on November 8, 2012 and was to remain on parole until yesterday.

He had been incarcerated for possession of controlled drug.

Prison investigators began searching the recreation yard with cameras and noticed an inmate identified and Montgomery Proulx yelling from inside the secured yard to someone behind a warehouse that was about 30 to 40 yards away and across the perimeter road.

According to Associated Press account at the time, Proulx pleaded guilty in July of 2009 to selling 18-year-old Evan Schwager a Fentanyl patch that resulted in his death in May 2008. The drug is often prescribed for cancer patients. The New Hampshire Union Leader reported authorities said Proulx sold the patches to several people at an underage drinking party in Bedford. Schwager, a West High School senior, was found dead the next morning at his home.

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LACONIA — The city’s Public Works Department recently met an Environmental Protection Agency mandate that it have the entire city sewer collection system digitally mapped by the end of 2013.

The mandate has been in effect since 2009 under new EPA regulations which made all municipalities in the Winnipesaukee River Basin regional sewage treatment facility co-permittees along with the state.

Laconia was able to meet that requirement nearly a year ahead of the deadline thanks to the work of Amy Hicks, a part-time employee who has been with the department since 2008 and has developed an inhouse geographic information system (GIS) which has mapped not only the city’s sewer system but it’s water system as well.

GIS is a system designed to capture, store, manipulate, analyze, manage, and present all types of geographical data and City Manager Scott Myers says that it is an increasingly important management tool for local governments and will see even wider application in the future. ‘’It provides the ability to get all the information on sewer, water and tax maps together in an easy to use format and there are a lot more uses for this technology in areas like planning, assessing, police, fire and recreation,’’ said Myers, Assistant Public Works Department Luke Powell, who along with Hicks gave a presentation to the City Council Monday night on the city’s GIS efforts, said the city realized a substantial savings by doing

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Convention has county tax increase down to 0.3%

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LACONIA — The Belknap County Convention appears set to approve the 2013 county budget at its next meeting scheduled for Monday, March 4.

As presented by Rep. Colette Worsman (R-Meredith), who chairs the convention, and amended this week, the budget would appropriate $26,132,616, which would be offset by $12,085,456 in revenues from sources other than property taxes, leaving $14,047,160 to be raised by property taxes, an increase of 0.3 percent.

The convention has thus far reduced the total appropriations recommended by the Belknap County Commission by $651,980 and raised the revenues projected by the commission by $600,500, reducing the amount to be raised by property taxes by $1,252,480.

Personnel costs, both compensation and benefits, totaling $453,572 represent 70-percent of the

reductions the convention made to the commission’s budget. The elimination of step raises, together with the associated costs of payroll taxes and retirement contributions amounts to $286,244. The convention stripped $101,868 in funding to defray a 7.3-percent increase in health insurance premiums. Bonuses for unused sick time and longevity of service amounting to $65,460 were also struck from the budget.

On the revenue side, the convention drew $2,350,000 from the fund balance to offset the need to raise more in property taxes. Originally the commission recommended applying $2.1-million, but subsequently suggested $2.6-million.

There is a discrepancy of $52,000, representing the cost of a position at the Department of Corrections, between the budget Worsman presented and the budget posted on the county website. Apparently Worsman assumed that the convention voted to eliminate funding for the position, but the vote is not recorded in the minutes at this point.

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Belmont selectmen acknowledge Paquette no longer employed by town by opening hunt for new finance director

BY GAIL OBER

THE LACONIA DAILY SUN

BELMONT — Selectmen authorized the town administrator to begin the search for a new finance director and in the process confirmed that former Finance Director Brenda Paquette is no longer employed by them.

Although no official reason for Paquette’s departure has been given, according to documents made available through a Right-To-Know request to the Office of the Attorney General, Paquette had been reprimanded in October of 2012 for providing former Selectman David Morse with confidential information. She and Morse have a close personal relationship.

When Paquette gave the information to Morse and what the information concerned is not known to The Daily Sun. Morse and Selectman candidate George Condodemetraky sought the assistance of the Attorney General and asked for his office to conduct a criminal investigation into the decade old actions of Town Administrator Jeanne Beaudin and Administrative Assistant Cary Legasse.

The two alleged that Beaudin and Legacy falsified information that allowed Beaudin ex-husband to stay on the town’s insurance policy, under her name, from preceding page surround the prison. The exterior fence in 17 feet high and the interior fence is 15 feet high. Affidavits said minimum security prisoners are allowed to work at the warehouse in the area between the two fences but those prisoners were all returned and accounted for by 2 p.m.

Investigators saw Proulx allegedly pick up two packages and walk along the fence, dropping one of the packages by the handball court. A second inmate identified as Rocco Sfara allegedly kicked one of the packages. Sfara was sentenced on unknown charged out of Rockingham County and the N.H. prison finder Website shows he is eligible for parole on August 31, 2013.

Both men were isolated and held separately while the remaining inmates in the north wing were strip searched. Nothing was found on any of the inmates.

A search of the yard turned up four packages and guards learned they were intended for Stefan Gauthier, 25, formerly of Bristol. Gauthier is eligible for parole, according to the Department of Correc-

in 1999 without getting his own policy under the provisions of the federal COBRA act.

The A.G. found there was, as a matter of law, no wrong-doing by either woman and closed their investigation, making it public under the provisions of the open documents clause of the Right-To-Know Law. Don McLelland Sr., who was the town administrator at the time of Beaudin’s divorce, said this week that during the time Beaudin and her ex husband divorced, the Local Government Center — the town’s insurer — allowed divorced spouses to remain insured through their ex-spouses.

Morse and Condodemtraky’s allegations stemmed from a settlement awarded to Selectman Chair Jon Pike because he was not allowed to remain on his ex-wife insurance, as was Beaudin.

In the interim, the town had adopted a policy that requires divorced spouses to get their own policy under to provisions of COBRA. In addition, Paquette’s ex-husband James is suing the town of Belmont in Belknap County Superior Court for the money he paid to get his own policy through COBRA after learning about Pike’s settlement. The suit is ongoing and is tentatively scheduled for trial in early 2014.

tions, in June of 2014. He has multiple convictions out of multiple counties for theft, forgery, being a habitual offender, disobeying police, and drug possession.

One of the packages contained tobacco, one containing a green leafy substance believed to be marijuana, and a third containing a “five dollar” knife used for hunting that’s about three or four inches long.

Investigators traced a number of phone calls from the prison to Bitetto and two women associated with him who live in Tilton and Northfield respectively.

Affidavits said one of the women allegedly told police she drove Bitetto to Berlin and that he had “multiple” small packages wrapped in black tape with him. On the drive, she told Northfield Police that Bitetto told her he was going to throw them over the fences into the court yard.

She said she dropped him off just south of the Berlin prison and picked him up later. She also said Bitetto told her he thought the prison staff was looking for him.

She confirmed the packages were for Gauthier.

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DOWNTOWN from page one rally in pursuit of the goal of restoring commercial and social vitality to the center of the city. Volunteers, sporting green T-shirts reading “People Advancing Laconia” across the back and “PAL” across the chest, welcomed the invitees and shepherded them through the program.

Noting that in general downtown property represents between 10-percent and 15-percent of municipal tax bases, Moriarty said that downtown Laconia, which stretches east to west from Busy Corner to Lake Winnisquam and north to south from Central Fire Station to Wyatt Park, accounts for only four-percent of the total valuation. He invited his listeners to imagine the impact on the city and the county if downtown’s shear of the tax base rose to the average.

Moriarty recalled the original Main Street program, which began in 2002, explaining that its four themes — economic development, physical appearance, social character and political participation — would provide the framework for the proceedings.

The crowd was divided into four groups, which were shuttled between four stations, each with speaker who addressed the four themes. Reuben Bassett of Burrito Me spoke to economic development, Sue Bullerwell of All My Life Jewelry covered design, Lori Chandler of Mr. Paul’s Hair Affair explained promotions and Melissa McCarthy of The Studio emphasized organization.

Each sketched steps to enliven downtown in presentations lasting about 15 minutes, which Rick DeMark, director of the North Country Resource and Conservation Council who served as facilitator, likened to speed dating. Bassett stressed the importance of encouraging existing businesses and attracting new ones. Bullerwell highlighted public amenities, architectural standards, improved signage and public safety. Chandler called for establishing a brand and sponsoring events. McCarthy appealed for volunteers, urging others to become “PALs.” Afterwards Moriarty said he would measure the success of the event by the number of participants who left contact information, indicating their willingness to contribute to future efforts by the Main Street Initiative. Acknowledging that the event took on a character and life of its own, he said that “more quantitative conversations are already underway” and said that he was impressed by the numbers and their enthusiasm.

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ASHLAND — A few more details about the former Holderness man who allegedly raped two different teenage girls has become available since a Grafton County grand jury issued 21 separate and secret indictments last week.

Gregory Maggi, 32, formerly of 12 Avery Road in Holderness is accused of two counts of counts of aggravated felonious sexual assault for repeatedly engaging in sexual acts with two girls who were older than 13 but younger than 16. He is also accused of having sex with one of the girl without her consent.

In addition, Maggi is charged with various sex acts with the nine counts of felonious sexual assault for allegedly committing various sex acts with the girls and two counts of endangering the welfare of minors for soliciting the two girls to have sex with each other.

Maggi is also charged with two counts of providing cocaine, crack, marijuana and or salvia (sage) to each of the girls. A third count involves him allegedly selling cocaine to a third person.

The grand jury also indicted Maggi for one count

Local officials agree few know you need permit to install generator

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THE LACONIA DAILY SUN

BELMONT — Selectmen approved a decrease in building code fees Monday night that also includes a new category for generator permits.

Code Enforcement Officer Steve Paquin created a new category for generators — a category that he said yesterday would allow him to trigger generator installation permits in one place.

Previous to Monday’s vote, Paquin said generator installation actually required two separate permits — one for the fire department to check the fuel source going into the house and one for him to check the electrical panel to ensure the parameters and transfer switches are installed properly.

Paquin agreed with Laconia Fire Chief Ken Erickson and Gilford Code Enforcement Office Dave Andrade with the assessment that many people don’t realize they need a permit to install a home generator or, more importantly, why they need to have the inspected.

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He explained that the transfer switch on a properly installed generator immediately cuts electricity from the house to the lines.

“Our guys are out clearing up what we think are dead power lines and they’re live,” he said.

In Laconia, he said the when a person installing a propane generator purchases the propane, the prchase triggers a call to his department who go out and inspect the hookup. He said a second inspection of the main electrical panel is performed by the code enforcement department.

Andrade said the procedure in Gilford is very similar to the one followed by Laconia.

All three said the instructions on the generators should be followed to the letter and people installing them must take out a permit and have the proper authorities make sure they are installed properly.

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of exposing a minor to harmful material for allegedly giving one of the girls pictures of himself having sex with an adult female.

He was indicted for three counts of simple assault — two for putting two girls who were under 13 on his lap and one for touching one the the other girls while telling her he was looking for “wires.” A fourth assault charge was brought forth for kissing one of the girls.

Ashland Police Chief Tony Randall declined to comment on any of the specifics of the case and the investigation except to say that he is grateful to the N.H. State Police for taking over the investigation after his officers learned there may be minors involved.

“We’re all in law enforcement and I don’t care who gets the credit as long as the bad guy gets put away,” said Randall.

Indictment paperwork indicates the assaults on the girls occurred from October 2011 through September of 2012. State Police said their investigation lasted about five months.

Maggi is being held on $100,000 cash or corporate surety in the Grafton County House of Corrections.

As of 2:30 p.m. Friday, he was still incarcerated.

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BALLOON from page 2 Authorities suspended hot air balloon flights, a popular tourist attraction here, while investigators determined the cause.

The balloon was carrying 20 tourists — from France, Britain, Belgium, Japan and Hong Kong — and an Egyptian pilot on a flight over Luxor, 510 kilometers (320 miles) south of Cairo, officials said.

The flights provide spectacular views of the ancient Karnak and Luxor temples and the Valley of the Kings, the burial ground of Tutankhamun and other pharaohs.

According to initial indications, the balloon was in the process of landing after 7 a.m. when a cable got caught around a helium tube and a fire erupted, according to an investigator with the state prosecutor’s office.

The balloon then ascended rapidly, the investigator said. The fire detonated a gas canister and the balloon plunged about 300 meters (1,000 feet) to the ground, crashing in a sugar cane field outside al-Dhabaa village just west of Luxor, a security official said.

Both the investigator and the security official spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to talk to the media.

“I saw tourists catching fire and they were jumping from the balloon,” said Hassan Abdel-Rasoul, a farmer in al-Dhabaa. “They were trying to flee the fire but it was on their bodies.”

One of those on fire was a visibly pregnant woman, he said.

Amateur video taken from another balloon and shown on Al-Jazeera Mubasher television showed the balloon’s final moments.

Smoke is seen rising for several seconds from the gondola, silhouetted against the risen sun. The balloon itself catches fire with a flash, and in an instant, it bursts and falls as a fireball to the ground, trailing smoke. Egyptians on the balloon filming the scene can be heard crying and gasping in horror at the sight.

The bodies of the tourists were scattered across the field around the remnants of the balloon, as rescue officials collected the remains.

The crash immediately killed 18, according to Luxor Gov. Ezzat Saad. Two Britons and the pilot were taken to a hospital, but one of the Britons died of his injuries soon after. from preceding page schedule Monday night that would lower the town’s commercial rates making them more compatible with those in neighboring communities.

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POPE from page 3 Swiss theologian Hans Kueng, Benedict’s one-time colleague-turned-critic, went further: “With Benedict XVI, there is a risk of a shadow pope who has abdicated but can still indirectly exert influence,” he told Germany’s Der Spiegel magazine last week.

The Vatican spokesman, the Rev. Federico Lombardi, said Tuesday that Benedict himself decided on his name and wardrobe in consultation with others, settling on “Your Holiness Benedict XVI” and either “emeritus pope” or “emeritus Roman pontiff.”

Lombardi said he didn’t know why Benedict had decided to drop his other main title: bishop of Rome.

In the two weeks since Benedict’s resignation announcement, Vatican officials had suggested that Benedict would likely resume wearing the traditional black garb of a cleric and would use the title “emeritus bishop of Rome” to avoid creating confusion with the future pope.

Adding to the concern is that Benedict’s trusted secretary, Archbishop Georg Gaenswein, will be serving both pontiffs — living with Benedict at the monastery being converted for him inside Vatican grounds while keeping his day job as prefect of the new pope’s household.

Asked about the potential for conflict, Lombardi was defensive, saying the decisions had been clearly GOLD from page 2 gold that drove his bidding, he said.

“Every one of us has a little hoarder nature in our culture and we all like to have things, but to this degree is quite a story,” Rowe told reporters after the auction, adding that the metal value “is not as exciting as the story itself, there’s actually value to the story.”

He added that some of the coins will be available in the store or online for locals hoping to snag a piece of history. Others, he said, will be marketed nationally and likely on television.

This auction was only for the bullion coins — items that are not necessarily rare, just expensive because they are made of gold. There will likely be a second auction for the larger portion of the collection which is comprised of the rare coins, said Alan Glover, the public administrator for Samaszko’s estate.

“They’re buying and bidding on an ounce of gold, pure gold by the weight,” Glover said.

In total, about 150 pounds of gold was sold at Tuesday’s auction. About $800,000 will pay various fees and estate taxes, and the rest of the profits go to a substitute teacher in San Rafael, Calif., who is the first cousin and sole heir to the trove of Walter Samaszko Jr.

reasoned and were likely chosen for the sake of simplicity.

“I believe it was well thought out,” he said.

Benedict himself has made clear he is retiring to a lifetime of prayer and meditation “hidden from the world.” However, he still will be very present in the tiny Vatican city-state, where his new home is right next door to the Vatican Radio transmission tower and has a lovely view of the dome of St. Peter’s Basilica.

Kueng said it was a mistake for Gaenswein to serve both men and for Benedict to remain so close to the center of action.

“No priest likes it if his predecessor sits next to the rectory and watches everything he does,” Kueng was quoted as saying in Der Spiegel. “And even for the bishop of Rome, it is not pleasant if his predecessor constantly has an eye on him.”

However, others reasoned that Benedict’s retirement plans and title were in keeping with those of other retired heads of state.

“I was somewhat surprised that Benedict would still be called ‘His Holiness’ and would wear white, but it’s akin to the former U.S. presidents being addressed as ‘Mr. President,’” said the Rev. James Martin, a Jesuit writer and editor. “It’s a mark of respect for the former office he once held.”

RODMAN from page 2 going to be OK , and hoping the kids have a good time for the game,” Rodman told reporters after arriving in North Korea on Tuesday.

Rodman and VICE’s producers said the Americans hope to engage in a little “basketball diplomacy” by running a basketball camp for children and playing with North Korea’s top basketball stars.

“Is sending the Harlem Globetrotters and Dennis Rodman to the DPRK strange? In a word, yes,” said Shane Smith, the VICE founder who is host of the upcoming series, referring to North Korea by the initials of its formal name, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea. “But finding common ground on the basketball court is a beautiful thing.”

The notoriously unpredictable and irrepressible Rodman might seem an odd fit for regimented North Korea, where men’s fashion rarely ventures beyond military khaki and where growing facial hair is forbidden.

Shown a photo of a snarling Rodman, piercings dangling from his lower lip and two massive tattoos emblazoned on his chest, one North Korean in Pyongyang recoiled and said: “He looks like a monster!”

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LACONIA — Madeline M. Lovely, 84, of 29 Pickerel Pond Road, died at her daughter’s home in Loudon on Saturday, February 23, 2013.

Madeline was born in Laconia on July 20, 1928, the daughter of the late Leo P. and Leda (Payeur) Gaudet.

Madeline was a lifelong resident of Laconia and was a 1946 graduate of Laconia High School.

Madeline was a communicant of St. Andre Bessette Parish. She had been employed at Hopkins & Barlow Hardware Store, Superior Gas and the Laconia State School, where she worked in the business office for over twenty years.

Madeline enjoyed her family, traveling, playing cards, raising chickens and spending quality time at the Camp. She sent cards to all of her family and friends on special occasions. She was a member of the Catholic Daughters of America, the Married Farmers, the St. Vincent de Paul Society and the Sewing Club. She was also a 4-H Leader and was a volunteer for the American Red Cross where she was in charge of the kitchen during the Blood Drives.

Survivors include her children, Linda Golden and her husband, Pat, of Loudon, Matthew Lovely of Laconia and Michael Lovely of Moon, PA; nine grandchildren. Nicholas, Jared and Ryan Champagne, Jason Boyle, Kevin and Keith Lovely and Jordan, Taylor and Madeline Lovely; ten great grandchildren; six brothers,

Robert Gaudet from the state of Washington, Edward Gaudet of Gilford, Normand Gaudet of Belmont, Raymond Gaudet of Gilmanton and Andrew Gaudet and Paul Gaudet both of Belmont; three sisters, Gertrude DeBlois of Gilford, Jeannette Buckley of Meredith and Theresa Arndt from the state of Wisconsin and many nephews and nieces. In addition to her parents, Mrs. Lovely was predeceased by her husband of forty-seven years, Lionel L. Lovely, in May, 1997 and by her brother, J. Eugene Gaudet, in February, 2011.

A calling hour will be held on Friday, March 1, 2013 from 10:00 AM-11:00 AM at Sacred Andre Bessette Parish, Sacred Heart Church, 291Union Avenue, Laconia, N.H. A Mass of Christian Burial will follow the calling hour at 11:00AM also at the Church.

Burial will be in the summer, 2013 in the family lot in Sacred Heart Cemetery, Garfield St., Laconia, N.H. For those who wish, the family suggests that memorial donations be made to Central N.H. VNA & Hospice, 780 North Main Street, Laconia, NH 03246 or to the St. Vincent DePaul Society, PO Box 6123, Laconia, NH 03247.

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

Band boosters looking for a few good chefs & bakers LACONIA — The Laconia Music Department will be having their annual district concert on March 16 at Laconia High School.

The Laconia Sachems Band Boosters will be presenting the Sweet Sensations of the Lakes Region at the concert and are looking for all inspiring chefs/ bakers that would love to showcase their talents.

The Boosters are asking for donations of desserts. With that they ask that the baker be there to represent the

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Lisa Fortson, president of the LSBB, said all money raised will go towards the band’s 2014 music trip and other needed items.

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MEREDITH — UNH Cooperative Extension is offering a ServSafe class in Meredith on March 25.

ServSafe training provides participants with the latest science-based information on safe food handling and best practices in the food service industry.

ServSafe is a program of the National Restaurant Association Educational Foundation.

The one-day ServSafe class will be held on March 25 from 8:30 a.m. – 5 p.m. at Hart’s Turkey Farm Restaurant. The class is being hosted by Hart’s Turkey Farm Restaurant and UNH Cooperative Extension.

The class will be led by Ann Hamilton, a nationally

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Participants passing the ServSafe exam with a grade of 75% or higher will receive ServSafe® Food Safety Certification from the National Restaurant Association Educational Foundation. Certification is valid for five years.

Cost for the class is $140 per person. Pre-registration and pre-payment is required. For registration information, contact the Carroll County Extension Office at 447-3834 or (800) 322-4166 or by email carroll@ceunh. unh.edu. Registration deadline is March 8.

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LACONIA — For over 12 years Prescott Farm has been offering their Maple Sugar Madness programs to school groups and the public during the month of March.

On Saturdays, March 2-30 the public is invited to come and take part in this 1.5 hour program.

Available program times include; 10-11:30 a.m., 12 noon-1:30 p.m. and 2-3:30 p.m.

All that attend will get to experience an old-fashioned New England tradition, from tapping a tree to tasting delicious maple syrup, a hands-on participation in every step of the syrup making process.

Environmental educators will help build tree ID skills and learn the parts of a tree and their functions, use measuring tools to find an appropriate tree to tap, use historical and modern tree tapping tools, learn the history of maple sugaring including Native American legends, and discover the math and chemical/physical science in the boiling process.

The program also involves a 20 minute walk to the Sugar House, with participants hiking back up hill after the program. Participants should wear boots and dress appropriately for the weather. Snowshoes will be provided as needed.

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Reservations are required. Cost is $5/adult; $4/ child age 4-12 for PFEEC members and $8/adult; $7/ child age 4-12 for non-members. Ages 3 and under are free. Reserve a spot by calling 366-5695 or sending an email to info@prescottfarm.org. Also, visit www.prescottfarm.org to learn more about Maple Sugar Madness.

LACONIA — The Laconia Human Relations Committee in cooperation with the Laconia Public Library presents ‘’Departures’’, a Japanese movie that won the Academy Award as best foreign language film. This is another in the International Film Series to be shown on Monday, March 4 at 6:15 p.m. at the Laconia Public Library. ‘’Departures’’ finds a man searching desperately for a job after the orchestra disbands where he was a cellist. This astonishing movie brings the many images of departures to life.

This 2009 film, ten years in the making, opens with nostalgic scenes of the snow in the north country of Japan. It ends with poignancy, bringing together all the hidden strands of submerged stories around the traditions of the experience of death.

Japanese films have been known for blockbuster

spectacles, animation, and horror flicks. Departures and Tokyo Sonata showcase current Japanese filmmakers who see a different future in Japanese filmmaking. Here they highlight very different experiences with the loss of a job. They point to a new seriousness and transformative force in Japanese filmmaking.

Tokyo Sonata is a 2005 production currently available at the Laconia Library. It brings the power and bleak humor of the far-reaching personal effect on a modern family when the bread-winner loses his job.

The classical music of young musicians becomes an undercurrent of redemption in both films.

The Laconia International Film Series is open free to everyone. Informal discussion follows the film. Light snacks are provided. For more information on the Laconia Human Relations Committee contact Len Campbell at lcampbell@nh-cc.org or Carol Pierce at newdynam@aol.com

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Jim Barnes, Balladeer & the None of Us Is Irish Irish Band at Opera House FRANKLIN — St. Patrick’s Day will come a week early this year, when Jim Barnes, Balladeer and The None Of Us Is Irish Irish Band visit Franklin Opera House on Saturday, March 9 at 7:30 p.m.

Barnes is known throughout New Hampshire as a singer/songwriter of what he terms “New Hampshire-flavored music” but he is also known and appreciated for his presentation of traditional Irish pub-style music.

“This is the music you would hear as you Jim Barnes, balladeer, and the None of Us Is Irish Irish Band will perform at the Franklin Opera House hoist a pint in a tavern on Saturday, March 9. (Courtesy photo) or a pub,” says Barnes, “songs of the Irish Rebellion, love songs, songs about precedes her onto the Opera House stage. She has emigration and transportation; a wide variety that appeared with the High Range Band ,and as leader of tells the story of the Irish spirit.’’ the New Hampshire Fiddle Ensemble. Fred Clifford, Featured along with Jim Barnes is Lakes Region Steve Moore and Dick Bennett round out the band on favorite, Ellen Carlson, whose reputation as a fiddler bass guitar, guitar, bagpipes, tin whistle and mandolin.

And there will be a special treat as well: Elsa and Leah, Irish step dancers from the Cunniffe Academy of Irish Dance will also be on hand to add to the evening’s festivities. ‘’Tickets are on sale and going fast,” reports Steve Foley, Opera House Executive Director, “but there are still good seats available for this exciting and energetic show.”

Good seats are never a problem at the historic Franklin Opera House, an intimate, 300 seat theater located in downtown Franklin, in the City Hall building. There are no obstructed view seats in either the orchestra section or in the balcony, and ample free parking all around.

Tickets for Jim Barnes, Balladeer and the None of Us Is Irish Irish band are now on sale at www.franklinoperahouse.org, by visiting the box office Mon-Fri 10 a.m.–2 p.m. or by calling 934-1901.

Reserved seat tickets are priced at $15 for adults, with Senior tickets at $13. Also, Onions Restaurant & Pub at the Tilton Inn is offering an Irish dinner special for the evening, including choice of appetizer, entrée and dessert for just $19.95, with purchase of tickets for the show.

Jim Barnes, Balladeer and the None of Us Is Irish Irish Band is sponsored co-operatively by Ed Reilly Subaru of Concord and by the Propane Gas Association of New England.

20th Annual Francoeur/Babcock Memorial Faith,Hope and Love Foundation plans Gowns Basketball Tournament starts March 6 GILFORD — The 20th Annual Francoeur/Babcock Memorial Basketball Tournament taking place at the Gilford Middle School from Wednesday, March 6 to Sunday, March 10.

Sponsored by the Gilford Parks and Recreation Department, the tournament will host 12 area teams consisting of boys and girls in grades 3 – 6 from Belmont, Bristol, Gilford, Gilmanton, Laconia and Sanbornton.

Thisinvitational tournament is held in memory of Aaron T. Francoeur who was a thirteen year old Gilford Middle/High School student when he succumbed to cancer in the summer of 1993.

Nathan Babcock’s name was added in 2006 after he lost his battle with cancer in the fall of 2005.

Since Aaron’s death, the Aaron T. Francoeur Memorial Scholarship Fund, in conjunction with the Lakes Region Scholarship Foundation, was established to give financial aid to deserving Gilford High School graduates who are furthering their post high school education.

Many former players and scholarship recipients return each year to help at the tournament, be it officiating, scoring, timing, selling tickets and t-shirts, or working at the concession stand.

The tournament this year will consist of the following divisions and teams:

Junior (Coed) Division (Grades 3 and 4) - Gilford, Gilmanton, Lou Athanas and Sanbornton.

Senior Girls Division (Grades 5 and 6) - Gilford, Belmont, Lou Athanas and Sanbornton.

Senior Boys Division (Grades 5 and 6) - Gilford, Belmont, Lou Athanas and Pines/Sanbornton.

The schedule for the opening rounds of play will be: Wednesday, March 6, Junior Division (Coed) Gilford vs. Gilmanton at 5:30 p.m. and Lou Athanas vs.

Sanbornton at 6:45 p.m.

Thursday, March 7, Senior Girls Division; Gilford vs. Belmont at 5:30 p.m. and Lou Athanas vs. TTCC at 6:45 p.m.

Friday, March 8, Senior Boys Division, Gilford vs.

Lou Athanas at 5:30 p.m. and Belmont vs. Sanbornton at 6:45 p.m.

On Saturday, March 9, games will begin at 8 a.m and the last game of the day will be played at 6 p.m.

On Sunday, March 10, the Championship round games are scheduled to begin at 9 a.m.

The tournament is open to the public. The admission fee is $2 for adults and $ 1 for children. A Tournament Family Pass (all games) is also available for $10. Children not of school age, coaches and players are free.

For more information, call Parks and Recreation Director Herb Greene at 527-4722.

15th Annual Contemporary Piano Festival held March 2 at Plymouth State University’s Silver Center PLYMOUTH — The Department of Music, Theatre, and Dance at Plymouth State University will host the 15th annual Contemporary Piano Festival at the Silver Center March 2.

The festival is designed to enhance the students’ and teachers’ exposure to music that was written in the past 100 years, according to festival director Professor Carleen Graff.

Students, teachers and guests will be able to hear numerous 20th and 21st century works performed during a competition, seminar sessions, a master class and an afternoon performance in the Smith Recital Hall by winners of the morning competition and PSU piano students..

The schedule includes: 8:30 a.m. Competition 11 a.m. Seminar: The Piano Music of Norman Dello Joio presented by Professor Graff 1:10 p.m. Seminar: Performance and Lecture on Organ Performance and Study presented by Professor Robert Swift.

1:50 p.m. Master Class with Professor Graff 3:15 p.m. Concert of Contemporary Compositions All programs are open to the public free of charge.

For information contact Professor Graff via email to carleeng@plymouth.edu or logon to http://www.plymouth.edu/department/mtd/festivals-workshops-andconferences/piano/contemporary-piano-festival/.

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MEREDITH — The Faith, Hope and Love Foundation will be holding its 7th Annual “Gowns for Girls” event on Saturday April 6, at the Meredith Bay Colony from 1-4 p.m.

This event is open to all high school aged girls to pick out a prom dress free of charge for their special night.

The Foundation will soon be accepting gently worn and/or new formal dresses and accessories (shoes, handbags, jewelry) for this event. Those who are donating a dress or gown that has been “gently worn”, are asked to make sure it has no visible marks, tears or stains, as these dresses must be in wearable condition.

The annual Dress Drive kicks off Friday, March 1 and will end on Monday, April 1. Those able to donate a dress(es) or accessories can drop them off at one the following locations: 1. Pemi Youth Center, Plymouth.

2. Sunday’s Salon and Spa, Downtown Laconia.

3. DressBarn at the Tanger Outlets in Tilton.

4. Franklin Parks and Rec Center, downtown Franklin.

5. The Barn Doggie Daycare, New Durham, (next to the fire station).

6. YMCA, Nashua.

7. YMCA, Somersworth.

8. WREN, Bethlehem.

9. Highland Hall, Plymouth.

For more in formation email lbrusseau@faithhopeandlovefoundation.org, or visit www.faithhopeandlovefoundation.org.

Candidates night held in Belmont on Monday

BELMONT — A “Candidates Night” for all town of Belmont positions and Shaker School Board vacancies will be held at the Belmont High School cafeteria on Monday, March 4, at 6 p.m.

Dan Clary, interim principal, is inviting all interested citizens to attend and pose questions to the candidates.

Opechee Garden Club among organizations honored by Ladies of the Lakes exhibit LACONIA — Gardens may be at rest in the Northeast, but flowers are always on the minds of Opechee Garden Club members. Members may hush while lunch is served as they gather at Giuseppe’s at the Mills Falls Marketplace in Meredith on Tuesday, March 5 at noon then will buzz with plans for their next flora event.

In a workshop for the club’s Art n Bloom being held on March 7, 1 p.m. at the Gilford Library, Chair Carolyn Temmallo will lead members into a basic overview of what’s involved in floral design. With a focus on interpretation vs. duplication, a slide presentation of how art was paired with floral arrangements from other art in bloom events, will prove helpful and inspire many to participate in what has become one of the club’s “fun” creative events.

The exhibit will be open to the public during library hours on Thursday, March 21 and Friday, March 22, but only 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Saturday, March 23. A reception for members and artists will be held Thursday, March 21, 6-7:30 p.m. with light refreshments provided by Phyllis Corrigan, Judy Riley, and Claire Stinson The public is invited to a reception on March 4 at 7 p.m. of A Ladies of the Lakes exhibit, which is open for view to April 2013, presented by the Laconia Historical and Museum Society with support from the Laconia Public Library.

It honors the generations of Lakes Region club women who have made camaraderie and community service a priority in their lives. The Opechee Garden Club is one honored; their exhibit prepared

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The Opechee Garden Club, part of the Ladies of the Lake exhibit at the Laconia Library to April 2013, was established on June 3rd, 1939 as an outgrowth of the Lakeport Women’s Club. It was founded exclusively for charitable purposes, with its primary purpose being to inspire interest in gardens, nature study, conservation and community betterment. The original officers of the club were: President, Mrs. Harry L. Bryant; Vice-President, Mrs. H. D. Mumford; Secretary, Mrs. Fred Rowe: and Treasurer, Miss Mary L. Chase. (Courtesy photo)

The Opechee Garden Club meets the first Monday of the month at 1 p.m. (unless otherwise noted) at the Gilford Community Church, Potter Hill Road, Gilford. New members are always welcomed to join.

Write PO Box 6025, Laconia, NH, call 293-7357, email opecheegrardenclub2012@gmail.com or visit www.opecheegardenclub.com.

Moultonborough Candidates Night moved to March 3 MOULTONBOROUGH — All candidates for Town and School District offices in Moultonborough have been invited to speak at Meet the Candidates Night 2013 to begin at 6:30 p.m. on Sunday, March 3 at the Moultonborough Lions Club on Old Route 109.

Jerry Hopkins, Town and School District Moderator, will serve as moderator for Meet the Candidates Night.

This annual event was originally scheduled to be held on Sunday, February 24 but was postponed due to inclement weather.

Each candidate will be given an opportunity to express his/her reasons for running, address their qualifications, and comment on any specific issues that concern them. After all the candidates for a given Town or School District office have presented, there will be time for questions from the audience.

On the Town ballot, there are two candidates (Betsey Patten and Chris Shipp) running for one (1) three-year seat on the Select Board.

Also on the Town ballot, there are four candidates (Susan Buchnam, Joanne M. Farnham, Barbara Sheppard and Laurie Whitley) running for three (3) three-

year seats as Library Trustees, and there are two candidates(Kenneth Bickford and Tim Tinel) running for one (1) one year seat on the Zoning Board.

There are two candidates (Josh Bartlett and Bob Gofredo) running unopposed for two (2) three-year seats on the Planning Board. There are no candidates for one (1) three-year seat as Trustee of the Trust Funds. This seat may be determined by write-in ballots.

On the School District ballot, two candidates are running unopposed for two seats (3 years) on the School Board. Gerald Buteau is running for a second threeyear term on the School Board and Celeste Burns is running for the second open three-year seat.

Moderator Hopkins will also allow those present to speak in favor of or against petitioned warrant articles that may appear on either the Town or School District warrants.

All residents are invited to attend this event designed to give candidates an opportunity to express their views, and most importantly, give residents an opportunity to ask questions of candidates.

Coffee, water and desserts prepared by members of the Moultonborough PTA will be available for all in attendance.

MEREDITH — American Legion Post 33 is hosting a Karaoke event on Saturday March 2, at 7:30 p.m. at the Post at 6 Plymouth Street in Meredith.

The event is sponsored by the American Legion.

All interested people are invited to come sing and watch others sing and have fun. There is no smoking at this event.

A $5 donation is requested for this event.

Qty. 1 Simulation manikin/Nursing Kid/ w/simpad; or equivalent Qty. 2 36” Training Headwalls with 1 shared compressor Qty. 5 HILL-ROM Electric patient bed, or equivalent, able to raise head and feet Equipment for a new video production teaching facility including: Lights, Production Equipment, Cameras, Studio and Control Room equipment.

Specifications can be found on the Laconia School District website: www.laconiaschools.org.

The Laconia School District reserves the right to reject any and all bids.

Submit proposals by 3:00 pm, March 11, 2013 to: Scott R. Davis Huot Technical Center 345 Union Ave. Laconia, NH 03246 Or email: sdavis@laconia.k12.nh.us

American Legion Post 33 hosting Karaoke event Meet the candidates in Sandwich Sunday afternoon

SANDWICH — Voters will have an opportunity to “Meet the Candidates” Sunday, March 3, at 2 p.m. at the Federated Church, Main Street in Center Sandwich.

All the candidates on the March 12 Town of Sandwich and Inter-Lakes School District ballots will be invited to attend. The moderator will be Lee Quimby, town and school district moderator.

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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 28 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 (719 No. Main Street, Laconia). Free group for parents children from birth through age 5. For more information call 524-1741.

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SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21).

Right away you notice something to like in the new people you meet, and you forge fast bonds. Ironically, you’re unconcerned about whether or not they like you, and they genuinely like you because of this.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19).

Life will give you reasons to get physical. Your hard work in this regard will pay off first in a short-term exercise high and later as a general contribution to your good health.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18).

Someone who once caused you stress will no longer be a bother to you. This person has moved on, and so will you.

A smooth transaction this afternoon will be the first sign of progress.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). You’ll prove that the face of effective work is not always stern and serious. Sometimes it’s no sweat. Through your chuckles and levity, you’ll accomplish a significant feat.

TODAY’S BIRTHDAY (Feb. 27). You have a burning desire and a clear right choice. Because you know what you must do, the consequences suddenly become inconsequential. Your work for the good of all won’t be glorified, but it will be rewarded in deeply profound ways. Band together in April. June brings publicity. July adds romance.

Aquarius and Taurus people adore you.

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ARIES (March 21-April 19). You feel wonderful about yourself when you make others feel good about themselves. It’s a talent for sure, and one that requires an astute mind and a high level of attention.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20). Instead of imagining how you might succeed in business, think about how you could help your clients and customers succeed. Your success depends on the positive difference you make in the lives of others.

GEMINI (May 21-June 21). There’s a limit to what can be accomplished through thinking. At some point, you have to test the theory. In today’s case, the outcome will be surprising and nothing at all like you thought.

CANCER (June 22-July 22). Are you on a quest, or just in a dramatic mood? Beware: Questing can be a habit instead of a bona fide activity. You may find out that you already have what you seek.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). In some way, you’ll pour out stale feelings to make way for warm, loving ones. It’s similar to the way you must empty your cup of the old, cold coffee before you can properly accept a new brew.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). You’ll overlook the peccadilloes of certain friends, but when your nearest and dearest commit such offenses, you feel it’s your responsibility to acknowledge it, if only to keep things honest.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). As your planets angle to cook up a financial snafu, you might consider seeing it as a math quiz of sorts. And if you have the right attitude, this ultimately leads you to a better relationship with money.

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––––––– ALMANAC ––––––– Today is Wednesday, Feb. 27, the 58th day of 2013. There are 307 days left in the year.

Today’s Highlight in History: On Feb. 27, 1933, Germany’s parliament building, the Reichstag, was gutted by fire. Chancellor Adolf Hitler, blaming the Communists, used the fire as justification for suspending civil liberties.

On this date: In 1801, the District of Columbia was placed under the jurisdiction of Congress.

In 1911, inventor Charles F. Kettering demonstrated his electric automobile starter in Detroit by starting a Cadillac’s motor with just the press of a switch, instead of hand-cranking.

In 1913, author and playwright Irwin Shaw (“Rich Man, Poor Man”) was born in New York.

In 1922, the Supreme Court, in Leser v. Garnett, unanimously upheld the 19th Amendment to the Constitution, which guaranteed the right of women to vote.

In 1939, the Supreme Court, in National Labor Relations Board v. Fansteel Metallurgical Corp., outlawed sit-down strikes.

In 1943, during World War II, Norwegian commandos launched a raid to sabotage a Germanoperated heavy water plant in Norway. The U.S. government began circulating one-cent coins made of steel plated with zinc (the steel pennies proved very unpopular, since they were easily mistaken for dimes).

In 1951, the 22nd Amendment to the Constitution, limiting a president to two terms of office, was ratified.

In 1960, the U.S. Olympic hockey team defeated the Soviets, 3-2, at the Winter Games in Squaw Valley, Calif. (The U.S. team went on to win the gold medal.)

In 1968, at the conclusion of a CBS News special report on the Vietnam War, Walter Cronkite delivered a commentary in which he said the conflict appeared “mired in stalemate.”

In 1973, members of the American Indian Movement occupied the hamlet of Wounded Knee in South Dakota, the site of the 1890 massacre of Sioux men, women and children. (The occupation lasted until May.) In 1991, during Operation Desert Storm, President George H.W. Bush declared that “Kuwait is liberated, Iraq’s army is defeated,” and announced that the allies would suspend combat operations at midnight, Eastern time.

One year ago: President Barack Obama urged the nation’s governors at the White House to invest more state resources in education, saying a highly skilled workforce was crucial for the U.S. to remain competitive with other countries.

Today’s Birthdays: Actress Joanne Woodward is 83. Consumer advocate Ralph Nader is 79.

Opera singer Mirella Freni is 78. Actress Barbara Babcock is 76. Actor Howard Hesseman is 73. Actress Debra Monk is 64. Rock singermusician Neal Schon is 59. Rock musician Adrian Smith is 56. Actor Timothy Spall is 56. Country singer Johnny Van Zant is 53. Rock musician Leon Mobley is 52. Actor Adam Baldwin is 51.

Actor Grant Show is 51. Actor Donal Logue is 47. Rhythm-and-blues singer Roderick Clark is 40. Country-rock musician Shonna Tucker is 35.

Actor Brandon Beemer is 33. Chelsea Clinton is 33. Rhythm-and-blues singer Bobby Valentino is 33. Singer Josh Groban is 32.

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CALENDAR TODAY’S EVENTS Introduction to Fly-Tying workshop offered by the Squam Lakes Association. 6:30 p.m. at the SLA Resource Center in Holderness. Material fee of $10 for non-members and $8 for members. Pre-registration required by calling 968-7336 or email info@squamlakes.org.

Winter Carnival hosted by the Gilford Parks and Recreation Department. Cardboard Box Sled Derby competition held at 10 a.m. at the Gilford Outing Club sledding hill on Cherry Valley Road. Curling Games held at the Aurthur A. Tilton Ice Rink. Children competition held from 2-3 p.m. followed by the adult game 3-4 p.m. For more information call 527-4722.

Gilford Public Library happenings. Social Bridge 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Gilford Write Now Writers’ Group 3:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.

The Thrifty Yankee (121 Rte. 25 - across from (I-LHS) collects donations of baby clothes, blankets and hygiene items for Baby Threads of N.H. every Wednesday through Saturday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. 279-0607.

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.

Country Acoustic Picking Party at the Tilton Senior Center. Every Wednesday from 7-9 p.m.

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

Preschool story time at Belmont Public Library. 10:30 a.m.

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

Free knitting and crochet lessons. Drop in on Wednesdays any time between 10 a.m. and 3 p.m. at Baby Threads workshop at 668 Main Street in Laconia (same building as Village Bakery). 998-4012.

Narcotics Anonymous meeting. 7 to 8:30 p.m. at 18 Veterans Square in Laconia.

TOPS (Taking Off Pounds Sensibly) group meeting.

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

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 28 Mike Stockbridge Jazz Trio at Pitman’s Freight Room in Laconia. $10. BYOB. Laconia Little League registration open to residents of Gilford, Belmont, and Laconia. 6-8 p.m. Laconia Community Center. To register children online go www.laconiall. org.

Gilford Public Library daily events. Tales for Tales and Conversational French 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. Crafter’s Corner 6-7 p.m.

Laconia Parks and Recreation Department conducts High School Open Gym and Ice Skating party. Open gym held from 1-4:15 p.m. Ice Skating party at Memorial Park held from 1-4 p.m. Features cocoa, cookies and bonfire.

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.

Plymouth Area Chess Club meets Thursdays from 7-9 p.m. at Starr King Fellowship, 101 Fairgrounds Road. Form more information call George at 536-1179.

American Legion Post #1 Bingo. Every Thursday night at 849 N. Main Street in Laconia. Doors open at 4 p.m.

Bingo starts at 6:30.

Knitting at Belmont Public Library. 6 p.m.

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Dear Annie: My daughter is a drug addict who is in and out of jail. Over the past 14 years, we have taken custody of her four children. Two of the kids are great. However, the other two are the problem.

The oldest girl just turned 18 and moved out. This kid made our lives miserable. She saw counselors multiple times and began cutting herself, and we finally had to have her committed to a hospital. We did whatever we thought would work, but nothing did.

She quit school and now lives with any friend who will take her in.

Now, one of the other girls is 13 and doing the same thing. It’s as if they lose their minds once they hit middle school. Her grades are down, she is getting into trouble at school, she cuts classes and has briefly run away twice.

The other two kids are very involved with school and church and are as good as they can be. But, Annie, we don’t want to handle the 13-year-old anymore. All of the counseling, the discipline, the problems, it’s too much. My stomach is in knots trying to decide what to do. I am so tired of kids who think they know everything but are dumber than dirt, and all of the drama they command.

My friends tell me to turn her over to foster care, but no one else is going to worry enough about her. My husband has had two heart surgeries in the past year, and my blood pressure is way too high, even though I take medication. Should I put her in foster care? -- Helpless, Tired Granny Dear Helpless: You sound like a caring, loving grandmother, but you are obviously overwhelmed by this difficult situation. You are not alone. Please contact the AARP Foundation GrandCare Support Locator at giclocalsupport.org for a list of available agencies and organizations in your area that help grandparents raising grandchildren. Some of them offer respite care, and it sounds like

you could use that kind of assistance.

Dear Annie: My husband’s son is getting married in July. We have not been asked whether we would like to invite any of our close friends to the wedding. I know my husband would like to have his good friends see his son get married. Would it be proper to ask whether we could invite a few to the wedding? My husband’s ex-wife and her husband are inviting all of their friends and relatives.

I know my husband is hurt. I have told him to call his son and just ask. Is this OK? -- Concerned Stepmom Dear Concerned: Yes. Is your husband contributing to the cost of the wedding? If so, he should have been allotted a small guest list of his own. If he is not contributing, he should of fer to pay for the cost of adding his friends to the event.

Dear Annie: “Frustrated” said she felt taken advantage of by a friend who relies on her for transportation. You suggested setting time limits.

As a woman who is disabled and unable to drive, time gets away from me when I’m out. I need to have the visual stimulation every now and then. “Frustrated’s” friend may be in a similar situation. And the intellectual stimulus of being with her friend may help her mood tremendously, since being stuck at home can make a person depressed.

Please ask “Frustrated” to have patience for her friend. -- Louisville, Ken. Dear Louisville: Many readers assumed this friend was disabled, but the writer made no mention of it. If there is a disability preventing someone from driving, of course it would require additional patience and time to be accommodating. But if the friend simply doesn’t have a license, she needs to be more considerate of those who make the effort to transport her.

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, 737 3rd Street, Hermosa Beach, CA 90254.

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524-0348 or visit M-W-F, 12-5, at our new location, 142 Church St. (Behind CVS Pharmacy.)

ASHLAND: 1 and 2 bedroom apartments for rent. Quiet building in residential area. Off street parking. $750-$850/month. Security deposit required.

Call 603-520-4030 for additional information.

BELMONTSmall 2 bedroom apartment. $650/Month, no utilities, References & security 520-3203 FRANKLIN 2 BR unfurnished Apt. 3rd floor, in a victorian home, eat in kitchen, partial heat, hot water, appliances, laundy included. No pets. $650/mo. 603-279-1385

GILFORD 3 BEDROOM Large yard, close to school, downtown. $1,600 month includes all utilities.

Great condition!

BOATS

617-780-9312

BOAT SLIPS for Rent Winnipesaukee Pier, Weirs Beach, NH Reasonable Rates Call for Info. 366-4311

GILFORD 3 bedroom house, garage, hookups for washer/ dryer, full cellar.

No smoking.

603-387-4208

DOCKS FOR RENT 2013 season, Lake Winnisquam Point.

Parking, Bathrooms, Showers,

GILFORD : 1 & 2 -bedroom units available. Heat & electricity included. From $190/week. Pets

For Rent

For Rent

LACONIA- Single family House.

2BR/1BA, across from Leavitt Park. $895/month + utilities. Call 603-387-9293

TILTON: Downstairs 1-bedroom. $600/Month. Heat and hot water included. No dogs, 603-630-9772 or 916-214-7733.

LACONIA: 2 bedroom, 1st floor.

Separate entrance, coin-op laundry in basement. $230/week, including heat, electric & hot water.

524-1234 www.whitemtrentals.com.

GILFORD, Hair Salon for rent.

Busy traffic area.

Call 603-630-2212

LACONIA: 2 bedroom, 2nd floor in duplex building. $225/week, including heat, electric & hot water. 524-1234, www.whitemtrentals.com.

LACONIA: Gilbert Apartments.

Call for available apartments.

524-4428 LACONIA: 1 Bedroom apartment. $575/Month, heat/electricity included. No Pets/No smoking, Near LRGH. 859-3841 or 520-4198 LIVE-IN Female Housekeeper: Free room, TV, washer/dryer. No smoking/drinking. No pets. Call Al at 290-2324.

For Rent-Commercial

For Sale 2005 Jiffy 10-inch ice auger model 79XTS. Never used, $250/OBO. 2005 Aqua-Vu underwater camera. $200/OBO. 524-4445 AMAZING! Beautiful Pillowtop Mattress Sets. Twin $199, Full or Queen $249, King $449. Call 603-305-9763 See “Furniture” AD. DELTA 16 1/2” drill press $300.

Dewalt 20” Scroll saw & stand $550. Trek 6700 Mountain bike 15.5 ” frame $225. Trek 2100 C Road bike, carbon fiber fork, stem & seat stays, $625. 524-9658

MEREDITH- First floor near town, living room, dining room, large sunny porch. $700/month plus utilities. 387-2426 MINUTES from Concord2-bedroom 1-bath completely renovated energy efficient apartment complex. $795, including hot water w/free WiFi. Secured building access, onsite laundry and more. Military discount available. Convenient Rte 3 location in West Franklin!

Must See, Call today!

603-744-3551 NEWFOUND- Large 4 bedroom 2 bath, 5 acres, scenic view, private. $1,150/Month. $500/quick bonus.

352-735-1747

For Rent

For Rent

LACONIA APARTMENT

LACONIA first floor, big 4 room, 2 BR. $190/wk.Leave message with Bob. 781-283-0783

SMALL Heating Oil Deliveries: No minimum required. Eveningweekend deliveries welcome.

Benjamin Oil, LLC. 603-731-5980

LACONIA Waterfront- 2-Bedroom condo, quiet location, Clean/renovated, furnished-optional. No smoking/pets. $995/month.

603-630-4153.

WOOD Stove- Regency, 18 inch wood. 7 years old, burns very clean, $475/OBO. Electric cement mixer, 4 cubic feet. Used 1 job, like new, $250. 393-2632

Nice neighborhood, 3 bedroom + den with washer/dryer & garage. $975/Month + Utilities.

(603) 630-2882 LACONIA 2 Bedrooms starting at $800/month +utilities 3 Bedrooms $1000/month +utilities Call GCE at 267- 8023 LACONIA 2-bedroom 2nd floor on Province St. Clean, sunny, lead safe. Good neighborhood with private parking. Washer/dryer access, no pets, $750/Month + utilities. 508-423-0479 LACONIA Almost New Winnipesaukee Waterfront Luxury 2-Bedroom Condominium. W/D, air, large deck. $1,350. No smoking.

One-year lease. 603-293-9111

LACONIA- 1st floor, 2 bedroom.

Newly renovated, $750 +utilities.

Available March 1st.

603-455-9189 LACONIA- Large Rooms for rent.

Private bath, heat/hot water, electric, cable, parking included. $145-160/week 603-781-6294 LACONIA- Quiet 2-bedroom first floor waterfront on Pickerel Pond.

Full kitchen, dining area & living room with woodstove, sliders to patio, use of beach and dock. $990/Month includes electric, cable & Internet. Available 4/1. No Pets. 393-8996

Furniture ROOMS

AMAZING!

I n Home near Tilton/I-93.

SMOKER/PET okay. Furnished $125/Week.

Unfurnished $115/Week. Utilities included, No drinking/No drugs 603-286-9628

Beautiful Queen or Full-sized Mattress/ Box-spring Set. LUXURY-FIRM European Pillow-Top Style. Fabulous Back, Hip and Leg Support, Hospitality A+ Rating! All New Factory Sealed with 10-YR Warranty.

Compare Cost $1095, SELL $249. Can Delivery and Set-up.

603-305-9763

TILTON: Large room for rent downtown. Shared kitchen/2 full baths. $150/week includes all utilities. 603-286-4391.

Apartments Available NOW! Section 8 Voucher Holders Welcome!

Rental Assistance Available • Spacious units with a lot of storage area • Low utility costs • On-Site Laundry & Parking • Easy access to I-93 • 24-hour maintenance provided • 2 bedrooms with a 2 person minimum per unit.

Rent is based upon 30% of your adjusted income.

Hurry and call today to see if you qualify or download an application at:

www.hodgescompanies.com Housing@hodgescompanies.com 603-224-9221 TDD # 1-800-545-1833 Ext. 118 An Equal Opportunity Housing Agent

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Help Wanted

Land

KITCHEN DESIGN SALES- CONWAY

WATERFRONT dock is in.

Cleared, septic outdated. $75,000.

Call owner 603-455-0316

Full time, kitchen sales & 20/20 design experience preferred, will consider other candidates, email resume valb@chicklumber.com

MONRO MUFFLER/BRAKE & SERVICE Automotive Technician Base pay 20-45k Great benefits package available.

Full time & PT

603-387 0487

Services

Services

Motorcycles Buy • Sell • Trade www.motoworks.biz

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

Recreation Vehicles 2009 Keystone Laredo 315RL 5th Wheel Camper. Double slide-out, very clean, many extras. $24,900.

491-9062

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

Free FREE Pickup for your unwanted, useful items. Garages, vehicls, estates cleaned out and yardsale items. (603)930-5222.

Help Wanted CDL DRIVER FT LACONIA Must have MC, if not common carrier/LTL experience.

207-754-1047

NEW YEAR, NEW LOCATION, NEW OPPORTUNITIES The number one resort marketing company in the Lakes Region with a proven track record in growth; is seeking highly motivated, success driven individuals. Potential earnings average between $17-$40 an hour. Daytime shifts available. No experience necessary, onsite training provided. Call for application information:

603-581-2450 EOE EXPERIENCED BARTENDERS

Our Customers Don t get Soaked!

We offer competitive salaries and an excellent benefits package!

Please check our website for specific details on each position Med Tech, Lab, Per Diem Lab Aide, Lab, Per Diem RN - FT/PT/PD Emergency Department RN - ICU PT 24 hrs and Per Diem RN - Med Surg FT and Per Diem MERRIMAN HOUSE – LONG TERM CARE LNA - Per Diem LPN or RN - Per Diem RN - PT 32 hrs and Per Diem Activity Assistant - Per Diem to Part-time A completed Application is required to apply for all positions Apply online at 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

A NTICIPATED OPENING SPECIAL EDUCATION TEACHER FY 13/14 Anticipated opening for 2013-14 school year for Special Education Teacher to work with multi-handicapped students in elementary school setting. Experience working with students of multiple needs is required. Experience with Discrete Trial instruction; life-skills curriculum development; and behavior protocol management is preferred. Small caseload working in a team environment with in-district staff.

Applications being accepted for full & part time. Apply Thurs.-Sat. between 1pm and 4pm.

Greenside Restaurant 360 Laconia Rd., Tilton. No phone calls please

Catherine Dix-Herndon, Special Education Director Alton School District 252 Suncook Valley Hwy. Alton, NH 03809

FRONT DESK

Application Deadline: Until Filled EOE

RECEPTIONIST/ASSISTANT at busy multi-location dental offices.

Patient focused, ability to multitask, and attention to detail a must.

Willing to travel between offices.

Experience preferred.

Send resume to: lakesassociate@hotmail.com

FLOORING SALES CONWAY

Full time, flooring sales experience preferred but will train right candidate, email resume

Services

528-3531 Major credit cards accepted

DICK THE HANDYMAN Available for small and odd jobs, also excavation work, small tree and stump removal and small roofs! Call for more details. Dick Maltais 603-267-7262 or 603-630-0121 CALL Mike for snowblowing, roof shoveling, scrapping and light hauling. Very reasonably priced.

603-455-0214

QUALITY Firewood: Seasoned, dry hardwood. Pine or green available. Call for details, competative prices. 603-630-4813.

ROOFING BY PAUL LERP Quality hand nailed shingling.

603-998-4046

WHITE MTN BUILDERS

State registered, fully insured.

Building, remodeling, restoration, concrete work, roofing, painting, home cleaning, etc.

No job too big or too small, give us a call (603)723-4861.

HARDWOOD FLOORING DUST FREE SANDING 25 years experience. Excellent references. Weiler Building Services 986-4045 Email: weilbuild@yahoo.com

CATERING SOUS CHEF Minimum 3 years experience strong creative ability with seasoning, flavors and plate appeal. Must have experience in catering and function setup. We require a strong team player able to direct and over see kitchen and Banquet staff.*

LEAD LINE COOK Minimum 3 years experience with fast paced, high volume line cooking in all stations. Require strong creative ability. Knowledge of food costs, ordering inventory, and scheduling. A strong team player with the ability to work with and direct others.*

EXPERIENCED LINE COOK Minimum 3 years experience with fast paced, high volume line cooking in all stations. Requires a strong team player with the ability to work with others.* *All positions require availability to work nights, weekends and holidays. Pay commensurate with experience and Benefits available.

Please email resumes to: harts@hartsturkeyfarm.com or mail to: Hart s Turkey Farm Restaurant P.O. Box 664, Meredith, NH 03253

MR. JUNK- Attics, cellars, garages cleaned out. Free estimate.

Insured. 455-6296

Snowmobiles 1978 Arctic Cat 340 JAG- 1784 miles with 2000 Sea Lion trailer. $500/OBO. 524-4445 2001 Arctic Cat Panther 440 2-Up seat, electtic start, reverse, hand/thumb warmers. 2,900 Miles $1,800. 366-2352

Storage Space LACONIA: 20' x 18' two car ga rage for rent, $195/month including electric, 524-1234.

Wanted To Buy I BUY CLEAN 603-470-7520.

DVD's.

Home Care HOME Companion/CaregiverErrands, appointments, light housekeeping. Friendly, trustworthy, excellent references.

630-2872 WHEN A SENIOR family member wants to remain at home and needs or wants care & companionship, please call 603-556-7817 or SHCCLR.com

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