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Burglar gets Though appreciated by some, life is no bread of roses for the guys who plow-in your driveway into bank LACONIA — If Rodney Dangerfield had Wednesday, one resident brought coffee among the minority of reactions plow truck drivers receive when performing their duties. been a city employee, he would’ve been a and doughnuts to the public works garage lobby but plow truck driver working for the Public and in at least one instance a man stopped “Some people are nice. Some people... comes away you just deal with it,” said Ames Sorell, a Works Department. Those guys “can’t get a driver on his route to give him a Dunkin’ no respect”.

Donuts gift card. And on Friday, a woman 41 year-old father and Meredith resident empty handed To be accurate, there are residents who brought a pot of homemade clam chowder who has been working for the Public Works

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BELMONT — Police are investigating an overnight burglary at the Northway Bank branch near the Belknap Mall.

Police Chief Vincent Biaocchetti said surveillance tapes provided by the bank showed a male dressed in a dark hooded sweat and wearing white sneakers first attempted to break into the ATM in the bank’s lobby.

The burglary see BANK page 8

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One of The Lodge’s mortgage holders files notice of foreclosure

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“We’ve been struggling,” Newman said, “and naturally that has caused restlessness among the investors.” However,

he expected that the issues giving rise to the foreclosure notice would be resolved before next month. “I don’t anticipate this will interfere with day-today operations at all,” Newman said. “This is a challenge we will overcome.” see THE LODGE page 8

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Madoff victims stake $300M claim against Mets’ owners NEW YORK (AP) — The owners of the Mets turned a blind eye to Bernard Madoff’s massive fraud, reaping $300 million in false profits and using a large chunk to run the team, according to a lawsuit unsealed Friday.

The lawsuit claims the owners were so dependent on the disgraced financier’s toogood-to-be-true returns that they “faced a severe and immediate liquidity crisis” when Madoff’s crimes were revealed in 2009.

The searing allegations were made

by Irving Picard, the trustee appointed to recover funds for investors burned by Madoff’s scheme. The suit filed

by Picard in federal bankruptcy court in Manhattan names Sterling Equities, along with its partners and family members, including Mets owner Fred Wilpon, team president Saul Katz and chief operating Jeff Wilpon, the owner’s son. Picard said Sterling withdrew over $94 million in fictitious profits from Mets accounts with Madoff.

“Given Sterling’s see METS page 11

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Big company hiring still weak but unemployment down to 9% WASHINGTON (AP) — The unemployment rate is suddenly sinking at the fastest pace in a half-century, falling to 9 percent from 9.8 percent in just two months — the most encouraging sign for the job market since the recession ended.

More than half a million people found work in January. A government survey found weak hiring by big companies. But more people appear to be working for themselves or finding jobs at small businesses.

The steepest two-month decline in unemployment since the Eisenhower administration is the latest sign that the economic recovery is picking up speed.

The service sector and manufacturing are growing again at pre-recession rates.

The Dow Jones industrial average closed

above 12,000 this week for the first time since mid-2008. And retail sales have reached a five-year high.

“It is not all rosy. But we seem to be headed in the right direction,” said economist Chris Rupkey at Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi. “The recovery is on track — warts and all.”

Yields on government bonds rose after the unemployment report came out, a sign that bond traders think the job market is improving and will lift the economy after a year and a half of only modest growth.

An unemployment rate of 9 percent remains very high by historical standards. But the swift decline in the rate could also lift confidence at a time when businesses and individuals are already spending more money, fueling more

hiring and still-more spending.

Unemployment has not been this low since April 2009.

“It’s the thinking, ‘I survived so far and I’ll make it through,’” said economist Nigel Gault of IHS Global Insight. “’I can buy the things I postponed buying over the past several years because I’m not worried about my job.’”

It could also encourage people who had given up to look for jobs again, which might push the unemployment rate up temporarily. People out of work aren’t counted as unemployed unless they’re looking for a job. Typically during a tight job market, some of the unemployed become discouraged and stop looking. see UNEMPLOYMENT page 11

CAIRO (AP) — A new rally Friday by nearly 100,000 protesters in Cairo and behind-the-scenes diplomacy from the Obama administration piled more pressure on President Hosni Mubarak to make a swift exit and allow a temporary government to embark on an immediate path toward democracy.

Two days of wild clashes between protesters and regime supporters that killed 11 people this week seemed to have pushed the United States to the conclusion that an Egypt with Mubarak at the helm is potentially more unstable than one without him.

For the first time in the 11-day wave of protests, varying scenarios were being put forward by two opposing camps in Egypt

and by the United States on how to usher the country into a post-Mubarak era after nearly 30 years of his authoritarian rule.

President Barack Obama said that discussions have begun in Egypt on a turnover of the government and he called for “a transition period that begins now.”

“We want to see this moment of turmoil turned into a moment of opportunity,” Obama said in Washington. He did not explicitly call for Mubarak to step down immediately, but U.S. officials said the administration has made a judgment that Mubarak has to go soon if the crisis is to end peacefully.

Under one U.S. proposal, the 82-yearold Mubarak would step down and hand

power to a military-backed temporary government headed by his newly appointed vice president, Omar Suleiman, the officials said, speaking on condition of anonymity to discuss the sensitive talks. The government would prepare for free and fair elections later this year.

That would mesh in some ways with the demands of the protesters. But one significant difference was the timetable.

Nobel Peace laureate Mohamed ElBaradei, one of the leaders of the protesters, criticized the government’s plan to reform the constitution within five months and hold presidential elections in September, saying that was too rushed. see EGYPT page 10

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Storm turns some Super Bowl plans into a Super Mess ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Runways too snowy to receive airliners packed with football fans. Sidewalks too icy for cowboy boots. Temperatures too cold to distinguish Dallas from Pittsburgh or Green Bay. Just two days before the Super Bowl, a fresh blast of snow and ice canceled hundreds of flights, transformed highways into ribbons of white and caused dangerous sheets of ice to fall from Cowboys Stadium, sending at least six people to the hospital. It was enough to turn the biggest week in American sports into a Super Mess.

The six people hurt Friday were private contractors who had been hired by the NFL to prepare the stadium for the game. One man was hit in the head, another in the shoulder. None of the injuries was considered life-threatening.

Most stadium entrances were closed as a precaution. Officials raised the temperature inside the arena in an attempt to melt remaining ice.

The Dallas-Fort Worth area received as much as 5 inches of snow overnight — nearly twice its annual average — and by Friday morning downtown Dallas hotels were selling ski hats and scarves alongside cowboy hats. A winter storm warning was issued

for suburban Arlington, home of the $1.3 billion stadium where the Pittsburgh Steelers and the Green Bay Packers are to play Sunday.

“It looks like, ‘Oh, no, I’m back in Canada,’” said Sammy Sandu, a 32-year-old property developer from Kelowna, British Columbia. “It’s just pouring down snow. Are we still at home, or have we left? We didn’t drink that much last night, did we?”

Forecasters expected game day to be mostly sunny, with highs in the 40s, which would probably not be warm enough to melt all the snow and ice.

Sandu made it to Dallas with his father Thursday, but other members of their party weren’t so lucky.

His brother still hoped to arrive from Miami in time for the game, but a friend abandoned the trip after a flight from Vancouver was canceled.

Like much of the region, airlines were struggling to recover from a massive blizzard earlier in the week that brought up to 2 feet of snow and bitter cold temperatures to as much as half the nation.

More than 300 arriving flights were canceled at Dallas-Fort Worth Airport, a hub for American Airlines. The city’s smaller airport, Love Field, was closed before dawn because of snow on the runways, but it

Concord Radio Shack worker charged with staging robbery CONCORD (AP) — A Radio Shack employee has been charged with staging a robbery at the Concord, N.H., store.

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Authorities say 19-year-old Joshua Thomas told officers that he was robbed at gunpoint while working on Monday and that the robber fled with a lot of money.

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and conspired with another man to rob the store.

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Andy Williams, a 51-year-old attorney from Grafton, Wis., said he was frustrated to find his American flight from Milwaukee delayed for about five hours. He was already planning ahead for the worst-case scenario.

“If this flight gets canceled, I’ll start driving down tonight,” he said. “Clearly it’s not my first choice but, at least you’re in control of your own destiny at that point.”

But the chilly temperatures were not expected to faze the teams competing in the real event, nor their hardy fans, who are used to cooler climes. The temperature in Dallas on Friday stood at 20.

N.H. ‘family scientist’ says today’s kids are meanest ever

PORTSMOUTH (AP) — A New Hampshire educator and bullying expert who calls himself a “family scientist” says children in school today are the “meanest ever” and they have more ways than ever to express that meanness.

Malcom Smith of the University of New Hampshire’s Cooperative Extension Service spoke Thursday in Portsmouth.

Smith says some studies show that up to half of all public school students are subject to bullying.

Smith says repeat bullies have a deficit in social learning and are missing basic values like manners, civility and kindness. He says they think they are better than others. He says it’s due to a lack of supervision.

The Portsmouth Herald reports that Smith says parents, educators and the community can fight bullying by teaching values like respect, compassion, realistic expectations of others.

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Frankly Speaking / Rep. Frank Guinta

Reagan at 100; why his legacy matters today There wasn’t much cause for excitement that cold Monday a century ago. There was no reason to expect the boy born in a little room above a store in Tampico, Illinois would amount to much. His was a very modest family, after all. As the baby would recall later in life, “We didn’t live on the wrong side of the tracks, but we were close enough to hear the train whistles.”

Yet it turned out that baby was very remarkable, indeed. His parents named him Ronald Wilson Reagan, and the long journey that started in that forgotten Illinois town eventually took him to Hollywood stardom, the California Governor’s mansion and ultimately to the White House.

February 6, 2011 is an important date for all of us. The centennial of Ronald Reagan’s birth is an opportunity to revisit his legacy and to consider its importance today.

We Granite Staters are very familiar with President Reagan.

His victory in the 1980 GOP New Hampshire presidential primary set him on the path that led to the Reagan Revolution. For 50 years before that, many Americans were under the spell of “New Deal thinking.” President Franklin Roosevelt’s emergency response to the Great Depression took root and became the way people viewed all problems: whenever a new one arose, a big, powerful federal government would step in and make it go away, usually by throwing huge piles of borrowed money at it and by enacting regulations that restricted individual freedom and hamstrung small businesses. To put it bluntly, Washington grew too big for its britches, and its spending binges were sending America to the Poor House.

Then Ronald Reagan arrived on the national stage. He confidently proclaimed “Government isn’t the solution; government is the problem.” He proved his point with short illustrations like this one: “Government’s view of the economy could be summed up in a few short phrases: If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. And if it stops moving, subsidize it.”

Reagan’s guiding principles were basic: government was too big, taxes were too high and the Soviet Union was evil. Critics dismissed them as “simplistic.” But as he won over people to his conservative thinking, Reagan started producing results.

He didn’t get everything he sought:

government didn’t get smaller as he had hoped, but the rapid pace of its expansion slowed. Taxes didn’t go down as much as he wanted, but he did produce the first major tax cuts in 20 years. And while the Soviet Union still existed when he left office in 1989, the “Evil Empire” was gasping its final breath.

It’s been 22 years since Reagan left Washington. But having just finished my first month on Capitol Hill, I call tell you his legacy is needed today more than ever.

For while many people adopted Reagan’s principles, Washington didn’t.

In recent years, federal spending has become appalling, and the federal debt has spiked to the point where thoughtful people shudder. The Congressional Budget Office announced in late January that deficit spending will reach $1.5 trillion dollars this year and could soon become larger than our entire economy.

But there is reason to be hopeful as we mark the centennial of “The Gipper’s” birth. People are saying “Enough is enough!” They’re finally demanding that we cut wasteful spending. They want our scarce financial resources spent on necessities, not wasted on frivolous extras.

And they want to stop the federal overreach into our daily lives, such as the government mandating that you must purchase health insurance, and inserting itself into the relationship between you and your family doctor.

The House is responding. One of our very first actions the day the new Congress convened was to cut congressional staff funding by 5-percent, saving more than $30-million.

Now we’re busy identifying every dollar we can cut from the next budget that takes effect in October.

The House has voted to repeal last year’s flawed health care reform act, and is now looking at ways to deliver the true reforms Americans really want. It will be a long, hard struggle, and I will be talking with you about it in more detail in the weeks and months to come.

All in all, not a bad start for our first month at work. And, as Reagan himself was fond of saying, “You ain’t seen nothin’ yet.”

So happy birthday, President Reagan. Thank you for still inspiring us to do the right things today.

(Republican Frank Guinta of Manchester represents New Hampshire’s First District in Congress.)

Thanks to Gilford police, who responded with such kindness To the editor, We would like to thank the wonderful Gilford police officers who responded to our family emergency on January 23rd. Their kindness and

helpfulness made a difficult time so much easier for our mother. We will forever be grateful to them.

Tom & Lela Corbin Sanbornton

LETTERS These are not ‘charities’ and we bear a public responsibility To the editor, Some members of the Gilford Budget Committee have been bandying around the word “charity” as if the needs of certain vulnerable citizens of the Town of Gilford did not require any obligation on the part of the community. All of the “outside agencies” seeking support are part of a not-forprofit network of services that have been viewed and funded as public service obligations. I have, over the years, been involved with most all of those listed. I am most familiar with Community Health & Hospice and Genesis Behavioral Health Services having served on the board of both and been the executive director/CEO of CH&H for a number of years. Both of these organizations came into existence in the late 60s and early 70s, when the government found it necessary to address the needs of the elderly and those with mental illness, especially those people without adequate financial resources.

Community Health & Hospice provides a range of health related services that include, for example, Homemaker Services for income eligible individuals. That particular Elderly Services program was designed to require local municipal participation. The federal social services grants, administered by the state, expected a “local match”.

Over the years the nature of that match has become less obvious, but it remains that without the local municipal financial contribution the agency is not obligated to provide that service. At the same time, services such as Medicaid are not fully funded by

the government. In this case the funds are both state and federal obligations.

The state controls the reimbursement rate and for obvious reasons does not pay the cost of the service. This requires the agency to seek both municipal and private support. The dual outcome of these services is to keep people in their home as long as prudent and prevent premature nursing home admission. The nursing home cost then becomes a county cost paid for by the municipalities.

Genesis Behavioral Health is part of the N.H. Community Mental Health System. The state developed the statewide system after the Supreme Court mandated that mental health services in the big state hospital were grossly inadequate. Medication and therapeutic advances were a major factor in the need to change the service system. The State of New Hampshire mental health service obligation has been built, largely, on a Medicaid base.

This means that services to people not eligible for Medicaid and such care as emergency services are not covered.

They are still essential services. It then becomes a “service obligation” that falls to the local community to be sure that the service continues to exist for the people in that community.

New Hampshire has a strong but fragile network of services. The state has been prudent but not elaborate in the services funded. This service obligation needs local financial support.

To define these services as a “charity” is not wholly accurate. There is public responsibility.

Alida Millham Gilford

Inter-Lakes Christmas Fund has remained committed to mission To the editor, February is such an appropriate time to express appreciation. Quite traditionally it is the month for honoring the human heart — your heart, your neighbor’s heart, my heart – the hearts of all who reach out to help others in time of need.

Since its inception many years ago, the Inter-Lakes Christmas Fund has remained ever committed to its mission: to bring good cheer and happiness to deserving families and senior citizens in Meredith and in Center Harbor. This past Christmas Season

proved to be yet another impressive opportunity for nurturing and demonstrating these powerful emotions.

120 families, 215 children, and many senior citizens of Meredith and Center Harbor were remembered with food, clothing, toys, and gift certificates.

Their Christmas Day became a time of great joy, fun, and personal satisfaction; happily the Fund’s mission had, indeed, been fulfilled yet again.

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LETTERS ‘I set fire to what’s left of the house. No more shoveling!’

To the editor, Two years ago I submitted the following “Diary of a Snow Shoveler” but have changed the dates. I feel we again need some humor to lighten our load. I originally found this on line on a joke page.

January 8th. 6 p.m. It started snowing. The first snow of the season and the wife and I with our cocktails sat for hours by the window watching the huge soft flakes fall from heaven. It looked like a Grandma Moses Print.

So romantic, we felt like newlyweds again. I love snow!

January 9th. We woke to a beautiful blanket of crystal white snow covering every inch of landscape. What a fantastic sight. Can there be a more lovely sight? Moving here was the best idea I’ve ever had. Shoveled for the first time in years and felt like a boy again.

I did the driveway, and the sidewalk.

In the afternoon the snowplow came along and covered up the sidewalks and clogged the driveway, so I got to shovel again. What a perfect life!

January 12th. The sun has melted our lovely snow. Such a disappointment. My neighbor Bob told me not to worry. There will be plenty more. Bob says we’ll have so much snow by end of winter, we will never want to see snow again. I don’t thinks that’s possible.

January 14th. Snow, lovely snow. 8 inches last night. The temp dropped to 20 below. The cold made everything sparkle so and I warmed to shoveling the driveway and sidewalks. This is the life! The snowplow came back this afternoon and buried everything again. I hadn’t realized I would have to do quite this much shoveling, but I’ll certainly get in shape this way.

Jan. 15th. 20 inches forecast. Sold my van, bought a 4x4 Blazer. Bought snow tires for the wife’s car and two extra shovels. Stocked the freezer.

The wife wants a wood stove in case the electricity goes out. I think that’s crazy. After all, we aren’t in Alaska.

Jan. 16th. Ice storm this morning.

Fell on my butt on ice while putting down salt. Roads too icy to go any-

where. Electricity was off for five hours. Guess I should have bought wood stove, but won’t admit it to my wife. God, I hate when she’s right.

Jan.20th. Had another 14 inches of the damn stuff last night. Shoveling took all day. Darn snowplow came by twice. Called hardware store to buy snowblower and they’re out.

Jan.22nd. Bob was right because 13 more inches fell today. Tried to hire neighbor to plow for the rest of the winter but he says he is too busy. I think he’s lying.

Jan.23rd. Only 2 inches today. And it warmed up to zero.

Jan.24th. 6 inches of snow packed so hard by snowplow, I broke the shovel.

Thought I was having a heart attack.

If I ever catch the man on the plow, I’ll drag him by the nose and beat him to death with my broken shovel. I know he hides around the corner and waits for me to finish shoveling and then comes down the street and throws snow all over where I have just been.

Jan. 25th. I hate the snow.

Jan. 26th. Still snowed in. Why did I ever move here? It was all HER idea.

She is really getting on my nerves.

Jan. 27th. Temp dropped to 30 below and the pipes froze. Plumber came after 14 hours waiting for him and only charged me $1,400 to replace all my pipes.

Jan. 29th. 10 more inches. Bob says I have to shovel the roof or it will cave in. That’s the silliest thing I ever heard. How dumb does he think I am?

Jan.30th. Roof caved in. I beat up the snow plow driver who is now suing me for a million dollars. The wife went home to her mother.

Jan. 3lst. I set fire to what’s left of the house. No more shoveling.

Feb. 2nd. I feel so good. I just love those little white pills they keep giving me.

Why am I strapped to the bed? The end.

Good News: Punxsutawney Phil predicted today an early Spring. Ha! Brenda Baer Laconia

We have system of Just-Us for some & justice for the rest of us To the editor, Justice is a word that means different things to different people. The word justice means the quality of being just, righteousness, equitableness, moral rightness or just conduct.

Justice is a word meant to be for all

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from preceding page nesses of many people: individuals, businesses, civic clubs and organizations, banks, schools, churches, youth groups, and police departments. All give so generously of their time, of their funds and resources, of their creative talents.

This very impressive display of support never goes unnoticed nor unheralded by the members of the Inter-Lakes Christmas Fund Committee. When we met recently to evaluate our project, we heard heartfelt stories about newcomers and other community members who had joined our ranks this year. We surely acknowledge their interest, their diligence and their enthusiasm, and we treasure the growth of our organization.

As committee members we encourage your comments and your suggestions at anytime… for your ease in sharing your input, simply call the Meredith Public Health Nursing Association office at 279-6611.

With great humility we committee members realize our rather simple role, compared to all the beautiful kindnesses and generous deeds done by you thoughtful, selfless, and dedicated friends. Because of your BIG HEARTS and your WILLING HANDS, another miracle had happened. Christmas Season 2010 had been truly blessed.

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“I really believe in your city,” Guinta remarked, calling Laconia “a reflection of America.” He said that the freshman class, among the largest ever to be seated in the House, prizes transparency in government and accessibility for constituents and underlined his point by passing his electronic voting card around the room. “This is your vote,” he said, “but I also want you to give it back to me.”

Recalling his first weeks in Congress, Guinta noted that with the shooting in Tuscon the session did not open as expected. He said when House members read the Constitution aloud, Gabrielle Giffords, the Arizona congresswoman wounded by the gunfire, read the first amendment and he followed with the second, which was the extent of their relationship. Despite what he called “this horrific crime,” he intended to make himself available to his constituents as often as possible.

To signal the austerity to come, Guinta said that in one of its first actions Congress trimmed its own operating budget five-percent. He from preceding page

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whatever it takes to throw the bull, pull the lid over the eyes, plug the ears, or whatever it takes to get out of whatever they got into in court. It’s a joke.

JUST-US is for the rest of them, who have different standards. OJ & Blizzard, no difference. They both killed a human being without spending a single day in prison. This is not justice! Did you know that New Hampshire RSA: 265 for negligent death results, the judge may revoke the license or driving privileges for up to seven years, and in the case of drugs and intoxication of liquor, the court shall revoke the license or privileges indefinitely! Did the judge give the right sentence for the right case?

If you go back and read Mrs. Kara Stanley’s letter, (The Citizen, July 15th) she knew both victims. She also thinks that justice was not served.

Laughing as she walked into court on negligent driving charges, laughing coming out of court when convicted, her actions show the court how remorseful Ms. Blizzard was. NOT! She was the one who drank and chose to drive the boat that killed her friend.

JUST-US. I was outraged just like Carrie Lennon, who knows of people who were convicted of lesser crimes; some not violent at all, who were sent to prison, not the county jail. Like the

added that he was pleased to find that concerns about “spending, jobs and the economy” are widely shared on both sides of the aisle.

Guinta will serve on the House Committee on the Budget, which prepares the annual budget resolution setting aggregate levels of expenditures and revenues, along with the Oversight and Government Reform Committee and Transportation and Infrastructure Committee.

For more than an hour Guinta fielded questions, most of them about fiscal issues and health care, though he politely dodged a question about President Obama’s citizenship, which he said was not “talked about,” and dismissed another about this personal finances, calling it “a campaign strategy and tactic.”

Responding to a question about raising the national debt limit.

Guinta said he was studying the issue in anticipation of a vote in the spring. Not to raise the debt limit, he said, could jeopardize the nation’s credit with adverse effects on capital markets. But, he continued, increasing the debt limit should be coupled with “massive spending cuts and a series of economic initiatives.” He also expected that Congress to consider a constitutional amendment requiring the federal government, like state and municipal governments, to maintain a balanced budget.

When a gentleman read from a widely distributed e-mail about the health care reform legislation, which has since been shown to be riddled with half-truths and outright falsehoods, Guinta replied “that’s why I voted for repeal.” He said that the Republican bid for repeal fell short in the Senate, but the president in his see next page latest boating crash in recent years, Mr. Lttlefield was sent to prison on negligent charges. There are all kids of cases where the defendant went to prison for bad checks, drug possession, theft, probation, all of which were bad, but they did not kill anyone. Ms. Blizzard killed someone, got hurt herself along with another passenger, got convicted of negligent homicide and the very next day, has the privilege to drive again and almost hit a state trooper on duty. She got convicted again on negligent driving charges and still has the privilege to drive?

She is definitely in the JUST-US club!

We the people in New Hampshire need a law in place where we don’t have such negligent drivers who endanger good people who don’t need to die at the hand of people who don’t care at all! A New Hampshire law so that it is not left up to the desecration of the judge. We see where that gets us. We need a law in New Hampshire that says if you kill someone due to negligence, where the boat, truck, tractor, snowmobile, moped, or anything that is propelled by you, you automatically lose your license or privileges for 3-5 years. That way, the state will be safer. Let’s not leave it up to the judges discretion.

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from preceding page state of the union speech indicated that he was open to reconsidering parts of the law. House Republicans, Guinta said, have already begun seeking to jettison or change a number of controversial provisions in committee.

At the same time, Guinta said that Republican lawmakers would press for tort reform to reduce the cost of defensive medicine and malpractice insurance as well as for legislation permitting the purchase of health insurance across state lines. He said that earlier in the day he toured Lakes Region General Hospital,

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The Northway Director of Consumer and Small Business Banking Richard Olson said nothing was taken during the burglary.

In a separate incident, Olson said the Berlin Branch of Northway Bank also received a “vague and unspecified” bomb threat at its main switch board around 10 a.m.

He said the switchboard notified the Emergency 9-1-1 number in Concord that in turn notified all the police departments in communities that have Northway Bank branches.

Olson also said the Bomb Squad of the N.H. State Police was notified and is assisting in the bomb threat investigation.

In the Lakes Region, Northway has branches in Belmont, near Exit 20 in Tilton, in Franklin and on South Main Street in Laconia.

Olson said the Belmont branch was evacuated for about an hour while police made a thorough search of the building. Nothing was found and employees were allowed back in just before noon.

One Belmont fire engine came to the scene for

safety’s sake.

In Tilton, Police chief Robert Cormier said his communities branch was also evacuated while police made a search of the building. He estimated the employees were outside for about 15 t0 20 minutes.

Laconia Police Captain Steven Clarke said his department searched the South Main Street branch and notified the Fire Department to be on standby in the event they were needed.

At press time, officials are not commenting as to whether the two incidents are related.

Olsen said 225 people are employed at 20 branches throughout New Hampshire and said the employees are to be credited for their professional and quick response to the bomb threat.

He said this is the first time something like this has happened at Northway but noted that bank security and individual branch manages have protocols for all types of emergencies.

He said while many of the employees were “edgy” everyone involved responded exactly the way they were trained to respond.

Olson said the main branch in Berlin was closed for about four hours but reopened at about 2:30 p.m.

He said none of the employees or customers were injured.

THE LODGE from page one Records at the Belknap County Registry of Deeds indicate that Keystone Management Company, holds one of three mortgages on The Lodge that have an aggregate value of $9,650,000. The largest interest is held by Craig K. Potts of Minneapolis, the founder and former chief executive officer of Cash Systems, Inc., who took an $8,150,000 mortgage also in November, 2006. The Torguson Gaming Group, based in Biloxi, Mississippi which owns The Lodge, has held an $800,000 mortgage on the property since December, 2007.

The facility on Rte. 106 was formally known as Lakes Region Greyhound Park. Dogs no longer run there and in recent years The

Lodge had functioned primarily as an off-track betting parlor.

Newman said that action at The Lodge slowed with the sour economy then stalled with the advent of the 10-percent state gambling tax in 2009. From 2009 to 2010, the Lodge’s handle, or value of total wagers placed, has shrunk by half, from $30.4-million to $14.8-million as betting on simulcast thoroughbred racing plummeted from $17-million to $4.4-million.

At the same time, the Lodge’s revenues were halved, dropping from $6.4-million to $3.1-million.

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His truck is also outfitted with flashing amber lights, which, according to a new state law, should compel other motorists to give him a wide berth. It doesn’t work.

“Those yellow lights don’t mean nothing to nobody,” he said, on Wednesday waiting for a gap in the traffic on Union Ave so that he can back out after pushing back a snowbank and head up one of the many steep, narrow streets in the neighborhood. “To the majority of people, we’re just a nuisance. We’re in the way.” Finally, a north-bound driver yields and Sorell is able to resume his route.

Like many of his co-workers, Sorell’s work day on Wednesday began at 5 a.m. He spent a couple hours salting the roads in advance of the day’s snowstorm, then switched to plowing once the flakes started piling up. He plowed until about 5 p.m., when the storm had stopped and his plow route was cleaned of snow, then he got back into a sanding truck to prevent the roads from freezing over night.

It’s solitary work, especially for drivers like Sorell who drive solo in the smaller trucks. Larger trucks have a driver and a wing operator. He doesn’t mind working alone, though. He’s kept company by the local country music radio station and the task at hand.

Sometimes, though, performing that task can put him through some hairy moments. Twice, while plowing up the steep Stark Street, his plow has been hit by drivers careening down the hill. Once, Sorell was the one going for a ride and ended up with his truck on its side.

Despite those incidents, Sorell said he likes plowing.

He especially likes the over-night storms, when the city is blanketed in snow and there’s no one out except the plow trucks. Once the sun comes out, and the streets are filled with people driving or clearing their driveways, the job becomes a lot more complicated.

Sorell said his greatest complaint is with the drivers who don’t afford plow trucks the space they need — he urged drivers to stay off the roads until they’re cleared. Another concern is with residents who think it’s a good idea to deposit the snow from their driveway into either the road or the sidewalk.

Putting snow in either place, he said, is just going to

mean that he’ll have to make one more pass down the street and that snow is going right back into the driveway.

“I get the looks, the glares, like everyone else,” Sorell said. Despite how it may seem, he said plow drivers don’t intentionally fill driveways with snow, it’s simply an unavoidable result of plowing. “Other than me not doing my job, it’s going to happen,” he said.

Within a few minutes of plowing in Lakeport’s Mechanic Street area, Sorell experienced the range of citizen greetings. One resident came out to offer him a token gift in appreciation for his service. A few houses down the street, a young man scowled as he watched the wing plow fill in the driveway he was shoveling.

Around the corner, a woman who experienced the same tragedy smiled and yelled in jest, “You’re going to get it,” while shaking her fist and smiling. Sorell could only laugh and say, “Sorry” through his open window as his plow continued down the street.

“It’s fun. I get to play in the snow. I’m a kid at heart, I just get to play with bigger toys,” Sorell said.

“You’d be surprised at how many people don’t appreciate the work we do,” said Lee Thompson, the foreman for the Public Works Department. Thompson started working for the city 32 years ago as a laborer. He has enough years in to retire, but he said he has no interest in quitting. “I have no interest in Florda, Arizona or anything else,” he said.

For Thompson, one of the rewarding things about working with the Public Works Department is the esprit de corps, the cameraderie among the staff. They’re a versatile bunch whose job descriptions change with the seasons, and at no point is their resolve tested greater than during a winter weather event.

“We’re out there in the worst of conditions,” Thompson said. “I’ve been out there when it’s blowing so hard you couldn’t see the nose of the truck.”

“It’s nothing for guys to be here 30 hours straight,” said Thompson. He had a crew of 25 dispatched throughout the city on Wednesday. During storms like that, he said he can count on each member of his crew to jump into the fray.

“Sometimes they can be a pain in the neck. When I need them, I can’t say enough about them. They’re the best team in the state, possible the number one team in New England.” When he puts out the call, Thompson said, “Everybody jumps in, we’re going to get the job done no matter what.”

from preceding page Newman called the tax on gambling winnings, which has been levied since July 1, 2009, “the last straw.” Although the tax has taken a toll on the other gambling venues — Rockingham Park in Salem and Seabrook Greyhound Park — it has weighed most heavily on The Lodge, which has traditionally courted heavy bettors — “whales” — with rebating and account wagering by telephone. He estimated that two-thirds or more of the wagers on simulcast thoroughbred, harness and greyhound racing taken

at The Lodge were placed by telephone by players from out of state, who vanished the day the Legislature enacted the tax.

Newman said that he expects the Legislature to repeal the gambling tax this year. Senate Bill 130, sponsored by Senator Lou D’Allesandro (D-Manchester) was heard by the Senate Ways and Means Committee this week. Newman said the committee accepted his suggestion to make the bill effective upon passage. “If the tax is repealed, we are ready to restore simulcast wagering at The Lodge,” he said.

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EGYPT from page 2 It would take a full year under a transitional government to sufficiently loosen the ruling party’s entrenched monopoly on politics before a truly democratic election can be held, ElBaradei said.

The ruling party has squeezed out almost all rivals with a grip solidified in vote fraud, election rules tilted in its favor, widespread patronage, emergency

laws and domination of the media.“People are not stupid ... This is not really a genuine desire to go for reform,” ElBaradei said of the government’s timeframe. He said Mubarak must “hear the clear voice coming from the people and leave in dignity.”

Mubarak has staunchly refused to step down until elections in September, and his prime minister said Friday that stance is “unlikely” to change.

A ‘Renaissance Masquerade’ in red With a theme of “Rennaisance Masquerade,” the 7th Annual LRGHealthcare Red Dress Gala was held on Friday evening at the Conference Center at the Lake Opechee Inn and Spa Lakeport. Shown here, left to right, are attendees Stephen Kieth, Nicole Malloy, Diane Holbert and Cindy Cooke. The event raises awareness of heart disease and funds for cardiac services and technology for LRGHealthcare’s facilities.

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The protesters have vowed to continue their rallies until Mubarak goes, and they seemed flush with a sense of victory and recharged determination after repelling pro-regime rioters who attacked Tahrir Square on Wednesday, sparking 48 hours of mayhem and pitched battles.

Nearly 100,000 people packed the downtown plaza, whose name means “Liberation,” in a protest dubbed the “Friday of departure” in hopes it would be the day Mubarak goes. It was the biggest showing since a quarter-million people rallied Tuesday.

Crowds that included families with children flowed over bridges across the Nile into Tahrir, a sign the movement was not intimidated by the violence of the previous two days. In that fighting, proMubarak combatants, some on horses and camels, hurled concrete, metal bars and firebombs, and unleashed barrages of automatic gunfire, but were eventually driven away.

The ruling National Democratic Party, accused by protesters of organizing the attack, denied any role, but called on its supporters to “adhere to a truce and not enter confrontations with others.” Protesters say the regime organized the assault by police in civilian clothes and paid thugs.

Suleiman and Prime Minister Ahmed Shafiq promised no action would be taken against the protest camp. A curfew in place for a week but widely ignored was eased Friday, to run from 7 p.m. to 6 a.m.

The Tahrir clashes brought the death toll since Jan. 25 to 109 people. Among them was a reporter from a state-run newspaper who was shot by a sniper last week while photographing clashes from his balcony and died Friday — the first journalist death in the crisis.

Unlike those earlier protests, the atmosphere Friday in Tahrir Square was relaxed. Many brought fresh bread, water and fruit, and long lines formed at tables where tea was handed out. Celebrities of Egyptian cinema and TV joined the march, including Sherihan, a screen beauty from the 1980s and early 1990s.

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GILMANTON — Voters will have no choices when it comes to electing town officials this year since all the candidates on the ballot are unopposed, but they will have plenty of decisions to make with eleven amendments to the zoning ordinance on the town ballot and a petitioned article to adopt the official ballot (SB-2) voting system on the school district ballot.

Betty Ann Abbott is retiring from the Board of Selectmen and Ralph Lavin is the lone candidate bidding to take her place. Although there are two open seats on the Budget Committee, only Brian Forst appears on the ballot. Town Clerk Debra Cornett, who is also running for re-election without an opponent, said that the second seat would be offered to the write-in candidate polling the highest total of more than ten votes and failing that the selectmen would appoint someone to fill the vacancy.

The amendments to the zoning ordinance include proposals to establish an aquifer protection overlay zone, extend the life of a variance from one year to four years and expand the definition of a multifamily dwelling to permit a maximum of five families, all of which are recommended by the Planning Board. A petitioned article would prohibit the storing or spreading of municipal sewage sludge, except for sludge either generated within the town or sold for gardening use, which the Planning Board does not support.

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UNEMPLOYMENT from page 2 Still, economists think the unemployment rate will fall below 9 percent by year’s end — a far brighter outlook than they had a few months ago.

Those with jobs are making a little more, too. Average hourly earnings rose 8 cents to $22.86 in January. Over a 40-hour workweek, the increase works out to $3.20, a couple of cups of coffee.

Wages have risen nearly 2 percent over the past year, faster than the rate of inflation, which means people have more spending power.

The Labor Department survey of company payrolls showed a net gain of 36,000 jobs in January.

That’s scarcely one-fourth the number needed to keep pace with population growth.

The government uses a separate survey of households to calculate the unemployment rate. It calls 60,000 households and asks people if they’re working or looking for a job.

This survey includes some people not counted in the payroll survey: the self-employed, farm workers and domestic help. It also includes those who work at small companies.

By contrast, in the payroll survey, about 140,000

businesses and government agencies send forms to the Labor Department showing how many people are on the payroll and how many hours they worked.

The payroll survey can be slower than the household survey to recognize startup companies.

The number of people who described themselves as self-employed rose by 165,000 to 9.7 million in January, the report said. That was the most since May. In addition, some economists said, the unusually snowy winter might have suppressed hiring at businesses in January. Some construction companies shut down, for instance, and transportation companies cut jobs for couriers and messengers. Neil Dutta, an economist at Bank of America Merrill Lynch, said the figure would probably rebound in February.

“The thumbprints of the weather were all over this report,” he said. “We know the job market is recovering.”

In another bright spot, the manufacturing sector added 49,000 jobs, the most since August 1998.

Retailers added 28,000, the most in a year. Manufacturing output has grown for more than a year, and retail sales for January posted their biggest gain since 2005.

METS from page 2 dependency on Madoff, it comes as no surprise that the partners willfully turned a blind eye to every red flag of fraud before them,” Fernando A. Bohorquez, Jr., a lawyer representing Picard, said Friday.

The suit had been filed under seal in December while the parties tried to work out a settlement. But lawyers told a judge this week that talks had collapsed and consented to having the complaint made public.

Its opening salvo: “There are thousands of victims of Madoff’s massive Ponzi scheme. But Saul Katz is not one of them. Neither is Fred Wilpon.”

The complaint alleges the partnership “received approximately $300 million in fictitious profits” from hundreds of accounts opened with Madoff’s firm. Of that, it says, $90 million of “other people’s money” were withdrawn to cover day-to-day operations of the team, nicknamed The Amazin’ Mets.

Wilpon and Katz fired back Friday with a statement calling the suit “an outrageous strong-arm effort to force a settlement by threatening to ruin our reputations and businesses we built for over 50 years.”

The pair called the accusations “abusive, unfair and untrue,” insisting they were victims of the fraud.

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(Traditional Catholic Latin Rite) The Traditional Latin Rite Mass has been celebrated and revered by the Popes of the Church from time immemorial to POPE JOHN PAUL II who requested that it have “a wide and generous application.”

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Daily Mass: 8:00 a.m.

Mass on Holy Days of Obligation: 7:00 a.m. & 7:00 p.m.

Confessions: One Hour Before Each Mass Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament and Rosary each Wednesday: 7:00 p.m.

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Sunday morning celebration ~ 8:30am & 10:30am Contemporary Worship Sunday School & Nursery • Tuesday night Youth Mid-week Bible studies.

Christ Life Center Food Pantry Thurs. 9 am– 12 noon • 524-5895

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How much snow is too much?

This was a really great week, if you like snow.

Driving into Laconia on the day of the most recent of one too many snowstorms was like sledding into an Eskimo Village above the arctic circle. The main differences were that I didn’t see any polar bears lurking nearby, our igloos have flat or peaked roofs rather than round, and plow trucks were the only thing moving instead of sled dog teams. Did you know that Eskimos can heat their igloos with a whale oil lamp and their own body heat and be quite comfortable? Keep that thought for future reference (things aren’t so good in the Middle East you know). Do you know where you can buy whale oil around here?

With all the snow we have been getting, everyone is getting worried about shoveling off their roofs. How much snow can your roof hold? Well, snow is really water in the white, fluffy, frozen form. Water has a density of 62.4 pounds per cubic foot. One inch of water creates a downward pressure of 5.2 lbs/ft² which is equivalent to 10 inches of dry, cold snow. The weight of snow can increase tremendously if the snow is wet when it falls or

if it rains on top of it as it acts like a sponge. I looked on line to see what kind of snow load a roof can hold and discovered that the Army Corps of Engineers had done an extensive study of snow loads throughout NH in 2002 and had established snow loads for each town in NH. I tried to read and understand the report so I would know just how much snow was too much. It was really pretty heavy reading with lots of technical terms, calculation, charts, maps, and diagrams. I decided to take the easy way out and call Dave Andrade who is the building code enforcement officer for the Town of Gilford.

Dave, who is always extremely helpful, explained that prior to the Army Corps study the recommended snow load for buildings was 60 lbs/ft² statewide. The Town of Gilford has since adopted an 80 lbs/ft² snow load in their building code. He started to explain things like live loads (versus dead ones, I think), the fact that you can also have three feet of snow on the ground and very little on your roof because it gets blown off, or that you see next page

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Public invited to Esther Peters 95th Birthday Party LACONIA — Esther Peters is recognized by many as the “Grand Dame of the Media” with years of interviewing presidents and local people on radio and television. Peters is well-known by others for helping to save the Belknap Mill and for her decades of social, civic, club and charitable work that she has been involved in. It would appear that in her lifetime, she has been on more boards than there are in the Weirs boardwalk.

Gilford residents chose her to as Grand Marshal of their Old Home Day parade. And her lifetime hits the 95th year on Monday, February 7.

It’s not so unusual for many to reach that ripe age today, but it might be unusual for someone to have been so active and to be still broadcasting. And Peters is. She is still hosting her television show, Now & Then, on Lakes Region Public Access TV.

Fans might not be wrong to expect her to make the Guinness Book of World Records as the oldest active commentator.

Friends are sponsoring the Esther Peters’ 95th Birthday Party on Monday in the Atrium of the Taylor Home at 435 Union Avenue, Laconia from 2 - 3:30 p.m. and all are invited for tea and dessert, maybe share a tune, a tale or memory and parade in to wish Esther a Happy Birthday and many more.

And smile, because Esther’s party will be videotaped by LRPA-TV for her next show on Ch. 25.

No gifts are necessary but if some are of the mindset, they may donate to the Esther Peters Scholarship Fund at Lakes Region Scholarship Foundation, P. O. Box 7312, Gilford, NH 03247-7312. Call 5247683 for more information.

Committee on Aging program to discuss companions GILFORD — The Area Committee on Aging will present a program about the benefits of Senior Companions at Wesley Woods at 10 a.m. on Friday, February 11.

Renee Boles, program manager, Senior Companion Program of the Community Action Program BelknapMerrimack Counties, Inc., will give an overview of how Senior Companions enable older adults to live independently by helping with errands, providing transportation to medical appointments, encouraging exercise, assisting with simple tasks, and offering supportive friendship and respite for caregivers.

Lisa Hazeltine, director of Workforce Development and Senior Employment of the Community Action Program Belknap-Merrimack Counties, Inc., will share information about the Senior Community Service Employment Program (SCSEP), a community service and work-based training program, and how it helps older adults get back into or remain active in the labor workforce.

For more information, call chairpersons Carrie Chandler, administrator of Forestview Manor, at 279-2246 or Kris Bregler, assistant director of Elder Services, at 225-3295.

from preceding page can have more snow in places because it drifts into valleys of the roof creating eight times the weight in that space and none in another, and that the pitch of the roof has to be taken into consideration (we all know flat roofs are worse) and so on. I was still confused about how much snow is too much. I was looking for a clear definitive answer to this age old question, which I finally got when Dave informed me that he was taking Friday off to shovel his roof.

Enough said? Get someone to shovel your roof…

As of February 1, 2011 there were 940 homes on the market in the twelve towns in this Lakes Region real estate market report at an average asking price of $545,417. Those numbers are virtually unchanged from last month. The inventory is slightly higher than the 926 homes on the market last February and the average

price is down from $590,214. While the current inventory level is slightly higher than last February, it does represent only a 12 month supply of homes compared to the 15 month supply last February. That is due to the fact that more homes have been selling over the past year. The showing activity has been a little slow lately just because of the endless snow and cold. But we do need to shovel a few more homes off the market before spring. If we can find them that is! Oh yes, one more point for the Eskimos.

They don’t have to shovel their roofs.

Log on to my blog at www.lakesregionrealestatenews.com and leave me your thoughts on this report or the real estate market in general. Roy Sanborn is a REALTOR® for Roche Realty Group, at 97 Daniel Webster Highway in Meredith and can be reached at 677-8420. Data was compiled as of 2/1/11 using the Northern New England Real Estate MLS System.

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SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). Your eyes have a special power to draw people in. Knowing this, you can flutter those eyelashes and get into a sweet situation. Be judicious, though. Only go for what you really, really want.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21).

Something you keep saying is detrimental to your image. Maybe it’s an improper use of vocabulary or, more likely, a negative view of a certain aspect of your life. Drop the old script and write a new one.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19).

You’ll have some time off to decompress and get back to your usual relaxed self.

Remember who you are! You’re the fun one who makes other people smile!

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). Your excitement about a subject will get others interested in it -- and in you. You will share your knowledge and win a new friend or refresh an existing relationship.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). Stay in the present. You’ll find it most relaxing. And, if you can stop yourself from fretting about the future or lamenting over the past, you will be the No. 1 goto-for-fun person today.

TODAY’S BIRTHDAY (Feb. 5).

Your attitude is so attractive that you don’t have to worry about buying into fashion trends. You’re effortlessly gorgeous. Loved ones pay tribute to you this month. There will be travel and excellent deals between now and April.

Restructure your schedule in March, and there may be a move, as well. Leo and Sagittarius people find you irresistible. Your lucky numbers are: 6, 25, 49, 11 and 13.

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ARIES (March 21-April 19). You will be asked to weigh in on a matter of ethics. You are honest and trustworthy in your dealings; therefore, it is extremely difficult for you to understand anyone who isn’t.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20). There’s someone you know so well that you don’t even need to look in this person’s eyes when you are speaking with him or her. However, you should anyway.

It’s inauspicious to be too casual with close relationships.

GEMINI (May 21-June 21). You genuinely see what is wonderful about the people in your life, and you comment accordingly. You are not trying to give compliments, and yet you give many. Your charm is sincere, and that is why it is so effective.

CANCER (June 22-July 22). You’re in a fantastic mood today, and everyone around you can feel the vibrations you radiate. You are both pleasant and selfless, which makes you attractive to successful people.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). You still feel apprehensive about the future. Think exclusively about today, and make it the best day ever. No one wants to be around a worrywart -- mostly because, as everyone knows, the warts are contagious!

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). You have a high tolerance for discomfort, but that’s no reason to submit yourself to unnecessary emotional pain. If someone is hurting your feelings, tell them and make them stop.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). Your past misfortunes are so minor compared to the thousands of beautiful days, the millions of laughs and the untold number of positive, life-affirming events

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––––––– ALMANAC ––––––– Today is Saturday, Feb. 5, the 36th day of 2011. There are 329 days left in the year.

Today’s Highlight in History: On Feb. 5, 1811, George, the Prince of Wales, was named Prince Regent due to the mental illness of his father, Britain’s King George III. On this date: In 1631, the co-founder of Rhode Island, Roger Williams, and his wife, Mary, arrived in Boston from England.

In 1887, Verdi’s opera “Otello” premiered at La Scala.

In 1911, Missouri’s second Capitol building in Jefferson City burned down after being struck by lightning.

In 1917, Congress passed, over President Woodrow Wilson’s veto, an immigration act severely curtailing the influx of Asians. Mexico’s constitution was adopted.

In 1937, President Franklin D. Roosevelt proposed increasing the number of Supreme Court justices; critics accused Roosevelt of attempting to “pack” the court.(The proposal failed in Congress.)

In 1940, Glenn Miller and his orchestra recorded “Tuxedo Junction” for RCA Victor’s Bluebird label.

In 1958, Gamal Abdel Nasser was formally nominated to become the first president of the new United Arab Republic (a union of Syria and Egypt).

In 1971, Apollo 14 astronauts Alan Shepard and Edgar Mitchell stepped onto the surface of the moon in the first of two lunar excursions.

In 1989, the Soviet Union announced that all but a small rear-guard contingent of its troops had left Afghanistan.

One year ago: Toyota’s president, Akio Toyoda, emerged from seclusion to apologize and address criticism that the automaker had mishandled a crisis over sticking gas pedals.

Today’s Birthdays: Country singer Claude King is 88. The Rev. Andrew M. Greeley is 83. Baseball Hall-of-Famer Hank Aaron is 77. Actor Stuart Damon is 74. Tonywinning playwright John Guare is 73. Financial writer Jane Bryant Quinn is 72. Actor David Selby is 70. Singer-songwriter Barrett Strong is 70. Football Hall-of-Famer Roger Staubach is 69. Singer Cory Wells is 69.

Rock singer Al Kooper is 67. Actress Charlotte Rampling is 65. Racing Hall-of-Famer Darrell Waltrip is 64. Actress Barbara Hershey is 63. Actor Christopher Guest is 63.

Actor Tom Wilkinson is 63. Actor-comedian Tim Meadows is 50. Actress Jennifer Jason Leigh is 49. Actress Laura Linney is 47.

Rock musician Duff McKagan is 47. World Golf Hall-of-Famer Jose Maria Olazabal is 45. Actor-comedian Chris Parnell is 44.

Rock singer Chris Barron (Spin Doctors) is 43. Singer Bobby Brown is 42. Actor Michael Sheen is 42. Country singer Sara Evans is 40. Actor Jeremy Sumpter is 22.

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CALENDAR TODAY’S EVENTS Program on animal tracks and signs at the Squam Lakes Natural Science Center in Holderness. 10 a.m. to noon. Participants will begin indoors to review the basics of following a trail and then head outdoors to search for tracks and signs. Snowshoes will be made available at no extra cost if conditions merit. Appropriate for ages 8 and up. $7/members, $9/non-members. Call 968-7194 to register. www.nhnature.org.

Greater Meredith Program-hosted Chili Cook-Off to coincide with the 2nd Annual Pond Hockey Classic on Meredith Bay. Noon to 3 p.m. at Hesky Park. Ten restaurants will offer up samples of their best chili recipes. $5 per person.

Lakes Region Girls’ Softball registration. 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Belmont Elementary School. For girls 8-18 from Laconia, Belmont and Canterbury.

“The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged)” on stage at New Hampton School’s McEvoy Theater. 7:30 p.m. Donation of $10-15 is suggested.

2001 Plymouth State University Dance Premier featuring Boston’s Urbanity Dance. 8 p.m. at the Silver Center for the Arts. (Dessert reception at 7:30. $11 adults, $8 seniors and youth. Formal attire is invited but not required.

Call 535-2728 for tickets.

Open Door Dinners offer free weekly meal in Tilton.

4:30 to 6 p.m. An outreach housed at Trinity Episcopal Church on Main Street, downtown. provides a free hot meal open to all members of the community. All are welcome to eat and all are welcome to help out. For more information, especially about volunteering, please call Pastor Mark at 286-3120 or e-mail him at mark@trinitytilton.org.

Al-Anon Meeting at the Lakes Region General Hospital in Laconia. 8 to 9:15 p.m. each Saturday in the firstfloor conference room. Al-Anon offers hope and help to families of alcoholics. No dues or fees. All are welcome.

Call 645-9518.

Drop-In Craft Time at the Meredith Public Library.

9:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Open to all ages with no sign-up.

SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 6 Wild Winter Tour at the Squam Lake Natural Science Center in Holderness. 1 to 3 p.m. Guided tour of the exhibit trail. Snowshoes will be available at no extra cost if conditions warrant. $8/members, $10/non-members. Call 968-7194 to register. www.nhnature.org.

Flute and harp recital featuring Aubrie Dionne and Piper Runnion-Bareford. 1 p.m. in Smith Recital Hall at the Silver Center for the Arts on the Plymouth State University campus. Free tickets available by calling 535-2787.

Annual open house for Sanbornton residents at Steele Hill Resorts. Noon to 3 p.m. RSVP by calling 524-0500.

MONDAY, FEBRUARY 7 “Just Chillin” is a social gathering for women affected by breast cancer. 4:30 to 6 p.m. at the Women’s Imaging Center at Lakes Region General Hospital. Informal program will offer support and discussion in a casual atmosphere. All are welcome to connect and converse with other women, share stories and discuss experiences. RSVP to Ginny Witkin at 527-2940.

Support group meeting for those who are separated or divorced. 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. on the first and third Mondays of the month at St. Joseph Catholic Church in Belmont. Experience compassion, sharing and affirmation in a confidential atmosphere. You are welcome. Refreshments and free lending library available. For information call the rectory at 267-8174 or Ginny Timmons at 286-7066.

Affordable Health Care at Laconia Family Planning and Prenatal. 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at 121 Belmont Road (Rte. 106 South). 524-5453. GYN and reproductive services.

STD/HIV testing. Sliding fee scale.

Laconia Chapter of Barbershop Harmony Society meeting. 7:15 to 9:30 p.m. at the Gilford Community Church. Guests and singers of all ages and skills are invited to attend these Monday night rehearsals. For more information call Guy Haas at 279-2230.

Overeater’s Anonymous meeting. 7 p.m. each Monday night at the Congregational Church of Laconia Parish Hall (Veterans Square).

Weight Watchers meetings. Noon and 5:15 p.m. at the Opechee Park Clubhouse in Laconia.

Mahjong game time at the Gilford Public Library.

12:30 to 3 p.m. New players welcome.

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‘New Frontiers in Marketing’ topic of Plymouth Scholarship applications Regional Chamber of Commerce Brown Bag now available from Luncheon Seminar on Wednesday, February 9 Lakes Region General Hospital Auxiliary

PLYMOUTH — “New Frontiers in Marketing,” a Brown Bag Luncheon Seminar presented by the Plymouth Regional Chamber of Commerce (PRCC), will be held at PSU’s Welcome Center and Ice Arena from noon — 1 p.m. on Wednesday, February 9.

Terri Dautcher, a member of the PSU faculty, will present this first in a series of “New Frontiers in Marketing” workshops. Business owners, marketing managers and anyone interested in the fundamentals of marketing will benefit from her 20 plus years in the industry. From the trenches to teaching, she is an expert at helping businesses develop and implement effective results-oriented marketing campaigns.

Throughout the multi-event series, Dautcher will share insights from the basics to the cutting edge of highly targeted marketing resources currently available to businesses. Also covered will be initiatives that are low to no-cost for today’s sensitive economic environment.

This monthly schedule of educational seminars and professional skills training conducted by the PRCC is part of their active support of regional businesses and is possible through their support.

For more information about the Brown Bag Seminars, or the Plymouth Regional Chamber of Commerce, call 536-1001 or e-mail info@plymouthnh. org.

LACONIA — The Lakes Region General Hospital Auxiliary has announced that 2011 scholarship applications are now available.

This scholarship is restricted to those entering a medical/health-related field who are residents of Belknap County or reside within the Lakes Region General Hospital/LRGHealthcare service area. The applicant must be earning a degree or certification in an accredited/licensed program in order to be awarded a scholarship. Applicants are awarded scholarships based on need, merit, citizenship, and future goals.

Applications may be obtained at the front desk in the Lakes Region General Hospital lobby, the Franklin Regional Hospital lobby, or in the guidance offices of the following high schools: Belmont, Franklin, Gilford, InterLakes, Laconia Christian School, Laconia High School, Moultonborough Academy, Newfound Regional, Prospect Mountain, Sant Bani, and Winnisquam Regional. Applications are also available at financial aid office at Lakes Region Community College.

Since 2000, the LRGH Auxiliary has been awarded more than $167,000 in scholarship aid to students in the LRGHealthcare community. All of the scholarship funding is the direct result of the proceeds earned in the LRGH Auxiliary Gift Shop. Hundreds of volunteer hours annually are needed to raise the funding.

Applications must be returned postmarked on or before May 1, 2011 to be eligible for consideration.

For more information, call the LRGH Auxiliary at 524-3211.

2011 Officers and Board of Directors announced

by Lakes Region Chamber of Commerce

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LACONIA — The Lakes Region Chamber of Commerce (LRCC) has announced a new slate of Officers and Board of Directors for 2011.

Joining Board of Directors are Joel Arsenault, Edward Jones Investments; Gary Adams, Central NH Employment Services; Warren Bailey, Comcast Spotlight; Denise Sharlow, Franklin Savings Bank; and Lindsay Cota-Robles, Laconia Savings Bank.

Returning Board of Directors are Prescott Towle, A.W. Frost Agency; Eric Proulx, Tanger Outlet Center - Tilton; Allan Beetle, Patrick’s Pub & Eatery; Steve Weeks, Coldwell Banker/Commercial Weeks Assoc.; Dan Dineen, Lakes Region Coca-Cola; Craig Shufelt, Proforma Piper Printing; Bill Quigley, Gunstock Mountain Resort; Jim Lowell, Naswa Resort; Christine Harris, Meredith Village Savings Bank; Barry Leonard, Laconia Savings Bank; David McGreevy, Sound & Vision Communication; and Deb Irwin, Manor on Golden Pond.

The Chamber’s Executive Board includes newly elected Chairman/President Mark Edelstein, Lakes Region Community College; First Vice Chairman Travis Cole, ReMax Bayside; Second Vice Chairman Christine Harris, Meredith Village Savings Bank; Treasurer Penny Raby, Malone, Dirubbo & Company; and Secretary Lindsay Cota-Robles, Laconia Savings Bank.

The Officers and Board of Directors serve 3 year terms.

THE LACONIA DAILY SUN, Saturday, February 5, 2011— Page 17

ANNIE’S MAILBOX

Dear Annie: We live in a community made up mostly of retired couples who rotate having dinner get-togethers. One of the men in our group seems unable to keep his hands out of the ice bucket. His usual routine is to remove the ice tongs, stir the ice around with his hand and then lift some into his wife’s glass and his own.

We’ve told him that this is unsanitary, but it seems to go over his head. When filling my glass after him, I will often go to the refrigerator to get ice, and he always says, “There’s still ice in the bucket.”

His latest procedure is to announce to the whole room that he washed his hands before coming over. Then he dives into the ice bucket. Are we expecting too much? Two ice buckets, one for him and one for everyone else? -- Phil from Philly Dear Phil: That is one solution. The other is to ask him why he doesn’t use the tongs. Some people find them difficult to grasp. Your friend may have some arthritis and not want you to know. Try putting a serving spoon in the bucket and see if it makes a difference. The hosts could also bring out the ice bucket and fill everyone’s glass at the beginning of the dinner, precluding the need for your friend to stick his hands in it.

Dear Annie: Two months ago, a dear friend died. He had named me as his emergency contact and had given me a copy of his living will. I knew he had two children, but they did not have a close relationship, and I had only a vague idea of their first names and where I thought they resided.

After his death, I did everything I could think of to find them. So did the hospital and funeral home. A search of my friend’s possessions turned up no information. The funeral director tried the sheriff’s office and the State Patrol. We all searched the Internet and came up with nothing.

Two days ago, I received an irate phone call from his daugh-

ter, who claimed she recently found out about her father’s death via the Internet. She told me it was my responsibility to try to get in touch with her and accused me of having no morals.

I was absolutely stunned and hurt by her accusations. I explained that everything possible had been done to locate her, and that I did the best I could with the information I had at the time. I later learned that she called the funeral home and my friend’s apartment manager, blaming them, as well.

My friends tell me she probably feels guilty for not keeping in contact with her father and this is why she is lashing out.

They say I shouldn’t blame myself, but I am heartsick at the thought that perhaps I could have done more in this situation.

What do you think? -- Sad Friend Dear Sad: We think your friends are right. You did nothing wrong, and the girl undoubtedly feels guilty. It’s easier for her to blame others than recognize that her father didn’t care if she knew about his death. Your job was to attempt to find the children, and you fulfilled your duty honorably. Our condolences on your loss.

Dear Annie: This is in response to “Disappointed Church Member,” whose pastor wouldn’t pray for her husband because he attends a different church.

I am Jewish, and at my synagogue, we say a Hebrew prayer for healing at each service. Before the prayer, a list of those who are ill is read aloud, followed by the question, “Does anyone have any other names?” It makes me proud of my faith to hear the names of both Jews and Christians. “Disappointed” should tell her pastor that this is a common practice, not only among different churches but also across different faiths. -- Southern Jew

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

For Rent

For Rent

Laconia- 3-Bedroom, 2nd Floor, Washer/Dryer, Attic Storage, Sunroom, $950/month + Utilities & Security Deposit. No Pets/No Smoking. 387-4471

LACONIA: Small 2-Bedroom, $170/week, includes heat and hot water. References & deposit.

524-9665.

LACONIA- Bright and sunny sec ond floor apartment in quiet two family home. 5 rooms, 2-Bedrooms, 1 bath, storage, parking, deck, washer/dryer hookups. No Pets/No Smoking. Lease, deposit & references required. $650/Month + utilities. 875-2292 LACONIA- Large Rooms for rent.

Private bath, heat/hot water, electric, cable, parking included. $145/week 603-781-6294 LACONIA-DUPLEX 3 bedroom 1/1/2 bath, washer/dryer hookups, garage. $950/month, heat included. References & security deposit. No pets or smokers.

524-7419 LACONIA: 3 bedroom, 2 bathroom in duplex building, 1st & 2nd floors plus access to attic and basement with laundry hook-ups, $950/month plus utilities, 524-1234.

LACONIA: Near downtown, 1-Bedroom, $600 +utilities and 2-Bedroom, $750 +utilities.

References & deposit required.

387-3864.

LACONIA: Nice & quiet one bedroom, 2nd floor, good neighborhood, lots of attic storage, laundry hookups, parking, $700/month includes heat. 455-8789.

Animals

Autos

BOATS

For Rent

AKC Labrador retriever puppies black, yellow, M/F, $700 www.stargazerlabradors.com.

Great family or therapy dogs (603)986-4184.

2000 Ford E-350 Box Truck with 7.3 Diesel engine. 126K miles, 3-speed auto transmission with overdrive. 15 ft. box with pass through, a/c, complete new front end, new rotars, calipers, pads, leaf springs, coil springs & shocks. $5,350. 455-9269

DOCKS for Rent: 2011 season, Lake Winnisquam point. Parking, bathrooms, showers, launch on site. 603-524-2222.

FRANKLIN 1 bedroom heat & hot water included, $550/ mo. First month rent and security deposit, 630-2614

Business Opportunities

GILFORD- 3-Bedroom 1 3/4 bath single family. Large lot, convenient location, no smoking. $1,500/Mo. 724-7515

DACHSHUNDS puppies health and temperament guaranteed. $400. (603)539-1603.

LABRADOR pups AKC. Extraordinary litter with outstanding pedigrees. All you want in a Lab! Great temperaments.

(603)664-2828.

2007 Toyota Tundra, dbl. cab, SR5, 65K miles, maroon with black interior $17,500/ bro.

455-8987.

ROTTWEILER Pups, AKC, tails, shots done, parents on premises, $600. 267-7186.

2008 Jeep Grand Cherokee Laredo 4X4. 3.7 Liter-V6. Metallic Grey, Leather interior, remote start, sunroof, 23,750 miles. Asking $19,500. 603-267-6605

Announcement THE THRIFTY YANKEE-New Thrift Shop in Meredith, Opening February 5th. Consignments and more! Across from Interlakes High School. 279-0607

Autos 1996 Ford F-350 4-Wheel Drive Dump Truck. 4-speed manual, 27,000 original miles, 9 ft. Fisher plow. $5,250. 455-9269 1997 Ford Ranger 4x4 v6 5speed, 65K miles, new tires and brakes cap, KBB says $4350, first $3250. Meredith 455-4381.

CASH FOR junk cars & trucks.

Top Dollar Paid. Available 7 days a week. 630-3606

ABLE to pay cash, cars average $300, trucks full-size 4x4, $350, truck batteries $8 each, alloy $9 each, in Epping we have scale, $1/ lb. for coded Copper wire, $3.00/ lb. for copper pipe.

(603)502-6438 BUYING junk cars and trucks ME & NH. Call for price. Martin Towing. (603)305-4504.

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

01 Subaru Limited Outback Wagon. Automatic, loaded, heated seats, winter package, dual sun roof. Great condition, 127K, $5,500/obo. 630-1950

KEN BARRETT AUCTIONS Monday, February 7, 2011 @ 6pm • Preview at 4pm www.auctionzip.com ID#5134, for 200 photos We offer you some great vintage toys,trains,game boards, nice collection [couple hundred] old matchbox toys, also 55 NIB matchbox, pedal cars, 50 American muscle cars NIB, also Buddy- L, Structo, Wyandotte,Tonka, J.Chein, [20 steel & tin litho] Very special wooden Buddy- L timber truck, circus cage car, boxes of trains, many HO, Lionel rolling stock, books & accessories, much more!!!

Auction Held at 274 Main St. Tilton, N.H. • 603-286-2028 kenbarrettauctions@netzero.net Lic # 2975, buyers premium, subject to reserves, errors, omissions & Auctioneer’s terms. Catered by Bev.

LACONIA- Unique opportunity.

Laundromat in well established location; Dryers, some equipment needs repairing or replacing. Free rent to get started. $3,000.

603-455-6662

For Rent $500 OFF FIRST MONTH!S RENT at Mountain View apartments. 2-bedroom apartment, $700 + utilities; 2-bedroom townhouse, 1.5 bath, large deck, $775 + utilities; Quiet location with laundry and playgrounds. Integrity Realty, Inc. 524-7185.

ALTON/GILFORD Town Line: Studio, $200 per week, includes utilities, cable and internet.

Lake/Beach access. 365-0799.

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

BELMONT at the By-Pass: 1BR, all utilities included, basement storage, deposit, references, $595. (603)630-1296.

BELMONT: 2-BR, quiet area, big yard. Heat included, $225/week.

All housing certificates accepted.

520-1431, 267-0545.

BELMONT: 2 Bedrm duplex, w/d hookups. $200 per week + utiliites. Sec/ Refs required. 524-3790 BRISTOL 1BR apt, heat and hot water included. $600 a month.

217-4141 CUTE 1-bedroom remodeled apartment in Tilton. 1/2 month rent free! Heat/Hot Water included. $660/Month. 603-393-9693 or

GILFORD: Owner!s furnished home, ideal for short-term needs, beautiful lakefront views, $800/month. 603-393-7077.

LACONIA 1 BDRM Sunny 2nd floor, quiet, handy area. $500/mo.+ References, pet maybe. 528-3649.

Laconia 1 Bedroom- Washer/dryer hookup, storage, no pets. Security Deposit & references. $600/mo. + utilities. 520-4353 LACONIA 2-bedroom 2nd floor apartment. Near hospital, clean, washer/dryer hook-up, heat/hot water included. $850/Month.

524-0703 LACONIA Pleasant St. 1-Bedroom, $750. Studio apartment $650. Heat/hot water included, no pets/smoking. 524-5837 LACONIA Prime 2 bedroom apartment on Gale Ave. Walk to town and beaches. Carpeting, just repainted, private entrance, Garage. $900/month includes heat and hot water. 524-3892.

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

Owner/broker 396-4163 LACONIA: Close to downtown, 5 room 2-Bedroom, 1.5 baths, first floor, includes 2-car parking, snow removal, landscaping, deck, washer/dryer. $180/week. 4-week security deposit, four weeks in advance, references and credit check a must. No pets. Leave message for Bob, 781-283-0783 LACONIA: Gilbert Apartments. Efficiency, 1, 2 and 3 bedroom apartments available. 524-4428.

LACONIA: Two 1 bedroom apartments available, both on 2nd floor. $180 & $190/week including heat, electric & hot water, 524-1234.

Rental Assistance Available

$1-A-DAY CLASSIFIEDS • CALL 527-9299 DOLLAR-A-DAY: PRIVATE PARTY ADS ONLY (FOR SALE, LOST, AUTOS, ETC.), MUST RUN TEN CONSECUTIVE DAYS, 15 WORDS MAX. ADDITIONAL WORDS 10¢ EACH PER DAY. REGULAR RATE: $2 A DAY; 10¢ PER WORD PER DAY OVER 15 WORDS. PREMIUMS: FIRST WORD CAPS NO CHARGE. ADDITIONAL BOLD, CAPS AND 9PT TYPE 10¢ PER WORD PER DAY. CENTERED WORDS 10¢ (2 WORD MINIMUM) TYPOS: CHECK YOUR AD THE FIRST DAY OF PUBLICATION. SORRY, WE WILL NOT ISSUE CREDIT AFTER AN AD HAS RUN ONCE. DEADLINES: NOON TWO BUSINESS DAYS PRIOR THE DAY OF PUBLICATION. PAYMENT: ALL PRIVATE PARTY ADS MUST BE PRE-PAID. WE ACCEPT CHECKS, VISA AND MASTERCARD CREDIT CARDS AND OF COURSE CASH. THERE IS A $10 MINIMUM ORDER FOR CREDIT CARDS. CORRESPONDENCE: TO PLACE YOUR AD CALL OUR OFFICES 9 A.M. TO 5 P.M., MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY, 527-9299; SEND A CHECK OR MONEY ORDER WITH AD COPY TO THE LACONIA DAILY SUN,65 WATER STREET, LACONIA, NH 03246 OR STOP IN AT OUR OFFICES ON 65 WATER STREET IN LACONIA. OTHER RATES: FOR INFORMATION ABOUT CLASSIFIED DISPLAY ADS CALL 527-9299.

LACONIA: 1-bedroom apartments in clean, quiet, secure downtown building. Very nice and completely renovated. $175/week, includes heat, hot water and electricity.

524-3892.

LEDGEWOOD ESTATES • 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.

Ask about our Referral Bonus Rent is based upon 30% of your adjusted income Hurry and call today to see if you qualify, or download an application at:

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LACONIA Waterfront- 2-Bedroom condo, quiet location, ample parking, Clean/renovated, furnished optional. No smoking/pets. $895/month. 603-366-4655.

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

LACONIA WATERVIEW Effi ciency One Bedroom first floor, with private entrance, quiet area in good location, $650/month includes utilities. Security Deposit and References Required, 520-1586

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

LACONIA Weirs Blvd 2 BR, 2 bath, one level newly renovated condo year round, balcony with view of lake, pool, no pets, refs and dep req. $900 a month.

Call today to see if you qualify.

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

Rent is based on your household size and income.

An Equal Opportunity Housing Agent

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For Rent

For Rent

For Sale

Help Wanted

LACONIA: Year-round furnished rental. Two bedrm, two bath condo. $800/month No Pets 978-851-2816.

WINNISQUAM: Small efficiency apartment and a cottage including heat, hot water and lights. No pets. $150-$175/week. $400 deposit. 528-2757 or 387-3864.

Firewood: SuperBowl weekend, $25. Near Belknap Mall, 1-mile from Piches Sport Shop. Left on Arlene Dr. Super Easy self-serve.

Insurance Customer Service/Producer wanted. P&C License preferred. Candidate must have strong communication skills. Flexible hours, some nights & Saturdays required. Hourly earnings + commission. Highly motivated candidates may apply by calling Allstate Insurance Company in Gilford. 293-0155 or send resume to 348 Intervale Rd. Gilford, NH 03249 Attn: Thom

LAKEPORT 2 bedroom, all utilities included. No pets. $200 per week.

Security deposit. Call 524-5076

For Rent-Vacation

MEREDITH- ROOMY 2-bedroom near downtown. Heat/storage included. No pets, non-smoker, References, security & lease required. $750/Month. 455-4075

Marco Island Waterfront Condo: Florida!s southwest destination vacation, starting at $500/week, sleeps 4. 603-393-7077.

MEREDITH: 2-Bedroom House, 3/4 bath, washer/dryer hookup, oil FHW. $900/month. No pets.

279-8247, Jim.

MARCO ISLAND, FLORIDA: Eagles Nest Timeshare, sleeps 6, 5/27/11-6/10/11, Friday-Friday, $980/Week.

Call 603-524-0665.

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

MUST SEE - LOVELY MEREDITH HOUSE 1st floor of 2-family home, full basement, W/D hookup, close to town, large, 2BR, hardwood floors, porch, $975/month +utilities. No Smoking/Dogs.

Security,references. 279-4376

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

NORTHFIELD: 3 bedroom, 2nd floor, coin-op laundry in basement, $250/week including heat, electric & hot water. 524-1234 ONE bedroom apt. on second floor. Open concept, cathedral ceiling, very elegant and rustic.

Plowing, parking and dumpster included, no dogs, $795/ month 455-5660.

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Help Wanted

Mobile Homes

For Rent-Commercial Great Location!

(Behind Olde Province Common)

1,500 Sq. Ft. with 17’ ceiling & 14’ overhead door. Partial 2nd level balcony space. Finished office cubicle on 1st floor.

Perfect for graphic, woodworking, artistry, retail, storage, etc.

Queen or full mattress set. Beautiful Luxury firm European-pillow-top, new in plastic, costs $1,095, sell $249. Can deliver. 603-305-9763

Don!t Be “STUPID” Buy here!

New 14! Wides $26,995 • $31,995 Or $1,600 down 240 @ $245 Apr 7.5%

LACONIA- Retail store with office and garage. Great location (1073 Union Ave.) $850/Month + Utilities. Possible sub-divide for right tenant. 603-520-7882

$43,995 • $55,995 • $62,995 Mod. 2 Story 1,900! $82,995 WWW.CM-H.Com Open Daily & Sunday Camelot Homes Rt. 3 Tilton, NH

LACONIA Prime retail. 750 sf., parking, includes heat. $550 per month. Also 1325 sf. $675/month Security deposit & references.

455-6662.

For Sale AMAZING Beautiful queen or full pillow top mattress set only $249.

See ad under “furniture”.

2 Bedroom, Parking, Laundry, $699-$709/Mo. Handicap Studio, 1st Flr, $619/Mo.

BEDROOM- 7-piece Solid cherry sleigh. Dresser/Mirror chest & night stand (all dovetail).

New-in-boxes cost $2,200 Sell $895. 603-427-2001

520-2915 or 668-8282

Body by Jake Ab Scissor. Very good condition, a few minor cosmetic flaws, scratches, scuffs. $50. 677-6528

TROPICAL Paradise: Marco Island, Florida waterfront condo.

Dare to compare, from $500/week and up. (603)393-7077.

Custom Glazed Kitchen Cabinets.

Solid maple, never installed. May add/subtract to fit kitchen. Cost $6,000 sacrifice $1,750. 433-4665

Red Oak Apt. Homes, Inc.

Furniture AMAZING!

$750/Month + Utilities 279-0142 (Business) 677-2298 (Cell)

BED- Orthopedic 11 inch thick super nice pillowtop mattress & box.

10 Yr. warranty, new-in-plastic.

Cost $1,200, sell Queen-$299, Full-$270 King-$450. Can deliver.

235-1773

$25 Gas Card Raffle Refreshments! $500 off 1st Mon. Rent!

Large stuffed living room chair with pattern. Modern rustic, bought at Grievior Furniture. Asking $250. Call 524-8306

OFFICE ASSISTANT: Part-time, needed at Hart!s Turkey Farm Restaurant. Approximately 30 hours per week. Experience needed in hospitality, payroll, accounts payable, and inventory, along with working knowledge of Windows, Excel, and Word.

Knowledge of Aloha and Passport programs a plus. Must be flexible and detail oriented. Send resume to PO BOX 664, Meredith, NH 03253 or email Dianne, harts@hartsturkeyfarm.com

Laconia Timberlake Apartments Saturday, 2/12 11 to 3 pm

at 150 Blueberry Lane #20

Hodgman Quality Hip Waders.

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

HOTEL MANAGER The Fireside Inn Suites Lake Winnipesaukee is looking for someone with a strong work ethic, who is honest and has extensive hands on experience in managing hotels.

You must have strong leadership and communications skills and feel comfortable jumping to assist in any position. You will be responsible for all facets of the hotel including day-to-day operations, hiring, supervising and directing staff, controlling costs and maximizing reve nues. You must not be afraid to get involved in the community and make outside sales calls.

In order to be considered for this job, you must include your salary requirements.

E-mail your resume and your salary requirements to: katyk@maine.rr.com Or mail it to: 155 Littlefield Avenue, Bangor, Maine 04401 Attn: Peter Daigle Position requires a bachelor's degree or equivalent management experience in the hospitality industry. Pay will depend on your experience. You should be willing to make a commitment of a minimum of 5 years. We offer an attractive pay and benefits package including health insurance, bonuses, profit sharing, 401(k) and more.

Services

Services

DESROCHERS Burner Service Meredith, NH (603) 677-2666. Oil Heat Tune-ups, Repairs, Installations Emergency service. Free Estimates.

EXTREME ROOF SHOVELING BRETT’S ELECTRIC Fast, Reliable Master Electrician.

No Job Too small, Lowest Rates, Top Quality. Mail me an insured competitors residential proposal & I!ll beat it! Call 520-7167.

• Fully Insured •

455-8370 www.goldkeymaintenance.com

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

Our Customers Don!t get Soaked!

528-3531

28! Wides

Real Estate HOCKEY TEAM VOLUNTEER NEEDED!!!

The Laconia Leafs JR Hockey team is searching for a volunteer equipment manager for the 2011-12 season. Experience not needed, training provided. Duties include skate sharpening, equipment repair/upkeep, game day prep, etc. For More info contact: Coach Will Fay #581-7008 HOUSEKEEPERS Wanted: We are looking for hard working people who know what clean is!

Part-time positions, with potential for full-time hours available. Must be flexible, reliable and dependable. Weekends a must. Please apply in person at Fireside Inn & Suites (formerly B. Mae's Resort), Junctions of Routes 11 & 11B, Gilford, NH.

PERSONAL CARE ATTENDANT POSITION Please stop by Care & Comfort Nursing,102 Court St., Laconia for an application, call 528-5020 or fax resume to 528-0352.

Belmont- 2 Bedroom Manufactured Home on its own 1/2 acre lot Town water & sewer, newly renovated and energy efficient, nice location. For Sale owner financing available call for details.

For Lease - $1000/month. Call 2678023 GC Enterprises Property Management

Roommate Wanted ADULT person to share house in Laconia. $140/wk. includes everything. Pets okay. Female preferred. 524-1976 BELMONT: Near 106, easy communte north and south, country setting, includes all utilities, deposit, references, $595.

(603)630-1296.

Services

HANDYMAN SERVICES Small Jobs Are My Speciality

Rick Drouin 520-5642 or 744-6277 Ice-Dam Removal & Roof Shoveling. Fully insured. 10% of profits donated to Salvation Arny.

603-455-2848 M.A. SMITH ELECTRIC: Quality work for any size electrical job. Licensed-Insured, Free estimates/ 603-455-5607

Elan Publishing Company Small printing/book binding company in Moultonborough is accepting applications for our production team for first and second shifts. Applicant should have mechanical aptitude and be physically capable of standing and performing repetitive lifting. Benefit package includes matching 401k, health, life and disability.

Please stop by Mon-Fri, 9-3pm to fill out an application at 492 Whittier Hwy, Moultonborough

CALL Mike for roof shoveling, snowblowing, scrapping and light hauling. Very reasonably priced.

603-455-0214

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

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

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

• Physical Therapist- Per Diem. Min Bachelor’s Degree in Physical Therapy. Previous inpatient exp pref. Current NH PT License and CPR Cert req. Wknd and Wkday cov.

• RN- Full-time, 40 hr/wk with rotating call, OR exp, min 1 yr pref.

ACLS, BLS & PALS with 3 months.

• Clinical Coordinator- Full-Time. RN with Wound Care exp. Resp. to coordinate clinical activities of the Wound Care Center. Must have organizational and leadership skills. Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing pref.

Maintains and demonstrates competency in BLS, infection control, safety and all unit required skill review.

• LNA- Unit Secretary- Per Diem. Experience and NH LNA license required, weekend AVAILABILITY. • Housekeeper- Part-Time. Wed-Sun 2:30-7pm at Merriman House, Routine cleaning of patient rooms and other hospital areas. Must be able to lift 35 pounds and push/pull over 100 pounds.

• Clinical Applications Support- Full-time. Support Ambulatory EMR System, RN with IT experience. Clinical Informatics Degree preferred. 5yrs recent ambulatory experience required. Clinical liaison between IT and the clinical practices.

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

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

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Services

Services

Services

LOW PRICE ~ QUALITY WORK

ROOF snow and ice removal.

Fully insured, free estimates. Call John 603-801-3513.

Roof Snow Removal- Experienced, insured roofer. Dan 496-1886 or 279-5806

Rightway Plumbing and Heating

Pine Gardens Manufactured Homes Sales & Park

Under New Ownership

ROOFS -SNOW Removal. 29 years expereince, insured. Eric (603) 387-4996

Over 20 Years Experience Fully Insured. License #3647

Call 393-4949

Office: (603) 267-8182

Lowest Fax: (603) 267-6621 Prices Around! Route 140E, 3 miles on right

MILES COMPUTER REPAIR Virus Removal, Computer Tune-ups, Hardware Install, Network Install, Same Day Service.

603-998-2326.

from Exit 20, off I-93.

Visit: www.nationalmultilist.com For New & Used Listings

PIECE OF MIND $30/ hour. Let me clean, organize or restyle your home. Dependable and trustworthy, impeccable references. Call Cindy at 520-2150.

MORTGAGEE’S SALE OF REAL ESTATE

ROOF Clearing Specialist: Hardworking, experienced, references.

No job too big or small! Matt Labranche, (603)393-4937.

AT PUBLIC AUCTION March 2, 2011, at 4:30 PM on the premises TOWNHOUSE CONDOMINIUM UNIT LACONIA HEIGHTS CONDOMINIUM 24 MELISSA WAY, B

NEED FINANCIAL HELP with the spaying, altering of your dog or cat? 224-1361 Before 2pm.

TAX PREPARATION Individuals and Businesses No return is too small.

E-Filing available Accounting and Auditing Roger Marceau, CPA 387-6844 or e-mail rlmarceau@metrocast.net

LACONIA, NH

PER TAX RECORDS: 3 STORY TOWNHOUSE CONDOMINIUM UNIT WITH 2 BEDROOMS, 1 FULL BATHROOM, FINISHED BASEMENT, OPEN FINISHED PORCH, FINISHED GARAGE UNDER AND A WOOD DECK

THE HUNGRY PAINTER: Roof Shoveling, Painting, small tree work, dump runs, odd jobs, drywall repairs. 455-6296.

MORTGAGE REFERENCE: Recorded in the Belknap County Registry of Deeds at Book 2289, Page 989 TERMS FOR THE SALE: $5,000.00 deposit must be presented in cash, certified check or banker’s check satisfactory to the mortgagee at the time and place of sale. Balance due within 30 days from the date of sale.

ROOF Shoveling, Snowplowing, Ice Dam Removal and Repairs.

Insured Professionals. Call 603-630-5121.

Attorney Thomas Haughey Haughey, Philpot & Laurent Attorneys at Law 816 North Main Street Laconia, NH 03246

Roof Shoveling- Don't have time or desire to get up on the roof and do it yourself? Please call Dan at 603-527-8670 Quick and reasonable service

RN Supervisor Full time

Belknap County Nursing Home BCNH is seeking a full time 40 hour RN to lead our 11-7 shift and be a part of our progressive management team where our mission is: “To care for our residents, as ourselves, with compassion, dignity and respect.” The position reports directly to the Director of Nursing Services and is the go to person in charge for the 11-7 shift. This is a great opportunity to really make a difference in a dynamic organization where resident-centered care and quality of life are of utmost importance.

Minimum Qualifications: Completion of a high school diploma and graduation from an accredited school of nursing and three years experience in a long-term care facility.

Current RN licensure by the NH State Board of Nursing. Previous experience assuming charge responsibilities for a unit and a demonstrated ability to perform the essential functions associated with the position.

Starting pay range: $24.71 - $27.00 per hour DOQ, with a generous shift differential and a competitive benefits package. Please view Outline of Benefits on our web site for further explanations.

524-6565 Fax: 524-6810

E-mail: cummins@metrocast.net 61 Liscomb Circle, Gilford, NH 03249

VISIT OUR NEW WEBSITE AT: www.cumminsre.com

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NICE NEIGHBORHOOD, CLOSE TO THE WATER! Walk To Lakewood Beach On Winnisquam. Spacious Home W/in-law Living Quarters. H/w Floors, 9 Rms, 4 Brms, 2 Baths. Attached 2 Car Garage, Deck And Great Location. It’s Steps Away From The Water...$199,000.

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JUST REDUCED...NOW $599,000 For This 3900 Sf Winnisquam Home...100’ Of Sandy Shoreline, U-shaped Dock, 2 Jet Ski Lifts, Waterside Hot Tub, Waterside Screen Porch And Deck. This Spacious Year Round 14 Rm, 5 Bedrm, 5 Bath, 2 Fireplaced Home...For You And All Your Friends!!

CHARMING CAPE W/SEPARATE RENTAL COTTAGE...2400+ Sf Plus Finished Lower Level. 5 Brms (2 On 1st Floor), 2 Ba’s, H/w Floors, Lots Of BuiltIns, Lr W/fp, Remodeled Kitchen, Newer Decks. Newer Roof, Vinyl Windows, New Fhw Gas Furnace, Vinyl Sided And 2 Car Garage...Charming!! $269,000.

LPN –Part Time

BCNH is also seeking a Part Time LPN to fill a 32 hour opening on the 3-11 shift.

Minimum Qualifications: Completion of a high school diploma, graduation from an accredited school of Practical Nursing and current licensure by the N.H. State Board of Nursing.

Starting pay range: $19.62 - $21.44 per hour DOQ, with a generous shift differential and the benefit of pro-rated vacation, sick and holiday time.

A County Application is required. Please apply by downloading and completing our job application. Completed applications must be received by: Deb Laflamme, at 30 County Drive Laconia, NH, 03246 or via e-mail to dlaflamme@belknapcounty.org or fax to (603) 527-5419 Applications for these positions will be accepted until February 18, 2011.

Browse our website at http://www.belknapcounty.org for additional information and view a complete Job Description. A criminal history & background check will be required of any applicant prior to being offered a position.

Belknap County is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

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