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MEREDITH — Having celebrated her 101st birthday last month, E. Louise Estes was celebrated yesterday as Meredith’s eldest resident.

What’s her secret to such longevity? Doesn’t she wish she could say.

“I don’t know. If I knew, I could have made a fortune,” she said.

Estes has lived for three years at Golden View Health Care Center. In recognition of her status, George Jewell, president of the Meredith Historical Society, presented Estes with the town’s Boston Post Cane.

During the ceremony, Estes showed that her years had dulled neither her wit nor her memory.

“I’m very honored to get this cane,” she said. After Jewell told her that, after the ceremony, the cane would return to the Historical Society for safe keeping, she turned to the crowd and feigned indignation. “They give it to me and then they take it back?!”

Estes was born in Boston, Mass. on January 16, 1912 to parents Mary and Albert Otto. She married when she was 19. “I eloped to New Hampshire,” and married a machinist named Horace.

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Louise Estes reacted with feigned protest when Meredith Historical Society president George Jewell told her that she wouldn’t be able to keep the town’s Boston Post Cane, ceremonially presented to the town’s eldest resident. Estes was born 101 years ago in Boston and has lived in the Golden View Health Care Center for three years. (Laconia Daily Sun photo/Adam Drapcho)

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After early start, worst of flu season may be over

NEW YORK (AP) — The worst of the flu season appears to be over.

The number of states reporting intense or widespread illnesses dropped again last week, and in a few states there was very little flu going around, U.S. health officials said Friday.

The season started earlier than normal, first in the Southeast and then spreading.

But now, by some measures, flu activity has been ebbing for at least four weeks in much of the country. Flu and pneumonia deaths also dropped the last two weeks, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported.

“It’s likely that the worst of the current flu season is over,” CDC spokesman Tom Skinner said.

But flu is hard to predict, he and others stressed, and there have been spikes late in the season in the past.

For now, states like Georgia and New York — where doctor’s offices were jammed a few weeks ago — are reporting low flu activity. The see FLU page 13

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Bipartisan pact may be forming on background checks WASHINGTON (AP) — A cornerstone of President Barack Obama’s drive to check gun violence is gathering bipartisan steam as four senators, including two of the National Rifle Association’s congressional champions, privately seek compromise on requiring far more firearms purchasers to undergo background checks.

The talks are being held even as Obama’s call to ban assault weapons and highcapacity ammunition magazines, the two

other major pillars of his plan, are hitting rough waters on Capitol Hill. An agreement among the four senators to expand background checks would add significant impetus to that high-profile proposal by getting the endorsement of a group that ranges from one of the Senate’s most liberal Democrats to one of its most conservative Republicans.

“We’ll get something, I hope. I’m praying for it,” said Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., one

of the participants.

Manchin, a moderate Democrat, is an NRA member who aired a 2010 campaign ad in which he literally shot a hole through Democratic environmental legislation that he pledged to oppose.

Also involved is Sen. Tom Coburn, R-Okla., another NRA member with a strong conservative record but occasional maverick impulses; No. 3 Senate Demosee GUN CONTROL page 11

S&P 500 hits 5-year high as stocks extend new year rally

NEW YORK (AP) — The Standard and Poor’s 500 edged up to a five-year high Friday, extending a rally that started in January.

The S&P 500 rose 8.54 points to 1,517.93, closing 0.3 percent up for the week. The index is at its highest since November 2007 and has advanced for six weeks, the longest streak of gains since August.

The Dow Jones industrial average rose 48.92 points, or 0.4 percent, to 13,992.97.

The Nasdaq composite climbed 28.74 points, or 0.9 percent, to finish the week at 3,193.87.

The Dow had its best January in almost two decades, and closed above 14,000 on Feb. 1 for the first time since 2007. The index is up 6.8 percent so far this year; the S&P 500 is up 6.4 percent.

A last-minute budget deal in Washington to avoid the “fiscal cliff” of tax hikes and spending cuts helped powered the

rally, as did as optimism about the housing sector and gradual improvements in the jobs market.

The S&P 500 finished the week higher despite logging its biggest daily decline in almost three months Monday following worrying news from Europe.

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Michael Barone

Republicans developing an ‘inside’ game?

The House Republicans, in serious trouble with public opinion as they blinked facing the “fiscal cliff” over New Year’s, seem suddenly to be playing a more successful game — or rather, games — an inside game and an outside game.

The inside game can be described by the Washington phrase “regular order.” What that means in ordinary American English is that you proceed according to the rules. Bills are written in subcommittee and committee and then go to the floor.

When the House and Senate pass different versions — likely when Republicans control the House and Democrats have a majority in the Senate — the two are taken to conference committee to be reconciled.

Then both houses vote on the conference committee report. If it is approved, the president can sign or veto it.

Note the lack of negotiations between the White House and congressional leaders. Speaker John Boehner decided they’re useless after the failure of his grand bargain talks with Barack Obama.

Under regular order, House Republicans had little leverage when the fiscal cliff loomed on New Year’s Day. Taxes were to go up by $4.5 trillion if the House didn’t act.

So Republicans accepted higher rates on those earning more than $400,000.

Now, Republicans have the leverage. The budget sequester to automatically take effect March 1 would cut spending by $1 trillion. Republicans don’t like the $500 billion defense spending cuts, but they can stomach them.

Obama took to the teleprompter yesterday afternoon to call for shortterm spending cuts and revenue increases through elimination of deductions. Boehner was willing to consider the latter as part of a grand bargain that included tax rate cuts and entitlement reform. But if the net effect is revenue increases, Republicans aren’t interested. For them, this would be “laughable — they have zero reason to do it,” as my Washington Examiner colleague Philip Klein has written.

You may have noticed that everything in this column so far is Washington talk — fiscal cliff, sequester, regular order. It’s not language you hear ordinary Americans speaking in everyday life.

Which leads to the House Republicans’ outside game, advanced by House Majority Leader Eric Cantor in a speech Tuesday afternoon at the American Enterprise Institute, where I’m a resident fellow.

It was scheduled well in advance, and interestingly, Obama chose the same hour to speak before the cam-

eras. He did the same thing once before, in May 2009, when former Vice President Cheney spoke at AEI on CIA interrogation techniques.

Cantor titled his remarks “Making Life Work,” and they were clearly aimed at Main Street. He spoke not of educational block grants, but of having federal education”follow children” to schools their parents choose. In a move reminiscent of presidents’ State of the Union messages since 1982, he brought along Joseph Kelley, who sent his son, Rashawn, and his three daughters to private schools with money from a District of Columbia voucher program the Obama administration has tried to shut down.

He criticized the ObamaCare tax on medical devices by bringing a Baltimore nurse who worked to develop replacement discs for patients with back pain and then needed one herself. She was wearing her cervical collar.

He brought 12-year-old Katie, from Richmond, who has been treated for cancer almost all her life, to illustrate Republican support for funding basic medical research.

Addressing immigration, he brought Fiona Zhou, a systems engineering graduate student whose chances to remain in the United States would improve if, as the House voted last year, more immigration slots were opened for foreigners with advance science, technology and engineering degrees.

He endorsed the Dream Act, legal residence and citizenship for illegal immigrants brought here as children. He praised the bipartisan work on a bill including border security, employment verification and guest-worker programs.

All this was a contrast with Cantor’s usual penchant to speak in Washington talk and with the tendency of many Republicans, notably Mitt Romney, to speak in abstractions like free enterprise and government regulation, rather than in words that describe the experiences of ordinary Americans.

Yes, there’s a certain amount of theater and contrivance to this. But that’s often true in politics. There was sophisticated argumentation in the Lincoln-Douglas debates. But the two candidates also put on a show.

It’s not clear how successful the House Republicans’ outside game will be. But for those on their side, it’s encouraging that they’re trying to play.

(Syndicated columnist Michael Barone is senior political analyst for The Washington Examiner, is a resident fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, a Fox News Channel contributor and co-author of The Almanac of American Politics.)

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LETTERS At 90 year of age, I have wonderful memories to look back on To the editor, Oh! Not another night of snow! But this one was different than most, I didn’t like it, but I kept on looking.

The snow was falling across the way in front of someone’s outdoor light and it was a beautiful scene. It took me back to when I was eight or nine years old. My two sisters and I shared a bed and there was no heat in the third floor bedrooms. Mama would walk up to the third floor with a warm flat iron from the first floor, which she heated on a black stove in the kitchen. It was hard to go from the first floor to the third floor, but she did. She ironed our sheets then wrapped the flat iron in a towel for more heat in the bed. It was warm and cozy. Mama said goodnight and told us not to forget to say our prayers. We got in bed and my sister said, “Look it’s snowing out!” We all jumped out of our bed and ran to the window.

The snow was coming down across the way, it was soft and beautiful right in front of the ark light. We planned our next day for sledding. Suddenly, Pa called up to us, “What’s going on up there?” We all said nothing, and he

told us to get to sleep. When we heard the door close we whispered under the covers. The next day was a Saturday and we could go sledding! Off to sleep we went after our prayers.

The next morning we did our chores and had warm oatmeal for breakfast.

Then, we donned our clothes like Rolly Pollies from boots to hand-made mittens. We only had two sleds, so I got to ride.

Then we went to Pine Ave. It was only 10 minutes from home in Brockton, MA and it was already crowded.

When we went back home we were really cold. Mama made us ginger tea, so we wouldn’t get sick. We grew up on remedies. Those days it was hard to find good doctors.

I am the 90-years-old now, and the only one left from a big family (my mom had 12 children). I have very nice things to look back on. Now I live in an excellent nursing home, Belknap County, and they give me very good care. We play all sorts of games and listen to music. My husband and son come to visit me often.

Liz O’Neil Laconia

Assumption that criminals will get guns anyway is ridiculous To the editor, I would like to thank John M. Rodgers and Bill Dawson for their reasoned and balanced letters on firearms. We need to hear from sensible gun owners. The NRA does not represent its membership well nor are they in tune with the Supreme Court’s most recent ruling on the issue; DC vs Heller, 2008. A hefty 74 percent of NRA members support universal background checks. Nationally, the figure is 91 percent. Universal checks are a done deal unless the right wing brats in the U.S. House obstruct them.

Wayne Lapierre, who seems to have no conscience, is nothing more than a well paid lackey for the gun manufacturers. Consider his 1999 view that universal background checks are reasonable. Why the change? Did he experience a concussion? Drugs maybe?

Why the radical flip-flop from being sane to insane? Gun nuts remind me

gang of left wing German terrorists of the 1970s and 1980s was pathologically fearful and hateful towards government.

The gun nut argument against universal background checks rests upon a ridiculous assumption that criminals will get guns anyway. So its pointless to even try? That is warped thinking. Since rape laws don’t always work should be say we don’t need them? The gun nut stance only makes it easier for dangerous people to get weapons. They are oblivious to such a reasonable line of thought. Gun shows promote loopholes and grey markets. Licensed dealers have to do background checks but some tables sell with “no questions asked” and “no background checks”. These tables are magnets to felons and felons to be and this has not even occurred to the paranoid extremists. Hello? Anyone home?

James Veverka

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To the editor, Disrespecting one’s opponent has become a part of our culture. It can be observed in amateur athletics and in professional sports. A player struts about after he has made a tackle, or a player does some form of dance in the end zone after a touchdown. In basketball, the ultimate “dis” (disrespect) is demonstrated when a player slams the ball into the basket over the head of his opponent. Words of taunting and further disrespect are heard and observed continually.

It wasn’t always that way. There was a day when players gave their all to defeat their opponent but they didn’t feel the need to try and heap disrespect upon him. That all changed when, in 1965, New York Football Giants wide receiver Homer Jones, in an act of exuberant frustration, spiked the ball in the end zone after he scored a touchdown. That was the first such spike in the history of the National Football League. It’s been all downhill ever since.

As we all know, kids watch their sports heroes and try to emulate them.

And they do, right down to spiking the ball, strutting after some minor achievement, and “talking trash” to

players on the other team. How can they help it, these actions are displayed to them on a daily basis as they watch sports events. If it’s acceptable for stars like Michael Jordan or Ray Lewis or others to “dis” an opponent, the kids feel they must do likewise.

What is even more sad is that some politicians feel they, like athletes, must heap abuse and disrespect on their opponents. When Bob Dole was running for the Presidency against Bill Clinton, when a reporter was talking with the senator, he referred to Clinton as “your enemy”. To his credit, Senator Dole bristled and fired back, he is not my enemy, he is my opponent. That teaching moment seems to have been lost on our current president. And, just as our kids emulate the actions of their sports heroes, so too, do people emulate their political leaders.

Do we want our kids to believe their failure is always the fault of someone else? Do we want them to show their gladness for a personal achievement by hurling some disrespect on another? Do we want a society of enemies or opponents?

Blame it on Homer Jones.

Bob Meade Laconia

County employees need to recognize where their pay comes from To the editor, I recently attended the Belknap County Budget Meeting in Laconia. This meeting was well attended, and lots of folks had a chance to give their thoughts about the various spending line items and possible county tax increase.

There were some that argued that any cuts would result in county employees not getting a raise and possibly having to contribute a bit more to their health care costs. While I can sympathize with folks wanting to keep their level of pay, it is my opinion that the obvious escaped them. Many of us taxpayers are already paying more per month for our health care, thanks to the passage of ObamaCare. For me, that increase is just over one hundred dollars a month. Many small business owners pay even more than I do in

this difficult economy. Contrast that with county employees, who contribute approximately 5 percent towards their health care costs. It would seem reasonable to me that they could share some of the increased burden, just like the rest of us.

I do not begrudge county employees a livable wage and a fair benefit package. But they need to be reminded that every penny that they earn comes out of the taxpayers’ pocket.

We can no longer sustain the current levels of pay and benefits, especially when so many of the county residents are struggling to make ends meet.

That is just not right, and something has to give. In all fairness, I think that should be the county employees.

Don Walker Barnstead

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LETTERS Let’s make next 4 years a return to sanity and righteousness To the editor, Mr. Obama is our elected president and like it or not we honor the office of the president, but we have the right to judge every word he says.

In other words, he is right on, or way of, “period”. Now President Obama is president to all our people, and yes we have good people, but sad to say millions of unGodly people doing horrible unGodly things against the good people of our nation.

We see it every day on television news, horror after horror. Our school children killed; crime in every other city and town; it’s unsafe to walk our streets anymore. Friends our founders would turn in their graves if they could see the mess our nation is in. We all have heard the presidents plans for the next four years, but no plans on how to deal with all our nations mistakes and evil laws, which we have passed.

We must speak out against these evil laws, abortion is a national shame, millions of unborn Americans murdered every year. UnGodly will say, “A woman has a right to choice.”

Friends, I don’t have any right to kill Americans period; if you abort your baby you are a murderer, and some-

day will answer before God for such a horrible crime. When a married man and wife have a baby born to them, oh, it’s such a joy. Everyone is so happy for them, but marriage today is under attack by the unGodly, our evil laws allows a woman to marry a woman, also a man to marry a man. Our founders would say “But this can’t be?” We founded this nation under God, not under Satan. “Who allowed this?” Mr. Obama says, these people are our brothers and sisters. Might be his, but not mine. “Now how about you?” you might ask, what does God say about all this?

Friends take time and read (Rom 1:18-32) and see for yourselves. Listen to God, not Obama and obey God, not Obama. Stand for the truth not sin.

America, can become a light to this evil world, as Americans declare “In God we trust” and change the evil laws, forced upon us, by unGodly people.

Let us make the next four years a return to sanity, and righteousness, and we will experience the true blessing of God on our nation.

It’s never to late to change, for good.

It all begins with you, and me also.

William “Liam” McCoy Belmont

May Granny D’s spirit enter all ready to work for our democracy To the editor, On what would have been Granny D’s 103rd birthday, more than 80 people gathered in Keene at the college’s Redfern Center for the Arts to celebrate and remember our Laconia-born activist-heroine who walked across the country for campaign finance reform in her 89th and 90th years. Our hosts, P.A.C.E. and C.O.D., both supported by Granny D, arranged that we’d see and hear Barbara Bates-Smith, an award-winning off-Broadway and touring actor, play the role of Granny D — reading and reciting from memory parts of the accounts in “You’re Never Too Old to Raise a Little Hell”, as well as in the new “My American Century”.

When Ms. Bates-Smith stood before us and became Granny D reacting to the Citizens United case and spoke Granny D’s words about that, said at her 100th birthday in Gov. Lynch’s reception room, I newly caught sight of Granny D’s sparkling determination. The accompanying music by Jeff Sebens added to the treat.

Granny D told us what we must do.

It cannot stand, that corporations are

people. I know that Public Citizen has taken initial steps to achieve a constitutional amendment about that.

Public Citizen, here I come. Time to work with you on this.

Keene’s Mayor Lane read Gov. Hassan’s proclamation that January 24, 2013, is Granny D Day, followed by others — Sen. Molly Kelly read the N.H. Senate proclamation; Rep. Chuck Weed read the N.H. House proclamation; Rep. Bob Perry read Congresswoman Shea-Porter’s appreciation of Granny D; Regina Bringolf read Sen. Shaheen’s appreciation; Ruth Meyer read Sen. Feingold’s appreciation.

This inspirational afternoon ended with Granny D’s band Tattoo leading us in song and playing us out of the theater and away to the room with grand chocolate birthday cake and video of Granny D at work, speaking and walking and smiling.

May Granny D’s spirit enter all who are ready to work for our democracy.

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I appreciate that folks want to show their patriotism by flying our flag, but, if it’s not done properly and with respect, it’s better to not do it at all.

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Former New Hampton fire chief gets 12+ years for serial molesting of 8-year-old

By Kathleen Ronayne CONCORD MONITOR

CONCORD — A former New Hampton fire chief pleaded guilty to several counts of sexual assault of a young girl dating back to 2002 and has been sentenced to 12 to 40 years in state prison.

David Clement, 59, pleaded guilty to seven counts of aggravated felonious sexual assault and one count of attempted aggravated felonious sexual assault Feb. 1 in Merrimack County Superior Court. The charges came from both Merrimack and Belknap counties. He also received a suspended sentence of 10 to 20 years.

The sentencing was combined in part to spare the victim from going through

the process twice, Belknap County Attorney Melissa Guldbransen said yesterday.

Clement, who retired from the New Hampton Fire Department in 2008, was out on bail between the time of his indictment in May and his sentencing.

Between 2002 and 2011, Clement engaged in sexual activities with a girl who was 8 years old when the assaults began. The incidents occurred in New Hampton and Loudon. Several of the charges are for pattern sexual assault, which means the same action occurred on multiple occasions in the time frame of more than two months and less than five years.

The abuse came to light in late 2011

through an investigation that began in Belknap County by the Division of Children, Youth and Families. When the investigation found that several incidents occurred in Loudon, the Merrimack County Attorney’s Office was alerted to the case. In December 2011, a grand jury in Belknap County indicted him on three felony counts and one misdemeanor count of sexual assault and one count of attempted aggravated felonious sexual assault.

Then in May, a grand jury in Merrimack County indicted him with six felony counts and six misdemeanor counts of sexual assault, court records show. Several of those charges were dropped as part of the plea deal.

He will serve several of his sen-

tences concurrently. He faces two concurrent terms of 10 to 20 years in prison for assaults that occurred in Loudon between 2005 and 2010 and assaults that occurred in New Hampton between 2009 and 2010. He also faces two concurrent sentences of 2 to 20 years for incidents that occurred in Loudon between 2005 and 2007 and in New Hampton between 2003 and 2006.

Clement’s future parole will be subject to completion of a sexual offender program.

On Feb. 1 he also signed a notice of requirement to register as a sexual offender, which says he must report to his local law enforcement agency within five business days of his release from prison.

board doesn’t want the expenditure, it doesn’t include it in the warrant. After being place on a warrant, the Budget Committee votes on whether or not it supports passage.

Hatch said this year selectmen made the decision to put all of the capital requests on the warrant and add the amount the selectmen wanted and the amount the Budget Committee wanted to the bottom of each question.

“We left it up to the people to choose,” Hatch said, noting she thought the board did the right thing.

Warrant articles that were changed at deliberative session included lowering the selectman’s recommended $5,000 for the Non-Capital Reserve

Town Building Repair and Maintenance Fund to the Budget Committee’s recommended $800.

Selectmen also recommended $1,500 for a non-capital reserve paramedic intercept fund and the voters chose to amend it to zero, consistent with the Budget Committee’s recommendation.

Voters also voted not to fund a noncapital reserve fund for police vehicle maintenance although selectmen recommended $5,000. The Budget Committee recommend zero.

On the reverse side, selectmen didn’t recommend $44,000 for a Capital Reserve Ambulance Replacement Fund, the Budget Committee recom-

mend $40,000 and the voters chose to amend it to $22,000.

Selectmen also didn’t recommend putting $87,400 into a Capital Reserve Fire Engine Fund and the Budget Committee recommended $85,000.

Voters recommended $85,000 going to the voters in March.

Neither the selectmen nor the Budget Committee recommended $2,000 for the Capital Reserve Town Septic System Fund but it appeared at deliberative session where the voters agreed to zero.

Four thousand dollars for the Capital Town Roofs Fund was also not recommended by selectmen or the Budget see next page

Gilmanton selectmen sent multiple articles they weren’t in favor of before voters

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GILMANTON — Despite the unorthodox method used by the selectmen to present the warrant articles to voters at the town’s first SB-2 Deliberation Session of Town Meeting, Chair Rachel Hatch said she thought the session was a success.

She said all of the capital fund warrant articles that were proposed this year were placed on the warrant, whether or not the selectmen recommended funding them.

Typically, a Board of Selectmen determines which articles will appear on the warrant, unless it is a petitioned warrant article, and if the

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GILFORD — Engine 2 went back into service Friday afternoon and Laconia’s Engine 1 was returned to the city shortly thereafter.

Two weeks ago, Engine 2 experienced power problems while returning from a call. Technicians determined it was a transmission problem likely caused by a bad speed sensor.

Because it wouldn’t go into any forward gears, it was towed to Repair Service of New England by Rusty’s Towing. There was some damage done to the brake lines during the tow and, according to town officials, Rusty’s assumed responsibility for it.

Once at RSNE, technicians determined it needed a new transmission and one was ordered and it was replaced. A problem was then discovered with a shackle that connects the leaf spring to the truck frame.

Capt. Mike Balcom said yesterday the engine was retested for road worthiness and pumping quality and is “good to go.”

Earlier this week, Chief Steve Carrier said that Lakes Region Fire Apparatus in Tamworth is making good progress on repairing Engine 4 and it could be back in service in a couple of weeks.

— Gail Ober

DERBY from page one Now fishermen who catch the largest white perch, yellow perch, cusk, pickerel, black crappie, lake trout, and rainbow trout all have an equal

chance at the top prizes. The fishermen who land the largest fish from each of the seven categories on Saturday and Sunday will qualify for a see next page

SUPER BOWL from page 2 City Council. Entergy is the parent company of Entergy New Orleans.

Entergy officials said the relay functioned with no problems during January’s Sugar Bowl and other earlier events. It has been removed and will be replaced.

All systems at the Superdome are now working, and the stadium was to host a major Mardi Gras event Saturday night, said Doug Thornton, an executive with SMG, the company that manages the stadium for the state.

The relay was installed in a building near the stadium known as “the vault,” which receives a line directly from a nearby Entergy substation.

Once the line reaches the vault, it splits into two cables that go into the Superdome.

Sunday’s power failure cut lights to about half of the stadium for 34 minutes, halting play between the Baltimore Ravens and San Francisco 49ers and interrupting the nation’s mostwatched sporting event.

Not long after Friday’s announcement, the manufacturer of the relay, Chicago-based S&C Electric Co.,

released a statement saying that the blackout occurred because system operators had put the relay’s so-called trip setting too low to allow the device to handle the incoming electric load.

The equipment was owned and installed by Entergy New Orleans.

“If higher settings had been applied, the equipment would not have disconnected the power,” said Michael J.S. Edmonds, vice president of strategic solutions for S&C. In a follow-up statement, Entergy said that tests conducted by S&C and Entergy on the two relays at the Superdome showed that one worked as expected, the other did not.

Entergy spokesman Mike Burns said both relays had the same trip setting.

Entergy’s announcement came shortly before company officials were to answer questions from a committee of the City Council, which is the regulatory body for the company.

During the committee hearing, council member Susan Guidry asked Entergy executives whether they were “fairly certain” that the relay was faulty.

“That is correct,” Dawsey said.

THE LACONIA DAILY SUN, Saturday, February 9, 2013 — Page 9

Gas leak endangers Franklin home FRANKLIN — Firefighters closed down a East Bow Street and Forest Street yesterday at 12:55 p.m. after learning the Department of Municipal Services inadvertently broke a natural gas line while digging for a water line.

Capt. Steve Fecteau said city workers realized it immediately and called the Fire Department.

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from preceding page drawing on Sunday, at which the three top prizes, $15,000 for first, $5,000 for second and $3,000 for third prize, will be awarded. ‘’A lot of fishermen have told me that they really like it because it enables them to fish the way they normally do and not have to change their style.

If they usually fish for black crappie they can continue to do that and still be eligible for the top prize. And, because they can fish in any body of water in the state open to the public, they can fish closer to home or in the places where they’ve had good luck in the past. It also reduces the fishing pressure on Lake Winnipesaukee’’ said Nagle.

He said that the change to cash only prizes is also popular. ‘’The winners of the ATV prizes the last couple of years have all sold their prizes. We decided that it would be better to give them money and let them make their own decision,’’ said Nagle.

A trio of fishermen who were on the ice in Meredith Bay Friday morning said they thought that the rules change was a good thing. ‘’I like it this way. Now you can win with any fish,’’ said Todd Stevens of Gilford, who had just landed a deformed lake trout which at some point had been snagged by a fishing line which had wrapped around its’ body so that it had a humpback look. ‘’That happens a lot. The fish grows that way until the line breaks,’’ said Stevens, who was told by his fishing partner Rodney Allen of Gilford that the trout was 19 inches long and that if it had been landed Saturday would have qualified for entry in the derby.

Harley Winchester of Merrimack said that he really likes the rules

change. ‘’Now people from anywhere in the state can take part in the derby while fishing close to home. It’s a great event and it lets more people take part what has become a real tradition for ice fishermen’’ With fish from any public waterbody in the state now eligible for prizes Derby officials are expected to be keeping a close eye on entries to make certain they qualify.

Concerns over the possibility of cheating were raised by what happened on the last day of the 2012 derby, when two large untagged rainbow trout were weighed in just before the close of entries and took the top two spots for the day.

Fish and Game biologist Don Miller, who was at the weigh-in station, said that he told Derby officials that the fish were a different strain of rainbow trout than that stocked by the state. ‘’I’d never seen anything like these fish and thought that they must have been taken from a stocked pond,’’ said Miller.

Jim Wallace of the Meredith Rotary Club said the fish had a copper color, which he attributed to the ‘’pellet food’’ which they were most likely fed. He said that many of the other fishermen near the leader board commented on the unusual color and size of the fish. ‘’We gave them the prize money, but cancelled the checks the next day after we found out from Fish and Game that the fish most likely came from a private pond in Kingston. Fish and Game told us that an officer had been sent to investigate at a private pond there that was closed to the public and found that there were signs that someone had fished through the ice.’’ said Wallace.

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GUN CONTROL from page 2 cratic leader Charles Schumer of New York, a liberal; and moderate GOP Sen. Mark Kirk of Illinois.

Background checks are required only for sales by the nation’s 55,000 federally licensed gun dealers, but not for private purchases like those at gun shows, online or in person. There are few indisputable, up-to-date statistics on how many guns change hands without background checks, but a respected study using 1990s data estimated that 30 percent to 40 percent of gun transactions fit into that category.

The senators’ talks have included discussions about how to encourage states to make more mental health data available to the federal system for checking gun buyers’ records, according to people who spoke anonymously because they were not authorized to describe the private negotiations. They are also considering potential exemptions to expanded background check requirements, including transactions involving relatives or people with licenses to carry concealed weapons People involved in the talks would share little about their substance. In one of the few public remarks about the talks by participants, Schumer said last week that the talks have been productive and said the package they were seeking “will CANE from page one that because I hated it.” Instead, she referred to her betrothed as “Slim” or “Pop.” Although she didn’t care for her husband’s given name, Estes and “Slim” were a good match, remaining married for more than 70 years until his death a few years ago. Though she can’t explain her exceptionally long life, she has an idea as to how her marriage survived for so long.

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Congress has been focusing on guns since the December massacre of 20 first-graders and six adults at a school in Newtown, Conn. Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., wants his panel to approve gun control legislation in the next few weeks and has voiced strong support for universal background checks for firearms purchases.

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Among its major customers are Boeing, Pratt and Whitney, Rolls Royce, General Electric and Airbus.

The company in recent months has hired five new engineers, all from out of state, and over the last year has added over 30 production workers.

Thomson said that there is a huge pent-up demand in the commercial aviation field which the company hopes to capitalize on and said that it has invested heavily in research to develop products which meet the needs of a new generation of commercial aircraft.

Martin Hough, the firm’s financial controller, said that the company will be supplying all of Boeing’s 5000 psi product and is positioned to beef up its second shift in the months ahead and that if demand warrants may even start at third shift..

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LACONIA — State Senators Andrew Hosmer (D-Laconia) and Sylvia Larsen (D-Concord) toured Titeflex Aerospace Wednesday morning and said that they were pleased to see that the company is adding jobs in Laconia and is competitively placed in the world market to increase its business even more.

The company, formerly known as Smith Tubular Systems and prior to that as Lewis and Saunders, employs 350 people, making it the third largest employer in the city behind Lakes Region General Hospital and New Hampshire Ball Bearings, and has annual sales of $85 million.

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We are a Welcoming Congregation Worship Service 10:00am Sunday, February 10 Guest speaker: Rabbi Hannah Orden Sermon: What is the Greatest Principle of the Bible?

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STOCKS from page 2 Europe back into crisis. European Central Bank President Mario Draghi’s cautious comments about the region’s economy also weighed on markets Thursday.

“Everybody seems to be saying this market needs to correct,” said Robert Pavlik, chief market strategist at Banyan Partners. “Nobody wants to be in it, but nobody wants to be out of it.”

Largely positive corporate earnings reports and a report that showed that the U.S. trade deficit narrowed sharply in December provided more fuel for from preceding page capabilities to compete in a growing market. But the FAA is currently not granting foreign repair station approvals.

The company is also working to establish closer ties to advanced manufacturing programs which are being developed at Lakes Region Community College to help meet its needs for CNC machinists and other skilled production workers.

Hosmer and Larsen said that the visit to Titeflex was part of their attempt to continue their conversation with New Hampshire business leaders on how best to grow New Hampshire’s economy and create jobs.

Hosmer noted that both he and Larsen supported the move to double state business tax credits for research and development which unanimously passed the State Senate last week. ‘’It’s important to us and industry in the area, like Freudenberg-NOK which spent $7.5 million last year on research and development,’’ said Hosmer.

The bill which passed increases the total credits available from 1 to 2 million dollars The Senate unanimously supported a similar bill last year, but the proposal failed after House Republicans amended it to also include language requiring women seeking abortions to wait for 24 hours.

Good Shepherd Lutheran Church WORSHIP SERVICES AT 8AM & 10:15AM

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Pastor Dave Dalzell 2238 Parade Rd, Laconia • 528-4078

First United Methodist Church “Serving the Lakes Region” 18 Wesley Way (Rt. 11A), Gilford ~ 524-3289 Rev. Dr. Victoria Wood Parrish, Pastor

9:15AM - Adult Sunday School 10:30AM - Worship & Children’s Faith Quest Sermon - “The Bully in the House” Music Ministry - Wesley Choir “Open Hearts, “Open Minds, “Open Doors”

February 13: Ash Wednesday Worship - 7:00pm Professional Nursery Available

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SEMINARY SUNDAY Scripture Text: Exodus 3: 1-10 Message : “Daring to Dream Again” Morning Worship - 10:30am (child care provided) ~ Handicap Accessible & Devices for the Hearing Impaired ~ Food Pantry Hours: Fridays from 10am to 12 noon

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Daily Mass: 8:00 a.m.

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the market’s advance Friday.

The trade deficit fell nearly 21 percent in December from November to $38.6 billion, the smallest in nearly three years, as exports rose while oil imports plummeted. The smaller trade gap means the economy likely performed better in the final three months of last year than first reported last week.

“The trade balance was surprisingly very good,” said Phil Orlando, chief market strategist at Federated Investors.

The government estimated that the U.S. economy contracted at an annual rate of 0.1 percent in the last three months of 2012. Orlando estimates that may now be revised to growth of 0.5 percent.

Shares of LinkedIn, the online professional networking service, jumped $26.39, or 21.3 percent, to $150.40 after the company reported fourth-quarter results late Thursday that beat analysts’ forecasts. AOL soared $2.31 to $33.72 after the Internet company said its quarterly revenue grew for the first time in eight years, helped by strength in worldwide advertising.

Currently, analysts are expecting earnings for the fourth quarter of 2012 to rise 6.5 percent for S&P 500 companies, according to data from S&P Capital I&Q. That’s an increase from the 2.4 percent growth rate recorded for the preceding quarter.

Stocks have benefited as investors poured a net $4.1 billion into stock mutual funds since the start of the year, according to data provided by Lipper.

“I’m very encouraged by the fact, that finally, for the first time in many years, individual investors seem to be participating in this,” said David Kelly, chief global strategist at J.P. Morgan Funds.

FLU from page 2 hot spots are now the West Coast and the Southwest.

Among the places that have seen a drop: Lehigh Valley Hospital-Cedar Crest in Allentown, Pa., which put up a tent outside its emergency room last month to help deal with the steady stream of patients. There were about 100 patients each day back then. Now it’s down to 25 and the hospital may pack up its tent next week, said Terry Burger, director of infection control and prevention for the hospital.

“There’s no question that we’re seeing a decline,” she said.

In early December, CDC officials announced flu season had arrived, a month earlier than usual.

They were worried, saying it had been nine years since a winter flu season started like this one. That was 2003-04 — one of the deadliest seasons in the past 35 years, with more than 48,000 deaths.

Like this year, the major flu strain was one that tends to make people sicker, especially the elderly, who are most vulnerable to flu and its complications But back then, that year’s flu vaccine wasn’t made to protect against that bug, and fewer people got flu shots. The vaccine is reformulated almost every year, and the CDC has said this year’s vaccine is a good match to the types that are circulating. A preliminary CDC study showed it is about 60 percent effective, which is close to the average.

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Weirs United Methodist Church 35 Tower St., Weirs Beach 366-4490 P.O. Box 5268

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LifeQuest Church

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9am Bible Study 10am Sunday School & Services Reverend Dr. Festus K. Kavale

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First Congregational Church 4 Highland Street, off Main Street, Meredith The Reverend Dr. Russell Rowland

136 Pleasant St., Laconia • 524-7132

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Roller Coaster Ride Luke 9: 28-43 8:00am - Early Worship www.laconiaucc.org 9:30am - Family Worship & Church School Wherever you may be on life’s journey, Elevator access you are welcome here!

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Transitional Lead Pastor Dave Spencer Ephesians 2:10 Sunday Worship Services 8:45 & 10:30 am Evangelical Baptist Church 12 Veteran’s Square, Laconia 603-524-2277

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There were 882 residential homes for sale as of February 1, 2013 in the Lakes Region communities covered by this report. The average list price stood at $500,702 with a median price point of $244,900 and an average time on the market of 234 days. The inventory level is down considerably from last February 1 when there were 975 homes available. Our current inventory level represents a 11.5 month supply of homes on the market.

As REALTORS® we get to see a wide variety of property in the Lakes Region. We see everything from humble cottages and antique capes to stunning condominiums and extravagant water-

front estates. And, these properties vary from being run down, decrepit, and perhaps uninhabitable to extraordinary, exquisite, and amazing.

REALTORS® are adept in the use of other adjectives like spectacular, pristine, stellar, remarkable, beautiful, high quality, and on and on to describe some of the nicer properties. Some of the adjectives get so overused that buyers might not believe the property is as nice as it is described. Sometimes the descriptions do fall a little short of reality.

I had the pleasure of attending an open house at a waterfront home at 144 Springfield Road in Wolfeboro this past week. I would have to say whatever adjectives you want to use that are synonymous with “simply amazing” will work just fine but they will fail to adequately describe just how spectacular this home is. My first reaction was a little similar to the feeling I got when visiting the Biltmore Estate in North Carolina. It kind of leaves you at a loss for words and you just end up muttering single syllable words like “wow.”

The property is called Lakeside Manor and was constructed in 2006 by well known builder John Lovering. It took three years to complete this Arts see next page

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Film about genetically modified organisms shown Feb. 16

LACONIA — ‘’Genetic Roulette: The Gamble of Our Lives’’, a documentary film about genetically modified organisms, will be shown on Wednesday, February 13 at 7 p.m. at Prescott Farm Environmental Education Center, 928 White Oaks Road, Laconia.

Sponsored by Sustainable Sustenance, the film describes how genetically modified soybeans and corn

are implicated in the rising rates of gastrointestinal disorders, allergies, inflammatory diseases, and infertility in humans, pets, livestock, and lab animals.

There is no charge to attend, though donations will be accepted. Sustainable Sustenance is a grassroots group promoting organic, whole, and local foods.

For more information, contact Karen at 528-8560 or barkers@alumni.unh.edu.

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LACONIA — Belknap County Democrats are hosting a public forum on the county budget on Wednesday, February 13, at 7 p.m. at the meeting room at the Laconia Police Department, 126 New

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from preceding page and Crafts style home which has won numerous architectural awards. It sits majestically on a 58 acre parcel of land with 2,349 feet of southwesterly facing frontage on Winnipesaukee. The home encompasses a mere 17,300-square-feet of exquisitely done, but not over done, to create a very livable lake front home. There we go with those adjectives again, but it is hard to stop with this home.

You arrive through the covered grand entry into the foyer and are immediately struck by the beautiful wood flooring and fine wood details including rich wood paneling, massive columns supporting a triangular pediment above the entry to a elegant formal dining room, and curved wood moldings on the ceiling that echo the curved tower staircase that leads up two more levels. The center of the home is the two story, open concept great room featuring a thirty foot stone fireplace, cathedral ceilings, beautiful moose motif light fixtures, multiple sitting areas, and a wall of glass facing the lake. The gourmet kitchen features every imaginable high end appliance known to man, a pantry, a dining service room, a breakfast bar as well as a less formal dining area with views of the lake.

The sumptuous first floor master has a gas fireplace, hardwood floors, access to the outside deck, a luxurious bath, and a master laundry room. This is one of five luxury suites that make up a total of eight bedrooms, two of which are in a separate guest wing complete with its own kitchen, dining, and living room. I would be quite happy with just this section of the home. Then there is an eight bed bunk room up on the third floor with built in bunks, storage closets and drawers. Of course you have an office, four season room, indoor spa room, exercise room, a wine cellar, sauna, indoor and outdoor grilling areas, and not one but three elevators. But did you ever hear of a dedicated X-box room? Then there is the 31 x 20 foot movie theater with tiered floors, plush seating that recline electronically, a massive 110inch theater screen, and a custom speaker system.

Down on the lower level is an entertainment room that has got to be near the top of the list for the World’s Ultimate Mancave. There is, of course, a full bar with granite counter tops and plenty of seating plus dedicated areas for poker, darts , game tables, and of course a pool table. There also is a casual sitting area with stone fireplace and views of the lake,.

There really is no need for a guy to ever leave here.

Now for some other really important details for us guys. First there is a six bay heated garage and workshop area complete with an automobile lift, custom cabinetry, and heated floors. Second there is a custom 3,800-square-foot, three bay boat house that is just as nice as the house and four outside slips just in case you can’t fit all the toys inside.

Needless to say the grounds and landscaping are impeccable and just as hard to adequately describe at the interior of the home. And, this property also offers a development opportunity if you desire with three different options of having either three or five more waterfront lots and either one, three, or seven non-waterfront lots.

So, this is my best attempt at describing an almost indescribable Winnipesaukee luxury home in a 1,000 words or less. I could go on all day with more space. This property is currently on the market for $13.6 million and is one of the highest priced offerings ever on the lake. Is it worth it? It’s one of the best we’ve seen and given the development opportunity it could be a great deal. This property is listed

by Jodi Hughes at Prudential Spencer Hughes in Wolfeboro but please, pretty please, call me if you’d like to see it. I just want to go there again. . . and selling it to you wouldn’t hurt my feelings, either!

Please feel free to visit ww.lakesregionhome.com to see more pictures and info on this fine home and others. Data was compiled as of 2/1/13 using the Northern New England Real Estate MLS System.

Reports are also available by email. Roy Sanborn is a REALTOR® at Roche Realty Group and can be reached at 603-677-8420

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MOULTONBOROUGH — William Norwood Depuy, 80, of Moultonborough, NH and most recently Dover, NH died unexpectedly February 6, 2013.

Bill Depuy was born March 21, 1932 in Needham, MA, the only child of the late Fred Norwood and Sarah Elizabeth (Dearborn) Depuy. He was predeceased by the love of his life and wife of 38 years Nancy Holmes Marsh Depuy in November of 2012.

Bill graduated from the University of New Hampshire in 1954. He was active in ROTC and was the president of SAE fraternity. He was a pilot and Major in the US Air Force and was a member of the first flight class to fly jet planes.

Bill’s career included management positions of several airports including Manchester, Bangor International and Logan prior to joining the FAA as a New England Airport Safety Inspector. He also ran a small Taxidermy shop out of his Moultonborough home and ended his career driving a school bus for the children of Moultonborough and chopping onions for the women of the Moultonborough Methodist Church.

Bill and Nancy were very involved with their much loved Moultonborough United Methodist Church family and served as Lay Preachers in South Tamworth and surrounding communities. He enjoyed hunting, fishing, hiking and had a great love for most everything about the North Country outdoors.

Belknap County Republicans hear from Senate Majority Leader Jeb Bradley on February 13 WOLFEBORO — The next meeting of the Belknap County Republican Committee will be held on Wednesday, February 13 at 6:30 p.m. at the Top of the Town Restaurant, 88 Ladd Hill Rd, Belmont.

Guest speaker at the meeting will be Jeb Bradley, the State Senate Majority Leader. Senator Bradley will discuss the agenda for the coming two years, and will field questions from the committee’s members.

Results of the recent NH Republican State Committee Annual Meeting will also be announced, and State Representatives and State Senators who rep-

resent Belknap County towns will provide legislative updates.

Belknap County Republican Committee meetings are open to all Republicans and like-minded Independents. Although the county Republican meeting begins at 6:30 p.m, those interested in having dinner and/or wish to socialize before the meeting, should plan to arrive as early as 5 p.m.

For more information, check www.BelknapCountyRepublicans.org or send an email to Alan@ BelknapCountyRepublicans.org.

GILFORD — Laughter Yoga with Marcia Wyman of the New England Center of Laughter at Wesley Woods is now open to the public.

“No Poses - No Matts- Just laughter exercises and deep breathing”, says Wyman, adding that no experience is needed.

She says that Laughter Yoga ‘’is great for chronic conditions such as stress, depression, memory loss, and COPD. It’s a great way to feel better and stay better and with no

side effects except joy and feeling renewed and refreshed.”

Sessions run February 19, March 12, March 26, April 9, April 16 and April 30. All classes start at 10:30 a.m. and will be held in the Wesley Woods Community Center.

This program is open to all ages. There will be a $5 per class charge, or people can attend all 6 classes for $20.

For more information about the program or the location contact Stace at Wesley Woods 528-2555 or sdhendricks@wesleywoodsnh.org.

from preceding page county budget and its far-reaching impact on county employees, outside agencies and county services.

Alll members of the public are welcome and invited to the forum. Light refreshments will be

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Bill is survived by his four children and their spouses, Lisa and Jim Coles of Newmarket, NH, John Depuy and Brenda Locke of Brewster, MA, Fred and Nancy Depuy of Newtown, CT, and Linda and Kevin Tuttle of Newfields, NH. He also leaves 10 grandchildren and their spouses, Jamie and Kristen Coles, Ericka Coles and Chris Asaro, Wesley Locke, Paige Locke, Cole Depuy, Wyatt Depuy, Harrison Depuy, Tucker Depuy, Ben Tuttle and Chris Tuttle and one great grandson, Jaxon Asaro. In addition, he leaves four step children and their families, David and Debbie Marsh, Janan and Wes Hays and their 2 daughters and families, Jenlian, McGregor, Jackson and Izabelle Chadwick and Allia Hays and John Connors, Julie Cudworth and her daughter Sheridan Cudworth and Jennifer Marsh Vaughn and her son Oliver Matte. Finally, he leaves behind his beloved cousin Nancy Knipe and her family.

A memorial service will be held Saturday, February 16, at 11:00 a.m. at the Moultonborough United Methodist Church, 1018 Whittier Highway, Moultonborough, NH. In lieu of flowers the family requests that donations be made in Bill’s name to the charity of your choice.

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BELMONT from page one Beaudin’s ex-husband to stay on the town’s health insurance when the couple divorced in 1999.

“I have reviewed the materials you provided Investigator (Richard) Tracy as well as his report regarding his meeting with you and David Morse. Based on that review, I have determined there is no evidence to support a reasonable suspicion of criminal conduct of the part of Ms. Beaudin or Ms. Legace.” wrote Ward.

The criminal charges that Condodemetraky and Morse asked the A.G. to investigate were RSA 641:3 (Unsworn Falsification), RSA 641:7 (Tampering with Public Records), and RSA 643: 1 (Official Oppression).

Condodemetraky and Morse reached out to the A.G.’s Office in September.

According to the notes Tracy made during his interview with Condodemetraky and Morse in Condodemetraky’s basement office on October 2, and made available to The Daily Sun following a RightTo-Know request, Condodemetraky told Tracy he believed Beaudin’s actions that kept her ex-husband on her family plan insurance after their divorce in 1999 were done without the knowledge of the Board of Selectmen and that its members were never notified.

Morse also told Tracy that Beaudin wrote a letter of appeal to the town’s insurer, the Local Government Center, requesting her husband be reinstated on her insurance and that Legace wrote a letter of support for Beaudin’s appeal “by passing herself off as the town’s benefits administrator, which she was not.”

When Tracy asked Morse if he had seen the letters, Morse said he hadn’t but he was aware of the them and that they were in Beaudin’s confidential personnel file. At that point, Morse suggested that Tracy interview Town Accountant and Benefits Administrator Brenda Paquette who he said had seen the letters and told Morse about their existence. Morse and Paquette are in a relationship and live together.

The triggering incident that caused Condodemetraky and Morse to reach out to the A.G. occurred in 2011 when Selectman Jon Pike threatened to sue the town because he wasn’t allowed to mimic Beaudin’s ex-spouse and stay on his ex-wife’s insurance policy at town expense after they divorced in 2007. Pike’s ex-wife is the elected Town Clerk-Tax Collector Cynthia DeRoy. Instead, after the divorce Pike was allowed to get his own plan under the same umbrella policy under the provisions of the federal COBRA act and paid for the premiums himself, not knowing at the time that he could have stayed on DeRoy’s plan because the town had no real policy regarding health insurance and divorce at that time. The settlement reached between Pike and the town on June 6, 2011 was that Pike got $11,100 and was allowed to stay on town’s health insurance plan for free until he turned 65, which was in the summer of 2012. The amount of the settlement is in a public document.

Pike didn’t participate in the June 2011 settlement discussion because it involved him and Morse didn’t participate because he and the Paquette are a couple.

After consulting with two former selectmen, Selectman Ron Cormier inked the agreement with Pike.

One of the missing pieces of the puzzle was how Pike learned that Beaudin was able to keep her exhusband on her family policy after their divorce in 1999 and not make him get his own policy under the COBRA act.

Morse told Tracy he believed Beaudin told Pike about her keeping her ex-husband on her insurance for an unknown period of time after their divorce.

Morse told Tracy he learned the information that ultimately lead him to Beaudin’s arrangement with her ex-husband in October of 2010 when he saw an $800 payment to Pike on the town’s manifest for Pike’s health insurance. A selectman at the time, Morse said he was not consulted or informed of any issues with Pike or his insurance.

He said he requested a meeting with Beaudin and Town Attorney Laura Spector where he was told that Pike had threatened a lawsuit if the town didn’t pay him back the money he paid to keep insurance under COBRA. The discussions about Pike continued for six months until an agreement was reached in June of 2011.

Morse also told Tracy that the town allowed Highway Department Administrator Jim Fortin to keep his ex-wife on the town’s insurance for three years after their divorce. Since then, said Morse to Tracy, the town adopted a insurance plan for divorced spouses that requires all of them to get their own plans through COBRA but voted to grandfather Fortin’s ex-wife.

Tracy’s notes reflect that Morse felt that Beaudin blamed Paquette for having to pay Pike because Paquette allegedly didn’t understand the benefits plan at the time of Pike’s divorce that would have allowed Pike to maintain his COBRA status under N.H. state law until he was 65 because he was over 55 when he and DeRoy divorced.

In the statement Morse made to Tracy in October of 2012, he said that Paquette had been reprimanded

by Beaudin for providing him with confidential information.

The Daily Sun confirmed last week with current Selectman’s Vice Chair Ron Cormier that Paquette has now been placed on paid administrative leave.

Cormier declined further comment, saying it is a personnel matter.

The Daily Sun also learned the Town of Belmont itself got the information about the investigation when it filed a Right-To-Know request for the notes of the investigation after being sent a courtesy copy of the three-page letter sent to Condodemetraky on November 14.

Morse told Tracy he believed Beaudin felt she could keep her ex-husband on her family plan because it didn’t cost the town’s taxpayers any additional money because she was on a family plan. He said Pike and DeRoy were on a two-person plan and it did cost the taxpayers money to keep Pike on DeRoy’s plan.

To further complicate things, Paquette’s ex-husband James has filed suit in Belknap County Superior Court against the town of Belmont for not giving him the same consideration as Pike and Beaudin’s ex-husband when he and Paquette divorced in 2006.

The suit is ongoing and is scheduled for trial in early 2014.

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By Holiday Mathis SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). You are recognized by certain characteristics. When you change one or two of them, people will need a moment to figure out how they are going to see you. Give them time to adjust.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21).

There are many reasons to be ambivalent. Some will use this tactic as a defense: If they don’t care, they won’t be hurt. In contrast, you will care deeply and risk the pain.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19).

You’ll feel largely responsible for the state of things around you. To assign the reasons elsewhere would make you a victim, and you’re far from that. You’ll assume that you have the power and go from there.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18).

You’ll have a strong negative reaction to things that other people consider normal. If it doesn’t make you feel good, you’ll skip it. You’ll stick to the obviously life-enhancing activities.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). There have been times in your life when you made rapid improvements. Because you were willing to drop the behavior that put you in a bad position, you made your way to a better place.

TODAY’S BIRTHDAY (Feb. 9).

You’re highly driven. This month you’ll create rituals that keep you on track with goals. Keep tweaking your approach until you find out what works.

March shuffles your social lineup. In April, you’ll sacrifice for the sake of a relationship, and soon your efforts will be reciprocated. July brings a financial bonus. Cancer and Scorpio people adore you. Your lucky numbers are: 20, 1, 22, 34 and 25.

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ARIES (March 21-April 19). Your feelings don’t happen merely in your mind. They take over your whole body, permeating every cell and atom with their tone. That’s why any effort you make to put yourself in a wonderful mood will be health-enhancing.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20). Do people change? Will you change? The answer to both questions is a resounding “yes.” Furthermore, change for the better is the odds-on favorite to happen.

GEMINI (May 21-June 21). Even though the work scene isn’t perfect now, you’re getting a better concept of the career you want. Spending time with people who have a bit of what you want will bring clarity.

CANCER (June 22-July 22). Much needs to happen if your relationship is to pass from this state to one that’s more pleasing to you. The good news is that it will happen quite naturally when you focus on doing the most loving thing moment to moment.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). Much is working in your favor today, largely because you throw yourself into work you enjoy. The action will rush freely into the evening, which is even better than the hours before.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). The one who keeps asking about the end result is missing the point. The result is a byproduct of good work. When the work is right the result will be right.

Focus on the work.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). You are usually methodical and thorough in your thought processes. So when your mind perceives the truth or untruth of things without seeking the evidence that would prove it, this is your intuition speaking. Heed it.

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––––––– ALMANAC ––––––– Today is Saturday, Feb. 9, the 40th day of 2013. There are 325 days left in the year.

Today’s Highlight in History: On Feb. 9, 1943, the World War II battle of Guadalcanal in the southwest Pacific ended with an Allied victory over Japanese forces.

On this date: In 1773, the ninth president of the United States, William Henry Harrison, was born in Charles City County, Va. In 1825, the House of Representatives elected John Quincy Adams president after no candidate received a majority of electoral votes.

In 1861, Jefferson Davis was elected provisional president of the Confederate States of America at a congress held in Montgomery, Ala. In 1870, the U.S. Weather Bureau was established.

In 1933, the Oxford Union Society at Oxford University debated, then endorsed, 275-153, a motion “that this House will in no circumstances fight for its King and Country,” a stand widely denounced by Britons.

In 1942, daylight-saving “War Time” went into effect in the United States, with clocks turned one hour forward.

In 1963, the Boeing 727 went on its first-ever flight as it took off from Renton, Wash.

In 1964, The Beatles made their first live American television appearance on “The Ed Sullivan Show,” broadcast from New York on CBS. In 1971, a magnitude 6.6 earthquake in California’s San Fernando Valley claimed 65 lives. The crew of Apollo 14 returned to Earth after man’s third landing on the moon.

In 1983, in a dramatic reversal from fifty years earlier (see above), the Oxford Union rejected, 416-187, a motion “that this House would not fight for Queen and Country.”

Ten years ago: President George W. Bush told congressional Republicans at a policy conference in West Virginia that Iraq had fooled the world for more than a decade about its banned weapons and the United Nations was now facing “a moment of truth” in disarming Saddam Hussein.

One year ago: President Barack Obama freed 10 states from some of the toughest requirements of the No Child Left Behind education law. The Pentagon formally opened thousands of jobs to women in units that were closer to the front lines than ever before.

Today’s Birthdays: Television journalist Roger Mudd is 85. Actress Janet Suzman is 74. Actresspolitician Sheila James Kuehl (kyool) (“The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis”) is 72. Singer-songwriter Carole King is 71. Actor Joe Pesci is 70. Singer Barbara Lewis is 70. Author Alice Walker is 69.

Actress Mia Farrow is 68. Former Sen. Jim Webb, D-Va., is 67. Singer Joe Ely is 66. Actress Judith Light is 64. Jazz musician Steve Wilson is 52.

Country singer Travis Tritt is 50. Actress Julie Warner is 48. Country singer Danni Leigh is 43.

Actor Jason George is 41. Actor-producer Charlie Day is 37. Rock singer Chad Wolf (Carolina Liar) is 37. Actor A.J. Buckley is 36. Rock musician Richard On (O.A.R.) is 34. Actress Ziyi Zhang is 34. Olympic silver and bronze medal figure skater Irina Slutskaya is 34. Actor David Gallagher is 28.

Actress Marina Malota is 25. Actress Camille Winbush is 23. Actor Jimmy Bennett is 17.

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CALENDAR TODAY’S EVENTS Singles Dance Night with Tony Sarno’s TS Review Band. 8 p.m. at Pitman’s Freight Room in Laconia. Admission is $12. BYOB. Appetizers and door prizes included.

Karaoke event hosted by the American Legion Post 33 in Meredith. 7:30 p.m. $5 donation requested.

New Hampton School presents a modern-day take on Shakespeare through the performance of “Taming of the Shrew”. 7 p.m. in the McEvoy Theater at New Hampton School. Recommended donation of $15/adults and $10/students and seniors. For more information visit www. newhampton.org.

Mardi Gras Celebration hosted by the St. Andre Bassette Parish. 5 p.m. in the Sacred Heard Church Gym in Laconia.

Roast pork dinner served at 5:50 p.m. Tickets are $8 for adults and $4 for children and can be purchased at the door.

Valentine Italian Supper hosted by the Tilton-Northfield United Methodist Church in Tilton. 5-6:30 p.m. Cost is $7/adults, $4/children and free for children under the age of 3. Features spaghetti, meatballs, lasagna, salad, rolls and dessert.

Pemi-Banker Valley Republican Committee (PBVRC) annual dinner held at the Woodstock Inn in North Woodstock. Social hour held from 5-6 p.m. followed by dinner.

Tickets are $45 per person. Pre-purchased tickets encouraged by calling 536-3880 or emailing cindy@ndatech.com.

Bake Sale and Cookie Walk held by the Friends of the Meredith Library. 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Cookies are $5 per pound. For more information call 279-1206 or email bheyduk@metrocast.net.

Laconia Little League in-person registration open to residents of Gilford, Belmont and Laconia. 9 a.m. to noon. at the Laconia Community Center. Parents/Guardians are encouraged to register their children online at www. laconiall.org prior to the meeting.

Meredith Library events. Friends of the Library Book Sale 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Super Saturday art project and snack held from 10 a.m. to noon.

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.

All compulsive eaters are welcome to attend the Overeaters Anonymous meeting held each Saturday morning from 11 to 12 at the Franklin Hospital.

Narcotics Anonymous meeting. 6 to 7:30 p.m. at the Unitarian Universalist Society (172 Pleasant Street) in Laconia.

The New Horizons Band of the Lakes Region meets every Saturday at 1 p.m. at the Music Clinic on Rte 3 in Belmont. All musicians welcome. For more information call 528-6672 or 524-8570.

Open Door Dinners offer free weekly meal in Tilton.

4:30 to 5:30 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 markk@trinitytilton.org.

SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 10 Free skating at Skate Escape for the first 150 middle or high school students. 3:30-5:30 p.m. Suggested cangood donation. Student I.D. required. Free pizza offered.

Faculty Recital hosted by the Department of Music, Theatre, and Dance at Plymouth State University. 1 p.m. at the Silver Center for the Arts on the Plymouth State University Campus. Free tickets avaliable at the Silver Center Box office or by calling 535-2787.

Line Dancing at Starr King Fellowship Sundays from 4-5 p.m. $5 per person. For more information call George at 536-1179.

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ANNIE’S MAILBOX

Dear Annie: This is in response to “Tired in Rural Oregon,” whose kids are slobs and whose husband doesn’t care. I told my kids if they didn’t pick up their messes, I would hire a “maid.” One day, they came home to a clean, organized house. I said the “maid” had come. When I handed out my children’s allowance for the week, I took back the money it cost to hire the “maid.” I then told them that the “maid” was going to the mall to buy herself something really nice. I came home with a new top and thanked my kids for making the “maid” so happy.

From then on, I just had to remind my kids that if they didn’t pick up after themselves, I would hire the “maid” again. -- Honolulu Housewife Dear Honolulu: We love it. Here’s more: From Louisiana: My psychologist said, “You teach people how to treat you.” This starts when your children are born. A parent has to tolerate poor behavior from the beginning, or their children would not expect to get away with such deplorable actions.

Illinois: Nagging is not part of a parent’s job. Nagging is a contest of wills. At an early age, parents should instill in the child what is proper and correct. There are developmental tasks that a person learns throughout life, and if those tasks are not learned at the critical points, it becomes much more difficult. The parent is not a buddy, but a person who is due respect and obedience. “Tired” should count the days until the kids are 18, and if they don’t shape up, invite them to move out.

Georgia: We got our teens to help with chores by making sure their chores were done as a condition for getting to use the car on the weekend.

Missouri: When our children reached the age of 10, they were told to pick up their clothes, make their beds, put

their dishes in the dishwasher, help set the table and do other tasks. There was no nagging. If my son didn’t put his dirty clothes in the hamper, I simply picked them up, folded them and put them back in his drawers. His breakfast was served on the same dishes he had not placed in the dishwasher the night before. If he didn’t put his towels in the laundry, they were used until they could walk on their own.

Wyoming: I agree that my kids’ bedrooms were their responsibility, but I would no longer allow them to trash the common areas. If they left dirty dishes in the living room, I assumed they still wanted them, so I would take the dishes to their rooms. If they left toys or clothes in the common areas, I assumed they didn’t care about them and threw them out. I had some major backlash, but it worked. It was a joy to see them scrambling around in the morning cleaning up their stuff before they left for the day.

Florida: You were right on when you said to close the kids’ bedroom doors and teach them how to do laundry.

And enforce the rule that anything left in a common area when you go to bed will be confiscated. They can earn it back by doing chores.

New York: Your advice to close the door to a teenager’s messy room is totally wrong. I finally had to move out of my home because of my sloppy 22-year-old stepdaughter’s disrespect and her dad’s lack of responsibility. He would ask her to please wash her dishes with hot soapy water, but she would use the stale water left in the basin from the night before, and I would have to rewash them.

The only way I knew things were clean was if I washed them.

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New England Porch Rockers, 10 Pleasant Street in downtown Laconia. Open every day at 10, closed Sunday. 603-393-6451.

MANY size booth spaces available in new eclectic group shop opening in Downtown Laconia March 1st. Call 603-393-6451

Announcement MAKE EXTRA CASH by consigning your unwanted furniture and home decor items. Please call 524-1175 or stop in at Too Good To Be Threw, 84 Union Avenue, Laconia.

Autos $_TOP dollar paid for junk cars & trucks. Available 7-days a week.

P3 s Towing. 630-3606 1992 Bravada, 63,000 miles, garaged, excellent condition One owner, $19,000. Nonnegotiable, 603-356-3934.

1994 GMC Sierra 4X4 truck. V6, $1,500/OBO. 1987 Chevy Suburban 3/4 Ton 4X4 W/8ft.

Plow system. Great yard truck, $1,500/OBO 630-8282 or 455-1058

2001 Nissan Altima GXE -4 Door Sedan. 5-Speed, 182K, A/C, All power, snow tires/all weather tires-good condition. Service records available. $3,000.

744-5644 2002 Mercury Mountaineer Premier 6-cylinder, AWD, loaded, tow package. 7 passenger, great condition $5,900. 978-270-2814 2009 Toyota Avalon XLSExcellent condition, 29K, good tires, power everything. All service records. $19,500. 524-7685 2010 Subaru Forester 2.5X, premium, auto, loaded, highway miles, full maintenance $14,500.

630-4737 2010 Toyota Scion XD- Hatchback, 5-speed, red. Remainder of 3 year/36,000 and 5 year/60,000 mile warranties, with no transfer fees. Power windows/locks, tilt/cruise, ABS and traction control. Pioneer AM/FM/CD/MP3. 30K miles, great gas mileage. $12,900.

603-707-9220 evenings/weekends BUYING junk cars, trucks & big 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.

VOLKSWAGEN Beetle- 2010, 29K miles, yellow, leather interior, immaculate condition, standard

OUTBOARD MOTORS www.outboardrepower.net Paddle King Paddle Boats, Custom Gheenoe Fishing Boats.

Off season pricing. 603-738-2296 WANTED: Boat Dock/Slip on Winnipesaukee, 2013 season, for a 20ft. Century Runabout. Mature couple, mostly weekday use.

Kevin or Karen 802-263-5700

For Rent APARTMENTS, mobile homes. If you need a rental at a fair price, call DRM Corp. Over 50 years in rentals. We treat you better!

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

BELMONT

• Large 1 bedroom, 1st floor apt. Heat, hot water, electric & extended basic inc. $225 per week.

• Large 1 bedroom 2nd floor apt. with small computer room. Heat, hot water included. $200 per week.

SECURITY REQUIRED

998-4728 BELMONT house- 2-bedroom 1-bath Small office, storage, large yard. $900/Month + utilities, security deposit. 455-7353 BELMONT NH Rooms for rent in large Victorian mansion overlooking Lake Winnisquam, $550-700 per month includes all utilities &

BELMONT- Renovated, quiet, Rte. 3. First floor, one bedroom $750. Two bedroom $800, Includes heat/hot water. No pets.

528-1991

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

Great condition!

617-780-9312 GILFORD : 1 & 2 -bedroom units available. Heat & electricity included. From $190/week. Pets considered. 556-7098.

LACONIA 1st floor 2-3 bedroom apartment on Pleasant St. Walk to town & beaches, recently repainted, carpeting, appliances, full bath. $1,000/Month includes heat & hot water. 524-3892 or 630-4771 LACONIA 2-bedroom 2nd floor on Province St. Clean, sunny, lead safe. Good neighborhood with private parking. Washer/dryer access, no pets, $750/Month + utilities. 508-423-0479 LACONIA: 1 bedroom subsidized apartment. Must be elderly or disabled. Preferece given to elderly applicants with extremely low income. ($14,800 or lower).

EHO. Please call Mary at Stewart Property Management 603-641-2163 LACONIA Waterfront- 2-Bedroom condo, quiet location, Clean/renovated, furnished-optional. No

For Rent

For Rent

LACONIA- 1 bedroom home. $850/Month + utilities. $850 deposit, available immediately.

Call 603-340-0936 No calls after 8pm please.

LACONIA- 1 bedroom, utilities included. $170/Week, no pets.

603-781-6294 LACONIA- 3 bedroom. Short walk to downtown. Near shopping & hospital. Laundry on site.

Ample parking. $250/week or $1,083/month. Includes heat, hot water & electric. No Dogs.

Security deposit & references required. Call 524-4428 for more info.

LACONIA- Large Rooms for rent.

Private bath, heat/hot water, electric, cable, parking included. $145-160/week 603-781-6294 LACONIA- Wingate Village, 103 Blueberry Lane. 2-Bedroom townhouses for rent. $825 Washer/ Dryer hookups, private yard, full basement, dishwasher & A/C, in convenient location. Heat & hot water included. Call us today at 603-524-4363. EHO, FHO. LACONIA: 2 bedroom, 1st floor.

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

524-1234 www.whitemtrentals.com.

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

LACONIA: Spacious two bedroom apartment for rent. Rent is $702. per month with heat and hot water included. On-site laundry, storage room and off-street parking. Close to pharmacy, schools and hospital. Please call Julie at Stewart Property Mgt. (603) 524-6673 EHO.

ROOMMATES Home near Tilton/I-93. unfurnished $115/Week. Furnished $125/Week. Utilities included, No drugs or drinking. Smoker/Pet okay. 603-286-9628 TILTON, charming Victorian car riage house weekly or monthly rentals. $200/wk $800/mo, cable, Wi-Fi, microwave, coffee maker and refrigerator. Call or text 603-998-7881 or 603-455-5350 or email: info@blackswaninn.net TILTON: Large room for rent downtown. $150/week includes all utilities. 603-286-4391.

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

WINNISQUAM: Small efficiency and a cottage including heat, hot water, lights and cable. $175-$225 per week. $500 deposit. No pets. 387-3864.

For Rent-Commercial

LACONIA: Very nice 1-bedroom apartment in clean, quiet, downtown building. Recently painted.

Nice kitchen and full bath. $175/week, includes heat, hot water & electricity. 524-3892 or 630-4771.

LACONIA: 1st Floor, Large 3BR, 2-bath apartment. Deck and parking. No pets, no smokers. Security deposit, references and lease required. $925/month plus utilities.

875-2292.

LACONIA: Gilbert Apartments.

Call for available apartments.

524-4428 MINUTES from Concord2-bedroom 1-bath completely renovated energy efficient apartment complex. $795, including hot water with free WiFi. Secured building access, onsite laundry and more. Military discount available. Convenient Rte 3 location in West Franklin!

Must See, Call today!

603-744-3551 NORTHFIELD: 2BR mobile home on own land, near Exit 19. Pets considered. $695 per month plus utilities. Call 286.4624.

For Sale 2 Mens extra large bib style snowpants new, in plastic, bought $100 each. Asking $65 each.

603-393-3840 after 6 pm 22 Cu. Ft. Almond Refrigerator, top freezer $100. LH interior fan top glass door & frame with hardware & keys. $75. 3 storm doors and 6 storm windows. Call for sizes/prices. 630-8282 or 455-1058 30 gal. fish tank and stand (everything included) $60. 556-9276.

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For Sale

Furniture

Help Wanted

4 Weather Master snow tires, 215/65R16, used lightly one winter $150. New $124 each.

250-8066

MONRO MUFFLER/BRAKE & SERVICE Automotive Technician

7-1/2 Ft. Curtis Snow Pro Poly Plow: New cutting edge, all the controls, $1,000. 707-9934.

Base pay 20-45k Great benefits package available.

Full time & PT

603-387 0487

AMAZING! Beautiful Pillowtop Mattress Sets. Twin $199, Full or Queen $249, King $449. Call 603-305-9763 See “Furniture” AD.

TWO MARINE TECHNICIAN OPENINGS

Brown electric lift chair-recliner.

Perfect! Aeriens electric start snow blower. Perfect. $275 each.

528-2488

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

Dry Firewood- 1/2 cord $125, Full Cord $225. Cut, split, delivered Laconia/Gilford. 387-2900

Help Wanted

DUTCHWEST Woodstove: Fits up to 18” pieces of wood, very good condition. Asking $600/b.o.

707-9934.

NEW YEAR, NEW LOCATION, NEW OPPORTUNITIES

GREEN floral sofa, like new, barely used! $200. Black tray coffee table, excellent condition $100. 293-8116 KENMORE Washer: Large, only 1 1/2 years old, works very well. $150/best offer. (603)279-5598.

PRINTER: 3 in 1 Lexmark P4330, used one semester at college, needs ink. $30. 455-3686.

RECORD Collection, 136 assorted vinyl albums and 430 45 s from the 50 s, 60 s and 70 s, $249.279-6515.

SET of 4 Mastercraft snow tires for Ford Escape, used one season. 23570R16, $300. 387-3083 SHAPPELL S2000 Portable Ice Fishing Shelter. Excellent condition, will sell half price. $125.

Derby on the way. 267-6934 SMALL Heating Oil Deliveries: No minimum required. Eveningweekend deliveries welcome.

Benjamin Oil, LLC. 603-731-5980 SNOWSHOES 2 pairs. Snowcraft wood and traditional bearclaw design, 10” x 36”. 528-1260.

Steam dryer- Gilford, GE Profile large capacity. Nearly new, $500/OBO. Will trade for electric range of equal value.

207-949-4993 Top Performer Hot Water Tank50 gallon, 2 years old, in great shape. $350. 603-387-0147 WALL TILES: Ceramic, Glazed, 74 sq. ft., American Olean, 6”x6”, Sandy Ridge (color), $30. Please call 455-3686.

WALL TILES: Ceramic, Glazed, 74 sq. ft., American Olean, 6”x6”, Sandy Ridge (color), $25; PRINTER: 3 in 1 Lexmark P4330, used one semester at college, needs ink. $15. BOOKSHELF: Orion, 4-shelf, black, new in box, 9.5”Lx24.75”Wx47.5”H, $15. Call 455-3686.

Due to continued growth in our boat repair service business Channel Marine will be adding a new experienced Marine Technician to our service team (year-round). Experience and/or certifications with Mercruiser and/or Yamaha a plus. Forward resume to: admin@channelmarine.com or call Kelly at 603-366-4801, X214.

Services

(603)447-1198. Olson’s Moto Works, RT16 Albany, NH. NICE 83 Honda V45 Magna750cc, water cooled shaft drive, 16K miles, book value $2,900 selling $1,275/OBO. Will hold till spring in storage with 1/2 down.

455-2430

Recreation Vehicles 2012 ITASCA Sunova 33C Fully Loaded 3600 mi. $119,500 see RVTrader for details call 603-493-3222

Roommate Wanted ADULT person to share house in Laconia. $130/week. includes everything. Pets okay. Female preferred. 603-524-1976.

Services

HANDY MAN The Town of Gilmanton is accepting applications for a handyman to do odd jobs and repairs at the Academy Building at 503 Province Road.

The position would be a part-time position working one day per month for a salary of $25 per hour.

Liability insurance would be provided by the Town.

Applications can be picked up at the Selectmen’s Office at 503 Province Road.

Please submit your application or resume to the Selectmen’s office, PO Box 550 or fax to 267-6701 by noon on February 22, 2013 The Town reserves the right to reject any and all applications.

Lost Lost men s Coach wallet.

REWARD! 603-581-4257

Mobile Homes

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

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$37,995 72X14 $58,995 52X28 $67,995 38X26 Cape $91,000 Ranch 1,650 sq. ft.

www.CM-H.com

Open Daily & Sun.

Camelot Homes Rt. 3 Tilton NH

Motorcycles

FULL TIME AUTO TECHNICIAN Must have own tools, NH State Inspection License. AS certification, valid driver s license and clean driving record required.

Apply in person at Union Ave. Auto, 415 Union Ave. Laconia

FULL TIME TOW DRIVER Must have clean driving record, medical card and pass a background check. Call 524-7441

2003 HD Softail Standard. New tires, many extras, jack stand and cover included. $5000 firm.

603-393-7487 after 4 pm.

30% off now through February.

Interior Painting & odd jobs, repairs, Snow removal. Experienced, insured. Very reasonable, free estimates. Dan 677-6763 BILL S Small Engine Repair: *Winter Blues Special* Save 20% on all service on snowmobiles, snowblowers, generators, ATV s and all other equipment. Call now for free pickup & delivery. Bill @ 267-8766 or 387-3404.

INSURANCE Cross Insurance has an employment opportunity in our Personal Lines Dept in our Meredith, NH office.

3-5 years experience in this field is preferred. Salary is commensurate with experience and industry accomplishments.

A generous benefit package is offered. Please respond in confidence by resume to: Wendy P. Bagley Cross Insurance P.O. Box 858 Meredith, NH 03253 wbagley@crossagency.com Cross Insurance is the largest privately held insurance agency in the states of Maine and New Hampshire.

We are an equal opportunity employer.

LABORER/DRIVER FULL TIME

WOODSPLITTER: Craftman, heavyduty, 27-ton, used once, roadworthy, mint condition, $900.

707-9934.

The City of Laconia is seeking an individual to perform general laboring responsibilities and to operate various light and heavy equipment in the Public Works Department. A Commercial Drivers License or the ability to attain one is required. Position description is available in the Finance Office or on the City website.

Furniture

Salary Range: $13.99 – $17.30

AMAZING!

Application forms are available in the Finance Office, Laconia City Hall, 45 Beacon Street East, Laconia, New Hampshire, Monday Friday, 8:30 AM to 4:30 PM or at www.city.laconia.nh.us under Personnel/Employment. Applications will be accepted until Friday, February 22, 2013.

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

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

Services

Buy • Sell • Trade www.motoworks.biz

PT Computer Help neededFamiliar with uploading photos onto Ebay & Craigs List. 524-1430 or 524-0785

BIRD Cages: 1-Lg metal cage on wheels, $50; 1-Lg Parakeet cage, $20. 267-8970.

CHINA: Lenox Hayworth. Eight 5-piece place settings, sugar & creamer, gravy boat, 2 platters, 1 serving bowl, 8 extra dessert plates, salt & pepper shakers. $700/OBO 744-6107

Motorcycles

EOE/ADA

CNC Sr Set-up/Operator/Programmer Aavid Thermalloy, LLC in Laconia, NH is seeking a skilled CNC Sr-Set up/Programmer for vertical CNC Milling machines using Fanuc and Yasnac controls.

• 5 – 7 years proven Sr Set up • Vertical 3 axis CNC’s • G code programming • Strong blueprint & Solidworks • Set-ups without supervision • Excellent attendance • Full references • Fabricating a plus We offer medical, dental, vision, disability, company paid life insurance, 401k, profit sharing, paid vacation/floats/holidays and tuition reimbursement.

EEO employer.

To apply, send resume or inquiry to Morrison@aavid.com, or mail to Aavid Thermalloy, LLC Human Resources, 67 Primrose Drive, Laconia, NH 03246.

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Moultonborough Historical Society establishes dedicated memorial fund MOULTONBOROUGH — The Moultonborough Historical Society has long accepted gifts in memory of loved ones. But due to the recent sad death of Cynthia Lamprey, wife of Stewart Lamprey of Moultonborough, the Society has initiated a Memorial Fund dedicated to paying off the mortgage on the Society’s headquarters, the Lamprey House, and to continu-

Services

Services

ing working to restore that building and put it to good use as one of the most important buildings in the village.

Cynthia Lamprey, who passed away on January 9 this year, was a mainstay, along with her husband Stewart, of the Historical Society and particularly of the Lamprey House, Stewart’s boyhood home.

Services

Services

DICK THE HANDYMAN

PIPER ROOFING

Available for small and odd jobs, also excavation work, small tree and stump removal and small roofs! Call for more details. Dick Maltais 603-267-7262 or 603-630-0121

Quality Work Reasonable Rates Free Estimates Metal Roofs • Shingle Roofs

Our Customers Don t get Soaked!

HANDYMAN FOR SALE

528-3531

Travel time 293-0683

Major credit cards accepted CALL Mike for snowblowing, roof shoveling, scrapping and light hauling. Very reasonably priced.

603-455-0214

$.50

per

mile.

HANDYMAN SERVICES Small Jobs Are My Speciality

Rick Drouin 520-5642 or 744-6277

FREE Scrap Metal Removal: Looking for junk cars, old engines, lawnmowers & any other scrap steel. Will pick up and remove.

Call Bill @ 387-3404.

DELETED YOUR PHOTOS? We can get them back! Call 524-4042.

Housecleaning, reasonable rates, dependable, references. Call Nikki 520-4348

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

CALENDAR from page 19

SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 10 WET BASEMENTS,

cracked or buckling walls, crawl space problems, backed by 40 years experience. Guaranteed 603-356-4759 basementauthoritiesnh.com.

Snowmobiles 1985 Polaris Indy 500. Runs well, new track, boogies, windshield. $700/OBO 630-8282 or 455-1058 3 Snowmachines & enclosed trailer. 99 Arctic Cat, 02 Polaris & 98 Polaris. All for $5,000/OBO. Call 387-9763

Yard Sale BAG LADY BOUTIQUE MR. JUNK Attics, cellars, garages cleaned out. Free estimate.

Insured.

455-6296

PROFESSIONAL PAINTING Affordable price. Interiors are my specialty. Michael Marcotte 455-6296

ROOFS SHOVELED Experienced roofer. Reasonable rates. Insured. Call Dan 279-5806 or cell 677-6763.

DO YOU NEED FINANCIAL HELP with the spaying, altering of your dog or cat? 224-1361

On important open house days, she could always be seen sitting in porch rocker enjoying a parade or chatting with friends. She will be sorely missed by the Society members, and by her husband, Stewart.

As a way of honoring her memory, the Society is accepting memorial gifts which are immediately used to discharge the balance in the line of credit the Society has at the Meredith Village Savings Bank.

To date the fund has received over two thousand dollars which have been used to pay down the balance. Once the line of credit has been discharged, all funds from these donations will be used to restore the upper floors at the Lamprey House.

Further, this year, the Society will begin to create a memorial garden on the south side of the Lamprey House. In addition to Cynthia Lamprey’s fund, people wishing to honor the memory of a loved one can make a donation to buy a plant for the garden.

Anyone wishing to make a tax deductible donation, in Cynthia’s memory, or to honor a loved one of their own, should send a check to the Moultonborough Historical Society, PO Box 659, Moultonborough NH 03254, marked Memorial Fund.

Open Sat. 2/9 10am-4pm. Big Sale! Unique clothing/gifts, glassware + antiques. Better prices than the donation stores! Rt. 3 Belmont. Turn in @ Appletree Nursery- in the back. 455-0316

Home Care EXPERIENCED CAREGIVER WILL assist the elderly in their own home. Excellent training with outstanding references. Your loved one will be treated with respect and c are. Will prepare meals and do light housekeeping while providing companionship.

603-630-2018.

Valentine’s Day Dinner Fundraiser hosted by the InterLakes High School Class of 2013 After Prom Committee. 5-7 p.m. at Mame’s Restaurant in Meredith. Cost is $25 per person for a buffet dinner. 50% of proceeds will go to the class.

New Hampshire based Charlie Jennison Jazz Quintet performs as part of the Wolfeboro Friends of Music’s 77th Season. 2 p.m. at Brewster Academy’s Anderson Hall in Wolfeboro. Tickets are $20 and can be purchased at the door. For more information or to reserve a ticket call 5692151 or visit www.wfriendsofmusic.org.

MONDAY, FEBRUARY 11 The Laconia Historical & Museum Society holds its Annual Meeting and The History of Jazz Lecture Program. 6:30 p.m. at the Laconia Public Library. For more information call 527-1278 or email lhmslpl@metrocast.net.

The White Mountain Dowsers meeting. 6:30 p.m. at the Starr King Unitarian Universalist Fellowship in Plymouth. $5 suggested donation.

Broadband Stakeholder Group meeting hosted by the Lakes Region Planning Commission. 9 a.m. at the Humiston Building located at 103 Main Street in Meredith. For more information call 279-8171 or email mtherrien@lakesrpc.org.

Mahjong at the Gilford Public Library. 12:30–3 p.m.

Hall Memorial Library happenings. Chess Club 4-7 p.m. Trustees Meeting 5 p.m. Foreign Film night featuring the black and white movie “The Pickpocket”. Begins at 6 p.m. Popcorn served. The Biggest Loser 6:30 p.m.

Narcotics Anonymous meeting. 7 to 8:30 p.m. at 35 Tower Street in Weirs Beach.

Overeaters Anonymous offers a program of recovery from compulsive eating using the Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions of OA. The program is held Monday nights at 7 p.m. at the Laconia Congregational Church Parish Hall, 18 Veterans Square, (for mapquest use 69 Pleasant St.), Laconia, NH 03246. Use back entrance. Call/leave a message for Paula at 998-0562 for more information.

Adult Pick-up Basketball offered by Meredith Parks & Recreation Department held at the Meredith Community Center Monday nights from 6 p.m. to 7:45 p.m. $1 per person - sign in and out at the front desk.

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 Harvey Beetle at 528-3073.

Meeting of Lakes Region I.B.D. Support Group for persons with Chrohn’s Disease, various forms of Colitis and Inflammatory Bowel Disease. 7 p.m. at the Wesley Woods Community Center at the First United Methodist Church in Gilford. For more information call Randall Sheri at 5242411, 359-5236 or 524-3289.

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Lakes Region Community College offers new 8week Hybrid Semester II

Granite United Way Sr. Vice President of Community Impact, Jack Terrill, gratefully accepts a record-setting donation of $122,500 from LRGHealthcare employee campaign leaders. From left to right: LRGHealthcare staff members; Holly Young, Tracie Fitzpatrick, Cass Walker, Denise Tucker, Suzanne Stiles and Jack Terrill; back row, Dr. Peter Walkley and Tom Clairmont. (Courtesy photo)

LACONIA — Lakes Region Community College (LRCC) is offering a new 8– week Hybrid Semester II starting Monday, March 18,. The new term will finish on Thursday, May 9.

“LRCC’s new Hybrid Semester II blends online and inclass learning to maximize time efficiency for students with busy schedules day or night,” says LRCC Academic Affairs Vice President, Tom Goulette. “Half of the classes may be taken at your leisure, online, 24 hours a day.”

Offerings include Cultural Anthropology, Gerontology, Human Growth & Development, Abnormal Psychology, Chemical Dependency, and Critical Thinking & Decision Making. Classes are 6-8:45 p.m.. when held on campus.

“It is the college’s desire to meet the needs of Lakes Region students and beyond at all times,” says Goulette, himself a LRCC graduate before continuing for his Bachelor’s, Master’s, and Certificate of Advanced Graduate Studies. “LRCC’s new 8- week Hybrid Semester II allows for significant diversification and provides yet another option for students’ success.”

For additional information contact the Admissions office by calling 524-3207 ext. 6798. or call toll-free 1-800-357-2992.

LRGHealthcare completes record United Way campaign Dog obedience classes start ple’s lives a reality. Congratulations to the fundraisLACONIA- The employees of LRGHealthcare ing team, and to the entire LRGHealthcare team for have completed their main fundraising drive for another successful fundraising effort.” Terrill serves the United Way, setting a record of $122,500 for the as Senior Vice President of Community Impact. organization.

The Lakes Region United Way recently merged Central New Hampshire’s largest healthcare with Granite United Way, and is continuing its work organization and its employees have raised a collecthroughout Central New Hampshire to advance the tive five-year total of over $610,500 in support of the common good. Granite United Way serves the Southcommunity,demonstrating their daily commitment ern (Manchester/Derry/Salem), Merrimack County, to improve the health and well-being of those who depend on local social services.

North Country, Lakes This year’s fast-paced campaign was designed Region, Northern and and coordinated by the LRGHealthcare employee Upper Valley Regions team of Denise Tucker, Tracie Fitzpatrick, Heidi of NH and VT as well Smith, Holly Young, Cass Walker, Sarah Lapointe, as Windsor County, VT. Anita Morrison and Debra Clarke, with outstanding For more information, support from the executive management team. The visit www.graniteuw. campaign was performed within a two week period org. and offered some exciting incentives from local businesses to inspire giving.

“My thanks to our employee campaign Lowest Prices Around! • Lots Available team for making this happen, and to all the A GREAT PRICE donors who stepped up to support the wide array of services made possible by the United Way. We are truly proud Office: (603) 267-8182 of our employees and See our homes at: their community comwww.pinegardens.mhvillage.com mitment, and we will continue our commit6 Scenic Drive, Belmont, NH CONDITION! CONDITION! CONDITION! Spring ment to work collecis coming and we have a beautiful in-ground pool and an outdoor fireplace . Beautiful tively to address local hardwood floors in the kitchen, dining and living health and human serrm. Master bedroom w/bath, 2additional BR’s, lower level family rm w/direct entry from the 2 vice needs,” said Tom car garage. A GREAT PRICE AT...$189,000 Clairmont, President Sales & Park and CEO of LRGHealthcare.

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LACONIA — The next dog obedience class will begin February 27 at the Laconia Community and run for four weeks on consecutive Wednesdays. Beginners class from 6-7 p.m. and advanced from 7-8 p.m.

The cost will be $54 for the 4 weeks. Dogs must have all of their shots before joining the class. Preregistration and pre-payment is required. For questions and registration, go to the Laconia Parks & Recreation Department’s office at the ommunity Center at 306 Union Avenue or call 524-5046.

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School librarian publishes book about what all can learn from life of disabled boy

By Gail OBer

THE LACONIA DAILY SUN

LACONIA — For 16 years, the memories of a young disabled boy stayed in the heart and soul of Woodland School Librarian Robbie Prescott-Neylon.

She had read to him and taught him as a teacher and thought about him all while raising six of her own children, teaching and reading to other people’s children, and being wife and mother.

Two years after she had him in her class, she began writing a children’s book about why this special young man was so much like every other child in her life. Prescott-Neylon said the books purpose was so she could help other children understand why he was just like them in nearly every way.

With hand drawn illustrations on construction paper bound together in book form by her own hand, she worked on her prose that borders on poetry for two years until her own busy life caused her to put “The Real Me” on a shelf in one of the closets where special things live until one has time to revisit them.

For Prescott-Neylon, it was her husband Marty’s retirement and encouragement that led her to dig out “The Real Me” and begin to refine it.

Overwhelmed with the idea of being published, and 14 1/2 years after she began, she stood before

Woodland Heights Elementary School Librarian Robbie PrescottNeylon shows the Laconia School Board the original version of “The Real Me.” (Laconia Daily Sun photo/Gail Ober)

Health insurance experts discuss impact of ObamaCare

By Mike MOrtensen FOR THE LACONIA DAILY SUN

MEREDITH — Employers and workers alike will need to ask themselves hard questions and make some important decisions in the coming months before the insurance mandate of health-care reform takes effect next Jan. 1.

A panel of experts delivered that message during a seminar held Friday morning at Church Landing. About 60 people associated with various Lakes Region businesses and non-profit organizations listened as the panelists explained the impact the Affordable Care Act. The 90-minute program was sponsored by Bank of New Hampshire and the Inns and Spa at Mills Falls, and organized through the efforts of state Sen. Jeannie Forester.

“The health care reform law will impact each and every American,” said William Bald, vice president of Melcher & Prescott Insurance of Laconia, one of the panelists.

Starting Jan. 1 employers with more than 50 employees will be required by law to provide basic health insurance coverage or face a penalty. Employees at companies which choose not to provide minimum essential health coverage will then have to purchase insurance themselves through a health insurance exchange. Low-paid workers will be eligible for subsidies for their insurance premiums. Any individual who remains uninsured will also face a penalty.

Noting there are both positive and negative elements of the Affordable Care Act, Bald noted one down side of the law is the potential that an employer that currently offers health insurance might decide to drop the coverage if the penalties for not offering insurance are cheaper than the business’s share of the premiums. Moreover, it could be financially advantageous from the employees’ point of view to purchase subsidized coverage through an exchange rather than pay toward the insurance offered through the employer.

“Some employers may pay their employees more, and have them get their own health care coverage” through an exchange. He said this was similar to employers switching from traditional defined benefit pension plans to defined contribution 401(k) retirement plans.

The changes in the health care law will result in “a changing mind-set” on how employers go about deciding how to provide benefits for their employees, said Eric Stinson, co-managing director of Stinson Associates, an accounting firm.

Forester said after the session ended that she is concerned that employers who have offered good health insurance in order to recruit and retain good workers might find that health insurance could become less of an enticement in hiring because individuals will now be able to purchase their own

insurance much more cheaply than they can now.

Bald said that the changes mean employees will be taking more of a role in deciding about their health care coverage. “Most employees have not had to make a lot of decisions. Now there will be a lot more burden on the employee on making decisions about insurance,” he said.

Michael Wilkey, director for health insurance for the state Insurance Department, said the agency is working against a deadline of next Friday to form a partnership with the federal government to operate an insurance exchange where those who are uninsured or previously unable to get insurance due to pre-existing medical conditions can obtain insurance.

Wilkey estimated that about 47,000 Granite States presently have no health insurance.

Stinson acknowledged that the new health care law is complex and technical. He noted that the federal Department of Health and Human Services is issuing hundreds of pages weekly on how the law is to be followed and this only adds to the confusion on the part of employers. “There’s not a lot of set-instone to this. It’s very dynamic,” he said.

Despite the anxiety that exists over the health reform law, Bald said the current health insurance system was unsustainable. “I go to a client and say their (health insurance) premium is going up 10 percent, and they’re ecstatic that it wasn’t 40 percent.

You just can’t keep that up,” he said.

before the Laconia School Board this week with the “trimmed down and slimmed down” version of “The Real Me” — published by Xlibris and available through most on-line book sellers with a five-star rating on Amazon.

Her own illustrations are gone. “They did assign an artist,” she said with a laugh during her presentation.

Prescott-Neylon told the board she refined her story and her prose by reading “The Real Me” to about 360 8-year-olds who come to the Woodland Heights Library for reading time.

With the “brutal honesty of children” PrescottNeylon said she hasn’t been “booed off the stage” once but was able to take their suggestions and include them in her story.

At the encouragement of the board, she read her book to them in the same way she reads every day to 8-year-olds. And like 8-year-olds, the School Board listened.

“The Real Me” when read by Prescott-Neylon, explains that “Nick,” just like all of the other children, laughs, cries real tears, and loves his family and friends. Just like them, he often disagrees with his parents and siblings, but learns to forgive them and have them forgive him.

In “The Real Me”, Nick explains that he has a piece of a chromosome missing — Wolf Hirschorn Chromosomal Disorder or 4-P — and, unlike them, he has some trouble walking and lots of trouble talking but has learned to communicate through sign language.

Because of his missing piece of chromosome, Nick helps the other children understand why he needs an extra teacher or two and therapists to help him.

He tells them he needs them as his friends and teachers and that’s why “it’s important for me to be here. Without school, I’d be helpless I fear.”

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