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MEREDITH — A brief evacuation of Inter-Lakes High School on March 16 was the result of a misfiring boiler and the particular climate conditions of the day, factors which combined to allow exhausting smoke to be drawn back into the building through its air handling system.

Once the problem was noticed, the troubled boiler was immediately shut off and Meredith Fire Departsee CO page 3

This spectacular photo, north to south, of Lake Winnipesaukee was taken at 1:30 Thursday afternoon. The village of Center Harbor and the M/S Mount Washington cruise ship at its dock can be seen at lower center. (Lakes Region Aerial Photos/Bill Hemmel

Official ‘Ice Out’ on Lake Winnipesaukee is earliest ever

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GILFORD – The earliest Ice-Out in the history of Lake Winnipesaukee was recorded Friday morning at 9:30 a.m.

Dave Emerson of Emerson Aviation, the lake’s official Ice-Out observer, said that the last of the ice which had been blocking Center Harbor Bay Thursday afternoon broke up Friday morning.

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‘’Alton, Wolfeboro and the Weirs were all open Thursday but there was still ice in Meredith Bay, Center Harbor and around Bear Island,’’ said Emerson.

He said that it was the wind, not the 85 degree temperatures that the area had experienced on Wednesday and Thursday, that finally broke up the ice. ‘’You could see that it breaking up in the waves caused by the wind,’’ said Emerson,

who added that although Ice-Out has been officially declared there is still ice in some of the northeast-facing coves on the lake.

The March 23 date breaks the previous record set just two years ago, when Ice-Out was declared on March 24 at 2 p.m. Last year, it was Tuesday, April 19, at 8:20 am.

The only others time the ice went out in March were in 1921 when it went out on see ICE Out page 3

Scuttling of single-stream plant won’t have short-term effect on Laconia

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Stuck with high gas prices, drivers just pump less

(AP) — Americans have pumped less gas every week for the past year.

During those 52 weeks, gasoline consumption dropped by 4.2 billion gallons, or 3 percent, according to MasterCard SpendingPulse.

The decline is longer than a 51-week slide during the recession.

The main reason: higher gas prices. The national average for a gallon of gas is $3.89, the highest ever for this time of year, and experts say it could be $4.25 by late April. As a result, Americans are taking fewer trips to restaurants and shopping malls. When they take a vacation, they’re staying closer to home.

But the decline in gas consumption is also a sign that efforts to push carmakers to produce vehicles with better gas mileage are paying off. The average new car now gets nearly 24 miles to the gallon, compared with about 20 mpg just four years ago, according to the University of Michigan see GAS page 3

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Obama picks Dartmouth president to head World Bank WASHINGTON (AP) — Passing over better-known candidates, President Barack Obama on Friday nominated global health expert and Dartmouth College President Jim Yong Kim to lead the World Bank. It was a surprise pick aimed in part at fending off challenges from developing nations eager to end the U.S. monopoly of the top job at the international institution.

Obama’s appointment all but guarantees that Kim, a 52-year-old physician and pioneer in treating HIV/AIDS and tuberculosis in the developing world, will

take over at the helm of the World Bank.

Though he was born in South Korea, he will extend a tradition of American presidents dating back to the organization’s founding in 1944.

The 187-nation World Bank focuses on fighting poverty and promoting development. It is a leading source of development loans for countries seeking financing to build dams, roads and other infrastructure projects.

Several developing nations had sought to break the U.S. leadership streak when

current Bank President Robert Zoellick announced he would step down at the end of June. That put Obama in the delicate position of balancing his desire to see emerging economies step forward on the world stage and the pressures of an election year. His support for a non-U.S. candidate could have provoked fresh criticism from Republicans, who frequently question whether Obama believes in the notion of “American exceptionalism.”

As Obama announced Kim’s nomination see WORLD BANK page 20

MANCHESTER (AP) — Police are asking for the public’s help in locating a car and driver linked to a man prosecutors say shot and seriously wounded a local police officer.

Myles Webster, 22, was seen in the car moments before he shot Officer Dan Doherty five times in the legs and torso on Wednesday night in Manchester, prosecutors said. Webster, of Litchfield, a

20-minute drive south of Manchester, is charged with attempted murder, and his bail is set at $1 million.

The car is described as a bluish-green 2005 Hyundai Sonata bearing New Hampshire license plate 314-0994.

Police say the driver was 35-year-old Jennifer Whitfield, who also has used the last name Groupil. She is described as white, 5-foot-6 and 180 pounds. She’s wanted on

a charge of maintaining possession of a rental car.

Manchester police Chief David Mara said Friday that Doherty’s condition was improving but he faces a lengthy rehabilitation.

“He’s still got a long road ahead, and it’s still going to take a lot of work on his part,” Mara said. “But he’s a tough kid.” see SHOOTING page 20

SANFORD, Fla. (AP) — Before the charges that police botched the investigation of the shooting of an unarmed black teen, there were complaints that they went easy on an officer’s son who beat a black homeless man, or that officers pull over black kids for wearing the wrong color hat

because they suspect gang associations.

The furor over the failure to charge a neighborhood watch captain for shooting Trayvon Martin to death is the latest episode to inflame racial tensions that have simmered between police and blacks in this Orlando suburb for years. And on

Thursday, the department’s chief temporarily stepped aside.

Stanford City Manager Norton Bonaparte Jr. acknowledged the problems on Friday.

“The issues that have been brought to see SANFORD page 20

Police look for car tied to officer’s shooting in Manchester

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CO from page one ment was notified. Chief Ken Jones ordered an evacuation of the building after emergency medical personnel evaluated students and staff and found that a small number had slightly elevated levels of carbon monoxide in their bodies, though none required transport to a hospital.

After ensuring that the problem had been solved and firefighters could detect no carbon monixide within the building, Jones turned the school back to the district’s control. Students were allowed back in the building by noon.

Chris Wald, the district’s director of facilities, said he is looking into the installation of additional carbon monoxide detectors in response to the event.

The building houses both the district’s high school and part of its middle tier of grades.

According to Wald, the problem began in one of the school’s two boilers, which feature a high-pressure fuel injection system designed to “atomize” the fuel oil as it is sprayed into the combustion chamber, allowing for clean and efficient combustion.

However, on Friday morning, a mechanical failure resulted in the fuel being injected at a too-low pressure and the atomization effect did not occur.

The result was an incomplete combustion of the fuel. Instead of clear, hot gasses flowing out of the exhaust vent on the school’s roof, a black smoke was pouring out at a cooler-than-usual temperature.

Under normal circumstances, the exhaust’s temperature would cause it to rise quickly away from the school. However, because the air on Friday morning was dense with fog, and because the smoke wasn’t hot enough, some of the exhaust gasses migrated laterally to an air handling unit about 20 feet away.

Wald said the boilers come on-line at 6 a.m. every morning. A facilities employee noticed an air quality issue at 7:10 and immediately shut down the misfiring boiler. Members of the facilities crew were able to repair the boiler within three hours.Although there are smoke detectors and carbon dioxide detectors throughout the building, Wald said there’s only one carbon monoxide detector, located in the boiler room and intended to detect a back-firing boiler. The carbon monoxide was able to bypass that detector by flowing up to the roof and back down into the building. Wald said he is currently putting together an estimate to place carbon monoxide detectors within the air handling units, devices that could stop the odorless, colorless and potentially deadly gas from taking the same route into the high school.

“If there’s no constraints within our budget, I’m empowered to install them,” said Wald.

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Gov. Lynch vetoes House redistricting plan CONCORD (AP) — Democratic Gov. John Lynch on Friday vetoed the New Hampshire House’s plan to redraw its districts to adjust for population changes over the past decade.

Lynch said each town and city ward with sufficient population deserved a representative but the plan failed to do that. He said 62 towns and wards deserved their own seats but did not get one.

“One of the unique advantages to living in New Hampshire is the ability of citizens to encounter his or her state representative in their daily activities — at the grocery store, in a house of worship or walking main street,” Lynch said in his veto message.

He said the House plan undermines “that very special qualify of life in New Hampshire and the critical component of representative local democ-

racy that is expressed in a commonality of interest among a community’s citizens.”

He urged the House to take up the veto quickly to allow time for alternative plans to be considered and one to be agreed upon before the filing period for office opens in early June.

The Republican plan would create more than 200 new districts, nearly doubling the number that exists now. Democrats had argued it’s unconstitutional because dozens of towns and city wards that deserve their own representative would not get one.

Meanwhile, Lynch signed the Senate’s plan which shuffles 18 of the 24 districts with a goal of having about 54,600 residents in each.

Districts are adjusted every 10 years after the census.

GAS from page 2 Transportation Research Institute.

“I’d expect to see lower gasoline consumption for several years to come,” Rice University energy expert Ken Medlock says.

Americans have cut back on fill-ups for extended periods before. In 2008, gas spiked from $3.04 to $4.11 per gallon in seven months. It wasn’t until January 2009, when the national average for gas had dropped to $1.86 that consumption increased.

Drivers bought more gasoline for 23 weeks in a row.

“The spike in 2008 was a real shock to the system,” Medlock says. “There’s still a residual impact on people’s driving behavior.”

There were other stretches of reduced gas use, notably two into the 1970’s and one in the early 1980’s.

But in those cases, Americans eventually went back to

driving big cars and trucks that guzzled gas.

This time may be different. Medlock thinks economic growth will be too modest and gas prices will stay too high for Americans to start driving more anytime soon. Economists expect the U.S. economy to grow 2.5 percent in 2012. The government estimates that gas will average a record $3.79 per gallon for the year.

John Gamel, who oversees MasterCard SpendingPulse’s weekly consumption report, points to rising sales of fuel-efficient vehicles.

“People have gotten used to elevated prices and they’ve made their long-term purchases,” Gamel says. “They’re going to be using less fuel.”

Consumers now care more if a car gets good gas mileage than if it’s reliable, stylish or comes with a great deal, according to a survey of more than 24,000 new-vehicle owners taken last summer and fall by J.D. Power and Associates. That wasn’t the case in the nine previous years that J.D. Power conducted the survey.

Automakers have listened to consumers, and responded to stricter government fuel economy requirements. They’ve improved engines and transmissions so cars burn less fuel. They’ve also made cars more aerodynamic, boosting mileage by cutting wind drag. The government is gradually increasing gas mileage requirements so that by 2025, cars and trucks will have to average 54.5 mpg.

Between February 2011 and February 2012, the combined city-highway mileage of a new vehicle sold in the U.S rose to 23.7 mpg from 22.7. Better gas mileage has a huge impact on the overall economy.

ICE OUT from page one March 28 and in 1946, when ice-out was declared on March 30.

The latest Ice-Out took place on May 12, 1888, the year that observers started keeping records.

Ice-Out is officially declared when the lake ice has melted enough to allow the M/S Mount Washington cruise ship to reach all its ports of call on the lake; Alton Bay, Center Harbor, Weirs Beach, Meredith and Wolfeboro.

For many, the declaration of Ice-Out marks the traditional start of the spring season, and it officially allows many island property owners to regain water access to their cottages.

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The great myth of the ‘Knowledge Economy’ Only 25-percent of all Americans go to college, and only 16-percent of those actually try to learn anything.

Welcome a nation of helots.

“In the 21st century, the best antipoverty program around is a firstclass education,” President Obama famously declared in his 2010 State of the Union address, just as millions of high-schoolers across the nation were going through the annual ritual of picking their preferred colleges and preparing the grand tour of the prospects, with parents in tow, gazing ashen faced at the prospective fees.

The image is of the toiling students springing from lecture room to well-paying jobs, demanding advanced skills in all the arts that can make America great again — outthinking and outknowing the Chinese, Japanese, Indians, South Koreans and Germans in the cutting-edge, cut-throat, high-tech economies of tomorrow.

Start with the raw material in this epic knowledge battle. As a dose of cold water over all this high-minded talk, it’s worth looking at Josipa Roksa and Richard Arum’s recently published “Academically Adrift: Limited Learning on College Campuses.”

The two professors followed more than 2,300 undergraduates at 29 universities, selected to represent the range of America’s 2000-plus fouryear college institutions.

Among the authors’ findings: 32-percent of the students who they followed in an average semester did not take any courses that assigned more than 40 pages of reading per week. Half did not take any courses in which more than 20 pages of writing were assigned throughout the entire term. Furthermore, 35-percent of the students sampled spent five hours or less a week studying alone. Typical students spent about 16-percent of their time on academic pursuits, and were “academically engaged,” write the authors, less than 30 hours a week. After two years in college, 45-percent of students showed no significant gains in learning; after four years, 36-percent showed little change. And the students who did show improvement only logged very modest gains.

Students spent 50-percent less time studying compared with students a few decades ago.

One of the study’s authors, Richard Arum, says college governing boards — shoveling out colossal sums to their presidents, athletic coaches and senior administrative staff — demand that the focus be “student retention,” also known as not kicking anyone out for not doing any measurable work. As Arum put it to Daily Finance, “Students are much more likely to drop out of school when they are not socially engaged, and colleges and universities increasingly view students

as consumers and clients. Unfortunately, there is no guarantee that all students want to be exposed to a rigorous academic program.”

In his one sensible sally, Rick Santorum briefly struck out at ingrained snobbery about going to college, a piece of derision it didn’t take him long to retract. It turns out only about 30-percent of Americans over the age of 25 have bachelor’s degrees. Jack Metzgar had a useful piece recently on the Talking Union site with this and other useful facts.

The U.S. government’s Bureau of Labor Statistics reports that in 2010 only 20-percent of jobs required a bachelor’s degree, whereas 26-percent of jobs did not even require a high school diploma and another 43-percent required only a high school diploma or equivalent.

Please note that the latter 69-percent were therefore devoid of the one debt in America that’s even more certain than taxes — student’s loans.

At least if you’re provably broke, the IRS will countenance an “offer in compromise.” In fact, they recently made the process slightly easier. No such luck with student loans. The banks are in your pocket till the last dime of loan-plus-interest has been extorted.

Now for the next dose of cold water. The BLS reckons that by 2020 the overwhelming majority of jobs will still require only a high school diploma or less and that nearly three-fourths of “job openings due to growth and replacement needs” over the next 10 years will pay a median wage of less than $35,000 a year, with nearly 30-percent paying a median of about $20,000 a year (in 2010 dollars). In other words, millions of Americans are over-educated, servicing debt to the banks and boosting the bottom lines of Red Bull and the breweries.

The snobbery stems from the fact that America’s endless, mostly arid debates about education are conducted by the roughly one-third who are college-educated and have okay jobs and a decent income. The “knowledge economy” in the U.S. now needs more than 6-million people with master’s or doctoral degrees, with another 1.3-million needed by 2020. But this will still be less than 5-percent of the overall economy.

The BLS’s three largest occupational categories by themselves accounted for more than one-third of the workforce in 2010 (49-million jobs), and they will make an outsized contribution to the new jobs projected for 2020.They are: office and administrative support occupations (median wage of $30,710); sales and related occupations ($24,370); food preparation and serving occupations ($18,770).

Other big areas of opportunity: see next page

LETTERS Sandwich roads should be reconstructed to 18-feet, at a max To the editor, To the Town of Sandwich Selectmen: I have noticed trees flagged for removal on the Mountain Road in preparation for a Scenic Highway Hearing in accordance with RSA 231:158, before work can begin on the reconstruction of the Mountain Road as voted at Town Meeting.

Back around 20 years ago the town received money from the state in the form of Town Road Aid grant (TRA) . One of the conditions for the use of TRA money was tar roads had to be an 18-feet wide travel way with 2-foot gravel shoulders on each side, those towns which had adopted the Scenic Highway provisions could narrow the travel way to 16-feet with 2-foot shoulders on each side. This would allow towns to keep its rural characteristics. The TRA grant is now call a Block Grant and the conditions have been removed to rebuild the road in its present footprint to these standards would not require the elimination of all the flagged trees.

It seems in recent years that a 20-foot wide travel way is the norm on these latest reconstruction projects. I don’t know who has made this policy practice change, or when it was made, but I am sure that there was no public

hearing for input on this matter.

In recent years there have been a few questionnaires to help in updating the Master Plan and in them all of the respondents said they did not want the character of the town to change. This decision to cut trees and widen the roads beyond 18-feet will drastically change the character of the town .

We will progress from scenic rural country roads to suburban boulevards. That is a drastic change.

Previous road agents may have disagreed with the Scenic Highway Act but always respected the wishes of the people and adhered to the act, along with RSA 231:45 regarding the removal of certain hazardous trees.

You will probably hear the proponents of this project tell you how much safer the wider road will be, and I hope they will present statistics to prove how dangerous the existing road is.

This project should be abandoned and the road reconstructed to at most 18-feet or at best 16-feet to preserve the character of our town. You as the Board of Selectmen have the authority to accomplish this.

Robert Rowan Center Sandwich

Now, young adults are covered until they get their feet on ground To the editor, It’s not that my math teachers didn’t like me. It’s just that math doesn’t come easy to me.

I would probably have learned more if Paul had been my high school math teacher. He’s patient and creative and persistent. He’ll work with a student until the student gets the right answer AND understands the concept behind it.

But students can no longer benefit from this excellent young teacher’s gifts. Even though he’s only 29, Paul is not in the classroom anymore. He’s in hospice.

Paul didn’t have health insurance when my family first met him six years ago. He was working part-time in a restaurant while studying for his Master’s degree. His girlfriend noticed dark patches on his skin and urged him to go to a doctor but Paul didn’t have the money for a doctor or a biopsy. Besides, he was 23 and

healthy; he couldn’t have cancer!

But he did have cancer. By the time he went to a doctor, the cancer was in his lymph nodes, soon his lungs.

So America has lost a fabulous young math teacher because he didn’t have health care after college.

Today, thanks to the ACA (Affordable Care Act), young people can stay on their parents’ health insurance until they are 26. Until they get their feet on the ground. They are covered in case they have an accident, or develop a cough that won’t go away, or notice weird patches on their skin. With the ACA, they can go to doctors, get referrals, and get on with their lives.

The ACA is good common sense.

It’s not some big political scheme. It keeps young teachers like Paul in the classroom where he belongs, not in a hospital bed.

Deborah McBee Tilton

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LETTERS Why are you changing math formulas when faced with 2/3 votes?

Look at England & decide if you think ObamaCare is good idea?

To the editor, Here we go again. I thought one math lesson would be enough. But the headline YOU wrote for MY recent letter completely missed the point, had NOTHING to do with what I was saying, and just confused the issue.

I don’t know if you didn’t understand my letter or just didn’t read it.

There’s NOT “a right way and a wrong way to find two-thirds (or 60-percent) of a vote.” That’s easy.

And if anyone doing that calculation stops at that point, and simply reports whether the measure “won” or “lost,” that math formula is okay to use. (That’s what The Citizen and The Meredith News did this year, and they stayed out of trouble.)

However, your two reporters went one step further, and tried to inform us HOW MANY votes the proposals “won by” or “fell short by.” That’s when they used the wrong math formula,

and came up with the wrong answer.

Now we have the SB-2 recount in Belmont (and a third reporter). With 564 votes cast, the required 60-percent WAS 339 (not 344). And, yes, “either way, it failed.” So far, so good. But “the initiative failed by 27 votes” is true ONLY IF you mean that 27 of the 564 voting had to switch from “no” to “yes” to get it to win. But in the more-common meaning of how many ADDITIONAL “yes” votes it needed in order to win, it needed (and “failed by”) 66 votes.

Again, no one would EVER use that same incorrect math formula to calculate win/loss in the case of a simple majority. No one would EVER try to calculate how many votes would have to switch sides in order to reverse the results. But somehow, we change math formulas when faced with 2/3 or 60-percent.

Bob Beem Center Harbor

from preceding page childcare workers ($19,300); personal care aides ($19,640); home health aides ($20,560); janitors and cleaners ($22,210); teacher assistants ($23,220), non-construction laborers ($23,460), security guards ($23,920); and construction laborers ($29,280).

As Metzgar writes, as a society, “the best anti-poverty program around” cannot possibly be “’a first-class education’ when more than two-thirds of our jobs require nothing like that.”

So what is the best anti-poverty program? Higher wages for the jobs that are out there, currently yielding impossibly low annual incomes. The current American minimum wage ranges between $7.25 and $8.67 per hour. On a fairly regular basis, executives of Wal-Mart call for a rise in the minimum wage since, in the words of one Wal-Mart CEO, Lee Scott, “Our customers simply don’t have the money to buy basic necessities between pay checks.” The minimum wage in Ontario, Canada, is currently well over $10 per hour, while in France

it now stands at nearly $13. Australia recently raised its minimum wage to over $16 per hour and nonetheless, it has an unemployment rate of just 5-percent.

Any Republican candidate seriously pledging to raise the minimum wage to $12 would gallop into the White House, unless — a solid chance — he wasn’t shot dead by the commentariat or maybe by a Delta team acting on Obama’s determination relayed to him by the bankers, that this pledge constituted a terrorist assault on America. As Ron Unz, publisher of The American Conservative recently wrote (calling for a big hike), “The minimum wage represents one of those political issues whose vast appeal to ordinary voters is matched by little, if any, interest among establishment political elites.”

(Alexander Cockburn is coeditor with Jeffrey St. Clair of the muckraking newsletter CounterPunch. He is also co-author of the book “Dime’s Worth of Difference: Beyond the Lesser of Two Evils”.)

To the editor, Obamacare hits the Supreme Court next week. Twenty six states filed law suits to get it repealed. A high court ruling last week offers a glimpse into the courts thinking that does not bode well for ObamaCare.

The case involved the Medical Leave Act as it pertains to state’s rights. The Supreme Court ruled that states are “sovereigns” and as such are immune from suits for damages. The issue of state sovereignty is a key legal point in the quest to over turn ObamaCare. The 26 states are arguing that the vast expansion of Medicaid under Obama care for low income workers violates individual state rights. It forces an undue burden of cost on to them without states having a single word of say. In other words FEDERAL BULLYING of states, also called Obama “over reach”.

A few reflections on ObamaCare: 1. Legislation passed by ONLY Democrats with BRIBES so egregious our constitutional founders are still grave rolling.

2. Legislation that the MAJORITY of Americans have been opposed to for three years, NON STOP and still are to this day, by any poll.

3. You can keep your insurance if you like it. Discovered to be an Obama bold faced LIE. 4. ObamaCare was going to cut health care costs. Pure FANTASY. Massachusetts already has it with the highest insurance rates in the nation.

5. People who voluntarily do not buy insurance and wind up in emergency rooms stiffing hospitals are the problem. The truth is they represent just one half of one percent of the total cost of medical care in America.

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8. ObamaCare will reduce AVAILABILITY of health care. Obama care provides ZERO new doctors and 30 million new FREE customers.

9. A board of 15 bureaucrats will become the “death panel” for Americas sick and the elderly. The panel will determine what health services and medicines government will pay for and the endless number it will NOT. YOU WILL HAVE NO RECOURSE TO THEIR DECISIONS. That would include calling your congressman or senator to complain. When private insurance denies you have recourse.

Under ObamaCare you will NONE. 10. England was virtually the inventor of socialized medicine 100 years ago. Look at their DISASTER today. Their health system is FLAT BROKE, QUALITY and SPEED of service is at best FAIR on a good day. Prime Minister David Cameron is NOW trying to get legislation passed to PRIVATIZE parts of the system with hopes more competition will LOWER health care COSTS that are NOW BANKRUPTING all of England.

Anyone thinking that ObamaCare or socialized medicine is the panacea to the health care challenges facing America need only look to the total FAILURE of England’s single payer system. In addition one would do well to reflect on the total systemic failure of socialism at every level across all of Europe from Greece to Ireland as we witness these countries crumble to dust economically. Another word for socialism is BANKRUPTCY. Tony Boutin Gilford

Medicare premiums scheduled to rise to $247/month in 2014 To the editor, Look clearly at the 2014 Medicare rate compared to the 2013 rate.

For those of you who are on Medicare, read the following. It’s short, but important and you probably haven’t heard about it in the mainstream news: “The per person Medicare insurance premium will increase from the present

monthly fee of $96.40, rising to $104.20 in 2012, $120.20 in 2013 $247.00 in 2014.”

These are provisions incorporated in the Obamacare legislation, purposely delayed so as not to confuse the 2012 re-election campaigns. Tell all senior citizens so they will know who’s throwing them under the bus.

Louise Guyotte, Meredith

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LETTERS Clean out your closets & donate to St. Vincent de Paul thrift shop To the editor, The St. Vincent de Paul thrift store in Laconia is looking forward to another wonderful year. It’s springtime (although the weather outside has seemed almost summer), with an abundance of sun, the early emergence of spring flowers, and… our closets too crowded.

I know it’s time for me to clean out my own closet. The other day I was able to fill six large bags of clothing to donate to our thrift store, which leaves room to … buy more new things for my wardrobe!

I’m sure a lot of closets in the Lakes Region need the same spring cleaning.

Our volunteers at the thrift store are anxiously waiting for your donations to help us meet the needs of our com-

munity. Much of this clothing is sold to support our programs — the pantry, financial assistance program, and the Children’s Foundation. However, we also give away about $25,000 in clothing to those who can’t pay.

With all of our volunteer help, we’re able to take your donated goods and help others. Remember, you always receive a receipt for your donations if requested, AND the funds stay local.

So, start looking at those closets for unused and unwanted items that can help bring a smile to some other family in our community. Thank you for all your support.

God bless you, Erika Johnson, President St. Vincent de Paul - Laconia

Individual mandate is exactly the same thing as auto insurance To the editor, “ObamaCare”, as the conservatives call it, is a health care program designed for the middle class and poor of this country. It is an entitlement program such as Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid. It is a program to help all Americans; a wonderful benefit for living in a progressive society.

The much talked about “individual mandate” is exactly the same thing as auto insurance. If you drive a car you must, by law, have an insurance policy. That is in case you hit and injure someone their medical bills

and damaged car repairs will be paid for. In health care you are responsible for your own body. If you get sick, you need insurance to pay for your misfortune – doctors and hospitals are expensive! We must take responsibility for our own health costs. The Affordable Health Care Act will also prevent you from being cheated by the insurance companies and will cover an additional 30-million middle and low income people who presently do not have health coverage.

Tom Dawson Laconia

News flash: not all gun owners are decent human beings To the editor, Remember when N.H. law enforcement and Governor Lynch tried to stop the enactment of the “Stand your Ground” law? Remember when the Republican majority overruled Governor Lynch’s veto? Law enforcement warned that if this law was passed, it would be difficult if not impossible to prosecute someone who shot someone else because they felt “threatened.”

They were right.

Trayvon Martin’s killer should have been arrested. He wasn’t. Even if he is

eventually arrested because of national outrage, he will most likely get off. Why? Because of this “Castle Law.” Here is a news flash NRA supporters: not all gun owners are decent human beings.

It is a matter of time before a similar case occurs in N.H. Please note that in Meredith, Sen Jeannie Forrester, Rep Colette Worsman and Rep Bob Greemore voted in favor of this dangerous, ill advised law.

Cathy Merwin Meredith

Granite Staters already seeing the benefits of Affordable Care Act To the editor, This week marks the two year anniversary of the passage of the Affordable Care Act, and Granite Staters are already seeing the benefits. Today, 22,589 small businesses in New Hampshire will be eligible for tax credits. Insurance companies can no longer deny coverage to New Hampshire’s 69,000 children with preexisting conditions, and the law bans insurance companies from imposing lifetime dollar limits — a provision that protects 545, 000 Granite Staters.

From seniors whose Medicare is now stronger, to women who no longer need to pay more for coverage than men, Granite State families are seeing how reform is saving lives and saving money. This election is about a clear choice. We can vote to protect the progress we’ve made, or we can go back to the days when insurance companies had free reign. Let’s continue forward with the leadership of President Obama.

George R. Jones Holderness

So, Mr. Savage, you were right & the majority voting was wrong?

To the editor, Mr. Savage: I was pleased to read the first paragraph of your letter in Wednesday’s edition. You should have stopped there. You lost all sense humility by going on and implying – no stating — “it’s never too late to change a flawed course and then some”. So you are right and the majority who voted

was wrong? You would be better served by thanking those who supported you and thanking those who at least gave consideration to your candidacy and left it at that. Unfortunately, you chose to delve into multiple subjects and the original conveyance of humility gets lost despite your attempt to recapture see next page

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LETTERS If we don’t accept God as basis for moral law, what is left but Marx?

To the editor, Walt Whitman Rostow was a chief planner for the State Department from 1961-1966, when he became national security adviser. His expressed views are dangerous to free Americans. “We must do everything in our power to avoid irritating and antagonizing the Communists. They are, after all, merely rough and crude socialists and we must avoid doing anything that would escalate into war. In fact, what we should do is to help them develop so that they will mature and outgrow their violent impulses. In this way the communists will move somewhat over in our direction. At the same time we must move our country over toward the left with more and more socialism until, ultimately, the two will merge. Each country will then give up its armaments and armed forces and place them in the hands of a OneWorld Government”. (A Proposal: Key to an Effective Foreign Policy,

by Walt W. Rostow 1957 U.S. State Department Publication No. 7277, Disarmament Series 5, released September, 1961, U.S. Government Printing office) . Walt had been a member of the CFR since 1955. He was rejected for employment in the Eisenhower administration because he could not pass security checks.

The Italian Communist Gramski differed from Marxist ideologies who saw taking over government from the outside. Both saw the west as there enemy. Gramski envisioned changing a society from within through infiltrating schools, universities (that’s where the young minds are), churches (that’s where the devout are), political parties (that’s where the power seekers are) and the family. Taking over government (that’s where the power is), the media (that’s where the control of information is), foundations (that’s where the money is). Lead and distract the masses away from their traditions and history and you have changed the society from within.

In the early 1960s, Normon Thomas debated William F. Buckley, Jr.. Thomas added, “ I have run for president six from preceding page it at the end.

To quote a popular phrase around here – “The people have spoken”.

There is always next year.

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times on the socialist ticket and never managed to garner more than 7-percent of the popular vote. I’m happy to say, however, that almost every plank in my platform has been nailed firmly in place under legislation entitled “ welfare” and “security” except medical care for the aged, and I fully expect that we’ll have that very shortly”.

Walter Williams, a professor of economics at George Mason University stated the cost of welfare increased 800-percent between 1965 and 1992, costing the taxpayer $5-trillion. He wrote “ With 5 trillion dollars, you could purchase every factory in the U.S., all manufacturing equipment and every office building. You could buy every airline, trucking company and commercial maritime fleet. If you’re still in the shopping mood, you could also buy every television, radio and power company, plus every retail and wholesale store in the nation. In order to finance the welfare agenda, congress forces each tax-paying household to pay $3,400 per year in taxes.

If the definition of slavery is, “one person being forcibly used to serve the purpose of another, then slavery is the essence of the program”.

A study by the Cato Institute found that the value of AFDC, food stamps, Medicaid, housing, nutrition assistance, and energy assistance ranged from $36,400 in Hawaii to $11,000 in Mississippi. In effect it paid 2 1/2 times the minimum wage, because it is not taxed. (1997 report.)

Arthur Schlessinger, Jr. a former professor of history at Harvard said “ There seems no inherent obstacle to the gradual advance of socialism in the U.S. through a series of New Deals”.

Throughout history mankind has longed for what we have, a society where liberty and justice prevail. Men have sought for it, fought for it, and died for it. Ancient freemen prized it; slaves longed for it; the Magna Charta demanded it; the Constitution of the United States declared it.

Revolutionists seek to undermine our form of government and set up the same that is flourishing in other lands. The technique they use is as old as the human race, a fervid but false solicitude for those whom they gain mastery over, and then enslave them.

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Tom Lopardo of Gilford watches as his brother, John, a retired Navy officer from Virginia Beach, Va., tees off on the first hole at Pheasant Ridge Country Club in Gilford. The golf course has been open for a week and will soon be joined by other golf courses which will open in March for the first time ever. (Roger Amsden/for The Laconia Daily Sun)

Region’s golf courses off to a quick start

By RogeR Amsden FOR THE LACONIA DAILY SUN

GILFORD — Record warm weather is allowing Lakes Region golf courses to get off to one of the quickest starts in history.

Pheasant Ridge Country Club has already been open for a week. Lochmere Golf and Country Club in Tilton opened Friday. And Laconia Country Club is poised to open next Friday, which will mark the first time that the course has ever been open in March. ‘’Our practice driving range opened Wednesday. from preceding page Marx? On what basis can we morally resist tyranny?

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Is it a coincidence that early Soviet agents used “community organizers” to breed discontent and disunity among the masses. It is revived in Barrack Obama’s self image.

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And we opened up the practice putting green and the old number four chipping area Friday,’’ says Todd Rollins, Laconia Country Club grounds superintendent.

“It’s the earliest opening that I can remember,’’ says Rollins, who used to work at Canterbury Woods in Canterbury, which opened earlier this week.

Vic Stanfield, Lochmere pro, said that it’s actually the second earliest opening in the club’s history, topped only by its March 17 opening two years ago. ‘’The greens came through the winter perfect. The sprinkler system hasn’t been turned on yet but the course is very playable and putts run true,’’ said Stanfield.

Jim Swarthout, pro at Pheasant Ridge, says that the March 16 opening this year isn’t the earliest ever but did mark the earliest that all 18 holes were open and that carts were allowed on the course. ‘’We’ve had a steady stream of golfers ever since we opened. With the weather as good as it’s been people can’t wait to get out and play a round,’’ said Swarthout.

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Bedtime burglar sentenced to 7 to 14 years in prison LACONIA — Joshua Shepherd, 31, of Laconia, one of two men charged with a string of nocturnal burglaries in the Lakes Region last summer, was sentenced to serve 7 to 14 years in the New Hampshire State Prison after pleading guilty to two counts of burglary, four counts of accomplice to burglary and one count of sale of a narcotic drug — all felonies — in Belknap County Superior Court yesterday.

Together with Spencer Mullarkey, 32, also of Laconia, who has been indicted for 11 burglaries and scheduled for trial on May 7, Shepherd was alleged to have entered occupied and unoccupied homes in the city as in Belmont, Gilford and Sanbornton in June and July, taking cash from wallets and purses.

Guldbrandsen said that if Mullarkey continues to refuse to enter a plea agreement and stands trial, Shepherd will testify against him.

Accepting the recommendation of Belknap County Attorney Melissa Guldbrandsen, who prosecuted the case, Judge James Barry ordered Shepherd to make restitution to the victims while specifying that up to two years of his minimum sentence may be suspended if he successfully completes all counseling and programs prescribed by the Department of Corrections.

In support of her recommended sentence Guldbrandsen told the court that Shepherd and Mullarkey spread “fear and panic” in the region by entering homes in the dead of night while residents slept. She commended the detectives from the several police departments in the area whose diligence and cooperation led to the apprehension of those responsible for the crimes.

— Michael Kitch

Belmont man charged with indecent exposure at town beach

BELMONT — A 62-year-old local man is facing a charge of indecent exposure and lewdness after his arrest on Friday at the town beach on Lake Winnisquam.

After his arrest, Merrill Fitts was released on $2,000 personal recognizance bail and ordered to appear in 4th Circuit Count in Laconia on April 19.

The charge pending against him is a Class B felony.

According to a police report, authorities received a call at about 2:30 p.m. that an older male was acting suspiciously at the town beach. Conservation officer Mike Eastman was in the area and he responded to

allegedly find Fitts, seated in his car, “touching himself inappropriately.” He was arrested when police arrived on the scene.

Police did not indicate whether there was another person in or near Fitt’s car at the time he was observed by Eastman. State law, however, raises indecent exposure to a felony level if the act if conducted in the presence of a child who is less than 16 years of age, or if the alleged perpetrator has been convicted of a previous similar offense at the misdemeanor level.

— Ed Engler

from preceding page this week.

Among the golfers at Pheasant Ridge on Thursday were Tom Lopardo of Gilford and his brother, John, a retired Navy officer who had flown up from Virginia earlier in the week.

The Lopardos had hoped to ski at Gunstock, where Tom has been a ski instructor for 17 years, in the morning and play golf in the afternoon. But Gunstock closed that morning due to rapidly deteriorating snow conditions.

Tom Lopardo, a retired options trader, said that he moved from New Jersey to New Hampshire because of the favorable impression he had gotten of the area while visiting his sister, Joan, when she attended Plymouth State College. She went on to coach volleyball and softball at Gilford High School, where her volleyball teams won nine straight titles from 1999 to 2007. ‘’I kid her that she never won any titles until I moved to the state,’’ says Lopardo, who has lived in Gilford since 1995 and says that living in the Lakes Region ‘’is like being on vacation every day.’’

He said that his dad lives at Meredith Bay Colony Club and that his brother John is looking at moving to New Hampshire in the near future.

Both brothers marveled at the state’s recent string of hot weather.

John Lopardo said that he had skied at Bretton

Woods on Wednesday and it was 85 degrees there.

“I called my wife in Florida and she said that it was only 82 degrees there, so we were warmer than she was. Later that night it was 66 degrees when I called her and only 64 degrees in Florida.’’

Meteorologist Russ Hobby of Laconia said that there’s been a steady string of record breaking heat over the last week or so and that there’s much less moisture in the ground than there usually is at this time of year, ‘’We only had 60 inches of snow this winter, compared to an average of 80-85 inches,. And January averaged five degrees above normal. February was even warmer, 6.1 degrees above normal,’’ said Hobby.

But he predicts that the early spring weather, which forced Gunstock to close it’s ski slopes Thursday and has halted maple syrup production, will come with a cost later in the year. ‘’The fruit growers are probably going to have real problems. The apple trees will blossom a lot earlier than usual and they’ll be susceptible to a lot of frost damage. It’s still early in the Spring and we’re sure to have some more cold weather, perhaps for an extended period.’’

He said that people shouldn’t be lulled into a sense that warm weather is here to stay. ‘’Don’t be in too much of a rush to put away winter stuff’. I can remember a 20-inch snow storm on Mother’s Day back in the early 70s.’’

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Adam Cook is first LHS student selected to attend National Youth Science Camp

By AdAm drApcho THE LACONIA DAILY SUN

LACONIA — Every year since 1963, the governor of West Virginia has invited his fellow state executives to send two of their brightest high school seniors to attend a month-long, all-expenses-paid National Youth Science Camp, held in the Monongahela National Forest and near the National Radio Astronomy Observatory. This summer, for the first time since the camp was started, a Laconia student will be among the elite students in attendance.

The student is Adam Cook, a senior at Laconia High School and a city resident since the age of two. He and Jingyan Zhang, a Salem High student, were picked as the best science students and leaders among more than a hundred other New Hampshire applicants.

Cook considered his application a “shot in the dark” when he submitted it in January. In New Hampshire, each high school is permitted to nominate one student for the honor. Requirements are that the student must be a senior who has excelled in science and/or mathematics, has proven leadership and social maturity and has interests and pursuits outside of science and math.

Two weeks ago, Cook received the suprising news that his application had been accepted. With the acceptance comes funding from the National Youth Science Foundation to cover the cost of the camp and Cook’s travel to and from. The camp runs from June 27 to July 21 and will feature guest expert speakers and hands-on learning opportunities from a broad range of science-related topics.

Cook, who was born in England while his parents were both members of the U.S. Air Force, first had his interest in science fanned from a spark to a flame when he was in middle school and joined the meteorology club run by science teacher Brian Connelly.

At Laconia High School, Cook has continued to feed his interest in science, progressing through biology, physical science, chemistry, physics and biotech classes. This year, after exhausting those conventional course, he has been pursuing an extended learning opportunity, which sees him visiting Lakes Region General Hospital’s pharmacy three times per week to see first-hand how the principles of various sciences are combined and applied for the benefit of a particular patient.

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He’s been busy outside of the classroom, too. A trumpeter, Cook plays in about every band the school has. He’s also on the swim and track teams, the book club, the math team, the National Honor Society and others. During the school year he works part-time at McDonald’s in Laconia and in the summer he helps his parents run the hotel they own at The Weirs.

In the fall, Cook will head to Durham where he’ll pursue a degree in medical laboratory sciences. He

could use that degree as a foundation for for many different science-related pursuits and he’s eager for the opportunity to explore the academic opportunities afforded by the University of New Hampshire.

While he’s not committing to any particular career at this point, he admits a fondness for pharmacy and other medical sciences.

“In high school, you learn biology, you learn chemistry, you learn physics but you never learn the interaction,” he said. Pharmacy, he said, “is that step of how it all works together.”

He also likes how medicine-related sciences can provide a direct benefit to another human being.

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Adam Cook, a senior at Laconia High School, is one of two New Hampshire students selected to attend the exclusive National Youth Science Camp this summer. He is the first Laconia student to receive the honor. (Laconia Daily Sun photo/Adam Drapcho)

9:15AM - Adult Sunday School 10:30AM - Worship & Children’s Faith Quest

Sermon “Ready for a Change: Solutions”

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Social Fellowship follows the 9:30 service.

Wherever you may be on life’s journey, you are welcome here!

Nursery Care available in Parish House

Gilford Community Church 19 Potter Hill Road “In the Village”

524-6057

www.gilfordcommunitychurch.org Childcare in Amyʼs Room The Reverend Michael C. Graham

Join Us for Sunday Worship 10:00 am

“Open Hearts, “Open Minds, “Open Doors”

Music Ministry: Wesley Choir Professional Nursery Available

THE BIBLE SPEAKS’ CHURCH 40 Belvidere St. Lakeport, NH

Tel: 528-1549

Dial-A-Devotional: 528-5054

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Sunday School Classes 9:30 am Morning Worship Service 10:45 am Evening Service 7:00 pm

FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH OF BELMONT 9:00am Sunday School Worship Services at 9:00 & 10:00am

Rev. James Smith - 49 Church St., Belmont 267-8185

Immaculate Conception Catholic Church

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

500 Morrill Street, Gilford 524-9499 Sunday Mass: 7:00 a.m. & 9:00 a.m.

Daily Mass: 8:00 a.m.

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

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

Marriages & Baptisms by Appointment

The Lakes Region Vineyard Church 175 Mechanic St. Lakeport, NH • 603-527-2662

Empowered Evangelicals, who proclaim the Kingdom of God, minister in the power of the Spirit and keep Christ at the center of life.

“It feels like coming home.”

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

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

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RECYCLING from page one ect since 2005, said that the facility could not be built without Concord.

Currently Laconia recycles approximately 1,200 tons of the 14,000 tons of residential and commercial solid waste generated by the city. Once recyclables are placed at the curbside for collection or taken to one of the remote depots they become the property of Bestway Disposal Services, Inc. Likewise, recyclable materials taken to the transfer station become the property of Waste Management, Inc. There are no single-stream recycling plants in New Hampshire. Bestway hauls its recyclables first to Belmont and ultimately to recycling facilities in Massachusetts or Connecticut and Waste Management trucks its recyclables to Connecticut. The companies reap the proceeds from the sale of the recyclable materials.

The contracts with both firms stipulate that if the co-op opens a single-stream recycling facility, all recyclable materials collected would become the property of the city, which would contract to transport them to the facility. Any proceeds from the sale of recyclables would accrue to the city.

Without the co-op’s facility, the city would forgo the opportunity to benefit from the sale of recyclable materials, assuming a favorable market for them. Since the from preceding page throughout their life. That way, society will progressively get better.”

First, though, Cook has a summer camp to attend.

“I’m looking forward to going over all the sciences in general,” he said. “I think it will be a good overall experience, to learn and to meet new people and make new friends.”

Weirs United Methodist Church

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

Sunday Service & Sunday School at 10 AM Reverend Dr. Festus K. Kavale

Childcare available during service

First Church of Christ, Scientist 136 Pleasant St., Laconia • 524-7132

10:30am Sunday Services and Sunday School 7 pm Wednesday Services

All Are Welcome Reading Room Open Mon, Wed, Fri 11am-2pm

city recycles less than 10-percent of its solid waste, the foregone benefit would be relatively small, just $48,000 a year with recyclables selling for $40 a ton. On the other hand, if the city recycled 40-percent of its solid waste, at $40 a ton, the return would rise to $224,000.

However, without dismissing the proceeds from the sale of recyclables, the reduction of the solid waste stream represents the most significant benefit of recycling.

The city currently pays more than $150 a ton to collect, transport and dispose of each ton of solid waste, but collects recyclables for a fixed cost of $10,000 a month regardless of the tonnage. Last year Liz Bedard, a consultant with 35 years experience of recycling, projected that if the city recycled 20-percent of its solid waste, projected that the cost of collection, transportation and disposal costs would be reduced by some $300,000 while recycling 40-percent would save twice that.

Ann Saltmarsh, who manages the recycling program at the Department of Public Works, said that “the revenue from selling recycled trash is just the icing on the top of a very rich cake.”

Residents and businesses can take steps to recycle a greater share of its solid waste stream whether or not the co-op builds a single-stream recycling facility. For instance, in Concord, which introduced a”Pay-As-You-Throw” program in 2009, the tonnage of recyclable materials has risen by 80-percent and the tonnage of solid waste has fallen by 44-percent.

Yet Concord will apparently now choose not to participate in the co-op’s single-stream recycling facility. Keith Nyhan, chairman of the committee explained that originally the $15.5-million construction budget consisted of $5.2-million in borrowings in the form of revenue bonds issued by the New Hampshire Municipal Bond Bank and $12.3-million drawn from the reserves accrued by the co-op. However, in December the coop decided to reduce the draw from its reserves to $6.4-million and borrow $9.2-million in the form of a 15-year note issued by Laconia Savings Bank.

The 13 municipalities belonging to the co-op and participating in the project would bear the liability for the debt while municipalities participating in the project but not members of the Coop — so-called RFAMs (Recycling Facility Associate Members) — would be exempt.

Consequently, Nyhan said that the net effect was to increase not only the total amount of debt, from $5.2-million to $9.2-million, but also Concord’s share of it, from 30-percent to 41.5-percent.

Finally, Nyhan said that while the facility would begin operations with less than 25,000 tons per year, a staff report doubted that tonnage and price of recyclable materials would be sufficient to replenish the reserve and retire the debt. “The repayment of the cash investment, over and above debt service, would require a favorable market and 50,000 tons over much of the 15 -year period,” the report concluded.

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St. James Preschool 528-2111

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First Congregational Church 4 Highland Street, off Main Street, Meredith The Reverend Dr. Russell Rowland Join us Sunday at 10 a.m. for worship Sunday School and fellowship

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The Unitarian Universalist Society of Laconia 172 Pleasant Street • Laconia www.uusl.org

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We are a Welcoming Congregation Sunday, March 25th 10:00 am UUSL Worship Committee “Justice Sunday: The Human Right to Water” Music: from the UUSL Choir Wedding Chapel Available

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WORSHIP: CORPORATE RESPONSE TO GOD Sunday Worship Services 8:45 am & 10:30 am

Evangelical Baptist Church 12 Veteran’s Square • Laconia www.ebclaconia.com • 603-524-2277

The United Baptist Church 23-35 Park St., Lakeport 524-8775 • Rev. Sharron Lamothe Amy Powell & Ben Kimball - Youth Directors Emily Haggerty - Organist / Choir Director Anne Parsons - Choir Director / Emeritus

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Corner Meeting House The Belmont Board of Selectmen will hold a public hearing on Monday, April 2, 2012 beginning at 5:45 p.m. at the Corner Meeting House to adopt a Second Hand Dealer/ Pawnbroker Ordinance in accordance with RSA 322 and RSA 398. Authorization to adopt said ordinance was granted by vote of the Town’s legislative body on Tuesday, March 13, 2012.

Date of Notice: March 21, 2012

Beatrice Zanes, 89

SANBORNTON — Beatrice (Daley) Zanes, 89, of 143 Bay Road, formerly of Wilmington, Mass., died in her home surrounded by her family on Thursday, March 22, 2012. She was the widow of Robert Zanes, Jr. who died in 1991.

Mrs. Zanes was born October 14, 1922 in Stoneham, Mass., the daughter of Martin and Annie (Milliken) Lawrence.

She resided in Tamworth, N.H. for several years before moving to Sanbornton in 1982. During the 1970’s, she had been employed as a C.N.A. Survivors include fourteen children; nine sons, Richard J. Daley of Hudson, N.H., Michael C. Daley of Cape Coral, Florida, George A. Daley of Lawrence, Mass., William P. Daley of Milton, Florida, Robert L. Daley of Sanbornton, N.H., Edward S. Daley of Port St. Lucie, Florida, John M. Daley of Belmont, N.H., Timothy R. Daley of Waynesville, North Carolina, Kenneth A. Daley of Diamond Bar, California; five daughters, Sandra J. Ross of Gilford, N.H., Sharon E. Harbour of Franklin, N.H., Eileen V. McCready of Boscawen, N.H., Mildred E. Ciraco of Ocala, Florida and Barbara L. Armstrong of Clover, South Carolina; forty-four grandchildren; fifty-eight great grandchildren, seven great-great grandchildren, four step-children; Patricia M. McDonald

Obama campaign volunteers organizing in Laconia LACONIA – More than a dozen supporters of President Obama who are interested in forming a new Democratic team for the 2012 elections met at the Laconia home of Peter Minkow and Teresa Mullen recently to share campaign ideas. According to Pete Kavanaugh, state campaign director, the Obama campaign is committed to the goal of fostering neighbor-to-neighbor conversations in communities throughout the Granite State.

“Volunteers across New Hampshire are organizing in their communities and sharing with their neighbors President Obama’s vision for a job-creating economy that’s built to last,” said Kavanaugh.

Local ward organizer Tom Dawson, who moderated the meeting, made it clear that the group’s objectives would be local and statewide as well as national in scope. He then outlined the many opportunities for more community members to get involved. For example, there will be a night of outreach phone-calling in Laconia on Tuesday, March 27, 4:30-8 p.m., coordinated

by Linda Boucher (528-2116). Also, a letters-to-the-editor team is launching their work this week, organized

by Diana Sack (528-2688). In additon, Dawson encouraged attendees to spread the word to their friends and

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of Franklin, Elizabeth M. McDonald of Warner, Susan M. McDonald of Franklin and Robert L. Zanes III of Franklin and step-grandchildren. . In addition to her husband and her parents, Mrs. Zanes was predeceased by a daughter, Margaret A. Daley.

Calling hours will be held on Wednesday, March 28, 2012 from 2 PM to 4 PM and from 6PM to 8PM in the Carriage House of the Wilkinson-Beane-SimoneauPaquette Funeral Home, 164 Pleasant Street, Laconia, N.H. A Funeral Service will be held on Thursday, March 29, 2012 at 10AM also at the Funeral Home.

Burial will follow in the family lot in Bayside Cemetery, Laconia, N.H. For those who wish, the family suggests that memorial donations be made to the New Hampshire Humane Society, PO Box 572, Laconia, NH 03247 or to Central New Hampshire VNA & Hospice, 780 North Main Street, Laconia, NH 03246.

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

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neighbors about the next general strategy meeting, which will be held on Tuesday, April 17, 6:30-7:30 p.m, at the Laconia Community Center in the lower level of Busiel Mill, next door to City Hall.

In Dawson’s words, “We welcome your help at whatever level and in whatever way you want to give it. This will be one of the most important elections in recent history, and you can play an active part in it.” Interested volunteers seeking more information should contact Dawson at firedoc@metrocast.net or at 524-5935.

Gowns for Girls event at Meredith Bay Colony Club

MEREDITH — The Faith, Hope and Love Foundation will be hosting is Sixth Annual Gowns for Girls event on Saturday, March 31 from 1-4 p.m. at the Meredith Bay Colony Club.

The ground level of the club will be turned into a one day only boutique for girls to pick out the prom dress of their dreams, free of charge. see next page

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Meredith Area Chamber’s annual ‘Margaritaville’ event starts April 13 MEREDITH — The Meredith Area Chamber of Commerce’s annual “Margaritaville in Meredith” will be held at Church Landing beginning at 6 p.m. on Friday, April 13.

Open to the public, the event will feature culinary delights ala Caribbean style as well as the popular margarita tasting contest, the Pirate’s Treasure Raffle and dancing to the music of Annie and the Orphans.

Seminar on direct mail use offered in Meredith

MEREDITH — The Meredith Area Chamber of Commerce will hold a seminar for business owners on direct mail on Thursday, March 29 at 3:30 p.m. at the Meredith Community Center.

Linda McNutt of the Meredith Post Office will describe Every Door Direct Mail services which allows businesses to send mailings to a defined geographic audience in order to reach new customers. She will discuss the benefits and details of this new program.

On April 5 there will be a presentation on “Marketing and Branding Your Business” presented by Fran Orenstein of UnFed Design. This workshop will focus on the important topic of branding your business, which includes logo design, letterhead, business cards, brochure and direct mail pieces as well as a unique and easy to navigate web site The seminar will take place at the Meredith Community Center beginning at 3:30 p.m.

Admission is free but seating is limited so early registration is encouraged. Contact the Chamber at 279-6121 or email meredith@lr.net.

Hypnotist show supports Laconia High School band LACONIA — The Laconia High School Band Boosters welcome back to the stage Paul Ramsay, Hypnotist Extra ordinaire, to perform at Laconia High School on Saturday, March 31. The show is at 7 p.m. in the school’s auditorium. Volunteers from the audience will be the stars of the show.

“No, you won’t cluck like a chicken. But, you might dance like Lady GaGa, or think that your hand is talking to you. We had a great show last year, and I’m excited to be visiting again” says Ramsay.

Ramsay is a board certified hypnotist and a certified instructor of hypnotism. He performs for colleges, corporate events, and high schools and hypnotizes over a thousand people each year.

Tickets are $10. Advance tickets can be purchased at the high school or by calling Kathy at 527-9182.

Those who would like to learn more about the show, or ask Paul questions about hypnotism in general, can contact Paul Ramsay directly at (603) 834-0810 from preceding page The foundation was established in 2006 by Laura Brusseau, a Laconia teacher, and Jessica Dutille of Plymouth, the executive director of the Pemi Youth Center. The event was the brainchild of Brusseau, Dutille and board member Whitney Mackay. The three were discussing the high cost of attending prom and how many girls don’t ever wear their prom dress again so why not recycle them for all the girls out there who can’t afford a dress.

In the past six years the foundation has given out over 300 dresses and given out over $12,000 in grants for enrichment and survival funds. The dresses are all donated by local community members and past prom goers. Dress drop off locations included the Pemi Youth Center in Plymouth, Sunday’s Salon and Spa in Laconia, Chain Line Cycles in Laconia, The Barn Doggie Daycare in New Durham, Franklin Parks and Rec in Franklin, Dressbarn at the Tanger Outlets in Tilton and Nancy’s Alterations in North Conway.

For more information about F.H.L grants, scholarships, volunteer or giving opportunities, visit www. faithhopeandlovefoundation.org or check facebook.

Chamber President Dave Hamblet reports that the committee has been hard at work throughout the winter to put together this fun filled event. In addition to the Silent Auction, this year’s event will feature a live auction as well as several themed baskets. Items in the auction include golf certificates to area golf courses, ski passes for next season to several New Hampshire ski area, several weekend getaways to New Hampshire resorts, a week’s stay for four in Tuscany and a six day, six night African safari, and high quality items donated by local retailers and gift certificates to area restaurants.

Of special interest will be a Currier and Ives art print titled American Homestead Winter donated by the Old Print Barn.

Tickets are now on sale and may be purchased at the Meredith Area Chamber of Commerce office located at 272 Daniel Webster Highway, Meredith. The office is open Monday, Wednesday, and Friday from 9-4 p.m.

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SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). You notice everything now. You may obsess over minor elements that no one but you will care about, and that’s what makes your work great. Excellence is in the details.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21).

You need someone and don’t realize it.

Reach out. Dare to be vulnerable. Ask questions. Otherwise, you will continue to feel like you have it all together, not knowing the difference.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19).

It will be necessary to spend most of your time in the planning and preparation stages of a project. This leads to success. As long as you have the right tools, you’ll see a job through to the end.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). You have talents that can be traced back to your ancestral roots. You may get the sense that as you develop and take these gifts into the world, your family smiles on you from the great beyond.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). Your attention is a force at work. You don’t fully understand the extent of it. It will be as though part of the universe awakens because you acknowledge it.

TODAY’S BIRTHDAY (March 24).

You’ll be drawn to mysterious situations, and your work is more delightful because you don’t quite know how things will turn out. Relationships either feel right or not, which makes navigating your personal life rather simple.

Heed your instincts, and love is light and enjoyable. May and July are stellar for finance. Sagittarius and Libra people adore you. Your lucky numbers are: 21, 38, 23, 44 and 48.

TUNDRA

ARIES (March 21-April 19). You will teach others how to be self-sufficient.

It’s a gift that goes beyond anything material you could offer. Your students might not understand the value for years to come, but eventually they will get it.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20). You may feel helpless to do anything about today’s strange scene, but that’s where you’re wrong. Circumstances change simply because you observe them.

You’re stronger than you know.

GEMINI (May 21-June 21). You could be tricky if you wanted to be, but you’ll probably see no need since people give you exactly what you want when you ask for it in a straightforward and sincere manner.

CANCER (June 22-July 22). You’ll be drawn to those who are trying to go beyond themselves to accomplish, learn or share something. You belong in this group, as you stretch to do, understand and give more.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). The world seems to be assessing just how tough you are. You may feel emotionally raw by the end of the day. There are those who would thrill to give you caring attention, help and love.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). You’re getting to be well known for the fact that you follow through. It doesn’t matter if it’s a small matter or a big one.

You make sure to complete the cycle of each action you take on, and this makes you lucky.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). You may not feel inclined to work or think hard.

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––––––– ALMANAC ––––––– Today is Saturday, March 24, the 84th day of 2012. There are 282 days left in the year.

Today’s Highlight in History: On March 24, 1765, Britain enacted the Quartering Act, requiring American colonists to provide temporary housing to British soldiers.

On this date: In 1832, a mob in Hiram, Ohio, attacked, tarred and feathered Mormon leaders Joseph Smith Jr. and Sidney Rigdon.

In 1882, German scientist Robert Koch (kohk) announced in Berlin that he had discovered the bacillus responsible for tuberculosis.

In 1932, in a first, radio station WJZ (later WABC) broadcast a variety program from a moving train in Maryland.

In 1934, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed a bill granting future independence to the Philippines.

In 1944, in occupied Rome, the Nazis executed more than 300 civilians in reprisal for an attack by Italian partisans the day before that had killed 32 German soldiers.

In 1955, the Tennessee Williams play “Cat on a Hot Tin Roof” opened on Broadway.

In 1958, rock-and-roll singer Elvis Presley was inducted into the Army in Memphis, Tenn.

In 1980, one of El Salvador’s most respected Roman Catholic Church leaders, Archbishop Oscar Arnulfo Romero, was shot to death by a sniper as he celebrated Mass in San Salvador.

In 1989, the supertanker Exxon Valdez ran aground on a reef in Alaska’s Prince William Sound and began leaking 11 million gallons of crude oil.

In 1999, NATO launched airstrikes against Yugoslavia, marking the first time in its 50-year existence that it had ever attacked a sovereign country.

One year ago: The Census Bureau released its first set of national-level findings from the 2010 count on race and migration, showing that Hispanics accounted for more than half of the U.S. population increase over the previous decade, exceeding estimates in most states as they crossed a new census milestone: 50 million, or 1 in 6 Americans. A private funeral was held at Forest Lawn Cemetery for Elizabeth Taylor (the service began 15 minutes behind schedule in accordance with the actress’ wish to be late for her own funeral.)

Today’s Birthdays: Poet Lawrence Ferlinghetti is 93. Fashion and costume designer Bob Mackie is 73. Actor R. Lee Ermey is 68. Movie director Curtis Hanson is 67. Rock musician Lee Oskar is 64. Singer Nick Lowe is 63. Rock musician Dougie Thomson (Supertramp) is 61. Fashion designer Tommy Hilfiger is 61. Comedian Louie Anderson is 59. Actress Donna Pescow is 58. Actor Robert Carradine is 58. Actress Kelly LeBrock is 52. Rhythm-and-blues DJ Rodney “Kool Kollie” Terry (Ghostown DJs) is 51. TV personality Star Jones is 50. Country-rock musician Patterson Hood (Drive-By Truckers) is 48. Actor Peter Jacobson is 47. Rock singer-musician Sharon Corr (The Corrs) is 42. Actress Lara Flynn Boyle is 42. Actress Megyn Price is 41. Actor Jim Parsons is 39. Actress Alyson Hannigan is 38.

NFL quarterback Peyton Manning is 36. Actress Jessica Chastain is 35. Actress Lake Bell is 33.

Rock musician Benj Gershman (O.A.R.) is 32.

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CALENDAR TODAY’S EVENTS Passport To The World Travel Trade Show hosted

by Penny Pitou Travel. 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at The Margate Resort in Laconia. Free admission. Door prizes. Grand Prize drawing. Complimentary snacks and beverages.

Lakes Region Symphony Orchestra presents a Celebration of American Composers. 7:30 p.m. at the the Inter-Lakes Community Auditorium in Meredith. Gershwin: An American in Paris; Williams: Cowboy Overture; Grant: Afro-American Symphony; Copland: Letter From Home. $12/adult; $6/student. Purchase tickets online at www.lrso. org/tickets, or at the box office.

Annual Easter Egg Hunt and the Meredith Community Center. 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Free family event that includes lunch, balloon twisting, climbing wall, crafts and a jumpy house. Hunt will be broken up by ages, with 2 and under at 10:30 a.m. and ages 7-9 finishing up at 11:15.

5th annual staged reading to commemorate Holocaust Remembrance Day. Jointly hosted by the Winnipesaukee Playhouse and Tmple B’Nai Israel. “Hana’s Suitcase” by Emil Sher, based on the book by Karen Levine.

7 p.m. at the Weirs Beach Playhouse. Appropriate for ages 8 and up. A $5 donation will be requested at the door.

Opechee Garden Club Art ‘n Bloom, March 22-24, Gilford Public Library, Potter Hill Rd., call 293-2877 for hours.

5th Annual Robbie Mills 8 Ball Tournament to benefit the Boys & Girls Club of the Lakes Region. Double elimination play at the Funky Monkey in downtown Laconia starts at 11 a.m. $20 entry fee includes lunch.

Fundraising event to benefit the family of the late Robert “Bobbo” Horn. Noon to 4 p.m. at the Heat Restaurant on Rte. 3 North in Laconia (Weirs Beach). Pizza and wing buffet, raffles, DJ Jason, etc.

Lakes Region Chapter of the National Federation of the Blind of NH meeting. 10:30 a.m. at the Good Shepherd Lutheran Church in Laconia.

Public breakfast and bake sale hosted by the Masons of Doric-Centre Lodge #20 in Tilton. 7 to 9:30 a.m. at the Masonic Building at 410 W. Main Street. Full breakfast, including eggs cooked to order. $6. Lodge will also be open for public tours and information.

Tilton Winter Farmers’ Market. 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. every Saturday through March across Rte. 3 from Tilton AutoServ.

Over 40 vendors. www.TiltonWinterFarmersMarket.com.

Al-Anon Meeting at the Lakes Region General Hospital in Laconia. 8 to 9:15 p.m. each Saturday in the first-floor conference room. Al-Anon offers hope and help to families of alcoholics. No dues or fees. All are welcome. Call 645-9518.

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.

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

Pet Parent Social hosted by Happy Trails Dog Park of the Lakes Region. 4 to 6 p.m. at A Furry Affair in Concord.

Free and open to the public. Refreshments provided and dogs are welcome on leash.

SUNDAY, MARCH 25 5th annual staged reading to commemorate Holocaust Remembrance Day. Jointly hosted by the Winnipesaukee Playhouse and Tmple B’Nai Israel. “Hana’s Suitcase” by Emil Sher, based on the book by Karen Levine.

2 p.m. at the Weirs Beach Playhouse. Appropriate for ages 8 and up. A $5 donation will be requested at the door.

Dine at Patrick’s Pub & Eatery in Gilford to benefit the Salvation Army Women’s Auxiliary. 5 to 9 p.m. A portion of your check will go directly to support programs of the Army.

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“Seeking the truth and printing it” THE LACONIA DAILY SUN is published Tuesday through Saturday by Lakes Region News Club, Inc. Edward Engler, Mark Guerringue, Adam Hirshan, Founders Offices: 1127 Union Ave. #1, Laconia, NH 03246 Business Office 737-2020, Newsroom 737-2026, Fax: 527-0056 News E-mail: news@laconiadailysun.com CIRCULATION: 18,000 distributed FREE Tues. through Sat. in Laconia, Weirs Beach, Gilford, Meredith, Center Harbor, Belmont, Moultonborough, Winnisquam, Sanbornton, Tilton, Gilmanton, Alton, New Hampton, Plymouth, Bristol, Ashland, Holderness.

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ANNIE’S MAILBOX

Dear Annie: I’m 16 years old, and I have two best friends, “Krystina” and “Tayler,” who mean the world to me. Lately, Krystina has been full of drama. She often says she feels left out and hurt. But, Annie, we never do anything without including her.

Recently, she’s been pulling this whole “you guys never tell me anything until two weeks later” thing. But I usually tell her everything at the same time I tell Tayler. She even knows stuff about me that Tayler doesn’t. But she claims that Tayler tells me personal things that she doesn’t repeat. That’s not true, and Tayler confirmed that the three of us learn everything at the same time. If we miss something, it’s because it’s so unimportant that we forget.

But I will admit that sometimes I withhold things because I know Krystina will judge me and make me feel bad when I need her support the most. Still, those times are rare, and I always tell her relatively soon. Yet when I say this to her, it’s like we have two different versions of reality.

I don’t know what to do. I don’t want to lose Krystina’s friendship. I feel terrible that she’s hurting over this, but I have no idea how to change it. I can’t text her every time I dye my hair or buy a hamburger, and neither can Tayler. But then, neither does Krystina. So what do we do? -- Stuck in the Middle Dear Stuck: Three-way friendships are sometimes hard to navigate, particularly in high school, when hormones are running rampant and emotions are harder to control. Krystina’s reality actually is a little different, and we suspect she feels she is competing for your affection. The best you can do is frequently reassure her that you value her friendship, think she’s a great person and want to stay close. Try not to exclude her, and address her lack of support with honesty at the time it happens. The rest is up to her.

Dear Annie: I am married to the greatest woman in the world. Several years ago, while still in my 20s, I discovered I have a heart condition that requires a lot of medications. I will be dealing with it my entire life.

The problem is that lately my libido seems to be almost not there. My wife takes the brunt of my failure in the bedroom and often remarks that I don’t find her attractive. But I do. I am more in love with her now than when we married.

We want children, and obviously, this hampers my ability to reproduce. I’ve been thinking about adoption. With my limitations, how do I make my wife feel as amazing as she is?

-- Want To Feel Young Again Dear Want: Please make an appointment to see your doctor, and ask about changing your medications. Sometimes a little tweaking can work wonders. More importantly, take your wife with you so the doctor can explain how certain medications might interfere with your sex life. There is no reason for her to take this so personally. Frank and frequent communication is the best way to handle it, and work on other ways to make your wife feel amazing in the bedroom.

Dear Annie: Like “Undecided Mom,” I have boxes of childhood memorabilia for my grown children, who now have children of their own. Instead of continuing to store their stuff, I’ve been “gifting” them with a year’s worth of their childhood at a time.

When my daughter’s first baby was born, I gave her everything I’d saved from her own first year. I loved looking through it. When that first grandchild entered 4th grade last fall, he thought it was great to see his mom’s old report cards, projects and pictures from when she was his age. We’ve shared a lot of laughs and memories this way. -- Memory Lane Traveler

Annie’s Mailbox is written by Kathy Mitchell and Marcy Sugar, longtime editors of the Ann Landers column. Please e-mail your questions to: anniesmailbox@comcast.net, or write to: Annie’s Mailbox, c/o Creators Syndicate, 737 3rd Street, Hermosa Beach, CA 90254.

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Animals LABRADOR RETRIEVERS

AKC absolutely gorgeous black & yellow puppies. Bred for breed’s standards and temperament. Raised in our home (603)664-2828.

PIT Bull/ Bull Mastiff pups. Born Sept. 26th. Very friendly, nice colors, good with kids and other animals. Parents on premise. $300 or trade for hunting or equipment/ tools, etc.

(603)539-7009.

Announcement WE Pay CA$H for GOLD and SILVER No hotels, no waiting.

603-279-0607, Thrifty Yankee, Rte. 25, Meredith, NH. Wed-Sun, 10-4, Fri & Sat 10-6.

Auctions OPEN TO THE PUBLIC: Auction at M a m e ’s to benefit the Inter-Lakes High School Chem-Free After Prom party.

Lots of great stuff! Thursday, 3/29 at 6pm. With PK Zyla. Mame’ s, 8 Plymouth Street, Meredith.

Autos 2000 Ford Windstar LX Parts only.

Tires 205-70-15 (100 mi.) $275.

102K miles 556-4533.

2002 Nissan Sentra R Spec-V, 4-cylinder, 6-speed, good gas mileage, $2500/obo. Call Shane 603-848-0530.

2003 Dodge Dakota SLT 4x2: Single cab, V-6, 5-Speed, red, Florida truck with no rust. Great shape, 121k miles. $2,995 firm.

Phil, 393-7786.

2004 Dodge Ram Pick-up. 43,500 miles, V-6, Excellent Condition.

Remote start, new tires/brakes. $7,500/BO. 455-6296 BUYING junk cars, trucks & big trucks ME & NH. Call for price.

Autos CASH FOR junk cars & trucks.

Top Dollar Paid. Available 7 days a week. P3!s Towing 630-3606 CASH paid for unwanted or junk cars and trucks. Same day service possible. 603-231-2859.

BOATS OUTBOARD MOTOR DISPLAY, Belknap Mall opposite CVS, or visit www.outboardrepower.NET

Summer Valet Slips Available for the 2012 season.

Easy access to the big lake, unlimited launches, parking, facilities, gas dock, service, and ships store all on property. Call 366-4801 x 205 for info and contract.

Business Opportunities Need Extra Money? Start an Avon Business for $10. Call Debbie at 603-491-5359.

Or go to www.start.youravon.com and enter reference code: dblaisedell.

Counseling ALCOHOL & DRUG Counseling.

Evaluations/Assessments. One-on -one. Office, home or community visits. CONFIDENTIAL-voicemail.

998-7337 MS-MLADC

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

For Rent ALTON Comfortable 4 rooms, 1st floor, convenient Main St. location, $750 monthly including heat

For Rent

For Rent

ALTON Room w/bath in country: 10 minutes from Alton & Wolfeboro. $450/month w/utilities. Outside smoking OK. 875-6875.

Love pets!

APARTMENTS FOR RENT

BELMONT

1 bedroom with yard & parking. $155/Week, plus electric.

References & Security Deposit required. No Dogs.

1 Bedroom Apartment, Heated, Newly painted, Walking distance to the Belknap Mall. $165.00/wk.

Four weeks security deposit.

No pets. No smoking.

527-9221

Close to Downtown

Lakeport 1 bedroom with parking. $145/Week, utilities included.

References & Security Deposit required. No Dogs.

Call 524-4428 BRISTOL: Newly renovated 2-bedroom apartment. Heat and hot water included. $700/month.

217-4141. Available April 15.

For More Information

LACONIA, N.H. 3 Bedroom Apartments $700.00 per Month, Utilities Not Included

MOVE IN SPECIAL Security Deposit = $700 first “ full months rent is free” Section 8 Welcome Income Restrictions Apply Well Maintained Units, Off Street Parking No Pets Allowed CONTACT US TODAY FOR MORE INFO!

1-800-742-4686 The Hodges Companies 201 Loudon Road Concord, NH 03301 Proudly owned by Laconia Area Community Land Trust

For Rent APARTMENTS, mobile homes. If you need a rental at a fair price, call DRM Corp. Over 40 years in rentals. We treat you better!

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

BELMONT Condo: 2-bedroom, 2-bath, single-level, washer/dryer hook-up, attached garage.

Non-smoker, Near LRCC/LRGH, security deposit. $995/month. + utilities. 528-1432.

BELMONT One bedroom, deck, washer/dryer hookup, storage room, no utilities. Pets are OK. Some water access on Winnisquam, $700/month.

774-219-8750 CENTER HARBOR- One bedroom house in desirable downtown location. Safe, private, well maintained. All utilities $875/ month. Write to: Boxholder PO Box 614, Center Harbor, 03226.

Franklin 3 Bedroom Mobile Home on Own Land

1-1/2 baths, Washer/Dryer Handicap Ramp Mowing, Plowing, Water Incl.

$850/Month + utilities No Smoking, Pets, Sec & Refer.

(603) 944-2916

FRANKLIN: Quiet modern 2-Bedroom w/carport. 2ND-floor, starting at $765/Month, includes heat/hot water. Security deposit & references required. No pets.

286-4845.

GILFORD GREAT LOCATION 3 bedrooms. Large working garage, large yard. Close to school, downtown. $1250/ Month.

393-5756 GILFORD 3 bedroom condo, $1,300/monthly. Parking garages available. Heated pool, tennis court. Close to shopping and lake.

Boat slip available. Washer/Dryer hook up available. NO PETS. References & security required.

781-710-2208.

GILFORD April 1st. Your new 1BR lakefront apt! Private, views, w/d, fun. $725/ month 603-393-7077.

GILFORD, 2-Bedroom, 2-Bath, Balconies, no smoking/pets, $850/month plus utilities, Security deposit and references, 603-455-6662

For Rent

LACONIA Why rent a room when you can have your own studio apt. for as low as $135 per week with utilities included. References & Security deposit required.

524-4428 LACONIA - 26 Dartmouth St., low traffic area near schools, park & downtown. 1/2 of a duplex, 8 rooms, 3 bedrooms, walk-out basement w/washer-dryer hookups, large open porch, level lot for outside activities & ample off street parking. On the sunny side of the house, clean w/hardwood floors.

Non-smoking. $1,000/month plus heat & utilities. Call owner/broker 396-4163 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 1 bedroom, sunny 1st floor in clean, quiet area w/parking, Washer/Dryer hookups, basement, yard. $150/week with/heat 998-7337.

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

Security Deposit & references. $600/month + utilities. 520-4353 LACONIA 3 bedroom, 1/2 duplex house, nice neighborhood, playground, Manchester St. No utilities. $900/ month. 603-642-8446.

LACONIA Large 2 bedroom - 5 room apt. in nice neighborhood. $950/ mo. includes heat & hot water. No smoking, no pets. Call 524-5145 - leave message.

Laconia prime 1st floor Pleasant St. Apartment. Walk to town & beaches. 2 bedrooms + 3-season glassed in sun porch. Completely repainted, glowing beautiful hardwood floors, marble fireplace, custom cabinets in kitchen with appliances, tile bath & shower. $1,000/Month includes heat & hot water. 630-4771 or 524-3892

LACONIA Why rent a room when you can have your own studio apt for as low as $135 per week with utilities included.

References & Security deposit required.

524-4428

Rental Assistance Available Apply Now for our Waiting List

LEDGEWOOD ESTATES Get your name on our waiting list Rental Assistance Available

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

Rent is based upon 30% of your adjusted income.

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

www.hodgescompanies.com

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

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For Rent

For Rent

For Rent

LACONIA- 1 bedroom apartment with storage room. Newly renovated, no smoking/pets. $170/week Heat included. Near hospital, Good neighborhood.

References/background check required. Call 524-6360, leave message.

LAKEPORT Tiny one-bedroom, first floor, 1-car parking, lake view, $125/week. No utilities-No smoking, No dogs. references and credit check a must, leave message for Rob. 617-529-1838.

TILTON: Spacious 2 and 3 bedroom apartments available. Heat and hot water included. Please call Mary at Stewart Property Management (603)641-2163.

EHO.

LACONIA- Large 3 Bedroom.

Sunny, washer/dryer hook-up, storage. $995/Month, first, last, + security 524-0480 LACONIA- Very nice 1 bedroom apartment in clean, quiet downtown building. Modern kitchen, beautiful bath. $175/Week, includes heat, hot water & electricity. 630-4771 or 524-3892 LACONIA: 2+ Bedrooms, washer/dryer hook-up. $225/Week includes heat and hot water.

References/deposit required. No pets/No smoking. 528-6205.

LACONIA: 2-bedroom $180/ week includes heat & hot water. References and deposit. 524-9665.

LACONIA: Gilbert Apartments.

Call for available apartments.

524-4428 LACONIA: 1-2 Bedrooms starting at $165/Week, utilities included.

No pets. 496-8667 or 545-9510.

For Rent-Commercial

LAKEPORT- Freshly painted, big 5-room, 2-bedroom apartment with lake view. Includes washer/dryer, hardwood floors, cabinet kitchen, 2 car parking, plowing and landscaping. Huge, bright and sunny master bedroom overlooking lake. Section 8 approved. $185/Week + 4-week security deposit. No utilities, no dogs, no smoking. Proper I.D., credit check and background check required. Showings on Friday only. Call Rob, 617-529-1838

TILTONUPDATED one bedroom. Top-floor, quiet.

Heat/Hot Water included, no dogs. $630/Month. 603-393-9693 or 916-214-7733.

MEREDITH OPEN HOUSE 15 Northview Drive

COMMERCIAL SPACE

LEASE OR SALE

3 Lakeport Storefronts

Former Hyundai Dealership

8,950 Sq. Ft. / 2 Acres Busy Route 3 Across from Belknap Mall LACONIA Current Market Pricing

Downtown Laconia

(603)387-2311

For More Information LACONIA

For Rent-Commercial BELMONT Commercial warehouse space. 4,000 sf. with loading dock. Adjacent office space also available.

$1,500/Month

603-630-2882

$900/Month

LACONIA - 1,200 Sq. Ft. of light and airy 1st class, 2nd floor professional office space with exposed brick walls and beamed ceilings; in downtown overlooking the Winnipesaukee River and Rotary Park in the Historic Belknap Mill. $1,400/mo. plus electricity and A/C. Call 524-8813 for an appointment to see.

“COME CHECK THEM OUT” Newly Renovated 2 & 3 Bedroom Apartments $950 TO $1150 Close to Town, Includes Heat & AC, Brand New Appliances Washer & Dryer and Great Parking

FRI 10-3PM / SAT 10-3PM For Rent by Owner

Spring into Affordable Housing Rent is based upon 30% of your adjusted gross income. Deductions given for childcare and medical costs (if qualified).

603-455-9433

Deer Run Apartments

HARRIMAN HILL Located on Pine Hill Road (route 109A)

to see if you qualify or download an application at www.hodgescompanies.com 603-224-9221 TDD #1-800-545-1833 Ext. 118

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Thule Racks- Will fit small or full-size pickups. Comes with adapters for newer Toyota Tacoma. $300. Call Tom 387-6700 YAMAHA Integrated Power Mixer (PA System), 400 watts, $100; COMMUNITY Bass Bin Subwoofers, 2 available, $100 each or $175/pair; SONY6-Disc CD Changer for Home Stereo, $90.

393-7786.

Commercial yard. Large workshop with 14x14 ft. overhead door. Ready in April.

603-630-2882

For Sale (12) 10ft. Environmental tubes for septic system, includes clips, $500. (603)937-0478.

90-GALLON Marine Fish Tank: Includes light, skimmer, pumps, live rock and fish! $800.

968-7941 or 986-3540.

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

APPLE I-POD Touch: 8GB, white, new in original package, $125. 527-0873.

Approx. 200 bales of good hay. $3.25 per bale. 524-4726 P. Bilodeau

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FIREWOOD Kiln dried, 16 inch cut and split, $300 a cord or half a cord $200, clean, no bugs, incl free bag of kindling and delivery.

Early Bird Farm. 435-9385

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

FIREWOOD: Green, Cut, split and delivered (Gilmanton and surrounding area). $190/cord.

(603)455-8419 or (603)267-1992.

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

Help Wanted BOAT CLEANING & YARD/ FACILITY MAINTENANCE at Channel Marine, Weirs Beach.

Yard work, painting, some carpentry, boat cleaning, facility maintenance, work independently, forward application to admin@channelmarine.com or 366-4801 X209 Christina.

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

Rent is based on your household size and income.

An Equal Opportunity Housing Agent

MATTRESS & FURNITURE CLOSEOUTS AND OVERSTOCKS! 20% OFF ENTIRE STORE! RECLINERS $299, FUTONS, $299 BUNKBEDS, $399 SOFAS, $599 RUSTIC FURNITURE AND ARTWORK TOO! COZY CABIN RUSTICS AND MATTRESS OUTLET 517 WHITTIER HWY. (RTE 25) MOULTONBORO CALL JAY 603-662-9066 WWW.VISCODIRECT.COM

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or Download an application at www.hodgescompanies.com Housing@hodgescompanies.com 40% of our vacancies will be rented to applicants with Extremely Low Income.

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

Fabulous back & hip support.

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

Can deliver 603-305-9763.

Body by Jake Ab Scissor, good condition. 603-677-6528

Affordable Housing Get your name on our waiting list

Call today to see if you qualify.

603-224-9221 TDD # 1-800-545-1833 Ext. 118

YUGOSLAVIAN-SKS Rifle- 7.62 X 39mm. Black wood finish, picitiny rail & tapco muzzle break. $300.

Call Tom 387-6700

PINE dining room set, Very nice, (table and 4 chairs), large hutch, and dry sink. $200 or BO. Call 528-5454.

An Equal Opportunity Housing Agent

Call Now To Apply

RUGER LCP Pistol .380 As new $250. Firm. NH ID Required.

267-0977 SMALL Heating Oil Deliveries.

Hours: Mon.-Fri. 6pm-10pm, Sat. & Sun., 2pm-8pm.

BENJAMIN OIL, LLC .

603-524-6457

CALL 524-4428

WINNISQUAM: Small efficiency and a cottage including heat, hot water, lights and cable. $160-$175 per week. $400 deposit. No pets. 387-3864.

For Sale

Commercial Building

$325/Mth. includes heat $625/Mth. plus utilities $650/Mth. plus utilities Small office $175/Month Utilities Included

LUXURY 1 bedroom loft condo, near downtown Laconia, hardwood floors, granite countertops, Stainless Steel appliances, washer/ dryer. Includes Internet, cable, gym, and bike storage. No pets, no smoking. References, security and lease required. $1000/ month. 455-4075.

MEREDITH- 1 bedroom apartment with kitchen and living room.

No pets.

No smoking. $700/Month, includes heat & hot water.

Convenient Residential Location. 279-4164

For Rent-Commercial

DESK Receptionist- Part time at local health club. Minimum wage, membership included. Apply in person 314 Old Lakeshore Rd. Gilford 293-7546 GREEN FIREWOOD- Cut, not split $135/cord; Cut & split $180/cord. Seasoned firewood. $250. Also, logging, landclearing & tree work (all phases).

393-8416.

PORCH & Patio Furniture.

2-spring chairs, 2-end tables & a sofa. $200. Jett III-Ultra Power Wheelchair with oxygen carrier.

Like new. $1,850. Professional roller skates, ladies size 7 $50.

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Help Wanted

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Lot Attendant

Laconia Harley-Davidson has the following open positions: • Reception/Administration • Parts Department · Service Technician · Motorcycle Sales · Facilities · Bike Wash

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INSURANCE CSR Full time opportunity for CSR in busy property and casualty office.

Minimum 2 years insurance experience required. Candidates should possess strong organization, communication and data entry skills, and have enthusiasm to work independently as well as with a team. Excellent benefit package. Send resume and cover l e t t e r t o : minfinger@crossagency.com LACONIA. Female caregiver to provide non-medical services for my wife who has Alzheimer!s.

Services will include but are not limited to personal care, toileting, meal preparation, light housekeeping based on available time.

This is a part-time position offering 10-20 hours each week.

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Equipment operation and maintenance is a must.

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EXPERIENCE A PLUS

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Increase in business has opened the door for immediate full-time positions for GCO Advertising. We are currently seeking the right candidates for the following: • Scheduling Depart.

• Customer Service • Management Trainees (in as little as 30 days)

• And Marketing / Advertising Departments This is a permanent position so looking for those looking for something long-term.

All applicants must pass a criminal background check and always dress to impress.

Those interested should call Mon & Tue due to the fact we can put you to work this week our # is 528-2252 .

Rental Coordinator team leader needed for busy boat rental business. Customer service, organization, reservation skills a must. Ability to multi-task and work outdoors in a fast paced environment necessary. Boat handling skills and NH Safe boating certificate required. Apply Channel Marine, 96 Channel Lane, Weirs Beach.

Retail Coordinator Responsible person needed for extended seasonal position.

Customer Service, inventory control, staff supervision and fuel operations experience a plus.

Apply to Channel Marine, 96 Channel Lane, Weirs Beach

WAITSTAFF

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Instruction DRUM Lessons taught by experienced instructor. All ages/levels.

Very reasonable rates. Call 603.520.5671 for Jared Steer

FLYFISHING LESSONS

on private trout pond. FFF certified casting instructor. Gift cert. available. (603)356-6240. www.mountainviewflyfishing.com

SCUBA LESSONS! Start now with online videos and pool sessions. Great exercise! Call Central NH Divers 279-9099

Land

Mobile Homes

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ALWAYS best buys at Camelot homes, 14 wides from $25,995, double wides and mods too 603-286-4624 WWW.CM-H.Com Open Daily & Sunday Camelot Homes Rt 3 Tilton NH

Motorcycles Buy • Sell • Trade www.motoworks.biz

BLUE RIBBON PAINTING CO.

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Interior/Exterior

Recreation Vehicles

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Power Washing 2008 Zoom Aeorlite 18!. Sleeps 3, many extras. Outside table, stove, TV. Asking $10,000/OBO. Call 267-6668

279-5755 630-8333

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LANDSCAPING: Spring Clean-up, Mulching, weeding, seasonal mowing, fertilizing, brush cutting, bush trimming. Free estimates.

603-387-9788.

Bus.

FOR Sale By Owner- 2 bedroom 1 bath ranch. approx. 1,500 Sq. Ft. 3-stall oversized garage, Taxes $2,300. Fixer Upper, sold as is.

Handicap Accessible. Principals only, $79,000. 603-930-5222

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NEW Hampton-3 Bedroom house. 2.5 baths, 4 garages, 5 acres. Views. $349,000. 279-4271

TIRED OF RENTING? Attend our Free Homebuyers Seminar, ReMax Bayside, Wednesday, April 4, 2012, 5:30 p.m.

RSVP Jim O!Leary 527-8200

LOOKING for Jobs: Yard work, painting inside houses and odd jobs. Anytime weekends OK. 524-6363.

Roommate Wanted LACONIA 2-roomates wanted clean, quiet, sober environment.

All inclusive, must see, will go fast. $110-130/week. 455-2014 MEREDITH Area: Room for rent, $125/week, includes everything.

(603)937-0478.

Blue Star Cleaning- Spring cleaning, summer rentals, errands.

Please call 524-6363 or 387-3941 Anytime.

Services

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

Our Customers Don!t get Soaked!

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

MASONRY/Tile. New, restoration, chimney relining/ repair, pavers, fireplaces, stone, brick, block.

603-726-8679.

MR. Junk. Attics, cellars, garages cleaned out. Free estimate.

Insured. 455-6296

Professional Painting Affordable price. Michael Marcotte 455-6296

EXCAVATION, SITEWORK & DEMOLITION

Reasonable Rates Fully Insured GAGNON & SON T&E, INC.

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Rick Drouin

QS&L Builders. Roofing, decks and more. 15 years experience.

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THE LACONIA DAILY SUN, Saturday, March 24, 2012— Page 19

Lakes Region Zonta Club to feature Boys & Girls Club director at meeting

LACONIA — The Lakes Region Zonta Club will hold it’s monthly meeting on Tuesday, March 27 at 7 p.m. at the Woodside Building on the Taylor Community Campus, Union Avenue in Laconia.

The speaker will be Cheryl Avery, Executive Director CALENDAR from page 15

MONDAY, MARCH 26 Monday Movie Matinee at the Gilford Year-Round Library.

1:30 p.m. “Breaking Away”. All are welcome. Refreshments.

Program on 19th Century American Popular Music. 7 p.m. at the Taylor Community’s Woodside building in Laconia. Free and open to the public as result of a grant from the N.H. Humanities Council.

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

of the Boys and Girls Club. Ms. Avery joined the Boys and Girls Club as Executive Director in October of 2011.

Ms. Avery’s educational background is in Early Childhood Education, Psychology, and Family Systems. She has managed child care centers, outreach programs for 18+ pick-up basketball at the Meredith Community Center. 6:30 to 8 p.m. $1 per session.

Mahjong game time at the Gilford Public Library.

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

Overeaters Anonymous offers a program of recovery from compulsive eating using the Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions of OA. Monday nights at 7:00 p.m. at the Laconia Congregational Church Parish Hall. Call and leave a message for Elizabeth at 630-9969 for more information.

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

Alzheimer’s Caregiver Support Group meeting at Forestview Manor (153 Parade Road) in Meredith. 5:30 p.m.

For more information call 279-3121.

residential facilities, domestic violence shelters, and most recently has represented the best interests of children in Court as well as through legislative advocacy.

Ms. Avery brings this experience to the Boys and Girls Club at a time of transition and growth for the organization. She is a native of the Lakes Region, residing for many years near Newfound Lake and most recently in Laconia. She is the mother of two sons.

The Boys and Girls Club serves children ages 6 to 18 from across the Lakes Region. It provides quality care and programs for youth during the critical “out of school” hours. Families pay for these services on a sliding fee basis, yet no child is turned away due to an inability to pay. Programs at the Club emphasize positive activities, self-esteem, and healthy living.

For more information on Zonta Club of the Lakes Region, inquiries can be directed to ZontaLakesNH@ Yahoo.com

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Dogs search LHS for drugs With help from 9 Belknap Co. reps, House votes to exempt ‘specialty’ hospitals from need review & tax

LACONIA — Officers of the Laconia Police Department and the New Hampshire State Police, assisted by four trained and certified canines, conducted a search of hallways and lockers for illegal drugs at Laconia High School on Thursday.

Principal Steve Beals, in an e-mail to parents and guardians, said that officers and canines searched throughout the building from 9:30 a.m. to 10 a.m. while staff and students went about their scheduled activities.

Beals said that the school administration appreciates the work of the police in taking proactive steps to maintain a safe environment in the schools.

WORLD BANK from page 2 from the White House Rose Garden on Friday morning, he tried to make the case that an American with a unique background and broad international experience would be a committed representative of the developing world’s interests.

“Jim has truly global experience. He has worked from Asia to Africa to the Americas, from capitals to small villages,” Obama said. “His personal story exemplifies the great diversity of our country.”

In addition to Kim, Obama was joined in the Rose Garden by Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner and Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, both of whom could have had the job but were not interested. Senior administration officials said it was Clinton who first recommended Kim to Obama.

Obama, aware of the concerns of the developing world, expanded his search beyond the usual slate of high-ranking government officials and prominent business leaders. Officials described internal White House strategy only on condition of anonymity.

“It’s time for a development professional to lead the world’s largest development agency,” Obama said as he announced the nomination.

The World Bank’s 25-member executive board will officially select a new president next month. But given that the U.S, as the world’s largest economy, has the largest percentage of the votes, Kim is expected to prevail.

He was widely praised by officials in the U.S. and overseas. Former President Bill Clinton, who advocated for Kim during Obama’s selection process, said in a statement that the nominee was “an inspired and outstanding choice.” Rwandan President Paul Kagame said Kim was “a true friend of Africa” and “a leader who knows what it takes to address poverty.”

Still, Kim’s nomination was expected to face some resistance from those who believe it’s time for the developing world to take the reins at an organization focused on addressing its needs.

Officials at Oxfam, the international aid agency, urged the World Bank to welcome a genuine debate about its leadership and not just rubber-stamp the U.S. selection.

AUCTION Thursday, 3/29 at 6pm with PK Zyla

at Mame’s 8 Plymouth Street Meredith, NH Lots of Great Stuff!

To Benefit the Inter-Lakes High School Chem-Free After Prom Party

NOTICE TO LACONIA WATER DEPARTMENT CUSTOMERS Fire hydrants will be flushed March 26 through March 30th, in Laconia and the Weirs. This may cause some rusty water conditions in some areas for a short time.

Thank you for your understanding.

LACONIA WATER DEPARTMENT

CONCORD — The New Hampshire House of Representatives this week voted to exempt “specialty” hospitals from the requirement to demonstrate the need for their services imposed on other hospitals and to seek an exemption for “specialty” hospitals from the Medicaid Enhancement Tax paid by their counterparts.

House Bill 1642 carries by a vote of 198 to 161 despite the opposition of the New Hampshire Hospital Association, to which LRGHealthcare of Laconia belongs, as well as by the New Hampshire Business and Industry Association and other groups.

The bill defines a specialty hospital as one with 50 or fewer beds that provides diagnostic, therapeutic and rehabilitative services to both in-patients and out-patients. These hospitals would not be required to undergo review by the “Certificate of Need Board,” which considers proposals to expand their facilities and purchase expensive equipment with an eye to avoiding unnecessary duplication of medical services and increases in healthcare costs.

At the same time, Nick Toumpas, Commissioner of the Department of Health and Human Services,

warned that by granting some hospitals exemptions from taxes levied on others the bill would place $200-million in revenue as well as federal matching funds for the state’s Medicaid program in jeopardy.

The issue surfaced over the winter when Cancer Treatment Centers of America wanted to open a facility somewhere in Southern New Hampshire and did not wish to be subject to Certificate of Needs Board review.

The 18 members of Belknap County delegation — all Republicans — split with nine members voting in favor, eight against and one absent. Representatives Bob Kingsbury of Laconia, Robert Malone of Alton, Guy Comtois and Elaine Swinford of Barnstead, Dave Russell of Gilmanton, Bob Greemore and Colette Worsman of Meredith, Tyler Simpson of New Hampton and Dennis Fields if Sanbornton voted for the bill. Representatives Harry Accornero, Don Flanders, Bob Luther and Frank Tilton of Laconia, Peter Bolster of Alton, Jim Pilliod of Belmont, Alida Millham of Gilford and Bill Tobin of Sanbornton voted against the bill. Jeffrey St. Cyr of Alton was absent and not voting.

— Michael Kitch

SHOOTING from page 2 Gov. John Lynch, who went to the hospital to see Doherty on Thursday after he came out of surgery, visited him again on Friday.

Details about the shooting and Webster’s apprehension remain sealed. Senior Assistant Attorney General Jeffery Strelzin said the arrest warrant affidavit may be unsealed early next week.

Prosecutor Maureen O’Neil said Thursday after Webster’s arraignment that 15 rounds were fired and that Webster “essentially emptied his weapon” at Doherty.

Prosecutors said that Doherty was involved in a foot chase around 6:30 p.m. and that shortly thereafter police received reports shots had been fired and Doherty was down.

Mara credited the emergency medical treatment by fellow officers at the scene for keeping Doherty alive. Doherty, a native of Allston, Mass., who joined the police department three and a half years ago, was recovering at Catholic Medical Center, where

his condition was listed as serious but stable.

Attorney General Michael Delaney said Friday that his office and that of Hillsborough County Attorney Dennis Hogan will team up to prosecute Webster. He said the seriousness of the charge and the extent of Doherty’s injuries warrant all the resources available.

Defense attorney John Newman said Webster’s bail is excessive and he will argue to have it lowered at Webster’s probable cause hearing April 4.

Doherty’s shooting was the first shooting of an officer in the city, the largest city in the state, since Michael Briggs was killed in the line of duty in 2006.

In that case, former Boston gang member Michael Addison was found guilty of capital murder in 2008 and was sentenced to death, but his sentence is being appealed. Addison’s lawyers had sought a life sentence, arguing that he acted recklessly, not intentionally, and suffered from an abusive childhood and possible brain damage from his mother’s heavy drinking while she was pregnant.

SANFORD from page 2 my attention regarding the black community and the Sanford police department go back 10 years,” he said.

“There’s a lot of work that needs to be done there.”

Bonaparte noted Police Chief Bill Lee Jr. took over the department less than a year ago and said he had made improvements but added, “Certainly that has changed as of right now in terms of the relationship between the black community and the Sanford police department.”

Turner Clayton Jr., president of the Seminole County’s NAACP, agreed.

“There is no trust,” he said. “There is no confidence.”

Clayton spoke before Lee and a local prosecutor stepped aside Thursday. The chief was accused by critics of mishandling the investigation of 17-yearold Martin’s death.

“I do this in the hopes of restoring some semblance of calm to a city which has been in turmoil for several weeks,” Jr. said.

The U.S. Department of Justice has launched a civil rights probe and a special prosecutor appointed by the governor is examining the Feb. 26 shooting by watch captain George Zimmerman, 28. Police questioned but never charged Zimmerman in the shooting of the teen who was returning to a friend’s home after getting Skittles and an iced tea at a convenience store.

The failure to arrest Zimmerman — who said he shot in self-defense after Martin attacked him — and a delay in releasing 911 calls related to the shooting outraged Sanford residents who called it the latest example of bias against blacks.

“They’re as crooked as a barrel of fishhooks,” said

black resident Lula King. She told a town hall meeting this week that her teenage grandson is regularly pulled over by officers who think he is in a gang because of the red-and-black hats he wears.

“There are two sides to every story, but they don’t get but one side,” said King, 75.

Florida is among 21 states with a “Stand Your Ground Law,” which gives people wide latitude to use deadly force rather than retreat during a fight. It lets police on the scene decide whether they believe the self-defense claim. In many cases, the officers make an arrest and leave it to the courts to work out whether the deadly force is justified.

In this case, however, police have said they are confident they did the right thing by not charging Zimmerman.

Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush signed the 2005 “Stand Your Ground” law, but said Friday that he didn’t think it cleared Zimmerman in Martin’s shooting.

“This law does not apply to this particular circumstance,” Bush said after an appearance in North Texas. “Stand your ground means stand your ground. It doesn’t mean chase after somebody who’s turned their back.”

Lee said he would step aside temporarily to let passions cool, saying he had become a “distraction” in the investigation. Hours later, the prosecutor recused himself from the case. Norman Wolfinger said in a letter to Gov. Rick Scott that his departure was aimed at “toning down the rhetoric” in the case.

Residents had demanded that Lee be fired before he stepped down; afterward, protesters gathering early for a rally chanted “The chief is gone. Zimmerman is next.” Others sold T-shirts that read, “Arrest Zimmerman.”