The Laconia Daily Sun, March 26, 2011

‘Baby Jessica’ turns 25

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Quorum could be issue for critical March 31 meeting of Belknap Convention

Texas mom has no memory of 1987 rescue from bottom of well — Page 3

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Community health center mission endangered by cuts By michAel Kitch THE LACONIA DAILY SUN

LACONIA — Those familiar with community health centers describe their finances as “fragile but intact” and “handto-mouth,” and Richard Silverberg, executive director of Health First Family Care, which operates clinics in Laconia and Franklin, said yesterday that state and federal

budget cuts threaten to make matters worse.

The budget recommended by the House Finance Committee would reduce state funding of community health centers by $4-million, which represents 42-percent of their general fund appropriation. Meanwhile, Congress is considering withholding $1.3-billion in federal funding from community

health centers.

Health First is one of 10 federally qualified health centers in the state, which in 2009 together provided care to more than 107,000 patients — nearly a tenth of them homeless — through nearly 500,000 visits at 52 locations. The centers serve areas where rates of poverty and infant mortality are high and practicing physi-

cians are scarce, many of which are designated as “medically underserved.” Almost 60-percent of their patients live at or below the poverty level.

Silverberg said that Health First’s 1,250 patients are evenly divided, between those without insurance, those with Medicare or Medicaid and those with private insurance, which mirrors see HEaLtH page 8

LACONIA — With the legislative “crossover day” coinciding with Thursday’s Belknap County Convention meeting there is the possibility there won’t be a quorum present.

In the event that at least 10 of the 18 Belknap County members of the House of Representative who see QuOruM page 6

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LACONIA — A woman appeared to sustain only minor injuries after driving through an exterior side wall of her garage on Friday. Ellen Owen, 88, was apparently attempting to park her Subaru Impreza in the garage at her home at 14 Taylor Home Way when the accident occurred. Rescu-

ers were able to safely remove Owen from the vehicle, although an officer with the Fire Department said it was an unusually complicated operation.

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Opposition brings down Canadian government but Conservatives expected to win election

TORONTO (AP) — Canadian opposition parties brought down the Conservative government in a no confidence vote Friday, triggering an election that polls show the Conservatives will win.

The opposition parties held Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s government in contempt of Parliament in a 156-145 vote for failing to disclose the full financial details of his tougher crime legislation, corporate tax cuts and plans to purchase stealth fighter jets.

Opinion polls expect Harper’s Conservative Party to win re-election but not a majority, meaning he likely will continue to govern with a minority in Parliament, dependent on opposition votes to stay afloat.

The opposition parties combined hold the majority of the seats in Parliament with 160, while the Conservatives have 143.

But in the latest twist, there is a chance the left-of-center parties might join forces in a coalition if Harper see CANADA page 6

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Obama to address nation on Monday about Libya WASHINGTON (AP) — To a nation and a Congress seeking answers, President Barack Obama on Monday will offer his most expansive explanation of the U.S. role in the Libyan war, delivering a speech that is expected to cover the path ahead and his rationale about the appropriate use of force.

Obama’s 7:30 p.m. EDT speech, to be given from the National Defense University in Washington, comes as leading Republican lawmakers and some from his own party have pressed him for clarity about the goals and exit strategy of the United States. Obama and top U.S. secu-

rity officials spent about an hour talking to lawmakers on Friday, with the president answering direct questions from critics.

For a president who was on a Latin American outreach trip when the U.N.sanctioned military assault on the Libyan regime began, the speech offers him his best chance to explain the purpose and scope of the mission to a nation already weary of war. Obama has spoken about the matter since authorizing the use of force, but not in a setting as prominent as an evening speech, as he seeks to take command of the story.

Obama is expected to explain how the U.S.-led campaign is shifting to NATO control, and how the multinational approach with Arab support puts the United States in the strongest position to achieve the goals of protecting Libyan civilians, a White House official said.

The president will also put the Libyan campaign into a broader context of his decisions about the use of force, said the official, who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss the president’s thinking. U.S.led forces began launching missile strikes see LIBYA page 7

TOKYO (AP) — A possible breach at Japan’s troubled nuclear plant escalated the crisis anew Friday, two full weeks after an earthquake and tsunami first compromised the facility. The development suggested radioactive contamination may be worse than first thought, with tainted groundwater the most likely consequence.

Japanese leaders defended their decision not to evacuate people from a wider area around the plant, insisting they are safe if they stay indoors. But officials also said

residents may want to voluntarily move to areas with better facilities, since supplies in the tsunami-devastated region are running short.

The escalation in the nuclear plant crisis came as the death toll from the quake and tsunami passed 10,000 on Friday. Across the battered northeast coast, hundreds of thousands of people whose homes were destroyed still have no power, no hot meals and, in many cases, no showers for 14 days.

The uncertain nuclear situation again

halted work at the Fukushima Dai-ichi complex, where authorities have been scrambling to stop the overheated facility from leaking dangerous radiation. Low levels of radiation have been seeping out since the March 11 quake and tsunami knocked out the plant’s cooling system, but a breach could mean a much larger release of contaminants. The most likely consequence would be contamination of the groundwater. see JAPAN page 11

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12-year-old machete ‘Baby Jessica turns 25, gain access to trust fund attack survivor sees her mother’s killer sent away for life

NASHUA (AP) — After the man who admitted savagely hacking a mother and daughter with a knife was sentenced to prison for life, prosecutors packed up all they had needed for the trial: their notebooks, their many files, and one small chocolate chip cookie.

The cookie was one baked last week for prosecutors by 12-year-old Jaimie Cates, who survived the October 2009 attacks in her Mont Vernon home.

On Friday, Jaimie made her first appearance in the courtroom after the 10-day trial, to see the man who had slashed her repeatedly and plunged a knife into her mother’s neck be led away in chains to prison.

Jaimie’s father, David Cates, had delivered the cookies to prosecutors, and they decided to keep one on the table as a reminder of her, and a good luck charm.

The Hillsborough Superior Court jury deliberated only two hours before finding Christopher Gribble, 21, guilty of murder and other charges, rejecting his claim he was insane at the time.

Before the sentencing Friday, David Cates, gave an emotional statement about the loss of his wife, Kim, and the effects of the attacks on their lives.

He said he anticipated Jaimie would ache on joyous occasions to come — such as stepping into her prom dress and graduation gown and preparing for her wedding —”because her mother, her best friend in her life, isn’t with us.” see VERDICT page 9

MIDLAND, Texas (AP) — Baby Jessica is all grown up. She’s Momma Jessica now.

The toddler who tumbled down an abandoned water well and got trapped more than two decades ago turns 25 on Saturday, a milestone that gives her access to a trust fund of up to $800,000 donated by thousands of sympathetic strangers who spent 2½ days glued to the television until she was free.

Jessica McClure Morales is now a contented stay-at-home mother of two, and her youngest is 18 months old — the same age she was when her accident drew the eyes of the world to this oil-patch city.

She lives less than two miles from the site of the 1987 rescue.

“That’s all Jessica has ever wanted was to be a mom and have a family,” said her father, Lewis “Chip” McClure. “She’s a good mom and keeps her eyes on her kids. She’s certainly a doting mother.”

McClure Morales has no memory of being wedged in the pipe or of the 15 operations that followed her ordeal, according to her father. A scar from her hairline to the bridge of her nose is still visible where her head rubbed against the wall of the well. She also lost a toe to gangrene because one leg was pinned

above her head in the underground shaft.

These days, she and her husband run a mobile car- and truck-washing business out of their home, according to a recent interview she gave to the Dallas Morning News.

In October 1987, McClure and his wife, Reba “Cissy” McClure, were poor teenagers struggling to make ends meet during the depths of the oil bust.

While visiting her sister, Jessica’s mother left her in the yard while she went to answer the phone.

Moments later, Jessica came upon the 8-inch well opening and fell inside.

Her plight captivated an immense television audience. Alone and 22 feet below ground, Baby Jessica sang about Winnie the Pooh.

It was “a nightmare that got worse and worse,” recalled her father, now 42, who makes his living selling aircraft in Tyler.

When rescuers finally brought her to the surface, her head was bandaged. She was covered with dirt and bruises, and her right palm was immobilized to her face. The image was ingrained in millions of people’s memories and won a Pulitzer Prize for Odessa see JESSICA page 10

Upheaval gains steam in Syria, troops fire on protestors DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Troops opened fire on protesters in cities across Syria and pro- and antigovernment crowds clashed in the capital’s historic old city as one of the Mideast’s most repressive regimes sought to put down demonstrations that exploded nationwide Friday demanding reform.

The upheaval sweeping the region definitively took root in Syria as an eight-day uprising centered on a rural southern town dramatically expanded into protests by tens of thousands in multiple cities.

The once-unimaginable scenario posed the biggest challenge in decades to Syria’s iron-fisted rule.

Protesters wept over the bloodied bodies of slain

comrades and massive crowds chanted anti-government slogans, then fled as gunfire erupted, according to footage posted online. Security forces shot to death more than 15 people in at least six cities and villages, including a suburb of the capital, Damascus, witnesses told The Associated Press. Their accounts could not be independently confirmed.

The regime of President Bashar Assad, an ally of Iran and supporter of militant groups around the region, had seemed immune from the Middle East’s three-month wave of popular uprising. His security forces, which have long silenced the slightest signs see SYRIA page 9

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Jim Hightower

Rich get richer Change is not the same thing as progress. In fact, change can be the exact opposite. It can be regressive, as we’re now learning from — where else? — Congress.

A flock of tea party-infused Republicans has certainly changed the political dynamic there, and exultant GOP leaders are claiming that they are now the voice of “The People.” But most people won’t find themselves represented by this change, much less see it as progress. That’s because the newcomers in Congress, whether Republican or Democrat, tend to live high up the economic ladder, way out of touch with the people they’re representing.

Indeed, 40 -percent of newly elected house members are millionaires, as are 60-percent of new senators.

While the great majority of workaday Americans are struggling to make it on about $30,000 a year — and having, at best, puny pensions and iffy health coverage — these incoming lawmakers tend to be sitting pretty on hundreds of thousands of dollars each in accumulated wealth. Their financial reports show them holding extensive personal investments in such outfits as Wall Street banks, oil giants and drug makers.

Their wealth and financial ties might help explain the rush by the new Republican House majority to coddle these very same corporate powers. From gutting EPA’s antipollution restrictions on Big Oil to undoing the restraints on Wall Street greed, they’re pushing for a return to the same laissez-fairyland ideology of the past 20 years that got our country in massive messes.

At the same time, they’re out to kill a green-jobs program, bust unions, cut Social Security, defund Head Start and generally stomp on the fingers of working families trying to hold onto the middle class rungs of the economic ladder.

The change in Congress is taking America backward, not forward, for the new majority literally is the voice of millionaires. That’s not progress.

Speaking of wealth, there is one piece of uplifting economic news that’s sure to bolster the millionaire Congress’ solidarity with “The People” — meaning the people who actually count in their world.

Forbes magazine reports that there are 199 more billionaires this year

than last. Moreover, the combined wealth of the world’s 1,210 billionaires now totals $4.5-trillion dollars, up by nearly a trillion dollars from a year ago. So, see, the economy is not stuck in the doldrums, as so many party-poopers keep saying.

Also, with an average of $3.7-billion in their bank accounts, you can just bet that these uber-rich folks will be spending like crazy, and you know what that means, don’t you? It means that their vast piles of wealth will soon begin to tinkle down on you and me — just you wait and see!

And wait. And wait. And keep waiting.

Workers in our country have been dramatically increasing their productivity since the highly ballyhooed economic recovery began about 20 months ago, generating billions of dollars in new wealth. Yet wages have stayed stagnant. Practically none of the increased wealth from worker productivity gains has gone to the workers.

Instead, 94-percent of the money has been siphoned off by the corporate powers for such things as fattening profits at a record pace and jacking up CEO pay to exorbitant levels. Also, nearly $2-trillion of the gains have simply been stashed in the corporate vaults, rather than using it for wage hikes or new job creation.

And even the little bit of job creation that is taking place is “bottom heavy” — 40-percent of the jobs lost in the recent economic crash were higher-paying positions, but 49-percent of the new jobs are low-paying.

So we see corporations and billionaires wallowing in fabulous new wealth, while productive workers fall out of the middle class. And our new congress-members are just fine with that, even pushing a program of more tax breaks and subsidies for the corporate elite, while vehemently opposing efforts to create jobs and advance the middle class.

Making the richest people richer is not a recovery — it’s a robbery.

(Jim Hightower has been called American’s most popular populist.

The radio commentator and former Texas Commissioner of Agriculture is author of seven books, including “There’s Nothing In the Middle of Road but Yellow Stripes and Dead Armadillos” and his new work, “Swim Against the Current: Even Dead Fish Can Go With The Flow”.)

— LETTERS — The deciding vote was paid for — to up the boat speed limit To the editor, I have said it before and I will say it again and again until people wake up to the fact that our elected officials are OUR EMPLOYEES, not our employers.

As to the speed limit on the big lake, the people who reside on the waterfront, and those intelligent to know, voted for a slower speed limit

too much brain power to realize that the deciding vote was a “paid” for vote to up the limit. It all comes down to “he that has the money wins”. It has always been that way and always will be that way until people wake up and really look at the character of the officials they hand the power to.

Bev Bucker

LETTERS The three R’s apply to Sen. Forsythe: Resign, Recall or Remove!

To the editor, Newly elected (R-tide) Jim Forsythe of Strafford has cast two votes in the N.H. Senate that the that vast majority of voters told him not to do. He listens to no one in our District! Letters to editors have pointed out the close personal relationship that he has to the fast boaters of Goffstown and that he votes to support their want to return extremely fast speed limits to the Lake Winnipesaukee. Jim Forsythe made the final motion to return the Broads to a speed of 55 mph, which tipped the vote in the Senate Transportation Committee to “Ought to Pass”. He was also the swing vote in the full Senate that passed the 55 mph in the Broads.

Jim Forsythe does not listen or heed the voters who want the current LAW of 45 mph in the day and 30 mph at night to remain the LAW for the full lake. He gets an “F” for doing what voters want. He does not listen to the formal vote of the Laconia City Council, which wrote to him wanting the current LAW of 45/30 to remain in place for the entire lake. He gets an “F” for not listening to our elected local officials. He also does not listen to the two other lake senators, Senator Forrester of Meredith and Senator Jeb Bradley of Wolfeboro who spoke in the Senate wanting the current LAW of 45/30 to remain in place for the whole lake. He gets an “F” here also.

Jim Forsythe is a teacher at UNH. He lectures students. This personality carries over into his not “representing the people” but they should do what he

says. He should know that the voters are outraged and want the three “R’s” to apply to this lecturer — Resign, Recall or Remove in the next election.

We deserve far better than this supporter of his friends rather than the voters of this district.

We did not know much about him prior to his election, now we know a lot and are outraged at his lack of response to the wishes of the majority of voters in Laconia, Gilford and Alton who are dependent on the lake being a safe and friendly place for our property owners and tourists.

What can be done right now? Write letters to the editors of our newspapers! Write e-mails to Senator@jimforsythe.com! Talk your friends and neighbors to tell them of this outrage!

Ask him to resign!

Jim Forsythe’s bill to raise the speed limits to 55 mph in the broads (a majority of the lake and not well defined ) is now going to the House of Representatives. Please write to your representative to ask them to vote with the people against Jim’s bill (SB-27). They have listened to the people in the past and hopefully will fix this special interest bill. Also write to Governor Lynch who has signed the 45/30 into Law twice. He also listens to the voters.

Elections will be here shortly and we need to support a candidate who wants to represent the voters, not his friends. Remember not to vote for Jim Forsythe!

Warren Hutchins Laconia

Those in favor of SB-27 oft times speak with forked tongues To the editor, Honorable New Hampshire Senators: We thank you for your vote against Senate Bill 27. Your on-going support for the safety and concern of thousands of residents and voters will not be forgotten in days and years to come.

It’s to bad the Senate rules don’t allow presentation of both the OTP and ITL sides before general discussion such as happens in the House, at least in the past.

All of your points were well spoken and we were not surprised that those that voted in favor of SB 27 oft times speak with forked tongues, ie: “we are

here to represent the people” and “the majority of my constituents favor the 45/30 mph” yet still voted for the obvious dangers of the bill with falsehoods, “a small portion of the lake”. What’s done is done for now but we want to thank you for listening and paying attention to the facts that everyone wanted to hear but some didn’t hear.

But we are told that’s politics.

Our sincere thanks for your vote and for everything you do for New Hampshire, Bill & Paula Bertholdt Gilford

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LETTERS GOP more focused on political agenda than state’s challenges To the editor, It’s really time to pay attention! On Tuesday, using surprise last minute amendments, the N.H. House Finance Committee made further cuts and proposed actions that went after law enforcement, education, services to children, the elderly, the mentally ill, seniors, and collective bargaining. The stealth tactics they employed demonstrate their own recognition that these amendments and their actions were not worthy of the light of day so they passed them in the darkness of night. Their last minute amendment to curtail collective bargaining rights for the state’s 75,000 public employees demonstrates what this Republican led Legislature is about. After what we have seen to date, especially from the House Finance Committee, I guess we should not be surprised.

They are proving to be incapable of doing what they campaigned on – improving the economy and creating jobs. They act more focused on their political agenda than on solving the challenges our state faces, they are in fact creating more challenges and economic hardship. Certainly more jobs are being lost then gained.

The proposed cuts in the House budget will affect many vulnerable N.H. residents, including the disabled, mentally ill, homeless, seniors, children, and those who require prevention and treatment services. The House budget would essentially wipe out prevention services and severely damage treatment and recovery programs. Research documents that prevention is far less costly than treatment. The real costs of these types of cuts can eventually have prevailing impact both financially and socially throughout our state.

Perhaps one of the reasons they propose such draconian cuts is their lack of actions to positively impact much needed state revenues. Rather, as an

example, two of their key bills will dramatically reduce revenues. HB-156 reduces the tobacco tax by 10-cents.

The Dept. of Revenue Administration states that if sales in 2012 remain consistent, the reduced tax will result in decreased revenues of $12.8-million.

If sales increased by 2.7-percent then the decrease in revenues would still be $6.9-million. Do the bill sponsors really believe that people from other states will drive here to save 10-cents on a pack of cigarettes with what gas prices are? SB-149 will reduce the meals and rooms tax from 9 to 8-percelnt. The Dept. of Revenue Administration estimates that if sales are consistent into 2012 this bill would decrease revenues by a projected $27.2-million in 2012. Even if sales increased by 5-percent the decrease in projected revenues would still be $16.3-million.

Some fee cuts can have a collective positive impact on some businesses.

However, overall it appears that the Legislature is proposing changes that make relatively small cuts in taxes and fees; not significant enough to make a real or even noticeable difference to any individual, but overall they result in significantly reducing state revenues.

Many of these legislators are selfprofessed defenders of the “N.H. advantage”. Unchecked, I fear that their efforts are now creating what will become to be the N.H. disadvantage.

A recent article in the Concord Monitor highlighted the fact that “people on the street” do not know who their own representatives are let alone what is taking place in the Statehouse. It really is time to pay attention, to read/listen and learn, to know who your state reps are, to know what they are proposing and supporting, and to let them know what you think.

Denise Doyle Meredith

Now, those on the left are seeing Obama as the rest of us have To the editor, The recent turn on Obama from those on the left was not unexpected.

They convinced themselves he was the Messiah, and it was only a matter of time before he proved them wrong.

Now they are seeing what the more

intelligent of us saw from the start.

But having Leo Sandy liken him to Adolph Hitler was one of this papers most enjoyable reads. You go girl.

Ed Chase Meredith

Forsthye now qualified to serve in double-dealing Mass. House To the editor, As a recent transplant from our neighbor to the south, I’m accustomed to politicians who will say whatever necessary to get elected, but once in office pander to their special interest friends... to hell with the majority of their constituents.

People complain that New Hampshire is becoming more like Massachusetts.

Jim Forsythe and Lou D’Allesandro are gleaming examples! Why bother with common sense, or the will of your constituents... bow to the wishes of your friends and give them what they want.

Don’t they deserve it for giving you all that money to get elected?

D’Allesandro said it best; “he hoped increasing the speed limit on the broads would satisfy the speed limit opponents.” If they’re not, I guess Jim and Lou will need to get back to work to repeal the speed limits entirely!

Jim, Lou, you have a way to go to join the big league double dealers in the Massachusetts House, but you appear to be on the right track!

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DOT declares Gilford Village intersection 1 of 100 most dangerous in the state GILFORD— The New Hampshire Department of Transportation (DOT) has listed the intersection where School House Hill Road and Belknap Mountain Road join Cherry Valley Road (Route 11-A) among the 100 most dangerous in the state.

When the Board of Selectmen met last night Stuart Thompson of DOT presented the findings and recommendations of a road safety audit of the junction. Thompson said that the junction has been the scene of a number of collisions, including one recent fatal accident. He cited poor lines of sight and excessive prevailing speeds as the primary factors contributing to the haz-

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The agency recommends relocating the wall and removing the tree.

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Cherry Valley Road.

Although Thompson said only four pedestrians were counted crossing Cherry Valley Road in the 45 minutes before and 15 minutes after school, he said that DOT found that safety would be enhanced by installing sidewalks on School House Hill Road and Belknap Mountain Road, which is a necessary condition for installing a pedestrian crosswalk at the intersection.

Finally, Thompson said that closer enforcement of the 35-mile-per-hour speed limit on Cherry Valley Road would improve safety at the intersection.

Town administrator Scott Dunn told officials from DOT that although

a sign warns eastbound traffic on Cherry Valley Road of the approaching intersection, there is no such sign to alert westbound traffic. He was assured that a sign could be erected for the westbound lane.

Thompson said that the town could either accept or reject the recommendations. Selectmen Gus Benavides said that before taking a position the board should invite comment from residents while Selectman Kevin Hayes said that the board should discuss the recommendations with the police and Department of Public Works.

— Michael Kitch

see QUORUM page make up the convention get held up in Concord, the Commissioner’s budget proposal for 2011 — which does not include the $224,000 bottom-line cut made last week — would automatically go into effect at midnight, said County Administrator Debra Shackett.

Shackett also said that convention Chair Alida Millham has been given a legal opinion by the county’s lawyer, Paul Fitzgerald, that states there is no authority to reconsideration of the overall budget discussion.

“We are here to allocate the cuts (only),” Shackett said.

At the last meeting, part of the divided, but all Republican delegation lead by Harry Accornero of Laconia and Collette Worsman of Meredith moved to go straight the the bottom line, rather than following the tra-

ditional method of allowing the subcommittees that studied the budget, department by department, to make their recommendation.

Later, Accornero said the motivation behind that strategy was inspired by statements made by commission Chairman Ed Philpot that the convention had no real authority over the budget other than setting a bottom line.

After three attempts to reduce the overall bottom line by 7-percent, or about $2.3-million of the $32 million budget, failed in tie votes, the delegation voted on March 14, 10 to 8, to accept a overall cut of $224,000 — the approximate amount of union contractmandated employee raises included in the commissioner’s proposal.

The budget, which by order of the convention, was reduced by the $224,000 but the state Department

of Revenue Administration rejected it this week because it was not the “detailed” budget required by State RSA 24:15.

“The law required a detailed budget,” said D.R.A. Administrator Barbara Robinson who added that in her time with the N.H. D.R.A. she has never encountered a situation similar to the one created in Belknap County.

By the time the ruling from D.R.A came down, the only date for a meeting that could be properly noticed and fall before the April 1 default budget deadline was March 31.

Convention Vice-Chair David Russell of Gilmanton said he has not seen the legal opinion but in his 11 years of experience said he had never seen the delegation move straight to the bottom line.

“I guess the only thing we have to do is to allocate the cuts per order of the (state Department of Revenue Administration),” Russell said, agreeing with Fitzgerald’s opinion that reopening the entire budget discussion would not be appropriate.

“I would say a motion to that effect would be out of order,” he said.

Worsmen, who was one of the staunchest advocates of the 7-percent cut said yesterday she “just didn’t know” if the entire budget would be placed back before the convention on Thursday.

“As far as I’m concerned, I’m going to be there and see what happens,” she said. Worsman sits on the House Finance Committee and expects both Thursday and Friday to be long days but anticipates being released in time to drive up to Laconia for the meeting.

Russell said he hoped the discussion would begin with the individual departments and the convention would allocated the cuts accordingly.

One bone of contention, made apparent by a letter to the editor from Accornero, was his interpretation of Philpot’s statements regarding spending to the budget limits.

“That’s not true,” said convention Chair Alida Millham on Thursday, referring to any assertion that the commission — which runs the county’s business on a day-to-day basis — can ignore boundaries created by department budgets.

While there is some flexibility in spending the money, for example overspending a supply line item and offsetting it with an unspent gas and electricity line is not uncommon and generally only requires department head or commissioner approval, Millham said any transfer of $10,000 or more from one department to another required the approval of the Executive Committee of the convention.

Russell also said he was particularly concerned with the funding for the Belknap County Economic Council.

The BCEDC – a nonprofit corporation — for years has been getting $75,000 from the county taxpayers that it uses to offset its operating expenses.

A typographical error in the final version of the commissioner’s budget listed the BCEDC budget line as $40,000 for 2011. However, the convention subcommittee that reviewed that appropriation agreed with the commission that the amount should be restored to the $75,000.

A default budget, which would go in effect in the event there is no quorum and no legal meeting, would restore the amount to $40,000 and would require the approval of the convention’s executive committee to restore to the $75,000, if the missing $35,000 could be found elsewhere.

The Belknap County Delegation meets Thursday night at 7 p.m. at the county offices.

The Delegation is also meeting Monday night at 7 p.m. to vote on the Gunstock Mountain Resort bond approval request for $1.5-million but the budget is not part of the agenda on that night and cannot be discussed and modified.

— Gail Ober

CANADA from page 2 wins another minority government on the expected election date of May 2.

On Saturday, Harper will formally inform Governor General David Johnston, Queen Elizabeth’s representative as Canada’s head of state, that he has lost a confidence vote and Canada’s fourth campaign in the last seven years will officially start.

“The vote today, which obviously disappoints, will I suspect disappoint most Canadians,” Harper said.

Harper might be gambling that an election now will confound conventional wisdom and hand him the majority in Parliament that has eluded him through his five-year tenure as prime minister. He is counting on the economy to help him win re-election.

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In a statement released to the press,

Belmont Fire Chief David Parenti said the woman also extinguished the blaze, which had spread to the stove, apron and cabinets, with a portable fire extinguisher.

Laconia police investigate gasoline thefts

LACONIA — City police are investigating two separate gasoline thefts from parked vehicles at the Taylor Home and at a landscaping company on Frank Bean Road.

In both cases, the gasoline was stolen in the same manner and there was “serious” damage to the trucks.

LIBYA from page one

The theft from the Taylor Home happened on March 16 and the theft at CBH Landscaping happened Monday night.

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last Saturday against embattled Libyan strongman Moammar Gadhafi’s defenses to establish a no-fly zone and prevent him from attacking his own people.

With the Obama administration eager to take a back seat, it remained unclear when NATO would assume command of the no-fly patrols. Also unclear was when — and even if — the U.S. military’s Africa Command would hand off to NATO the lead role in attacking Libyan ground targets.

The U.S. commander in charge of the overall international mission, Army Gen. Carter Ham, told The Associated Press, “We could easily destroy all the regime forces that are in Ajdabiya,” but the city itself would be destroyed in the process. “We’d be killing the very people that we’re charged with protecting.”

Instead, the focus is on disrupting the communications and supply lines that allow Gadhafi’s forces to keep fighting in Ajdabiya and other urban areas like Misrata, Ham said in a telephone interview from his U.S. Africa Command headquarters in Stuttgart, Germany.

The White House announcement of Monday’s speech came after Obama’s teleconference Friday with a bipartisan group of key members of Congress. The call came amid complaints on Capitol Hill that Obama was not adequately consulting about the inter-

vention in Libya with Capitol Hill.

During the call, Obama and other U.S. officials emphasized to lawmakers that the United States’ military role would be decreasing going forward, according to an official who listened to the conversation and spoke on condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the closed meeting.

Obama reiterated the U.S. position that Gadhafi should leave power. But he said, as he has publicly, that the United States planned to follow the mission of the UN Security Council resolution — which centers on the protection of Libyan civilians. The campaign is not aimed at killing Gadhafi, the official said.

House Speaker John Boehner asked a series of questions and got direct answers from both the president and Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Adm. Mike Mullen, the official said. The president also took questions from the Senate’s top Republican, Mitch McConnell, and from other lawmakers.

After the call, a spokesman for Boehner said the speaker wants the Obama administration to do more to explain how the mission in Libya “is consistent with U.S. policy goals.”

And Sen. John McCain of Arizona, who also participated in the call, remained concerned that the current military action might not be enough force Gadhafi out of power, spokeswoman Brooke Buchanan said.

from preceding page recession while its banking sector remains intact. It avoided a property crash, and most economists expect 2010 growth to come in at 3 percent.

“By forcing an unnecessary election in this time of fragile economic recovery, Michael Ignatieff and his coalition partners are irresponsibly and recklessly putting at risk Canadians’ jobs, our economy and stable government,” Harper said.

The opposition tried to form a coalition before, after Harper won minority re-election in 2008. But before he could be defeated in a no confidence vote, Harper shut down Parliament for three months and successfully whipped up public opposition against the coalition.

The Conservatives accused the Liberals of treason for uniting with the Bloc Quebecois, a party that seeks independence for Canada’s French-speaking province of Quebec.

Harper’s government is now once again trying to marshal public sentiment against a possible coalition government. His underlings attacked the opposition Thursday with accusations they will try to form a coalition if

another minority Conservative is the result of the election.

The Conservatives noted that Liberal leader Michael Ignatieff didn’t rule out forming a coalition government with the other opposition parties when he was asked about it on Wednesday. Ignatieff continued to dodge the question on Friday.

Opposition New Democrat leader Jack Layton added fuel to the fire Wednesday, saying he would not rule out forming a coalition with Ignatieff.

An election would offer the first opportunity to witness a faceoff between Harper and Ignatieff since Ignatieff took over the Liberal Party in December 2008.

Ignatieff, 63, is one of Canada’s leading intellectuals: an author, historian and TV panel regular in Britain before going into politics.

Harper, 51, is a career politician who has spent the last five years emphasizing a more conservative Canadian identity and moving Canada incrementally to the right. He has gradually lowered sales and corporate taxes, increased spending on the military and made Arctic sovereignty a priority.

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HEALTH from page one the distribution throughout the state. The distribution of patients corresponds to the three sources of funding for the agency. Heath First contracts with the New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) and federal government to provide primary medical care to the uninsured and is reimbursed by Medicare and Medicaid as well as by private health insurance carriers.

Health First has an annual operating budget of $2.5-million. The agency has 32 employees at its two locations, including two full-time physicians and three full-time nurse practitioners, licensed nurses and medical assistants along with a social worker and nutritionist.

Like almost all community health centers Health First operates with limited cash reserves and thin profit margins. A report on the financial condition of community health centers prepared in 2008 found it

to be “a fragile puzzle” and concluded that unless all the pieces, both revenue sources and cost controls, are in place “the health center will be at high risk of financial distress.”

Silverberg said that the cut in state funding would cost Health First about $150,000 per year, which amounts 6-percent of its operating budget. The cut, he said, represents one clinician, an assistant and a receptionist, the loss of which would have direct effects on medical services to patients. “Our wait times and waiting lists would be lengthened,” Silverberg said, “and our ability to take new patients would be severely limited.”

Projecting the impact of the reductions, DHHS estimated that if there were a proportions drop in patients served, the community health centers would be unable to provide care to more than 48,000 people, include 11,514 without health insurance.

The department noted that demand for services “will likely be borne by other state, county and local health and social service agencies, such as hospital emergency rooms.”

Silverberg stressed that Health First provides what he called “wrap around services,” explaining that “we work hard to persuade our patients to call us, not go to the emergency room. He said that patient visits are scheduled so that there are always openings, enabling the center to see a patient the same day or next day.

He said that by diverting patients from the emergency room, the center not only spared the hospitals — Lakes see next page

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RESCUE from page one plications to consider. First, the Subaru had punched through a load-bearing wall and had come to rest on the concrete sill of the wall, its front bumper dangling about a foot from the ground. Firefighters had to secure both the vehicle – which was resting on its gas tank – and the garage before tending to the patient.

Ultimately, though, firefighters were able to stabilize both the structure and the Subaru, and were

able to extricate Owen by sliding her out on a rescue board inserted through the passenger side door.

“It’s not your everyday rescue,” Pendergast said.

Owen was transported to Lakes Region General Hospital for treatment of what Pendercast called “non-life threatening injuries” such as abrasions and bruises. She said the cause of the accident was still unknown, though she added that Owen mentioned that she may have pressed the wrong pedal when she was entering the garage.

VERDICT from page 3 “Jaimie is such a strong, smart and beautiful young woman, whether in the classroom or on the playing field,” Cates said. “Just like her mother, Jaimie approaches each day with passion, hope and

a courageous spirit that has never been broken, despite what she has endured.”

David Cates, an engineer, was on a business trip when his family was attacked. Jaimie is their only child.

SYRIA from page 3 of dissent, quickly snuffed out smaller attempts at protests last month.

Syrians also have fearful memories of the brutal crackdown unleashed by his father, Hafez Assad, when Muslim fundamentalists in the central town of Hama tried an uprising in 1982: Thousands were killed and parts of the city were flattened by artillery and bulldozers.

The Assads’ leadership — centered on members of their Alawi minority sect, a branch of Shiite Islam in this mainly Sunni nation — have built their rule by mixing draconian repression with increasing economic freedom, maintaining the loyalty of the wealthy Sunni merchant class in the prosperous cities of Damascus and Aleppo.

Bashar Assad now faces the same dilemma confronted by the leaders of Tunisia, Egypt, Yemen and Bahrain — ratchet up violence or offer concessions.

A day earlier, his government seemed to test the latter track, offering to consider lifting draconian emergency laws and promising increased pay and benefits for state workers.

As massive crowds rejected the offers, the worst violence appeared centered around Daraa, where

the arrest of a group of young men for spraying antiregime graffiti last week set off a cycle of growing demonstrations and increasingly violent government crackdowns.

The Syrian government said 34 had been slain in Daraa before Friday, while the U.N. human rights office put the figure at 37. Activists said it was as high as 100.

Thousands poured into Daraa’s central Assad Square after Friday prayers, many from nearby villages, chanting “Freedom! Freedom!” and waving Syrian flags and olive branches, witnesses said.

Some attacked a bronze statue of Hafez Assad. One witness told The Associated Press that they tried to set it on fire, another said they tried to pull it down.

Troops responded with heavy gunfire, according to a resident who said he saw two bodies and many wounded people brought to Daraa’s main hospital.

After night fell, thousands of enraged protesters snatched weapons from a far smaller number of troops and chased them out of Daraa’s Roman-era old city, taking back control of the al-Omari mosque, the epicenter of the past week’s protests.

The accounts could not be immediately independently confirmed because of Syria’s tight restrictions on the press.

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More chaos in Wisconsin as new union law is published despite court order MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin officials couldn’t agree Friday about whether an explosive law taking away nearly all public worker collective bargaining rights was about to take effect after a nonpartisan legislative bureau published it despite a court order blocking implementation.

The head of the Legislative Reference Bureau

that made the move, as well as a nonpartisan attorney for the Legislature, said the action was merely procedural. But Republican legislative leaders, who encouraged the bureau’s action, insisted it meant law would take effect Saturday.

Gov. Scott Walker’s office, meanwhile, would issue only a vague statement saying simply that the admin-

JESSICA from page 3 American photographer Scott Shaw.

A 1997 poll taken by the Pew Research Center for the People and the Press found that coverage of Princess Diana’s death earlier that year was rivaled only by Jessica’s rescue in worldwide attention over the previous decade.

At the time of the accident, sympathetic strangers showered the family with teddy bears, homemade gifts, cards and cash.

McClure said his daughter has talked about first setting up trusts for her two children’s college education. He said he’s encouraged her to find a financial adviser.

“We’ve talked about it quite a bit,” McClure said.

“That’s going to be a challenge. It’d be a challenge to anyone. She’s a very settled and down-to-earth girl.

She’ll be fine.”

Bank documents show the couple’s home was purchased with help from the trust.

Carroll Thomas, Midland’s mayor in 1987, said the city’s reputation benefited from the rescue. Most people around the world had not heard of Midland back then.

“They had a good feeling about Midland because they read about it and saw how hard we were working,” he said. “It went on so long.”

About three years after the TV cameras left, Chip and Cissy divorced. Both have remarried. McClure Morales’ mother, now known as Cissy Porter, did not respond to a phone message.

Throughout Jessica’s childhood, both parents worked to give her a normal life, her father has said. In her later years of high school, McClure Morales lived briefly with her father in Tyler. In 2004, she graduated from Greenwood High School, near Midland.

McClure said he and his ex-wife allowed their daughter to decide whether to talk to the media once she became old enough. She has spoken publicly just three times and declined interview requests from The Associated Press.

In 2002, she told Ladies Home Journal that talk of her “incident” bored her, and she took pride in her scars.

“I’m proud of them,” she said. “I have them because I survived.”

In the same interview, she disclosed that she suffers from rheumatoid arthritis, which was diagnosed just before she entered the 10th grade.

The ordeal “couldn’t cage me then, why should it cage me now?” she told NBC in June 2007.

Even the family doesn’t talk about it when they’re together, McClure said.

“It seems a little surreal,” he said. “In some ways, it seems familiar and recent. Other times, it seems like someone else a long time ago.”

She married Daniel Morales in 2006. Their children are Simon, 4, and Sheyenne, the 18-month-old.

Jessica’s low-key personality has helped her adjust over the years, her father said.

“She’s not a center-of attention person,” he said.

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The move is just the latest in a series of parliamentary and legal maneuvers employed over the past six weeks to enact a bill that prompted Senate Democrats to flee the state to block a vote and brought on waves of Capitol protests that grew larger than 85,000 people as Wisconsin became the center of a national fight over union rights.

Ultimately, the law’s fate likely will be up to the state Supreme Court to decide. A state appeals court earlier in the week asked the Supreme Court to take up one of several lawsuits challenging its approval.

The latest chaos began Friday after the Legislative Reference Bureau published the law at 3:15 p.m.

Bureau director Steve Miller said the action doesn’t mean the law takes effect Saturday. He says that won’t actually happen until Secretary of State Doug La Follette orders the law published in a newspaper, and a judge ordered last week that La Follette not do anything.

“It’s not implementation at all,” Miller said. “It’s simply a matter of forwarding an official copy to the secretary of state.”

La Follette, however, said he didn’t know what the action means — but he’s not doing anything given the court order.

“I think we’re going to have to get some legal opinion on this,” he said.

A judge last week issued a temporary restraining order blocking any further implementation of the law while the court considers the lawsuits. The order specifically blocked La Follette from publishing the law.

Scott Grosz, a staff attorney for the nonpartisan Legislative Council, agreed with Miller and said the action meets certain obligations under the law, but nothing can happen until La Follette acts.

“And at this time the secretary’s actions remain subject to the temporary restraining order,” Grosz said in a memo to Democratic Assembly Minority Leader Peter Barca.

Republican Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald, who said he went to the Reference Bureau with the idea, insisted the action means the law takes effect Saturday.

“It’s my opinion it’s published, it’s on the legislative website, it’s law,” Fitzgerald said. “It was clear to me after our discussions this morning, if it in fact it is posted and it says published and there’s a specific date on it, it would be very hard to argue this was not law.”

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JAPAN from page 2 “The situation today at the Fukushima Dai-ichi power plant is still very grave and serious. We must remain vigilant,” a somber Prime Minister Naoto Kan said. “We are not in a position where we can be optimistic. We must treat every development with the utmost care.”

The possible breach in the plant’s Unit 3 might be a crack or a hole in the stainless steel chamber of the reactor core or in the spent fuel pool that’s lined with several feet of reinforced concrete. The temperature and pressure inside the core, which holds the fuel rods, remained stable and was far lower than what would further melt the core.

Suspicions of a possible breach were raised when two workers suffered skin burns after wading into water 10,000 times more radioactive than levels normally found in water in or around a reactor, the Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency said.

Water with equally high radiation levels was found in the Unit 1 reactor building, Tokyo Electric Power Co. officials said. Water was also discovered in Units 2 and 4, and the company said it suspects that, too, is radioactive. Officials acknowledged the water would delay work inside the plant.

Plant officials and government regulators say they don’t know the source of the radioactive water discovered at Units 1 and 3. It could have come from a leaking reactor core, associated pipes, or a spent fuel pool. Or it may be the result of overfilling the pools with emergency cooling water.

Friday marked two weeks to the day since the magnitude-9.0 quake triggered a tsunami that flattened cities along the northeastern coast. With the cleanup and recovery operations continuing and more than 17,400 listed as missing, the final number of dead was expected to surpass 18,000.

Kan apologized to farmers and business owners for the toll the radiation has had on their livelihoods: Several countries have halted some food imports from areas near the plant after elevated levels of radiation were found in raw milk, sea water and 11 kinds of vegetables, including broccoli, cauliflower and turnips.

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Celtics stumble at home again, this time to Bobcats BOSTON (AP) — Dante Cunningham hit a goahead 15-foot jumper with 34 seconds left and the Charlotte Bobcats erased a 13-point deficit in the fourth quarter to beat the struggling Boston Celtics 83-81 on Friday night.

The Bobcats outscored the Celtics 30-15 in the final period. Boston’s last hopes ended when Ray Allen missed a 3-point attempt and Kevin Garnett failed on a jumper in the final 5 seconds.

Charlotte moved two games behind Indiana, which lost to Sacramento, for the eighth and final playoff spot in the Eastern Conference. Boston,

which began the night a ½-game behind the Chicago Bulls for the best record in the East, lost for the sixth time in 10 games.

DJ White led the Bobcats with a career-high 17 points and Gerald Henderson had 15.

Boston was led by Paul Pierce with 18 and Allen with 14.Charlotte made just one of its first 12 shots but trailed only 42-37 at halftime. The Celtics dominated the third quarter, outscoring the Bobcats 24-16 for a 66-53 lead. And they stayed on top 71-59 nearly three minutes into the fourth.

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Award-winning filmmaker Ken Burns is bringing his new film “Prohibition” to the National Constitution Center in the hopes of promoting more civil national discourse.

Burns, who has won acclaim for documentaries including “The Civil War” and “Baseball,” said at a news conference Friday that highlights from his new 5 1/2-hour, three-part series, premiering this fall on PBS, will kick off a forum called “Civility and Democracy in America.”

The forum at the Constitution Center, a museum dedicated to explaining the U.S. Constitution, will include a series of group discussions over the weekend and a large town hall-style exchange that will be taped for a future broadcast.

The Jan. 8 mass shooting in Tucson, Ariz., that killed six people and critically injured U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords has stoked public debate about the potential harm of inflammatory political rhetoric.

Many lawmakers have called on their colleagues to tone down the vitriol, and former Presidents George H.W. Bush and Bill Clinton — a Republican and a Democrat — announced shortly after the Arizona shooting that they would be honorary co-chairmen of a new national institute to promote civility in political discourse.

At the Philadelphia event, not formally connected to the ex-presidents’ initiative, about 50 panelists with backgrounds in history, ethics, media, religion, politics and business will take part in sessions on civility and come up with ideas to continue the discussions with similar events around the country in coming months.

“We find ourselves ... so preoccupied with identifying the divisions among each other that we forget to get the things done that we have to get done,” Burns said. “We distinguish red state-blue state, black-white, young-old, male-female, gay-straight, east-west, north-south, and forget to select the thing we have in common, which is that we are all Americans.”

Ken Burns says new film fits into civility discourse

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Lakes Region Real Estate Market Report / Roy Sanborn

Property still worth exactly what someone will pay for it February was a pretty good month for waterfront home sales on Lake Winnipesaukee, with six properties sold at an average price of $467,667. The monthly sales average was low because there were no million dollar sales last month. Last February there were only three sales on the lake, and two of the three sales were over the $1-million mark so the average was considerably higher at $1.248-million.

Not surprisingly, the least expensive waterfront that sold last month was an island property and it was located at 291 Cow Island in Tuftonboro. This home was a built in 1980 and it has 1,424-squarefeet of living space, three bedrooms, and a bath. The home has some upgrades and some work yet to be finished. The 4.17-acre lot is very private and has a newer three bedroom septic, dock, and 104 feet of frontage. This property was Fannie Mae owned and was originally offered at $250,900, reduced to $179,900, and then sold for $180,000. It was on the market only for about three months. The current tax assessment is $364,600, so I am sure the new owner is quite happy with his purchase.

Over at 3 Stonedam Island Road in Meredith, a property that was originally listed way back in April of 2007 for $1.49-million finally attracted a buyer.

Unfortunately, the buyer came far too late to help the owner because he didn’t own it any more…the bank did. At the time the property was listed back in 2007 it assessed for $946,700. The home was then relisted in 2008 for an even higher price tag of $1.649-million and then again for $1.399-million. The home is a 2,842-square-foot contemporary built in 1974 and has three bedrooms, three baths, large family room with brick fireplace, and a huge master suite. The home sits on a .17-acre point of land with 180-degree views and 145-feet of shoreline. The home was foreclosed on and listed at an even $1-million with subsequent price reductions that brought it down to $629,900. It finally sold for $595,000 which is 62-percent of the current tax assessment is $960,200.

The largest sale for the month was at 9 Worcester Island Road in Wolfeboro. This 1969 vintage home has 2,374-square-feet of living space with four bedrooms, two baths, an open floor plan, two fireplaces,

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There was only one sale on Winnisquam last month, which is one more than last February. That sale was a 3,341-square-foot cape located at 70 Weed Road in Meredith. This well maintained home was constructed in 1988 and has three bedrooms, four baths, a first floor master suite, lower level family room, a deck, and patio.

The beautifully landscaped .33-acre lot offers long views of Winnisquam, a perched beach, a dock, and 100-feet of shoreline. This property was originally listed back in July of 2008 for $827,000, relisted in February of 2010 for $719,000, and then reduced to $679,000 enticing a buyer to do a deal at $624,000. This property sold at about 12-percent higher than the assessed value of $555,300.

So all in all, February was a pretty good month for waterfront sales. And there were some bargains, or they were at least perceived to be, by the buyers.

But when someone buys a property for one half of the assessed value is it really a steal or is the tax assessment way too high? When someone pays more than assessed value (as is often the case with waterfront property) did he pay too much? That is hard to answer because every property is unique and the market is forever moving. Sellers (and owners that aren’t selling) are always unhappy when their properties are assessed for more than they can sell it for and others are equally unhappy when they are assessed lower than what they have invested in the property. All I can tell you for sure is that a property is worth exactly what someone will pay for it and that can be more, or less, than the tax assessment.

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TILTON — Sally (Pynn) Lawrence, 82 of Tilton died Thursday, March 24, 2011 at the Peabody Home in Franklin with her family at her side following a period of failing health. Sally was born in Laconia, September 12, 1928, daughter of Norman G. and Frances (O’Shea) Pynn. She spent her youth in Laconia and attended schools there, graduating from Laconia High School. She went on to the College of New Rochelle, New Rochelle, NY. Sally moved to Tilton where she resided for over 58 years.

She was a bookkeeper and co-owner of Bryant and Lawrence Hardware Store in Tilton for more than 50 years. Sally greatly enjoyed taking an active role in the Town of Tilton’s election processes. She served for more that 40 years as a Tilton Checklist Supervisor up until her death. Sally also served for many years as a Hall Memorial Library Trustee, Winnisquam Regional School District Treasurer, Girl Scout Leader and Notary Public. Her favorite past-times included sitting in the sun at the Gilford beach, doing crossword puzzles and caring for her cats.

She was predeceased by her husband, William M. Lawrence who died May 11, 1983.

Her family includes her children, Linda Ann Lawrence and her husband Paul Beauvais of Tilton, Peggy Pynn Lawrence and John Wastrom and their son Jack Wastrom, of Rollinsford, NH, William Moses Lawrence Jr. and his wife, Susan S. and their children, Seneca and Emery Lawrence of Tilton and Thomas Pillsbury Lawrence of Tilton and Winthrop, MA and his children, Ian, Portia and Chelsea Lawrence; great-grandchildren, Alasdair and Oscar Jenks, sons of Portia Lawrence and Don Jenks; Sally’s sisters, Susan Beamish of North Carolina and Portugal and Sheila Botts of Idaho; sister in law, Virginia Peterson of Laconia; six nieces and seven nephews.

Calling hours will be Sunday, March 27th from 2:00 to 4:00 P. M. at the William F. Smart Sr. Memorial Home, Franklin-Tilton Road in Tilton. Burial will be private for Sally’s family in Park Cemetery in Tilton.

Those wishing may make contributions to either, Hall Memorial Library, 18 Park Street, Northfield, NH 03276 or to the Franklin VNA and Hospice, 75 Chestnut Street, Franklin, NH 03235.

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MEREDITH — Lewis Slater Clark 77, died March 19, 2011 at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Hospital. He was born 21 May 1933 in Meredith, NH, to Leon H. Clark and Winnifred Comstock.

He graduated in 1951 from Meredith High School. Lewis lived in Meredith most of his life, moving to Lebanon, NH, than to Newport, NH. He served in the US army from1953-1955. Lewis worked at Scott & Williams, stockman at Aavid Engineering, security for Annalee’s and Meredith

Village Savings Bank. He was a police officer and fireman for the town of Meredith.

He was a member of the Wicwas Lake Grange, Meredith Legion and the Calvary Bible Church in Meredith.

His brother Harry S. predeceased him.

He is survied by his wife Faith, sisters June Plummer & Irene Greenleaf, brother Leon and wife Jo, daughters Robin (Mike) Mudgett, Lori Hanson, stepsons, David Nave, James Nave, stepdaughters Shelia Messier and Helen Gordon. He has 14 grandchildren and 12 great grandchildren. Graveside service will be later in the Spring. Donations to the Meredith visiting Nurses, 45 Rte. 25, Meredith.

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from preceding page news.com and leave me your thoughts on this report or the real estate market in general. Roy Sanborn is a REALTOR® for Roche Realty Group, at 97 Daniel Webster Highway in Meredith and can be reached at 677-8420. Data was compiled as of 3/7/11 using the Northern New England Real Estate MLS System.

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SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21).

Your compliments are genuine and unselfish. Though you have no ulterior motive, some who are not used to such niceties may be skeptical. In time, they will understand what a treat it is to know you.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19).

Celebrate your assets. A quiet acknowledgement of your considerable talents and accomplishments will boost your self-esteem. You can do so privately, so as not to seem overly self-centered.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). It’s a basic human need to be listened to and understood. You focus intently on your loved ones as they express themselves freely. The level of attention you give is a gift to be treasured.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20).

People are not perfect, as much as you would like to believe that some are. The one you put on a pedestal will eventually have to come down. Everyone is equally worthy of a good life, including you.

TODAY’S BIRTHDAY (March 26).

This year you’ll feel like you’re starring in your own movie, and the other characters are playing their roles much to your satisfaction. The personal gain that befalls you this month is well deserved.

May brings unusual visits and/or visitors. June brings mental expansion.

There’s financial luck in August. Gemini and Scorpio people are your adoring fans. Your lucky numbers are: 11, 43, 24, 2 and 35.

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ARIES (March 21-April 19). You feel compelled to open your heart to those who are very different from you. That’s why you have friends from all over the world. You are an unofficial ambassador for global peace.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20). You experience time very differently from the way another person experiences it.

Regardless of the misunderstandings you may have had in the past, you’ll sync up once again today and start fresh.

GEMINI (May 21-June 21). You matter in your community, and you’ll have a real sense of your importance to others now. It may even seem that the outside world appreciates you more than your inner circle does.

CANCER (June 22-July 22). Your respect and admiration are the prizes another person will work for. Your compassion won’t allow you to make this person work too hard, but some degree of effort will be good for all involved.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). You don’t have to have much in common with others in the group in order to be comfortable. If you’re very different from the rest, it only means that they need you all the more. Diversity makes a group stronger.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). You are such a giver that sometimes you forget to be a good receiver. It will be essential to your happiness and to the wellbeing of a special relationship that you receive as graciously as you give.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). If you bottle up volatile feelings, they will likely come out in one gigantic emotional release -- not pretty. So defuse strong feelings through exercise, writing in a diary, meditating or talking to friends.

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––––––– ALMANAC ––––––– Today is Saturday, March 26, the 85th day of 2011. There are 280 days left in the year.

Today’s Highlight in History: On March 26, 1911, American playwright Tennessee Williams (“The Glass Menagerie,” ‘’A Streetcar Named Desire,” ‘’Cat on a Hot Tin Roof”) was born in Columbus, Miss.

On this date: In 1804, the Louisiana Purchase was divided into the Territory of Orleans and the District of Louisiana.

In 1827, composer Ludwig van Beethoven died in Vienna.

In 1874, poet Robert Frost was born in San Francisco.

In 1892, poet Walt Whitman died in Camden, N.J. In 1917, the Seattle Metropolitans became the first U.S. team to win the Stanley Cup as they defeated the Montreal Canadiens.

In 1979, a peace treaty was signed by Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin (men-AH’-kem BAY’-gihn) and Egyptian President Anwar Sadat and witnessed

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In 1982, groundbreaking ceremonies took place in Washington, D.C., for the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

In 1997, the bodies of 39 members of the Heaven’s Gate techno-religious cult who’d committed suicide were found inside a rented mansion in Rancho Santa Fe, Calif.

One year ago: The U.S. and Russia sealed the first major nuclear weapons treaty in nearly two decades, agreeing to slash the former Cold War rivals’ warhead arsenals by nearly one-third.

Today’s Birthdays: Conductor-composer Pierre Boulez is 86. Retired Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor is 81.

Actor-director Leonard Nimoy is 80. Actor Alan Arkin is 77. House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi (puh-LOH’-see) is 71. Actor James Caan is 71. Author Erica Jong is 69.

Journalist Bob Woodward is 68. Singer Diana Ross is 67. Actor Johnny Crawford is 65.

Rock singer Steven Tyler (Aerosmith) is 63.

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Country singer Dean Dillon is 56. Country singer Charly McClain is 55. TV personality Leeza Gibbons is 54. Actress Ellia English is 52. Actress Jennifer Grey is 51. College and Pro Football Hall of Famer Marcus Allen is 51. Actor Eric Allan Kramer is 49. Basketball Hall of Famer John Stockton is 49.

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CALENDAR TODAY’S EVENTS Woods Tea Company in concert at the Belknap Mill.

Celtic and folk music. Complimentary Irish coffee served at 6:30 and concert begins at 7. Call 524-8813 to purchase tickets, which are prices at $15 for members and $19 for non-members.

Winnipesaukee Playhouse Children’s Arts Workshop.

9 a.m. to 2 p.m. on the Meredith Campus. Ronald Dahl’s “Fantastic Mr. Fox” will be used as inspiration for exploring five different art forms — drama, dance, music, visual arts and language arts. $25 per child. To apply call 366-7377 or visit www.winniplayhouse.org.

Laconia Christian School students perform a Greek comedy, “The Apple of Discord”, at the Laconia High School Auditorium. 7:30 p.m. Tickets may be purchased at the door for $6. This production was recently given a top-three placement at the N.H. Educational Theatre Guild Regional Festival and cast member Andrew Burke was selected for an “All Star Actor” award.

13th Annual Gilmanton Nighswander Memorial 5K Road Race. 10 a.m. start at the Academy Building at the intersectoin of Routes 107 and 140. $20 registration, which opens at 8:30.

Lakes Region Symphony Orchestra salutes the great American classics — songs from the Beatles, big bands, the Beach Boys and Broadway. 7:30 p.m. at the Inter-Lakes Community Auditorium in Meredith. Tickets are $12 ($6 for students 17 and under). Tickets that have no been pre-sold at Innisfree Bookshop, Greenlaw’s Music, Meredith (Irving) Station and Bayswater Books will be on sale at the door.

“Standing Against Bullying” workshop offered by Bully Free NH. 10 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. at the Unitarian Universalist Society of Laconia. Soup lunch will be provided at no cost. For reservations and/or more information call 524-6488 or e-mail Rev. Kent McKusick at kentmckusick@metrocast.net.

Home orchard pruning workshop at the Vince Kuharic homestead in Meredith. 9:30 a.m. to noon. Hosted by Belknap County Cooperative Extension. For more information call 527-5475.

United Methodist Church at Weirs Beach hosts Spaghetti Supper to benefit Make A Wish Foundation and Habitat for Humanity. 5 to 7 p.m. Suggested donated $7, $3 for children and $17 for family.

“Pasture of Plenty: The Future of Food, Agriculture and Environmental Conservation in New England”. 10 a.m. to noon at the Corner Meeting House in Belmont.

Hosted by the Belknap County Conservation District. Registration requested. Call 527-5880.

A special guided tour of Gephart Exhibit Trail at the Squam Lakes Natural Science Center in Holderness. 10 a.m. to noon. Participants should be prepared for outdoor winter weather and snowshoeing. Snowshoes are available at no extra cost if conditions warrant. $8/member. $10/nonmember. For more information call 968-7194. www.nhnature.org.

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 West Main Street (where The Ark day care center is). Full breakfast, including eggs cooked to order. $6.

Rabies Clinic at the Sanbornton Fire Station. 1 to 2 p.m. Hosted by the Chapel Valley 4-H Club. Bring cats, dogs and other animals in for their shots — just $12 each.

Jim Prince has volunteered time for this clinic. If you wish to get your pets a 3-year vaccine you will need to bring proof of last year’s shots. All proceeds benefit the 4-H. Open Door Dinners offer free weekly meal in Tilton.

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

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ANNIE’S MAILBOX

Dear Annie: I’m looking for an essay that appeared in an old Ann Landers column. It was about an elderly man who was celebrating a birthday. He spent the whole day waiting, but no one came. I visited my mother today in a home.

She brought up this same column in our conversation, and I promised to try to track it down. Can you help? -- Loving Daughter Dear Daughter: Happy to. Here it is: It Was Grandfather’s Birthday

by Rudy Joe Mano (reprinted with permission) It was Grandfather’s birthday. He was 79. He got up early, shaved, showered, combed his hair and put on his Sunday best so he would look nice when they came.

He skipped his daily walk to the town cafe where he had coffee with his cronies. He wanted to be home when they came.

He put his porch chair on the sidewalk so he could get a better view of the street when they drove up to help celebrate his birthday.

At noon, he got tired but decided to forgo his nap so he could be there when they came.

Most of the rest of the afternoon he spent near the telephone so he could answer it when they called.

He has five married children, 13 grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. One son and a daughter live within 10 miles of his place. They hadn’t visited him for a long time.

But today was his birthday and they were sure to come.

At suppertime, he left the cake untouched so they could cut it and have dessert with him. After supper, he sat on the porch waiting.

At 8:30, he went to his room to prepare for bed. Before retiring, he left a note on the door that read: “Be sure to wake me when you come.”

It was Grandfather’s Birthday. He was 79.

Dear Annie: I was married for almost 20 years to a great family guy. But when we had conflicts, they were always my fault, and I had to apologize or “stop being so sensitive.” Eventually, I cheated on him. I know I was wrong. He divorced me and quickly remarried someone who is barely older than our daughter. Our older child left with him and has had nothing to do with me since. I miss a relationship with my daughter.

I have tried to initiate contact, but there is no reply. Our son stayed with me and seems to have adjusted. He still sees his father, and I encourage that relationship. He also speaks to his adult sister often.Do I let my daughter go or just wait? It’s been two years. My ex says he will not get in the middle to help me. I know nothing of her life. -- Sad in the South Dear Sad: Please do not give up on your daughter. Two years may seem like an eternity, but there is a good possibility she will want a relationship in the future. She first needs to grow up a little and be able to forgive you. Keep writing, e-mailing, whatever. Don’t be intrusive or demanding, but be sure to say you love her and are thinking of her always. We hope you don’t have to wait too long.

Dear Annie: I read the letter from “Loving Auntie,” whose 10-year-old nephew has begun correcting the grammar of the adults around him. When I was 8 years old, we lived with my grandparents. Grandma often corrected Grandpa’s grammar and pronunciation in front of other people. I felt so embarrassed for him, although he quietly accepted the corrections from his beloved wife. His family moved here from Denmark, and he had to drop out of school in third grade to help support his family after his father died. He went on to become a very successful businessman and pillar of the small community in which we lived. I’d just like to remind people that it is also bad manners for a spouse to correct her partner in front of others. -- Loving Granddaughter

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

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Animals

BOATS

For Rent

For Rent

German Shepherd Collie mix. Female, 4 months old, up to date on shots $500. 528-9448

BOAT SLIPS For Rent At the Winnipesaukee Pier Weirs Beach, NH Reasonable rents installments payments for the season. Call 366-4311.

Belmont: 1BR, economical gas heat, quiet country setting, $595/month +utilities, security and references. 455-5848.

LACONIA Weirs Blvd 2 Bedroom, 2 bath, one level newly renovated condo year-round. Balcony with view of lake, pool, no smoking/pets, refs/dep required. $900/month. 366-4341

GOLDEN Retriever puppies, first shots, health certs, ready soon, taking deposits now. $650.

491-5164

Autos 1996 Jeep Grand Cherokee132K, 4-Wheel Drive, leather, automatic, loaded with options! $2,095 OBO. Call Scott at 603-369-0494 1997 Green Honda Accord 2 dr. new winter tires, great shape, inspected, 126K miles.$3800 call 387-0927

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

Older 12 ft. aluminum boat. Double riveted seams, solid fishing boat. 5 hp. 4-stroke Honda motor, new, cost $1,799. Motor is like new, used only a couple of times in the last two years. Trailer is also included. $1,250. firm for all!

Call 524-4153

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

JUNK Cars and Trucks wanted. $100 and up CASH PAID. No titles needed. Immediate pick up.

366-5402 Chuck Top Dollar Paid- $150 and up for

FRANKLIN: 2BR Mobile home for rent, $700 plus utilities, Security deposit required, no dogs.

279-5846.

GILFORD 3 bedroom, 2 bath, large deck. Utilities not included.

No smoking, no pets. $1400/ month + 1 month security (603)455-6093.

Business Opportunities

GILFORD: 1BR apartment over country store. $800/month, everything included. Contact Sara, Monday-Friday, 6am- 2pm for appointment, 293-8400, or leave message after 2pm at 455-0461.

GILMANTON LARGE 2 bedroom Apartment. Easy commute, pets negotiable. $895/Month. 630-6812

2003 Subaru Legacy- Loaded with extras, 91K miles, excellent condition! $5,500 OBO. 393-8535

CASH FOR junk cars & trucks.

FRANKLIN- Riverfront, 1 Bedroom, 2nd Floor, Attic Storage. $600/month + Utilities, Security Deposit. No Pets, 387-4471.

PRIVATE Dock Space for Rent: Up to 10x30. Varney Point, Winnipesaukee, Gilford, $2,500/ season. 603-661-2883.

2001 Ford F-150 4X4 Extended Cab. 105K miles, V8 needs a little tlc...runs great! Green & tan, remote start, a/c, power windows, locks. First $5,000 takes it! Needs battery & rear axle seal. 455-3361

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

CUTE 1-bedroom remodeled apartment in Tilton. Heat/Hot Water included. $660/Month. No pets.

603-393-9693 or 916-214-7733

For Rent 2 BR very clean, bright, updated appliances with cathedral ceilings and skylights, within walking distance of downtown Laconia, off street parking, includes heat, h/w, w/d, no smoking. $900 a month.

Carolyn 630-0232 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, attached garage. Non-smoker,

LACONIA - 2 bedroom, includes heat/hot water. $850/month, no pets, no smoking. 1-month security. 455-6093 LACONIA 1-Bedroom - Washer/ dryer hookup, storage, no pets.

Security Deposit & references. $600/mo. + utilities. 520-4353 LACONIA 1-Bedroom 1st floor, Bright & sunny newly renovated, new appliances, off street parking. $700/Month, Utilities and Heat Not included. 524-1349

For Rent MEREDITH- Newly remodeled roomy two bedroom on two levelsnear downtown Meredith. Hardwood floors, ample storage, heat included. Non-smoker/No pets.

References/Security required. $875/Month. 455-4075

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

LACONIA: Large 4 bedroom apartment. Second floor, new paint and flooring, parking. $850 + utilities, security and references required. 603-781-6294.

LAKEPORT: 3 bedroom, $260/wk utilities included, parking. Security deposit and references required.

No Dogs. 524-4428 MEREDITH 1-2 bedroom apartments & mobile homes. $650-$800/ month + utilities. No pets. 279-5846 MEREDITH One bedroom apartment on second floor. Open concept, cathedral ceiling, very elegant and rustic. Plowing, parking and dumpster included, Pets? $795/month 455-5660.

MEREDITH- In-Town apartment.

1-bedroom, 1-bath. Kitchen, large living room with dryer. Quiet location, no pets/no smokers $800/Month + utilities. Rick (781)389-2355

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

MOULTONBOROUGH: Studio, $650/ month or pay weekly. Includes heat, hot water, electricity.

On-site laundry. Security & references required.

No pets.

253-8863 or 393-8245.

NORTHFIELD

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

NORTHFIELD: Large 2 bedroom on 2nd & 3rd floors, $240/week including heat, electric & hot water, 524-1234.

TILTON- DOWNTOWN. Large room in 3-bedroom, 2-bath apartment, shared with 2 other responsible adults, $150 weekly, includes all. 286-4391.

Call Now To Apply

$1-A-DAY CLASSIFIEDS • CALL 527-9299

German Shepherd-5 month old Female with papers, Current on shots. $600. 207-256-0961

For Rent LACONIA: Close to downtown, 5 room 2-Bedroom, 1.5 baths, first floor, includes 2-car parking, snow removal, landscaping, deck, washer/dryer. $185/week. 4-week security deposit & 1st week in advance, references and credit check a must. No pets/No smoking. Leave message for Bob, 781-283-0783

Laconia- 3-Bedroom, 2nd Floor, Washer/Dryer, Attic Storage, Sunroom, $950/month + Utilities & Security Deposit. No Pets/No Smoking. 387-4471 LACONIAApartment, with 1-large bedroom. $600/Month, heat & electricity included. No Pets/smoking. 520-4198 or 859-3841 LACONIA- Large Rooms for rent.

Private bath, heat/hot water, electric, cable, parking included.

FREE WiFi Internet. $145/week, 603-781-6294 LACONIA- Roommate(s) wanted to share large apartment. 1 private room, washer/dryer, large yard, walk to downtown. $125/Week including Heat/Hot-water. Kids OK. 630-9226 LACONIA: Large, 2-bedroom, 2nd floor, unfurnished, completely renovated. Includes stove, refrigerator & hot water. Off-street parking. Security deposit, non-smoking, no pets. $175/week +utilities.

(603)524-4771.

LACONIA: Studio apartment, $135/week includes heat & hot water. References and deposit.

524-9665.

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

524-3892.

LACONIA Pleasant St. 1-Bedroom, $750. Studio apartment $650. Heat/hot water included, no pets/smoking. 524-5837

LACONIA: Charming 1-Bedroom, 1st floor apartment in great neighborhood. Large yard, parking, washer/dryer hookups, $685/Month + utilities. 524-2453.

LACONIA Prime 2 bedroom apartment on Gale Ave. Walk to town and beaches. Carpeting, just repainted, private entrance, Garage.

LACONIA: why rent a room when you can have your own efficiency apartment from $130-$140/wk utilities included. Security deposit

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

Call today to see if you qualify.

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

40% of our vacancies will be rented to applicants with Extremely Low Income. Rent is based on your household size and income.

An Equal Opportunity Housing Agent

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

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

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

THE LACONIA DAILY SUN, Saturday, March 26, 2011— Page 17

For Rent

For Sale

NORTHFIELD: 1 & 2 bedroom apartments, both on 1st floor and with direct access to basement with coin-op laundry, $215 & $225/week including heat, electric & hot water, 524-1234

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

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

PREMIER Gated Community

Custom Glazed Kitchen Cabinets.

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

Meredith Bay. 3500 sqft custom 4BDRM single family home, 2-car garage. Grand Winnipesaukee Views! Beach Club, Pools, Tennis! $3750/mo./yr lease. Call 888-559-4141 or jshea@meredithbaynh.com. www.MeredithBayNH.com SANBORNTON-1 Bedroom 2nd floor, walk to Lake; all utilites included. No smoking/pets. $650/Month. 455-0910 Weirs Beach Condo. 2-bedroom, 2-bath, newly renovated. $900 per month plus electric & security deposit. 279-5991

For Rent-Commercial LACONIA/BELMONT LINE- Retail Showroom at Rt. 106 & Bypass.

1500+ Sq. ft., 10X12 overheaed door, security & fire system. $1,900/Month. 603-502-6437 LACONIA Prime retail. 750 sf., parking, includes heat. $550 per month. Security deposit & references. 455-6662.

For Sale 2002 MXZ 600, 1900 miles, good shape, $1500. Honda EM5000 generator, 20 hours, $1800.

848-0014.

8 FT. POOL TABLE -Very good condition. Extra cues & accessories. $350. After 5PM 528-2309 AMAZING! Beautiful queen or full pillow top mattress set $249, king $399. See ad under “furniture”.

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

10 Yr. warranty, new-in-plastic.

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

235-1773 CASH for old guns & ammo, hunting knives, military. 528-0247

Furniture

Help Wanted EXPERIENCED AUTO TECHNICIAN

For growing used car dealership.

Flexible schedule. Great earnings potential! Must have NH State Inspection license, driver’s license & familiarity with diagnostics.

Full and part-time positions available.

Call Jeff at Giguere Auto

Hay for sale. Horse and cow hay and mulch hay. $4/Bale. Sanborton, NH. Call 603-286-4844 or 603-630-8642.

Jett III Ultra Power Wheelchair.

Like new $2,500. Antique radios 744-6107.

NORDIC Track EXPL000 Treadmill with two ifit.com workout programs. Advanced console with pulse sensor. $400/BO 524-1121 RASCAL 326 Power Chair: Like new, $3,500. Includes ramp. Call John at 253-9863 or 455-9863.

RED Sox Tickets: Red Sox vs.

Tampa Bay. 4/11-4/12 4-Roof Boxes $100 each 2-Grandstand $60 each. Call for details.

630-2440

524-4200 or email:

lakesregiontrucks@yahoo.com

Free Free Donation- Electric Organ. I have a beautiful electric organ I would like to donate free as a gift.

Call 524-5979 SEELY Posturpedic matching queen mattress and box spring.

Good Condition. 279-9062.

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

EXPERIENCED Hair Stylist: Looking for a change? We have an opening for a full time stylist.

Must be able to work Saturdays and at least 1 evening. Great location and parking. Great, talented people to work with. Call today for a confidential interview.

The Hair Factory Salon & Day Spa, Gilford, NH, 603-527-1005 or email, hairfactory@metrocast.net

FRONT DESK

Fireside Inn and Suites is looking for a person to fil a front desk position. Willing to work full-time in peak season and part-time in off-peak season, weekends a must.

Must be energetic, reliable, flexible and good with people, also must have good skills with calculator, computer and be able to multi-task. Experience in hospitality industry a plus.

Come in and fill out an application today. 17 Harris Shore Rd. Gilford, NH 03249.

Help Wanted

SALE Thrifty Yankee- Route 25 Meredith. 279-0607. Across from ILHS Open 9am-6pm Tuesday-Sunday. 50% Winter!

Wanted-Cheap or Free! Cabinets in good condition for small kitchen, laminate flooring (enough for 224 sq. Ft.), tub/shower unit, 4-5 double-hung windows (all same size) 393-5627

Furniture The Looney Bin Bar & Grill

AMAZING!

Beautiful Queen or Full Mattress Set. Luxury firm European pillow-top. New in plastic, costs $1,095, sell $249. Can deliver.

603-305-9763

Cooks & Kitchen Prep. Seasonal Positions, Experienced. Laconia, NH. careers@fitzvogt.com 603-756-4578 Ext 99

Must be available Days & Weekends Please Apply In Person

Full-time clerk, cashier, stocking.

Must be 21 years old. Nights and weekends a must. Apply in person. No phone calls please. Meredith Case N Keg.

554 Endicott St. North Weirs Beach

WINNISQUAM REGIONAL SCHOOL DISTRICT DISTRICT WIDE Substitute Custodians Day and Evening Shifts Applications are available on our website www.wrsdsau59.org or by contacting:

Winnisquam Regional School District 433 West Main Street, Tilton, NH 03276 (603) 286-4116 EOE

HELP WANTED

TOWN OF GILFORD

The Gilford Parks and Recreation Department is currently accepting applications for seasonal positions of Lifeguards (American Red Cross Lifeguard Certification Required, WSI preferred, but not mandatory), and Gatekeepers for summer employment at the Gilford Beach. The beach is open mid-June through the end of August. Good pay and working conditions.

Call the Gilford Parks and Recreation Department at 527-4722 for an application.

Positions will remain open until qualified applicants are found.

EOE

Belknap Landscape Co. is getting ready for Spring and is now interviewing candidates with a background in plumbing, lighting, mechanical and technical skills. Seasoned lawn movers with Walker experience in demand. On-the-job training provided for the right candidate. Prior irrigation, water systems, or wiring experience a plus.

Several positions available.

Duties include start-ups, winterizations, installations, service calls, grounds/lawn maintenance Pre-employment drug screens and physicals. Age 18 or over with valid license and reliable transportation.

Qualified applicants may apply by completing an application at the office or via mail/fax/email:

Belknap Landscape Co. Inc.

25 Country Club Road, #302 Gilford, NH 03249

Phone: (603) 528-2798 x18 Fax: (603) 528-2799

cherylv@belknaplandscape.com

LACONIA HARLEY-DAVIDSON

is offering an Exciting Sales Opportunity for Motivated and High Energy People. Sales experience is preferred but not required.

Great pay with Benefits available. Please apply online at www.laconiaharley.com.

PART-TIME Experienced Mechanic. 15-20 hours/week. Ridgewood Country Club, Moultonboro.

Call Steve 491-3462

Now Hiring

Bartenders

EXOTIC Dancers wanted, we offer a great earning potential, experienced or inexperienced (603)236-9488 Heavenly Bodies.

Parks and Recreation Summer Staff

Help Wanted Got plumbing, electrical, mechanical, or lawn mowing experience?

Looking to expand and growth?

Then consider a career in irrigation or grounds maintenance!

Knowledgeable and dependable automotive technicians of all levels of experience, needed for our growing service department.

Applicants must possess a positive attitude and be able to work with others as a team. GM experience and/or inspection certificate very helpful but not required. Must be willing to learn. Own tools required.

Medical and dental plans available. Paid holidays, vacations and 401k.

Apply in person to Austin Woodward at Profile Motors, Inc., Rt. 16 & 112, Conway, NH, Serious inquiries only please.

PHEASANT Ridge Golf Club Snack Bar/Lounge (must be at least 18). Part-time Seasonal. Call 524-7808 for more info

Produce Manager

for busy Laconia Grocery store.

A.G. Supermarkets, Inc. is looking for an experienced self motivated, knowledgeable and friendly team leader who will make our Produce department of the highest quality in the Lakes Region. This applicant will exemplify outstanding customer service, select, obtain and merchandise produce and to supervise department staff to meet objectives for sales, margin and labor costs. Flexible schedule to include early mornings, late nights and weekends. Qualified applications should submit resume to bpress@agne.com.

Help Wanted SERVICE WRITER

AutoServ of Tilton has an opening for a Service Writer. With Ford, Chrysler, Dodge, Jeep, Nissan and VW at the same location we are busy! This is a full time position, with salary plus monthly bonus opportunities and a complete benefit package included. We offer health, dental, life and disability insurance along with 401K, personal days and vacation. Experience preferred but will consider training the right person, previous automotive experience is a must. Email confidential resume to cavanaught@AutoServNH.com STYLIST wanted in downtown Meredith salon: Unique booth rental options available. Call “A Step Up” at 279-6750.

TECHNICIAN

$1,000 sign-on bonus for Certified Nissan and Ford Diesel technicians. AutoServ of Tilton is interviewing for experienced and Certified New Car Automotive Technicians.

With Ford, Chrysler, Dodge, Jeep, Nissan and VW at the same location we are busy! If you are certified in another brand, we would consider cross training you. This would be full time with complete benefit package included. We offer health, dental, life and disability insurance along with 401K, personal days and vacation. Email confidential resume to cavanaught@AutoServNH.com

Tranquility Springs Wellness Spa at Lake Opechee Inn & Spa Now Hiring

• Licensed Nail Tech • Massage Therapist • Esthetician Flexible Schedule & Weekends a Must 62 Doris Ray Court Laconia, NH 03246

(603) 528-7759 WE ARE LOOKING TO HIRE YOU!!!

Quality Insulation is looking to hire employees with a diversified construction background able to use all types of construction tools and install materials for multiple product lines. We are looking for weatherization installers to work in our retrofit program and batt insulation installers.

We offer great benefits and a competitive wage, come in and talk to us. We are a zero tolerance company and you must have a Valid NH drivers license, pass a drug test and background check to work for us. Serious inquires only apply in person to: Quality Insulation, 1 Pease Rd., Meredith, NH NO PHONE CALLS PLEASE

Town of Belmont SEWER DEPARTMENT LABORER The Town of Belmont is seeking a qualified individual for the position of Sewer Department Laborer reporting to the Public Works Director.

The successful candidate will perform a variety of routine skilled and unskilled manual laboring duties relating to wastewater pumping stations and wastewater collection systems. The individual chosen for this position must possess a willingness to work with others including the general public.

High School Diploma or equivalent is required; experience with wastewater operations is preferable but not required, must possess a valid NH License and pass a “CDL” physical, drug and alcohol screening as required by the Town.

Please submit letter of interest and application to The Public Works Director 143 Main Street, PO Box 310 Belmont, NH 03220 by the close of business on Wednesday, March 30, 2011. The Town of Belmont is an EOE.

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TODAY’S EVENTS 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.

SUNDAY, MARCH 27 17th Annual JTG Music Memorial Extravaganza at Giuseppe’s Pizzeria & Ristorante at Mill Falls Marketplace in Meredith. Beginning at noon, 12 consecutive hours of live musical entertainment to raise money to benefit the The Gnerre Music Scholarship Program. Taylor guitar model 314 CE will be rafled. No cover charge. Donations welcome and appreciated.

Help Wanted Now Hiring

All Positions Apply in person:

CJ Avery’s in Lakeport

Instruction FLYFISHING LESSONS

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

KARATE

Adult and Children's Karate (Ages 4+) classes held in Laconia, Gilford, Meredith and Moultonborough.Improves balance, coordination, focus, strength and flexibility.

524-4780.

Rich Velasquez Youth Sports Equipment Foundation Sports Card and Collectible Show. 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Leavitt Park House in Laconia. Free admission.

MONDAY, MARCH 28 A discussion of current economic indicators and development efforts occurring in the Lakes Region hosted by the Lakes Region Planning Commission. 6 p.m. at the Laconia Middle School. Open to the public.

District One Executive Councilor Ray Burton speaks on timely senior topics at the Laconia Senior Center. 10 a.m. All are welcome.

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

STD/HIV testing. Sliding fee scale.

Memory Loss Support Group Meeting at Forestview

Instruction

Mobile Homes

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

286-4121

GILFORD: 55+ Park, 2-Bedroom w/carport, beach access, excellent condition, updated furnace, with appliances, $23,900. 524-4816.

TAI CHI

OPEN HOUSE

Experience the gentle art of Tai Chi. Improves balance, joint health, coordination, bone density, blood pressure, strength and flexibility. Ongoing classes held in Laconia, Gilford, Meredith and Moultonborough. All ages welcome.

524-4780

Land BELMONT: $54,900 for 3 acres with great soils, no wetlands, driveway already installed to building site. Owner/broker, 524-1234.

Mobile Homes GILFORD, Must see 12x60 2 bed room mobile home in adult park.

All appliances, 2 A/C units, nice deck & shed, shady lot. $8,700.

Call owner 527-1163.

Town of Belmont Highway Department Truck Driver/Laborer Job Posting The Town of Belmont is seeking a qualified individual for the position of Highway Department Truck Driver/ Laborer reporting to the Public Works Director. The successful candidate will perform a variety of routine skilled and unskilled manual laboring duties. The position requires a NH CDL “B” license with airbrake en dorsement. The individual chosen for this position must also possess a willingness to work with others including the general public. High School Diploma or equivalent is required - experience with the operation of heavy trucks necessary.

Please submit letter of interest and application to the Public Works Director, 143 Main Street, PO Box 310, Belmont, NH 03220, by the close of business on Friday, April 1, 2011.

We are looking for a dynamic sales person, who has previous furniture sales experience. This position is at our Laconia location.

Please forward your resume to

info@harrisfamilyfurniture.com or apply in person at Harris Family Furniture, 460 Union Ave, Laconia

Services

Bring this ad and get added $1,000 off!

WWW.CM-H.Com Open Daily & Sunday Camelot Homes Rt. 3 Tilton, NH Exit 20 on Rt. I-93, Across from Lakes Region Factory Mall

Motorcycles

Services LOW PRICE ~ QUALITY WORK

Rightway Plumbing and Heating Over 20 Years Experience Fully Insured. License #3647

SAT. APRIL 2nd SUN. APRIL 3rd

Call 393-4949

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

Attractive Landscapes

Commercial/Residential Spring Clean-Ups Lawncare & Landscaping Walkways & Patios Retaining Walls Lawn Repair & Renovations Year Round Property Maintenance Fully Insured • Free Estimates Reasonable Rates 603-524-3574• 603-455-8306

MASONRY: Custom stonework, brick/block, patios, fireplaces, repairs/repointing. 726-8679, Paul. prp_masonry@yahoo.com

2000 XL1200C Sportster. Under 18,000 miles. Runs Great $4,800.

B/O. Call 677-6721

Buy • Sell • Trade www.motoworks.biz

(603)447-1198. Olson’s Moto Works, RT16 Albany, NH. LACONIA MOTORBIKE THINK SPRING! BEAT THE RUSH! Have your motorcycle serviced now!

Pete Dyer • 527-9275.

Frank Bean Rd. Laconia The Premier Motorbike Shop in the Lakes Region

Roommate Wanted DANBURY: 1 Bedroom, new $400/ month includes all utilities, no security deposit, references required, no pets/smoking.

290-9200.

SUNNY ROOM 4 RENTLaconia/Gilford. House mate wanted for beautiful home. Sunny private furnished room, includes all utilities, Wi-Fi, dish, laundry. $125/week, $450/Month. Call 528-8030.

Services

Harris Family Furniture is NH's premier Furniture retailer and we are growing.

Services

Manor (153 Parade Road) in Meredith. 5:30 to 7 p.m. For more information call 279-3121 or e-mail Kathy@forestviewmanor.com.

Meredith Chamber of Commerce Business After Hours networking event. 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. at the Corner House Inn in Sandwich. Hosted by the Annie Forts “UP” Syndrome Fund. All are welcome. (NOTE: This event was rescheduled from March 21.

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

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

Mahjong game time at the Gilford Public Library.

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

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

Supreme Clean Commercial/ Residential Professional Window Cleaning and Non-Toxic Cleaning Services.

Free Quotes!

603-855-2135

BRETT’S ELECTRIC Fast, Reliable Master Electricians.

No Job Too small, Lowest Rates, Top Quality. SAVE THIS AD and get 10% OFF JOB. Call 520-7167.

TAX PREPARATION

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

HANDYMAN SERVICES

Our Customers Don!t get Soaked!

Small Jobs Are My Speciality

528-3531

Individuals and Businesses No return is too small.

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

Rick Drouin 520-5642 or 744-6277 HOUSECLEANING Experienced, dependable and insured, weekly bi-weekly or monthly. Will run errands. Call Pauline 707-0726.

HOUSECLEANING-LOOKING for jobs in Lakes Region area. Condos, mobile homes, foreclosures.

Available to help with errands/shopping & baking for holidays. Afternoons or anytime Friday, Saturday or Sunday. Great references. Please call 524-6363.

INTERIOR & EXTERIOR Painting. Experienced, Reasonable Rates. Call Dan 937-7095

Storage Space CLEAN DRY Storage Easy access. $85/ month. 520-4465.

Wanted To Buy BUYING old books, maps, and letters. 630-0675

Yard Sale LOOKING for Jobs: Yard work, ljunk removal, painting inside houses and odd jobs. Anytime.

524-6363.

PAMPERED CHEF

Free Seasons Best Cookbook to host with any qualifying party in

INDOOR Yard Sale-26 Daniel Webster Highway/Route 3, Winnisquam Plaza Sanbornton, next to Appletree Nursery. Open Friday to Sunday, 9:00-4:00.

SAT. 3/26, 1:30-4 pm and Sun., 3/27 8-3 pm. 29 Hook Rd. Gilford.

Furniture, tools, household, leaf-

Cara Bean, new coffee shop with drivethru service, opens in Tilton on April 2 TILTON — Cara Bean, a new coffee shop with drive-thru service, will open to the public at 5 a.m. on Saturday, April 2.

“Everyone is excited about the new venture,” said Nicole Costa, a graduate of the Lakes Region Community College (LRCC) Business Management program, who will be working with the marketing of the new company.

“Cara Bean will have fresh baked pastries and an enormous selection of flavored iced and specialty coffees made with the highest quality fresh ground beans anywhere. Majito and Peach iced teas, and other flavors, will add nicely to the product mix.”

The new business is a partnership between Matt and Chastity Bieniarz and Mike and Katie Scaranari, Costa’s parents.

For additional information about Cara Bean, call Costa at 5282826.

Lakes Region Community College (LRCC) Business Management graduate, Nicole Costa, is shown at the family’s new business, Cara Bean, located in Tilton. (Courtesy photo)

Pine Gardens Manufactured Homes Sales & Park

Under New Ownership Lowest Prices Around!

Office: (603) 267-8182 Fax: (603) 267-6621 Route 140E, 3 miles on right from Exit 20, off I-93.

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

524-6565 Fax: 524-6810

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

VISIT OUR NEW WEBSITE AT: www.cumminsre.com

LAKE VIEWS

ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL

WEIGHT ROOM

“Overlook” Lk Winnipesaukee Townhouse Condo Across From Private Beach, Possible Dock/mooring By Seniority, Tennis Court And Close To Pool. Six Rms, 2 Bedrms And 2.5 Baths.

2 Private Decks W/lake Views And 2 Car Garage. $159,900

“Woodgate Commons”..Gracious Single Floor Living With A Sunfilled Finished Lower Level..Absolutely Beautiful!! 7 Rms, 3 Bedrms, 2.5 Baths, Hardwood Floors, Vaulted Ceilings, Wall Of Windows And Private Deck. Open Concept Living W/gas Fp. 2 Car Garage.

Elegant! $288,000

”Landing Lane”..Only $109,000.

Riverside Factory Condo Rustic And City Charming! Townhouse Unit Offers 1 Bedroom, Loft, Granite Kitchen, 1.5 Baths, Hardwood, Brick, Beams And Covered Parking. Weight Room, Kayak Racks. Come See.

27’ BOAT SLIP

A GREAT BUY

REALLY SWEET

”Spinnaker Cove Yacht Club” .. 27’ Winnipesaukee/Paugus Bay Boat Slip!!

Now Only $49,000 .. Clubhouse W/ fireplace And Sandy Beach. Nothing Like Boating On The Big Lake!! Come Have Fun!

“Wildwood Village”.. A Great Buy!!..2000 Sf End Unit Overlooks The Pond. Eight Rms, 3 Bedrms And 3 Full Baths.

Yearround Sunporch, New Windows, Fireplace And Attached Garage. Deeded Beach And Tennis Rights..24 Hr Notice To Show Please..$189,000

”Landing Land”..Really Sweet Downtown Factory Condo On The Ground Level. Walkout To Waterside Patio, 4 Rms, 2 Bedrms, Central Air And Close To Weight Rm. Canoe And Kayak Racks..On The Riverwalk..$165,000 Notice To Show Please…

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Open House Today 12-3pm 60 Needle Eye Road, Meredith

Exceptional custom home on Lake Winnipesaukee in Meredith.

Over 4600 sq feet on 4 acres with 4 bedrooms and 4 baths.

Amazing 30x30 great room, large cherry kitchen and extensive woodwork. Cedar shake exterior with wood shingle roof.

Beautiful landscaping and stonework. Offered at $1,295,000.

Directions: Follow Route 3 south from downtown Meredith to left turn on Needle Eye Road across from Pirates Cove Mini-Golf. Follow signs to home.

Brian Neidhardt & Ruth Neidhardt 603.738.3798 office 766-1980 www.teamneidhardt.com

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