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Weirs biz owners circulating tear down saloon petition

By Michael Kitch THE LACONIA DAILY SUN

LACONIA — With the charred remains of the Wide Open Saloon still standing as the start of the tourist season fast approaches, business owners at The Weirs are circulating a petition urging the courts to expedite litigation that has forestalled the demolition of what again threatens to become the most prominent landmark at

the summer resort.

“I don’t know about all the legalities,” said John Ganong. “What I do know is that it’s been there too long.” He said that as business people began preparing for the season they began asking one another “what can we do? We talked and talked and talked.

There must be something we can do,” he insisted.

The building burned in September, 2010

and, when Brandi Baldi, its owner, failed to take steps to either rebuild or raze it, the city sought a court order requiring her to demolish it. Following a hearing in May, 2011 Judge Jim Carroll of Laconia Circuit Court found that the building was a hazard and ordered Baldi to demolish it. But, Baldi appealed Carroll’s decision to Belknap County Superior Court. see WEIrs page 11

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LACONIA – Nine dogs found confined in crates and living in their own waste for at least the last four years are now being cared for by the New Hampshire Humane Society, which hopes to adopt the animals out in the coming weeks.

The nine Jack Russell terriers were confiscated from a residence in Plymouth on April 24, according to Humane Society spokesman Marylee Gorham-Waterman.

The society was unable to release information about the seizure until Friday, when the animals were legally turned over to the custody of the organization.

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PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Five priests will be permanently barred from ministry after the Philadelphia archdiocese substantiated allegations of sexual abuse or inappropriate conduct, a Roman Catholic archbishop said Friday.

Three other suspended priests will return to ministry, and another died during the investigation, Archbishop Charles Chaput said. Another 17 cases remain under review, he said.

“When a child is harmed, the church has failed. When trust is lost, the church has failed. When the whole community suffers as a result, the church has failed,” Chaput said.

“We can’t change the past. But I pray — and I do believe — that the lessons of the last year have made our Church humbler, wiser, and a more vigilant guardian of our people’s safety.”

Four of the five cases substantiated were said to involve “boundary” or “behavioral” problems, not sexual assaults.

Yet a lawyer for one accuser said one of those four priests had raped his client at St. Timothy’s Parish rectory in Philadelphia in see PRIESTS page 4

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U.S. job growth slowed again in April but unemployment rate ticked down to 8.1% because of reduction in total labor force WASHINGTON (AP) — One month of slower job growth might have been a blip.

Two suggest a worrisome trend: The economy may be faltering again.

The United States generated just 115,000 jobs last month, well below expectations and the fewest since October. The unemployment rate fell to 8.1 percent, but for the wrong reason — workers abandoned the labor force.

From December through February, employers added 252,000 jobs a month on average. But the figure dipped in March and dropped further in April, raising doubts about an economic recovery that can’t seem to reach escape velocity.

The report Friday by the Labor Department indicated “an economy that is losing momentum — especially on the jobs front,”

said Tom Porcelli, chief U.S. economist at RBC Capital Markets.

It also dealt a blow to President Barack Obama’s re-election prospects. His presumed Republican opponent, Mitt Romney, called the report “very disappointing.”

Romney said the country should be adding 500,000 jobs a month and said any unemployment rate above 4 percent is “not cause for celebration.” The rate has not been that low seen since the last days of the Clinton administration.

“We seem to be slowing down, not speeding up,” Romney said on Fox News Channel. “This is not progress.”

Obama, at a Virginia high school to promote a freeze on interest rates for student loans, focused on the six-month total of more than 1 million jobs created. But he

said: “We’ve got to do more.”

The 8.1 percent unemployment rate is the lowest since January 2009, the month Obama was sworn in.

Still, the weak job growth caused stocks to fall sharply on Wall Street. The Standard & Poor’s 500 index lost 1.6 percent and closed its worst week of the year. The price of oil fell more than 4 percent because of fears of a slowing economy, which should mean lower gasoline prices soon.

Some of the slower job growth may be because an unusually warm winter allowed construction firms and other companies to add workers ahead of schedule in January and February, effectively stealing jobs from the spring.

The weaker job growth in March and see JOB GROWTH page 12

NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks plunged Friday after the government reported that hiring slowed sharply last month. The report confirmed investors’ fears that the U.S. economic recovery may be faltering.

The losses in the market were widespread. The Dow Jones industrial average lost 168 points and the Nasdaq composite had its worst day since Nov. 9. Both the Nasdaq and the Standard & Poor’s 500 index closed out their worst weeks of the year. The Dow had its second-worst.

The dollar and U.S. Treasury prices rose

as investors dumped risky assets and moved money into lower-risk investments.

Energy stocks were among the hardest hit after the price of oil fell below $100 a barrel for the first time since February. Only one of the 10 industry groups in the S&P 500 rose, utilities, which investors tend to buy when they’re nervous about the economy.

“The jobs numbers were a disappointment,” said Phil Orlando, chief equity strategist at Federated Investors.

It was the third straight daily loss for the Dow, but it’s too early to know if it’s the

start of a correction in the market. Even after its 1.4 percent decline this week, the Dow is still up 6.7 percent this year.

Investors are on edge about Europe once again as France and Greece both hold elections over the weekend. In France the socialist candidate Francois Hollande has a chance to unseat the incumbent Nicolas Sarkozy, who has been at the forefront of fashioning Europe’s efforts to prevent its share currency from collapsing.

Crude oil plunged $4 to $98.49 a barrel see STOCKS page 11

Anemic job growth number sends stock reeling; Dow drops 168 pts.

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Wealthy woman’s lawyer Family of Wolfeboro woman murdered 5 years says Edwards knew her ago hosting demonstration walk on March 10 ‘furniture’ checks were meant for his use GREENSBORO, N.C. (AP) — The lawyer for a wealthy heiress who provided secret payments intended to help John Edwards testified Friday that the former presidential candidate acknowledged the money had been given for his benefit.

Alex D. Forger said that Edwards’ then-lawyer Wade Smith told him in the fall of 2008 that the former candidate agreed that the $725,000 given by 101-year-old Rachel “Bunny” Mellon had been provided to help him. It wasn’t clear from Forger’s testimony at Edwards’ criminal trial precisely when Edwards learned about the checks given to his aide, Andrew Young.

Some of Mellon’s money was used to hide Edwards’ pregnant mistress as he sought the White House in 2008. Whether Edwards had knowledge of the coverup is a key question in his prosecution on charges related to campaign finance corruption.

Edwards has denied knowing about the secret payments from Mellon. Young testified last week his former boss directed the scheme from the start.

Forger, a semi-retired attorney from New York City, has helped manage Mellon’s financial affairs for decades. With a shock of white hair and bushy eyebrows, Forger didn’t disclose his age on the witness stand but said he has practiced estate and trust law for more than 60 years.

His voice still deep and strong, he recounted the 2008 conversation with Smith, a long-practicing North Carolina defense lawyer who had years earlier hired a novice Edwards at his Raleigh firm.

Forger said that in the fall of 2008, Smith and Charlotte defense lawyer Jim Cooney called him to give a “heads up” that federal investigators had launched a probe into Edwards’ presidential campaign.

Forger told the lawyers working for Edwards that he had been concerned for months about $725,000 in checks from Mellon that had been written to a Charlotte interior designer and labeled as being for chairs, tables and bookcases. Forger had learned those checks were endorsed by the designer and then deposited into an account controlled by Andrew Young.

Forger also knew Young was a fundraiser for Edwards, and was concerned about whether his client had violated any laws. Individual contributions to political candidates were then limited to $2,300 an election cycle.

“I knew Mrs. Mellon was not buying furniture,” Forger testified. “Was this a scam? Was this a criminal matter where funds had been siphoned off from her? I didn’t know.”

Forger said he asked the Edwards lawyer whether his client agreed the money was intended for his benefit. Smith replied that he didn’t know but would find out.

A short time later, Smith called back. “’Yes, John acknowledges now that these were for his benefit,’” Forger quoted Smith as saying.

Prosecutor Bobby Higdon then immediately suggested the judge recess for the weekend, thereby denying Edwards’ defense team their opportunity to cross examine Forger until Monday.

Smith represented Edwards until October 2011, when federal prosecutors informed him they intended to call him as a witness at Edwards’ trial.

Cooney withdrew from Edwards’ defense team in March and was later named as a potential witness for the defense.

Edwards has pleaded not guilty to six criminal counts related to campaign finance violations. If convicted, he faces up to 30 years in prison.

WOLFEBORO (AP) — The family of a New Hampshire mother of five stabbed to death in her Wolfeboro bedroom three years ago wants to draw new attention to the case.

The family of Stacey Burns is planning a walk and demonstration in her memory on the anniversary of her death.

Burns was killed on Mother’s Day 2009. No arrests have been made.

The victim’s brother Michael Keane says that on May 10 family and friends are going to march to the Statehouse in Concord.

Keane says he’s worried the case has been put on the back burner.

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ASHLAND — Patty Heinz, a resident of Ashland, won’t listen to people who dismiss her concerns about the children of her home town. Ashland isn’t Laconia, they tell her, but she knows the two communities share similar problems, and she wants to bring one of Laconia’s most recent and vigorous social programs — Got Lunch! — to Ashland. Those who care to join or learn about the effort are welcome to attend a $10 noon luncheon hosted by the Common Man on Wednesday.

“I have felt, for about two years, that the children of Ashland were really hungry during the summer,” said Heinz.

Heinz currently works as a substitute teacher in the town’s school and has also worked for the Parks & Recreation Department’s summer programs.

From those positions, she’s seen the need firsthand. About half of the town’s school children come from homes with incomes modest enough that the students qualify for free or reduced-price lunches at school, and while that statistic is lower than in Laconia, Heinz knows that for the children who are in need, their need is just as great.

The Got Lunch! program, now in its second year in Laconia, was conceived by John Walker and Rev. Paula Gile as a way to address a troubling question: If so many parents have trouble paying for their child’s lunch during the school year, what are those children eating during the summer? Walker and Gile, with help from the Better Together Lakes Region group, devised a scheme in which a corps of volunteers gets together each week to pack and delivers lunch supplies for any local child whose parent requests the service — there is no income threshold or other criteria for participation.

“Anyone that wants it may have it,” Heinz said.

Heinz, who has attended Better Together meetPRIESTS from page 2 the early 1970s.

“How do they define boundary issues, if somebody reports, credibly, that he was sexually raped — both orally and anally — as a 9-to-11-year-old?” said the man’s lawyer, Daniel Monahan of Exton.

The accuser, now in his 50s, contacted the archdiocese in 2006. He met last year with church investigators, a team led by a former child sex-crimes prosecutor and retired detective, and detailed his allegations, Monahan said.

The announcements came as a former archdiocesan official, Monsignor William Lynn, stands trial on childendangerment and conspiracy charges. He faces up to

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“First, we need money. Then, we need volunteers,” she said.

Heinz estimates that it will take about $110 to feed one child lunch for a summer, thanks to a relationship with the New Hampshire Food Bank.

Heinz already has some other notable help in her corner, such as the owner of Bob’s Shur-Fine Market and Alex Ray and Jason Lyon of the Common Man family of establishments. The Methodist, Baptist, Episcopalian and Catholic churches in town have also joined the effort.

The Laconia Got Lunch! efforts is centered on the First Congregational Church.

The Common Man restaurant in Ashland is hosting a luncheon on Wednesday to celebrate the Ashland program’s kick-off. Heinz encouraged anyone interested in helping to attend. On May 30, the restaurant will host a fundraising dinner for Got Lunch.

Those unable to attend the lunch on Wednesday but want to know more should call Heinz at 968-1073. To send a donation, make checks out to “Got Lunch Ashland” and mail them to St. Mark’s Episcopal Church, 18 Highland Street, Ashland, NH, 03217. The church is acting as the fiscal agent of the program.

To sign-up as a Got Lunch recipient, inquire at the school.

“Many people tell me that nobody in Ashland is hungry,” reported Heinz. However, her own experiences, as well as those of contacts in agencies such as the local food pantry, tell her otherwise. “Our job is to feed children who are hungry. We know there are children who are hungry in Ashland.”

28 years in prison if convicted of helping the church cover up abuse complaints as the secretary for clergy from 1992 to 2004. Defense lawyers say he took orders from the late Cardinal Anthony Bevilacqua.

None of the accused priests whose fates were announced Friday could be reached for comment.

Phone listings rang unanswered or had been disconnected, and their former parishes did not know their whereabouts.

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Gilford man charged with foot-long spike attack on girlfriend’s van

BY MICHAEL KITCH THE LACONIA DAILY SUN

GILFORD — A local man who threatened a woman and damaged her van with a metal spike on Thursday night was held in the Belknap County Jail in lieu of cash bail following his arraignment in the 4th Circuit Court-District Division-Laconia yesterday.

Joseph Tilton, 57, of 24 Dock Road was charged with reckless conduct and criminal threatening, both class B felonies, as well as disorderly conduct and criminal mischief, both misdemeanors. Judge Jim Carroll set personal recognizance bail at $15,000 and cash bail at $1,000 for the felony charges and personal recognizance bail of $15,000 and cash bail of $250 for the misdemeanors.

According to police, officers were dispatched to Dock Road, where a domestic disturbance was reported, at 9:45 p.m. on Thursday. Next door, at the Lyons Den Restaurant & Tavern, Officer Curtis Mailloux met with a woman who told him that Tilton, who she described as her boyfriend, advanced toward her brandishing a large metal spike near the entrance to the manufactured housing park where she lives. She said that when she backed away from Tilton, got into her van and began driving away he followed, striking the rear passenger door with the spike.

The woman told police that Tilton, who she indicated might be armed, from preceding page U.S. bishops have had a “zero tolerance” policy for abusers since 2002.

Priests removed from ministry can agree to serve a life of prayer and penance in a church-run facility, where they can be monitored. Some might agree to leave the priesthood, while others may be laicized after a church trial. The priests can also appeal the decision.

Chaput inherited the sex-abuse problem when he arrived from Denver last year. He declined to provide details Friday of how old or how serious the cases might be. Most had ear-

was at her home at 24 Dock Road, Unit 15. Mailloux, together with Officers Douglas Wall and Kristopher Kloetz, approached the residence with their weapons drawn and quickly made contact with Tilton, who obeyed when ordered to stand with his hands behind his back and was secured with handcuffs.

The officers found a foot-long metal spike within a few feet of where Tilton, who they said reeked of alcohol and appeared very drunk, had been sitting. As Tilton was taken to the cruiser he became belligerent, screaming he would kill the woman and the officers while losing his balance and slurring his words. Taken to the county jail to be held in protective custody, Tilton remained belligerent and uncooperative, prompting the bail commissioner, who felt herself at risk, to leave the paperwork to be completed in the morning.

The woman told police that Tilton had been evicted from his home at 24 Dock Road, Unit 2 and was transient.

In her statement, wrote that “I am now totally petrified of Joe Tilton.”

No stranger to law enforcement, Tilton appeared in Laconia District Court seven times between 1973 and 1994, charged with simple assault, disorderly conduct, criminal threatening and drug possession. Since then he has twice been charged with drug possession and in 2007 lost his driver’s license when convicted of driving while intoxicated. lier been deemed not credible by his predecessors.

“I need to balance the need for transparency with the pain already felt by victims — pain which we acknowledge and do not wish to compound,” Chaput said.

Priests who were cleared of the accusations could return to their parish or perhaps move to a new assignment, decisions Chaput plans to make after consulting with the priest and parish.

He met with the eight accused priests this week to tell them their fate, meetings he called “very difficult.”

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Pat Buchanan

A decade of war.

For what?

“My fellow Americans, we have traveled through more than a decade under the dark cloud of war,” said Barack Obama from Bagram Air Base. “Here in the predawn darkness, we can see the light of a new day on the horizon. The Iraq War is over. The number of troops in harm’s way has been cut in half, and more will be coming home. ...

The time of war began in Afghanistan, and this is where it will end.”

Interesting comment, that last.

If “the time of war” is at an end, does that rule out U.S. military action in Syria or war on Iran?

Setting aside the 14,000-mile round trip to Afghanistan to do an end zone dance on the anniversary of Seal Team Six’s dispatch of Osama bin Laden, Obama seems to have boxed in his Republican rivals.

His assurance that our wars are ending and our troops are coming home reflects the national will.

And his partnership agreement with President Hamid Karzai and pledge that a U.S. force will remain to train the Afghan army and prevent al-Qaida’s return inoculates him against the charge that he is cutting and running.

Yet The New York Times was disappointed.

Obama had not said how the United States is to train the Afghan army to defeat the Taliban by 2014, nor how we can get Karzai to deal with the pervasive corruption and incompetence of his government.

Nor did Obama say how we can be certain al-Qaida will not return when we depart.

The Times misses the point.

This speech was not designed to lay out a U.S. strategy for the next 12 years, but to get Barack Obama past the post in November. And for that objective, the speech works. No one knows what will happen when 23,000 more U.S. troops come home

by Sept. 30, and all combat troops are out in 2014. The odds are that, after a “decent interval,” like the one in Vietnam from 1973 to 1975, the Taliban will return to take vengeance on all who abandoned them, and Afghanistan will come again to resemble the land we invaded a decade ago.

Why is this probable? First, because the Taliban have shown themselves to be, though fewer in number, a superior fighting force to the Afghan army. They have not needed foreigners to motivate, train, advise or lead them. Nor have they needed foreign money to fight. Yet they have battled the best army in the world for a decade and repeatedly sacrificed their lives in suicide attacks. How many Afghans on our side have launched suicide attacks?

Second, the Taliban are rooted in the Pashtun, the largest tribal

group in Afghanistan, which constitutes half the population and is concentrated in the crucial south and east.

Third, they have a secure sanctuary in Pakistan.

Fourth, because, as we saw with the hysterical reaction to what U.S. troops thought was the routine burning of desecrated Qurans, Islam is the most powerful cultural and social force in the country. And the Taliban are the most deeply rooted in that faith.

Fifth, because nationalism is the most potent political current roiling nations from the Maghreb to Middle East to South Asia. And the Taliban have the causalities and credentials to prove they will fight forever to free their country of foreign influence.

A majority of Afghans surely wish the Taliban would not return, given the savagery of their previous rule and the desire of the Afghan people to be free to live their own lives according to their own interpretation of their faith. Yet the Taliban have shown themselves willing to persist against huge odds, to fight and die in considerable numbers for the kind of country they wish to live in — and the kind of regime they wish to live under.

Our allies have not remotely matched their zeal. “A small body of determined spirits fired by an unquenchable faith in their mission can alter the course of history,” said Mohandas Gandhi.

So, after a decade of war in Afghanistan, what have we accomplished, and at what cost? Some 2,000 U.S. dead, 16,000 wounded, hundreds of billions sunk, scores of thousands of Afghan dead. Al-Qaida was driven out a decade ago but is now in Pakistan, Yemen, Somalia, North Africa and Iraq. The Taliban are gone from Kabul but may be coming back. And our hope of preserving what success we have had rests with Hamid Karzai.

“America has no designs beyond an end to al-Qaida safe havens,” said Obama in Bagram. “Our goal is not to build a country in America’s image, or to eradicate every vestige of the Taliban.” But if those are our goals, had we not achieved them all by early 2002? What, then, were we fighting for — these 10 years? If we had to do it all over again, would we?

The nation now seems not to think so. And the nation is right.

(Syndicated columnist Pat Buchanan has been a senior advisor to three presidents, twice a candidate for the Republican presidential nomination and the presidential nominee of the Reform Party in 2000. He won the New Hampshire Republican Primary in 1996.)

LETTERS Some day thinking people will prevail & end circus animal cruelty To the editor, Thank you to Louisa Dell’Amico for her May 1 letter concerning cruelty to circus animals. It’s very unfortunate that members of the Parks and Recreation Commission and Main Street Initiative chose to disregard cruelty concerns and allow the Kelly Miller circus to perform in Laconia.

Kelly Miller/Carson and Barnes are not the only circuses with animal care problems. In November 2011, the U.S. Department of Agriculture imposed an unprecedented $270,000. fine against Feld Entertainment, the parent company of Ringling Bros Barnum and Bailey Circus for violations of the Animal Welfare Act, ranging from contaminated food to injured animals being forced to perform.

Several weeks ago, packets of information on circus cruelty were sent to the mayor and members of the Board of Aldermen in Manchester, where Ringing performs annually. The packets included photos taken at the Ringling Center for Elephant Conservation, a copy of the USDA Press

Release, and a letter signed by 40 activists urging the Board to consider an ordinance that would prohibit the display of exotic animals for entertainment in Manchester.

The aldermen threw our concerns in the trash can, speaking figuratively, and they probably thought that would be the end of the discussion. They were wrong. The discussion has just barely begun.

One of the greatest humanitarians in the modern world, Dr. Albert Schweitzer, said that thinking men must oppose all cruel customs, no matter how deeply rooted in tradition and surrounded by a halo. When we have a choice, we must avoid bringing torment and injury into the life of another, even the lowliest creature.

Some day, in Laconia, in Manchester, and all over the world, thinking people will prevail, and the torture of animals for public amusement will be no more.

Jean Slepian Stoddard

This ‘change’ has seen our country sink to its lowest point ever To the editor, It’s “time for a change” is something that we have heard many times.

Even Mr. Obama told the youth of our nation that over and over again, so that over time they became his cheerleaders, and he became the president to change things. Right?

Well friends, what a change we have experienced. I expected like you a change for the better, but most of us have seen our country and people worse off than any other other time in our history. The fact is, there is a change for the good, but also so really bad changes, which is why we are all hurting. What we need is a change of the heart, to live and walk in the right way. We can’t go wrong if we are all turn to God to help us walk according to his word, after all, our money says “In God We Trust”.Right?

Now before Jimmy “V” and Pro Sandy have a fit, know that God loves you in spite of all your crazy doctrines.

In the Bible, God says marriage is “a man and a woman.” The act of abortion is murder; life is a gift from God, and we all will stand before him to answer for all of our evil ways one day.

Now before Jimmy “V” gives all the blame to the Christians, the Pope, the Tea Party, etc. and then lifts Bil Clinton to high heaven as well as Obama, remember that Bill Clinton was a liar.

Clinton was the man that could not keep his pants on, which was a real disgrace to the U.S.A. Listen Americans, before you sleep at night, bow on your knees before god and repent of your sins. Ask Jesus Christ to come into you life and then, and only then, will we as a nation see a real change, “that you can count on.”

America needs a revival so let it begin in every persons heart, “today.” God Bless the U.S.A. William (Liam) McCoy Belmont

THE LACONIA DAILY SUN, Saturday, May 5, 2012 — Page 7

LETTERS The mad rush of a megacity ebbs away in Moultonborough, NH

Why didn’t Forrester & Worsman vote to protect Meredith’s interests?

To the editor, A week ago I was sitting aboard a Boeing 772 some 37,000 feet above terra firma on my way from Seoul, South Korea to New York’s JFK Airport where I would catch a flight to Boston and then a ride to New Hampshire. A flurry of thoughts raced through my head as I contemplated the transition from a frenetic, wired city of more than 10-million people to the bucolic and isolated borough of General Jonathan Moulton (pop. 4,044). More specifically, I’d be staying at a family member’s Cape Cod house more than eight miles down Long Island Road on Moultonboro Neck — “No Internet here,” said my older brother.

After a decade in Asia, this was a daunting reality. How would I adjust?

As I rode up 93 in my brother’s Volvo wagon with my 100-plus pounds of luggage in tow, I gazed out at the nascent spring landscape, realizing that a new beginning was underway. Stopping in Concord to stock up at Market Basket, I got lost in the multifarious aisles, unsure of what to put in the cart, listening for the staple Korean man who calls out “sale” in the meat, seafood and produce sections of every supermarket while waiting for the usual push and shove of fervid female shoppers. Yet the store was rather quiet and vacant as closing time neared; a perfect time to shop, my brother advised.

Well stocked we arrived at the 1825 Cape under star-filled skies and lugged in our load. The pleasant smell of wood smoke permeated the old home and the wood floors creaked underfoot. The place has character, I thought. Usually, I sleep roughly after flying for more than 10 hours—jet lag twists the internal clock—but this night I drifted smoothly off into that darkness and woke in the morn feeling rested though misplaced.

Strolling into the woods, pine and fallen leaves filled the air with familiar scents and two white tails bounded off over a stone wall. No din of traffic. No buzz of people rushing to and fro. The cacophony of the city stood in stark contrast to

To the editor, I am writing this letter to inform Meredith residents that we may lose our right to elect our own representatives to the General Court. Two of our elected officials, Representative Colette Worsman and State Senator Jeanie Forrester voted YEA on HB-592, the redistricting bill. By doing so they have put our opportunity to keep Meredith’s two elected reps solely from Meredith.

Because of this vote, many towns and cities are now bringing a lawsuit against the state.

The Meredith Selectboard is gathering info so they can determine if we will join the town of Gilford and other communities in the lawsuit against the state challenging the constitutionality of the recent redistricting plan for the 400 seats of the House of Representatives.

A little history is in order: — Redistricting of Legislative and Executive Council seats takes place every 10 years and is designed to reflect the latest U.S. Census results by city, town, and state. The N.H. House of Representatives has responsibility for reconfiguring the House, Executive Council, and Congressional Districts while the N.H. Senate is responsible for realigning Senate Districts.

— HB-592 states: “An Act reapportioning State Representative and districts relative to boundaries and wards.” Gov. Lynch cited the constitutional requirement “that the House of Representatives be founded on the principles of equality and representation therein shall be as equal as circumstances will admit.” The governor also stated that HB-592 denies a total of 62 New Hampshire towns and wards their own seats in the House.

For example, the towns of Atkinson, Hudson, Meredith, and Pelham all have sufficient population under state and federal constitutional standards to have their own representative, but all are denied their own representative under the House-approved plan, noting the plan also unnecessarily breaks up cities and wards.

— The NH Constitution was amended

such solitude.

As my first day unfolded there was some oak to be cut, moved and split, a process that is salubrious in its corporeality — everything is physical, methodical, precise. In the evening as temperatures dipped into the low 40s, a fire needed to be kindled and the wood served its purpose gloriously, crackling and humming in the fireplace, illuminating the living room with a warm, golden hue, offering more reward for the work done.

My worries that I would be “unhooked” and offline were quickly assuaged by the Time Warner guy who pulled up in a small Ford pick-up with two ladders strapped to the roof and made quick work of the job, scaling a nearby utility pole, running cable through the basement and activating the router. He lamented the hastening death of cable. I checked e-mail and fired out some belated replies.

While in Asia there was no need for a car — Korea’s public transportation is astonishing: ubiquitous, modern, fast. China, Thailand, Vietnam, among others, all have extensive train and bus infrastructure; once you’re off the boat or plane, you have free reign of the land with your two feet and the nearest public transportation. America is different. “It’s three miles to Jo Jo’s,” my brother told me in reference to the nearest store. So I walked it just to see and three miles really isn’t that far. Nonetheless, if you want to get to Concord or Manchester or Boston (and beyond), you’ll have to walk a ways farther to catch the Concord Coach bus (the whole trip on foot is more than 10 miles according to Google). But it is doable. And as the mad rush of a megacity ebbs away and the repose of nature takes its place, the peace and possibility of my new surroundings efface all of the fretting I did prior to arrival.

John M. Rodgers Moultonboro

28% pay increase for selectmen can be amended at Town Meeting To the editor, Quite often budget items like this go unnoticed by the general public until the Town Meeting.

The Sanbornton Budget Committee at their April 3 meeting voted on the following motion made by member Jeff Jenkins, to increase the BOS salary from $3,500 to $4,500 for each of the three selectmen. The members voted on the motion as follows two no, three yes, two abstain and the motion passed. Perhaps we all should be asking for the minutes of that meeting to reflect how each member voted

on this issue, or would that be embarrassing ?

Please note that this budget line item can be amended during the Town Meeting, so the question is how has the selectmen’s job changed over the years that justifies a 28-percent increase in pay?

If the justification is supposed to be “that all the other towns pay $4,500” then this salary increase should be rejected by the voters.

See you all at the Town Meeting!

Bill Whalen Sanbornton

Let’s follow Gov. John Sununu’s advice when it comes to SB-2 To the editor, The Town of Sanbornton holds the state record for the number of times SB-2 has appeared on the ballot and the number of times it has been defeated: 12. Petitioned against this year, one town resident noted: “SB-2 has been on the ballot so many times, it is almost old enough to vote.”

The following viewpoint by former Governor John Sununu, written in the Concord Monitor, July 26, 2009, is an

Sununu lavished praise on the old townmeeting, local control, penny-watching style government of New Hampshire towns during a meeting with the Monitor editorial board last week.” He parted ways with some local fiscal conservatives on the question of Senate Bill 2, which, he said is a disaster. I hate it.”

I encourage voters to concur with our former governor, as this writer does, and defeat SB-2 on May 8th.

Thomas Salatiello

in 2006 by a super majority of the Legislature that states: to ensure that, to the extent possible, towns that had sufficient population for one or more representatives get them.

— When a town is within the ideal deviation for one or more representative seats the town or ward shall have its own district. The excess number of inhabitants of a district may be added to the excess number of inhabitants of other districts to form at -large or floterial districts.

— Meredith’s current population is 6,241. Population needed for two reps would be 6,585. A 5-percent deviation of that number is allowed, which would mean that Meredith could keep its two House seats. The U.S. Supreme Court has recognized that it is impossible to obtain perfect deviation using town boundaries so reasonable deviation is acceptable. The redistricting committee did not factor this into their findings. Meredith and Gilford do not have a contiguous town boundary unless you count that part of Governor’s Island that sits in the waters of Winnipesaukee in Meredith.

Passage of this bill has put Meredith in a district with Gilford where potentially we lose the opportunity of electing any House reps from Meredith due to the fact that Gilford’s population is greater.

At the April 16th selectmen’s meeting the board directed our town manager to contact the N..H Municipal Association and the town of Gilford to look into possible actions they can consider. I believe this is the correct course of action and I applaud the board for doing so.

Since that meeting the Gilford selectmen unanimously voted to join the lawsuit.

One has to wonder why Representative Colette Worsman and State Senator Jeanie Forrester did not vote to protect our best interests. Bob Greemore, our other representative voted against it, citing it was unconstitutional. I appreciate his voting to preserve our rights to representation.

Paula Trombi Meredith

Page 8 — THE LACONIA DAILY SUN, Saturday, May 5, 2012

LETTERS Government health care is not the answer; our boat’s already sinking To the editor, In the April 28 issue of The Laconia Daily Sun, Professor Cracraft opined that universal healthcare is a “right”, and he claimed, — That our Supreme Court “. . . unfortunately, is dominated by extreme conservative ideologues that seem more interested in a political agenda than the law.”

— “The broken health care system we now have is largely the fault of the insurance and pharmaceutical companies.”

— That “Studies show that very few Canadians want anything close to what we have.”

— That the American people might “. . . wake up and refuse to accept the broken, unjust way our country delivers health care.”

— That a single payer system would not have to be run by the federal government but perhaps could be run by the states.

I disagree with Professor Cracraft on just about everything he wrote. He apparently believes the government is the solution when history shows, it often does more to create problems than it does to solve them. To address some of the professor’s points: Cracraft fails to mention that the “left leaning” justices seem to regard the Constitution as just one item of many to consider in their deliberations. For example, Justice Breyer has appeared in a variety of forums telling of how, in making his decisions, he often revues the laws of other countries, even those without a Constitution, to see how those countries deal with similar issues. The professor also fails to mention that Justice Ginsberg spent eight years as a lead attorney for the ACLU. He also failed to mention that Justice Kagan, even though she had been dean of the Harvard Law School, had only practiced law for two years and had never before held a

position as a judge. And, Justice Sotomayor had hands on experience as a judge but her decisions, on appeal, were reversed 60-percent of the time.

Bottom line is that the professor wants a court that will decide cases on emotional appeal and not necessarily with constitutional candor.

The professor’s claim that our health care system is broken grossly misstates the issue. First, our health care system is exceptional. The high cost of health care is an issue, but that issue is being unfairly targeted

by Cracraft as being caused by insurance and pharmaceutical companies.

For example, there are approximately 44-million people on Medicare. That leaves about 235 million people with other insurance coverage, and about 35-million people with no coverage.

Now, consider these important points.

Medicare determines what it will pay to doctors and hospitals. The fact is that Medicare deeply discounts its reimbursements, only paying a fraction of what is charged for medical services. This results in a “cost shifting”, the government, essentially forcing medical providers to charge higher rates to individuals and their insurance companies to make up the losses that are incurred due to Medicare’s arbitrary allowances.

In a 2005 study conducted by the Heritage Foundation, it was shown that patient care costs for Medicare patients was approximately $9,000 per beneficiary, while non-Medicare patient costs were about $3,500 per beneficiary. Put simply, older folks need more medical tending to than does the younger population.

Another important Medicare point is that by their own admission, Medicare has $36-trillion, in-unfunded liabilities. Remember, Medicare serves about 44-million people. What Professor Cracraft and his friends essentially want to do is impose universal

health care under the aegis of the government. Consider, if we’re looking at $36-trillion in unfunded liabilities for the 44-million Medicare beneficiaries now, what will the liabilities be if we add 270-million more people to the equation?

As to his Canadian claims, the professor is perhaps unaware that entrepreneurial Canadians have actually made a business out of arranging “vacations” in order for their citizens to receive timely medical care and surgeries in the United States.

What the professor failed to mention is the need for “tort reform”.

Because the American Bar Association (ABA) is closely aligned with Democrats, even though a significant portion of health care costs are incurred in an effort to offset malpractice claims and disproportionate awards, nowhere in the Affordable Healthcare Act (Obamacare) was this issue addressed. As an example, in Florida, an internal medicine physician may have to pay over $55,000 per year for his/her coverage. That means that there is approximately $10 of insurance costs included in the charge made to each patient for an office visit. For a surgeon the cost for coverage may be anywhere from $90,000

to $175,000, while an OB-GYN specialist could actually go as high as $200,000. (Please note that insurance rates vary by state, some significantly. I used Florida rates because of the high number of Medicare eligible senior citizens in that state.) In addition to malpractice insurance costs, the mere threat of attorneys looking for an item on which to assert lack of due diligence, health care providers are often forced to call for excessive tests just to cover their backside. Even though another test may not change the diagnosis, to not do the redundant test essentially invites the attorneys to claim malpractice. Bottom line is that an inordinate amount of medical cost is incurred because of the lack of willingness to address tort reform.

It should be noted too, that attorneys often operate on a “contingency” basis, charging the claimant nothing but receiving 30 to 40- percent of what the jury awards to the claimant.

Emotionally, we all want what’s best for everyone. Practically, we simply cannot continue to add weight to a sinking boat. Government health care is not the answer, it’s just more weight.

Bob Meade Laconia

SB-2 would allow for thorough community vetting of land buy article To the editor, Most Sanbornton voters coming to Town Meeting on May 9th probably aren’t aware that there is a Warrant Article for $60,000 to purchase a piece of land tucked away behind the three white buildings in Sanbornton Square. If this Warrant Article passes, it will mean that there will be a very expensive new town office building placed on this piece of land in the future. Why else would we be buying it? Without speaking pro or con on this purchase, I’m telling you that we will be making a very important decision after just a few minutes of discussion on the future of the town’s municipal needs. Many voters will be hearing about this for the first time and will be

voting solely based on what they hear from those at Town Meeting. Did you know about this land purchase and it’s future implications?

Under SB-2 we would have had a Deliberative Session one month ago, and we would have had 30 days to hear pros and cons from town residents in The Daily Sun or at Selectmen’s meetings or just informally. We could have discussed the town’s needs and also possible alternative locations for this future building or simply postponed this decision. Having more time to discuss and explain the facts means that we will all make a better decision for the future of the town.

Curt McGee Sanbornton

Come to Town Meeting and partake in a treasure of an institution To the editor, Doing Google-search for SB-2 deliberative session turnout, I find the word “deplorable” comes up, the count is most often so low. Past newspaper articles report sessions with turnout countable on one or two hands. Do the SB-2 supporters who want that change for Sanbornton and who write glowing accounts of what SB-2 will do for us, even read the newspapers to which they send letters?

2010 Sanbornton Town Report tells me that “March 26, 1771, at the home of Daniel Sanborn in Sanbornton” was our first Town Meeting. “Historical records are the source of our cultural memory and society. They record the accountability of government, businesses and institutions. They are the mechanism for self-understanding.”

That’s pride in community speaking.

This is attitude to love and continue.

Replacing Town Meeting with an SB-2 deliberative session would be a cheapening of Sanbornton. The “mere” 150 citizens turnout for Sanbornton Town Meeting, held in our tradition of democracy others can envy, reassures that community matters here. We exchange ideas in moderated give and take. May 8 is the important voting day for Sanbornton. May 9 is Town Meeting. Go by the town offices and pick up your 2011 Sanbornton Town Report, Sanbornton community. Come to Town Meeting on Wednesday night at 7 p.m. and partake in a treasure of an institution.

Lynn Rudmin Chong Sanbornton

One-third of Belknap House delegation planning to retire after current session

By Michael Kitch THE LACONIA DAILY SUN

LACONIA — Of the 18 members of the New Hampshire House of Representatives elected in Laconia and the 1- towns of Belknap County, all of them Republicans, at least six have chosen not to seek re-election in November and a seventh is contemplating a bid for the state Senate in District 6.

Representatives Jim Pilliod of Belmont, Alida Millham of Gilford, Dave Russell of Gilmanton and Bill Tobin of Sanbornton, all of whom have served multiple terms, have announced their retirement. Tyler Simpson of New Hampton, who was elected to his first term in 2010, has indicated to colleagues that he will not seek a second term. And Jeffrey St. Cyr of Alton, a recent graduate of the University of New Hampshire, said that he was leaving the Legislature in pursuit of a career in the hospitality industry.

Representative Frank Tilton of Laconia said yesterday that he and the other four members from Laconia — Harry Accornero, Don Flanders, Bob kingsbury and Bob Luther — all intend to run for re-election in November.

Meanwhile, after serving two terms in the House, Peter Bolster of Alton is eying a run for the Senate in the redrawn District 6, which consists of Rochester and the towns of Alton, Barnstead, Farmington, Gilmanton and New Durham. Yesterday freshman senator Fenton Groen of Rochester announced that he would return to managing the family construction firm rather than seek re-election, creating an open seat.

One of a dwindling number of cen-

trist or moderate Republicans often reviled by his conservative colleagues as a RINO — “Republican in Name Only” — Bolster said that “I think I could be more effective in the Senate.

It’s a smaller body that makes a greater effort to reach consensus.” He acknowledged that that with only 24 members the demands on the time and energy of individual senators “give me a little pause.”

Bolster said that Representative Sam Cataldo, a Republican from Farmington, has expressed interest in the Senate seat and suspected that one of the several conservative representatives from Rochester — Susan DeLemus, Laura Jones or her son Kyle, Clifford Newton and Warren Groen, Fenton’s brother — might enter the race for the Republican nomination.

Should the newly drawn House districts withstand the legal challenge underway, the departure of six or seven incumbents would leave a number of open seats. Simpson’s retirement would leave District 1 (Center Harbor and New Hampton) up for grabs. If Bolster joins St. Cyr and RusselI in leaving the House, there would be no incumbent in District 5 (Alton and Gilmanton) which elects two members while Pilliod’s retirement leaves District 6 (Belmont) which also elects two members without an incumbent.

On the other hand, in District 7 — Barnstead — there are three incumbents — Elaine Swinford, Guy Comtois and Robert Malone — vying for one seat, though a Barnstead resident could also run for the one seat in in District 8 (Alton, Barnstead and Gilmanton).

Town of Gilford seeks volunteers to serve on boards & commissions GILFORD — The Board of Selectmen is seeking volunteers to serve on boards and commissions.

Currently the Zoning Board of Adjustment is short one alternate member to complete the last year of an unexpired three-year term.The board meets once a month to hear requests for special exceptions and variances from the zoning ordinance as well as appeals of decisions rendered by the

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Virginia R. Carpenter, 68 LACONIA — Virginia Rush (Duckworth) Carpenter, 68 of Laconia NH, formerly of Berlin and Northboro, MA passed away peacefully on April 19th while visiting Denver, CO. She was born to Wilfrid and Hope (Boyd) Duckworth.

She is survived by her husband John T. Carpenter and four children, daughter Laurie J. Carpenter, daughter Deborah R. (Carpenter) Gentry, son Daniel T. Carpenter, and daughter Johnna C. Carpenter.

She and her husband owned and operated the Grille Restaurant, Northboro, MA in the 1980s.

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WEIRS from page one Efforts to resolve the issue during the summer failed. Meanwhile, the city refrained from seeking authority to raze the building, fearing that it would incur significant costs with no assurance of being reimbursed.

In January Judge James O’Neill, III of Belknap County Superior Court upheld Carroll’s original ruling and again Baldi appealed, this time to the New Hampshire Supreme Court where the case now rests with no indication of when the justices will hear or decide it.

Don Thurston of Thurston Marine, whose e-mail distributed three weeks ago, sparked the petition, said that the Baldis — the family also owns the Weirs Drive-In Theater, his neighbor across the Weirs Channel for 40 years, “should tear down their building, rebuild it and get back to business. We are reasonable people,” he continued, “but two years is enough. One way or another that building has got to come down.”

Thurston said that after speaking with Myers and City Councilor Ava Doyle (Ward 1) he believes that “city officials are intimidated by attorneys. If that building was downtown, next to City Hall, it would have been gone a year ago.”

“Everyone feels bad for the Baldis,” Ganong remarked. “They lost their business. It’s an unfortunate thing. But,” he continued, “everyone is taking a hit.” Stressing that the businesses at The Weirs — the motels, cottages, restaurants and attractions — have a 16-week season, he doubted tourism can thrive so long as the “eyesore” dominates skyline.

“The owner of the Lobster Pound invested millions and look at the view from the deck,” he said. “Or walk up from the beach.

Fred Clausen of Proctor’s Lakeside Cottages said the first question visitors ask is “why is that burned out building still there? How can your city allow this?” He said that everyone at The Weirs finds themselves answering the same question. “The city is being blamed and it is something we have to defend,” he said.

“I’m very frustrated too,” said Doyle, who with her husband owns and operates Sun Valley Cottages at The Weirs, “but I can’t make it happen because it’s in the courts. I know people don’t want to hear that.”

When the City Council met last month Myers said that the only option open to the city was to return to court and seek to demonstrate that the condition of the building presented an “imminent threat” to public safety. But, first he said the city would have to secure the permission of the court to enter and assess the property and then solicit bids to demolish the building and remove any contaminants, like asbestos. The court would have to approve the cost of demolition and authorize the city to recoup them from the owner. He suggested the process could take between four to seven weeks with no assurance the city would prevail.

“It’s not for lack of a decision on the part of the city that the building is still standing,” Myers said.

“The city is not the bad guy,” insisted Doyle, who nonetheless welcome the initiative taken by her fellow business owners. “I hope it will give the City Council some direction.”

STOCKS from page one on worries that demand would drop because of a weakening world economy. It was the first time oil has dropped below $100 since February 13.

The late slump in the week was a stark contrast to Monday, when the Dow closed at its highest level in more than four years, propelled by a report that showed a pickup in manufacturing. All that became a distant memory after a slew of poor economic reports were released the rest of the week.

On Thursday major retailers including Costco and Macy’s reported that April sales inched up less that 1 percent, the worst performance since 2009. Thursday also brought news that U.S. service companies expanded their business more slowly in April.

The Dow closed down 168.32 points, or 1.3 percent, at 13,038. All 30 companies that make up the index fell, led by Bank of America and Cisco.

The S&P 500 fell 22.47 points, or 1.6 percent, to 1,369, while the Nasdaq index fell 67.96 points, or 2.2 percent, to 2,956.

For the week, the S&P lost 2.4 percent, the Nasdaq 3.7 percent.

The yield on the benchmark 10-year Treasury note dropped to 1.88 percent from 1.92 percent late Thursday as demand increased for safe investments. The yield hasn’t settled that low since early February.

The culprit for the distress in financial markets was a report from the Labor Department Friday showing that U.S. job growth slumped in April for a second straight month. The 115,000 jobs added in April and the 154,000 in March were down form an average of 252,000 a month from December through February.

Orlando noted that the first few months of the year were marked by a number of abnormal conditions including an uncharacteristically warm January and February. That led to a spurt in hiring which usually occurs in spring.

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TERRIERS from page one address of the dogs’ owner, citing privacy laws, other that to say it was “a single individual.”

Though the dogs were not severely malnourished, she said it appeared they were not being given food or water regularly. Overall she described the conditions the dogs were living in as “appalling,” particularly since they were living in their own urine and dried feces.

She said the dogs are receiving veterinary care for a variety of ailments, including problems with the teeth, eyes and tumors.

Gorham-Waterman said the dogs had been confined in the containers for four years, and probably longer.

She said privacy laws prevented her from saying what it was that brought the animals’ plight to the attention of authorities at this time. But she did say that from her experience dealing with the humane treatment of animals that oftentimes inhumane conditions arise when individuals are no longer able to care for themselves.

“If a neighbor is in trouble, then make the call because there may be animals or children who are not getting the care they need as well,” she said.

She said that The New Hampshire Humane Society was called to the scene in Plymouth after

the state Department of Elder and Adult Services notified Plymouth police. After the animals were removed from the premises the owner subsequently relinquished ownership of the dogs and legally assigned care and ownership to the animal shelter in Laconia.

Gorham-Waterman said the plan is for the Humane Society to place the dogs in separate “hospice homes.” “That means there will be no adoption fee for the people who take one of these dogs into their home where they will receive care and comfort,” she explained.

Gorham-Waterman hoped to start placing the dogs within the next few weeks. “Sooner rather than later,” she said.

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JOB GROWTH from page 2 April “looks like some weather payback,” said Paul Ashworth, chief U.S. economist at Capital Economics.

The balmy weather probably exaggerated job growth in the winter and makes it look small now, Ashworth said. He expects job creation to settle into a lackluster range between 175,000 and 200,000.

The economy may not be growing fast enough to produce anything stronger. Economists surveyed

by The Associated Press expect the economy to grow 2.5 percent this year. That is consistent with monthly job growth of only about 135,000, according from preceding page and spiritual rehabilitation they need,” she said.

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to calculations by Brad DeLong, an economist at the University of California, Berkeley.

That is barely enough to keep up with population growth not nearly enough to recover the jobs lost in the Great Recession quickly. At this year’s pace, it will take until May 2014 to restore employment to its 2008 peak of 138 million.

The United States has only recovered 3.8 million, or 43 percent, of the 8.8 million jobs lost between the peak, in February 2008, and January 2010.

David Boyce, 30, is one of those still looking for work. He lost his sales job two years ago and ran out Lauren Richard, the shelter’s animal care manager, said the agency would first inspect the homes of would-be owners to ensure that the dogs will the kind of loving care they so desperately need.

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of unemployment benefits in September. He and his wife, who is working reduced hours as a nanny, are struggling to get by.

April’s hiring slump was broad. Only two of 10 large categories tracked by the government, retailers and professional and business services, hired more workers in April than they did in March.

The categories of manufacturing and education and health services added the fewest jobs in five months. Hotels, restaurants and entertainment companies added the fewest in eight months.

Friday’s report noted that that the average hourly wage went up one penny in April. Over the past year, average pay has increased 1.8 percent, almost a full percentage point shy of the inflation rate, which means the average American isn’t keeping up with price increases.

Even April’s bright spot, the lower unemployment rate, fades on closer inspection.

The government only counts people as unemployed if they’re looking for work. And 340,000 Americans stopped looking and dropped out of the labor force in April, which is why the unemployment rate fell slightly. The dropouts mean just 63.6 percent of working-age Americans were working or looking for work, the lowest since 1981.

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“You’ve definitely got to shift gears,” he said. The first summer under his ownership, he attempted to offer some inventive specials alongside the traditional fried seafood. “No one bought them,” he said, concluding that his patrons were singularly motivated by the prospect of fried clams and onion rings.

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As a trained chef, he can understand why a basket of fresh clams, perfectly breaded and fried, is hard to beat. First, there’s the brine of the shellfish. “You can taste the ocean,” he said. The meat is sweet and creamy, add the crispy breading and the tartness of the tartar sauce, “It hits all the spots you’re looking for.”

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Travel 13 miles northwest on Route 11 from Pop’s and Sawyer’s Dairy Bar in Gilford appears on the left-hand side of the road. In business for 67 years, Sawyer’s has been operated by Parry and Pati Litchfield for the past six. Although they’ve only owned the place for six years, their familiarity goes back much further. “I’ve been coming here since I was a boy — and I’m 75,” said Larry.

The restaurant’s heritage precludes the need for any advertising or marketing. During the spring, and because the restaurant relies on local students to staff the place, Sawyer’s is only open when high school is not in session. Even so, it’s not unusual for hopeful customers to pull into the parking lot and peer through the service windows.

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from preceding page come for the seafood, the ice cream and the ambiance — it’s like stepping back in time.” The old-fashioned ambiance is more than skin-deep. All of Sawyer’s ice cream is made on the premise. “Nobody makes ice cream like we do, that’s not to say that other people don’t make good ice cream,” said Larry.

As old-fashioned as the ice cream is the sort of interaction that Pati observes in the dining room and around the picnic tables. There’s not a television screen to be seen, something Pati considers addition by subtraction. “Sawyer’s is a diamond in the rough,” she said. “It’s families talking to eachother, having fun together. it truly is something that can bring them together.”

Jim Clayton, who purchased the Tamarack Drive In in 2007, also feels the weight of the Weirs institution’s history. “It’s not like opening up any other place. Owning the Tamarack is a huge responsibility.” It’s not unusual for people to call from around the country, asking if the business will be open when they arrive for a New Hampshire vacation. “A lot of people that come here came here as kids, this is part of their childhood. You’ve got to meet their expectations.”

The Tamarack had begun to lose its way when Clayton purchased it. So, unlike the Litchfields and Sawyer’s, Clayton has had to work to restore the gleam to his pearl. He’s proud to say that his heaping lobster rolls contain nothing but the real thing and his

Pati Litchfield, one of the owners of Sawyer’s Dairy Bar in Gilford, packs a gallon of freshly-made ice cream. Sawyer’s is one of several iconic warm-weather businesses in the region that is re-opening after being closed all winter. (Laconia Daily Sun photo/Adam Drapcho)

hamburger is freshly ground by the Meredith Center Store — so there’s no questionable fillers in the burgers, either. This summer, he’s beginning a relationship with the nearby Picnic Rock Farm for fresh vegetables.

“My customers come from all over, but everybody understands the importance of buying locally,” Clayed said.

He and his staff have also worked

to come up with new menu items, such as fajitas, wraps and specialty burgers. While some would call those changes, Clayton considers them steps to return to the philosophy of Ma and Pa Gilbert, who first opened the Tamarack in 1963. “They used the quality products, I went back to the quality.”

That philosophy is the antithesis of what Clayton calls “fast food”. Their

food is cooked to order and, as much as is possible, prepared on-site by human hands. “It doesn’t come to us pre-made or frozen. If I wanted to sell that stuff I would have bought a MacDonald’s or Wendy’s. But that would be like kissing your sister. What’s the point?”

Craig Jordan isn’t kissing his sister but he is making his dad’s ice cream.

Jordan’s Ice Creamery in Belmont, at only 18 years in business, isn’t nearly as storied as the others described above. However, its growing popularity are sure to make it a summer favorite of generations to come.

Eric Jordan, a former school teacher, started the business with his wife Gail to help put their four children through college. Craig, the youngest, came back home and is now in his second year of taking over the business.

Located in a small building on Route 106 near the Belmont village, the ice cream business has developed a reach far beyond what appearances would suggest. During the first summer, Eric said he would make about 100 gallons of ice cream each week. This summer, they’ll crank out 1,000 gallons each week to keep up with demand. Each gallon of that ice cream will be made at the small shop, and only by Eric or Craig. Consistency and quality are jealously guarded by the Jordans.

The Jordans will sell most of their ice cream through their shop in Belmont, though there are several retail locations in the area that carry their products. Another significant outlet for them is the New Hampshire Motor see next page

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CELTICS from page 28 but Atlanta rallied and tied it 80-80 on Johnson’s 3-pointer with 1:23 left.

Both teams failed to score on their next two possessions, leaving the Celtics with the ball out of bounds with 3.9 seconds left.

Rondo inbounded to Pierce, who was defended

by Johnson and had to take a long, fallaway jumper that bounced off the rim at the buzzer.

“There were a few possessions it seemed no one could score,” Johnson said. “We definitely felt like we let one get away.

We felt like this was our chance to get one.”

The Celtics got Rondo back from his one-game suspension and Allen back on the court for the first time since April 10. Nick Allard, Ryan Paris and Nick Gamache, all of Goffstown, warms up next to a fire while showing the He played just five games rainbow trout they landed from the fishing pond at Gunstock Mountain Resort in Gilford on the openover the final month of the ing day of brook trout fishing season a week ago. Paris holds his eight-week-old Boxer, Yota. (Roger regular season because of Amsden photo for the Laconia Daily Sun) bone spurs in his right ankle and missed the first two games of the playoffs as well. position where we could have won the game,” Hawks The Hawks kept losing players. With top centers coach Larry Drew said. “It says a lot about your team Al Horford and Zaza Pachulia already out, forward when they can step up in the playoffs short-handed Josh Smith was scratched with a sprained tendon in and still put themselves in position to win the game. his left knee.

We certainly had our opportunity. We just fell short.”

“I thought we were depleted but we were still in a Notes: Hawks C Erick Dampier scored six points in 23 minutes. He played 83 minutes over 15 games and scored just two points in the entire regular season. ... Pierce’s next playoff game will tie him from preceding page with Dennis Johnson and Bob Cousy for 10th on Speedway, where they’ll scoop 500 gallons on race the Celtics’ all-time list with 109. Next up is current day.

Celtics GM Danny Ainge, with 112. ... John Havlicek Jordan’s, like the other businesses listed above, played in 172. ... Johnson scored eight points in the continued to see success in recent years in spite of first quarter and McGrady had 10 points and four the national recession. Craig expects future growth rebounds in the second. ... Celtics G Avery Bradley is possible. “We’ve built up a reputation in the area went to the locker room in the third with a sore left for being a great product. Ice cream, it’s comfort shoulder. The team initially said he would return, food. It’s getting out of the house, having fun, and then said he wouldn’t. ... Bruins president Cam it’s not too expensive.”

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Laconia High School honored at NHTI Laconia High School was honored at the Campus Compact for New Hampshire President’s Award luncheon in Bedford. Twenty-three New Hampshire colleges participated in the annual awards program, each presenting awards for the category of Good Steward, Leadership and Community Partnership. Laconia High School was selected for the President’s Community Partner Award through a nomination from NHTI Concord’s Community College. NHTI and LHS have worked together to bring NHTI students and speakers to the high school as well as coordinating a field trip to NHTI for the LHS international students. Awarded from NHTI President Lynn Kilchenstein, LHS Guidance Department Head Holly Vieten and LHS Senior Chad Dillen accepted the award on behalf of the high school. Chad is planning on attending NHTI in the fall to study Manufacturing Engineering Technology. NHTI also honored Elizabeth Pontacoloni for The President’s Good Steward Award and the NHTI Alternative Spring Break Program for the President’s Leadership Award. (Courtesy photo)

Lakes Region Child Care sells Red Sox raffle tickets LACONIA — Lakes Region Child Care Services, a non-profit (501C3), is selling raffle tickets for 2 pairs of box seats for the Thursday, September 11 game – Boston Red Sox vs. NY Yankees.

There are two raffles - one for a pair of front row box seats on the first base line along with a parking pass. One hundred of these tickets will be sold for $25 each. The second raffle is for a pair of box seats in the second row, selling for $5 each or 3/$10.

Past winner David Stamps said “The seats were great! Just a few rows up from the field half-way

between home plate and first base, and the Sox won!

I am going to buy into the raffle again this year.”

Tickets will be on sale until June 7 and may be purchased from any LRCCS board member or by stopping by the Laconia Early Learning Center between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday – Friday. The winners will be announced June 8.

Proceeds from this raffle will help keep tuition costs low and support program expenses. For more information call the Laconia Early Learning Center at 524-1235.

Gilford Youth Center organizing track & field team GILFORD — The Gilford Youth Center is currently putting together a team to represent Gilford in this year’s Hershey Track and Field Event.

The team is for boys and girls, ages 9-14. The team will have three scheduled practices at the Gilford Track before the district meet held on July 2 at Spaulding High School in Rochester. The State meet

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Tours today of Castle in the Clouds gate house project MOULTONBOROUGH — Tours will be conducted today of the latest restoration project at Castle in the Clouds - the Lower Gate House known as Brook Lodge. Tours will be scheduled every half hour from 12:30 to 2:00 p.m.

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Lakes Region Real Estate Market Report / Roy Sanborn

More great deals?

The number of homes for sale in the twelve Lakes Region communities in this report continues to creep up with 105 more listings available than last month. The 1195 listings available as of May 1 represents a 17.6 month supply. That’s enough! The current average asking price stands at $500,196 with a median price point of $257,000.

There is obviously a pile of homes in every price range to look at if you are in the market for a new residence. I took a look at the homes that have come on in the past month to see if there were any potential good deals based on a comparison where the asking price is a lot less than the property’s tax assessed value. That’s as good a place to start as any in finding a bargain, but as I have said many times before, that’s just one factor. You have to go look at the home to see what condition it is in, what updates and repairs are necessary, and whether the property fits your overall needs. So here’s a look at some fresh meat for the carnivorous home buyer.

The home at 38 Range road in Belmont might not exactly be fresh meat as it has been on the market several times before, but it is offered a very fresh and greatly reduced price. It was originally offered back in 2007 for a little over $300K, last year in the mid $200s, and is now listed at $179,900 which is a short sale situation. With a tax assessment of $236,400 it seems like a pretty good price. The house is a 2,000-square-foot, three bedroom, two bath colonial that has had many upgrades including a new roof and boiler. It has a large eat-in kitchen, formal dining room, spacious living room, and a 10’ x 24’ family room. The home sits on a great 5.6 acre country lot with a nice yard and open fields for your horses.

Over at 558 Stage Road in Sanbornton is a spacious 3,612-square-foot, three bedroom, two bath ranch that also looks like it might be a good deal.

This home was built in 2002 and sits on a private 8-acre lot with a loooong driveway. I like loooong driveways. There’s a large country kitchen, a master suite, hardwood flooring, a fully finished walk out basement, central air, and a two car garage. This home also was on before. It was listed

CITY OF LACONIA Notice of Public Hearing at $269,900 last year, but is now offered at $245,900. It has an assessed value of $295,000.

A truly fresh listing with stunning long range views awaits you at 20 Hillside Drive in New Hampton. This mountaintop, 1,856-square-foot, three bed, two bath raised ranch with cedar siding has lots of glass and a great deck to enjoy the fabulous views. This home has an open concept floor plan and the large living room boasts a gas fireplace as does the master suite. The price tag on this home is $269,900 which is 91-percent of the assessed value of $295,250. Looks nice and sounds like a deal for a house with a million dollar view.

Another home that has never been on the market is at 139 Eastman Shore Road in Laconia and it looks like it is priced right and ready to go. This well cared for three bed, one and three quarter bath, 1,978-square-foot ranch was built in 2003 on a 2-acre lot that has access to Winnisquam. You’ve got easy one floor living with a galley kitchen with a pantry and built in computer nook, an ample sized living room with a soapstone gas stove, a master suite, and a wonderful four season room with tongue and groove pine walls. There’s a large family room plus two additional large rooms in the walkout lower level. There’s also a great farmer’s porch and an attached two car garage. This home is priced at only $219,000 and has a current tax assessment of $235,100. Sounds like a good deal to me!

There are plenty of other opportunities out there for savvy buyers looking for a good deal, so get out there and look before the one you could have had is gone. Talk to a REALTOR® that can help you locate the dream home you have always wanted at a price that won’t give you nightmares...

Log on to my blog at www.lakesregionrealestatenews.com for all the latest real estate news and listings. You can also receive these reports by email.

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 5/1/12 using the Northern New England Real Estate MLS System.

According to Article V of the Laconia City Charter and other applicable State laws, the City Council will hold a Public Hearing on May 14, 2012 during the regular Council Meeting which begins at 7:00 p.m. in City Council Chambers, Room 200A regarding proposed Ordinance Change to Chapter 194 – Solid Waste.

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Laconia Clinic employees raises $41,000 for Lakes Region United Way

Laconia Clinic team celebrated their record breaking fundraising for the Lakes Region United Way. From left, Andy Patterson, Cathy Despins, Cathy Sousa, Jenny Waldron, Melissa Dussault, Vicki L’Heureux, Heidi Cormier and Lisa Fowler. (Courtesy photo)

FORECLOSURE SALE at Public Auction Wednesday · May 16 · 2 PM

9 Newfound Acres Park, Bridgewater NH

Quiet Mobile home in lakeside Community At Newfound Lake next to the Lodges and cabin colonies along the shore is Newfound Acres Park, this 1989 Ritzcraft 14 x 60 Mobile home sets yards away from the lake . Grafton County Book 3468, pg. 525. TERMS of SALE: A deposit of $2,500 in cash or certified check will be required to bid. Balance due in 21 days.

The premises shall be sold in “as is” condition. The information contained in this ad is believed to be correct but not guaranteed. Other terms announced at sale.

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603/536-6099 · info@mcgauctions.com 89 Fairgrounds Road, Plymouth, NH 03264

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Monday • May 21 • 3 PM Commercial Condo, Woodstock, NH Modern Laundromat at Alpine Lodge Plaza

Busy location in Resort Community this +1500 SF ground floor condo has excellent parking and exposure. Currently operable as a fully equipped Laundromat, this business will be offered as Real Estate and /or Equipment consisting of about a dozen Speed Queen Commercial Washers w/bases and Speed Queen & Kenmore Power Miser Dryers.

Also, a Speed Queen 50 LB Commercial Dryer and a Wascomat triple Loader Washer and Snack, Soda, Soap, and Bag dispensers, and Money changing machines and lots more… see web for details. Town assessment $85,200. Grafton County Book 3483, pg. 603. TERMS of SALE: A $5,000 deposit by bank or certified check will be required to bid.

Balance due in 30 days. The premises shall be sold in “as is” condition. The information contained in this ad is believed to be correct but not guaranteed.

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LACONIA - Employees at Laconia Clinic raised a record amount for the Lakes Region United Way fundraising drive to invest in local services. With an extraordinary 57 percent increase in employees participating, the community-minded team raised $20,700. Corporately, the clinic challenged staff members with a dollar for dollar match, creating a total community impact of $41,400. This translates to an outstanding 80 percent increase over last year’s amount.

According to Lakes Region United Way President Jack Terrill, the results are both motivating and encouraging as the annual drive nears its completion. “The team at Laconia Clinic delivered an incredible campaign this year. Upping the results by 80 percent is not easy and takes a concerted effort,” he said. “But it is no surprise to see this kind of result, because it is very clear that community, caring and compassion is their culture. When you build that kind of mindset into your business operations, great things are bound to happen. We are truly thankful for the support of Laconia Clinic and its employees.”

Andy Patterson, Executive Director at the Laconia Clinic, recognized employees Lisa Fowler, Heidi Cormier, Cathy Despins, Melissa Dussault, Vicki L’Heureux, Cathy Sousa and Jenny Waldron, who served as their campaign committee and made this year’s United Way drive a success. “I am continually amazed by the generosity of our staff members, and their outstanding participation in this year’s United Way campaign is no exception,” said Patterson. “I’m especially thankful for all of the time, energy, and commitment that the committee put into this campaign. They set goals, offered incentives and shared the United Way message to increase awareness of what United Way offers to our neighbors. Their efforts to create excitement and keep momentum going produced these results.”

Jenny Waldron has been giving to United Way for a few years. As a new campaign team member, she learned more about how they help people in our area, so found it easy to explain why others should donate as well.

Waldron is especially grateful to offer United Way’s discount card to the Clinic’s patients, offering savings averaging 35% on prescription medication. She shared, “Being a part of this year’s campaign has been such a positive experience. One of our patient’s monthly prescription costs exceeded $850. With the discount card, her costs are now only $414, saving over 50%. The patient was grateful for what the United Way could do for her. A burden she had been dealing with was lifted.

It is just simply the best, most rewarding feeling when you help out someone in need.”

FORECLOSURE SALE at Public Auction Wednesday · May 16 · 11 AM 76 Spring Hill Rd. Campton, NH Mountainside Home in a Country Setting

Off Ellsworth Hill Road, in an established neighborhood this 3 bdrm ,3 bath residence sets on 2 acres of wooded slopes. Only minutes to I93 and Plymouth . The building has a sun room and garages for great vehicle access.

Grafton County Book 3324, pg. 975. TERMS of SALE: A deposit of $5000 in cash or certified check will be required to bid. Balance due in 30 days. The premises shall be sold in “as is” condition. The information contained in this ad is believed to be correct but not guaranteed. Other terms announced at sale.

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By Holiday Mathis culture (and businesses are cultures too) has an indigenous language and jargon. If you are going to live in that world successfully, you have to get comfortable with the language. It’s not an option, it’s a must-do.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21).

You don’t have to be told to think positively because it’s your natural inclination. Even when people seem to be disappointing you, you reserve a small window of faith and hope that they will prove you wrong.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19).

People need to know you exist. Take up as much space as possible. Walk the parameters of your territory. Gesture broadly. Make waves in the air around you. Be the force.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). You have this way of disarming people, and it will be most effective now as you want to get to know someone better.

You’ll ask personal questions, and the tilt of your head will get the object of your affection to open up.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). Use your time at a leisurely pace, especially when it’s your turn to take the floor.

When you relax, your audience will relax. There’s really no rush to get to the point. Everyone wants to go on the journey with you.

TODAY’S BIRTHDAY (MAY 5). You will establish communication lines with important people and move your life in the direction of your dreams. You’ll have zero expectations for family life.

June and your loved ones will make you proud anyhow. In July, you’ll work for the sheer enjoyment of it and make a killing. In August, you’ll have a cheerleader. Aries and Libra adore you. Your lucky numbers are: 30, 24, 1, 2 and 28.

TUNDRA

ARIES (March 21-April 19). People don’t like to think about it or admit that it’s going on, but within every relationship, there is a tally, and everyone involved knows the score. Someone owes you in a subtle way, and you owe someone else too. Settle up.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20). Build some accountability into your plans.

You’ll have a greater sense of purpose if you know you will have to report your progress to another person. You won’t feel that you’re alone in your ambitions.

GEMINI (May 21-June 21). You’ll shine in the spotlight, so go where you’re likely to get the chance to present your case or talk about your cause.

Also, if you have a shot at showing off your skill and knowledge, all the better.

CANCER (June 22-July 22). You will be swimming with the sharks again, so get prepared. Don’t think out loud.

Answer the tough questions decisively, or you’ll risk being dismissed as wishywashy.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). Lay your cards on the table. After all, you can’t help what you were dealt. Right now it’s better to err on the side of full disclosure rather than being accused of withholding information.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). You are not easily manipulated, and yet when there’s a part of you that needs or wants something, a mere suggestion -- or just the look that suggests a suggestion -- is all it takes to convince you.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). You read the signs but that doesn’t mean you have to follow them. Sometimes the signs were placed just to get you to the conventional route, which is not the only way. Test, poke, prod and investigate. You’ll find your own way.

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––––––– ALMANAC ––––––– Today is Saturday, May 5, the 126th day of 2012. There are 240 days left in the year.

Today’s Highlight in History: On May 5, 1862, the Battle of Puebla took place in Mexico as forces loyal to Benito Juarez defeated troops that had been sent by Napoleon III during the so-called French Intervention. (The Cinco de Mayo holiday commemorates Mexico’s victory.)

On this date: In 1821, Napoleon Bonaparte, 51, died in exile on the island of St. Helena.

In 1891, New York’s Carnegie Hall (then named “Music Hall”) had its official opening night.

In 1922, construction began on the original Yankee Stadium in New York.

In 1925, schoolteacher John T. Scopes was charged in Tennessee with violating a state law that prohibited teaching the theory of evolution.

(Scopes was found guilty, but his conviction was later set aside.)

In 1936, the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa, fell to Italian invaders.

In 1941, Ethiopian Emperor Haile Selassie returned to Addis Ababa after the Italians were driven out with the help of Allied forces.

In 1942, wartime sugar rationing began in the United States.

In 1955, West Germany became a fully sovereign state. The baseball musical “Damn Yankees” opened on Broadway.

In 1961, astronaut Alan B. Shepard Jr. became America’s first space traveler as he made a 15-minute suborbital flight aboard Freedom 7, a Mercury capsule launched from Cape Canaveral, Fla. In 1972, an Alitalia DC-8 crashed into Mount Longa near Palermo, Sicily, with the loss of all 115 people on board.

In 1987, the congressional Iran-Contra hearings opened with former Air Force Maj. Gen. Richard V. Secord (SEE’-kohrd) the lead-off witness. The federal government began a yearlong amnesty program, offering citizenship to illegal aliens who met certain conditions.

One year ago: Solemnly honoring victims of the Sept. 11 terror attacks, President Barack Obama hugged survivors at ground zero in New York and declared that the killing of Osama bin Laden was an American message to the world: “When we say we will never forget, we mean what we say.” Pakistan broke its silence over the U.S. commando raid that killed bin Laden, acknowledging its “shortcomings” in finding him but threatening to review cooperation with Washington if there were another similar violation of Pakistani sovereignty.

Today’s Birthdays: Actress Pat Carroll is 85.

Saxophonist Ace Cannon is 78. Country singermusician Roni Stoneman is 74. Actor Michael Murphy is 74. Actor Lance Henriksen is 72.

Comedian-actor Michael Palin is 69. Actor John Rhys-Davies is 68. Actor Roger Rees is 68. Rock musician Bill Ward is 64. Actor Richard E. Grant is 55. Rock singer Ian McCulloch is 53. Rock musician Shawn Drover is 46. TV personality Kyan Douglas is 42. Actress Tina Yothers is 39. Actor Vincent Kartheiser is 33. Singer Craig David is 31.

Actress Danielle Fishel is 31. Actor Henry Cavill is 29. Soul singer Adele is 24. Rock singer Skye Sweetnam is 24.

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CALENDAR TODAY’S EVENTS 4th Annual Hope Auction to benefit the Moultonborough and Center Harbor food pantries. The silent auction begins at 4:30 p.m. and the live auction starts at 6 p.m. For more information call Amy Norton at 986-0357.

Meat Bingo to benefit the Keyser Family hosted by the American Legion Post 33. 3 p.m. at the Post at 6 Plymouth Street in Meredith.

Second Annual Bow Wow Fest. Registration begins at 7:45 a.m. and activities begin at 8:45 a.m. Registration is free and forms can be found at www.wowtrail.org. $5 donation will provide each participant with a complimentary tee shirt. Refreshments will be available for purchase. For more information call Claire Hebert at 524-4535.

New Hampshire Day at the Squam Lake Natural Science Center in Holderness. Trail admission for residents discounted to $3. www.nhnature.org.

Peaceful gathering on the boardwalk near Weirs Beach to observe world-wide Global Impact Day and call attention to global warming and the climate crises.

3 p.m. Visit 350.org for more information.

N.H. Handbell Ringers concert. 4 p.m. at the Laconia High School gymnasium. 4 p.m. Admission by free will offering.

Indoor Yard Sale. 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Inter-Lakes Elementary School in Meredith. All proceeds will benefit the graduating class of 2012. Donations are greatly needed and can be dropped off from 7 a.m. to 8 a.m in the Multi-Purpose Room.

No electronics. For more information contact Ariane Suffleton at ariane.shuffleton@interlakes.org or call 279-7968.

Planting daylilies in Laconia sponsored by the Laconia Rotary Club. Starting at 8 a.m. at the Rotary Park bandstand. Coffee and instructions will be given then. Donations are greatly appreciated. For more information regarding this event contact the Laconia Rotary Club.

Performance of Man of La Mancha presented by The Winni Players of The Winnipesaukee Playhouse. 7:30 p.m. at the Winnipesaukee Playhouse. Tickets are $16 for adults and $14 for students/seniors. Ticket reservations are strongly recommended. For more information or reservations call 366-7377 or visit www.winniplayhouse.org.

Dance at VFW Post 1670 in Laconia to benefit Elm Street School playground. 8 p.m. to midnight with the band “Sweep The Leg”. All are welcome. For more information call Glenn at 369-9688.

Ham and bean supper hosted by the Ellacoya Chapter #43 Order of the Eastern Star. 5 to 7 p.m. at the Squam Valley Masonic Building on Rte. 3 in Holderness.

Car wash hosted by the Inter-Lakes High School destination imagination team. 9 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. at the school.

Ballroom Dance at Fitness Edge in Meredith. 7 to 10 p.m. Doors open at 6:45. For information call 677-2410.

Indoor Yard Sale to benefit the Inter-Lakes High School Class of 2012’s Chemical-Free After-Prom Party.

8 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Inter-Lakes Elementary School in Meredith (down the hill, behind the high school). Lots of stuff.

Something for everyone.

Separated/Divorced Persons Support Group meeting. 6 to 8 p.m. on the first and third Saturdays of each month at St. Joseph Catholic Church in Belmont. Compassion and affirmation in a confidential atmosphere. Refreshments. Scholarships available. For more information call the rectory at 267-8174 or Ginny Timmons at 286-7066.

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

Call 645-9518.

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

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ANNIE’S MAILBOX

Dear Annie: This past year, an old high school friend looked me up after nearly 30 years. She was in town to visit her dying father. Our youthful parting had been quite unpleasant. She called to apologize for anything she had done to offend me in the past, which is commendable, especially because she has little memory of those years. She was an abused child.

I didn’t tell her that one of her brothers raped me when we were teens. I figured she’d had enough trauma in her life, plus she was dealing with her dad dying. At one point, I came face to face with my rapist and realized I was no longer afraid of him, and that the past had no power over me. I felt I had no need to confront him or tell his sister. Instead, I reached out and shook his hand. Watching him squirm was enough for me. However, in hindsight, I wonder whether I did the right thing by keeping this a secret from my friend. When she called, she seemed to be fishing for information, but I decided that this particular piece would be too much for her to handle.

Should I have told her? -- Silent Friend Dear Friend: We are impressed with how well you’ve gotten over a horrific, traumatizing event. If you believe the brother is capable of harming another person, we hope you will report him, not only to your friend, but to the authorities, even at this late date. Your friend’s fishing expedition may have been for other reasons, but if she was an abused child, it’s quite possible the brother also attacked her and she was searching for corroborating evidence from you. There is no “right” or “wrong” in terms of telling her. Do what gives you peace of mind.

Dear Annie: My in-laws think it’s OK to share everything we tell them with other people. We’ve asked them several times to please stop, but they don’t. It hurts that they sacrifice family for the quick thrill of gossip. Would you please run the poem about gossip again? Maybe it will have an impact.

-- Hurt by Gossip Dear Hurt: Sharing family secrets is less about gossip than about having big mouths, but the poem bears repeating nonetheless. Here it is: Remember Me? (author unknown) My name is Gossip. I have no respect for justice. I maim without killing. I break hearts and ruin lives.

I am cunning, malicious and gather strength with age. The more I am quoted, the more I am believed.

I flourish at every level of society. My victims are helpless.

They cannot protect themselves against me because I have no name and no face. To track me down is impossible. The harder you try, the more elusive I become.

I am nobody’s friend. Once I tarnish a reputation, it is never the same.

I topple governments and wreck marriages. I ruin careers and cause sleepless nights, heartache and indigestion. I make innocent people cry in their pillows. Even my name hisses.

I am called Gossip. Office gossip. Shop gossip. Party gossip. Telephone gossip. I make headlines and headaches. Before you repeat a story, ask yourself, is it true? Is it fair? Is it necessary? If not -- DON’T REPEAT IT. Dear Annie: I greatly appreciate your column, but I am disheartened to see the many letters where children are used as instruments against other family members. It saddens me to read that grandchildren are not permitted to see their grandparents, or aunts and uncles can’t see nieces and nephews over things that seem so trivial. But your constant message to “take the high road” is refreshing in a world where that sentiment seems to be lost.

Your column reminds me daily of how blessed I am to live within a loving family, immediate and extended, and I count those blessings daily. -- Grateful in Mercer, Penn.

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

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603-930-5222 TOP dollar paid for junk cars & trucks. Available 7-days a week.

P3!s Towing. 630-3606

BOATS 1979 Catalina 22ft. FBG SailboatSwing keel, 4-sails, anchor, w/trailer, very good condition. $1,750. 875-5867 WE Pay CA$H for GOLD and SILVER No hotels, no waiting.

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

Autos 1971 VW Super Beetle, Calif. car, second owner, 133K, needs nothing. $4500. 267-5196 1995 Toyota Tercel 4-door sedan.

197K miles. NH state inspection.

Runs great. $1,000. Call after 6pm. 524-0843 1997 Chevy Silverado EXT. 4X4 with plow & electricians cap. Many new parts. $3,500/O.B.O.

1989 CARVER YACHTS MARINER 329/FE 30 foot: Good condition, less then 500 hours on engines. 260 horsepower. Full size refrigerator, range, TV/VCR, fully equipped, sleeps six. Must be seen to be appreciated at Breakwater, Spring Point Marina in South Portland. Pictures available upon request. Valued at $25,000. Owner will accept best offer. Call 603-449-2140, 603-723-8722.

PRINCE HAVEN APARTMENTS All utilities included Plymouth, 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.

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

Rent is based on your household size and income.

BOATSLIPS for rent- Paugus Bay

An Equal Opportunity Housing Agent

Rental Assistance Available Make Your Next Home 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 An Equal Opportunity Housing Agent

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For Rent

For Rent

LAKEPORT Spacious 4 bedroom near Leavitt park, beach, school, 378 Elm St. Washer/dryer hook-up, private entrance, separate workshop building, large yard, plenty of off-street parking, lots of storage. $1,200/ month plus utilities. Available mid-May 630-7745 Wendi or 630-7809 Carol.

FOUR bdrm, 3-bath home. Golf cart community, 2-beaches, pool, boat moorings. Private lot. $1975/mo. 366-4655.

LUXURY 2 bedroom, between Laconia and Meredith, waterfront, beach, some furniture, quiet wooded area, references, no pets. $850/month. 527-1086.

MEREDITH- 1 bedroom apartment with kitchen and living room.

No pets.

No smoking. $700/Month, includes heat & hot water. Ideal for single person.

279-4164 MEREDITH- Bright two bedroom apartment. Ground floor, farmers porch, walk to library/Main St. Utilities not included. No smoking.

Pets negotiable. $750/Month.

279-7887 MEREDITH: 2BR apartment, Main Street, convenient to downtown and beach. No smoking/no pets. $700/month +utilites.

279-6108, 6-9pm.

MEREDITH: 1-bedroom apartment. Oil forced hot water, 1.5-bath, washer/dryer hook-up, nice yard. No smoking/pets. $750/Month 279-8247, Jim. MEREDITH: 1-BR apartment.

Main St., convenient to all. Private entrance and parking. $700/Month heated. No Smoking/No pets.

279-6108, 6-9pm.

For Sale

For Sale

Help Wanted

WE DO! Guaranteed!

TILTON UPDATED one bedroom.

Top-floor, quiet. Heat/Hot Water included, no dogs. $600/Month.

Also downstairs 1-bedroom coming up. 603-393-9693 or 916-214-7733.

For Rent-Vacation BAR Harbor: Arcadia N.P. area, oceanfront cottage, fabulous views, sleeps 6-8, available 6/30-7/7, $750/week, off-season (May, June, Sept, Oct), $600/week. Call Bob, 524-5092.

TIME share Near Disney, Florida.

One week every odd year, best offer. Evenings 603-524-7336

For Rent-Commercial

Laconia-O’Shea Industrial Park 72 Primrose Drive •10,000 Sq, Ft. Warehouse / Manufacturing. $5,800

FHA Heat/AC 3 Phase Power 72 Primrose Drive, Laconia

(603)476-8933 LACONIA Prime Union Ave Loca tion. 2 room office suite, ground floor. All utilities. included, except phone.

Rent Negotiable.

603-524-0753 MEREDITH BILLBOARD - On Route 3, between Route 104 and 106 (Rotary). Available now.

279-1234

For Sale 275 gallon oil tank. 10 years old, 10 gallons K-1 remain. $100.

455-2216 Aluminum Loading Ramp: 9ft. X 2.5ft. $200. Call 603-581-6710 AMAZING! Beautiful pillowtop matress sets, twin $169, full or queen $249, king $399. See AD under “Furniture”.

NORTHFIELD: 3 bedroom, 2nd & 3rd floors, $255/week including heat, electric & hot water.

524-1234 www.whitemtrentals.com.

BAZOOKA Navigator 26" double suspension folding bike, silver with gel seat, retails for $600, used 3 times, asking $300/obo, 723-4032.

NORTHFIELD: 3-BR House close to downtown/park. Security deposit/references. No pets. Available 6/1. (603)455-8873.

Classic IBM Selectric II Typewriter (blue) in excellent condition with extra font balls & extra black correctable ribbon. $275.

528-2283

NORTHFIELD: Large 2 bedroom on 2nd & 3rd floors. $245/week including heat, electric & hot water, 524-1234, www.whitemtrentals.com.

Evinrude 3HP Outboard MotorBuilt in gas tank 35lbs., Freshwater used. Excellent condition, runs great! $250. Call Howard at 630-0822

NORTHFIELD: 1 bedroom, 1st floor, separate entrance, coin-op laundry in basement, $195/week including heat, electric & hot water, 524-1234, www.whitemtrentals.com

GREEN FIREWOOD- Cut, not split $135/cord; Cut & split $180/cord. Seasoned firewood. $250. Also, logging, landclearing & tree work (all phases).

393-8416.

TLC Jewelry We Buy Gold, Silver & Coins 279 Main St. Tilton

286-7000

Combination Safe- Fireproof, by Wilson. 18” X18” X21”. $225.

603-930-5222 Firewood- Green $185/cord, Cut/split and delivered locally.

286-4121.

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

Seasoned available.

(603)455-8419 Golf Equipment-Woods, irons, wedges & bags. Also remote control for kangaroo power caddie.

528-9661 HOT Tub- 2012 model 6 person 40 jets, waterfall. Full warranty & cover. Cost $8,000 sell $3,800.

Can deliver 235-5218

PORCH & Patio Furniture.

2-spring chairs, 2-end tables & a sofa. $200. 744-6107 Sentry Fire Safe, Model OS3470, Combination/Key entry.

17”X17”X17”, $150. 496-8639

to schedule an interview

BOB’S SHARP ALL

UPRIGHT Piano- 1905 Ivers & Pond piano, maunfactured in Boston. Good condition, best offer.

267-8540

Pallet Jack: Eagleman Brand $85.

Call 603-581-6710

279-8792 381 NH Rte. 104 Meredith

We currently have a position available for a full time Dental Assistant. If you are interested in joining our team please send a letter of intent and a resume´ to Darlene@CircleDentalNH.com Mail to: Circle Dental, 178 DW Highway, Meredith, N.H. 03253.

EXPERIENCED COOKS Bear Island, NH Seasonal Summer Camps Full Time AM & PM Positions Housing Available Submit resume to: careers@fitzvogt.com Fax- 603-644-0313 FITNESS Edge Health Club is seeking a part-time, year-round employee for their childcare room for morning shifts. This position is 8-10 hours per week and pays $8/hour +health club membership.

Must have experience with children. Apply in person at 169 Daneil Webster Highway in Meredith.

Washer (Roper) & Dryer- Electric, (Maytag), $250. 496-8639

Furniture

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

Fabulous back & hip support.

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

Can deliver 603-305-9763.

Oak Roll top Desk & Chair- $250, 3 cushion sofa $50. 603-279-5991

Looking for an apprentice sharpener.

Will train.

USED Pool Tables: Starting at $1,295 installed with accessories and new cloth! Baron!s Billiards, now located behind the Daily Sun. 528-5001.

KITCHEN Cabinets- brand new, maple, cherrywood, shaker & antique white. Solid wood, never installed, cost $6,500 sell $1,650.

603-833-8278

NEW Condition 2006 Jayco T.T. 28! Travel trailer $10,000.

603-279-4602

Please call 253-7315

TYPEWRITER/ELECTRIC in original carton (Smith Carona) paid $345 sell for $175. 279-7124 (Leave message)

6PC. queen bedroom set. Green, wrought iron & wicker. $400/OBO. Computer table $5, baker!s rack $15, glass top coffee table w/2 end tables $40, toaster oven $5, microwave $20, Magnavox color TV $25. 524-2503

MOVING SALE - Queen bed, like new, kitchen set, best offer 267-7445, cell 998-5844.

BOAT cleaning and general yard help. Full Time, seasonal position. Must be able to work weekends and a valid driver's license required.

Sharp Aquos 32in. LCD TV. 1080p, 120hz, $250. 496-8639

KING-SIZE Oak Platform bed with lighted mirrored head board, 4 draws of storage, mattress in plastic, couch, bureau, glass top coffee table, dining room table with leaf and 4 chairs, living room chair. $450 takes it all. All in very good condition. 293-7191

MED-LIFT Power Chair- Tan, USA made, hardly used, like new.

Purchased $850, sell $350.

617-633-9194

Help Wanted DENTAL ASSISTANT

Who Pays More?

AMAZING!

GOLD fabric couch & paisley gold & red club chair. $750.

603-731-3847

Cross Insurance-Meredith, NH Office We have an opening in our commercial lines department. The successful candidate must possess a current P & C agent license and have a minimum of three years experience. The position requires organization, accuracy and excellent communications skills. We are looking for someone who can work independently as well as with a team. We offer an excellent benefit package.

Please send you resume and cover letter to: WINFINGER@crossagency.com

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

Help Wanted

Panamax m5400-PM Home Theater. 11 outlet surge protector/voltage regulator, $250. 496-8639

AAA Wanted: 10 people to lose weight and make money, risk-free 30-day supply. americandreamteam.blog.com orchid44.freethinmagic.com

TOOLS for Sale- 10” Walker Turner floor model table saw, 4 ” X24” belt sander, 5HP com presser, 10 ” miter saw, hand tools. Please call 524-7194

DRIVERS: Getting home is easier. Chromed out trucks w/ APU's. Chromed out pay package! 90% Drop & Hook CDL-A, 6 mos Exp. (888)247-4037.

ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT New Hampshire Humane Society is currently looking for a self-motivated, well organized individual to join the Development Office as an Administrative Assistant.

The ideal candidate will work directly with the Director of Development to fulfill the mission and vision of NH Humane Society.

Specifics of the position include effectively and efficiently maintaining the integrity of the organization in a support function related to direct mail campaigns and other appeals both in print and via social media venues. The candidate will assist in development of community initiatives via promotional events and partnerships, both large and small. The candidate will be required to assist the Director of Development in all aspects related to revenue generation, fundraising events, both large and small.

Applicants must be proficient in Microsoft Office programs. Familiarity with Dreamweaver, Constant Contact and Facebook management a plus. Must be able to work as a team player in the spirit of collaboration, have superior time management skills, and be able to prioritize projects to meet deadlines.

This is a part time position – some evening and weekends required. Must be able to lift 35lbs. –no sensitivities to companion animals, both cats and dogs.

Please submit letter of interest, resume and two references by email to marylee@nhhumane.org Or by mail:Attention: Director of Development New Hampshire Humane Society 1305 Meredith Center Road, Laconia NH 03246 ‘

Submissions via email preferred. No phone calls please.

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Help Wanted

Help Wanted

FRONT DESK/SEATER- Now hiring motivated team players with positive attitudes for full and part time positions. No experience necessary, we will train the right candidate. Flexible schedules with weekends and holidays a must. Apply in person at Hart!s Turkey Farm Restaurant on Rt. 3 in Meredith or apply online at www.hartsturkeyfarm.com.

Help Wanted

Help Wanted Marine Service Writer/Advisor

GUARD/GREETER P/T seasonal employment as a guard/greeter at private community gatehouse.

Professional demeanor and appearance is essential.

Weekends required.

Apply in person at our sales office Mon. -Fri. between 10am and 5pm.

FULL or part time housekeeper wanted at Half Moon Motel, Weirs Beach, N.H. call 366-4494

Trying to put some fun back into your career? This is a key position at Channel Marine with high impact on customer satisfaction and the company!s operations.

Ideal candidates will have exceptional interpersonal skills, successful customer experience in a service/retail business, service writer experience in the marine/boating or automotive industries, a mechanical background or the aptitude to develop one, good system skills and be a team player. Channel Marine offers a long term career in a friendly and professional work environment with competitive pay plans and benefits.

Forward resume to admin@channelmarine.com or call Greg at 603-366-4801, X215

Meredith Bay 50 Lighthouse Cliffs Laconia, NH 603-524-4141

GRANITE State Independent Living is hiring dependable in-home personal care workers in the Laconia & Meredith areas. Part-time, $9.75/hr, day/ evening/ weekend shifts available. Hoyer lift exp a plus, but will train right person. Contact Maria 800-826-3700, x-1157.

POSITION AVAILABLE for a part-time master electrician. Inquiries please email info to brettselectric@hotmail.com or leave a voicemail at 520-7167.

JCS is expanding for the 3rd time now calling on behalf of the leading resorts on the West Coast! We are now seeking motivated, positive, dependable appointment setters.

Must be driven and motivated to make money and be able to work in a team environment!

Good communication skills a must, no experience required.

2nd shift Sun.-Fri. 4:15pm10pm. Average wage $19+ an hour call:

603-581-2450 EOE

Macdonald Motors is looking for a

Sales Person in the Ford Lincoln store in Center Conway.

We are looking for someone with sales experience, someone who is a self-starter and who has a positive work attitude.

Offering a competitive pay plan. 401(k) and health and dental insurance.

For more information call Mark Clark (603)356-9341

Laborer/Carpenter- Swift Water Construction is looking for dependable person for a small construction outfit. To qualify, must have general liability insurance, transportation. Rates start at $12-$15 per hour. Call Ben at 603-393-5352

LEAD TEACHER Part time (Tues.-Fri.) Must have experience, love for children and 9 ECT credits. Call 528-8557.

EOE

Academic Coordinator for Teaching & Learning Laconia Middle School Job responsibilities include curriculum, instruction and assessment development for our middle school. Provide leadership for curriculum writing, instructional strategies and assessment practices. Coach and mentor support for teachers with a focus on our literacy and mathematics programs for the first year. Model lessons for teachers. Create professional development that increases our staff alignment with and understanding of the Common Core Standards. Provide a research-based instructional model that is language-based, student-centered, process-oriented, and outcome-based. Facilitate Professional Learning Communities as a means to support staff development that focuses on student learning needs. Guide administrators and teachers in the process of monitoring the progress of every student through systematized assessment, data collection, and analysis. This administrative position is part of a four person team for our middle school. Master's degree with experience in building leadership preferred.

Position begins July 1, 2012 ~ Interviews begin May 14 Please send letter of intent, resume, 3 letters of recommendation and application to: James McCollum, Principal Laconia Middle School 150 McGrath Street Laconia, NH 03246 Email inquiries welcomed at: jmccollum@laconiaschools.org

SALES TEAM LEAD We are seeking aggressive and motivated individuals with discipline and sales ability to join our team. You will work within a team environment and partner with outside sales to maintain and grow your accounts. Candidates must have prior sales experience, valid driver!s license, dependable record, and BA Degree.

Forward your resume and cover letter to hr@madeirausa.com

SALES: Home Improvement, $500+/week part-tme. Reliable transportation.

Clean, neat appearance. (603)455-2014.

SEASONAL Cleaning positions available. Housecleaning, post construction clean-up and window cleaning. Weekdays and weekends available. Looking for honest and reliable employees. 279-4769

The Fireside Inn and Suites ocated at 17 Harris Shore Rd. in Gilford NH is looking for the following positions: Housekeeping, Personnel, Laundry Attendants, and a Housekeeping Supervisor. All persons applying should be reliable, dependable and know what clean is. Experience within the field is helpful but not necessary. Persons should be able to maintain a professional attitude while at work and be ready for the busy seasons to come. Applicants must be flexible, weekend availability a must. All positions are year round, part time in off peak season with the ability to obtain full time hours in the busy summer months. Please apply in person.

Help Wanted

Motorcycles

UNION DINER

2004 Harley Sportster-XL 883 Custom. 9,000 miles. Many Screaming Eagle parts, new tires, $4,200/BRO. 524-9265

Now Hiring Line Cooks weekends and nights a must please apply in person 1331 Union Ave. Laconia

Home Improvements LANDSCAPE: patios, retaining walls, stonewalls, walkways, decks email: prp_masonry@yahoo.com. 603-726-8679.

Instruction FLYFISHING LESSONS

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

Land 2.2 private, wooded acres off Route 3 in Center Harbor, just over the Meredith line. Fix up the 3 bedroom mobile home or build $75,000 call 603-630-4573 BELMONT: 3 acres with 180' on paved town road. Dry land with gently rolling terrain and good gravel soils, surveyed, soil tested, driveway permit. $59,900.

Owner/broker, 524-1234.

Lost LOST DOBERMAN- Black/Rust, last seen at corner of 140 & South Rd. in Belmont. Gentle but scared.

Reward. Call 267-7770, 524-5679 or 455-1910

2008 Harley Davidson Heritage Soft Tail. Anniversary model, 3500 miles, excellent condition. $15,900. 603-930-5222 2009 Heritage Softtail Harley: Only 2,500 miles. $15,500/best offer. Call Tom 387-5934.

HARLEY Tour Glide Classic Special- Much custom work, loaded! One owner, must see! $7,900 279-6605

Buy • Sell • Trade www.motoworks.biz

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

Recreation Vehicles 2010 Keystone Bullet 33 ft. Travel Trailer in excellent condition with bunkhouse, sleeps 8 comfortably, full kitchen, bath and front bedroom, 2 slide-outs. Everything works great! Reese dual cam load leveling and anti-sway system included. $25,000/o.bo.

603-393-8541.

24ft. Travel-lite Travel Trailer by R-Vision. Sleeps 4, very good condition. Call 524-8860 Viking Pop-up camper. Loaded, excellent condition, $4,000. Call 520-2444

Mobile Homes

Real Estate

FOR SALE BY OWNER. Gjilford well maintained 1982 single wide mobile home with improvements.

Near lakes and shopping. Ed Gorman 528-2903.

Home for sale by owner: 3 bedroom, 1-bath, living room, dining room. A block from downtown Laconia. Assessed at $130K, asking $69,500. Principals only, sold as is. Call 603-581-6710

l

WELDER Needed, part-time.

Aluminum or steel. 387-1214 or 524-2000

2004 Yamaha 1100 V-Star Classic: Runs great, real nice bike, must see, $4,500/b.r.o.

603-707-7158. Leave message.

GILFORD Well maintained manufactured home with many updates located next to Glendale Docks.

(900 sq. ft. 3-bedbrooms, kitchen, living room, four season porch bathroom, 2 decks and small shed. Enjoy all the lakes region has to offer. $23,500. Frank 617-899-5731

Motorcycles 1999 Harley Davidson XLH 1200 Custom: 9k miles, mint condition, original owner, $8,000.

Call 729-0137.

2000 Harley Davidson Ultra Classic, metallic green and black, new factory re-build Harley Davidson motor, looks and runs great, many extras, $7800 call Paul in Berlin at 603-752-5519, 603-915-0792 leave message.

PARAEDUCATOR

Laconia School District We are seeking a candidate interested in working to support students with academic, emotional, social, physical and behavioral skill development in our school. A position in Pleasant Street School is available.

These positions are part-time, 27.5 hours per week.

Candidate must have Para II Certification Please send letter of interest, resume and three letters of reference to:

Sue Carignan, Student Services Coordinator Laconia School District 350 Pleasant Street Laconia, NH 03246 Please visit our website for information about Laconia School District www.laconiaschools.org E.O.E

LACONIA: Come experience life in the country where you can hear the loons croon from Winnisquam from the comfort of your deck.

Watch turkeys and other birds feast, and live where the deer meet you as you drive up the driveway at dusk. Smell the blooming fragrance of honeysuckle, tulips, hydrangea, columbine, petite roses, sedum, Lady Slippers and lavender as spring turns into summer. Can quarts of peaches from your own trees.

Marvel at the turtles laying their eggs on your land as they!ve done since time was ancient. A beautiful passive solar 3-bedroom house sits on nearly 16 acres of forested and fielded land waiting for you to come Home. $259,900.

Call Sharon, 520-6160.

Roommate Wanted ADULT person to share house in Laconia. $140/wk. includes everything. Pets okay. Female preferred. 524-1976 ROOM for Rent- Block from downtown Laconia, non-smoker, no drinking. Private home. $75/week.

Call 603-581-6710

Services

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Services

Services

Services OPEN FOR THE SEASON

126 Pease Rd. Meredith Halfway between Rte.104 & Parade Rd.

Wed-Sun 10-5 603-279-4234 Kero & Electric Lamps Shades • Supplies Glassware • Tools & Collectibles

Lamp Repair is our Specialty alexlamp@metrocast.net

HANDYMAN SERVICES Small Jobs Are My Speciality

Rick Drouin 520-5642 or 744-6277 HARDSCAPES, Field Stone Walls, Patios, Water Features, Small Excavation Projects, Deliveries, Mulch, Loam. 25 Years Experience. Dean at Hancock Masonry. 267-6048

Helping Hands Housekeeping Service Quality work, attention to detail, excellent references. Call for an appointment 603-528-1224

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

STEVE’S LANDSCAPING AND GENERAL YARDWORK For all your yard needs.

524-4389 or 630-3511.

Wanted To Buy

GUNS WANTED MARTEL’S 528-3474 TOOLS Power, hand and cordless. Cash waiting. Call 603-733-7058

Yard Sale PIPER ROOFING

FREE pickup for your unwanted yard sale leftovers. 603-930-5222

Quality Work Reasonable Rates Free Estimates Metal Roofs • Shingle Roofs

Our Customers Don!t get Soaked!

528-3531 Major credit cards accepted

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

603-387-9788.

GILMANTON 4 CORNERS: Saturday, May 5th, 8am-Noon.

House liquidation yard sale.

Everything must go! Junction of Route 140 and 107.

LACONIA MULTI-FAMILY Yard Sale- Saturday 9am-noon. 22 High St. Intersection of High & Highland.

LACONIA Yard Sale- 103 Blueberry Lane Apt. 27. 9-4 Many new items.

LARGE YARD SALE 25 Waukewan St. MEREDITH

Gilford police thank MC Cycle & Sport

Gilford Police officers Kelly Stiegler and Holly Harris present a plaque recognizing Myles Chase of MC Cycle and Sport in Laconia for his dedication to the Gilford Police Department and to the community.

The plaque reads: “Myles Chase MC Cycle & Sport Thank you for your outstanding dedication and support to the Gilford Police Department and to the entire community.” (Courtesy photo)

Newfound district marks school Nutrition Employee Week May 7-11 BRISTOL — Preparing healthy school meals, promoting good nutrition habits, and offering a friendly greeting are all in a day’s work for the Newfound Nutrition employees in the Newfound Area School District.

The non-profit School Nutrition Association celebrates this professional commitment with School Nutrition Employee Week, May 7-11.

Newfound Nutrition serves nearly a thousand meals a day to students and adults from six kitchens throughout the district. Additionally, each district elementary school participates in

the Fresh Fruit and Veggie Program which provides a fresh fruit or veggie to each student at least 3 days each week.

This year, school nutrition employees take on a new responsibility. In January, the federal government finalized new nutrition standards for school meals, requiring schools to serve more fruits and vegetables (including weekly servings of legumes, dark green and orange vegetables), switch to whole grains and limit the sodium and calories in each meal. see next page

8:00am - 3:00pm Furniture, tools, collectibles, some small appliances

Everything Must Go!!

MOORINGS Clearview Builders & Landscaping Property Maintenance Home Repair, Painting, Finish Work, Decks, Dock Work, Lawn Mowing, Pruning, Mulching & Tree Trimming.

Dock Repairs Fast & Affordable 877-528-4104 MooringMan.com

Call 387-9789

MARK YOUR CALENDARS for Saturday, May 5th, 8am-2pm.

Indoor Yard Sale at Inter-Lakes Elementary School, 21 Laker Lane (down the hill behind the High School). Proceeds to benefit the ILHS Chem-Free After-Prom Party! Something for everyone!

Gladly accepting donations which can be dropped off Friday 5/4, 3-8pm or Saturday, 5/5, 7-8am in the Multi-Purpose Room. No electronics please.

SALISBURY- Huge yard sale May 4-6, 8am-2pm. 24 Loverin Hill Rd. Tools, toys, antiques, household items.

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

Fully insured. Free estimates.

603-832-3850 Seniors, Veterans- Rides to doctor appointments, help with shopping.

7 days a week. Tues. & Thurs. after 11am.729-6478

HARDWOOD Flooring- Dust Free Sanding. 25 years experience.

Excellent references. Weiler Building Services 986-4045 Email: weilbuild@yahoo.com

SATURDAY, May 5, 8 am - 2 pm, 61 White Oaks Rd., Laconia, N.H. Rain date Sunday, May 6.

SATURDAY, MAY 5th 8am Noon 250 Bay Hill Road, Northfield, N.H. Trunks, furniture, hybrid bicycle, records, lawn tent, miscellaneous.

TAYLOR!S BACK BAY COMMUNITY YARD SALE Saturday, May 5th 9am - Noon Rain or Shine Taylor Drive (off Bay Street) Wolfeboro Tilton 3 Family Yard Sale- Rain or Shine! Saturday & Sunday, 8am-4pm. On Jacob Rd. off Lancaster Hill Rd. Something for Everyone!

CALENDAR from page 22

TODAY’S EVENTS Open Door Dinners offer free weekly meal in Tilton. 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. An outreach housed at Trinity Episcopal Church on Main Street, downtown. provides a free hot meal open to all members of the community. All are welcome to eat and all are welcome to help out. For more information, especially about volunteering, please call Pastor Mark at 286-3120 or e-mail him at markk@trinitytilton.org.

SUNDAY, MAY 6 Performance of the musical “Man of La Mancha” presented by The Winni Players of The Winnipesaukee Playhouse. 2 p.m. at the Winnipesaukee Playhouse. Tickets are $16 for adults and $14 for students/seniors. Ticket reservations are strongly recommended. For more information or reservations call 366-7377 or visit www.winniplayhouse.org.

A leisurely “walk in the woods” hosted by the Andover Conservation Commission. 1-3 p.m. beginning in the Proctor Academy’s Wilson Natural Resources building at Proctor Academy. Sturdy shoes and walking sticks are suggested.

SUNDAY, MAY 7 The Greater Meredith’s Career Partnership Program’s annual celebration.

6:30 p.m. at the Waukewan Golf Club.

For more infomation call 279-9015 or visit

www.greatermeredithprogram.org.

Moultonborough Conservation Commission meeting. 6:30 p.m. followed at 7:30 by Taking Action for Wildlife discussion to develop plan to conserve wildlife in town.

Freese Brothers Big Band at the N.H. Jazz Center at Pitman’s Freight Room in Laconia. 8 p.m. $12. BYOB. Showing of the film “Gifted Hands” presented by the Laconia Human Relations Committee in cooperation with the Laconia Public Library. 6:30 p.m. at the Laconia Public Library. For more information contact Carol Pierce at newdynam@ aol.com or Lovina Ellsworth at Lovinia.Ellsworth@yahoo.com.

Laconia Youth Football & Cheer Association will have football & cheer registration on the first Monday of every month from 6 to 7 p.m. at the Community Center on Union Ave. Online registration is at www.laconiachiefs.com.

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

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.

Overeaster Anonymous offers a program of recovery from compulsive eating using the Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions of OA. Monday nights at 7 p.m. at the Laconia Congregational Church Parish Hall. Call and leave a message for Elizabeth at 630-9967 for more information.

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Gilmanton Old Home Day Association formulating plans for August 11 GILMANTON — The Gilmanton Old Home Day Association met on April 19 to discuss plans for the 114th Gilmanton Old Home Day which is scheduled for Saturday, August 11.

The formation of various committees was discussed. Volunteers are needed on Thursday August 9 to prepare the famous bean hole beans and other food stuffs, and on Friday August 10 to lower the bean pots into the stone lined wells.

Volunteers are also needed to help move tables and chairs and prepare the grounds. Saturday August 11 there will be an official opening at 10 a.m. by the American Legion Ellis-Geddes-Levitt Post 102. After cooking for eleven hours the beans will be lifted from the wells and the first setting will be at at 11:30 a.m.

A large brass band will provide musical entertain-

ment, and there will be children’s games and other activities. The Old Home Day will host a craft fair and local organizations are asked to consider a display and explanation of their activities. This year there will also be animals on the lower slope for the enjoyment and education of all who attend.

An antique auto show and antique tractor and truck parade are being organized. Volunteers are needed to help out short term by parking cars, assisting during the dinner time, working the food booth and in general to keep things running smoothly. Those persons who wish

to be involved are invited to attend the next meeting on May 17 at 7 p.m. in the Smith Meeting House.

For more information and our meeting schedule go to www.gilmantonnh.org.

Those who wish to lend their personal support and be listed in the booklet are asked to donate $15.

There are also scheduled rates for business card, quarter page, half page and full page ads. The profits from Old Home Day go towards the restoration and repair of the five buildings on the Smith Meeting House Grounds, where the event is held.

M’boro Rec. plans trip to Fells Estate & Lake Sunapee

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Celtics take series lead with 90-84 OT win over Hawks

BOSTON (AP) — Rajon Rondo spun at the free throw line, leaving one defender behind, and rose toward the basket. Out of the corner of one eye, he saw another Atlanta player coming to guard him; with his other eye he spied teammate Paul Pierce open in the corner.

“You have to pick your poison,” Hawks swingman Tracy McGrady said. “When he’s doing things like that, you don’t know what to do.”

Rondo returned from a one-game suspension for bumping an official and recorded his seventh career playoff triple-double on Friday night, leading the Celtics to a 90-84 overtime victory over the Hawks that gave Boston a 2-1 lead in the best-of-seven series.

The Celtics point guard had 17 points, 14 rebounds and 12 assists one game after sitting out for bumping referee Marc Davis in the closing minutes of the series opener. Rondo did not have a basket in the first half of Game 3, and Celtics coach Doc Rivers said he noticed Rondo struggling to run the offensive plays.

“Then, finally, I told him: ‘Just be a scorer. Just attack.’” Rivers said. “And I thought that freed him up.”

Rondo made the first two baskets of overtime, including a post-up hook shot over Jeff Teague that gave Boston the lead for good.

“I felt good about all the shots I took,” Rondo said.

“My teammates told me to stay aggressive. Nights like tonight when I take a lot of shots, I finally found a way to get my team a win.”

Game 4 is Sunday night.

Ray Allen returned for Boston after missing almost a month and scored 13 points in 38 minutes. Kevin Garnett had 20 points and 13 rebounds, and Pierce had 21 points one game after scoring 36 points with 14 rebounds to help the Celtics swipe home-court advantage with a Game 2 victory in Atlanta.

Joe Johnson scored 29 points and Teague had 23 for the Hawks. McGrady had 12 points — his highest total since he had 40 for Houston in 2008 — but 10 were in the first half, before he landed awkwardly on his right ankle and went to the locker room. He did not have a field goal in the second half.

“I know I’ll be sore tomorrow. I can feel it already,” he said. “It affected my shot. I had no lift. It affected my cutting. I’ll just go and get treatment tomorrow.”

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Orioles rally to beat Red Sox 6-4 in 13 innings BOSTON -- Chris Davis drove in the go-ahead run with a single in the top of the 13th inning, and the Baltimore Orioles outlasted the Boston Red Sox 6-4 on Friday night.

Mark Reynolds, who hit his first homer of the season in the third, added a sacrifice fly in the 13th and Jim Johnson put Boston down in order to end the game after 4 hours and 37 minutes.

Troy Patton (1-0) pitched two scoreless innings and Johnson picked up his eighth save.

Franklin Morales (0-1) allowed two hits in 2/3 of an inning in Boston’s eighth loss in its last nine home games.

Matt Wieters hit a one-out single off Morales in the top of the 13th and Wilson Betemit walked before Davis singled to right. Boston manager Bobby Valentine then brought in reliever Scott Atchison, who allowed Reynolds’ sac fly to center.

Baltimore has won nine of its last 11 and extended Boston’s losing streak to three.

Adrian Gonzalez had three hits for the Red Sox, who took three different leads but couldn’t hang on to any of them.

The Red Sox had a chance to pull ahead in the bottom of the eighth when David Ortiz led off with a walk, but he got caught going too far on a line drive

by Cody Ross. Shortstop J.J. Hardy made a diving grab, then from his knees threw a strike to first in time to double up Ortiz.

Baltimore starter Wei-Yin Chen was pulled after reaching 100 pitches in just five innings.

Boston’s Jon Lester lasted only slightly longer, going six innings before Vicente Padilla started the seventh with the Red Sox holding a 4-3 lead. That ended quickly when Baltimore loaded the bases with nobody out. J.J. Hardy grounded into a double play, allowing Reynolds to score. The run snapped a streak of 11 straight scoreless innings by Boston relievers over the last three games.