THE LACONIA DAILY SUN, Saturday, May 7, 2011— Page 13
RIVER from page 2 English and Spanish that read, “Evacuate!!! Your property is in danger right now.” Near Nonconnah Creek, Jeanette Twilley and Shirley Woods waited anxiously, fearing the water will reach their homes. “Hopefully, it don’t come up no more,” Twilley said. All the way south into the Mississippi Delta, people faced the question of whether to stay or go as high water rolled down the river and backed up along its tributaries, breaking flood records that have stood since the Depression. Because of levees and other flood defenses built over the years, engineers said it is unlikely any major metropolitan areas will be inundated as the water pushes downstream over the next week or two, but farms, small towns and even some urban areas could see extensive flooding. “It’s going to be nasty,” said Bob Bea, a civil engineer at the University of California-Berkeley who investigated levee failures in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina in 2005. How bad it gets depends on how well the flood protection systems have been built and maintained, he said. More than 4 million people live in 63 counties and parishes adjacent to the Mississippi and Atchafalaya rivers from Cairo, Illinois south to the Gulf of Mexico, down from 4.1 million in 2000, according to a census analysis by The Associated Press. from preceding page town issues through the mail. She said the functions of the officer are largely state mandated and the only room for any cost reductions is to lessen hours, which she already did she reduced her assistant’s schedule from 40 hours to 36 hours weekly. “I am the one who is taking up the slack,” Goss said. Election Day is Tuesday and the polls open at 7 a.m. and close at 7 p.m. Voting is in the Old Sanbornton Town Hall. Annual Town Meeting convenes Wednesday evening at 7 p.m. in the Sanbornton Central School. (The author is no relation to either Karen or Steve Ober.)
— WORSHIP SERVICES —
ST. JAMES CHURCH
20-year-old charged with choking girlfriend
trict Court in this instance, the victim LACONIA — A young Union Avenue told police she went to O’Connor’s resiman is being held on $5,000 cash-only dence following a two-week separation. bail after police allege he choked his exShe told police the two got into another girlfriend when she went to his house to argument and he allegedly held her try “and work things out.” down on the bed and squeezed her neck Chad M. O’Connor, 20, of 881 Union Ave. for about three minutes. She told police Apt. 2B is charged with one felony charge she had difficulty breathing and eventuof second degree assault and one misdeally kicked him hard enough to get him to meanor charge of simple assault. let her go. She escaped into another room Because of a law enacted earlier this and went to the police the next afternoon. year in memory of Melissa Charbonneau, The affidavit of the investigating officer late of Manchester, the law treats choksaid the victim still had red finger marks ing or attempted strangulation as second Chad M. O’Connor on her neck that were consistent with degree assault. A conviction carries a sen- (Laconia Police photo) being choked. She also told the investitence of 3 1/2 to 7 years in prison and local law enforcement has been zealous in its application. gating officer that O’Connor punched her dog when he reacted poorly to her being assaulted. Charbonneau was shot to death by her husband two days after he allegedly choked her during a domestic The victim said that two weeks before Wednesday assault, was arrested and charged with simple assault night’s alleged choking assault, O’Connor had also pushed her hard enough into a wall that her head — a misdemeanor — and released on personal recognizance bail. By making attempted choking a felony, made an indentation in the sheetrock. O’Connor is scheduled to appear in Laconia Disjudges and law enforcement have more opportunity to remove the alleged perpetrator from his or her victim trict Court on May 18 for a probable cause hearing for the second degree assault. Trial for the simple by imposing high cash-only bails. assault is scheduled for June 14. According to affidavits submitted to Laconia DisOBAMA from page 2 “We’re not done,” said Maj. Luis Ortiz, who was at Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan when Obama visited the troops there last December. “We cut off the head of the snake, but the snake is still wiggling around.”Obama called the bin Laden raid one of the most successful intelligence and military operations in America’s history, and said he had to come to extend personal thanks. Vice President Joe Biden joined Obama in a briefing with the mission members and then emerged to put it bluntly: “We just got to spend time with the assaulters who got bin Laden.” Defense Secretary Robert Gates met with members of the bin Laden mission team a day earlier to express his admiration and appreciation, Pentagon press secretary Geoff Morrell said.
LifeQuest Church
Sunday School, 9:30am • Worship Service, 10:30am A Christian & Missionary Alliance Church 115 Court Street – Laconia Pastor Bob Smith A/C
524-6860
876 North Main St. (Rt. 106) Opp. Opechee Park “The Episcopal Church Welcomes You”
St. James Preschool 528-2111
The Rev. Tobias Nyatsambo, Pastor
stjameslaconia.org
First Congregational Church
www.ebclaconia.com
Rev. Twila Broadway
Veterans Square at Pleasant St.
603-524-2277
First United Methodist Church 18 Wesley Way (Rt. 11A), Gilford 524-3289 Rev. Dr. Victoria Wood Parrish, Pastor
8:00am - Early Worship 9:30am - Family Worship & Church School
Take Off Your Blinders
Scripture Readings:
Confessions: One Hour Before Each Mass Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament and Rosary each Wednesday: 7:00 p.m. Marriages & Baptisms by Appointment
12 Veteran’s Square • Laconia
Childcare available during service
Rev. Dr. Warren H. Bouton, Pastor Rev. Paula B. Gile, Associate Pastor
Psalm 116: 12-19 • Luke 24: 13-21, 25-31
500 Morrill Street, Gilford 524-9499 Sunday Mass: 7:00 a.m. & 9:00 a.m. Daily Mass: 8:00 a.m. Mass on Holy Days of Obligation: 7:00 a.m. & 7:00 p.m.
366-4490
CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH OF LACONIA
“One of Us Is the Messiah”
Immaculate Conception Catholic Church
Sunday Worship Services 8:45 am & 10:30 am
Evangelical Baptist Church
35 Tower St., Weirs Beach P.O. Box 5268
Join us Sunday at 10 a.m. for Worship, Sunday School and Fellowship
(Traditional Catholic Latin Rite) The Traditional Latin Rite Mass has been celebrated and revered by the Popes of the Church from time immemorial to POPE JOHN PAUL II who requested that it have “a wide and generous application.”
iParenting: Help for Parents at your Fingertips.
Sunday Service & Sunday School at 10 AM
(United Church of Christ) 4 Highland Street, off Main Street, Meredith www.fccmeredith.org Email: fccmeredith@metrocast.net • 279-6271
The Reverend Dr. Russell Rowland Colette Fand, Music Director Phil Breton, Organist Toni Brown, Sunday School Superintendent
There’s an app for that…
Spiritual Applications that make life better
Weirs United Methodist Church
524-5800 Blurred vision
Holy Eucharist: Saturday: 5PM - Informal Service Sunday: 8AM - Traditional Rite I & 10AM - Family Service Rite II Nursery Nook in Sanctuary
Obama’s appearance here culminated a week-long response to the demise of the long-hunted al-Qaida leader, from the White House to ground zero in New York to Fort Campbell, home of the famous 101st Airborne Division. The division has been integral to Obama’s war plan in Afghanistan, and many of its combat teams have returned recently from tours of duty. The week gave a political and emotional lift to the president; in turn, he called for the unity that has eluded him in divisive Washington for most of his term.
3rd SUNDAY OF EASTER 9:30AM - Adult Bible Study 10:30AM - Worship & Children’s Faith Quest www.laconiaucc.org
Sermon - “Real Estate or Real Life”
Luke 24: 13-35
Elevator access & handicapped parking in driveway
Wherever you may be on life’s journey, you are welcome here! Social Fellowship follows the 9:30 service.
Nursery Care available in Parish House
The Lakes Region Vineyard Church 175 Mechanic St. Lakeport, NH • 603-527-2662
Empowered Evangelicals, who proclaim the Kingdom of God, minister in the power of the Spirit and keep Christ at the center of life. “It feels like coming home.”
Sunday morning celebration ~ 8:30am & 10:30am Contemporary Worship Sunday School & Nursery • Tuesday night Youth Mid-week Bible studies. Christ Life Center Food Pantry Thurs. 9 am– 12 noon • 524-5895
www.lakesregionvineyard.org
“Open Hearts, Open Minds, Open Doors”
Guest Speaker: Rev. Richard Swan Music Ministry: Wesley Choir Professional Nursery Available
THE BIBLE SPEAKS’ CHURCH 40 Belvidere St. Lakeport, NH
Tel: 528-1549
Dial-A-Devotional: 528-5054
Head Pastor: Robert N. Horne PUBLIC ACCESS TV - LACONIA SUNDAY/MONDAY 11AM CHANNEL 25
Sunday School Classes 9:30 am Morning Worship Service 10:45 am Evening Service 7:00 pm